The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#546: Finding Rest in God

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

Have you ever felt like you were on an emotional treadmill?  Our lives are going faster and faster and we don’t know how to slow them down.  I meet people who say to me, “Pastor Loren, I am running on fumes.  I’m on empty.  I can’t go much further.”  Life has a way of draining us.  If you don’t stay closely connected to Jesus, our source of life, you will eventually find yourself empty.  


Main Points:

1. If today your tank is on empty, if you find yourself depleted, just like Elijah, the Lord wants you to rest. Physical rest is essential, but so is spiritual and emotional rest. 
2. There is a refreshing that can come from the Lord. Make time to worship, to listen for His still, small voice, and be encouraged by his faithful presence. 
3. If you are spiritually and emotionally in a wilderness place, remember you are not alone. God is right there with you. Ask him to restore you, refill you, and replenish your soul. He is not done with you yet.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

1 Kings 19:4 - “He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”


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