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Catch Your Breath

Part 3 of Fresh Air

Josh Canizaro

October 12, 2014

Memory Verse:

(Job 33:4 NLT) For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

(2 Timothy 1:16 TLB) May the Lord bless Onesiphorus and all his family because he visited me and encouraged me often. His visits revived me like a breath of fresh air.

Handwriting on the Wall

(Daniel 5:26-27) This is what these words mean: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

When I'm tired...

✓ The risk of sinful choices increases.

(Luke 21:34) Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.

✓ My emotions are inconsistent.

(Job 9:25 NCV) My days go by faster than a runner; they fly away without my seeing any joy.

✓ I am less productive.

(Proverbs 21:5 Message) Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.

(Proverbs 19:2 GW) …a person in a hurry makes mistakes.

✓ I end up empty inside.

(Psalm 39:6 NLT) We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.

✓ I can't hear God.

(Psalm 46:10) Be still, and know that I am God.

Catch Your Breath

(Mark 6:31) Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

1. Stop the constant push for more.

(Ecclesiastes 4:6 GN) It is better to have only a little, with peace of mind, than be busy all the time…

(Proverbs 14:30) A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

(Proverbs 20:25) It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.

2. Keep the Sabbath day holy.

(Exodus 20:9-10 GN) You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to Me.

(Proverbs 10:27 LB) Reverence for God adds hours to each day…

3. Stay close to Jesus.

(Psalm 23:1-3) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

(Matthew 11:28-30) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

(Isaiah 63:14) They were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.

Fresh Air Principle #3: Slow Down.

Upcoming Events:

October 19th Next Steps Discovery at 11:15 AM in Langston Hughes Academy Library. Lunch and childcare are provided.