LIVING WISELY

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LIVING WISELY
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LIVING WISELY

• Time
• Money
• Relationships
• Sexuality

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OVERCOMING OVERLOAD
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Lk 1038-42
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DEATH BY DISTRACTIONA Long Standing Problem
And while your servant was busy here and there,
he (the prisoner) was gone. -Prophet to Ahab,
870 BC
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DEATH BY DISTRACTIONA Long Standing Problem
Martha, Martha you are worried and upset about
many things. Jesus, AD 30
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THREAT 1 TO WISE LIVING
Overload
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THE PROBLEM

• Trying to do too much.

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OVERLOADMy load exceeds my capacity

• Going too fast.
• Doing too much.
• Stretched too thin.

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DAMAGE OF OVERLOADFar-reaching

• Physical
• Emotional
• Mental
• Relational
• Professional

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PHYSICAL DAMAGE

• Cardio - fast pulse,arrhythmia, chest pains.
• Gastro - acid, ulcers, colitis, diarrhea.
• Muscles - head, neck, lower back tight.
• Weight - up/tranquilizing, down/anorexia.
• Skin - rashes, itches, sweats, clammy.
• Immunity - infections/cancer increase.
• Nerves - insomnia, headaches, tics, tremors.

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EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

• Depression/withdrawal.
• Chronic anxiety-fear-angst.
• Pessimism,despair, hopelessness
• Irritable, impatient, angry.
• Apathy

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MENTAL DAMAGE

• Mental fatigue
• Difficulty making decisions
• Forgetfulness
• Confusion
• Loss of imagination/creativity.

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RELATIONAL DAMAGE

• Demanding
• Outbursts of anger
• Withdrawal/detachment
• Inappropriate laughing
• Recklessness, accident prone.
• Compulsive shopping, drugs, eating.

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PROFESSIONAL DAMAGE

• Poor work quality.
• Irritation with colleagues
• Bossiness
• Reckless, accident prone.
• Dread going to work
• Avoidance of people and responsibility.

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CAUSES OF OVERLOADTwo Sources
1. Social - what others do to us. 2. Personal -
what we do to ourselves.
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Social 1ADVANCING TECHNOLOGYLife more demanding

• More learning
• More work
• More accessible

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Social 2INCREASED OPPORTUNITIESMore time to
decide and do

• Channels
• Recreation
• Websites
• Magazines
• Products

24,531 items in average supermarket186 cereals!
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Social 3RISING EXPECTATIONSMore effort to
succeed
Excellence known and expected everywhere.

• Home
• Work
• Ministry
• Recreation

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The only trouble with success is that the
formula for achieving it is the same as the
formula for a nervous breakdown. - Chuck Swindoll
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Surely the Christian life was meant to be
simpler than this. - Jean Fleming
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Social 4ADULT RESPONSIBILITIESPulled in more
directions.
Three Greedy Institutions Family Work Church T
his is the most important thing. More effort
produces better results. The result of good
work is more work.
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Personal 1MISDIRECTED ZEALOverwhelming oughts
Zeal without wisdom burns out the best the
fastest.
Conscientious Christians the perfect
candidate for overload?
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Personal 2FOOLISH HEARTFear Greed
Approval/honor Popularity Standing/Position Contro
l Wealth Knowing Safety/security
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OVERLOAD
Threatens to overrun us all!
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SOLUTION?
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LETS LISTEN

• My Symptoms?
• My Causes?
• Needed Changes?

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