Come To Me

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Come To Me!
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Matthew 1128-30

• "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
  and I will give you rest. 29 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.
  30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

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• The everyday bothers of life weary us.
• The enormous burdens of life weary us.

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1 The Drained Condition

• Any person who is involved with people in highly
  stressful encounters of problem solving,
  conflict, management or sales is particularly
  vulnerable to this condition.
• Strong senses of self-doubt/negativism
• Drained people become supercritical of
• themselves and others
• Loneliness is often felt
• Temptations run higher

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2 The Dried Up Condition

• There is the depletion of energy without
• refreshment.
• Affects the naïve and the multi-gifted
• You are winging it.
• It is action without a heart.
• It is focusing on what others think of
• me rather than what the Lord thinks
• about me.

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3 The Distorted Condition

• Our minds become distorted by the culture around
  us. We are told we can have it all but we are
  never told the price tag.
• An unrealistic view of life
• Decisions are with a short term point of
• view
• Long term result - disillusionment

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4,5,6 The Devastated/Defeated
Disillusioned Condition

• Life is not what you thought it was going to be.
  One can only go so long in the face of outright
  opposition from people and events, and then there
  is the crumbling of resolve and resistance.
• Anger
• Burnout
• Depression/Suicide Thoughts

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Naomi

• Ruth 119-21 - "Can this be Naomi?"
• 20 "Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me
  Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very
  bitter. 21 I went away full, but the LORD has
  brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The
  LORD has afflicted me the Almighty has brought
  misfortune upon me."

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7 The Defeated Condition

• We fall into the intimidated or disheartened
  condition when we begin to gain a view of people
  or events that cause them to appear far more
  powerful than the God of our faith.
• Prison in which we hold the key
• Fear/criticism keeps us in prison

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Matthew 1128-30

• "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
  and I will give you rest. 29 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.
  30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

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• John 540 - you are unwilling to come to Me,
  that you may have life

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• Authority (Obey me!) my yoke
• Direction (Follow Me) upon you and learn from
  me
• Trust (Be with Me) gentle and humble in heart
• Cooperation (Work with Me) easy and light

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• Forgiveness is lighter than guilt
• Wisdom is lighter than foolishness
• Hope is lighter than despair
• Humility is lighter than arrogance
• Courage is lighter than cowardice
• Conviction is lighter than Uncertainty

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Galatians 51

• It is for freedom that Christ has
• set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
  yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of
  slavery.

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Paul

• 2 Corinthians 18-9 - We do not want you to be
  uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we
  suffered in the province of Asia. We were under
  great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure,
  so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, in
  our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But
  this happened that we might not rely on ourselves
  but on God

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Become a Daily Christian

• Find strength in God
• James 513 - Is any one of you in
• trouble? He should pray . Is anyone
• happy? Let him sing songs of praise.

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Become a Daily Christian

• Grow in the grace and knowledge of
• the Lord
• 2 Peter 318 - But grow in the grace
• and knowledge of our Lord and
• Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory
• both now and forever! Amen.

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Becoming a Daily Christian

• Commit ourselves to the glory of God
• 1 Peter 212 - Live such good lives among the
  pagans that, though they accuse you of doing
  wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify
  God on the day he visits us.