So Much Better: Your Pace Matters

“When you’re all in on Jesus, every matters.”

Practice According to Jesus:
Obediently living out the will of the Father in daily life—hearing His words and putting them into action.

“You’re going to .”

“No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve both God and money.” — Matthew 6:24

Every Is a No

1. What you determines your pace.

We are literally sacrificing your body on an altar of .

Jesus says: “Abide in me.”

Abiding Requires

“You can’t be whole if your heart is at war with your .”

2. Your determines your pace.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5

*This week: Read all of John 15

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[a] just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:9-11

3. Your determines your pace.

God’s people to enter His rest because of unbelief.

Change Your Pace: Make Every Effort to Rest

1. Understand the Purpose of Rest

“Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.” Exodus 14:13

2. Develop a Plan for Rest

Don’t work to rest. Work rest.

3. Enlist People to Help You Abide

The early church was built on interdependence, not independence.

• So who’s helping you protect your rest?

• Who’s reminding you to abide?

The Call

“Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish…” Psalm 92

Questions to ask yourself:

• What have you allowed to uproot you?

• What idols of busyness, success, or control must you release?

“When you’re all in on Jesus, your matters.”