I Can’t Take It Anymore – Breathe Again

I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE – BREATHE AGAIN

WHEN I’M AFRAID — I NEED FAITH. 

WHEN I’M HOPELESS — I NEED HOPE. 

WHEN I’M OVERWHELMED — I NEED WISDOM. 

WHEN I’M ALONE — I NEED COMMUNITY. 

WHEN I’M EXHAUSTED — I NEED REST.

You can have and still get tired.

You can have  and still get tired.

You can have  and still get tired.

You can have great  and still get tired.

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

YOU CAN BE EXHAUSTED IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE.

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We can God, be by God, be by God—and still be .

Sleep can rest the body, but only Jesus can give rest to the .

What do we do when the is deeper than sleep?

GUIDING TRUTH: Real begins when we stop living like everything depends on .

EGYPT TAUGHT THEM A WAY OF LIFE

So the Egyptians worked the people of Israel without mercy. They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.

Exodus 1:13-14

Make the people work harder than ever.

Exodus 5:9

The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out.

Exodus 2:23

You can get people of Egypt before you get Egypt of the people.

FOUR DECLARATIONS OF A RESTED SOUL

1. I don’t have to make everything .

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions.

Exodus 16.4

God never asked us to do part. He asked us to trust Him enough to do .

We have a and God has a . Exhaustion happens when we start trying to do .

         2. I can trust God .

These are the Lord’s instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts or each person in your tent.

Exodus 16:16

Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.

Exodus 16:19

Give us today the food we need…

Matthew 6:11

         3. I can be content with the God has given today.

But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.

Exodus 16:18

Contentment doesn’t mean we stop believing God for . It means we don’t need to believe God is .

         4. I can because God is still .

He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today and set aside what is left for tomorrow.

Exodus 16:23

Rest isn’t . Rest is .

JESUS OFFERS A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.

Matthew 11:28-30

Rest isn’t ultimately found in a . Rest is found in a .