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This is Lee to serve with Ed 
Taylor, a leadership podcast, 

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welcome to today's edition of 
the lead to serve podcast. 

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This is where we talk about life
and Ministry learning to be 

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better equipped so we can serve 
Jesus in these last days. 

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Even as I was looking over my 
own life, I just see more years 

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behind me than I see. 
E ahead of me and I want to go 

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out strong and I think you do 
too. 

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And the best way to do that is 
to turn to the word and grow 

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together in understanding, what 
it means to serve Jesus. 

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Well, he came as a servant and I
love Mark 10:45 where Jesus says

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that the son of man, he came to 
serve and not be served to give 

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his life a ransom for many. 
And I know that the greater we 

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learn how to serve the greater 
will be able to leave And that's

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what this podcast is all about. 
Now, of course, we haven't had 

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an episode since March, and 
really the end of our season 2 

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was so long ago. 
And that's going to be part of 

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today's episode where we talked 
about being overwhelmed. 

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But I also want to introduce to 
you and let you know that we're 

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going to begin again regularly 
with this podcast covering the 

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topics in a new resource. 
We developed here a book that we

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put together That we titled sure
and steady learning and growing 

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in pastoral Ministry but we're 
going to use it also in 

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application to any type of 
ministry and we're going to flip

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through the pages and work 
through just like I would with 

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the team here and that's really 
what I what I view the podcast 

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as is I'm working with the team 
here and we're collaborating and

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talking through Ministry talking
about important topics. 

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That's what the podcast is. 
So I really think in my mind 

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that your Across from me that we
get the chance to sit together 

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and talk through Ministry 
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So my name is Ed Taylor. 
I'm the pastor at Calvary Church

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here in Aurora Colorado, been 
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Now, almost the in December of 
2021, will be 22 years and the 

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Lord used his holy spirit in my 
life to draw us out to Colorado,

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and here we are. 
And so I want to let you know, 

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sure, and steady the Next season
of the lead to serve podcast. 

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We're going to continue on so 
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But just share it around. 

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Email me, go to my website, Ed, 
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o--, r-- g-- and just a 
clarification, don't go to Ed 

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Taylor. 
Dot-com. 

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That man is a professional Santa
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world wide Santa Claus Network. 
That's not me. 

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I am at Ed Taylor dot-org where 
I write frequently and to share 

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things that are on my heart. 
So get it, get ready and 

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subscribe, re-subscribe. 
Whatever it is that you need to 

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do as we go through, sure and 
steady together and learn 

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principles, you know, sure and 
steady things like it's 

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important. 
To develop your personal walk 

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with the Lord. 
What is the heart of a pastor 

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coming off side and serving your
pastor serving people? 

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You know, like that. 
What does it look like to serve 

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people? 
How to use your time? 

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Well, it's so important to have 
that personal structure or 

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inviting yourself into the lives
of others. 

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This resource was developed 
through the personal 

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discipleship of our church here.
And then, as a team of pastors, 

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we collaborated and edited it 
down to this book form and you 

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can get at anywhere. 
It on Amazon you can get it on 

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our church store at Calvary Co 
dot store in. 

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It's a great resource. 
It's something that we use 

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regularly and I know the Lord 
will use it in your life. 

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But for today, I want to briefly
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overwhelmed. 
Are you overwhelmed? 

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I think the last couple years 
with covid racial tensions, the 

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difficulties of the political 
polarization which is has led to

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such deep division in the church
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overwhelmed as you got all of 
those heavy things, right? 

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And then on top of that, you 
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work. 
You've now you're working at 

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home and your kids school, shut 
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Then you got the kids at home, 
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You're single wondering what the
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You have car troubles and build 
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being overwhelmed. 
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Temptation, you know, to just 
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overwhelmed, and it's also a 
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it's okay. 
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I mean, it's not okay to stay 
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been feeling overwhelmed and 
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condemned about it, don't it's a
normal response to all the 

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things that we've endured. 
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years that, you know, I looked 
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type, the words, like buried. 
You know, you think of a buried 

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beneath everything, buried 
beneath all the pressure, buried

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beneath all the work, all the 
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another definition was used 
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words like buried and drowned 
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This to feel defeated completely
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know that pastors leaders 
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wanting to serve Jesus, 
wholeheartedly have felt 

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overwhelmed. 
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I think of a Biblical example of
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That Was Elijah. 
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You look at his life and how God
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that was spiritually and 
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Thing for him even though we see
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encouraged by the victory. 
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encouraged by it, but when his 
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overwhelming sense of I can't go
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I can't continue to do this. 
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the Lord met him there. 
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things against speaking to this 
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I want to talk about a few 
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my mind. 
I just returned back from a 

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glorious time serving churches 
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I was in Vero Beach or Pastor 
Jim Gallagher and Christy and it

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was such an amazing time. 
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to Jacksonville, Florida serving
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Pastor Eric Souza and his wife 
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Lily. 
And Dane, we had such a 

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wonderful time there and And we 
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leadership. 
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which I think is what why this 
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comes to this podcast. 
Because this question was, was 

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asked, it was a very legitimate,
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I think it's on the hearts and 
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how do I find balance? 
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I'm working full-time. 
I'm serving in the capacity of a

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growing Ministry. 
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I have Responsibilities as a 
husband, I have responsibilities

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as a dad, or for some of you 
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as a mom, what and how. 
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My answer might surprise you and
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but I am grateful that you would
consider seeing my point of view

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on balance and here it is. 
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It's it might be a little 
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popular topic. 
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And here's my answer. 
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thing as balance When it comes 
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mean by that is that there's 
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serving, Jesus, Jesus even 
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about counting the cost. 
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serving the lord, then we need 
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realized that that will never be
that time will never be returned

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to. 
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one thing I can't do. 
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which also leads to another 
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that is I'm not a believer in 
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I don't believe people can 
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I know when you're asking for a 
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process I can multitask and 
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That's something that's It's 
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I don't think that we can 
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one thing. 
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able again to just to clarify. 
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three things at the same time. 
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can't do that, but what I am 
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in the service of Our Lord to do
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the same time, we're not going 
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And we want to do what's in 
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well and because of some of the 
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overtaken us you know 
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What I believe we've done is 
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Our shoulders that we just can't
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balance. 
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ask yourself the question in 
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Have you effectively found 
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then I would say well what don't
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family? 
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family. 
Wouldn't you like to serve the 

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Lord more and maybe teach more 
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Of course, I'd like more and 
just in that thought of more, 

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you realize there's always more 
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going to get the time of my 
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If I get the time my family, I'm
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in that counseling. 
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time, I want to do things well 
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something something else is 
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of balance is like man. 
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frustrating. 
I just want to acknowledge the 

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frustration, you're feeling 
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It is so frustrating because 
something's always pulling out 

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us, something is always tugging 
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have learned this, I haven't 
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Let me tell you. 
I haven't always practiced it 

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but I am learning it more and 
more and I want to go through a 

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few things, just a few things. 
I jotted down that I think are 

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important if you're feeling 
overwhelmed right now, if you 

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are, you know, looking at how 
can I be more effective? 

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How can I find balance if that's
really a question in your, how 

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can I find balance and you're 
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let me list a few things. 
Number one, rest. 

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Number one, rest. 
In the rhythm of your life, make

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sure that you are well rested. 
I think you should learn to be 

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well-rested physically and I 
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well-rested emotionally and I 
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well-rested spiritually and I 
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Jesus is talking about being the
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He says, my father is the 
vinedresser every branch in me 

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that does not bear fruit. 
He takes away and every branch 

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that bears fruit, he prunes that
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You are already clean because of
the word, which I have spoken to

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you and then he says abide in 
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Isn't that beautiful abide in 
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And I in you as the branch 
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unless it abides in the vine. 
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abide in me? 
Simple stuff, isn't it? 

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But all of ministry and all of 
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As we're has, we take from and 
receive from all the power and 

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resources that we need from 
Christ and the pressure that we 

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we're feeling is something that 
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vinedresser the father. 
As we abide in the true real 

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authentic Vine. 
We are well taken care of, you 

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know, the New Living Translation
says, the father is the gardener

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or in the message it says he's 
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My dad is the one that takes 
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My dad's, the one that tends me 
and cultivates me, but we're out

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running around taking care of 
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Think think multitask multitask?
And we are not doing that from a

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place of Abiding and because 
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place of abiding were 
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We're overwhelmed. 
Even if you know, if we think of

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this task oriented lie and you 
have 10 tasks, you will always 

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have Tim test. 
They will be done one at a time.

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They'll be knocked off the list 
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But wouldn't you rather face the
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being taken care of, by the 
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being empowered by the spirit 
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breast friend. 
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today. 
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front of you. 
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father is with you. 
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here in John 15, that we can't 
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Who, although, we do a lot of 
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He says abide in me and I in you
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fruit of itself. 
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a lot of things coming from our 
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the Lord. 
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talking it through is so 
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everything that I face even 
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with this broadcast, I still got
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today and so do you. 
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a place of rest and abiding. 
The fruit, you know, the things 

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Remember it isn't something is 
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produce on your own and this is 
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where being upset comes, this is
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underneath the pressures. 
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of life and situations is where 
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might feel defeated completely, 
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your in the Lord, your abiding, 
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because of that, that rest, even
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carried to him, you know? 
Because you you you want to 

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serve God. 
So you have this obligation 

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right? 
You feel like this obligation 

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but it's not an obligation. 
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obligation. 
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my Works Lord. 
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everything for you because 
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the reasons I'm talking about 
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of Email, a lot of people 
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texting me. 
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Why haven't you done your 

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I've got these decisions in this
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it's actually suffered. 
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it because of other things, 
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And if I viewed the podcast as 
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make it would be so So 
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overwhelmed but because I was 
able to set it aside which 

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brings me to number to 
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secondly, prioritize and it is 
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to take care of the things that 
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And then to the priority list, 
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to get to everything right away 
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prioritize. 
Jesus was a master at Sizing and

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the way that he described it, 
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priorities today but the way he 
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that, which pleases my father, 
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this and that he would everybody
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he was focused with the right 
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number three and that is focus. 
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Very well then, doesn't it make 
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focus on that one thing in the 
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Lord has given you right through
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relationship, spiritually 
involves prayer, involves your 

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own personal relationship, your 
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personal Bible reading, like not
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yourself. 
So you're resting, you'll 

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prioritizing, and then you're 
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Remember what Paul said? 
He used this phrase in and it's 

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a great phrase. 
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The Jesus said, and he taught us
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God and his righteousness. 
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be added unto you. 
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First, this one thing I do, As 
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of resting prioritizing 
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The final one I would add is 
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I didn't you was on number one. 

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Yes and it is first and it is 
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All of this activity comes from 
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staying, put Even Paul the 
Apostle understood this in 

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Philippians 4:13. 
Remember he said, I can do all 

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things through Christ. 
That strengthens me, that that 

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important place. 
Of strength and drawing upon the

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Lord strengths the word abide. 
Some of you already know this, 

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it's the Greek word meno, and it
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to stay put and it speaks of a 
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attachment. 
I like how the paraphrase in the

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message. 
Translates John 1540, he says 

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live in me. 
Make your home in me just as I 

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do and you in the same way that 
a branch cannot bear grapes by 

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itself, but only by being joined
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You can't bear fruit unless you 
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I love that. 
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yes, we're going to be starting 
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So thanks for joining us, 
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Tell everyone about it and you 
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Pray for me on a regular basis. 
I really want to provide it in a

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way to encourage you and create 
dialogue, email me talk to me 

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you can text me even 7206 0800, 
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can email me at Ed Ed Ed Taylor 
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But as we wind down today, I 
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I'm sorry that you're 
overwhelmed it is a very 

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difficult place but remember 
Turn back to the Lord resting 

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prioritizing focusing resting. 
Isn't that great? 

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This is so encouraging to me, 
it's I want it to be so 

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encouraging to you so that wraps
up our time today and so glad 

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that you joined please rate, the
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If we can serve you here we're 
ready to do that. 

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We're ready to encourage you and
serve you. 

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You're not alone. 
We are grateful to Ministry 

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team, here we are, grateful to 
serve you. 

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I am grateful to serve. 
You can reach out to me 

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personally and so we'll be going
through this resource. 

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I have it in my hand right here.
Sure. 

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And steady, we titled it 
learning and growing in pastoral

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Ministry and they're just just 
little nuggets that you can 

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learn from. 
Like, for example, I just 

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flipped open the number one 
point number 20, you maintain an

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atmosphere of love and grace, a 
pastor regularly. 

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And encourages to help maintain 
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I mean, these are simple things.
Someone will be reminders, some 

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will be brand new but it's it'll
be encouraging will be 

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strengthened together. 
So thanks again. 

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Rate the podcast Reach Out, Ed 
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What a blessing. 
It is to be a small part of the 

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great work that God is doing in 
your life. 

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Stay close to the Lord, God 
bless you. 

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