1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,240 For peace I search, for hope I search for love, and one day for 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,800 release. God give me strength to accept 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,680 the things that I just cannot know. 4 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:22,840 Even when I lose control, I will not let you go. 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,120 Oh, good morning, Rest Church. If you're new here, welcome. 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,120 This is where all the weirdos of Rez Church and you can you too, 7 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,520 could be one one of us. My name is Nate. 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,560 I serve as one of the teaching pastors here, and I'm also the 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,520 creative director. And today is week three of our 10 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,400 Sound mind series. And today I'm going to be 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:54,440 talking about burnout. Yeah, Now I was going to kind of 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,120 try to come up with a snappy creative name for this, but I 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,520 was really burning myself out trying to come up with 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,360 something. So we're just going to call it 15 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,440 burnout. OK, call it a day. 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,680 So this message is called burnout and if you have your 17 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,680 Bibles or you have your phone, however you do that, we're going 18 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,960 to be in Matthew 1128 through 30. 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,080 Matthew 1128 through 30. I'm going to go ahead and read 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,520 it right now and get started. Come to me, all who labour and 21 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,880 are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 22 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,840 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,400 lowly and heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,120 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 25 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,360 Now when we were talking about doing this Series A few months 26 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,240 ago, we get around and we have a planning meeting. 27 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,920 We talked about the messages that are coming up for like the 28 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,480 next six months to a year. And we're going to talk about 29 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,560 mental health. So we're divvying up all the 30 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,320 topics, right? And Pastor Daniels, when we get 31 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,720 to burnout, Pastor Daniel's like, oh, Nate, you'll do 32 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,920 burnout. You're super good at that. 33 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,080 OK, I will, I will cover burnout. 34 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:04,960 I'm like, what? What do you mean? 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,400 What do you mean? I, I know about burnout like 36 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,600 everyone has, you know, times where they burnout, right? 37 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,720 You feel like you've burned out before you're maybe you're 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:12,720 headed towards burnout right now. 39 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,720 We've all kind of had those seasons of burnout. 40 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,120 You know, I, I did have my short season of burnout. 41 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,640 My my season of burnout just happened to last from the years 42 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:28,120 of 2018 to 2021. But you know, it's not like I'm 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,640 an expert on knowing how to burn yourself out. 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,040 You know, it's just a it's just a season. 45 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,920 The interesting thing about this series on mental health is it 46 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,760 happened to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,080 That actually was not planned. That was not planned, but it 48 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,760 does seem providential. As shepherds, we're called to 49 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,680 care for people, and we would be remiss if we ignored the real 50 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,720 struggles that everyone is facing. 51 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,360 And let's face it, mental health challenges touch all of us in 52 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,160 this. Room in some way. 53 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,040 The Bible has much wisdom to offer about mental health, and 54 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,040 today we're going to specifically focus on burnout, 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,080 something that affects so many of us in our fast-paced world. 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,920 So let me share some practical wisdom that I believe can help 57 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,720 us all recognize and prevent burnout in our lives. 58 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,400 And ultimately, it's going to lead us to Christ, where we can 59 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,680 find true rest. But before we dive into 60 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,000 solutions, we need to recognize first the warning signs of 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,640 burnout. Just like the dashboard lights 62 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,800 in your car signal that something needs attention, our 63 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,200 bodies and minds have warning lights as well. 64 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,360 So let me share 3 critical warning signs or warning lights 65 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,240 that you should look out for. I'll write these down and then 66 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,800 we'll jump into them in more depth. 67 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,360 Three of them. OK, here's the warning lights #1 68 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:00,800 fatigue. Fatigue #2 feeling cynical or 69 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,800 irritable. That's my speciality when I'm 70 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,240 burned out. Number three, loss of passion. 71 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:15,480 You have a loss of passion. A 2020 report found 45% of 72 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,160 employees are reporting burnout, and it actually is a higher 73 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,120 percentage in Gen. Z and millennials. 74 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,600 So burnout is a real thing. So why has burnout become so 75 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,520 prevalent in our society today? Why are we burning out? 76 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,240 Well, too much work is is part of it. 77 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,200 But I actually don't think that's the main problem. 78 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,760 I don't think it's that we're working too much. 79 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:44,120 I believe it's because we are not resting enough because our 80 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,880 brains will not shut off. We can't shut them off. 81 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,680 We don't let our brains shut off. 82 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,560 You know that the average person will feel the need to pick up 83 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:00,000 their phone 144 times a day. That's insane. 84 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,240 And you will spend an average of 4 hours a day on screen time. 85 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,720 That's like almost all the day. How are we doing this? 86 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:13,560 We can't get away from it. The thing we invented, the 87 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,680 technology we invented to help us manage our lives is actually 88 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,000 burning us out even quicker. I'm so happy, I'm so thankful. 89 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,600 That I grew. Up in the the 80s and 90s, any 90 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,800 80s, nineties babies? Yeah. 91 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,280 OK, so we had these things. You guys are going to love this. 92 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:36,480 This is history. We had, we had these things 93 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,760 called landlines and corded phones. 94 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,400 Yes, it was a box that lived on the wall somewhere in your house 95 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,480 and it, and when you wanted to call someone, you would pick it 96 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,800 up. And that's where this came from. 97 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,680 OK, this is a phone and we pushed the buttons or whatever. 98 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,920 And then there's this long twisty cord, right? 99 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,320 And then if you're really cool, you had a super extra long 100 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,640 twisty cord. So when you wanted to talk to 101 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,920 your girlfriend, ha ha kissy kissy, you could go around the 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,440 corner and and talk to them. But. 103 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,120 It was cool because if you didn't want, if you wanted to 104 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,320 disappear, if you wanted to decompress, if you wanted to be 105 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,360 alone and you don't want anyone bothering you, all you had to do 106 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,760 was go outside. The cord's not long enough. 107 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,640 You're free. We don't have that anymore. 108 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,360 Our phones. How many of you have your phone 109 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,280 in your pocket right now? Don't touch it, OK? 110 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,480 It's there. Even if it doesn't ring, you're 111 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:29,760 going to feel it vibrate. It's there. 112 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,720 We are burning ourselves out. Our jobs are burning us out, our 113 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,040 relationships are burning us out, our technology is burning 114 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,720 us out. So what are the warning lights 115 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,720 for us that we are approaching burnout? 116 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,680 I want to illustrate this with a really fun story. 117 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:51,760 So I have in the parking lot a beautiful 2010 Toyota Corolla, 118 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:53,960 told your applause. You don't have to call. 119 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,560 You may have seen it, you know, you may have seen me driving 120 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,280 around town just crushing it in my Corolla. 121 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,920 And if you want, after service, you can come up and you know, I 122 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,760 can show you the car. If you want to take pictures 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,040 with it, whatever, that's cool. Just don't touch it. 124 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,440 You know, don't go falling in love with her. 125 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,520 But in this car specifically, I have developed a really bad 126 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,400 habit. For me. 127 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,840 I will wait until the absolute last minute to get gas. 128 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,280 You know, the gas light comes on, you're like, OK, I got 129 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:35,640 another, you know, couple days, the little thingy, you know, the 130 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,640 pointer thingy. And then there's the line. 131 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,600 I like to make sure they're just really lined up, sometimes even 132 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,840 below the line. And then I think we should 133 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:51,840 probably get gas. When the gas light comes on, it 134 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:57,320 should signal that it's time to refuel, but for me it signals 135 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,160 the beginning of a fun game. I like to call how far can I 136 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,440 push it? And this one time few years ago, 137 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,040 I was playing the fun game of how long can I push it? 138 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,840 And I did in fact push it too far. 139 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,600 Guess where I was when I finally ran out of gas? 140 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,920 Who has a really good guess? The freeway. 141 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,240 No, that would be ridiculous. I was in the middle of a 142 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:29,040 Starbucks drive through. So I remember just, I've never 143 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,880 sweated so much in my life. I, I got in the drive through 144 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,799 and I was like, well, I'm fine, You know, I'll get my drink and 145 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:35,159 then I'll go immediately to the gas station. 146 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,760 But they were taking forever. OK. 147 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,120 So really it's Starbucks's fault. 148 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,760 It's not my fault. But yeah, sure enough, I ran out 149 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,720 of gas right in the middle of a Starbucks drive through. 150 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:51,120 Broad daylight, not ideal. It was death by dashboard. 151 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,200 The warning signs were all there. 152 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,160 The light was on, but I just ignored it and kept pushing. 153 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,400 And this is exactly how burnout happens in our lives. 154 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,400 There will be warning signs. The lights on our personal 155 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,160 dashboard will light up, but we ignore them till they're 156 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,040 completely depleted. And by the time we acknowledge 157 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,160 those warning signs, we may be already too close to burnout. 158 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,080 So. Let me explain what these 159 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,840 warning signs actually look like in our lives. 160 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,880 Now, you might think, well, burnout, that's just a feeling, 161 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,120 right? That's just a a modern buzzword 162 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,040 that we use. But science actually tells us 163 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,520 it's much more serious than that. 164 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,040 According to research published by the Journal of Applied 165 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:43,360 Psychology, burnout isn't just a feeling, it actually changes our 166 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,120 brain chemistry. Researchers at the Karolinska 167 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,520 Institute found burnout syndrome is associated with changes in 168 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:56,440 brain structure, particularly in the amygdala, which regulates 169 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,800 our stress response. I'm pretty sure I said that 170 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,320 wrong. Whatever stress science 171 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,800 confirms, what Scripture has long taught, our minds and 172 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,520 bodies are intimately connected. So let's look at these warning 173 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,720 signs more closely, and let's see what they look like in our 174 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,000 lives #1 fatigue. Fatigue. 175 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,200 Now, this isn't just, you know, feeling sleepy. 176 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,240 This is chronic tiredness that doesn't go away with a good 177 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,200 night's sleep. How many parents are here? 178 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,440 And you're like. Yeah, dude. 179 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,760 Duh. Fatigue is sort of my base level 180 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,640 of existence. You know, I just kind of, I just 181 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,360 like to keep it right there at fatigue. 182 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,560 No, this is, this is much more than that. 183 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:41,720 This doesn't go away with a good night's sleep. 184 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,920 You're always exhausted no matter how much rest you get. 185 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,160 That's hell. That's a special kind of hell, 186 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,520 isn't it? Being so tired that you can't 187 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,040 sleep. Oh, so tired. 188 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,680 Why don't you take a nap, Nate? Can't. 189 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,040 Can't sleep, too tired. What do you do? 190 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,600 It's actually. Hell no. 191 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,480 No, it is. It's actually hell. 192 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,080 This is an actual description of hell in the Bible. 193 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,360 Revelation 1411 says the smoke of their torment goes up forever 194 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,600 and ever, and they have no rest. Day or night. 195 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:24,080 It's hell now. We have our youth in in junior 196 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:24,720 high. What's up, guys? 197 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,680 This is, we have, you know, Richard's dressed up like, what 198 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:30,480 are you there a wizard or a Jedi? 199 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,960 Oh, a Jedi. Cool, cool, cool, cool. 200 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,120 So the youth, they do these things. 201 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:37,160 Have you guys done one of these yet? 202 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,640 It's called an all nighter. So you notice that when. 203 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,480 I ask him. It's not like, yeah, it's like, 204 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:48,520 Oh yeah, we did that. So if you haven't heard of what 205 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,200 of an all nighter or some people call them lockins, that sounds 206 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,720 more aggressive. But basically you get all the 207 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,920 kids and you say we're going to just, you know, what we're going 208 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,160 to do is going to be so fun. We're going to just stay up all 209 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,800 night, bro, No. Sleep. 210 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,480 Let's go. What? 211 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,600 No. And you drink Mountain Dew, you 212 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,120 eat pizza, you play weird games, and you just, you just stay up 213 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,920 all night. And I didn't grow up going to 214 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,640 youth group, but I did start making some friends from church 215 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,680 my senior year of high school. And they said. 216 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,320 Nate, you should come to our churches all nighter and I said 217 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:31,800 no, that sounds like hell and but I did go because there was a 218 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,480 cute girl there. So I said, well, you know 219 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,200 they'll. Check it out or whatever. 220 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,480 And I like sleeping. I think sleeping is cool. 221 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,240 I've only stayed up all night twice in my entire life. 222 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,280 One when I was at junior high and it was the worst decision I 223 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,640 ever made and the second is when me and my friend got locked out 224 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,360 of his parents house and we couldn't wake them up so we 225 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,640 wandered around the streets of Stockton until 6:00 AM. 226 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,240 Both of those times really sucked. 227 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,760 OK, so don't like to stay up all night. 228 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,720 So. But I go to the all nighters, I 229 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,200 could do this, you know, and you have to send a waiver that says 230 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,600 you, you can't leave. You know, you can't leave. 231 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,360 And so lucky for me, I had turned 18 prior to this, even 232 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:16,680 though I was a senior in high school. 233 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,760 And so it got to be about 12:30 AM, And I was like, I'm, I'm 234 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,760 good, yeah, I'm going to leave. And I go to leave. 235 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,400 And the youth pastor runs. Over here. 236 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,960 Hey buddy, you got to stay. Here, we're going to play Chubby 237 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,000 Bunny. I was like, oh, that sounds 238 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,040 terrible, bud. I'll see you later. 239 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,160 And he's like, hey, you know, seriously, you can't leave. 240 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,680 Your parents are going to kill me. 241 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:45,800 I'm like, here's the thing, I'm an adult, I'll see you later and 242 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,600 I left the all nighter because not being able to rest 243 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,480 chronically. Is just the. 244 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,400 Worst. If you've ever been there, you 245 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,760 know it is the absolute worst. And I'm not into it. 246 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:04,200 But that's one of the symptoms of burnout #2 cynicism and 247 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,640 irritability. Cynicism and irritability. 248 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,600 Now during my short season of burnout that lasted for years 249 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,880 and years and years, I was walking one day with a Co worker 250 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,480 here at the church. We had gone through the merger 251 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,600 and all that, this crazy stuff. And he he does the whole Nate. 252 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,320 Hey, you doing OK man? And what's really that means, 253 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,520 Nate, you're not doing OK, man. And I was like, yeah, I'm doing 254 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:33,640 good. Why do you even ask me that 255 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:34,720 question? That's sort of annoying that you 256 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,000 didn't even ask me a question like that. 257 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,040 What do you mean? And he's like, well, just notice 258 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,680 that you, it feels like you're being really, really short with 259 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,200 people. And, and before he could finish, 260 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,520 I'm not being short. I'm not, I'm not being short 261 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:47,440 with people. You're short. 262 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,560 You're the short one. I'm tall and you're short. 263 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:58,120 You've been short. And at that moment, as this was 264 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,720 coming out of my mouth, I thought I might be burning out a 265 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,360 little bit. I might be burnout. 266 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,120 When you are burning out, your everything is a hassle. 267 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,160 Everything, every text, every meeting, every question, it all 268 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,200 comes across as another thing because you're done. 269 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,120 You don't have the capacity to deal with it. 270 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,720 I would actually get anxiety from my phone because every time 271 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,120 it buzzed, I thought it was someone asking me to do 272 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,560 something else and it was just the worst. 273 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:38,320 Cynicism and irritability. Now let's look at #3 #3 symptom 274 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,880 is loss of passion. Loss of passion. 275 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,360 This warning sign is basically you're losing passion for the 276 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,360 things that you once loved. During my season of burnout. 277 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,960 I've always loved. Music, love, worship music, all 278 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,200 those things. But during that time I was just 279 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,840 not into it. I was just going through the 280 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,840 motions and it was hard, especially when we had, I don't 281 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,200 know if you remember this, but we had like these lockdown 282 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,880 things, you know, and so during that time. 283 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,280 I had to we. The worship team had to record 284 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,960 all the worship, film it. I had to edit it. 285 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,120 Edit. The service put it all together, 286 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,240 stream it. I had to do that every single 287 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:25,120 week and, and I was a part of the worship team because I felt 288 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,840 like if I'm not part of it, it's not going to happen. 289 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,480 You know, like I, I have to actually do this and do all 290 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,040 these other things and I just started to just kind of hate 291 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,760 worship. I lost my passion for it. 292 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:38,720 I. Would still do it. 293 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,560 But I was just going through the motions. 294 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,120 It's, it's just, it's sad. It's something I once loved to 295 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:49,040 have a passion for was gone. Another fun symptom from that is 296 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,360 I got sick a lot, which is great, but there's a 297 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,960 correlation. The Mayo Clinic has documented 298 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:01,280 that these exact warning signs in their research show that 299 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,400 burnout actually effects our immune system. 300 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,520 So people experiencing burnout have significantly higher 301 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,319 inflammation markers in their bloodstream. 302 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:16,480 This creates a dangerous cycle. Stress leads to burnout, which 303 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,760 weakens the immune system, which makes us physically I'll, which 304 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,319 creates more stress and around we go. 305 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,320 The scientific reality actually parallels scripture. 306 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,840 Check this out. Proverbs 1722 says a joyful 307 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,080 heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the 308 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:43,080 bones. This ancient wisdom perfectly 309 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,360 captures what modern science is now confirming. 310 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,920 Our mental state directly effects our physical well-being. 311 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,960 So. If burnout is the problem, well, 312 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,400 what's the solution? At its core, we need rest. 313 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:04,320 We need true rest. Not just any rest, but the kind 314 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,200 that restores our souls. So where do we find our source 315 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,560 of true rest? Well, according to our text 316 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,000 today, Matthew 1128 through 30, our rest is not found in 317 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,320 institutions and programs. It's found in a person. 318 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:25,600 And that person is Jesus. It says, come to me, all who 319 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,920 labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 320 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,080 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. 321 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,880 For I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest 322 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,680 for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my 323 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,440 burden is light. I have a picture here of a yoke. 324 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,160 I'm saying this word yoke. And you're like, what the heck 325 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,440 is yoke? The wooden thing? 326 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,200 That's a yoke. Jesus uses the image of a yoke. 327 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,240 That wooden contraption placed between placed on oxen to help 328 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,520 them pull a load together. And typically a stronger, more 329 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,840 mature ox would be paired with a younger one. 330 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,040 The older ox would take most of the load and guide the younger 331 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,720 one until it learned the routine. 332 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:13,440 We are all yoked to something, whether you realize it or not. 333 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,320 Even if you're not a religious person, you're not a spiritual 334 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,960 person. You are yoked to something. 335 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,520 So we need to ask ourselves. You need to ask yourself, what 336 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:29,960 am I actually yoked to? If your season of burnout is 337 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:36,000 lasting years, maybe you're not yoked to Jesus. 338 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,680 When you're yoked to Jesus, He does the heavy lifting. 339 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,320 When we're yoked to anything else, we do the heavy lifting 340 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,520 and it is exhausting. Now, I'm not saying we don't 341 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,200 need to, you know, like do stuff. 342 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,240 Obviously we need work and all those kind of things. 343 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,320 We're designed to work. But yes, we are also designed to 344 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,160 rest. Got himself rested on the 7th 345 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,040 day after creating everything. OK? 346 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,760 It's built into us. I like the way Alan Cohen puts 347 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,280 it. He says there's virtue and work, 348 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,760 and there's virtue and rest. Use both. 349 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:19,680 And overlook neither. Think about burnout. 350 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,080 It's sneaky. Because once that warning light 351 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:28,000 comes on, you really, really don't have much time until you 352 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,520 run out of fuel. So let's talk about the three 353 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,560 safeguards against burnout. Because the best burnout 354 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,320 treatment is actually prevention. 355 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,000 So I'm going to give you 3 safeguards to help you prevent 356 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,400 from burning out. You write these down #1 renew 357 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:56,880 your mind with the truth #2 hang up your Cape and #3 refuel. 358 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,680 Don't escape. All right, number one, renew 359 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,600 your mind with the truth. Well, what is truth? 360 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,960 The truth is the word of God. Renew your mind with the word of 361 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:16,720 God Romans 12/2 says do not be conformed to this world, but be 362 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,160 transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you 363 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,200 may discern what is the will of. God, what is good and. 364 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:31,920 Acceptable and perfect. I read a 2021 study from 365 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,840 Frontiers in Psychology and it showed that mindfulness 366 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,280 practices focused on gratitude and positive thought patterns 367 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,160 literally rewire neural pathways. 368 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,720 Participants who spent just 15 minutes daily focusing on 369 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,600 positive thoughts showed measurable changes in brain 370 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,640 activity after only four weeks. So when Paul is writing here in 371 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,480 Romans and he's saying be transformed by the renewing of 372 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,400 your mind, he's actually describing what neuroscientists 373 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,400 now call neuroplasticity. That's our brains ability to 374 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,200 reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. 375 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:18,080 Focusing on what is good and true has not only spiritual 376 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:25,320 benefits, but physical benefits. You guys ever get into an 377 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,000 argument with someone that's not there? 378 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,520 They're in your mind, you know, you tell yourself a narrative 379 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,000 like, well, they gave me a dirty look the other day, so they must 380 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,720 be thinking this or whatever. And then now you're having a 381 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,800 conversation with that person in your mind, like, oh, then they 382 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,480 come this step to me. I'm going to say this to them. 383 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,440 Whatever you guys do that just me. 384 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:46,800 I'm the only one that's crazy. OK, cool. 385 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,120 So for me, it's these these debates take place in the 386 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:54,120 shower. OK, in the shower and I maybe 387 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:57,200 there's someone I'm mad at or there's some issue. 388 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,160 I just disagree with them and I'm like in the shower, like, 389 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,120 and then I would say like, da da, da, da, da to them. 390 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,200 And then they would say like, oh, Nate, you're destroying me 391 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,080 with your intellect. I'm like, yeah, yeah, I get the 392 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,400 shampoo bottle. I listen to this dude, you're 393 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,560 dumb or whatever. And having this full on 394 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,240 conversation with a person that's not there. 395 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,320 They're not there. They probably don't even know 396 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,560 that we have a problem. But I am just. 397 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:36,680 Destroying them with my mind, yes, we do that because the mind 398 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,560 is a battlefield and one of the greatest battles we will have to 399 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,640 fight. Is with the. 400 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:48,760 Lies that we tell ourselves. You ever believe something for 401 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,920 years and years and years, I thought it was the truth, only 402 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,160 to talk to someone about it, like, out loud and realize it 403 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,280 actually wasn't true this whole time. 404 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,000 You know that person that you're intellectually destroying in the 405 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,200 shower and they're like, what's your name? 406 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,480 Do we have a problem? Yeah. 407 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,000 You've told yourself a lie. A fun story that I have about 408 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,840 this is growing up, my mom's sort of a clean freak. 409 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,640 Love you, Mom. I respect it. 410 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,960 But it did get out of hand at times. 411 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:22,080 So growing up, we had chores every day after school. 412 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,440 We had chores even during summer vacation. 413 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,000 I had chores every single day. I actually had like, a list of 414 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,280 chores to do. And I remember it was time for 415 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,720 me to become the dishwasher. We didn't have a dishwasher. 416 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,920 I'll be the dishwasher. So she's teaching me how to 417 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,000 clean, you know, what sponge to use, you know, the Dawn soap and 418 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,640 how much to put and then how to dry the dishes. 419 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,280 OK, So drying the dishes, like, OK. 420 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,280 And then you just circles. OK, Good, good. 421 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,600 And she's like, now, little Nathan, she didn't call me that, 422 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,600 but little Nathan, just so you know, if you don't dry the 423 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:00,320 dishes completely, we could all get cancer. 424 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:13,640 I don't want my family to die. It's going to be my fault. 425 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,480 Someone coughs at the dinner table like, Oh no, was your dish 426 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,680 dry? Was it dry? 427 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:26,520 You know, now years later, I, you know, somehow found out. 428 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,560 I found out it wasn't true. I Googled it last week and it 429 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:35,560 turns out it it's not true. So you can scratch that off your 430 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,000 list. It's just something that I 431 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,880 believe for a while that's just like, what the heck is that? 432 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,520 It's not even true. But in my mind, that's what she 433 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:42,320 told me. So that's true. 434 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:47,560 You have to renew your mind with the truth, the word of God, and 435 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,880 this is a daily thing, this is a process. 436 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,640 So it's a choice. You don't become an optimist 437 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,680 overnight. You know what I'm not saying is 438 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,920 OK, I have all these problems and Nate says if I read a Bible 439 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,280 verse. I'll be good. 440 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,720 That's no, I'm not saying that. I'm saying it's, it's a daily 441 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,560 thing. It's a process, it's a choice. 442 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,320 When you become a Christian, you're saved and all those 443 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,840 things. It's not like your problems go 444 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,040 away. Anyone you know can can relate 445 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,280 to that. Become a Christian. 446 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,720 You're like, oh this is actually harder now, but you know how to 447 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,680 navigate it. So. 448 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:32,680 If you don't have a regular practice of reading the Bible, 449 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,800 like where the heck do I even start Lamentations? 450 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,920 Maybe not there. We're going through the Bible in 451 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,200 a year app like you've seen the QR codes. 452 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,160 Before. Boom. 453 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:47,320 And I should just check it out and you could scan that code. 454 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,520 You could it's on your phone. You know, you, you have your 455 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,360 phone, you pick it up 144 times a day. 456 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,320 So one of those times could be reading this Bible app. 457 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,480 And that's a great place to start. 458 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,480 They tell you what to do. You don't think about it, You 459 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,400 just jump right in. So that would be my homework for 460 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,960 you. Some of us, the, the God thing 461 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,040 is sort of new to us. Maybe the church thing is new to 462 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:14,240 you and you have lived for years believing a lie about God 463 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,960 because someone told you, well, God is this way or someone who 464 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,120 claimed to be a Christian live their life a certain way. 465 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,640 And so you think God is like that. 466 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:32,520 Maybe growing up you didn't have the best father, so when you 467 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,120 hear, well, he's your heavenly Father, you think, well, I don't 468 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:40,000 like that because my father wasn't so awesome. 469 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,360 These are lies that we've been told and we believe. 470 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,680 So I want to take just a second and tell you something. 471 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,840 Some of you probably need to hear this. 472 00:27:53,960 --> 00:28:05,040 God loves you, full stop. There's nothing you can do to 473 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,440 earn His love. There's nothing you can do that 474 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,840 will make Him love you more or less. 475 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,480 You can rest knowing that He loves you as you are. 476 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,560 You can come to God as you are. You don't have to clean up. 477 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,480 You don't have to put on a buttoned up shirt. 478 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,720 You don't even have to give up your addictions. 479 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,200 You come to Him with all those things. 480 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,240 He'll meet you where you're at and you don't have to save the 481 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,760 day. Some of us really want to be the 482 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,520 superhero. You want to save the day. 483 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,720 I'm a guy who likes comic books and superheroes. 484 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,160 I literally have a Cape in my closet. 485 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,800 OK, it's not weird. And sometimes you just, you got 486 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,200 to hang up your Cape and realise you don't have to save the day. 487 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:50,200 The day has already been saved #2 hang up your Cape. 488 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,240 Something I've been working on specifically this year, I'm, I'm 489 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,680 working on incorporating a new word into my vocabulary. 490 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,680 It's a 2 letter word. You guys are like, uh oh, what's 491 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,880 he going to say? You got the sensor button ready? 492 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:14,080 The word is no, it's no. For me. 493 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,680 I like to put on the Cape, like to be the guy. 494 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,440 I like to save the day. But if I keep saying yes to 495 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,680 everything because I feel like maybe I'm the only one who can 496 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:29,080 do this, or I, I have to, or God, you know, is going to be 497 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,600 disappointed in me or something like that, maybe I want the 498 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:37,680 credit of being the guy who does the thing so I don't ever say 499 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,080 no. That's such a great way to burn 500 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,720 yourself out. Some of us need to learn how to 501 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,680 say no. Now listen carefully. 502 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,120 I am not trying to put pressure on you. 503 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,320 Yes, we do want you to serve. All the Wrest Mania leaders like 504 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,920 Nate, what have you done? Everyone's deleting their sign 505 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:04,120 up forms. No, we we do want you to serve. 506 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,160 Serving is good. Serving is healthy. 507 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,480 Serving is biblical. Going and doing something for 508 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,360 someone else, You'd be surprised what wonders that does for your 509 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,280 mental state. It really, really does. 510 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,760 You are concerned about yourself and you're so in your own head. 511 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,200 Go do something for someone else. 512 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:24,000 Guarantee you you'll forget. Serving is great, but if if you 513 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:28,800 come home at night to your family and they call the police 514 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:34,280 because they don't recognize you, you might want to start 515 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:39,800 saying no to some things. All right, I'm going to get I'm 516 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,200 going to get cash short for casual. 517 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,080 You guys want to get cash. Let's just wrap, let's wrap it 518 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,680 out. Hear my knees popping? 519 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,720 So. For me, my formative Christian 520 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,360 years when I got saved and got really involved in church, they 521 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:04,600 were all in a high control, spiritually abusive environment 522 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:13,080 and my mindset was can't miss anything. 523 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,760 Got to be at every event, got to serve at everything, got to be 524 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,640 in the front row a Manning, got to do all the things. 525 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:26,080 Whatever the leader told me to do, we had to do it because they 526 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:30,840 were the voice of God. That's spiritual abuse. 527 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,640 I lived in that for years and it pretty much killed me 528 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:45,000 spiritually. I had in my mind that I have to 529 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,040 do something huge and big and great for God. 530 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,400 You know, like all these things were for God and the whole time 531 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:56,520 God's like, you're just my son. You just want to hang out. 532 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,000 Like how many of your parents are like when your kid comes to 533 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,400 you and wants to hug, you're like, well, what did you do 534 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,440 today? Did you? 535 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,640 What did you build? How have you contributed to the 536 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,760 Kingdom today? Son, when I get to heaven, I 537 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,560 don't think that God's going to be like, well, Nate, you did a 538 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:20,360 good job, raised your kid. You loved your wife, but you did 539 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,280 run out of gas on the freeway. That's why you're here. 540 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,400 But I'm looking at the books. Here and I notice you did miss 4 541 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,240 Sundays. So I hope you like warm weather. 542 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:40,680 You know there's no rest down. There, by the way, but that's 543 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,000 not going to happen. Yes, we should serve at the 544 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,160 church. We should serve. 545 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,120 Serving the church is not the same as serving God. 546 00:32:53,000 --> 00:33:01,600 I think you should hear that Jesus did not die for programs. 547 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:08,600 He died for people. He died for people. 548 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,800 The church is not these walls. The church is the people. 549 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,680 That's who we're serving. OK, so I'm actually talking to 550 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,960 myself right now because this is something I still, I'm still 551 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:28,760 working through all these years later, kind of wading through 552 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,840 all that and detangling all those feelings of guilt and 553 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,200 religious oppression and all those things. 554 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,680 They still kind of are there. And so I have to daily renew my 555 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,920 mind with the truth, with the word of God. 556 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,480 And the truth is Jesus did not die for our programs. 557 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:48,040 He died for you. And if unchecked, your hero 558 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,640 complex will make you the villain. 559 00:33:55,240 --> 00:34:02,120 Here's something beautiful about me personally saying no is my no 560 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,280 actually gives someone else their yes. 561 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:11,199 So Michael here, this is where you know I would normally stand, 562 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:13,400 right? Every Sunday, don't miss a 563 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:14,840 Sunday. Years, years, years, years, 564 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,800 years. And standing in this spot, 565 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,040 Pastor Daniel comes to me and says, hey, you need to take a 566 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,920 Sunday off a month. And I was like, no, you're 567 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,159 short. You've been short. 568 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,719 I'm tall and you're short. No, I got to be up there because 569 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,600 what happens if I'm not? Everything will fall apart and 570 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,800 it will catch on fire. No, you need a break. 571 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,280 OK. So reluctantly start saying no. 572 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,080 And because of that, no. Michael is a great example of 573 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,560 someone who gets to say yes because I'm not freaking 574 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,840 standing there every Sunday hogging up all the space, right? 575 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,280 Your know may make room for someone else's. 576 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,080 Yes. That's actually a beautiful 577 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:56,280 thing. I love coming to church with 578 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,080 Bishop and checking them in and just watching our worship team. 579 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,440 And it's just awesome to see all these new people get an 580 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,240 opportunity to say yes. Wouldn't happen if I didn't hang 581 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:12,520 up my Cape every now and then. So. 582 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,080 Also, I'm not saying that you should just, you know, say no to 583 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:21,120 all your responsibilities, OK? Do you know kids, you know, 584 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,640 don't go home, kids, young people don't go home. 585 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,960 And your mom's like, hey, I need you to take out the trash. 586 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:35,040 You're like, no, I need to sort of take time for me. 587 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:41,480 I need to take care of my mental health. 588 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,720 Mom and I hang up my Cape. I'm just going to have to say 589 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,280 no. You know, why don't you do it? 590 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:54,280 Remember what we talked about? We talked about going to heaven 591 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,960 and stuff. You'll go straight to heaven. 592 00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:00,800 After all. I'm not telling you to go say no 593 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,880 to everything. If you're go home and your 594 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,760 wife's like, hey honey, can you take out the trash and you go? 595 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,560 Here's the thing. Pastor Nate said I could say no. 596 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,520 So I just sort of. Well. 597 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,360 Why don't you take out the trash? 598 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,560 You won't have to take out the trash anymore because you won't 599 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,680 be living there. So that's not what I'm saying at 600 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:24,560 all. What I'm saying is I'm giving 601 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,360 you permission as if I have the authority to do that, to just 602 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,480 consider the possibility that you can say no. 603 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,640 Because I know in church sometimes it gets hard, right? 604 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,720 You're like, I don't want to. They need me or what? 605 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:39,080 It's like dude. If your family is is falling 606 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,880 apart, your marriage sucks. All these things just say no 607 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,200 dude. And go do something with your 608 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,320 family. It's OK, Resume is like. 609 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:58,000 Typing Oh, we got. To he's, he's ruining it #3. 610 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,800 Refuel, don't escape, refuel, don't escape. 611 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:08,040 When my car is running low on gas, if I just pull over and 612 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,600 stop, it doesn't actually do anything. 613 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,960 So you know the lights on because you know it's always on. 614 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,720 I say, well, she's tired, she need a rest. 615 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,400 So I pulled over to the side of the road and she's like, you 616 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,440 just take your time, sweetie. You take a rest and when you 617 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,600 when you're ready, we'll fire it up again and we'll be good. 618 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:34,880 No, that doesn't do anything. It just delays the inevitable 619 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,400 that I will run out of gas. I have to do something. 620 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,520 I have to go to the gas station and get gas. 621 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,160 I have to refuel. Don't just escape. 622 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,640 So let me ask you a question. What refuels you? 623 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,800 You don't have to answer like out loud, but. 624 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,040 What? Refuels you? 625 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,880 Do you even know what refuels you? 626 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,400 Have you ever actually thought about that? 627 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:07,160 What do I like to do just to have fun, relax, get filled up? 628 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,000 What? What awakens your affection for 629 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,640 Jesus? What refuels me may not be what 630 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,480 refuels you. It's not what refuels my wife. 631 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,200 And that's OK. We all have different ways. 632 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:23,720 For me, I really like writing music and making art and all the 633 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,840 artsy farty stuff. I like doing all that stuff. 634 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,440 And my wife will tell you I would be content just not even 635 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,400 leaving my room and just writing music all day and I'll go to 636 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,440 home. I'll go go to bed and and just 637 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,920 sleep happy as a clam, whatever that means. 638 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:43,000 Why are clams happy? Don't know, but that's that's 639 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:47,920 what I will be like a clam. I also love working out. 640 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,120 We have any gym Bros, gym gym girls. 641 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,640 Yeah. I love working out because it 642 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,320 gives me a chance to listen to music to decompress. 643 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,480 No one's going to bother me. It's just there. 644 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,760 You just sort of stare into the, you know, the the gym stare when 645 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,080 you're like in between sets and you just stare and someone 646 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,080 thinks you're staring at them. They're like, you're not, you're 647 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,800 just, you're just into the void, just decompressing. 648 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,440 I love it. And the thing about working out 649 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,320 is you might think that, well, the lifting of the weights is 650 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:23,680 what makes you stronger. It's not, it's it just gives you 651 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,920 microscopic tears in your muscle fibers. 652 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,200 You actually gain muscle from sleep. 653 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,160 That's when you gain muscle from rest. 654 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,600 So whatever your way to refuel is, some some people like golf. 655 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:42,280 Good, no one wooed you're going outside. 656 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,600 I like to go outside and be a smell the fresh cut grass and 657 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,160 and and hit this little ball around and it's like no thanks. 658 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:59,160 But if that's you, do it. Golf it up because we need to 659 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,080 refuel because life just keeps going. 660 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:07,760 Life goes on. And so in our verse, when Jesus 661 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:11,680 says take my yoke upon you and learn from me, notice what he 662 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,000 doesn't say. He doesn't say take off your 663 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,840 yoke. He says take my yoke. 664 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,240 There's still a yoke saying yoke a lot. 665 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:25,760 There's still a yoke. There's still stuff we're going 666 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,400 to have to do. The difference is he's the one 667 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:34,200 pulling the weight. So what can we learn? 668 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,000 He says, take my yoke upon you and learn from me. 669 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,240 What can we learn from Jesus about refueling? 670 00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:44,680 Like how did Jesus refuel? Well, there's a few instances of 671 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,520 this, but a particular one I want to read is Luke 515 through 672 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,560 16. It says. 673 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,000 But even now more the report about him went abroad and great 674 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,400 crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their 675 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,520 infirmities. But he would withdraw to 676 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:05,480 desolate places and pray. Sometimes even Jesus needed to 677 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,360 get away from the crowd and pray. 678 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,560 And yes, that meant he would actually leave people unhealed. 679 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,720 Because Jesus understood that to complete his mission, which was 680 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:23,440 a difficult mission, he needed to take time to refuel. 681 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:29,720 And he did this with prayer. A University of Pennsylvania 682 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,960 study tracked brain activity during prayer and meditation 683 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,520 using MRI, and researchers discovered that regular 684 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:41,360 contemplative prayer strengthens the prefrontal cortex. 685 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,040 This is the part of the brain responsible for emotion 686 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:49,000 regulation and decision making. So when Jesus would withdraw, 687 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,360 draw to pray, he was engaging in what science now confirms is one 688 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,760 of the most effective ways to restore cognitive function and 689 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,960 emotional balance. Prayer has spiritual and 690 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:08,880 physical benefits. If you are here and you're 691 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,480 running on empty, don't. Just push through it. 692 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:18,360 Press into him. We do this with prayer. 693 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,720 OK? So we have our three safeguards 694 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,880 #1 renew your mind with the truth. 695 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,920 That's the word of God #2 hang up your Cape. 696 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:34,160 Sometimes it's OK to say no. And #3 refuel. 697 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:38,000 Don't escape. And you may be thinking, wow, 698 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:44,880 Nate Bravo, you did it. You saved us, saved us all from 699 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,120 burnout. You're never you're not even 700 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,000 dealing with this anymore. You've done it. 701 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,000 Well, let me show you a picture from this morning. 702 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,880 This is literally this morning. Check it out. 703 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:09,320 Got in the car and I was. Like, Oh yeah, I need gas, so I 704 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,280 had to go. Get gas this morning because I'm 705 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,440 still learning, still dealing with that stuff, still 706 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:20,360 procrastinating simple tasks like putting gas in your car. 707 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,320 What the heck man? Still dealing with it. 708 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,760 So you might be hearing your and you're saying to yourself, well 709 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,160 cool story bro. What happens if I'm already 710 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,000 burnt out? Like what happens if I'm? 711 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,720 Done. Well, if you remember early I I 712 00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:40,000 told this really cool story about me running out of gas in 713 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,640 the Starbucks parking lot. And the thing that was fun about 714 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:49,160 it was I had to push my car and steer because, you know, the Dr. 715 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:53,400 Thrus are like curvy and it's just, you know, I looked 716 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,120 awesome, I'm sure. But broad daylight trying to 717 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,400 push and steer my car through a drive through and people are 718 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,520 like, well, don't you know that you can drive it or whatever. 719 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:07,280 The only way I got out of that situation from that burnout, if 720 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,280 you will, was someone had to come rescue me. 721 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:17,840 So thank God I'm doing that. And my friend Chris drives by 722 00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,560 and he sees me and he's. Like, oh, that's odd. 723 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,280 And pulls into the parking lot, comes up and say, hey, Nate, 724 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,280 what's up? Are you good? 725 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:31,560 Oh, no, actually, I am out of gas. 726 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,400 Can you help me And so I believe he pushed while I. 727 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,480 Steered I did get my drink, though. 728 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,280 People were asking me after first service like, well, did 729 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,080 you get your drink? I'm like yeah, come on of course 730 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,600 I of course I, you know, pushed it and stuck it in there keep 731 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:49,520 pushing me. I'm not going to forget my drink 732 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,240 come on. The only. 733 00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:56,000 Way I got out of that was. Someone had to come rescue me. 734 00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,040 It. If you're already burnt out, 735 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,280 like if your soul, your mind, your body are depleted, the only 736 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,720 way out is rescue. You need help. 737 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,080 So I ask you, do you do you have? 738 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,840 Anyone in your life really think about this? 739 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,440 Do you have anyone in your life that's allowed to call you out 740 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:17,800 on stuff? You got to have at least one. 741 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:22,280 If you don't, do you have anyone that's actually close enough to 742 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,960 you that can notice when you're burning out? 743 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:28,600 You know, at Rez, we focus on groups a lot. 744 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:29,480 We're always talking about groups. 745 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,320 We have a giant wall dedicated to groups. 746 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:32,800 It's not because we think, oh, groups. 747 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,040 It'd be really fun to have a. A. 748 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,520 Wall for groups or in a ton of groups. 749 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,640 That's not the point. The point is because we, we know 750 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,280 that you, you have to do life with other people like someone 751 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:49,160 has to know you. We've seen too many people 752 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,960 disappear because they've burned out and they did not have a 753 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:57,440 support system. Now, as I shared earlier, I, I 754 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,000 suffered A brief season of burnout for a few years. 755 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:06,200 And, you know, I would love to say that I took these three 756 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,440 warning lights, then I took these three, you know, 757 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:13,640 preventative practices and I got myself out of burnout. 758 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:21,440 It's not actually what happened. I had to be rescued from my 759 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:26,360 burnout. And God in all his wisdom sent 760 00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:33,160 me this little guy first service. 761 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,200 I cried a lot so I'm doing better now. 762 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,640 But I'm like, why don't I keep showing pictures of my son? 763 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,600 Look at that face, dude. So sweet. 764 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,120 This little guy saved me from my burnout. 765 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:52,560 God saved me by sending me a son. 766 00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:59,200 There it is having this little person to care for. 767 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,840 It got the focus off of myself and it, it actually helped me 768 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:08,360 see things the way God saw them. So the way I saw this little 769 00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,600 guy, you know, he was born, he was super red. 770 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:17,840 He was covered in unknown foreign substances and screaming 771 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,800 and just just, you know, just like a alien. 772 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,440 But but I've I've never been more proud of anything that I've 773 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,520 been a part of ever. I was like, this is it. 774 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,920 I did it. You know, my wife did it. 775 00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,160 I'm sorry. I would though. 776 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:38,600 The jokes are going. I'm cycling through all the 777 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,400 jokes to like cut them out. No, don't say that. 778 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,760 Don't say that. OK, But this little guy, I saw 779 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,920 him and was so proud and loved him. 780 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:52,000 Would do anything for this kid. I'm like, I wonder if that's how 781 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,920 God sees me. He's I'm his son. 782 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:07,680 So Bishop, when he was born, he didn't do anything to earn my 783 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,320 love. He just had it because he was 784 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:15,000 mine. And with God, you don't have to 785 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,240 climb this ladder of religion. It's too high. 786 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:22,240 You can't even get to the top. That's religion. 787 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:27,040 Gospel is Jesus comes down the ladder to us. 788 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,960 That's the gospel. This week, Bishop, take that 789 00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:36,120 picture down, dude. Thank you. 790 00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:37,840 Thank you, media team. You can take that down, please. 791 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,800 This week, Bishop graduated preschool and. 792 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:52,240 Yeah, Yeah, he can like count and and go to the bathroom and 793 00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:54,080 the toilet and do all kinds of cool stuff. 794 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,760 And during this ceremony, they interviewed all the kids and 795 00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,600 they asked them, what do you want to be when you grow up? 796 00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:01,920 And so we're sitting there and all the kids and there's. 797 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,560 When I grew up, I want to be a firefighter. 798 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,240 It was like, yeah, dude, and that's noble. 799 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,080 I want to be a police officer, yeah. 800 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:10,760 I want to. Be a ballerina. 801 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,040 That's cool. One kid was like. 802 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:22,560 I want to play for the Raiders. And everyone's like, you want to 803 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:28,560 pick something else or and when it got to Bishop, we go, and I'm 804 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,520 I'm not even exaggerating this. So the kid is supposed to 805 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:33,600 repeat, when I grow up, I want to be whatever. 806 00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:35,760 He doesn't do that. He stands there like this. 807 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,240 And the teacher goes, what do you want to be when you grow up? 808 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:40,200 And with straight face, he goes Boba Fett. 809 00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:50,400 You know what? I've never been more proud in my 810 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:54,480 entire life. My son wants to. 811 00:49:54,480 --> 00:50:00,720 Be a mercenary, a bounty hunter for hire. 812 00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,920 It pays well. I. 813 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,520 Freaking love that moment. It was so great. 814 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,560 So proud. He doesn't have to do anything. 815 00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,840 He's not going to have to, you know, obviously I want him to 816 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,680 grow and thrive and, and all these things, but he doesn't 817 00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:18,720 have to do that for me to love him. 818 00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:24,200 And I feel like for us, religion actually is the biggest source 819 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,480 of our burnout. Even for people who say they're 820 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:32,320 not religious, You're religious. There's things you do, there's 821 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,880 gods that you create, there's things that you bow to. 822 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,440 That. Don't create anything for you 823 00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:43,720 but a heavy yoke. The ladder's too high to climb. 824 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,040 We can't earn His love. And the reason I know this? 825 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,840 It's because the simple fact that while we were yet sinners 826 00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:57,920 and while we were enemies of God, He sent his Son to die for 827 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:03,960 us. That's salvation. 828 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,440 That's the gospel. It's a simple yoke exchange. 829 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:14,560 We give God our extremely heavy yoke, burden of sin, of 830 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:17,880 religiosity, of work, all these things. 831 00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:21,280 We give it to Jesus, and in exchange we get his light yoke 832 00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:24,480 of salvation, and all we have to do is trust Him. 833 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:33,840 That's the gospel. He does all the work and He 834 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:37,960 gives us all the rest. So if you're here today, this is 835 00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:40,680 new to you, you maybe you haven't heard this before or, or 836 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:44,600 something you've been pondering. If you haven't put your trust in 837 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,920 Christ and you want to do that today, I want to give you an 838 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,840 opportunity right now. I want to lead you in a prayer. 839 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,080 All you have to do is repeat after me. 840 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,600 You can say it out loud, you can say it in your head, but I want 841 00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,120 to lead you through this prayer of salvation. 842 00:51:58,320 --> 00:51:59,680 So would everyone just do me a favour? 843 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,560 Would you close your eyes and bow your heads just for a 844 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:06,200 minute? I want to give you an 845 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,600 opportunity to make that yoke exchange. 846 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,280 Give him your yoke of religious effort and let him take the 847 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,400 lead. Take his forgiveness and make 848 00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,800 him the Lord of your life. If that's you, repeat this after 849 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,760 me. Jesus, I know I am a Sinner who 850 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:29,040 can't save myself. I want you to save me and adopt 851 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:33,560 me into your family. Forgive me of my sins. 852 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,360 I surrender everything to you. I receive your promise of 853 00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,440 forgiveness, adoption and eternal life. 854 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:48,440 Jesus, will you be my Lord now while your eyes are still 855 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:49,800 closed? If you said that prayer right 856 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:52,280 now for the first time, would you just do me a favour? 857 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,160 Would you raise your hand with no one looking around? 858 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,640 I just want to actually see that. 859 00:52:56,080 --> 00:53:01,600 Thank you. OK. 860 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:04,440 Amen. You guys can look up here if you 861 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,600 just committed your life to Jesus for the first time. 862 00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:16,320 Welcome to the family of God in just a moment. 863 00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,640 We're going to take communion and and we're going to sing, but 864 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,800 we're going to have people up here that want to pray with you. 865 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,480 If you if you want prayer for anything, if you're feeling 866 00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,840 burnt out and you're just done and you want to talk to someone, 867 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:29,080 please come up here. If you raise your hand or you 868 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,400 said that prayer or both, go to those tables in the back that I 869 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,480 raise my hand tables is going to be someone back there going to 870 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,400 give you a Bible and some stuff and just kind of help you 871 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,280 connect you on your next steps. But yeah, so we're going to 872 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,880 respond with singing and if you need prayer. 873 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,920 Please please please. Come up front. 874 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:46,520 Love you guys. Amen.