THE WAY 7 – CHOOSE A CONNECTED RESTED SOUL, 5-24-26, Lead Pastor Jeff Aenk, New Hope Christian Church
Key Verse - John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - Jesus
THE WAY TO A RESTED CONNECTED SOUL, IS TO GET AWAY ALONE OFTEN WITH GOD, LIKE JESUS DID.
Mark 1:32-38 - 32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Matthew 14:23 - After he (Jesus) had dismissed them (his disciples & also the large crowd of 5000 he taught, healed, & fed), he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,
Luke 5:15-16 - 15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Matthew 11:28-30 - 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
John 16:33 - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Luke 10:38-42 - 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Mark 2:27-28 - 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Exodus 20:8-11 - 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Hebrews 4:9-11 - 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
Here’s What I Want us To Do this WEEK
1. Create a Daily Quiet Time Habit in a Specific Place, Alone with Jesus, to Give Him your Burdens & Receive His Rest & Replenishment & Direction, through Prayer & Reading & Writing what God is saying to you through His Word.
2. Create a Weekly Sabbath Day of Rest Habit from Your Work, & Put it on your Calendar Now. On that day, do None of your Occupation Work. Instead Focus on Rest & Replenishment with Jesus, Family, & Friends. Spend a Portion of that day Alone with Jesus in his Presence, Ideally while Turning Off ALL Electronics for a Time, while Praying, Reading, & Meditating on Jesus.
THE WAY TO A RESTED CONNECTED SOUL, IS TO GET AWAY ALONE OFTEN WITH GOD, LIKE JESUS DID.
Mark 1:32-38 - 32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Matthew 14:23 - After he (Jesus) had dismissed them (his disciples & also the large crowd of 5000 he taught, healed, & fed), he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,
Luke 5:15-16 - 15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Matthew 11:28-30 - 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
John 16:33 - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Luke 10:38-42 - 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Mark 2:27-28 - 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Exodus 20:8-11 - 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Hebrews 4:9-11 - 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
Here’s What I Want us To Do this WEEK
1. Create a Daily Quiet Time Habit in a Specific Place, Alone with Jesus, to Give Him your Burdens & Receive His Rest & Replenishment & Direction, through Prayer & Reading & Writing what God is saying to you through His Word.
2. Create a Weekly Sabbath Day of Rest Habit from Your Work, & Put it on your Calendar Now. On that day, do None of your Occupation Work. Instead Focus on Rest & Replenishment with Jesus, Family, & Friends. Spend a Portion of that day Alone with Jesus in his Presence, Ideally while Turning Off ALL Electronics for a Time, while Praying, Reading, & Meditating on Jesus.