Church notes - 11 November 2018

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Psalm 33

Psalm 34

Matthew 11: 28 - 30
Building Margins in our lives
Rush, Rush,
If there is no buffer - this creates stress
Keeping something in reserve
Exodus 23:12
Psalm 127
The Sabbath Principle
Relationships are in the margins
e.g. Cat Stevens' Cats in the Cradle. The narrator realises that his son had grown up as he had...
Margins mean that we're available for God to use.
Society thinks that busyness = success
...If your busyness is actually just making you tired. overwhelmed, preventing you from acheiving everything you desire, then I'd say it's probably not good.

Our relationship with God is central to our lives.
Our family
Our health
Our work
(but many put work higher on the list...)

Steps to living with a margin
What drives me to be busy

Add a buffer into your schedule
Psalm 127
We need to prune activities regularly
Advice for gardening also applies here: Good news for the novice pruner, for it is nearly impossible to kill a Rose bush by over pruning.
Every year - we need to prune activities
Ecclesiates 3:6b
Hebrews 12:1

Walk with Jesus daily