Slowing Down

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Ive given you all the time you need to do all I
want you to do today.
Jesus
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Today people are souped-up, stressed-out,
overscheduled. In this brave new world
boundaries between work family are
disappearing. Everyone is mobile every moment
of the day is scheduled with daycare, school,
after school activities 10-12 hour work days.
This pressure cooker lifestyle is so rare that
anthropologists are now studying it to see how it
will affect us. USA Today
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress

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Ecclesiastes 12
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress

I had no time to care for myself. Song of
Songs 16
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress
• Lose my joy (218,20)

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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress
• Lose my joy
• Become less productive (211)

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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress
• Lose my joy
• Become less productive

Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run.
Hurry scurry puts you further behind.
Prov.215
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress
• Lose my joy
• Become less productive

A person in a hurry makes mistakes. Prov.192
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• Feel more stress
• Lose my joy
• Become less productive
• Cant hear God (51-2)

Be still know that I am God. Ps.4610
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Effects of a Hurried Lifestyle

• More stress?
• Less joy?
• Less productive?
• Harder to hear God?

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE (13-8)

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE

• Realize more wont make me happier (46)

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE

• Stop comparing myself

A relaxed attitude lengthens a mans life
jealousy rots it away. Prov.1430
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE

• Understand what motivates me

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE

• Understand what motivates me

For high achievers its often insecurity
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• STOP the Constant Push for MORE

• Understand what motivates me

For high achievers its often insecurity Any
confusing of worth work stress
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• LEARN to Say NO (210-11)

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• LEARN to Say NO

A impulsive vow is a trap. Later you wish you
could get out of it. Prov.2025
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• LEARN to Say NO

• Must recognize my limits

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• LEARN to Say NO

• Might go on an activity diet

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment (222-23)

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment

You have 6 days in which to do your work but the
7th day is a day of rest dedicated to Me.
Ex.209-10
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment

Its useless to rise up early go to bed late
work your worried fingers to the bone. Dont you
know that God enjoys giving rest to those He
loves? Psalm 1272
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment

• By resting physically

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment

• By resting physically
• By recharging emotionally

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• OBEY the 4th Commandment

• By resting physically
• By recharging emotionally
• By refocusing spiritually

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Fast Company Magazine Survey

• Q If you were granted your wish to change one
  thing about your mom or your dad their work
  what would that wish be?

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Fast Company Magazine Survey

• Q If you were granted your wish to change one
  thing about your mom or your dad their work
  what would that wish be?

Answer parents expected more time together
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Fast Company Magazine Survey

• Q If you were granted your wish to change one
  thing about your mom or your dad their work
  what would that wish be?

Answer parents expected more time together Kids
1 Answer (34) Parents less stressed
tired from work
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• WAIT for Gods TIMING (311)

• Impatience is lack of trust in God

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• WAIT for Gods TIMING

• Impatience is lack of trust in God

God does everything just right on time, but
people can never completely understand what Hes
doing. Prov.311 (NCV)
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How to SLOW My Pace!

• WAIT for Gods TIMING

• Believing God has a good plan for my life

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How to SLOW My Pace!

• WAIT for Gods TIMING

• Believing God has a good plan for my life

These things I plan wont happen right away.
Slowly, steadily, surely the time approaches when
the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow
wait patiently for it will surely take place. It
wont be delayed. Habakkuk 23
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Slow Me Down Lord Slow me down, Lord. Ease the
pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with the vision of the
eternal reach of time. Give me amidst the
confusion of my days the calmness of the
everlasting hills. Break the tension of my
nerves with the soothing music of the singing
streams that live in my memory. Help me to know
the restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art
of taking minute vacations of slowing down, to
look at a flower, pat a stray dog, to chat with
an old friend or make a new one, to watch a
spider build a web or smile at a child or to read
a few lines from a good book. Remind me each day
that the race is not always to the swift. And
that theres more to life than increasing its
speed. Let me look upwards through the branches
of a towering oak know that it grew great
strong because it grew slowly well. Slow me
down, Lord.
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