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Immanuel Church
How to Turn My Busyness into God's Business | Sins of Suburbia Week 2
Locations & Times
Immanuel Church
1260 Welsh Rd, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:00 AM
Sunday 11:30 AM
What my busyness is costing me
1. It is stealing my joy.
1. It is stealing my joy.
What my busyness is costing me
2. It is choking my spiritual life.
2. It is choking my spiritual life.
What my busyness is costing me
3. It is hiding something deeper.
3. It is hiding something deeper.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
1. Pride tells me everything depends on me.
1. Pride tells me everything depends on me.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
2. Fear keeps me under constant pressure.
2. Fear keeps me under constant pressure.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
3. Poor priorities leave me perpetually drained.
3. Poor priorities leave me perpetually drained.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
4. Over-parenting leads to exhaustion.
4. Over-parenting leads to exhaustion.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
5. Digital distraction steals my peace.
5. Digital distraction steals my peace.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
6. Ignored rest leads to breakdown.
6. Ignored rest leads to breakdown.
The hidden forces that drives my busyness
7. Love and service can wear me down. (And that is not always wrong.)
7. Love and service can wear me down. (And that is not always wrong.)
God’s remedy for my busyness
"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me. But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:38-42
"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me. But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:38-42
Martha Syndrome
Constant activity, pressure to perform, exhaustion, comparison, resentment, anxiety.
I become so busy doing things in life that I stop being with God.
Constant activity, pressure to perform, exhaustion, comparison, resentment, anxiety.
I become so busy doing things in life that I stop being with God.
Very Merry (Mary) Christmas Spirit
Intimacy with God first. Worship. Listening. Prayer. Spiritual attentiveness. Emotional surrender.
Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what He taught.
Intimacy with God first. Worship. Listening. Prayer. Spiritual attentiveness. Emotional surrender.
Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what He taught.
The recipe of turning our busyness into God’s business
MAKE TIME WITH JESUS THE THING YOU PROTECT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
My spiritual transformation flows from intimate fellowship with Jesus. My service, my ministry, my activity should come from my time with Christ, not replace it.
MAKE TIME WITH JESUS THE THING YOU PROTECT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
My spiritual transformation flows from intimate fellowship with Jesus. My service, my ministry, my activity should come from my time with Christ, not replace it.