Self-denial prepares a person to bear with the hardships and toils of life. Some people are always striving for MORE. This can be exhausting, It is better to endure cheerfully every inconvenience and apparent lack than to loose your peace and happiness because of a desire for MORE. Sometimes you got to tell yourself: “its ok if I do not get it.” Luke 9:23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

The great preacher Charles Spurgeon said: The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. It is God alone that can save us from this life of misery, pain and sickness caused by sin. And with certainty I can say HE will come and save you oh weary one. Isaiah 34:4 Say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you

Havent you ever wished you could just “sit down and rest” from all your problems. All the worries, fears, anxieties, pain, heart ache, to just sit down and rest from them all. If Jesus can set a demon possessed person free and allow him rest at His feet, he can do the same for you. Luke 8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind:

Most of us experience a mundane, boring, recurring cycle of work day in and out. This destroys the joy and hope of present day living . however when we include prayer and the Sabbaths rest into that life cycle it brings pieces of the beauty of Gods kingdom and the sacredness of eternity into every day life. It enables you to experience sacredness right now in the midst of an ordinary life. Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save...

The ever exhausting chasing after the standards of the world will leave you feeling mentally and emotionally worn out. It destroys your inner being, your inner person, you loose your soul The continual pursuit of earthly standards will wear out your strength and sap your life from you. Matthew 16:26 ESV For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Admitting your brokenness is better than pretending you are whole. “When you come clean about your brokenness, others catch glimpses of how the real grace of a real God works in the messy life of a real person.” - Jason Gray. VERSE: Psalm38:8 I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

Psychology teaches that the ability to correctly asses what we feel on the inside is called introception People who are good at introception have shown to have less mental health problems. Psalms 84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

The disciples were weary, but they were so glad to be once more in the presence of their Lord that they forgot their weariness. Remembering the joy of being in Gods presence makes you forget the weariness of everyday problems. Isaiah 46:9 “Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me

Pain has a strange way of giving us tunnel vision. Why did this happen to me we ask? Well that is just it... THIS is only one thing in the scope of life. So this ONE thing went wrong, what about ALL the other things in your life that has gone right? Mathew 6:25 Is not your life not more than food? And your body more than clothes?

The greatest mask we wear, is the mask of “I am ok”. We pretend to be doing well. How will you call on the Lord to help us if you keep pretending everything ok, keep pretending difficulties don’t exist. Psalm 50:15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”