OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II Because we

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II Because we are running our lives in such a DEFICIT we get OVERDRAWN & run out of CURRENCY – the emotional, relational & spiritual ‘CASH’ that it takes to live life well.

MATTHEUS 11: 28 -30 Kom na My toe, almal wat vermoeid en belas is, en Ek sal julle rus gee. Neem my juk op julle en leer van My, want Ek is sagmoedig en nederig van hart, en julle sal rus vind vir julle siele; want my juk is sag en my las is lig. Jesus

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II To OVERCOME OVERLOAD you need a SABBATH, a SANCTUARY, SUSTENANCE, SUPPLICATION, to SIMPLIFY, you need a SOVEREIGN & you need a SAVIOR.

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II SUPPLICATION means ‘a humble and earnest request. ’

HEBREËRS 5: 7 Hy wat in die dae van sy vlees gebede en smekinge met sterk geroep en trane aan Hóm geoffer het wat Hom uit die dood kon red, en ook verhoor is uit die angs…

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II ‘None can believe how powerful prayer is and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience. ’ Martin Luther

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II ‘You say grace before meals, that’s good, but I say grace before the concert and the opera, I say grace before I open a book, grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in ink. ’ Chesterton

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II SIMPLIFY…

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II ‘Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness’ John Ruskin

Now I lay me down to sleep I pray my Cuisinart to keep I pray my stocks are on the rise And that my analyst is wise That all the wine I sip is white And that my hot tub’s watertight That racquetball won’t get to tough That all my sushi’s fresh enough

I pray my cell phone battery works That my career won’t lose it’s perks My microwave won’t radiate My condo won’t depreciate I pray my health club doesn’t close And that my money market grows If I go broke before I wake I pray my Volvo they won’t take…

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II Bid & vra: Here, wat is daar in my lewe wat ek KAN of MOET UITSNY? Wat is daar in my lewe wat heelwaarskynlik glad nie SLEG, SONDIG of VERKEERD is nie, maar wat BYDRA tot ONNODIGE OORBODIGE DRUK wat my laat OVERLOAD?

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II Simplicity is a mindset that leads to some very hard choices. It is the cutting away, or trimming off, of the good in order to have the best. It is an elimination of the cholesterol that slowly but surely clogs the arteries of the soul. Simplicity is painful because it’s a great step of trust and few are those who venture to go this deep or this far, but if you walk away from Biblical simplicity, you have really missed the very thing that overcomes overload.

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II Simplicity says no. No to overspending and overcommitting, no to the things that tear apart families and marriages, no to the hectic pace and no to the undue pressure and expectations of others or the world.

ROMEINE 11: 33 -36 o, Diepte van die rykdom en wysheid en kennis van God! Hoe ondeurgrondelik is sy oordele en onnaspeurlik sy weë! Want wie het die gedagte van die Here geken, of wie was sy raadsman gewees? Of wie het eers iets aan Hom gegee, dat dit hom vergeld moet word? Want uit Hom en deur Hom en tot Hom is alle dinge. Syne is die heerlikheid tot in ewigheid. Amen.

DANIËL 4: 26 …totdat u erken dat die Allerhoogste mag het oor die koningskap van die mens en dit gee aan wie Hy wil…En dat hulle bevel gegee het om die penwortel van die boom te laat staan - u koningskap sal vir u bestendig wees vandat u erken het dat die hemel heers.

DANIËL 4: 37 En al die aardbewoners word as niks geag nie, en na sy wil handel Hy met die leër van die hemel en die bewoners van die aarde, en daar is niemand wat sy hand kan afslaan en vir Hom kan sê: Wat doen U nie? . . . Nou prys ek, Nebukadnésar, en ek roem en eer die Koning van die hemel: al sy werke is waarheid en sy paaie is reg, en Hy kan verneder die wat in hulle trotsheid wandel.

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II ‘Men will allow God to be everywhere except upon His throne. ’ Spurgeon

ROMEINE 8: 28 En ons weet dat vir hulle wat God liefhet, alles ten goede meewerk, vir hulle wat na sy voorneme geroep is.

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II SOVEREIGN means ‘above all others’

PSALMS 103: 19 Die HERE het sy troon in die hemel gevestig, en sy koninkryk heers oor alles.

Kom na My toe, almal wat vermoeid en belas is, en Ek sal julle rus gee. Neem my juk op julle en leer van My, want Ek is sagmoedig en nederig van hart, en julle sal rus vind vir julle siele; want my juk is sag en my las is lig. Jesus

OVERCOMING OVERLOAD II