Learning the One Minute Pause

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with Me and you'll recover your life… and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. — Matthew 11:28–30, MSG

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	Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with Me and you'll recover your life… and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. — Matthew 11:28–30, MSG Get Your Life Back: The One Minute Pause by John Eldredge, from session one of Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad I have calmed and quieted myself. — David, Psalm 131:2 Welcome to Bible Study of the Week ... where each week we give you the full first session of a new and different Bible study by leading Christian authors, pastors, and teachers. This week's study is the hot-off-the-press release of Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge. Enjoy! *  I wonder how many people in your office, your gym, your daily commute could say they've cultivated a quiet heart? What we assume is a normal lifestyle is absolute insanity to the God-given nature of our heart and soul. Nonetheless, this is the world we live in, raise our kids in, navigate our careers in, and so we need to find things that are simple and accessible to begin to take back our souls. My premise is simple. The world is nuts. It's gone off the rails and is trying to take our hearts and souls with it. If you're doing this study in a group, I bet you barely made it here. If you're watching this by yourself, you're likely squeezing it into some narrow window of margin. Everyone I know, all my friends, are so busy these days. Part of the problem is we're trying to keep up with the pace of technology. We're asking our souls to live at the speed of the smartphone and the laptop and it can't be done. It's brutal. So there's the pace of life, right? And then there is this tsunami of information coming at us. We're spending four hours a day on our mobile devices, three hours using apps of various kinds, ten hours a day consuming media of some sort. That's more information in one week than would crash a laptop. Right? And it's not just information. It's scandal and chaos and politics and gossip and the trauma of the world. This is hard on the soul. There's very little room left to be human anymore. My musician friends tell me that they're not playing much music these days, and my gardening friends didn't have a chance to plant this year what they wanted to plant. We're all just living right at the edge of our margin. Most of us get home on most days in a state of exhaustion, numb on our good days, fried more often than we'd like to admit. It's like what Bilbo said: "We feel thin and stretched like butter, scraped over too much, bread." That's why I wrote this [Bible Study] series and companion book. So we can get our lives back. Jesus has a way out. Jesus can show you the escape hatch to this madness that we're living in. He began to show me the way out through a number of simple daily practices that helped me breathe again and restore my soul. He will do the same for you. Watch Session One: Get Your Life Back Core Scripture Invite someone to read aloud the following passage. Listen for fresh insight and share any new thoughts with the group through the questions that follow. Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with Me and you'll recover your life… and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. — Matthew 11:28–30, MSG What is Jesus' general assumption about us within His three questions? How accurately does this describe you? What is His core invitation? What are the results dependent on? * ...Continue to our blog to watch the video, read the rest of the study, and read the remaining content. Enjoy session one of the Bible study, Get Your Life Back, by John Eldredge. Watch the video "My soul just can't do life at the speed of smartphones. The world has gone completely mad, and it's trying to take our souls with it." - John Eldredge Maybe you can relate? The good news: there's hope. You can develop simple practices to restore you life, slow down, and learn to live out God's plan and purpose for you.  Special Offer Save 30% off John Eldredge's brand-new book Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $17.99 + FREE shipping on your order of $25 or more! Shop Now A refreshingly simple guide to recover your life! In Get Your Life Back, New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge provides a practical, simple, and refreshing guide to taking your life back. By practicing a few wonder­fully simple practices—or what John calls "graces"—you can begin to recover your soul, disentangle from the tragedies of this broken world, and discover the restorative power of beauty. After reading this book you will…  Learn how to insert the One Minute Pause into your day Begin practicing "benevolent detachment" and truly let it all go Offer kindness toward yourself in the choices you make Drink in the simple beauty available to you every day Take realistic steps to unplug from technology overload These simple practices and others are ready for the taking. You don't need to abandon your life to get it back. Begin restoring your life here and now. Your soul will thank you for it. Learn more... Plus, save on the study materials Study guides as low as $9.09
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