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As pastors, you tend to push yourself.\u00a0 After all, your demands are many and, often times, immediate.\u00a0 It takes a great deal of time to study and prepare for your Sunday sermon and it\u2019s something that you need to do every single week. Add to that, perhaps, a Sunday evening sermon, a Wednesday night Bible Study, and maybe even a Sunday School class.\u00a0 And then there\u2019s hospital visitation and counseling, which often times requires immediate attention and can certainly be emotionally draining. You feel tired but you keep pushing, most of the time from the desire you have to minister to your flock but, maybe even sometimes, out of a sense of obligation since you\u2019re the paid minister and this is what people expect from you. But regardless of your motivation, you can push yourself in an unbiblical way.<\/p>\n
I call it \u201cunbiblical\u201d because while God designed us to work (Gen 1:28; 1 Pet 5:1-2), He also designed us with a need for rest (Ex 20:8-11).\u00a0 When He was on earth, Jesus demonstrated this need.\u00a0 In Mark 6, we see Jesus sending the apostles away to minister in the villages (vs. 7-13). Upon their return, they were excited to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 As pastors, you tend to push yourself.\u00a0 After all, your demands are many and, often times, immediate.\u00a0 It takes a great deal of time to study and prepare for [\u2026]
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