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“Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.” The line is short and diagnostic. Activity can feel like purpose. A packed schedule can…
Rest · Presence · Prayer
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Business Rapes Relationships
Charles Swindoll
Charles Swindoll observed: “Business rapes relationships. It substitutes shallow frenzy for deep friendship. It feeds the ego but starves the inner man. It fills a calendar but fractures a family. It cultivates a program that plows under priorities.” Many churches, he noted, proudly advertise “something for every night of the week.” The intention is good. The result can be the very exhaustion the church exists to heal.
How you’d preach it
Direct and memorable. Use when addressing the cost of over-programmed church life or personal overcommitment.
- Rest
- Family
- Work
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