I have come to give life and life more

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. —Jesus

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28-30

You can’t live your best life without

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• The invitation is to join our lives with His.
• Jesus has the best life
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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. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
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  with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” —Matthew 11:28-30 MSG

The Yoke:
- Yokes were handcrafted to prevent discomfort and pain.
- The master carpenter provides a

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Yoked to Jesus means we move at the pace of

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Two Reasons People Are Worn Out:

1. Worn out because we’re bearing something he hasn’t asked us to

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- Jesus said, I have more to say to you, but you can’t

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it yet! Jn 16:12 **
2. Tired and fatigued because we’re

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the yoke.
- We want to be yoked with something (someone) else.

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, stamped with these words: “The Lord knows his own,” and, “Let everyone who claims he belongs to the Lord stand apart from

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.” —2 Timothy 2:19
Don’t become

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with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That’s not partnership; that’s war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God’s holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way: “I’ll live in them, move into them; I’ll be their God and they’ll be my people. So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good,” says God. “Don’t link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself. I’ll be a Father to you; you’ll be sons and daughters to me.” The Word of the Master, God. —2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Jesus said I’ll give you an easy yoke:
- Metaphor for taking on his

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of life.
- The “ease” wouldn’t come from the outside it would come from the

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Finding “rest for your souls” involves

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to God.

• Rest comes from the fact that we are
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  the Lord. The great I AM!

Our main topic is

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. Learn Him.

• Jesus is gentle and meek, but meek is not
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