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Refresh - Recenter - Restart

Isaiah 43:18-19: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

1. Refresh – Restoration from Fatigue

1 Kings 19
New International Version Elijah Flees to
Horeb: 1 Kings 19: Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.

All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and
drank and then lay down again.

7 The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up
and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank.Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached
Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.

Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Isaiah 40:29-31: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and
not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

2. Recenter – Jesus at the Center

Colossians 1:17-18: “He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so
that in everything he might have the supremacy.”

The original word prōteuō means “to be first (in rank or influence)

Matthew 6:33: “But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

● Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will
make your paths straight.”

Samson (Judges)

Proverbs 16:18 says Pride goes before destruction, a
haughty spirit before a fall.

3. Restart – Start Anew

● 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new
creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

● Lamentations 3:22-23: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

● Philippians 3:13-14: “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in
Christ Jesus.”

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