Life-Giving Choices Pt 5 – Choose To CARE + CONNECT

Life-Giving Choices Pt 5 – Choose To CARE + CONNECT

Proverbs 2:11 (NLT) – 11 Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.

• Care begins with .

Isaiah 40:30-31 – 30 “Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall into exhaustion. 31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”

1. We Can’t Pour From . 

John 15:5 – 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches… apart from me you can do nothing.”

• You cannot give what you are not receiving.

2. Our Comes From God. 

Isaiah 40:31 – 31 “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength…”

• What God fills, God sustains.

3. Healthy People . 

1 John 4:19 – 19 “We love because He first loved us.”

• CARE flows best from a heart that is already being cared for by God.

The first Way We Can Care for Ourselves, is to simply:

1. Stay to the Source Daily. 

John 15:4 – 4 “Jesus said. ‘Remain in Me, and I will remain in you.”…

• FIRST 15:  5 minutes worship, 5 minutes Word, 5 minutes prayer.
• Time with God daily – this is your spiritual oxygen.

2. Embrace That Restore You. 

Matthew 11:28-30 – 28 “Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest… 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

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• Healthy Stress “Relief”. 

• Don’t carry the pressure. Release it…and turn to God.

3. Reconnect Through Life-Giving Relationships. 

Hebrews 10:24-25 – 24 “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another…”

Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 – 9 “Two are better than one… 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.”

• We stay strong when we stay connected.