Are you hungry? Sep 10, 2006

Passage:  Matthew 11:28-30

Handouts:  Outline (PDF)  

Audio: Hungry.MP3

Soul Rest
- The ‘Burden’ of ‘Religion’
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The Promise – Something Internal, Real, Freeing

Learn From Me
- An Apprenticeship to Jesus
- Learning from Jesus How to Live Life

Jesus Yoke
- A Rabbi’s ‘yoke’ was his Teaching / Training
- There is something we are to do

Looking Ahead
Continue Storyline of the Bible – New Testament

Introduce Basic - Spiritual Practices / Spiritual Disciplines

Solitude  

  

  

  

 Silence

Study  

  

  

  

 Meditation

Fasting  

  

  

  

 Confession

Giving  

  

  

  

 Service

Start Some Simpler, Smaller Small Groups
People who are ‘practising the practices’ helping each other

Conclusion
Does your connection with God and Church feel like a burden?
Are you hungry for something internal and real?
Have you given up hope for real change in areas of your life?
Is your ‘religious’ life a separate compartment of your life?
What kind of a person are you becoming?