What if that time of solitude and prayer fueled his ministry?

And I began to think about this quote from Martin Luther where he says,

I'm too busy not to pray.

And that was a paradigm shift for me, right?

It was as though prayer in that relationship with God and that self-care

sort of was like an aside for Jesus's ministry, but what if it fueled

everything? And I started to think about the two greatest commandments, love God with everything that

you are, and the second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself. And when you look at the

teachings of Jesus, it's there multiple times in the Gospels. He says, do one to others

as they would have them do one to you. So there really is that stewardship of self.

What do you think of when you hear the words self-care? Well, let's be honest, most of us think

of massages and facials and, well, me, naps.

But is that really the kind of self-care that is going to sustain us in the long run?

The truth is those are good things, but they're shallow temporary fixes at best.

So today's guest, pastor and theologian, Dr. Benjamin Espinosa, is going to take us beyond

the surface-level indulgences that dominate today's self-care culture.

And instead, he is going to present self-care as a deeply Christian practice rooted in our relationships

with God, others, and society.

Ooh, you are about to discover that self-care is an act of faithfulness and stewardship.

So let's hit it, Casey.

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