Put a STOP on Your Hurried, Rushed Life

The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

Newlifefellowship, Religion & Spirituality, Leadership, Richvillodas, Petescazzero, Emotionallyhealthyspirituality, Christianity, Faith, Peterscazzero, Churchleaders, Spirituality, Emotionallyhealthy, Newyork, Pastor

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 2024, church leaders will be sifted left and right.

Mature from immature.
Wise from foolish.
Substantial from surface level.

This I know – the most effective leaders (and the ones worth following) will draw a line in the sand and put a full stop to accepting a rushed, cluttered, and constricted life.

They will reject speed, crowds, and noise in favor of a graceful, unrushed way of life. I call this lifestyle "spaciousness". It's one of the secret weapons of true spiritual mothers and fathers of the faith.

On today's podcast, I explore the theme of spaciousness, making applications for how leaders can resist the way of the world, and decisively shift into a new way of life with Jesus.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Pete Gazzaro.
0:04.3	I want to welcome you today to the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast.
0:09.0	Our theme today is put a stop on your hurried, rushed life.
0:14.6	Put a stop on your hurried rush life.
0:17.7	So excited about today.
0:19.6	The question is, is it possible for you to be a leader for Jesus,
0:24.6	or servant of Jesus, and not be hurried and rushed? Think about it. Is it possible to shake off
0:31.0	the pressure of constantly feeling? I have too much to do in too little time. Is it possible to feel
0:37.1	like I just can't take much more? I'm
0:39.2	overloaded. Or is it possible to not be tired physically or emotionally or often spiritually?
0:46.4	You know, is it possible to not to live in a relaxed state in your body, not stressed or a lot of
0:52.4	anxiety or tightness.
0:58.5	Is it possible that people around you don't feel like you're distracted or preoccupied?
1:06.0	Is it possible to make decisions prudently, prayerfully, thoughtfully, and not in a hasty way that you often end up later regretting?
1:09.5	So we're part of all of us, a Western culture. We have to understand
1:12.8	that's obsessed with productivity, with doing, with speed. Almost every person and leader that I know
1:21.3	would describe themselves as busy. It's how we measure success. This obsession with getting things done or being productive,
1:30.3	it permeates the culture of the West, and it also permeates Christian subculture.
1:37.0	Again, our greatest strength is the Great Commission, mobilizing the Church for mission.
1:41.4	It's also our greatest weakness. And that's why so many of us
1:45.5	feel hurried and pressured or rushed. And so God has another way for us. And that's why you're here
1:51.6	listening to this podcast with me because God didn't make you to lead or live that way. He's offering you,
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