Slowing Down to Embrace God
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Life seems to be moving faster and faster, so it requires intentionality to slow down. Jennifer Dukes Lee ran so hard that she reached a breaking point, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. She and her husband decided to leave the hurry sickness behind and go back to farm life, where they could learn a different pace and discover a deeper relationship with God and family through the seasons of life. In this discussion, Jennifer will help you “grow slower” to refresh your mind, body, and soul.
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| 0:31.8 | Wherever you are, get yourself out in nature and see how God does work through rhythms, |
| 0:39.0 | through seasons, through, you know, |
| 0:45.4 | get yourself out and watch a sunrise or a sunset. It just has a way of unhurrying your heart. |
| 0:51.6 | That's Jennifer Dukes-Lee sharing about the need to slow down to experience all that God intends for us in this life. This is Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, and I'm John Foley. |
| 0:56.8 | Sorry about that chuckled John. |
| 0:58.2 | It's just so funny and so true. |
| 0:59.5 | We move so fast and then even slowing down to talk so people can understand us and hear us as part of it, right? |
| 1:06.6 | And this is such an important aspect of life, and I think in this common era, we are moving so fast. |
| 1:13.0 | We've got that FOMO, you know, FOMO, right? |
| 1:15.6 | Fear of missing out. |
| 1:17.1 | We've got to do it all. |
| 1:18.2 | We've got to be as busy as possible. |
| 1:20.1 | We don't want to miss a thing. |
| 1:22.0 | Maybe even attached to our work methodology. |
| 1:24.7 | You know, we're going to work super hard and not go home at five o'clock, |
| 1:28.8 | but stay till eight and whatever it is. And that really impacts our well-being and our soundness |
| 1:35.0 | emotionally, spiritually, I think even physically. And today we're going to give you some |
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