Welcome to the InTouch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, September 25th.

With so many demands and so many schedules to keep,

it can seem like it's impossible to ever take a break.

Let's continue the series on Discipleship

with the reminder of the importance of the Disciples Rest.

I want to talk this morning about the rest of the Disciple.

Not the rest of the Disciples, but the rest of the Disciple.

And that is, it is not only essential that a man labor and work diligently and hard,

but likewise that he must rest.

And throughout the ministry of Jesus, not only was he working,

but he was taking time to rest.

And if you examine, for example, all of nature's God has made it.

He has given us a rhythm in life, for example.

The animal kingdom, the plant kingdom, humanity.

It all have seasons, and God intended that there will be not only labor but rest.

He gave the Sabbath day in order that man may rest from his labors.

It is a principle that God has given to us.

Now, I want you to see several things here.

If you don't get the context of what has happened,

you'll miss the impetus, I believe, of what Jesus is trying to say.

If you'll move back over to Matthew chapter 10, beginning in verse 5,

and I want to read through just the certain verses of this,

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