The Yoke of Jesus
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🗓️ 10 April 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional, we’re going to continue our pursuit of stirring up our affections for God by looking at how God exchanges our burdens for his peace. As a society, we are more continually stressed now than ever. Stress has become our new normal. But in God, we have the opportunity to live with a peace that surpasses our understanding. May God guide us down his path to peace today as we make space for his presence.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 11:28-30, and today's worship is Peace by Josh Baldwin.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to continue our pursuit of stirring up our affections |
| 0:09.7 | for God by looking at how God exchanges our burdens for His peace. |
| 0:15.7 | As a society, we are more continually stressed now than ever. |
| 0:21.0 | Stress has become our new normal, but in God, we have the opportunity to live with the |
| 0:26.7 | peace that surpasses our understanding. |
| 0:30.2 | May God guide us down His path the peace today as we make space for His Presence. |
| 0:37.2 | Welcome to the First of Team podcast. |
| 0:57.2 | Our scripture for today comes from Matthew 11, 28 through 30. |
| 1:02.2 | The scripture says, |
| 1:03.7 | Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
| 1:11.7 | Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, |
| 1:18.7 | and you will find rest for your souls. |
| 1:22.7 | For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. |
| 1:29.7 | The scripture describes a great exchange of our burdens for the peace of God, |
| 1:34.7 | and our scripture that we read for today. |
| 1:37.7 | You have a God who loves you so much that he offers to take your burdens off of your shoulders, |
| 1:44.7 | place them on His, and give you peace and return. |
| 1:51.7 | Where does your life feel heavy? |
| 1:54.7 | Where do you feel buried under the burdens of the world? |
| 1:59.7 | God offers you His peace today if you will take some time to align yourself with Him |
| 2:05.7 | and yoke yourself to the teaching of Jesus. |
| 2:10.7 | In Matthew 11, Jesus presents us with an image of two animals sharing the burden of work together. |
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