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When God Pulls the Emergency Brake: The Warning Before the Breakdown

APOC Ministry

Eric Thomas Ph.D

Spirituality, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Spiritualdevelopment

4.8852 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What if the thing blocking your breakthrough isn't more hustle… but a lack of rest? In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas unpacks why God is pulling the emergency brake on your life—not to punish you, but to protect you from a breakdown. Drawing from Matthew 11:28–30 and Luke 5:16, ET reveals that rest isn't optional—it's a spiritual strategy modeled by Jesus Himself. You'll discover: - Why rest is the intentional act of stopping work, noise, and pressure so your body can recover, your mind can reset, and your spirit can reconnect with God - How Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray—and what that rhythm means for your schedule, relationships, and purpose - The difference between resting from people vs. resting with God—and why December is your reset season - Why 98% of major food chains stay open 24/7, but the one that rests (Chick-fil-A) is the one everybody respects - How to pause, pray, read, and reset before life resets you the hard way This isn't about doing nothing. It's about discipline over distraction. It's about pulling away so you don't fall apart. Before God uses you greatly, He wants to restore you deeply. Key Scriptures: Matthew 11:28–30, Luke 5:16, Genesis 2, Philippians 4:6–7, Jeremiah 29:11 What to do this December: • Pause – Turn down the noise so you can hear from God • Pray – Talk to God more than you talk to humans • Read – One verse, one Psalm, one Proverb daily • Reset – Drink water, get sleep, clean your space, protect your peace Rest is not quitting. It's recharging. It's not lazy—it's obedience. 📲 Download the APOC App: Open your app store and search "APOC Ministry." Tap Connect and drop your name and best contact. 🙏 Need Prayer? Don't carry it alone. In the app, tap Prayer and submit your request—our team will be praying with and for you. 🤝 Partner with the Ministry Help us Love, Grow, and Serve. Give securely at apocministry.org or tap Giving in the app (one-time or recurring). Your generosity fuels outreach, teaching, and support for families around the world. 🎧 Listen to the APOC Podcast Catch messages on the go: search "APOC Ministry" on your favorite podcast platform or listen on Apple Podcasts.

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0:00.0

Yo, what's up? It's your boy, E.T. Pastor of a place to change ministries. Thank you so much for

0:06.8

tuning into this podcast. You know, so many people have said to me, E, we love the normal service,

0:11.8

but the podcast, we can wash dishes, wash clothes, work out to it, drive up and down the road,

0:18.9

our commute to work.

0:22.1

And so, guys, thank you so much.

0:27.0

Look, you know, we have one goal here, and that is to meet your spiritual needs.

0:31.7

And so we hope that this message helps you in your everyday walk, helps you in your transformation.

0:32.8

And most importantly, we hope that it helps you to make the rest of your life the best of your life.

0:39.6

What up? What up? What up? Praise God, y'all. This is the day that the Lord is made. I will rejoice

0:46.8

and be glad in it. Look, I almost got tongue twisted, right? Jamie said something to me earlier.

0:56.7

He was just saying like, hey, do you realize this day? Like, this day will never come again. We will never see this day again. Amen.

1:02.1

Like, like, this is a gift. Like, we'll never, we'll never see this day again. We'll never

1:07.2

experience this day again. We'll never experience our families like we experienced our families today. And I was like, yo, that's deep, right? And so this is the day. It's a gift. I know we waiting for Christmas, but today, this is the day. This is the day that the Lord is made. We don't even know that we're getting Christmas. Does that make sense? Like I'm not trying to be morbid, but like we don't even know that God is going to give us Christmas. We don't know that God is going to give us a new year. What we do know is we have today. And so we got to take full advantage of the day. Amen. So I want to go straight to the word if y'all don't mind. Matthew 11. Can I say this before i get started this is this is deep y'all this

1:45.7

this is so this is so much and i'm starting to realize that whatever challenges that we have

1:52.7

right uh whatever you know uh uh uh uh situations that we whatever it is this is the this is the

2:00.2

solution all right so me and my wife

2:02.4

we are praying right and one of the things i've been doing is i've been praying the word right

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not just praying like my words my thought i've been praying the word and so one of the things

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that i've been praying is like a d it doesn't matter you know what the circumstance is what the situation is like it doesn't matter, you know, what the circumstance is, what the situation is. Like, it doesn't matter what the challenge is, whatever we consider to be a challenge, because for God, it's a light thing, right? But I told Didi, the Bible says be anxious for nothing. So that means, like, even if we're dealing with a challenge, we're not supposed to be anxious. If we're dealing with, like, a situation that's, like, beyond us, we're not supposed to be ancies If we're dealing with like a situation that's like beyond us, we're not supposed to be anxious. Why? Because the Bible says be anxious for nothing, but in all things. What should we be doing? We should be with prayer and supplication, make your request on the God. Are you hearing what I'm saying? This is a solution. Like we don't, we don't have to fret we don't have to fear the bible says for i've

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not given you the spirit of fear but the spirit of love and of power and a sound mind does that make

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sense so so so this is this is a lot of stuff you know for some it's a bible study like this is a lot

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of stuff for some of us it's a narrative when we read about

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