PRACTICAL WISDOM FOR LEADERS

 

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SESSION THREE

REST WHEN YOU FEEL WORN DOWN

If you look back at the past week (or month, or year!) it’s not be hard to see why you might feel drained.

The day-in, day-out pulls of leadership can leave you tired and weary, and/or can leave you feeling like you’re on a treadmill, doing the same things over and over and over…!

Where’s the space for creativity? How can re-enliven the passion that we once had? Where can we find true rest?

In this session, Alan Briggs asks us to define what fills us — and what drains us — in our leadership, and helps us find space for re-engaging our creativity and passion.

 

In this session:

  • Read: Psalm 127:2; Matthew 11:28-30

  • Watch 2.5 minute video: “When You’re Drained” & Reflect

  • Watch 4 minute video: “When You Lack Margin” & Reflect

  • Watch 3.5 minute video: “How to Find Rest & Momentum” & Reflect

  • Assignment

 

Read: Psalm 127:2; Matthew 11:28-30

Watch #1. “When You’re Drained”

Reflect

  • What are things that drain me in my leadership & ministry?

  • What are things that fill me in my leadership & ministry?

  • What “drains” can I give away, & how can I focus on “fills”?

Watch #2. “When You Lack Margin”

Reflect

  • In what areas of your life do you feel like you’re on the treadmill?

  • In what areas of your leadership do you feel creatively flat?

  • How much margin space do you need, in order to create well? When is that space scheduled into your calendar?

Watch #3. “How to Find Rest & Momentum”

Reflect

  • What spaces in your life exist for rest?

  • What spaces in your life exist for momentum?

 

Assignment

Ask God to help you identify three or four “joy stories” now, & also write down one or two more every day this coming week.

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