The Real Reason You Can't Slow Down
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Discussion questions to help you unpack the message with others.
- What’s one of your favorite songs right now, and why?
- What stood out to you most from the message?
- Where do you tend to experience anxiety? Where do you feel busy and distracted?
- Colossians 1:17 tells us that Jesus is the one who holds all things together. What are you holding onto too tightly?
- What makes it challenging to change your perspective and put on Jesus’ yoke?
- What is your response when you hear that we can reduce our anxiety by finding rest in Jesus? Give some practical ways we can find our rest in Him.
- Read John 16:33. What do you think it means that Jesus has overcome the world? How can that give you hope during difficult times?
- Read John 16:33. What do you think it means that Jesus has overcome the world? How can that give you hope during difficult times?
- Read Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message version. What part stood out to you the most, and why?
- What’s one step you can take this week to reduce anxiety and reset your pace through Jesus? Consider asking someone to hold you accountable to take that step.
Prayer
Let’s end our time praying together. You can say something like, “Jesus, thank you for inviting us into a life where anxiety and fear don’t get the last word. Remind us to keep putting on your yoke instead of the yoke the world forces on us. Reset our pace so we have margin to receive your peace and replace our anxiety. In the identity and character of Jesus we pray, amen.”
Bonus Questions
- Let’s get practical. Where could you slow down or make room in your schedule, to give yourself an opportunity for rest and peace?
- Read Colossians 1:17-20. Do you think it’s easy to forget who Jesus is and what he’s done? Why or why not?
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Some of you are watching this on the way to somewhere else. Why do we live our lives in such a hurry?
We blame distraction, packed calendars, and endless responsibilities—but underneath all that busyness is often something deeper: anxiety. Fear. The need to protect something we’re scared of losing.
This week, Chuck Mingo looks at how anxiety exposes what our identity is really built on—and why being yoked to Jesus can bring a kind of relief no productivity hack ever could. Recorded live at Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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