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TALK NOTES:

Rest is a biblical principle

Rest is a spiritual discipline

Rest is an exercise in trusting God (like tithing)

1. Finish with an empty plate

- this is a physiological set up that creates margin in your thinking

- Do a hand over ... who is the next you and use this as an opportunity to create an updraft for the whole organisation ( don’t delegate UP)

1. A) Don’t leave a sneaky plate in the fridge for when you return.

- what does your first week back look like.

- This should NOT be a catch up week...

- When you do step 1....you are making sure that your plate isn’t overflowing when you return.

- So prep your messages before you go, plan your meeting that you need to be in before you go...meet with the people you need to meet with the week before you leave and not the week you turned! Etc...

2. Don’t give YOUR holidays to the holiday burglars.

- as soon as you start talking about taking time off, the holiday burglars start circling....

“We should grab coffee, you should bring the kids around for a play date, we should go to x or visit y or go to the THING with us!”

- You have to remember these are YOUR holidays, for YOU and your family

(Point 3 will help to keep the burglars away)

3. Teach yourself to/(so that you can) treat yourself

- What are you like, what are you really like??? When it comes to managing your schedule....? Use this to your advantage!

- If you typically overload your schedule, you need to get comfortable NOW with having empty slots in your time of annual leave...

- If you typically find that you naturally leave large margin in your schedule, be careful not to squander your leave....you want to return, not just RESTED but REFRESH and RECHARGED (leads to point 4)

4. Doing SOMETHING when you’re meant to be doing nothing.

- holidays are about rest but they are as much about refreshment...what refreshes you??...what do you absolutely LOVE to do...be intentional and DO IT!

(I would argue, leave is also about RECHARGE!)

how to recharge?

- Do something you’ve NEVER done before ...

Try a new food?

Read a new book?

Visit a new place?

5. For God’s sake spend time with God....

This is your opportunity to just be....with God, no message prep, no meetings to lead, no people to bring an encouraging thought to...you can spend time just being with God, for God’s sake.

Jesus died so you could be, with God...(full STOP)