Follow Along with the Message

Your Routine

 Pastor Tony Myles

There’s tremendous, overlooked power in a .

How do you know when to do one, and which kind to give?

If you want real Life in each area of your life, you have to invite real Life into each area of your life. As in, “Whateverything.”

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17, NIV)

Many of us misunderstand the potential purpose of our routine:

• Is it our “” to avoid chaos?
• Is it our anchor to avoid ?
• Is it our  to avoid Jesus?

What if your routine wasn’t just about your goals but helped you plan  in every area of life?

• “[Jesus] will scare the snot out of us, then ask if He can sit with us in our boat, and finally take us to our  once it is no longer the focus.” - Rick Lawrence, Skin in the Game
• “Real rest, I always thought, was ‘out there,’ something to work on or achieve—but now I am learning something else. Rest is right here, right now—in you, in me, connected to us as we connect to Christ in us.” - Kelly Balarie, Rest Now

Five Challenges That Impact Whateverything:  (Colossians 4:2-6)

v.2 “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”

• Devote: Give  effort,  applied.
• Prayer:  you begin with always leads to  you do. 

• Alert mind: Combine watchfulness and . 

• Thankful heart:  and  cannot exist in the same space.

v.3 “Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.”

• Be honest...when it comes to fellow believers or Christian leaders, are you  more than you’re ?
• Be honest...all Christians need support and  to lead others to personally know and be transformed by Jesus.

v.4 “Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.”

• Our unbelieving family, friends, co-workers, students, neighbors and strangers...will  in  without Jesus.

v.5 “Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.”

• What are we regularly  people to?

v.6 “Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.”

• You  the “world” every time you speak.
• Which tongue is yours? . . . . .

What could be different if you “Whateverything” with Jesus?

• What if you “push back from the table” more intentionally?
• What if you could more fully inhabit the purpose/ministry of your  and the purpose/ministry of your .
• What if rest was about —not shutting down, but ?

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A big reason a routine that honors God is difficult is it is . 

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