Sermon

Margin: Living Beyond the Hurry

October 12, 2025 Pastor Nathan Cole Mark 6:30–34 · Exodus 20:8–11 40 min

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Overview

An unbalanced life is rarely a sin problem — it is usually a rhythm problem. Jesus withdrew to desolate places; this message recovers Sabbath, silence, and the sanity of a sustainable pace.

“If the devil cannot make you bad, he will make you busy.”
Message Outline
  1. Hurry is the enemy of loveYou cannot love at speed. We diagnose the hurry sickness quietly shaping our prayer, parenting, and presence.
  2. Sabbath is resistanceRest is not the reward for finished work; it is the declaration that we are not what we produce.
  3. Design a rule of lifePractical steps for building margin into calendars, phones, and families — starting this week.
Take It Further

Read Mark 6:30–34 · Exodus 20:8–11 slowly this week, and ask two questions: what does this show me about God, and what does it ask of me? Then bring a friend next Sunday — the best sermons are the ones you talk about on the drive home.

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