I. Price to Pay for Living on the Fast Track

A. Exhaustion   

You are compulsively busy and emotionally empty.

B. Overbearing Pressure

C. Declining Health 

D. Missing Life 

II. Biblical Principles for Slowing Down

A. Be Still and Know God (Psalm 46:10)

B. Be Still and Watch God (Exodus 14:14)

“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”           

--Exodus 14:14 (NIV)

C. Be Still and Wait on God (Psalm 37:7)

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him…”

--Psalm 37:7

III. Practical Steps to Slow Down

“Margin” is the space that exists between our load and our limit; our breathing room; our reserve. 

A. Say “No”

B. Cultivate Contentment 

C. Disconnect Selectively 

D. Define and Defend Boundaries