Sermons on Burnout

Sermons on Burnout

Exodus 18

Burned Out or Poured Out?  Turning the Rat Race into a Relay SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction:  Please turn to Exodus 18.  May I remind you that what we are about to read is not a myth spawned by an ancient people; it is not just great literature; nor is it the product of human ingenuity.  This is the word of the Lord, and it is given to us that we might be taught, rebuked, corrected, and trained in righteousness.  May it be so today…

Exodus 18

How to Turn the Rat Race Into a Relay Introduction:  Work is sacred.  It is God’s gift so that we might enjoy meaning, purpose, and significance in our daily lives.  But enjoyment in work isn’t automatic.  Like every other aspect of our lives, work has been affected by sin–corrupted, distorted, and twisted.  Some people work too much, others work too little or not at all.  Some love it; some hate it; some are indifferent to it.  We desperately need to recover a biblical theology of work, and…