2. TYPICAL AREAS OF OVERLOAD ________ __________ ________ Emotions Schedule Technology Finances

3. “For many Americans, life is almost relentlessly stressful. The pressure to achieve, compete, -- even survive– takes a significant toll on emotional equilibrium. A serious erosion of traditional support systems ( including

4. extended family, neighborhoods, communities, schools, and churches) has occurred, and many people feel – and often are– alone with their problems and pressures, far from loved ones and without psychological support.”

5. TYPICAL AREAS OF OVERLOAD ________ __________ ________ Emotions Schedule Technology Finances

6. TWO PROBLEMS 1. Failure _______________. 2. Failure _________________________. to recognize limits to realize the need for margin

7. “Margin = The Space Between _______ and ________.” Rick Warren My Limits My Load

10. Q. What is the deeper issue with OVERLOAD?

11. Exodus 16:21-27 (p.113)

12. Q. What is the deeper issue with OVERLOAD? A. Fear

13. FEAR OF... Missing Out Falling Behind Insignificance

14. “So do not worry, saying ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.” Matthew 6:31-32

15. What are my areas of overload? What fears are driving them? What would I like to say to God about them?