1. Ministry Lessons
Mark 6:14-56

2. Ministry Lesson 1: RETREATING is Necessary.
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

3. Ministry Lesson 1: RETREATING is Necessary.
ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES
1. Take a family vacation yearly.
2. Take mini retreats throughout the year.

4. Ministry Lesson 1: RETREATING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 2: RESTING is Necessary.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

5. Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

6. ABSOLUTE PRINCIPLES
1. Take a family vacation yearly.
2. Take mini retreats throughout the year.
3. Take at least one day off weekly.

7. 2Ch 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Psa 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

8. Ministry Lesson 1: RETREATING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 2: RESTING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 3: REMEMBERING is Necessary.

9. Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Jer 32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

10. Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Isa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

11. Ministry Lesson 1: RETREATING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 2: RESTING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 3: REMEMBERING is Necessary.
Ministry Lesson 4: REASSURING is Necessary.
John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.