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July 5 2026: Daily Dose of Motivation, Inspiration and Encouragement. Catholic Daily Mass Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. https://catholicreadings.org
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Stop pretending you're not tired. Stop
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smiling in public while your soul is
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exhausted in private. Stop carrying
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burdens that God never asked you to car
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alone. I know you're watching this right
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now, but you woke up today with a very,
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very heavy heart, a tired mind, and
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asked this silent question. Lord, how
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long can I continue like this?
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You are working hard but still worried.
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You are praying but still anxious. You
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are helping others but deep inside you
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also need help. And today Jesus does not
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begin by condemning you. He begins with
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an invitation that can change your life.
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He says to you come to me. Because when
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life becomes heavy, the answer is not to
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run away from God. The answer is to run
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straight into the arms of Jesus Christ.
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Well, welcome to today's daily dose of
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motivation, inspiration, and
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encouragement. Uh today is the 14th
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Sunday in ordinary time. Yeah. A uh you
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can get today's Catholic Sunday mass
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readings at our website. Uh our website
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is catholic readings.org.
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I've put the link in the description. So
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today's gospel comes from Matthew
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11:25-30
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where Jesus says, "Come to me all you
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who labor and are burdened and I will
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give you rest."
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These are not just ordinary words. These
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are words for the tired, for the
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worried, for the wounded, for the
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disappointed, and the overwhelmed.
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But before Jesus gives this invitation,
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he first praises the father. He says,
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"God, you have hidden these things from
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the wise and the learned and revealed
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them to the to the little ones." This
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means the deepest things of God are not
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always understood by the proud, the
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arrogant or those who think they know
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everything.
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God reveals himself to the humble. God
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draws close to the person who can
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honestly say, "Lord, I need you." And
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maybe that is the prayer you need today.
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Not a long prayer, not a complicated
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prayer, just a simple cry from your
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heart saying, "Lord, I need you." I know
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you are tired, but you're too proud to
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admit it. You are struggling, but you're
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too proud to ask for help. You are
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spiritually dry but you are still
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pretending to be strong.
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You say I'm okay but you're not okay.
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You say I will manage but deep inside
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you are breaking. And today Jesus asks
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you come to me. Not come to worry, not
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come to bitterness. Not come to endless
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complaining but come not come to anger
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or revenge or destruction or fear but
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come to me. This is the heart of today's
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gospel because Jesus knows that your
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life can be heavy, your work can be
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heavy, your family can be heavy, your
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marriage can be heavy, your parenting
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can also be very heavy, your school life
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can be very very heavy, your business
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can be heavy. Even serving God can be
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can feel heavy when your heart is tired.
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That is why Jesus does not say come to
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me all you who are perfect. He does not
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say come to me all you who have no
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problems. He says come to me all you who
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labor and are burdened. That means Jesus
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is not afraid of your tiredness. He's
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not ashamed of your wounds. He's not
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surprised by your weakness. He is
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inviting you exactly as you are.
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But listen carefully. Jesus does not
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promise you a life without work.
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He promises rest for your soul after
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work. You will still have duties. You
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will still have responsibilities. You'll
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still have bills to pay. You'll still
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have children to children to raise, work
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to do, studies to complete, and people
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to serve. But the difference is this.
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You will no longer carry that life
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alone. Jesus says, "Take my yoke upon
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you and learn from me." You know joins
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two bulls together so that the Lord can
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be carried together. That means Jesus is
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saying walk with me. Let us carry this
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load together.
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Jesus does not stand far away shouting
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instructions at you. He comes close to
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you. He walks besides you. He teaches
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you how to carry life without being
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crushed by life. He teaches you how to
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work without losing your soul. He
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teaches you how to serve without
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becoming bitter. He teaches you how to
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lead without becoming proud. He teaches
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you how to suffer without losing faith.
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He teaches you how to succeed without
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forgetting God. Then Jesus also says to
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you, "Learn from me for I am meek and
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humble of heart." This is very important
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my dear friends. Jesus does not say
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learn from me because I'm famous. He
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does not say learn from me because I'm
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rich. He says learn from me because I am
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meek and humble of heart. You know in
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today's world you may think greatness
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means being louder, richer, more
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followed in social media, more powerful
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or more admired by others. But Jesus
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teaches a different greatness that true
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greatness begins with humility.
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True strength is not arrogance. True
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success is not forgetting where God
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brought you from. A humble person can be
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corrected. A humble person can learn. A
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humble person can apologize. A humble
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person can give credit to God. A humble
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person can serve without demanding
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applause.
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And that is why the humble find rest.
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And you know pride is heavy.
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Sorry. Pride is heavy and pretending is
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heavy.
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Living for likes personal and comp
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personal comparison is also very heavy.
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Caring and forgiveness is also heavy.
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But humility brings rest because
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humility allows you to say Lord I cannot
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do without you. So today ask yourself
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what burden are you carrying that you
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need to bring to Jesus? Is it fear? Fear
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about tomorrow, fear about your
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children, your family, your job, your
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business or your future, you know, bring
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it to Jesus. Is it guilt? Something you
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did, said or something in your past that
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is still haunting you? Bring it to
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Jesus. Is it bitterness?
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Somebody hurt you, somebody betrayed
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you, somebody disappointed you. You know
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what? Bring it to Jesus. Or is it
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pressure from work? You wake up tired,
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sleep tired, you work and work, but
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peace still feels far away from you.
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Bring it to Jesus. Is it spiritual
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dryness? You pray but feel weak. You go
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to mass but your heart feels distracted.
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You want to love God more but your
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spirit feels tired. Bring it to Jesus.
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Do not carry alone. What? God's grace is
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already ready to help. But remember
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this, Jesus says to you, "Come to me."
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That means we must make a movement. We
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must decide to go towards him. We must
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decide to come to mass to encounter him.
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We must decide to receive the Holy
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Eucharist,
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to go to confession, to listen to the
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word of God in silence, to make Jesus
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uh the first option. Not when you are
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exhausted, you make him uh your last
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refuge. But make him uh the first option
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in everything that you do, in every
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decision that you make. When you are in
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fear, when you're in bitterness, when uh
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anything poisons your heart, before
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burdens breaks you, make Jesus your
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first option and you will find rest for
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yourself. Not just rest for the body,
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but rest for your soul.
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You know there's some that tiredness
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cannot fix cannot be fixed by sleep.
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There is a fear that success cannot
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silence. There's a burden man cannot
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remove. Only Jesus can give you that
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rest. And that rest does not mean
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everything around you is perfect. It
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means that even when things are not
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perfect, your heart is held steadily by
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God. It means you can face tomorrow
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because Jesus is walking with you. It
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means you can keep working because
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strength comes from God's grace. It
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means you can forgive because Christ
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first forgave you. It means you can
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begin again because God's mercy is
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greater than failure. So today do not
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only admire the words of Jesus Christ.
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Respond to them. If he says come to me,
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go to him. If he says learn from me,
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then become teachable. If he says take
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my yoke, then stop carrying the yoke of
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pride, sin, fear, bitterness, and
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self-reliance alone. Take the yoke to
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Jesus. His yoke is not a chain that
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enslaves you. It is a relationship that
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strengthens you. His burden is not meant
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to crush you. It's meant to guide you.
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So today is not asking you to pretend
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that you're strong. No, he's inviting
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you to receive his strength.
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He's not asking you to deny your burden.
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No, he's inviting you to bring it to
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him. He's not asking you to impress him.
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He is inviting you to trust him. So
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before this day ends, take one burden
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and place it before Jesus. Go name it,
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surrender it, pray over it, and say,
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"Lord, I will carry this burden together
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with you."
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So today, remember this. The burden may
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be heavy, but you are never meant to
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carry it without Jesus. The road may be
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long, but you are not walking alone.
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Your work may be demanding, but grace is
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available. The heart may be tired, but
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Christ is calling. So come to him. Come
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before him before the burden breaks you.
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Well, like always, I'll never stop
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insisting that before end of every day,
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make sure that you do your work so well
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that at least one person who encounters
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you every day says to you, "Thank you."
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And the God you you worship be praised
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and be glorified. Do your work with
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excellence. Serve with humility. Speak
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with kindness. Let your life become a
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testimony that God is real. God is good.
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God is at work in you. And also never
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forget to attribute all your success to
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God. Never say it's from your soul
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effort. Never say I made it by myself.
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Say it is by the strength, grace, and
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providence that God gives me. Because
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the humble heart receives rest. The
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grateful heart receives more grace. And
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the person who walks with Jesus will
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never carry life alone.
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followers too. May God bless you, may he
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lighten your burden and may his word
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give you rest to your soul today. See
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you tomorrow in our next video and may
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God bless you very very much.
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