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Feeling Weary? Here’s How to Find Strength in Intimacy with Jesus


Ever feel so drained that no amount of rest seems to restore you? In this episode, Cecily unpacks the weight of weariness—how it affects not just individuals but the church as a whole. More importantly, she reveals how cultivating a lifestyle of intimacy with Jesus can transform exhaustion into endurance.


How do you fix your eyes on Jesus when life feels overwhelming? What are the key ingredients to deep, lasting intimacy with Him? Cecily shares simple yet powerful ways to stir up adoration, thanksgiving, worship, and communion, along with the disciplines needed to stay the course.


If this resonates with you, you’ll want to dive deeper. Get Cecily’s book, Repurpose Your Pain, on Amazon (amzn.to/47DMW9C) and her website here (higherpursuitministries.com/repurposeyourpain/) .


🎧 After listening, take a moment to sit still with Jesus, reflect on what spoke to your heart, and share your thoughts with a friend who needs encouragement.


Takeaways

• Weariness is a lethal threat to the church and can cause us to lose our faith, joy, energy, motivation, and momentum.
• The antidote for weariness is intimacy with Jesus, which requires commitment, diligence, patience, stillness, discipline, and sacrifice.
• Basic ingredients for intimacy with the Lord include sitting still, stirring up adoration, thanksgiving, worship, communion, reading the Word, and giving the Holy Spirit time to speak.
• Developing a lifestyle of intimacy with Jesus is the highest pursuit and the best use of our time.

Chapters


00:00 Introduction


00:45 Series: Repurpose Your Pain


01:40 Pursuing Intimacy with Jesus


03:06 Understanding Weariness


04:36 The Lethal Threat to the Church


05:34 Learning from the Lives of Faithful Christians


07:01 The Importance of Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus


08:30 The Urgency of Maintaining Intimacy with Jesus


10:53 Repurposing Weariness through Intimacy with Jesus


13:27 Upcoming Episode on Weariness


14:35 Recap and Preview


15:21 Basic Ingredients for Intimacy with Jesus


17:48 Sitting Still and Stirring Up Adoration


19:15 Thanksgiving and Worship


20:12 The Difference Between Praise and Worship


22:07 The Importance of Communion


23:05 Reading the Word for Revelation


23:34 Giving the Holy Spirit Time to Speak


24:33 Discipline and Protecting Tabernacle Time


26:01 Commitment and Diligence


27:24 Patience and Stillness


30:25 Discipline and Sacrifice


41:05 Conclusion

















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