God never intended us to carry certain burdens we are carrying. In this message from our “Traveling Light” series, we tackle the troubling trifecta of burdens: want, weariness, and worry. Learn how to put Psalm 23:1-3 into practice so you can begin to release these burdens, lighten your load and start to truly live your life as God intended!

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3. The burden of a ‘lesser God’
The burden of a cast iron
chest of self-reliance

4. The Troubling Trifecta of burdens
Want
Weariness
Worry

5. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not
want. He makes me lie down in green
pastures. He leads me beside still
waters. He restores my soul. He leads
me in paths of righteousness for his
name’s sake.
Psalm 23 (ESV)

6. The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not WANT.
Psalm 23:1

7. “What I have in God is greater than
what I don’t have in life.”
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Luke 12:15
1 Samuel 16:7
Philippians 4:11-12

8. “I will be happy when ________________”?

10. The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not WANT.

11. He makes me lie down
in green pastures.
Psalm 23:2

14. He makes me lie down in green
pastures. He leads me beside still
waters.
Psalm 23:2 (ESV)

18. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days
you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you
shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter,
nor your manservant, nor your maid servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in
six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh
day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day
and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:8-10 (NKJV)

20. He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads
me in paths of righteousness for
his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:2-3

21. Whaddifs…
&
Howells…
WORRY!

22. Merimnao
Merizo - to divide
Nous - the mind
WORRY!

23. He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads
me in paths of righteousness for
his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:2-3
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads
me in paths of righteousness for
his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:2-3

24. We will find grace to help us
when we need it.
Hebrews 4:16 (NLT)

25. Let us therefore boldly approach
the throne of our gracious God,
where we may receive mercy and
in his grace find timely help.
Hebrews 4:16 (NEB)

26. Give your entire attention to what
God is doing right now, and don't
get worked up about what may or
may not happen tomorrow. God
will help you deal with whatever
hard things come up when the time
comes.
Matthew 6:34 (MSG)

28. So don’t worry about tomorrow,
because tomorrow will have its own
worries. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34 (NCV)

29. The Troubling Trifecta of burdens
Want
Weariness
Worry