This series entitled 24 focuses on one of Jesus' longest days of ministry... a non-stop 24 hour day described in Matthew 14, Mark 6 and Luke 9. Today's message is entitled "Can't shut down if I try!" We will see Jesus make several attempts to get alone and recharge, but time and time again Jesus is interrupted. All the while, He invites others to rest, and continues to show compassion on needy people. Here is an example for us to follow when immersed in the needs of others.

1. Handling the Pressures of
Non-Stop Days

2. SUNY
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3. Handling the Pressures of
Non-Stop Days

4. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Series Outline
•Bad news and more bad news.(Mk. 6:14-29;
Mt. 14:1-2, 12)
•Can’t shut down if I try. (Mk. 6:30-34; Mt.
14:13-14)
•People everywhere. (Mk. 6:35-44)
•Walking on water. (Mk. 6:45-52)
•Digging deep and giving more. (Mk. 6:53-56)

5. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Can’t Shut
Down if I Try

6. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
First Point
We all need some “one-on-
one” time with God in
order to recharge our
batteries.

7. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Matthew 14:13a
13 Now when Jesus heard
this, he withdrew from there
in a boat to a desolate place
by himself…

8. Handling the Pressures of
Non-Stop Days

9. Exodus 33
12 Moses said to the LORD,
“See, you say to me, ‘Bring up
this people,’ but you have not let
me know whom you will send
with me. Yet you have said, ‘I
know you by name, and you have
also found favor in my sight.’

10. Exodus 33
13 Now therefore, if I have found
favor in your sight, please show
me now your ways, that I may
know you in order to find favor in
your sight. Consider too that this
nation is your people.”

11. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Exodus 33
14 And he said, “My presence
will go with you, and I will
give you rest.”

12. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Do you
have a tent
of
meeting?

13. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Second Point
Interrupted rest can strain
and stretch you.

14. Mark 6
30 The apostles returned to Jesus
and told him all that they had
done and taught.

15. Mark 6
31 And he said to them, “Come
away by yourselves to a desolate
place and rest a while.” For many
were coming and going, and they
had no leisure even to eat.

16. Mark 6
32 And they went away in the
boat to a desolate place by
themselves.

17. Handling the Pressure of Non-Stop Days
Third Point
Sometimes our rest is
interrupted by a God-
ordained opportunity.

18. Mark 6
33 Now many saw them going
and recognized them, and they
ran there on foot from all the
towns and got there ahead of
them.

19. Mark 6
34 When he went ashore he saw a
great crowd, and he had
compassion on them, because
they were like sheep without a
shepherd. And he began to teach
them many things.

20. Matthew 14
13b ... But when the crowds heard
it, they followed him on foot
from the towns.

21. Matthew 14
14 When he went ashore he saw a
great crowd, and he had
compassion on them and healed
their sick.

22. Port Tack
Starboard Tack
Port Tack
Coming About
Wind

23. Handling the Pressures of
Non-Stop Days

24. Matthew 14
14 When he went ashore he saw a
great crowd, and he had
compassion on them and healed
their sick.

25. Handling the Pressures of
Non-Stop Days