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Aloha! In this Maui edition of the Divinepreneur Set Free podcast, I am super thrilled to be recording from the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. This week, my fam' and I are with the kiddos vacationing. We are so blessed and ever GRATEFUL to God for the opportunity. This week, I didn't want to pass up the chance to record from this awesome place - bringing you guys some island love. And appropriately, this week's episode is about rest and relaxation. Many of us have a hard time truly resting and relaxing. Yes, a lot of us take vacation. But guess what, a lot of us don't. I never used to take a vacation. NEVER. I didn't grow up with that brand of experience so it was never on my radar. As an adult, I think that mindset carried over (well into adulthood). I remember I would work years without taking a real vacation. Today, I have learned that we all must break from our hustle. Even those who are in ministry, and certainly those who are in business. Psalm 116:7 says "Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you." Mark 6:31 reminds us that Jesus said "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." You know anyone who pulls all nighters? King David wrote "It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for what to eat for Go gives rest to his loved ones." (Psalm 127:2) Even God rested on the seventh day. However, we may have a tendency to forget. And even if we do take time off, our minds are wandering about. For many, our thought life is the real battleground. Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 says "What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless." Do you have a hard time calming your mind? Does it race a thousand thoughts a minute? Here are three things to combat that today. 1. Deconstruct your work/worries/issues. Break them down. Delegate, push back, and act now. Don't let it linger. 2. Destroy. Destroy those "old" thoughts that says "I have to be there...nothing will get done..."; "Will so and so actually follow through on my portion of the project while I am on vacation?" Take EVERY though captive and claim your place in the Kingdom. God has got you. 3. Develop "new" and more healthy thoughts (replacing the old ones). Remind yourself that in Christ you can rest. You have the right to rest. You must rest. Shut the enemy's lies that you don't have the luxury to relax. Set yourself FREE from the enemy's lies with God's truth. He said "come unto me all ye who labor, and I will give your rest." (Matt. 11:28) You have the right to rest and relax from your work. Take your mind back. You have the power and the right to claim your thoughts and turn them from unhealthy to healthy-Kingdom thoughts! Rest up, my friends! Mahalo and e-malama pono (take care)! Blessings, Shiuyaright