For taking your time to study remain blessed. THE PLACE OF LEISURE AND RELAXATION SUNDAY JUNE 4 TEXT: MARK 6: 30 – 32 Key Verse: “And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat” Mark 6: 31 Look at this scripture, take time to rest. The rest may not be too long at a time, but you need rest. The Bible said, leisure. It means, do something that will relax your heart and that will give your mind joy and peace. Some may just go and sit by a river and be watching as it flows. ’Eh! You left preaching? You didn’t go for evangelism?’ “I returned from evangelism and I want to recover. That is why I am sitting by this river to watch the creation of God. I take delight in watching the creation of God and it gives me leisure”. That is what the Lord expects of you. Be free to do that. Or else, you go and sit in a garden, beside the flowers and you take leisure. For some, there may be a beautiful rug in their house, they just lie on the rug and be rolling and be relaxing, it is leisure. Some go to sit under the air conditioner, and be enjoying it, it is leisure. Some have some good things to watch that excite them. It is leisure. Everybody has that which interests him. You need it to recover, to refresh. Of course, you can have a chat too or a talk with someone. It is leisure. All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. For instance, you may come into somebody’s house and you see beautiful Cushion chairs and the way he decorated the house, then you say, ‘Hey! People can waste the money of God’. . . God has given us freely all things to enjoy. Watching those things give him leisure to cause him to recover and go back to the work. It is part of it, no sin or iniquity is inside. What he watches and what he does to just relax. Sometimes it is sports. Some may say, we play game of Badminton. It is in my house, I play it with my children or with friends. It is leisure, it relaxes the body, that the body has no tension. You whose knowledge is small, when people are talking, keep quiet, be fast to hear. Otherwise you will be wondering, Eh! I went to his house and saw him playing Badminton. These Christians of these days! Jesus taught His disciples this. Avoid places of danger and take precaution for your soul. Don’t tempt the Lord by being negligent and then saying that you have faith. Thought for the day: All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. Song for the day: In the Presence of God, Alleluia! Joy! Bible reading for the day: 2 Chronicles 13-16; John 14 #horemow.