WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE TIRED? Everyone has been physically tired! 1. Physical fatigue and its effects on the spirit. Matthew 26:41. Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Exodus 17:12. Moses' hands were tired, so Aaron and Hur took a stone and put it under him, and they held his hands up on either side; and his hands did not move until the sun went down. Moses' arms were decisive for Israel's victory. 2. Physical fatigue weakens the spiritual life! Genesis 25:29, 30. One day, Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, very tired; and he said to Jacob, "Please give me some of that red stew to eat, for I am very tired." Therefore they called him Edom. He was no longer wise enough to perceive spiritual things. Judges 16:16. She prodded him with questions day after day, and troubled him with them, until he was so angry that he was ready to die. 17 And he told them all his heart… Physical fatigue and mental confusion lead to wrong decisions. 1 Kings 19:3. So Elijah was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life. … he went into the wilderness, … requested for himself to die, and said, “It is enough! Now take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” Mental distress and weariness from running away brought discouragement. 3. What to do when you are tired? 1 Kings 19:5-8. Then he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and lay down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat: for the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink. Jeremiah 12:5. If thou hast run with footmen, and art weary: how shall thou compete with horses? Take care of thy body. 1 Corinthians 3:16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Jonah 2:8. When my soul fainted within me, then I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came unto him, and entered into his holy temple. 2 Timothy 1:7. For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power. 4. Keep your body and mind healthy! Luke 2:52. Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Isaiah 40:30, 31. Even youths will faint and be weary, and young men will stumble and fall. 31 But those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint. Be healthy – stay healthy through nutrition Daniel 1:14, 15. Hammelza agreed to their request and tested them for ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days, he saw that their faces were better looking and fatter than all the young men who ate the king's food. 16 So Hammelza took away their portion of the food and the wine they were given, and gave them vegetables to eat. 3 John 1:2. Beloved, I pray that in all things you may prosper and be in health, just as your soul prospers. Isaiah 5:27. Not one of them will faint or stumble, not one will slumber or sleep; not one's belt will be loose or the strap of their sandal broken. Psalm 84:7. They will go forward, each one stronger. Each one will appear before God in Zion. God wants us to be strong to worship and serve Him.