Posts by Pastor Thomas

If you’ve been faithful but feel numb, tired, and short-tempered, you’re not “backslidden”—you’re overloaded. spiritual burnout recovery starts with telling the truth: many people are carrying more stress than they can metabolize, and it’s bleeding into their faith.

This is bigger than personality. The APA’s 2025 Work in America survey reports that 54% of U.S. workers say job insecurity has significantly increased their stress at work. And the U.S. Surgeon General’s workplace well-being page highlights surveys where 76% of U.S. workers reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition and 84% said workplace conditions contributed to at least one mental health challenge. When stress becomes constant, the soul often goes into survival mode.

The problem: burnout doesn’t always look like quitting, it looks like coasting

Here’s what burnout does in church life: you keep showing up, but the fire feels low. You pray, but it feels like words hitting the ceiling. You worship, but your mind keeps racing. spiritual burnout recovery is hard because burnout hides behind “I’m fine.”

Common signs:

• You’re easily irritated (small stuff feels huge)

• You can’t concentrate in prayer or the Word

• You avoid people because everything feels like “one more thing”

• You feel guilt for feeling tired so you pretend harder

Jesus didn’t call us to pretend. He called us to come to Him: “Come unto me… and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28-30). spiritual burnout recovery begins when you stop performing and start receiving.

What burnout produces

When burnout continues, it doesn’t just affect your mood it affects your discipleship:

1. Your love gets thin. You may still believe right, but you struggle to respond right.

2. Your endurance drops. You avoid spiritual disciplines because they feel “harder” than scrolling.

3. Your relationships shrink. Isolation grows, and shame grows with it.

4. Your calling gets distorted. You start viewing ministry as pressure instead of privilege.

Without spiritual burnout recovery, the enemy doesn’t need a big scandal he just needs you tired long enough to drift.

A unique solution: the “Rest – Word – Witness pathway

Most advice is vague: “Just pray more.” That’s true, but it’s incomplete. Here’s a pathway your church family can actually live simple, measurable, and strong.

1) Rest: create a 30-minute “Sabbath wedge”

Not a full day yet. A wedge. Thirty minutes where you are unavailable to noise:

• Phone off or in another room

• Sit, walk, breathe, be still

• One sentence to God: “Lord, I’m here, and I need You.”

This is not laziness. It’s obedience to your limits. spiritual burnout recovery often begins when you stop trying to be superhuman.

Scripture: Mark 6:31 “Come ye yourselves apart… and rest a while.”

2) Word: read for bread, not for performance

Burned-out people often avoid the Bible because they think it must be long and intense. Instead, read one short passage and take one “bread line”:

• “What does this show me about Jesus?”

• “What is one instruction for today?”

That’s it. Five minutes counts. spiritual burnout recovery grows through consistent small intake, not occasional spiritual marathons.

Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16  “Thy words were found, and I did eat them…”

3) Witness: two people who can check on your soul

Burnout thrives in private. Healing grows in the light. Pick two people (same-gender works best) and make a simple agreement:

• One check-in per week

• One honest question: “How’s your soul really?”

• One prayer together (even if it’s short)

This is spiritual burnout recovery the church way: not therapy-by-group-chat—actual care and accountability.

Scripture: Galatians 6:2  “Bear ye one another’s burdens…”

What we’re doing as a church

At Apostolic Life Tabernacle, we don’t want you to just “survive church.” We want you restored, steady, and strong. spiritual burnout recovery is not a slogan it’s a process: rest that’s protected, Word that’s daily, and people who won’t let you fade out quietly.

Strong call to action

This week, don’t wait until you crash.

Start spiritual burnout recovery today:

1. Schedule one 30-minute Sabbath wedge

2. Read one short passage and write one bread line

3. Choose two witnesses and tell them you’re rebuilding

 If you want prayer or help getting connected (no shame, no pressure), reach out today. spiritual burnout recovery can start right now—and you don’t have to do it alone.