Jesus doesn’t promise a burden-free life—but He does promise rest for weary souls. In this episode, Rohan Bell unpacks Matthew 11:28–30 and shows how finding the right yoke with Jesus brings deep peace, even when life still requires effort.

✨ Key Themes in This Episode

🕊 Rest without escape — why Jesus doesn’t remove all burdens

🐂 Understanding the “yoke” — teaching, discipleship, and shared load

🤝 Jesus in the yoke with us — carrying the greater weight

⚓ Peace through discipleship — effort that leads to rest

🔄 Changing yokes — moving from self-reliance to trust

⏱ Major Moments

0:31 – Reading Matthew 11:28–30

2:23 – The rabbinic meaning of “yoke”

3:15 – Jesus sharing the yoke, not watching from afar

4:11 – Recognising when we’re in the wrong yoke

6:24 – Carrying weariness to Jesus as we head into 2026

🤔 Reflection & Application

Where might you be carrying a burden Jesus never asked you to carry alone?

What does it look like for you to step out of self-reliance and into Jesus’ yoke?

How could committed discipleship actually reduce your inner weariness?

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