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Chosen: To Rest

Texta:  Genesis 2   Exodus 20:28   Matthew 11:28. Hebrews 4:1-10

  1. Breaking our hidden addiction to “busy”
  • In today’s world, busy is a code word for important
  • We have been culturally programmed to feel if we are not busy, not productive, don’t have value.

Busyness is not just a disordered schedule, it’s a disordered heart-John Ortberg

  1. The Practice of Sabbath
  • In Hebrew: Shabbat which means “Stop”
  • The discipline of Sabbath allows you to cultivate a spirit of restfulness.
  • Sabbath: a 24 hour period of time that begins sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
  • Genesis 2:3 God created a kind of rest that is a celebration. (delight)

The Sabbath is an entire day set aside to follow God’s example, stop, and delight in his world, in your life in it, and above all, in God himself.  – Dan Allender

  1. Why Rest?
  • God built a rhythm into the fabric of creation: Work/rest
  • God blessed the Sabbath day
  • God made the day “holy”. (set apart) – God makes TIME holy.
  • The Sabbath is not a day off, but a day to worship.
  1. How to Rest?
  • STOP – cease from all work, paid and unpaid.
  • REST – do the things that restore and replenish you.
  • DELIGHT – What brings me joy?
  • CONTEMPLATE – focus on the love of God.
  1. Remember the Sabbath
  • Often we forget the things that matter most
  • Live in a rhythm of work and rest