Sabbath

Rest with God

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.” – Hebrews 4:9-11 It’s the weekend again, and I want to encourage you to Sabbath, or truly relax, as you establish new habits this year. There’s a reason God advised the Jews to set aside a specific day of the week to relax and unwind. Rest is a sacred thing, and I believe that God’s Spirit resides in times when we intentionally relax and slow down. He communicates to us, leads us, and blesses us with great interactions with Him in such moments. I’m sure you’ll agree with me that our world is strained, and it’s stressed like crazy! People are

January 8, 2022 2 Comments

Love is Greater Than the Law

“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’” – Luke 13:10-12 We’ve been examining the idea that having the right vision for our lives and leadership empowers us to “break the rules” in order to put people first. Today, I want to look at how Jesus modeled this behavior for us, and what it teaches us about living as His disciples in the modern world. Much to the chagrin of the Pharisees and teachers of the law, our Savior constantly set aside the mandates of religion to give priority to loving people. One of the most famous examples of this is

May 15, 2021 No Comments

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God…” – Hebrews 4:9 We’ve been looking at what it means to store up heavenly treasures and how taking care of ourselves through rest is an important part of living in the abundance of God’s Kingdom. Today, I want to share the Biblical foundation for this concept — Sabbath. The Shabbat (or Sabbath) was the key to Jewish culture and it distinguished the Israelites as a people; their lifestyle revolved around this day of rest that was always dedicated to leisure and learning instead of trade and labor. While it’s logical to think Shabbat was strictly a time of inactivity, knowledge and growth were also a big part of it. You see, the Sabbath was when everyone, including women and children, gathered in the synagogue to study the Torah and all were invited to teach, learn, and contribute to the body of

August 15, 2019 No Comments

Sabbath

“There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of Sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the Lord.” -Leviticus 23:3

November 30, 2016 1 Comment

After the Sabbath

“For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day.” – Exodus 20:11

October 31, 2016 No Comments

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