Do you feel like you’re always in a hurry, whipsawed from one activity to the next, just trying to get it all done? Will life ever slow down?
In a restless world, the good news is that God has a different rhythm in mind for us—a healthier, more life-giving rhythm called Sabbath.
Often, believers think about Sabbath as Sunday only; a day set aside for worship. But the Bible is clear. Sabbath is not just one day a week, it is a way of life, an orientation of the heart.
In this devotional series, Brian Keepers explores the gift of Sabbath and how to live every day with a deeper sense of presence, purpose, and joy.
God calls us to rest, and to relax our restless hearts and spirits. In a restless world, rest is also a testimony to God’s good work in our lives. How are you responding to God’s call for rest? Are you allowing your restless heart to rest in him?
Hear God’s call today: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
Read: Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (v. 28) My life is so busy! I just don’t have
Read: Matthew 11:28-30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (v. 30) Yesterday we heard Jesus’s invitation to come to him and find rest. But how do
Read: Genesis 2:1-4 On the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested. (v. 2) The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew verb shabbat, which
Read: Exodus 20:1-17 Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. (v. 11) There are two places in the Old Testament where the Ten Commandments are recorded:
Read: Genesis 2:8-17 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (v. 15) So far our readings have
Read: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him. (v. 17) Yesterday we saw how, even in a fallen world, almost
Read: Psalm 46 Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. (v. 10) There is so much in this world to make us
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. (v. 13) One of
Read: Luke 5:27-39 Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? (v. 34) Most of us didn’t know each other, but here we were gathered around
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