Quotes about Rest

Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.

Scripture Reading: Psalm 62:5—8 (NIV1984) Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

We imitate God by stopping our work and resting.

Sabbath is not dependent upon our readiness to stop.

The essence of being in God's image is our ability, like God, to stop. We imitate God by stopping our work and resting.

I was engaged in more activity for God than my being with God could sustain.

Rule of Life. PRAYER Scripture Silence and Solitude Daily Office (Prayer) Study REST Sabbath Simplicity Play and Recreation WORK/ACTIVITY Service and Mission Care for the Physical Body RELATIONSHIPS Emotional Health Family Community (Companions for the Journey

Sabbath provides for us now an additional rhythm for an entire reorientation of our lives around the living God. On Sabbaths we imitate God by stopping our work and resting.

twenty-four hours) to rest and delight in God.

The Sabbath calls us to build the doing of nothing into our schedules each week.

Observing the Sabbath, we affirm: "God is the center and source of our lives. He is the beginning, the middle, and the end of our existence." We trust God to provide and care for us.

The Four Principles of Biblical Sabbath