![]() ![]() Exodus 34:21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.”ģ. ![]() Mark 2:27-28 Then Jesus said to them, “ The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”Ģ. Now we are saved by grace and Jesus is our Sabbath, but having a day when we just relax and rest is beneficial.ġ. You can fix this if you start fixing your sleep schedule and get 6 or more hours of sleep. You have a terrible sleep schedule, you go to bed at 4:00 AM, you barely sleep, you overwork yourself, etc. Some people ask questions like, “why am I so lazy, why do I feel fatigued after a meal, why do I feel tired and drowsy throughout the day?” Often the problem is that you have been abusing your body. You are harming your body by not getting enough rest. “He who cannot rest, cannot work he who cannot let go, cannot hold on he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.” Harry Emerson Fosdick “Living for God begins with resting in Him.” “Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.” Thomas a Kempis As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us.” Hannah Whitall Smith “No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. “Rest is a matter of wisdom, not law.” Woodrow Kroll “In these times, God’s people must trust him for rest of body and soul.” David Wilkerson “God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.” Augustine When we rest, we will experience God’s movement and His miracles.” “Rest! When we rest, we synchronize with God. The enemy hates it because he wants you to be stressed and occupied.” In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.” Charles Spurgeon It is economy to gather fresh strength… It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. It is essential in the life of a Christian. Some of you are struggling with ungodly thoughts, anxiety, depression, your body is tired in the day, you’re constantly discouraged, you’re gaining weight, you’re angry, your personality is changing, and the problem could be that you are not getting enough rest and you are going to sleep way too late. is harming us and it’s causing us to keep our mind active all through the night and early in the morning. The light from constantly surfing the internet, Instagram, etc. ![]() That is why we have to separate from these things. We need sleep!Īll these different gadgets and things available to us are increasing restlessness. It’s hard to fight against temptation, it’s easier to sin, it’s easier to dwell on those ungodly thoughts, and Satan knows that. When you are constantly living with no rest, it makes you tired physically and spiritually. He would constantly send words of discouragement and doubt my way. This is when I am most vulnerable to deception. Satan would attack me at this time because I wouldn’t be able to think clearly. ![]()
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