1. Why is it so hard to rest?
Exodus 20:8-11

2. Exodus 20:8-11, NIV 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
Exodus 20:8-11, NIV 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

3. 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God
10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

4. 11 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. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

5. What I want for you in 2019 …

6. Where did our rest day go?
France then and now
The French Revolution

8. De-Christianization of France attacked the day of Sabbath rest
Your faith is seen in your calendar

9. God-given units of time:
Day and night (by rotation of the earth on its own axis)
Seasons and year (earth tilt and rotation around the sun)
Week (by command)

10. Our collective forgetting of the day of rest

11. Where did our rest day go?

12. Christians are as guilty as anyone in removing God’s appointed Sabbath rest

13. THE 4TH COMMAND TO REST BRINGS THE BLESSING OF REST TO OUR LIFE

14. “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” ( Mark 2:27, NIV)

15. “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” ( Mark 2:27, NIV) “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27, NLT)

16. Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work …

17. Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work …

18. Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work …

19. Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work …

21. Exodus 20 10 “… On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.”

22. Acceptable sins?
Working on the Sabbath (by choice)
Education on the Sabbath (by choice)
Vacationing of the Sabbath (by choice)

23. Penalty we pay
A life that is stressed, hurried and harried.
Make mistakes that are costly
Family relationships are frayed

24. Who did not get to rest?

25. The 4th commandment is given to protect us from ourselves

26. Accept God’s boundaries

27. There is no blessing in rejecting God’s boundaries.
There is no blessing in disobedience against God.

28. Work-life balance

29. Life without Sabbath
Life with Sabbath 
Life with catch up day and Sabbath

30. The first step to find rest is to set aside Sunday to the Lord.

31. Why do we work the way we do?

32. Rest requires us to cut out the unnecessary
Rest involves cutting off and cutting back.
Rest involves simplifying
Time for under stimulation
You need a diet … from activity

33. Confession of failure
Remember to “remember the sabbath day.”

34. Retail ignores Sunday
Real Estate ignores Sunday
Food industry ignores Sunday
Transport industry ignores Sunday
Last leg deliver still honors Sunday
Government offices still honor Sundays
Banking still honors Sundays?

35. Make a “Don’t Do” List

36. 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. ( Mark 2:37, NLT)