Sermon Guide

Sabbath Done, Done
Pastor Kent Landhuis

THEME – Celebrating Sabbath reorients our lives.
TEXT –  Genesis 2:1-3

1. Remember the Sabbath (to keep it Holy).

  • God finished the work of creation. Genesis 2:1-3
  • God will finish his work in us. Philippians 1:6

2. Reclaim the Sabbath (to keep it joyfully).

  • Stop.
  • Rest.
  • Delight.
  • Worship.

3. Reorient the Sabbath (to keep it regularly).

  • Sabbath reorients our time.
  • Sabbath reorients our work.
  • Sabbath reorients our priorities.
  • Sabbath reorients our trust.

NEXT STEPS

  • Focus on one day every week to celebrate Sabbath. 
  • Prepare for Sabbath by using this journal prompt: What prevents me from getting peaceful rest?
  • Don’t miss worshipping together for any of the next four Sundays.

JOURNAL PROMPT:  What prevents me from getting peaceful rest? 

REFLECTION: The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ The Sabbath is an entire day set aside to follow God’s example, to stop and delight. – John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Sabbath isn’t about resting perfectly, it’s about resting in the one who is perfect. – Shelly Miller, Rhythms of Rest

Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest. – Mark Buchanan, The Holy Wild

A great benefit of Sabbath keeping is that we learn to let God take care of us – not by becoming passive and lazy, but in the freedom of giving up our feeble attempts to be God in our own lives. – Marva J. Dawn, Keeping the Sabbath Wholly

PRAYER:  Lord, reorient my life so that I can enter Sabbath rest. May your Spirit guide me and empower me to surrender my time, my work, and my priorities so that I will desire the things that God desires above all. Amen.