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2 Scripture Text: Psalm 92:1-9

3 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

4 How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruclon forever; but you, O LORD, are on high forever. For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scamered This is the Word of the Lord - Amen

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9 A Psalm for the Sabbath Part 1

10 Sabbath -Comes from the root word shabath which means to cease

11 Exodus 20:8 11 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 Genesis 2:1 3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in crealon.

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14 MaMhew 11:28 30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (ESV)

15 Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work. -Abraham Joshua Heschel-

16 MaMhew 12:1-3a,7-8 At that Lme Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. He said to them, And if you had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.

17 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 amempts to be God in our own lives. -Marva J Dawn-

18 Back to our Psalm, But first context A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

19 The importance of Rhythms in our lives

20 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

21 How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruclon forever; but you, O LORD, are on high forever. For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scamered

22 When we cease striving to be God, we learn a whole new kind of contentment, the delight of the presence of God in our present circumstances. When we give up our silly rebellion against God s purposes, we discover that he provides the security for which we were searching. -Marva J Dawn-

23 If we find ourselves $red and busy all the $me, we have to stop and ask ourselves Why?

24 MaMhew 11:28 30 Are you $red? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you ll recover your life. I ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won t lay anything heavy or ill-fixng on you. Keep company with me and you ll learn to live freely and lightly.

25 If we do not regularly quit work for one day a week, we take ourselves far too seriously. The moral sweat pouring off our brows blinds our eyes to the aclon of God in and around us -Eugene Peterson-

26 How to cul$vate healthy rhythms?

27 How to cul$vate healthy rhythms? -Surrender our ways to God s ways (li\le g vs. Big G)

28 How to cul$vate healthy rhythms? -Surrender our ways to God s ways (li\le g vs. Big G) -Begin to prac$ce

29 How to cul$vate healthy rhythms? -Surrender our ways to God s ways (li\le g vs. Big G) -Begin to prac$ce -Church as Family

30 How to begin prac$cing Sabbath?

31 Our invita$on today: Walk with me and work with me watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace -Jesus-

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Scripture Text: Psalm 92:10-15

Cul$va$ng In$macy Scripture Text: Psalm 92:10-15 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard