
Connect
What is your favorite kind of ice cream sundae? When was the last time that you had one?
View the After Party Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7qD9LF7UA
Discuss and Apply
1) How would you define Sabbath?
2) What are some of the historical ways that people have celebrated the Sabbath?
3) Have you ever practiced a Sabbath rest? Do you do that now? What does it look like?
4) Scotty gave us four reasons that God created the Sabbath as a holy day:
• To reveal His character. What parts of God’s character are revealed by His desire for us to take a Sabbath rest?
• To bless people. How does the Sabbath bless people?
• To remind us of our limits. How does the Sabbath remind us of our limits?
• To teach us to trust Him. How does taking a Sabbath demonstrate that we trust God?
5) If you don’t practice Sabbath, do you think it would be a difficult thing to do? What could hold you back from taking a day of rest?
Prayer
Share prayer requests and pray for each other. Pray that God will work in your hearts about the Sabbath and reveal how you can work that rest into your lives.