THE GIFT OF SABBATH: CONTEMPLATE
Message Date: 2/4/24
Speaker: Pastor Rod Hidalgo

What is Sabbath?

Sabbath is a 24-hour block of time every 7 days in which we

from all work, paid and unpaid, and intentionally spend time

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and being with God.

Sabbath is when we:
*Stop Work
*Enjoy Rest
*Practice Delight
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God

Our Sabbath should include an aspect of

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with God.

Mark 2:27
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.”

Luke 5:16
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places.

In the Christian world, we often call ways of connecting with God “

disciplines”.

Spiritual Disciplines:

“Those practices found in Scripture that promote spiritual growth among believers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are habits of devotion, habits of experiential Christianity that have been practiced by God’s people since biblical times.” —–Dr. Donald Whitney, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

3 Core Spiritual Disciplines:
1. Scripture
2. Prayer
3. Worship

SCRIPTURE:

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with the Word of God (the Bible)

2 Timothy 3:16-17
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Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Bible Reading Method: SOAP
*Scripture: write out the Scripture
*Observation: in your own words
*Application: apply it in your life
*Prayer: talk to God about it

Practical Tool: Download the YouVersion Bible App on your phone or tablet. Join the weekly reading plan we do as a church.

PRAYER: have a

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with God

Mark 1:35
“Rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he__ prayed__.”

If Jesus prayed to the Father, don’t you think we should do the same?

The Lord’s Prayer

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’

PRAYER ACROSTIC

*Praise: acknowledging the greatness of God
*Repent: confessing sins or mistakes and asking for forgiveness
*Ask: asking for specific needs or desires, for ourselves or others
*Yield: surrendering control and submitting to the will of God

WORSHIP: expression with our body, mind, and soul

Psalm 96:1-3
1

to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name;

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his salvation day after day.
3

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his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

Music has power in our lives… it is like a

.

What if we gave worship music the

to speak the hope and truth of God into our lives?

Sabbath Planning Tool

THIS WEEK, TAKE TIME TO PURPOSEFULLY PLAN A TIME OF SABBATH, INCLUDING: STOP WORK, ENJOY REST, PRACTICE DELIGHT, CONTEMPLATE GOD.

Would you read the Bible Plan, Five Things You Need To Grow, with us?

https://bible.com/p/64521757/3f114afec36ecfd5321fdbc8978c3f28