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REST AND RESTORATION

REST AND RESTORATION. Lesson 7 for the 15 th of May, 2010. THE BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND REST. DAILY CYCLE. WEEKLY CYCLE. WORK. When did God tell the man that he had to work?. Before sin, work was given to man by God as a blessing (Genesis, 2: 15). What happened after sin with work?.

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REST AND RESTORATION

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  1. REST AND RESTORATION Lesson 7 for the 15th of May, 2010

  2. THE BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND REST DAILYCYCLE WEEKLYCYCLE

  3. WORK When did God tell the man that he had to work? Before sin, work was given to man by God as a blessing (Genesis, 2: 15) What happened after sin with work? Work turned harder and man started to work to excess. Which are the dangers of working to excess? Loss of health, abandoning the family, break up of marriage...

  4. We need to rest of our daily work, as Jesus and his disciples did. Rest involves changing the usual activity: exercise, reading, … REST

  5. Sleep is essential to enjoy good health. It renews our energy and prints the acquired knowledge and memories in our mind. Not sleeping enough (from 6 to 9 daily hours) causes physical disorders which may lead to mental illnesses, diabetes, obesity, bad performance, accidents, … If you don’t feel sleepy by the day and your mind works fluently, then you have slept enough hours. SLEEP

  6. SPIRITUAL REST • While daily rest is essential for our physical health, spiritual rest is vital for our spiritual health. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew, 11: 28-30) Resting in Jesus involves leaving our worries, struggles and burdens on his hands, and being confident that He forgives our sins and gives us salvation. We can find spiritual rest praying, reading the Bible and meditating.

  7. SIXDAYS OF WORK Laziness is criticized in the Old Testament. The fourth commandment involves working six days per week. I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man (Proverbs, 24: 30-34 NVI) The lazy man will not plow because of winter; he will beg during harvest and have nothing. (Proverbs, 20: 4) A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. (Proverbs, 19: 24)

  8. SIXDAYS OF WORK “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat” (2 Thessalonians, 3: 10) Paul wrote a warning about that in the New Testament

  9. RESTINGONSABBATH Weekly Sabbath is essential for our physical, mental and spiritual rest.

  10. RESTINGONSABBATH Weekly Sabbath is essential for our physical, mental and spiritual rest.

  11. “"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honourable, and if you honour it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken” Isaiah, 58: 13-14

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