
Embrace Your Assignment
Read: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him. (v. 17) Yesterday we saw how, even in a fallen world, almost

Read: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him. (v. 17) Yesterday we saw how, even in a fallen world, almost

So far our readings have explored rest and “ceasing” from work and activity. However, there’s an important place for work, especially when it’s done the way God intends.

Read: Exodus 20:1-17 Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. (v. 11) There are two places in the Old Testament where the Ten Commandments are recorded:

Read: Genesis 2:1-4 On the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested. (v. 2) The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew verb shabbat, which

Read: Matthew 11:28-30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (v. 30) Yesterday we heard Jesus’s invitation to come to him and find rest. But how do

Read: Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (v. 28) My life is so busy! I just don’t have

Read: Psalm 105:1-6 Seek his face always. (v. 4 NIV) When does worship end? Answer: It doesn’t. Our life with God is full of both satisfaction and hunger at the same

Read: Revelation 5:1-14 I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain. (v. 6) For many people, the book of Revelation is so strange and opaque that they stay

Read: Psalm 124 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side . . . then the flood would have swept us away. (vv. 1, 4) Worship is