Sabbath

sabbath_.mp4

PRAY:

Have someone read 1 Peter 4:8 aloud. After you read it, spend a minute or two silently reflecting on the passage. Then spend some time praying as a group for anything that 1 Peter 4:8 draws to your mind or stirs up in your heart.

ONE ANOTHERING:

Try to think of some practical needs you can share to give others the opportunity to step up and love you. It's okay if it takes some time to get comfortable with this. It takes time and practice to be vulnerable with one another... but amazing things happen when we are. Remember that the Benevolence Ministry is a resource for our comGroups.

  • How can we love or serve one another this week?

FOLLOW UP:

  • Did you use your breath prayer this week?
  • What situations prompted you to pray?
  • Was there anything challenging about praying your breath prayer?
  • What about it was most helpful or encouraging?

SHARE:

  • What activities or places do you find most restful? What activities or places make you feel most connected to God?
  • Was a weekly Sabbath part of your family or church growing up? Do you have any positive or negative experiences with Sabbath?
  • How would you explain Sabbath to someone who has never heard of it before?
  • How do you feel about the idea of practicing a weekly Sabbath? Do you see it as good, bad, irrelevant, legalistic, freeing, impossible?
  • What specific things would need to change in your weekly routine to create space for Sabbath?
  • What keeps us from receiving the good gifts God has for us? Did the false self Pastor Dane mentioned on Sunday resonate with you? An image of yourself that keeps you from telling the truth, from giving or accepting forgiveness, from stepping into the light, from rest?
  • Are you aware of the next step you need to take to move towards healing? What is keeping you from taking it? How can our group pray for you and come alongside you in taking that next step?

PRAY:

End your time by having someone read Matthew 22:37-39 aloud. Spend some time silently reflecting on this passage before you close in prayer.