Bible Text: Exodus 16:1-36 | Preacher: Nathan Herrlin | Series: Lest We Forget | Which word most accurately describes the pace of my life? 

         □ hectic        □ slow         □ just about right

“I typically set aside a 24 hour day for rest every week” 

         □ yes              □ no            □ I have no idea what you’re talking about

Intellectual theology = what I think I believe

Practical theology = what I really believe

Exodus 16:1-36

Israel is in Need Exodus 16:1-3

They need food and they need faith.

God Provides Exodus 16:4-36

God provides Food
God provides Faith
God provides Rest

How do overly busy people doubt God?

We doubt God when we refuse to rest.

Is the Sabbath commandment still for today?

Jesus made rest a priority.
The reason God gave for Sabbath rest goes all the way back to creation.

 4 things to INCLUDE on your day of rest:

Reading
Recreation
Relationship
Rest

4 things to AVOID on your day of rest:

Work you get paid for
Housework (work you don’t get paid for)
To do lists
Technology

My NEXT STEP with God is to…

…confess my unbelief to God.
…brainstorm changes that could make room in my weekly schedule for a rest day.
…make one day this week a day of rest.
…continue reading Exodus 13-32 and Numbers 11-14, looking for Israel’s 10 failures.

More info: The Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week