We’re kicking off a new series in season 13 of Locker Room, and it’s simply called Power. We’re going to look at some key aspects and opportunities God gives us to usher His power into and through our lives.

This week we’re digging out the power of rest. Jesus invites us into a healthy rhythm, where we pour out our lives for the Kingdom: pouring into our home, our work and the world around us; and then we stop and rest. We connect with the King, and allow Him to fill us and replenish us.

DISCUSSION GUIDE

Scott just spent a portion of his Summer on Sabbatical. What has been the longest period of time you’ve had to rest? What would you do if you had a month off of work to intentionally rest?

Is it easy for you to rest? Why or why not? What does it look like for you to rest in a healthy way?

“If you don’t know how to stop, life will do it to you.” Have you ever come to a breaking point where life forced you to stop?

What stuck out to you when Scott mentioned the symptoms of hurry sickness? (You treat everything like it’s a race. You can’t just do one task at a time. Hurry sickness creates highly irritable people. You always feel behind. You interrupt people. Obsessed with checking things off a list.)

Hurry makes us sick. The cure is Sabbath rest. Do you really believe this? Why or why not?

Read Genesis 2:1-3 & Exodus 20:8-10. What can we learn from these passages?

Do you take pride in breaking this commandment of God? Do you feel guilty when you keep this commandment? Why or why not?

Sabbath is really an act of faith. Do you trust God to do in 6 days what the world tries to do in 7? Do you trust God enough to Sabbath?

Read Mark 2:27. Sabbath was made as a gift for you. How can you best utilize this gift? What are some practical steps you can take towards a rhythm of weekly Sabbath in your life?

What else from the podcast spoke to you?

What did God/Holy Spirit speak/prompt/say to you?  What’s God asking you to do?  What does He want to give you?  What does He want you to lay down?

NEXT STEPS 

• Sign up for Men’s Retreat (October 18-20) at southland.church/men

• Join a Group at southland.church/groups

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