ILMS 61 - The Truth about Mental Health: REST

Special Guest: Brenda Jank from Run Hard Rest Well

 

Marva Dawn - Keeping the Sabbath Wholly

 

Misconceptions about keeping the Sabbath

- Brenda’s, ours, the worlds

- mangaling God’s gifts

 

Personal retreats

• rest well
• listen carefully
• produce nothing

 

The intentional work of tasting rest

• the gift and challenge of children
• the gift of grace over guilt
• permission from our loved ones to rest
• transitions and our need for rest

4 Rhythms of Rest

The Rhythm of Sleep

- deep emotional, physical, and relational need for sleep

 

The Rhythm of Sabbath

- relational rest

- time to pray and play

- reconnecting with God

- reconnect with the people we love

- as a family, having a rhythm and stop doing what consumes our focus for 6 days

- acknowledge the difference between entertainment and rest

 

Ask the question: What will refresh us?

 

The Rhythm of Stillness

 

The Rhythm of Solitude

 

Vantage Point: A New View of Rest, Rhythm, and the Work of God

 

Teaching our children to rest

 

Guilt and Ministry -

Mark 1

Spirit led not guilt driven

Ezekiel 20

Psalm 92 (espeically verse 14)

 

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