Embracing Sabbath: Trusting God's Goodness and Rest

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "We rest, we play, no work, God loves us. We rest, we play, no work, God loves us. Right? He says, that's just our pattern. And it's just this offering us opportunities for these new beginnings to experience his creation." [01:05:00] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "In Sabbath, we discover that your identity is found in who you are, not in what you do. And the new day begins in the evening, according to God's economy. We are loved by God because of who you are, not because of what you do." [01:04:48] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "Do we have a scarcity mindset or an abundance mindset? Do we just feel like we have less and less? Therefore I have to produce more. I have to do more. And if I run, I have to do more. I have to do more. I have to do more. rest then then i i just i'm not going to have enough whatever that enough is you fill in the blank but the reality is is when we see the goodness of god and all that he created and all of his abundance and all that he provides it helps me to rest knowing that it's not about me being enough he's enough does that make sense like god is enough god is enough for you" [01:09:49] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Sabbath is a new beginning. It's a consistent new beginning in our lives. And so, it gives us the opportunity to continue to be co-creators with God. And so, at the end of the story of creation, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, we learn that God rested, right? That He rested. Now, I'm convinced He didn't rest because He was tired. Like, whoo, boy, am I wiped out. My feet are so sore. I need to kind of put them up, you know. That's not what the emphasis of this was, right? That the emphasis for God resting is the fact that it was like, oh, that's good. This is complete. I've done what needs to be done. It's completed." [58:31] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "The sabbath was made to meet the needs of the people of people not people to meet the requirements of sabbath so the son of man is lord even over the sabbath friends what is jesus saying he's saying that it's not about the rules stop focusing on the rules if you're asking the question do i do sabbath right i think i'm doing it wrong you probably are doing it wrong because you're asking that question rest in him change your pattern know that he is good it's not about the rules it's finding rest in christ it's trusting in jesus for the results the sabbath is made for you to enjoy it to trust the story of god in your life not about the rules that you have to follow" [01:17:58] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "Holiness then simply put is being more and more like Jesus right to help us move away from being intimidated and with and scared if you will of this word holiness into something that that we would be willing to strive for it says i i think that's something that that i want to need to be i want to be more like jesus but if i were to ask you in this in the similar term that and asked and talked about the fact well do you want to be holy and and live a holy life it's like oh that just seems like a little much and and little ideas you know and and i just think that's a i think that's a lie from the enemy for one that that we kind of get wrapped up in that but i think it's some misinformation too and that's what i'm trying to clear up in this series to give us some footing give us a foundation not only for us right now but for the rest of your life that we can say no i want to strive after being a holy person what does that mean what does that mean dave i just want i just want to be more and more like jesus i want him i want more of him and less of me" [47:49] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Sabbath is a new beginning. It's a consistent new beginning in our lives. And so, it gives us the opportunity to continue to be co-creators with God. And so, at the end of the story of creation, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, we learn that God rested, right? That He rested. Now, I'm convinced He didn't rest because He was tired. Like, whoo, boy, am I wiped out. My feet are so sore. I need to kind of put them up, you know. That's not what the emphasis of this was, right? That the emphasis for God resting is the fact that it was like, oh, that's good. This is complete. I've done what needs to be done. It's completed. But here's the thing, that if you were listening to the story, which I know you were, you begin to see, that God kind of, He infused within creation this ability for creation to continue to create. So, creating continually happens." [58:31] (69 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "Sabbath is a new beginning. It's a consistent new beginning in our lives. And so, it gives us the opportunity to continue to be co-creators with God. And so, at the end of the story of creation, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, we learn that God rested, right? That He rested. Now, I'm convinced He didn't rest because He was tired. Like, whoo, boy, am I wiped out. My feet are so sore. I need to kind of put them up, you know. That's not what the emphasis of this was, right? That the emphasis for God resting is the fact that it was like, oh, that's good. This is complete. I've done what needs to be done. It's completed. But here's the thing, that if you were listening to the story, which I know you were, you begin to see, that God kind of, He infused within creation this ability for creation to continue to create. So, creating continually happens." [58:31] (69 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Do you trust him do you trust him that that you can literally stop and say you know what i don't have to produce i don't have to do all this stuff i don't have to impress everybody else i don't have to compare myself to somebody i don't have to do i can just be enough because god says i'm enough that's what we learn in sabbath rest that i can trust him follow his very words i can be obedient and allow him to fill me with his holiness because i am holy because he is holy and his holiness is enough i don't have to try to work to be holy i don't have to try to work to try to get more spiritual i don't i just want to be obedient to what god's word says i'm going to rest in him i'm going to learn what his word teaches me and follow and be obedient to that and by the way sabbath isn't an excuse to be lazy sabbath is an excuse to be because that's what's in our mind and when we think those things we think it because we feel like we have to produce something but god says no no you're good enough you don't have to produce anything" [01:14:44] (89 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Sabbath is a new beginning. It's a consistent new beginning in our lives. And so, it gives us the opportunity to continue to be co-creators with God. And so, at the end of the story of creation, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, we learn that God rested, right? That He rested. Now, I'm convinced He didn't rest because He was tired. Like, whoo, boy, am I wiped out. My feet are so sore. I need to kind of put them up, you know. That's not what the emphasis of this was, right? That the emphasis for God resting is the fact that it was like, oh, that's good. This is complete. I've done what needs to be done. It's completed. But here's the thing, that if you were listening to the story, which I know you were, you begin to see, that God kind of, He infused within creation this ability for creation to continue to create. So, creating continually happens." [58:31] (69 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)