What are your most common ways to rest or unwind?

What makes it difficult for you to rest?

What do you consider Sabbath rest and how does it look different from your first answer?

Read Matthew 11:28-30. What words stand out to you in these verses? Read Jeremiah 6:16. What words stand out in this verse? Which are you more like, the person who will accept Jesus’ invitation, or the one who hears the invitation and says "no, that’s not the road we want”?

Read Matthew 12:1-8. What point is Jesus trying to make? Where do you find legalism keeping you from true rest in the Lord? What checkbox mentality do you deal with that keeps you from real Sabbath rest?

Read Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 119:105, Matthew 6:25-27, Psalm 40:2-3. Discuss what each of these have to do with rest and what that might look like for a modern audience. What about specifically for you?

If you have never taken the time to figure out how Jesus wired you to connect with Him, spend some time this week figuring out when you connect with God best.

Once you do, or if you already know, be intentional about scheduling some time to do that very thing that connects you to the Lord.

Since God set the model of work and service before rest, take a minute to explore our Serve page and find a spot where you think you can belong: https://thecrossing.church/serve

Jesus, thank You for the beauty that comes with a freshly fallen snow, and that even though our landscape is blanketed in a wintery powder, we have the capabilities to share in Your word with our families at home. We ask You to protect all of those who have to venture out, and all of those who may be stuck out in the frigid temperatures.

We know that You have wired each of us in a special way to connect with You, and we ask You to reveal that to each one of us. Equip us with the tools we need to find You in our rest. Help us to realize the way we truly rest is by being connected to You. You are the only one who can deliver us that Sabbath rest that we all so desperately need. Help us make the time this week to be intentional and realistic about connecting our spiritual pathways with You.

We ask all of this in your most Holy Name. Amen.