Sabbath: An Unwrapped Gift

Written By Annette Roux

In preparing for the episodes about the Sabbath, I collected notes and quotes from a variety of sources. I have been reading and studying for the last year and here are several of the resources that I recommend if you want to study this practice further.

Scripture References from the Series:

  • Exodus 20:1-17

  • Exodus 5 - Pharaoh’s relentless demand for productivity

  • Matthew 22:35-40

  • Matthew 11:29-30

  • 1 Peter 1:3, 22

Quotes:

  • If you can't rest from it, then you're a slave to it. Robert Madu

  • In experiences of solitude we gently press into the holy of holies where we are sifted in the stillness. Richard Foster 

  • As we relinquish control and admit weaknesses, we remember who we are and why we are here. The sun does not rise and set on our achievements, but on the love of God. Life is a journey of coming to know God, not achieving or gaining others approval. Letting go is both too simple and too difficult. It looks like weakness instead of strength, like losing instead of gaining, and it is. Responding to God’s call to surrender forces me to value my brokenness as well as my strength.  Jan Johnson from “The virtue of surrender”

  • Blessed be to God for the day of rest and religious occupation wherein earthly things assume their true size. Ambition is stunted. William Wilberforce

Books:

  • “Sabbath as Resistance” by Walter Bruegemann

  • “Resting Place” by Jane Rubietta

  • “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality” by Peter Scazzero

  • “Subversive Sabbath” by A.J. Swoboda

  • “Secrets of the Secret Place” by Bob Sorge

  • “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life” by Donald Whitney

  • “Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership” by Ruth Haley Barton

  • “Leading On Empty” by Wayne Cordeiro

  • “Leading from the Inside Out” by Samuel D. Rima

  • “The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham” by Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley

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