Wednesday Service | Re-New | Part 14: Rest That Restores

Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV)

¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. ² He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters, ³ he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.

[1] If you don’t to … life will find a way of making you

1 Kings 19:1-7 (NIRV)

Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done. He told her how Elijah had killed all the prophets of Baal with his sword. ² So Jezebel sent a message to Elijah. She said, “You can be sure that I will kill you, just as I killed the other prophets. I’ll do it by this time tomorrow. If I don’t, may the gods punish me greatly.”

³ Elijah was afraid. So he ran for his life. He came to Beersheba in Judah. He left his servant there. ⁴ Then he traveled for one day into the desert. He came to a small bush. He sat down under it. He prayed that he would die. “Lord, I’ve had enough,” he said. “Take my life. I’m no better than my people of long ago.” ⁵ Then he lay down under the bush. And he fell asleep.

Suddenly an angel touched him. The angel said, “Get up and eat.” ⁶ Elijah looked around. Near his head he saw some bread. It had been baked over hot coals. A jar of water was also there. So Elijah ate and drank. Then he lay down again.

⁷ The angel of the Lord came to him a second time. He touched him and said, “Get up and eat. Your journey will be long and hard.”

[2] Rest is a not a

Matthew 11:28 (NIV)

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

[3] God rested… because after rest is

Genesis 2:1-3 (NIV)

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

² By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. ³ Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

[4] God’s is to restore you every

• 7 represents

Exodus 20:8-11 (NIV)

⁸ “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. ⁹ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. ¹¹ For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

[5] There are seven different kinds of rest

[6] The key element of rest is so that what has been spent can be

Luke 5:16 (NIV)

¹⁶ But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

• If we then we must or we run dry

[7] Rest is about your race… and if you want to finish your race… you have to find the right

• Reject thoughts of guilt for needing and taking time to recharge

• Real rest is spiritual not selfish

[8] The rest is provided by his

Matthew 11:29-30 (GWT)

²⁹ Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves ³⁰ because my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

• Rest is about learning how to what God has