Emotionally Health Spirituality Discover the Rhythms of the

Emotionally Health Spirituality Discover the Rhythms of the Daily Office and the Sabbath

The words that describe our culture are words like “scattered” and “fragmented” and “distracted, ” and people are “overloaded. ”

How do I bring a rhythm into my life in a culture that has no rhythm?

The Daily Office

Your Life Time with God Activities

How do I get here? Time with God Activities

Daniel 6: 10 “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. ”

Daily Office The word “office” in Latin means to “work” - your work is to seek God

Psalm 27: 4 �“One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, ”

The Purpose of the Daily Office �to eliminate any division of the sacred and the secular in our lives

4 Elements needed in your Daily Office 1. Stopping § Pause to be with God § Each hour- I give up control

Elements needed in your Daily Office 2. Centering “Be still and know that I am God. ” Ps 46: 10 § Letting go of distractions

Elements needed in your Daily Office 3. Silence and Solitude God speaks out of the silence “In quietness and confidence shall be your strength…” Isaiah 30: 15 §

Elements needed in your Daily Office 4. Scripture- Praying the Psalms

Gifts of the Sabbath The Refreshment of the Sabbath

“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed. ” Exodus 23: 12

Two aspects that should be built into your Sabbath are: Rest and Recreation

Rest Sabbath is meant for reflection that you may get a new perspective for life and service, and family, and work

Recreation “Families that play together stay together”

Gifts of the Sabbath Reverence and the Sabbath

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ” Matthew 6: 33 It’s about honoring God first- a tithing of our time to the Lord

God deserves to be honored, and that rest is ESSENTIAL, and we rest in His provision for us