What a gift it was to have Casey Tygrett with us Sunday night! Casey guided us beautifully through a perspective on Sabbath that I had never experienced before. “We don’t practice Sabbath because we need a break;” Casey said, “we practice Sabbath because we are free.” Sabbath is an invitation to remember the freedom into which we have been delivered.

This is such a fresh way of thinking about Sabbath. So often we are resistant to this practice. Sabbath is hard. It is easy to miss the reality on the other side of this costly practice, but “what would it look like to practice Sabbath not because we have to but because we are free?”

We then examined a memory of freedom on the Lord’s presence. When have we experienced a deep sense of freedom, and where do we find the presence of the Spirit in the midst of our freedom?

If you missed Sunday night, would you make some time to listen and engage our practice this week?

Kingdom Practices
This week, if God was working in a memory, spend some more time with it, share your memory of freedom with someone you trust. And make some time to take a small step toward a rhythm of Sabbath. We will never find space for Sabbath; we can only make space for Sabbath. This week, let’s make time to take a small step toward practicing Sabbath.