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Hi Everyone!! As you all know, we've been focusing on rest for the past 2 weeks. Pastor did a recap on Sunday and you can review the last blog for those gems. So I'm going to just jump into the new stuff. Hebrews 4:9-11 NKJV There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.  10  For he who has entered His rest   [there's clearly a distinction between what His rest looks like and what ours look like. I just don't believe He took His eyes off of us and the entire world on the 8th day. His "routine labor" had ceased, but He was still responsible for being the manager of what He had just created. I don't know exactly what His rest looked like, but knowing the character of God, I don't believe He abandoned the world and did His thing until He was ready to come back. I think that's what Pastor was alluding to when He mentioned how we have to seek God for what rest looks like for us. I think it's dependent on our roles, positions, what'

Hi Everyone! Congratulations to those who were elevated on Sunday!! We are off to a new series where we are focusing on R E S T , specifically Overcoming Restlessness (aka or almost known as, There Remaineth a Rest) . This was the foundation of the series: Hebrews 4:9-11 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.  10  For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God  did  from His. 11  Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest , lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. Rest requires intentionality, and for some of us who feel like there will be a lack if we aren't always working, some discipline is also required. Rest is not an excuse to avoid ___, but it's changing the dynamic of your relationship with it at a particular time. Why do we rest?  You can't pour from an empty cup.   Therefore, during the time of rest, it's important to take time to fill up. "You can't b