G.W. Bill Elliott, Jr once noted;
Forget learning about God and getting all that knowledge. Let Him get to know YOU, then you'll learn about Him.
Week:
6
Spiritual Practices and Rest
Rhythms: rest, prayer, habits that sustain life. This week focuses on sustainable spiritual rhythms that integrate rest, prayer, and habit into a whole-life formation plan. It highlights Sabbath, contemplative practices, and simple daily disciplines that replenish rather than deplete. The emphasis is on creating patterns that protect soul health and enable long-term faithfulness.
Objectives
Integrate short practices into daily life.
Learn Sabbath and rest as spiritual practices.
Establish simple, repeatable spiritual rhythms.
Reflections
What one practice will I keep after this week?
How does rest change my relationship with God?
What prevents me from resting?
NowTo the HowTo
Accountability/Tracking
Commit to one weekly rest block and log it; partners check in about obstacles.
Community Action
Arrange a group “mini retreat” (30 minutes) focused on rest and a guided breath prayer.
Creative Project
Design a weekly rhythm card (work, rest, worship, service) to post at home.
Leader Prompt
Offer three short, adaptable practices for rest and invite participants to pick one to try.
Personal Practice
Try a 10 minute Sabbath pause this week and journal one change in mood or clarity.
Devotionals
Break Time!
Song of Solomon 2:13 (KJV) The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Sure, who doesn't like a break? Who doesn't want some 'time away' from the pressures, the tension, the bustling anxiety presented to us in modern society? Usually, there are two reasons we are so busy; our obligations have piled on, and we like keeping busy to avoid boredom and the awkward quiet in our souls. Seems contrary to...