Worship Folder

Outline

I. UNLESS GOD
God is necessary. You are not.

II. WORK AND REST
Work is good. Over-working is bad.

III. THE BELOVED
"He gives his Beloved (rest)"

Application: Parenting (vs 3-5)

Resources

Every Good Endeavor, Tim Keller
Confronting Christianity, Rebecca McLoughlin
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Eugene Peterson 
Liturgy of the Ordinary, Tish Harrison Warren
Longing for Home, Stephen Yuille

Discussion Questions

1. Are you able to regularly rest? What are your daily, weekly, yearly habits of rest? How are you sleeping?
2. How would you define the balance between a good work ethic and overworking? Where's the line?
3. Where are you currently "building"? Do you have a keen sense that God is in it? What difference does that make?
4. Discuss the line, "He gives to his Beloved sleep." How does that work? There is an alternative translation: "He works while His Beloved sleep." How do the two different translations convey similar meaning?