Exodus 20:8-10 Amplified Bible
8 “Remember the Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the Lord your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock or the temporary resident (foreigner) who stays within your [city] gates.
Word of God for the Children of God
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
I recall a few time when I purposely neglected God’s day of rest and found myself overwhelmed by busyness and stress. A friend (my wife) read Exodus 20:8-10 with me and encouraged me (as I had previously encouraged her) to set aside time each week for rest and reflection, trusting that God’s commandment to rest is not just for physical rejuvenation but also for spiritual renewal.
This Sabbath is a sacred covenant from God, a time set apart for rest, worship, and reflection. It reminds us of God’s creative power and his desire for us to take a day, removed from our chaos to experience his peace. In a culture that exclusively values 110% productivity and constant activity, observing Sabbath requires intentional commitment, sacred discipline, trust in God’s provision.
When we authentically honor the Sabbath, we accept our dependence on God and his faithfulness. We genuinely cease from our usual work day to delight in God’s presence and to exclusively prioritize relationships with him and others.
Sabbath rest allows us to recharge physically, emotionally, and spiritually to serve God and others throughout the week. Each Sabbath day is an invitation to enjoy God’s rest and to align our hearts and souls with his rhythms of grace.
If you long for spiritual refreshment and deeper intimacy with God, consider embracing the gift of Sabbath rest.
Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don’t do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your maid, nor your animals, not even the foreign guest visiting in your town. For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day.
Set aside time to worship, pray, and reflect on God’s goodness. May each day of authentic Sabbath remind you of God’s love and his desire for us to rest in him.
In the name of God, the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,
Praying …
23 1-3 God, my shepherd!
I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.
4 Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
makes me feel secure.
5 You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with blessing.
6 Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Loving God, Living God, Loving Hope, Living Hope, Loving Living Life His Way! "Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues." - Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), Practicing the Presence of God (1692). 
Hi ,
(Exodus 20:8-10) states : ‘God gave a command to lsraely people through Moses. He said,”Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Six days shalt thou labour & do all thy work: But the seventh day is
the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. ‘
The verse is propounded
nicely in this article.
These consistent verses
highlight on The Sabbath day_:
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(Genesis 2 : 2_3) says :’ God Himself ended His work & rested on the seventh day
He blessed the seventh day,
& sanctified it.’
He spoke to Moses, ‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is
holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any
work on that day must be
cut off from their people.’
(Exodus 31:14 )
‘‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh
day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly.You
are not to do any work; wher ever you live, it is a sabbath
to the Lord. ‘(Leviticus 23:3 )
Thus the Old Covenant was a
strict rule. The New Covenant
is not so. The reason is :
‘The Son of man is Himself Lord of the Sabbath.’
This is stated in,
( Mark 2 : 27 – 28) :’ He said unto Pharisees ,”The sabbath was made for man, & not man for the sabbath:Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of
the sabbath.”
About Jesus, God said, “I will make Him [Christ] My first
-born, higher than the kings
of the earth”.(Psalm 89 : 27)
And,
(Matthew 11 : 27) states :
‘All things of The Father are delivered unto Jesus .’
‘All authority in heaven & on earth has been also given to Jesus .’ (Matthew 28:18 )
Even, the authority to lay
down His life & authority to
take it up again.’ (John 10:18)
Jesus kept the importance of
holiness of the Sabbath day _:
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This is seen in,(Matt. 24: 20):
‘He said, to the disciples:
“Pray ye that your flight be
not in the winter, neither on
the sabbath day.”
ln the ten commandments
though the commandment about Sabbath is the fourth,
A lawyer asked Jesus, “
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart; with all
thy soul & with all thy mind.
This is the first & great commandment & the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law & the
prophets.’ ( Matt. 22 : 36 -40 )
But, Jesus did good works
on Sabbath day, such as :
1) Healing a man having withered hand.
( Matt12 :1-13) states :’At
that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn
& his disciples were an
hungred & began to pluck
in the ears of corn to eat.
When the Pharisees saw it,
they said unto him, Behold,
thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.”But he said unto them,” Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred & they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God & did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat ,neither
for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Or
have ye not read in the law,
how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath & are blameless? But I say unto you, That in this place is one
greater than the temple.lf ye had known what this meaneth,
I will have mercy & not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.For
the Son of man is Lord even
of the sabbath day. Later, He went into their synagogue:
& behold, there was a man which had his hand withered.
& they asked him, saying,
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? Jesus said
unto them, “What man shall there be among you, that
shall have one sheep & if it
fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it
& lift it out ? How much then
is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do
well on the sabbath days.”
Then saith he to the man, ” Stretch forth thine hand” &
he stretched it forth & it was restored whole, like as the other. ‘
2) He healed a woman who
had a spirit of infirmity for
eighteen years.
(Luke 13:11-12)
3) He healed a man born
blind on the Sabbath.
(John 9:1,14)
4) He healed a man at the
pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath, (John 5: 5,8)
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(Collossians 2 : 16) says :
‘Let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon
or of the sabbath days.’
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