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• Did you approach work with a redemption mindset this week? If so, how did it go? Did you notice any shifts?

• As a group, read Deuteronomy 5:12-15. What stood out to you from this passage? 

• Pastor Brian shared a few approaches we can have for rest: “I don’t need as much rest.” “I don’t have enough rest.” “I can’t rest.” “I am resting (but not actually)”. Is there an approach you resonate with? How does it manifest for you? (Be as specific as possible.) 

• As we saw in Deuteronomy, the call for Sabbath was connected to the Israelites’ freedom. (As opposed to being enslaved in Egypt, unable to rest.) Practicing Sabbath is for free people! Interact with this idea. What could it look like to step into rest with the identity of a free person? 

• What about the idea of rest as wholeness? Declaring with our rest that we belong to Him and can find fullness in who He is? What could it look like to rest in the fullness of Shalom, knowing that He is the one who makes things right? 

• Rest is also about trusting God. Trusting that in our ceasing, we’ll have what we need. That we can depend on Him. That it’s not all in our control. How would your rest look different if you fully placed your trust in Him?  

• In all of this, take a moment to discern a concrete step towards freedom in your rest. What could it look like and what difference could it make? 

• Take time to pray for one another in this. Rest is broken, but it can be redeemed. Pray that we can each taste the freedom that rest can provide as it points to our identity, wholeness, and trust in God