Rest, physical

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The need for physical rest is recognised in Scripture, and provision is made for ensuring that people are allowed time for rest.

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Jesus Christ needed physical rest

John 4:6 NCV
Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about twelve o’clock noon.
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The provision of rest

The need for rest

Mark 6:31 NCV
Crowds of people were coming and going so that Jesus and his followers did not even have time to eat. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves, and we will go to a lonely place to get some rest.”
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Provision of sleep for rest

Psalm 4:8 NCV
I go to bed and sleep in peace, because, Lord, only you keep me safe.
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Provision of a Sabbath-rest

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The purpose of rest

To renew strength

Lamentations 5:5 NCV
Those who chase after us want to catch us by the neck. We are tired and find no rest.
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To know peace

Matthew 6:25–34 NCV
“So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds. You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it. “And why do you worry about clothes? Look at how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that even Solomon with his riches was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today but tomorrow is thrown into the fire. So you can be even more sure that God will clothe you. Don’t have so little faith! Don’t worry and say, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ The people who don’t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them. Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well. So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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The character of rest

The absence of war

Joshua 11:23 NCV
Joshua took control of all the land of Israel as the Lord had told Moses to do long ago. He gave the land to Israel, because he had promised it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the tribes of Israel, and there was peace in the land.
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The absence of social strife

2 Corinthians 13:11 NCV
Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Live in harmony. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
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The absence of fear

Mark 4:37–38 NCV
A very strong wind came up on the lake. The waves came over the sides and into the boat so that it was already full of water. Jesus was at the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a cushion. His followers woke him and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are drowning!”
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The absence of anxiety

1 Peter 5:7 NCV
Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you.
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The presence of God

Exodus 33:14 NCV
The Lord answered, “I myself will go with you, and I will give you victory.”
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The experience of security

Deuteronomy 33:12 NCV
Moses said this about the people of Benjamin: “The Lord’s loved ones will lie down in safety, because he protects them all day long. The ones he loves rest with him.”
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The experience of peace in death

Revelation 14:13 NCV
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.” The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”
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The destruction of rest

By business

Psalm 39:6 NCV
People are like shadows moving about. All their work is for nothing; they collect things but don’t know who will get them.
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By conflict

2 Corinthians 7:5 NCV
When we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. We found trouble all around us. We had fighting on the outside and fear on the inside.
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By grief

Jeremiah 45:3 NCV
You have said, ‘How terrible it is for me! The Lord has given me sorrow along with my pain. I am tired because of my suffering and cannot rest.’ ”
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By unconfessed guilt

Psalm 32:3–5 NCV
When I kept things to myself, I felt weak deep inside me. I moaned all day long. Day and night you punished me. My strength was gone as in the summer heat. Selah Then I confessed my sins to you and didn’t hide my guilt. I said, “I will confess my sins to the Lord,” and you forgave my guilt. Selah
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By sickness

Job 30:17 NCV
At night my bones ache; gnawing pains never stop.
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