How to Plan Ahead for a Day of Rest

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In our very busy and often overloaded lives, a day of rest—the Sabbath—is necessary. And biblical! It’s a gift from God, when He calls us to step back, take a break, and just breathe. Kathi Lipp offers some ways to examine your day-to-day patterns, create rhythms and routines, and simplify things so you can enjoy a day dedicated to the Lord and the ones He’s placed in your life.

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0:00.0	Becky was miserable in her marriage. She was ready to give up, but God pricked her heart.
0:06.6	I got down on my knees and I said, Lord, I can't do this. I said, God, if I'm going to stay, I cannot leave,
0:13.4	but God, you've got to take over because I can't do this anymore. God answered Becky's prayer
0:18.6	in an unexpected way, and it transformed her family.
0:23.4	I went to the mailbox one day and got my mail, and there on the top of the stack of mail was a magazine
0:29.4	from Focus on the Family, and every article in the magazine was about marriage.
0:34.8	Talk about amazing. That was a miracle Like that, that was a miracle.
0:38.5	I knew it was a miracle.
0:40.1	I'm Jim Daly.
0:42.1	Through our magazine and podcast,
0:43.6	Becky was able to restore and rebuild the relationship
0:45.0	with her husband.
0:46.3	And today, you can help us
0:47.9	give families hope.
0:49.3	Like Becky's,
0:50.5	donate and your gift will be doubled.
0:52.9	Call 800 the letter A in the word family. visit focus on the family.com slash gift.
1:01.4	What a way to say from generation to next, this is what I want our family to look like.
1:08.7	We're the kind of family that slows down and connects with each other. We're the kind of family that slows down and connects with each other.
1:12.6	We're the kind of family that after dinner, we help each other with the dishes and putting
1:17.5	the ketchup away.
1:19.4	We're that kind of family.
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