AM Worship-When Is The Last Time You Rested?

This live stream includes our worship service with music that is used under CCLI Live stream license 22169281 and CCLI license 2023223. This sermon is presented by Pastor Steven Larrabee

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In a culture that glorifies busyness and constant productivity, we are invited to rediscover a countercultural truth: rest is not optional, it's essential. This message challenges us to examine our packed schedules and endless to-do lists, asking the profound question: when did we last truly rest? Drawing from Psalm 23's peaceful imagery, Exodus 20's command to keep the Sabbath holy, and Jesus's invitation in Matthew 11 to exchange our heavy burdens for His light yoke, we're reminded that God designed rest into the very fabric of creation. He worked six days and rested on the seventh, establishing a pattern not as a suggestion but as a divine prescription for our well-being. The message confronts our tendency to burn ourselves out, to fill even our vacations with rigid schedules, and to measure our worth by our productivity. Yet God calls us to something radically different: to be still and know that He is God. When we're weary and burdened, He doesn't ask us to work harder—He invites us to trade our yoke for His, to step into deeper waters of faith where we can't touch bottom and must rely completely on Him. This isn't about laziness; it's about recognizing that we're more spiritually strong, mentally clear, and emotionally healthy when we honor the rhythm of work and rest that our Creator established. The challenge is clear: will we continue keeping up with a culture that's running itself into the ground, or will we embrace the uncommon practice of Sabbath rest?