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Nov 14, 2024 · These common questions and concerns often arise when we don’t consider a biblical understanding of the principles behind self-care. Self-care is an extra-biblical word that contains essential biblical truth. We define biblical self-care as the practice of drawing on divinely given resources to steward our whole lives for personal enrichment ...
- Created to Rest in God
- How to Rest in God
- Why We Rest in God
I started at the beginning, where God rested on the seventh day. God made the day holy, ordaining a rhythm of work and rest for all creation (Genesis 2:2). Why would the Creator and Sustainer of life rest, unless God was teaching God’s image bearers (Genesis 1:26) an important lesson? It is as simple as this, we are created to find rest in God. Whe...
God shows us through the story of Scripture what this surrender to divine care really means. It is a Sabbath rest, an outward sign and practice of an inner reality. I was shocked to find that the Sabbath rest is less like repose or sleep and more like renewal to flourishing life. Jesus alludes to this when addressing the Samaritan woman: “The water...
The rest that God gives to us is inherently relational, it is not something we do by ourselves and for ourselves. Jesus says, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me” (John 15:4 ESV). We rest in relationship with the life-giver. We abide so that we ...
(All of which can be real risks of Christian self-care when we get off balance!) Related Reading: 10 Bible Verses About Anger and How to Deal with It . Dig Deeper into What the Bible Says About Self-Care and More . We’ve really just scratched the surface about Christian self-care and all the angles that can be explored.
Oct 10, 2023 · I began to understand that we can thrive better when we practise self-care, and the biblical principles of rest (which I’ll get to in a moment) indicate that God knows we need looking after. I learned this firsthand during the 2020 and 2021 Covid lockdowns when I was studying for my degree; because I had so much extra time, I decided to implement some of the things I was learning.
- “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
- “And he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28). The Lord gave us the Sabbath as a day of rest and rejuvenation.
- “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
- “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8).
Jun 27, 2022 · More self-centered forms of self-care have likely contributed to concerns that Christians have when they hear the term. However, another contributing factor is likely a wrong understanding that a life of self-sacrifice means you should not care about your own needs. This is not what the Bible teaches nor is it what Jesus modeled. Self-care is a ...
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Jul 7, 2016 · Self-care is a biblical principle that is God honouring. Selfishness is different to self-care. Being the healthiest, strongest and best version of ourselves is what God desires for us. Here are 7 truths that build a biblical foundation for good self care. Take a day off
