Sabbath as Renewal: Restoring Our Souls 

Sabbath as Renewal: Embracing Rest in a Restless World 

Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 11:28-30 

October 26, 2025 

Dr. Brad Hoffmann, pastor 

Exodus 20:8-11 ESV: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.  

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”  

Sabbath as an invitation  

To the rhythm of restoring, renewing, and reorienting 

So, we can truly be in the world but not of the world.  

For the glory of God