A strong word from the group was that we each need to find our sabbath and protect that time.
For some people, Sabbath, might mean getting rid of their cell phone and spending time alone or just with family. For others, it means getting together with close friends. Each of us have activities that get our adrenaline pumping and others that help us relax. Sabbath is a time to put aside the former and take up the latter, while giving thanks to God for all. While it may seem ‘unproductive’ to give things up for a day of rest, the world will go on without us and will be better for it.
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From John MacArthur’s commentary on Matthew
Because keeping the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments, it may be helpful to comment on that part of the moral law. The essence of Sabbath observance was holiness, not resting or refraining from work. It was a provision meant to remove the heart from earthly endeavors and to turn it toward God. Because Christ fulfilled all righteousness and has become our righteousness, the purpose of Sabbath observance ended at the cross. Christians possess the reality, and so no longer need the symbol. All believers have entered into permanent salvation rest, as the writer of Hebrews carefully points out (4:1-11). Every day has become holy to the Lord
In demonstration of that fact the early church met together every day for worship (Acts 2:46). But before long their primary worship meetings were held on the first day of the week (see 1 Cor. 16:2), which came to be called the Lord’s Day (Rev. 1:10) because of its association with Jesus’ resurrection. That day was to stimulate them to holiness every other day as well (Heb. 10:24-25). As Paul made clear, however, there is no longer any special day of worship (Rom. 14:5-6; Col. 2:16-17). Worship on Tuesday, Thursday, or any other day of the week is no less biblical or spiritual than worship on the Lord’s Day. Sunday is not the “Christian Sabbath,” as some claim, but is simply the day of worship most Christians have observed since New Testament times, a special time set aside for spiritual exercises. The moral aspect inherent in the Sabbath law is the heart of true worship.
—MacArthur New Testament Commentary, The