Read Hebrews 4.
1. What does this text tell you about the character of God?
2. What does it say about God’s nature?
3. Where do you see God’s love at work in the midst of these verses?
4. What section or verses in the text speak most personally to you?
Read Matthew 11:28-30 and answer the following questions:
5. What is Jesus inviting you into?
6. In your own words define “rest for your soul.”
7. Where do you recognize a need in your own life for soul rest?
Read Hebrews 4.1-11 and answer the following questions:
8. What’s the purpose of God’s “rest”?
9. Note the invitations included in this text. Which resonates with you?
10. How do you “enter a Sabbath-rest?”
11. Reread Matthew 11.28-30. How do you hear the invitation of Jesus in Hebrews 4?
Read and reflect on the phrase below and answer the questions that follow:
“Busyness is not just your disordered schedule, it’s your disordered heart.”
12. When you consider the invitation to rest, how do resist the temptation to make rest about your schedule?
13. How does a disordered heart lead to weariness?
Read Hebrews 4.12-13 and answer the following questions:
14. To what or whom are these verse referring?
15. How do you ensure you worship the God of the Bible vs. worshipping the Bible?
16. Describe how you’ve experienced God’s Word judging the thoughts and attitudes of your heart?
Read Hebrews 4.14-16 and answer the following questions:
17. Do you believe Jesus was really tempted in every way you are? Explain.
18. How have you experienced His empathy in your time of need?
19. Beside Jesus, who knows the places in your heart where you need mercy and grace?
20. What would life look like for you if you fully accepted this invitation from Jesus?
Read and reflect on Deuteronomy 33.12. Give Him praise for His rest.
