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Book: Sabbath
Quotes of Book: Sabbath

Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
Joy must be chosen, but the deeper conundrum is that it can't be controlled or cajoled as to when it will come or how long it will stay.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
The Sabbath is not a vacation; it is a grateful celebration. Who are you celebrating? To whom do you owe your life, your current taste of re-creation? Who marked you with kindness that has enabled you to offer care in return? Who has scarred you with heartache that has enabled you to enter the wounds of others with grace? We are called to bless those who love us and those who love to do us harm.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
Action is never enough if defined as eradicating the problem. Action is always enough if it is faithful to the call of the moment.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
We are to free the slaves because we were once slaves. Sabbath is a remembrance of the stale bondage of Egypt and the fresh air of our new garden given to us because of the faithfulness of God's covenantal love, not due to our capacity to make God happy. Yet God is more than happy with us - he adores us and lavishes us with freedom and joy.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
A gift that has the power to change us awakens a part of the soul. But we cannot receive the gift until we can meet it as an equal. We therefore submit ourselves to the labor of becoming like the gift. Giving a return gift is the final act in the labor of gratitude, and it is also, therefore, the true acceptance of the original gift.' There is a burden of gratitude that, if it is not returned, will crush our spirits or splinter them. But we don't give to get rid of the burden; we must become like the gift in order to give it in its fullness.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
Abundance is not about possession; it is utterly, completely, and solely about gratitude.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
The Sabbath is a party, and what is a good party without a drinking song? Almost all the early John Wesley hymns were sung to what at the time was wild pub music.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
What might it look like if we lived as if we will not be endlessly divided from those who have brought us harm and whom we have failed as well?
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
To enter the realm of play, we must give ourselves to something or someone and turn away from all else. It is both a pledge and a betrayal.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
Jesus, the fullness of God and man, is the full perfection of humanity, and he calls us to a humanity that is full and alive, without flaw or fault.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
We are not to work on the Sabbath because it takes us out of the play of joy. It is as bizarre as making love to your spouse, but getting out of bed during the process to cut your lawn or wash dishes. Such an offense would do far more than spoil the mood; it would be a direct assault on the integrity of joy, announcing that a mundane chore is more pleasurable than sexual joy with your spouse.
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Dan B. Allender _ Sabbath
Speed is the ultimate defense, the antidote to stopping and really looking. If we really saw what we were doing and who we had become, we feel we might not survive the stopping and the accompanying self-appraisal. So we don't stop, and the faster we go, the harder it becomes to stop.
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