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Worshipping sleep
The Bible is not anti-sleep; it’s not anti-pleasure; it’s not anti-fun. Proverbs such as today’s can be misunderstood and misused to generate a joyless and workaholic Christian community. The key to avoiding this mistake is to notice the word “love”. We worship the things we love, and if we love sleep that is going to cause problems. Sleep here becomes a metaphor for laziness, lack of forethought, neglecting your duties or being a parasite on the labours of others. If that’s you, you are worshipping yourself and forgetting you are part of a wider community with shared needs and resources. Take that seriously, and you will sleep more easily anyway.
Question: Are you a ‘sleep’ worshipper, and do you need to refocus your worship?
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About this Plan
“Love is love” has become a catchphrase of our times. But it does not have any meaning until we define what love is. The Christian starting point is to say that God is love. This series looks to understand the nature of God’s love. By the end of the series, I hope that the word ‘love’ has all the rich and flavoursome ingredients to it that Scripture has to offer.
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We would like to thank Greg Clarke in conjunction with the Bible Society of Australia for providing this plan. For more information, please visit: http://biblesociety.org.au
