Why Start With Rest?

Five years ago, I began to work with my wife on a disciple-making plan for our church plant. We were reaching people who’d never practiced spiritual disciplines before, and I wanted to think about how to lead them to build the essential habits of the Christian life into their lives.

We started with a surprising habit: rest.

Technically, it’s the second habit, following one that talks about making time. We started with making time to build habits and then resting for a practical reason ...