Benefits of Keeping the Sabbath | Stress, Not Distress Part 3 - Dr. Patricia McEachrane

The Sabbath as part of our stress relief. Do you feel as though the Sabbath is part of your stress relief? And the Bible tells us that the Sabbath was made for man? It was made for us not only as a day to worship God, to give him thanks, to to see how wonderful of a creator and a father he is, but God knew what was coming on this world and he knew that we would certainly need the Sabbath and it was intended to help us. It was intended to be a blessing and it's part of God's benefit package for all of us.

But you know, all of these studies are showing that if we're keeping Sabbath for the right reasons, we are actually experiencing not only physical health benefits but mental health benefits.

Among people who consider themselves to be Sabbath keepers were significantly more satisfied with the quantity and quality of their rest than those who did not identify as Sabbath-keepers. Another study found that Sabbath-keeping can sometimes can sometimes have negative effects when they examine the caloric intake of Orthodox Jews on the Sabbath.

So researchers found that there were positive attitudes about Sabbath-keeping that correlated with better health and improved sleep. Better physical health. This is one study that found something different on the physical health part. On the other hand, in another study, people who are keeping Sabbath due to feelings of guilt. Now, we're not really keeping Sabbath if we're guilty, right? But if you're going to if we're going to church or if we're going to synagogue or if we're getting together with a group at branch Sabbath school or if we're doing those things because of guilt and obligation, we're less likely to be physically well.

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