Another key discipline for leaders is Sabbath rest. You may be thinking, Yeah, right. What planet are you living on? As a younger leader, I thought the same thing. But God (and some good deacons) confronted me about my workaholism and God’s pattern of Sabbath rest. God lays out a clear pattern (even for busy Christian leaders) of working six days and resting one. He expects us to follow his model. Over the years this has taken different forms in our family, depending on our jobs and the ages of our