2025-12-17 Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation
Psalms of Christmas For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:5 Psalm 8 begins by praising the glory of God, which is seen…
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks this invitation to those who are burdened by sin, guilt, and the stresses of this fallen world. Jesus has taken up the cross for you and calls you to follow, so that you might learn from Him. His gentle, lowly way reveals that God’s purposes are not to burden or trouble you, but to give you rest for your soul. Each day He says, “Come to me.”
Daily Rest is a daily devotion book inviting readers to come to Jesus, learn of His gentle and lowly ways, and find rest for their soul. Daily Rest is published quarterly by the Church of the Lutheran Confession with devotions supplied by a volunteer staff of CLC pastors and teachers.

Pentecost Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. Genesis 11:1-2 (NIV) The words seem harmless enough, at least on the surface. If you were looking for a place to settle, why not a fertile valley that lay between…
Psalms of Christmas For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:5 Psalm 8 begins by praising the glory of God, which is seen…
Psalms of Christmas You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek. Psalm 110: 4b Yesterday, we saw how Christ is the ultimate King, ruling over heaven and earth. Christ’s Kingship and divinity…
Psalms of Christmas Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed.…
1. Read Malachi 2. Write down the various sins that God condemns in that chapter. Consider how those sins are still with us today. 2. Read Malachi 3. Write down the wonderful promises that God…
Malachi Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. Malachi 4:5 This is the final prophecy of the Old Testament, given some four…
Malachi But to you who fear My name, The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. Malachi 4:2 Go to YouTube…
Malachi “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you…
Malachi For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering;For…
Malachi “I have loved you,” says the LORD.“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved; but Esau I have hated.”…
1. Open your Lutheran Hymnal to #62, “Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel.” Read through each of the verses. As you do, consider the phrases and their meaning and personal application.2. Read Isaiah 40:1-5. Meditate how…