2025-11-22 Weekend Rest Journal
1. A couple of the devotion’s passages this week comes from the book of 1 Thessalonians. The congregation was confused about the end times and the last day. Paul wrote to them to explain the…
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.

Ascension “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20b For 40 days after Easter, Jesus popped in and out of the lives of His followers. When He ascended, they were to know that such appearances should no longer be expected. They saw Him go. This is how He…
1. A couple of the devotion’s passages this week comes from the book of 1 Thessalonians. The congregation was confused about the end times and the last day. Paul wrote to them to explain the…
Looking Forward to the End For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day…
Looking Forward to the End In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" Matthew 3:1-2 Have you ever been…
Looking Forward to the End He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is…
Looking Forward to the End Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be…
Looking Forward to the End Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35 What is your worst-case scenario?…
1. Pick a seasonal section of the hymnal (for example: Lent in The Lutheran Hymnal—hymns 140 through 159) and read through the hymns in that section. As you do that, write down common themes that…
Colors of the Church Year "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 Green…
Colors of the Church Year Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak…
Colors of the Church Year In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 In Jesus there is life, eternal life given to you through Him. This life that Christ…