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.
1. Read Psalm 34. What is David speaking of in the psalm? How does he describe the state of sin? How does he describe the joy of forgiveness? 2. The devotions this week were all taken from Good Friday accounts. The grace of God and the forgiveness of sins are closely connected. Consider how Jesus’… 2025-08-30 Weekend Rest Journal
Olivet Discourse And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be… 2025-08-19 F.O.C.U.S. – Obedience
Olivet Discourse And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these… 2025-08-18 F.O.C.U.S. – Faith
1. Read Psalm 59. What was David’s mindset when on the run from Saul? What can I learn from David when I am treated unfairly or unjustly? 2. Read Psalm 124. How did David react… 2025-08-16 Weekend Rest Journal
King David “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!” 2 Samuel 18:33 The life of David was by no means an… 2025-08-15 The Loving King
Kind David Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts,… 2025-08-14 The Trusting King
King David Then David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with… 2025-08-13 The Worshiping King
King David The LORD said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ 2 Samuel 5:2 The Bible is full of shepherds: Abel, Jacob, Moses, and Amos to name a… 2025-08-12 The Shepherd King
King David He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do… 2025-08-11 A Man After God’s Own Heart
1. “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.”… 2025-08-09 Weekend Rest Journal
Love Stronger than the Mountains There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her,… 2025-08-08 Immovable
