2025-08-02 Weekend Rest Journal
1. Read Romans 1:16-23. Why do people have no excuse for failing to believe that God exists? Why do people give in to Satan’s “gaslighting”? 2. Read John 5:19-25. What is it about Jesus’ words…
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.

Holy Week Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet,…
1. Read Romans 1:16-23. Why do people have no excuse for failing to believe that God exists? Why do people give in to Satan’s “gaslighting”? 2. Read John 5:19-25. What is it about Jesus’ words…
Don’t Fall for Satan’s Gaslighting! If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He…
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 The true Jesus warned his followers that "Many will come in…
Don’t Fall for Satan’s Gaslighting! The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the…
Don’t Fall for Satan’s Gaslighting! The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 Satan, the master gaslighter, has led much of the world to an alternate “reality.” He…
Don’t Fall for Satan’s Gaslighting! “The devil was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from…
1. Think about the people and things this world idolizes. Attitude, Power, Pride. Now think of the things that this world looks down upon. Meekness, humility. Compare this to Servant of the Lord in Isaiah…
Isaiah’s Servant Passages The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens;…
Isaiah’s Servant Passages Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear…