2024-02-17 Weekend Rest Journal
1. The Lenten section of the Lutheran Hymnal is an excellent devotional resource concerning the comfort and value that Christ’s passion affords us. Review a… Read More »2024-02-17 Weekend Rest Journal
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 John 20:22-23. Think of opportunities when you might announce God’s forgiveness to someone who is sorry for sin and who has confessed faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. 2. Read Matthew 26:28. The next time you attend the Lord’s Supper and hear the pastor speak the Words of Institution, make it personal… Read More »2024-02-17 Weekend Rest Journal
1. The Lenten section of the Lutheran Hymnal is an excellent devotional resource concerning the comfort and value that Christ’s passion affords us. Review a… Read More »2024-02-17 Weekend Rest Journal
Introduction to Lent Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”… Read More »2024-02-16 Ponder Jesus’ cross as your bridge to Heaven.
Introduction to Lent "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 One summer afternoon,… Read More »2024-02-15 Ponder Jesus’ Cross for Your Comfort.
Introduction to Lent Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. Psalm 119:35 Knowing that Jesus has taken away our… Read More »2024-02-14 Ponder Jesus’ Passion and Its Effect on Your Life.
Introduction to Lent But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And… Read More »2024-02-13 Ponder Jesus’ Great Distress and Its Cause
Introduction to Lent "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be… Read More »2024-02-12 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now
1. Read Job 19 in its entirety. How does the context of Job’s suffering magnify his profession of faith in verses 23-27? 2. Job was… Read More »2023-05-13 Weekend Rest Journal