Daily Rest

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.

Today’s Daily Rest Reading

2025-09-06 Weekend Rest Journal

1. Read Psalm 127. What does it teach about work and God’s role in your labor? 2. In what ways can you see your job (or daily tasks) as service to God and neighbor? 3. What are you currently carrying that Jesus invites you to lay down (Matthew 11:28)? 4. Write a prayer asking God… 2025-09-06 Weekend Rest Journal

2024-10-11 Bearing Fruit to God

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October 11, 2024

Christ In You Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine,… 2024-10-11 Bearing Fruit to God

2024-10-10 Know the Love that Passes Knowledge

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October 10, 2024

Christ In You For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, … that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might… 2024-10-10 Know the Love that Passes Knowledge

2024-10-09 At Home with God

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October 9, 2024

Christ In You Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me,… 2024-10-09 At Home with God

2024-10-08 It is No Longer I who Live

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October 8, 2024

Christ In You I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith… 2024-10-08 It is No Longer I who Live

2024-10-07 Not a Changed Life, but an Exchanged Life

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October 7, 2024

Christ In You I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith… 2024-10-07 Not a Changed Life, but an Exchanged Life

2024-10-05 Weekend Rest Journal

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October 5, 2024

1. Morning Star is just one of the many names which Scripture gives to Jesus. Can you think of others? Make a list below. Jot down a short explanation for each. Look up Isaiah 9:6… 2024-10-05 Weekend Rest Journal

2024-10-04 We Wish to See Jesus

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October 4, 2024

Jesus’ Word and Work "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." John 12:21 God wants His people to discern between orthodox (correct) teaching and heterodox (false) teaching. False teaching is a faith killer. "Their teaching will… 2024-10-04 We Wish to See Jesus

2024-10-03 Jesus Gives Us Each Other

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October 3, 2024

Jesus’ Word and Work Let us not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)… 2024-10-03 Jesus Gives Us Each Other

2024-10-02 Into the Depths of the Sea

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October 2, 2024

Jesus’ Word and Work You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19 (NIV) The prophet Micah knew… 2024-10-02 Into the Depths of the Sea

2024-10-01 Towering O’er the Wrecks of Time

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October 1, 2024

Jesus’ Word and Work "Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour." John 12:27 The devastation of earthquakes,… 2024-10-01 Towering O’er the Wrecks of Time

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