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 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
Ecclesiastes All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite (that is, the soul) is not satisfied. Ecclesiastes 6:7 NASB1995 (Read Ecclesiastes 6:1-9) Looking at things from an earthly perspective, Solomon tells… 2024-09-18 The Grateful Soul
Ecclesiastes The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep. Ecclesiastes 5:12 (Read Ecclesiastes 5:9-20) Two thousand years… 2024-09-17 The Lasting Riches
Ecclesiastes "If you see the oppression of the poor and the ruthless denial of justice and rights in a province, do not be shocked over the matter, for one higher than the high is on… 2024-09-16 The Highest Power
1. This week, we examined the roles of laypeople in the congregation. Philip in the Book of Acts is an example of a layperson who was sent as an evangelist. Philip in Acts is not… 2024-09-14 Weekend Rest Journal
Encouraging the Roles of Laypeople Exhort the young men to be sober-minded, in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be… 2024-09-13 Younger Men
Encouraging the Roles of Laypeople The young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be… 2024-09-12 Younger Women
Encouraging the Roles of Laypeople The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things– that they admonish the young women to love their… 2024-09-11 Older Women
Encouraging the Roles of Laypeople The older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience. Titus 2:2 The Apostle Paul beings by instructing Titus to encourage the older men in their… 2024-09-10 Older Men
Encouraging the Roles of Laypeople As for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine. Titus 2:1 The Apostle Paul writes these words to Titus after laying out the qualifications of the public… 2024-09-09 Difference Between Laypeople and the Clergy
1.Think about the aspects of your job you enjoy. Make a list. Take some time to thank God for these blessings and look for other ways you can be thankful. 2.Read Matthew 28:18-20. Ask yourself… 2024-09-07 Weekend Rest Journal
