2025-05-17 Weekend Rest Journal
1. Read the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed. Write down, circle, or underline all the blessings that your Good Shepherd gave you. 2. Hymnist Francis Rous wrote a beautiful hymn based on Psalm 23.…
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.

Apostles Creed For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Romans 10:10 (ESV) There are those among Christians who have boldly declared, “Deeds . . . not creeds.” They say that what we say matters less than what we do. It is very important that…
1. Read the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed. Write down, circle, or underline all the blessings that your Good Shepherd gave you. 2. Hymnist Francis Rous wrote a beautiful hymn based on Psalm 23.…
Good Shepherd "No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received…
Good Shepherd "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. John 10:17 Jesus is a very good shepherd indeed. He keeps us safe from evil ways…
Good Shepherd "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life…
Good Shepherd “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the…
Good Shepherd Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Psalm 100:3 There are many…
1. Read all of 1 Corinthians 15 and see how it forms the basis for Paul’s admonition to be steadfast and immovable. 2. On the words “always abounding in the work of the Lord,” an…
Since He is Risen Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58 The Bible contains many unqualified promises. They are wonderful and amazing, so different from the uncertain promises…
Since He is Risen Always abounding in the work of the Lord… 1 Corinthians 15:58 We sometimes hear retired people complain that too many demands are made on their time. Their days end up being…
Since He is Risen Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable… 1 Corinthians 15:58 In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul teaches Christ’s resurrection as a fact of history, an event that has been confirmed by the…