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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

2026-03-19 Missionary to the Celts

Saint Patrick And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15 (ESV) Patrick was the son of an upper-class Roman citizen. He was born and raised in Britania (modern-day Britain), near the end of the Roman Empire. In the later days of the empire,… 

2025-02-11 A Country Bumpkin

John the Baptist And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey. Mark 1:6 KJV John the Baptist was… 

2025-02-10 The Leaping Babe

John the Baptist And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. Luke 1:41 KJV In this… 

2025-02-08 Weekend Rest Journal

1. Make a list of some of your “small problems” this weekend and take time to pray about them. 2. Consider the question “Why would God allow this to happen?” Read Romans 8:31-39 and make… 

2025-02-06 Healing Peter’s Mother-in-Law

The Miraculous Messiah – The First Five Miracles Now as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon’s wife’s mother… 

2025-02-04 Healing a Nobleman’s Son

The Miraculous Messiah – The First Five Miracles When [a certain nobleman] heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his… 

2025-02-03 The Wedding at Cana

The Miraculous Messiah – The First Five Miracles On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. . . And when they ran out of… 

2025-02-01 Weekend Rest Journal

From your knowledge of Bible history, make a list of “crosses” born by the earlier apostles. A number of them can be listed just from the life of the Apostle Paul (see, for example, 2… 

2025-01-31 Following Jesus: Top Priority

Follow Me Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Matthew…