2024-12-07 Weekend Rest Journal
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.…
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.

Father Role Models By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. Hebrews 11:7 (ESV) Noah was the father of three sons, Shem,…
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.…
First Week of Advent He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20 ESV I’d like to think that as I grow older, I mature. I…
First Week of Advent Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even…
First Week of Advent I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by…
First Week of Advent I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by…
First Week of Advent “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new…
First Week of Advent Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to…
1. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 teaches us, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Take a moment to reflect on different circumstance and situations, good and bad.…
Thanksgiving Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”…