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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

2026-10-24 Weekend Rest Journal

Jesus’ Promise: “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. (Matthew 28:20) Ponder this promise of Jesus and then answer the following questions: 1. What is Jesus’ promise? 2. How long does it apply? 3. What is the significance of the “amen” at its end? 4. What is the significance of the timing… 

2025-01-21 Real Temptation

The Temptation of Jesus And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command… 

2025-01-20 Christ For Us

The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1 The Temptation of Jesus is a story many of us learned in… 

2025-01-18 Weekend Rest Journal

1. Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit. Review the following passages. Note how they connect the Holy Spirit to the Sacrament of Baptism. Note also the blessings that flow into our lives through the… 

2025-01-11 Weekend Rest Journal

Read the account of Jesus’s first recorded miracle, his changing of water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:12). What is being manifested? Herod’s chief priests and scribes looked to Scripture to find…