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.
Temptations of Christ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But… 2026-02-24 The Submission of Jesus to Humanity
Psalms of Christmas For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:5 Psalm 8 begins by praising the glory of God, which is seen… 2025-12-17 Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation
Psalms of Christmas You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek. Psalm 110: 4b Yesterday, we saw how Christ is the ultimate King, ruling over heaven and earth. Christ’s Kingship and divinity… 2025-12-16 Christ as King, Priest, and Judge
Psalms of Christmas Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed.… 2025-12-15 Our Savior and Our King
1. Read Malachi 2. Write down the various sins that God condemns in that chapter. Consider how those sins are still with us today. 2. Read Malachi 3. Write down the wonderful promises that God… 2025-12-13 Weekend Rest Journal
Malachi Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. Malachi 4:5 This is the final prophecy of the Old Testament, given some four… 2025-12-12 I Will Send You Elijah
Malachi But to you who fear My name, The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. Malachi 4:2 Go to YouTube… 2025-12-11 The Son is Coming!
Malachi “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you… 2025-12-10 Behold, He Is Coming
Malachi For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering;For… 2025-12-09 Prepare with Pure Offerings
Malachi “I have loved you,” says the LORD.“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved; but Esau I have hated.”… 2025-12-08 The Lord of Love
1. Open your Lutheran Hymnal to #62, “Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel.” Read through each of the verses. As you do, consider the phrases and their meaning and personal application.2. Read Isaiah 40:1-5. Meditate how… 2025-12-06 Weekend Rest Journal
