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The Beauty of Rest
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 “Come to me, all who labor and...
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Perfect Peace
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 Sometimes I have days where I just need some peace....
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Seeking Out True Rest
“Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.” Psalm 62:1 I sit here this morning, curled up on the couch with my Bible, devotional...
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The Reason for the Quiet Heart
“O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.” Psalm 131:3 Psalm 131 is an invitation to move out into the real world of noise, ...
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Tracking Everything but My Heart
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 One of my favorite things about m...
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Human Beings, Not Doers
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 If ...
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Addicted to Busyness
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 On the college campus where I’m a pastor, I have a little ...
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Wrestling with Rest
“And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.” Genesis 2:2 By...
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Focused on Jesus
“And Peter answered him, ‘Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.’ He said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat and walked on th...
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Stop Doing
“Then he added, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will.’ He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sa...
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Marys vs. Marthas
“Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who ...
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Find Stillness and Peace
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 At times, it seems impossible to find stillness in our world today. We zip from activity to activity,...
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Busyness
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16 Quick, ...
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Living a Good Story
“Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” James 4:14 “...
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Mastered
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything...
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Control
“O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.” Psalm 115:9 I love to feel like I’m in control. I expect things to work the way t...
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Prayer
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, ...
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Rest
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in hear...