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Are You Tempted to Stay Busy?
“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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Jesus Cares for Our Rest
“The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they di...
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People Pleasing
“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of...
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Hope When Things Are Hard
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us in our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet...
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Not by Your Good Works, but His
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in th...
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Rest Is Good for You
“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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Where to Find Rest in a Restless World
“But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Psalm 131:2 Are you quiet? ...
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Encountering God Face-to-Face
“And I said, “Woe is me! I am ruined; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the L...
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Rest for Our Hearts
“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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Hope Leads to a 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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Resting > Striving
“Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how i...
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We Are a People of Rest
“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day ...
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Do You Struggle 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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Can You See Him Today?
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in hea...
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Learning to Be Still
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only be still.” Exodus 14:14 What is it that makes being still so hard? We live in such a fast-paced world, w...
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A Lesson From Felix the Flying Frog
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boa...
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I Am the Vine; You Are the Branches
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.“John 15:5 I have...
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The Simple Ministry of Presence
Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what He taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jes...
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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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Perfectionism
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ...
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Slowing Down
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 “He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I wil...
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Free
“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.” Pslam 121:5 If we are able to own our need of help and ask for the limitless, ...
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Abide: Remain
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.” John 1...
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Rejoice
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4 This is one of my favorite verses! What makes this verse so encouraging is t...
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Still Waters
“He leads me beside still waters.” Psalm 23:2 I get more car sick than almost anyone I know. It’s pretty terrible. I even get motion sick while I’...
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Treadmill
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works so that no one can boast.” ...
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Crawling into Bed
“Come to me, all who labor and heavy laden, and I will give you rest… for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” Matt...
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FOMO
“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of...
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Rest
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Rest hours at Greystone are glorious, aren’t they? Where el...
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Contentment and Rest
“O LORD, My heart is not lifted up; My eyes are not raised to high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have...