When the daily grind overwhelms, God promises to bring rest through his Word. This daily devotion & journal prompt is written to accompany your morning coffee or nighttime routine.
God is pleased with you!
The Everyday Sabbath
When the daily grind overwhelms, God promises to bring rest through his Word. This daily devotion & journal prompt is written to accompany your morning coffee or nighttime routine.
Zeph. 2:3 & 3:11 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, — you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; — perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger. ... On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame — for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from you your arrogant boasters.Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill. Read the context It is not typically the humble who end up ahead. The person who says, "No, you first" is...
Matthew 5:3–5 “Blessed are the poor in spirit — for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, — for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, — for they will inherit the earth. Read the context The roof is caving in. The family never leaves the hospital. Would you call them "blessed"? The world says if your situation is positive, you're blessed. Jesus says the opposite. Why? Because the blessings he is talking about are eternal, not temporary. Temporary suffering can’t...
Psalm 27:4–5 One thing I ask from the Lord,—this only do I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,to gaze on the beauty of the Lordand to seek him in his temple. For in the day of troublehe will keep me safe in his dwelling;he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent — and set me high upon a rock. Read the context The church building was crumbling... but inside hearts were alive. People were hearing about the love of their God. Where God's people gather...