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's Word is Your Defense!
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.
Isaiah 55:1–2 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.Why spend money on what is not bread, — and your labor on what does not satisfy?Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, — and you will delight in the richest of fare. Read the context A week's worth of groceries are on the belt. You hear the register beep when each item gets scanned. But when you pull out your card to pay......
Jeremiah 2:13 “My people have committed two sins:They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Read the context The Israelites were trusting in their own strength and might... and it was leaving them empty. If there's a hole in your bucket, it doesn't matter how many trips you take — you're not gonna move much water. There's a problem with what you're trusting. You can't fix a broken cistern. But God isn't waiting...
Exodus 17:1–7 ...The people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people... I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. Read the context It's easy to forget the difference between...