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.
He'll never reject 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.
2 Cor. 4:8–11 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. Read the context "They just don't make 'em like they used to." You couldn't destroy those...
Lam. 3:22–24 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, — for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; — great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; — therefore I will wait for him.” Read the context Jerusalem was a pile of rubble. Destroyed by enemies... this was rock bottom. But even in the lowest moment, God's mercy was present. Deep loss strikes you with a pain that feels like it will never fade. You're not alone in the moment that feels...
Mark 5:40–42 After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). Read the context A father pleaded with Jesus for his little girl's life, but death still took her. It wasn't final though. With just two words her life was...