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.
Take him at his word.
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 25:6–9 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy — the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. Read the context Death is the great equalizer. The richest man who ever lives might have a fancier tomb, but death covers every life. It blankets over this world like an overcast day....
John 20:14–16 [Mary] turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Read the context You react differently when you hear your name. In a crowd...
1 Cor. 15:3–6 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Read the context The resurrection was not a hidden fact....