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.
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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. 2:10–11 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. Read the context If you can't make an important meeting, you might send a proxy — someone to speak for you. Forgiveness is never “just between you and them.” Every time you forgive, you step into a sacred role—you speak as Christ Himself. You aren’t just...
Luke 15:8–10 Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Read the context When I worked at a bank, a man once brought in the wallet he had lost in a field five...
Psalm 46:1–3 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Read the context It's been a week where it felt like the earth was shaking — The anniversary of a major terrorist attack... Violence in the news... Wars, Worries, & Fear. It can feel like the world is falling apart. But your world isn't....