October 29

Morning

Study It

Topics from Genesis 1-11: Rest

Read: Matthew 6:25-34. (more verses to come this week as we look at rest, see past days to review)

Do you have trouble resting from your work because you are worried about having enough? How does this passage encourage you?

Reference on Rest: “Rest is a restorative break from labor and worldly striving. In the Bible it is an essential feature of the Sabbath—a day of rest on which no work was to be done. As a time of peace and calm, free from work, rest comes to symbolize salvation itself.” Lexham Theological Wordbook

Meditation and Prayer

Meditate on Psalm 100:3: “Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”

Respond: “Lord, you care for us as the sheep in the pasture because __________.”