The Rest You Can’t Earn

Key 142 of 365

Come away by yourselves and rest.

Mark 6:31

When did you last allow yourself to stop?

Key 213 of 365

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened.

Matthew 11:28

Why do you feel you must earn your rest?

Key 214 of 365

I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

Can you receive rest without first proving your worth?

Key 215 of 365

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me.

Matthew 11:29

Can you learn rest from someone who still asks you to follow?

Key 216 of 365

My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Matthew 11:30

Does every kind of commitment have to crush you?

Key 217 of 365

Do not worry about your life.

Matthew 6:25

Has caring for your life become being ruled by worry?

Key 218 of 365

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap.

Matthew 6:26

What could ordinary birds teach you about anxious living?

Key 219 of 365

Your heavenly Father feeds them.

Matthew 6:26

Does worry make you a better provider for yourself?

Key 220 of 365

Are you not much more valuable than they?

Matthew 6:26

Have you mistaken being anxious for being unimportant?

Key 221 of 365

Do not worry about tomorrow.

Matthew 6:34

How much of tomorrow are you trying to live today?

Key 222 of 365

Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:34

What if today does not need tomorrow's weight too?

Key 223 of 365

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you.

John 14:27

Can peace last when control is gone?

Key 224 of 365

Do not let your hearts be troubled.

John 14:27

What does your heart reach for when it cannot settle?

Key 225 of 365

Do not be afraid.

Matthew 10:31

Who decides what you are worth?

Key 226 of 365

You of little faith, why are you so afraid?

Matthew 8:26

What does fear make you forget about who is with you?

Key 227 of 365

Do not be afraid; only believe.

Mark 5:36

Who will you trust when fear takes over?

Key 228 of 365

Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.

Matthew 14:27

Can courage begin before the storm is over?

Key 229 of 365

Everything is possible for one who believes.

Mark 9:23

Does trust begin only when doubt disappears?

Key 230 of 365

I am the bread of life.

John 6:35

What keeps you hungry after you get what you wanted?

Key 231 of 365

Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry.

John 6:35

What if the hunger returns because the source is too small?

Key 232 of 365

Whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty.

John 6:35

Can what you trust answer your deepest thirst?

Key 233 of 365

I am the good shepherd.

John 10:11

Who would care for you at a cost to himself?

Key 234 of 365

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them.

John 10:27

Who knows you beyond the version you present?

Key 235 of 365

They shall never perish.

John 10:28

What does security mean when it rests in someone else?

Key 236 of 365

Let not your hearts be troubled.

John 14:1

Where do you place trust when your heart is unsettled?

Key 237 of 365

Believe in God; believe also in Me.

John 14:1

Where do you place trust when your heart is unsettled?

Key 238 of 365

In this world you will have trouble.

John 16:33

Can courage survive a world that still hurts?

Key 239 of 365

Take heart! I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Can courage survive a world that still hurts?

Key 240 of 365

The very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Matthew 10:30

What if you are known more closely than you imagine?

Key 241 of 365

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

Matthew 10:29

Can something overlooked still matter to God?

Key 242 of 365

Come away by yourselves and rest a while.

Mark 6:31

When did you last allow yourself to stop?

Key 243 of 365

I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Matthew 28:20

What changes if you are not sent alone?