Rest

Jesus has come to give you rest. Rest from having to prove yourself to God. Rest from having to measure up to some religious standards you cannot keep. Rest from your weariness and rest from your burdens. Rest for your soul. And the reason Jesus is rest is found in the description he gives of Himself. He says, Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

The Story of God: Our Good and Generous King

April 26, 2017

We are so often consumed with meeting our own needs, protecting our own lives, that we forget that this is how God is wired to care for us. He created you. He knows what you need for life. He knows what is best for you. And because He is good, He will always give you what you need. But our problem is that we either forget this, or we don’t believe it.

What to Do When Loosing Your Cool

August 23, 2016

We all delight in taking delight. That’s how God made us. So, if you think about it, if God made us to experience delight and God gave us all this great stuff to delight in, then maybe He’s worth taking delight in!

The Story of God: The Good Life

April 12, 2016

The Pattern of the Kingdom

Work

When God created us, His desire was that we would be fully alive. He put in us appetites for food, sex, adventure and joy. He put in us this desire to seize the day, grab life by the throat and drink it dry. There’s a reason your heartbeat quickens when you fall in love. There’s a reason why we have drives for success, why we want to surround ourselves with good things, why we work hard for the good life: God put His life in us so we would be fully alive.