Matthew 11:27-30

"Come to me, all who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am..."

"Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you,..."

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you...."

Is there any place to get some rest? Tom Norvell prays for the weary and the heavy burdened and tired, based on Jesus' promise to give us rest.

"[Jesus continued:] "Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my..."

""All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son..."

"Dear Child of God, The Father is holy and wholly given to doing what is right, just, holy, gracious, and merciful. What about you? What is your..."

Why do we begin so many weeks so tired? Tom Norvell reminds us of God's promises for those who are weary and tired: the Lord will renew us and restore us and cause us to ride on the wings of eagles and Jesus will give us rest.

Can you really find it? Tom Norvel reminds us of Jesus' promise to give us rest if we will come close to him and follow him and spend time with him and learn from him.

Where can we turn when we are worn out and discouraged? Tom Norvell reminds us and prays for us to find rest from our weariness in the Lord.

What do you do when there you find yourself in the Tom Norvell reminds us that there is simply too much, too many, and too little.

Why do we keep putting it back on our backs? Beyond weight loss, why do we keep picking up old burdens and carrying them, Ron Rose reminds us to set aside the past burdens and come to Jesus.

What are you carrying around unnecessarily in your hidden weight? Ron Rose shares with us about weight problems, not pounds, but hidden weight with regret, worries, burdens, resentments, failures, and those kinds of things that we need to leave behind after we have handed them over to Jesus.

Why does it seem to get farther away while we run faster to chase it? Bill Sherrill talks about our rush to rush into everything and how we need to read God's Book about life and how to experience it.

Is your faith lifting burdens or adding to them? Religion often addes burdens to people's backs, but Jesus came and relieved burdens.

"Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.""

"[Jesus said,] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.""

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

"[Jesus said,] "My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the..."

"The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, "Come." The Jewish law harshly said, "Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou...."

Inspirational illustration of Matthew 11:28 -- Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

My yoke is easy, my burden is light. - Matthew 11:30

What hope is left when life is shattered? Brian McCuthchen reminds us of the place of hope, refuge, and help when our world is broken.

Don't you sense this need? Tom Norvell reminds us of our need for rest and to rest in Jesus, in God, and in the Spirit.

How long are you going to keep carrying all that luggage? Alan Smith tells a story about a man who disappeared who was very, very tired and needed to lay down his burdens; and we've got to trust we can can lay down ours at the feet of Jesus.

Have you stopped longed enough to hear his voice? We must take time to pause and rest in the gracious presence of God.

Have you seen someone pass from death to life? Brian McCutchen talks about Connie, her cancer, and her coming to Jesus in faith and baptism and leading many of her family to join her.

Maybe the gospel isn't for all Jesus invited those who are tired to come to Him. If you are satisfied with the way things are, Jesus' message isn't for you.

What's got you in a fix? Life isn't easy; it's not for sissies, but for people who are determined to walk with Jesus.

How in the world will you ever catch up? So often we get behind and don't know how to catch up; how about listening to God and what he tells us?

Is it me, or has God changed his opinion on grace? Brian McCutchen talks about the night he was baptized and the fear he felt and his desire to know he was going to heaven and now he is assured of those things because he understands God's grace.

Will you accept this one, it's still valid! Bill talks about all sorts of invitations that have been made and how they have all been rescinded or taken away, but Jesus offered one that won't ever go away, come to me and I will give you rest.

If you haven't heard the bad news, can you really hear the good news? We can't really appreciate God's good news until we've had a taste of the bad news.

What are you expecting to get for your Christian commitment? Are we only interested in bargain basement Christianity, or are we willing to pay the price to be productive.

Can we really ever get over our losses? Loss of a dream, losing a loved one, is not fair and can often leave us confused and angry, so how do we cope with it, by turning it over to God and living for him.

How can we honor those who have meant so much to us in the past? One of the very best ways to honor the memory and life of someone we respect who has died is to use what they have taught us and shown us to bless the living.

Do you have a long face? Bill Sherrill reminds us that the Christian life should be a life of joy.

Can you keep running and not grow weary? Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.