Matthew 11:29

"[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..."

"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...."

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.

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 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.

"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..."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.