LET THE LORD TURN YOUR STRIVING INTO REST 3-6-26 VIDEO REST GRAHAM
While you are resting. The Lord takes care of everything. Gods presence not circumstances is the foundation of rest. True rest is a sign of reliance on Gods provision. Even God rested from his work. So wait up upon the Lord and watch your strength be renewed.
Heb 4:9 The conclusion is clear: the original rest is still in place for Gods people.
10 Gods rest celebrates his finished work; whoever enters into Gods rest immediately abandons his own efforts to improve what God has already perfected.
11 Let us therefore be prompt to understand and fully appropriate that rest and not fall again into the same trap that snared Israel in unbelief. MIRROR
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HEB 4:9 The promise of "arrival" and "rest" is still there for God's people.
10 God himself is at rest. And at the end of the journey we'll surely rest with God.
11 So let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience. MSG
PS 46:10 "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything." MSG
PS 90:17 And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do! MSG
PS 116:7 I said to myself, "Relax and rest. God has showered you with blessings.
8 Soul, you've been rescued from death; Eye, you've been rescued from tears; And you, Foot, were kept from stumbling." MSG
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PS 116:7 Now I can say to myself and to all, Relax and rest, be confident and serene, for the Lord rewards fully those who simply trust in him.
8 God has rescued my soul from deaths fear and dried my eyes of many tears. Hes kept my feet firmly on his path TPT
PS 127:2 It's useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don't you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves? MSG
Prov 3:24 You'll take afternoon naps without a worry, you'll enjoy a good night's sleep.
25 No need to panic over alarms or surprises, or predictions that doomsday's just around the corner,
26 Because God will be right there with you; he'll keep you safe and sound. MSG
PS 4:8 At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together. MSG
Job 11:18 Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again; you'll look around, sit back, and take it easy.
19 Expansive, without a care in the world, you'll be hunted out by many for your blessing.
20 But the wicked will see none of this. They're headed down a dead-end road with nothing to look forward to nothing." MSG
MATT 11:28 "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest.
29 Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
30 Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." MSG
ISA 41:1 "Quiet down, far-flung ocean islands. Listen! Sit down and rest, everyone. Recover your strength. Gather around me. Say what's on your heart. Together let's decide what's right. MSG
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ISA 41:1 You lands of the sea, stand silent before me! Let the people renew their strength! Let them approach me and state their case. Lets come together to decide who is right. TPT
COL 2:2 I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery.
3 All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else. And we've been shown the mystery!
4 I'm telling you this because I don't want anyone leading you off on some wild-goose chase, after other so-called mysteries, or "the Secret." MSG
JUDE 1:1 I, Jude, am a slave to Jesus Christ and brother to James, writing to those loved by God the Father, called and kept safe by Jesus Christ.
2 Relax, everything's going to be all right; rest, everything's coming together; open your hearts, love is on the way! MSG
EX 33:14 14 And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. AMP
GEN 2:2 By the seventh day, God had completed creating his masterpiece, so on the seventh day, he rested from all his work.
3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it sacred, because on it, he paused to rest from all his work of creation. TPT
Zeph 3:17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing. AMP
PROV 19:23 The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. AMP
PS 23:1 Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough.
2 He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace near the quiet brook of bliss.
3 Thats where he restores and revives my life. He opens before me the right path
and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name. TPT
JN 16:33 I have spoken these things to you that in me you will know the sweet and assured resonance of my peace! In the world you encounter extreme and stressful times, but be of good courage, I have conquered the world-order! MIRROR
ISA 40:31 But those who entwine their hearts with Yahweh will experience divine strength. They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their races without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up. TPT
HEB 4:1 For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified.
2 We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith.
3 If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. But not if we don't have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." MSG
HEB 4:7 God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear . . .
8 And so this is still a live promise. It wasn't canceled at the time of Joshua; otherwise, God wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." MSG
Ps 91:1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease NLB