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GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE IN REST
Did you know that God calls your home a “resting place”? Read Proverbs 24:15 and Jeremiah 50:6. How easy it is to get out of rest. Instead of allowing Christ to have His way in our lives, we take control. That’s the easiest way to get into a state of anxiety.
The question we need to ask is:
WHY STRIVE WHEN YOU CAN ABIDE?
We need to confess the words of the psalmist in Psalm 116:7: “Return unto thy rest, O my soul.” When you start to get agitated, speak these words out loud! Yes, OUT LOUD! Your spirit will hear and get in line.
You may like to print these words and pin them up in your kitchen as a constant reminder.
I love the words from John Greenleaf Whittier’s hymn . . .
Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
