The Most Important Question You’ll Ever Answer
Jesus asked more than 300 questions throughout Scripture, yet this one cuts through every generation, every culture, every worldview. It is the question that defines the here and now and also eternity. It defines not just what you believe about Him, but how you live, move, and find rest because of Him.
It asks not just what you know about Jesus…but who He is to you.
God is FOR You
When you know God is for you, it produces confidence. And confidence in Him produces REST.
Design, Detail and Devine Purpose
"And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made."
— Genesis 2:2
When you look at nature, you see order, design, and clear purpose. Nothing was made by mistake. Nature’s details are so perfect that humans now copy some parts of it in science, technology, and building.
The Testimony of The Lord is a Terror to the Enemy.
This article has been contributed by Pastor Paul Stephenson, Open Door Bible Church, Caboolture, Queensland
The people of Jericho had heard a testimony about God, His miracle at the Red Sea and His defeating the Kings of the Amorites and it caused them to fear, faint and be discouraged. It caused terror to fall upon them. Wow!! The power of a testimony. What can we learn from this?
When “through” meets “will”
Common Words, Eternal Promises
In the last post we covered how sometimes the smallest words in Scripture carry the greatest weight. We skim right past them because they seem so ordinary, so common. But if we slow down, if we linger, we find these words hold the kind of certainty that anchors your souls.
Let’s dig a little deeper into those two “seemingly insignificant” words in Isaiah 43:2,: through and will.
Common Words, Eternal Weight
The Power of Seemingly Insignificant Words - There are many words we use every single day, in conversation, in books, in magazines that feel so ordinary we hardly notice them. They slip past us because they are so… common.
These little words are the glue that holds our sentences together. In fact, in any language they are essential for context. And here’s the surprising part: those small, almost invisible words are sometimes the most powerful of all.
Creation - A Permanent State of Rest
In the beginning God created…And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good…Genesis 1:1 & 31
Look around at the world God created. Have you noticed that nature doesn’t argue with itself? It’s in a permanent state of rest.
The Complexity of Creation – Sermons in motion
When I consider the heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have ordained… Psalm 8:3
Have you ever just… stopped? I mean really stopped…not just to look at the sky, but to consider it? David did. And when he did, he was undone.
From Consideration to Confidence to Rest
…blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord…. Jeremiah 17:7
True rest, deep, soul-level rest, is impossible without confidence. And not just confidence in yourself, but in Someone greater!
Convinced, Embraced, Confessed
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed…. Hebrews 11:3
What to do with the promises of God
The story of Harry Colcord
Labouring to enter into His rest… when George carried Harry
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief - Hebrews 4:11
What it means to labour to enter into rest
Small Errors, Big Misses
For we which have believed do enter into rest” … Hebrews 4:3 (KJV)
Repositioning for Rest
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.Behold, I am doing a new thing…Isiaih 43:18-19
Why we need to adjust or ‘reposition’ ourselves.
So what is REST
Psalm 23 explains it perfectly. Green pastures, still waters and a whole lot more.
