Christmas season is so busy. So many things to do. So many people to take care of. Lord, help me not to forget anyone. I feel so pressured. I feel so rushed. Help me Lord to rest in You! You have told me I would have peace in your presence. You have have told me you would never leave me nor for forsake me. Help me Jesus, to rest in You this season…
You are the reason for this season. Your birth is the miracle on Earth. Unto us a Savior is born who is Christ the Lord! Holy Spirit help me rest in you. Let me rejoice in your beautiful presence. Let me dance for joy in your glory! Praise the Lord, the Spirit of the Lord is Here!
Bible Verses to Rest in the Lord:
- “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure . . .” Psalm 16:8-9 (NIV).
- “Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken” Psalm 62:5-6 (NIV).
- “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty” Psalm 91:1 (NIV).
- “Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you” Psalm 116:7 (NIV).
- “This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it’” Isaiah 30:15 (NIV).
- “I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me” Psalm 3:5 (NIV).
- “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’” Mark 6:31 (NIV).
- “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work” Genesis 2:2 (NIV).
- “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety” Psalm 4:8 (NIV).
- “In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves” Psalm 127:2 (NIV)
- “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!’ ‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her’” Luke 10:40-42 (NIV).
- “here remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his” Hebrews 4:9-10 (NIV).
My Prayer for You:
Dear Lord,
Quiet our hearts. Bring us back to you and and your peace. Help us remember that You are the reason for this season of Christmas. Unto us is born a Savior, Christ the Lord! Let us rest in Him and celebrate His wonderful Salvation and Redemption in Jesus Name!