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Sunday, since they have to work on Saturdays now.<br />
When that Sunday comes rolling around, they do not<br />
want to do anything. They want to have that<br />
Sunday to themselves and to their families.<br />
They do not want to go anywhere that they<br />
have not planned beforehand to go. They do<br />
not want anyone to tell them what to do.<br />
Sadly enough, this also includes church.<br />
“Why should I wake up on a Sunday morning,<br />
my only day to sleep in, to go to<br />
church?” From an earthly point of view, that<br />
question does make sense. But listen again<br />
to the invitation of Jesus - Come to me, all<br />
you who are weary and burdened, and I will<br />
give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).<br />
Rest! It is what we crave! Rest! It is what we desire!<br />
Rest! It is what we need! This invitation is perfect for<br />
each of us. We are the ones who are weary! We are the<br />
ones who are burdened! Yes, I am talking about our<br />
physical burdens, but more than that – I am also talking<br />
about our spiritual burdens too. We make poor<br />
decisions. We do bad things. We say words we did not<br />
mean. And we are burdened by those actions. So, we try<br />
to make up for it. We try to become good enough, smart<br />
enough. We try to measure up to God and His<br />
expectations. And that only adds to the burdens we<br />
already have because we cannot do it. No matter how<br />
hard we have tried or how hard we have worked, we can<br />
never take away those poor decisions or bad things or<br />
words we do not mean.<br />
So, what can we do? Listen again to your Savior’s<br />
invitation to you - Come to me, all you who are weary<br />
and burdened, and I will give you<br />
rest.” (Matthew 11:28). Jesus is there for<br />
you. Jesus tells you to find rest in Him. For<br />
with Jesus you see your sin taken away. You<br />
see your Savior on a cross carrying your<br />
burdens. You see your Savior preparing rest<br />
from your poor decisions and bad things and<br />
words you did not mean to say. Because with<br />
Jesus, you see Him takes those wrongs away.<br />
And in the place of those wrongs, He gives<br />
you His love, His forgiveness, His rest.<br />
Come to me, all you who are weary and<br />
burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).<br />
Even though you may not get physical rest until you have<br />
come home after a 40+ hour work week, you have rest in<br />
Jesus every day. You can find rest in Jesus for 168 hours<br />
per week. You can find rest in your Savior who has<br />
removed your spiritual burdens forever! You can find<br />
rest with your Savior who tells you – “When your 40+<br />
hour work weeks are all finished, I have a place just for<br />
you – heaven!”<br />
Prayer: Dear Jesus, we bring all our burdens and our sins<br />
to you to be taken away and forgiven. Give to us the rest<br />
which you only can give – a heart which knows ‘I am<br />
forgiven! I am loved!’ Lord, we pray to you – Thank you<br />
for giving us rest! In your holy name we pray, Amen. <br />
Centennial, in conjunction with Word of Life School presents our first annual<br />
Trunk or Treat<br />
WHAT IS A TRUNK OR TREAT?<br />
October<br />
29th<br />
2 4pm<br />
A Trunk or Treat is an event that is often church or community sponsored. People gather and park their cars in<br />
a large parking lot. They open their trunks, or the backs of their vehicles, and decorate them. Then they pass<br />
out candy from their trunks. It is a great way to evangelize to your local community and to get to know your<br />
neighbors.<br />
Noah and the Ark<br />
Jesus’ Tomb<br />
Jonah in the Whale