by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 It’s a “Blessed Invitation” for “whosoever will.” What’s your vision of the “Perfect Place of Peace”? An idyllic, isolated, desert island with white-sand beaches, the...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“There remains, therefore, a Rest to the People of God.” Hebrews 4:9 It’s there for our present enjoyment, not just our future expectation. Rest. Peace-of-mind. Serenity of soul. A carefree heart. A “conscience that is cleansed from dead works so we can serve the...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“For he that is entered into His Rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from His.” Hebrews 4:10 It’s not a matter of quit trying, it’s a matter of start trusting. Trying to digest today’s Manna is a difficult one indeed if we’re not...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“For he that is entered into His Rest, he has also ceased from his own works, as God did from His.” Hebrews 4:10 True restfulness is found in God’s faithfulness. Laboratory rats on treadmills. That’s the way so many see themselves these days: Monotonous, mundane...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Let us labor, therefore, to enter into that Rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” Hebrews 4:11 Truly, in Christ “uptight is not upright;” that’s why we must learn the secret of “soul-serenity” and what it means “to enter in.” Weariness. ...
