WHAT IS REST?What is
rest?According to the dictionary it
means, “The act or state of ceasing from work, activity, or motion;
quiet.”It also means, “peace, ease or refreshment.”The
following are scriptures about rest:And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day
when He rested from all His work of creation.Genesis 2:3My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my
rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. ~Psalm 62:1-2Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the
Almighty. ~Psalm 91:1Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. ~Psalm 116:7Be
still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for Him
to act. Don’t worry about evilpeople who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.Psalm 37:7 (NLT)Let the beloved of the Lordrest secure in him, for he shields him
all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.”Deuteronomy 33:12…
“PLAYING” CHURCHHow many of
us remember “playing house” when we were growing up?We pretended that we were the mother or the
father or a brother or sister, etc.It
was an imaginary way to reflect the world that we lived in.Are we
“playing” church today?At this point in
time we are being restricted.What do I
mean by that statement in general?We
are “playing” church in the sense that we are gathering and praising God, which
is what we should and must be doing, but the church is supposed to impact the
culture and yet is not impacting the culture.There are church leaders speaking out about the persecution of the
Church that is taking place right now from governors who are “outlawing”
gathering to a minimum of 10 or less or one particular governor in California
who has gone so far as to ban singing in church and meeting in homes for Bible
studies! This is good but it appears it
is only a few who are speaking out across the United States.We need a
Moses to get us to the Promised Land.God chos…