https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
Thanksgiving prayer in suffering, Unexpected God’s salvation “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,” (Jonah 2:1). How could Jonah give thanks to God even in times of sufferings? He remembered the grace of salvation that God had given to him in the past. Then what was the grace of salvation that God had given to Jonah in the past? God saved Jonah when he was thrown into the sea by commanding the great fish to swallow Jonah (1:15). This is not the salvation we pray for and expect. The salvation we are praying and expecting is that when we ask God for deliverance, God deliver us right away. For example, when Apostle Peter, who was sinking into the water, said to Jesus “L...