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...
Just want to share my book "Jonah's God, My God" (The Book of Jonah). If you want it, let me know your email address. Thanks. In Him, james ----------------------- Table of Contents Introduction Jonah’s God (1) (1:1-6) A pastor like Jonah, a pastor like Amittai (1:1) ‘Arise … Go … Proclaim’ (1:1-2) God who speaks to the believers even through the non-believers (1:5-6) Jonah’s God (2) (1:7-17) A responsible Christian (1:7) Jonah’s God (3) (1:7-17) A pastor who receives grace from the non-believers (1:13) Jonah’s God who has done what he has determined (1:15) Jonah’s God (4) (2:1-10) When all the hope of the world is cut off (2:1-2) Thanksgiving prayer in suffer...