You will begin prayers at 11.40pm on Thursday 29 February, 2024
Praise Worship (At least 20 Minutes)
Matthew 11:28
28 Come to ME, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Rest is what happens after work.
Rest is the reward for meaningful work due to honest means.
You rest from the weariness of the job of the day.
The Bible says after GOD had worked full six days creating heaven and the earth and all that is in it HE rested. “And on the seventh day GOD ended HIS work which HE had made; and HE rested on the seventh day from all HIS work which HE had made.” (Genesis 2:2)
Many people seek rest without doing meaningful work.
It does not work like that.
Sleep is poison to a slothful man because through the course of most days he would have done but little work.
This is why the Bible instructs in Proverbs 24:33-34 “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.”
Anyone who rests without doing meaningful work is courting poverty, lack and misery at close quarters. If there is one valuable thing that I will commend to you as you enter March, it is the power and sanctity in dignified labour.
This month, do some good work.
Do meaningful work with your hands.
Exert yourself a little more.
Don’t sit idling about in your office all day long. Don’t be that clumsy person going from table to table leaving piles of files unattended.
Be exceptional.
This is the season of ‘no gree.’
People are asking young men and women to take it easy.
I say to the young and old, ‘do not take it easy.
Get on the move.
Do some decent work.
Exert yourself.’
Please exert yourself Beloved.
A great work ethic always add value to life, it never diminishes any man.
Let us examine the dimension of GOD’S expectation after meaningful work – Rest.
You see, when you have worked hard, it is also important to rest.
Rest is not sleep.
Many people sleep 7-8 hours each night who have not even one second of rest.
Rest is not sleep.
Rest is far deeper than sleep.
Rest is not the absence of troubles.
The mystery of the Cross does not guarantee you an eternal life of bliss without a single day of challenges; that would be a lie.
Rest is defined as the peace of GOD.
As JESUS slept in the inner cabin in Mark 4:35-40, there was a wind. It was fierce and raging wild. Everyone in the boat was seriously frightened while JESUS of Nazareth was having a good sleep. It was in the midst of a great storm but JESUS was unperturbed. The storm could not steal HIS peace. If you are here, and the storms of life are stealing your peace, I pray for you in the Name of JESUS of Nazareth, Peace…..be still.
Rest is the peace of GOD that passes all understanding.
Many want to understand the lives of other people.
They seek to know the source of the strength of others, they even try to know the source of their power.
When men succeed in knowing your source and understanding the secret of your secrets, they have unravelled you.
Many men are seeking to know the source of your peace may they never succeed in JESUS Name.
As we enter March, may the Grace of GOD find you in all things.
I pray that GOD’S rest will be your reward on every side.
May GOD cause you to have rest on every side
Welcome to March, the month of Rest.