Quotes about Rest

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength

No matter what came next, Daniel rested safely in the grip of his Sovereign God.

Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.

It's tough. And yet the Bible makes it very clear that we are to make time for rest. More than just physical rest, we need to take a spiritual and emotional rest from going our own way—literally. Once a week, we are to hit the pause button on life and guard a day of rest for our souls. Guard it fiercely and intentionally — even if the demands on our schedules beg us not to.

If we want recovery and healing we would be wise to take a break or possibly make a clean break from the one wounding us>

God is much more concerned with the attitudes of our hearts than the actual activities of our bodies on the day of Sabbath.

The Sabbath isn't just a time to be observed; it's a time to be preserved.

Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn-out woman.

Our hearts are restless, until they rest in You.

We run at a breakneck pace to try and achieve what God simply wants us to slow down enough to receive.

Learning to live with evening, or rest, as a top priority is an ongoing process. Many times I ask God to help me reprioritize, make time for physical rest and put "evening" back where it belongs.

In the spacious love of God, our souls can lie down and rest. This love from him is not something we must struggle for, earn, or fear to lose. It is bestowed. He has bestowed it upon us. He has chosen us. And nothing can separate us from his love. Not even we, ourselves. We are made for such a love. Our hearts yearn to be loved intimately, personally, and yes, romantically. We are created to be the object of desire and affection of one who is totally and completely in love with us. And we are.