{"id":4301,"date":"2026-01-12T01:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:50:43","slug":"entering-gods-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/entering-gods-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering God\u2019s Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\"><strong>Monday, January 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Entering God\u2019s Rest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the promise of entering His rest still stands\u2026 let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.\u00a0<strong>Hebrews 4:1<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we continue into this new year, God extends a powerful promise to rest. This is not the kind of rest that comes from escaping responsibility, but a deep, soul-level rest that restores clarity, renews strength, and anchors our hearts in Him. God\u2019s rest is not something we earn by striving harder; it is something we receive by trusting Him more fully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us carry restlessness into a new season of unfinished concerns, unanswered questions, or lingering worries. Yet God invites us to lay those burdens down and step into the peace He provides. Entering His rest means releasing control, quieting our hearts, and believing that He is at work even when we are still.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This promise still stands. God is not withholding rest; He is offering it. Our part is to respond with faith, choosing trust over anxiety and surrender over self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today consider the areas where God is inviting you to trust Him more deeply?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em>\u00a0Lord, as I continue into this new year, I accept Your invitation to rest. Calm my anxious thoughts, steady my heart, and renew my spirit. Teach me to trust You fully and to live from a place of peace, not pressure. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, January 12 Entering God\u2019s Rest Since the promise of entering His rest still stands\u2026 let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.\u00a0Hebrews 4:1\u00a0 As we continue into this new year, God extends a powerful promise to rest. This is not the kind of rest that comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4306,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions\/4306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}