THURSDAY: “OPEN INVITATION!” Matthew 11:28-29 Pastor Cecil A. Thompson December 17, 2015 DAILY-E-VOTIONAL



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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
December 17, 2015

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“OPEN INVITATION!”
Matthew 11:28-29
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

This is the time of year when many invitations are given. Some of them are restricted to employees or family members. In order to respond to the invitation you must in some way be related to the one giving the invitation. Some invitations come with an RSVP that requires a response of your intention to accept or decline.

There are other invitations that may be described as open invitations. Congregations often have Christmas programs that are announced as "Every One Is Welcome!"

Today’s Scripture from Matthew 11 is an invitation from Jesus. In a way it is restrictive, and yet it is an open invitation. I think each of us would qualify as going through times of labor and being heavy laden. We are invited to join Him by taking His yoke. It may seem like we are adding more load, but it is Jesus who will be bearing the burden that we are now carrying alone.

The promise is that we will find rest for our souls. In the midst of the pressures of life, we vitally need rest for our souls. We will find it in accepting His open invitation.

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
- - - Pastor Cecil 

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