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Rest That's Soul-Deep for the New Year

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     Come to me, all you who are weary  and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30 I enter the New Year celebrating an age-old truth freshly spoken into my heart by God through the Holy Spirit today.   It's a culmination of the "rest" theme He's been leading me gently into over the past few months.   I pray this message of rest will comfort and strengthen your hearts, as it has mine. A version of the following message was originally published in the Far East Broadcasting Company's blog on December 11, 2013. I've added some thoughts here on hearing from God, another theme you will have noticed in some of my previous posts on this Joy blog. "So much for your preachy Thanksgiving post last week about how we should thank God