Weight For Rest Podcast

The mind is a battle that we face daily. Sadly, what's in our hearts are usually reflected in our thoughts and then results in our actions. We need a weapon to defeat this battle. Thankfully Jesus has equipped us with something!   Listen to learn how we can win this battle of our minds, daily.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTu...

Imagine being born with something that you need for life, and then finding out that that very thing is your enemy and wants to destroy you! Our heart is not our friend! It loves evil and is so deceitful that we could never know it. Listen to learn more about how Jesus came help us with this!   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube...

The Bible says Jesus is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever. Yet many of us live as if He's the God of Yesterday and Forever. We tend to skip over Him being the God of Today! If we really believed Jesus to be the God of today, it would change the way we talked and experienced Him in our lives today. Listen in to hear a story about how the Bible became alive in a personal way in my life!   STAY C...

Many of us miss out on what more Jesus can give us of Himself, because we are too afraid to lose for Him. I believe that Jesus gives to us, so that we have something to give to Him. If we are never willing to give what Jesus has given us, how can we be trusted with more to be given to us? This cycle of Gaining with Jesus starts with Losing for Jesus and ends with Giving for the Glory of God. To Ga...

The best way to receive Jesus' Rest is at His feet in need.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube    PODCAST PLATFORMS : Spotify Apple  SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM Instagram     MUSIC BY : Anna Vasilman Official Site Anna Vasilman On Spotify Anna Vasilman On Apple Music Anna Vasilman On Instagram Anna Vasilman On Youtube .

Jesus tells us to Come to Him and He will give us Rest. Sometimes we forget that the Coming to Jesus part entails a loss in order to gain. In the losing, we can choose to Kiss Jesus Goodbye or Cling to Him.   Listen to hear more about this loss and our choices.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube    PODCAST PLATFORMS : Spotify...

Sometimes we think Jesus is only concerned about our needs and not about our wants. Join me as I share a few beautiful experiences where Jesus showed much care for my spoken and unspoken wants.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube    PODCAST PLATFORMS : Spotify Apple  SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM Instagram     MUSIC BY : Anna Vasilman...

Any gift that Jesus gives comes with Jesus Himself. We can't have Jesus' Rest without getting Jesus. Many people want Rest, but they don't want Jesus. Jesus said to come to HIM and He will give us Rest. Jesus' Rest starts with Jesus alone.   Join me for a LIVE Bible Study, Discussing : "How Can We Have Rest" Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 at 9pm EST Invite a Friend (There will be a Giveaway) Click the Link...

Rest is not about what we can do to get it It's about Who Gives it and that's Jesus. The problem we run into with having anything good in our life is that we think we are the answer to obtaining it. Rest is a good thing, but it is not obtained by any good that we do. It is only a gift given by Jesus.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT...

Have you ever tried and tried to rest and still found yourself struggling to rest? How many things have you tried, to help yourself to rest? How many of those things last?   The things we try to help us rest can only last so long. Jesus GIVES us rest, but this rest is a supernatural gift that happens from WITHIN.   This Gift can be obtained every day. The More we come to Jesus, the More Rest we re...

Mark 6 says that the disciples didn't understand the miracle of the bread. It didn't say the miracle of the feeding of the 5000 or the miracle of the fish and bread. It just says the Miracle of the Bread. Why the Bread?   The Miracle of the Bread is more than it feeding the 5000. Jesus is that bread. He's the bread of Life that fills us and change us. But if we don't understand the miracle of the...

Everybody needs help, yet very few of us are willing to admit that. It takes admitting the need of help before asking for the need of help. Thank Jesus, He didn't wait for us to ask for Help. He sent Help. Achsah ( Daughter of Caleb)  is a sweet woman in the Bible who shows us what it's like to ask for this kind of Help that Jesus provides. She didn't just ask for help from anybody, she asked for...

If you've heard the story of the Samaritan Woman in the Bible, not too many people want to be like her. In fact, oftentimes we talk about her in relation to the phrase, "Be sure your sins will find you out". However, I believe the Bible and Jesus teaches us differently. May Jesus teach us to be like her!   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FO...

The Bible compares us humans to grass. As grass grows old and shrivels up, so do we. Yet so often we find ourselves trusting in ourselves or other people.   The Bible compares the good things about the grass to flowers As flowers fade away, so does the "good" things of this earth. Yet so often we find ourselves trusting in the wealth and beauty of this world.   Are we trusting in the flowers of li...

When we accept Jesus into our hearts, He never leaves us. However, it is indeed possible for us to leave Him. This happens when we don't include Him in the things that we do. This is a story about a lady who accepted Jesus, but then left Him while He was teaching, to go do things that she thought would please Him. She became burnt out!   Jesus gives her guidance and then He teaches us a very valua...

The best thing about being cleansed is the reward of feeling refreshed and rested. However, the hardest part about being cleansed is being told you're dirty. Being physically dirty reveals what's on us but being spiritually dirty reveals what's in us. Being cleaned on the outside is a simple scrubbing, but being cleaned on the inside involves a cutting, scraping and a stitching back together.   Jo...

Maybe your storm today is that you don't really believe Jesus to be who He really is. You've seen miracles for other people. You've seen people believe in Him and it works out for them but what about you?   Maybe you don't see Jesus to be Personal in your life. I pray this encourages you.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube   ...

Every storm in life has a purpose, and ultimately it's so that Jesus is known and glorified. But it's more beautiful and deeper than you think. Not knowing who Jesus really is, PERSONALLY, will affect our worship In this particular storm, the disciples (followers of Jesus) on the boat didn't worship Jesus until they knew who He really was! Not knowing who Jesus really is, PERSONALLY, will also aff...

While the water was piling into the boat, Jesus slept. He rested. As a Teacher, Jesus is always teaching a lesson. Here He shows us what to do, when things start to pile up. And that is to follow His lead in resting WITH Him, in the midst of our storms. In the Rest, He always takes care of the cause of the storm and brings peace. Are you facing a storm today?   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES...

The women in the Resurrection Story were used so beautifully for Jesus. There is so much we can learn from them in this story. One beautiful truth from this story: When we COME, looking for Jesus, we will FIND Him. When we COME, looking for Jesus, we will FIND His REST. He says, "Come to ME....and I will give you Rest"   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WA...

Our hearts are necessary for survival and what the heart needs is necessary for life. Oftentimes, we get mad at God for not giving us what we verbally ask for, when in reality, He's looking at our hearts and giving us what we need for survival. What we need for survival in our eyes may not be what we need for survival in the eyes of God. There's rest in knowing that when we go to Jesus for anythin...

Here's a scary thought for you...Our eyes can be physically wide open and spiritually shut at the same time. This is what happens when we choose to lean on our own understanding, and we trust in ourselves to make wise choices on our own. It is a path of blindness and unrest.   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UPDATES: Website WATCH IN VIDEO FORMAT: YouTube    PODCAST PLATF...

Anxiety is not something you can just overcome on your own. It is not something you just “have to get over.” Doing anything in your own strength will only make things worse (Philippians 4:6-7). Anxiety is something that the Bible tells us not to do, but the reality is that just because we know what not to do doesn’t mean that we know how to not do what we shouldn’t. Paul says we desire to do good...

We all have many weaknesses, but Jesus came to die for those weaknesses. Many of us use these weaknesses against ourselves. Jesus wants our weaknesses because He paid for them with His life. In exchange, His strength and power rest on us. What weaknesses are you holding on to? What weaknesses are you needing Jesus' strength to rest on?   STAY CONNECTED : MAILING LIST/NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT/BOOK UP...

Have you ever said, “I’ll get to it eventually” and then you end up with a mess that’s up to your neck? Are you tired of trying to figure everything out on your own? Jesus tells us to come to Him and He will give us rest. When we come to Him, there's a cleansing that must happen before the Rest is given. His request seems so simple but sometimes we need a visual of what that really means. What are...