Gentle Heart Ministries Bible Studies

(Matthew 11:28-30)

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.


Entering Into the Rest of God

When things get to hard, and your all burdened down
Go to Jesus his love for you, will abound

Kneel at the feet of Jesus, and commune with His heart
Let not the things in this life, cause you from him to depart

He is gentle, and very kind, draw from His treasures
 He has just for you
The treasures of earth are meager and few

Take his hand He knows the way, when you feel lost
He purchased your life for a treasured cost

Come sit down beside Him, you are his very own
Only He knows the way to go home

 A treasured friend in Him you will find
Full of mercy, and grace, and treasures to mine

He owns this earth and all that is within
He paid the price for heartache, and sin

 The Shepherd will lead us, the Shepherd will guide
On higher ground He will lift you up to abide

 Lay your weary head on my breast
Come my child I will give you rest

Come here my child I will comfort you
Come here my child I will comfort you

Soft Petals of Poetry by Ruthie 2008 ®©

Entering Into the Rest of God

(What does it take to enter into Gods rest?)

To find that perfect place of peace in our lives.  A place where we are no longer wrestling with the Holy Spirit, in regards to our position or condition in our lives.  In those times when we may feel abandoned, and stand the lonely places.   Those places where our only companion is Jesus Christ our Lord.  (How wonderful it is to have Jesus for our companion.
in the uncomfortable places of self crucifixion, standing before the King in total surrender.

It is no longer I God that lives but you in me fully, completely, and totally.
A place where we are bare and stripped of our own good works standing before the one we know and love.
Where we are stripped of our own good works. Our ministry and our position in the Kingdom of God.
A place where our sins our dealt with on a daily basis. A place where we cannot hide behind the masks of pretentious claims of fame?

Hmm think on that!

What a glorious position in the presence of our Lord and King.  A place where we squirm uncomfortably as God deals with our inner most being. Looking in every room of our hearts, cleansing and sweeping away all the things that separate us from Him.

A place where we are crucified daily in our flesh.   A place where His glorious anointing begins to mold us into the beautiful spiritual being that we are meant to be in Him. I call this the Christian’s crucible where we daily grow less, and Christ begins to grow and develop and be seen shining in and through our lives.
Amen!!!.
There must be a crucifixion, before the glorification can come through us. We then become one being totally surrendered to God, and His will for our life.

I will surrender myself can not remain,
Only in His glory can my life change.

When we go to Jesus at His call, and when He says come and learn of me for I am meek, and lowly in heart.  When we hang with Jesus day after day then we begin to know what it is to be meek, and lowly of heart.
All of our burdens begin to melt away; the heavy yoke of our own works begins to fall off of our lives.  All the hidden places begin to become apparent to us in our lives.

As we surrender wholly to His will, and His ways, we truly become free to move about as He leads us day by day. Knowing that without Jesus in our lives where would we go?
Without His yoke, and burden; we become entangled in doing our own thing. Even though we tell ourselves we are doing it all for the Lord!
The only work that truly shines through us is when; we are surrendered to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To truly be like Christ we must put on Christ daily.
We must surrender to Christ daily, allowing Him to become greater in our lives as we become less.

Are you weary His beloved child?
If you are?
Hear the Lord Jesus Christ calling out to you, come and learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart.
AMEN! AMEN!
This lesson came to me from the Lord as a point of learning how He was moving in my life.
As He is continually changing us from glory, to glory, we no longer need to struggle, or argue with the Lord in concerns of what we may want for ourselves.
Learning to lean, and wait upon His timing, oh what peace has filled my soul!

AMEN!! AMEN!!!

In the depths of my crucibles;
I can truly cry out more of you Lord, and a whole lot less of me.

This Article is written by Ruth Pletcher
Sunday, January 15, 2006 ®©