Dear Friends,
Psalm 3 has popped up this week. Praying it over all friends of Come Rest. We love you! No groups SUN 7th. We’ll resume soon! Check out our video on Psalm 3! https://youtu.be/tdYSioT3ROo
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We thank you so much for your prayers for Kim’s recovery. Her prescribed three weeks of rest and immobility for the shoulder is about over and she will begin physical therapy the 11th. We are believing for swift, deep, lasting recovery in Jesus’ name! We are taking things one day, one week, at a time during Kim’s recovery and therapy, for the pacing of the ministry. We thank you for your patience. We’ll resume gatherings ASAP “as soon as peaceable.” 😊
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We continue meditating upon Psalm 37 and Luke. Dick had powerful dream from the Lord last month concerning a young man named Luke—and so much more about the manifest presence of the Lord coming to our city…and yours. We are still considering it. For now, we hear Him say from Luke 5:4, “Launch out into the deep, let down your nets for a catch.” Its’ not lost on me that He led Emily and David to name their new son, “Simon Peter”. “Simon” means “he who listens”. Peter means “Rock.” Come Rest was established to help people listen to the Rock. The word “listen” means hear and obey. When we come rest, we bear real fruit, and come up higher in His holiness, wisdom, and earnest, fervent, effective prayer. Though this is a time of weakness and less activity, the Lord says Go Deeper, Catch People. Simon had every good reason to not trust and obey Jesus. NEVERTHELESS, at the Lord’s word, Simon obeyed and received overwhelming catch! Friends of Come Rest, whether you feel like it or not, whether it makes sense or not—Jesus is calling you deeper in Him, for Him, to reach out in prayer, word, and deed! Let down your nets. Invite people around you to come rest in His loving arms!
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We heard this word in prayer for someone recently. We believe it’s for all of you, and us! “Worship Me. Set it all aside. Empty your hands into My hands. Lift your hands. Praise Me for who I am. Thank Me for all I’ve done. This is how you fight; this is how you fish; not alone, but by My side. You need to worship Me. They need you to Worship Me. I love you. I cover you. Stay covered. Worship Me.”
Josh 5:13-15; Lk 5:1-11; 7:36-50; 1 Pet 5:6,7
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Upcoming Day Retreats at Rehoboth—tentatively 7/17, 8/21! 845-4PM! Check the website for updates. Dick’s teaching, Kim’s tasty lunch & peaceful house, new/old friends! Apply@ jkadlec@imonmail.com!
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Last month, we felt the Lord lead us to invest in advertising that reprised and propelled our “Wait Upon the Lord’s Arrow” to over 1, 400 views! So timely for our nation now! We now reprise “Grace for Thorns” and in the first 6 days, 215 views! The older we get, the more I appreciate Paul describing his(our weakness) and God’s strength in @ Cor 12! https://youtu.be/25ie8VMXoTw Again, with all the wickedness around us, we must remember the Lord has us surrounded and laughs at His enemies(Ps 37:13!) Heard Him say last Friday night worship, “I love you. I have you covered.” When we are weak in Him, He is strong in us—for us, for others!
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Our tentatively scheduled Come Rest Worship/Intercession gatherings are named “Awakening of Love” and are the first and third Fridays of each month at Christian Life Church, 2808 Shaeffer Dr SW, 630-830. Check the website for updates for July! Last night, the 5th was such a gentle, deep time of worship, prayer, and simple testimonies by so many! Thanks again to Jeff Schnieders and Carol Blomberg for such beautiful music!
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Your seeds enable our 5 strategies! *Prayer *Testimony *Gatherings *Writing *Encouragement.
We SO appreciate your seeds by mail, the new website, Venmo @ComeRest or QR Code; or PayPal
@ dickspeight@comerestministries.com. “Now may He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Cor 9:10-11
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Love and blessings,
Dick and Kim
Richard F. Speight, Jr.
Come to Me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
Come Rest Ministries
P.O. Box 11010
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52410-1010