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Resting Life Book: The Cover, Preorders, and Release Date!

Friends, a gorgeous cover for an encouraging Christian living non-fiction book is being revealed today! Resting Life: Jesus’ Rest for the Busy or Burdened Believer is an upcoming release by Erika Mathews.

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But first, all the details.

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2020! Mark your calendars!

…but you can skip the calendar part if you preorder the ebook on Amazon. You’ll automatically get the best price, and the book will appear right on your device bright and early on release day! (And Amazon is kind enough to notify you, so you can be among the very first to read the book if you wish!)

PREORDER HERE!

But do you actually want to preorder already? What is this new book about? Is it worth your time?

ABOUT THE BOOK

Can your busy, stressful reality truly transform into the abundant, restful reality of the kingdom of God? The Bible says yes. Through rest in Christ, your life can be fulfilled, productive, peaceful, and free to give and receive love. But just what is Biblical rest, and how can it seamlessly fuse with your modern life? In Resting Life: Jesus’ Rest for the Busy or Burdened Believer, Bible teacher Erika Mathews addresses this question. Discover the unification of rest with practical daily life, relationships with others, spiritual warfare, ministry, witnessing, prayer, meditation, fruitfulness, and personal abiding. Through understanding and embracing God’s rest, you too will be uplifted, challenged, encouraged, and freed to live life as He intended—within Him.

Now go preorder. 🙂

But why preorder at all? Why not wait until the book is released? Besides the fact that you’ll automatically get the lowest price, and besides the fact that you won’t have to actually remember to order the book later, did you know that preorders stack up and count as sales on release day? Multiple preorders alert Amazon that this book is popular, and the more popular Amazon’s system sees the book is, the more people Amazon will suggest and show it to, and the higher it will rank in what people see. This means this book – and the message of this book – will be able to reach many more people. This is immensely helpful for visibility in the thousands of books for sale. So if you’d like the ebook, preordering is the way to go.

You don’t want the ebook?

There’s a place to preorder a paperback too!

You want to know more about the author first?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Erika Mathews is an author and editor who lives in the farm country of Minnesota with her husband and children. She’s a homeschool graduate with a Bachelor’s in Communications, a Master’s in Biblical Ministries, and a passion for sharing Jesus Christ and His truth. She wrote Resting Life out of meditations and prayers during her three years at Bible School. When she’s not working with books, she enjoys reading, outdoor activities, piano and violin, organizing, and using the Oxford comma. You can connect with Erika at restinglife.com.

Ready to preorder (Kindle) (Paperback) now?

Of course not. You came here for the cover…and so the cover you shall have.

ISN’T IT GORGEOUS?

Resting Life Front Cover 2.8.20

Design credit goes to Sarah Grace Grzy.

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And enjoy the back cover, since back covers don’t often get as much love:

Resting Life Back Cover

*Applause! Cheering! Throwing of confetti! Cookies for all!*

*Deep sigh of contentment*

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Thank you so much for attending this reveal party. Watch Erika’s Instagram this month for release celebrations, Bible studies based on Resting Life, and giveaways. May the blessings of the Lord be upon you today!

And now you can safely preorder. 🙂

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Weakness’s To-Do List

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. ~ II Corinthians 12:9-10

Why is it that when we are weak, then we are strong? Why is it that His strength is made perfect in weakness?

When we are truly weak, what characterizes our lives?

We have no energy.

What can we do with no energy?

Can we fret? Worry takes a tremendous amount of mental and emotional energy. When we are truly weak, we have no energy to fret.

Can we mock other people? Mocking others usually require physical energy, mental energy, and emotional energy.

Can we complain? Complaining also takes energy. Can we deride or criticize each other? If we are truly weak, what do we have that they lack? Can we boast of ourselves in pride? Weakness has nothing in itself of which to boast. Can we strive with others? Strife takes effort and energy.

The fact is that when we are truly weak, we can do none of these things. A weak person has no energy to accomplish any of these things. In weakness, every ounce of the being is simply concentrating on surviving – on living – on breathing and abiding in the next moment. There is no other thought or energy to waste on anything else.

All that weakness can do is rest!

No wonder Paul says that he takes pleasure in infirmities, reproaches, necessities, persecutions, and distresses for Christ’s sake. No wonder he says that when he is weak, then he is strong! Strength comes through rest – “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence (trust) shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). The more we rest – in our own weakness and lack of anything in ourselves – the more His strength is made perfect in our weakness through rest!

With this perspective, we can see how weakness is not a burden but a blessing. When we are in weakness, we are at the height of His kingdom. The place of weakness – if we rest in Him through it – is the place of freedom from worry, mocking, complaining, criticism, pride, and strife. It is the place where our minds and hearts can be fixed fully on Him alone – for we have no strength to turn them in any other direction. No wonder God says that He has chosen the weak things of the world to confound them that are mighty – that no flesh should glory in his presence, but that he that glories would glory in the Lord.

Are you resting in the weakness He has blessed you with?

Drawn away

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. (James 1:13-14)

We are good at blaming other people for our problems. It is easy for us never take responsibility for our actions or identify ourselves as the problem in a situation. As this passage indicates, we even blame God when we sin!

But here’s a few important thoughts that I think are easy to overlook in this passage. While it is shocking to our natural man that the cause of all our temptations is lusts of our own heart, I think there is something even more astonishing than that. Read more

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