This is part 2 of a 6 part series from Max Lucado’s book, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear.
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First Reading
Exodus 20:8-11 The New Century Version (NCV)
8 “Remember to keep the Sabbath holy. 9 Work and get everything done during six days each week, 10 but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. 11 The reason is that in six days theLord made everything—the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Second Reading
Philippians 4:11-13 The Contemporary English Version (CEV)
11 I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied with whatever I have. 12 I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little. 13 Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
Psalm
Psalm is 23:1 (New Century Version)
23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I have everything I need.
Gospel
Matthew 11:28-30 (New Century Version)
28 “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. 29 Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. 30 The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.”