Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Kristen and my name is Katie and we want to spend a few minutes a day with you walking through the New Testament one chapter at a time.

This year we will fix our gaze upon Christ so that we may know

him, not only with our minds but with our hearts. Together we will learn that

who Jesus is changes everything. hey, welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

My name is Katie, and it is my joy to walk with you through Hebrews

in our year-long study of the New Testament.

Today, we are studying Hebrews for.

As always you can follow along with the behold studies in the Daily Grace Coast Shop

or with a reading plan linked in the show notes. So what do you think of when you hear the word rest? Do you hear the

word and immediately sigh? Is it something you feel like you need more of? Maybe something you're tired of hearing about? Rest is a word that is popping

up left and right inner culture today. Something I don't think is coincidental. Culture is beginning to see the ripple effects of what happens when we don't get rest.

What happens?

Stress, anxiety, insecurity, confusion, chaos, and more.

Our world is recognizing their need for rest because there's a lack of it.

But unfortunately, the rest they are promoting

all day,

television all day or scrolling social media.

But this rest that the world is trying to give

is one that is counterfeit

One that doesn't truly work, but there's good news. There's a promise of rest that's been gifted to us from Jesus. A true rest, a rest that he is inviting us to

enter into with him. Hebrews four begins with this promised rest.

This idea is a continuation from Hebrew 3,

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