“You lead me in the
path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; and in You right hand are
pleasures forevermore.” Psalm
16:11 NKJV
On July 1st we
opened year eight of Come Rest Ministries. What a year it will be. We believe
the Lord has shown us that He will be opening many wonderful new doors to
spread His Come Rest message near and far. It will be a very active year
of new beginnings. However, I believe the Lord said in my heart two weeks ago
He now wants to teach me to spend a minimum of 3hrs a day/6 days a week alone
with Him in prayer and meditating upon His word. He also wants to teach me to
spend 3 fruitful hrs a day writing/5 days a week. He will make a way for our
life and ministry to be even more simple, more effective, more refreshing and
fruitful in the lives of others. Less means more. Less anxious toil and
distractions, more peaceful, powerful fruit.
I am just beginning to
rearrange my life to do this and it is very challenging and exciting. In the
flesh this sounds a bit crazy. How can one afford to do this when all kinds of
new activity is increasing? But, actually, the Holy Spirit knows we can’t
afford not to! Modern Christians often spend too much time looking into
electronic screens and too little time looking into His loving face. Too much
time walking our own path of strife; too little time following His path of
life. Too much emptiness from entertainment absent of purity. Too little
fullness of joy in His presence. Too much lust, greed, and pride walking
according to our flesh. Too little ecstatic Holy pleasure walking according to
His word.
You might think you could
never spend 3 hrs alone with the Lord in scripture and prayer. But He gives
every one of us 24 hours a day. How are you spending yours? I’m not saying you
have to follow me. I am saying you GET to follow Him. I’m realizing 3hrs of
prayer and meditation upon scripture isn’t something I have to do—it’s a gift I
GET to do. Ask Him what adjustments He wants you to make. This past
Tuesday I felt He wanted me to memorize Psalm 16 and in two hours time He
helped me do just that! Wow, now that awesome prayer song of David is in
me…changing me. I’m just beginning to make the adjustments He wants me to make,
but already I am feeling His real joy and pleasure filling me. The Lord is
the best time you will ever have.
And don’t you just love
the last verse 11? It describes the life He is offering you right now. Begin
where you are. You don’t have to perform perfectly, because He will! He really
is there to help us live His word. Come rest from the worldly, sinful path.
Come rest in Him and His path of life. Come to Him, take only His yoke, learn
from Him and you will find rest for your souls…and His real love and power to
offer other souls.
Come rest in His love,
Dick Speight
Come Rest on Television or YouTube!
July 4th 830pm --July 7th
6am
KFXB-TV Dubuque
Program: “Coming Home”
Mediacom Channel 19- Cedar Rapids;
Channel 8- Waterloo; Channel 12- Prairie DuChien
43.1 Digital Antenna
Watch Online
Anytime at
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Our Next “Awakening of Love” Gathering!
Friday, July 5th
6:30-9:30pm
Theme: “Oil not Toil!”
River of Life, 3801 Blairs Ferry Rd., Cedar Rapids IA
Come rest in Jesus as we invite the Holy Spirit to
come rest upon us!
Beautiful worship, teaching, testimonies, and prayer
awakening our region to Jesus as First Love!
Register at the Door--Free will offering—Refreshments to follow
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Prayer Walking at C.R.
Farmer’s Market
10am-Noon
Meet promptly w/Duane
Mclean 319-899-0315(at 3rd Ave. & 3rd St.(Old
Armstrong building.)
· Carol Blomberg has a
"prophetic sidewalk chalk drawing' front of Smulekoff's--position # 8
· Ellen Healey will
include a prayer walk around 1st Presbyterian
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“The Adventure Ahead”
A 3-part teaching and vision for the future of the
Body of Christ
by Dick & Kim Speight
At Our Real Fruit Class
Sunday, July 7th 8:45am
Room A-B at River of Life 3801 Blairs
Ferry Rd.
(Come check it out. Invite your friends!)
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New 3 month Men’s & Women’s
Wellsprings Covenant Groups!
Begin Sunday, 6pm, July 7th at
Rehoboth(Speights’ home)
You may join these groups
if you are a believer who is known well by the Speights; agree with our Come
Rest core beliefs; and are committed to be a regular member of our weekly
Sunday night Isaiah 58 group at 7pm.
Every week, for one hour,
we report on 3 questions:
1. “How is it with your
soul?
2. “How is the Holy Spirit
been prompting you to bear real fruit in Jesus?
3. “How can we pray for
you?”
We then pray for each
other and commit to keep one another in prayer during the week.
COME REST
CORE BELIEFS
·
Jesus
Christ is Lord.
·
God
is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
·
God
so loves the world He gave His only Son, that whoever trusts Jesus has eternal
life.
·
Jesus
gives rest to all who come to Him, take His yoke, and learn from Him.
·
Holy
Spirit leads us to repentance & helps us abide in Christ bearing real fruit
as His witnesses.
·
All
66 books of the Bible are God-breathed to reveal Jesus Christ as Lord and
salvation in Him alone.
·
The
Kingdom is Jesus’ perfect love manifest in imperfect people, casting out all
fear.
·
The
Apostles’ Creed--I
believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus
Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into
heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he
shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the
holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
·
Jesus
will return like a thief in the night when He is least expected. We are to
stand watch & pray.
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Come Rest Personal Retreat(A few slots still open)
Wednesday July 10th
9am-4pm
Rehoboth House 2125
Bever Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Requirements: Pen,
bible, notebook, your copy of our book
REAL FRUIT, and your
wholehearted desire to come rest in Jesus!
Cost: Freewill Offering
for Come Rest Ministries
plus $18 for the book which may be purchased at
retreat
Space Limited-- Lunch
provided
Those
interested must apply at jkadlec@ImOnMail.com
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Upcoming
Schedule
July
4 830pm
Come Rest featured on “Coming Home”
KXKB-TV (see above)
July
6 10am-Noon Prayer
Walking at C.R. Farmer’s Market. (see above)
July
5 630pm
Awakening of Love at River of
Life
July
7
6am
Come Rest featured on “Coming Home”
KXKB-TV (see above)
845am
Speights teaching Real Fruit
at River of Life in Cedar Rapids
6pm
New Men’s & Women’s Wellsprings Covenant Groups(see above)
7pm
I-58 Outreach Fellowship at Rehoboth
July
10 9am
Personal Retreat at
Rehoboth(see above)
July
13 10am
Prayer Walking at Calvin-Sinclair
July
27 130pm
Speights ministering at Burt, Iowa.
Aug
2 630pm
Awakening of Love at River of Life
Aug
3 9am
Come Rest ministering at Unleashing Hearts in Heartland Conference at CHCC in
Cedar Rapids.
Our summer ministry cash flow
is improving but still low. Thank you to all who are praying. We ask our
supporters and participants in our programs to ask the Lord what He wants you
to give now, and on a regular basis---- to help more people rest in Jesus’ love
and bear real fruit. Blessings, Dick and Kim Speight
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Come Rest Ministries July 2013 Response Form
___My
prayer request
is____________________________________________________________________
___Yes,
Lord! I will pray for CRM.
___Yes,
Lord! I will financially support CRM. Today’s gift $________ My
monthly pledge for $_______
___Yes,
I want to help you order a new printing run of the book Come Rest! My
gift is $___________________
___Please
ship ___copie(s) “Real Fruit” ( $18+$4ship; each
additional copy add$1 ship.)
Please
have Richard Speight autograph a copy for the following person(s)
___________________________________________________________________________________
___Please
ship ___ copie(s) “Come Rest” ($16+$4 ship; each additional copy
add $1 ship.)
Please
have Richard Speight autograph a copy for the following person(s)
___________________________________________________________________________________
___Please
ship __copies of CD “Meditations” & __copies of the CD “Reflections”
($8each or $12 for set+$4ship)
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________________________________
Email_______________________________________________Phone________________________________
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