Increase Prayer Shield and Decrease Worry

Dear friends of Come Rest,

·      The world may see the shootings in Charleston as racial hate, but we believe it is also a deeper attack from the enemy upon the Body of Christ to divide and intimidate deeply committed believers, leaders, and prayer warriors.

·      Please continue to spread the  Psalm 64 “prayer shield” by praying Psalm 64 aloud daily over all true followers of Jesus in your region and inviting other believers in your sphere of influence to do the same.

·      We believe the Holy Spirit is telling us to pray Psalm 64 over the Body of Christ through June 30 and await directions.

·      Check in on spiritual leaders, spouses, and families—as well as the prayer warriors in your churches and ministries. Prayer warriors need prayer covering too! Surprise them with kindness and generosity.

·      Meditate upon and consider memorizing Psalm 64 and declaring it aloud in prayer over your family.

·      Ask for divine appointments to pray for, and encourage people, with Psalm 64!

·      Also, we believe the Holy Spirit is reminding us to live Matthew 6:25-34 & Matthew 11:28-30 even as we keep praying Psalm 64. It can be intense when spiritual warfare continues. We need to take the Lord so seriously that we do not take ourselves too seriously! In Matthew 6,Jesus reminds us to not worry about what will happen to us; to walk with Him in considering the birds and flowers; to focus on His kingdom and His righteousness. If we focus on Jesus and His business, He will take care of ours! The way to fight the devil is to not fight with the devil but to walk with Jesus. In Matthew 11, Jesus invities us to Come to Him. Take His Yoke. Learn from Him. This means to daily surrender your burdens, surrender control, and surrender your undivided attention to Jesus.

·      I am now meditating upon Matthew 6:25-34, beginning to memorize it—and most importantly—taking a deep breath and actually doing it. The Lord is helping gain His peaceful perspective and He will do that for you as well.

So lighten up and brighten up even as you lift up prayers in spiritual warfare! Jesus reigns, lives in you, and is interceding in prayer for you! When you walk with Him you can enjoy life with Him in this world even while you prepare to live in the next.

We love and bless you all !

Dick and Kim Speight

COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

                                                                FRIDAY, JUNE 19^th  630-930pm

Encounter Christian Church in Cedar Rapids

2260 Edgewood Drive NW

Powerful music with Pastor Caleb Plumb and other Come Rest musicians; teaching from Richard & Kim Speight and other Come Rest ministers, and encouraging words from other’s hearts. Bring your own grateful testimonies. Receive healing prayer. Bring friends from all walks of life and many streams of Christianity!

Register at the door; freewill offering.

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

FOUNTAIN FRIDAY!

 July 3^rd 7-10pm

At Rehoboth(Speights’ home)

2125 Bever Ave. SE Cedar Rapids)

This is a new outreach we will try a few times over the summer!

Bring someone who desires the Lord’s refreshing presence!

Bring someone who can’t come to Rehoboth on Sunday nights!

Bring someone who wants renewing cross-denominational fellowship!

Bring yourself! J

Joyful praise, grateful testimonies, healing prayer, laughter, encouraging conversation!

Freewill offering.

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

                                                                FRIDAY, JULY 10^th  630-930pm

River of Life in Cedar Rapids

3801 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE

Richard & Kim Speight and other Come Rest ministers in word, prayer, and music!

Bring your own grateful testimonies. Receive healing prayer.

Bring friends from all walks of life and many streams of Christianity!

Register at the door; freewill offering.

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Come Rest ministries

Wednesday Personal Retreat

juLY 15^th  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 plus $18 for book which may be purchased at retreat

Space Limited-- Lunch provided

Encourage Christian friends and family to apply. Consider buying a $58 Retreat Gift Certificate for them!

Those interested must apply at jkadlec@ImOnMail.com.

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

                                                                FRIDAY, JULY 18^th  630-930pm

Encounter Christian Church in Cedar Rapids

2260 Edgewood Drive NW

Powerful music with Pastor Caleb Plumb and other Come Rest musicians; teaching from Richard & Kim Speight and other Come Rest ministers, and encouraging words from other’s hearts. Bring your own grateful testimonies. Receive healing prayer. Bring friends from all walks of life and many streams of Christianity!

Register at the door; freewill offering.

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Upcoming this weekend

Friday                      630           Awakening of Love at Encounter Christian Church in CR

Sunday                    845am        Dick Speight teaching Come Up class at River of Life Room A      

   Cancelled   Men’s and Women’s Covenant Groups at Rehoboth.

                                7pm        I58 House Fellowship at Rehoboth

Thank you so much for your prayers and financial gifts to the Lord for Come Rest Ministries! Please keep sending us your prayer requests!

Surrender, Offer, Invite

Dear friends of Come Rest,

·      Resting upon the Lord means following His lead under His guiding and protective Arm. Sometimes He wants us to sit still with Him. Sometimes He wants us to walk with Him. Sometimes He wants us to run. Sometimes He wants us to fight in battle alongside Him. Right now, in Come Rest Ministries, He wants us to run into battle with Him. We defeat the enemy by surrendering to Christ. It seems the Lord is saying “Surrender, Offer, and Invite!”  He wants us to surrender personally to Him like never before. He wants us to offer Come Rest Ministries Gatherings, Awakenings, Retreats, House meetings, and Covenant groups to churches and cities like never before. He wants us to invite people to Come Rest gatherings like never before.     

1.       Last week, at our new Fountain Friday outreach at Rehoboth, His joyous presence was overwhelming as one-third of all the people in the house had never been there before—yet we were all of one heart and mind in Him.

2.       Last Friday morning, I sat down with Pastor John Hankins to offer our new Rehoboth Wellsprings Gathering as a way we could serve CR Sanctuary Church. John immediately new from the Spirit he must invite us this weekend to come help them celebrate their church anniversary. Two years ago, the Lord called his congregation to step out in faith to buy an old public school building for the purpose of comprehensive discipleship of broken people hungry for new life and ministry in Christ. This includes developing dormitories and class rooms for broken people who truly want to be restored from hellish existence in prison, addictions, and other challenges and to grow and minister in the power of Heaven. My own heart is encouraged to be more bold as I write to you about their church and mission. And now the Holy Spirit has told them to let us come to help them come up and go deeper in His love, His rest, and His fruitfulness! What a privilege! The Lord has led us to develop our new 3 Day Gathering model since last November and now He is bringing it into churches. John asked us if we could amend our model into a Saturday/Sunday approach for them so we are very excited to learn from the Lord and adapt. We see a beautiful fusion of what the Lord is doing in both ministries happening this weekend! Please pray for us. If you are local, please come and invite your friends—both saved and not-yet-saved. Tell them they can come and go as needed.

See the attached schedule.  

3.       Last night, Pastor Caleb Plumb of Encounter Christian Church in Cedar Rapids invited us to come provide our 3 hour Awakening of Love worship gathering the third Friday night of each month this summer! Those dates (June 19, July 17, August 21) will be a whole new opportunity of renewal and depth for that precious congregation as well as our whole region. Please pray and spread the word.

4.       Lest we forget, our monthly 3 hour Awakening of Love evening worship time at River of Life takes place this Friday night June 5th, precedent to the 2 Day Gathering. Three of our wonderful worship leaders, Miriam Bandfield, Lori Owens, and Deb Polk will each lead out for an hour. Wow, what a time it will be with the Lord!

5.       If you are not local please ask the Lord how He is calling you to open doors in your church or city for Come Rest Ministries. Contact us and we will pray and discern with you. The Lord may be calling you to help something happen in your church. On the other hand, the Lord may be calling you to invite some believers from a variety of churches to your home to meet us so we can plant some seeds for future events. Kim and I have been given such a growing, committed team of co-laborers here in Cedar Rapids that we can now anticipate more traveling ministry to your cities while they, at times, carry the events here locally.

·      Reminder, last week we notified you the Lord has placed Psalm 64 on our hearts as a prayer/spiritual warfare focus through the month of June. We believe the Lord is alerting us to the enemy’s assault on pastors and their families. We call all global and local friends of Come Rest to pray according to Psalm 64 specifically for the pastors and leaders of the various churches and ministries in which you all participate. Check in on your spiritual leaders, spouses, and families.  Surprise them with kindness and generosity. Join others in putting up a prayer shield of faith around them through Psalm 64. Meditate upon and consider memorizing Psalm 64 and declaring it aloud in prayer over your family. Ask for divine appointments to pray for, and encourage people, with Psalm 64!

·      Kim and I thank you for your ongoing prayers, financial support, and participation in Come Rest Ministries! Keep sending us your prayer requests! The Lord is helping us “take the land”!

·      Please pray that I make major headway on the new book the next 6 weeks.

·      Look for our new website around June 15.

·      If you know of other believers and churches that have a heart for sowing financial seed into ministries that renew the larger body of Christ, please encourage them to give to the Lord’s work to Come Rest Ministries, P.O. Box 11010, Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-1010.

Love and blessings,

Dick and Kim Speight

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

FRIDAY, JUNE 5^th  630-930pm

River of Life in Cedar Rapids

Beautiful worship

(Miriam Bandfield, Lori Owens, and Deb Polk will be our worship leaders).

Richard & Kim Speight and other Come Rest ministers

will share teaching and encouraging words.

Bring your own grateful testimonies, receive healing prayer.

Bring friends from all walks of life and all the different streams of Christianity!

Register at the door; freewill offering.

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Come Rest Ministries’

2 Day “Rehoboth Wellsprings!” Gathering

CR Sanctuary, 912 18^th Ave SW in Cedar Rapids

Come 1 or Both Days or Evenings!

12 Teachers & 16 Musicians from throughout our area!

(See attached schedule and send it to others!)

Invite people who hunger for God and need his refreshing presence and healing touch.

Register at the door. Freewill offerings

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

FOUNTAIN FRIDAYS!

June 12^th & July 3^rd 7-10pm

At Rehoboth(Speights’ home)

2125 Bever Ave. SE Cedar Rapids)

This is a new outreach we will try a few times over the summer!

Bring someone who desires the Lord’s refreshing presence!

Bring someone who can’t come to Rehoboth on Sunday nights!

Bring someone who wants renewing cross-denominational fellowship!

Bring yourself! J

Joyful praise, grateful testimonies, healing prayer, laughter, encouraging conversation!

Freewill offering.

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Come Rest ministries

Wednesday Personal Retreat

june 17^th  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 plus $18 for book which may be purchased at retreat

Space Limited-- Lunch provided

Encourage Christian friends and family to apply. Consider buying a $58 Retreat Gift Certificate for them!

Those interested must apply at jkadlec@ImOnMail.com.

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Come Rest ministries

thursday Personal Retreat

june 18^TH   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 plus $18 for book which may be purchased at retreat

Space Limited-- Lunch provided

Encourage Christian friends and family to apply. Consider buying a $58 Retreat Gift Certificate for them!

Those interested must apply at jkadlec@ImOnMail.com.

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

                                                                FRIDAY, JUNE 19^th  630-930pm

Encounter Christian Church in Cedar Rapids

Powerful music with Pastor Caleb Plumb and other Come Rest musicians; teaching from Richard & Kim Speight and other Come Rest ministers, and encouraging words from other’s hearts. Bring your own grateful testimonies. Receive healing prayer. Bring friends from all walks of life and many streams of Christianity!

Register at the door; freewill offering.

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Upcoming this weekend

Friday                      630-930pm     Awakening of Love at River of Life in Cedar Rapids

Saturday  9am-9pm       Rehoboth Wellsprings Gathering at CR Sanctuary Church in Cedar Rapids.

Sunday                    845am           Sandy Hagen teaching Come Up class at River of Life Room A

                        9am-9pm        Rehoboth Wellsprings Gathering at CR Sanctuary Church in Cedar Rapids.       

        Men’s and Women’s Covenant Groups at Rehoboth are CANCELLED

                                                    I58 House Fellowship will meet at CR Sanctuary this week!