Slow to Anger, Quick to Love the Lost

Dear Local and Global Friends of Come Rest,

In addition to Matthew 6 & 7, I suggest that you begin meditating upon Joshua 5 & 6 and the short book of Jonah. As a ministry we are going to stay with the Lord in these chapters until we feel He moves us on.

·         In Matthew 6 & 7 consider specific adjustments Jesus wants you to make in a closer personal walk with Him.

·         In Joshua 5&6 consider the preparation and marching orders given to Joshua by the Lord. What is the Lord saying to you and your church?

·         In Jonah, consider how Jonah ran away from the Lord’s call to go to  Nineveh. How is the Lord calling you to go mercifully to your city in His name?

·         In prayer a picture came to my mind concerning the marching orders the Lord is giving to the Body of Christ in America. I saw fortified walls around the not-yet-saved as the walls of Jericho and I heard the phrase “Slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” The Lord instructed Joshua to march Israel around Jericho for seven days. On the seventh day there were seven circuits before the final shout that knocked down the walls. In this year of Consuming Fire of 2014, I believe the Lord is aiming in “day one march” to lead us to become slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. If we want our lost relatives, friends, and enemies to be saved, we need to draw closer to the Lord and become more patient, kind, and generous people.

·         Curiously enough, Jonah resists God’s call to invite Nineveh to repent because he knows God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love—so willing to receive those who repent.

·         The more we thank and praise the Lord for our own salvation, the more He will make our hearts soft and full of His fire and kindness for others. This, in turn, contributes to destroying the walls up around the lost.

What is the Lord saying to you?

Praying blessing and repentance upon you, your family, your church, your city!

Dick Speight





COME REST MINISTRIES’

AWAKENING OF LOVE

A Night for “Nineveh” in Jonah

Are You Running TO or FROM the call of God for your city?

FRIDAY, MAY 2ND630-930PM

River of Life in Cedar Rapids

Worship, teaching, testimonies, prayer.

Bring a friend!

Register at the door; freewill offering; refreshments.

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COME REST MINISTRIES

PERSONAL RETREAT

“Slow to Anger &Abounding in Steadfast Love”

Meditating upon the book of Jonah

Wednesday May 21st9am-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

Those interested must apply atjkadlec@ImOnMail.com.



Weekend Events

Sunday April  27th       845-945am     Dick Speight teachingCome UP! Class in Room AB at River of Life

6-650pm        Men’s & Women’s Covenant Groups at Rehoboth.

                                      7-830 pm          I58 House Meeting at Rehoboth (Speights’ home)



                       

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Come Rest Ministries April Response Form

___My prayer request is_______________________________________________________

___Yes, Lord! I will pray for CRM and for Dick Speight as he writes the new vision document.

___Yes, Lord! I will financially support CRM. Today’s gift $________   My monthly pledge for $_______

___Yes, I want Real Fruit at new 2014 pricing!

___Please ship!  ___I’m local and will call ahead for pick-up at Speights!

___1 for $18(plus $4 ship)

            ___2 for $30 (plus $5 ship)

            ___5 for $70 (plus $8 ship)

            ___10 for $130 (plus $13 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.)

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___________________________________________________________________________________

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Email_______________________________________________Phone___________________________

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We deeply appreciate your prayers and offerings to the Lord for Come Rest Ministries!

Another great way to support and spread this mission

is to buy more of our books and seed them into others’ lives.

Thank you so much.

Dick and Kim Speight





Kim Speight

Come Rest Ministries

PO Box 11010

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52410-1010



www.comerestministries.com

kimspeight@comerestministries.com

319-213-5684

All Things New

“for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and  lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then he who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”” Revelation 7:17; 21:4-5

Dear friends,

On April 20, 2007 my mama passed on to be with Jesus. This will be the first time this anniversary falls on Easter. I am especially mindful of her as Sunday approaches. She and my dad loved each other in 53 years of faithful Christian marriage. They introduced me to Jesus. She mercifully cared for many as a registered nurse. She never lost faith in her Jesus even though life often brought her much physical pain. She read to me, played basketball with me, kissed my owies, listened to me pour out my heart about whatever pleased or pained me, gave me wise counsel, and deeply loved my wife and children. Above all she prayed for me every day of my life. I believe she still does.

It’s hard for me to believe it has already been seven years since she passed. It’s not hard for me to believe she is with Jesus in heaven, because she loved Him on earth. He promises all who follow Him in this life will be with Him in the next. I wanted more time on earth with Mom, who was only 73 when she passed. But I am truly comforted by the Holy Spirit because of three main things: I know her tears and pain are over; I will see her again; and we will worship the Lamb forever.

I remember the Easters of my childhood. After we got up and found our Easter baskets of goodies we would go to church and then to grandma’s for children’s egg hunt and a huge extended family dinner. Before church Dad would take photos and movie film of mom, me, and my brother  posing in our suits. Occasionally we behaved, many times she would have to tell us to knock it off and stand still! During worship, my brother and me sat between my mom and dad. I still remember how moved my Dad was by the choir singing his favorite “Jerusalem:The Holy City.” Mom’s eyes teary because his were. My favorite part of Easter was singing the great Easter hymns with my parents in the midst of the great congregation. It was my first glimpse of what heaven must be like. Dad’s favorite hymn was “Christ the Lord is Risen Today!” Mom’s was “Low in the Grave He Lay.”

So if you are local, maybe you want to join Kim and I for either of our Come Rest Celebrations this Sunday. We will sing my parents’ favorite hymns and meditate upon John 20 and Luke 24, ask the Holy Spirit to lead us, and give testimonies of our Risen Lord. But whether you are our local or global friend, the Risen Jesus is with you right now. He died once for all to destroy sin and death for you. He was raised from the dead and will never die again, so that all who trust Him will find living fountains of His presence in this life; and in the next life--no more tears, no more death. Even now, as you read this, behold He is doing a new thing!

Here is the first verse of my mama’s favorite Easter Hymn. Thanks Mama. Praise you Jesus! See you soon!

Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior

Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord.

Up from the grave He arose

With a might triumph oer’ His foes

He arose a victor from the dark domain

And He lives forever with His saints to reign

He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ Arose!

He is risen, indeed!

Dick Speight

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

EASTER MORNING CELEBRATION

SUNDAY, APRIL 18^th   845-10AM

Room A-B @ River of Life, Cedar Rapids

Open to non-class members.

Hymns, John 20, Testimonies, Prayer, Refreshments

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COME REST MINISTRIES’

EASTER EVENING ISAIAH 58 CELEBRATION

SUNDAY, APRIL 18^th   7pm-9pm

Rehoboth, 2125 Bever Ave. SE Cedar Rapids

Hymns, Luke 24, Testimonies, Prayer, Refreshments

Weekend Events

Saturday April 19^th      2-4pm    Speights assisting at Congolese Refugee Wedding at Greater Word of Faith Church, Cedar Rapids.

Sunday April  20^th       845am    Come Rest Easter Celebration open to non-class members in Room AB at River of Life

6pm          COVENANT GROUPS CANCELLED this Sunday only. Will resume next Sunday the 27^th.

                                      7pm          I58 Easter Celebration at Rehoboth (Speights’ home)

                         

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Come Rest Ministries April Response Form

___My prayer request is_______________________________________________________

___Yes, Lord! I will pray for CRM and for Dick Speight as he writes the new vision document.

___Yes, Lord! I will financially support CRM. Today’s gift $________   My monthly pledge for $_______

___Yes, I want Real Fruit at new 2014 pricing! 

___Please ship!  ___I’m local and will call ahead for pick-up at Speights!

___1 for $18(plus $4 ship)

            ___2 for $30 (plus $5 ship)

            ___5 for $70 (plus $8 ship)

            ___10 for $130 (plus $13 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)

___________________________________________________________________________________

Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________

Email_______________________________________________Phone___________________________

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We deeply appreciate your prayers and offerings to the Lord for Come Rest Ministries!

We give thanks for those who recently responded to our appeal due to low finances.

We still need an increased level of regular giving for this mission. Please ask the Lord what

He wants you to do. Another great way to support and spread this mission

is to buy more of our books and seed them into others’ lives.

Thank you so much.

Dick and Kim Speight

Depth Perception

Hypocrite! First remove the log from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eyes. Matthew 7:5

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of His heart will flow rivers of living water.  John 7:38

Dear local and global friends of Come Rest,

Here is an Easter gift from my heart to yours, a poem I wrote this week.

DEPTH PERCEPTION

I approach Easter

overwhelmed,

eyes wide open.

The Upright One

died on upright log for all.

His blood opens the mercy seat,

His secret place, wide open to me.

Yet, sometimes I refuse

to stay with Him there;

allowing a log to lodge

in my eye as in Matthew 7.

I sit where I do not belong,

in a judgment seat,

focusing upon another’s speck,

before removing my log.

Hypocrisy hurts Him.

Time to get uncorked.

Log jam no more!

Sooner than later, may

His family flow together

in royal priesthood.

Yet few are out in stream,

too many cheap seats on the bank

too many mired in the marsh.

I hear Him say,

“Come up! Do not settle for

anything less than Me

and the River!”

Where is the logjam?

It begins with me.

What is the log?

Nourished doubt?

Cherished grudge?

Other murky habits?

Let Him help.

Follow deeper.

Read the vision of Ezekiel 47.

Heed the promise of John 7:38.

Remove the log, avoid the bog.

Be clear of eye

to see beneath another’s sin;

fathom the depths of their heart,

from the Upright Heart of Mercy.
He will break the logjam in

preparing for His return.

All who yield will be along

for quite the whitewater ride.

The only thing He wants you to miss

is the log.

Do you see?

Dick Speight

April 16, 2014

COME REST MINISTRIES’

GOOD FRIDAY AWAKENING OF LOVE

FRIDAY, APRIL 18^th      630-930PM

Calvin-Sinclair Presbyterian in Cedar Rapids

Register at the door; freewill offering; refreshments.

Come meet with our Living Lord as we welcome all friends of Come Rest as well as members of Cedar Rapids Vineyard and Calvin-Sinclair Presbyterian. From 630 to around 8pm we will have a Spirit-led flow of prayer, music, and testimony in the midst of candlelight and scripture readings of Jesus’ last supper, arrest, trial, crucifixion, and burial. Sometime after 8pm we will continue to follow the Spirit with testimony, Communion, Foot Washing, or Prayer Ministry for those who feel so led.

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Easter Sunday April  20^th              845am     Dick Speight teaching “Come Up!/Secret Place” class in Room A at River of Life

6pm          NO COVENANT GROUPS

                                                          7pm          YES--I58 Easter Celebration at Rehoboth (Speights’ home)

We deeply appreciate your prayers and offerings to the Lord for Come Rest Ministries!

We give thanks for those who recently responded to our appeal due to low finances.

We still need an increased level of regular giving for this mission. Please ask the Lord what

He wants you to do. Another great way to support and spread this mission

is to buy more of our books and seed them into others’ lives.

Thank you so much.

Dick and Kim Speight

                         

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Come Rest Ministries April Response Form

___My prayer request is_______________________________________________________

___Yes, Lord! I will pray for CRM and for Dick Speight as he writes the new vision document.

___Yes, Lord! I will financially support CRM. Today’s gift $________   My monthly pledge for $_______

___Yes, I want Real Fruit at new 2014 pricing! 

___Please ship!  ___I’m local and will call ahead for pick-up at Speights!

___1 for $18(plus $4 ship)

            ___2 for $30 (plus $5 ship)

            ___5 for $70 (plus $8 ship)

            ___10 for $130 (plus $13 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)

___________________________________________________________________________________

Name_______________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________

Email_______________________________________________Phone___________________________

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Love and blessings,

Dick and Kim Speight

Ten Days of Surrender

Lord you said, “Seek My face.” My heart says, “Lord your face will I seek!” Psalm 27:8

Dear local and global friends of Come Rest,

Before you read further, remember this—The Lord really and completely loves you. Everything necessary for your eternal life and healing He has already accomplished on the cross. You have a Savior and therefore, no condemnation. However, you also have a Lord who is relentless in seeking to make you more Christlike in your walk with Him on His mission. So…

Kim and I believe the Lord confirmed something deep last night at Rehoboth at our Isaiah 58 House gathering. Therefore we are declaring “Ten Days of Surrender” beginning this Wednesday, March 26^th and ending Friday April 4^th. We invite all of you to participate with all your hearts wherever you are. Spread the word. Invite your family, friends, and church.

We believe the Lord is doing a work of “absolute surrender” throughout the Body of Christ in the month of March moving into April. He is beginning a deep work of heartfelt repentance, purification, and preparation for what He is bringing to the earth as we move into 2014. One of our sisters in faith believed she heard the Lord say, “It is time to weep.” Another sister was led to Joel 2. We agree. He is calling the whole church to repent and return to Him as First Love doing His first works of worship, witness, and making disciples in the fruit of the Spirit.

It is time to weep. Time to come to His throne of grace with our wounds and fears and let Him hold us in His healing arms.

It is time to weep. Time to come to His throne of grace with sorrow for our sin and let Him cleanse us.

It is time to weep. Time to come to His throne of grace with cries for mercy for our sinful world.

It is time to weep. Time to come with tears of joy and gratitude for our Savior.

It is time to surrender control to the Holy Spirit.

As born again believers, Jesus’ blood covers our lives. Therefore we can boldly, without condemnation, come before the throne of grace confidently seeking the Lord’s smiling countenance of love. He is a Father who lovingly corrects His children in whom He delights. As we seek His face the Holy Spirit will shine light on areas of our lives where we have not yet yielded our will to Him—and help us make the changes! For example, the Lord has shown me I needed to uninstall Fox News on my smart phone. It was becoming a distraction for me and hooking my flesh fostering sin in my heart. The Lord now has me memorizing Psalm 27 filling me to overflowing with good news, not bad news! You may have a different issue. He will show you what He wants you to do. 2014 is a year of our God a consuming fire. According to Hebrews 12 He is shaking everything in believers’ lives that can be shaken to be yielded up into His fiery, forgiving love. He is preparing us for what is coming later this year and on into 2015.

During these ten days we invite all friends of Come Rest to ardently seek the Lord’s face in the following ways.

·       Seek His face through meditating upon Scripture. Set aside serious time(at least 20-30 minutes) each day to read aloud Psalm 27, Joel 2, and Matthew 6. Note which verses grab you or comfort you. Pause there. He is speaking to you in that moment. The Holy Spirit will make connections and help you see practical application of the verse to your life that day. Consider memorizing that particular verse. Certainly memorize and practice Psalm 27:8 throughout these 10 days.

·       Seek His face daily through Spirit-led prayer. Go into your “prayer closet.”  That means set aside uninterrupted time (at least 20-30 minutes)and space for honestly and deeply talking with the Lord. Pray at least a full minute daily for each one of your family, friends, and spiritual leaders. Most believers don’t do this. Try it. Watch how the Holy Spirit helps draw you closer to Jesus as you honestly struggle through the awkward moments of silence. You will become more confident and your prayers will be more powerful and fruitful the more you expand this in practice. Ask the Lord to give life and life abundant to every person you pray for. If you have my book Real Fruit, remember Chapter 25 lays out in simple detail how to spend one hour alone with the Lord.

·       Seek His face daily through Spirit-led fasting. Jesus said that when He died, rose, and ascended to heaven—His disciples would hunger after Him and His righteousness through fasting. Before these ten days, ask the Lord which way He wants you to fast. Regardless, drink plenty of water and avoid carbonated beverages. He may lead you to fast like Daniel in the Bible for ten days avoiding rich foods and eating only vegetables and some fruit. This time Kim and I feel the Lord is leading us to pick one day each of the two weeks in which we will do a 24 hour fast from all food. We are choosing Thursday March 27^th and Friday April 4^th. We will have a light supper the evening before and break the fast with a light supper the next day. Throughout the 10 days we will generally be eating minimal amounts of food and feeding on the Living Word!

·       Seek His face daily through Spirit-led charity. When you read Matthew 6 you will hear Jesus teach His simple ways of secret prayer, secret fasting, and secret charity. “Secret” means intimate, face to face, encounter with Him. Charity is you generously loving others while staying in the secret place of intimacy with Him throughout your day. Charity is letting the Spirit prompt you to extravagantly bless others personally with your money, your words, and your deeds. In your morning or evening prayers, ask Him to bring to your mind the persons He wants you to bless the next day. Have fun with Him loving on others!

·       Finish the ten days with some form of solemn assembly or prayer meeting. If you are local, we invite you to join us for our Come Rest Ministries Solemn Assembly(Joel 2) which we will hold April 4^th at 630pm at River of Life in Cedar Rapids. We will come before the Lord in praise; read Psalm 27, Joel 2, and Matthew 6; and get on our knees and faces in heartfelt prayer and repentance asking the Holy Spirit to come sweep our lives, the whole church, and the world! If you aren’t local, consider inviting some friends to gather at home or church and do the same thing. Keep it simple and passionate! The Holy Spirit will move as He will.

·       Questions? Call us and we will offer suggestions for your personal practice and locale.

·       By the way, this is just the “tip of the spear.” Watch and see what the Lord does throughout the Body of Christ on into 2014. Repentance, Restoration, Reconciliation, and much weeping in sorrow for sin and joy for a Savior!

Love and blessings,

Dick Speight

COME REST MINISTRIES’

SOLEMN ASSEMBLY

Lord You said, “Seek My Face”

FRIDAY, APRIL 4^th      630-930PM

At River of Life in Cedar Rapids

Register at the door; freewill offering; refreshments.