REST · RULE · ABIDE: Coming Back to What Holds You

There comes a point when striving no longer sustains you.

You may have learned how to keep going — how to remain faithful, responsible, and available even when you are tired. But beneath all of that effort, there is a deeper invitation: to come back to what actually holds you.

REST · RULE · ABIDE: Coming Back to What Holds You is a 40-day devotional journey for those who are faithful yet weary — those who long for a slower, truer way of being with God.

Structured around three transformative movements:

REST — Permission to slow down, release what you were never meant to carry, and receive grace before you move.

RULE — A searching invitation to name what truly governs your thoughts, decisions, and fears — and to surrender those false authorities to Christ's gentle lordship.

ABIDE — Learning to remain. To stay present with God not only when answers come, but when they don't. To trust that presence itself is enough.

Each of the 40 days offers a reflection, a Scripture passage from the King James Version, a prayer, and a gentle spiritual practice — followed by journaling space for your own response to God.

This is not a devotional to rush through. It is one to dwell in — honoring the pace of formation, the tenderness of unanswered questions, and the sustaining presence of God in every season of life.

Whether you are entering a season of renewal or simply need to find your footing again, REST · RULE · ABIDE will meet you where you are — and lead you back to the One who has never moved away from you.

— Rev. Sylvia Bills, minister, author, and founder of Release Me Ministry