{"id":12901,"date":"2026-06-07T19:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12901"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:34:36","slug":"resting-monday-june-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/resting-monday-june-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting &#8211; Monday, June 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Romans 3:24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some still believe,<br \/>\nThat salvation must be achieved.<br \/>\nThey refuse to learn,<br \/>\nThat eternal life can&#8217;t be earned.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pointless race,<br \/>\nTheir futile chase.<br \/>\nIf only they could see,<br \/>\nThat the gift is free.<br \/>\nBecause Jesus gave His best,<br \/>\nThat through grace, we can rest.<\/p>\n<p><em>We can instead rest in God\u2019s love and grace. It\u2019s not your works that justify you, but it\u2019s your faith that makes you righteous before God.<\/em> This was one of my many notes from a previous sermon that centered on the unearned gift of salvation. The pastor effectively interpreted Romans 3:22-23, which describes how we all have fallen short of God\u2019s perfect standards, thereby deserving eternal punishment. Therefore, our works aren\u2019t for the purpose of gaining eternal life; rather, they are to glorify God.<\/p>\n<p>Though we are required to work for a paycheck, this isn\u2019t the case with our salvation. God\u2019s love through His Son took care of our debt. Therefore, we can live each day resting in the assurance that grace, not works, is the path to eternal life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus \u2013 Romans 3:24 Some still believe, That salvation must be achieved. They refuse to learn, That eternal life can&#8217;t be earned. It&#8217;s a pointless race, Their futile chase. If only they could see, That the gift is free. Because Jesus gave &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/resting-monday-june-8-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resting &#8211; Monday, June 8, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12901","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12901"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12907,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12901\/revisions\/12907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}