Sunday Prayer: Permission to Rest

Jesus, I'm tired. Not just physically but soul-tired, weary from constant demands and endless expectations. I've been trying to prove my worth through productivity, measure my value by my usefulness, and earn my place through performance. I'm exhausted from hustle culture that promises fulfillment but delivers burnout.

Thank you for inviting me to rest - not as weakness but as worship, not as laziness but as trust. Thank you for demonstrating through your own life that rest is sacred, that my worth isn't measured by my output, that I'm loved because I'm yours, not because I'm useful.

Help me actually rest - to observe Sabbath without guilt, to cease work without anxiety, to be still without feeling worthless. Teach me to carry your yoke instead of the heavy burdens I've been bearing. Remind me that the world keeps spinning when I stop working, that you're capable of handling what I can't, that my job is faithfulness, not success. I need rest. Give me courage to actually take it.