What is your ultimate place of rest? Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land after forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Yet, as Hebrews 4:8 makes clear, the Promised Land wasn't Joshua's ultimate place of rest. His ultimate rest would come in God's kingdom, which all believers can experience in part now.

In his brief letter to Philemon, the apostle Paul uses a brilliant strategy to request a change in Philemon's attitude. Paul could have used his authority to demand the change. What strategy works for you to change?