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GETTING RID OF THE HEAVY BURDENS

There are times in our lives when we come to the end of our rope. We exhaust every option we know, we have prayed, we have sought counsel, we have done our home work, we have gone the extra mile, etc. We have done all we can do and still we have to deal with a burden that seeks to crush us.

What do we do when we have been unemployed for months with no job in sight?
What do we do when no matter how hard we work, the pile of debt never seems to diminish?
What do we do when our marriage we have tried to salvage for years begins to crumble?
What do we do when our children have rejected our faith, and rejected us in the process?

These are very real situations that we all face, they are heavy burdens that we all find ourselves dealing
with throughout or lives, even as Christians. What do we do?

Come unto Jesus

Jesus said,"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. ( John 7:37 )

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. ( John 6:35 )

A song that I love says;

Come unto Jesus, give Him your heart today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
Oh, I know there are things in your life
You think He can't forgive;
But He'll forgive and forget, my friend,
And show you how to live.
Come unto Jesus, give Him your heart today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
Don't you put it off my friend;
You can't afford to wait;
Today's the day for you,
Soon it could be too late!
Come unto Jesus, give Him your heart today;
Come unto Jesus, let Him have His way!
( Dallas Holm, Come unto Jesus )

"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or
'What will we wear for clothing?' "For the Gentiles (non-believers) eagerly seek all these things;
for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,(rule,reign, realm)
and all these things will be added to you.”
( Matthew 6:31-33 )

We got it all wrong if we forget to keep coming to the source of life, “Jesus.”

We can't replace him with other things, He must always stand supreme in our lives. So let us come
unto Jesus once again and find his grace and help in our time of need.

The following video is called, “ Forgive Me”. It is based on a Book called, “Pilgrims Progress.”

This video really shows how the burden of sin can debilitate us, but carrying other heavy burdens even
as Christians. They can be just as debilitating as carrying the weight of sin.

As you view the video, ask the Lord to help you to release the heavy burden that you are caring.

An old hymn says; “Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.”

Jesus said. “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and
YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
(Matthew 11:28-30)



PRAYER

Father God We confess that we have come to the end of ourselves. We are at our wits end.
We have tried and tried to deal with these burdens on our own, and we have done everything we can
conceive of to deal with these situations.

Forgive us for trying to deal with them on our own. We now bring our burdens
and lay them down before you, and we trust you with them. Thank you that we are always
welcome into your presence because of Jesus has made a way for us a way through

His sacrifice upon the cross for us. We need to continue to come unto Jesus, we need to continue
to lay down those burdens day by day. We need most of all to be with you Lord.

We need to lay down the weight of sin, and every heavy burden so we can carry the weight of your
glory into a lost world without any way to find any release from their burdens.

In the name of Jesus we pray with thanksgiving. Amen

I appreciated your comment on giving before expecting to receive. Be blessed.
Zabde, BBCF-International, Toronto Canada.

A FAITH THAT WORKS THROUGH LOVE
2 PETER 1: 1-9

In 2 Peter chapter two Peter shares a some remarkable things about how to live out the Christian life. In verse three he says that Jesus has the power of God, by which He has given us everything we need to live for, and serve God. He goes on to say that we have these provisions because we know Him because Jesus called us by his glorious goodness.

In these provisions that God has given to us contains according to verse four, “great and precious promises.” And as we shall see as we read further into chapter two that with these provisions, or gifts, that we can share in God's nature and that we won't be ruined by the world and with it's evil desires.

Peter says that because we have these blessings that we should do our best to add some very important things to our lives. Notice the list begins with faith, then the list ends with a God kind of love.

All these things mentioned are fruits coming forth out of our lives because of our relation with the Lord and are the fruit that the Spirit produces in our lives. (see Galatians 5:22-23 )

Add to your faith, add goodness; that is as you are growing in your faith, to develop virtue.

To your goodness, add knowledge; that is in exercising goodness,develop knowledge.
“Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” ( 2 Timothy 2:15 )

To your knowledge, add self-control; that is in growing in knowledge, develop self control.

To your self-control, add patience; that is in developing self control, allow God to make you more patient.

To your patience, add service for God; that is as we becoming more patient, we can began to serve God.

To your service for God, add kindness for your brothers and sisters in Christ;

And to this kindness, add love; that is while we showing kindness begin to exercise the love of God.

“And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” ( Romans 5:5 )

“If all these things are in you and are growing, they will help you to be useful and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But anyone who does not have these things cannot see clearly. He is blind and has forgotten that he was made clean from his past sins.” ( 2Peter 1:8-9 )

As I considered this passage it really speaks to my heart that our relationship with God begins with faith, and ends up with love, from something that is a substance of things hoped for, to a having the love of God poured into our hearts to touch this hurting world through our lives.

"Faith works through love." ( Gal. 5:6 )

Prayer Father God help us to learn to add to our faith those things that will makes us into useful vessels for your love to touch the world through us. In Jesus name amen.

A STEADFAST CONFIDENT HEART

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” ( Psalm 51:10 )

“My heart is confident, O God. My heart is confident. I want to sing and make music.” ( Psalm 57: 7)

“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.” ( Psalm112:7 )

When our heart is fixed and steadfast, it is then that we have set our hearts to live in obedience to the will of the Lord. Our hearts are firm and establish and we are ready to live in full obedience to the will of God.
Until we have a steadfast spirit within us, we will continue to go down a slippery slope in our personal life. When our hearts are fixed it is like a setting the Rutter of a a ship. Our lives will go in the direction of our hearts. We need a steadfast, fixed heart to experience confidence in our personal lives.


“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;” ( 1John 3;21 )

“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.' ( 1John 5:14 )

So to have a steadfast and a confident heart we need to set our hearts on living in obedience to the Lord. Having our hearts fixed is a huge commitment for us. The Word of God says that if we love him we will keep his commandments. (1John 14:15 )

Obedience is a sure sign that our hearts are set, our hearts are fixed upon the Lord and we will be steadfast in our obedience. This is where the confidence come from. We have confidence when we know we are doing the right things. ( 1John 3:21 )

“Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” ( Hebrews 4:16 )

So this confidence is a result of our relationship with God. We have mercy and grace.
Mercy gets a criminal off the hook and out of jail, but GRACE pays the debt of the criminal and sets him free to enjoy the good life. For us that also means LIFE,and LIFE eternal.

In Psalm 51:10, David was praying that his heart would become clean and also steadfast. He had set his heart on an alternate course that led him into horrible sin; immorality, deception, and murder. It wasn't until Nathan the prophet confronted him that he finally led him to reset the course of his life.

PRAYER
Father God you know that we as your children desire us to have a steadfast, and a confident hearts that is fixed on living in obedience to your good and perfect will.
Help us to set our hearts in obedience to your Word. Help us not to set our heart toward sin and disobedience . As David prayed, “Create in us a steadfast heart.” Help us to fix our hearts always on living in obedience to your will. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hi Nnabugwu, I pray that God will teach us all what it means to be fervent in prayer. Many give up to easily, when God wants us to be fervent in prayer. Tears through a night of prayer brings joy in the morning.

In the love of Jesus

Bob