Wednesday Evening Service | 7.10.24

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:24] [Music]

[0:59] good evening thank you for joining us

[1:01] tonight if you are able to would you

[1:03] join us as we stand together if you're

[1:05] able to as we turn to

[1:07] 413 song number 413 Love Lifted Me song

[1:12] number

[1:18] 413 I was Sinking Deep in sin far from

[1:22] the peaceful

[1:23] Shore very deeply stained within sinking

[1:27] to rise no more

[1:30] but the master of the sea heard my

[1:33] despairing cry from the waters Lifted Me

[1:38] Now safe am I Love Lifted Me Love Lifted

[1:46] Me when nothing else could help Love

[1:50] Lifted Me Love Lifted Me Love Lifted Me

[1:58] when nothing else could help

[2:02] Love

[2:04] Lifted

[2:07] Me all my heart to him I give ever to

[2:11] him I'll

[2:12] cling in his blessed presence live ever

[2:17] his Praises sing Love so mighty and so

[2:21] true merits my soul's best songs

[2:25] faithful loving service to to him belong

[2:31] Love Lifted Me Love Lifted Me when

[2:37] nothing else could help Love Lifted

[2:41] Me Love Lifted Me Love Lifted Me when

[2:48] nothing else could help

[2:51] Love

[2:54] Lifted

[2:57] Me souls in danger look above Jesus

[3:01] completely

[3:03] saves he will lift You by his love out

[3:06] of the angry

[3:08] waves he's the master of the sea Billows

[3:13] his will

[3:14] obey he your savior wants to be be saved

[3:20] today Love Lifted

[3:24] [Music]

[3:25] Me When else could help love Love Lifted

[3:31] Me Love Lifted Me Love Lifted

[3:37] Me when nothing else could help

[3:43] Love

[3:45] Lifted

[3:49] Me then join me as we turn a few pages

[3:51] back it's just like Jesus to roll the

[3:54] clouds away song number 405 it's just

[3:58] like his great love Love Song number

[4:03] 405 a friend I have called

[4:07] Jesus whose love is strong and

[4:11] true and never fails how is tried no

[4:17] matter what I

[4:20] do I've Sinn against this love of his

[4:25] but when I KN to pray

[4:30] confessing all my guilt to him the sin

[4:35] clouds roll

[4:37] away

[4:39] it's

[4:41] R

[4:44] it's keep day by day it's just like

[4:48] Jesus all along the way it's just like

[4:53] his great

[4:56] love sometimes the clouds of TR

[5:01] be dim the sky

[5:04] above I canot see my savior's face I

[5:10] doubt his wonderous

[5:14] love from Heaven's Mercy Seat beholding

[5:20] my

[5:21] despair in P bursts the clouds between

[5:27] and shows me he is there

[5:31] it's just like Jesus to roll CLS away

[5:35] it's just like Jesus to keep me day by

[5:39] day it's just like Jesus all along the

[5:43] way it's just like his great

[5:47] [Music]

[5:49] love when Sorrows clouds or take me and

[5:55] break upon my

[5:57] head and my life seems worse than

[6:02] Loess and I were better

[6:06] dead I take my grief to

[6:11] Jesus do I

[6:14] wish for heav hope he gives cheers like

[6:20] sunsh after

[6:23] rain it's just like Jesus to roll the

[6:27] CLS away it's just like like Jesus to

[6:31] keep me day by day it's just like Jesus

[6:35] all along the way it's just like his

[6:39] great love aren't you thankful when

[6:43] you're in trouble or when you're in

[6:45] sorrow or depressed he's there for you

[6:48] even if nobody else understands he does

[6:52] and he's there for you so verse number

[6:54] four oh I could s forever of Jesus love

[6:58] divine

[7:00] of all his care and tenderness for this

[7:02] poor life of mine verse number

[7:05] four oh why could sing

[7:09] forever of Jesus love

[7:14] divine of all is care and

[7:18] tenderness for this for life of

[7:22] mine his love is in and over all and

[7:28] wind and w

[7:30] [Music]

[7:32] when Jesus Whispers peace be still and

[7:37] rolls the clouds

[7:40] away it's just like Jesus to roll the

[7:44] clouds away it's just like Jesus to keep

[7:48] me day by day it's just like Jesus all

[7:53] along the

[7:55] way it's just like him his great

[8:03] love you may be

[8:06] seated amen praise the Lord for that

[8:09] song thankful for it tonight pray that

[8:11] you're uh having a good week Lord's at

[8:15] work in your life if you've got your

[8:16] Bibles get them out go to Philippians

[8:19] chapter number four Philippians chapter

[8:22] number four and before we get there I'd

[8:25] like to share an story with you tonight

[8:29] as in introduction into our message this

[8:32] evening Philippians chapter number

[8:40] four how many of you heard of a man

[8:42] named George

[8:44] Mueller George Mueller many have uh

[8:47] George Mueller built five orphan houses

[8:51] and cared for

[8:53] 10,24 Orphans during his

[8:56] lifetime When the Children became old

[8:59] enough to to be independent Mueller

[9:01] prayed with each

[9:03] individually placing a Bible in their

[9:05] right hand and money in their left he

[9:09] explained to the children that if they

[9:11] held on to what was in their right hand

[9:14] God would always make sure something was

[9:16] in their

[9:17] left after Mueller died his orphanages

[9:21] supported over

[9:23] 100,000 orphans with food clothing and a

[9:29] home

[9:30] but before Mueller ever called upon God

[9:33] to care for others he had to learn to

[9:35] trust God with his own life when Mueller

[9:38] first told his father he wanted to

[9:40] become a missionary his father cut off

[9:43] funding for his college tuition though

[9:45] he felt a bit silly Mueller fell onto

[9:49] his knees and asked God to support him a

[9:54] professor knocked on his door within an

[9:56] hour offering Mueller a paid tutoring

[10:00] job The Stranger convinced Mueller that

[10:03] he no longer needed to be anxious about

[10:06] any of his temporal needs as long as I

[10:10] sought the kingdom of God and his

[10:13] righteousness these my temporal ons

[10:15] would be added unto me so George Mueller

[10:19] learned that in his own life and went on

[10:22] to find found all these orphanages in

[10:26] Britain and then a day came one morning

[10:31] where Mueller gathered and awoke to the

[10:33] news that the orphanage which house 300

[10:37] children had no food Mueller instructed

[10:41] the hous mother to seat all the children

[10:44] in the dining

[10:46] room he thanked God for the

[10:49] food and they waited for God to provide

[10:53] as he always

[10:56] did within minutes a baker

[11:00] knocked at the door Mr Mueller he

[11:03] confessed last night I could not sleep

[11:06] somehow I knew that you would need bread

[11:08] this morning I got up and break baked

[11:12] three batches for you and I will bring

[11:14] it

[11:15] in the next knock revealed a Milkman

[11:20] whose cart had broken down in front of

[11:22] the orphanage the milk would spoil by

[11:25] the time the cart was fixed the milk man

[11:29] explained so would the children like

[11:32] some free

[11:33] milk as the orphanages grew God provided

[11:37] heat medicine warm clothes and always

[11:42] more bread for over

[11:45] 100,000

[11:47] children one could say George Mueller

[11:49] had a landline to Heaven while Mueller's

[11:53] life may seem

[11:55] extraordinary the same God who showed up

[11:58] every every day at Mueller's door

[12:01] invites us to boldly go to him with our

[12:06] daily

[12:08] needs so just like George Mueller

[12:10] tonight I'd like for you to take your

[12:12] Bibles to Philippians chapter 4 as we

[12:15] look at two verses this evening that I

[12:18] believe will be a help and an

[12:20] encouragement in our prayer life

[12:23] Philippians chapter number four verses 6

[12:27] and 7 and if you're able would you

[12:28] please stand in honor the word of God as

[12:31] we turn to Philippians chapter number

[12:33] four

[12:35] tonight verse number six in 7 the bible

[12:38] says be careful for nothing but in

[12:41] everything by prayer and supplication

[12:44] with Thanksgiving let your request be

[12:46] made known unto God and the peace of God

[12:52] which passeth all understanding shall

[12:56] keep your hearts and Minds

[13:00] through Christ Jesus tonight we want to

[13:04] look at our prayer life and consider

[13:07] some hindrances and some helps to prayer

[13:10] let's go to the Lord tonight in prayer

[13:12] dear heavenly father Lord we're thankful

[13:14] for the opportunity to come to The God

[13:16] Who helped George

[13:18] Mueller and you answered prayer after

[13:20] prayer after prayer and Lord I pray

[13:22] you'd help us to remember you're still

[13:24] the same God help us tonight as we

[13:27] examine this passage of scripture sure

[13:29] to pause and consider you and all that

[13:32] you would have for us this evening in

[13:34] your name I pray amen thank you for

[13:36] standing you may be

[13:38] seated the word careful here be careful

[13:42] for nothing has a a meaning of

[13:45] anxiousness or of worry and we find in

[13:49] our Bible the Lord said be careful for

[13:53] nothing don't be anxious don't be

[13:55] worsome in fact the Lord if you leave

[13:57] your place here in Philippians 4 and go

[13:59] back to Matthew chapter 6 The Lord Jesus

[14:03] himself even expressed this thought in

[14:06] Matthew chapter 6 in verse number

[14:08] 25 Matthew chapter 6 and verse 25 he

[14:12] said therefore I say unto you take no

[14:14] thought for your life what you shall eat

[14:17] or what you shall drink nor yet for your

[14:19] body what you shall put on is not the

[14:22] life more than meat and the body more

[14:26] than rmen and then he had him consider

[14:27] the fowls he said behold the fowls of

[14:29] the air for they sow not neither do they

[14:32] reap nor gather into barns yet your

[14:34] heavenly father Feth them are ye much

[14:38] better than they it's interesting to

[14:41] consider

[14:42] that a Robin once said to a

[14:46] sparrow have you seen these anxious

[14:49] humans they run around with worry all

[14:52] day long why do you suppose that is this

[14:55] Sparrow responded it's because they

[14:57] don't have a Heavenly Father father like

[14:59] we

[15:01] do well that's not true our heavenly

[15:04] father cares for us but we act like he

[15:08] doesn't and we get filled with worry 1

[15:13] Peter 5:7 says casting all your care

[15:15] upon him because he carth for you

[15:20] there's worries in our life and the

[15:23] cares of this life if we're not

[15:27] practicing these vers ver es of being

[15:30] careful for nothing many times we are

[15:33] filled with worriers some people are

[15:35] professional

[15:36] worriers they worry about

[15:39] everything they worry about everything

[15:42] there's a noise in the night and they

[15:43] worry of what it could be what it is and

[15:46] then they stay awake for hours listening

[15:48] for the noise

[15:49] again there's worry there what could it

[15:52] be what was that what was that what

[15:54] could it be this could it be that could

[15:56] it be this could it be that could it be

[15:58] this could it be that and there's worry

[15:59] there and then there are those that have

[16:02] the ringing of the hands they're all the

[16:03] time worried about something and they're

[16:05] worried about this and they're worried

[16:07] about that and worry if left unchecked

[16:10] and left as a process of worry can bring

[16:13] about upset

[16:16] stomachs upset

[16:19] Hearts overturned

[16:21] Minds because of

[16:23] worry so the Lord tells us be careful

[16:28] for

[16:30] nothing well aren't I supposed to be

[16:32] concerned about life you are but you are

[16:35] to talk to the one who gives you

[16:38] life he's the one who supplies our life

[16:41] he's the one who gives us life so

[16:44] Philippians tells us be careful for

[16:47] nothing don't worry about it you say

[16:49] that's easier said than done it is it's

[16:52] a

[16:53] exercise it is an exercise of putting

[16:57] our trust in in God on a daily basis

[17:01] now Paul the apostles writing here in

[17:05] Philippians while he's in

[17:09] prison and while he's in prison in a

[17:13] Roman prison he writes Philippians and

[17:15] he tells them be careful for

[17:21] nothing how can you do that how can you

[17:24] not be worried Paul that you're in a

[17:26] Roman prison you might die here soon how

[17:28] can you not be worried about how many

[17:30] days you got left well if you rewind

[17:32] back and think about acts and the first

[17:35] time he was in

[17:37] Philippi he got kind of thrown in

[17:40] jail and then in the middle of the night

[17:43] he was singing and praising God and an

[17:46] earthquake came and God opened up the

[17:48] prison and uh uh the Philippian Jailer

[17:52] was saved and all his house and God did

[17:54] a miraculous work when he was in prison

[17:56] in Philippi he was singing Praises I

[17:59] wonder if Paul ever told another person

[18:03] from Philippi about that one time in

[18:08] prison do you think he ever told some of

[18:11] the other church members I I wonder if

[18:14] the Jailer that was in the Philippian

[18:17] church had ever said you're not going to

[18:19] believe my testimony I was working for

[18:21] the prison system and one night they

[18:24] were singing songs and an earthquake

[18:26] came and God opened up the door but none

[18:28] of the pr it's amazing I wonder if he

[18:31] ever told the church what God had

[18:34] done and now we find in chapter 4 Paul

[18:38] says be

[18:40] careful for

[18:43] nothing there's three kind of lives

[18:46] we're going to look at tonight and I

[18:48] believe that all of us fall into one of

[18:52] the three categories

[18:54] tonight the first life is the worried

[18:59] filled

[19:01] life you worry about

[19:04] everything you are filled with worry you

[19:07] are filled with care the Bible tells us

[19:10] to lay our burdens on the Lord to cast

[19:13] our cares upon the Lord to take our the

[19:17] the burden of the Lord is easy but you

[19:19] know the our cares our concerns make it

[19:21] difficult for us and we get a worried

[19:24] filled life so a worried filled life is

[19:26] a life full of cares and worries and

[19:30] anxieties that's the worried filled life

[19:33] the worried filled life is full of care

[19:35] and worry and anxiety and what's and WIS

[19:38] and it could and what if and that's how

[19:41] your day is spent thinking about what

[19:43] could happen What could this what could

[19:45] that and we are professional

[19:49] worriers that's the worried filled life

[19:52] worried filled life has no

[19:56] peace worried filled life toss es and

[19:59] turns and tosses and turns and tosses

[20:02] and turn not only in their sleep pattern

[20:05] but in their spiritual life pattern the

[20:07] worri filled life is up and down and up

[20:10] and down and up and down because of

[20:14] worries and

[20:16] fears so Philippians 4:6 be careful for

[20:22] nothing but let's read it be careful for

[20:25] nothing but in

[20:29] everything does your Bible say

[20:32] everything in everything by prayer and

[20:36] supplication with Thanksgiving let your

[20:41] request be made known unto God now wait

[20:45] a minute doesn't God

[20:49] know all my

[20:52] requests doesn't he know all my

[20:56] needs doesn't he know all my worries

[21:00] doesn't he know all the anxiety that I

[21:04] have about different issues of life

[21:07] doesn't he know that

[21:09] yes but he wants you to say it out

[21:13] loud he wants you to make it known unto

[21:16] him why because when you pour out your

[21:19] request before God something happens

[21:24] we'll get to it here in just a moment

[21:26] but a worried filled life is a life full

[21:29] of care and a life of no

[21:33] peace now the second life tonight is the

[21:37] apathy filled life you know what that

[21:41] life say I don't

[21:43] care I don't care about anything and

[21:48] because I don't care about anything

[21:50] nothing bothers

[21:53] me I have no peace but I don't care that

[21:56] I have no peace CU I don't care I don't

[22:00] care I don't care I don't care about

[22:06] anything that's the apathetic life I

[22:09] don't

[22:11] care and a lot of people go through life

[22:14] that

[22:15] way whatever happens going to happen I

[22:18] don't care if it happens it happens if

[22:21] it doesn't it doesn't I don't care

[22:25] that's the apathy filled

[22:27] life as and so this person doesn't care

[22:30] about a

[22:31] thing and so because they don't care

[22:33] about a thing they don't talk to God

[22:35] about a

[22:36] thing they don't make a request known

[22:38] unto God because they don't

[22:40] care they go through life whatever

[22:43] happens is going to happen I don't care

[22:45] and so because of their apathy they

[22:47] don't talk to God because of their

[22:49] apathy they don't dive into the word of

[22:52] God they don't

[22:54] care who cares if I read my Bible who

[22:56] cares if I pray nobody cares why should

[22:59] I care so they have an apathetic fied

[23:01] life you know the amazing thing is

[23:03] people can show up to church and still

[23:05] be apathetic they can still have the I

[23:07] don't care attitude I don't

[23:10] care you ever met somebody who that's

[23:12] their favorite phrase I don't care I

[23:15] don't care whatever happens happen I

[23:16] don't

[23:17] care and so they they've got this

[23:20] approach to life that there's no

[23:22] concerns now other people would look at

[23:24] them and say wow they are they are

[23:27] Carefree they don't have any concerns

[23:30] that's not the

[23:31] case they just don't care that they have

[23:34] cares they don't care that they have

[23:36] worries they don't care that their

[23:38] life's falling apart they just don't

[23:40] care so they're apathetic in their life

[23:44] they don't care and they have no peace

[23:46] so we got the word filled people and

[23:48] then we got the apathy filled

[23:50] people now I said there was three

[23:53] there's one more group and I hope we'll

[23:56] all fall into this group tonight it's

[23:58] the take it to God

[24:01] life I got cares I take it to God I got

[24:04] worries I take it to God I got anxiety I

[24:07] take it to God it is to take it to God's

[24:10] life so we look at verse six be careful

[24:12] for nothing but in everything by prayer

[24:15] and supplication with Thanksgiving let

[24:17] your request be made known unto God I

[24:19] take it to

[24:22] God when brother Turner was here last he

[24:25] mentioned this song uh why were when you

[24:29] can

[24:30] pray and he said he sometimes likes to

[24:32] change it why Pray when you can

[24:34] worry and some of us approach life that

[24:37] way again Siri's trying to talk to

[24:41] me why why

[24:44] Pray when we can worry but here we find

[24:47] here that there's this take it to God

[24:50] life and it's really

[24:51] simple don't worry

[24:55] pray don't worry

[25:01] pray and people

[25:03] say

[25:04] okay but I struggle with

[25:08] that because we we worry and then we

[25:11] we're like all right I know I need to

[25:12] pray and get make my request known unto

[25:15] God and I pray God help me God do this

[25:18] God do this I need you Lord I need you

[25:21] Lord and then we come right back to

[25:22] where

[25:24] in we need to do the song writer say

[25:27] take our burdens to the Lord and leave

[25:28] leave it there but we don't we pick it

[25:32] back up and we say this is this is mine

[25:35] to worry

[25:37] about this is my jar of

[25:40] worry I bring it to the Lord here you go

[25:42] Lord and I lay it down Lord I give my

[25:46] worry my fear my anxiety to you and then

[25:48] I pick my jar back up and I walk right

[25:50] back with it this my

[25:52] jar and some of us like to see people

[25:55] and say you want to see my

[25:57] jar the these are all the things I'm

[25:59] worried about see my jar look how lovely

[26:01] it is this is all my worry jar you see

[26:05] all the worries and cares that I've got

[26:07] going on in my life I'm losing my hair

[26:09] my blood pressure is up I've got all

[26:11] this stuff that I've got to deal with

[26:12] and I'm worried and then the person says

[26:14] well have you prayed about it don't talk

[26:15] to me about praying about it this is my

[26:18] jar of worry this is my it's my burden

[26:23] to

[26:25] bear are we to Bear our burdens on our

[26:32] own come unto me all ye that labor and

[26:36] are heavy laden my

[26:39] burden and I will give you

[26:45] rest so what does he do he helps me with

[26:47] the burden he doesn't always take it

[26:51] away but he helps me with the

[26:54] burden because sometimes we have burdens

[26:58] that he wants to watch this walk with us

[27:03] with and not just take it away

[27:06] yet so we have to take it to God life

[27:09] now if we follow the pattern of verse

[27:12] number six and we and prayer and

[27:14] supplication with Thanksgiving you can't

[27:17] leave out the Thanksgiving

[27:20] part you can pray and supplicate and

[27:23] pour out your complaint before the Lord

[27:26] but it says to do it with Thanksgiving

[27:29] so with Thanksgiving make your request

[27:32] known unto

[27:35] God and oh wait there's

[27:38] more

[27:40] and the

[27:43] peace from God is that what it

[27:46] says of God Romans 5 says we get peace

[27:49] from God Philippians 4:7 peace of God

[27:54] now has there ever been anything in the

[27:57] world that is ever overturned God's

[28:01] peace has God God's peace ever been

[28:05] overturned by anything now let's rewind

[28:08] into history when Rome when neero burned

[28:11] part of Rome and blamed the Christians

[28:13] for it and started persecuting

[28:15] Christians did uh God's peace get

[28:17] overturned

[28:20] then the peace of God that he it's his

[28:23] peace he's immutable he's never changing

[28:26] this is God's peace did God's peace get

[28:31] overturned did God's peace get

[28:33] overwhelmed when Hitler began to kill

[28:36] the Jewish people did God's peace get

[28:39] overturned no it didn't get overwhelmed

[28:42] God wasn't sitting in heaven going ah I

[28:45] didn't know this was going to

[28:47] happen he knew it all

[28:49] along the peace of God did not get

[28:51] overturned the peace of God did not get

[28:53] overturned the peace of God has never

[28:54] been overwhelmed the peace of God which

[28:57] passed

[28:58] all

[29:01] understanding it's more than we need it

[29:05] passes all our understanding it

[29:07] overwhelms

[29:10] us then it says this shall

[29:14] keep that word there keep has the

[29:17] meaning of keep with defense like a

[29:22] Garrison so the peace of God puts up

[29:26] walls over around what two things look

[29:30] at verse seven your hearts and your

[29:34] minds the peace of God overwhelms us and

[29:40] puts walls up that blocks the

[29:43] worry and blocks the

[29:45] anxiety and slows down the tempter that

[29:48] he can't get to

[29:51] you it's his peace it's a

[29:54] defense so you know why you struggle

[29:56] with anxiety and worry you're you're not

[29:58] praying and getting the

[30:02] peace when you have the peace of God how

[30:06] do we get it when we go to God with all

[30:10] our cares and we pray and supplicate

[30:13] with Thanksgiving and we let our

[30:15] requests be made known unto God the

[30:17] peace of God passes all our

[30:21] understanding keeps

[30:23] us look what it keeps your mind and your

[30:26] heart

[30:28] why your mind is your thoughts your

[30:30] heart is where the seat of your emotions

[30:32] is

[30:35] at let's think about it so God's peace

[30:40] that he supplies and

[30:43] gives indwells and builds a wall to help

[30:47] my thoughts and help my

[30:51] emotions to guard it now where do people

[30:54] usually struggle with anxiety and worry

[30:57] and

[30:59] fear in our thoughts and in our

[31:04] feelings so the peace of God puts up a

[31:07] wall of

[31:09] protection to keep those things out and

[31:12] then it's very interesting the very next

[31:14] verse after the peace of God is verse

[31:17] eight finally Brethren whatsoever things

[31:20] are true whatsoever things are honest

[31:22] whatsoever things are just whatsoever

[31:24] things are pure whatsoever things are

[31:26] lovely whatsoever things are of good

[31:27] report if there be any virtue and if

[31:29] there be any praise think on these

[31:32] things not the worries not the fears not

[31:36] the anxieties think right now here's the

[31:39] killer that happens a lot of times in

[31:42] our life the killer that happens in many

[31:45] of our prayer lives is that feeling our

[31:51] weakness makes room for

[31:55] God feeling dis

[31:58] discouraged makes room for the

[32:02] enemy feeling our weakness makes room

[32:05] for God feeling discouraged makes room

[32:09] for the enemy when you realize I got a

[32:13] lot I got a lot of cares I got a lot of

[32:16] burdens it's more than I can

[32:19] bear that weakness makes room for

[32:25] God but when I feel

[32:29] discouraged and I don't take it to the

[32:31] Lord in prayer it makes room for the

[32:34] enemy First Timothy 1:7 For God ha not

[32:38] given us the spirit of fear but of power

[32:42] and of love and of a sound

[32:46] mind Satan just wants to sneak in the

[32:48] door and discourage

[32:51] you he wants to discourage you take your

[32:54] Bibles to Psalm 123

[32:58] Psalm

[33:10] 123 I went home for a little bit this

[33:13] afternoon after being here at the church

[33:14] earlier and was talking to my wife and

[33:16] she had read this in her devotions this

[33:19] morning verse one and two unto thee lift

[33:23] I up mine eyes oh thou that dwellest in

[33:27] the heavens

[33:28] behold as the eyes of the servants look

[33:32] unto the hand of their

[33:35] masters and as the eyes of the maiden

[33:38] unto the hand of her mistress so our

[33:42] eyes wait upon the Lord Our God until

[33:47] that he have mercy upon

[33:52] us I mentioned it Sunday God wants to

[33:54] say to us one two three eyes on me

[33:58] like that little class we talked about

[34:00] the little kids we tell the kids look up

[34:02] here look up here one two three eyes on

[34:05] me and they

[34:07] look that's what God wants us to do look

[34:10] on

[34:10] him how am I goingon to get through this

[34:12] how am I going to get through this

[34:13] burden how I got I got it I got got it

[34:16] look on

[34:17] him your eyes on

[34:20] him it's

[34:23] action eyes on

[34:25] him so how do I put my eyes on two forms

[34:28] one's through prayer one's through

[34:31] scripture prayer turns my attention to

[34:35] God Scripture turns my heart towards

[34:39] God I need both of them in my life so

[34:43] when my

[34:45] eyes Jesus is saying look to

[34:50] me we you think about

[34:53] Peter he sees Jesus walking on the water

[34:57] lord bid me come Jesus says come gets

[35:01] out starts walking on the water but then

[35:05] he saw the waves and he felt the wind

[35:09] and he got his eyes off the Lord and

[35:12] down he

[35:13] went but thankfully he cried Lord save

[35:17] me and immediately Jesus picked him

[35:20] up is never out of Jesus's

[35:25] reach but just like Peter how easy it is

[35:28] to get our eyes on the burdens our eyes

[35:31] on our jar of worry and say look at all

[35:35] the stuff I got in here that I have to

[35:37] deal with now listen listen very closely

[35:40] the things in the jar are

[35:45] worrisome but don't worry

[35:50] pray there are real things in the jar

[35:53] that if left out of God's hands will

[35:57] cause you and I to

[35:59] worry but when given to God will be a

[36:03] fulfillment of casting all our care upon

[36:09] Him feeling our weakness makes room for

[36:13] God feeling discouraged makes room for

[36:15] the enemy DL Moody said this take

[36:18] courage we walk in the wilderness

[36:21] today but in the promised land

[36:25] tomorrow we're to take no thought for

[36:27] the tomorrow CU we don't know what a day

[36:29] may bring but guess what tomorrow may

[36:31] bring

[36:34] Heaven and we may go through difficult

[36:36] times now but The Best is Yet to Come As

[36:40] we get to heaven Charles Spurgeon said

[36:44] my own Soul's conviction is that prayer

[36:48] is the grandest power in the entire

[36:51] universe that it has a more omnipotent

[36:54] Force than electricity attract action

[36:58] gravitation or any other of those secret

[37:02] forces which men have called by name but

[37:05] which they do not

[37:08] understand prayer is the grandest power

[37:13] in the entire

[37:15] universe George Mueller believed when he

[37:19] prayed that God

[37:23] could and you and I need to understand

[37:26] every time we pray that God

[37:30] could but also

[37:34] remember it has to be according to his

[37:41] will could God give you a Ferrari teenag

[37:44] could God give you a 4x4 truck teenager

[37:47] college student who's praying for a

[37:48] truck could God

[37:51] yes should God if it's according to his

[37:54] will

[37:58] but he

[38:00] can but we have a tendency to grab that

[38:02] jar of worry and hang on to it and we

[38:05] have the worried filled

[38:08] life and some Believers are so apathetic

[38:11] they don't

[38:13] care they don't care to pray they don't

[38:16] care to read their

[38:18] Bible they don't

[38:24] care now if your care

[38:28] about the things of

[38:31] Life made God care just as much as you

[38:36] did would you care more if you were

[38:41] apathetic the answer would be yes if how

[38:45] much I care affected how much God cares

[38:47] I'd care a whole

[38:49] bunch but it doesn't work that

[38:52] way he cares for

[38:55] you 100% more than you could ever care

[38:59] for yourself God cares for

[39:03] you so you can have a worried filled

[39:05] life where you walk around with a jar of

[39:07] worry this is my jar it's my worry this

[39:10] is my burden and you can even come to an

[39:13] altar and pour it out before God God

[39:15] here's all my worries here's all my

[39:17] concerns here here it is Lord I give it

[39:19] to you and then as soon as you say Amen

[39:21] you're scrambling to pick it all up and

[39:23] put it back in the

[39:24] jar and walk out with it

[39:28] we're to leave it we're to let go of it

[39:31] and let God have it we're to take it to

[39:34] the Lord but so many times in our

[39:40] life we miss out on what God's trying to

[39:44] do and wants to do in our

[39:46] lives whenever God determines to do a

[39:49] great work he first sets his people to

[39:54] pray whenever God determines to do a

[39:57] great great work he first sets his

[39:59] people to

[40:01] pray God wants you to

[40:05] pray he tells us to pray without ceasing

[40:09] he tells us to pray often he tells us to

[40:12] pray

[40:13] everywhere he desires that you and I

[40:16] spend time praying and it be

[40:19] meaningful not just flare prayers that

[40:22] we send up in a

[40:24] hurry not not Taco Bell at one o'l in

[40:27] the morning prayers God bless this food

[40:31] to my body as you look at it with one

[40:34] eye to make sure it's not

[40:37] moving but listen sometimes that's how

[40:40] we treat God is we just send up a flare

[40:42] prayer every now and then and expect God

[40:44] to do great things in our

[40:46] life but what do we do we have the

[40:48] ringing of the

[40:51] hands we spend our days about what about

[40:54] this and what about this and what about

[40:56] this and what about this and what about

[40:57] this and what about this and I got this

[40:59] and I got this and I got this and I

[41:00] don't know and I don't know and I don't

[41:02] know and I don't know and I don't

[41:04] know and we spend all our

[41:07] day filled with the worry jar now listen

[41:11] as I said the things in the jar are

[41:14] real but they're not to stay in your

[41:17] hands alone you're to walk with him and

[41:22] get your eyes on

[41:25] him so

[41:28] which life are you the worried filled

[41:33] the apathy filled or the take it to God

[41:36] life you know what I've discovered in my

[41:39] Christian Life these are

[41:43] seasonal all of us go through seasons of

[41:46] worried

[41:48] filled sometimes we get to a point that

[41:51] we get so apathetic we say why even

[41:53] bother what's the purpose of it all and

[41:57] then sometimes we are good at taking our

[41:59] requests to the

[42:01] Lord so tonight what season are you with

[42:06] the worry fi the apathetic or the take

[42:10] it to God's season of life where are you

[42:14] at

[42:17] tonight if we asked your

[42:19] family where are you at tonight what

[42:22] would they

[42:26] say if Jesus himself came down tonight

[42:30] what would he

[42:33] say hey how's it going haven't talked to

[42:37] you in a

[42:38] while haven't heard from you in a

[42:43] while I know you've prayed that Taco

[42:45] Bell prayer but besides that I haven't

[42:48] heard from you in a

[42:50] while let that not be our

[42:52] testimony let's be a life that has a

[42:55] take it to God life

[42:57] don't let anxiety fear and worry

[42:59] overtake you give it to

[43:03] God and leave it there would you stand

[43:07] together with your heads bowed and eyes

[43:10] closed we need to take our burdens to

[43:13] the Lord and leave it

[43:16] there there have been seasonings in my

[43:18] life that I've been worry

[43:20] filled there's been seasons in my life

[43:23] it didn't last very long thankfully that

[43:25] I was apathy filled

[43:29] there's been seasons in my life that

[43:31] it's take it to the Lord take it to the

[43:34] Lord where are you at tonight what

[43:37] season are you

[43:39] in let God work in your life take it to

[43:46] the Lord heavenly father I pray your

[43:48] will be done during this invitation

[43:50] Time Lord help us not to carry around

[43:53] the jar of

[43:55] worries but help us to

[43:57] make our requests known unto you Lord I

[44:00] pray you'd help us

[44:02] tonight Lord if we're in the room

[44:04] tonight and we're in a apathetic mode

[44:07] Lord that we would let go of our apathy

[44:12] and have our hearts and our eyes turn to

[44:15] you in your name I pray amen as Brother

[44:19] Sam leads us let's do business with God

[44:21] tonight

[44:23] take th Cross and follow me I heard my

[44:32] master

[44:35] say I gave my life to

[44:40] Rome thee

[44:43] sender your all

[44:48] today

[44:49] whereever he leads our

[44:53] [Music]

[44:54] go wherever

[44:57] he leads I'll

[45:01] go I'll follow my Christ who loves

[45:08] me

[45:10] whever

[45:12] he

[45:14] [Music]

[45:15] our he drew me closer to his side I

[45:23] sought his will to know

[45:29] and in that

[45:32] will now

[45:39] AB in other words sing it with him

[45:43] whereever he leads our

[45:48] go wherever he lead

[45:55] our follow oh my Christ who loves me

[46:02] so

[46:03] whereever

[46:07] he you may quietly be seated thank you

[46:10] for being here tonight going give you

[46:12] some prayer request uh earlier today um

[46:16] I was talking with Miss an they had

[46:18] originally made plans uh to take Ted and

[46:22] put him in a facility for five days just

[46:24] to give her a a respit of of rest

[46:28] because of uh dealing with the situation

[46:31] of him on hospice and all of those

[46:32] things when they got there today they

[46:35] said he is too far for us to transport

[46:38] and so it does appear in the next three

[46:41] or so days they said probably two to

[46:43] three days uh that Ted's going to go

[46:46] home to be with the Lord so you pray for

[46:48] Miss an and Ted and pray for her

[46:52] especially been with a lot of stuff

[46:54] there but he's gotten to a point he's so

[46:57] weak he cannot even get out of the bed

[46:59] anymore so you pray for Miss an and for

[47:03] Ted and they did not feel it was best to

[47:06] transport him instead they asked to keep

[47:09] him there at the house so pray for Ted

[47:13] and an if you would

[47:16] please um so keep that in mind our Focus

[47:20] prayer for the week uh the teen Ministry

[47:25] and so they'll get that set up here in

[47:26] just just a minute for us and so we want

[47:29] to encourage you to pray for the team

[47:31] Ministry um also brother Matt Barnes was

[47:34] with us last year and uh is a missionary

[47:39] to the Indiana State House the chaplain

[47:42] there and has the public servant prayers

[47:45] Ministry um he was passing through

[47:48] Monday and stayed in our prophets

[47:50] chamber and uh one of the state

[47:52] representatives came with him uh brother

[47:55] Matt's son um just a few weeks ago

[48:00] was be the last part of May began to

[48:04] have the same neurological issues that

[48:06] his daughter is having and so um he's in

[48:10] the military and they are giving him a

[48:12] medical discharge from the military so

[48:16] if you remember brother Matt's daughters

[48:18] got a neurologic she was having seizures

[48:20] she some days she can't even function

[48:22] other days she's in severe pain other

[48:24] days she can do a little bit but now his

[48:28] 23y old son has started that same

[48:31] process um one week after getting

[48:35] recognized having those problems those

[48:38] symptoms he lost his apartment and so he

[48:41] became

[48:42] homeless um the week after that his

[48:47] vehicle was wrecked into and destroyed

[48:50] and he lost his vehicle so uh the last

[48:53] part of

[48:54] May his life has been turned upside down

[48:58] and so brother Matt asked we pray for

[49:00] him brother Matt's on his was on his way

[49:03] to help him they were able to get him a

[49:04] little house there and they're

[49:06] remodeling it to help him and then when

[49:09] the military finishes their discharge

[49:11] he'll be able to sell the house and move

[49:14] back home and all of those things but

[49:16] really pray for the Barnes family very

[49:18] difficult situation uh for 23y old young

[49:22] man to go through that and have his

[49:24] career that he was pursuing be turned

[49:26] turned upside down it's rather life

[49:29] shaking so pray for him if you would we

[49:33] greatly appreciate that as well and so

[49:37] um Jennifer is there another request I'm

[49:39] supposed to mention trying to remember

[49:42] Ted and and oh yes Miss Luella Courtney

[49:45] had surgery today and her on her other

[49:48] eye and it went very well she's at home

[49:50] recovery so pray for her and then pray

[49:52] for Larry as he's the nurse and so or

[49:55] maybe we should pray for Luella because

[49:57] Larry is the nurse but I pray for Larry

[50:00] and Luella and for her recovery that'll

[50:02] go well as she had her eye surgery today

[50:06] also pray specifically uh for Miss Leah

[50:11] white she's got a lot of issues she's

[50:12] been dealing with I have two requests uh

[50:16] that you need to pray for and that is

[50:19] she has hernia that's pressing on her

[50:22] lungs making it difficult to breathe so

[50:25] pray for that and and then also she's

[50:27] been having severe

[50:29] migraines and if you ever had migraines

[50:33] it puts you down and so the medication

[50:36] she's taking for the migraines is really

[50:39] knocking her out drain her and she's

[50:41] just not able to get up and function

[50:42] like she wants to she's got other issues

[50:44] going on but those are two pressing

[50:46] issues so pray for the hernia and pray

[50:49] for the migraines that those would get

[50:51] remedied and so she can get back to more

[50:54] of a semblance of life so pray for Miss

[50:57] Leah if you would all right and continue

[51:00] to pray for brother Tim as he's

[51:02] ministering to his wife and trying to be

[51:04] a blessing to her and for John and

[51:06] Gracie as you know they're in their 20s

[51:08] and Mom's going through this that's got

[51:10] to be difficult so pray for them as well

[51:14] and as they go through that all right so

[51:17] any other prayer requests

[51:20] tonight yes Tisha so pray for Tisha Miss

[51:26] Mar's daughter she is expecting and

[51:29] she's had issues uh with her last

[51:32] pregnancies and she's had miscarriages

[51:35] so very nervous for that there is some

[51:37] concern for that so she's having a

[51:39] special procedure done on Monday uh to

[51:42] help with that and then Lord willing as

[51:44] God continues to give life and blessing

[51:48] um they're going to do a C-section at 36

[51:51] weeks 37 weeks at 37 weeks they're going

[51:54] to do a C-section and deliver the baby

[51:56] so continue to pray for them for Tisha

[51:59] and for Jose as well and then for Mama

[52:03] too she's very much in prayer for her

[52:06] daughter so be in prayer for that all

[52:08] right any other requests yes

[52:13] sir

[52:21] okay okay

[52:31] okay okay all right okay so you ask

[52:35] prayer for VBS and also for his work uh

[52:38] scheduling this month you know that he

[52:41] can the Lord will work out the schedule

[52:43] I pray for Miss Robbie and her upcoming

[52:45] test she's having they have not set a

[52:47] date for that correct haven't set a date

[52:51] yet okay so I pray for Miss Robbie

[52:54] upcoming colonoscopy all those things

[52:57] there as well continue to pray for

[52:58] vacation bible school then pray for the

[53:00] teen Ministry uh those are some

[53:02] interesting looking teenagers the girls

[53:04] look nice the guys I don't know I don't

[53:07] know fellas no just teasing but uh pray

[53:10] for our our young people and our teen

[53:12] Ministry uh pray for their spiritual

[53:15] growth pray for their protection pray

[53:16] for them as they go to youthcon at the

[53:17] end of the month uh youth conference

[53:20] there at Heartland Baptist Bible College

[53:22] hosted by Southwest Baptist church pray

[53:24] for them as they go there but I pray

[53:26] especially for the teen Ministry from

[53:28] this Wednesday to next and so if you

[53:30] have a teenager in your house I'd

[53:33] encourage you to pray with that teenager

[53:37] sometime during the next week now if you

[53:40] can do it every night that'd be better

[53:42] if you have a teenager pray with them

[53:45] about them and ask them what they would

[53:49] want you to pray for for them and

[53:53] hopefully you'll get more

[53:54] than hopefully you'll get more than that

[53:57] and so but ask them what specifically

[53:59] you can pray for them in the team

[54:02] Ministry all right and so let's uh let's

[54:05] be about

[54:06] praying we got a lot of things in this

[54:08] life we can be concerned with let's take

[54:11] it to the Lord and leave it there and

[54:14] let's be people prayer it's the same

[54:16] God that made the door

[54:18] knock I brought you bread it's the same

[54:22] God my milk cart crashed outside can you

[54:25] have you want the free milk it's the

[54:27] same God the same God that provided for

[54:30] over 100,000 orphans to have food

[54:33] medication and bread is the same God

[54:35] that you and I get to talk to is the

[54:37] same God so let's let our requests be

[54:40] made known unto him all right so let's

[54:43] go to the Lord in prayer tonight on

[54:46] behalf of these

[54:48] requests Heavenly Father Lord we come to

[54:50] you

[54:51] tonight we make our requests known unto

[54:54] you

[54:56] Lord we pray tonight for brother Ted and

[54:59] Miss

[55:00] Anne they believe it's not much

[55:03] longer I know Ted is ready to go and Ann

[55:08] is at peace with that Lord I pray you'd

[55:11] help them through this time help our

[55:14] church as we minister to them Lord we

[55:17] pray also tonight for Tisha and the

[55:21] upcoming procedure on Monday Lord that

[55:24] you'd protect her and protect the baby

[55:27] Lord If It Be Your Will that they'd get

[55:29] to celebrate the birth of this new

[55:31] child Lord we pray tonight for Miss

[55:34] Luella and her recovery Lord that you'd

[55:37] help her to have a good recovery and

[55:39] everything to go as it should it's Larry

[55:42] as he helps her Lord we pray for the

[55:44] Barnes family and their

[55:47] son difficulty he's

[55:49] facing as his world's been turned upside

[55:52] down at such a young age but God we know

[55:55] you're the god of All Comfort you're the

[55:57] God of all Grace Lord we pray youd help

[55:59] and Minister during this time lord we're

[56:02] thankful for each and everyone who's

[56:04] here tonight Lord I pray you'd help us

[56:06] to be living the life of praying and

[56:09] taking it to

[56:11] you pray for Miss Robbie and her

[56:13] upcoming colonoscopy we pray for her

[56:16] brother Tommy and phyllis's salvation

[56:18] and her the Burks salvation and her

[56:20] other family members that are lost Lord

[56:23] we pray for this upcoming Sunday that

[56:26] you'd work mightily in our services and

[56:28] Lord we pray especially for the teen

[56:30] Ministry this

[56:31] week Lord we pray for each one of those

[56:34] teenagers Lord that you would help them

[56:37] to have a heart Focus for

[56:40] you their eyes will be on

[56:43] you Lord we pray during vacation bible

[56:45] school that the messages that are

[56:48] preached to the teenagers would be an

[56:49] encouragement and a help to them pray

[56:52] for

[56:54] youthcon the speakers there brother

[56:57] hetzer and brother Gates as they speak

[56:59] Lord that you'd use them

[57:02] mightily Lord we pray for our young

[57:04] people to have a heart for

[57:07] you for our church to have a passion for

[57:10] young people Lord we pray that you be

[57:13] with us as we're dismissed tonight keep

[57:15] us safe as we travel home in your name I

[57:18] pray amen want to remind you if you

[57:21] haven't signed up to and you want to

[57:23] help with VBS please see the signup

[57:25] sheet out there could use some more

[57:27] volunteers to help with vacation bible

[57:28] school we greatly appreciate that also

[57:31] if you'd like to donate prizes for the

[57:33] prize table you can do that we have some

[57:35] that have been donated already but if

[57:37] you'd like to donate prizes or you say I

[57:39] don't have time here's some money you go

[57:41] get them we can go do that for you as

[57:43] well and so if you'd like to be involved

[57:45] in that we appreciate it so much and so

[57:48] at this time brother Samuel's going to

[57:50] come and lead us in our dismissal song

[57:52] this evening

[58:00] we're going to be dismissed with the

[58:02] song Micah chapter 6 verse number eight

[58:04] he hath showed thee oh man what is good

[58:08] Micah 6 verse number8 and we'll sing it

[58:13] twice he ha show thee oh man what is

[58:18] good and what do the Lord require of

[58:22] thee but to do justly and and to love

[58:27] mercy and to walk humbly with thy

[58:35] God he ha showed thee oh man what is

[58:40] good and what do the Lord require of the

[58:45] but to doly and to love mercy and to

[58:50] walk humbly with thy God

[58:56] you are dismissed

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