WHAT DO YOU DO WITH LIFE’S CARES?
1st Peter 5: 6-8
Our world today is so fast paced!
We see everything in high speed today
like when we travel, or when
we’re shopping, or working!!
Sometimes going down the interstate
I can be going 70 MPH and people
will pass me up like I’m sitting still.
The whole world is in a rush!!
And when you go to the Grocery
store or to Wal-Mart watch out!
People will run completely
over top of you!!!
I think they need red-lights at
the ends of the aisles.
People are just in to big of a hurry!
We almost run in the grocery store
aisles.
We used to have an RPS route its
like UPS.
And its such a fast paced job.
All day long you stop sliding
and pull out spinning. and you’re
supposed to get a package
delivered in no longer than one
minute!!! For Real
I did that for a year and I couldn’t
stand it any longer.
The stress is just so un-real!
And it’s a proven fact that stress
is one of the nations #1 health
problems!!
I just can’t stand to be rushed.
It makes me nervous and it makes
us make mistakes
and you can’t make a rational
decision, under stress!!
So don’t allow yourselves to be stressed!!
Remain calm!!
Now I know that’s easy to say but so
hard to do!!!
But we have to balance things out
we have to balance our diets and we have
to balance our time and we have to balance
our checkbooks!
And if you’re not careful you’ll find
yourselves bringing this rush
into God’s house and that’s where we
don’t need to rush anything!
God don’t get the time that He deserves now!
Apostle Peter said Humble yourselves under
the mighty hand of God
that He may exalt you in due time
casting all your care upon him
for he careth for you
This is no doubt the greatest advice
that we could ever possibly have been given!!
Cast our cares upon Him!
People that’s our worries
I think that worrying is a sin
and that’s why God wants us to cast
cares upon Him! AMEN
Just like that ole song
what a friend we have in Jesus!!
No matter what kind of a problem we have
Jesus can take care of it, He’s our high Priest!
there’s no problem to big or too small
to lay at the feet of Jesus!!!
Turn with me to Hebrews 4:14-16
Our God is able to solve the problems
that stress’s us out.
And they steal our peace and our Joy
Jesus said in
Matt. 19:26
with Men this is impossible BUT
with God all things are possible!!
Luke said in 1:37
with God nothing shall be impossible
Its human nature to carry burdens
I do it too!!!
But we have to give it to Jesus Christ
and we don’t need to give up our peace.
But then everybody would say
Brother Wendell
How can I limit stress
Well that’s such a good question
Stress isn’t always bad
some stress’s are good for us
like going on vacation
that’s positive stress
and most of us have to come home
to rest up!!!
Getting promoted at work is a
positive stress!!!
Or Becoming a Dad or Mom was probably
one of our biggest positive stress’s!!
Limit your stress with God’s word
like
Matthew 6:25 says:
Take no thought for your life
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink
God wants us to give it to Him!!! AMEN
When we put God first, it limits our negative
stress.
God don’t want us to worry about food
or drink nor clothing
because He will meet all of our needs!! AMEN
And when we pay our tithes if
its our last dollar, we already know
that God will provide our needs!!!
Phillipians 4:19 says
But my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches
in glory by Christ Jesus!!
Today people we have to be ready and
willing to serve God and we have to serve
Him whole heartedly!!!!
We have to be prayed up and we have to be
victorious over the wiles of the devil
we have to fight the deceit of this world
and we have to be faithful to God right
to the end!
we need to target our young people in the
church we need to teach them to follow
Jesus!!!
And the young people have more faith
than we do!!!
And many times today we’ll fall into that
terrible trap called greed!!!
Some of the poorest people I know
are the ones who have a lot of money.
And usually if someone has money
they’re greedy!!
We need to humble ourselves people,
we need to get back to the basics!!!
We need to get back to the basic life
and we need to get back to serving God
and not the things of this world!!
The Apostle Paul said in 2nd Timothy 3:1-5
This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
without natural affection, truce breakers
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers
of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God’
And here’s the kicker - LISTEN
Having a form of godliness but denying
the power thereof:
from such turn away!!!
Paul is trying to warn us never to be lovers
of Money
but this sin will be like wildfire in
the last days!!!
People we’re there now!!!!
Today people are confused about who and
what they are supposed to serve
We are to serve God and His church
God don’t serve us, We serve Him!
Our church don’t serve us
we serve it!!!! AMEN
We need to have a zeal for the body of
Christ
We have to remember that we labor
for God and not people!!
We need to be the examples for the lost
If lost people see how a lot of so called
Christians act today they’d probably say
If that’s how Christians act then
I don’t want to be one.
Or they’ll think if these so called Christians
are gonna go to heaven
then I’ll go to heaven as well!
We have to be living examples people!!
And the big word here is respect!
We have to learn how to respect our elders!
We have to learn that they do know more
about things because they have more
experience in the matters!!!
We have to serve God and His church
with humility and humbleness!
And we have to stamp out pride!
Pride is one of our worst enemies!
It’ll cause major destruction!
God hates prideful attitudes!
Pride will tear down our walls
that we have built with God!
If you’re humble you’ll receive God’s
grace and mercy!!
And rewards are promised to those who
are humble!
The bible says In Psalms 37:11
The meek will inherit the earth!
But the bible says
your adversary the devil as a roaring lion,
walketh about seeking whom he may devour
We have to resist the devil
resist him and he must flee from you
I think its John 10:10
The devil comes so he may
steal, kill, and destroy!
And if you’re a Christian you can
guarantee that he has your number!
Jesus said I am come to give life and to
give it more abundantly!!
We have to resist the devil like Jesus did!
We have to learn recognize his lies
We have to learn to stand against satan!
And that’s with the Word OF GOD!!
Learn to call on Jesus for his HELP!
Learn to quote Gods word to the lies.
Learn to live for Jesus and not for our self!
And most important we have to learn
that we are not alone in this battle!!
There’s others in this battle too!!
We have to remember that God is gonna
reward us for our accomplishments
for His Kingdom!
Its our job to witness to people and try
to broaden the Kingdom of Heaven!
We are warriors for the Lord!!!
We have to stay the Course!!
And after the war God is gonna take care of us!
He’s gonna strengthen us during and after
the battle!!
But we have to stand strong against the devil!
we have to face him with the sword of the spirit!
and we have to slay him!!
And we have to continue to fight this
battle, and not fall asleep or else
we can’t win!
Truth and Victory is just around the corner.
So don’t give up!!!
People we have to preach often to those
people who have troubled hearts!
We have to witness to those sinners
that God puts in our path daily!
Remind them of John 3:16
For God so loved the world
that He gave his only begotten son
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish
but have everlasting life!
God loves us all sinners and Christians
Good people and bad people
He wants our souls!
But we gotta ask!
Romans 8:28 says:
And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them
who are the called according to his purpose
God is working all things together for good!
But only those who truly love God
are the best at appreciating it!!!
We are the called or the elect!!!
That’s what scripture calls saved people!
There’s so much stuff in this world that
makes us not so personal!
Social Security, and insurance policies
and credit cards.
We’re just numbers to most people!
And this just tells me that the Anti-Christ
is just a little closer!!!
But people we’re not numbers to God!
We ain’t numbers to God
He knows our hearts!
he knows our thoughts!
He knows us better than we know ourselves
God has time for us!!
We better give him some time!!
We need to be like the Apostle Paul
He said in Phillipians 3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus!
Don’t lose sight of our goal tonight
we need to press through to victory
and live the holy life that God has
called us to live!!!!
We need to press through just like
the woman with the issue of blood!
Press through and just touch the hem
of His garment.
And be made whole!!!
Are you ready tonight to be made whole??
Jesus is right here for you tonight
please come to Jesus tonight!!
