IS YOUR WORLD FALLING APART?

IS YOUR WORLD FALLING APART?

There are times that life just gets to be too much

to bear.  The reasons are many.  They can be from

physical problems, financial problems, family

 problems, work problems, emotional problems

or even just plain old every day boredom.  But,

regardless of the reasons we become tired of the

whole thing of life.

There is an answer.  Jesus Christ practically begs

us to take them to him.  He wants to help us with

the load in our lives.

I have found for myself that as I take each day

and it's problems to Jesus Christ - things just

plain and simple work out better.

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you

who are weary ad carry heavy burdens, and I

will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you.  Let

me teach you because I am humble and gentle

at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I

give you is light.'"    

(Matthew 11:28 - 30 NLT)

Roll that burden or problem over on to Jesus

Christ and see if He doesn't do a better job

of handling it than you can.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you

who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I

will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you.  Let

me teach you, because I am humble and gentle

at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I

give you is light.'"

(Matthew 11:28 - 30 NLT). 

I WOULD FLY AWAY AND REST

I do not know about you.  But I am getting really

tired of all the misinformation and lies that have 

been fed to the public the last few weeks.  It is 

becoming obvious that the "crises" is being fueled

and used in an effort to bring the whole world under

government control - no matter what country you 

live in - a world controlled by the government.

God's word told us these days were coming, and 

here they are, whether we like it or not.

But being so tired of it all the 55th Psalm made

a real impression on me today.  The Scriptures

quoted are from Psalm 55 in the NLT.

This is king David pleading with God when he

was in a whole lot of trouble by those who hated

him.  His troubles were not the same as yours

and mine, but we can learn where to go by them.

"Listen to my prayer, O God.

Do not ignore my cry for help!

Please listen and answer me,

for I am overwhelmed by my

troubles."  

(Verses 1,2)

And king David wanted out of it just like 

you and I would.

"Oh, that I had wings like a dove;

then I would fly away and rest!

I would fly far away

to the quiet of the wilderness.

How quickly I would escape -

far from this wild storm of hatred."

(Verses 6 - 8)

We know that in time David was delivered

out of these troubles and in the next to last

verse in this chapter he gives us the necessary

clue for the help we need.

"Give your burdens to the LORD,

and he will take care of you.

He will not permit the godly to

slip and fall."  

(Verse 22)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Then Jesus said, 'come to me, all of you

who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I

will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you.  Let

me teach you, because I am humble and gentle

at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I

give you is light.'"  

(Matthew 11:28 - 30 NLT)

KNEELING

"Christians and camels receive their

burdens kneeling."

- Ambrose Bierce

USELESS BURDENS

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Why do those of us who are Christians insist on carrying

useless burdens?

Those who belong to this old world do not know any better.

They think that the more they have to carry through life,

the better off they are.

It is interesting that when Jesus called Simon Peter and

his fishing buddies to go with him,

"They pulled the boats up on the beach,

left everything, and followed Jesus."

And when Jesus called Levi the tax

collector,

"Levi got up, left everything and

follow him."

(Luke 5:11 & 28 GNT)

I know a certain woman, who I will not name for 

my own personal safety,  who decided to clear 

out her "excess" clothing.  She donated it to 

a homeless shelter and a battered women's

shelter.

I am not exaggerating, I helped load it, I know.

It was three SUV loads.  It would have filled 

my little pickup.  Now how can one woman

wear that much in just one lifetime?

[Did you notice, I did not say anything about

how much I might have passed on?]

"What did we bring into the world?

Nothing!

What can we take out of the world?

Nothing!

So then, if we have food and clothes,

that should be enough for us."

(1 Timothy 6:7,8 GNT)

WHERE BURDENS ARE LIFTED

William R. Newell
gave the answer when
he wrote:

1. Years I spent in vanity and pride,
   Caring not my Lord was crucified,
   Knowing not it was for me He died
   On Calvary.
   • By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;
     Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,
     Till my guilty soul imploring turned
     To Calvary.
2. Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus everything,
   Now I gladly own Him as my King,
   Now my raptured soul can only sing
   Of Calvary!
3. Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan!
   Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!
   Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span
   At Calvary!
4. Refrain:
   Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
   Pardon there was multiplied to me;
   There my burdened soul found liberty
   At Calvary.