WEBVTT 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:08.919 Good job, choir. Thank all of our children for 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:11.500 Children's Church. You've already headed back. 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:16.199 You are going to see in your bulletins that we 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:18.379 are going to be in Joshua today, but we are not. 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:26.859 That changed about ten minutes ago. This may 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:30.059 be the worst sermon you've ever heard. We're 00:00:30.059 --> 00:00:33.530 going in cold this morning. It might be the best. 00:00:33.630 --> 00:00:35.649 It might be the best. It might be the shortest 00:00:35.649 --> 00:00:40.390 sermon you ever heard. But sometimes the Lord 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:43.829 puts stuff on your heart, you know? And so I 00:00:43.829 --> 00:00:45.810 don't really know what I'm going to say today. 00:00:46.689 --> 00:00:51.049 Maybe not much. Maybe just one scripture. We're 00:00:51.049 --> 00:00:59.049 going to pray, and we'll get started. God, we 00:00:59.049 --> 00:01:01.490 come to you this morning, and I thank you for... 00:01:02.189 --> 00:01:04.629 The freedom and the privilege to be in your house. 00:01:05.069 --> 00:01:08.209 I pray that your Holy Spirit would be among us 00:01:08.209 --> 00:01:11.750 today, God. That the power of your word would 00:01:11.750 --> 00:01:15.469 speak to us, dear Lord. We come to you, our lives 00:01:15.469 --> 00:01:19.810 are hard and full of pain and sorrow and hardship 00:01:19.810 --> 00:01:25.870 and sickness and death, dear Lord. And so we 00:01:25.870 --> 00:01:29.670 need you to help us. So I pray that we would 00:01:29.670 --> 00:01:32.719 find your help this morning. I pray in Jesus 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:35.859 Christ that you would strengthen us today, God. 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.879 I pray that you would give me words to say. God, 00:01:40.980 --> 00:01:42.900 I do not have a clue what I'm going to say right 00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:48.260 now. But I'm going to speak your word. And if 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:51.859 nothing else, that is good enough. And I ask 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:57.079 these things in Jesus' name. Amen. One short 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:59.480 scripture. If you do not know it, you should 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:05.950 know it. Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. You need 00:02:05.950 --> 00:02:08.969 to know it. You need to remember it. And you 00:02:08.969 --> 00:02:14.750 need to visit it often. Matthew chapter 11 verse 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:18.789 28. Some of you know it by heart. You don't even 00:02:18.789 --> 00:02:25.750 have to turn to it today. But it is a great call 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:30.710 for us to find strength and peace. In our life. 00:02:31.949 --> 00:02:37.469 Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. Says this. Come 00:02:37.469 --> 00:02:42.050 to me. All who are weary and burdened. And I 00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:47.569 will give you rest. Now I suppose that is enough 00:02:47.569 --> 00:02:52.969 said. Jesus Christ calls us today. In the midst 00:02:52.969 --> 00:02:56.419 of our pain. In the midst of our suffering. In 00:02:56.419 --> 00:02:58.319 the midst of our sorrow, in the midst of our 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.979 loss, in the midst of our sickness, in the midst 00:03:00.979 --> 00:03:05.759 of our death, we come here today as people who 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:10.780 are broken, as people who struggle. Maybe not 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:13.960 at this moment in your life, or maybe so. I don't 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.939 know where you are in life. But if you haven't 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:20.879 gotten to a point in life where you don't know 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.990 where your strength is going to come from, where 00:03:23.990 --> 00:03:26.030 you don't know where your deliverance is going 00:03:26.030 --> 00:03:29.189 to come from, where you don't know where your 00:03:29.189 --> 00:03:32.969 peace is going to come from, it is going to come 00:03:32.969 --> 00:03:37.969 from Jesus. And what a beautiful invitation that 00:03:37.969 --> 00:03:43.370 Jesus gives us today. Now I suspect in a room 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:47.490 this size that there are some this morning who 00:03:47.490 --> 00:03:54.569 are weary and burdened. Life is so hard. Life 00:03:54.569 --> 00:03:57.569 is hard and it may not even be the result of 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:01.750 anything that we have done. It may be something 00:04:01.750 --> 00:04:06.430 that someone has done to us. It may be a sickness 00:04:06.430 --> 00:04:09.449 that we face. It may be a struggle with our job. 00:04:09.550 --> 00:04:12.270 It may be a struggle with our parents. It may 00:04:12.270 --> 00:04:14.930 be a struggle with our children. It may be a 00:04:14.930 --> 00:04:17.670 struggle at church. It may be a struggle with 00:04:17.670 --> 00:04:21.269 temptation. But these things bring chaos in our 00:04:21.269 --> 00:04:26.439 life. And chaos will depress you. It will bring 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.860 you down. It will burden you and fill you with 00:04:29.860 --> 00:04:34.360 anger and pain. But Jesus says, I want to give 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:41.279 you peace in the midst of the chaos. And so the 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.300 message is short today. Jesus calls you today 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:50.339 that in the midst of your chaos, that Jesus says, 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:55.970 come to me. And I will give you rest. Do you 00:04:55.970 --> 00:05:00.709 seek rest today? You will find it in Jesus Christ. 00:05:00.810 --> 00:05:06.410 Let me pray for you this morning. God, I thank 00:05:06.410 --> 00:05:10.709 you for these people. I pray that you be with 00:05:10.709 --> 00:05:14.990 them. You know their struggles. You know their 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:22.759 pains. You know their hardships. God, I pray 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:30.740 for the ones who have been hurt by others. That 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:39.680 you would help them to forgive. God, I pray for 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.500 the ones with sickness. That you would help them 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:47.980 in their battle. I pray for the ones who have 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:51.899 experienced death. That you'd give them comfort. 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:00.800 I pray for the ones with struggles in their family. 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:07.500 That you'd give them restoration. I pray for 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:12.500 the ones with broken marriages. That you'd restore 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:30.089 them. God, I pray for your peace today. God, 00:06:30.209 --> 00:06:43.670 we need it. And I pray for those who seek it, 00:06:43.709 --> 00:06:46.730 that they would seek it in Jesus Christ and that 00:06:46.730 --> 00:06:57.040 they would find it this morning. And I ask these 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.079 things in Jesus' name. Amen.