Burdens

[0:00] Psalm 55, just verse 22. Psalm 55, verse 22. Pass thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.

[0:15] ! He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.! This morning talking about the subject of burdens, and we can all think about what loads us down through life, what burdens do we have, and how are we to deal with them, what are we to do with them.

[0:32] And people are crying out, I have problems. What can I do? Where can I turn? There's different burdens the Bible speaks about, different kinds of burdens, and different ways we can deal with burdens.

[0:45] Firstly, we could consider the burden of worries. In Deuteronomy 1, verse 12, Moses is there, and he's come to by the people with various problems to deal with.

[1:00] And Deuteronomy 1, verse 12, Moses says, How can I myself bear your cumbres, and your burden, and your strife? So people were coming to Moses with all their worries and burdens, and their strifes, and he was overwhelmed.

[1:16] Moses here was the one that the people all came to, with all their concerns. He was their one counsellor. He became weighed down, with all their various complaints and difficulties, their troubles, the pressures, problems, people problems.

[1:30] Everybody came to Moses. Sometimes we can also be like that. We can take on the burdens of others, in an unhealthy way, and it can eat into us. It was getting to Moses, that everyone was coming to him, so he appointed some wise men, to share the load with him.

[1:45] And it's good for us likewise, to bear one another's burdens, to help share the load that others have. In Galatians 6, verse 10, we read, it says, Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

[2:01] We ought to bear one another's burdens, but not let them get such that we're overloaded with them, with other people's worries. So consider, firstly, the burden of worries.

[2:12] The burden of worries. And it's a big burden that people often cart around with them, is their worries, isn't it? Their cares. We all have them from time to time. As one man described worry though, worry is prayer to the wrong God.

[2:28] Isn't it? Worry is prayer to the wrong God. Because as a believer, we don't have to worry in that overwhelmed kind of way. We've got prayer to resort to.

[2:39] And today is to tomorrow, you're worried about yesterday. And yesterday is gone, and tomorrow never comes. So worry is really quite a pointless exercise, in a way.

[2:49] And it's been said to the worry board, that 80% of life is waste. 40% in the past, and 40% in the future. So they're worried about the past, that things might have happened, that they can't do anything about, and they're worried about the future, which really, we've got no, call over anyone.

[3:10] So worry is a pointless exercise. And worries, when you think about it, are a burden which many people shoulder, and carry through life. Always worried, about what the future will bring.

[3:23] Worried about what lies ahead. And this can often hinder, the effectiveness of a believer, when we're always worried, about what lies ahead for us. Really, we're in his hands, aren't we? And we need to have that factor of worry, in that way.

[3:36] As our Lord Jesus says, in Matthew 6, verse 34, in part it says, sufficient unto the day, is the evil thereof. We live in the day, that we have. And make the most of that.

[3:47] As the old song goes, one day at a time. Sweet Jesus, isn't it? One day at a time. One day at a time with our Lord. In fact, the original Anglo-Saxon word for worry, means to choke or strangle.

[4:02] And Webster adds that, it means to torment, to fret, to trouble or play. You know, worry can really strangle us. It gets a choke hold on us, doesn't it? It's been said that, there was a survey of some executives, some high profile workers, and there were, their lives were examined, their lives of these 576 executives, and it's said that, 71% of them, died of high blood pressure, heart disease, or stomach ulcers.

[4:33] Worry kills those who worry. Worry does really no good, does it? It's been said, worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere.

[4:45] Worry is really, not a useful thing for you. So, it's a burden that some people carry, is those worries, those anxieties. Really, keep and rob us, rob us from that peace with our Lord, can't it?

[4:58] When we worry about things, that may likely never even happen. And worry is not faith, and trust in your Lord, which you've called to, in his promises. It's a lack of faith.

[5:10] So, friends, today, when we, subject to the thoughts, those thoughts of worries, unload them, offload them, pour them out, to him.

[5:21] Pour your heart out, to the Lord. Worry can certainly be, an awful burden. Worry is about our family, worries about future decisions, worries about money, about health.

[5:33] Worry can be, a burden. Secondly, another, another burden, that we can have, a heavy burden, is the burden, of weights.

[5:44] Weights. We've got the burden of worry. Secondly, the burden of weights. We read about in Psalm 38, verse 4, for example. Psalm 38, verse 4.

[5:55] It reads, For mine iniquities, are gone over my head, as a heavy burden. They are too heavy, for me. So, the psalmist here, is talking about sin, iniquities.

[6:07] They've gone over my head. They're like a heavy burden, he says. Too heavy for me. So, weights can, I guess, speak to us of a guilty conscience. Maybe there's things, that are, sin burden.

[6:18] And the psalmist, he was crying out to God, because of that heaviness, that he felt, that he was overloaded, with sin, or shame. He was troubled, he was heartbroken, because of sin. And friends, sin can be a heavy weight, can't it?

[6:31] As we know, when we were lost, how we, can we burden down, with sin, with shame. And, sin can be a heavy weight, to carry. And hinders our life, with God.

[6:44] The psalmist, in Psalm 38, verse 4, he knew that it was, too heavy, for him. We need broader shoulders, to put that sin on, don't we? We need a great burden bearer, to carry our sin.

[6:54] 1 Peter 1, verse 6, in part it says, how we are in heaviness, through manifold temptations. Temptation, is a heavy burden. It burdens people down, doesn't it?

[7:06] Some burdens are heavy. There's a heaviness, through them. They get us down, they weigh us down, through life, we have that weight, the weight of daily temptation, of circumstance, the weight of our situation, with God.

[7:21] Are we in right fellowship? Are things weighing us down, because we're not in right standing, with our Lord? There could be many things, that we can't shake. Things that are weights, to us, temptations, sin.

[7:33] For some, it could be things, that get a hold of them, like perhaps smoking, or drinking problems, addictions. And it's hard to run, with weights. As we know, the familiar scripture, in Hebrews 12, talks about the weights, that we have to lay aside.

[7:47] Because the weights, will slow you down. Think of, obviously in sports, pictures, of athletes, they don't carry, unnecessary weight.

[7:58] And we see that picture, for us in Hebrews 12, of those, spiritual weights, that can, handicap, and, hinder us. There are hindrances to us, in Hebrews 12, verses 1 through 2.

[8:10] As I'm sure, you're familiar with that one, where it says, Wherefore, seeing we are, compassed about, with so great a cloud, of witnesses, let us lay aside, every weight, and the sin, which does so easily, beset us.

[8:23] And let us run, with patience, the race that is set, before us, looking, unto Jesus, the author, and finisher, of our faith. Before the joy, that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down, at the right hand, of the throne of God.

[8:42] Some have listed, things that could be weights, anger, greed, selfishness, dishonesty, lies, unfaithfulness, laziness, gossip, evil speaking, jealousy, drunkenness, pride, the flesh, unbelief, neglect of duty.

[9:00] They can be heavy loaves, can't they? The things that we neglect, the things that we, ought not to do, the things that can be heavy, upon us, they are weights. Too heavy for us, but there is one, who is stronger than us.

[9:13] Amen? Those things that weigh us down, that heaviness, those heavy burdens. And, so we see, burdens can be worries, they can be weights, thirdly, they can be, works.

[9:27] They can be works. In Matthew 20, verse 12, the Lord tells a parable, and says, that these, he's speaking of workers in the vineyard, these last have brought but one hour, and they must make them equal unto us, which have borne the burden, and heat of the day.

[9:45] Picture there, it's workers in the harvest, and how there's a burden, and a heat of the day. It's talking about work, physical work, exertion. And, the, the, the word of God tells how, the Pharisees put burdens upon people, that were worse.

[10:03] And, yet, our Lord, in contrast, as we know in Matthew 11, verse 13, talks about burdens of the yoke, and our Lord Jesus says, my yoke, being tied together with him, in service with him, that service unto him, the yoke that he gives, he says, my yoke, is easy.

[10:19] And he says, my burden, that which I will put upon you, the Lord says to you, the burden that he will put upon you, in contrast, is light. But we see the curse of this busy world, don't we?

[10:30] Such a busy, busy world. People so burdened down with workload, working, you know, some up to some down, you know, six, seven days a week, you know.

[10:42] It's the way the world is, isn't it? People, helter-skelter, busy, busy, with so much workload, burdened down with workload, too busy, too busy, too busy to pray, too busy to fellowship, too busy to meditate, on the word of God.

[10:58] You know, there's a, there's a burden of work. And, you know, we know we all have to work, we all have to engage in work, to support ourselves, our families. But, it's when that, that burden of work, becomes, an overburden, isn't it?

[11:12] And sometimes, even in the Christian life, we can get, so busy, doing the things, sometimes, even the right kind of things, things we think, God expects of us, but we miss out, really, on that, sitting at his feet, sitting at his feet, and taking in his word, what he really wants for us to, to have an intimate fellowship with him.

[11:32] Some religions, as we know, are works focused. It's all about works. Everything is based on, working your way, to pleasing God. You know, there's some religious, settings where, it's all, a burdensome thing, of works.

[11:47] False religion, is a work. Religion, is a work, isn't it? It's a burden, of men. An effort, of men, to build some kind of, ladder to heaven, as if they've got to keep, working, to get some higher, standing.

[12:02] But we know, it was far short. Our works, cannot please God, in that, in that fleshly sense. And the Pharisees, were like that, loading people down, with these burdens, too hard to bear.

[12:13] As our Lord says, in Matthew 23, big chapter there, about our Lord, addressing the Pharisees. In Matthew 23, verse 4, the Lord renews them, and he says, for they bind, heavy burdens, and grievous to be born, and lay them on men's shoulders.

[12:28] Heavy burdens, grievous to be born, lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves, will not move them, with one of their fingers. They won't lift a finger, to help, but they'll load people up, with heavy burdens.

[12:40] And we see, such vain religion, around, don't we? That it becomes, truly a heavy burden, a burdensome thing. And of course, that's not, true biblical Christianity, because, biblical Christianity, takes our burdens.

[12:53] He takes our burdens. He gives us, that, lifting of burdens, off our shoulders. In Luke 10, we read, the account, of Mary and Martha, that familiar one, and it says, in Luke 10, 38, now it came to pass, as they went, and that he entered, into a certain village, and a certain woman, named Martha, received him, into her house.

[13:16] And she had a sister, called Mary, which also sat, at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha, was covered about, with much serving. So she had this, burden of works, Martha, she was, you know, running, hither, thither, and very preoccupied, with much serving.

[13:35] She was covered about. And she came to her, and said, Lord, dost thou not care, that my sister, that left me, to serve alone? Bid her therefore, that she help me. And Jesus answered, and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful.

[13:51] In other words, full of care, full of worry, troubled, about many things. But, one day, is needful. And Mary, have chosen that, good part, which shall not, be taken away from her.

[14:06] So, friends today, consider, burdens. Consider for yourself, what is, what is my burden? What am I burdened about? If you're honest today, and I can, I can put myself here, you know, there's worries.

[14:21] It's, it's, life, at times, can be filled, with the, that natural inclination, to wonder, what, what's going to happen? Maybe fears, about the future, about family, about concerns, troubles, worries.

[14:36] They can be a burden. Weights, a guilty conscience, maybe something's happened, some, something that has, affected you, maybe it's some addiction, you're grappling with, sins that so easily present.

[14:49] There's a hindrance there, that can be a weight. We know what we should do, with the weights. Lay aside the weights. And then there's works, that vain attempt, to please God, out of our own effort.

[15:02] We're not against, what happens, we should be a working church, an active, we should be active saints, an active, vibrant, active church. But those, we're talking about works, that are more, of the flesh, or, of our own vain, effort, and fleshly strength.

[15:19] Maybe our own righteousness, which we know, is this filthy race. They're, they're things that are not going to be, useful. They're going to be a burden. So, worries, weights, works.

[15:30] Are there burdens, that you're carrying today? Well, maybe subject to, that you haven't really, given over to the Lord. For example, maybe it's temptations. Maybe there's enemies.

[15:41] You know, we all can have people, attacking us, and bad mouthing us. Could be losses, crosses, inward conflicts. That state of, of despair at times, where we're feeling heavy laden.

[15:54] If so, the question we need to answer, is what can I do, with my burdens? What does the Bible say, that we ought to do, with those burdens? So, here's some approaches, that we can take, to dealing with the burdens, of life, that we're all beset with.

[16:09] One approach, is to carry, your burden. You can carry your burden. Many Christians, choose to carry, their burdens, around with them. They almost cherish them. You know, could be a chip, on the shoulder.

[16:21] And they just, they've got something, that, something that's happened, to them, that they, they just, don't let go of it. It's like a kid bag, they carry their burdens, around with them, and they tell everybody, about them.

[16:33] And they keep, their troubles, with them all the time. And we can have, those moments, things that might have, happened to us, in the past. Things that have, happened to us, through life. And we've never really, given it over, as a rule.

[16:46] Those pet burdens, and woes. People treasure, and dwell on them. They talk about them, and they fuss about them. They carry it, as a load of baggage, with them, wherever they go.

[16:57] Oh, you haven't heard, about my burden, let me tell you about it. They won't let go of it, it's just always there, isn't it? And have we got, that approach, where, where we have something, that we carry, we've never let it go.

[17:11] Why not let it go? Give it over to him, instead of carrying it, continuing to carry that hurt, whatever it is. Look, I've been hurt. We all have hurts.

[17:22] We all have people, that have hurt us, things that we've been, oh, that was, that was really hard. And I'm not, denying it. But maybe it's unforgiveness, where there's things, people have hurt us, but we've never, given it over to God.

[17:37] We've never, got forgiveness, or given forgiveness. That heavy load. So, we can take the approach, of carrying our burden. And there's times, when we do have to carry, our burden, but, it's that sense of carrying it, that cherishing of it, and not ever, yielding it.

[17:54] Carrying our burden, is not really, the best approach, is it? Another, approach, secondly, is we can get, counsel about, our burden. You can get, counsel about your burden. And we saw, back in the first example, of Moses, he got counsel, he got other people, to share the counsel.

[18:10] There's, there's wisdom, in the multitude of counsel, it's getting counseling. There's good counseling, that you can get. It's good comfort, and advice from others, that we can get. But for some, it might be worldly, counseling.

[18:21] Now, there's, there's some merits there, but maybe when we resort, to secular wisdom, that can be, lacking, calm. Secular wisdom, only goes so far.

[18:31] It might be, somehow, but, forget dependent on man, to solve our own problems, we know, it's really not enough. Some would lean on the arm of flesh, where they go to worldly wisdom, and learning, maybe, they go to Oprah, or, or Dr. Phil, or whatever, that sort of garbage, and, and we think, there might be some benefits there, some, some, there might be some wisdom there, but we know, it's nothing, in comparison, to the wisdom of God.

[18:57] And people can go to social workers, or psychologists, or analysts, they may offer some help, but they fall short. There are many different voices, you can listen to, all around us, especially this world, where we can answer, so many different opinions.

[19:12] Sometimes it's advice, which conflicts with, the word of God. This should be our counsel. This should be our comfort. This should be our source of wisdom. As it is, it's the beginning of wisdom.

[19:23] It's the beginning, and the ending of it, isn't it? Some would take advice, which conflicts, with the word of God. For example, some would counsel, leave your husband, or your wife. Take part in sin, whatever it be.

[19:35] Do, do what feels good. Just do, just please yourself. That would be, the counsel of some women. And we know, it's contrary, it's the wisdom of God. So, do we get counsel?

[19:47] Is it wise counsel? That's important to consider. You know, you've got to filter the counsel of, different people's opinions, or advice we might receive. Filter it, and question it.

[19:57] Is it wise counsel? Is it according to the word of God? Is it from a trusted Christian? Or better yet, do we seek the counselor? The counselor, as we know, at this time of year, Isaiah 9, verse 6, is certainly a scripture we would often turn to at this time of year.

[20:15] For unto us, a child is born. Unto us, a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor.

[20:28] Counselor. The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace. Friends, his name is Counselor. So, if you want counsel, want wise counsel, the best counsel you can ever access is to go to The Counselor.

[20:44] The Counselor. Wonderful Counselor. The Mighty God. The Prince of Peace. So, friends, you can carry your load of shame and guilt and trouble. You can seek counsel, hopefully wise counsel, from Christian helpers, most especially from The Counselor, The Counselor, The Lord.

[21:02] The very best thing you can do, the third thing you can do with your burden is you can cast your burden. Cast your burden. As we've read, as we've read, the scripture we started with, Psalm 55, verse 22.

[21:15] The very best thing that you can do with your burden. Whatever it be, it's found right here in the Word of God, Psalm 55. Cast it. Psalm 55, verse 22.

[21:26] Cast thy burden upon the Lord. He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

[21:37] So, friends, it says, cast thy burden. In other words, throw it. If I had some things that I could throw to demonstrate without hurting anybody, I'd be throwing them here to demonstrate physically, you know, give you that real picture of that demonstration.

[21:53] I hope you could catch them on my burdens here. Cast them. Throw them. Cast them. Get rid of them. Discard them. Chuck them. Throw them. Give it to God. The Bible says, cast thy burden.

[22:05] It's telling you to cast your burden. You know, the pastor can't cast your burden for you. You've got to cast thy burden upon the Lord.

[22:17] You've got to do it. Cast thy burden. Throw it out. Not sure where to turn. Do you ask? Who cares? Does it say to you that no one cares? There's times through life when we're fairly left out alone.

[22:31] No one to share our burdens. There's one you can give your burden to. But he'll always be there to receive your burden. Amen. It says, cast thy burden upon the Lord. There's tremendous good news for you today that there's someone ready and waiting.

[22:46] He's got his hands ready and he's no butterfingers. He'll catch your burden if you cast it. Not only does he care, but he cares about every detail of your life.

[22:59] Every detail. You might think, well, there's some things maybe God isn't wanting to deal with. No, he wants you to give it all. A double L. I checked in the Greek and A double L means A double L.

[23:13] It means all. All means all. There's no redefining of it. There's no mystery to it. All means all. A double L. All. All of your burdens. And it says, cast him all your care.

[23:25] All your care upon him. For he careth for you. 1 Peter 5 verse 7. So cast thy burden, it says, upon the pastor. No, upon the Lord.

[23:37] The pastor's got burdens of his own. I can say for myself. Coming to the pastor can be helpful, but more especially, firstly and foremostly, cast thy burden upon the Lord.

[23:51] That's where it says to cast it. Why cast it on him? Because he cares. Because he cares. There's no need for you to feel down or depressed. God has made you his personal concern.

[24:03] that God's not too busy to take that time for your burden. To take time for you and your needs. It says that he knows the number of hairs on my head. He knows you so intimately.

[24:15] Matthew 10 verse 30. Someone does care. It says, cast thy burden upon the Lord because he cares for you. We can surely know that someone who does care.

[24:27] And he's provided his care. We see his care. The provision that he's made at Calvary's cross. He's paid. He's proved his care. He's taken your place.

[24:37] You're punishment. So much so does he care for you. And friends, there is a refuge you can go to. A refuge you can go to. I like to think that we are refugees as it were.

[24:51] We're fleeing a place of loss, of disaster. and we're fleeing into the safe refuge. That safe keeping of the Saviour's care.

[25:04] There's a refuge you can go to. There's a loving friend, a kind and caring father, a compassionate Saviour. And that refuge is always open. It's a 24 by 7 refuge.

[25:16] And if your heart is weighed down today, whatever that burden might be, the heavy burdens of life, we all have those moments when we're feeling overloaded. The Lord is ready to care for you.

[25:27] And he cares for you, your burden. He can carry your load. He is a confidant. He is a counsellor who you can trust. You can trust him. You know, you can go to him with the most intimate needs that you have.

[25:42] And he is a counsellor that you can have complete confidence in and know that he is well able. As believers, we've got a wonderful privilege of prayer. And in prayer, we can bring our needs unto him.

[25:54] We can take our concerns to him. Philippians 4 verse 6 it says, Be careful. In other words, don't be full of care, full of worry. Be careful for nothing.

[26:05] But in everything by prayer and supplication, let your, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. So we have prayer.

[26:16] Brothers and sisters today, as believers in Christ, you have prayer as that absolute wonderful communication line with your heavenly Father. We have prayer, we have his promises.

[26:28] Promises like, Psalm 55 verse 22, Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain me. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55 verse 16, earlier in the psalm, the psalmist, David, says, As for me, I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me evening and morning and at noon while I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice.

[26:55] So there's a wonderful joy there that we can evening and morning and noon, in other words, any, any which time of day, any time, all the time, he can come and he can pray and the Lord shall save me, the Lord shall hear my voice.

[27:10] In Psalm 55 verse 22, he promises he will sustain thee. Don't you like that? He will sustain thee. When you're feeling like you're at the end of your road, he shall sustain thee, he shall keep thee, he shall watch over thee.

[27:24] He may not take all the difficult circumstances away, but he promises to sustain us, to sustain us. He's a sustainer of our soul and he will speak peace to the troubled heart.

[27:36] You can leave your affairs in his hands, knowing they're in good hands, and he will bring strength to your soul. So friends, bring your broken heart to him, bring your needs, don't hold back in giving to him your all, all your needs, all your worries, all your concerns.

[27:55] We've got the wonderful privilege of repentance. When we have a burden that weighs us down, he can forgive. As we yield, he can forgive.

[28:06] As we repent, as we bring our heart to the mercy seat, he is waiting, he's waiting to dry out tears, to bring joy, real joy, to take pain and hurt away, to help heal the hopelessness, the discomfort, the burdens of the day.

[28:24] It says, he will deliver you from your burden and he will make you free. It says, he will enable you and sustain you. And when you're feeling like you can't go on, he will sustain you.

[28:35] He will sustain you. The Lord Jesus is on the throne and he can help you. He can wipe away all your tears. He can comfort you. As we know, the Lord Jesus says, come.

[28:45] He says, come unto me and I will give you rest. I will heal. I will help. I will take your sorrows. I will give you joy.

[28:56] The Lord Jesus understands. We think of the Lord that we serve. He's not some far, far away, some remote kind of God. He knows heartache. He knows grief and loss and loneliness.

[29:09] A cow is hell. He bore it all. He bore it all there. He bore the cross, our cross, our sin. Isaiah 53 verse 4, surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

[29:24] Yet we get esteem and stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. A man of sorrows, it says, acquainted with grief. He was used to it. Grief was something he was familiar with.

[29:35] He was no stranger to that pathway of sorrow and pain. One day the government, it says, shall be upon his shoulder. Surely his shoulders are big enough for your needs.

[29:46] Surely his shoulders are big enough to take on your burdens. He is strong enough to carry all of them, all of them. You don't need to carry your burdens yourself any longer.

[30:00] Carrying your burdens is not the place for you. He wants to carry your burdens. He will give you the counsel that you need because he is the wisdom.

[30:16] He's the wisdom of God. He is the counsel, the right counsel that we need. Go to him for your counsel and cast, cast your burden on the Lord.

[30:28] He shall sustain me. Think of it as he went through the garden of Gethsemane in so much mental pain and agony that his sweat was falling down like blood drops.

[30:39] In Luke 22, verse 4, he was in agony. He prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

[30:51] He knows every situation that we walk through and he can help. He can help you. Cast thy burden. Could it be worries?

[31:04] Family worries? Money worries? Could it be weights? Heavy weights? Your flesh? Guilt? Pride? Eviction? Unforgiveness? Hatred?

[31:14] Sin? Weights? We all have weights. We're feeling overwhelmed. Works? Could be religious works.

[31:26] Our Lord says, come unto me. All you that labour are heavy labour and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. For I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest unto yourselves.

[31:38] For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Our Lord Jesus says, come to me. The Bible says, cast thy burden upon the Lord and just note that second part and he shall sustain thee.

[31:58] One thing for you to do, one thing that he will do. Amen? Cast thy burden upon the Lord God's part and he shall sustain thee.

[32:09] So friends, whatever the burden of life, as we go through life, we've all got the frailties of life, the realities of human life, the hardness of life, cast thy burden on the Lord and he shall sustain thee.

[32:26] Release it in prayer, let go, give your burden unto the Lord. He shall give you the strength that you need. It's his promise. Get a hold of that, those words there and he shall sustain thee.

[32:42] His comfort, his grace, his joy, his assurance, he shall sustain thee. Let us pray. Lord, we thank you that you are truly the great burden bearer.

[32:54] Lord, we don't have to carry that burden. Lord, we can yield that burden to you. Lord, we pray for the times when we face a burdensome thing that we'll seek your counsel, we'll go to your word, we'll seek your wisdom, we'll seek prayerfully your way.

[33:14] Lord, for life's challenges that come our way, that we'll seek your counsel and Lord, we'll most of all cast our burden, each one, cast our own personal burden upon your broad shoulders, Lord, that we can know that you will carry us and our burden, you will sustain us.

[33:36] Lord, we pray for comfort and grace, for strength in the race, for laying aside the heavy weights. Lord, help us to have that heart to please, to honour you.

[33:48] That we'll be working Christians, yet our works won't be a burdensome thing, but it'll be a glad joy to work in your service. Lord, help us to have that heart. Lord, we pray for this church, the Harvey family, Lord, for your grace and undertaking, for the saints here.

[34:07] And Lord, help us to put these words into action and to always hang on to that promise that you shall sustain those who cast their cares on you. Lord, we pray that if there's any, in the hearing of this, that have yet to trust you as their Lord and Saviour, that they'll know that truly wonderful relief of the load of sin lifted.

[34:31] As we know, only you can take our burden of sin and pay the full pralty of it and pay the due Christ for our Lord, for our saving.

[34:42] Lord, that only you can save the soul that trusts in you. Lord, we pray that each one might have that heart's trust today. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you.