Casting Our Worries on the God Who Cares

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somebody maybe stops eating or starts eating less somebody maybe choose their nails or their fingers somebody is very very irritated and has very and the reaction could be very different but I would like to share the thoughts how I believe we should react in the right way and I'll share that at the end of my sermon today but i' would like to share an example about two famous pastors how they went through those difficult moments in their life and how they were able to overcome Rick Rick wner who is a pastor in the city of Moscow he says by Nature I'm a person that worries a lot and everything I it goes through my internal emotions I would always worry about the church why people come why people go I would always worry about my family and even if I were to go on vacation or have some time off even then I would still [Music] worry you know it that stress really got to me so much physically then in his stomach he starts to develop some altars that started to bleed that he lost a lot of blood and when he was in the hospital they would Infuse him with new blood and they would start the TV in front of and there was this medical program there and this anchor would share the following that lately there have been a lot of cases that people would get uh infected with AIDS because of the blood transfusion I was looking at this Blood that's being entering my body I look at myself and I started to worry no now I'm going to be one of those people cases being I'm sure going to get sick and after he left the hospital he told his wife you know what I need to test my blood because I warri might be and his wife he had no patience she's like you you bother me so much with your troubles that go ahead and test it so and says here I am pastor of the church go to the hospital to and when I went to the hospital to pick up my medical results you know in the what's a little different the way things done in mosow versus the way things do in the United States because they do it here privately they show results and and this this lady at the front desk she says Rick ranner your your test for HIV they're ready and I look at the turn to the S side and there was a church for a lady from my church and I started to think to myself it's like the entire church will know where I went and I worry again and know and again I start to and he says I came to a point one time that I lost the confidence in my salvation I'm a pastor of the church and I come out to pray for them people come to the front and says we like to receive salvation it says I pray for them but inside of me Lord I need this disc confidence myself because I feel like I'm not saved and I lost this confidence being a pastor of Banger church I couldn't sleep and my wife tells me why you can't fall asleep just you know turn to why you keep turning away and I was really getting upset at her why she would not understand what I am going through and I at 2 a.m. I came to my office I started to he started to cry and and and and and and asked Lord and during that prayer he felt like somebody touched him and he um he said Lord I feel that you came you came I open my eyes but it was my son who eight years old he says daddy why are you crying I see you cannot fall asleep he says I was experiencing tremendous problems in my life he says I'm a a master in Warriors and the story ends that God delivered him from his and says now I trust the Lord and I don't worry about things you know it's a negative experience or an example that took place in the life of this past but there is another example I'd like to share with you in Chicago there was a major fire many buildings caught on fire and the the this this this fire came close to the Church of Pastor and Pastor Moody he came left in his pajamas he went outside with the Bible in his you know he this uh fire people and reporters came and Pastor mood is standing in his pajamas with the Bible in his hands and one of the reporters would approach and it says Pastor Moody you would always preach that God is protecting how did it happen how did God allow for Why God did not protect your church and mood replies back to him it says in the last days I've been asking the Lord to give me a bigger church and I uh did my math and I realized there's going to be a lot of money to to demolish this and God just went and I thank God that he there's going to be a new church in this the reported was very shocked and he nothing but then he asked him again I see you left your home in your pajamas did you you able to take out the valuables from the church and then Moody replies and says no I was not able to get anything but he lift up his Bible says I took the capital of all capitals and soon there will be a new church building in its place mood he later left to a crusade to England there was a lot of wealthy people they came to Christ they collected a lot of money that they were able to support this building Moody did not worry even though everything was burned out he put everything entrusted into God's hands you know when worri do come in our life for different reasons it could be our health our finances or Ministry or something else and we worry about it and what is the right way to to to behave in that and many times we are not able to overcome our emotion but the right way in any any situation is to come before him and to tell him Lord I'm in a situation Lord I have a problem Lord help me Lord You Love Me Not from how many times I'm able to read the word of God you are love me not how many prayers I'm oh how much money I'm able to give but as the heavenly father you love me I know and this trust will able to help you and one more example how it influences us everything that we confess with our mouth it has a great meaning Apostle Peter he wrote do not open doors for the because when the problem does come we start to worry and then the enemy comes and the enemy brings their own report and many times it's hard to fight him off it's better to not allow him into our life but when the problem does come you say Lord I'm opening my hearts to you Lord for you all the doors of my life are open because my full dependence is on you one tourist came to niagar Falls in can Canada side it's very beautiful much better looking from the Canada side when he used the stairs and came down to the bottom of that he drank some cold water he was full of joy that is so pleasant but then he saw this sign that is on and he just read one word and then immediately started to to to hug his chest with his hands and he started to uh to to to to choke and he says I I'm dying I'm dying he was able be evacuated when he was delivered to the hospital he says I'm dying I drink water from the Y Falls and this water is poisonous and Doctor smiled at him he says I know this sign yes I do I'm aware of this sign poon and it says there is it says that the in the Aros there is this fish that is called Poison it only had two letters mixed up but then this tourist he he thought that he's actually drinking and he started to die because he believed in that and now listen carefully when you confess with your own mind it says Lord You're my shepherd Lord you are my uh Lord I believe you I trust you you are my Lord and what you confess with your it has power because you're confessing uh the the mighty Lord may God help everyone to realize one thing that we are children of the Living God and he's forgiving God he is loving God he's the one who will guide us into his kingdom yes worries are many many worries in our but our hope is in the Living God i' would like to invite you to prayer let's first uh ask for forgiveness that we did not trust him in our Liv let's ask him that he would give us this faith in him and I would like to in conclusion share One More Story just came my pastor one pastor's friend wife shared with me that when she was in the car with her husband he says I lifted up my hands and I noticed they becom in blue I tell Vali my husband I'm dying my my hands became blue and she started to rub her feet with her hands because of and she noticed that those hands would become darker and [Music] darker ital they found the hospital and he took his wife there the Doctor Who would receive them he says lady you just simply have to go and she washed it and they are all nice and beautiful and she was simply robbing on her jeans and because of the paint it's it ended up on her hands that's why we don't wear pants this is what really happens with sometimes we when we see it has it influences in Galatians it says carry the burnings of one another you see a brother or sister who may be lost weight you see that they are nervous because they biting their fingers come to them ask pray for them carry the burdens of one another I'd like to invite you to prayer for [Music] for forus amen [Music] [Music] e [Music] [Music] spee [Music] [Music] fore fore [Music] [Music] foree [Music] foreign spe spee [Music] [Music] fore [Music] [Music] spe [Music] [Music] [Music] fore [Music] foree [Music] praise the Lord dear brothers and sisters for this wonderful evening which God uh gifted to you and me one more opportunity to meet him because we came in his name and he is Among Us according to his word and he wants today touch your yours and mine heart he wants to renew he wants to lift you up to his Heights because he is our God and he's cares about our lives and he is worthy of praise and today we came for reason to glorify Our Redeemer he left Heaven he left all the glory of Heaven Angels and Archangels were praising him but he left it in order to make make peace between the Creator and the creation and we going to thank him that we numbered among that that number so he pointed his Rod of his grace to you and me because he loved us he he washed us he justified us and he made us uh clothed by with his blood we didn't know each other but the blood of Jesus Christ make make made us brothers and sisters because he called you son and or daughter and we are just like a one family in this evening came in his name and he is here Among Us according to his word and we going to bow down before this Lord we're going to thank him because he is worthy of Praise I'm going to read the passage in the scripture we know this story very well it's going to be chapter 10 book of Acts verse 30 and below [Music] PR [Music] praise be to our Lord we see that Cornelius was praying in his house and the man in a white bright closes appeared to him and he said Cornelius your prayers came to remembrance before the Lord and your gifts to the poor and he said go and and send somebody in and call the Peter SI Simon Peter and also cornelus sent somebody to call Simon and when Peter came and Cornelius told him the following words you did the good thing that you came and now we all appear before the Lord if you're going to hear what the Lord's want to say to our hearts if we were paying attention God already spoke to us God spoke through the Psalms through the lips of Brothers he already was he was speaking already today and he still wants to speak to my heart and to yours I also want to share a sure testimony it was in my life just like here Cornelius just like God told Cornelius your prayers are heard and I was I will tell from my life I was 12 years old and my mother got sick with cancer and the doctor said you're going to live one more month and if we are going going to operate you will leave three months uh my mom refused the surgery uh my my father was a minister and we prayed I lived close to school mom and uh each break we children came and prayed for our mom and the the the my father went to the prophet and he he just came to the door and this woman come comes out of of of her house and he said says she says the following words I know why you came I want to tell you that your prayers and you prayers of your children I heard and I will prolong the days of Life of your wife and and also the the words were from that Prophet was the that my mom will live until the old age and the other words were there which were hard to understand at that [Music] time and she she said it was said that she will see uh the corpses on on the laye on on the ground and he will ask God please take me away and we didn't know we didn't understand what kind of words are those my mom lived until she was 84 years old and when there was um like a revolution in Ukraine and maidan she saw people lay laying on the streets and she said God please take me away I was speaking to her via Skype and she said turn off the Skype I want to rest and she said to my sister which she was taking care of her she said come go and prepare some food for me she just exited the room and came back and my mom already passed away and then we understood the words that were said that the corpses were would be lying on the on on the ground and she will say the following words Lord take me away and it was fulfilled praise the Lord our Lord is alive he is answering the prayers and the also came before him he is the same who was 2,000 years ago and he is present today in this place by his Holy Spirit and he sees my and yours condition and he is asking you and me what do you want today from me just like he asked uh the blind man who was sitting by the road and the Jesus passed by and she he started to scream Jesus Son of David have mercy on me and Jesus stopped even though the people made made the man to be quiet but he didn't miss his [Music] chance and he started to scream even louder Jesus Son of David have mercy on me and Jesus called him and they brought him to Jesus and Jesus asked him a question what do you want from me and Jesus saw that he is [Music] blind but he still asks him what do you want from me and he says I want to see and Jesus says see your faith has made you well and he followed Jesus praising the Lord and the same happens in our lives we come to this place where the God's pres is is but sometimes our thoughts just like like it is written the the the other people were walking there with Jesus tried to make the the the blind man to be quiet the same our thoughts our worries our needs and our thoughts and they go ahead of us and they tell us what the the brother or sister who think sits next to you will think about you don't open your mouth and don't talk and it happens that we miss our chance and we come day by day and we still carrying our need in our heart but we see the blind man he didn't miss his chance he did he was not he did not pay attention what people are telling him but he was screaming and Jesus stopped and called him and he saw the mercy of the Lord and so before us is going to be a prayer because Jesus is present in this place and we also have worries in our hearts let's don't let our thoughts go ahead of us but today open up our mouth come to Jesus who is here in this place because he is today wants to bless you and me he want to give answer for your problem because he's our God and he is alive and he knows and he cares about our lives and he wants just like he asked this blind man what do you want from me and this question today is is sounding this question is he's asking this question you and [Music] me and he wants to give the answer for your need and we going to Bow our knees if let's not be afraid let's not doubt because he is here in this place because we came not in the name of the person but we came in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who paid for you and for me great price he shed his blood until the last drop when the the the the the soldier pierced his his side there was no blood anymore but there was water God redeemed you and me and he is here in this place and he cares about yours and my [Music] life and he wants to give us your blessing his Blessing he wants to give his answer for your problem and we going to pray right now we're going to Bow before our Lord