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A burden is a heavy load someone places upon another for the purpose of carrying, often with painful and wearisome toil, to some destination. Only then can the burden be unloaded and the strain of bearing it relieved. Men have built ships to carry their burdens overseas (Acts 21:3), or trained mul
David had a burden that he was bearing. He was going through one of the most difficult times in his life. His beloved son Absalom had seized his throne from him. It is a most horrible thing to be removed from your position by a stranger. But when the treason is committed by your own son, to whom you
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." Psalm 55:22 Bearing a burden is a part of living in a sin-cursed world. Burden-bearing is especially the lot of God's people. David knew burdens. The burden he has in mind when he writes thi
And there Ahithophel used his skills to give David advice, advice that would, in his desires, lead to the death and destruction of David and his removal from the city. This instruction is necessary, this instruction from the Holy Spirit, using the occasion of David's own burden. Because of our
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation, the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof. Every time Israel moved in the wilderness, the priests had to disassemble the tabernacl
Luke 14, verse 27, Whosoever doth not bear his cross cannot be my disciple. The book of Galatians we read, every man shall bear his own burden. Or, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which tries you as though some strange thing happened. In other words, the underlying truth of the
and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. We must through much tribulation. That's the idea of the burden. We wanna look first of all then at the given burden. Secondly, we wanna consider our casting prayers. And thirdly, we want to see the certain answer, God's ce
Lovely image, lovely description there in the book of Ephesians when it comes to the mutual ministry of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ, the head and king of the church and members who are united to him through faith, called here to minister one to another and to edify one another by
And we do so with the confidence that He will sustain us. We come together tonight as a congregation that has burdens. And it's in light of that that I bring this word to us as a congregation this evening. You look at the bulletin and there's a couple of announcements that indicate particular b
We may at times try to say the fault is everybody else's, our enemies, that it's not ours, that we play no role whatsoever in the consciousness of the burdens that are ours because of enemies or friends that turn against us. But truth be told, when we sit in the night all by ourselves and we lo