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Have you ever been getting ready to walk into church before worship, or maybe you’re preparing for your own personal time with the Lord and you just feel this urge that you just need to clear your mind, get rid of like whatever the week is, you want to brush it off? Maybe the pastor even says like, “You know, whatever’s been going on in your week, just push it aside, we’re going to focus. ” And you’re like, I want to focus. I want to focus on the Lord.

I’m actually here to say, that’s the opposite of what you should do. When you come into His presence, bring what you have and lay it at His feet. In 1 Peter, it says, “Cast your cares on Him, cast your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.” He’s not asking you to cast it aside. He’s not asking you to fix yourself first or tone it down, or even whatever sin. Like we bring that into the presence and lay it in surrender at His feet and allow Him to heal us, Him to purify us, Him to cleanse us.

So just remember when you go into that, and your default is to say, or to think, “Oh, I’ve got to clean up this mess” or, “I need to like be okay” or, “I need to just not think about this.” Don’t do that. Just bring it to Him and let Him take care of it with you.

Lord, I just ask that your Spirit would remind us who your Son is and what He did for us, and that we can lay our cares, lay our anxieties, bring our sin to Him and that you cover it. You’re a high priest that knows what we’ve been through. So I just ask for that reminder and just that peace that we can come into your presence and allow you to purify us, you to comfort us, and you to give us that hope and renew our faith. Amen.

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Do you know you can cast your burdens on the Lord, cast your cares on the Lord, and He will help you? In the word of God, it says in Psalms 55:22, “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” It also says in Matthew 11:30, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

That is so cool that our God is saying that we don’t have to live a life full of burdens, that we can give Him our cares. So if something, if someone, responsibilities are burdening you right now, there’s a lot of things you don’t know what to do with, anxiety, stresses, fears, you can literally cast them, not just give it to Him, like get rid of it as fast as possible, because He’s super strong and He can hold it. Keep going.

I know for me personally, one of the hardest things that I carry is the expectation of people, especially my family. So even though God is telling me, keep going, I sometimes tend to look back because I want to help those that I feel are needing me. That’s kind of my personal burden. So it can be anything like that, too. Even that, He’s saying to cast your care. And I know that sounds crazy because they need you. You might be a mom, you might be a dad. You might be the head of your company, and He’s still saying, “Cast your burdens, cast your cares on me. I am big enough.” And when you do, you’ll be lighter and you’ll be able to run faster, and you will be able to get to where you need to be. And those things that you’re worried about, those people that you’re worried about, God is going to take care of them way better, no offense, but way better than you can.

God, I pray that you help this person watching this video, understand this, really understand and trust you. Trust you when you say that you can, and that you are strong enough and that you want to partner with them, that they don’t have to do it alone. In Jesus’ Mighty name. Amen.

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