# Helps for casting your care

Key Passage: 1 Peter 5:7
Date: June 7, 2024

Some of them are a little bit, we’ll hear them as specials, but we haven’t sung them that much as congregational songs. Good. We’re getting used to them. Great, great songs. Turn your Bible, if you would, to 1 Peter chapter number five. First Peter chapter number five, and helps for casting your care upon him. Helps for casting your care upon him. And specifically seven of those.

I feel fear coming across the auditorium when it’s not three, it’s seven. Oh no, my goodness gracious. We’ll go quick on those, but helps for casting your care upon him, first Peter chapter number five of God’s Word tonight. I mentioned, I think I did mention about Ms. Lorne and Brother Juan had taken her to the ER, and Brother Juan says she’s doing good. She has a double infection in her ears and whatnot, but they sent her home with medicine. So praise for that. Pray they’ll be effective and she’ll get all the way over it. I’m so glad to hear that.

First Peter chapter number five. We’re going to start in verse number five. First Peter five in verse number five. Would you please stand if you’re able to show the Word of God respect? And 1 Peter 5:5. If you are there, would you say amen? Amen. Good deal.

The Bible there says, “Likewise, ye younger.” By the way, it’s just a good thing if you’re in that category right there. Amen. I’ll tell you what, now. But likewise ye younger, submit yourselves unto the older. Yea, all of you be subject one to another. Wow. And be clothed with humility. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace unto the humble.

“Humble yourselves therefore, or because of that, if you will, humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” It’s very interesting. Not a period there, but a colon. I’m not saying that it was part of God’s inspiration and preservation, all the commas and all the marks. But I think the wise men that God used put them in there in a great way. I would say that. But it’s just a colon there. And then verse number seven, “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.” What a wonderful, wonderful verse. Would you read that verse number seven out loud with me? Here we go: “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth.” Amen.

Would you pray with me? Lord, would You help us to put this verse You’ve given us, Lord, really just an amazing verse? Thank You for it. But would You help us put it into practice? Lord, it’s a shame in some ways we have to ask You to help us to do it. Lord, thank You. We’re frail, and Lord, You know our tendencies. So grow us tonight. Help us be better at casting our care upon You. Thank You, You care. And we ask all these things, Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.

Many of you heard me tell this story before—story number 43, if you have your outline there—but it’s about the man that was a hitchhiker, and he was on the side of the road. He had a big old sack and he’s hitchhiking along. A fellow passes him and pulls over to the side of the road. He’s in a pickup truck, and the hitchhiker goes up there and says, “Where are you going?” and so on. The driver says, “Well, hop in, I’ll give you a ride,” and all those things. He hops in the passenger side of the pickup truck and he’s sitting there holding his sack. The driver says, “Well, hey, sir, you can put your sack in the seat here between us. It’s no problem. Just put it down there, take it easy. You can put it there.” And the guy said, “No, no, I can’t do that.”

He said, “Well, I understand. You probably don’t want to put it between us here. You can put it on the floorboard there, and it’ll be safe there by your feet. Just put it out and relax.” And the guy said, “No, no, no, I can’t do that.” He said, “Well, I understand, maybe that bothers you. I’ll tell you what, I’ll pull over to the side of the road, and you can hop out and put your sack back there in the bed of the truck. Nobody will be able to get it, and it’ll be safe. I just want you to come up here and sit and relax.” And the guy said, “No, no, I can’t do that.” Finally, the driver said, “Well, I just want you to be able to enjoy the ride a little bit. I’m glad to give you a ride. Why can’t you give up the bag?” And he said, “Well, it’s enough for me to ask you to give me a ride, much less carry my bag too.” It’s like he’s carrying his bag. You understand?

Now, I say that, that’s what we do. God’s the driver, and God says, “Just put it down.” You know, and you’re like, “God, I got it.” He’s got it. What a wonderful verse. That story illustrates it so well: casting your care upon him. I love that. But it’s amazing how we as humans have a tough time with it. We all have a tough time with that thing from time to time. It’s just hard for us sometimes to put it down and cast all your care upon him. It’s just hard. I think about that song often, that little phrase: “Oh, for grace to trust Him more.” I like that phrase. I can’t even remember what song it is right off the top of my head, but just that phrase, I think about it often. Sometimes I’ll pray it, “Lord, oh for grace to trust You more.”

We have a hard time, some of us, in our human nature and self-reliance. You grow up just kind of depending on yourself and all those things. Sometimes it’s just hard for us to cast. Casting all your care upon him. It’s hard to do sometimes. I thought about it as a boy, we got a little cast net. You know, sometimes you call it a bait net, or you use it to catch bait fish sometimes or mullet. We used to catch little things off the St. John River with that. There are different sizes: six foot, eight foot, whatnot. But it’s hard to cast that net because you want to cast it out there, and it’s kind of spinning and opens up. There’s an art to it, there really is. There are different ways of doing it. I never was really good at it.

A lot of guys will put lead weights all around the outside. I’ve tried it a lot of different ways, but some guys will put that lead weight, one of them in their mouth, and then you get some on this arm, a certain section of it. It’s according to how it’s six or eight foot, ten foot, and how much you put on each arm. You have it all, and you just kind of turn, and there’s an art. You’re just throwing it out there, and it’s spinning, and it opens up. You can catch a lot of bait fish or whatever it may be—mullet fish, or shrimp, all kind of things. But there’s an art to casting, and sometimes you think, well, that’s so easy, but not quite always that easy.

Casting all your care upon him. We all have difficulties with that from time to time. So let me just try to give a couple of thoughts—seven thoughts about this saying of helps in casting your care upon the Lord. Just real quickly tonight. Number one: Remember He has allowed it. He has allowed this thing in your life. So I’m going to stop fighting it, and I’m just going to accept it.

Remember Job and Satan, and the Lord was talking. The Lord was bragging on Job. And the Lord said, “All right, I’ll lift that hedge a little bit. You can get in there, and you can take his wealth, and you can take his children, but you can’t touch him.” Satan came back and said, “Skin for skin. He’s serving you only because you had a hedge, but you let me in there. But now you won’t let me touch his body and his health.” And the Lord said, “All right, all that too, but you can’t take his life, remember that.” And so Satan went in there and got his health also. Now, here’s the thing about it: Satan could only get in there and do what God allowed.

Sometimes it helps me to be able to cast this burden or this problem in my life or your life on the Lord when I remember, “Hey, God’s allowed this for a reason.” God’s allowed this thing. God doesn’t do it—by the way, they blame—that was the fire of God. No, it wasn’t the fire of God over in the Book of Job that burnt that house down; it was the devil. It wasn’t the wind from God. The Chaldeans and the ones that came in there and destroyed them—the Lord didn’t lead them to do it. The devil did that, but God did allow it. There’s a difference there, by the way. That’s very important if you’re dealing with major things and bitterness and whatnot. But it helps me to be able to cast this care, this burden, when I remember God’s allowed this thing.

God allowed this to happen. I don’t understand it all. I can’t make sense of it all, but God’s allowed this thing. So it just helps. Hey, God’s allowed it for some reason. It’s interesting. Verse number six right there. Verse number seven is when we’re focusing on. Look at verse number six right there, if you would, please. First Peter 5:6. He says, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God.” Isn’t it interesting how God words that? He words it a little different over in James when he uses kind of the same phrase there. He resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. He words it differently over there. Over here, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God.”

Sometimes God touches you, and that’s a wonderful thing when God touches you, but sometimes it’s painful. When Jacob wrestled with the Lord all night long, God touched him and changed his life, changed his name, but it hurt. He walked with a limp for the rest of his life. Paul said, “That thorn in the flesh,” he said, “I’m going to glory in that, lest the power of Christ may rest upon me.” Sometimes the mighty hand of God on you is not always as wonderful. God’s put His hand on you; He’s using you. Sometimes it hurts a little bit. It’s not the most pleasant thing we like or want sometimes. He said, “Humble yourselves.” In other words, just accept the trials and the burdens and the problems He’s allowed. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God.

“All right, Lord, You’ve allowed this. I’m going to accept it.” All right, that He may exalt you in due time. You’re allowing it. I’m going to stop fighting against it. God’s allowed this thing for a reason. God often uses troubles to purify us—Job, of course. Job said, “I’m going to come forth as gold.” God uses those troubles and those troughs to just get the dross out. I thought about John Rice. God used John Rice so much years gone by, and we see some of the leftover things from it in the machinery, whatnot. But God used him in a great way in our country years and years ago, John Rice. His mom died when he was around six years old.

John Rice said it was a good thing because he learned to cry early. He said God used him to minister to so many hurt and burdened people, and he learned about that as a little boy. God often does those things. I think about Spurgeon. We were talking about Spurgeon just here recently, how God used him so much in the past, and even today He’s using Spurgeon from so many years ago. His wife had horrible health; at one point, she couldn’t get out of bed for the rest of her life. At one point, he had preached at Surrey Music Gardens, and that place was packed out. They say about 22,000 people came in there. Amazing. Packed in there, not in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, but in Surrey Music Gardens. Twenty-two thousand people packed in there, and they say one individual, thinking he’d play a good, funny joke or whatever—I don’t know what his motive was—began to yell, “Fire! Fire! Fire!” Twenty-two thousand people began to scramble and try to get out as fast as they could. People were trampled, and I understand people were killed.

They said after that, Spurgeon for a while said, “I can’t preach anymore.” It was just a thorn, a burden. Mentally, it threw him for a while, and he didn’t know if he could ever preach again. He did. But I’m saying, to cast your care, remember, “Hey, God’s allowed this thing for a reason.” He knows what’s going on. Look over in 1 Peter chapter number four. Look in verse number 19. I always think this is an interesting verse to show those faith healers that say it’s always the will of God for you to be healed here on earth. Look at that verse number 19. He says, “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God.” Wow. “Therefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator.”

Friend, sometimes I’ve got to remember, “Hey, God’s allowed this thing.” I’m going to be able to cast this thing easier because I’ve got to remember God’s allowed it for a reason. I’m not going to understand it all. I’m just going to realize He’s allowed it for a reason.

Number two: If it’s a person you’re burdened about—maybe it’s a relative, maybe it’s a child or grandchild, maybe it’s a neighbor—you’re burdened, and it’s hard to cast him on the Lord. Remember, if it’s a person you’re burdened about, God loves that individual even more than you do.

Man, I love them. That’s my child. I’ve changed their diapers. I raised them. I understand all that. But our love is tainted. Our love is so human. Sometimes our love is a little bit selfish. Our love is just kind of so weak in comparison to God’s love. I have to realize, man, I love them so much, and I’m not trying to make light of that. We do love them. I understand that. But look, God loves them thousands of times more than you. God gave His only begotten Son to bleed and die and be mocked and spit upon and scourged for that individual. Friend, He loves them even more than you do. It helps me sometimes to give them to the Lord, cast them upon the Lord, when I realize He loves them more than I do.

We don’t know. Maybe He’s trying to bring gold out of them too. Maybe He’s trying to get the dross out of their life too. I have to put them in His loving care. Remember something: If it’s a person, it’s just so hard to let go of someone you love. And say, “You know what? I remember He loves them even more than I do.”

Number three: Just seven helps for casting. Number three, verbally give that situation to the Lord as often as needed.

Here’s what happens: “Lord, I’m going to give You that,” whatever it may be. All right, the car is acting up. Sometimes it cranks when you turn that key; sometimes it doesn’t. Anybody have a car like that before? How many have called it Jezebel? We had an old church fan, one of our church fans, I believe we named Jezebel or something like that. You say, “Hey, Lord, I’m giving that car to You.” Now here’s what happens. You put your head on that pillow, and the devil comes back along, and he brings it back to you. All day long it’s a struggle. So, as often as you need something—it’s not just a one-time deal, not typically—it’s over and over again: “Lord, I’ll give it back to You.” “Hey, Lord, the devil brought it back to me, but I’m giving it back to You.”

Just every time, here it is again, as many times as needed. Isn’t it interesting there in verse number 8, 1 Peter 5:8? What is he saying? “Casting all your care upon him.” It doesn’t just say “cast”; it’s “casting.” It’s a continuous action. Casting all your care, all over again. All day long: “Lord, it keeps coming back. I’m giving it back to You.” Brother Patterson, we were talking just a minute here before service. I think two years ago when his wife was so, so right at the edge of death—what a burden. Praise the Lord, she’s doing so well. He was just saying he wants to give thanks to the Lord two years later for how God has taken care of her. Praise the Lord, she’s doing good today. But I promise you, during that time, it wasn’t just a one-time deal. It was all day and all night long: “Lord, I’m giving her to You. Bringing her to You.” The worry and the fear that goes along with something like that—it’s just continuous. “Lord, I’m giving her back to You. I’m giving her back. Would You take care of her?” Just continue. It’s a casting.

It’s interesting. He says there, “Casting all.” Big things, like your wife of years and years—though they’re not that old, you know, they got married when they were four and three. But anyway, it is a big burden like that, casting all, or even a little bitty thing. Casting all, just tiny little things. Little things that bother you. Sometimes little things that bother you build up, and you get a bunch of little things that bother you, and it becomes a big thing. But casting all—here’s my fault—it’s just a continual casting over and over again, all your care, big and little things. After a while, it becomes a way of life. By the way, don’t let this continual action—“I keep giving it”—don’t let it weary you. “Well, it’s going to wear me down.” No, don’t have that mental attitude. So you know what? I’ve got good practice at it now. I’ve been doing it for a week now, whatever month. I’m getting a little easier. I’m getting better. Just give it. That’s right. That’s an attitude of faith. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can lie abased or abound. It doesn’t matter. I’ve learned in whatsoever state I am to be content.” It’s just getting a little bit easier. I just continually give it back to the Lord, and it becomes the way of life.

All your cares, big things, little things. How do you have any problems? I keep giving them to the Lord. The devil brings it back. That’s all right. I just give it back to the Lord. That’s what God wants you to live. It’s a continual thing over and over again. Just keep giving it.

Every man in the world has got a place for his junk. Guarantee, every guy has. Hopefully, it’s not whatever in the house when you walk in there, on the floor or whatever. In our bedroom, the dresser—if I put it where it’s supposed to be—there’s a little place in there to put my keys. I mean, come on, that’s what’s going to happen. You put your keys in there, a piece of paper picked up off the ground in there, and we’ll put that somewhere else. Every guy has to have a place for his pocket knife. Come on now. Put your watch there, empty out all this junk right there, ink pens there, chapstick. I have some chapstick in there, and cell phone typically what I’ll keep out there getting a chart. All that. You just have a place for your junk. How many guys have a place for your junk? Come on now.

Ladies, you’ve learned over there: “Don’t touch his junk. Just leave it alone.” I know it’s unorganized, chaotic, but it’s his mess. That’s just the way it is. Every guy in the world—you’re territorial; it’s just a guy’s thing. Leave his junk there. If he throws it around the house, throw it in the junk pile over there. But you get like that with your cares: “Hey, Lord, I’ve got a spot with You where I just put all my stuff there.” You just get in the habit. It’s a way of life.

Someone said this a long time ago. It’s a good thing as you go through different periods of your day. Okay, you have break time. Brother Bill, you work seven to 3:30 typical hours? Seven to four right on there. When’s your first break? You don’t have a 9 or 9:30 break? He ain’t got no break. Poor Brother Bill. Goodness gracious, man. We’re going to call the labor department on this. Frankie’s going to get sued. But whenever you have a break from going—lunch break—that’s a good time. You had a little break in your schedule. Just clear that room out. “All right, let me give everything to the Lord.” And then four o’clock, he gets off at four o’clock. “All right, got off work, about to change my life a little bit here. Lord, I’m bringing everything, putting it there.” And then you get home, and just throughout your day, let these things be a reminder: “All right, Lord, I’m giving it to You.” Different parts of the day, you’re connecting with the Lord.

Sometimes I’ll say, “Lord, I want to pray. I want to talk with You. I want to pray without ceasing all day long.” At the end of the day, I said, “Lord, I’m so sorry I didn’t do that.” But if I’m on it a little bit and different things throughout the day, a change of schedule or pace is a good reminder: “All right, need to connect with the Lord.” He gave him things all day long. Casting all. It’s a continual casting. It becomes a way of life. Sometimes when things just build up and pile up on you, let that be a reminder: “I need to give it all to the Lord.”

Where are we at? Number four. Here we go. Number four: Realize my hanging on to my cares is me thinking I can handle the care better than He can, and that’s pride. Now, I don’t want to be mean because it’s hard to do, but we all have pride.

Isn’t it interesting in the context there? Go back over there. The context, verse number five, the last part of it: “For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.” So verse number five, he’s talking about pride and humility. Verse number six, he goes to the humble part: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” After you’ve humbled yourself—you’ve got pride and humility—then you humble yourself. Now you’re ready to cast your care upon Him. A little bit of humility is involved there: “I can’t handle it. I don’t want to handle it. You can do better than me.”

Someone said recently, “Lord, since You never slumber, You never sleep, I’m going to go ahead and sleep tonight. You’re staying awake, taking everything. I’m just going to go sleep.” It’s like, “Lord, You do better than me at taking care of it.” Is that hard to do? Yes. Is it humbling? Yes. We all battle it. All of us do.

Number five: Remember that casting is an act of faith, and God responds to faith. How was somebody saved? By grace, are you saved through faith? God responds. “All right, you’re saved. I give it to You.” When I give this thing to the Lord, that is an act of faith. It is so honoring to the Lord. The best chance they have, maybe if it’s a person we’re talking about, is not you holding on to them, but you giving them to the Lord. Because that’s an act of faith, and God responds to faith. If I hold on, I may be hindering God from working. When I keep my hands on a situation, God’s like, “All right, you keep your hands? I’ll keep my hands off while you have your hands on the problem.” When I say, “All right, Lord, I’m taking my hand,” God says, “Let Me put My hands on there now.” It’s an act of faith.

God is so pleased with that. I thought about this, and I don’t think Brother John and Ms. Maria mind me mentioning this, but for eight years, Brother John and Ms. Maria, especially Ms. Maria, would pray, “Lord, give us a child, give us a child, give us a child, give us a child, give us a child.” She could tell you the details much better than I. But somewhere along there, she said, “Lord, I’m just going to give it to You, whether they have a child or not.” About a month or so later, she took her hands off of God. God put His hands on. They got twins now. It’s an act of faith, and God is so pleased with that.

I thought about Jesus. Remember Jesus on the cross? One of the last things He said was, “Father, into Thy hands, I commend my spirit.” By the way, He cried out. He was about to die. He cried out, using all that energy, the last inch of it. Jesus cried out, “Father, into Thy hands, I commend my spirit,” and then He gave up the ghost. He laid down His life. He had energy left. But that act of faith—Jesus was putting it in the Father’s hands fully. He was laying down His life. It was an act of faith. So remember, casting your care upon the Lord is an act of faith, and God responds to faith.

Number six. Only got two more. Number six: Remember who you’re casting your care upon. I like that. Casting all your care upon Him. You’re talking about giving it to the Creator of the universe. He just spoke the world into existence. Do you believe in the Big Bang theory? I do. God said it, and bang, it happened. Amen. That’s what I believe in. The Bible says He measures the heavens with a span. God just said, “Let me measure how far that is from this galaxy to this galaxy.” I measure that with My hand. The Bible says He puts the waters—71, 72% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. The ocean is so deep. The Bible says He puts the waters in the hollow of His hand. That’s the One you’re giving it to. He knows everything. Nothing has ever occurred to God. Nothing has ever taken Him by surprise. He’s the One you’re giving the problem to.

Think about how big and how mighty He is. Instead of reminding Him how big your problem is, won’t you remind your problem how big your God is? I’m giving it to God Almighty. He can handle anything. He’s never had a problem in the world. He’s the One who holds it all together. The honest, simple truth is He’s the One who holds you together. So why don’t you give the problem to Him? You should remember who you’re giving it to. You’re not giving it to someone that’s careless and forgetful. He has always kept every one of His promises true. Never missed one. Remember that. Think about who you’re giving it to. He’s held it all together all these years.

Then number seven. Remember, I grieve Him when I don’t cast it upon Him. What’s that last part? “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.” A dad went to school, and he was going to walk his son home one day. He went to pick his boy up, and his boy had his bag with some books in it and a lunchbox and all that stuff. He waited a little bit, but not too bad. When they got out of school, little Johnny had his bag. Dad said, “Little Johnny, let me carry that.” John said, “No, no, no, Dad, I got it. I’m a big boy, Dad, I can carry it.” Well, there was a little walk home, and after a while, that bag got heavier and heavier. Dad kept saying, “Hey, John, I’ll carry that bag.” “No, no, Dad, I’m a big boy. I got it. I got it.”

Heavier and heavier. Pretty soon that thing that was maybe a couple pounds with books in there felt like about 100 pounds to that boy. Dad kept saying, “Johnny, I’ll carry that thing for you.” Finally, it got so heavy little Johnny said, “Hey, Dad, I’ll let you carry it.” Dad smiled. Dad was so happy to carry that thing. That’s why your Heavenly Father is. He said in Psalm 50:15, “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” Sometimes we mock or make fun or criticize people who have crisis prayer. I’d rather call on the Lord in crisis than no time at all. I’d rather call on Him all the time. But God says when you call upon Him in the day of trouble, you bring Him glory. When you bring all your care and put it on Him, oh, He likes it. He gets a smile. He’s so thankful you’re letting Him carry your burdens.

We all—I know for sure I have problems sometimes—giving it all to the Lord. We’re just living in a world of self-reliance, and it takes so much faith to give things to the Lord. But God’s always available. He’s always said, “Hey, I care about you. I care about you.” It’s amazing. God’s not a million miles away, not caring about your life and your situation, your problems. He said, “I care.” He’s offering, “Hey, bring it over here.” By the way, He’ll never take that choice out of your hands. As long as you want to carry it like little Johnny did, God’s okay with it. It’s your choice. God’s not going to rip it out of your head, saying, “I’m going to take it.” God doesn’t do that. No, He respects free will. God’s always waiting, warning. Little John said, “Dad, would you carry it?” Dad was so happy. God’s like that. He wants to. He’s so patient. He knows we have a hard time sometimes just giving it to the Lord. He understands that. He cares and waits patiently.

Just patiently. I’m here to help you. It’s amazing God is like that. “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.” Miss Tammy works on our printers and things around here a lot of times. We were changing out a printer this afternoon, and those printers get heavy sometimes. She had one in the back of her vehicle. We loaded it up this afternoon, and she said, “Well, I’m going to put it over here.” We’re changing the printer out over here in Building C. I saw her pull up over there, and she was going to move it. I didn’t want her to move it; I wanted to move it. The Lord worked it out. I just came over to get a drink of water at the right time. When I came in here, she wasn’t over there. She had kind of nudged her car over there into the carport. The Lord had it all planned. I came out, saw the car there, knew what she was doing, and I was able to move it. She said, “Well, I hid the car over there so you wouldn’t see it.” I was supposed to be in my office, and I was able to bring the printer in for her. Why did I want to do that? Because I love her. That’s where the Lord is. Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth. He careth for you.

Would you bow your heads and close your eyes? It would be a good night for us to say, “Lord, I’ll bring it all to You.” We are none perfect at it; I’m far from it. It would be a good night for us to say, “Lord, I’ll bring it all to You.” I’m not perfect at casting my care upon You. None of us are, but I like it better at it. Lord, would You grow me? Help me just to bring my care to You. Isn’t it amazing how many people in the world sometimes think it’s so crazy? “Well, I want to give their salvation to the Lord.” It’s a little tough thing to do. The same thing as I grow, just giving all my problems to Him. “Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.” Let’s just have a time of invitation. Let’s give Him everything tonight. He wants to carry it. He wants to. Would you please stand when we have a word of prayer? Just be obedient, and let’s just give Him all our care tonight. He wants to carry it. He wants to. He’s able. Let’s give it all to Him tonight. Father, thank You. What an amazing verse. You tell us to just cast it. You care. Lord, I fail You a million times in that. Help us to grow, Lord. I’ve given all our cares to You. Remind us, maybe one of these things will just help us grow in this area. I’ve given all our care to You. Thank You, Lord, You care. Bless our people, Lord, please. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Would you come? As our musicians, please, would you come?

Christmas or two ago, someone—I don’t even know who it was—gave me just a little bitty dish. I’m not perfect at it, but it’s a good reminder to me. It’s on my nightstand beside the bed. Just a little dish, and it says, “Give it to the Lord and go to sleep.” I like that. It’s been a good reminder for me. I’m not perfect at it, but it reminds me, and I like it: just give it to the Lord, go to sleep. Now, that’s not during church time you do it, okay? Amen. Glad you were in church. I appreciate your faithfulness to the House of the Lord. Looking forward to Tuesday night. That’s just a sweet service. Let’s brag on the Lord Tuesday night. He’s been so good to us, better than I deserve for sure, giving us a great year in the church in so many ways. He’s always so good to us. Wednesday, Jason, the replacement. Friday, Brother Frank and Michelle B and somebody else are up with the deal. Pray for them if you would. Let’s give them to the Lord, amen. He can handle it for sure. I’m glad you’re here tonight. Praise the Lord. What a blessing. Brother Garrett, would you dismiss us with a word of prayer, please, brother?

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