What to Do When You Have Nothing Left
Key Passage: Psalm 27:13-14
Date: June 7, 2024
Psalm chapter 27. Psalm chapter 27 of God’s Word. Psalm 27.
And for just a bit, I mentioned Wednesday night, we’re going to seek to be done early so we can go dedicate that building back there. And as soon as I said, to be done early, I felt this wave of disbelief come across the auditorium. I said, “No way. You’ve got a guest preacher if we’re going to get done early,” you know? Can I complain for just tomorrow? Can I get one complaining today? What about guests? Just, bro, Frank, just says, “All right, here we go. Here we go.”
Man, I better make it good, right? What about these guest preachers that come in and preach for about 15 minutes? That’s just not right. I’ll tell you what. I mean, come on now, you know, that I preach the next week for three hours. Just not right, you know. We haven’t had a guest preacher for a while, so you can’t put a face to that now, all right? You know, we’re good on it. But I’m joking. Psalm 27. A little bit, I’m joking. Psalm 27, and verse 13, if you would, please.
Psalm 27, verse 13. The title for the internet: “What to Do When You Have Nothing Left.”
By the way, you may not be here at this point right now, but you’ll be there one day. Or maybe you’re just coming out of it. But when you’re just emotionally, maybe sometimes physically, you just got nothing left. What to do when you have nothing left.
In Psalm 27, we’re going to look at just two verses: verse 13 and verse 14. Would you please stand as we read God’s Word together? Psalm 27, verse 13, of God’s Word. Just trying to show respect, if you’re able to. Verse 13. The Bible here—and by the way, David is the one that God used to pen this passage—but he says there, he said,
“I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
His next verse is such a good verse. It’s spoken to my heart. Watch what he says: “Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage. And he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.”
Would you pray and ask that the Lord would kind of put a truth in your heart, whether you’re going through it right now or you’ll go through it one day, that you’ll remember it? Not just in your head, but in your heart, what God is saying here this morning. Would you pray with me? Father, Lord, we need you. Lord, I don’t think, Father, it will be the most bombastic message, but Lord, would you help the people stay engaged? And then, Lord, let this thing be real to us. Give us some strength today. Give us faith, hope today. Lord, so when we face this time, when we have nothing left, we’ll know what to do for you. Lord, would you do so, please? We’re asking for this, Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray and believe. Amen. Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.
We question when it was God used David to pen this. Some will say when David was very young—you remember, we studied David about a year and a half on Wednesday nights, maybe two years—but maybe it was when David was young before he was king, when King Saul was chasing David. David had not done anything wrong, but he was being chased like a fugitive.
And David was hiding out in caves in wildernesses, like a police hunting you down. That’s what was happening to David, but David hadn’t done anything wrong. Maybe it was during that time that God penned this. Some will say later on when David was old. You know, sometimes when you’re old, you think you’re young, but you’re really not. I remember a couple years ago on the Fourth of July, we had a church picnic.
And there were about four of us older guys that were playing volleyball that we thought we were young. As we were jumping, trying to, you know, block the ball or spike the ball, our timing was so off. It was hilarious. I mean, our brain said, “You can jump so high and so quick,” but the body could not do like it used to do, you know. It was really funny to watch. It really was. It’s amazing. About four of us guys, same thing, all of us.
Well, David was at that point one time, and he went out to battle, to war, and he fought this big old fella, and he thought he could do what he used to do, and he couldn’t. He almost got killed. And one of his soldiers… sucker, and he drew away this giant and he took care of him for David. And the military said, “David, you’re not fighting anymore with us. You’re not a young whippersnapper anymore. Stay home and lead in the headquarters.” Some think this is when David penned it. We’re not sure. But no doubt about it, it was when David was at just a low point.
Now, I don’t know if this is true. I want to just try to get us into this thing a little bit in the beginning by using this analogy that maybe it was when that giant, that man he was in battle, almost killed him. And I’m not sure. Maybe David was so weary. David was just worn out. He was defeated. And maybe it’s not that point, but David here, he says, “You know what, man, I’m just weak.” Whatever point it was at, but I want you just imagine David laying on the ground, just depleted of everything. You ever get where you’re just—you’re just tired, yes physically, that’s often a part of it—but you’re tired emotionally and mentally? You’re just weary, you’re just worn out, and…
Sometimes, maybe from the battle fatigue of living for the Lord, you just feel like you’ve got nothing left. You just give out. You just feel like there’s no more. “I’ve got nothing left.” Many great Christians got that way in the Bible. David was that way here. He said, “I had fainted. I’d have quit unless I had believed to see it.” In other words, he could not see it. By the way, I had to believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Talking about it down here on Earth, he said, “I could not see it at that moment.” Everywhere I looked, it looked bad. It looked dark. It looked depressing, whether it be politically, whether it be financially, whether it be emotionally, whether it may be in your home life, whatever may be. But David said, everywhere I look, I really couldn’t see it, so I would have quit, I’d have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. He couldn’t see it. The fact that he talks about God strengthening his heart—heart shows me how weak his heart was. By the way, that’s the center of you, the core of you, the very center of you. And David was at a point, he said, “I’ve just, I’ve got nothing left.” Any energy I had, it’s just given out. I’m just to the point, I don’t know if I can keep going anymore.
Jeremiah got to that point, and by the way, temporarily Jeremiah quit. He said, “I’m so tired of this thing, I’m so weary.” He said, “Every time I preach, I get put in the dungeon somewhere, and nobody wants to listen, and I’m worn out,” and for a while, Jeremiah quit. Now, Jeremiah, God chose to use him to pen the longest book of the Bible. Must be a pretty great Christian. And yet that great Christian, Jeremiah, he was just to the point. He said, “I just feel like I’m bleeding out. I’ve got nothing left.” Now God worked at this already. He said, “Man, his words were in my bones like a fire. They were burning, and I could not.”
It’s a great thing. Elijah got to that point. Remember Elijah, after that great victory on Mount Carmel, when God brought down the fire when he prayed and killed altogether those 850 false prophets of Baal, and there was a great victory. And, yeah, I think my fault is the fact that revival didn’t come, that Elijah got so discouraged. And Jezebel’s still after him. After all her prophets were still killed, she’s still after him, and the people aren’t rallying and bringing revival to the land. And Elijah said, “Man, I just—I want to go over there just—man, I’m not better than my fathers. I can’t do any more than them. I’m just given out. I’ve got nothing left.” And great Christians get to this point.
And David was there, and friend, if you live for the Lord long enough, you’ll be there from time to time. Not a pleasant time. By the way, notice how the Bible—it’s amazing when the Bible talks about this—how he talks about fainting or quitting. I often say this, but this Bible Belt area of Middle Tennessee, man, it’s just a graveyard of Christians that I think are saved according to their testimony. They used to be in church, but they’re not living for the Lord anymore. And they’re all over the place. They said, “Yes, I need to get back in church,” but once you get out, it’s hard to get back in. You understand? And man, they’re just defeated, a graveyard of them, and so many of them get to this point right here. And David here, in verse 13, he said, “I’d have fainted, I’d have quit.”
And then in verse 14, he said, “Man, I’m so glad he strengthened my heart.” You just get weary. That’s when you want to quit. What’s that? Galatians 6:9, you’ll know it. And let us not be—if you know it, say it with me—“Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we…” Notice the association in the Bible: weary and fainting. That’s when you’re tempted to quit. What does everybody joke about at the pastor’s meetings, you know, the preacher’s fellowship? Two jokes they often tell. One is, “If you don’t like a preacher, convince him to start a Christian school.”
I’ve been thinking about that one here lately. I don’t know if I like that one or not, you know. That’s one you hear quite often, and then the joke is, every preacher that ever quits, he quits on Monday morning because you’re just weary, and that’s when you quit. Check it out: that’s when Sunday school teachers quit. You just get weary. That’s when bus workers quit. That’s when soul winners quit. That’s when prayer warriors quit. You just get weary. And the Bible knows that; he puts them together. Let me read for you another verse, Hebrews 12:3: “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Well, it’s weary and faint. That’s when you’ll be tempted to quit. You just give out.
What do you do? What do you do during that time? Verse 14 answers it, really. Would you look back at verse 14 just briefly this morning? I am going to try to hurry. What’s the first word of verse 14? “Wait on the Lord.” That’s what we don’t want to hear. That’s when you want God to step in right at that very second and do something. But friend, often there’s the waiting period. How many like to be stuck in traffic?
How many of you, it drives you crazy? That’s me right there. Man, how much do you like to sit in the doctor’s office? They want you there 15 minutes early. You got to be there early, and you waited for three hours. Well, it wasn’t three hours, but it felt like, you know, at least 30, 45 minutes. How many have you been there, you know? Yeah, it’s just, I don’t like to wait. Nobody likes to wait. And how are we in time? The instant generation—everything, boom, right away. But it’s not always like that. When you’re just depleted, you’re worn out, what do you do? I mean, in your spirit, you’re like, “God, you’ve got to do something right now.”
Friend, you wait. You wait on the Lord. “Preacher, I’ve been battling my marriage, trying to keep this anymore. I have nothing left. I mean, just everything in me, and I just want to give up on it. Is there biblical grounds for divorce? No one. I’m just sick of it all, and I’ve given every ounce I have to this thing. What do I do?” Sometimes you just wait. You’ll wait on the Lord. Friend, you say, “Preacher, I’ve been trying to pay my bills. I’m working night and day. We’ve been pitching pennies for eons and eons, and we can’t get ahead, and what am I doing? I’m tithing, obeying the Bible, I’m trying to obey what God says. What am I supposed to do about it?” Sometimes you just wait. I know it’s not what we want to hear.
My friend, that’s the key: Wait on the Lord. Now, when you’re at that moment, that’s when the devil, that’s when Satan, man, he’s busy at that moment. First thing he tries to get you to do is to quit. I’ve already talked about it: faint, quit. That’s when young people, that teenager—that’s when he’ll say, “Man, get out of church. I’m not riding the bus anymore. I’m not coming to church.” That’s when he’ll just say, “Fooey on my Bible reading. It doesn’t make a hill of beans if I read my Bible or not.” He’ll tell you all these things. And that’s so important that you don’t quit at that moment.
Can I say this? Can I say this as a pastor who’s been here 22 years? Can I say something? Sometimes God does make changes, but so often we make changes when we’re at the bottom. And that’s like we’re making decisions with a broken decision-maker. That’s not the time to make changes. Ms. Ginny Fontaine used to give me that. She had used it for a while, then she’d give me the old—she knew I loved them—the old country magazines. Anybody know, for those that live in the country or who love to live in the country or something like that who love the country? Anybody know what I’m talking about, those magazines? And on the back page, you would have a picture usually with a saying. I always like to read those. I’ll never forget one time it was like an Amish buggy going through a mud puddle with a horse pulling it, and it said, “Never yell ‘woe’ in the middle of a puddle.”
And we often do that. And that’s why you see this graveyard of Christians out here that are disillusioned, wondering which way is up. They don’t have the joy of God in their heart. They don’t have answers to prayer. God’s not using them. They’re not shining. And our country’s going to hell, and they’re sitting on the sideline. And friends, so often, so often, the devil comes along in that moment, and they just say, “I’m fainting,” or say, “Just say, ‘Wait on the Lord.’” Satan will be there. Satan will be there. Satan, man, he’ll be knocking at your door.
Then something else: he’ll offer all kinds of sinful alternatives. Man, he’s good at that. He’ll offer you—that’s so often when you go back to the sins of Egypt before you were saved. Man, that’s when you’re tempted to look where you ought not look. That’s when you’re tempted to get on the phone and go back to gossiping and talk about everybody in the world. You’re tempted to just let your mouth kind of go free when the Bible says, “No, I better bridle my tongue, or else my religion’s in vain.” But all those old things begin to come back if I’m not careful. And Satan’s good when I’m down at offering all the… You go back to the old music, the devil’s music. Come on now, I got one. Yeah, the devil’s music. Yeah, you say you’re talking about rock and roll music? Yeah, and all the others. I’m talking about country music, too.
I know we’re in Nashville, but, friend, you know what you get when you play country music backwards? You get your dog back, your truck back, your wife back. Yeah, you know, it’s true. But all those sins—the devil will be there at that moment. How many Christians get defeated at this moment?
I think about a man. He’s not here this morning. I love him, and I’ve tried to be there for him for years and years. He’s battling, battling an addiction. And, you know, I’ve learned over the years—I’ve learned over the years—if someone calls or texts me and it’s just super, super flattering, you know, “Man, you’re the… I wish I was half the man you are,” or whatever. And you get all this after a while, typically, you know, “Okay, he’s drunk.” I’m telling you, I’m being honest with you. But anyway, but everyone else, I’ll get a call or text with this man, and this is an awful one to tell him. And I mean this when I say, I say, “You know what? I’m glad you haven’t given up yet.” He’s still battling that thing. He’s trying to win. And they’ll go for a while and win. But this is a time where you just so often you just binge over that overcoming sin. That always leads you in worship. But I’m telling you, Satan, he’ll put all these things right in front of you. And it’s such a sad thing. Can I say this: when you get to this point, suicide is never the answer. Never the answer. Satan will be there telling you. Satan’s agenda is to steal, kill, and destroy.
And he’ll be there at this moment. You say, “Can a Christian commit suicide?” Friend, the devil loves it when a child of God is so depressed, so discouraged, so defeated that they’ll take their own lives. Satan loves it, and he’ll be all about that. What do you do? You wait. You wait. Satan will tell you, “Well, you’re bleeding out. You can’t wait. You don’t have much life left.” Friend, the Lord will never let you bleed out. Satan is a liar. He’s the father of lies. He won’t let you bleed out. If you’re a born-again Christian, you’re in His hands. He sees everything. He’ll never let Satan come in unless God’s giving him permission. Job, you know the book of Job? Satan couldn’t touch Job unless God gave him permission. God’s watching. He’s overseeing it all. Don’t believe the lie of Satan. I love this verse: “The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.” He won’t let your soul vanish. He’s watching it all. You wait. I wish—can I be honest with you?—I wish I could give you something more flattering and more maybe just out front flash, that looks real good. But, friend, I’m giving you solid biblical advice when you get there: You wait. You wait on the Lord.
Now, what’s the next thing he says in verse 14? What’s the next thing he says? Look back if you would, please. He says, “Wait on the Lord.” What’s the next thing? “Be of good…” What’s the next word? “Courage.”
My wife and I—most of you know—went on our vacation, and we flew into Montana. We were spoiled rotten. God has blessed us. Kids are grown up and all the rest. So pray, Lord, we can do some of these trips. And we rented a motorcycle and we rode the Rocky Mountains. Man, it was beautiful. And we went up to Glacier National Park. How many have ever been to Glacier National Park? Beautiful, beautiful. Man, just amazing. And there’s a place called Going-to-the-Sun Road. I mean, it’s 50 miles. And when you’re riding it, you feel like you’re going to the sun because you’re up there. And here’s the thing: when you’re on this road, and we’re on a motorcycle—I mean, it’s a narrow road. I’m talking about it. They don’t let big vehicles on the road. It’s very restrictive because it’s so narrow and so high. And when you’re riding, you’re like right on the cliff. And I’m talking about if you go off, it’s over. I mean, they don’t even look for you. I mean, it’s just all over. Probably the truth right there. I mean, you’re like, you know, it’s all over, friend. And were you scared? You better believe I was scared, didn’t you? Now we’re on a motorcycle, you know? And so my wife had taken a video or pictures, whatnot, and she sent it to her sister-in-law. And her sister-in-law’s husband, he was watching this video, and he said, “Man, they’re fearless.” Well, Tammy told me what he said. I said, “You tell him, ‘I’m not fearless. I got a whole lot of fear shaking in my boots, man. I tell you what, but we’re still going.’” Now that’s courage.
When you’re there and you just—it’s hard to have courage at that time because you’re so depleted of everything. You say, “Well, if something very big comes by that road and you’ve got these—I mean, these hairpin turns—I mean, you’re like, ‘Man, I hope something big doesn’t come around the corner because I don’t know if they can make it.’” You don’t talk about it. I mean, you’re depleted of everything. You’re like, “If something big comes, I’m not going to make it through it because I don’t have anything left.” That’s what makes it very hard to have courage. And courage is not a matter of no fear; it’s a matter of you keep putting one step in front of the other, even though you’re like, “I don’t know.” That’s courage. And you try with everything you have left to face it in faith. It’s not going to be natural at that moment. It’s not going to be like, you know, “Man, I’m ready to go.” You’re just—it’s just all you can do to put one foot in front of the other. He says you wait, and you…
Can I say this? And I don’t mean to be mean—and I love these people, want to help them—but those that quit, they don’t have courage; they’re cowards. And I’m not trying to be mean, I’m just being honest with you. And then, can I say this? This is what happens so often: when they quit, they’ll blame everybody and everything. And they’ll be critical of you, the church you go to, the Bible you read, the things you believe and don’t believe. They’ll be critical of all of it, and they’ll try to just bring it all down. And I don’t hate them. I love them. But the answer is, don’t quit. Don’t quit. Get back up. Get back in there. Hey, don’t point the finger at everybody. Just get back in there for the Lord.
By the way, sometimes when you’re there and all the bright lights and glitter of living for the Lord is all gone, you just live for Him sometimes at that moment just because you love Him. The love of Christ constrains me. He just said, “I don’t want to quit. I want to stay faithful to my Lord.” You just stay in there for the Lord. I think Jesus was there when it was in the garden. Would you look over there real quickly? Matthew 24, if you would please. Give me Matthew 26, Matthew 26. Now I’ve got to hurry along here. If we’re going to get done early, I got to put it in fifth gear and go. Let’s look at this thing real quick here. Look in Matthew chapter 26. Jesus is in the garden. He’s praying. He’s about to go to the cross. Some think this was the toughest time of the whole crucifixion. Even before He went to the cross was the toughest time in the garden. Some think that. There’s some truth to it. I’m not sure. It’s when God sent some anger… strengthen later on. We won’t have time to go into that this morning, but I want you to just see this: Matthew 26. Look in verse 38. Matthew 26 and verse 38: “Then saith he unto them”—this is Jesus talking to His inner three, Peter, James, and John—“My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.”
Friend, Jesus knows what you’re going through. He’s been there. When you’re depleted, you feel like you’re bleeding out, Jesus was there. He’s not sending you through something He hasn’t been through Himself. “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.” “Tarry ye here and watch with me.” This is a wonderful phrase. And He went a little further. You wait, and you just be of good courage. You go a little bit further for the Lord. You keep praying. You keep reading your Bible. You keep loving your spouse. You keep trying to forgive whoever it is that’s hurting you or talking about you. You just keep going a little bit farther and doing right. That’s what Jesus did. We’ll finish the verse because you always started. Then He went a little farther and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it be possible, let this pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
Now let’s get this last part in here. Back over in Psalm 27. Would you go back over there real quick? We’ve got to hurry along. Psalm 27:14. Psalm 27:14. Psalm 27. Look at verse 14. Help me out. What’s the first word there? What’s the first word? “Wait on the Lord.” Be of what? “Good courage.” Good, good, good. Watch this. This is the wonderful part. “And He shall…” If it says “will,” that’s strong. But if it says “shall,” it’s a little stronger. Both are true. But this will—He shall strengthen thine heart. As God’s Word, you can bank on it. You can hang your hat on it. Oh, it has never not been true. God’s promise: He shall strengthen thine heart. I like this: “He shall.” I don’t know how He strengthens my heart. I got nothing left in there. It doesn’t matter. He’s the one that brings strength in there.
I mean, it just brings life. You ever play one of these video games? I don’t play them because, man, if it’s one of these shooting games, you know, my son years ago—we’d play a little bit of some of these games years ago—but I get out there, you know, by shooting at each other, three seconds, I’m shot 20 times, you know. These young people, you know, they’re like living for three years, and I’m like… and it’s just like, it’s no fun, you know? And my son, he would come along, I’m over there, you know, laying on the ground, bleeding out, you know, and he’d bring those medic packs, you know, and they connect in there, and you can see your life start going back up. That’s what he’s talking about. He shall strengthen thine heart. It’s amazing how God does it. You never know. He can do it a million different ways. He’s God, but He brings strength. You can smile again. You’re going to start to just kind of breathe a little bit. I mean, there’s energy coming back. You’re like, “Wow, where’s this coming from? I didn’t have any left.” No, but He shall strengthen that heart. It’s a wonderful thing when He brings life back to you. I don’t know how it can happen. “I’m so hurt and so broken and so nothing left to me.” I don’t understand it either, but it’s God, friend. You got any rivers you’re seeming to cross? You’ve got any mountains you cannot tunnel through? God specializes in things that seem impossible. He’s got a thousand ways to make a way for you. He’ll bring strength, and you’re like, “Wow, where’d that come from? I feel like a little bit of life. I woke up this morning and I got a little energy.” Where’d that come from? God. He shall strengthen thine.
It’s like on a hot day when there’s just no wind, no nothing, and it’s just blistering heat, and all of a sudden you feel a bit of cool breeze. You’re like, “Wow.” God can do that for you, friend. He shall strengthen things.
I thought about it. I’ve told this story many a time. I’m glad to tell it. Years ago, we were going to buy the tent—the tent we’ll have set up two weeks from this morning—the tent we’ve used so many times. We went to a church auction. We had set aside $1,500 to buy that tent. We thought, “Surely we can get that tent. It’s used, and the church was closing down, all that stuff.” And we were bidding, you know. I never bid on anything as far as an ox. I was bidding on it, you know. And it went to $1,500. We didn’t have anything more. That’s all we had. A little widow lady, she’s in heaven now, Ms. Darlene, came up behind me and she tapped me on the shoulder and she said, “Preacher, keep bidding. I’ll give the church if you need $500 more. Keep going, I’ll give to the church.” And man, we just kept bidding. I didn’t have any left, but she did. God, He’s got all the strength we need. As much as He needeth, He says in Luke 11. He shall strengthen thine heart. Nothing like it. Now, notice He finishes it off again, maybe because it’s one of the hardest parts of it all, but notice how He finishes the verse off. Look at it, the last part of it right there: “Wait.” Let me give you some last words here: “Wait.”
“I say, on the Lord.” Some of you are right in the middle of it right now. Can I just say, wait on the Lord? I don’t have time, and I’m trying to go quick, but can I say this? Don’t wait on all your circumstances to change. Don’t get your eyes on all this. No, you wait on the Lord. Not on your circumstances. You wait on the Lord. Wait on the Lord. He’ll strengthen your heart. Then he says, “Hey, friend, wait, I say, on the Lord.” Would you bow your heads and close your eyes? Our heads are bowed, eyes are closed.
If you hear this morning, you say, “Preacher, somewhere on the line, God spoke to my heart.” Just someone on the line—I’m not asking a direct question this morning on this part—someone on the line, “God spoke to my heart, preacher, about something in this.” God spoke to my heart this morning. If that’s you, you just lift your hand. “Preacher, that’s me. That’s me.” Many hands, many hands, many hands. Oh, yes, oh yes. Frank, can I encourage you to wait, be of good courage? He can give you strength that you don’t think you can ever have. Wait on the Lord. Thank you so very, very much. You can put your hands down. Maybe you hear this morning, and you thought it was all that you could do to get you to heaven. Frank, and I say the way to heaven is when you wait on the Lord. Not what you can do, but what He did on the cross. Maybe you hear this morning, you say, “Preacher, I’m not going to heaven,” or I’ve never settled it. “I’m going to hell as far as I know. I don’t know that I’m going to heaven,” but you want to go to Jesus and wait on Him. He died on the cross. He shed His blood. He rose again three days later. If you believe that, and you say, “I’m going to… I’m going to wait on Him to save me. I’m not going to wait on myself to save me. I’m not going to wait on myself to save me.” And I want to go to Jesus for salvation this morning. I believe He died and rose again for me. I know I’m a sinner, but I believe He died and rose again for me. If that’s you this morning, you say, “I never have. I want to wait on Him. I’m going to call Him right now to save me.”
Right there, set in your heart, would you tell Him something along this line? Would you tell Him: “Oh, Jesus, I admit it. I’m a sinner. I understand I can never save myself. Jesus, I believe You died on the cross for me. Jesus, I want to turn to You. Would You forgive me of all my sin? If You come into my heart, be my Savior. Jesus, You’re my hope. I’m trusting in You for heaven.” In Jesus’ name.
Eyes closed. You said, “Preacher, I just prayed that prayer. Just asked Jesus to be my Savior.” If that’s you, anybody out there, would you slip your hand up? “Preacher, I just asked Jesus to be my Savior. Just asked Him, just put my faith in Jesus. Jesus alone.” I don’t see any hands. Hey, Christians, let’s wait on the Lord. Would you stand right there yet? Would you stand? Maybe I’m going to have a word of prayer. We won’t be long. Maybe you come down to an old-fashioned altar. Say, “Lord, I’m going to wait on You.” Maybe you know someone else going through the crucible. If you may be going to come pray for them, would you come as we pray? Lord, thank You. You give us instructions what to do, and we’ll just obey. Help us to wait on You. Help us to be of good courage. Oh, Lord, I’m excited about You strengthening our hearts. Bless these few minutes in a special way, Lord, please. We ask for that in the name of Jesus. We pray. Amen. Would you come as we sing? Would you come, Lord, just spend some time with this?
That’s right. Maybe you want to pray for someone else. What a wonderful thing. “Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart.” I’m so faithful for that. “Wait, I say, on the Lord.” Another scripture: He said, “I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken.” You won’t be forsaken. He shall strengthen thine heart. God’s word on it. Hey, we got one minute, and maybe we’re done early, and I’m going to—maybe you’re right on that—we’re going to pray. Be dismissed.
Original File: Pastor Paul Chisgar - - What To Do When You Have Nothing Left - Sunday AM 08212022