Let's Talk About Dying

We ought to talk about dying because the Word of God talks
about dying. 2 Samuel 14, verse 14, we must
needs die. And we are as water spilt on
the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Job 7, verse 1, is
there not an appointed time to man on the earth? I shall sleep
in the dust. Psalms 89-48, what man is he
that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul
from the hand of the grave? Hebrews 9-27, and as it is appointed
unto men once to die. But after this, the judgment.
We ought to talk about dying. The Word of God talks about death.
And then the seasons talk about death. Spring comes, new life
appears. The little plants are so soft
and tender. They grow up. Through the summer
we watch the full bloom of the roses, the other flowers, the
trees, the gardens flourish. And then one night the fall wind
blows. And that fall wind puts the stamp
of death upon the corn, the stamp of death upon the flowers, One
day, one morning, the frost is there, and then everything is
falling over, everything is withering and dying. And Isaiah compares
the flesh to those flowers and those trees and the grass. He says, the voice said, cry. And I said, well, what shall
I cry? He said, cry, all flesh is grass. And the glory thereof
is as the flower of the field, the grass withereth, and the
flower fadeth, because the Spirit of God bloweth upon it. Surely
the people is grass, the grass withereth, the flower fadeth,
but the word of our God shall stand forever." We won't. We're
going to die. Everything about us talks about
death. God's word talks about death.
The seasons talk about death. The plants and flowers talk about
death. And you may not be hearing it,
but your body is talking about death. Turn back to Ecclesiastes
12. Your body is delivering to you
a message. And that message is this, you're
dying. You're dying. You're dying. That's what your body is saying.
When I was reading that scripture in Ecclesiastes 12 a moment ago,
did it make sense to some of you? I know it did. Verse 3,
"...in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble."
What is that? The keepers of the house. Those
are the arms. Those are the arms that defend
the house. This body is a house. And these
arms defend the house? These arms work and provide for
the house. These arms clothe the house.
These arms feed the house. And the day comes when I get
letters from people in the TV audience. I can almost tell you
how old they are by reading the letters. I can almost tell you
how old they are by looking at the address on the envelope. Older people tremble. Their arms
tremble. That's what he's talking about.
And the strong men shall bow themselves. What are those? The
strong men that have carried this body about, taken every
step, hundreds and hundreds of millions of steps these legs
have taken, they're getting tired. They don't take as many steps
anymore. They'd rather rest. They're bowing themselves. And
the grinders cease, because they're few. Those are the teeth. Some
of you are losing your teeth, you've already lost them. And
those that look out of the windows be darkened. Those are the eyes. You don't see as well as you
used to. Your body's delivering a message to you. You don't see
as well. We joke about it, and it is.
You know, somebody, I said, every age, even old age has its compensation,
you know. Somebody said, well, name one.
Well, the eyes get dim. They don't
see as well. And the doors be shut in the
streets. Older people don't have quite as much to say. The lips
grow thin and tight. And the sound of the grinding
is low, and he rises up at the voice of a bird. He don't sleep
as well as he used to. The daughters of music shall
be brought low, don't sing as well as they used to. You don't
sing like you used to. And when they shall be afraid
of that which is high, you don't get older people up in airplanes
too often. You don't get them up on tall
buildings. Fear shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall
flourish. You know, the almond tree, we don't have them around
here, but when they're in full bloom, they're snow white. Snow
white. That's what's happening. This
hair is turning gray. Someday it'll be snow white.
And the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail.
What's happening? What's happening? The keepers
of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and
the teeth are getting fewer and fewer and the hair's getting
white and wrinkles on the brow, what's happening? The weary body,
the failing eye, the falling hair, the silent ear, the wrinkled
brow, what's happening? Read it. Because man's going
to his long home. That's what's happening. The
silver cord's going to be loose, the golden bowl will be broken,
and the dust is returning to the dust as it was. That's what's
happening. I'm dying. Now, this subject,
we ought to talk about dying. The Bible talks about dying.
Everything around us talks about dying. This suit I've got on
this morning tells me the story of death, because in another
year or two, it's going to be threadbare. It's going to be
old. It's going to be worn out. And
my body is telling me about death. Everything preaches about death.
And this is a subject on which it's impossible to say anything
new. It's all been said again and
again. But the only problem is this.
It's not being heard. We're not listening. You know,
the Lord said, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. But we're
not listening. My problem here is not people
objecting to what I'm preaching. My problem is people are not
hearing what I'm preaching. We have no problem here with
people fighting the truth. We have the problem of folks
listening to it. Nobody's listening. Nobody's
hearing. We're talking about these things,
but nobody's listening. Now, death is not unusual. It's
not uncommon. You think about this. From the
days of Abel to this present day, every human being has died. Now, is that unusual? Is that
uncommon? Every, think of the millions
of people who've lived on this earth, with the exception of
Enoch and Elijah, every one of them, every one of them has died
in his own time, has died. There's no call for eloquence
here, there's no call for fine language or poetical effort.
Amos summed it up plainly, clearly, positively, without any frills. Prepare to meet thy God. That's
the way he summed it up. Prepare to meet thy God. And
I want you to listen to Job. I'd like for you to turn over
here to Job 16. Job 16, verse 22. Job 16, 22. When a few years
are come, when a few years are come, then
I shall go. the way whence I shall not return."
Look at Job 16.22. Now, just hold your Bible open
right there. Let's look at that a little while. When a few years are come, then
I shall go the way whence I shall not return. You know, the first
word that caught my eye in this scripture. We are prone to recognize
that all men die. When I said, while I go from
Abel to this present day, Every person has died. What was your
thought? Well, that's certainly true. Nobody
doubts that. Everybody's died. All men die. It's appointed unto men to die.
All men must go to the grave. You know what we're slow to recognize?
I shall die, the preacher. I'm going to die, the singer,
the deacon, the elder. All of us, each one of us, I
shall die. I shall die. Job says here, in
a few years to come, I shall go. And that's what's difficult. And we'll be perfectly honest
with you. You know, we're taught the lessons of God in his own
way, by his own means. By whatever means it pleases
God to teach us, but our problem is having a heart willing to
learn. You know when I realized that I was going to die? Personally, I'm talking about
it, and this is where it has to be. You don't believe anything
until you experience it. I might preach. I preached about death,
I read about death, I conducted hundreds and hundreds of funerals,
but really, I myself was so far removed from the reality of death
and actually believing that I was going to die. till something
happened. I'd buried a son, but he was
young, he was 21, and was killed suddenly in a war, you know,
so that really didn't teach me that I was going to die. As I
say, God teaches you in his own way. And I'd buried my mother
and my father, and I'd preached a lot of funerals, I'd been to
your home when death had visited your home and But one day, one
day a few years ago, my brother died. We were only 21 months apart.
We had grown up together. We'd shared so many things together.
And it suddenly, when the phone call came, somebody said, your
brother died. My brother died. Your brother
died. And it dawned on me that it became
a definite reality to me in that hour that I was going to die. He was 48 years of age. He was
in good health, strong, about the same size, almost the same
age. And it dawned on me in that hour.
And it's certainly true now to me. It's a reality. Now I'm actually
expecting to die from that time. from that experience. I have
been expecting any time the summons of God to come. Like when our
Lord came to Mary and Martha and someone walked in and said,
the Master's calling for you. And since that time, and I don't
know how God will teach you, but he has taught me, I've learned
it, I'm expecting it. If I died today, it would be
no surprise to me at all. For the last several years, I've
totally expected God to call me. any time, any day. It does not frighten me. It does
not cause me undue concern. I'm expecting since that time. And we need to be taught this.
This is what Job learned this. He says, when a few years have
come, I'm going to go. I'm going to go. And this is
what I'm preaching toward and what I'm directing my message
toward you personally is, I pray that God may bring home to your
heart and mind the reality of your death. Your death. You say, but you're being morbid.
I'm not being morbid. I just know it's a reality to
me. I have experienced it. I'm expecting
the summons. God has said it over and over
and over again. Now I believe it. Boast not thyself
of tomorrow that I know it's not what a day may bring forth.
Is that real to you? It's not real to you until you
actually experience it. It's appointed unto men once
to die, and after that, say not, I'm going to town and do this,
that, and the other. Say, the Lord willing, I'm going. Well,
there's only one way we're going to learn to say, the Lord willing,
I'm going to do this, and that's to really enter into it, if he's
willing, I will. If he's not, I won't. And there's
a possibility I won't. Somebody says, well, preacher,
when I make plans to do things, it just doesn't occur to me to
say, the Lord willing, I'll do this, that, and the... You know
why it doesn't occur to you? Because you fully expect to do
it. You fully expect to have tomorrow. You fully expect to
have next year. You fully expect to finish out
your working days. You fully expect to retire. You
fully expect to have a home somewhere and a warmer climate. You fully
expect that. There's not any doubt in your
mind that you might not have it. Well, now, when this becomes
a reality, you quit planning the future
because you don't expect to have a future. You expect to die. not that you especially want
to leave this earth, you'd like to be with Christ, which is far
better, to die as gain, but you're just expecting it. That's Job
was expecting it. And I'm saying that God I pray
that God will teach every one of us this, that we might enter
into it by experience. I'm going to die. I'm expecting
the summons. I will not be surprised if it
comes today or tomorrow or ten years from now, but I'm fully
expecting it. I'm going to die. Or what's the second thing? That's
the certain person. Now, the certain journey, he
says, I shall go. When a few years have come, I
shall go. There's no power or force that
can prevent it. I'm going to go. I've heard about
death. I've read about death. I'm going
to actually experience it now. I'm going to go. I've heard about
judgment. I've read about judgment. I've
preached about judgment. Now I'm going to actually stand
there. I've heard about eternity. I've
read about eternity. I've preached about eternity.
Now I'm going to actually enter eternity. I'm going to go. I ask you to place yourself in
this position. Now, right now, God's going to
call me. I'm going to go. Go from this
place. Some of the things that are so
important to me right now become of no importance. And some of
the things that were of less importance to me become the most
important things in the world. For example, somebody says, well,
the preacher died. Yeah, was he rich or poor? Well,
what difference does it make? What difference does it make?
He's dead. Well, was he old or young? Well, really, what difference
does it make? He's dead. Was he famous or unknown? Well,
what difference does it make whether 50 people are standing
around his bed or two people? He's dead. Was he strong or weak? Was he tall or short? Was he
educated or uneducated? Was he black or white? Was he
a follower or a leader? What difference does it make? Did he know Christ? Oh, oh, that
makes a lot of difference. And that's really the only difference,
the sole issue. Oh, we're trying our best. We're
giving ourselves to these things, these vanities. We're spinning
our wheels, we're giving our lives, we're driving ourselves,
we're burning the candle at both ends. These things are so important. And it's not a blessed thing
this side of heaven or hell that's important to you, really important,
but one thing, do you know Christ? In that hour of death, there's
only one relationship that matters, and that's my relationship with
him. In that hour of death, there's only one accomplishment that
matters, and that's what he accomplished at Calvary. In that hour of death, there
is only one profession that counts, and that is, will he profess
me? all of these fine ideas about
our goodness and our works and our accomplishments, all those
things, and our glory and our fame and all these things that
melt like the frost before the morning sun when we come to die. There was a Mr. Durham who was
a famous preacher of Scotland. He was the author of many fine
books. He wrote one of the best books on Solomon's Song. He came
to die. A friend was standing by his
bed and he looked at him and he said, My dear brother, for
all that I've written, for all that I've preached, and for all
that I've done, and for all that I've learned, there's only one
scripture which I can remember. There's only one to which I dare
take hold now. All that my Father giveth me
shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I'll in no wise
cast out. All of these great experiences
that we've had and the knowledge that we have secured and all
these things that lead us to believe we're somebody, we're
somebody in the world and somebody in the church and somebody in
the town, these things are of no account whatsoever. When we
come to die, death reveals the truth about us. Death blows away
the chaff. That which we thought was wheat
is nothing but chaff. When a man comes to die, he must
look to God's mercy as a sinner. He must cling to Christ as a
sinner. He must wait upon the sovereign
mercy of God as a sinner. When children of God die, they
die as seeking sinners. Dying men want reality. Not shame
and hypocrisy and flimsy professions. Dying men want reality. They
want to know about an atonement. They want to know about a Redeemer.
They want to know about a Mediator. They want to know about a relationship
with God. I shall go, go, go. Then the third thing I see here
is that certain hour, that certain hour, It says, when a few years
are come. I wonder if some of us are reading
that a few months. Or perhaps some of us are reading
this when a few weeks are past. I shall go. Could it be possible
that somebody here this morning is reading this when a few hours
are come? I shall go. I just know this,
turn back one page to John 14, that time is determined by the
Lord. That time is determined by the
Lord. Read John 14. Man that is born of woman is
a few days and full of trouble, he cometh forth like a flower
and is cut down, he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one? And bringest
me into judgment with thee, who can bring a clean thing out of
an unclean? Not one, seeing his days are determined, the number
of his months are with thee. Thou hast appointed his bounds
that he cannot pass." Let me teach you a second lesson this
morning. The first one, a lot of things I teach I haven't experienced,
but we still must teach them. We teach perfection, though we
have not experienced it. We aim for perfect holiness,
though we haven't experienced it. We teach the perfect law
of God, though we haven't experienced it. But some of these things
we have experienced. And as I said to you a moment ago, I'm telling
you the truth. I'm expecting the summons to die. I'm amazed
that I'm still alive. It's by God's providence. David
Brainerd was gone at 29. Max Shane at 29. Augustus Toplady,
who wrote Rock of Ages, was dead at 38. Charles Spurgeon, 58.
And you go on naming people of God. John the Baptist, 33. I'm
expecting that. So here's the second thing. And
if you learn this, if you learn that, that the summons may come,
expect it. The time of my departure, Paul
said, is at hand. Job said, I shall go. Now learn
this, that the day that I leave, I'm talking to God's children
now, I'm not talking to an unconverted man or woman, I'm not talking
to an unbeliever. There's nothing but tragedy from the day you're
born to the day you meet God in judgment. Your death's a tragedy,
your birth's a tragedy, your life's a tragedy, you're under
the wrath and judgment of a holy God. There's nothing good for
you this side of heaven or hell. No hope. I'm talking to believers
now. Now listen to this. Since the day of my summons,
of my death, is determined by the Lord, and it will come in
his own appointed time for his glory, and it will be for my
good, and it will be for the good of
all those who are associated with me. It will be for the good
of all of the family of God. I shall not die till his pleasure,
his purpose, sees fit, and when I do, I need not have any concern
for anything or anyone for whom I am responsible, because God's
responsibility is far greater than mine. And if it were not
for his glory, it wouldn't have taken place. So let me find some
comfort here. Not worried about this church
if God were to take me. God's not going to take me till
his purpose for me is over. In regard to this church, in
regard to my family, in regard to my friends, we are immortal
till God sees fit to take us. A thousand shall fall at thy
right hand and ten thousand at thy left hand. It shall not come
nigh thee till one thing is settled, till God decrees to take you.
There is no power in hell that can kill me. There is no power
on this earth. There is no germ or disease.
There is no power in heaven that can take my life. God said to
Satan in regard to Job, do what you will, but don't put your
hand on him. And I'm telling you this, let's
find some comfort here. If God's pleased to take your
daddy, or your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or your
husband, or your wife, so be it. If they're believers, if
they belong to the Lord, He will stay with them on this earth. And nobody in his family is going
to suffer why he said, I am old, I have been young, I've never
seen God's seed beg and pray. Find some comfort in that. If
God has set the day of my death, it'll be for my good and the
good of all for whom I'm responsible. And the sooner it comes, and
the sooner God effects it, the better off all will be, because
that's what he's determined. Now, I say, as far as unregenerate
people, yes, poor woman, she lost her husband. Poor man, he
lost his wife. Poor boy, he lost his daddy.
Poor so-and-so, they've lost this. If they know not Christ,
but if they know Christ, it's poor nobody. It's the purpose of God is accomplished,
the eternal good and well-being and welfare of all concerned
in the family of God. That's so now. Whatever length of time it may
be, God may leave me here for many, many years. He may take
me tomorrow, but I'm telling you this, he knows what he's
doing. He never makes a mistake. Shall not the judge of the earth
do right? Let's not murmur, let's not complain. Job said, naked I came out of
my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, the Lord
hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. When he reaches
down and takes someone, kiss his hand and thank him for it
and give him the glory. Let's quit behaving like unbelievers. Let's quit sorrowing as those
who have no hope. Let's quit walking and behaving
as carnal, natural men. Paul said, I can't feed you with
meat. You're on a milk diet. You're
carnal. You're natural. I want to feed you with meat.
I want to give you the things God would have you have, but
you can't digest them. I don't want that to be said
about us. If God reaches down here tonight and takes the dearest,
closest loved one you have, if you know him, you'll kiss his
hand and thank him for it. And you won't go off murmuring,
what am I going to do? What am I going to do? What are
we going to do? All is lost! No, it's not either.
Somebody said, where was God when my son died? Same place
he was when his son died, on the throne. On the throne. On the throne. And I guarantee
you, if that daddy or mother or husband or wife or son or
daughter, if that person knows Christ and knows the Lord, their
death will be a blessing, as everything he does is a blessing. All things work together for
good to them who know God, who love God, who are called according
to his purpose. All right, the fourth thing,
Job 16. He said, I, I shall go, I shall
go, I shall go in a few years, in a few years. I don't care
how long it is, it's going to be a few short times. Watch this next
thing. I shall go the way whence I shall
not return. Could it teach you something
that way? Would you let me, would you listen to me for a moment?
One of these days I'm going to walk through that door and never
come back. Never come back. Someday you're
going to walk out of that home where you live and never come
back. Someday you're going to walk
away from the office where you work and never come back. Someday
you're going to walk out the door, out of the door of this
church never come back. That's what Job is saying. I
shall go and not return. Now then, I'll not return to
my home. Will you listen to me a moment?
The example I've set is set. The attitude I've had, the
attitude that I've had toward those in the home, the way I've
treated my wife, the way I've treated my family, the way I've
treated my neighbors, the way I've treated my friends, that's
it. I'm not going to return to straighten
it out. I'm not going to return to make it better. I'm not going
to return to change it. It's set. Their memory of me
is already set. Their memory of my spirituality,
their memory of my emotional balance, their memory of my compassion,
their memory of all these things. I'm not going to change it now.
I shall go and I'll not return to straighten it out. I'm not
going to return to my job or my friends. The memory they have
there is fixed. I should have loved and helped,
but I didn't. The words I should have said
will never be said. The deeds I should have done
will never be done. I'm gone. I'll never return.
I'll not return to my church. Oh, I thought of all the reasons
for not going, now I can't go. I'll never hear another hymn.
I'll never hear another sermon. I'll never hear another warning.
I'll never hear another invitation to confess Christ. I shall not
return. One day I'll go through these
doors. I'll never come back." Now, what
I'm saying is this. If you get a consciousness If
you're going to die in a short time, then let me be right now
what I want to be, what I expect to be, what I claim to be. If there's anything to do, let
me do it. Anything to be said, let me say it. Anything to preach,
let me preach it. Let's begin to live with death. Our Lord did. Listen to him. Mine hour has not yet come. Man,
I was not yet come." He said that over and over again. Our
Lord said, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Man, I was not
yet come. Shall I pray to be delivered from this hour? For
this hour came I. This cause came after this hour.
Abraham dwelled in tents. Temporary everything was temporary
with Abraham. He looked for a city. He was
marching toward a city He was going to a city his aim and object
was to inherit a city whose builder and maker is God. I'm going home
After all that's why God saved me to take me home After all
that's why Christ came to the earth and died for me to take
me home After all that's why the Holy Spirit came and called
me to take me home. I Why do we hold back? Why do we dread it? Why do we
act as if the worst thing that could happen to me right now
is to go to heaven? Now you think about that a little
bit, the worst thing that could happen to me. Well, preacher,
I'm really not thinking of myself, I don't believe that, I think
you are, a whole lot. Think about my wife and children.
Now wait a minute, now wait a minute. I guarantee you God's not going
to take a believer until it fulfills his purpose for that believer
and for that believer's family. That's so. I'm thinking about
my church. I feel like, oh, staying past the mature. God's not going
to take a preacher until it pleases him for his glory and the good
of that church. He's on the throne. He's on the
throne. Let's get the right attitude,
right concept. Christ is my Lord, and he's Lord
not only of life, but of death. He's Lord of my daylight and
my darkness. He's Lord of my youth and my
old age. He's the supreme sovereign Lord.
Now, he set the day of my death. The summons will come some day.
Let's look forward to it. Let's expect it. Let's wait upon
it. Let's find comfort in it. Let's rest in his sovereignty,
in his purpose, that he cannot make a mistake. We make the mistakes,
not him. I shall go. Let's turn back to
Ecclesiastes, and I'll close. Ecclesiastes, chapter 12, verse
7. I shall go. Verse 7, where? Well, the dust is going to return
to the earth as it was, and the Spirit shall return to God who
gave it. spirit shall return to God. And then one day when Christ
comes again by his grace and by his power, He's going to call
all of his people out of the grave, and he's going to raise
them, and he's going to make this vile body just like his.
And this corruption shall put on incorruption, this mortal
shall put on immortality, this weakness and shame shall put
on strength and glory. Oh, what a day that shall be!
What a day! To die for the believer is not
to die. If you can look on it as this,
it'll help you. You don't mind going into your
room at night, say at 11 o'clock, and lying down and going to sleep,
do you? Well, for all practical purposes,
you're dead. That's right. You're out of communication with
the church, you're out of communication with your job, with your work,
you're out of communication with your family. For all practical
purposes, you're dead. Yeah, but I'm going to wake up
in the morning. That's exactly what I'm saying. I'm going to
wake up in the morning, too. Yes, sir. And it'll be like morning. It'll be just that quick. It'll
be just as fast as sleep. The hundreds of years that God
is pleased to let this earth go on will be just like that.
Why not just lie down? Go on, live your life. You don't
worry about being out of communication with your family tonight, do
you, while you're asleep. No, I don't worry about that. Well, you are,
you're out of communication with them. You're dead, for all practical
purposes. You go in at 11 o'clock tonight
and get in the bed and go to sleep. And your boy's out in his car,
your daughter's out somewhere, they're married, they've lived
down the road somewhere, but you're sleeping. You're not walking,
but God's walking beside them. God's in the car with them. They're
in the hands of the Lord. Go to sleep. Leave them in his
hands. His hands are better than your
hands. Go to sleep. He giveth his beloved sleep.
All right, death is the same thing. It's just not death to
die. Christ said he's asleep. And I'll go tonight, if God willing,
or this afternoon, and I'll die and I'll lie down. And they'll
take my body, just like it's in the bed, and they'll put it
in the ground. They'll cover it, not with a blanket, but with
a blanket of sod. I'll be asleep. I'll be asleep. My spirit will be with the Lord.
And suddenly one day, I'm going to wake up. And what I'll do,
you say, what about, I'll leave my family where they are anyway
in God's hands. And I'm not, I have no power
over, I have no power over automobiles, I have no power over storms,
I have no power over anything. I cannot protect my children,
I cannot feed my children. God feeds the sparrows and he
feeds you. He clothes the lily and he clothes
you. I'm not doing it, he's doing
it. I'm not protecting them, he's
protecting them. What are, are we heathen? I think we are. I think we've got more heathenism
than we've got Christianity. We think these people are depending
on us. Without us, they can do nothing.
Without us, they can't function. That's not so. Without God, they
can do nothing. My strength and my provisions
and my protection is from him, not from me, and not from you. Are we pagans? Let's start thinking
about dying, and let's start putting in his proper perspective
in the hands of the Lord. He's a sovereign God, and he'll
take care of all things. You say, you act like an indifferent
person. No, son, I'm not. I'm acting
like we're supposed to act, preaching what we're supposed to act. Well,
I'm acting that way enough. This is what the Bible says,
take no thought for tomorrow, what you shall eat, drink, or
wear. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you. Have no anxiety. depression of spirit, but leave
it in the hands of the Lord. Can we do that? It's committed
to him. That's all right, Lord. That's
all right. Whatever you do, it's all right by me. Now, he'll bless
that kind of faith, and he'll honor it. He'll use it as a witness
and help you encourage other people. and quit walking around
with fear and anxiety and depression and concern and care and all
these things as if God were depending on you or me. He's not. We're
depending on him. Cast all your cares upon him,
he carried for you. Are those just words? They are
till we experience They are till we do what they command. Cast
your care on them. Our Father in Heaven, thank thee
for thy word. Lord, forgive us. God, forgive
us. Forgive us of murmuring and complaining
and finding fault, depending so much upon this flesh. bring
us to look to thee for all things, to trust thee, to believe in
thee, to wait upon thee. Thou art our God, thou art our
Lord. We have no control over any of
the things in thy kingdom. All things are or in thy control,
in thee we live and move and have our being. Teach us from
this scripture today. Make us what we ought to be in
attitude, conduct, conversation, faithfulness. Reveal Christ to
our hearts more and more each day. In his name we pray, amen.

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