Introduction:

A. Too often we get the “I’ll go it alone” attitude: John 15:1-11 (emphasis v.5)

1. We cannot go it alone: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
2. God wants to help us: Romans 8:32
3. We should sound like the Psalmist: Psalms 7:1

B. We have to realize that we cannot control tomorrow:

1. Matthew 6:34
2. Proverbs 27:1

I. We Need to Learn to Cast Our Cares [Concerns, Anxieties] Upon the Lord

A. As God’s children we are instructed to cast our cares upon Him:

1. Psalms 55:22
2. Philippians 4:6-7
3. I Peter 5:7

B. The Lord cares for His people:

1. When no one else will: Psalms 27:10
2. Greater than a mother for her child: Isaiah 49:15
3. Like a husband who would give his life for his wife: Ephesians 5:25

C. God knows what we need better than we do:

1. Matthew 6:7-8
2. Matthew 6:31-32

II. Have Faith That God Will Help You

A. Sometimes a lack of faith will keep us from casting our cared upon the Lord:

1. In a lack of faith we often trust in uncertain things: Psalms 20:7-8
2. Jeremiah 17:7-8
3. Sometimes we will go to God, but in doubt instead of faith: James 1:6-7
4. We must go to God in faith for help: Matthew 21:22

B. Our faithfulness is rewarded by God’s providence:

1. I Chronicles 28:9
2. Psalms 103:11-13
3. Luke 12:22-31
4. Romans 8:28

III. Don’t Think For A Minute That the World is Your Friend in a Time of Crisis

A. Learn now that you are not of this world and therefore not readily welcomed:

1. John 15:19
2. Jesus said of His disciples: John 17:14
3. I John 2:15
4. I John 3:1

B. What does it say of us when we trust in those of this world more than God?

1. Of Judah and king Hezekiah God said: II Kings 18:21; cf. Isaiah 36:6

a. Isaiah 31:1
b. Isaiah 31:3

2. Psalms 118:8
3. Jeremiah 17:5

Conclusion:

A. God will not allow us to tried by more than we can handle: I Corinthians 10:13
B. The Lord is our helper: Hebrews 13:5-6

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