This past Sunday brought the fourteenth and second to last sermon in the James: Jesus’ Bold Little Brother series. Pastor Mark preached on James 5:7–12 about the burdens we encounter throughout our life and how we respond to them. Jesus does not ask us to suffer alone, rather he asks us to establish our hearts in him and he will carry our burdens with us.
There’s only so much you can put in a load before it becomes too heavy to carry. Life is like that. We can choose to carry our burdens and the burdens of others, but Jesus reminds us that if we take them to him, he’ll carry it for us.
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What does it mean to take the load that God has called you to carry for your life & to carry it in faith? #boldJames
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Every one of us is like a tree God wants to bear good fruit. God is like a patient farmer working on us. #boldJames
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You can’t rush fruitfulness. As the Lord is patient with us, we need to be patient with one another. #boldJames
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An anxious heart is faith w/o hope or love. “I’m not sure God loves me & I don’t have hope for my future” #boldJames
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When you’re anxious, trust that God loves you, have faith that he is for you & walk into the future w/hope #boldJames
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Do you have an anxious heart? Do you have a sad heart? The answer is to establish your heart. #boldJames
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We need to be patient bc God’s still working out new fruit in us. He’s not done with us or with them. #boldJames
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The Christian life is taking up our cross and following in the footsteps of the life of Christ. #boldJames
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The only thing worse than this life is this life without Jesus. Do you love Jesus? Do you belong to Jesus? #boldJames
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Jesus is compassionate and merciful, and once he says yes to you, he says yes forever. #boldJames
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Recommended resources
For those who would like to delve deeper into the topics covered by the sermon, we’ve collected a few good places to start.
Why does God allow burdens?
By Andrew Weiseth
A quote often attributed to Mother Teresa is, “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that he didn’t trust me so much.” It’s a clever line. But it’s not right.
Anxieties: to be cast not carried
Sermon by John Piper
The opposite of boldness is fear or anxiety. It’s not surprising then that God not only calls us to be bold for Christ and his kingdom, but he also makes a provision for us to get rid of our fear and anxiety. Giving us courage and taking our fear are two ways of doing the same thing.
I will go to the cross again
Devotion by Charles Spurgeon
“Come, my soul, heavy laden you once were, and you did lose your burden there. Go to Calvary again . . . I will go in poverty, I will go in helplessness, I will go in all my shame and backsliding, I will tell him that I am still his child, and in confidence in his faithful heart, even I, the barren one, will sing and cry aloud.”
14 kinds of affliction
By Pastor Mark Driscoll
“Affliction in the Scriptures, as in our own lives, isn’t neat, tidy, or systematic. Life is often more complex than clear. While there is no way to answer all the questions for those who are afflicted, I thought it might be helpful to pull back and look at 14 kinds of affliction seen throughout the Scriptures.”
Where to turn in your darkest hour
By Pastor Ryan Williams
At one time or another, we have all likely found ourselves asking, as David did, “How long, O Lord?” (Ps. 13:1). We rightly ask God to end the suffering we experience, but in our struggles do we ask what they may be preparing us for?
