Come to Jesus

Good job, choir. Thank all of our children for

Children's Church. You've already headed back.

You are going to see in your bulletins that we

are going to be in Joshua today, but we are not.

That changed about ten minutes ago. This may

be the worst sermon you've ever heard. We're

going in cold this morning. It might be the best.

It might be the best. It might be the shortest

sermon you ever heard. But sometimes the Lord

puts stuff on your heart, you know? And so I

don't really know what I'm going to say today.

Maybe not much. Maybe just one scripture. We're

going to pray, and we'll get started. God, we

come to you this morning, and I thank you for...

The freedom and the privilege to be in your house.

I pray that your Holy Spirit would be among us

today, God. That the power of your word would

speak to us, dear Lord. We come to you, our lives

are hard and full of pain and sorrow and hardship

and sickness and death, dear Lord. And so we

need you to help us. So I pray that we would

find your help this morning. I pray in Jesus

Christ that you would strengthen us today, God.

I pray that you would give me words to say. God,

I do not have a clue what I'm going to say right

now. But I'm going to speak your word. And if

nothing else, that is good enough. And I ask

these things in Jesus' name. Amen. One short

scripture. If you do not know it, you should

know it. Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. You need

Matthew 11:28

to know it. You need to remember it. And you

need to visit it often. Matthew chapter 11 verse

Matthew 11:28

28. Some of you know it by heart. You don't even

have to turn to it today. But it is a great call

for us to find strength and peace. In our life.

Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. Says this. Come

Matthew 11:28

to me. All who are weary and burdened. And I

will give you rest. Now I suppose that is enough

said. Jesus Christ calls us today. In the midst

of our pain. In the midst of our suffering. In

the midst of our sorrow, in the midst of our

loss, in the midst of our sickness, in the midst

of our death, we come here today as people who

are broken, as people who struggle. Maybe not

at this moment in your life, or maybe so. I don't

know where you are in life. But if you haven't

gotten to a point in life where you don't know

where your strength is going to come from, where

you don't know where your deliverance is going

to come from, where you don't know where your

peace is going to come from, it is going to come

from Jesus. And what a beautiful invitation that

Jesus gives us today. Now I suspect in a room

this size that there are some this morning who

are weary and burdened. Life is so hard. Life

is hard and it may not even be the result of

anything that we have done. It may be something

that someone has done to us. It may be a sickness

that we face. It may be a struggle with our job.

It may be a struggle with our parents. It may

be a struggle with our children. It may be a

struggle at church. It may be a struggle with

temptation. But these things bring chaos in our

life. And chaos will depress you. It will bring

you down. It will burden you and fill you with

anger and pain. But Jesus says, I want to give

you peace in the midst of the chaos. And so the

message is short today. Jesus calls you today

that in the midst of your chaos, that Jesus says,

come to me. And I will give you rest. Do you

seek rest today? You will find it in Jesus Christ.

Let me pray for you this morning. God, I thank

you for these people. I pray that you be with

them. You know their struggles. You know their

pains. You know their hardships. God, I pray

for the ones who have been hurt by others. That

you would help them to forgive. God, I pray for

the ones with sickness. That you would help them

in their battle. I pray for the ones who have

experienced death. That you'd give them comfort.

I pray for the ones with struggles in their family.

That you'd give them restoration. I pray for

the ones with broken marriages. That you'd restore

them. God, I pray for your peace today. God,

we need it. And I pray for those who seek it,

that they would seek it in Jesus Christ and that

they would find it this morning. And I ask these

things in Jesus' name. Amen.