Leave Your Cares With the Lord
Leaving your cares with the Lord is essential for happy and effective service, and it requires trusting in His sovereignty and goodness.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the importance of trusting in the Lord and surrendering all cares and burdens to Him. She emphasizes the need to fully rely on God's mercy and triumphs, allowing our souls to roll all weight onto Him without worry or anxiety. Tileston highlights the key to happy and effective service as putting our work into the Lord's hands and leaving it there, without taking back the burden or trying to control the outcome ourselves.
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I would have you to be free from cares.
1 CORINTHIANS 7:32 (R. V.)
He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
PSALMS 22:10
I HAVE no cares, O blessed Will!
For all my cares are Thine;
I live in triumph, Lord, for Thou
Hast made Thy triumphs mine.
FREDERICK W. FABER
LET my soul roll itself on Him, and adventure there all its weight. He bears greater matters, upholding the frame of heaven and earth, and is not troubled or burdened with it.
ROBERT LEIGHTON
What is needed for happy effectual service is simply to put your work into the Lord's hand, and leave it there. Do not take it to Him in prayer, saying, "Lord, guide me, Lord, give me wisdom, Lord, arrange for me," and then arise from your knees, and take the burden all back, and try to guide and arrange for yourself. Leave it with the Lord, and remember that what you trust to Him you must not worry over nor feel anxious about. Trust and worry cannot go together.
HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Sermon Outline
- Leave Your Cares with the Lord
- What to Do with Your Cares
- The Benefits of Trusting in the Lord
- Leave Your Cares with the Lord
- The Dangers of Worry
- Freedom from Cares
- Happy and Effective Service
Key Quotes
“He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. - PSALMS 22:10” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“He bears greater matters, upholding the frame of heaven and earth, and is not troubled or burdened with it. - ROBERT LEIGHTON” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Trust and worry cannot go together. - HANNAH WHITALL SMITH” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Practically apply the principle of leaving your cares with the Lord by trusting in His guidance and provision in your daily life.
- Recognize that trust and worry cannot coexist, and choose to trust in the Lord's goodness and sovereignty.
- Experience the freedom from cares and the peace and contentment that come from trusting in the Lord.