Well, welcome again everybody, and if you
are just joining us, man, it's so good to
have you.
It is fun to come into your house.
Thank you for welcoming us and hey, hey, isn't
it fun to do church in our pajamas?
Can I get an amen?
Amen.
I got to tell you, I'm a little bit jealous
that you are in your pajamas and I am not
in my pajamas.
In fact, I've actually been contemplating,
maybe next week I will come and do this in
my pajamas, but here's the deal, church, don't
get too used to it because this will, this
will just be temporary, and then we're going
to be back together.
You might like this, but I don't, because
you get to see me, but I don't get to see
you.
And that's what church is, is being together.
And so we're going to keep doing this as we
have to through this crisis, but then we're
going to be back together and we'll let you
know as soon as we're able to open the doors.
And I'm excited for the reunion that we'll
all experience.
Hey, when I was a kid, there was a particular
group of people that I was just drawn to.
I started hearing about them when I was young
and I was like fascinated.
I was intrigued by them.
Whenever the teacher would ask us to write
a book report, it would be these people I
would write a book report about.
The group I'm talking about are those people
that we know as explorers.
Explorers.
I'm talking about people like Magellan and
Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leone.
You know, the guys that would have this thirst
to understand what nobody yet understood that
were willing to get into a boat and set sail
without maps.
In fact, the maps that they had, if you know
this, they, they had edges and the, because
they didn't know if it was curved or flat
or whatever, and the edge, beyond the edge,
the map said, "Here be dragons."
Not exactly inviting or comforting right?
But that's, they were going, "You know what?
We'll deal with it," and so they would hop
in a boat and they would go.
Not only people who would travel across the
sea intrigued me, but also people who would
travel across land, who have this natural
curiosity of what's on the other side of that
mountain.
What's on the other side of that?
You know, that desert, what's on the other
side of that plain?
What's on the other side of that continent?
These people just intrigued me.
People, you know, like John Murer and John
Wesley Powell, Lewis and Clark, all of these
kind of guys.
And to this very day, I've just, I'm fascinated,
Ernest Shackleton, wanting to go to Antarctica,
the endurance, the whole journey, all of that.
Sir Edmund Hillary wanting to climb Mount
Everest.
Nobody had done it.
People had tried and they had died, but they
were willing to do that.
And so it got me thinking, I want to ask a
church, what would it take?
What would it take for you to hop in a boat
where there was no map and just go wherever
it goes?
We're just going to go and we'll figure it
out.
What would it take for you to be the guy that
would travel across a continent just to understand
where does it end?
Or to go to another continent just to become
familiar with it in a way that nobody else
had ever become familiar with it?
And can I make an assumption about us?
Most of us would say, not a chance.
There is no way in the world I would do that.
You don't, you know, the only way I would
go is if you could promise me that all the
danger was minimized, you know?
And if I knew it was safe, then I might consider
the journey.
And then I would take, you know, I would take
my helmet, my knee pads, my cell phone, and
my chapstick.
You know, it's like, I don't want to be incredibly
uncomfortable.
Well, here's the deal.
All of those explorers that I just mentioned,
they all had one thing in common, and I want
you to think about this.
All of them have this one thing in common.
Their journey was uncharted.
It was uncharted.
There was no way to know how we're going to
get through this, which means, okay, which,
which meant they had to figure things out
as they went along.
That's what it meant.
Whatever they encountered, whatever came at
them, there was not somebody who had already
been there to tell them to get ready for.
They had to just think and they had to do
it, which made...
Exploring, if you think about it, is dangerous.
It's stressful.
It certainly could be frightening, but here's
the deal.
If you want to make progress, someone's got
to go there and, and tell us what's out there.
Kind of to boldly go where no one has gone
before idea, right?
Ring a bell?
That's how you make progress.
So today we're going to continue in our series
we started last week called Uncharted, and
it's the idea of learning how to navigate
these waters we've never found ourselves in.
The Coronavirus has made explorers out of
all of us.
We are all on this adventure together.
None of us chose it.
None of us would choose it.
But nonetheless, all of us are trying to figure
it out, and we are navigating in uncharted
waters.
And that's the journey.
All right?
Now, last week we started the series Uncharted
with a message titled A Time Like None Other,
because that is what this is.
It's similar to many other crises, but there
are unique factors in this particular one.
It is a time unlike any other.
And whenever you're in a time unlike any other,
there is an emotion that dominates and that's
what...it's fear.
I'm scared.
And so we've just talked about it's a scary
time and last week's message was on fear and
if you find yourself full of fear, I'd encourage
you to go back and just listen to the verses
that that message was based on.
Now, fear has a first cousin named anxiety,
fear and anxiety.
Like, wherever you find one, you find the
other, these two go together.
They, they not only live in the same neighborhood,
they live on the same block.
I mean they, like, they grew up together.
They, they hang in the hood and so anxiety
on the heels of fear makes this experience
that we're on exploring right now, it's kind
of a one-two punch.
It's an incredibly stressful time.
Now, I want to read a quote that Max Lucado
said.
"Anxiety and fear are cousins, but not twins.
Fear sees a threat.
Anxiety imagines one.
Fear screams, Get out!
Anxiety ponders.
What if?
Fear results in fight or flight.
Anxiety creates doom and gloom."
Now, you don't need me to tell you this, but
there is no shortage of anxiety today.
There is none.
In fact, I want to read you something that
I think is interesting.
According to the National Institute of Mental
Health, anxiety disorders right now are, I
mean, epidemic proportions, okay?
Anxiety.
In fact, let me actually give you some numbers.
In any given year, nearly 50 million Americans
will feel the effects of a panic attack, a
phobia, or some other anxiety disorder.
They say anxiety disorders in the United States
are the number one mental health problem among
women, and second only to alcohol and drug
abuse among men.
They go on to say that America is the most
anxiety ridden society on the planet.
We were number one.
They also, one guy, a psychologist, Robert
Leahy, he pointed out the average child today
exhibits the same level of anxiety as the
average psychiatric patient in the 1950's.
Folks, we're anxious, but here's what you
need to understand.
Every one of these things I just gave you
was before this particular pandemic we're
finding ourselves in the midst of.
So whatever that is, it's more intense now.
Fear and anxiety, it's just this one-two punch.
Now, today's title for the message is simply
this title, Anxious for Nothing.
Anxious for Nothing.
What good is all this anxiety accomplishing?
Let me just, does anxiety ever help a situation?
Are you ever better off just worrying about
it?
Now, when I say anxious for nothing, I want
you to understand that's a title of a book
by Max Lucado.
And if you find yourself right now swimming
in deep seas of anxiety, you might want to
pick up a copy of that book and just read
it.
All right?
In fact, that book is the foundation upon
which I built this message, and I'm just telling
you, there's lots of really good stuff in
that book.
But more important than that book is this
book, the word of God.
And so I want to encourage you to open your
Bibles and, hey, when you come into your living
room to go to online church, always bring
your Bible.
Okay, so we're going to be in Philippians
chapter four and so if you'll just take a
moment to find that.
Now, while you're looking that up, I want
to remind you of something I've shared with
you before, because of Kindle, we've actually
now been able to track, Kindle can tell us,
which books are the most highlighted books
of all.
And they've discovered that the absolute most
highlighted book of all, is the Bible.
But then you could say, well, what is the
most highlighted verses, or verse or verses,
in the Bible?
And we can actually tell that.
The most highlighted verses in the Bible are
in the text that we're about to read, I'll
show them to you.
But we're going to read together Philippians
chapter four and right now, let's just read
four and on down to seven.
Rejoice in the Lord always.
I will say it again.
Rejoice.
Let your gentleness be evident to all, the
Lord is near.
Here comes the most highlighted verses in
the Bible, it starts right there.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every
situation by prayer and petition with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.
Is this naive or what?
I mean, come on, seriously?
Rejoice in the Lord always?
Do not be anxious about anything?
Give everything to God in prayer?
Is this even possible?
Who does this?
Now look, we can conclude that whoever wrote
this was one of two things, either living
an incredibly plush life, or was clueless
about real life.
One, this guy had everything going for him
and no issues.
or was just absolutely out to lunch.
We can conclude that, except the guy that
wrote this was neither of those things.
The guy that wrote those words was the apostle
Paul, and you got to understand those words
were written not when everything was going
great, but when everything wasn't going great.
He was languishing in a dingy prison.
He was awaiting trial.
Trial for what?
Trial to determine whether or not he was going
to be executed, or whether he is going to
see the light of day again.
He was not going through times that were trying,
he was going through the trial of his life.
And he was on trial for his faith.
He was on trial for having this conviction
about God that God is more than people thought
He was.
And he was so passionate about telling people
the difference, understanding who God really
is, would make in your life if you just understood.
Now, he was willing to go anywhere and do
anything for God.
That was the apostle Paul.
He would just, he was like, I'll go, I'll
check any, send me anywhere.
Just let me tell people about Jesus.
And I want to make sure you understand something,
let's go back to Philippians 4:4.
Rejoice in the Lord always from a prison cell.
I will say it again.
Rejoice!
Now, understand what he's doing.
He's doubling down.
Rejoice in the Lord always.
Not always when it's good, not only when everything's
working, not only when there's no fear, not
only when you aren't prone to be anxious.
Not only when, no, not like one day a week.
Rejoice in the Lord always.
Doubling down.
And again, I say rejoice.
He's like, this is crucial that you understand
this.
How could you do this?
How could you possibly rejoice no matter what
comes at you?
And then rejoice again?
So I thought about that and I came up with
this little formula.
You could do this only if you believe certain
things.
Only if.
Okay, here they are.
Number one, that God actually exists.
You can only rejoice in all circumstances
if you believed God actually exists.
Number two, that He cares about you.
Number three, that He's in control.
Number four, that He's all powerful, and number
five, that he's good.
Now stare at that list for just a moment.
If you believe those things about God, then
maybe you could, you could rejoice, whatever
comes at you.
Here's what you have to understand.
The guy that wrote those words believed all
those things to the core of who he was.
He believed that God was greater than his
present circumstances, and this is the issue
church we have to wrestle with.
Do we believe that God is greater than this?
Or is this bigger than God?
Now, in the book of Isaiah, I love this book,
Isaiah chapter 26, it says this.
Now, now follow this.
You will keep in perfect peace.
This is like God.
You will keep in perfect peace, God, those
whose minds are steadfast because they trust
in you.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the
Lord Himself, is the Rock eternal.
What does that mean?
Everything else can shake, everything else
can, you know...
Everything can fall apart, but God never will.
And when you believe that, then there is something
that can happen in your life that will give
you the ability to not only endure really
difficult times, not just to endure, but not
even to panic, but to actually come through
those times with the spirit of rejoicing,
with just this ability to go, God, you got
this.
Now, the big idea of this message is simply
this idea right here.
Your anxiety decreases as your faith increases.
Church, say this with me.
Say this out loud.
I know you're in your living room.
I know you're in your pajamas.
Okay?
We already talked about that, but I need to
hear you say this.
Your anxiety decreases as your faith increases.
Say it one more time.
Your anxiety decreases as your faith increases.
What's the anecdote to anxiety?
Faith.
It will go up, your anxiety will go down.
Well, but what do I do when I'm prone to anxiety?
Do exactly what Paul's said.
Let's go back to the most underlined verses
in the Bible.
Philippians four, six and seven.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every
situation, in every pandemic, in every cry,
in every...
We got no toilet paper, God, we got nothing.
In every situation, God, by prayer and petition
with thanksgiving, present your requests to
God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.
Okay, let's just take this in.
Do not be anxious, okay, about any...
Every situation, prayer and petition.
All right.
Just wrestle with it, okay?
Pray, which means focus, you know our eyes
are on you, God.
See, if you're going to put your eyes on the
problem, God's going to seem small.
The problem is going to seem huge.
Put your eyes on God.
The problem won't be so big.
You'll understand.
Pray, pray, ask.
What specifically do you need?
This is really important, church.
Don't just throw up a prayer.
What is this need that you specifically want
to have God at answer?
Ask him and do it with a spirit of thanksgiving.
What's that mean?
God, my heart, I'm not going to sit here and
I'm not going to be overwhelmed with little
thoughts about you, but God, I'm so grateful
for who You are, how big You are, what happens
when You do that?
Your mind is guarded, he says, by God.
Guarded.
Literally sets a guard around your mind.
Philippians 4:7, just make sure you see it.
The peace of God, which transcends all under...
Explain this, pastor.
I can't, it transcends all understanding.
How can I put it into words?
But it's going to guard your hearts and your
minds through Christ Jesus.
There's a passage in Jeremiah that I, again,
I think is so important in a time like this,
Jeremiah 17 verses seven and eight, let's
just see this for just a moment.
It's going to echo Psalm one.
If you're familiar with Psalm one, you'll
hear the same language in Psalm one, but I
want to show you this, so, Blessed is the
one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence
is in Him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves
are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought, and
never fails to bear fruit.
So what happened, he's taken.
he's taken a person and he's saying that person
is going to be like a tree planted by streams
of water.
Okay, so you, and so you've got to run these,
what would it be like to be the kind of person
who's planted by streams of water if you were
a tree?
Okay, now this kind of person, I want you
to see, see right here, it has no worries
in a year of drought and never fails to bear
fruit, can bring good out of the toughest
of times.
In the most severe of conditions, no matter
what happens, it's still something good is
going to come out.
That's awesome.
What kind of a person?
Who is the person who is like a tree planted
by streams of water who has no worries in
a year of drought?
He told you right here, the one who trusts
in the Lord.
That's the one that will come through this
without an overwhelming amount of anxiety.
In one of Henry Nouwen's books, he talks about
visiting a circus and seeing a trapeze act
by a group at the time by the name of The
Flying Rodleigh's.
And he was so mesmerized by how graciously
they were flying through the air, and he was
so curious about how they did that.
So he got one of the trapeze artists in a
conversation and he said, "How's that work?
Like what.
What happens?"
I want to read to you what Henry Nouwan wrote
as what the guy said about how you do that.
All right, so let me just jump right in here.
The guy it's called the flyer, okay?
The flyer, the secret is, that the flyer does
nothing, and the catcher does everything.
When I fly to Joe, my catcher, I have simply
to stretch out my arms and hands and wait
for him to catch me and pull me safely over
the apron.
The worst thing the flyer can do is try to
catch the catcher.
I'm not supposed to catch Joe.
It's Joe's task to catch me.
If I grabbed Joe's wrists, I might break them
or he might break mine, and that would be
the end for both of us.
A flyer must fly and a catcher must catch,
and the flyer must trust with outstretched
arms that his catcher will be there for him.
Who's your catcher in a time when you feel
like I am flying through mid-air with no feet
on the ground at all?
I feel so uncertain.
Can I remind you of these words of Jesus?
In fact, let me just read them to you.
All right?
Listen to what Jesus said, because you know
what I think He's trying to tell you?
Is that God wants to be your catcher.
And there's a whole different outlook on things
when He is your catcher.
Let me, from Matthew chapter six, verses 25
to 34, Therefore, I tell you, Jesus said,
do not worry about your life, what you will
eat or drink or about your body, what you
will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more
than clothes?
Is this not relevant for right this moment?
Look at the birds of the air.
They do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single
hour to your life?
And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the flowers of the field grow?
They do not labor or spin and yet I tell you,
not even Solomon in all of his splendor, richest
man on the planet, was dressed like one of
these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the
field, which is here today and tomorrow is
thrown into the fire, will He not much more
clothe you, you of little faith?
So don't worry saying, what shall we eat,
or what shall we drink, what shall we wear?
For the pagans run after all these things.
And your heavenly Father knows that you need
them.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness
and all these things will be given to you
as well.
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow.
Jesus said, therefore, do not worry about
tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
You know, the problem is though, is we can
become so focused on us, we don't even bother
to look at Him.
We are so aware of our issues, that we are
totally unaware of His capacity.
We are so caught up in our own insufficiency,
we fail to understand His all sufficiency.
Now look more closely, let me show you.
Make sure you see this.
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you
as well.
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Can I get an amen?
Amen.
Now your anxiety decreases as your faith increases.
Your anxiety, say it, decreases as your faith
increases.
Now, last thing I want to say here, on a,
you know, recent trip to Jerusalem, with a
group from our church, which we often go to
Jerusalem, we often stay in a particular hotel.
On the wall of this particular hotel, which
I'll tell you about in just a moment, but
this particular hotel has a framed, I mean,
it is, it's like a treasure, it's a handwritten
lyric, the lyrics to a song.
It's the original handwritten lyrics to a
song that has become one of the absolute most
beloved hymns of the world, of the church.
And it's right there on the wall.
It's on the wall of the American Colony Hotel
in Jerusalem.
And the words were written by a man named
Horatio Spafford.
He was a very prosperous lawyer.
He was a Presbyterian Elder in a church.
He lived in Chicago and in the 1871 fire,
he and his wife Anna, suffered just, kind
of, horrendous losses in that fire.
In 1873 his wife and his four daughters, with
some friends, were going to travel to Europe,
and he had to stay back to do some business,
and so he put them on a boat and off they
went.
And on December 2nd he's, that was in November,
he put them on the boat, 1873, and then December
2nd he received a word, a telegram from his
wife.
It began with these words, Saved alone.
What shall I do?
He soon learned that that ship, that his family
was on, collided with a British vessel and
sank.
And his four daughters were killed and only
his wife, Anna, survived.
He quickly left for England to bring Anna
back home.
In route, he was sailing on the ship, and
he pulled out a piece of paper and pen and
he wrote the words, this is what's on that
wall in the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem.
He had no idea that this would come to mean
so much to so many, but he wrote the words,
and this has become an anthem to God.
Now, eventually he and his wife, Anna, moved
to Jerusalem.
They started a ministry to care about people.
They ended up kind of forming...like families
gathering together, and they lived together
in a house.
It became a hostel, and then it became a hotel.
And that is the American Colony Hotel.
But let me, let me just read the words of
the song and see if you recognize them.
When peace, he wrote this after he lost his
four daughters.
He wrote this maybe over the very spot on
the ocean where his daughters drowned.
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever
my lot that has taught me to say, it is, well,
it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet ,though trials
should come, let this blessed assurance control,
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate
and has shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought,
my sin not in part but the whole, is nailed
to the cross and I bear it no more.
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Oh my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall
be sight.
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll.
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall
descend even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul.
It is well.
It is well.
It is well with my soul.
You know, when you understand what goes in
to a writing of a song.
The song can mean so much more.
Right now.
You're going to hear a song.
Don't go anywhere.
You're going to be sorry if you do.
Don't tune out.
It's a song written by the worship leader,
Ron Petrovich, that was just leading us in
worship, and the Central worship team and
the whole music deal here got behind it, and
they wrote this song.
He wrote this song for a time we're in right
now, and, it's called This Too Will Pass.
Listen and pay attention to the words of the
song, and then I'm gonna come back out, listen
to this.
Wow, is
that
not powerful?
Folks, I'm sitting here in the Gilbert Worship
Center.
I've got a couple of camera guys behind me.
This how we do church right now.
And just being able to listen and hear, you
know, just be reminded, this is going to pass.
This is not here to stay.
One day, this room will be full of people
again, and we'll be back together the way
it, the way it was, or better than it's ever
been maybe, who knows?
But the important thing is keep looking ahead
to what God's going to do.
And one of the best things that gives you
a sense of what God's gonna do ahead, is to
look behind you and see all the incredible
memories that we have really shared together
as a church.
And, we'll be back together again.
You know but there's something I, it's just
on my heart right now, I just want to talk
to you.
I don't know why God's allowing this, and
I'm in no way ever going to say, I know.
I don't know, but I know that He, I know some
things about God.
And if you just heard the message that I just
gave, I said, you know, somebody who can rejoice
in all things, has to have something going
on about God.
And there was a list, remember that list?
That He exists, that He's, you know, He's
all powerful.
He's in control, He cares, you know, and He's
good.
Folks, I believe all those things about God.
I don't know why he's allowing us to go through
this, but I can tell you this.
I know that for many of us we have long ago
forgotten about God, and we have felt that
we've not needed Him, and we have pushed Him
out of our lives and kind of out of our thinking.
Maybe God is just going, hey, this is a wake
up call.
We always think we can conquer anything, and
that, you know, death is not the obstacle,
and this is a reminder.
Death is very, very real.
And maybe through all of this, you're a person
who goes, you know, I've drifted away from
God.
When I was a kid...but it's been forever,
and, or maybe you go, I don't even know anything
about God.
Here's what you need to understand about God.
God is.
God loves you.
Every one of us has an issue with sin.
Sin is the thing that separates us from God.
And we've learned, like in our time, how to
play with sin and think there's no consequ...like
it's a live grenade, and it's not going to
ever hurt us.
It's not true, but we've come to believe that.
What literally has happened is God has taken
then that sin, that grenade, and He's shielded
us from the consequences of its explosion,
and He's literally taken the hit for us.
That's what the cross is all about, that Jesus
died for us.
And, who would do that?
Only someone who is really, really good, who
really does love you and care about you, and
is all powerful that could do that.
Jesus died so that you could live, and you
go, well, I want so desperately to have this.
Here's what I need you to understand.
In Revelation chapter three, verse 20, Jesus
said, Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone opens the door, I will come in to
him and I'll dine with him.
I mean, I'll literally, I'll do life with
you.
But I've said this so many times, God will
not break your door down.
He will not force His way in.
He waits for you to open the door.
He knocks, gently, and then He says, when
you're ready.
Maybe you are now ready, maybe okay, all right.
I really do realize how much I need God.
I'm telling you, He's this close to you.
He is just like literally, He's right there,
and as far as we've run away from Him, the
minute we repent, which means to turn around,
He is right there.
It's not like we have to run all the way back
to where we've left and to catch back up to
God.
God's been with you as you've gone away, and
He'll be right there if you'd just respond,
and turn around, and open your heart.
And I'm going to pray for you to do that in
just a moment.
Now again, normally in our services, we have
time for communion.
We set aside and we just go to remember this
incredibly good thing that God did for us.
He died for us on a cross.
And we're going to do that again.
I don't know, I hope now you're starting to
pick up a pattern.
We'll do this every service.
So maybe in advance, just set aside a couple
of things for communion.
We celebrate with some juice, which represents
the blood of Christ, and bread, that represents
the body of Christ.
And we're just reminded that He gave us His
blood and His body, and this is the price
to have the freedom from our sin, and we recall
that.
We remember that.
So let me pray and I'm going to pray for two
things.
I'm going to pray that we would be grateful
for what God did.
That's for all of us who've already given
our lives to Him.
And then I'm going to pray for those of you
who maybe for the first time, have heard or
learned something about God that you didn't
know.
And the best thing that will come out of this
crisis is that you will forever walk with
God because you discovered Him in the midst
of this darkness.
You saw the light.
Let me pray.
And then we'll spend this time in communion.
So God, for those who already know this, we're
so grateful.
God, thank you for telling us.
And, for whatever the circumstances of our
lives, however it was that we came to understand
these truths, God, thank you.
When we break this bread, God, and we just,
if we don't have that, we're just gonna we're
just gonna praise you and reflect upon the
goodness.
But for those who right now, maybe for the
first time, realize you really do love them,
and God that you want them to live.
You want them to have not just physical life,
but spiritual life.
God, that you have created within us the ability
to give our hearts over to you to become so
much more.
And if it takes a crisis like this to open
our eyes, God just thank you for the crisis,
because I believe that many, many people will
see you like they've never seen you.
And I pray for everyone who's hearing my voice
right now going, that's me.
You can give your heart to Him, open the door,
open it...open it wide, just invite Him in
and you'll be amazed the difference it can
make to get you through times like these.
Thank you, Father.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
