Do You Have a Burden?

Pastor Gary Wilkinson challenges believers to discover their God-given burden — a passionate, singular calling that provides life direction.

Main Ideas:

1. What is a burden? - A supernatural calling from God that changes your life's trajectory and gives passionate focus
2. A true burden creates three things: Clarity of life purpose, value for life's impact on others, and energy of sustained momentum to "run with horses"
3. Focus matters - God calls us to be "one thing people" rather than scattered across multiple commitments for maximum effectiveness
4. Common hindrances to clarity - Fleshly ambition, envy of others' callings, and not listening to God
5. Call to action - Ask God to clarify your burden, eliminate distractions, and pursue it passionately, regardless of age

You're never too young or too old to receive a fresh burden from God.

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Pastor David Wilkerson in this message explores biblical contentment as taught by Paul, emphasizing that true peace comes from the Holy Spirit's inner work, not external circumstances or possessions.

Main Ideas:

• Contentment is a spiritual mystery learned through prayer and God's Word, not self-help books
• You can be holy yet lack contentment - godliness with contentment brings great gain
• True contentment depends on nothing external - it's an inner spiritual work
• Christians should be content with basic necessities: food and clothing
• Material things never bring lasting satisfaction - contentment comes by reducing desires, not adding more
• No human relationship can meet our deepest spiritual needs for contentment
• Contentment is learned during trials, not after - we must trust God's hand in all circumstances

The sermon calls believers to find complete satisfaction in Jesus Christ alone and be grateful for what they already have.

https://wcmin.us/ss250706c

Pastor David Wilkerson addresses believers who are experiencing deep despair and considering giving up, showing that even the most righteous people in Scripture went through similar struggles.

Main Ideas:

• Even righteous, godly people like Job, Jeremiah, Elijah, and Paul the Apostle experienced periods of deep despair where they wanted to give up or die

• Job, despite being called perfect and upright by God, suffered so greatly that he wished he had never been born and wanted God to end his life

• Elijah, after great victories like calling down fire from heaven, fell into a 40-day depression hiding in a cave, feeling like a total failure

• Paul the Apostle, despite his revelations and miracles, experienced trouble in Asia that pressed him beyond his strength until he "despaired even of life"

• The solution is to cry out to God with everything you have, hold onto his promises in Scripture, and trust the Holy Spirit within you to make a way out

God promises to hear and deliver those who call upon him, and believers should reject fear and trust in his faithfulness.

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