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  THE CHILD AND THE BOOK
  by D.L. Moody
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Summary: Christ is willing to carry our heavy loads and burdens, just
like a loving father carries his child.

Topics: "Burden Bearing", "Dependence on Christ"
Scripture References: Matthew 11:28

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DESCRIPTION
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D.L. Moody illustrates the comforting nature of Christ as a burden-
bearer through a touching story of a father and his son. The son, eager
to help, struggles with a heavy book and ultimately breaks down in tears
when he cannot manage it alone. The father, seeing his son's distress,
lovingly carries both him and the book upstairs, symbolizing how Christ
carries our burdens when we are overwhelmed. This sermon emphasizes the
importance of relying on Jesus to help us with our struggles and burdens
in life.

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CONTENT
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I like to think of Christ as a burden-bearer. A minister was one day
moving his library upstairs. As the minister was going upstairs with his
load of books his little boy came in, and was very anxious to help his
father. So his father just told him to go and get an armful and take
them upstairs. When the father came back, he met the little fellow about
half-way up the stairs tugging away with the biggest in the library. He
couldn't manage to carry it up. The book was too big. So he sat down and
cried. His father found him, and just took him in his arms, book and
all, and carried him upstairs. So Christ will carry you and all your
burdens.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/dl-moody/the-child-and-the-book/
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