This sermon emphasizes the importance of teaching children to pray to Jesus for even the smallest things, instilling a habit of casting all burdens on Him. It encourages honesty and openness with Jesus, urging believers to unburden themselves completely and trust in His ability to handle any situation. The message highlights the significance of exposing our sins and complaints to Jesus, believing in His power to bring glory out of our challenges.

I teach little children. Have you misplaced your keys, your rubber, your pencil? Pray to Jesus. Oh, he's not interested in my rubber and pencil. Of course he is. Who said? Is your dad and mom interested in it? He is more than that. I wanted to train my children from childhood to believe that Jesus cared for every little thing. Anytime they were sick, just a small cough and cold, I would say, Okay son, let's pray to Jesus. You can do that. I would lay my hands on him and say, In Jesus' name, Lord Jesus, please touch him and heal him. You know what it does to children? You keep on doing that. I'm not trying to say something which is just some psychology, training them in some type of technique. It's not a technique. It's doing what Mary did, unburdening ourselves at Jesus' feet. As they grow up, they begin to do it themselves after a while, because it's become a habit. Just like you taught your children to brush their teeth, years later they're doing it on their own. Why not teach them some better habits than just brushing their teeth? To unburden all their burdens on Jesus, even little things. Lord, can he handle that? Of course he can. He can take care of it. There's no burden that's too difficult for him. There's no problem that he cannot solve. There's nothing, there's no mess you've made of your life that he can't sort out. Absolutely none. There's no gulf that he cannot take you across. No mountain that he cannot move out of your way. He can do everything. This is our savior in all our troubles. He's troubled. He can sympathize with us. We don't have a high priest who cannot sympathize with us. A lot of other Christians may have a high priest who cannot sympathize with them, but we have a high priest who came in our flesh, was tempted like us. That's why it's so important to proclaim that truth for which people call me a heretic, that Jesus came in our flesh and was tempted like us in every point and he carried our burdens and he prayed with loud crying and tears to overcome sin. And he is the one to whom I can go and cast my burdens on. I want you to do that. I want you to develop a habit, just like you develop the habit of listening. Develop the habit of casting your burdens on him, every little thing. And be honest with him. It says here in John chapter 11, they came to the tomb and Jesus was deeply moved and he came to the tomb, John 11, 38. And there was a cave and there was a stone. And Jesus said, remove the stone. This is spiritual meaning here. And Martha said, hey Lord, it's stinking. There's a stench here. No, no, no. Jesus said, remove it. You know what that message there is? You made a mess of your life and you want to cover it up with a stone so that the stink of it, others won't get it. Naturally, we don't want to reveal all the filthy, rotten things we did in our life. We don't want anyone to know it. I want to tell you that the Lord doesn't want anyone to know it either. He will not expose your sin. He's more loving than your father or mother. But he wants you to expose it to him. Don't hide it from him. He knows it in many cases. Go to him, roll away the stone and say, Lord, this is the stink in my life. He says, roll it away. Don't cover it up. Oh, but it's stinking. Yeah, I know it's stinking. Let me smell it. Unburden yourself. You can tell him everything. Every dirty, rotten thing you ever did in your life, go and tell him. Get it out once for all and finish with it. Why keep it covered up? Is there any area of your life today that's covered up? I don't mean covered for men. That's okay. We're not to expose ourselves to men because men are very unmerciful. I'm asking you to expose yourself to the Lord. He says, roll away that stone. Expose it. Don't blame somebody else. Don't have a complaint in your life. Do you have a complaint against the Lord in your life today? Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. If you had done this, this would not have happened to my child or whatever it is. There could be an if in your life. Is there an if? Lord, if you had answered this, or if you had done that for me ten years ago, or if you had done that, this would not have happened now. I think most believers have an if in their life. A complaint. Lord, if you had only answered my prayer at that time, what a different story it would have been today. I want you to get rid of it. Because the Lord's word to you is also if. If you believe, you will still see the glory of God. That's what he said here. He said earlier on in chapter 11. You know, I am the resurrection of the life, verse 26. Do you believe this? Yes. He who believes in me will never die. He said to him, your brother will rise again. So, that's what the Lord tells. If you believe, you will still see the glory of God. Verse 40. Didn't I say to you? If you believe, you will see the glory of God. Now you contrast that with the if that Mary said. Lord, if. Verse 32. If you had been here. And Jesus says, that's not it. Verse 40. If you believe. So we put these two ifs together. One is your if. I don't know what the if is in your life. It may not be that your brother died. It may be some other thing in your life which is an if. Maybe some of you have carried it for a long time. Some memory of something that happened in the past. Which spoiled a lot of things. And you kept that stinking thing covered up in some cave. With a stone over it. How long will you keep it? Afraid, lest one day. Somebody may roll away the stone and discover the stench. Why not open it up to the Lord and let Him solve the problem before. Somebody rolls away the stone and smells the stench. So when you come to the Lord and say, Lord, if you had. Wholly done this, it would have been different. The Lord says to you. Don't look at the past and say, Lord, if you had done that ten years ago or two days ago. If you believe today. Okay, that's the word for you now. If you believe today. You will still see the glory of God. In that particular situation. That stinking situation. Unburden yourself. Go to the Lord and tell Him. So that's the second thing. Listen first. Tell. And third. The third thing that Mary did at Jesus feet. Was worship.