WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Well, good morning. While I get myself settled in here, if you will take your copy of God's Word and turn to Proverbs 4 and verse 23. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:40.820 In doing so, though, I want to make some introductory comments. First, I just want to take a brief moment to talk about our plans for Sunday morning preaching. 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:53.340 It may not feel this way to you. I can't say how you might feel, but it feels to me like we are kind of off to a herky-jerky start this year. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:01:06.920 We do have plans, though, and I want you to know that initially our plan was to press through, kind of a hop-skip-jump through the life of David that Clay was presenting for us. 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:21.340 You know, two weeks ago that Clay was sick with flu A, and so I picked up a little piece of this plan that I'm doing now because Clay was going to be out of town last week and then had a surgery. 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:27.680 This week, he was hoping to be back this Sunday. Turned out that he wasn't able to be back this Sunday. 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:38.980 So we've just been trying to figure it out as we've been stepping along, and I'm in the process of preparing to start us through a verse-by-verse exposition of the Gospel of John. 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:48.159 So we're headed there. I feel like too often lately I've been saying that the regular habit of our church is verse-by-verse exposition. 00:01:48.380 --> 00:01:51.600 It just feels like we haven't been doing that much lately. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:02:02.340 We want to be so careful as God's people that we don't spend a lot of time isageting a text, pulling out of it what we want to see in it, 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:12.420 and therefore we think it's really helpful that we simply go verse-by-verse, careful, word-for-word, through a text together. 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:20.300 But at times, plans change. The Lord knows better than we do. We do the best that we can. 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:29.180 And it's good for us to pick up topics occasionally and think more broadly about what the Bible may have to say about any given things. 00:02:29.180 --> 00:02:39.819 And so that's where we find ourselves. Please know that we haven't abandoned our love of verse-by-verse exposition, and I do hope we'll get back there here very soon. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:50.180 Second, I want to remind you of a little that we considered two weeks ago when I was with you and then had intended to get into it more last week, 00:02:50.180 --> 00:02:56.140 and then I was home sick, and boy, what a 10-day stint it has been. 00:02:56.139 --> 00:03:03.639 And Jordan prayed, as I'm recovering from a cold, I think it was actually the bird flu that I had and I'm recovering from, 00:03:03.779 --> 00:03:07.399 and I'm grateful for God's grace in the recovery of that. 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:12.500 But, ugh, stay away from people with the flu. It's not a good one at all. 00:03:13.019 --> 00:03:18.719 But what we talked about two weeks ago was the divine attribute of impassibility. 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:27.039 And when we speak of God's impassibility, in the simplest of terms we are saying that He does not suffer. 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:29.780 He doesn't have passions. He does not suffer. 00:03:29.939 --> 00:03:37.939 But in broader terms we mean that God's emotions are not acted upon by outside forces. 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:45.699 He is never overwhelmed, controlled, or altered by anything outside of Himself. 00:03:45.699 --> 00:03:56.219 Impassibility is a necessary implication of God's immutability, His unchangeable nature. 00:03:57.219 --> 00:04:03.099 If God were subject to emotional turmoil, He would be less than God. 00:04:04.139 --> 00:04:10.299 This is not a denial that God loves, rejoices, expresses wrath. 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:18.220 He has emotions, but rather a declaration that these are not reactions forced upon Him. 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:24.860 They are the perfect, eternal expressions of His unchanging nature. 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.580 God is not becoming, He is being. 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:33.900 You want to be very careful when anybody seems to be describing God 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:38.859 as a thing that is becoming what it is meant to be, 00:04:38.939 --> 00:04:42.899 rather than it already being what it is. 00:04:43.019 --> 00:04:45.139 God is being. 00:04:46.139 --> 00:04:51.799 I mentioned that this is a good place for us to begin thinking about our own emotions. 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.899 To be clear, we are not God in this way. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.539 This is not a communicable attribute. 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:03.060 We are becoming. 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:07.560 In the one sense, if you have repented of your sin, 00:05:08.260 --> 00:05:11.160 fled to the perfect work and sacrificial death 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:14.740 and third day resurrection of Christ for the salvation of your soul, 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:21.280 then you have, in one sense, already been made perfect. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.820 You are in Christ. 00:05:25.080 --> 00:05:26.580 You're found in Him. 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:31.240 All that He is, is granted to you. 00:05:31.620 --> 00:05:34.120 Your old self has died with Him. 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.719 You have been raised new. 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:44.259 However, in another sense, you are being made perfect. 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.259 This is the doctrine of sanctification. 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:51.199 You are becoming perfect. 00:05:51.740 --> 00:05:56.860 A work that will only be completed when you leave your mortal flesh. 00:05:57.980 --> 00:06:00.800 So, why do I say all of this? 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:03.920 Because it is important for us to recognize that 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:09.519 while it is not wrong to have passions categorically, 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:14.919 we will be affected by the circumstances in which we live, 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:18.060 we're going to respond to the place in which we are, 00:06:18.919 --> 00:06:21.879 those passions can be sinful 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:28.699 or they can be brought under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 00:06:28.699 --> 00:06:33.459 Our emotions can be sinful 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:38.319 or our emotions can serve God. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:42.899 Thirdly, we need to define some terms, 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:46.159 as I did for you just a couple of weeks ago. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.500 Historically, careful distinctions have been made 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:54.700 between the words emotions, passions, and affections. 00:06:54.920 --> 00:07:00.280 I really hope that you'll take up and read historical books. 00:07:00.520 --> 00:07:04.840 We have so much to glean from Christians who have gone before us. 00:07:05.020 --> 00:07:08.160 You'll be very confused if you use the words 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.260 that I'm about to define for you synonymously. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.120 They should not be seen as synonymous. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.540 There's distinctions made. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.340 We tend to just lump them all together 00:07:18.340 --> 00:07:21.500 and use them without distinction in our day. 00:07:21.640 --> 00:07:24.740 In fact, I want to be careful this morning, 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:26.340 but I just kind of doubt that I will. 00:07:26.420 --> 00:07:28.500 I probably will use a word in one place 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:30.260 and I shouldn't have used it. 00:07:30.460 --> 00:07:34.740 We mix these words together to talk about our feelings. 00:07:34.940 --> 00:07:37.160 However, it's important to draw from the Bible 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.760 a more nuanced understanding 00:07:39.760 --> 00:07:44.200 of how the soul interacts with truth and experience. 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.779 So, just briefly in distinctions. 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:51.579 Emotions, or I want to use feelings 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:54.180 in the place of emotions at times, 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:58.259 but I'm not talking about physical feeling. 00:07:58.459 --> 00:08:01.599 Like, this morning I feel low energy 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:05.199 because I'm still recovering a bit from a sickness. 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:06.599 I'm not talking about that kind of feeling. 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.420 I'm talking about emotional feelings, 00:08:08.580 --> 00:08:10.960 if I say feelings. 00:08:11.760 --> 00:08:14.280 Emotions are the broadest category 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:19.260 encompassing all of those human feelings, 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:21.560 both the rational and the irrational, 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.400 the fleeting and the enduring. 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:27.620 They can either be governed by truth and grace 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:31.560 or led astray by sin and the flesh. 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.980 I think that we do well to use this term 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:36.200 in this broad sense 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.639 and to note that our emotions include 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:45.220 our passions and our affections. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:51.860 So, our passions are the most instinctual, bodily, 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:55.159 and can tend to be the most uncontrollable aspects 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:56.899 of emotion. 00:08:56.899 --> 00:09:01.220 Passions are reactionary most often, 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.419 often tied to the flesh 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:05.500 and can easily lead to sin 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:09.319 when not disciplined by the truth and grace. 00:09:09.579 --> 00:09:12.039 This is the knee-jerk reaction 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:15.299 that we often feel to something happening to us, 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.299 a word spoken, a thing witnessed. 00:09:19.439 --> 00:09:22.600 The word passion comes from the Latin word passio, 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:25.079 which means to suffer. 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:26.400 So, this is what we're talking about 00:09:26.400 --> 00:09:28.160 when God's impassibility. 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:30.680 We are passible. 00:09:30.780 --> 00:09:32.520 That means we walk in a world 00:09:32.520 --> 00:09:34.300 in which things are happening to us 00:09:34.300 --> 00:09:38.600 and we respond emotionally to those things, 00:09:38.680 --> 00:09:41.139 those inputs into us. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:45.520 But again, not limited to the emotional association 00:09:45.520 --> 00:09:47.759 with grief or pain. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:52.140 We can have positive passions as well. 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:58.480 So, affections are emotions of the will. 00:09:59.539 --> 00:10:00.960 They are rooted in the soul 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:06.419 and directed by the truth and grace. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.240 The word affection comes from the Latin word afficere, 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:13.500 which means to influence. 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.379 So, influence from the will. 00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:21.360 Affections are the highest form of human feeling. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.539 Not mere reactions, 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:27.860 but deliberate inclinations of the heart. 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:30.639 So, it's good for me to say 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:34.279 that I am affectionate toward my wife. 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:35.960 To find this way, 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:37.679 I have made a decision, 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.740 an intention of my will 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:44.779 to care for Sam's highest good. 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:51.100 And my passions follow my affections. 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.840 That I have set myself to love her in this way 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.560 means often, not always, 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.659 but often that I feel impulsively, 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:04.740 like I'm compulsive towards her 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:07.259 in my passions. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:11.080 I care for her in that way. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.580 Sometimes Sam and I say, 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.379 I don't always like you, 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:16.919 but I'll always love you. 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:19.940 But isn't it good when we both love and like 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:23.320 the person that we're married to? 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:24.460 All right. 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:25.240 So, those distinctions, 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:27.159 I'm not going to walk through those distinctions a lot. 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:28.659 I'm just going to speak this morning 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:31.060 in terms of emotions broadly. 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:33.799 But I think we need to determine 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.259 and distinguish these things 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:37.559 as Christian thinkers 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.519 about our emotions moving forward. 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.959 So, with the groundwork in mind, 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:44.359 let's spend a few minutes 00:11:44.359 --> 00:11:45.359 looking at the verse 00:11:45.359 --> 00:11:47.259 that I had you turn to 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:48.339 and then I'll give you an outline 00:11:48.339 --> 00:11:50.059 and we'll press on this morning. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.579 So, this is Proverbs chapter 4 00:11:51.579 --> 00:11:54.659 and verse 23 where we read, 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:58.379 Keep your heart with all vigilance, 00:11:58.379 --> 00:12:03.360 for from it flows the springs of life. 00:12:04.439 --> 00:12:06.320 The heart in this text refers 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.740 to the inner self, 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.340 that immaterial part of us. 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:15.379 We believe that mankind, 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:17.559 man is made up of two parts. 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:22.100 We are body or we are soul, spirit, heart. 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:23.799 Words are used interchangeably 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:25.519 in the Scripture. 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:29.220 So, not the flesh physical part of us, 00:12:29.299 --> 00:12:32.579 but that part that is immaterial in us. 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:35.539 This includes our mind, 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:36.960 our will, 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.199 and our emotions. 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:43.840 Proverbs 4 verse 23 teaches us 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:45.799 that the way of wisdom 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:50.340 is to vigilantly guard our hearts 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:56.160 because our lives issue from our hearts. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.000 Who we are, 00:12:58.060 --> 00:13:00.220 the immaterial who we are, 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:03.660 produces our thinking 00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:04.560 and our activity 00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:06.620 and the things we say 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:08.680 comes out of us. 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.920 Matthew Henry in his commentary 00:13:11.920 --> 00:13:13.620 on this verse wrote, 00:13:13.800 --> 00:13:14.440 In general, 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:17.180 all the actions of the life 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:18.759 flow from the heart 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.059 and therefore keeping that 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:22.939 is making the tree good 00:13:22.939 --> 00:13:24.639 and healing the springs. 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.100 Our lives will be regular or irregular, 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:30.139 comfortable or uncomfortable, 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:32.639 according as our hearts 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:36.259 are kept or neglected. 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.460 So we should be diligent 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:43.200 in this work of keeping our hearts, 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:45.860 protecting our hearts. 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:48.139 lest we think this is a task 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:49.940 that doesn't require diligence. 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.680 Jeremiah 17 verse 9 tells us 00:13:52.680 --> 00:13:55.440 that the heart is deceitful 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:57.259 above all things. 00:13:58.680 --> 00:14:02.279 We are complicated creatures. 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.039 I wish we were much more simple 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.200 than we often are. 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:10.800 Image bearers of an infinite God 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.740 granted much, 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.680 certainly not all, 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.120 but much of his capacity 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.299 for thought and feeling, 00:14:17.459 --> 00:14:20.099 but living in a cursed world 00:14:20.099 --> 00:14:22.500 are complicated. 00:14:23.839 --> 00:14:26.719 As people who have been saved by God, 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:28.359 we desire to please him 00:14:28.359 --> 00:14:31.399 and to walk according to his ways. 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:33.099 But if we are not careful, 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.179 we may miss 00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:36.740 that this desire should extend 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:40.439 into our emotional lives. 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:45.400 God will have every bit of us. 00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:50.480 All of us is to be ordered by God. 00:14:52.260 --> 00:14:55.360 Emotions are a gift from God. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:58.540 Nobody this morning is making a case 00:14:58.540 --> 00:15:00.300 for us to not be emotional. 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:03.820 We will necessarily be emotional. 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:06.420 Emotions enable us to love, 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.559 to grieve, 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.939 to rejoice, 00:15:09.579 --> 00:15:11.699 and to respond appropriately 00:15:11.699 --> 00:15:14.240 to the world around us. 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.559 However, our emotions 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.959 can easily become disordered, 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.579 leading us away from faithfulness 00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:24.299 to God's Word. 00:15:25.339 --> 00:15:26.419 You may not realize 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.039 the great pressure 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.319 that you are under every day 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:32.699 to let your emotions 00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:34.259 rule the day. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:38.299 This is happening to you constantly. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:42.120 Our world is presently ruled 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.299 by emotions. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.700 Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:49.080 and we have been 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:51.899 on an epistemological slippery slope 00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:53.419 of great decline 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:55.840 in these past decades. 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.960 The modernists wanted to understand truth 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:01.860 by empirical data. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:05.060 They say an objective truth 00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:06.519 should be established 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.440 by repeatable experimentation. 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:11.180 The postmodernists 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:12.460 want to define the truth 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:14.000 by their own experiences. 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:15.879 They say, 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:17.480 my truth is just as valid 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.180 as your truth 00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:20.060 because I experience it 00:16:20.060 --> 00:16:21.659 to be true. 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:24.840 The post-postmodernists 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.519 isn't confident 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.940 that any truth 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:29.860 can exist. 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.500 exist. 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:33.060 How can we possibly know 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.919 that anything 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.940 is 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:36.180 true? 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:36.580 Therefore, 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.480 they say, 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.360 if I feel something 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.379 to be good, 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:42.100 then it must be good. 00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.639 And if I feel something 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.379 to be bad, 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:46.019 then it must be 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.200 bad. 00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.860 More of you 00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:51.159 tend to process 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.800 the world 00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:53.820 this final way 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:55.779 than you realize. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.580 And I don't think 00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.279 any of us 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.180 are immune 00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:59.359 to it. 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:00.379 Beloved, 00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:01.259 this is not 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.879 the way 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:03.359 of the Christian. 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.359 The Christian, 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.859 by the grace 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.679 of God, 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.879 through the truth 00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.559 of God, 00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.460 is 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.819 becoming 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:15.220 all of our lives, 00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:16.460 including our 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:18.220 emotional lives, 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.440 are to be brought 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:19.839 under 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.319 the full authority 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.879 of God's 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.819 Word. 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:25.139 God's 00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:25.659 emotions 00:17:25.659 --> 00:17:26.799 have a place 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.079 in our life, 00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.859 but not the 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.439 ruling 00:17:29.439 --> 00:17:30.460 place 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:32.319 in our life. 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.319 So here's our 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:35.099 quick outline 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.720 for this morning. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.839 I've got four points, 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.319 and these are going 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:37.819 to be short, 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:39.159 so if you're already 00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:39.480 thinking, 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.000 oh man, 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.599 here we go. 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.939 Number one, 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.799 our emotions 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.259 must not define 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.299 the truth. 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.139 Number two, 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.919 our emotions 00:17:48.919 --> 00:17:49.980 must not 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.879 control 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:52.200 our decisions. 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.620 Number three, 00:17:54.820 --> 00:17:55.480 our emotions 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.640 must not 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.500 direct 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.420 our worship. 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.940 And number four, 00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.100 our emotions 00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:03.220 must not 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.100 excuse 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:05.960 our sin. 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.500 Number one, 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.080 our emotions 00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:10.200 must not 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.280 define 00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:11.820 the truth. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.340 And here I want 00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:12.780 to think in 00:18:12.780 --> 00:18:13.720 two categories. 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.440 Number one, 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.440 just doctrine, 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:18.440 Bible truth. 00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.080 Our emotions 00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:19.940 must not 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.700 define 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:22.360 doctrine. 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.580 Paul writes 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.539 to Timothy 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.299 in 2 Timothy 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.360 chapter 4, 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:29.039 verse 3 and 4, 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.740 for the time 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.400 is coming 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.720 when people 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.400 will not 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.000 endure 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.480 sound teaching, 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.860 but having 00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.980 itching ears, 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.940 they will accumulate 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.840 for themselves 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.860 teachers 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.980 to suit 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:42.100 their own 00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:43.360 passions 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.799 and will 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.380 turn away 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.880 from listening 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.539 to the truth 00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.680 and wander 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.279 off 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.039 into myths. 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.660 One of the 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.400 greatest dangers 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.140 in contemporary 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.779 Christianity 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.620 is allowing 00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.299 emotions 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:56.080 to shape 00:18:56.080 --> 00:18:57.000 our theology 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.600 rather than 00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:59.160 submitting 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:00.200 our emotions 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.220 to 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.980 biblical 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.120 truth. 00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:05.240 Many reject 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.700 difficult doctrines 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.019 simply because 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.299 they feel 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.100 uncomfortable. 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.299 They say, 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.079 that can't 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.500 be true. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.940 It doesn't 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:14.059 feel good 00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.819 for it 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.200 to be 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.399 true. 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.680 Some examples 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.319 of emotionally 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.180 driven 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.960 theology. 00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.379 Many people 00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.700 want to 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.259 compromise 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:26.079 on sin, 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.759 deny clear 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.119 biblical 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.019 teachings because 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.799 it makes them 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.500 at odds 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.240 with others, 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.619 makes them 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:34.319 feel judged 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.059 or judgmental. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.379 So many 00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.759 churches 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:37.960 churches 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.539 these days 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.000 don't 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.660 practice 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.099 church 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.740 discipline 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.240 because 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.640 they would 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:41.799 say, 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.680 oh, 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.859 how could 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.619 we possibly, 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.279 well, 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.599 the Bible 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.480 commands you 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.900 to. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.640 Redefining 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.299 God's 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.039 love, 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.980 many embrace 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.259 a sentimental 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.359 view of 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.920 God's 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.920 love 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.379 that ignores 00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.980 His holiness 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.420 and His 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.059 justice, 00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:03.920 makes 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.779 tiny 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.460 God's 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.960 wrath, 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.440 maximizes 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.420 God's 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:08.700 love, 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:08.980 and He 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.519 is both 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.160 things 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.980 fully 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.299 at all 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.480 times. 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.860 Many 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.519 people will 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.380 elevate their 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.480 experience 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.480 over the 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.819 Bible. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.000 Seeing 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.519 something to 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.920 be true 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.420 makes it 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.299 necessarily 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.079 true. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.400 Some 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.019 prioritize 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.660 spiritual 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.539 experiences 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.519 and feelings 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.960 over the 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.460 authority 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:33.039 of God's 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.299 Word. 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:34.920 And this 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.400 should not 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.960 be true. 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.540 Our 00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:38.280 feelings 00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:39.300 do not 00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.259 define 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.759 the truth 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.180 of the 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.519 Bible. 00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:44.800 The right 00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:45.440 response, 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.740 Proverbs 3, 00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.360 5 says, 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.940 trust the 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.240 Lord. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.019 We must 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.680 let 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.800 Scripture, 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.180 the black 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.660 and white 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.280 on the 00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:54.720 page, 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.340 not 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.420 emotions 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.640 define 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.580 what we 00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.620 believe. 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.280 The 00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:00.920 wrestle 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.280 with 00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:01.940 difficult 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.580 things 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:04.240 in the 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.699 text 00:21:04.699 --> 00:21:05.379 and bring 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.939 all of 00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.399 ourselves 00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.599 in 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.019 submission 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.179 to it. 00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.559 The second 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.299 truth that 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.939 our emotions 00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.740 must not 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:15.000 define is 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:16.679 situational 00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:18.359 perspective. 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.319 And church, 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.699 it is at 00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.519 this point, 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.919 if you don't 00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.779 hear anything 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.740 else said 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.319 this morning, 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.679 that I want 00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.119 your full 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:26.519 attention. 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.960 some of 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.680 you allow 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:31.039 your emotions 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.579 to define 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:34.000 others' 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.319 intentions. 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.440 Something 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.019 happens 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.879 or 00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.900 doesn't 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.359 happen 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.900 and your 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.480 emotions 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.879 get running 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.980 out ahead. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.559 And rather 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.539 than stopping, 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.460 honestly 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.059 assessing 00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:51.099 what can 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.900 be known, 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.839 you back 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.519 fill your 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.440 emotions to 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.039 justify 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.620 them, 00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.680 and you 00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.299 impute 00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.080 intentions 00:21:59.080 --> 00:22:00.120 onto others 00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:01.000 that are 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.460 just 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.360 unfair. 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.740 You 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.840 assume 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:06.080 the worst 00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.700 of others 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.279 because you 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.200 have feelings 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.700 and your 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.480 feelings must 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.140 be true. 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.039 And so 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.680 you make 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.860 them true 00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:15.400 by filling 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.920 in 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.779 the blanks. 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.180 If there 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.600 is a 00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.120 single 00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.559 identifiable 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.519 issue that 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.640 most tears 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.120 at the 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.860 seams of 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.299 unity, 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.299 in a 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.779 church, 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.000 I think 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.320 it is 00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.740 found 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.380 here. 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.820 We all 00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.160 feel, 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.340 every one 00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.840 of us, 00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.360 at some 00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.059 point, 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.620 negative 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.880 emotions, 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.100 relational, 00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.660 whether real 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.680 or just 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.820 felt. 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.580 Let me 00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:46.960 give you a 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.600 really simple 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.320 example in 00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.160 my own 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.299 life. 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.220 Every year, 00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.920 for some 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.500 years, 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.559 members of 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.180 our church 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.619 have 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.220 coordinated 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.200 together a 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.420 daddy-daughter 00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.240 dance. 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.579 I think it 00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.119 is a precious 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.500 thing. 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.819 On the 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.180 front end, 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.400 let me 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.640 say I'm 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.339 so glad 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.839 for all 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.059 of the 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.460 effort that 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.839 goes into 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.079 that. 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.500 I'm not 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.099 being negative 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.559 about it 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.380 for a 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.279 moment. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.619 I think 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.079 it's so 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.920 good that 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.220 you all 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.839 do this 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.880 together. 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.519 It's good 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.799 for the 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.440 dads to 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.720 get their 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.019 daughters 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.400 out, 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.940 to dress 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.200 up, 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.539 and to 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.140 dance 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.619 with them. 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.939 What a 00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:17.179 wonderful 00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.919 thing that 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.399 you all 00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.579 do. 00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.819 I don't 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.259 have a 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.559 daughter, 00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:23.319 and I 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.699 wish I 00:23:23.699 --> 00:23:23.979 did. 00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.479 That's a 00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:26.099 blessing that 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.500 God has 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.019 not seen 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.559 fit to 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.259 give to 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.679 our 00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.979 family. 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:30.839 Three 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.639 precious 00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.159 sons, 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.500 right? 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.079 This does 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.559 not minimize 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.339 my thankfulness 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.799 for them 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.819 at all, 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.679 but I 00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.699 do wish 00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.599 that I 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.119 had a 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.000 daughter, 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.539 and God 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.019 has not 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.659 given me 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:41.939 one. 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.319 And every 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.619 year, 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.879 when it's 00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.299 announced, 00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.759 and it 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.119 happens, 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.419 and the 00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:46.759 adorable 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.159 pictures 00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:48.699 are posted, 00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.899 I feel 00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.619 a twinge 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.179 of sadness. 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.779 Man, 00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.739 I wish I 00:23:54.739 --> 00:23:55.039 was going 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.279 to the 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.779 daddy-daughter 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.239 dance, 00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:56.819 and had 00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.139 a daughter, 00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.379 to be 00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.579 clear, 00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:57.899 and had 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.239 a daughter 00:23:58.239 --> 00:23:59.039 to bring. 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.139 I know 00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.819 some of 00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:02.979 you are 00:24:02.979 --> 00:24:03.179 going to 00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.699 invite me 00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.179 after this 00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.639 to come, 00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.379 and brought 00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.799 my own 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.239 daughter to 00:24:07.239 --> 00:24:08.799 the daddy-daughter 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.219 dance, 00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:11.759 and what 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.219 I could do 00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:12.519 with that 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.079 emotion, 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.759 is I 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.179 could allow 00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.799 myself to 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.700 feel excluded. 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.779 Is everybody 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.139 doing a 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.440 thing for 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.740 me that 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.899 doesn't apply 00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.299 to me? 00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:21.659 They get 00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:21.899 to all 00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.359 have fun, 00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.579 and I 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.799 don't get 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.180 to have 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.000 fun. 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.519 I could 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.139 begin to 00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.639 think that 00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:27.159 no one 00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.700 is sensitive 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.180 to the 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.680 fact that 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:28.960 I don't 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.099 have a 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.339 daughter, 00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.299 and I 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.519 could go, 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:31.720 well, 00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.139 most of 00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.440 them don't 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.599 know, 00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:32.859 but I 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.460 have told 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.960 some of 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.220 you, 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.419 we've 00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.599 had 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.319 conversations, 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.220 I have 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.200 shared and 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.039 expressed that 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.379 I would 00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.359 like to 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.700 have a 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:40.919 daughter, 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.240 have they 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.419 just 00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.919 forgotten 00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.460 about my 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.259 feelings about 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.619 this? 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.219 Why has 00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.419 nobody 00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.879 reached out 00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.059 and told 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.359 me they're 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.899 sorry I 00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.299 don't have 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.719 a daughter, 00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:47.959 even though 00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.319 we're having 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.399 the daddy-daughter 00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:50.419 dance? 00:24:50.479 --> 00:24:50.899 I could go 00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.219 through that 00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:51.919 whole process 00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.199 and I 00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:52.959 could justify 00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:54.599 that feeling, 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.059 you guys are 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.119 making me feel 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.939 this way, 00:24:59.979 --> 00:25:00.379 or I could 00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.000 just stop 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.719 for a moment 00:25:01.719 --> 00:25:02.939 and go, 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.979 why is it 00:25:03.979 --> 00:25:04.979 that I feel 00:25:04.979 --> 00:25:05.919 sad? 00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:06.479 Oh, 00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:06.919 it's just a 00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:08.399 reminder of 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.359 a good thing 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.679 that I've 00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.239 desired in my 00:25:10.239 --> 00:25:11.019 life that God 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.619 has decided 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.699 not to 00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.159 give me. 00:25:13.719 --> 00:25:14.379 God is 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.919 sovereign over 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.599 our children, 00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.979 and I'm 00:25:17.979 --> 00:25:18.679 grateful for 00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.439 what he has 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.939 given me, 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.279 and if I 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.679 take the 00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.059 time, 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.579 I just 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.019 find myself 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.579 rejoicing in 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.019 the fact that 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.599 I have three 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.559 wonderful, 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.599 beautiful boys. 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.219 I love them, 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.679 and I love 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.199 our house, 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.479 and the 00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:30.219 dynamic of 00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.319 it, 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.559 and the 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.399 crazy that 00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.699 we get 00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:33.939 into together. 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.739 I could 00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:36.979 assume the 00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:37.439 best of 00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:37.839 everybody. 00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.259 You're not 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.019 doing this 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.419 thing to 00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.819 hurt me, 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.319 you're doing 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.739 it to 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.599 have fun, 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.220 and rejoice, 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.440 and enjoy 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.940 your daughters, 00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.539 and then I 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.259 can join you 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.620 in that. 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.240 I can rejoice 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.259 with you in 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.120 the process 00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.759 of doing 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.079 that. 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.079 You see? 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.519 Bring those 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:56.359 emotions under 00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.880 control. 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.359 Get some 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.519 clear situational 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:01.099 perspective. 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.140 Perhaps 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:06.759 somebody says 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.339 something to 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.700 you that 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:09.039 feels offensive, 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.400 you're suffering 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.980 a loss, 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.240 and they 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.740 say something 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.380 that seems 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.780 unkind. 00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.380 You could 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.860 assume the 00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.560 worst of 00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:17.820 what they 00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.140 mean, 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.580 or you 00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.600 could instead 00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:21.019 assume the 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.240 best of 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.480 them. 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.060 I find when 00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.680 I assume the 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.120 best, 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.980 I'm never 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.519 disappointed 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.300 because often 00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:28.060 it's true, 00:26:28.780 --> 00:26:30.340 and if it's 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.720 not, 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.440 then at 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.220 very least, 00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.820 I hoped 00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.920 that the 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.240 best was 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.800 true in a 00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.680 given situation. 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.680 God's 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.680 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:45.740 chosen ones, 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.039 holy and 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.500 beloved, 00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.920 compassionate 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.660 hearts, 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.000 kindness, 00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.700 humility, 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.600 meekness, 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.400 and patience, 00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:59.220 bearing with 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.840 one another. 00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.560 Hear him 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:01.740 there. 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.299 He's saying 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.860 people are 00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.420 going to make 00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.900 mistakes. 00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.259 If we're 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.640 going to live 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.180 in relationship 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.580 with other 00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:05.900 people, 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.560 it is 00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.380 inevitable 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.360 that it's 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.620 going to 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.080 happen. 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.400 And we're 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.560 to bear 00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.120 with one 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.500 another 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:15.039 through that. 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.460 If one 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.240 has a 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.799 complaint 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.060 against 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:20.299 another, 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.900 forgiving 00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.560 each other, 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.940 as the 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.500 Lord has 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.860 forgiven 00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.360 you, 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.500 so you 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.120 also 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.180 must 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.560 forgive. 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:29.759 forgive. 00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.839 So rather 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.440 than feeling 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.099 something and 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.700 then back 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.339 filling it to 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.159 justify the 00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.559 feeling, 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.960 stop for a 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.940 minute and 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.839 know what's 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:41.079 actually true 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.619 and then 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.200 think, 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.740 do I need 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.500 to go get 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.159 the real 00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.960 information 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.759 for the 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.220 situation? 00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.759 And if I 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.259 do, 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.799 then go to 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.179 the brother 00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.919 or sister 00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:53.000 and talk 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.440 to them. 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.720 Ask them 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.619 what they 00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.059 meant. 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.179 did they 00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:59.619 mean to 00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.460 exclude you? 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.559 Assume the 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.379 best of 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.419 them in 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.159 the process 00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:05.559 and forgive 00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.599 them when 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:06.960 they 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.299 apologize. 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.659 If not, 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.000 just bear 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.379 with them. 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.480 We're all 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.839 going to say 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.519 stupid things 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.899 and make 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.919 mistakes and 00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.480 misinviting 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.000 somebody to 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.480 something when 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.960 we should 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.359 have invited 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.740 them and 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.460 we would 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.019 have wanted 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.500 to if we 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.859 just didn't 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.480 have so much 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.419 going on. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.440 Right? 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.279 Our emotions 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.099 must not 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.940 define 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:30.819 the truth. 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.160 The truth, 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.960 the truth 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.019 needs to 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.379 stand 00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.700 on its 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:35.960 own. 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.379 Secondly, 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.279 our emotions 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:41.180 must not 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.720 control 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:43.279 our decisions. 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.599 Proverbs 29 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.019 and verse 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.960 11 says, 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.680 a fool 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.559 gives full 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.019 vent 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.440 to a spirit, 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.799 but a wise 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.180 man 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.259 quietly 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.200 holds 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.360 it back. 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.240 A fool 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.539 when he 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.680 has emotions 00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.779 rushes off, 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.100 right? 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.920 Blows up, 00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.220 but a wise 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.920 man is 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.100 restraining. 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.759 Many 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.180 people 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.340 make 00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:08.980 massive 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.900 life-altering 00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.380 choices 00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.100 based on 00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.400 temporary 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.660 emotions 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.960 rather than 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.340 on 00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:16.380 biblical 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.840 wisdom. 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.759 This is so 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.220 dangerous 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.620 because 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.500 emotions 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:22.019 fluctuate 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.839 and easily 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.940 mislead. 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.379 I can 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.740 feel 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.559 one way 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.779 about 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.139 something 00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.660 one day 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.019 and an 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.400 entirely 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.700 different 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.940 way 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.220 about 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.400 it 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.619 the next. 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.200 You'll 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.619 often hear 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.200 things like, 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.559 I just 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.059 don't feel 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.519 a piece 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.200 about this 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.660 or the 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.019 opposite. 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.759 I just 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.460 feel 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.160 a piece 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.000 about it. 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.579 Nowhere 00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.079 in the 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.440 Bible 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.839 are we 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.279 told to 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.500 make 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.279 decisions 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.879 based 00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.279 on 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.900 our 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.500 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God, 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.460 and know 00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.380 my heart. 00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.880 Try me 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.579 and know 00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.320 my 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.920 thoughts. 00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.219 That we 00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:26.139 would pray, 00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.579 God, 00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.380 help me to 00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.059 see the 00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:29.000 reality of 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.380 my 00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.280 emotions. 00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.019 Help me to 00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.639 understand 00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.159 when they're 00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:33.900 consistent 00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.699 with the 00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.719 truth and 00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.139 when they're 00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.739 inconsistent 00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:38.759 with the 00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.079 truth. 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.179 And train 00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.820 your emotions 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:43.559 through the 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.860 scripture. 00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.659 If you don't 00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.400 know the 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.599 truth, 00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:45.860 you're going 00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.059 to have a 00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.840 very difficult 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.519 time knowing 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.920 if your 00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.519 emotions are 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.440 consistent or 00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.059 inconsistent 00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:51.619 with that 00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.880 truth. 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.820 Paul writes 00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.300 in Romans 00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.920 12 and 00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.420 verse 2 00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.719 that we 00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:55.980 are to 00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.420 be 00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.340 transformed 00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:58.800 by the 00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.239 renewal 00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:00.420 of 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.320 our 00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:03.100 minds. 00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.500 We would 00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.059 know 00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.680 what is 00:42:05.680 --> 00:42:06.300 good and 00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:07.180 true 00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:08.600 and beautiful 00:42:08.600 --> 00:42:09.920 and that 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.460 our emotions 00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.800 would be 00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.920 brought into 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.100 conformity 00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:14.960 with that 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.720 truth. 00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.539 And may 00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.080 we be a 00:42:18.080 --> 00:42:19.080 people who 00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.380 are not 00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.220 tossed about 00:42:20.220 --> 00:42:21.740 by emotional 00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.519 instability, 00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:24.480 but anchored 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.140 in the 00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:25.900 unchanging 00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:27.720 truth of 00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:28.019 God's 00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.280 word. 00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:29.680 Let's pray 00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:29.980 together.