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 I'm going to talk to you this morning about anxiety.

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 The prevalence of anxiety is off the charts.

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! The amount of people who struggle with anxiety,

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 And it's more denied than ever in some ways.

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 And Proverbs 12, 25 says,

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 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,

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 but a good word makes him glad.

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 I hope today would be a good word that would make you glad.

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 So what is it? What is anxiety?

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 First and foremost, anxiety is a sin.

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 Anxiety is a sin.

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 Philippians 4, verse 6 says,

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 Do not be anxious about anything.

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 Do not be anxious about anything.

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 Anxiety is a sin. The Bible prohibits it.

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 Definition of anxiety is apprehensive uneasiness,

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 nervousness, or worry,

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 usually over an impending or anticipated ill.

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 Another way to say that, kind of in your thoughts,

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 would be something bad is going to happen.

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 When there's this impending kind of doom in your heart or mind,

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 that's anxiety.

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 Another definition would be an abnormal or overwhelming sense of apprehension

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 and fear,

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 often marked by physical signs,

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 such as tension, sweating, increased pulse rate,

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 by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat,

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 and by self-doubt about one's capacity to cope with it.

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 Okay?

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 So another form of anxiety would be that I just, I can't.

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 I can't do this.

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 I can't handle this.

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 And it begins to overwhelm you.

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 Even physical signs can sometimes happen.

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 Okay?

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 What are some of the forms of anxiety we can have?

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 We can have financial anxiety.

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 Right?

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 Some people, I'm going to list some of these things.

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 I want you to ask the question,

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 Do I have anxiety in my life?

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 Don't just automatically say,

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 No, no, no, no, I'm fine.

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 Like, listen to these different things and ask the question.

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 Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you and convince you.

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 Okay?

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 So financial anxiety.

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 Do you have anxiety about money or job or your business?

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 Okay?

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 Does it ever keep you up at night?

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 Do you ever find yourself having conversations with people in the shower

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 who aren't there with you?

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 You know, are you thinking about things so much so

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 that it's disrupting your thoughts and your peace and your rest?

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 Maybe you can't sleep with financial anxiety or social anxiety.

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 Okay?

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 You can't stand being alone or you can't stand being with people.

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 Right?

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 Could be either way.

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 You're constantly thinking about what people think.

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 You're afraid of what people think.

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 You're measuring all your words and your actions

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 based on what someone might think of you.

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 This can manifest in dating and in relationships

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 and just a common sense of insecurity.

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 That I don't measure up.

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 I'm inferior.

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 What if people think this?

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 What if people think that?

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 What if I am not this?

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 What if I'm not that?

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 Health anxiety.

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 Okay?

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 If you've never had health anxiety

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 and you've been to WebMD,

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 I doubt it.

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 You probably did it.

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 Okay?

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 Right?

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 Because WebMD was built for anxiety.

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 Isn't it?

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 I mean, isn't that like the result?

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 You look at it and there's always something

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 that you weren't looking for that you all of a sudden have

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 and you're going to die.

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 Right?

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 So, health sickness, health anxiety.

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 This is a new one

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 because we have more information available than ever.

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 People are constantly anxious about,

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 well, what if I have this?

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 Or what if I'm, you know,

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 people just fear of death, period.

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 Right?

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 You know, just people thinking,

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 I'm going to die.

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 Why do you think you're going to die?

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 I don't know.

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 I just have this sense I'm going to die.

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 Okay.

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 You know?

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 Have you been on WebMD lately?

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 So, there's these different things

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 and you're trying to self-diagnose

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 and you're,

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 if someone's pregnant,

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 they get worried about the baby.

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 You know,

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 there's anxiety about that.

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 Maybe it's not you.

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 It's anxiety over your kids.

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 What if my kids don't make it?

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 What if my kids have this horrible sickness?

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 What if my kids die?

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 What if my spouse,

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 what if my mom,

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 what if my dad?

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 And we get anxious over health.

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 Right?

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 There's family anxiety.

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 You can get anxious over your marriage.

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 Like,

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 are we going to stay together?

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 Get anxious over parenting.

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 Am I screwing up my kids?

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 Did I ruin them?

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 We can get anxious about

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 just the kids in general.

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 You know?

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 Just like,

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 I can't handle this.

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 It's overwhelming to the point

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 where I'm anxious.

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 I can't even function

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 with other human beings

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 because my little kids

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 have got me so in a tizzy.

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 Right?

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 Some of you guys can relate to this.

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 Leadership anxiety.

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 You know?

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 I'm really anxious about

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 a wife being super anxious

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 about their husband.

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 I don't know.

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 This guy,

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 he's leading me,

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 but what if he's not leading me right?

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 I see the weaknesses in him.

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 I see the sins in him.

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 There's no way he could lead me well.

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 And we're tempted

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 with control, right?

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 What about church leadership?

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 Oh man,

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 I've seen this before.

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 I just met with a guy the other day.

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 And he was telling me

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 all the ways

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 that I and the church

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 were reminding him

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 of bad things

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 that he saw

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 in this other church

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 that really wounded him.

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 And I said to the guy,

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 I said,

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 was everything

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 in that previous church wrong?

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 He's like,

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 no.

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 Was everything

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 in the leadership bad?

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 He said,

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 no.

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 Well,

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 then if I remind you

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 of some of those things,

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 that doesn't necessarily mean

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 that's a bad thing.

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 Okay?

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 Let's not have

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 your reference point

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 be that last church

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 that hurt you

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 or harmed you.

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 Let's have the reference point

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 be the scriptures

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 and whether something's

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 right or wrong.

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 And so,

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 but you can have anxiety

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 about that.

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 Especially if you're new,

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 coming around a new church.

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 And I know

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 there's some of us

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 who are new

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 coming around the church

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 and we start,

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 someone says something,

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 someone does something,

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 like,

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 I've seen that before.

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 I've experienced that

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 the last time

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 I was burned.

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 That person said that to me.

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 Last time I was burned,

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 that person acted like that.

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 You remind me

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 just like that charlatan

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 who led the last church

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 who was in.

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 And it's like,

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 oh yeah,

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 that can happen.

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 But,

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 is it true?

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 And are we getting anxious

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 about it?

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 And who are we following?

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 Are we following a spouse,

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 ultimately?

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 Are we following

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 church leadership,

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 ultimately?

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 We can get anxious

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 about government,

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 anxious about our president,

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 anxious about the Congress,

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 our governors,

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 the mayor.

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 We can get anxious

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 about those things

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 and say,

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 they're going to

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 screw everything up.

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 They're going to ruin

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 our society.

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 But are we ultimately

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 following them?

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 We can even get anxious

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 about God,

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 thinking that he doesn't

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 have it under control.

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 That he's not ultimately

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 a good leader.

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 We get anxious

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 about leadership,

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 right?

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 But who are we following?

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 There's stuff anxiety.

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 Hey,

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 what's stuff anxiety?

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 Your house.

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 You know?

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 Your,

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 so it can just be

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 the house itself

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 for payers,

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 things going wrong,

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 being able to pay for it.

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 Or it could just be

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 hospitality.

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 Like,

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 my house isn't clean enough.

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 My house isn't nice enough.

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 I don't know if I want

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 to have people in here.

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 What if they wreck stuff?

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 What if they see

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 how I really live?

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 What if they go

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 in that room?

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 You know,

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 you know,

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 whatever.

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 Your car.

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 Is my car going to make it?

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 It's making that weird noise.

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 I'm anxious about it.

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 I don't have money for a car.

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 If my car gets broken now,

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 my car is broken now.

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 I took it in the shop.

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 I don't know how much

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 it's going to be.

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 You know,

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 you can get anxious

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 about all kinds of things.

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 It's really like,

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 I wasn't anxious,

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 but now I'm starting to get anxious.

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 Life anxiety,

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 responsibility,

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 decisions.

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 Right?

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 Some of us can't.

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 We have a decision to make

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 and we freeze.

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 We just get so anxious about it.

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 Or fear of failure.

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 Fear of the future.

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 Anxiousness about

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 the unknown.

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 What's going to happen?

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 How are things going to be?

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 Or when life doesn't make sense,

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 we can get anxious about it.

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 Or we can get anxious about sin.

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 Right?

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 We get anxious because we're tempted

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 and we think,

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 oh my gosh,

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 am I going to fall?

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 Am I going to give in?

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 Am I going to,

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 I'm anxious about getting into

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 some position of responsibility

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 or leadership

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 because what if I screw it up?

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 What if,

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 what if I'm the one who falls

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 and disillusions more people?

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 I've experienced that.

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 I don't want to do that

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 with other people.

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 We get anxious about secret sins.

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 Well,

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 what if this person's in secret sin?

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 What if my leader's in secret sin?

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 What if my spouse is in secret sin?

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 We get anxious about the devil

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 and what he's doing

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 and how he's deceiving people.

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 And there's so many things

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 to get anxious about.

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 Right?

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 So many things.

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 And it's pervasive.

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 And more than ever,

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 we just say,

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 yeah,

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 that's just the way it is.

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 And this is just part of life.

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 Some of us even say,

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 well,

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 that's just my personality.

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 I just have a sinful personality.

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 Yeah,

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 join the club.

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 We all do.

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 That doesn't mean

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 you have to accept it.

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 That doesn't mean

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 you have to say,

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 oh,

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 this is going to be the norm.

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 Sin shall no longer rule over you.

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 Okay?

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 So I want to stick in one main text.

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 I'll reference some of the rest of the scriptures,

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 but I want to go to Philippians chapter 4,

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 verses 4 through 9.

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 Okay?

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 So if you've got your Bibles,

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 you can look at that.

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 I'm going to read through it first,

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 and then we'll jump through it verse by verse.

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 Philippians chapter 4,

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 4 through 9.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Again, I'll say,

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 rejoice.

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 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.

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 The Lord is at hand.

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 Do not be anxious about anything,

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 but in everything,

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 for at prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving,

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 let your requests be made known to God.

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 And the peace of God,

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 which surpasses all understanding,

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 will guard your hearts

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 and your minds

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Finally,

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 brothers,

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 whatever is true,

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 whatever is honorable,

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 whatever is just,

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 whatever is pure,

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 whatever is lovely,

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 whatever is commendable,

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 if there's any excellence,

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 if there's anything

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 worthy of praise,

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 think about these things.

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 And the God of peace

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 will be with you.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Okay, let's look at it.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Again, I will say rejoice.

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 So for starters,

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 the context of this main verse,

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 we're looking at verse 6,

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 is preceded by verse 4.

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 And it says,

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Could it be that oftentimes

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 what leads into anxiety

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 is a lack of gratefulness for God,

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 is a lack of joy in God,

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 a lack of rejoicing in God?

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 And if you don't think he meant it,

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 he said it twice.

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 He said rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Not sometimes,

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 not most of the time.

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 Well, yeah, I know.

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 Rejoice in the Lord

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 when things are good.

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 No.

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 Rejoice in the Lord at all times.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 If you rejoice in the Lord always,

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 can you be anxious?

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 That'd be pretty difficult.

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 Wouldn't it be awesome

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 if you orchestrated your life

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 in such a way

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 that anxiety was hard to do?

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 Wouldn't that be awesome?

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 Like, I'm having a hard time.

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 You're having a hard time?

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 What are you having a hard time with?

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 I'm having a really hard time being anxious.

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 It's been really difficult.

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 I just keep rejoicing in the Lord.

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 I do it always.

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 And I have a hard time being anxious.

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 Wow.

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 Wish I struggled with that.

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 You know, what if we struggled

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 to be anxious

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 because we rejoice in the Lord?

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 How often?

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 Always.

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 And if God wasn't

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 trying to make this clear enough,

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 through Paul,

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 he said again,

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 I will say,

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 rejoice.

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 He's doubling down.

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 You must rejoice in the Lord,

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 always.

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 You should be thankful in Him.

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 You should bless Him

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 at all times.

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 You're looking for opportunities

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 to say,

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 Lord, You're my joy.

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 You're my hope.

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 Okay?

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 And he says,

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 let your reasonableness

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 be known to everyone.

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 Or let your gentleness

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 be known to everyone.

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 Could it be that anxiety

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 makes you unreasonable?

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 Could it be that

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 in the context of this?

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 Because the very next verse

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 is the Lord is at hand.

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 Do not be anxious about anything.

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 But right before that,

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 he says,

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 let your reasonableness

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 be known to anyone.

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 Could it be that anxiety

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 makes you unreasonable?

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 Why is it unreasonable?

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 Why is anxiety unreasonable?

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 Why does it make you unreasonable?

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 Why does rejoicing the Lord

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 make your reasonableness

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 known to all?

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 Because of the most important

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 part of this verse.

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 And it's this.

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 Right before verse 6

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 when it says,

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 do not be anxious about anything.

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 Which we all know this verse, right?

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 Maybe you haven't memorized.

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 Maybe you even knew the citation.

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 You know, yeah.

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 Philippians 4, 6.

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 I got that one.

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 It's on my fridge.

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 It's on my mirror

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 in the bathroom.

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 You know, I know that one.

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 I memorized that one

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 when I was a kid.

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 But what about

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 the five words

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 right before it?

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 The Lord

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 is at hand.

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 The Lord

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 is at hand.

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 That's the key part,

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 right?

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 Why should I not

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 be anxious about anything?

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 Because of the first half

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 of the sentence,

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 it's the same sentence.

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 Because the Lord

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 is near.

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 Did you hear me?

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 The Lord

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 is at hand.

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 Other versions say

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 the Lord is near.

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 If the Lord

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 is near,

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 not, I mean,

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 not your best friend

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 is near,

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 not like a

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 good spouse

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 is near,

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 not like a brother

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 or sister is near.

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 No, no, no.

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 This is way better.

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 Did you hear

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 what it said?

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 The Lord

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 is near.

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 The Lord

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 is at hand.

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 Do you know this?

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 And what does it

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 mean to you?

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 What does it mean

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 to you that the

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 Lord is at hand?

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 Who is this

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 Lord that you

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 speak of?

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 Who is this

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 God that you

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 speak of?

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 Is he a distant

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 God?

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 Aloof and uncaring?

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 Is he a God

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 who does not

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 care for his

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 people?

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 Is he a God

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 who breaks

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 bruised wicks

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 and puts out,

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 sorry,

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 breaks bruised

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 reeds and puts

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 out smoldering

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 wicks?

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 Is that the

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 God he is?

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 No, it's not.

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 He doesn't

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 break the bruised

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 reed.

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 He doesn't

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 put out the

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 smoldering wick.

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 He is not far.

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 It says the

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 Lord is at

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 hand.

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 The Lord

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 is near.

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 Okay?

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 It says he will

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 never leave you

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 or forsake you.

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 Do you believe

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 this about God?

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 What you believe

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 about God

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 determines whether

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 or not you're

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 going to be

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 anxious.

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 Do you believe

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 that he's near?

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 If you believe

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 that a distant

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 God is near,

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 a God that

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 doesn't care about

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 you is near,

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 a God that's

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 not for you

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 is near,

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 well, so what?

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 That actually

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 makes me more

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 anxious.

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 If I don't

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 know what

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 he's going

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 to do,

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 if I don't

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 know if

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 he's good,

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 if I don't

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 know if

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 he's sovereign,

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 what comfort

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 is that to

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 me?

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 He's meaning

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 to say the

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 Lord is near

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 as a comfort,

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 as a thing

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 to lay up

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 right into the

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 next verse.

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 Do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 The reason

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 do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything has

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 weight is

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 because the

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 Lord is near.

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 Do you

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 believe that?

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 Do you believe

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 that the Lord

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 is near?

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 And do you

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 believe that he

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 is who he

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 says he is?

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 Do you

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 believe in the

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 God of the

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 scriptures?

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 What are you

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 believing about

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 God?

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 Behind every

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 sin is some

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 form of

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 unbelief about

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 God.

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 Okay?

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 The Lord is

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 at hand.

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 Do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 So you might

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 say, and this

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 is the ultimate

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 yeah but verse in

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 the Bible in our

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 culture today.

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 Right?

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 And I want to

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 ask you a

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 question.

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 How do you

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 relate to the

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 scriptures?

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 Are you a

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 yeah but

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 interpreter of

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 the scriptures?

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 Does the

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 culture so

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 apprehended you

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 that you

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 read the

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 scriptures and

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 say yeah but

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 is your natural

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 inclination?

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 When the

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 scriptures say

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 don't be

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 anxious, you're

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 like yeah but

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 you don't

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 understand.

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 My parents

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 were anxious

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 before me.

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 My mom

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 before me had

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 postpartum

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 depression.

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 You know,

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 that's just the

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 way it is.

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 I'm just, you

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 know, it's part

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 of my heritage.

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 I am an

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 anxious person

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 by nature and

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 that's just the

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 way it is and

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 that's okay.

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 But this says

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 do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 Do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 That's pretty

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 all-inclusive.

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 Anything.

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 Don't be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 But how many

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 things have we

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 justified as,

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 well of course

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 there's certain

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 things you

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 shouldn't be

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 anxious about.

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 But I have a

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 list just as long

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 as the things

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 that I've

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 justified in

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 my own

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 mind that

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 it's okay

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 to be

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 anxious about.

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 And then

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 the word

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 of the Lord

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 says,

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 don't be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 About anything.

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 Why?

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 Because the

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 Lord is near.

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 The Lord is

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 near.

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 Don't be

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 anxious about

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 anything.

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 How many

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 things have

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 we accepted

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 in our life

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 as acceptable

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 forms of

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 anxiety that

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 the scriptures

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 are saying?

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 No, this

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 was never

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 meant for you.

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 You're a

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 child of God.

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 How dare you

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 think that this

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 was the norm?

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 How dare you

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 think that you

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 are living in a

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 reality where the

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 Lord is not

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 near and that

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 the Lord who

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 is near is not

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 mighty to save

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 you from your

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 sin of anxiety?

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 He is.

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 Do you believe

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 that?

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 You see, when you

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 don't believe that,

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 we get into fear,

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 which leads to

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 control.

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 Look at Abraham

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 and Isaac for an

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 example, right?

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 Remember the story

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 that Abraham did

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 twice, actually?

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 Abraham is

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 traveling because

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 the Lord sent him

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 out and he's got

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 his wife with

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 him.

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 And they go

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 into a place

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 where there's a

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 king and he

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 says to his

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 wife, half

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 truth, right?

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 Says, hey, just

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 tell him, tell him

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 you're my sister.

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 Okay?

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 Tell him you're my

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 sister.

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 Well, he

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 technically was a

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 half sister.

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 Okay?

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 And he says, just

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 tell him you're a

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 sister, but instead

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 of telling him that

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 you're a wife.

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 Why?

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 He was afraid that

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 he'd be killed

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 because she was

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 attractive.

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 Well, what did the

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 first king do when

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 that happened?

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 The king took her

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 as his wife.

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 Can you imagine

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 this?

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 Out of anxiety, he

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 said, hey, don't

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 tell him the full

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 truth because I'm

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 afraid.

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 So I'm going to

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 try to control

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 this and manipulate

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 it.

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 And his wife was

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 taken by another

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 man to be his

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 wife.

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 That's a bad

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 day.

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 That's not good.

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 Right?

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 And you know, God

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 intervened.

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 Okay?

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 And you think, wow,

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 crisis averted.

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 I'm never going to

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 do that again.

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 He does it again.

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 He does it again.

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 He literally does it

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 again.

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 And he taught it to

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 his son.

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 Because then if you

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 keep going in

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 Genesis, what did

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 Isaac do?

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 Isaac does the same

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 thing.

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 In Genesis 26, 7,

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 he says, she is my

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 sister, for he feared

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 to say, my wife,

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 thinking lest the men

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 of the place should

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 kill me because of

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 Rebecca, because she

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 was attractive in

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 appearance.

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 Fear and anxiety

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 lead to control.

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 control.

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 And guess what?

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 It's not real

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 control.

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 It's an illusion of

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 control.

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 For those of you who

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 don't know this, I have

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.600
 a word for you.

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 You're not in control.

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 You might think you

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 are, but it's all an

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 illusion.

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 You want to talk about

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.920
 a simulation?

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.019
 We are living in a

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 simulation.

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 I'm going to tell you

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 that this morning.

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 The simulation we're

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.980
 living in is that

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 you're in control.

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 And most people

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 believe it.

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 It's a simulation.

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 It's not real.

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 It's not true.

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 It dictates the whole

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 world and what they

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 do.

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 But the truth is,

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.000
 the reality is, there

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.940
 is someone in control

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 and it's not you.

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 It's God.

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 God is in control.

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 And I hope for most

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 of you, not hopefully

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 all of you, that's

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.100
 good news.

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 It's good news that I'm

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 not in control.

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 But when you feel like

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 you have to be in

00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:21.460
 control, that's what

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.480
 anxiety leads to.

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 I have to be in

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 control.

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 And you can't.

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 That's what makes you

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.759
 anxious.

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.340
 I feel like I have to

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 be in control, but I'm

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.220
 not in control.

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.279
 What am I to do?

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.500
 Stop being in control.

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 Don't be anxious about

00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:34.600
 anything.

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.019
 Why?

00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:35.700
 How?

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:36.700
 Because the Lord is

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:36.880
 near.

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.680
 Because the Lord is

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:38.920
 near.

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:41.120
 Romans 8.31 says,

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.880
 If God is for us, who

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.920
 can be against us?

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 And isn't that the

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:46.100
 thing that, you know,

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.779
 that whole list of

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.360
 things I was giving

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 you, isn't that like

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.440
 the group?

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 That's a pretty good

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.980
 list, don't you think,

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.720
 of the things that are

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.300
 against us?

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 And most of you are

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 like, yeah, I've

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 thought about probably a

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 lot of those things.

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 How many times have

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 we been tempted to

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.560
 anxiety those things,

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 given into those

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 things?

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 There's a whole list

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 of things that are

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.960
 against us.

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:04.059
 And if that list is

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.919
 ever short from you,

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.779
 all you have to do is

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.720
 watch the news, and

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.879
 it'll just grow, right?

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:11.220
 There's new ways than

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.079
 ever before to be

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.059
 anxious about things.

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:15.039
 you think, but there's so

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.019
 many things against me.

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.000
 But the Word of God

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.319
 says, but God is for us.

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 And if God is for us,

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:21.960
 really?

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 Who can be against us?

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.960
 It's a rhetorical

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.440
 question.

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 He's saying, if God is

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:27.599
 for you, no one can be

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.139
 against you.

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 No thing could honestly be

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.659
 against you if God is for

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 you.

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 Anxiety, in its truest sense,

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.960
 is really an act of pride.

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.419
 It's an act of pride.

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 1 Peter 5 talks about this,

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.019
 and then we'll get back to

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.460
 our text.

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:42.619
 1 Peter 5, 5-7 says,

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.839
 God opposes the proud,

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.660
 but gives grace to the

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:45.900
 humble.

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.299
 Humble yourselves,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.779
 therefore, under the

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.440
 mighty hand of God, so

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.519
 that at the proper time

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 He may exalt you,

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.660
 casting all your anxieties

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 on Him, because He cares

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 for you.

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 So, humility is taking

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 your anxiety and casting

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 it on the Lord.

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 Humility is saying,

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 God, I cannot handle

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 this.

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 I'm not in control.

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 I can't, I'm not in control

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 of my health.

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 I'm not in control of my

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 kids.

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 I'm not in control of my

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 leadership.

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 I'm not in control,

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 ultimately, of my finances.

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 I'm not in control of my,

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.180
 whether I'm going to die or

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 not.

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 I am not in control.

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 And so, my humility says,

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 you're God, I'm not.

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 You're for me.

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 I make stupid decisions.

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 God, I cast all my

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 anxieties on you,

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 because you care for me.

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 The reason we don't cast

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 our anxieties on Him is

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 because we don't think He

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 cares for us.

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 Some of us need to get

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 honest this morning and

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 say, and I know it's not

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 the right answer, but some

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 of us have to give the

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 real answer.

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 The right answer is, oh,

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 yes, God cares for me.

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 God is good all the time,

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 brother.

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 Good to see you.

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 See you next week.

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 You know?

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 And some lame lie, you

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 know?

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 Because some of us don't

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 really believe that.

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 Some of us have to be

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 honest and say, I don't

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 believe that He cares for me.

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 And that's why it's hard

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 for me to cast my

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 anxieties on the Lord.

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 I feel like I'm on my

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 own.

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 I feel like He doesn't

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 really care.

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 And I've believed it for

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 all this time, ever since

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 that one thing happened

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 to me.

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 It was at that time I

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 believed I'm on my own.

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 No one's looking after

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 me.

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 No one's taking care of

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 me.

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 And we come up with a

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 case that we've built in

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 our head for why God

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 isn't for us and why we

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 have to be the one who's

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 fighting for ourselves.

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 And if you ever want to

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 know if you're not

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 believing that God is the

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 one who fights for you

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 and is for you, just look

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 at if you're fighting for

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 yourself.

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 The evidence of your

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 unbelief in the God who

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 fights for you is that

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 you're fighting for

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 yourself.

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 The evidence of your

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 belief in the God who

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 fights for you is that

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 you are marked by rest.

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 By rest.

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 Are you at rest?

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 If you cast all your

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 anxieties on Him because

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 He cares for you, that's

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 an act of humility.

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 Pride says, no, I got

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 this, Lord.

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 No, I'm going to do this

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 on my own.

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 So, you have all this

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 here in Philippians 4, and

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 then He really brings in

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 the good stuff right here

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 in verse 7.

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 Okay?

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 So, do not be anxious

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 about anything.

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 All right?

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 But in everything, offer

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 your request to God.

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 Actually, did I skip?

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 Oh, I'm sorry.

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 I skipped this part.

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 But in everything, by

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 prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving, let

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 your request be made

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 known to God.

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 Okay?

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 And so, the answer is

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 prayer.

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 And it's not some

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 things.

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 It's not most things.

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 He says, don't be

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 anxious about anything,

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 but in everything.

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 You hear this all-inclusive

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 language.

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 Again, I'm going to say

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 it again.

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 You know I just said it,

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 but I'm going to say it

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 again.

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 The yeah-but culture,

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 the yeah-but mentality,

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 when we read the

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.720
 scriptures, it says,

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 there's multiple reasons

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 where my anxiety is okay.

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 Listen to the all-inclusive

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.399
 language in Philippians

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 chapter 4.

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 Do not be anxious about

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 anything, but in

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 everything.

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 This is all-inclusive.

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 All things are to be

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 brought before the Lord

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 by prayer and

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.240
 supplication, with

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.380
 thanksgiving, let your

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.480
 request be made known.

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.100
 Okay?

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:12.080
 Prayer, supplication,

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.160
 with thanksgiving.

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 Again, it's with

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 thanksgiving.

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 Why?

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 Because you're rejoicing

00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:16.960
 in Him.

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 You're looking to Him so

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 that you're not in

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.720
 anxiety.

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 Now, it says, let your

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.660
 request be made known.

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 Some of us are really

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.960
 good at this.

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.940
 We make our requests

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.279
 known, but we're really

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.940
 bad at what the

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.600
 scriptures say.

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 We're not making them

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.820
 known to God.

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:32.220
 You see what it says

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.420
 here?

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 It doesn't just say,

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.500
 let your request be

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 made known.

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 That's not the end of

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:35.920
 the sentence.

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 It says, let your

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.080
 request be made known

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.539
 to God.

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 Some of us are really

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:41.519
 good at talking about

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.640
 all the bad things in

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.400
 our life and how

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.320
 overwhelming our life

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:45.460
 is, and we complain

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.500
 about things, and we

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.860
 gripe about things, and

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.960
 we think that the

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.060
 world is against us, and

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.860
 we think that nothing

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:52.019
 ever goes right for us,

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.820
 and we're just

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:54.000
 constantly spitting out

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.660
 unbelief.

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 And it says, but in

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.799
 everything by prayer and

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.559
 supplication and

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.519
 thanksgiving, let your

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.839
 request be made known

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:01.839
 to God.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.960
 To God.

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.460
 Where are you taking

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.420
 these things?

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.559
 Where are you taking

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.299
 your anxieties?

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.680
 Do you have a prayer

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.700
 life that is

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.920
 emblematic of a

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.940
 casting of your cares

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.259
 onto the Lord?

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.079
 Is this what your

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.000
 prayer life looks like?

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 Don't feel bad about it.

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.440
 Don't think, oh, man, I

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.220
 just feel like I'm just

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.940
 thinking about myself.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.340
 Listen, this is part of

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.799
 what prayer and

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.840
 supplication is for.

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.620
 It's for you to offload

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:29.279
 these problems onto the

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.440
 one who loves taking

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.600
 it.

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.160
 You're never going to

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.700
 burden him.

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.660
 It's not like he's

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.640
 like, man, my

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.539
 followers are great, but

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.620
 this one guy, man, he's

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.480
 just constantly just

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.440
 dumping all this stuff

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.860
 on me.

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.480
 God's not like that.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.200
 He's a father.

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.640
 He never tires of you

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.360
 coming to him.

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.759
 He never tires of you

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:46.080
 offering your anxieties

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.559
 to him.

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.960
 He wants to take them.

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.460
 And if you ever doubt

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.039
 that, if you're ever

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.779
 wondering how badly God

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.899
 wants to be near us,

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.200
 how badly, to what

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.599
 extent will God go to

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.299
 be near us?

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.500
 Look to the cross.

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.119
 This is why we have to

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.099
 remember him every week,

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.579
 like Sam was saying,

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.339
 because we forget.

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.240
 Later in Psalm 46,

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.460
 verse 10 of the Psalm

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.359
 he read to call us to

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.319
 worship, it says,

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.700
 Be still and know

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.420
 that I am God.

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.000
 Be still and know

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.639
 that I am God.

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.700
 Some of us need to

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.759
 just be still and say,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.920
 God, I trust you.

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.240
 I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.980
 but I'm having a hard

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.640
 time and so I'm going

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.640
 to cast my cares on

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.720
 you.

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.400
 I'm going to, in prayer

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.980
 supplication.

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.940
 But I'm taking them to

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.259
 God.

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.019
 Some of us lean too

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.039
 heavily on other people.

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.799
 Some of us lean too

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.680
 heavily on our spouse.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.539
 Some of us lean too

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:30.500
 heavily on a certain

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.500
 relationship or our

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.379
 pastors or whatever.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.240
 Listen, when you're

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.220
 trying to pull something

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.839
 from someone that can't

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.640
 give it to you, you're

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.480
 automatically going to

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.980
 frustrate the

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.480
 relationship.

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:40.779
 Okay?

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.599
 When you're trying to

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.960
 treat someone as if they

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.799
 can give you what only

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.579
 God can give you, you'll

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.680
 frustrate yourself and

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:48.059
 them because they can't.

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.299
 They can't give it to

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.539
 you.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.419
 Right?

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.259
 This is where we have to

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.859
 go to God.

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.359
 They have to go to God.

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.799
 Verse seven says, and

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.659
 the peace of God, which

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.639
 surpasses all

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:01.720
 understanding, will guard

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.859
 your hearts and your

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:04.359
 minds in Christ Jesus.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.039
 Okay?

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.099
 Here's the promise now.

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:06.960
 Right?

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.639
 He's not just throwing

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.599
 out a command and saying,

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.399
 hey, do this.

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:12.859
 He's saying, do this.

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.240
 And then the peace of

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:16.039
 God, which surpasses

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.039
 all understanding.

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.039
 Listen, it's a peace that

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.259
 surpasses understanding.

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.839
 This is why you can't say

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.740
 yeah, but to the

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.719
 scriptures because of

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.479
 brain science.

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.839
 This is why you can't say

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.000
 yeah, but to the

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.179
 scriptures because we

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:30.199
 figured out new things

00:27:30.199 --> 00:27:31.000
 about the brain and the

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.379
 body.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.059
 That means anxiety is now

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.519
 acceptable.

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.139
 There is a peace of God

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.939
 that surpasses

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.519
 understanding.

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.979
 You can't appeal to

00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:39.199
 understanding to say you

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:40.079
 don't need the peace of

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.979
 God that surpasses

00:27:40.979 --> 00:27:42.419
 understanding because it

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.539
 surpasses understanding.

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.200
 You get it?

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:47.180
 Like that's the point.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.519
 This is supernatural.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.019
 This is bigger than any

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.860
 white coat can tell you.

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.920
 All right?

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.300
 Some guy with a bunch of

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:55.279
 letters behind his name is

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.180
 going to tell you, no, it's

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.039
 okay to be anxious.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.060
 Don't listen to the

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.660
 preacher, man.

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.820
 Don't listen to the

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:01.380
 offensive book, the Bible

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.640
 telling you not to be

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.519
 anxious about anything.

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.500
 That's okay.

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.120
 You can do that.

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.200
 We've actually discovered

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.220
 that it's okay.

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.340
 We've actually discovered

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.240
 that it's not good for

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.279
 people to tell you that.

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.799
 In the Bible, this

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.339
 ancient text, this thing

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.639
 that has existed before

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.599
 you were ever even a

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:17.000
 thought in your parents'

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:20.319
 mind, this truth is here,

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.119
 that there is a

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:23.799
 surpassing greatness and

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:27.319
 knowledge, a peace that

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.720
 surpasses all understanding,

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:30.599
 that will guard your

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.339
 hearts and your minds in

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.799
 Christ Jesus.

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.519
 But some people are like,

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.420
 well, what if it doesn't?

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.660
 Like, what if I do this

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.319
 and it doesn't?

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.379
 What does it say?

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:39.460
 Does it say it might

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.040
 guard you?

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.360
 Does it say hopefully it

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.920
 will guard you?

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.360
 Does it say, man, there's

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:44.460
 a really good chance it

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.000
 will guard you?

00:28:45.280 --> 00:28:46.440
 That's not what it says

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.560
 when I look at the text.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.760
 What does it say?

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.320
 The peace of God which

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.600
 surpasses all understanding

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.620
 will.

00:28:53.260 --> 00:28:54.680
 It will guard you.

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.280
 Do you believe the word

00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:56.700
 of God?

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.320
 Do you believe that what

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.280
 he says is true?

00:28:59.780 --> 00:29:00.520
 Do you believe that God

00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:02.440
 himself is the author of

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.140
 this text?

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.080
 And that Paul was inspired

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:06.240
 by the Holy Spirit when he

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.660
 wrote it?

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.940
 And that the peace of God

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.779
 which surpasses all

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:10.319
 understanding will guard

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.720
 your heart and your minds

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.420
 in Christ Jesus?

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:16.480
 I love that the word used

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.200
 here is guard.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:20.519
 Do you believe that there's

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.059
 a kind of peace that comes

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.359
 from God that is actually

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.779
 violent?

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.299
 What way?

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.920
 Oh, it's violent against

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.279
 every other obstacle that

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.160
 would come against you.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:31.259
 There's a peace of God that

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:33.420
 guards your heart and your

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.819
 mind.

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.599
 Do you know what I'm

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.140
 talking about?

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.440
 I'm talking about.

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:39.500
 You all know of a felt

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:41.040
 kind of violence that you

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:42.700
 feel of anxiety trying to

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.740
 get into your mind, into

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.220
 your heart.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.720
 It almost feels like it's

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.080
 a war.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.080
 It almost feels like it's

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.380
 violence.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.720
 Some of us have been so

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.100
 entrenched in it, even

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:51.840
 sometimes demonically, that

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.880
 it feels like we're going

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.400
 crazy.

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.520
 And we feel like, man, I'm

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:56.400
 under attack.

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.900
 I feel like I can't get out

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.860
 from underneath this.

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.000
 But the word of God

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.440
 shouts to us and says,

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.160
 the peace of God which

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.180
 surpasses all understanding

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:07.580
 will guard your hearts and

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.680
 your minds in Christ Jesus.

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.120
 That isn't a word of

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.500
 action.

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:12.060
 That is a violent word to

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:14.400
 say, no, God's power stands

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.740
 against all these things that

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.820
 would seek to come into our

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:19.299
 hearts and minds and put

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.120
 anxiety there.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.180
 Do you believe that?

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:23.580
 Do you believe that God will

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:25.180
 give us that kind of peace, a

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.039
 peace that guards?

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.660
 Do you know of this peace?

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:29.140
 There's nothing like it.

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.640
 You might even say it

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.180
 surpasses understanding.

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.400
 Because it does.

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:37.140
 He then says in verse 8,

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.259
 Finally, brothers, whatever

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:40.180
 is true, whatever is

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.019
 honorable, whatever is

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.180
 just, whatever is pure,

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.700
 whatever is lovely, whatever

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.700
 is commendable, if there's

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.640
 any excellence, if there's

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.980
 anything worthy of praise,

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.799
 think about these things.

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.620
 Okay?

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:52.740
 So, so often the reason we

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.720
 get anxious is because we're

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.480
 thinking about the wrong

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.759
 thing.

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.320
 Right?

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.880
 We're just feeding it.

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.360
 That's why everybody laughs

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.859
 when you hear about WebMD,

00:31:00.979 --> 00:31:01.199
 right?

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.279
 Because so many people have

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.699
 done it.

00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:03.959
 It's like, I didn't even know

00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.939
 there was these many things

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.799
 that could happen to me.

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.599
 Now that I know, I'm, I'm

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.599
 super afraid.

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.879
 And we hear about more

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:12.079
 tragedies than ever before.

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.759
 The proliferation of news

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.240
 makes us, it's not that even

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.119
 certain things have

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.559
 increased.

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:18.719
 In fact, you know, the

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:21.359
 irony is child kidnappings

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:24.059
 are way down from when I was a

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.299
 kid.

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.079
 But do you think people are

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.299
 less afraid of them now?

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.500
 No way.

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.880
 They're way more afraid.

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:32.880
 People are way more afraid of

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.619
 that kind of stuff.

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:36.319
 Even though factually, it's way

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.779
 less possible of happening

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.880
 than what it used to.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.920
 But what is it?

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.140
 It's because we hear about

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.980
 every single one.

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.319
 You used to not hear about it

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.279
 in that state and that state.

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.140
 You only heard about it if it

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.880
 was in your neighborhood.

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.920
 Now we hear about it

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.200
 everywhere.

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.220
 We hear about every bad

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.980
 thing everywhere.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.200
 That's what sells.

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.359
 That's what sells news.

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.539
 Okay?

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.539
 What are you thinking about

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.819
 though?

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:58.639
 Are you thinking about

00:31:58.639 --> 00:32:00.819
 whatever is pure?

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.740
 Whatever is lovely?

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.500
 Whatever is just?

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.799
 Whatever is commendable?

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.599
 If there's any excellence,

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.500
 if there's anything worthy of

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.720
 praise, think about these

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.000
 things.

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.119
 What is your thought life?

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.919
 What do you think about?

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.019
 Are you taking your thoughts

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.799
 captive and you casting your

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.059
 anxieties on the Lord because

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.939
 he cares for you?

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.139
 Verse 9, he says,

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.940
 What you have learned and

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.240
 received and heard and seen

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.560
 in me, practice these things.

00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:23.940
 What you've learned, received,

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:25.800
 and heard and seen in me.

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:28.400
 So it's not just book knowledge.

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.080
 This isn't just, we're not just

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:33.180
 supposed to grow in our freedom

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.880
 from anxiety just by reading,

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.680
 just by learning.

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.860
 We're also supposed to hear and

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:40.040
 see it in other people.

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.180
 See what he's saying here?

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.300
 What you've learned and received

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.420
 and heard and seen in me,

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.780
 practice these things.

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.200
 Practice these things.

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:49.059
 He was a living model of this.

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.079
 How do we know that?

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.359
 Well, first of all, he's saying

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.920
 it, but this is the great thing

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.599
 about the scriptures.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.839
 When we have stuff like this

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.039
 where Paul's talking about this,

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.859
 Acts chapter 16 tells us what

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.240
 was going on when he was in

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.559
 Philippi talking to these people,

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:02.839
 right?

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.599
 You know, God calls him over to

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.180
 Macedonia.

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.819
 He travels over to Macedonia.

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.940
 He comes in there, all right?

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.160
 Starts preaching the gospel.

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.379
 Lydia gets saved, all right?

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:14.639
 And then this slave girl with

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:17.280
 divination powers is annoying Paul,

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.860
 so he casts a demon out of her.

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.800
 Interesting little event there,

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.460
 right?

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:25.240
 And throws the economy into turmoil

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.160
 in Philippi.

00:33:26.780 --> 00:33:27.700
 And so what do they do?

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:29.480
 Well, that was no small thing.

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:31.080
 His little annoyance turned out

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:32.580
 to be a rough day.

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.679
 Okay.

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:36.000
 They attacked, they attacked him.

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:38.439
 And I think I can't, is this Silas in

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.559
 here?

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.079
 I can't remember.

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.919
 It's either Silas or Silas and

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.240
 Timothy.

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:44.079
 Anyways, the crew he's with, they

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.779
 attack him.

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.980
 They strip them.

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.720
 Okay.

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:49.299
 So they're, they attack him.

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:51.079
 They strip him from his clothes.

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:53.419
 They beat, they beat him with rods.

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.419
 Okay.

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.399
 So not just hitting him.

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:56.599
 They're beating him with rods.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.059
 And then they throw him in prison.

00:33:59.719 --> 00:33:59.879
 Okay.

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:03.819
 Attacked, stripped, and beaten with rods.

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.139
 And what does he do when he gets to

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.419
 jail?

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.959
 Is he anxious?

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:11.400
 Is he sitting there worried and

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.779
 complaining, what are we going to do?

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:15.839
 We just got, you know, he could have,

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.179
 remember the verse that says,

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.539
 whatever's true, whatever's just.

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.960
 Paul could have just sat there and

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.299
 thought how unjust this was.

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.579
 He's a Roman citizen.

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.440
 He's, there was no trial.

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.039
 There was no accusation.

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.599
 They just, this is vigilante,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.940
 quote unquote, justice.

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.699
 It was injustice.

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.440
 He could have meditated on how

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.380
 injustice was.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.559
 Does he do that though?

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.199
 What does he do?

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:38.199
 Look at Philip in Acts 16.

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.900
 What's the first, what's the first

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.940
 thing you find them doing when they

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.619
 get into that jail?

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:44.799
 Praying and singing hymns to God.

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.000
 Paul modeled this.

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.199
 He says, now think of this verse

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.360
 nine, what you have learned and

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.780
 received and heard and seen in me

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.200
 practice these things.

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.140
 What did they see in Paul?

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:59.220
 They saw a man who was attacked,

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:01.240
 who was stripped and who was

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:03.140
 beaten with rods, thrown into jail

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:04.079
 in shackles.

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.260
 And what did he do?

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:07.840
 He prayed and he sang hymns to God.

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.519
 He went to God.

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.559
 He was thankful.

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.500
 He let his reasonableness be known

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.980
 to all.

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.460
 Right?

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:20.079
 What do you do when hard times come?

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.420
 And what was the last time you

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.240
 were beaten with rods?

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.700
 I don't think I've had one of those

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.079
 times.

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.559
 So whatever, however bad I thought it

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.019
 was, it wasn't as bad as this.

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.780
 I've never been stripped and attacked,

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:33.500
 unjustly thrown into prison and beat

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.980
 with rods.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:35.119
 That hasn't happened to me.

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.619
 And yet I would complain for far less

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.059
 things.

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 Paul went in there and he started

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 praying and singing hymns.

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 He wasn't anxious.

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 He modeled this and it affected the

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 Philippian church.

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 It says,

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 What you've learned and received and

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 heard and seen in me,

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 practice these things and the God of

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 peace will be with you.

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 Okay?

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 And we should do the same thing in

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 parenting.

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 Guess what?

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 If you're anxious, you know what you're

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 parenting your children in?

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 Anxiety.

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 Case in point, Abraham and his son,

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 Isaac.

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 What did Isaac do?

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 He did the exact same thing.

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 Did the exact same thing.

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 Do we realize how anxiety gets passed

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 down?

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 And we all, we know this and we get

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 anxious about it.

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 Have you ever been anxious about

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 passing anxiety down to your kids?

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 We do this sometimes.

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 Do you know that the God of peace

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 will guard your hearts and minds in

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 Christ Jesus in such a way that you

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 can hand down a lack of anxiety to

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 your kids, that you can hand down

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 peace to your kids, that you can hand

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 down stability to your kids, that you

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 can hand down a normative model of

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 life to praise God and pray to God

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 when things seem to be anxious?

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 Do you know that you can hand that

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 down?

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 You can.

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 You can.

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 It's true.

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 And we need to.

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 But we're going to have to buck the

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 order of the day.

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 The order of the day is anxiety.

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 Do you hear me?

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 This is the order of the day.

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 You don't think you're affected by

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 it?

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 You're a fool.

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 We're all affected by it.

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 We're in the water and it's boiling.

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 Do you understand what I'm saying?

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 The water around us is anxiety and

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 it's getting hotter and it's becoming

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 more normative than ever.

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 And there's this book, this ancient

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 offensive book called the Bible that

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 says, don't be anxious about anything.

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 Don't be anxious about anything.

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 How dare you say that?

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 I didn't.

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 The Lord did.

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 The God of all creation said that.

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 Matthew 28, 20 says, behold, I am with

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 you always to the end of the age.

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 Hebrews 13, verse 5 says, I will never

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 leave you or forsake you.

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 You believe that that God is near you.

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 Do you believe that?

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 When you believe that, you're not

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 anxious.

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 In closing, let me read a few verses on

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 anxiety.

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 Psalm 94, verse 19 says, when the cares

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 of my heart are many, your consolations

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 cheer my soul.

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 Jeremiah 17, 7 through 8 says, blessed is

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 the man who trusts in the Lord, whose

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 trust is the Lord.

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 He has like a tree planted by water that

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 sends out its root by the stream and

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 does not fear when heat comes.

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 For its leaves remain green and is not

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 anxious in the year of drought.

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 For it does not cease to bear fruit.

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 Picture that for your kids as well.

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 Your kids, little shoots who do not

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 fret, who do not get anxious in the

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 year of drought.

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 When things are lacking, when things

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 aren't the way you want them to be.

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 Can you believe that even your kids

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 could be trusting in the Lord and not

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 ceasing to bear fruit?

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 Psalm 127, verse 2, it is vain that you

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 rise up early and go late to rest, eating

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 the bread of anxious toil.

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 For he gives to his beloved sleep.

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 Well, yeah, as long as you have the right

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 amount of magnesium and melatonin and all

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 this other stuff.

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 That's what he meant, right?

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 Like, that's what I need to do.

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 I need to take, I need to get every

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 newfangled way to get better sleep.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.459
 I got to make sure I'm getting my cold

00:39:03.459 --> 00:39:06.299
 plungeants, my sauna use, my everything I

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.859
 need to get.

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 And then he gives his beloved sleep.

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 Is that the truth?

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 I'm not saying there's anything wrong with

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 those things.

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.539
 There's not.

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 Okay?

00:39:15.899 --> 00:39:16.319
 You hear that?

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:18.879
 There's nothing wrong with those things.

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.259
 Okay?

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:22.360
 But, there's no, just like there's nothing

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.560
 wrong with medication in and of itself.

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 Medication is not a sin.

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 But, medication is not a remedy for sin.

00:39:31.040 --> 00:39:31.480
 Okay?

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.180
 It's not.

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 It's not a remedy for sin.

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 You don't medicate sin.

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 You don't medicate sin.

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 Now, you can medicate certain facts that

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.820
 sin has had on the body.

00:39:42.640 --> 00:39:44.480
 But, you will never get over your sin

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.380
 because of medication.

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:47.680
 You know how you get rid of your sin?

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.519
 Repentance.

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.579
 Trust in the Lord.

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 So that in the year of drought,

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.240
 you're not anxious.

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 You're not eating the bread of anxious toil

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:58.660
 for he gives his beloved sleep.

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 Some people need to hear that word alone today.

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 That he gives his beloved sleep.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Can you receive that truth?

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 That God gives his beloved sleep?

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 And that maybe the reason I'm not getting

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.059
 sleep is because I'm anxious?

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.760
 That maybe the reason I'm not getting

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.780
 sleep is because I'm anxious?

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:18.960
 Maybe the reason gluten is so hard on my stomach

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.619
 is because I've been anxious for so long

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:22.059
 and it's ruined my stomach?

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.460
 Just saying.

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 Think about it.

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 Luke 12, 24-26.

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 Consider the ravens.

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 They neither sow nor reap.

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 They have neither storehouse nor barn.

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 And yet God feeds them.

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:37.820
 Of how much more value are you than the birds?

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:39.700
 And which of you, by being anxious,

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:41.940
 can add a single hour to a span of life?

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.760
 If you then are not able to do

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:45.099
 as small a thing as that,

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:47.660
 why are you anxious about the rest?

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:50.579
 Why are we anxious about the rest?

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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