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 All right, please take your copy of God's Word and turn with me to Philippians chapter 4.

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 It just reminded me, and I just thought it would be worth mentioning this morning as we find ourselves in a kind of a troubled age as it concerns Christianity,

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 that today is the anniversary of the Diet of Worms, where Luther stood trial and was required to recant all of the writing that he had done,

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 which included the 95 Theses, but also much more that he had written about biblical Christianity and the kind of the offense to that that Rome was perpetrating.

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 And he famously said,

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 My conscience is held captive to the Word of God.

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 Here I stand.

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 I could do no other.

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 But you may not realize, I mean, we certainly live in a day where boldness is necessary,

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 and sometimes people want to point to Luther as an example of brashness.

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 And I don't think Luther was that at all.

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 In fact, before he made that statement,

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 My conscience is held captive to the Word of God.

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 Here I stand.

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 I can do no other.

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 He asked,

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 May I please have some more time to consider?

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 And that gets left out of history altogether.

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 He was a humble man,

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 and I think even timid in some respect,

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 but when pressed to the point, right,

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 he said,

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 Oh, no,

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 we must listen to God's Word.

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 So let that encourage us as we open God's Word together this morning.

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 You know, it is altogether possible to understand the gospel for the salvation of your soul,

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 which is its primary purpose, right?

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 That you would be saved from the judgment to come,

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 but to miss the point that the gospel has implications for the way that you think and feel and act today.

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 We flee to Christ to be saved from hell,

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 and we flee to Christ to be saved from sin,

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 or at least we should.

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 Having been saved from sin,

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 we ought to also want to live holy lives.

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 We have much opportunity as a church of the living God

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 to make him known in the world

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 through the careful application of the gospel

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 to the daily struggles of this life.

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 The gospel speaks to the every day.

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 Of course, doing this,

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 putting God on display in this way,

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 does not preclude gospel proclamation.

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 We must proclaim the good news of Jesus,

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 but it most definitely should accompany it.

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 Each of us have and will likely experience some measure of anxiety in this life.

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 Anxiety is reportedly on the rise in our society in massive ways.

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 You can just imagine the pandemic and what it may have brought out in many people.

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 You yourself may have experienced this or seen this in people that you know and love.

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 Some of us have a greater propensity toward anxiety than others,

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 and I don't want to be insensitive this morning to the fact that there are some anxiety disorders.

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 There are some people who have a medical propensity towards anxiety,

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 but most of us are experiencing anxiety in ways that are not medical but spiritual.

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 It's inevitable that fallen people living in a fallen world from time to time

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 will feel the weightiness of this reality that we live in.

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 Some people are abundantly aware that they are anxious,

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 but many are not.

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 We use a lot of kind of cloaking words for things like anxiety, worry, concern, etc.

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 So I hope two things for our time together this morning just before we read the text.

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 That you will have a clear understanding of your personal anxiety

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 and be better equipped to fight for your joy.

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 And secondly, that you will have a clear understanding of others' anxiety

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 and be better equipped to fight for their joy.

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 We are instructed to love one another,

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 and Paul tells us in Galatians 6-2

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 that if we love one another, we will bear one another's burdens.

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 We're to take on the trouble of others.

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 So if you're in a relationship with somebody who deals with anxiety,

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 which if you're unaware of this, you are.

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 You're in a relationship with somebody who deals with anxiety, right?

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 They're going to ask for help,

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 and you ought to be able to give them good biblical answers to their spiritual problems.

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 So our text for today is Philippians 4, verses 4-9.

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 Before I read it, beloved, let me remind you this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Verse 4.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Again, I will say, 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 by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,

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 let your requests be made known to God.

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 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,

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 will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable,

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 whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,

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 whatever is commendable,

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 if there is any excellence,

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 if there is anything worthy of praise,

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 think about these things.

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 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me,

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 practice these things,

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 and the God of peace will be with you.

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 I was once at a biblical counseling conference,

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 and in an afternoon session,

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 the speaker began his lesson by saying,

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 very boldly, he said,

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 tell me what you worry about or what makes you angry,

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 and I will show you your idols.

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 Well, I found this emphatic statement just too strong

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 to not wrestle out its implications.

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 In fact, I probably would have done well

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 to listen to the rest of what he had to say,

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 but I spent the next hour writing down things that worried me

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 or things that angered me

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 and tracing each thing to its source.

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 I just kept asking,

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 but why?

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 Why does that worry me?

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 Why does that cause me to be angry?

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 And I was shocked to discover that most,

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 if not all,

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 of my worry was sinful anxiety.

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 Paul tells us in verse 6,

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 do not be anxious about anything.

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 However, in 2 Corinthians 11, verse 28,

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 he writes,

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 after a list of things that he had suffered,

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 he says,

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 The word in Greek is a very flexible word,

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 and that's why Paul can use the word

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 in two different places,

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 and contextually we can understand it differently,

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 and in our English we just get the word anxiety

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 in both places.

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 But what we can learn is that it is possible

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 to be faithfully concerned about a matter,

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 not to be flippant, uncaring,

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 but you can be faithfully concerned about a matter.

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 But the command of Paul in verse 6

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 to not be anxious about anything

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 is in reference to a faithless concern.

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 And this is an anxiety that must be remedied

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 for our good and for the glory of God.

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 Wouldn't it be wonderful to set aside

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 faithless concern,

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 faithless anxiety.

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 Now before I give you the outline for the text

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 and we begin our study of it,

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 I want you to see something significant.

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 Everything Paul is teaching us to do

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 is an expansion of what he has previously declared

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 we are.

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 Take a look back at chapter 4, verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Therefore, my brothers whom I long for,

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 my joy and crown,

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 stand firm thus in the Lord,

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 my beloved.

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 What does standing firm look like?

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 In verses 2 and 3,

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 Paul tells us it is working toward

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 and maintaining the unity of the church

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 and other things that follow in our text.

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 Right?

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 He's saying,

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 Therefore, live like this.

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 But 4.1 begins with a therefore.

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 Paul is saying,

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 Stand firm because of something.

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 What is that something?

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 is the reality of who you and I are

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Right?

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 If we have placed saving faith in Him.

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 Right?

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 Because of who you are.

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 Notice verse 1.

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 He calls my brothers and he says,

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 Beloved.

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 Right?

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 Signifying words.

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 Titles for people who are found in Christ.

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 Therefore, stand firm.

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 firm.

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 You can back up a bit more

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 into chapter 3

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 and see verses 20 and 21.

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 He says,

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 But our citizenship is in heaven

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 and from it we await a Savior,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform our lowly body

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 to be like His glorious body

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 by the power that enables Him

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 even to subject all things to Himself.

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 If we are in Christ,

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 we are not living primarily for this life,

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 but primarily for the life to come.

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 We are part of a theocracy

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 being ruled by King Jesus

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 who is bringing all things under His reign.

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 Right?

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 Now and forevermore.

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 We have to have this framework in our minds.

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 Right?

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 This text, verses 4-9,

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 is written for Christians.

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 People have placed their faith in Jesus

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 and helps us to understand

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 how to deal with sinful anxiety.

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 So the outline for the text will be as follows.

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 Number one, fight for your joy.

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 I'll go back to these

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 if you're not familiar with the way

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 I format sermons.

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 Number one, fight for joy.

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 Number two, be gracious toward others.

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 Number three, turn to God

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 with all of your concerns.

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 And number four,

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 if you're scribbling these right now,

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 I'm sorry,

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 dehabituate by rehabituating.

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 I won't spell that for you.

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 Dehabituate by rehabituating.

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 All right, number one.

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 Fight for your joy.

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 Look at this in verse four.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Again, I will say rejoice.

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 Lasting joy,

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 true joy,

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 the kind of rejoicing

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 that Paul's talking about here

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 is not circumstantial.

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 It has nothing to do

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 with what's going on around you.

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 It has everything to do

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 with the state of being

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 because of who you are.

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 We may find temporary happiness

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 in our circumstances, right?

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 And that's fine.

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 That's good.

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 I took the boys

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 to a birthday party yesterday.

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 We had fun.

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 It was an enjoyable time.

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 But we will just as readily

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 find great misery

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 in our circumstances.

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 If you're always looking

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 to circumstances,

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 you will have highs

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 and you will have desperate lows.

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 Paul here exhorts us

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 to rejoice always.

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 How is this possible?

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 It is possible

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 and it is only possible

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 if we find joy

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 in an unchanging,

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 eternal source of joy, right?

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 in the Lord.

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 It's the only place

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 this kind of always rejoicing

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 can come from.

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 And beloved,

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 this is a battle of the mind.

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 Romans chapter 12 and verse 2.

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 Paul says,

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 do not be conformed

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 to this world,

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 but be transformed,

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 changed by the renewal

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 of your mind.

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 This is not a battle

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 that needs to take place

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 at the level of your feelings.

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 You will lose that battle.

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 This is a battle

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 that has to take place

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 in the mind.

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 In our recent study

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 of the book of Hebrews,

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 we learned at the end

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 of chapter 10

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 about the bizarre behavior

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 of a suffering church.

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 Not behaving at all

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 like the world, right?

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 Not conformed to the world,

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 but like transformed people.

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 We read in verse 34

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 of Hebrews 10.

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 You had compassion

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 on those in prison.

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 So there were believers

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 who had been imprisoned

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 for their faith.

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 And you joyfully accepted

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 the plundering

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 of your property.

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 I think we could easily say,

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 I think many of us would go,

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 yeah, yeah,

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 compassion on those in prison.

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 I could do that.

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 But as they did this,

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 they were identifying themselves

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 as Christian, right?

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 They were showing themselves

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 to be in relationship

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 with these people

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 who had been imprisoned

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 for their faith.

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 And as a result,

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 their property was plundered, right?

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 Their homes were ransacked.

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 And the author of Hebrews

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 says the most curious thing.

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 They did this joyfully.

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 They joyfully accepted

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 the plundering

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 of their property.

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 How?

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 How?

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 How are they rejoicing always,

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 even in a circumstance like that?

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 Well, he tells us.

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 I know you don't have it

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 open in front of you,

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 but I'll tell you.

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 He goes on in that verse to say,

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 since you knew,

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 in the mind,

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 mindfully,

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 you knew

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 that you yourselves

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 had a better possession

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 and an abiding one.

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 One that could not

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 be taken away, right?

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 One not based in circumstance,

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 but in the Lord,

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 an unchanging source

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 of joy.

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 John Newton,

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 this is on your bulletin,

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 I believe,

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 if I'm tracking my mind right,

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 who was an 18th century

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 Anglican minister.

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 He's famous for writing

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 the hymn Amazing Grace.

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 Use this wonderful analogy.

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 He said,

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 suppose a man was going

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 to New York

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 to take possession

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 of a large estate

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 and his carriage

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 should break down

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 one mile

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 before he got to the city,

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 which obligated him

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 to walk the rest of the way

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 to the inheritance, right?

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 So here's a man

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 doing well

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 and now suffering,

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 but he's headed somewhere, right?

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 He's headed to receive

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 a great inheritance.

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 Newton goes on to say,

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 what a fool

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 we should think him

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 if we saw him

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 wringing his hands

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 and blubbering

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 all the remaining mile.

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 My carriage is broken.

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 My carriage is broken.

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 And many of us

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 live this way.

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 We have eternal reward

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 promised to us

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 and we're blubbering

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 and wringing our hands

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 about temporal loss.

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 C.S. Lewis,

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 in The Weight of Glory,

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 wrote,

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 we are half-hearted creatures

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 fooling about

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 with drink and sex

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 and ambition

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 when infinite joy

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 is offered us.

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 Like an ignorant child

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 who wants to go on

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 making mud pies

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 in a slum

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 because he cannot imagine

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 what is meant

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 by the offer

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 of a holiday

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 at the sea.

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 We are far

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 too easily

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 pleased.

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 So we have to fight

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 for joy

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 and we have to do so

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 by reorienting

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 our thinking.

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 Secondly,

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 be gracious

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 towards others.

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 Verse 5.

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 Verse 5 says,

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 let your reasonableness

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 be known to everyone.

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 The Lord

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 is at hand.

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 Now,

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 the Greek word

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 translated

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 reasonableness

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 in the English

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 standard version

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 of the Bible

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 that most of us

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 have this morning.

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 If you don't,

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 don't feel left out.

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 It's okay.

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 But this word

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 is a very rich word.

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 Commentators

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 and translators

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 have varied widely

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 on its rendering.

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 You ready?

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 Here's some of the suggestions

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 for this Greek word.

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 Reasonableness,

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 generosity,

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 goodwill,

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 friendliness,

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 magnanimity,

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 charity,

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 mercy,

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 leniency,

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 big-heartedness.

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 I don't love that one.

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 Moderation,

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 forbearance,

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 and gentleness

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 are some of the attempts

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 to capture the meaning

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 of this word.

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 It is a very flexible,

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 expansive word.

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 Possibly,

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 the best word,

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 and I say this with humility,

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 is graciousness.

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 Perhaps the ESV

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 translates

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 reasonableness

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 because of the connection

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 of these ideas,

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 right?

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 If we're going to be

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 fighting for joy,

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 we're going to see

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 that there's a way

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 to do this further

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 in the text,

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 right?

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 Paul certainly seems

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 to be juxtaposing

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 anxiety in verse 6

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 with joy in verse 4

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 and peace in verse 7.

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 And then in verse 8,

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 he tells us to be

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 thoughtful and mindful

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 and to set our minds

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 on particular things.

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 And so I think

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 that's a pretty fair word,

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 reasonableness,

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 right?

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 If we're going to be

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 joyful and peaceful

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 rather than anxious,

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 we will have to be

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 reasonable,

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 right?

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 Romans 12,

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 2,

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 transformed by the

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 renewing of our minds.

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 But I think it is

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 important that we see

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 our reasonableness,

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 right,

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 connected to this

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 more expansive idea

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 of graciousness

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 or friendliness,

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 charity,

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 mercy,

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 leniency,

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 all of these ways

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 this word can be

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 translated.

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 We need to see

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 that the way

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 that we live our lives

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 should reverberate

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 to others

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 the love that God

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 has shown us.

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 God has been

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 gracious to us

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 in Christ.

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 Therefore,

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 we should display

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.880
 the same graciousness

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.880
 toward others,

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 right?

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 We should show

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 people the great

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 confidence that we

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 have in our God,

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 which is perhaps

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 why the uninspired

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 verse and chapter

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 numbers,

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 sometimes these drive

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 me crazy,

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 but it's perhaps

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 why the Lord

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 is at hand

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 is included

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 with verse 5,

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 although it sure

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 feels like it

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 belongs with

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 verse 6,

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 right?

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.339
 Because God

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 is near,

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 right?

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.179
 We can be

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 reasonable,

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.480
 right?

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 Or,

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 as I'm suggesting,

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 we can be

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 gracious towards

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 others because

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 God has been

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 gracious toward

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 us.

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 So we need

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 to fight for

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 our joy,

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 for not to be

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 anxious.

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 We're to be

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 gracious towards

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 others by

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 displaying our

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 confidence in

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 this gracious

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.639
 God.

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 And we're to

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.400
 turn to God

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.680
 with all of

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 our concerns.

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.039
 Verse 6

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 and verse 7,

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 right?

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 The Lord is at

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 hand.

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 You want to

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 insert here a

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 therefore at the

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.519
 beginning of verse

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 6, right?

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 Because God is at

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 hand, because he

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 is a present help

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 in times of

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 trouble, we

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 can go to

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 him in our

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 anxiety.

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 Do not be

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 anxious about

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 anything, but

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 in everything,

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 by prayer and

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 supplication, with

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 thanksgiving, let

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 your requests be

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 made known to

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.799
 God.

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 And the peace

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.679
 of God, which

00:19:33.679 --> 00:19:34.740
 surpasses all

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.699
 understanding, will

00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.159
 guard your

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 hearts and your

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 minds in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 There is an

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 alternative to

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 your anxiety

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 and mine.

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 Faith.

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 The alternative

00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:49.000
 to our sinful

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:50.180
 anxiety is

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 faith.

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 We can not

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.040
 be anxious about

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:54.460
 anything, but

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.460
 in everything, we

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.600
 can turn to

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 God because he

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 is at

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 hand.

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.320
 Now, the

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.279
 prayer and the

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.160
 supplication and

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.840
 requests were

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 meant to take

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.380
 their troubles to

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:08.400
 him with our

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 synonyms that

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 refer to direct

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:11.740
 petitions made

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 of God.

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 God, I

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 believe that

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 Paul uses the

00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.439
 repetition to

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 note that our

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 going to God

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 with all of our

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 concerns will be

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 often and it

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 will be varied.

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 There are a lot

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 of things for us

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 to be concerned

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 about.

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 To not be

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 anxious, we

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.759
 will need to

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:31.299
 pray and we

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 will need to

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 pray and we

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 will need to

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 pray.

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 Paul also

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.459
 instructs that we

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 should do this

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 with thanksgiving.

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 The fact that

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 God has done

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.940
 so much already

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:45.639
 ought to give us

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.419
 the confidence

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 that he will

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.659
 continue to

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 do so.

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 Why are we so

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 prayerless so

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 often?

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 I think we've

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.919
 forgotten God's

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.759
 goodness to us

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 already.

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 We ought to be

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.980
 driven to prayer

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.319
 when we remember

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.940
 how very kind

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 he's been to us.

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 We are in the

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.299
 midst of a tough

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 circumstance.

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 It can be

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 difficult to

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.679
 remember or to

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 notice anything

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 positive.

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 I will tell you

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 for myself, I

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.140
 have to put a

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 great deal of

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 mental effort

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 into remembering

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 all of God's

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 goodness to me.

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 As we say

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 often, we are

00:21:24.100 --> 00:21:25.460
 slow learners and

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 we are quick to

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.380
 forget.

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.500
 We far too often

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.100
 find ourselves

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.880
 prayerless in

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.279
 trials.

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.740
 No wonder we

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.900
 become anxious.

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.880
 Prayerlessness is

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 a sign of

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 faithlessness.

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 When we don't

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 pray, it is

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.920
 because we

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 have forgotten

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 who is in

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 control.

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 We too often

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.140
 think that we

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.880
 are in control

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 and when that

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.039
 illusion comes

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 crashing down,

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 you think you

00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:52.840
 can, I got

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:53.200
 this, and

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.840
 something outside

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.700
 of your control

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.740
 just comes crashing

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 down.

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 I'm not in

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 control of

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 anything.

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 I can do so

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 little.

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 We become

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 anxious.

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.420
 Of course we

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:01.620
 do.

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.620
 We think we

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.019
 can control

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.539
 our world.

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.380
 The world is

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.140
 falling apart.

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:07.320
 We ought to

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.860
 rightly be

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.440
 anxious in

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.640
 those moments

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:12.160
 except that

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.840
 we know who

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:14.000
 is in

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.400
 control.

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 It is a

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.420
 very good

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.680
 thing that

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 we are not

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.800
 in control

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.340
 when we

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:20.180
 recognize who

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.820
 is in

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.160
 control.

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 Peter writes

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 in 1 Peter

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 chapter 5

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 verse 6

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 and following,

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 humble yourselves

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 therefore under

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 the mighty

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 hand of God

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 so that at

00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.420
 the proper

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.840
 time he may

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.380
 exalt you.

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.040
 Humble yourself.

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 Recognize who

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:38.160
 you are under

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.580
 God and his

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 might.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.660
 Verse 7,

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.640
 casting all

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.580
 your anxieties

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.500
 on him

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:46.460
 because he

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 cares for

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.800
 you.

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 Peter goes

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.340
 on to say,

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 be sober

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.279
 minded, be

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.060
 watchful.

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.540
 Your adversary

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:55.500
 the devil prowls

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.120
 around like a

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.040
 roaring lion.

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.440
 Seeking someone

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.900
 to devour.

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.460
 You may be

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.040
 familiar with

00:23:01.040 --> 00:23:02.380
 verse 8 of

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.180
 1 Peter chapter

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.740
 5.

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.460
 It's often

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.220
 disconnected from

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.880
 this idea of

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.580
 casting our

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.680
 anxieties on

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.400
 God.

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.660
 Who cares for

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.000
 us?

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.259
 So recognize

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.640
 that your

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.580
 anxiety is a

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:14.259
 spiritual thing

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.740
 happening.

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.759
 The devil

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.400
 wants to

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.140
 steal away

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:18.640
 your joy

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.680
 and your

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.460
 peace because

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.779
 it doesn't

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.800
 display who

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.800
 our God is

00:23:24.800 --> 00:23:25.779
 to us in

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.040
 Christ.

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.080
 We become

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.900
 ineffective

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.940
 witnesses when

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.500
 we're as

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.140
 worried about

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.620
 the things

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:31.940
 that the

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.840
 world is

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.960
 worried about.

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.180
 We're all

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.720
 tied up in

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.259
 knots because

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.460
 of the

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.440
 coronavirus or

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.880
 the next

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.000
 election cycle.

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.000
 Our God

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.500
 continues to

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.940
 reign.

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.920
 He is who

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.740
 he said he

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.360
 is and will

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.000
 continue to

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.640
 be forever.

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.759
 We sing a

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.740
 song often on

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.200
 Sunday mornings

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.800
 called What a

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.880
 Friend We

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.240
 Have in

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.500
 Jesus.

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.380
 And it's

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.819
 a little

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.779
 sing-songy so

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.140
 maybe we

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.740
 miss sometimes

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.799
 the beauty

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.019
 of the

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.259
 words.

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.799
 I love

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.500
 this verse.

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.740
 Oh what

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.579
 peace we

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.599
 often forfeit.

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.000
 Oh what

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.240
 needless pain

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.140
 we bear.

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.619
 All because

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.500
 we do not

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.660
 carry everything

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.779
 to God

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.819
 in prayer.

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.019
 We can

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.119
 take our

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.640
 anxieties

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.839
 to God.

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.960
 Verse 7

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.460
 says in the

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.019
 peace of

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.619
 God which

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.259
 surpasses

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.959
 all

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.759
 understanding

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.819
 will guard

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.299
 your hearts

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.639
 and your

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:26.000
 minds in

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.619
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.719
 I think

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.479
 Paul means

00:24:28.479 --> 00:24:28.839
 for there to

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.219
 be some

00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:30.179
 duality in

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.500
 what he's

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.039
 saying here.

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.500
 I think

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.979
 he's first

00:24:31.979 --> 00:24:32.739
 referring to

00:24:32.739 --> 00:24:33.899
 Romans 5

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.199
 1.

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.599
 Therefore

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.079
 since we

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.279
 have been

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.899
 justified by

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.439
 faith we

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:37.019
 have peace

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.619
 with God

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.939
 through our

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:39.259
 Lord Jesus

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.719
 Christ.

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.500
 The peace

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.739
 we have

00:24:40.739 --> 00:24:41.139
 with God

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.500
 ought to

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.239
 inform the

00:24:42.239 --> 00:24:42.659
 rest of

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.159
 the way

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.179
 that we

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:44.519
 live.

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:44.859
 And I

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.439
 do also

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.159
 think he

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.719
 means a

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.019
 feeling.

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.699
 A feeling

00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.559
 of comfort

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.339
 in the

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.579
 midst.

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:52.019
 of trial

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.639
 because this

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.959
 is a

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.479
 peace that

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:54.339
 surpasses

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.919
 all

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.839
 understanding.

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.139
 People ought

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.639
 to look at

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.039
 the way we

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.519
 walk through

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.119
 trial as

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.759
 Christians and

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.479
 think us

00:25:00.479 --> 00:25:01.500
 strange.

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.359
 Like those

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.539
 Christians that

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.000
 the author of

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.179
 Hebrews writes

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:06.059
 to joyfully

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.819
 accepted the

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.479
 plundering of

00:25:07.479 --> 00:25:08.139
 your property.

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.339
 People ought

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.719
 to be looking

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.299
 at us that

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.739
 way and

00:25:10.739 --> 00:25:11.639
 asking us

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:13.099
 about the

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.099
 hope that

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.619
 we have.

00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.359
 Jesus talks

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.159
 about anxiety

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.959
 in Luke

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.699
 chapter 12.

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.279
 You may be

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.919
 familiar with

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.560
 much of

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.060
 this passage.

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.560
 It's so

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:22.300
 good for

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.740
 our souls

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.120
 to hear

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.700
 it again.

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.240
 Beginning in

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.000
 verse 22.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.779
 And Jesus

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.220
 said to his

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.620
 disciples,

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.120
 therefore I

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.600
 tell you,

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.519
 do not be

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.140
 anxious about

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.620
 your life,

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.880
 what you

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.360
 will eat,

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.820
 nor about

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.360
 your body,

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.700
 what you

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:31.980
 will put

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.279
 on.

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.460
 For life

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.920
 is more

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.680
 than food

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.080
 and the

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.180
 body more

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.840
 than clothing.

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.320
 Consider the

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.660
 ravens.

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:38.980
 They neither

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.560
 sow nor

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:39.779
 reap.

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.060
 They have

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.259
 neither

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.900
 storehouse

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.420
 nor barn.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.920
 And yet

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.440
 God feeds

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.720
 them.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.039
 Of how much

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.880
 more value

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.600
 are you

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.179
 than the

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.799
 birds?

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.219
 And which

00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:49.439
 of you,

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.799
 by being

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.219
 anxious,

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.740
 can add a

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.639
 single hour

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.679
 to a span

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.179
 of life?

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.740
 If then you

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.079
 were not

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.879
 able to do

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.379
 a small

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.819
 thing as

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.139
 that,

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.419
 why are you

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.879
 anxious about

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.480
 the rest?

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.839
 Consider the

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.119
 lilies,

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.699
 how they grow,

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.059
 they neither

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.679
 toil nor

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.000
 spin.

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.559
 Yet I tell

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.699
 you,

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.399
 even Solomon

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:06.059
 in all his

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.500
 glory was

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.019
 not arrayed

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.339
 like one

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.799
 of these.

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.919
 But if

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.480
 God so

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.319
 clothes the

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.659
 grass,

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:10.919
 which is

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.439
 alive in

00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:11.759
 the field

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.119
 today,

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.779
 and tomorrow

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.480
 is thrown

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.079
 into the

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.380
 oven,

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.599
 how much

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.000
 more will

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.460
 he clothe

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.960
 you,

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.519
 O you

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.339
 of little

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.779
 faith?

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:19.940
 And do

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.319
 not seek

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.500
 what you

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.720
 are to

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.059
 eat and

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.279
 what you

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.500
 are to

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.819
 drink,

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.539
 nor be

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.519
 worried.

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.740
 For all

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.339
 the nations

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.680
 of the

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.200
 world seek

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.660
 after these

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.960
 things,

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.299
 and your

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.240
 Father knows

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.940
 that you

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.460
 need them.

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.640
 Instead,

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.680
 seek his

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.019
 kingdom,

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.860
 and these

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.240
 things will

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.680
 be added

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.599
 to you.

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.019
 Fear not,

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.500
 little flock,

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.920
 for it is

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.620
 your Father's

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.599
 good pleasure

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.839
 to give you

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.620
 the kingdom.

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.700
 The Lord

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:43.380
 is at

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.800
 hand.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.520
 He is

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:44.880
 working

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.900
 grand

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.400
 purposes

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.800
 for the

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.100
 sake of

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.460
 his name

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.420
 and for

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.880
 our good.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.280
 We can

00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:50.580
 take

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.480
 everything

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.340
 to him.

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.160
 And the

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.960
 promise as

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.380
 we're doing

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.340
 this is

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.620
 that we

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.240
 will have

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.760
 an

00:26:58.760 --> 00:27:00.060
 un-understandable

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.800
 peace.

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.680
 Great joy

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.500
 accompanies

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.300
 recognizing

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:06.200
 your position,

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.980
 your place

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.320
 in the world,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.140
 your inability

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.940
 to control

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.740
 your circumstance.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.620
 We act,

00:27:11.020 --> 00:27:11.520
 the birds are

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.000
 actually looking

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.420
 for food,

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.900
 but God's

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.480
 providing it.

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.259
 We're not

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.259
 ultimately in

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.040
 control,

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.480
 ever.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.000
 The account

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.540
 of the

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:22.320
 conversion of

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.580
 Blaise Pascal,

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.180
 who was a

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.860
 17th century

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.340
 French mathematician,

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.100
 a wonderful,

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:28.300
 fascinating man,

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.420
 was found on a

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.100
 piece of parchment

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.180
 sewn into his

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.860
 coat eight years

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.259
 after his death.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.920
 I love that he

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.740
 wrote this down

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.560
 and had it

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.340
 sewn into

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.519
 his coat.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.180
 It was found

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.820
 this many years

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.019
 later.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.420
 This is what

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.740
 he wrote.

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.359
 Year of

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.779
 Grace,

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.220
 1654,

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.359
 Monday 23

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.160
 November,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.539
 Feast of

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.240
 Saint Clement.

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.680
 From about

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.400
 half past

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.900
 ten at night

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.279
 to about

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.920
 half an hour

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.859
 after midnight,

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.559
 fire.

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.700
 God of

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.039
 Abraham,

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.539
 God of

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.839
 Isaac,

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.339
 God of

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.619
 Jacob,

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.079
 not of

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.599
 philosophers

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.359
 and scholars.

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.920
 Certitude,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.579
 heartfelt joy,

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.799
 peace.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.000
 God of

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.660
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.379
 God of

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.080
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.160
 my God

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.520
 and your

00:28:09.520 --> 00:28:09.840
 God,

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.300
 joy,

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.720
 joy,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.220
 joy,

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.020
 tears of

00:28:12.020 --> 00:28:12.400
 joy,

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.680
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.960
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:15.900
 may I never

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.600
 be separated

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.600
 from him.

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.660
 Isn't that

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:18.900
 cool?

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:20.520
 I'll write

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:20.860
 that on the

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.280
 inside of my

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:21.600
 jacket.

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.900
 So we need

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.300
 to fight for

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.520
 joy.

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:24.920
 We need to be

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.440
 gracious towards

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.740
 others.

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.040
 We need to

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.660
 turn to God

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.240
 with all of

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.440
 our concerns.

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.120
 And fourthly,

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.700
 dehabituate by

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.440
 rehabituating.

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.040
 Verse eight

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:35.540
 and nine.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.659
 Finally,

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:36.980
 brothers,

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.579
 whatever is

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.859
 true,

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.279
 whatever is

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.599
 honorable,

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.099
 whatever is

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.359
 just,

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.799
 whatever is

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.039
 pure,

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.500
 whatever is

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.839
 lovely,

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.319
 whatever is

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.940
 commendable,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.119
 there's any

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.819
 excellence or

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.440
 there's anything

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.000
 worthy of

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.279
 praise.

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.839
 Think about

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.180
 these things

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.440
 which you have

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.920
 learned and

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.460
 received and

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.899
 heard and

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.460
 seen in me.

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.159
 Practice these

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.839
 things and the

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.799
 God of peace

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.980
 will be with

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.200
 you.

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.539
 Right?

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:54.920
 So he's

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.440
 talking both

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.240
 about thought

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.099
 and practice.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:57.799
 Right?

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.240
 And you see,

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.000
 we could,

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.720
 I mean,

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.019
 we don't have

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.399
 time this

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.059
 morning to talk

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.359
 about all

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.799
 these things,

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.059
 true,

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.460
 honorable,

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.980
 just.

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.339
 But what he's

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.159
 saying is take

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.319
 you worry and

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.740
 put them on

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.299
 things that

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.859
 are worthy

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.399
 of your

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.960
 thoughts.

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.240
 Right?

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.940
 You're

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.799
 dehabituating

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.180
 by

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.379
 rehabituating.

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.619
 You're

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.279
 changing the

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.359
 way that

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.720
 you think.

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:14.960
 You're

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.420
 focusing on

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.859
 these wonderful

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.379
 promises of

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.720
 God to

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.960
 us in

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.399
 Christ.

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.059
 And the

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.379
 things that

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.859
 they've seen

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.500
 modeled in

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.000
 the life of

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.259
 Paul,

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.879
 that you see

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.420
 modeled in

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.119
 the text and

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.779
 in leaders in

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.399
 your life,

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.460
 that you ought

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.559
 to practice

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.819
 these things.

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.579
 Be about the

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.359
 work of

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.619
 God as

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.839
 well.

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.259
 We are

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.220
 creatures,

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.039
 of habit.

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.700
 When I

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.480
 drive into

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.000
 Dahlonega,

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.059
 when I

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.399
 hit that

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.980
 first light

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.420
 in town,

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.420
 I instinctively

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.059
 turn right.

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.379
 It's hard for

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.899
 me not to

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.339
 get into that

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.819
 turning lane.

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.099
 If I'm

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.460
 heading right

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.720
 into the

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.980
 middle of

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.519
 downtown or

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.899
 I need to

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.659
 go left

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.059
 out towards

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.440
 52,

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.339
 I've got to

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.579
 make a

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.059
 real mental

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.579
 effort as

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.859
 I'm coming

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.159
 down the

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.359
 hill.

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.099
 Don't go

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.259
 right,

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.579
 don't go

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.720
 right,

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.039
 don't go

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.180
 right.

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.440
 Because we're

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.879
 creatures of

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.159
 habit.

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.599
 We just

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.399
 do things

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.779
 instinctively.

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.960
 I bet that

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.359
 each one of

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.899
 you put on

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.299
 a particular

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.079
 shoe this

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.899
 morning first.

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:03.240
 any thought

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.640
 to it at

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:03.820
 all.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.320
 I challenge

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.540
 you to

00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:05.060
 start paying

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.540
 attention to

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:05.820
 what you

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:05.980
 do.

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.980
 I put on

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.660
 my right

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.060
 sock and

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.340
 my right

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.780
 shoe and

00:30:08.780 --> 00:30:08.940
 then I

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.140
 put on

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.440
 my left

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.980
 sock and

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.280
 my left

00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:10.480
 shoe.

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:10.759
 I don't

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:10.960
 put on

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.420
 both socks.

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:11.940
 I don't

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.340
 know why,

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.960
 but it's

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.100
 the way I

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.500
 do it.

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:14.880
 And if there

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.240
 was something

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.980
 morally wrong

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.320
 with the way I

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.560
 was putting

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.060
 on my socks

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.400
 and shoes,

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.800
 I would have

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 to train

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.800
 myself to

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.120
 do it

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.560
 differently.

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.759
 I would

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.200
 have to

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.619
 rehabilitate

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 myself to

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.480
 do it.

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 The scripture

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.079
 said you must

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.419
 put on your

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.740
 left shoe

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 first.

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 I'd have to

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 really work

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.740
 at doing

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 such a

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 thing.

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 And so

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 if we're

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 to not

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 be anxious,

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.899
 if we're

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 to set

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 our minds

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 on the

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.539
 things we're

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 to set

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 our minds

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 on,

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 we're going

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 to have

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 to work

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 at this.

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 Paul said

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 in 1 Timothy

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 chapter 4

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 or 7,

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 train yourself

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 for godliness.

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 Train or

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 discipline

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 yourself

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 for godliness.

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 In a book

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 called The

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 Christian

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 Counselor's

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 Manual by

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 J. Adams,

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 he addresses

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 this,

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 this

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 re-habituating

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 and there's

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 a he in

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 here.

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 He's talking

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 about a

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 counselee

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 and he'll

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 mention the

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.420
 counselor.

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 But he

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 says this,

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 how may I

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 discipline

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 myself,

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 he,

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.579
 the

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.960
 counselee,

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.620
 may ask

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 insistently.

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 First,

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 the counselor

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 must indicate

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 that the

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.680
 word discipline

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 clearly shows

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 that godliness

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 cannot be

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 zapped.

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 It cannot

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 be whipped

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 up like

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 instant

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.039
 pudding.

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 Godliness

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 doesn't come

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 that way.

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.559
 Discipline

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.839
 means work.

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 It means

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 sustained

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 daily effort.

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 The word

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.880
 Paul used

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.380
 is the one

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 from which

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.299
 the English

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.599
 word gymnastics

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.680
 and gymnasium

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.039
 have been

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.539
 derived.

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.940
 It is a term

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.519
 related to

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.180
 athletics.

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.299
 An athlete

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.839
 becomes an

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.539
 expert only

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.220
 by years

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.740
 of hard

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.240
 practice.

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.720
 There are

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.799
 no instant

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.640
 athletes.

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.740
 It takes

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.279
 years of

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.180
 regular practice

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.259
 to achieve

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.240
 athletic

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.799
 skill.

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.120
 And so

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.400
 in the

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.080
 same way

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.500
 as we

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.980
 wrestle

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.299
 with the

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.720
 anxiety

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.600
 in our

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.000
 life,

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.460
 and again,

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.740
 I'm not

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.240
 talking about

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.740
 disorders,

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.180
 I'm talking

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.620
 about the

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.000
 spiritual

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.480
 anxiety

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.180
 that most

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.700
 of us

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.680
 are going

00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:00.380
 to experience,

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:00.900
 right?

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.420
 We're going

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.120
 to have to

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.000
 train ourselves

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.799
 to think

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:05.060
 differently.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:07.240
 most of

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.960
 my life

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.299
 next to

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.740
 the sink

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.099
 in our

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.519
 kitchen,

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.700
 Philippians

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.359
 chapter 4

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.159
 verse 8

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.859
 was written

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.159
 on a

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.599
 note card

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.339
 and stuck.

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.839
 We lived

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.619
 various places

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.019
 and that

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.679
 same note

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.240
 card was

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.099
 stuck in

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:22.099
 that spot.

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:22.980
 Whatever's

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.240
 true,

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.619
 whatever's

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.960
 honorable,

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.440
 whatever's

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.919
 just,

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.519
 etc.

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.119
 was up

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.319
 there.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.019
 And as

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.299
 a child,

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.519
 I just

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.859
 never thought

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.299
 to ask

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.679
 my mother

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.419
 why it

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.000
 was put

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.279
 there.

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.720
 But now

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.099
 as an

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.399
 adult,

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.099
 as a

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.379
 pastor,

00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:34.879
 I just

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:34.980
 thought,

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.280
 Mom,

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.540
 Philippians

00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:37.240
 4.8,

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.840
 why was

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.360
 that there?

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.160
 And my

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.940
 mom shared

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.380
 with me

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.400
 her lifelong

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.140
 struggle with

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.660
 anxiety.

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.600
 What my

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:43.920
 mom was

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.660
 doing was

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.540
 retraining

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:45.840
 herself.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.140
 She was

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.080
 rehabituating

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.600
 by going,

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.800
 this is not

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.080
 what I need

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.460
 to be thinking

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.800
 about.

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.240
 What I need

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.600
 to be thinking

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.020
 about are

00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:51.320
 things that

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.620
 are true

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.020
 and honorable

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.380
 and just

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.720
 and pure

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.120
 and lovely.

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:54.280
 She was

00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:55.120
 changing the

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.920
 way that

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:57.160
 she thought.

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.320
 So,

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.600
 beloved,

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.040
 if you want

00:32:59.040 --> 00:32:59.280
 to fight

00:32:59.280 --> 00:32:59.980
 your anxiety,

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.040
 it's not

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.320
 going to be

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.100
 found in

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.640
 popular

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.220
 psychology.

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.360
 It's going

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.500
 to be

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.019
 found in

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.679
 knowing the

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.139
 promises of

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.539
 God to

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.119
 you in

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.399
 Christ and

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.039
 thinking about

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.619
 those things,

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.859
 meditating on

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.879
 those things.

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.219
 You've got to

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.639
 change the

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.979
 way you

00:33:12.979 --> 00:33:13.459
 think.

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.439
 It's a

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:16.219
 shocker by

00:33:16.219 --> 00:33:17.139
 changing the

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:17.839
 way you

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.159
 think.

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:32.060
 God's

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.940
 empowered word

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.460
 retraining the

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.380
 way you

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.680
 think.

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.259
 So,

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:36.560
 we need to

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:36.980
 fight for

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.320
 joy,

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.460
 be gracious

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.160
 towards others,

00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:40.019
 turn to

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.300
 God with

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.720
 all of our

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.240
 concerns,

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.840
 and dehabituate

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.920
 by

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.640
 rehabituating.

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.100
 May we

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.340
 be a

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.840
 people who

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:48.000
 lay faithless

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.980
 anxiety down

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.960
 for joyful,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.060
 peaceful

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:52.500
 faithfulness.

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.600
 May we

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:53.880
 be a

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.279
 people that

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.779
 live in a

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.160
 way that

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.660
 the world

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.080
 would see

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.900
 how very

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.779
 reasonable

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.400
 we are

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.279
 because of

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.860
 how great

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.720
 Jesus Christ

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.240
 is.

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.100
 Let's pray

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.380
 together.

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:02.820


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