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 Probably never do that to you.

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 If you were here last Sunday,

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 you'd remember that I began the message by talking about

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 there's just so much

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 on the news,

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 word of mouth,

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 so much going on

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 about the uncertainties of life

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 and the hardships of life.

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 And last week I made reference to

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 the devastation of Hurricane Harvey

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 and all the flooding

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 and as we are meeting right now,

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 Hurricane Irma.

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 Think about all the uncertainty.

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 The people throughout Florida,

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 Georgia,

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 South Carolina,

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 Alabama,

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 really the Southeast.

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 There's so much we don't know.

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 About what is heading for us.

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 So much that people are already experiencing

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 hardship over in South Florida

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 and in the Caribbean.

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 But you know,

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 we don't have to look on the news.

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 We don't have to look far away

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 to find hardship and uncertainty, do we?

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 Because right here in this room,

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 we experience it.

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 Some of you right now are going through hard times

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 or some uncertain times.

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 we need to remember

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 and put into practice

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 what we learned last week

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 about dealing with hardship and uncertainty

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 and the stress,

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 anxiety,

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 and worry

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 that it produces.

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 What we learned last week

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 about dealing with worry

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 came from Philippians chapter 4,

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 verses 6 through 7.

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 I'll give you three statements.

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 Don't worry about anything,

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 we're told.

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 Verse 6,

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 do not be anxious about anything.

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 The alternative is to pray.

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 Pray about everything.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 But in everything,

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 by prayer and supplication,

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 with thanksgiving,

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 let your requests be made known to God.

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 And then we looked at one other thing last week.

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 Look to God to replace worry with peace.

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 Verse 7,

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 and the peace of God,

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 which surpasses all understanding,

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 which is beyond our ability to comprehend,

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 will guard your hearts and your minds

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Today, I want to expand on that message.

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 And today, what I want us to do is look

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 at what Jesus said

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 in Matthew chapter 6,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 which is probably,

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 or should be,

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 the most well-known passage in the Bible

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 on dealing with worry

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 or dealing with anxiety.

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 I do believe that worry

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 is the most popular subject

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 I ever preach on.

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 I always get a lot of positive feedback

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 from a message related to worry, stress, anxiety.

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 And last week was no different.

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 I appreciate the phone calls

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 and the statements,

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 emails,

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 about how God used that

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 to help some,

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 encourage some,

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 remind some.

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 Well, because it's such a powerful temptation

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 that we all have to deal with

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 more often than we would like,

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 I want to continue that thought

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 by looking at what Jesus said

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 here in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And what I really want to focus on

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 is going to be toward the end

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 of today's message.

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 We,

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 instead of worrying,

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 as we trust God,

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 as we pray,

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 we need to make sure

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 we have the right priorities in life.

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 And we're going to look at that

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 in this message.

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 And then next Sunday,

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 I want us to look at a passage of Scripture

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 that shows us why.

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 We can be absolutely confident

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 that God knows us,

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 He loves us,

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 and is fully able to take care of us

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 no matter what.

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 And we'll see that in Psalm 139.

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 I hope you'll read that this coming week.

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 And think about all that is said there

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 about God's greatness,

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 God's activity.

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 But notice as you read

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 and prepare for next week

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 how the psalmist talks about

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 how God is so personally

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 involved in His life

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 and in our lives.

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 So right now, though,

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 let's look at Matthew chapter 6.

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 And if you would,

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 open your Bible.

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 We're not going to put it on the screen.

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 It's sort of a lengthy passage.

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 And we're going to keep looking back

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 at several things.

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 So Matthew chapter 6,

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 beginning in verse 25,

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 Jesus is teaching.

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 Therefore I tell you,

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 do not be anxious

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 or do not worry about your life,

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 what you will eat

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 or what you will drink,

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 nor about your body,

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 what you will put on.

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 Is not life more than food

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 and the body more than clothing?

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap

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 nor gather into barns.

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 And yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Are you not of more value than they?

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 And which of you by being anxious

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 can add a single hour

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 to his span of life?

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 And why are you anxious about clothing?

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 Consider the lilies of the field,

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 how they grow.

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 They neither toil nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you,

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 even Solomon in all of his glory

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 was not arrayed like one of these.

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 But if God so clothes the grass of the field,

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 which day is alive

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 and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

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 it's used for fuel,

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 build a fire with.

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 Will he not much more clothe you,

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 O you of little faith?

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 Therefore,

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 do not be anxious,

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 saying,

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 what shall we eat

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 or what shall we drink

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 or what shall we wear?

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 For the Gentiles

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 or pagans

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 or unbelievers,

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 different translations

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 use a different word,

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 for the unbelievers

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 seek after all these things.

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 And your heavenly Father knows

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 that you need them all.

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 But seek first

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 the kingdom of God

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 and his righteousness

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 and all these things

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 will be added to you.

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 Therefore,

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 do not be anxious about tomorrow

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 for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

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 Sufficient for the day

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 is its own trouble.

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 Jesus begins by addressing

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 the problem of worry.

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 He tells us three things

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 about why worry is unnecessary.

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 Number one,

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 worry is unnecessary

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 because God takes care

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 of his people.

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 Look back in verse 26,

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 if you would.

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 Jesus,

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 in talking to people,

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 says,

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 just look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow

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 nor reap

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 nor gather into barns.

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 And yet your heavenly Father

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 feeds them

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 look at verse 28.

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 And why are you anxious

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 about clothing?

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 Consider the lilies of the field,

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 how they grow.

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 They neither toil

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 nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you,

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 even Solomon

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 in all of his glory

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 was not arrayed

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 like one of those.

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 Now think about this.

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 Jesus brought up

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 the birds of the air

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 and the lilies of the field.

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 Obviously,

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 he was not enlightening anyone.

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 They don't get stressed

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 about anything in life.

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 Birds don't sit up in trees

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 and worry

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 about what they're going to eat.

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 Flowers,

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 they have no ability

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 to stress

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 over what they wear

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 or what they look like.

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 Jesus understood

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 that he was not talking

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 about a reality here,

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 about birds

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 and lilies of the field.

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 Thinking,

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 the point is this,

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 if God takes care

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 of these lesser creatures,

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 we can trust him

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 to take care of us

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 because we,

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 as human beings,

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 are his highest form

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 of creation.

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 God made human beings

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 in his image

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 and absolutely nothing else.

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 Nothing else

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 in all the created universe

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 is like us

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 as human beings.

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 that makes us special.

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 We are created

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 in the image

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 of Almighty God.

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 Plus,

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 while we're created

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 in the image of God,

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 ever since Adam and Eve

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 sinned

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 in the Garden of Eden

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 that is recorded

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 in Genesis chapter 3,

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 ever since they sinned,

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 we have not

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 lived like people

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 created in the image

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 of God.

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 We have blurred

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 that image

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 by our sin

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 and selfishness.

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 But yet,

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 God loves us enough

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 that he sent his son

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 into this world

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 to save us

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 by taking the punishment

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 that our sin

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 deserves

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 when he died

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 on the cross.

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 God loves us,

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 we who are created

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 in his image,

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 so much

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 God loves us.

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 He sent his son

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 into the world

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 to save us,

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 to change us,

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 and with his spirit

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 living in us

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 as believers

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 to start

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 making us

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 anew

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 in his image,

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 overcoming

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 some of the flaws

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 that will

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 eventually be

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 all overcome

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 in the new heaven

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 and new earth

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 that God's preparing

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 for us

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 with our new bodies.

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 But that's another subject.

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 Think for a moment.

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 Our heavenly Father

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 created everything.

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 He continues

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 to work

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 in everything,

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 guiding and directing

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 according to his

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 purpose,

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 which is ultimately good.

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 He can be trusted

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 with everything

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 in our lives

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 because of who he is,

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 because of what he's

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 already done for us.

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 He can be trusted

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 so we don't have

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 to worry.

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 God

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 takes care

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 of

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 his

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 people

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 and Jesus

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 is just letting us know

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 God takes care

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 of everything,

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 even things

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 as lowly as a bird

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 and a flower.

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 How much more

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 will he take care

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 of us?

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 So trust him.

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 Secondly,

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 worry is unnecessary

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 because,

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 or it's useless

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 because it doesn't

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 change one thing.

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 Look at verse 27.

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 And which of you

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 by being anxious

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 can add a single hour

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 to a span of life?

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 I like the way

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 the New Living

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 translation says,

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 it says,

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 can all your worries

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 add a single moment

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 to your life?

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 What are you worried

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 about right now?

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 Or,

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 let's be more spiritual,

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 what are you tempted

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 to worry about right now?

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 Hurricane Irma

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 probably is the top

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 of a lot of people's list.

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 But,

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 in this room,

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 some people are worried

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 about some health issues,

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 some test results,

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 some people are worried

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 about some things

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 going on in their home,

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 family related.

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 Some people are worried

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 about some things

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 and others

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 in your Sunday school class

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 are sitting next to you.

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 They know it.

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 But,

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 we have some concerns

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 that no one knows about.

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 It's just us.

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 And we're not going

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 to tell anyone.

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 But whatever your concern

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 or worry is,

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 let me ask you this.

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 What is your

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 getting stressed out,

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 losing sleep,

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 being anxious,

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 not being able to eat,

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 what good

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 is that going to do?

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 I want you to think with me.

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 Your greatest

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 source of,

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 say,

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 ongoing

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 temptation to worry.

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 Not just one

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 isolated thing,

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 but most of us,

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 there are certain things

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 in our life

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 that's sort of

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 an ongoing battle.

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 We're tempted to worry

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 or, just to be honest,

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 we do worry.

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 Most of

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 my adult life,

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 my greatest

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 source of worry

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 has been

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 my children,

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 my boys.

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 And I've reached

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 the point in life,

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 they've reached

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 the point in life,

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 I can look back

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 and say,

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 there are unique

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 worries at every age.

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 When they're preschoolers,

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 there's certain

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 kind of things

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 you are sort of

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 anxious about.

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 When they're children,

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 there's some other things.

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 When they're teenagers,

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 it's just a whole

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 new ball game,

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 isn't it?

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 But I used to think

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 if I can just live

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 and they can live

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 to get out

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 of those teenage years,

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 get over,

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 you know,

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 come down off

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 fool's hill,

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 maybe get married,

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 settle down,

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 be adults,

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 I used to think,

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 I won't ever worry

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 about them anymore.

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 that's not true.

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 I see some of you

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 smile,

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 even nod,

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 who have adult children.

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 There's never a time

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 that you're not

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 concerned about

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 your children,

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 no matter what

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 their age is.

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 And then when they

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 start having children,

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 you start being

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 concerned,

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 worrying,

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 about those

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 grandchildren.

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 children.

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 Now,

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 how do you deal

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 with it?

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 Are you able

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 to deal with it?

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 And if you do,

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 just give in the

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 temptation to do worry.

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 Does it help?

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 You know,

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 there's two ways

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 to do this.

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 I'm going to use

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 Lisa and me

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 as an example

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 because I'm

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 the bad guy

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 in this.

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 When our boys

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 were teenagers,

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 they'd be out

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 somewhere,

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 and they didn't,

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 you know,

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 it was getting late

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 and they weren't

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 home.

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 I was the one

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 who was stressed.

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 I believed

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 God's sovereign.

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 I prayed for them,

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 but when it got

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 time,

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 I thought they

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 ought to be home.

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 I started looking.

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 And when it was

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 past time,

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 I thought they

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 ought to be home.

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 I was looking

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 and I was mad

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 and I was stressed

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 out.

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 And I can remember

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 at times looking

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 out the window,

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 thinking,

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 even praying,

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 Lord,

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 bring them home.

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 Lord,

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 keep them safe.

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 Get them here

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 so I can kill them.

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 Being that mad

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 and that stressed

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 and both of them

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 can tell you,

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 you can ask them

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 after this service.

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 I met them

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 at the door.

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 But you know

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 what Lisa was doing?

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 Sawing logs.

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 And we talked

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 about that

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 lots of times.

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 She trusted

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 that God

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 was sovereign

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 and she prayed

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 for those boys

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 and she went

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 to bed

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 and went to sleep

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 and she did not

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 worry nine times

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 out of ten.

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 Nine times

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 out of ten.

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 She got good

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 nights sleep.

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 many nights

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 when I didn't

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 and the reason

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 was

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.759
 she chose

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 to trust God

00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:52.900
 and rest

00:16:52.900 --> 00:16:53.520
 in Him

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 and I didn't.

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 and I'll be

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:58.980
 prideful.

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 I knew more

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 about the

00:16:59.920 --> 00:17:00.680
 sovereignty of God

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 than she did

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 but it didn't

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 do a bit

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.519
 of good

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 because I

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 wouldn't just

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 let God

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.980
 take care of

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 them

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 and trust

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 Him.

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 I wanted

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 to worry

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 and stress

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 and think

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 about all

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 the negative

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 possible

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 scenarios

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.380
 that could

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 happen.

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 Jesus is

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:24.000
 telling us

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 worry

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:28.460
 is useless

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 because it

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.879
 changes

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 nothing.

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 It helps

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 nothing.

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 It really

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.759
 only hurts.

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 It can't

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.420
 hurt us

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.039
 physically.

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 Make us

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 sick.

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 Make us

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.279
 have ulcers.

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 It hurts

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 us emotionally.

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 It hurts

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 the spirit

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 spiritually

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 because sooner

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.419
 or later

00:17:51.419 --> 00:17:51.859
 as Christians

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 we realize

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 we're not

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 trusting God.

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 We're

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 dishonoring

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 Him

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 which comes

00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.659
 to the next

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 thing.

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 Worry is

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.319
 unbelief

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 because it

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.319
 indicates our

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.819
 failure to

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 trust God.

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.000
 Look in

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 verse 31

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.039
 again.

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 Therefore

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 do not be

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 anxious

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 saying what

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 shall we eat

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 or what

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 shall we drink

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 or what

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 shall we wear

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 for the

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 Gentiles.

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 NIV says

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 the pagans.

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 Some

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.500
 translations

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 say the

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 unbelievers

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 seek after

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 all these

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 things

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 and your

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 heavenly

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 Father

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 knows

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 that you

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 need them

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 all.

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 Let me

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 just throw

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 in from

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 last week.

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 Worry is

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 not the same

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.079
 thing as

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 concern.

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 Nowhere does

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 the Bible

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.599
 say we

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 should be

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.980
 unconcerned.

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 Don't care.

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 Be detached.

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 Be unemotionally

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 involved in

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 life and

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 people around

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 you.

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 No.

00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:51.960
 Jesus was

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 fully involved

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.019
 in life.

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 Jesus was

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 very concerned

00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:55.960
 about people.

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 Jesus wept

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 at times.

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 Jesus parted

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 with his

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 friends at

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 times.

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 Jesus got

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 mad at

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 times and

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 confronted and

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 really went

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 at those

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 hypocritical

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.259
 Pharisees who

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 opposed him.

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 Worry

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 literally means

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 to be divided,

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 to be pulled

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 apart.

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 Jesus addressed

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 the sin of

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 worry immediately

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 after he had

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 said what you

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 read in verse

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 24 about no

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 one can serve

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 two masters.

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 Look at it

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 real quickly.

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 He says no

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 one can serve

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 two masters

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 for either he

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 will hate the

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 one and love

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 the other or

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 he will be

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 devoted to the

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 one and

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 despise the

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 other.

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 You cannot

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 serve God

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 and money.

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 Therefore,

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 I tell you,

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 do not be

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 anxious about

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 your life.

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 Jesus was

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 saying,

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 you cannot

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 be my

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 disciple.

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 You can't

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 live a

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 Christian life

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 unless you

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 have a

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 single-minded

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 devotion to

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 God.

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 You've got

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 to seek

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 him and

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 his will

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 above all

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 other things.

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 worry is a

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 sign that

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 we're divided.

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 Worry in

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 our mind.

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 Worry is a

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 sign that we

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 don't really

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 trust God

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 completely.

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 We trust

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 him some

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 but not

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 a hundred

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 percent.

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 My boys

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 were out.

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 I had a

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 good theology

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 and intellectually

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 I did trust

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 God, no

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:38.559
 doubts, but I

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 was divided.

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 I didn't

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 trust him

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 completely.

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 Jesus is

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 saying when

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 we do that

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 kind of

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 stuff, when

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 we worry

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 like this,

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 we're a

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 living life,

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 acting like

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 an unbeliever.

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 We're not

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 acting like

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 children of

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 God.

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 If we have

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 God as our

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 heavenly

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 father, if

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 we really

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 know we're

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 his children,

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 we should

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 trust that he

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 can and is

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 able to take

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 care of us

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 and our

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 situations and

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 our family,

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 how do you

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.919
 respond to the

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:17.379
 stressful situations

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:19.379
 that you have to

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:19.819
 deal with?

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 Do you

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.439
 trust your

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 heavenly father

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.919
 as Jesus talks

00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.299
 about here?

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.179
 Do you pray?

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 As Paul told

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.000
 us, that's the

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 thing we need to

00:21:32.459 --> 00:21:33.099
 do instead of

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 worry, pray.

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 Do you trust

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.680
 God's will is

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.299
 best?

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 Now that's

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.559
 hard.

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.279
 It's one

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.720
 thing to

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.400
 trust God.

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:47.319
 It's one

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.420
 thing to pray

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:50.019
 and ask God

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 to work in

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 your life.

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 But what

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 if God's

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.120
 will is

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 something that

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 you don't

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 like, that

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 you don't

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 want, that

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 it's the

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.299
 opposite of

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.620
 what you're

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.480
 praying about?

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:06.000
 Are you

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.460
 willing to

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.819
 be like

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.779
 Jesus as

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.360
 he prayed in

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.900
 the garden of

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.559
 Gethsemane?

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.779
 As he's

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:13.019
 looking, looking

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.740
 at the next

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.400
 few hours, he's

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 going to be

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 arrested, he's

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 going to be

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 tortured, he's

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 going to be

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.900
 executed, he's

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.000
 going to be

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.319
 put on that

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.720
 cross?

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:20.920
 Jesus says,

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.460
 if it's possible

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:21.940
 that this cup

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.779
 pass from me,

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.500
 this cup of

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.960
 suffering,

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.319
 nevertheless, not

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.380
 my will, but

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.240
 your will be

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.559
 done.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.099
 That's what

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.860
 Jesus prayed.

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.420
 God's will was

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.060
 hard.

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.660
 I think it's

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.240
 very important

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.900
 as we talk

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.320
 about these

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.580
 kind of

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.820
 things, about

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.279
 don't worry,

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.880
 trust God,

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.860
 don't worry,

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.900
 pray.

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.920
 Jesus is not

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.779
 saying that if

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.980
 you don't

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.560
 worry and you

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.320
 do trust God

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.700
 and you do

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.539
 pray, he's

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.160
 not saying all

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.600
 will work out

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:50.880
 the way you

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.300
 want it to.

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.920
 I want to

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.480
 repeat a quote

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.160
 from a guy by

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.480
 the name of

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.380
 Joe Thorne

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.759
 from last

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.960
 week, because

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.700
 I think it's

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:01.779
 vitally important

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.019
 that we

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.879
 understand this

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.359
 as we think

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.019
 about not

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.819
 worrying, as we

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.160
 think about

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.119
 praying, think

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.720
 about trusting

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.319
 God, we need

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.720
 to understand what

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.440
 that does mean

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.700
 and what it

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.359
 does not mean.

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.899
 He does a

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.759
 great way, he

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.619
 describes that in

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.039
 a good way.

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.599
 Look at it.

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.359
 God does not

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.180
 promise to rid

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.879
 your life of

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.579
 affliction and

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.059
 difficulty.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.039
 Some people will

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.680
 say that God

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.259
 will do that.

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.940
 Some people say

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.879
 if you just pray

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.960
 the right prayer,

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.500
 have the right

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.960
 kind of faith,

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.460
 God will do

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.619
 that.

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.440
 That's a lie.

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.379
 That is something

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.260
 that the devil

00:23:30.260 --> 00:23:31.200
 came up with

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.020
 and put in

00:23:32.020 --> 00:23:33.320
 some, probably

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.820
 well-meaning

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.840
 Christian's mind,

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.240
 that's just

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.480
 designed to hurt

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.340
 us, to hinder

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:40.160
 us, to weaken

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.220
 our relationship

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.720
 with the Lord.

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.220
 God does not

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.880
 promise to rid

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.460
 your life of

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.020
 affliction and

00:23:45.020 --> 00:23:45.480
 difficulty.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.380
 He does,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.400
 however, often

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.160
 to give you,

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.200
 offer to give

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.980
 you the grace

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.160
 needed to suffer

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.120
 well.

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.740
 It isn't wrong

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.600
 to ask God to

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.280
 relieve you of

00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:55.860
 your pain.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.300
 Certainly it's

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:58.760
 not wrong.

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.280
 We should.

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.700
 But it is

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.340
 more important

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.900
 that in the

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.620
 midst of the

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.280
 pain, you

00:24:04.280 --> 00:24:05.060
 rely on the

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.620
 promise of

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.320
 God to work

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:07.260
 such experiences

00:24:07.260 --> 00:24:08.300
 for His glory

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:09.760
 and your good.

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.180
 To use these

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.120
 times as a

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:13.060
 means of

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:14.280
 perfecting your

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:16.100
 faith, strengthening

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:17.940
 your spirit, and

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.020
 transforming your

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.260
 life in such a

00:24:20.260 --> 00:24:20.960
 way that you are

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.820
 becoming more

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.800
 like Jesus.

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.740
 That's really

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.700
 God's goal for

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.080
 us.

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:28.100
 And the fact

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.540
 is,

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.200
 the way that

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.759
 we become

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.539
 like Jesus

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:34.500
 sometimes requires

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.700
 hardship,

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.220
 suffering,

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.559
 pain.

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.700
 Jesus tells us

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.039
 there's a better

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.759
 way to respond to

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.440
 life's hardships

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.000
 and uncertainties

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.659
 than to worry.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.220
 Let's look at the

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.659
 next thing.

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.740
 The alternative to

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.200
 worry in verses

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.399
 33 and 34.

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.539
 Paul last week

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.240
 said it was to

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.659
 pray.

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.659
 Jesus expands

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.019
 that.

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.639
 He says,

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.259
 first of all,

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.720
 live with the

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.619
 right priorities.

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.200
 Look at verse

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.639
 33.

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.400
 Seek first the

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.980
 kingdom of God

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.220
 and His

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.660
 righteousness.

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.759
 The kingdom of

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.319
 God is the

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.200
 rule of God.

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.740
 In relation to

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.420
 us, it means

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.240
 that God rules

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.339
 or reigns over

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.240
 our lives.

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.859
 What that means,

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.960
 I think one way

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.339
 to think about

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.940
 this is this.

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.559
 We need to seek

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.359
 to know and do

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.259
 the will of God

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.799
 as the first

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.519
 priority of our

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.799
 life.

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:20.180
 We need to

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.680
 seek to know

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.399
 and do God's

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:24.539
 will, His way,

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.759
 under His

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:29.419
 authority, as the

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:31.039
 first priority of

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.359
 our life.

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.480
 That implies we

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.159
 have a relationship

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.859
 with God as our

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.460
 Heavenly Father.

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.359
 See, Jesus is, in

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.839
 the Sermon on the

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.279
 Mount, He's

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.720
 teaching us, talk

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.619
 to God in prayer

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.500
 and call Him your

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.139
 Heavenly Father.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.940
 Matthew 6, beginning

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.779
 in verse 9.

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.519
 He's used this

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.039
 phrase, your

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.880
 Heavenly Father,

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.880
 several times in

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.820
 this passage we've

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.140
 read.

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.759
 Jesus is saying,

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.500
 seek first the

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.220
 kingdom of God,

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.580
 but make sure He is

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.279
 your Father.

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.820
 That only comes

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.440
 through faith in

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.720
 Jesus.

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.660
 If you don't have a

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.279
 relationship with

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.920
 God like this, I

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.559
 encourage you to

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.600
 begin one now.

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.299
 By admitting to

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.320
 God you don't have

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.759
 it, you don't

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.400
 really know Him.

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.640
 Turn from your

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:16.980
 sin.

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.880
 Put your trust in

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.759
 Jesus Christ as

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.500
 your Savior.

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.000
 Trusting that He

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.700
 died on the cross

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.799
 for your sins.

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.080
 If you need to

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:27.480
 come to Christ, call

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.140
 upon Him to save

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:29.420
 you this moment.

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.299
 And the Scripture

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.320
 says, whoever calls

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:32.779
 on the name of the

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.880
 Lord will be saved.

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.840
 So do that.

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.160
 But as a Christian

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:40.180
 now, what are the

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.220
 top priorities in

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.700
 your life?

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.400
 There's a lot of

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.880
 things that will be

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.519
 on the list.

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.240
 And I want you to

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.620
 understand, Jesus is

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.619
 not teaching us in

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.500
 this passage when He

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.199
 says don't worry

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:50.179
 about what you eat

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.839
 and drink and wear

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.259
 and all this kind

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.579
 of stuff.

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.619
 He's not telling us

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.739
 to never think about

00:26:54.739 --> 00:26:56.000
 or plan how we're

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.379
 going to live in

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.879
 this world.

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.500
 He is not condemning

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.059
 anyone who's concerned

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.079
 about making a living,

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.000
 taking care of your

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:06.399
 family, and those

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.500
 kind of practical

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.179
 things.

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.240
 things.

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.960
 The Bible is filled

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:14.100
 with examples and

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.299
 Proverbs is filled

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.060
 with all kinds of

00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:17.120
 little sayings.

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.720
 And there's other

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:21.019
 teachings in the Bible.

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.380
 Paul talks about it

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.560
 quite a bit, actually,

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.039
 in some of his

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.440
 letters.

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.420
 There's a lot of

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.100
 things in the Bible

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.460
 that stresses the

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.680
 importance of work.

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.740
 If you don't work,

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.279
 you don't eat.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.779
 Save, invest, take

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.519
 care of your family.

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.320
 It's your responsibility

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:37.180
 to take care of your

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.580
 family.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:40.100
 Give to people in

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.740
 need.

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.380
 Recognize truly needy

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.420
 people around you

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:47.120
 and help them.

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.500
 It's our responsibility

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.220
 as Christians.

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.420
 God calls us to

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.860
 recognize all these

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.500
 kind of things.

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.500
 They are important.

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.980
 But we need to

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.299
 recognize God gives

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.100
 us these things,

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.759
 gives us these

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.900
 abilities, and we're

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.060
 supposed to wisely

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:04.440
 manage what God

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.600
 gives us.

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:07.279
 But as important as

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.839
 all this kind of

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.500
 stuff is, like

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.500
 working and saving

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.139
 and giving and all

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.699
 this kind of stuff,

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.779
 that's not the

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:15.119
 ultimate priority.

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.119
 Seeking after all

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.919
 these things should

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:21.379
 not displace knowing

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:24.480
 and loving God and

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.799
 doing His will in the

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:28.259
 details of life.

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.619
 Seeking first the

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.559
 kingdom of God, His

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.859
 righteousness, His

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:35.500
 holiness, living a

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.659
 life characterized

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:42.639
 by love and joy and

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.579
 peace and patience and

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.440
 kindness and goodness

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.259
 and faithfulness and

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.299
 gentleness and self-control,

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.440
 living a life of loving

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.279
 people and meeting

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.480
 people's needs, living a

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.579
 holy life ourselves.

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:55.980
 This should be a top

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.960
 priority, that as we

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.159
 work and take care of

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.379
 our family and help

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.619
 people and give and

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.899
 serve God, we should do

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:04.019
 it all in a way that

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.960
 we're seeking to honor

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:07.399
 God, to do His will, to

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.859
 serve other people in

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:11.879
 His name, to do what we

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.000
 do for His glory.

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.859
 We can put it that way.

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.559
 We will never overcome

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.779
 worry unless we make our

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.939
 relationship with God our

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:20.299
 first priority in life.

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.819
 There's just no other

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.099
 way.

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.519
 Let's look at one more

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.720
 thing Jesus said as an

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.440
 alternative to worry.

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.259
 Look at verse 34.

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.899
 Live one day at a time.

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.299
 Live one day at a time.

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.159
 That's just something that

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.000
 would help us all if we'd

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.000
 think about it and

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.899
 actually try to do it,

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.220
 wouldn't it?

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:38.059
 Now when you say, He says

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.720
 verse 34, look at it one

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.099
 more time.

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.200
 Therefore do not be

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.019
 anxious about tomorrow,

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.279
 for tomorrow be anxious

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.159
 for itself.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.759
 Sufficient for the day is

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.399
 its own trouble.

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.440
 Now when Jesus says things

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.220
 like that, He does not

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.539
 mean don't plan for

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.960
 tomorrow.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.380
 He doesn't mean don't

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.600
 ever think about tomorrow,

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.299
 don't ever think about

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.779
 the future, don't ever

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.079
 plan.

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.940
 He's not saying that.

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:02.079
 The Apostle Paul was a

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.360
 detailed planner.

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.860
 If you have any doubts,

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.680
 read for example his

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.500
 letter to the Romans, the

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.120
 book of Romans chapter 1,

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.900
 if you want to write it

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.819
 down, Romans 1, 8 through

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.360
 13.

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:19.099
 In Romans chapter 15,

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:21.159
 verses 20 through 29.

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:24.319
 Paul made detailed plans

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.259
 about what he was going to

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.179
 do in the future.

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:28.500
 About going to Spain,

00:30:28.979 --> 00:30:30.559
 going to Rome, and have

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.740
 those Christians help him

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.299
 become his home church,

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.159
 become his sending church.

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.919
 But Paul always knew, and

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:39.000
 he said this in a lot of

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.039
 his letters, that his plans

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.799
 were subject to change if

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.639
 that was not what God

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.000
 planned.

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.220
 Paul would sometimes say

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.660
 things like, if the Lord

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:50.480
 wills, or if the Lord

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:52.779
 permits, he's going to do

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.380
 this or do that.

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.960
 But know what Jesus says

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.480
 about tomorrow.

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.440
 Don't be anxious about it.

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.160
 Don't stress over it.

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.380
 Max Lucado has some helpful

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:06.980
 comments about what Jesus

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.359
 said.

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.480
 He says, God will help you

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.859
 to deal with whatever hard

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:13.579
 things come up when the time

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.359
 comes.

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:16.419
 And then he goes on to give

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:18.879
 some advice with an emphasis

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:21.259
 on this phrase, when the time

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.720
 comes.

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.480
 Look at it.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:25.199
 To the lady who says, I don't

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:27.039
 know what I'll do if my

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.240
 husband dies.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:32.759
 Lucado responds, you will when

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:34.139
 the time comes.

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:38.039
 To the parent who says, when my

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:40.399
 children leave the house, I

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:42.639
 don't think that I can take it.

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:45.640
 Lucado responds, it won't be

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.800
 easy, but strength will arrive

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:51.500
 when the time comes.

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.780
 Then he makes one more

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:53.100
 statement.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.800
 The key is this.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.640
 Meet today's problems with

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.920
 today's strength.

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:01.540
 Don't start tackling tomorrow's

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:02.980
 problems until tomorrow.

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.460
 You do not have tomorrow's

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.780
 strength yet.

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:10.019
 You simply have enough for

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.539
 today.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.599
 We need to learn to live one

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.180
 day at a time.

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:19.079
 Plan for the future, but

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:21.259
 understand you don't really

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.879
 know what's going to happen

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.220
 tomorrow.

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:25.000
 So we've got to trust God and

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.079
 make all our plans with a

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.599
 phrase, with the understanding,

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:30.000
 if the Lord wills.

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:32.579
 Worry is a temptation for all

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:35.480
 of us, but it's never a

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.259
 solution to our problems.

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.900
 Never a solution to the

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.740
 things that hurt us that we

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.759
 fear in life.

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:47.759
 Keep in mind, Jesus did not

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.259
 say, don't care.

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.579
 Don't be concerned.

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:54.099
 But he did say, do not worry.

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:56.899
 The solution to our problem

00:32:56.899 --> 00:33:00.439
 and the actual sin of worry

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:02.379
 is to trust God.

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.259
 I mean, that sounds simple,

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.000
 but that's true.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.919
 Trust God.

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.459
 He knows what we need.

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.519
 He knows when we need it.

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.480
 And he is our sovereign God

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.179
 and heavenly Father who can

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:17.899
 meet that need and will at the

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.579
 right time.

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.279
 Number two, develop the right

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.939
 priorities.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:26.019
 Make God his will, serving

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:28.180
 his purpose, the first

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:30.000
 priority of your life, and

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:31.080
 then live one day at a time.

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.279
 You know, bottom line is

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.440
 that's all we can do anyway.

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.920
 We just make life more

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:39.100
 stressful when we don't live

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.779
 one day at a time.

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.059
 This is the way that Jesus

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.140
 teaches us to worry.

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.860
 It's the only way that will

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:49.220
 work, but it will only work

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.279
 in the life of a person who

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.960
 has a real relationship with

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.180
 God as their heavenly Father.

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:58.700
 So as we end, I want to

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.319
 encourage you.

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:03.160
 Make sure that you know God

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.160
 as your heavenly Father.

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.420
 Make sure that you have a

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.899
 right relationship with him

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:10.239
 if you're a Christian as your

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.940
 heavenly Father.

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.539
 Let's pray together.

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.340
 Father, thank you for not

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.559
 leaving us in this world and

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.699
 telling us just do the best we

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.000
 can.

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 But thank you for promising

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 always to be with us, to

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 never leave us nor forsake

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 us.

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 Help us to trust you in that.

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 Help us to learn to bring all

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 of our concerns to you in

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 prayer.

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 Help us, Father, to make you

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 knowing, loving, serving you,

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 and doing your will our first

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 priority above all else.

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 Help us, Father, to learn to

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 take everything one day at a

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 time.

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 Help us, Father, to not give in

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 to the temptation to worry.

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 And, Father, as we seek to

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 obey you, we trust that you

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 will give us the peace that is

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 beyond comprehension, that you

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 promise to your people, that you

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 promise to give us in place of

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 worry when we come to you the

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 right way.

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 So now, in an attitude of

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 prayer, you listen to the Lord

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 and you obey Him and do what

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 He's telling you to do and

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 leave here better prepared to

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 not worry this week.

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 If I could pray with you, I'll

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 be here at the front, I would be

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 happy to do that.

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 You come.

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 You're in the next few

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 minutes.

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 What do we do?

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 I O prelude it now.

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 You hold.

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 Let's take care of myself.

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 I thinkible times we take all

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 this week with можно into

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 details.

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 You'll be happy to olduğ Diego

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 and I will remember something

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 about you.

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 You husband, baby.

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 Take care of yourself.

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 Bur Sü are...

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 I'm going.

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...

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 Know what We do.

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 Thank you,33.

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 Maybe we read this moment.

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 And I hope that you

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 can all love that, I hope that

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 I'm trying to review.

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 You'll be the right인데,

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 and we will be the right

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 Young, because maybe when

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 Go ahead, man where

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 the fact is right.

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 You can see you.

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 We'll follow the answer

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 and save this week with

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 iceberg.

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 The CAP that

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 us.