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 The scripture reading today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 12.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 And he said to his disciples,

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 For this reason I say to you,

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 Do not worry about your life as to what you will eat,

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 nor for your body as to what you will put on.

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 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

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 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap.

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 They have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them.

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 How much more valuable you are than the birds.

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 And which of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to his lifespan?

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 If then you cannot do even a very little thing,

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 why do you worry about other matters?

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 Consider the lilies, how they grow.

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 They neither toil nor spin.

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 But I tell you, not even Solomon, in all his glory,

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 clothed himself like one of these.

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 But if God so clothes the grass of the field,

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 which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace,

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 how much more will he clothe you, you men of little faith?

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 And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink,

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 and do not keep worrying.

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 For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek.

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 But your Father knows that you need these things,

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 but seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

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 Do not be afraid, little flock,

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 for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

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 Sell your possessions and give to charity.

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 Make yourself money belts, which do not wear out.

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 An unfailing treasure in heaven,

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 where no thief comes nor moth destroys.

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.

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 This is the reading of God's word.

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 You may be seated.

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 How you guys doing today?

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 Let's try it one more time, please, please.

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 Is everybody okay?

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 Yeah.

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 Okay.

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 It's very quiet.

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 Wow, we have...

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 If you're here for the first time in this room,

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 we haven't been here for like two weeks,

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 so it's kind of weird being back in here to see everybody,

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 and it's just interesting to be here as opposed to the gymnasium.

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 I still don't know what I think about the gym,

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 but God keeps providing those places for us,

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 which is amazing.

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 So we are...

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 If this is your first time here,

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 and you haven't been here the last two weeks,

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 we're stuck in a landmine field.

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 I talked about two weeks ago about being in Cambodia and walking through a landmine in 1989 or so,

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 and walking through the minefield.

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 And we're in Luke 12,

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 and we're talking about the minefield that we walk through in our lives.

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 And we said that two weeks ago that one of the minds that Jesus points out,

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 one of the things that he doesn't want us to fall on or step in or enter into our life

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 was the leaven of the Pharisees,

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 which is hypocrisy.

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 We talked about hypocrisy being this idea of fearing man more than we fear God,

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 wearing a mask.

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 And we talked about how we all struggle with that in our lives,

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 in different places.

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 Maybe not at church, but maybe at home.

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 Maybe not at home, but maybe in the office.

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 Maybe someplace that we all struggle with those things.

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 Last week, we talked about a different minefield.

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 We talked about the idea of covetousness and greed

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 and how we view our stuff.

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 And we asked some questions.

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 If you weren't here last week, you missed it.

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 We gave out $100 bills, U.S., to everybody.

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 We gave out money, so you missed $100.

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 It was amazing.

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 But we wrote on those $100 bills.

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 On the back of it, we wrote the passage, John 12, 21.

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 We wrote, self or God?

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 And the question was, what are we living for?

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 What are we building up for?

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 What are we investing in?

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 Are we investing in ourself or in God?

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 And then I asked this question,

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 which people have been getting back to me a lot this week.

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 I said this.

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 I said, if God were a venture capitalist

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 and he were to look at your life

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 and everything that he invested in your life,

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 money, time, health, where you were born,

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 when you were born, connections,

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 if he looked at all those things that he invested in your life

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 and the only outcome that he was expecting

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 were things in the kingdom of God,

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 if he were to look at your life,

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 were you or are you a good investment?

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 Has God lost money on you?

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 Or have you been a good investment for the kingdom of God?

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 And this week, we're going to continue in this minefield

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 in an area I think is probably the biggest mine.

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 It is the biggest mine for me,

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 so I'll just be really honest with you.

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 And as I was thinking of this minefield,

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 this story came to mind,

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 and I want to read it for you.

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 One day, an American businessman

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 was at a pier of a small coastal Mexican village

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 when a small boat with just one fisherman docked inside.

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 Docked.

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 Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.

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 The American complimented the Mexican fisherman

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 on the quality of the fish,

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 and he asked how long it took for him to catch them.

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 The fisherman replied,

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 well, only a little while.

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 The American then asked him,

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 well, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more fish?

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 And the fisherman said that he had enough

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 to support his family's immediate needs.

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 And the businessman said,

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 well, what then do you do with the rest of your time?

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 And the fisherman said,

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 well, I sleep late.

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 I fish a little.

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 I play with my children.

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 I take siesta with my wife, Maria.

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 We walk around the village in the evenings

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 where I drink wine.

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 I play guitar with my amigos.

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 I have a full and busy life, senor.

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 I was going to do that in a Mexican accent,

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 but it probably sounded like an Indian accent.

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 So I just figured, forget it, okay?

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 The businessman scoffed at him,

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 and he said,

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 no wonder you guys are such a mess down here.

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 I was going to pick on the Harvard guys again,

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 but I changed it,

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 so I sent you to Stanford.

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 I'm a Stanford MBA,

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 and I can really help you.

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 First, you should spend more time fishing,

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 and with the proceeds,

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 you should buy a bigger boat.

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 Second, with the proceeds from the bigger boat,

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 you should go back and buy several boats.

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 Eventually, you'll have a fleet of fishing boats,

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 like on that TV show.

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 Then instead of just selling your catch to a middleman,

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 you could sell directly to the processor.

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 Before you know it,

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 you'll eventually open up your own cannery down here.

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 Then you control the product,

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 the processing, and the distribution,

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 and then the money would start to roll into your bank

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 in ways you could never believe before.

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 You then probably need to leave this small coastal village

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 to someplace like Mexico City,

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 or then to L.A.,

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 and then eventually to New York,

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 and there you would run your expanding multinational company.

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 The fisherman asked,

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 but senor,

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 senor,

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 how long will all this improvement take?

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 The businessman replied,

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 well, if you're lucky,

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 probably 15 to 20 years,

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 but in the end,

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 it's all going to be worth it.

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 The fisherman asked,

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 but then what do I do, senor?

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 The businessman laughed,

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 well, this is the best part of all,

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 because when you've gotten your company

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 in this huge place,

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 then you offer a stock offering

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 for your amazing company,

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 and you're going to sell your company stock in public,

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 and you're going to become massively rich.

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 You're going to make a buttload of money.

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 You're going to be so rich,

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 you're not going to believe it.

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 Millions of dollars.

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 Millions of dollars, senor?

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 Wow.

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 Then what?

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 The businessman said,

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 well, then,

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 you can finally get to retire.

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 You can move to a small coastal village,

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 fishing,

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 where you would sleep late,

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 fish a little,

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 play with your kids,

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 take a siesta with your wife, Maria,

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 stroll to the village on the evenings

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 where you could sip wine

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 and play the guitar with your amigo,

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 the life you've always wanted.

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 Uh-huh.

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 Jesus talks a lot in this passage

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 about the things that we worry about

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 in the things of the world,

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 and he warns us to not go after

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 the things of the world

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 the way that the world does.

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 We're in chapter 12,

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 and we're looking at this scene in your bulletin,

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 and there are about 10,000 people

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 surrounding Jesus.

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 I mean, it is out of control.

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 And in the midst of these conversations,

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 because I'm seeing him talk about the Pharisees

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 and talk about life and meaning and truth,

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 all of a sudden, in verse 22,

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 he turns to his disciples,

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 and in a very gentle,

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 in Greek, it's very gentle,

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 very nurturing.

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 He's not peeping them at all.

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 He's not criticizing them.

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 He's very gently, fatherly,

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 coming to them,

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 and he's offering a warning to them,

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 a really personal warning,

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 which I think most of us need to hear.

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 In verse 22,

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 the text says this,

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 and he said to his disciples,

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 for this reason I say to you,

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 do not worry about your life

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 as to what you will eat,

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 nor for your body

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 as to what you shall put on it.

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 I talked last week about sometimes,

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 you know, you get to hear

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 30 minutes of the sermon,

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 and then you run away,

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 and you forget it at dim sum,

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 but God keeps hammering it into me

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 these weeks,

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 and usually Saturday night,

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 I lay out on my bed

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 the sermon sheets,

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 and I come back,

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 and I come back and forth,

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 and read it,

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 and think about it,

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 and pray about it.

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 Does this make sense?

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 What's a good illustration there?

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 What do I need to say here?

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 And so last night,

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 I was sitting in the bed,

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 looking through the notes,

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 praying through today,

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 and Rachel,

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 my 12-year-old,

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 came in,

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 and she said,

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 you know,

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 I had this present for you

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 for Father's Day,

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 but I forgot to give it to you.

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 No lie.

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 I said, okay, great.

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 I really appreciate that.

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 And so she brought this book to me,

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 and it's the Don't Sweat It Guide for Dads.

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 Stop stressing and worrying

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 from getting in the way

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 in what really matters in your life.

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 And I looked at her and said,

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 Rachel, do I worry a lot?

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 She said, come on, Dad.

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 You worry a ton.

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 Not just working on it,

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 but even from your kids, right?

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 And so you get that.

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 So in verse 23,

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 Jesus says to his disciples,

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 don't worry about your life,

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 about what you're going to eat

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 and what you're going to drink.

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 He goes on in verse 25,

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 and which of you,

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 by worrying,

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 again,

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 and this idea of worry

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 basically means

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 to torment yourself,

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 to be harsh.

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 It actually has this imagery

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 of you're running

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 and dogs are chasing you

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 and they're biting on you

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 and they're tearing pieces

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 away from you.

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 And he's saying,

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 don't worry.

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 Don't be anxious.

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 Don't worry about

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 what you're going to care for.

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 Don't be overly concerned

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 about these things.

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 Do not,

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 verse 29,

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 do not seek what you will eat

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 and what you will drink

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 and do not keep worrying.

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 Verse 33,

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 he says,

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 do not be afraid,

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 little flock.

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 This is one of my favorite verses.

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 For your father

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 has gladly chosen

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 to give you

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 the kingdom of God.

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 What I want to talk today

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 really briefly

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 in our time

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 is just talking about

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 worry

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 and fear

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 and anxiety

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 and what it does

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 to our lives

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 and what it comes

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 into our lives

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 and how it affects us.

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 And I realize

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 as we talk about it,

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 some of us don't even know

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 why we worry,

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 how to stop it,

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 what it looks like

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 in our life.

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 And I want to look

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 at this passage

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 in other scriptures

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 and see how God,

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 how Christ addressed it

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 in our life

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 because I think

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 it is a major thing for us.

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 It's something

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 that we need to

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 get a handle on.

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 So what I want to look at

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 is I want to look at worry.

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 What is it?

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 What does the Bible

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 say about it?

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 Where?

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 Where does worry

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 come from in our lives

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 and how?

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 How do we know

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 that we're walking

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 into the landmine field?

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 How do we know

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 that we're going

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 to start to worry?

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 How do we prevent

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 ourselves from worrying?

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 The first thing

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 just is worry.

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 What is it?

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 Now often

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 when I think of worry

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 it's often easier

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 just to describe it

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 and point to somebody

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 and say they're worrying

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 instead of giving

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 a definition

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 because sometimes

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 definitions can be dry

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 or hard to understand

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 but in scripture

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 it's talked about

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 over and over

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 and over again

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 and pointed to

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 in illustrations

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 In fact,

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 I don't think we

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 think of worry

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 the way that

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 Jesus thinks of worry

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 because the Bible

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 talks of worry

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 in the same way

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 that it talks

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 about stealing.

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 The Bible

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 talks about worry

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 in the same way

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 that it talks

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 about lying.

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 The Bible

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 talks about worry

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 in the same way

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 it talks about

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 fornication.

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 In fact,

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 the Bible

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 talks about worry

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 more than it talks

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 about any other

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 thing at all.

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 The passages

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 say things like

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 do not worry,

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 do not fear,

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 do not be anxious,

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 and we walk

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 through our life

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 and we hear

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 those things

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 and we just wonder

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 what exactly

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 does that mean?

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 The dictionaries

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 I read over and over

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 says that worry

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 is our response

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 to the unknown.

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 Whether it's real

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 or imagined,

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 whether it's tangible

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 or potential,

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 often we worry

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 about things

00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:32.059
 that are ever

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 coming true.

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 One statistic

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 I read

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 said that only

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 8% of the things

00:14:36.699 --> 00:14:37.500
 that we worry about

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 actually happen

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:39.079
 in our lives.

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 8%.

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 50% of the things

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 never happen

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 because we're worried

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 in the future.

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 30% of the things

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 we worry about

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 are things that we did

00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:48.059
 in the future

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 and we're worried

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 about what's going

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 to happen with us

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 because we did

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 those things

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 and we can't

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 change them

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 at all.

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 The Mayo Clinic

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 said that 85%,

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.100
 the Mayo Clinic

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 is a very famous

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 hospital in the States,

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 it says that 85%

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 of all of their

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 caseloads,

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 85% of the patients

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 they see on a daily

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 basis struggle

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 with worry

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 and anxiety.

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 I was in a hospital,

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 worked in a trauma

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 unit for two years

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 and for some reason

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 in the middle

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 of this massive

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 emergency,

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 the doctor turned

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 to me and I will

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 never forget this

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 because he wasn't

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 a Christ follower

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 and he said,

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 Tobin,

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 if people could

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 get rid of worry

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 and guilt

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 and shame

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 in their lives,

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 75% of the people

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 would never walk

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 into the ER.

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 They would never

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 be here.

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 I did a quick

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 Google search

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 on fears

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 and worries.

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 You know that

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 there are 850 fears

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 and worries

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.759
 recognized by the

00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.639
 Journal of American

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 Medicine?

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 850.

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 I've put a couple

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 of them up here

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 for you to look at.

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 The first one

00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.039
 we have here

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 is Germanophobia.

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 You want to take

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 a guess at what

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 that is?

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 Mike, you want

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:02.860
 to stand up?

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.679
 Germanophobia,

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 it is the fear

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 of all things

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.659
 German.

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 Anything German,

00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.820
 if you're afraid

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.059
 of it,

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.320
 you're a Germanophobiac.

00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:15.100
 Photophobia

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:17.139
 is the fear

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:17.799
 of developing

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.399
 a phobia.

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 So if you're

00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:21.039
 afraid of being

00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:22.200
 afraid or becoming

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.100
 afraid or becoming

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.500
 worried,

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.720
 you have photophobia.

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 Euphobia,

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 it is the fear

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.960
 of hearing good

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:31.460
 news because

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.160
 you believe

00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.960
 that good news

00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:33.519
 is always

00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.460
 followed by bad

00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:35.879
 news and you

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.600
 don't want to hear

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.500
 the bad news

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.340
 and so you

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:39.980
 are a euphobiite,

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.280
 if that's even

00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:41.660
 a word.

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 And my favorite

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.320
 one of all

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:45.120
 is homilophobia.

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.000
 Anyone want to

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.340
 take a guess

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.879
 what that means?

00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:50.040
 The fear

00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:50.940
 of sermons.

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.300
 Nate,

00:16:54.420 --> 00:16:54.960
 you are right

00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.540
 on, dude.

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.720
 It's the fear

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.280
 of sermons.

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.360
 If you are

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.139
 afraid of coming

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.659
 in and listening,

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.059
 if you are

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:01.419
 afraid of doing

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.899
 sermons,

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:03.559
 you are homilophobia.

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.420
 Okay,

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.079
 so that's just

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.500
 for fun.

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.420
 But the AMA

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.059
 says that the

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.899
 worry and stress

00:17:08.899 --> 00:17:10.059
 is the largest

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.899
 health issue

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:12.039
 today in the West.

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.639
 The Greek word

00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.500
 for worry

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.000
 is actually

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.359
 a picture

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.000
 of a person's

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.960
 mind and the

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.940
 mind is torn

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.619
 between the real

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.440
 and the possible,

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:22.039
 between the potential

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.700
 and the immediate.

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.240
 That's what the

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.879
 picture says.

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.559
 It's a mind

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.220
 and the mind

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.539
 is getting

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.139
 torn apart

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.799
 between what's

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.480
 really happening

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.299
 and what could

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.679
 happen.

00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:31.059
 Worry is always

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.639
 about things

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.159
 we cannot

00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.740
 control.

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.720
 Worry and stress

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.960
 are our attempt

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.579
 to control

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.599
 the uncontrollable.

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:39.059
 When we worry

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.519
 and stress

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.000
 in our life,

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.919
 a lot of things

00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:41.559
 happen in us.

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.480
 Physiologically,

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.240
 our blood pressure

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.579
 rises.

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.799
 We develop this

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.599
 fight or flight

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:45.980
 syndrome.

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.700
 Our muscles

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.240
 get tense.

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.740
 Our breathing

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.299
 gets rapid.

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.379
 We're ready to fight

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.859
 or we're ready

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.460
 to run away.

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.879
 And what we realize

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.460
 in medicine

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.240
 is that this

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.019
 is not good.

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.899
 That your body

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.559
 should only stay

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:56.899
 like this

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.419
 for a very

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:58.319
 short period

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.720
 of time

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.440
 because if you

00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.259
 live in stress

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:00.839
 for a long

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.460
 period of time,

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.079
 you're going

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.759
 to destroy

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.619
 your body.

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:07.119
 Look at Hong Kong.

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:09.339
 We're told

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.200
 that in Hong Kong,

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.079
 one-third of the

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.919
 people have

00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:12.839
 high blood pressure

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.480
 and need to

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.119
 take meds.

00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:17.019
 We're told

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.679
 that the rates

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.419
 of hypertension

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.159
 are going off

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.579
 the chart.

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 One-third of the

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 people have ulcers

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 and they're taking

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 meds.

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 Strokes

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 and heart

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 attacks

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 are out

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 of control

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 and what

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 we see

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:26.980
 in our

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 culture

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 is that

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 fear is

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 killing us.

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 Worry

00:18:30.320 --> 00:18:30.920
 is killing

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 us.

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 It's hitting

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 these huge

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 burdens

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 on the

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 healthcare

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 system.

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 There's

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 psychological

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 fears of

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 mental illness.

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 There's

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 spiritual fears

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 of what

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 happens.

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 Often when

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 people are

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 worried,

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 they're anxious,

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 they describe

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 it as being

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 lost

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 or in

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 darkness

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 or hollow

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 or thin.

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 And all of

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 these things

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 point to the

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 fact that

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 worry and

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 fear and

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.579
 anxiety is

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 destroying our

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 lives.

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 And the

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.960
 Bible says

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 over and

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 over and

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 over again,

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 don't fear.

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 Don't be

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 anxious.

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 But if

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 we're honest,

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 all of us

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 fear in

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 some ways.

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 I wrote

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 out three

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 ways that

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 I fear.

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 I fear

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 of not

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 getting what

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 I want

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 or thinking

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 what I

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 need.

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 I need a

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 job.

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 I need a

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 new job.

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 We need a

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 new boss.

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 Will I ever

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 get one?

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 Will I ever

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 get married?

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 Will I ever

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.839
 have a spouse?

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 Will I ever

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 have kids?

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 What will my

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.059
 kids turn out

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.460
 to be like?

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 I need a

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 better home.

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 I need a

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 new car.

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 I want to

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 serve God.

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 Will I ever

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.839
 be able to

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 serve God?

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 Will I be

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 significant?

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 I don't know

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 if I'll

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 ever be

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 successful.

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 I don't know

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 if I'll

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 ever be

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 successful.

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 But I

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 need this.

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 And if I

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 don't get

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 it, my

00:19:49.239 --> 00:19:49.659
 life is

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 terrible.

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 Sometimes, if

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 we're honest,

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 we fear not

00:19:53.699 --> 00:19:54.619
 getting things

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.299
 or we fear

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.219
 getting what

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 we don't

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 want is

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 probably the

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 better way

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 to say it.

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 I'm afraid

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 I'm going

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 to get

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 fired.

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 I'm afraid

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 I'm going

00:20:03.219 --> 00:20:03.459
 to be made

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 redundant.

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 I'm afraid

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 I might get

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.339
 another ticket

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 and I can't

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.279
 afford to get

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.779
 another ticket.

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 I'm afraid

00:20:08.739 --> 00:20:09.159
 I'll have

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.679
 another bill

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:10.039
 come in

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 unexpectedly

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 and I can't

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.479
 afford to

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.839
 get another

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 bill.

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 I'm afraid

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:20.220
 I'm afraid

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.519
 that I'll

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 get cancer

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:23.720
 or a heart

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.099
 attack.

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 And I

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.380
 don't want

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 that whatsoever.

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 So we fear

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 about what

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.620
 we don't

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:29.819
 get.

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 We fear

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.519
 about getting

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 something that

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 we don't

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 want.

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 And sometimes,

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:33.900
 and this is the

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 one that freaks

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:34.779
 me out the

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.240
 most, if we're

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.019
 honest, sometimes

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.620
 we fear about

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.279
 getting something

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.039
 and then we

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.500
 lose it.

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 Have you ever

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 had that?

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 I mean,

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.059
 sometimes we

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.579
 fear things

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.640
 like, okay,

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.220
 I got a job

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.519
 but what if

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.019
 I get fired?

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.339
 I mean, I got

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.900
 kids but what if

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.339
 my kids don't

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:48.880
 turn out good?

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.220
 I finally got

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.759
 kids but what if

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.180
 I can't take

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.480
 care of them?

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.920
 What if I can't

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.460
 provide for them?

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.880
 What if I can't

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.339
 go to the right

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.660
 schools?

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.620
 I've got all

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.099
 these things but

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.400
 what if it

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.839
 doesn't work

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.559
 out right?

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.500
 I got married,

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:58.960
 I finally got

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.500
 married but what

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.299
 if they don't

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.680
 like me?

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.440
 What if they

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.980
 divorce me?

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.500
 I finally got

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:06.299
 this flat but I

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.880
 wonder how long

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.279
 I'm going to get

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.799
 to keep it?

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.359
 Am I going to

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.000
 keep it for one

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.180
 year or two

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.440
 years or how

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:12.819
 long am I going

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.220
 to get it?

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.680
 The fear of

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.299
 getting something

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.940
 you want and

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.319
 then losing it and

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.279
 all these fears,

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.079
 the scripture says,

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.000
 they point to our

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.000
 desires, our

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.200
 cores, our love,

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.259
 the very center of

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.559
 our heart.

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.639
 What you fear,

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.460
 what you worry

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.220
 about, the

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.039
 scripture says that

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.460
 is your idol,

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:33.680
 your God.

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:36.140
 the thing that

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.820
 controls you,

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.640
 that's what is at

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.380
 the center of who

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.480
 you are and you

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.539
 need to be careful

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.660
 of that because our

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:43.019
 culture in the world

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.840
 screams out all the

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.759
 time we walk into

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.700
 it, you need to have

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.480
 this, you need to do

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.380
 this, you shouldn't do

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.360
 this, you should have

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.180
 this, if you don't have

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.759
 this, you're not the

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.700
 right person, you need

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.360
 to get these things in

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.320
 your life and sometimes

00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:54.080
 I walk out of the

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:55.259
 door and I understand

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.200
 and I turn the TV on

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.360
 and I realize I'm not

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.000
 fearing about the

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.620
 right things.

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.180
 Sometimes I watch a TV

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.380
 show and I realize I

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.759
 should have been

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.279
 fearing that I was

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.660
 going to get this,

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.039
 I didn't even know

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.820
 I could get that.

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.019
 And our culture is

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.940
 set up in a way that

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.900
 anxieties and fears

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:12.940
 and stress are pressed

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:15.140
 on us by school, by

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:18.660
 work, by our homes, by

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:21.420
 our families, and

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:23.100
 sometimes even by our

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:23.700
 churches.

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:27.240
 And this passage says

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:29.000
 over and over and

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.539
 over again not to

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:33.259
 fear, not to worry,

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:35.360
 not to be anxious.

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.400
 So we know what fear

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.100
 is, we know what

00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.860
 worry is, it's the

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:40.240
 ability not to control

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.880
 our future, it's

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.960
 actually the ability not

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:43.100
 to be God.

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.140
 The next question we

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.840
 want to ask is where

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.420
 does it come from?

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.720
 Where does fear come

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.360
 from in our life?

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.420
 And the Bible says

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.759
 really clearly that fear

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.880
 comes from us wanting

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.420
 to control our lives.

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:57.840
 Fear, worry comes from

00:22:57.840 --> 00:23:02.620
 us not being God in our

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:05.239
 lives, not being in

00:23:05.239 --> 00:23:05.639
 control.

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.739
 In the beginning we

00:23:06.739 --> 00:23:08.399
 see really clearly in

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:09.539
 the garden that you and

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.500
 I were made in the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.219
 image of God.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:14.799
 But that fractured when

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.919
 we wanted to be God.

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:20.719
 We wanted to be like

00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.019
 Him.

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.379
 And that stamp of

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:24.179
 eternity that was on

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:26.539
 our heart, it's still

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:26.839
 there.

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.500
 And we're walking

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.639
 through life and we

00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.659
 have these fears and we

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.920
 have these wonders and

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.800
 we wonder why can't we

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.580
 be in control?

00:23:35.040 --> 00:23:35.940
 Why aren't we in

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.300
 control?

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.880
 What's happening in our

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.240
 world?

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:40.880
 Why won't God allow me to

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.240
 do the things that I want

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.580
 to do?

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.640
 Why can't I do those

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.820
 things?

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.000
 And one of the things you

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.380
 see in Scripture is that

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.519
 you and I were given

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.580
 responsibility.

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.000
 We're given responsibility

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.019
 to go out into the world

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.800
 and subdue the world.

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.340
 We're given responsibility

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:55.380
 to work and keep the

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.640
 garden.

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:57.240
 We're given responsibility

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.080
 to name the animals.

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.940
 We're given responsibility

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:00.600
 to order our world.

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:02.360
 But when sin came in and

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.539
 it fractured all those

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:05.059
 things, we lost control.

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.539
 But for most of us, we

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.360
 still want that control.

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.820
 And so what we try to do

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.920
 in our lives is we try to

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.019
 accumulate stuff.

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.900
 We try to accumulate

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.440
 titles.

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 We try to accumulate

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 power.

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 We try to accumulate

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 things that we feel like

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 are going to give us

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 control.

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 And we get anxious and we

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 worry when we don't get

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:27.019
 those things.

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 And the Bible says to you

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 and me today, and I'm

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.140
 speaking to myself, that

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.220
 control is an illusion.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:42.600
 Being in control is an

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:42.900
 illusion.

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 The passage says that you,

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:47.220
 by your worrying, can't even

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:49.740
 add a couple inches onto your

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 height.

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 You, by worrying, verse 25,

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 can't even add a couple hours

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 to your life.

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 And so all the things we

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.899
 worry about, all the things

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:03.419
 we try to control, Scripture

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.759
 says that all of these

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.779
 things are for naught.

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 It will never work.

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:12.959
 In fact, worry and fear is

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:14.239
 basically us saying we don't

00:25:14.239 --> 00:25:15.000
 trust God.

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 And we don't trust Him to be

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.799
 God in our lives.

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 This Wednesday, I got this

00:25:21.739 --> 00:25:22.139
 call.

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 I wasn't expecting this call.

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 And a guy had died, and they

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:25.259
 asked me to do the funeral.

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 I didn't know them.

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 I walked into the family.

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 They were a very nice

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.259
 looking family, and you could

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.779
 tell there was a small funeral

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 in North Point.

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 And I walked in on Wednesday,

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:39.640
 11 o'clock, and you saw the

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.980
 20 people, and you saw

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.559
 sadness.

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 You saw worry.

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 You saw fear.

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 You saw anxiety.

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 And I looked at these people,

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 and I realized that this is

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 what this passage is talking

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.720
 about.

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 The death of funeral is our

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:08.220
 great object lesson.

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 That when we walk into a

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:13.099
 funeral, we realize really

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:15.039
 quickly that our lives are not

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.899
 in our control.

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 And no matter what we do,

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.299
 no matter how we act, no

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.799
 matter what we accumulate, no

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:23.940
 matter who we know, we can't

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:25.059
 stop that moment.

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 And the scripture says you

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:31.019
 cannot, and you cannot do that

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:33.079
 by worrying or fear or anxiety.

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 It just won't go away.

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 So the next question I have to

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.519
 ask ourself is how?

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.140
 How do we get rid of the fear?

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 How do we get rid of the worry?

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 How do I know when I'm walking

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:50.000
 down that path, and I'm going to

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.880
 end into that worry?

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.720
 What does it look like in my life

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.440
 when I start to worry, and how do

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:58.119
 I move and deviate myself from

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.720
 those worries?

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 And Jesus loves us so much in his

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.200
 word.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.819
 He doesn't just say, do this.

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 But he gives us his word pictures

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.779
 of his goodness and his grace in

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.319
 our life.

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.740
 As Jesus says in verse 24, if you

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.799
 look at your bulletin, this is what

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.639
 he says for us.

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:18.119
 Consider the ravens, for they neither

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.299
 sow nor reap.

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:21.279
 They have no storeroom or barn, and

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.159
 yet God feeds them.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:24.200
 How much more valuable are you than

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.720
 the birds?

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.879
 Which of you, by worrying, could add

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:30.220
 a single cubit to his lifespan?

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.639
 If then you cannot do even a very

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.960
 little thing, why do you worry

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.860
 about other matters?

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:37.120
 Consider the lilies.

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:40.660
 Jesus' lesson for us, Jesus' message

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:43.020
 for us today on how we know and what

00:27:43.020 --> 00:27:44.840
 we need to do begins with that word

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.620
 consider.

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.780
 That word consider in Greek is a very,

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.080
 very interesting word.

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.920
 It's packed really deeply with

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.740
 theological meaning.

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:54.820
 It means to understand fully.

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.340
 It means to consider.

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.400
 It means to ponder.

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.540
 It means to think about.

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 It means to understand and internalize

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.339
 in our life.

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.299
 And what Jesus is saying here is that

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.940
 the battle for worry, the battle for

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:09.639
 fear, the battle for anxiety happens

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:11.440
 in our minds.

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:15.980
 When we stop thinking about what God's

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.379
 doing in our life, when we stop

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:19.680
 considering who he is and what Christ

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:21.339
 has done with us, when we stop wrestling

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:23.460
 about God's goodness, when we stop doing

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:26.420
 all these things, fear and worry come

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:29.800
 into our world and change us,

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:33.940
 we know we're heading down the wrong path

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:39.300
 when we start thinking improper or wrongly

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:42.039
 about God and who he is.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.740
 This passage talks about that in two ways.

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:48.060
 The first way is with the raven.

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:50.300
 Now when Jesus' hearers heard this,

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.720
 they would have been disgusted because

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:54.279
 the raven was the most, it was the lowest

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.059
 animal in the food chain.

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.119
 It was a scavenger.

00:28:58.899 --> 00:29:00.500
 It ate off of dead animals.

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.420
 It didn't take care of itself.

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.460
 And what they read and what they hear here

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:06.460
 is that God is in control

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:08.139
 of even the raven's lives.

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.559
 That God is in control.

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:13.420
 Don't allow your mind to change.

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.559
 Don't begin to doubt whether he is there.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.259
 He is in control of even the raven's minds.

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:22.099
 He goes on in verse 28 and he continues

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:24.139
 to talk about the birds and the flowers

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:26.759
 and he's saying, guys, as you're walking

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.839
 through life, as you're entering

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.480
 into the minefield, when you start

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:32.379
 to have thoughts that aren't of God,

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.219
 when you start to question God's character,

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:36.119
 when you start to question who he is

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:38.439
 and his goodness, remember that he's there

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:40.179
 and that he's done everything for you.

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.459
 Remember the gospel.

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:44.179
 Remember what Christ did on the cross.

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.980
 Remember that he's taken you there.

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.519
 Let me give you an illustration.

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:51.400
 If you were to walk in this Sunday

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:54.920
 and you looked at my kids

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:58.099
 and my kids had a really sad,

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.379
 frowning face on them.

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:02.379
 They were really worried, like uber worried.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.559
 You're like, okay, something's going on

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.119
 in another household.

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.379
 I need to ask them what's going on.

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.379
 And you pulled them aside

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.759
 and you said to my kids,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.000
 hey guys, what's going on?

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.740
 What's happening in your life?

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.940
 And my kids said to you,

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.660
 you know, we don't know

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.700
 if our dad's going to feed us dinner tonight.

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:22.680
 We don't know if our dad's going to feed us tonight.

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.039
 What would you think?

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.820
 Well, the first thing you would do

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.720
 is you'd look at them and you'd go,

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.220
 you know guys,

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.200
 you can afford to miss a couple meals.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.440
 None of my kids are here, okay.

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:40.539
 But the second thing you would say to them

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.600
 is come on guys,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.860
 I know your dad.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.019
 I know that he's good.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:48.600
 I know that he's fed you up until this point.

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.920
 You haven't missed any meals.

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:52.440
 It looks like you're really well fed.

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:54.200
 Why are you worrying about these things?

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.559
 Come on guys.

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.100
 I know your dad.

00:30:58.580 --> 00:31:00.539
 I know that he provides for you things

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:02.340
 even beyond your wildest imagination.

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:04.740
 Your mom's always complaining about the chocolate

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.240
 and all these other things that he's giving you.

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.220
 You would look at my kids and go,

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:11.079
 guys, what you fear

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.200
 and what you worry

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:15.259
 isn't true

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:18.440
 because your dad is so much better than that

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:20.200
 and he's giving you all these things.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.720
 And when we start to worry,

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:24.920
 we look at what is happening in front of us

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:27.039
 and we forget God's faithfulness in our life.

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.240
 And the hard thing I think about this

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.500
 is that our culture in the world around us

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:34.259
 stresses and obsesses

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:38.720
 on food, clothing, housing,

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:41.579
 what you wear, what you eat,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.680
 who you are, where you live.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.140
 And Jesus looks at this passage

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.660
 and he says,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:49.539
 don't worry about these things

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:53.859
 because God has brought in you to this place

00:31:53.859 --> 00:32:00.119
 and surely he's not going to leave you by yourself alone.

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.720
 The passage continues on

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.940
 and he talks about just basically the lilies of the field.

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.700
 And when he talks about the lilies of the field,

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.039
 what he's saying to a Hebrew listener is

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.200
 that God is good.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.240
 Look at how God provides for these lilies.

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.440
 Look at how he takes care of them.

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:18.039
 You're worried that God's not in control, the ravens.

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:20.700
 You're worried that God is not good, the lilies.

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.660
 But that's not true

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:25.940
 because God is good

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.339
 and he's provided everything for you

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.480
 and he's faithful and he's true

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:30.079
 and he's there.

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:33.259
 Just look at the past

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:35.619
 and you can determine the future.

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:39.099
 Okay, so I'm in minibus eight on Tuesday

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.139
 going to the community center

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.879
 and I'm praying about this sermon.

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.539
 I'm figuring out,

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.480
 okay, how the heck can I illustrate this

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.259
 and what can I do here

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.379
 and what should I say?

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.919
 And I'm listening in the minibus

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:51.299
 and there's this program on in the minibus

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.460
 and they're speaking in Cantonese.

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:55.680
 I have no idea what the program is about

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:57.180
 but in the middle of the program,

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.360
 a guy blurts out in English,

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:01.299
 the best and only predictor of future outcome

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.600
 is past performance.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:07.579
 The best and only predictor of future outcome

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.460
 is past performance.

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.779
 And I wanted to jump up and say,

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.039
 amen!

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.940
 Because that's the message of the Bible.

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:19.140
 If you're worried about God taking care of you tomorrow,

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:22.299
 what has he done in the past?

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.940
 If you're worried about your next step

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.620
 and where you're going to move

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.400
 and where you're going to live,

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:30.820
 he's already moved you to heaven.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:33.120
 That's a pretty good house.

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.860
 Why are you going to worry?

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.000
 Don't worry about the things today

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:43.299
 but look towards what Christ and God

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.660
 has done for us in the past.

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:47.140
 The passage says basically

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.220
 that the path to worry and fear

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.859
 starts by thinking poorly about God.

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.759
 That we forget God's goodness.

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.440
 We forget God's faithfulness.

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.980
 We forget that he's there for us.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:34:00.119
 We forget that he's brought us all this way.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:02.380
 And we worry about things

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.740
 that if we grab onto them,

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.539
 they actually enslave us.

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.679
 They bring us into chains and darkness.

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.579
 When we worry or are anxious,

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.019
 basically what we're saying

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.420
 is that we don't believe

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.880
 that God is totally in control.

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.019
 And we don't believe God is good.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:28.840
 Worried about next year and your contract?

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.880
 Some of you shook your heads.

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:36.500
 The passage says that God is in control.

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.340
 That God is good.

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:42.860
 Worried about how you're going to retire

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.880
 at a certain time,

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.079
 which I don't even know

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.219
 if retirement is biblical.

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.800
 But the passage says

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:51.099
 that God is in control

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:53.840
 and that God is good.

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:56.480
 Worried about your kids

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.059
 and you've tried to do all these things

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.079
 and they're still not turning out

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.159
 the way that you want them to do

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.119
 but you're walking with God

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.340
 and you're sharing with them the gospel

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.980
 and they're making these bad choices.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:07.519
 The passage says

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.679
 that God is in control

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:14.179
 and God is good.

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:18.440
 Jesus is telling you and me,

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.539
 don't be anxious.

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.879
 Don't worry about things

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.619
 that aren't important

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:24.460
 because God will take care

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.299
 of all these things

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:27.359
 he has from the very beginning of time

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:28.859
 and he will until this point.

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:33.259
 The second thing I realize in my life

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.399
 as I'm walking down this journey

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:35.739
 is found in verse 31.

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.639
 And it's basically,

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:38.259
 I realize for myself

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.460
 when I start walking

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:41.019
 into the field of worry

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.139
 and anxiety and fear

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.119
 that I'm living

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.480
 for the wrong kingdom.

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:47.259
 Verse 31 goes on,

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:49.219
 but seek first his kingdom

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.639
 and these things

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:52.320
 will be added to you.

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.960
 We begin to worry,

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.880
 we begin to fear

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.900
 when our priorities are wrong

00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.780
 and we're serving the wrong kingdom.

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:03.219
 Jesus always taught of two worlds.

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:06.059
 This world that we live in right now

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:08.079
 and the world to come.

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.179
 He always says

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.279
 that the world to come

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:12.480
 is more real

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.599
 and more tangible

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.279
 than the world

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.440
 that we live in right now.

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.279
 And the question

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.559
 that he always asked us was,

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.519
 are we going to live

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:20.159
 for this world right now

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:22.659
 or are we going to live

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.699
 for the world to come?

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.099
 Are we going to live

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.779
 for the temporary

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:27.619
 or are we going to live

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.779
 for the eternal?

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.639
 How are we going to live our lives?

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.719
 Where are we going to focus?

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.919
 And the passage says here

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:36.119
 that when we start to focus

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.219
 on the wrong kingdom,

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:39.219
 we start to worry

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:41.079
 we start to fear

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:43.879
 and we start to get anxious.

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.539
 Let me ask you

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.639
 a really quick question.

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.079
 How long

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:52.339
 is what you're working on

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:53.419
 right now in your business

00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:55.819
 going to last?

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.679
 You're doing a new project,

00:36:59.939 --> 00:37:00.559
 which is great.

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.579
 You're setting up a new company,

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.259
 which is great.

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.099
 You're setting up a new school,

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.759
 which is great.

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:08.180
 But how long

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.900
 is it going to last?

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:12.340
 Is it going to last forever?

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:17.560
 Now, the passage isn't saying

00:37:17.560 --> 00:37:19.100
 everybody quit their jobs

00:37:19.100 --> 00:37:20.980
 and go be in missionaries

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.700
 or in ministry.

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.900
 That's not what the passage

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.640
 is saying at all.

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.500
 But the passage is saying this,

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.900
 whatever you do,

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.040
 do it for the kingdom of God.

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.960
 Focus on Christ.

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.460
 Focus your life on God.

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.559
 Put God at the center

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.019
 of your life.

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.300
 Put God in the center

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.960
 of your world,

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.179
 making sure that you

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.099
 think about Him.

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.420
 Everything that we do

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.880
 is centered on Christ

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.420
 and what He does

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.880
 in our life.

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.559
 When He says,

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:47.420
 seek His kingdom first,

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.300
 what He's saying

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.440
 is understand God.

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.639
 Understand the gospel.

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:52.019
 Put Jesus in your life.

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.960
 Let Him be Lord,

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:54.139
 not just on Sunday,

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.780
 but on Monday

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.320
 and Tuesday

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.820
 and Wednesday

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.300
 and Thursday.

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.260
 Let Him be Lord

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.920
 in the boardroom.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.760
 Let Him be Lord

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.300
 in your family.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.340
 Let Him be the center

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.260
 of everything that you do.

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.740
 Trust Him because He's good.

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:04.339
 Trust Him because He's brought you there.

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:06.239
 Trust Him because He's in control.

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:10.099
 Seek first His kingdom

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:12.359
 and if you seek first His kingdom,

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:14.239
 everything else will be okay.

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:17.079
 And the reason we get anxious,

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.119
 the reason we get worried,

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:20.099
 the reason that we become fearful

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.879
 is because we're seeking

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.619
 the wrong kingdom.

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.939
 Let me ask you another question.

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.719
 I'm trying really hard

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.519
 on a business standpoint

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.559
 to relate to everybody.

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.619
 what if you knew

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.900
 that the country

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:35.440
 that you had all your wealth

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.460
 and all your assets

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.779
 and everything that you were,

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.739
 what if you knew

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.599
 that that country

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:41.079
 was going to fall apart

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.940
 and was no longer

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.579
 going to exist

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.179
 and the new world power

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.659
 in the world

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.460
 was going to be Australia?

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.599
 Now, I know,

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.500
 I know that's very scary

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:52.059
 and it's hard to think about,

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.880
 but what if you knew

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.619
 that was going to happen?

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.500
 What if you knew

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.019
 that country

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.960
 that you had everything

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:59.139
 invested in was going

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.820
 to fall apart

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.780
 and everything was going

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.400
 to fall away

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.900
 and that the new world power

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.639
 was going to be Australia?

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.420
 What would you do?

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.740
 You'd take everything

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.300
 that you had,

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.179
 hopefully if you're smart,

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.360
 and you'd put it in Australia.

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.280
 You'd invest in Australia

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.199
 stocks and bonds

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:14.059
 and all these things.

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.920
 And this passage

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:16.480
 is saying just that to us.

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:19.000
 Jesus is coming into our life

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.860
 and He's asking us

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.199
 the question,

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.280
 which currency

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.320
 are you investing in?

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.139
 Are you investing

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.059
 in the currency of heaven

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.820
 or are you investing

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.000
 in the currency of man?

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.039
 Where is your money going to?

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.219
 He's not saying, again,

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.840
 don't have fun.

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.639
 I think the scripture

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.760
 is all about having fun

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.880
 and enjoying and relaxing

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.760
 and walking with God.

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.280
 And I think that if I were you,

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.719
 I would say,

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.800
 you stay in your job

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:40.019
 and make a ton of money

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.719
 and enjoy it

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.639
 and give it to God

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.280
 and allow God

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.159
 to use it for His kingdom

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.360
 and just be the best

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.920
 business person

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.500
 or best teacher

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.800
 or whatever God has you do,

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:49.159
 you do it to the glory of God.

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.340
 Don't leave

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.000
 what you're doing now

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.500
 because you're saying,

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.159
 well, this passage says

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.659
 I've got to invest

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.440
 in God's kingdom.

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.980
 You do invest in God's kingdom

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:57.099
 wherever you're at.

00:39:59.220 --> 00:40:00.380
 But what if you knew

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.480
 that everything

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.760
 that you were investing in

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:04.019
 was going to fall apart

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:06.840
 and that kingdom

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.760
 would no longer be there?

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:11.099
 How would you handle your stuff?

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.679
 The story goes

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:16.019
 that Queen Elizabeth I

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:17.019
 went to a man

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.780
 and she said to him,

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.860
 I need you to go

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.740
 on a journey for me.

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.559
 True story.

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.780
 I need you to go

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.480
 on a journey for me.

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.440
 I need you to explore

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.579
 uncharted territories,

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.579
 a new world,

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.579
 and I believe that

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.139
 you're the person

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.740
 for this job.

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:30.219
 I need you to do this for me.

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.960
 The man looked at her

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.340
 and he said,

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.579
 you can't mean me.

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:36.019
 I'm a small businessman.

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.340
 My business is doing terrible.

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.460
 And if I do

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.500
 what you want me to do,

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.860
 if I go on this journey

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.179
 to explore these new lands,

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.639
 if I do all these things,

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.380
 my business will fail

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:50.460
 and I'll be a wreck.

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:53.460
 And history tells us

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.460
 that Queen Elizabeth,

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.400
 I wish I could have met her,

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.039
 she probably was

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.920
 a really tough girl,

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.860
 she looked at him

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.579
 and she said this,

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:01.340
 if you mind my business,

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:04.860
 I'll mind your business.

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:09.960
 If you mind my business,

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:13.820
 I'll mind your business.

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:16.519
 And we're told

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.440
 that the man looked at her

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.880
 and he said,

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.280
 okay.

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:21.059
 Because he realized

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.360
 that if the Queen of England

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.920
 was looking after his stuff,

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:26.700
 then his stuff

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.480
 was going to be okay.

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.980
 Jesus in this passage says,

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:34.100
 seek first his kingdom.

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:38.199
 what he's saying to you

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.639
 and to me especially,

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:42.339
 is that if we mind his business,

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:45.519
 he's going to take care

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.079
 of our business.

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:49.659
 If we mind his stuff,

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.880
 he's going to take care

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.519
 of our stuff.

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:54.539
 Because he's good.

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:57.059
 And we can trust him.

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.539
 And the minute we start to worry,

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.460
 the minute we start to doubt,

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:01.380
 the minute we start to fear,

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.360
 the scripture says

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.940
 that what we've done

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.880
 is we've taken our mind

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.780
 off of his business.

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:08.340
 And we've put it

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.079
 onto our business.

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.579
 Three thoughts

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.280
 I want to share with you

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:14.720
 and we're done.

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:16.639
 The first thought is this.

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.539
 This is what's been

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.179
 going through my head.

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.079
 Often we feel like

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.920
 we need to get security

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.659
 in our lives

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:24.960
 or certain areas of our life

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:27.039
 before we can be free

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:28.260
 to serve and trust God

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.280
 as he wishes

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:31.300
 and as he wants us to.

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:34.039
 But this passage says

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:35.480
 that control

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:38.539
 and having enough

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:42.260
 and choosing ourselves

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.120
 is a myth

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:46.060
 and it will never happen.

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.080
 It will never happen.

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:53.320
 Because God is in control.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.140
 Not you.

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:59.839
 And so my thought for us is

00:42:59.839 --> 00:43:02.119
 would we trust him

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:04.980
 to be in his business

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:08.339
 and to trust him

00:43:08.339 --> 00:43:09.359
 for ours?

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:12.199
 I run into guys

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.759
 all the time

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:13.480
 and they're doing ministry

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.179
 and they're doing things

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.420
 and they go,

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:14.559
 you know,

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:16.480
 I wish I could just save up

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.559
 about five million dollars

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:18.119
 and if I saved up

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.119
 about five million dollars

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:20.059
 then I could really,

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:21.460
 I could run an NGO.

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.759
 I could do what I feel

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:25.079
 like God really wants me to do.

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:28.380
 But I can't really do that

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:29.079
 until I get this done.

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:31.279
 I mean,

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:32.239
 I can't really go

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:33.019
 and do these things

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:34.279
 until I finish this one career

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:35.380
 because if I finish this one career

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:36.519
 then I'll have security

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.219
 and I can rest

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:39.139
 because my retirement's assured

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.000
 and then I can go be

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.779
 a missionary

00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:41.360
 or a pastor

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:42.699
 or do whatever I want to do.

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.819
 And this passage says

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:48.019
 that's a lie

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:51.980
 because God is in control

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:54.820
 and we can trust him

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.960
 to take care of us

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.099
 and to be good

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:58.460
 and because he's good

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.300
 we can be generous

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:01.000
 with the stuff

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.759
 that he's given us.

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.440
 The second thing

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.039
 that's been hitting me

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.960
 is that Jesus teaches

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.139
 two worlds.

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.719
 There's a temporal world,

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:09.059
 a temporary world,

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.139
 here and now

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:11.039
 and an eternal world.

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:11.940
 And the question

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.759
 we have to ask ourselves

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:13.480
 is where are we

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.380
 investing our currency?

00:44:14.380 --> 00:44:17.539
 Where are we investing

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:18.059
 our energies?

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.860
 Where are we investing

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.360
 our life?

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:20.519
 Where are we investing

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:22.119
 the best part of who we are?

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:23.160
 Are we investing it

00:44:23.160 --> 00:44:24.000
 in this world

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:25.220
 or in the heavenly world?

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.519
 Again, I'm not saying

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.220
 quit your job

00:44:27.220 --> 00:44:28.099
 but what I'm saying is

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.960
 do your job

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.780
 to the glory of God.

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.700
 Trust God to be

00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:33.559
 at the center of your job.

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.320
 Trust God to be

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:36.099
 at the center of your family.

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.119
 Do these things

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.740
 for his glory.

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.579
 Trust him.

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.460
 Trust him.

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.320
 Do his stuff

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.059
 and trust him

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:43.019
 with your stuff.

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:47.800
 Where are we investing it?

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.619
 The question maybe

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:52.500
 I would ask in that sense

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.039
 would be this.

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:54.880
 If you had a client

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:57.900
 and you knew

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.780
 that his job

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.440
 or his business

00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:00.720
 had an eternal lifespan

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:03.280
 or his life

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:04.260
 had an eternal lifespan

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:06.500
 and you went to him

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.079
 to look about

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.940
 how he was investing

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.440
 his money

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:10.300
 and he was only

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:11.079
 investing his money

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:12.300
 for the next 80 years

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:15.300
 what would you tell him?

00:45:16.660 --> 00:45:17.260
 I mean he has

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:18.160
 an eternal outlook.

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.420
 He has an eternal lifespan

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.019
 on his company

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.820
 or whoever he is.

00:45:21.060 --> 00:45:22.019
 He has an eternal lifespan

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.760
 but when you look

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.400
 at his finances

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.820
 he's only investing them

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:26.140
 in the next 70 to 80 years.

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.700
 What would you say

00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:29.200
 to that guy

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:29.860
 or girl?

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.480
 The Bible would say

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:37.240
 they're a fool.

00:45:37.240 --> 00:45:37.260
 They're a fool.

00:45:37.640 --> 00:45:37.740
 They're a fool.

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:38.240
 They're a fool.

00:45:38.240 --> 00:45:39.240
 They're a fool.

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:42.280
 They're a fool.

00:45:43.080 --> 00:45:43.820
 They're a fool.

00:45:45.580 --> 00:45:46.200
 And finally

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.840
 the last thought

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.440
 that's been hitting me

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:47.880
 in the head is

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:49.540
 what do you worry about today?

00:45:50.740 --> 00:45:51.580
 If you could write down

00:45:51.580 --> 00:45:52.440
 on a 3x5 card

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.140
 what do you worry about?

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:53.960
 What do you worry about?

00:45:54.220 --> 00:45:54.980
 What do you fear?

00:45:55.060 --> 00:45:56.200
 What are you anxious about?

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:00.220
 Do you realize

00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:01.440
 as you do those things

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:03.040
 that God is in control

00:46:03.040 --> 00:46:04.120
 and that he's good

00:46:04.120 --> 00:46:05.519
 and he's brought you this far

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.220
 and he can trust you?

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:07.500
 What is it that you fear?

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:09.420
 What is it that you worry about?

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.820
 What is it that you're anxious about?

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:16.400
 Scripture says

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:16.880
 that there are only

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.840
 two game plans

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.720
 for living our life.

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:22.080
 Either we are totally competent

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:23.280
 to run our life

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:26.060
 and we put ourselves

00:46:26.060 --> 00:46:27.340
 at the center of our life

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:29.840
 or we put God

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.700
 at the center of our life.

00:46:32.040 --> 00:46:33.380
 Those are the only two

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:35.040
 game plans in Scripture.

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:37.440
 Two worlds,

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:38.400
 two kingdoms,

00:46:39.080 --> 00:46:39.860
 two people running.

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:42.440
 Either you're so competent

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:43.420
 in who you are

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.260
 and you know how

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:44.920
 to live your life

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:45.640
 and you can know

00:46:45.640 --> 00:46:46.579
 everything you've done

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.420
 and you can do it perfectly

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:49.079
 and you don't even

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:49.900
 doubt yourself

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:53.700
 and you put yourself

00:46:53.700 --> 00:46:54.700
 at the center of your world

00:46:54.700 --> 00:46:57.519
 or you trust in God.

00:46:58.160 --> 00:46:59.099
 You put him

00:46:59.099 --> 00:47:00.099
 at the center of the world.

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.680
 Where are you today?

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:07.159
 When I ask these questions

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:07.639
 to myself,

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:09.440
 I have some really hard

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.739
 answers sometimes

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:11.399
 because sometimes

00:47:11.399 --> 00:47:12.119
 I say this

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:13.559
 but often I live

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.980
 like I don't believe it.

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.440
 And I think the power

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.019
 of the gospel,

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.159
 the power of this passage

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.279
 is what Jesus is saying

00:47:21.279 --> 00:47:21.639
 to us is,

00:47:21.919 --> 00:47:22.179
 guys,

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:22.739
 you need to come

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:23.659
 alongside each other.

00:47:23.899 --> 00:47:24.960
 You need to come alongside

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.779
 in being in community.

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:26.759
 You need to realize

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:27.579
 that when someone's down

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:28.219
 and they're frustrated

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:28.819
 and they're worried

00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.399
 and they're anxious

00:47:29.399 --> 00:47:30.579
 and you see it on their face,

00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:31.259
 you need to come

00:47:31.259 --> 00:47:31.759
 into the world

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:32.920
 and you need to gospel them.

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.380
 You need to speak

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:34.140
 God's word to them.

00:47:34.200 --> 00:47:34.580
 You need to say,

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.840
 hey, God brought you this far.

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.280
 He's not going to leave you hanging.

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:40.220
 Hey, God did all these things

00:47:40.220 --> 00:47:40.940
 up until this point.

00:47:41.140 --> 00:47:42.100
 He gave his son

00:47:42.100 --> 00:47:42.820
 for your life.

00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:43.700
 There's no way

00:47:43.700 --> 00:47:44.480
 that he's not going

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:45.240
 to provide for you.

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.300
 His word says

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:47.480
 he will provide for you.

00:47:47.700 --> 00:47:48.700
 You have to trust him.

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:49.920
 He will provide for you

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.480
 and he's good.

00:47:53.600 --> 00:47:54.720
 The power of the gospel

00:47:54.720 --> 00:47:56.420
 changes all of these things

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:57.360
 and it basically says

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.440
 we can trust God

00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:59.100
 because he's given

00:47:59.100 --> 00:48:00.080
 everything for us.

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.000
 He's withheld nothing.

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.699
 He's good

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:06.539
 and he wants

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:07.980
 an amazing life for us

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:11.239
 and the question is

00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:12.420
 will we trust him for that

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:15.779
 or will we live our life

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.360
 for our own?

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:19.920
 My prayer for each of us

00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:20.659
 in here today

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:21.699
 is that we would surrender

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:22.980
 our lives to Christ,

00:48:24.319 --> 00:48:25.420
 that we'd ask him

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.460
 to be Lord of our life,

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:27.139
 that we'd ask him

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:27.860
 to be the center

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.759
 of our world,

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:29.760
 that we would trust him

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.880
 to be in control,

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.620
 that we would trust him

00:48:31.620 --> 00:48:32.220
 to be good

00:48:32.220 --> 00:48:34.720
 and that we'd rest

00:48:34.720 --> 00:48:35.760
 in his faithfulness

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:38.600
 and we wouldn't worry

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:39.880
 about so many things.

00:48:41.740 --> 00:48:43.000
 We wouldn't be so fearful

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:44.400
 about so many things.

00:48:45.620 --> 00:48:46.820
 We wouldn't be so anxious

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:48.200
 about so many things

00:48:48.200 --> 00:48:50.380
 because we have a God

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:51.840
 who loves us so much

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:55.140
 and wants the best for us

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:57.059
 and he's done everything

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:58.339
 to bring us to this point

00:48:58.339 --> 00:49:04.179
 and we can trust him.

00:49:06.259 --> 00:49:06.699
 Consider,

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:08.259
 think about,

00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:09.259
 understand,

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:10.339
 understand fully,

00:49:10.859 --> 00:49:11.440
 grab onto,

00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:12.339
 cling to,

00:49:12.779 --> 00:49:14.019
 don't let it escape you.

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:14.980
 Consider the ravens

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:16.359
 for they neither sow nor reap

00:49:16.359 --> 00:49:17.599
 for they have no storeroom

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:18.019
 nor barn

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:19.159
 and yet God feeds them.

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:21.179
 how much more valuable

00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:22.379
 are you than these birds?

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:23.839
 Consider,

00:49:24.339 --> 00:49:24.920
 think about,

00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:25.619
 ponder,

00:49:25.839 --> 00:49:26.739
 bring into your heart,

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:28.059
 don't allow it to escape,

00:49:28.279 --> 00:49:29.199
 talk to other people,

00:49:29.339 --> 00:49:30.000
 encourage them,

00:49:30.319 --> 00:49:31.399
 tell them this is the truth,

00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:32.359
 this is who God is,

00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:33.699
 this is what God wants for you.

00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:34.839
 Consider the lilies,

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:35.500
 how they grow,

00:49:35.619 --> 00:49:36.259
 they neither toil

00:49:36.259 --> 00:49:36.920
 nor they spin,

00:49:37.279 --> 00:49:37.759
 but I tell you,

00:49:37.819 --> 00:49:38.339
 even Solomon

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:39.159
 in all his glory

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:40.259
 clothed himself

00:49:40.259 --> 00:49:41.259
 like none of these things.

00:49:41.379 --> 00:49:41.920
 God is good

00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:42.739
 and you can trust him.

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:47.639
 Consider him.

00:49:49.059 --> 00:49:49.459
 Father,

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:50.559
 I thank you for this day,

00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:51.639
 I thank you for your word.

00:49:52.619 --> 00:49:53.179
 We thank you

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:55.000
 that it is 2,000 years old

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:57.000
 and it still changes our lives.

00:49:57.839 --> 00:49:59.579
 It moves us,

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:00.779
 it convicts us,

00:50:01.339 --> 00:50:02.859
 it points us to your son.

00:50:04.379 --> 00:50:04.759
 Lord,

00:50:04.799 --> 00:50:06.019
 I know that there are many of us

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:07.019
 in here right now

00:50:07.019 --> 00:50:11.359
 who refuse to doubt in ourselves.

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:15.139
 We refuse to surrender

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:16.219
 our lives to you.

00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:19.019
 We think that we can run

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:20.199
 our life on our own.

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:22.639
 We think that we know

00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:24.179
 the best way of doing things.

00:50:25.419 --> 00:50:26.899
 But if we're totally honest,

00:50:26.979 --> 00:50:27.959
 if we looked at our lives,

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:29.019
 if we looked at our relationships,

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:30.199
 if we looked at our communities,

00:50:30.579 --> 00:50:31.939
 we'd realize that things

00:50:31.939 --> 00:50:33.139
 aren't that good.

00:50:35.439 --> 00:50:35.879
 Father,

00:50:35.939 --> 00:50:36.939
 I pray for those people

00:50:36.939 --> 00:50:37.739
 who've never come

00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:38.879
 into a relationship with you

00:50:38.879 --> 00:50:40.219
 that they would consider

00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:41.079
 your faithfulness,

00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:41.659
 they would consider

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.159
 your goodness,

00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:42.879
 they would consider

00:50:42.879 --> 00:50:43.960
 this passage

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.839
 and who you are

00:50:44.839 --> 00:50:45.839
 and they would know

00:50:45.839 --> 00:50:46.960
 that they can trust you.

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:49.460
 And I pray that they would

00:50:49.460 --> 00:50:50.599
 just say something simple like,

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:51.319
 dear Jesus,

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:51.759
 I just,

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:52.579
 forgive me.

00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:55.460
 Forgive me for doubting

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:55.920
 your goodness.

00:50:56.259 --> 00:50:57.259
 Forgive me for doubting

00:50:57.259 --> 00:50:58.559
 that you're in control.

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:03.299
 I surrender my life to you

00:51:03.299 --> 00:51:04.679
 and I repent of these things

00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:05.899
 that have held me away from you.

00:51:05.900 --> 00:51:10.380
 And Father,

00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:11.079
 I know that there are

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.940
 some of us in here

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:12.599
 like me

00:51:12.599 --> 00:51:13.800
 who we trust you

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:14.579
 for eternity.

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:18.200
 But we have a hard time

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:19.139
 trusting you for Monday.

00:51:21.059 --> 00:51:21.360
 Yeah,

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.119
 you've given us

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:22.920
 eternal life

00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:23.579
 and we have a place

00:51:23.579 --> 00:51:24.000
 in heaven

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:25.500
 and we benefit

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:26.460
 of all your mercy

00:51:26.460 --> 00:51:27.119
 and your grace

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:28.320
 and the gospel changes us.

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:28.940
 But when we step

00:51:28.940 --> 00:51:29.740
 into the boardroom

00:51:29.740 --> 00:51:30.880
 or we step into the office

00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:32.220
 or when we step

00:51:32.220 --> 00:51:33.000
 into our family,

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:36.220
 we jump back

00:51:36.220 --> 00:51:36.660
 into the center

00:51:36.660 --> 00:51:37.420
 of our lives.

00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:41.079
 And Father,

00:51:41.160 --> 00:51:42.420
 I just pray for me

00:51:42.420 --> 00:51:43.420
 and for us.

00:51:43.660 --> 00:51:44.420
 We repent.

00:51:45.220 --> 00:51:46.260
 We confess our sin.

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:47.940
 We confess just

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:49.119
 trying to live life

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:49.800
 on our own.

00:51:51.039 --> 00:51:51.880
 And we come to you

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.380
 as your children

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:53.039
 and just ask you

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:53.680
 to heal us

00:51:53.680 --> 00:51:54.619
 and to change us.

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:57.119
 And Father,

00:51:57.180 --> 00:51:57.820
 for all of us

00:51:57.820 --> 00:51:58.800
 as we come before you,

00:51:58.880 --> 00:52:00.059
 we just are marveling

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.960
 at how good you are

00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:02.019
 and how gracious you are.

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:05.019
 And we come before you

00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:05.599
 as a church

00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:06.360
 and I pray, Lord,

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:06.960
 as a church

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:08.460
 that we would consider you often.

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:11.779
 That we would trust you

00:52:11.779 --> 00:52:12.799
 and we would walk with you.

00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:15.299
 So Lord,

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:15.759
 we just,

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:16.699
 I just pray

00:52:16.699 --> 00:52:17.779
 in these next couple moments

00:52:17.779 --> 00:52:19.139
 as we think of this passage,

00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:22.039
 no matter where we're at,

00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:23.420
 that you would speak to us.

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:26.539
 That you would change us.

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:29.219
 That you would heal us.

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:32.119
 And we would walk

00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:32.679
 in the newness

00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:33.820
 of a relationship with you

00:52:33.820 --> 00:52:34.340
 and we would feel

00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:35.440
 your mercy and grace.

00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:38.039
 We pray these things

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.519
 in your Son,

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:39.199
 Jesus Christ,

00:52:39.320 --> 00:52:39.880
 holy name.

00:52:41.299 --> 00:52:41.659
 Amen.

00:53:00.059 --> 00:53:01.059
 Amen.

00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:31.059
 Amen.

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:01.059
 Amen.

00:54:30.059 --> 00:54:31.059
 Amen.

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:01.059
 Amen.

00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:02.059
 Amen.

00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:31.059
 Amen.

00:55:31.059 --> 00:55:32.059
 Amen.

00:56:00.059 --> 00:56:01.059
 Amen.

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:02.059
 Amen.

00:56:30.059 --> 00:56:31.059
 Amen.

00:57:00.059 --> 00:57:01.059
 Amen.

00:57:01.059 --> 00:57:02.059
 Amen.

00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:31.059
 Amen.

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:32.059
 Amen.

00:58:00.059 --> 00:58:01.059
 Amen.

00:58:01.059 --> 00:58:02.059
 Amen.

00:58:30.059 --> 00:58:31.059
 Amen.

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:32.059
 Amen.

00:59:00.059 --> 00:59:01.059
 Amen.

00:59:01.059 --> 00:59:02.059
 Amen.

00:59:30.059 --> 00:59:31.059
 Amen.

00:59:31.059 --> 00:59:32.059
 Amen.

01:00:00.059 --> 01:00:01.059
 Amen.

01:00:01.059 --> 01:00:02.059
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01:00:30.059 --> 01:00:31.059
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01:00:31.059 --> 01:00:32.059
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01:01:00.059 --> 01:01:01.059
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01:01:01.059 --> 01:01:02.059
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01:01:30.059 --> 01:01:31.059
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01:01:31.059 --> 01:01:32.059
 Amen.

01:02:00.059 --> 01:02:01.059
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01:02:01.059 --> 01:02:02.059
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01:02:30.059 --> 01:02:31.059
 Amen.

01:02:31.059 --> 01:02:32.059
 Amen.

01:03:00.059 --> 01:03:01.059
 Amen.

01:03:01.059 --> 01:03:02.059
 Amen.

01:03:30.059 --> 01:03:31.059
 Amen.

01:03:31.059 --> 01:03:32.059
 Amen.

01:04:00.059 --> 01:04:01.059
 Amen.

01:04:01.059 --> 01:04:02.059
 Amen.

01:04:30.059 --> 01:04:31.059
 Amen.

01:05:00.059 --> 01:05:01.059
 Amen.

01:05:30.059 --> 01:05:31.059
 Amen.

01:06:00.059 --> 01:06:01.059
 Amen.

01:06:30.059 --> 01:06:31.059
 Amen.

01:07:00.059 --> 01:07:01.059
 Amen.

01:07:30.059 --> 01:07:31.059
 Amen.

01:07:31.059 --> 01:07:32.059
 Amen.