1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:16,000 Lord, we come before you and we ask that you would equip us. and 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,900 to help us see, beyond just Our emotional stability. 3 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:24,400 But Lord, we want to see how we can be more effective and 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,300 fruitful for your kingdom. And so Lord. 5 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:29,700 We just ask that the spirit of God would resting upon the 6 00:00:29,708 --> 00:00:31,600 ministry of the word in this moment. 7 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:35,900 We are specifically that as a church as a family, you would 8 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:38,300 offer peace and comfort to our hearts. 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,400 Lord help us with this. We need you desperately or else. 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:52,100 These familiar verses can skim over us, and not penetrate and 11 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:54,900 destroy that, which seeks to destroy us. 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,500 We humble ourselves, and we ask you to please be in our midst. 13 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:03,700 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 14 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:13,100 Someone wants beautifully, said that anxiety, is a crisis of 15 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:18,700 Faith anxiety, is a crisis of faith that crippling worry. 16 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:23,500 That mercilessly keeps you up at night and momentarily can even 17 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:28,300 paralyze your frame in the middle of the day, is more than 18 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:31,800 just a feeling. It's more than just a rush of 19 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,900 emotion. If you see it through the lens 20 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:39,400 of the word of God, what you sense in that moment, whether it 21 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,900 is for a few seconds or it keeps you an estate. 22 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:51,000 A paralysis for weeks. It's an all-out assault on your 23 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:56,600 trust and your perception on the loving and caring God that you 24 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:58,700 you love and you profess to believe in. 25 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,900 See when Christ died for you and me, the inheritance. 26 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,400 There is far greater than eternal life. 27 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,100 The piece that we have is not just a peace with God 28 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:15,700 positionally if you if you nurture that faith in Christ, if 29 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:20,000 you protect it, rightly, there is something that can be 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,900 secured. That will help you sail through 31 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:27,900 this life in such a way that it can lullaby you to sleep. even 32 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:32,400 in the midst of vicious storms, but for many Believers, the 33 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,900 tension that is caused by anxiety. 34 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,000 Is a far more familiar companion than this piece that you've 35 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,100 heard most of your Christian Life. 36 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:47,100 Only in sermons. It's Theory, it's coffee mug 37 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:51,400 versus it's what you get from the Christian Store and you put 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,300 on your living room wall. That's all it is, but it doesn't 39 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,400 really penetrate. It's not tangible. 40 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:03,600 It's not experiential. Peace is just theology, but it's 41 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,200 not it's not something that you can testify about. 42 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:11,500 And Believers, I'm telling you, that they range on the spectrum 43 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,700 of the level of anxiety that they fear. 44 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:17,100 You have some who are generally courageous and faith-filled. 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,400 Just like David, David could stand before a giant. 46 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,400 He can stand before. A sea of armies. 47 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,400 By yet for years. He had one haunting concern and 48 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,500 I was this man Saul. And then you have those who are 49 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:38,000 like Martha. The sister of Mary and Jesus 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,600 came over Martha's house, and she was, she was preparing and 51 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:45,900 running back and forth, and she ends up complaining about her 52 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:49,200 sister, who's just sitting there to receive the word of the Lord. 53 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,200 And and Jesus looks her says Martha. 54 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:57,600 You are anxious and troubled about many things, many things. 55 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:04,500 And so, you have believers who are easily shaken or for the, 56 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,800 for the smallest of things. Small is events, smallest of 57 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,300 needs. I mean, anything between, what 58 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:09,800 am I going to wear for my friend's wedding? 59 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:14,400 To, how am I going to buy a house in this inflated Market? 60 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:18,700 And then you have others who can say brother. 61 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:20,800 I have no idea what you're talking about. 62 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,200 I don't have an anxious bone in my body, and you have some of 63 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,200 those Christians. That they don't deal with that 64 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,700 Temptation. They don't deal with that 65 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,200 burden. How true it is? 66 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,300 That that is not the case for the majority. 67 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:37,500 And so we have to believe something regardless of the 68 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:41,300 severity of that anxiety, regardless of the severity of 69 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:45,200 that worry or fear and it is this, that the inheritance that 70 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,600 we have received in the Holy Spirit is not just so that we 71 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,500 can have the power to overcome gross, sexual immorality, or to 72 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:58,600 deal with murderous Rage or to tame relationship destroying 73 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,400 greed. The spirit of God wants to even 74 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,700 allow you to soar above. Of concerns in this life of all 75 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:12,000 kinds of various degrees. And the Lord wants his children 76 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,100 to be invited into a piece into a Tranquility into a contentment 77 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:22,500 genuine. Joy that shuts down the things 78 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:26,700 that try to paralyze us. And one way you, and I can even 79 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:28,300 begin to move into that direction. 80 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,500 Even even listen, even if you're a person and you're like, I know 81 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,600 what you're about to say, maybe not, but I'm not a person who 82 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,000 deals with this. Would you be equipped so that 83 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,700 you can help your wife? Maybe? 84 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,800 Or you're nervous college student, son or daughter? 85 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,200 Has trying to pay off mountainous debt? 86 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,500 Just be equipped today. So, this is for you, whether you 87 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:57,400 struggle with it or not, understand that if we want to 88 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:02,000 even begin to be motivated to go to war, with anxiety, to wage 89 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,600 war against anxiety. Then we have to, we have to 90 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,200 understand it the way you, and I would with any other sin that is 91 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,400 threatening us. And that is to understand just 92 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,400 how dangerous it is if we tolerate it. 93 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,300 The reason why many people don't fight against in, at least one 94 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:21,000 reason is because they don't see just how powerful it is and how 95 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,600 destroying it can be to so many things and just like any other 96 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,500 sin anxiety. If not Ward against, if not 97 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:33,400 battled against, if not dealt with, by the power of God's word 98 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:42,800 can be deadly. Proof many students feel the the 99 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,700 pull of this from even going into the mission field and how 100 00:06:46,700 --> 00:06:50,300 much more dangerous can it be than that, but it could be 101 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:53,300 dangerous to your fruitfulness. It can be dangerous to your 102 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,100 testimony. It could be deadly to your 103 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:59,800 perception of the Beauty and the faithfulness of God. 104 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,900 You have to understand that it is the root of many behaviors. 105 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:14,400 It is the encouragement of many other things that would taint 106 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,100 our character. Here's proof. 107 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,100 Meet me in Isaiah 57. Very briefly in verse 11. 108 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,400 This is just one example in the scriptures. 109 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:31,900 God speaks through his Prophet to a people who were who were in 110 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:35,500 sin and he highlights one of the sins and he highlights the 111 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:43,400 reason for this Nationwide flaw. And Isaiah, 57 11. 112 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:49,500 What do we see? God speaking whom did you dread 113 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:57,100 and fear so that you lied? And did not remember me, did not 114 00:07:57,100 --> 00:08:01,700 lay it to heart, have I not held my peace even for a long time 115 00:08:01,700 --> 00:08:05,300 and you do not fear me. You heard it last week. 116 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,300 The fear of the Lord is the great conqueror overall fears, 117 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,000 but that was last week. Notice with me what God says. 118 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,200 I'm indicting my people because they are lying. 119 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:20,100 There are habitual dishonesty and instead of just pointing out 120 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,500 the sin. He goes to the motive for the 121 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,500 sin. The reason for the sin and it is 122 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:28,100 in the first part, whom did you dread and fear? 123 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,700 What, what caused you to do this? 124 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,299 What caused you to be, to be short in this area of your life 125 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,100 fear, your fear, encourage you to lie? 126 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:43,700 And when you zoom out in this chapter and you realize what's 127 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:47,100 actually going on, this fear that in, just lead the people 128 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:50,100 into lying this fear, let him into idolatry. 129 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,000 To put their trust in something else. 130 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,200 Other than God to medicate their anxiety by a means in which God 131 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,300 condemns. And so we have to understand 132 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:06,900 here, that there is on a macro level and a micro level, a great 133 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,000 threat. When we allow anxiety to live in 134 00:09:09,008 --> 00:09:12,400 our hearts. I mean, think about David for 135 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,600 those who were there on Fridays, think about David. 136 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,300 This man. Again, who can stand before a 137 00:09:17,308 --> 00:09:20,800 goliaths. Well, Nations around. 138 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,400 Here, you are in a valley by yourself and yet with faith in 139 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,300 God, you overcame and that same man. 140 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,900 When he left Israel, because Saul was after him comes into 141 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:32,800 the land of the Is he realizes? He's on the radar? 142 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,500 And what does he do? Because of his fear? 143 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:38,000 He collapses to the floor. Let's saliva down his beard and 144 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:43,500 acts like he lost his mind. That's the same guy who stood 145 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:47,800 before Goliath. And here he is, acting like a 146 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,000 crazy man because he is fearful and he did not have a trust in 147 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,900 God. And so before an unbelieving 148 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:56,900 world. This is the guy that spoke in 149 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:58,800 the name of God. This is the guy that writes 150 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,800 songs about God. This is the guy who in the name 151 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,200 of God, overcame our Greatest Warrior. 152 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:08,800 And fear can lead you, and I to crazy behavior. 153 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,900 Crazy decisions. Even ones that would dishonor. 154 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:17,700 God, we're not careful, but I don't want us to spend all our 155 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:21,200 time together to dissect, the woes that our worries can 156 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,500 create. I want us to instead, look at 157 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:27,700 how we can equip ourselves to wage war against anxiety. 158 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:33,400 To subdue it because it seeks my brother and my sister to abuse 159 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,700 you to arrest you. And so we have to do what we 160 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:39,900 need to do. According to God's word to equip 161 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:44,100 ourselves and others. You're still an Isaiah, right? 162 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:58,600 So Mimi in Isaiah 26, to get an idea of it and verse 3, Isaiah 163 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,400 26:3, you keep him in. Perfect. 164 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,900 Peace. Not just peace. 165 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:05,100 Perfect. Peace. 166 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,200 Do you think God means it or is he being poetic here? 167 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:15,800 He means it and perfect. Peace, whose mind is stayed on 168 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:21,800 you because he trusts in you. What is what is being said? 169 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,700 Here? Here's the Insight. 170 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:27,100 Perfect piece is acquired. It is attained. 171 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,800 It is trained in the arena of your mind. 172 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:35,800 That is where we experience it. That is where we secure it. 173 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,400 But it is also the same place in which Havoc ensues, and chaos is 174 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,100 created and confusion cripples us. 175 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,600 It's in the mind. That's where we need to be 176 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,300 focused. That's what we need to turn our 177 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,200 attention. That's where God tells us to be 178 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,000 equipped and trained. If we want to know how we can 179 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,600 run this race in such a way in which anxiety, and it's arrows, 180 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,900 just bounce off of us if we really want to be Bulletproof. 181 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:12,300 Go to the mind. Meaning, the way we equip 182 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:14,700 ourselves, as with truth. That's how we pull down 183 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,000 strongholds. That's how we detect things. 184 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,100 That are not true. It's in the mind. 185 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:22,900 What do you let into the mind? What do you entertain in the 186 00:12:22,900 --> 00:12:25,500 mind? What do you rehearse in the 187 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:28,200 mind? What do you meditate in your 188 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,100 mind? How do you calculate in your 189 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:33,600 mind? How do you filter things with 190 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,100 your mind? It's the mind. 191 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:39,300 It's the mind. And so, truth is our weapon. 192 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,500 This is what needs to be actively engaged with and so I 193 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:49,800 present to you for weapons. For Thought processes, throw 194 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,600 fourth mental exercises, that will help us overcome this. 195 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:57,900 And the first one is found in the Book of Matthew chapter 6. 196 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,600 And what I'm afraid is a familiar verse. 197 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,900 So familiar that we don't understand the implications of 198 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:09,000 it, but let's meditate today and see how we can be helped by the 199 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,800 words of Jesus in Matthew 6:33 to 34. 200 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:24,600 Hear the words of Jesus Christ. But seek first, the kingdom of 201 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:30,500 God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added 202 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:34,200 to you. Therefore, do not be anxious 203 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,300 about tomorrow. For tomorrow will be anxious for 204 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:43,600 itself sufficient for the day, is its own trouble? 205 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,300 Number one. Remind yourself. 206 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,400 That you are carrying a burden that is not yours to carry. 207 00:13:56,900 --> 00:14:01,000 For Jesus to command his people do not be anxious about 208 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,100 tomorrow. Implies that you spending time 209 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:09,600 and energy trying to understand the unknown, trying to see how 210 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,500 your Provisions can be met is not your responsibility. 211 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:18,500 It's not your job. It's not something that he's 212 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:23,100 called you to do Galatians, 6 tells us that each believer has 213 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:27,200 its own burdens to Bear. You have your own load, every 214 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,000 single one of us has been given a set of assignments and 215 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,500 giftings and his assignments to know what we need to do on a 216 00:14:33,508 --> 00:14:36,600 daily basis with faithfulness and wholeheartedness, we all 217 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,200 have responsibilities and they're clearly laid out in the 218 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,000 word of God, but at the same time with ambitious, believers 219 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 who really want to obey God, I'm talking about good-hearted 220 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Christians, they Are often tempted to lay more burden, on 221 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,900 themselves than God asked you to do. 222 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:59,600 And one of those worries, one of those worries is again, trying 223 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,800 to today figure out understand calculate plan. 224 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,300 How you can determine the unknown now for tomorrow? 225 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,900 That's not your job. It's not your responsibility. 226 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,500 You're wasting your time. Jesus, at the same time. 227 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:21,100 Is that advocating for loose? Let's eat and drink for 228 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:22,100 tomorrow. We die. 229 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:23,900 He's not saying, don't pray for Lea plan. 230 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,100 He's not saying do not be wise and consider your future. 231 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:31,700 He's not saying that. What are you saying is you need 232 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:36,200 to be extremely careful because there's a fine line between that 233 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,400 and being. So consumed with things that you 234 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,100 are not in control of that. It can be detrimental to your 235 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:46,100 purpose on Earth. Why is Jesus saying this here? 236 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,000 Is Jesus saying this so that we can have a better night's sleep. 237 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,700 That's a very small fraction. The reason why Jesus is saying 238 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:57,000 this here is because of what he said in verse 33, but seek 239 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,900 first, the kingdom of God. You know what? 240 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:04,900 He's trying to say you my child need a reserve that strength 241 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:09,100 that limited energy that you have the mindfulness for what 242 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:13,200 you're really on Earth for. And that is to be a servant of 243 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,300 mine that is to make disciples that is to spread the gospel. 244 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:18,100 That is to help people spread the gospel. 245 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,100 That's where I need. All your energy to be. 246 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:26,100 And what's What's So Scary About This is that he is teaching that 247 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:32,500 even the very small concerns in life can actually affect the 248 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:35,000 very purpose in which you've been placed on the earth. 249 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:40,300 He wants to protect what you have to offer for his kingdom. 250 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:46,900 And so he wants to assure you. That is your job, and mine is to 251 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:50,800 add these things to you, as you set yourself to pursue that 252 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,000 priority. Spurgeon. 253 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,200 Gave a wonderful illustration of a man who was helping his 254 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,500 friend, clear his furniture and he arrives at his friends door 255 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:03,000 with a heavy heavy backpack on his shoulders. 256 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,800 And as he begins to lift one couch, and one bed frame very 257 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,300 early on, he begins to complain. He begins to complain of just 258 00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:15,000 how heavy everything is and how this is such a difficult task. 259 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:19,700 And he goes on to say, if that was your friend visiting you and 260 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:23,900 helping you would you not, would you not give him the Council of 261 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:26,900 just taking off your backpack, man? 262 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,900 Maybe you just let go of that. It will be much, much, lighter 263 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:34,700 much easier. And he says that to say that in 264 00:17:34,708 --> 00:17:38,100 the same way. We cannot do God's work when we 265 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,200 are weighed down by our own burdens and worries. 266 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:45,400 He goes on to say in another place anxiety, does not empty 267 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,500 tomorrow of its Sorrows anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its 268 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,600 Sorrows. All it does is empty today of 269 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:58,100 its strength. Jesus early on says, it doesn't 270 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:00,700 add a single hour to your span of life, does it? 271 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:02,700 But it does add things nonetheless. 272 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:08,200 It adds exhaustion, it adds distraction and he can even add 273 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,400 disease if you love it that much. 274 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,900 And this unease can be so strong some of, you know, it can be so 275 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:20,700 strong that it can literally drain you of everything while 276 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:24,600 you do absolutely nothing. Just sit in your room with 277 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:30,600 anxiety and it can Pummel you. So we have to be careful these 278 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,900 attacks on the mind are not just about our health as important as 279 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:36,900 that is. It is an affront. 280 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,500 It is an obstacle to what should matter in our lives. 281 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:41,900 And that's to be a disciple of Jesus. 282 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:44,100 Is Christ and to be actively serving him? 283 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,500 And so, here's what I recommend that you do based on the words 284 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:49,000 of Jesus. Take this. 285 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:52,700 Doesn't apply to you put it in your Arsenal and help a brother 286 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:57,000 out in the future. When your, when your nerves are 287 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,200 are shaking and when your eyes are wide open when they should 288 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,000 be sound asleep, ask yourself the following question and your 289 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,200 understanding of the will of God. 290 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Is this my responsibility or is it gods? 291 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,100 Have you ever asked, God, have you asked yourself? 292 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,100 Have you ever have you ever discerned it? 293 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,100 And then, once you come to a closer answer, solidify it by 294 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:21,200 the follow-up question. Is this in my control or not? 295 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,600 And that question being answered is so much more Liberty than you 296 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,400 can imagine. If we do not know how to draw 297 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,600 those lines, I'm telling you, you will invite unnecessary 298 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,700 turmoil into your life and it applies in so many ways, it even 299 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:39,300 applies in our efforts for the kingdom of God. 300 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,400 I can't tell you how many people that I've met that toss and turn 301 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,600 when it comes to serving the lord even in their service to 302 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,900 the Lord. And this question, this set of 303 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:51,100 questions is still applicable. For example. 304 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:54,800 Is it my responsibility to preach the gospel to my loved 305 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:55,800 ones? Answer? 306 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:58,500 Yes, is it my responsibility to see them? 307 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,100 Come to repentance? Answer? 308 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,800 No. Is it my responsibility to serve 309 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,100 the church that God has called me to serve with all that is 310 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:10,400 within me with persistence, and with love and with joy, answer. 311 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:11,200 Yes. Is it? 312 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,100 My responsibility for people to thank me. 313 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,700 Praise me, Pat me on the back. Appreciate me answer. 314 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:20,800 No, no Be Free by realizing. There are things that God has 315 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,100 called me to observe. And there are things that are 316 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,800 out of bounds and, and they don't involve my participation. 317 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,600 In fact, God says, don't go there because you will burden 318 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,600 yourself more. More than you need to burden 319 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,200 yourself. And that is so. 320 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,100 So, so important because rest comes from that. 321 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,700 Rest comes from understanding my responsibility and understanding 322 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,600 what belongs to God's wisdom and power alone. 323 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:47,600 May I add another thing to white people worried about the future 324 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,300 because that is the context worrying about tomorrow, 325 00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:52,500 worrying, about what's going to happen worrying, about how 326 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:56,400 things are going to unfold. One reason why it is so 327 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,600 prevalent If we're honest for honest is because we seek to 328 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,800 have control and we can't get it when we don't know how things 329 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:10,000 are going to happen, right? It disturbs us. 330 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:14,200 This is beyond my ability. This is beyond my resources. 331 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:17,900 This is beyond my knowledge and I don't like not being in 332 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:23,300 control. It frustrates me and it's true. 333 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:27,100 Somebody said, I wish I said it but somebody figured it out. 334 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:31,000 Worry is frustration at our inability to be God. 335 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:37,000 May I say that again, worry is our frustration at our inability 336 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:42,600 to be God? We are among those who fret 337 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,100 about the future. I suggest that such overthinking 338 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:50,500 reveals something much more serious about ourselves because 339 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:54,500 anxiety, you know, what it is. It is a manifestation of a 340 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:56,700 fractured aspect of our belief system. 341 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,000 And what is that? Our perception of, who is really 342 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:08,400 Sovereign over our tomorrow's. The scriptures are absolutely 343 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,400 filled. I hope you know it, you've heard 344 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,900 this word being pounded from the pulpit for so long. 345 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,500 The scriptures from cover to cover are riddled with examples 346 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:23,700 and commands and promises and Psalms of God being so 347 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:28,500 providential. Being so aware being so in 348 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:32,000 control. So, in control that you can even 349 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:38,700 have a trust in his sovereignty, over over a cold, over a 350 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,700 sickness over a broken broken foot. 351 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,200 Because it's everywhere, it's everywhere. 352 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,800 And why I'm bringing that up in particular is because I remember 353 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,100 reading this verse years ago. And when I realized it was one 354 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:57,000 of my first initial Awakenings to the idea of just how in 355 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,100 control God is, as his children seek to give all that they have 356 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:05,600 to serving him who more surrendered in the Apostle Paul. 357 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:10,400 And at the same time who more aware, perhaps of the obvious 358 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,100 Sovereign working of the They're in our lives. 359 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,200 Can I show you one example, it's something that we often miss. 360 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:21,800 It's in Galatians in chapter 4. And look what Paul says, when he 361 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,000 tries to make an appeal through his brothers, guys. 362 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,400 You have to understand. I'm here for you. 363 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,700 The reason why I'm preaching this truth to you is because I 364 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,300 love you. Did you forget who I was Paul 365 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:36,300 says, did you forget how we met? Did you forget our history? 366 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,800 You think I'm writing these strong words to you? 367 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,200 Because I don't love, you know, I do love you. 368 00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:45,200 It's so he's rehearsing. The relational history and he 369 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,200 goes off to share the moment, what it was that caused them to 370 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,700 even meet and for them to receive the Gospel to begin with 371 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,000 in verse 12 of Galatians. 4 Brothers. 372 00:23:56,300 --> 00:24:00,000 I entreat you become as I am for. 373 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,100 I also have become as you are. You did me? 374 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,600 No wrong. Now, look at verse 13, you know, 375 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,700 it was because of a bodily ailment that I preach the gospel 376 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:14,300 to you at first. I love that. 377 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,100 Do you see it? What is he? 378 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:20,100 What is he pointing to? What is he? 379 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,700 What is he crediting on the human level? 380 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:28,100 He is saying if it wasn't for that sickness, that debilitated 381 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:31,400 me, that kept me in the region of galatia. 382 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,400 I wouldn't have been here long enough and we wouldn't have met 383 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,000 and the gospel wouldn't have come to you through my lips. 384 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,500 It was because of a bodily ailment that all of, this is 385 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:45,200 even in reality that there are churches in galatia because I 386 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:50,600 was sick. Consider that consider how 387 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,200 awesome that is consider that in God's wisdom. 388 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,300 He allowed this to happen for a greater purpose. 389 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,900 I don't know about you. I hate being sick, one of the 390 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:05,000 reasons because I feel extra week, and I feel like I can't 391 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,300 focus as much when I read and all these different things, but 392 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,900 I look at a verse like this and I realized that something that 393 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:14,900 even put Paul in his place. This Energizer. 394 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,100 I mean, you couldn't keep this guy in one place for too long 395 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:20,100 unless he was disciples. Ring or raising up a church. 396 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:23,000 He was always on the go demons. Couldn't keep up with a guy. 397 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,000 And yet, one at one point. He was so overcome by some 398 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,400 physical resistance that he had to stay in galatia, and it was, 399 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,500 the means by which the gospel came. 400 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,600 God has so much more control than you can imagine. 401 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:41,700 Even in the moment. You don't realize how why is 402 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,600 this happening for missionary? That could have been 403 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:44,600 frustrating. Lord. 404 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,300 I'm trying to get somewhere here. 405 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,100 Would you not heal me at this moment? 406 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:53,000 And here's God in heaven, knowing that because of this 407 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,500 bodily ailments some Galatians are going to hear the gospel. 408 00:25:55,500 --> 00:26:00,500 Many churches will be raised up. We can stop here and rejoice. 409 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,600 What is it? I be concerned about what is it 410 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,800 to be worried about every delay. Every disappointment. 411 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,000 Even your own body being Afflicted. 412 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,800 God is sovereign. Be encouraged to know that 413 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:17,500 oftentimes our anxieties are us putting what God is only able to 414 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:21,600 do on our own shoulders. So ask God is this yours or 415 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,600 mine? And even if it is your 416 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,200 responsibility, there is a healthy way of being anxious. 417 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Sometimes there is a healthy fear. 418 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,600 God has instilled that in many of us, but that's not what I'm 419 00:26:31,608 --> 00:26:33,200 talking. I'm not talking about the fear 420 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,000 of you losing your job because you've been going to work late 421 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 every day and you're saying, I better get to work early. 422 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,700 That's a good fear. Keep that fear. 423 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,100 I'm talking about the fear of the things that you don't have 424 00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:48,100 control of. Today has enough problems on its 425 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:53,400 own, but the second, the second weapon is found in 1st, Peter, 5 426 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,500 and verse 6 and 7. And that is to do this. 427 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,200 In your anxiety, with your anxiety, with your fear, be 428 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,900 honest before God, and behold him. 429 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:09,600 Be honest before, God and Behold Him. 430 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,100 Notice? What Peter says in First Peter 431 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:17,500 five six and seven, humble yourselves, therefore, under the 432 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:21,300 mighty hand of God. So that at the proper time, he 433 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:25,500 may exalt you. Casting all your anxieties on 434 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:28,000 him because he cares for you. Now. 435 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,700 I got to be honest for the longest time. 436 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 I read those two verses and interpreted them separate from 437 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,400 each other. I don't know if you fall into 438 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:40,600 that same category. But Peter intentionally by this 439 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:45,400 spirit is mentioning the need for the Christians to Humble 440 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,600 themselves and to cast their anxieties on the Lord. 441 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:53,200 That's the same thought. That's the same breath. 442 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,200 They're not two separate applications. 443 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,400 They're one in the same. So we might have not made the 444 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,000 connection between humbling ourselves and casting our 445 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,700 anxieties on him. But the Holy Spirit does. 446 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,900 And here's what it reveals that if there's anxiety living inside 447 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,300 of me. It is an indication that there 448 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:17,500 is humility lacking in me. Don't mean to cause more anxiety 449 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:22,900 with that thought, but it's liberating, if there is anxiety 450 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:27,500 living in me, right? That is an indication that there 451 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,000 is a level of humility lacking in me. 452 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:34,400 How can I be the case? Well, consider the primary 453 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,800 audience that Peter speaking to Christians? 454 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,400 Yes, suffering, Christians though, that Christians were 455 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,100 actually paying a price to be a Christian. 456 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:43,600 Not. Oh, I can't believe we have to 457 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,000 go to church this early on Sunday morning. 458 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,600 That's not suffering, like real suffering enough suffering for 459 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,000 Peter to write, and encourage them though. 460 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,500 Not explicit. It is suffering. 461 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,800 Nonetheless. They could be losing their jobs, 462 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,200 relational issues. They have to move places. 463 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:00,900 Who knows what it is? Are real. 464 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:06,100 Cost a real price to actually follow this Messiah and Peter. 465 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,700 Oh, Pastor. Peter wants to encourage this 466 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:12,300 group of Christians, and she know what Pastor Peter does to 467 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,300 these fretful and worried Christians who are suffering 468 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:19,000 persecution, first thing. He says here, humble yourselves. 469 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,300 That doesn't sound very pastoral. 470 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,400 Does it humble yourselves? Huh? 471 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:26,700 Are you sure? Yeah. 472 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:27,800 Yeah. Humble yourselves. 473 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:34,600 How can that be the case? Well, in essence, Peter saying 474 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,100 that the reason for your anxiety? 475 00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:39,800 Is that because you have not submitted under the revelation 476 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:45,000 of God's Mighty hand. That's what it is. 477 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,800 Because when he says here, humble yourselves under God's 478 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,600 Mighty hand, that may sound intimidating, and that may sound 479 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,900 a little insensitive that may sound like or else. 480 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,800 God is going to punish you, but it's wonderfully comforting. 481 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,600 When he's bringing up God's Mighty hand, he's not speaking 482 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,300 about his hand of discipline. He's speaking about his hand of 483 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,600 power, his hand to deliver his hand, to rescue his hand, to 484 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:12,500 provide his hand to protect. What he what he's saying is you 485 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:17,100 have stepped outside of the umbrella of the Revelation that 486 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:21,700 God's invisible fingers are at work in the situation. 487 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,100 That no matter how chaotic or how severe, how painful it is. 488 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:30,000 It didn't leave the grip of his omnipotence. 489 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:37,200 It's not Beyond his control but you have walked outside of that, 490 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,200 you are now under some other concept and so you've not 491 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,800 humbled yourself there. You have not come to the point 492 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:48,200 of relishing and being safe in that shadow of truth. 493 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,400 And how is it then do we humble ourselves? 494 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,400 Will he says it the way you humble yourself? 495 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,000 The evidence of your humility is that you take it and you cast it 496 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,700 at his feet. To cast means to literally throw 497 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:04,400 away, like something that you don't want and you throw in the 498 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:09,200 opposite direction, do that spiritually, take it all and 499 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,500 come before him and lay it there. 500 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,300 And that is that reflex is an indication. 501 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,500 You have an understanding that God's Mighty hand is involved 502 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:21,400 here. You'd be amazed to know how many 503 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,400 professing Christians are extremely anxious, but have zero 504 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,900 prayer life. Zero, praise life. 505 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,300 It's incredible. I'm being honest here. 506 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:34,300 And that's why this verse is given to us. 507 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:36,200 Now. You know, what's so incredible 508 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:41,100 about this, the motive to do this is beautiful. 509 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:45,900 It's so it's so comforting. If Peter would have said, cast 510 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:48,900 all your anxieties on him because he's able to help you. 511 00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:51,300 I that's good for me, man. That's good. 512 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,700 You're able to help me Lord. I'm coming to you all the time, 513 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,000 but that's not what he says, cast. 514 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,500 All your anxieties on him because he cares for you. 515 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:04,700 He cares for you, not just because he has a mighty hand. 516 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:09,100 But because he genuinely cares for you, you as an individual 517 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:13,000 not you as my bride. And the corporate sense though 518 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,700 that it's true, but you individually. 519 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,100 He actually cares and somebody who cares for somebody else, 520 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:25,300 genuinely finds joy in relieving any kind of pain or burden on 521 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:28,700 somebody else's life to know that they can alleviate you 522 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,800 brings them true satisfaction. Action. 523 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,000 And God is the same. And so our anxieties though. 524 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,100 They may be daily. Do not overwhelm him. 525 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:41,600 They don't cause him to say, you know, I have so much other 526 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,900 anxieties of worry about, I might not get to your problem 527 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,100 right away. That doesn't happen. 528 00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:49,900 He does not sci-fi when you visit them again with the same 529 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:51,700 problem that you came with last week. 530 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,900 He cares. He genuinely cares. 531 00:32:57,100 --> 00:33:01,500 As a doctor would when somebody comes with a with a disease that 532 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,800 has been eating your body away for even months. 533 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:09,400 He cares. To come to your rescue and to 534 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,900 help and to even just listen. And so what I do when I look at 535 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:17,500 this, as I view any anxiety attack any visitation of fear as 536 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:21,900 an opportunity to declare To declare to myself, to declare to 537 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,500 God. And even declared two, others 538 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:25,900 of, who is really the one that is in control. 539 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,500 Take Goliath's sword like David did and cut the head of the 540 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,800 enemy with the weapon. He try to use against you. 541 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:38,500 That makes sense. Yes, David slung his Stone and 542 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:42,500 it hit Glides in the head but read on, he gets on Goliath back 543 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:45,600 and the very same sword. That Goliath threatened Israel 544 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,000 with was used to decapitate his own head. 545 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,000 And that's a picture of Satan coming to us with his weapons. 546 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,300 Will take his weapons and use it back against him. 547 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,900 You want anxiety? Come against me. 548 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,700 I'm going to use that as a reason to praise God. 549 00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:01,600 And go before him. Someone might say, but I tried 550 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,700 my brother. I tried, I've tried it. 551 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:05,600 Sounds good. It's all my coffee mug. 552 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,400 I got something from the Christian storage. 553 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,800 There on my wall cast, all your anxiety on him. 554 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,800 Because he cares for you, and I've expressed my Fierce to him 555 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,199 even, and I've, I've even declared my faith that he's in 556 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,699 control by guess what? I still have the shortness of 557 00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:26,800 breath. And I still have non-stop 558 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,900 thoughts that literally distract me from daily activities. 559 00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:35,500 Can I help you further? Don't just come. 560 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,500 Don't just come to drop off your needs and then walk away. 561 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:42,600 Stay there long enough to be hold them until you understand, 562 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,400 who it is? That really cares for you. 563 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:51,400 Stay there long enough. To behold them and to understand 564 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,500 who it is that I am entrusting my worries, too. 565 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,000 Humble yourselves under God's Mighty hand. 566 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000 Do you understand how Mighty it is? 567 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:07,400 Do you have a reservoir of Truth in you? 568 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,500 Do you know, from cover to cover God's ways with his servants, in 569 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:13,300 the old gods ways? And his servant with the 570 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:15,900 servants in the new? Do you have something to work 571 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:17,700 with? So that when you come before 572 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:20,600 God, you're not, just honoring a prescription with a Halo 573 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,300 understanding, but you really believe you're the same God, 574 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:26,800 that help David. You're the same God, that help 575 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,400 Josie. You're the same God that led 576 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,100 Paul. You're the same God, that helped 577 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,400 Peter. You're the same God that was 578 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,800 with the early church, your the same God. 579 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,700 Stay there rehearse. It. 580 00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:41,900 Read it. Preach to your heart. 581 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:47,000 Cast your anxieties on him. Yes, but don't just press the 582 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000 right buttons and hope for something they come out. 583 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,600 Stay there and and humble yourself under the revelation of 584 00:35:53,607 --> 00:35:57,600 his might and his power. And the peace. 585 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,800 That you will experience will come but the piece that you will 586 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,200 have access to is in direct proportion. 587 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,900 Listen to the knowledge of his ways. 588 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,800 Does that make sense? And I'll tell you what? 589 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,700 I told those Bible college students, if your understanding 590 00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:17,600 of God's word is limited to the curriculum that you've been 591 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,700 given in your classes. You will not make it. 592 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:27,400 You will not make it. You versions verse of the day is 593 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:28,800 not going to help you my brother. 594 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:36,000 It's not. It's not, you need to get in and 595 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,400 you need to create a revelation in your heart, a reservoir 596 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,700 Revelation through a daily, understanding of God's word and 597 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,600 a rehearsing in a meditation upon his ways or else. 598 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:55,700 You're sunk, you're sunk. You're sunk. 599 00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:01,300 Be honest before God. But many times you're gonna have 600 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,200 to stay there a bit longer to be Hold'em. 601 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,400 And you'd be amazed to know that when you get God's word in you 602 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,200 and a certain fear comes, 10 versus will come to attack that 603 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,700 fear. When this worry, this threat 604 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:21,900 persecution emails phone calls. When they come five verses here, 605 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,700 10 stories there, two truths here. 606 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:29,400 Let's go to the third Point. Shall we? 607 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:33,400 And that is found a Proverbs 12:25. 608 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,100 Don't only come before God in humility. 609 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:43,300 Yes, humility is an anxiety. Killer, but not only in our 610 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:46,300 confession to God. What do I mean by that? 611 00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:49,900 There is a wisdom found in mutual confession. 612 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:53,600 As we bare our souls in the presence of those that we trust. 613 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:57,600 What do I get that from? Look at the book of wisdom says 614 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,600 in 12:25 anxiety, in a man's heart, weighs him down, but a 615 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:07,700 good word makes him glad. Anxiety, weighs him down, you 616 00:38:07,707 --> 00:38:11,200 know what that means, depression, you know, that means 617 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,100 coming to church like this. You know what? 618 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,700 That means that while you're here, listening to the sermon 619 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,600 you're thinking about thoughts that are worrying. 620 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:24,500 You. Anxiety ways of men down limits 621 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:27,600 him paralyzes him holds him back. 622 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:31,700 But a good word. A good word. 623 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,200 Not a word. A good word makes him. 624 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,200 Glad let me tell you what. It doesn't mean. 625 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,100 It doesn't mean preach to yourself. 626 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,300 That's good that will help preach to yourself. 627 00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:42,900 That's not what it's saying. Now. 628 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:44,600 This might shock you but bear with me here. 629 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,700 It's not even saying come to the Bible though. 630 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,600 You should and you must primarily because you have some 631 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,200 people that would say, you know, I'm good. 632 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:58,900 I have my prayer life and I have I have my devotionals. 633 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:00,200 I have YouVersion verse of the day. 634 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,400 I'm good. But what the same book that we 635 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,000 love and we receive our primary help from the same book. 636 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,800 The same word tells you, you need the words of others. 637 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,100 You believe that because this verse is often used to exhort 638 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:22,600 people be be a source of encouragement to others. 639 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,400 But can we look at the other side from the other angle? 640 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,300 And that is this, I myself need a good word. 641 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:34,700 I myself need an external voice to pour into me at times. 642 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,300 And that's going to require something, doesn't it? 643 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,000 Humility? Humility. 644 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,800 Being willing to unveil your heart and to communicate your 645 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,100 concerns. To somebody who actually walks 646 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,500 with God. So that in that moment. 647 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,800 They can speak God's promises. God's counsel God's wisdom and 648 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,800 dismantled the Distortion that you are struggling with that, 649 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,400 maybe knowing at you. Do not underestimate the value 650 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:11,200 of this. Do not underestimate it. 651 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,000 I feel so bad for those who think they're so spiritual, they 652 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,600 can walk this walk by themselves. 653 00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:20,100 That does not impress me at all. And it shouldn't you. 654 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,000 That's actually dangerous. It's dangerous on so many 655 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,100 levels. And to those who might say, 656 00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:30,400 well, I can't do this by myself. Can I say to you lovingly? 657 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,200 You have no idea what you're up against. 658 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:37,100 You have no idea what you're up against, because as much as 659 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:39,600 there is a call to her courage ourselves in the Lord. 660 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:42,400 Can I tell you that? It can be so overwhelming at 661 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,900 times, that that, that there may not even be the strength to pick 662 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:50,000 yourself up. And that is why God gives us 663 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,800 members and God gives us brothers and God gives us 664 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:58,200 outside help. As a means to be able to pick us 665 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,200 up. For those who are here Friday, 666 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,900 this will be familiar for those who don't come Friday or listen 667 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:08,000 to the Friday Bible study. There is a turning point in 668 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,500 David's life that plunge them into one of the greatest 669 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:15,300 compromises in history, and it might actually ruin your Sunday 670 00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:19,600 school version of what David was like, David at one point in his 671 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,100 life spent a year and four months among the Philistines 672 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,400 that was wrong because nobody, who came into the promised land 673 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,200 as an Israel, had the right to go out. 674 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,600 Unless God explicitly said, you can go out. 675 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,300 David. David spent a year and four 676 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:40,800 months in the world. How how do you go there? 677 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,500 How does that even happen? It all started with something 678 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:49,900 that he said in his heart. I'm going to read it to you and 679 00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:52,200 first Samuel 27:1, just pay attention. 680 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,000 They'll turn their just listen, first, Samuel 27:1. 681 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,900 This is the turning point. This is what led this faithful 682 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:02,600 man to turn his back on the Promise Land and go and live 683 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:08,600 among the enemies of God. Then David said, in his heart. 684 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:13,400 Now I Shall Perish One Day by the hand of Saul. 685 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,700 There is nothing better for me than that. 686 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,100 I should escape to the land of the Philistines. 687 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:23,600 Then saw Will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders 688 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,600 of Israel and I shall Escape out of his hand. 689 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:34,400 David said in his heart. There is great wisdom and saying 690 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,900 things in your heart and keeping it, there may suggest that you 691 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:40,000 have some people who have nothing in their heart that just 692 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,900 everything comes out. Keep things in your heart, keep 693 00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:47,800 things between you and the Lord like Mary contemplate things in 694 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:51,700 your own bosom. But there is also a wisdom from 695 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:54,300 time to time to take things out of your heart. 696 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,600 And my question is David, you songwriter. 697 00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:00,300 Where is the cry before God with this concern? 698 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,300 Where's the psalm? Where's that? 699 00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:04,000 Where's the prayer life? Where's the, where's the 700 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,200 outbursts of desperation? Not their secondary. 701 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:10,300 Where is you communicating this with somebody else? 702 00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:14,300 What about your Godly wife, Abigail? 703 00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:17,000 Yeah, I know. Jonathan is not very close and 704 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,700 he's helped you. But wasn't there, a revelation 705 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:22,300 of how he strengthen your hand of Lord, how somebody else can 706 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:25,600 actually redirect your thoughts. Where is that confession? 707 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,600 Where is that? It's not there. 708 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,800 And because he confined within himself, and he meditated and he 709 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,200 believes something long enough. It literally let him his family 710 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:43,600 and 600 others into the world. This poor soul knows what it's 711 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:47,000 like to call somebody and say this and this and that and just 712 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:51,200 receive a flood of wisdom in such a way that also floods your 713 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:52,400 heart with. Peace. 714 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,600 You need that. And so, the third weapon here 715 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:03,600 is, stay close to those who possess a tongue of healing and 716 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:09,000 wisdom. Stay under Elders, who walk with 717 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,500 God. Walk with those who don't just 718 00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:14,600 make you laugh. But who actually can provide 719 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:19,300 some guidance and speak into the situation such a way that rays 720 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:22,200 of light penetrate those dark clouds in your soul. 721 00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:26,600 Because if you and I isolate, not just physically, but even 722 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,900 internally for too long with issues like this, we can walk in 723 00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:33,700 a direction that could have been dealt with from the from the 724 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:35,900 bud. If you had just unveiled, your 725 00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:38,500 heart and said, I'm not just going to humble myself before 726 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:39,500 God. I'm going to humble myself 727 00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:42,700 before my brother. This is eating at me, James 5, 728 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:44,100 right? Confess your sins to one 729 00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:45,800 another. And what do we limit that to 730 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:47,500 you? Watch pornography last week and 731 00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:49,300 your next small group? Tell everybody that you watch 732 00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:50,900 pornography. That's good. 733 00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:54,000 Here's the problem. Do we consider anxiety as Sin? 734 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:58,800 We don't consider that in our categories of confession Dewey. 735 00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:03,900 This is killing me. This has been weeks. 736 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,700 It's been days of keeps me up and I can't read my Bible. 737 00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:08,700 I can't pray. I'm not even, I'm not even 738 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:11,000 Desiring to be in the ministry because because this is just 739 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:15,500 consuming confess it. Let healing come. 740 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,300 Stay close to those. Who possess a tongue of wisdom 741 00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:20,800 tongue of healing tongue of love. 742 00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:27,700 Let's come to the last one. Distinguish anxiety with a 743 00:45:27,707 --> 00:45:32,600 torrent of Thanksgiving. You heard this recently, but 744 00:45:32,900 --> 00:45:35,800 sometimes there's benefit and repetition Philippians 4. 745 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:45,000 Verse 6. Do not be anxious about 746 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,700 anything. You know why? 747 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:51,300 We're ending it with this. Because I understand that fears 748 00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:55,300 and worries, and concerns despair, despondency can be very 749 00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:57,800 specific and sometimes with one message. 750 00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,000 You can't cover it all. That's very, very true. 751 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,200 And I know it's complicated to because there's chemical 752 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:08,100 imbalances and there's this and that I'm just giving you God's 753 00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:12,000 prescription on the issue, but I end with Philippians 4:6 because 754 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,100 I love how Paul introduces this. Do not be anxious about 755 00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:17,200 anything. So no matter what, it is, 756 00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:21,900 whatever the category future, you got bad news today 757 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,700 persecution. It doesn't matter what it is. 758 00:46:24,900 --> 00:46:27,900 Do not be anxious about anything and here's the prescription 759 00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:30,100 about anything that you are anxious about. 760 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:37,600 But in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving, 761 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,100 let your requests be made known to God. 762 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:42,200 You were there. Weren't you not too long ago 763 00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:46,100 when we talked about the power of gratitude, but let me remind 764 00:46:46,100 --> 00:46:48,800 you. Oftentimes, this scripture is 765 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,800 pointed to as a reference when counseling, somebody or 766 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,100 counseling our own Souls about things that we're anxious about 767 00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:56,900 go. Pray, go see God, go tell him 768 00:46:56,900 --> 00:47:00,000 your problems go make your needs known great, but that's half of 769 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,700 it. Because the scripture here, 770 00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:05,600 doesn't tell me just going. Make your demands known the 771 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:06,400 scripture. The same you tell me. 772 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,900 Come and just cry before. God, that that's not what its 773 00:47:08,900 --> 00:47:10,800 saying. There is an attitude in which 774 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,100 I'm coming before the Lord and it is an attitude of praise. 775 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,800 Think about that. Think about how much such a 776 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,100 wonderful promise. Like this has not been known in 777 00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:23,200 the results because we have not honored. 778 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,700 The entire instruction. We've come to pray, we come to 779 00:47:26,700 --> 00:47:29,300 supplicate, we come to do all this and then we forgot an 780 00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:31,200 integral part. And that is, did you did you 781 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,600 thank him though. Could you come with 782 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,000 Thanksgiving? Because that's what he's saying, 783 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,700 come with Thanksgiving. And I'm going to tell you 784 00:47:38,700 --> 00:47:40,500 something. That is not going to come 785 00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:42,800 automatically. There's no way. 786 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,700 The last thing on your mind when you are anxious and coming 787 00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:48,900 before God with your needs is praise. 788 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,400 So you have to listen. This is where faith comes in and 789 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:56,700 Truth Trump's over feelings. You have to go in there into the 790 00:47:56,700 --> 00:48:01,300 presence of God with the intentional plan to thank him 791 00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:06,100 and not just with intention but with specifics. 792 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:12,100 Go specifically and begin to thank him. 793 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,500 You know, I've often said if you're going to pray, generally, 794 00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:20,900 you're going to get general answers. if your prayer life is 795 00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:25,700 General, you're going to get general answers, and I don't 796 00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:28,200 want to pray in such a way where when the answer comes out 797 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,900 confuse it with coincidence. I want to pray in such a way 798 00:48:31,900 --> 00:48:34,000 that when the answer comes. I know, it's God. 799 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:39,600 That's God. George Mueller's biography shows 800 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,800 how important is to pray, specifically, it just gives God 801 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:47,100 all the glory. But can I add to that? 802 00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:49,900 Don't thank God, generally, thank him. 803 00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:54,000 Specifically, as you begin to dissect, all the things that 804 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:58,000 you're thankful for watch. How is just one jolt after the 805 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,400 other. Because Thanksgiving, is the 806 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,400 sound that awakens the eyes of the heart to see that God is 807 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:08,100 behind everything. I thank you for. 808 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,300 I, thank you for today. That's a great. 809 00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:12,200 That's a great prayer. But what do you mean by that? 810 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,500 Sometimes we can pray that and that can be enough, but 811 00:49:14,500 --> 00:49:16,000 sometimes we need more than that. 812 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,500 And begin to list in your heart, begin to list from your lips, 813 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,800 the things that you're thankful for and I'm telling you that 814 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,400 Thanksgiving is often overlooked as a force against fear. 815 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:34,100 But it is profound when it is applied regularly. 816 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,800 I want to give you one final example of that. 817 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,300 Through Matthew Henry. You've probably read his 818 00:49:42,300 --> 00:49:46,000 commentary Matthew Henry had his wallet stolen once. 819 00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:48,200 Guess what? He did. 820 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:53,500 He drew on the praise. Here's what Matthew Henry said. 821 00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:59,000 Lord, I Thank you. That I have never been robbed 822 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,800 before. That, although they took my 823 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,900 money, they spared my life. That although, they took 824 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:12,900 everything it wasn't very much. And that it was I who was robbed 825 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:20,900 and not, I who robbed. Even hearing how being thankful 826 00:50:20,900 --> 00:50:22,600 specifically is powerful, isn't it? 827 00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:28,000 And so, I charge you today to extinguish anxiety with a 828 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:33,100 torrent of Thanksgiving. And I can't think of anything 829 00:50:33,100 --> 00:50:37,800 that will be quicker for the peace of God to flood your 830 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,700 heart, when you come with that duo of bringing your needs 831 00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:44,800 before and but also leaving that place, making sure that you've 832 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:49,000 thanked him. When you bring these things 833 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,000 together, as you've heard among many other truths in the 834 00:50:51,008 --> 00:50:54,500 scripture, but these four truths, I can guarantee you 835 00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:56,200 according to the authority of the scripture. 836 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,300 You will have great success in your war against anxiety. 837 00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:02,300 Will it be immediate? Maybe not. 838 00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,200 But as you build these muscles, and as you put your faith in 839 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:08,700 them, and as you apply them, I hope to hear testimonies from 840 00:51:08,700 --> 00:51:10,300 this. Place of how God has given much 841 00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:14,000 victory over this thing. And God will indeed be bias in 842 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,300 with us. Let's pray. 843 00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:39,300 Lord. In light of this. 844 00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:43,200 We thank you. We thank you. 845 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:44,900 God. We thank you. 846 00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:50,600 Thank you, that we are where we are today because of your grace. 847 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,000 Thank you. That we are in this church 848 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,200 because of your grace. Thank you, Lord, that we have 849 00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,400 Liberty to still sing and hear the word of God without fear. 850 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,100 Thank you. Thank you for our families. 851 00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:06,400 Thank you for our mothers. Thank you for the mothers of 852 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,900 this house. Thank you for the woman who have 853 00:52:09,900 --> 00:52:13,700 dedicated so much for this ministry for your glory. 854 00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:16,500 Lord. We thank you that we have ears 855 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:20,300 to hear this message today. We thank you that we have eyes 856 00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:23,000 to see. Thank you, Lord, that we have 857 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,500 the ability to stand and to be able to worship you. 858 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:28,400 Thank you, that we have a voice to worship you. 859 00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:31,600 Thank you, that we have the ability to just be here 860 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,400 together. We just ask that these truths 861 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,400 would be remembered help us. Lord, as we heard earlier, help 862 00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:41,400 us, praise you help us pray to you. 863 00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,100 Lord help us believe that no matter what circumstance that we 864 00:52:45,100 --> 00:52:48,100 are in. We have still the ability to 865 00:52:48,100 --> 00:52:52,500 say, thank you and Lord as simple as Elementary as that is 866 00:52:52,500 --> 00:52:55,600 where we need the faith to believe that it has power. 867 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,100 It has power help us. See what belongs to us. 868 00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:02,800 What belongs to you help us understand the value of of 869 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,900 another brother in our lives. Help us understand. 870 00:53:05,900 --> 00:53:08,100 Lord, that in moments of anxiety. 871 00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:12,300 That's also an indication that perhaps we have. 872 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,600 To see your Sovereign hand in the situation. 873 00:53:15,900 --> 00:53:17,800 And so we humble ourselves before you. 874 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,600 And so, Lord, even now as we pray, if there's anybody in 875 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:26,900 here, father, who is tormented by this tension who is overcome 876 00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:30,100 by this turmoil Lord met in this moment. 877 00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:33,600 We just humble ourselves, say, you are in control, father, you 878 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:37,200 are control of my body, you're in control of my health, you're 879 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,600 in control of my babies and their future. 880 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:43,100 You're a control of all these things that I think I am 881 00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:45,100 Sovereign over lord. I commit to you. 882 00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:48,200 I do my part and I let you do yours. 883 00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,300 May this be the Turning Point O. God may this be the moment that 884 00:53:52,300 --> 00:53:54,700 they can look back on and say that's why I left my burdens 885 00:53:54,700 --> 00:53:57,200 once and for all Lord, we worship you. 886 00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,400 We give you all the glory. And thanks for your word, and we 887 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,000 bless it now. In Jesus name. 888 00:54:02,300 --> 00:54:04,900 Amen. Stand and Worship the Lord 889 00:54:04,900 --> 00:54:04,900 together. Stand and Worship the Lord 890 00:54:04,900 --> 00:54:05,300 together.