1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Revival church Bracknell Podcast joins us 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,200 asbestos, Will and Michelle Rose share inspiring insights that 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,080 help you discover and leave out your God-given purpose. 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,560 Don't forget to subscribe and connect with us on Facebook and 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:23,360 YouTube for even more resources. Get ready and God bless you. 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,800 Yes, I just want to speak to you today about peace. 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,880 Somebody say peace, peace, brother and sister, peace, 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,960 peace, tears, peace. OK, Now this peace that I'm 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,000 talking about this way, it's not the kind of peace that you get 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,680 on a holiday, go on a vacation or in a spa, OK, It's all good 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,800 to go on holiday and have a spa treatment, all of that. 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,480 That's good. But the the peace that I'm 13 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,520 ministering today, what the Lord's been showing to me, I'm 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,200 talking about supernatural peace. 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,200 This is a piece that is higher than the understanding of mind 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,960 of man. This is a piece that the Bible 17 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,480 calls about. It is higher. 18 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,519 It is that surpasses all understanding. 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,360 OK, so it defies logic. So this is a piece that is above 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,840 fear. OK, so it's a piece over panic. 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,120 It's a very strong peace we are talking about today. 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,240 Peace over panic. Now that's somebody said peace 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:26,000 over panic because that's the title of of our message today, 24 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,120 peace over panic. Here we go. 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,280 Now I really believe this is a prophetic word straight from 26 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:41,560 heaven for such a time as this. Because the times that we are 27 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,840 living in, the world that we are living in is filled with panic, 28 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,240 fear and anxiety. Okay, It's from headlines to 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,680 hospital rooms for politics to personal battles. 30 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,880 People are overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted. 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,440 People are dressed up but depressed, scrolling on phones 32 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,000 but stuck in panic. OK, but drowning. 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,039 Many drowning in depression, fear, anxiety. 34 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,200 But I have come here this morning with some good news. 35 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,200 Who's ready for some good news here this morning? 36 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,360 Somebody good news. Believers don't have to live 37 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,120 stressed out, OK? We have not been called to live 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,200 stressed out. We have not been called to live 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,800 stressed. We have been called to live 40 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,000 blessed. Can you say I mean, somebody? 41 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,520 Yeah, blessed and not stressed, somebody shout Hallelujah. 42 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:36,680 I feel like preaching in this place. 43 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,040 I feel the anointing of God in this place. 44 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,080 I'm sensing hungry hearts already pulling on the word here 45 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,400 this morning. And so I just received the word 46 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,160 today because something is about to happen in this place. 47 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,840 Something powerful is about to happen in this place. 48 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,360 The Prince of Peace is about to walk in. 49 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,400 The Prince of Peace is about to show up and calm every storm, 50 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,240 calm every difficult situation, calm every circumstance. 51 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,920 The Prince of Peace is about to show up and he is the one Jesus 52 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,160 Christ. And the same Jesus who said 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,080 peace be stalled is the same one who's about to say peace be 54 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,720 stalled over you, over your family, over your circumstances, 55 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,120 your community, your region, peace be stalled. 56 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,520 And there is calmness because Jesus Christ, the peace, Prince 57 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,880 of Peace, calm the storm. Oh my God, there is a peace that 58 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,600 will come. Any storm that is coming against 59 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:35,000 your life, somebody shout Amen. And so peace is not a feeling 60 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,680 that you wait for, is not a mood. 61 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,600 Peace is a person and his name is Jesus. 62 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,400 And so when Jesus comes on the scene, when Jesus shows up, 63 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,040 change, fall off. When Jesus shows up, prison 64 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,440 doors break wide open and miracles start happening. 65 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,280 When the Prince of Peace walks into a room, Hallelujah, 66 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,560 somebody said, Hallelujah, give God some praise. 67 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,120 If you are ready for supernatural peace in your life, 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,920 in your home, in your family. Now let's go to Acts chapter 12 69 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,040 in our Bibles and we will pick it up there from verse 6. 70 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,560 The night before here it was to bring him to trial. 71 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,040 Peter was sleeping. Everybody underlined that in 72 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,320 your Bibles. So remember, they were sleeping 73 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,920 between two soldiers bound with two chains. 74 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,560 Sentries stood guard at the entrance. 75 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,160 Suddenly an Angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in 76 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,240 the cell. He struck Peter on the side and 77 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,280 woke him up. Quick get up, he said, and the 78 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:40,960 chains fell of Peter's rest. Hallelujah. 79 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,800 Let's pray Father, we come before you with open hearts this 80 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,520 morning. Speak Lord, until peace floods 81 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,280 in. Speak your word, Lord, Holy 82 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:55,200 spirits, anoint this word, make it come alive. 83 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,800 Holy Spirit, move, fall afresh. Let hearts be changed, 84 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:04,600 transformed, transfigured. Lord, we pray, let your presence 85 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,760 fall in this place. In the mighty name of Jesus, we 86 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,240 pray and somebody say Amen. So you're in Acts chapter 12. 87 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,440 We step into a scene that it looks like it is the end of the 88 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:18,920 story. It is the end of Peter. 89 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,520 He is in a maximum security prison. 90 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,160 Now, Herod has just executed and killed James. 91 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,440 Now, James is one of Peter's closest friends. 92 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,200 And here's Peter. He's in prison and he is next in 93 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,520 line. He's chained between two guards 94 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,440 and the Bible says that there is 16 soldiers surrounding Peter. 95 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,080 So there is no escape route. There's no way out, there's no 96 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,440 legal defense. And so in all natural means, it 97 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,080 looks like his story should have ended. 98 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,840 But listen, this is, yeah, where it gets interesting because this 99 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:56,960 is, yeah, the miracle begins. This is where the miracle start. 100 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,320 Because when we open the text, we do not see Peter panicking. 101 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,000 Peter is not stressing, He's not panicking. 102 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:12,080 He's not pacing. Peter is sleeping, he's resting. 103 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,120 Oh, come on, somebody. Are you getting this verse 6? 104 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,200 The Bible says that he is sleeping. 105 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,280 Now, how do you sleep with a death sentence on your head? 106 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,080 How do you stay calm in that type of circumstances? 107 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,480 How do you rest with that sentence that is hanging over? 108 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,720 If you know, how do you race and say calm and stay at peace when 109 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:43,160 your life is about to end? Let me tell you, Peter had a 110 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,880 revelation. Peter had something that we need 111 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,480 to grab hold of. Yeah, this morning. 112 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:54,480 OK. You can be in prison and still 113 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,240 be in peace. Come on. 114 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,680 Somebody are you? That's. 115 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:58,960 Did you catch that? Did you? 116 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:04,080 Did you that you could be in prison and still be in peace. 117 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,880 OK. Because too many of us are 118 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:11,040 saying when the storm passes, then I will be at peace. 119 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,800 When the problem is over, then I will sleep again. 120 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,600 When the bulls have been paid, then I will sleep restfully. 121 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,840 When that problem has been solved. 122 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,640 When then, when that door, that breakthrough has come, then I 123 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,520 will able to rest and have peace. 124 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,160 Listen, the word of the Lord today is this. 125 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:38,200 Peace is not about the absence of trouble. 126 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:44,080 Peace is not the end product after the breakthrough, OK? 127 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,960 Peace is the starting point. Peace is the beginning. 128 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,440 Peace is the doorway, the pathway to breakthrough. 129 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,640 The piece is the forerunner to the breakthrough. 130 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:01,400 It starts with peace. Okay, Peter did not wait for his 131 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:06,120 breakthrough. Peter did not wait for the Angel 132 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,120 to show up. He was already in peace. 133 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,520 He already had peace in the prison. 134 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,280 He didn't wait for the breakthrough. 135 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:19,720 He has already made-up his mind that I trust in God. 136 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,360 He's already made-up his mind in the prison, in the Dave 137 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,840 sentence, that God is the one that holds my future, that I 138 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,920 trust in him. And so he laid his head down on 139 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,679 the concrete floor in the prison. 140 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,919 And like Lord, I am not in control of my life. 141 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,840 You are Lords and in charge. You are God, and I know that you 142 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,080 are in charge. And yes, Peter, he wasn't 143 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:49,080 panicking, he wasn't stressing, he wasn't rehearsing his final 144 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,800 words. Oh, here, it killed James. 145 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,200 I'm next. Tomorrow I'm dead. 146 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,200 He wasn't writing his last goodwill and testament. 147 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,960 He wasn't writing it. Farewell. 148 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:03,240 A goodbye later, Peter was sleeping like a baby in the 149 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,040 dungeon. Peter was at peace, the Bible 150 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,520 says. So he was sleeping so sound and 151 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,720 so deep that the Bible says that the angle didn't just touch him. 152 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,080 To wake him up, the Angel had to strike him. 153 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,360 To wake him up just shows you how deep he was sleeping. 154 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,480 I mean, that is a peaceful sleeping like a baby sleep. 155 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,400 My my God, Hallelujah, deep sound sleep. 156 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,280 That's peace in prison. That's peace in the middle of 157 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,240 chaos. Okay, that is peace over panic. 158 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,920 Somebody say peace over panic, peace over fear. 159 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:37,000 Oh my, my God, Hallelujah. I mean, Peter had that kind of a 160 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,160 peace. It just doesn't make any sense 161 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,280 in present difficult searcher. But it's a peace that surpasses 162 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,360 all understanding somebody. It is just the kind of a peace 163 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,640 that you cannot work it out in the mind. 164 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,000 It doesn't make sense to the world. 165 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,920 It defies logic. It's a peace that moves heaven. 166 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,000 It's a peace that shakes hell. It's a that's the kind of a 167 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,840 peace that defeats the devil. Oh, the God of peace, Oh my God, 168 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,880 my God, the God of peace shall what crush? 169 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,760 What crushes the devil? What crushes depression, What 170 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,760 crushes anxiety? The peace of God, The God of 171 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:27,600 peace will soon crush Satan. My God. 172 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,480 I feel the peace of God in this place because peace is not soft. 173 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,520 OK, listen. Peace is not passive. 174 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,400 Peace is not flaky, weak. Peace is a weapon, my God, is a 175 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,960 weapon against the devil and every anxiety and every spur of 176 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,160 fear, every panic, Oh my God, somebody found this and they had 177 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,400 a panic attack on on the phone. They're like I'm onto the 178 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,000 ambulance. I believe need to be I've got a 179 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,680 panic attack. I'm going to. 180 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,320 I said peace on the phone, peace be still. 181 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,120 And the person said all stress anxiety attacks left. 182 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,160 And when the ambulance arrived, they said all anxiety is gone. 183 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,480 Peace be still. When that storm arose on the sea 184 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,640 and Jesus gone on, he said peace. 185 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:24,000 Commerce is a weapon. It's a declaration in the face 186 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,640 of every devil, every lie, every fear, every anxiety, every panic 187 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,240 that I will not fall apart, but I will be at rest in the hand of 188 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:39,600 God at peace. Race, relax doesn't mean I'm at 189 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,880 the spa. Relax in the prison, Peace in 190 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,240 the prison. Hallelujah. 191 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,160 Listen, let me just tell you something, OK? 192 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,640 Life will test you. Storms will come to all of us, 193 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,800 storms and challenges in this wipe, this life before heaven, 194 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,120 there's going to be challenges, difficulties. 195 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,840 That's why God has given me this message. 196 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,840 This is a powerful message for this time because God is saying, 197 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,040 tell my people, this is the remedy for anxiety. 198 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,240 This is the remedy for stress, fear. 199 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:22,040 Live peaceful on purpose, OK? Peace doesn't fall out of the 200 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,440 sky, doesn't come naturally, doesn't come ultimate 201 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,720 intentionally. Live peaceful intentionally, OK. 202 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,640 And so the remedy I want to give you, this remedy for anxiety, 203 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,520 there's so many remedies, so many pills and tablets and 204 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,560 counseling things out there in the world for one of the biggest 205 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:44,640 problems that the world is facing today, and that is 206 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,680 stress. You can go to any farmers, any 207 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,960 shop, any plan and they will be remedies for stress. 208 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,480 Now let me give you Heaven's remedy for stress. 209 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,720 And we find this in the book of Philippians chapter 4, verse 6, 210 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,120 where it says very simple but very deep. 211 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,880 And this is a powerful revelation. 212 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,920 The Bible says do not be anxious for nothing. 213 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,360 OK, now let me show that to you. It says here Philippians chapter 214 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,280 4 verse 6. Do not be anxious for nothing 215 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,640 about anything different translation about anything, OK? 216 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,200 So do not be anxious, not anything, not the storm. 217 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:30,240 Do not be anxious for the job situation. 218 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,480 Do not be anxious, not for the rejection, not the obstacles, 219 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:38,400 not the mountain, not the storms, not the difficulty, not 220 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,240 the courtroom. Do not be anxious for nothing 221 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,480 because nothing gets to steal your peace. 222 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,640 We will not allow it to rob our peace. 223 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,640 Nothing means nothing. No difficulty, no problem, 224 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,600 nothing. Do not be anxious about 225 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,280 anything. And that is how you live. 226 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,320 Blessed and not stressed. Very simple. 227 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,480 Blessed and not. Can you say? 228 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:10,200 I mean somebody, Yes. OK, So while Peter was sleeping, 229 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:15,840 and here it is, God was moving. And so just like Peter, you 230 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:20,880 won't need to fight your way out because when you rest, when 231 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,280 you're at peace, God will fight the battle for you when you 232 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,280 race. Peter is demonstrating and he's 233 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:31,200 showing us what to do, sleeping and resting in the prison in the 234 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,840 difficulty, and God starts intervening. 235 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:39,560 God's on the move because when peace fools your heart, Heaven 236 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,440 sends the rescue. OK, glory to God. 237 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,400 And so he said, while we're resting, while we're at peace, 238 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,160 God is working. That is such a powerful 239 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,760 revelation that while we stay our ground, while we stay at 240 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,960 peace, God's working. It's the moment we stop 241 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,080 stressing and panicking and wanting to try and solve it. 242 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:00,880 That's when God takes his hands off. 243 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,560 But the moment we surrender and we give it over and we address, 244 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,800 God says, now I'll work. I will step into your situation. 245 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,920 The moment we take hands off and we say God, you hands on God 246 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,840 comes on the scene. That's why PC is so powerful. 247 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:22,040 Now I'll picture a man and he's walking a long dry Rd. with this 248 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:28,280 massive heavy backpack strapped on his back and he is tired and 249 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,600 he's sweating and he's stumbling walking this long dry road. 250 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,000 And that backpack is not filled with clothes. 251 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,280 That backpack is filled with heavy bricks and every brick 252 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:44,840 represent what if? So what if I never get well? 253 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,080 What if I can? I cannot pay the bills. 254 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,120 What if my kids don't ever change? 255 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,800 What if the marriage or the relationship fails? 256 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:05,880 What if I don't have what it takes? 257 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:12,160 What if is another wait? It's another layer of anxiety 258 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,040 and of fear and of panic. Now watch this. 259 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:22,000 Now a car pulls up and the driver rolls his window down and 260 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,480 he says, Frank, you don't have to walk another mile. 261 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,280 I will take you to your destination. 262 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,400 And the man gets in. Now here's the crazy part. 263 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,400 As he gets into the car, he never takes the backpack off. 264 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:48,040 He's in the vehicle. He's in the vehicle of grace on 265 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,440 his way to his promise, and he's still under the old weight. 266 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:58,240 That's exactly how many too many believers live. 267 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,880 We are on our way to heaven, born again, save, but still 268 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,760 carrying the weight of hell, forgiven but bound. 269 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Many are saved, born again, child of God, saved on our way 270 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,640 to heaven, but still carrying the weight of the world. 271 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,839 Now listen, because this is the word of the Lord today. 272 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,640 God didn't just invite you into the vehicle of grace. 273 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:35,160 He didn't just invite you to become a child of God born again 274 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,920 on your way to heaven. That's good and that's great, 275 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:43,600 but that's the starting point. He also invited you to drop off 276 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:49,840 the backpack, to let go of the heavyweight, to take off that 277 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,360 backpack and to throw down the burden. 278 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:59,240 Many Christians are saved, born again on their way to heaven, 279 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,760 but walking with weights, stressed out, panicked, 280 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:07,560 suffering, struggling, where God never meant for one of us to 281 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,280 carry that burden. So it's not just about getting 282 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,720 saved, going to heaven. It's also about dropping the 283 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,360 backpack. Come on somebody, you are never 284 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,080 meant to bury it. When you look at sheep and I go 285 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,760 to my where I used to buy grandmother's farm with and 286 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:30,920 father's with the sheep, you don't they are not burden burial 287 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,120 animals. It's not like a horse. 288 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,720 Sheep are not meant. We are not meant to carry 289 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:42,480 burdens. So the Bible comes in first 290 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,960 Peter 5 and it says cast all your anxiety on the Lord. 291 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:55,040 Now it says here first bit of five 7 cast all your anxiety on 292 00:18:55,040 --> 00:19:01,360 him because he cares for you. So underline the word all 293 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,120 because that means all of it, not just some of it, not just 294 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,800 some of the stress or some of the worry or the things that we 295 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,120 cannot fix or the things that we cannot handle, OK? 296 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:16,040 He says, listen, cause all of the stress, all of the anxiety 297 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:20,920 and all of the fear on him, not just the little these ones, all 298 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:28,040 of it, all the big stuff, all of it, you've got to let it go, OK? 299 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,360 Peter got that revelation and that is why he could stay calm, 300 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,560 sleeping, resting at peace between two gods in the prison. 301 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:43,560 That's why he could rest with a death freaking down his neck, 302 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,320 OK? Because he made a decision that 303 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,840 listen, the battle is not mine, it belongs to the Lord. 304 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,320 So yes, when you say born again, you're already in the car. 305 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,920 You've already been picked up by grace already on your way. 306 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:06,040 OK, but and there yes, you are saved seated in heavenly places. 307 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:11,960 OK, but lay your burdens down. You have got to take off that 308 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,640 backpack. You've got to take off the heavy 309 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,040 yoke from your shoulders. Lay the burdens down. 310 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,760 Let it go because whatever you release. 311 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:27,480 To God he replaces with peace, and I love that exchange. 312 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,760 That's a powerful exchange because the moment you release 313 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,240 it to God, he replaces it with peace. 314 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,520 Beautiful, beautiful. I love that because that's what 315 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,680 the Word of God says. Jesus just says, Listen, if you 316 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,160 are tired and if you're worn down, if this world has been 317 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:52,240 rough and hard, just come to me last night. 318 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,640 I just like, Lord, I'm just going to get in the car and I'm 319 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,240 just going to talk to you. I'm just going to have a chat. 320 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,440 My God, the whole car was full of glory. 321 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:07,520 I'll tell you, the glory of car was in my car last night. 322 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,600 I couldn't get out of the car. I'm like, Lord, it's already 323 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,560 9:00. I've been the kids, It's there. 324 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,560 I was sitting in the car. The glory there. 325 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,440 The glory of God is in the I'm like, I just wanted to chat. 326 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,160 But then he shows up because that's what he says. 327 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,240 He says if you tie it, just come to me. 328 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,960 Just come to me. It's better than a holiday. 329 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,840 It's better than a vacation. So don't wait another moment. 330 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,960 Don't carry another brick, OK? Don't drag on another burden, 331 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,720 another worry or stress. Just let it go and make the 332 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,520 decision. I am going to and use the key 333 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:51,960 live peaceful on purpose because listen, Judge, it is a daily 334 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,200 habit. I get up early in the morning 335 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,000 and especially now in the lovely way that I go for a walk, I get 336 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,400 out of the house, I go. I walk to the fish pond, the 337 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,160 pond there and I sit there calm or I sit there and I just give 338 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,320 it all. I don't let the stress go into 339 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,720 my day. It's a daily thing where I pour 340 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,360 it out. I say, Lord, I empty out the 341 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,080 negative. I empty out the stress. 342 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,320 I empty out that worry. I give it to you because that's 343 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,880 what the Bible says. I need to give it to you. 344 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,600 So Lord, there it is and and that's how that's prayer it it's 345 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,560 a exchange of burden. So the Lord comes, you talk to 346 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,720 him and sometimes put a chair out there and look at the chair 347 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,120 and say, Lord, this is where you are. 348 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,840 And you start talking and you're having a conversation like you 349 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,280 chat to anybody else because he's he's person. 350 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,960 And you start talking to the Lord and you say, right Lord, 351 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,360 this worry, this stress, right yetis. 352 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,560 And you walk away and you leave it with the Lord. 353 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,720 I'm letting it go. That's what we do. 354 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,960 I'm letting it go. Somebody say I'm letting it go, 355 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,080 I'm letting it go, tell your name, but I'm letting it go. 356 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,800 I'm letting it go. Yeah, yeah. 357 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,880 Because that's powerful. Because when you let it go, that 358 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,080 is when God intervenes. When you let it go, that's when 359 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,600 God moves. That's when God takes control. 360 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,640 And when God takes over, that's when the chains break. 361 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,960 Come on, somebody. That's when. 362 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,560 When God takes over, then the gates of the prison gates break 363 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,120 wide open and God sets the captors free. 364 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,920 Prison doors open. Hallelujah. 365 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,600 Praise God, somebody. That's what I love about it when 366 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,080 I go to the Lord, because I know He's going to do something about 367 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,320 it and I know what He's going to do is going to be better than me 368 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,760 because if I need to reply to the e-mail, I might say 369 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,560 something. So I'm like Jesus, I'm going to 370 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,360 give it to you and you are going to do that. 371 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,920 Thank you, Lord, I let him defend me. 372 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,720 I let him fight for me. God's my vindicator. 373 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,360 Now let's go deeper. Can we go deeper here? 374 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,640 OK, You're ready to go deep because I want to show you this 375 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,400 first Peter 5 this very powerful. 376 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,840 OK, let's go back there. Let's stay there because Peter 377 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,040 says something. Yeah, amazing. 378 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,280 Now he says cast your cares, your insights on him because he 379 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,440 cares for you. OK, so Peter is not just giving 380 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,640 us good advice. He's giving us a revelation. 381 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,080 This is a revelation. This is not just theory. 382 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,680 Peter is not just speaking theology. 383 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:23,680 Yeah, he's giving us his testimony in the book of Peter. 384 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,800 He's writing that. Remember that is now to the 385 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,520 church. It's a letter to the church from 386 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,080 what he experienced in Acts chapter 12, from what he 387 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,760 experienced in prison. Come on, somebody. 388 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,960 He's writing not theory. He's writing from his life. 389 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,640 I have been there. I know what I'm talking about. 390 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,120 So I'm writing to you something powerful yet, and he's writing 391 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:52,400 that from memory of what happened in the presence. 392 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,440 He knew what it was like to be surrounded and to be chained to 393 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,960 God. He knew what it was like to fear 394 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,080 death in the face and anxiety and panic. 395 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,280 He was trained. He was sentenced to death, but 396 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:13,080 instead of panicking, he rested. Instead of panic, he did not 397 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,040 carry the weight. That's where he got it. 398 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,720 He learned to cast it, to let it go. 399 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,400 And so he's telling us and he's writing to the church and he 400 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,360 says, listen, guys, I've been there. 401 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,480 I've been in the panic. I've been in the streets and the 402 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,480 worry. In fact, I've been in prison. 403 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,360 I've been there. I know what it is to face fear. 404 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,480 I know what it is to face death. I know what it is. 405 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,360 I felt the pressure, I felt the fear. 406 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,440 And you know what? I have discovered a secrets and 407 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,880 I'm not just going to keep it a secret. 408 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,760 I am going to my lesson that I've learned in prison. 409 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,840 I'm going to share it with you with the church. 410 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,160 And he comes and he writes that that I've discovered. 411 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,640 He's like, listen, you've got to let it go before it weighs you 412 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,760 down. They've proven scientifically 413 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:11,120 stress breaks down the immune system and here in the Bible we 414 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,520 get the remedy for it. It says Peter says he gives that 415 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:20,240 he says cast your anxiety and your fear on the Lord, and he 416 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,720 writes that because he hacks experienced that in prison and 417 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,320 God intervened cast it. Now let's make it practical 418 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:34,400 because cast that word cast is a practical. 419 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:40,320 It's a it's intentional. OK, So it's something it takes 420 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,360 action casting. Like you cast a fishing rod. 421 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,400 So you pull back and you focus release. 422 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,760 And when you throw the rod, because I enjoy fishing, when 423 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,440 you throw the rod, you you release the tension that's 424 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,560 casting, you release the tension of the shoulders. 425 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:06,720 So when you cast the rod, you cast it with an action and so 426 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,080 you release attention. Now let me tell you about my 427 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,640 son. The other day I I took my boy, 428 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,600 my son fishing. So we've got the fishing pond 429 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,440 there and I'm like, get the fishing rod. 430 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:21,520 And so I am now coaching him. It's my youngest and I'm 431 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,240 coaching Josh. I said, listen, this is how you 432 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,040 cast the rod. So he's like daddy and, and he's 433 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,920 like I said, my son, hold the fishing rod really bad. 434 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,280 And then when you throw it, when you cast it, you got a release. 435 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,160 Yeah, no, not a lot, but you got to release the line, OK? 436 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,320 You got to release that tension and so focus it and 'cause it is 437 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,000 like yesterday, I want to catch a big cop. 438 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,920 So I guess my son, you can catch some big cop. 439 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,440 But you know, you got to cast it right out there, OK, For the, 440 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,480 you get it in there deep and and then you leave it there because 441 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,520 she takes patience to catch a big cop, right? 442 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,640 OK, you leave the rod in. And so I told him Now it wasn't 443 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,320 my I was really amazed how quickly he learned to catch the 444 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,440 cast. I mean, he's like a four year 445 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,160 old that he's he's casting, but he's casting and and not a 446 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:12,680 problem. But there's the issue is it's 447 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,920 like, but now can we really back in? 448 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,720 I said, he looks at me. It's like, Dad, can we really? 449 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,600 I said, you've released it now, my son. 450 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:25,920 Now leave it, leave it with you've cast. 451 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,520 You've released. Now every two minutes, my son 452 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:34,320 comes. Daddy, OK, can we reel it in? 453 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:39,480 That that's the problem and not the casting. 454 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,840 It's like I said, leave it, my son. 455 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,680 Stop trying to reel it in what you've already released. 456 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,400 And that's exactly what some of us do with our burdens. 457 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:54,920 Yes, we cast it, but then it's like, can we reel it back in? 458 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,640 I want to. It's like we cast it in worship, 459 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,080 but then we really back in and worry. 460 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,400 We granted casting the care in worship at time of church, but 461 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,640 then we really back in worry. The man made the choose to the 462 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,080 winds that we're really back in again. 463 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:17,080 We drop it in prayer, but then we pick it back up in panic. 464 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,480 And so we release it to God at the altar. 465 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,400 We release that family member, that situation, that prodigal or 466 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,240 that son or that kid, that daughter. 467 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,080 We, we release them at the altar, but then we grip them 468 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:37,080 again with anxiety. And so this and casting only 469 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:47,040 works when you let it go. The casting part, yes, but you 470 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:52,480 got to let it go. And so that's what happens 471 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,400 during a time of pray when we leave it with the Lord and we I, 472 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,680 I just hear the Lord saying that the fear, that anxiety, that 473 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:03,560 stress does not belong to you. Throw it off doesn't belong to 474 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:10,840 you that but it doesn't that's listen, that what if that's what 475 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,840 if that's not yours? Throw it off, let it go. 476 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:19,240 And so once you cast it off, leave it, release it with God, 477 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,200 don't carry it again. So let me ask you a question. 478 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,760 Are you carrying something that you should be costing? 479 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,720 Because you weren't created to carry keys. 480 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,320 You weren't created to carry anxieties and worries about what 481 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,800 if that's going to happen? What if the economy? 482 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,200 What if my marriage? What if my family? 483 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,560 What if the bulls, the finances, you weren't created to carry 484 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,680 warriors, you were created to walk in peace. 485 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:54,720 So here's your mindset shift. The next time fear creeps in, 486 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,280 you just say, listen, I already gave that to God. 487 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,040 So the next time anxiety tries to knock on your door, you say, 488 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,920 listen, you've got the wrong address. 489 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,400 OK, listen, this is the wrong address. 490 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,200 Anxiety if you, OK, I've I've got rid of that. 491 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,120 In fact, I gave that to God. I let that go. 492 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,560 OK, I don't carry that anymore. I've casted it. 493 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,160 It's and I left it with God. OK, so you just leave it with 494 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,720 God. And so let's declare it right 495 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,600 now, everybody, I want you to declare out loud. 496 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:30,520 Say I declare every care, every weights. 497 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,600 I'm throwing it off, I'm casting it out. 498 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,600 I am releasing it into the hands of God and I receive God's 499 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,560 peace. Let's put our hands together and 500 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,800 praise God for His Word. Hallelujah. 501 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,560 Some of you already feeling lighter. 502 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,200 I see some smiles coming through. 503 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,600 I mean, I see some big smile, somebody's smiling and I'm like, 504 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,760 wow. Because the moment the word goes 505 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,800 out, it's like White's already falling off and it's going to 506 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,120 stay off. I prophecy and declare that it's 507 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,160 not going to the moment you walk out, it's not going to come 508 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,920 back. In fact, we leave it here today 509 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,560 at this alter. We are leaving that worry, that 510 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,320 stress. I don't care if it's a job 511 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,320 situation, a financial, a health, a family, a marriage, 512 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,880 children. God's got this. 513 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,800 God told me that he's in control today. 514 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,120 God said to me, he is Lords and he's in charge. 515 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,760 He told it to me, yes. Listen, God is ministering to 516 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,160 people powerfully because many people are sitting here with 517 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:42,480 storms in our lives, storms that is super, but God says his peace 518 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,000 will come. That storm, Oh Hallelujah, 519 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,640 Hallelujah. Somebody listen. 520 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:53,000 This right here, this Mesis. This is why so many people are 521 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,920 breaking down, burning out, exhausted, breaking down instead 522 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,040 of breaking through. OK? 523 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:04,320 They can't sleep at night. Food won't digest. 524 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:10,640 Tension in the shoulders, ulcers, migraines, insomnia. 525 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,280 Why? Because the mind never rests, 526 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:19,320 always trying to figure out how the future worried and stressed 527 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,680 about the future. How is this going to work out? 528 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,280 How is that stressed over the job, stressed over the economy, 529 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,880 the traffic, the relationship? Stressed over this spouse 530 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:33,120 burdened by bulls finances? Worried about this running 531 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:37,120 nonstop on the on the outside, but on the inside slowly 532 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,920 breaking down, stressed out. That is why the word of God says 533 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,040 to us, cast your case on the Lord. 534 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,240 Stress should not be on our shoulders. 535 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,520 We should cast it on the Lord. That's where it belongs. 536 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,440 Cast it on the Lord. Come on. 537 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,480 It should not go in our systems. We should get it out of our 538 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:01,160 systems church because when you cast it, the moment you cast the 539 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,760 Bible says cast your case anxiety, the moment you cast it, 540 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,000 you free your mind. It's a very free place to lift 541 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,080 church. And I'm not talking about all 542 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,280 the circumstances are perfect at work or in this world. 543 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:18,520 I'm, I'm talking about living at peace in the storm, in the 544 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:23,920 situation at peace when you cast it, you are making room for 545 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:28,440 peace, room for God's peace. And I came to tell somebody 546 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,840 today that, listen, you don't have to live another day 547 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,480 stressed out. You don't have to live. 548 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,920 You don't have to take it. You don't have to live straight 549 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,000 stuff. You don't have to live another 550 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,560 day way down or burdened down. This is, listen, the word of 551 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,440 God. There is another way to live. 552 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,440 There is a way to live free on this planet in the midst of the 553 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,159 chaos. And it's blessed and not 554 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:59,240 stressed despite what's going on around us, despite the 555 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,920 difficulties. The medical report, yes, it 556 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,720 might not be good, but I am not going to fear. 557 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:08,160 OK, OK. My Co worker has been rude, but 558 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,960 I am not going to react. I mean, the other day the guy 559 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,840 just jumped the traffic light. But boy did he come past me. 560 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,240 He rolled down the window. I mean his face is red, his 561 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:21,800 blood pressure. I mean he's just giving cuss 562 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,520 words to me and it's not my fault. 563 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,680 I mean he's just cussing. Never eyes is a blip, blip, 564 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,600 blip, blip. I'm like, you know what, That's 565 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,880 not going to rob my piece. I am enjoying and I'm going to 566 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,680 have fun. I'm not going to like, I'm not 567 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:41,000 going to react to that. If he wants to get a foot and 568 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,600 get angry and upset and scream a shot, bye bye. 569 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,440 Go shot in your car. It's not going to touch me. 570 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:54,800 I've seen some people get really mad and really tied up in this 571 00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:01,040 world and I'm just like, I've been in some serious outsky 572 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:07,320 boardrooms where people really go off and I'm like, listen, I'm 573 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,000 not going to get pulled into that. 574 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,440 I'm not going to react, OK? I'm just not going to. 575 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,800 I will not be offended. I will not allow myself to be 576 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,680 offended. I will not allow nobody to 577 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:24,280 defend me because we can live at peace on purpose. 578 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,880 So just because the storm is around you, it doesn't mean the 579 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:36,360 storm must be in you. Even if it's around you, it 580 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,120 doesn't has to be in you. Let it stay around. 581 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,240 Let it stay there from the distance. 582 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:45,520 OK? A boat on the water. 583 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,960 A boat doesn't sink because it's in the water. 584 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,280 The problem is when the water gets into the boat, then it 585 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,720 sinks when the when the water gets into the boat. 586 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,680 OK. And so you can be surrounded by 587 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,920 pressures, by problems, by panic, by fear, surrounded by 588 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,360 chaos. But you don't have to take it on 589 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,040 board. You don't have to let the chaos 590 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:13,600 and the screaming and the shouting and the panic and the 591 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,520 politics. You don't have to let it get on 592 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,080 board. You don't have to let it in. 593 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:23,520 It can stay out in the world. It can stay out there, not in 594 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,000 me. You don't have to let it in. 595 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,320 Even at work. If the Co worker what's 596 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,720 happening, it does not have to come into you because 597 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:35,040 supernatural peace is not a feeling. 598 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:41,800 It's not a mood swing, OK. Supernatural peace, it's not a 599 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,200 place. It's not something that you find 600 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,760 in a place. OK, I understand holidays and 601 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,920 vacations. Or it's not something that you 602 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:56,360 find in a calm room, Soft music, scented candles. 603 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:03,080 Peace is a person. His name is Jesus, OK. 604 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:07,760 And so you don't need everything around you in a calming 605 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,520 environment to have calmness and peace inside of you. 606 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,800 You can be in traffic, in business, our fast traffic, fast 607 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,200 job, and you can still be at peace. 608 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,400 You could be 1000 miles in the air. 609 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,520 You can be in the office. You can be running a job. 610 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:29,880 You can be and you can be peaceful like Peter sleeping in 611 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,600 the midst of prison with death threats against him. 612 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,800 And he's at peace. We as Christians, that's our 613 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,920 portion. We can be peaceful in a very 614 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,400 stressful world that is ready to explode. 615 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,800 We can remain calm. That's our militants church. 616 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,840 Yeah. Because it's when Jesus is in 617 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,120 your boat. Yeah, because when Jesus is in 618 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,280 your boat. Yes. 619 00:38:56,120 --> 00:39:00,240 The storms, my heat problems may come the difficulties even with 620 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:04,440 Jesus in your but listen, you'll be unshaken because Jesus is in 621 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,960 your boat. Jesus is in my situation. 622 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,080 I will not be shaken. I've got Jesus peace in my boat 623 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,680 and so you will live blessed and not stressed. 624 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,720 Amen. Somebody now let me show you 625 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,320 this in something powerful in Mark chapter 4. 626 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,200 Remember when Jesus with his disciples, they are crossing the 627 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:28,120 Sea of Galilee and in the back of the boat Jesus is resting. 628 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:35,440 And while he's resting, a storm hits Jesus, the disciples, a 629 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,760 storm hits them. It comes to everybody. 630 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,200 The storms of life comes to everybody. 631 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,000 But what's amazing is, yeah, by the way, these disciples, they 632 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,360 are experienced fishermen, and they panic. 633 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,320 They're going to panic. Panic sets in. 634 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,520 They're fearful and terrible afraid. 635 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:57,280 They look at one another and these wind is howling. 636 00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,080 The winds, the waves are crashing on the boat. 637 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,520 And so, yeah, they are desperate and afraid. 638 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,800 Where is Jesus? In the store? 639 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,160 OK, Hallelujah. Somebody's getting their word 640 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,120 today. Jesus is at peace. 641 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,520 In the storm okay, Mark chapter 4 verse it says Jesus was 642 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,880 interested sleeping on a cushion Hallelujah, sleeping while the 643 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,920 storm is raging, sleeping while people are panicking, sleeping 644 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,440 while people are screaming, sleeping in the storm and they 645 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,120 shake him and they cry out all teacher, don't you care that we 646 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,360 are going we're about to die. And so Jesus got up and he 647 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,840 looked into the chaos and he said three simple words that 648 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,480 changed everything. Peace be stall. 649 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,880 And suddenly the storm stopped, the wind stopped. 650 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:50,040 They obeyed the word of God, they obeyed the word of peace 651 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,800 and he calmed the storm with a word. 652 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:59,240 The sea calmed down and the disciples were amazed. 653 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,120 Now here's the revelation. The reason Jesus could speak 654 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,960 peace is because he was already in peace. 655 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:12,000 Man, yes, that's why you could speak peace in the midst of the 656 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,720 storm, because she was already in peace. 657 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:20,040 He did not panic in the storm, OK? 658 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,520 He did not be ruled by the circumstances, by the storm, but 659 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,120 by the Spirit, by peace. You understand this powerful 660 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:30,240 principle, somebody that he could calm the storm on the 661 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,200 outside because he had peace on the inside. 662 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,840 And that is a powerful principle for us as Christians, so that 663 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,760 saying Jesus, the Prince of Peace is living on the inside of 664 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:48,920 you and of me, the Prince of Peace, he is not stressed. 665 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:55,040 God, Jesus, when you get to know Jesus, when you hang out with 666 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,680 Jesus, one thing you will know is he's not stressed. 667 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:05,240 Over years and years of talking, having conversations with Jesus, 668 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:10,560 He's not stressed, He's not worried. 669 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,000 So he's living in you. So if he's not worried, why are 670 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,400 you OK? Because listen, I'm, I'm asking 671 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:24,280 somebody because when Jesus is in your life and he's not 672 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:30,120 worried, you can live in perfect peace at rest in the storm, in 673 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,160 this world, and you can sleep at night in peace. 674 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,440 And I've godly dreams this week I've had three godly encounters, 675 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:43,840 3 dreams, powerful encounters. Because when I go to bed, I 676 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:53,000 sleep in peace. Yes, sleep in peace. 1736. 677 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,120 John Wesley is a young preacher. He is on the ship crossing the 678 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,440 Atlantic, heading to America on a missionary journey. 679 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,640 And all of a sudden, this violent storm hit the vessel, 680 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:06,160 Waves crashing, passengers all crying out, cars breaking loose, 681 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,840 the crew and passengers recently included, panicked. 682 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,360 They were terrified, feared for their lives. 683 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,560 OK. But right in the middle, in the 684 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:17,760 centre of the stall, they were these German believers. 685 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,000 They're called the Moravians. Yeah. 686 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,440 They weren't screaming. They weren't panicking, 687 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,160 trembling. They were singing calmly, 688 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:31,040 worshipfully. Wesley wrote this in his 689 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,400 journal. Where others were screaming, 690 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:37,400 they sang. Where others feared, they 691 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,440 trusted. There was no panic, only peace. 692 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:46,280 And so when he asked them later, weren't you afraid, They said, 693 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,040 they simply said, no, We're trusting God. 694 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,680 We're trusting God. Our lives are in the hands of 695 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:58,720 God. And that moment touch the 696 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:03,480 preacher dung Wesley, it marked his life forever. 697 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,600 That contrast between panic and peace. 698 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,280 And that's something that we need to awaken to us to make a 699 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:18,680 decision every day, Hold your ground every day, every morning, 700 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:22,960 wake up. Nothing is going to upset me 701 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,440 today. I've been in the corporate world 702 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,320 and I've worked for some difficult bosses. 703 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,920 I know what I'm talking about that I have to get up and say my 704 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,680 boss is not going to upset me today. 705 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:41,080 I bless the people. Most of the times the problem is 706 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:46,760 because they are in trouble and they are struggling and so 707 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,760 somebody wants to take it out on and I'm like, I'm going to stay 708 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,000 calm. In South African Joburg, I 709 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,120 worked for a boss. That guy was half man, half 710 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,280 demon. That guy was one of the most 711 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,920 wicked bosses. Oh my Lord, God took me through 712 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,720 a very, very difficult lesson. I had to learn that level of 713 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:08,920 stress. I had to learn to curse it on 714 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:14,200 God and say that boss, my Lord, and I won't tell you how it 715 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,160 ended, but God is in control when we give it to him. 716 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,320 Hold your peace. Nothing is going to offend me. 717 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,040 I'm not going to react. Nothing is going to steal my 718 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,320 peace. Peace declares that God is in 719 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,880 control. Very simple. 720 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:35,760 Listen, I am not the one holding the universe together. 721 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:48,040 He's. And that is what true race looks 722 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,680 like when you have truly surrendered. 723 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:55,640 The spouse, the family member, the finances surrendered. 724 00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:04,080 It's yours, God. And so true rest is spiritual 725 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:10,920 warfare, peace, cross, Satan. Oh, I see many, many questions 726 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,520 back ajar. I remember people burned out 727 00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,120 intercessors doing spiritual warfare the wrong way. 728 00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:20,640 Burned out. I said, listen, race the 729 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,480 spiritual warfare, you defeat Satan of every devil in hell 730 00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:32,840 with peace. Oh yeah, that's how Jesus called 731 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:36,440 that stall. He didn't stop breaking fighting 732 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,600 the devil for peace. I'm telling you what I was 733 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,760 praying. I just said, Lord, I declare 734 00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,920 peace. That whole situation shifted, 735 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,920 that an e-mail started coming through. 736 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,920 The situation was just diffused peace. 737 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,280 Many people want to fight things in the flesh, start getting in 738 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,240 the flesh and angry about certain things. 739 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:04,040 Leave it to God. Yeah, Because every time you 740 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:08,920 choose peace over panic, that's when you're pushing the forces 741 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,720 of darkness. When you choose to remain calm, 742 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,080 that's how we win the battle, because God will fight for you. 743 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,320 That's why Hebrews 4, verse 9, He says there remains then a 744 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,680 Sabbath rest for the people of God. 745 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,720 That's us. There's a rest for us, Judge, 746 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:28,880 and He's not talking about heaven. 747 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,480 Yes, we're going to rest in heaven one day. 748 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:31,960 Yes, for sure it's going to be good. 749 00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:35,480 But we can rest on this planet. A Sabbath is not talking about 750 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,200 one day, not talking just about a Sunday. 751 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:39,760 A Sabbath. Wrath is. 752 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:45,920 It's a way of life. It's a position of peace and so 753 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,080 I trust in God in the valley trust in God the verse the IT 754 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:55,120 goes on verse senses for anyone who enters God's rest. 755 00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,080 Please remember that because it's not automatic. 756 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:04,680 We don't automatically who who enters God's rest also raised 757 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,040 from the works. That means no striving, no 758 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,040 stressing. So the moment you step into that 759 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,440 place of rest and peace. OK, you step into a you in a in 760 00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:16,880 in peace. That's when there's no stressing 761 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:22,680 no more sleepless nights trying to solve what only God can 762 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:26,400 resolve and what God can settle. Peace says I am not the 763 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,840 provider. He is. 764 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:36,040 I am not the healer. He is I am not the rescuer. 765 00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:39,440 He is. He is Lords and in charge. 766 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,360 He is God almighty of the entire universe. 767 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:49,360 OK, so just rest is how you release heaven into your 768 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,880 situation is from a place of rest is rest. 769 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:58,840 Rest is your way of saying I trust the promise more than I 770 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:00,720 trust the problem. Amen. 771 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,680 What? So let's look at what Paul says 772 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:10,200 to his spiritual son Timothy, second Timothy 4 verse 5. 773 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:15,040 But As for you, be clear headed in every situation. 774 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:22,360 Stay calm everybody. Say calm and cool and steady and 775 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,360 do every hardship without flinching. 776 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,960 Listen, we are living in a generation that flinches over 777 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,400 everything. Flinches over the economy, 778 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:35,280 flinches over the politics, flinches over delay, flinches 779 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,880 over everything. Every time life doesn't go their 780 00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:42,320 way flinches. You know what I'm I mean when 781 00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,440 I'm talking about flinches reacting in fear over 782 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,200 everything, reacting in fear over this product issue that 783 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:54,720 just reacting OK, but God is raising up a people who is not 784 00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:00,120 freezing, is raising up a remnant who is not flinching and 785 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:04,280 reacting in fear because you are not ruled by what you see. 786 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:09,480 We live by faith, not by sight. OK, So it is faith over fear. 787 00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:12,640 And that's how Paul lived. That's Paul's malter. 788 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:19,120 He lived by faith, not fear. And you know Paul, he faced a 789 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:21,840 lot. Everything that life could throw 790 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:23,240 at him. He faced shipwrecked. 791 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,160 He was imprisoned. He was beaten with rods, 792 00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:32,040 starvation, bitten by snake, misunderstood, falsely accused. 793 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,240 I mean, Paul had he? And then in Acts chapter 24, 794 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:41,080 Paul stands up and he says this. Nothing moves me. 795 00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:48,880 None of this moves me. My God, how can he say that? 796 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,440 Paul was he had conflict. He came against people, 797 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,320 religious people. He was perfect shipwreck. 798 00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,440 And now he says none of these things, none of these 799 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,920 challenges, none of these storms, none of these shipwreck, 800 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,320 none of these things. Listen, we're not even talking 801 00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:07,640 about traffic, job this or that. We are talking about beaten with 802 00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,920 rods. We are talking about physical 803 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:12,880 injury. We're boldly apart. 804 00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:16,360 He says boldly. None of these things move me. 805 00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:20,160 Acts, let me. That's Acts 20 verse 24. 806 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,840 None of these things move me. So how could he say that? 807 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,400 Because Paul had this revelation. 808 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:28,600 I don't live by what I see. I live by faith. 809 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,520 Steady. I don't fleece at everything. 810 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,040 I don't care if they call me a cuss word or if they slammed me 811 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,960 or if they gossip about me. I don't care what they say about 812 00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:38,840 me. I don't. 813 00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:44,120 I don't fleece at these things. Come on, somebody, come on. 814 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,920 Whatever critique, whatever enemy, whatever person trying to 815 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:51,160 slander you or trying to breathe, listen, it's not moving 816 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:52,800 me. It's not moving us. 817 00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:56,240 None of it is moving us. We are the chance of Jesus 818 00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:59,520 Christ. I mean, late for the time to us, 819 00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:04,760 but no, late the stores. It will not move us because we 820 00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:08,720 don't live by what we see. We live by 5 steady peace of a 821 00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:13,280 panic, peace that doesn't flinch, 5 that does not fall. 822 00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,480 So if they lie on you, OK, don't flinch. 823 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,480 If they slam the gossip about you, don't flinch. 824 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:24,000 OK, If the doctor gives a bad report, do not flinch. 825 00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:27,880 If the bank account is low, do not flinch. 826 00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,600 If it's difficult at work, do not flinch. 827 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,720 God didn't bring you this fault to leave you now. 828 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:43,360 Yeah, some of you. You would rise to a higher level 829 00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,920 if you just stopped reacting to everything. 830 00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:56,720 You would rise to a high level if you just stopped reacting to 831 00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:01,840 everything, stop flinching to everything, you'd go higher. 832 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:10,160 Life is too short to live upset. Life is too short to live angry, 833 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:15,360 offended, have said anxious. Life is a gift. 834 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,840 Every single day life is a gift. The very fact that we are 835 00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:22,320 sitting here and not lying in the hospital with a pipe in my 836 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:25,480 nose and ICU is the grace of God that we are here. 837 00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:30,120 So somebody needs to be thankful that we got out of bed and 838 00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:35,920 stopped fleecing and tantrum over every little issue. 839 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:37,960 My God, let's grow up in the jar. 840 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:42,240 Let's be the church that we are supposed to be these people 841 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:45,800 dying and be my God. Let's rise up church and be 842 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:48,760 stable. Let's be steady and get off the 843 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:52,160 roller coaster ride. Mood swings up and down, 844 00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:54,880 tantrums this that that. Let's rise up. 845 00:53:55,080 --> 00:54:00,280 Let's be gone and steady and get to a place like pizza. 846 00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:03,120 I am not going to let that offend me. 847 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,840 And you get to a place where you're unshakable, unoffendable, 848 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,440 like pull your puzzle. You can beat me. 849 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,160 You could do this, Paul says. None of it moves me. 850 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:18,840 None of it moves me. And there comes a moment in 851 00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:26,600 every believer's life, the most freeing releasing thing that you 852 00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:30,760 can ever do is turn it over to God. 853 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:40,480 Yeah, it's release it into the hands of God, the one that has 854 00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:43,640 got the answer, the one that is in control. 855 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:47,680 Because when you say God, that I'm living it with you, I'm 856 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,040 letting go. I am not going to fight this 857 00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:51,920 thing. I'm going to let it go. 858 00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,880 I'm going to give that person into your hands. 859 00:54:55,720 --> 00:54:58,560 I'm going to let it go. And the moment you let go and 860 00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,240 you say, Lord, I'm done stressing, done striving, you 861 00:55:01,240 --> 00:55:04,680 place it in his hands and you turn it over to God, that's when 862 00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:09,760 heaven says, now I can move. Now I can move my son, my 863 00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:14,120 daughter, my church, because finally I've been waiting for 864 00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,080 you to give it to me. Let me handle it. 865 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,200 Listen, His shoulders are big enough. 866 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:22,560 He can handle it. Oh, we can handle your case. 867 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,080 Oh my God, He can handle your case. 868 00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,560 He can handle your job, your finances, your health, your 869 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,040 family. He can handle your situation. 870 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,320 Your situation will not escape the anointing of God when you 871 00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:37,800 give it over to Him. God's power is strong. 872 00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:45,240 God doesn't bless your stress. He does not bless your striving, 873 00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:52,160 God does not place your stress. He places your surrender, Yes. 874 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:56,600 So let this be the day-to-day when you give that problem to 875 00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:00,600 God once and for all, that problem, that situation, give 876 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,560 that e-mail to him. Give that text, that phone call, 877 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:07,440 that family member, that spouse, that person, that burden into 878 00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:11,640 the hands of God. Lord, it is now yours. 879 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:15,960 That is the word of the Lords. And let me tell you what happens 880 00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:19,760 when you do that and you give it to God and you enter into his 881 00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:23,840 race. Change, break off bondages, 882 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:27,240 break off addictions, break off stress. 883 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:32,920 One of the number one problem in the world's killing of people is 884 00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:36,680 stress. Stress breaks off, prison doors 885 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:41,120 open wide, the supernatural angels gets dispatched, and the 886 00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,520 supernatural miracles begin to happen when you give it over to 887 00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:47,880 God. Because peace doesn't just come 888 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:52,360 after the breakthrough. It doesn't come after the 889 00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:56,960 miracle, but peace makes room for the breakthrough. 890 00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:59,960 Peace makes room for the miracle. 891 00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:04,120 Peace is the open doorway for the breakthrough. 892 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,920 And that's why Peter could sleep in the prison. 893 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:11,440 That's why Jesus could sleep in the. 894 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:17,440 But that's why you can sleep in. Rest in your storm and stay calm 895 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:21,800 in your pressure. Power of peace over panic. 896 00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:24,720 Hallelujah, somebody. Now let me share a powerful 897 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:31,800 testimony in closing as I close this of a modern day Peter, a 898 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:37,200 man of God by the name of Brother Yun, a Chinese 899 00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,960 underground church leader. They called him the heavenly 900 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,800 Man. And so he was thrown in a 901 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:47,240 maximum security prison, giant cross beaten. 902 00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:49,480 His legs were shattered because of their beatings. 903 00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:54,360 They refused medical care. He was left to rot in a prison 904 00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:59,120 cell the his prison the other prisoner said. 905 00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:02,560 Listen, he he'll never make it he's not going to make it. 906 00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:10,200 But in that prison of pain, Brother Yun did not flinch. 907 00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:13,800 He did not panic. He did not go into anxiety or 908 00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,360 fear. He did not react and get 909 00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:22,200 offended. He chose peace over panic. 910 00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:27,960 And while his body was bound, his spirit was free. 911 00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:33,360 He had peace. And so later he wrote these 912 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:37,800 words in the Heavenly Man. In his book it says here, the 913 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:42,080 more I was tortured, the more peace I had. 914 00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:54,440 Jeez Lord, the more I was tortured, the more peace I had. 915 00:58:56,760 --> 00:58:59,720 I didn't understand it, I only knew it was from the Lord. 916 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:05,880 Supernatural peace. And then one night God spoke and 917 00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:10,080 he said get up and walk out now wait a minute. 918 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:14,000 His legs are shouted. The prison is locked tight, 919 00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:22,040 cameras monitoring every gait. But Brother Yun obeyed, not in 920 00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:29,480 panic, not in fear, in peace. And he got up and God healed his 921 00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:32,760 legs. Number one, he walked to the 922 00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:36,640 first gate, the gates opened by itself. 923 00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:42,720 True story, there's some cameras did not caught him. 924 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:50,080 No sirens, no alarms, no God stopped him and he walked out 925 00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:54,520 just like Peter, out of that prison, completely free. 926 00:59:54,640 --> 01:00:00,400 Somebody shout Hallelujah, Hallelujah, glory to God Valley 927 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,400 God. And so when they're asking 928 01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:05,920 later, weren't you scared? Weren't you worried, brother, 929 01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:11,360 you said something profound. He said the presence of Jesus is 930 01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:16,960 stronger than any prison. I wasn't walking in fear. 931 01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:21,600 I was walking in his peace, my God. 932 01:00:27,930 --> 01:00:33,930 And so this revelation, Brother Yun did not wait for the prison 933 01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:39,330 to open before he had peace. He already had peace in the 934 01:00:39,330 --> 01:00:44,130 prison. Inside the prison he had peace 935 01:00:45,450 --> 01:00:53,440 right there and some closing. The word for somebody today is 936 01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:58,800 that peace is what opens the prison. 937 01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:05,560 Peace breaks change. Peace defeats the enemy. 938 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:10,320 Peace breaks chains of fear, chains of anxiety, chains of 939 01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:14,920 worry, chains of sleeplessness, chains of anxiety of striving. 940 01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:19,680 And if God gave brother you peace in prison, he will give 941 01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:23,960 you peace in your pressure. Amen. 942 01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:26,120 If you received it, can you say Amen? 943 01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:29,200 Let's all stand to your feet in the presence of the Lord. 944 01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:32,840 Peace over panic. That's your door, your pathway 945 01:01:32,840 --> 01:01:36,400 to breakthrough. Now maybe you're here today and 946 01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:39,480 you are carrying something that you should be casting. 947 01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:44,520 Maybe you're walking around with a heavy load, tension on your 948 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:51,160 shoulders, worries in your mind when the arms of a loving father 949 01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,120 is wide open and he says, give it to me. 950 01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:59,040 So too many believers. They tired not because the 951 01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:03,960 journey is long, they're exhausted and tired because they 952 01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:09,000 are carrying a heavy baggage that you were never meant to 953 01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,920 carry. The things weighing us down, we 954 01:02:12,920 --> 01:02:15,160 never cast it off. Let it go. 955 01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:20,200 Let this be the day when you stop caring and start casting. 956 01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:26,120 So stop carrying it. Stop carrying and worrying. 957 01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:28,720 Cast it. Start giving it away to the 958 01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:30,560 Lord. Don't let the enemy rob your 959 01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:34,960 peace because you were never created to worry, to love 960 01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:37,080 stressed. You were created to walk in 961 01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:38,560 peace. So here's what I want us to do. 962 01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:40,080 This is how the Lord showed it to me. 963 01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:45,720 There's going to be a divine exchange here this morning 964 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:50,720 because This is why the Lord showed me that he said, Kip, 965 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:54,920 bring it to me. So right now we are going to 966 01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:57,320 release it to the Lord. We're going to give it to the 967 01:02:57,320 --> 01:02:59,720 Lord, We're going to cast it and we're going to leave it. 968 01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:01,280 So we're going to throw it on the Lord. 969 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:02,800 We're going to give it. That's the word of the Lord. 970 01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:05,560 And we're going to cast everything on the Lord and leave 971 01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:08,040 it here today. OK. 972 01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,400 Are you ready for this divine exchange? 973 01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:15,000 OK, right. So you you're going to get your 974 01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:19,600 worry for his peace. So there's going to be this 975 01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:21,800 exchange. So the Lord's ready to give you 976 01:03:21,800 --> 01:03:23,480 his peace. So you're going to give him your 977 01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:26,480 worry. You're giving your panic for his 978 01:03:26,480 --> 01:03:30,040 presence. Sounds like a great exchange. 979 01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:36,160 So we walk out, you're uplifted on fire, free, OK, Not one 980 01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,800 baggage on our shoulders once and for all because there's 981 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,320 going to be a deep work. Yeah, you're going to walk out 982 01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:45,600 your lighter whole healed, set free forever. 983 01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,480 And it's never going to come back on you because God has 984 01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:50,560 destined. God let me preach this word here 985 01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:55,760 today because He knew there's some purpose of this to come off 986 01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:58,880 once and for all because we are about to go to the next level. 987 01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:03,480 OK, so right now lift your hands all over this room and say this 988 01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:07,840 with boldness. I release every burden, every 989 01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:14,160 worry, every anxiety, every panic, every fear. 990 01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:18,800 I give it to you Lord, I will not live stressed. 991 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:27,120 I am blessed and I receive supernatural peace right now in 992 01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:33,400 Jesus mighty name. Come on shadow. 993 01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,640 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 994 01:04:38,280 --> 01:04:40,160 Now put your hand on your heart. Let's pray. 995 01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:43,760 Father, as we stand under this open heavens, we declare that 996 01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:46,800 every voice of torment, fear, anxiety and worry. 997 01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:49,680 A silence by the Prince of Peace. 998 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:51,560 Father, I speak over your people. 999 01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:55,160 Peace will rule over every mind, every heart. 1000 01:04:55,160 --> 01:05:00,480 Lord, I declare every burden, every worry, every fear is being 1001 01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:04,120 cast off right now by the power of the Holy Ghost. 1002 01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:09,360 I declare that spur of anxiety, that spur of panic, that spur of 1003 01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:12,640 fear, it's pranking off their life right now. 1004 01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:15,760 It's lifting off. In the name of Jesus. 1005 01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:20,920 We are declaring we are not stressed, we are blessed. 1006 01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:24,360 In the mighty name of Jesus, somebody shout Hallelujah. 1007 01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:28,480 You are not stressed. You are. 1008 01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:33,720 Please come on, Somebody give God your loudest praise that 1009 01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:37,120 you've got this morning. Come on, Chase, this is your 1010 01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:40,240 mum. Right now. 1011 01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:44,040 Chains are falling off. Epixels are falling off. 1012 01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:46,600 Strengths and weights are falling off. 1013 01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:49,840 Break your name of Jesus. Break every chain. 1014 01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:54,080 Break every chain. Break every chain, press the 1015 01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:57,360 doors are wide open. Press the doors. 1016 01:05:57,560 --> 01:06:01,680 Miracles are release. Angels, you Jenny, cars are 1017 01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:07,160 being dispatched right now. Freedom, freedom, peace in Jesus 1018 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,320 my name. Give God a shot of victory.