1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,300 Crossing family. I am so glad that you guys are 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:05,600 at church today. Is everybody doing? 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,300 All right okay good to hear. Now I want to thank you all for 4 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:13,600 the incredible support encouragement after the message. 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,500 Last weekend on suicide, some of the stories that are hard coming 6 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:21,500 from our campus pastors have been incredibly moving and 7 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:24,400 Powerful Ron, who works as the campus pastor at alignment 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,900 location and also works at our multi-site offices from time to 9 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:32,500 time drives to lifts. He gave for Rides over the past 10 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:37,100 weekend and four of those rides without being prompted. 11 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:41,100 Ended up the families talked about how they were navigating 12 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:45,400 issues related to suicide and he was able to help and minister to 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,400 them. I heard stories of how our 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,500 difference makers responded to those in crisis, others of you 15 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:54,500 hugged, and comfort. Those in our midst who have lost 16 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,800 someone to suicide. And I'm just so thankful to be a 17 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,000 part of this church in the way that you guys love and led so 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,400 well. Well, last week this past week, 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,100 so many of you were the very hands and feet of Jesus to 20 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:08,600 broken people. And that's the kind of church 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,700 that I want to be a part of. Isn't that the kind of church? 22 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:13,400 You want to be a part of? 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Well, that you make it a 55 00:02:57,008 --> 00:02:59,600 priority that you make space in her world. 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,400 So that way she can come and be a Part of this, we want to love 57 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,400 them. Well lead them. 58 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,100 Well and this will be a great way for you to do it. 59 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:09,800 If you are brand new to our church, we are in a sermon 60 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,600 series called weeds in my garden and is a sermon series. 61 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,100 About being honest, about mental health. 62 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:21,000 Today we're going to be talking about worry and anxiety, several 63 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 months back. We did an internal survey here 64 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,900 at the church. We had almost 2,000 people 65 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,800 respond. And inside of that survey, this 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,100 is what We found out 82% of the people who call The Crossing 67 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:39,300 home wrestle with worry and anxiety. 68 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,200 Ladies, you came in at 86 percent, You know, it was 69 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:52,600 alarming to me for men whose 68% I say that because guys ladies I 70 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,800 want you to know you are not alone. 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,800 No matter where you're watching from right now. 72 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,600 Chances are there are five people within reach of you, if 73 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,800 you extend your hand. Only one of the people that you 74 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,700 would touch. Isn't wrestling with this. 75 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:17,600 It is in your marriage. It is in your home more than 76 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,200 likely it was in the car with you. 77 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:26,100 When you came to church today. We tend to use worry and anxiety 78 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:29,200 interchangeably. And that's not a big problem 79 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,700 because the Bible almost does the exact same thing that it 80 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:38,300 just kind of talks about worry and anxiety as synonyms and just 81 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:40,800 to kind of give a little bit more clarity around, worry and 82 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,100 anxiety. I'm talking about people who 83 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:44,600 feel a sense of nervousness and unease. 84 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,500 It's the suspension between hope and fear. 85 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:51,300 You don't know whether to be excited or afraid, you really 86 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:53,800 don't feel like you have a good. Good foundation to process your 87 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,200 emotions or to move forward in life. 88 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,900 But some of you you're listening to these messages or you're 89 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,000 watching them and you're from more of a clinical background. 90 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,700 And when you get into the clinical field or the medical 91 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:10,000 field, there's a greater distinction between worry and 92 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,100 anxiety. That emerges, for instance, from 93 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:16,500 the medical perspective, worry prods you to use natural 94 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:20,700 problem-solving skills. It can be a natural mechanism to 95 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:25,400 keep you from danger. This is where flight fight or 96 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,900 freeze emerges. It's the heightened awareness 97 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,200 that you have when you're walking into a car on a dark 98 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,400 night. That feeling while uncomfortable 99 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:40,000 can be very healthy to keep you safe and perhaps change some of 100 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,800 your behavior in the future like where you park and when you 101 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,700 leave, but anxiety is much deeper than that. 102 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:50,100 It's a persistent period of worried that maybe have deeper 103 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,000 roots in your biology, your situational challenges or past. 104 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,900 Trauma, Mike Maher, who's been helping with some of the 105 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:00,400 resources during this sermon series, you may have seen the 106 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,000 content that we've been uploading on our website or on 107 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 social. Media that gives every single 108 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,200 person a little bit of Hope, and a little bit of help, he talks 109 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,100 about anxiety, and worry on a spectrum. 110 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:16,300 So imagine all the way on this end of the spectrum, you have a 111 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:21,100 form of worry and anxiety. That's extremely manageable. 112 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,500 It has almost no disruption to your daily living. 113 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:30,000 And then, on the other end of the spectrum is an anxiety and a 114 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 worry that are the exact opposite. 115 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:37,700 It consumes your life. It consumes your thinking, it 116 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:41,800 consumes your ability to function, and it keeps you from 117 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:47,300 functioning the way you want to function, imagine wanting 118 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:50,400 desperately to act and respond one way. 119 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,800 But being incapable of it because of your worry and your 120 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,100 anxiety. The easiest way for me to 121 00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:01,800 describe this on a spectrum is for me to talk about snakes. 122 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,200 For as big, an attractive as I am, I hate to tell you I hate 123 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:15,800 snakes and I mean I am deathly afraid of snakes and it is, it 124 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,600 is it is not good. My fear of snakes goes so deep 125 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,900 that sometimes I will be having a dream. 126 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,600 I will wake up from that dream and I will see the Ruffles in my 127 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,800 bed and I will think that a snake is in the bed, and I will 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,700 get out of bed in Foolproof and I'll rip all the sheets off the 129 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:40,900 bed, my wife sleeping finds herself what is going on, okay? 130 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,900 There when I was in college and we were you know we were parking 131 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:47,500 out the woods at a campsite or whatever. 132 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:50,800 I would open up my car from a distance, just because there 133 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,300 might have been a snake underneath my vehicle and I do 134 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:56,900 like the big step in if you might be thinking you'd be so 135 00:07:56,900 --> 00:07:59,200 funny to prank Clayton with a snake. 136 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:02,000 I want you to know I will send you to Jesus. 137 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,600 Okay. I just I don't want and I don't 138 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,700 care who you are. I will send you to Jesus and you 139 00:08:08,707 --> 00:08:11,800 like did a pastor just like threatened to hurt me, severely, 140 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,400 100%, And I will say something that's not appropriate for a 141 00:08:16,407 --> 00:08:20,500 pastor to say and then people will be talking like was that, 142 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,000 was that guy pastor and that would be the appropriate tense 143 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,900 because I would no longer be a pastor anymore. 144 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,000 And if you ever want to get rid of me now, you know. 145 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:29,800 Okay. That's how you do it. 146 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,200 I don't, I don't, I don't handle it. 147 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:36,600 Well, now here, here's the deal. This impacts my life zero. 148 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,000 Because I don't spend a whole lot of time. 149 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:44,000 Deal with it. Now some of you you're hardwired 150 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,200 differently when it comes to snakes like you don't mind them 151 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,300 at all, you kind of like them, you see me? 152 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:53,000 Like let's pick it up and it is unfortunate that God put you 153 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,500 together that way. It really is. 154 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,100 But, you know, you are who you are. 155 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,500 So, situationally my issue with snakes is not a big deal. 156 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,100 I don't ever interact with snakes. 157 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:06,300 However, On the Spectrum. What if tomorrow? 158 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:13,300 We decided to buy a zoo as a church. like we And I got snake 159 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:16,300 Duty. Now what was not a big deal is 160 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:21,900 now situationally such a big deal right now. 161 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:26,000 Imagine I'm dissing to the Spectrum. 162 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:34,400 Worried every single day about every room, you enter. 163 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,500 Being filled. With snakes. 164 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:44,600 This is the Continuum, this is the spectrum that every single 165 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,900 one of us are navigating worry. We are somewhere along these 166 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:50,700 lines. This move Beyond spiritual 167 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,500 Beyond situational, and you find yourself in something that is 168 00:09:53,508 --> 00:09:56,800 very biological and very clinical and hear me. 169 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,200 If you find yourself on this end of the Continuum, there are 170 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,300 great God-fearing people trauma-informed, medically 171 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:06,700 educated specialist that can help you chart a path forward 172 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:08,900 for you. It might not be snakes. 173 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:14,100 It might be speaking from a stage. 174 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,900 My brother-in-law is has it with frogs, which makes no sense to 175 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:20,900 me, but isn't that the way it is? 176 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:22,700 Sometimes with worry and anxiety? 177 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,300 What's not a big deal to you, is a very big deal to somebody 178 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,400 else. And what's not a big deal to 179 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,100 them is crushing. To you. 180 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 What happens when it gets deeper than that? 181 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:42,100 What happens when you're dealing with the fear of being 182 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:45,900 separated, from your family, losing your marriage rooms with 183 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,200 large groups of people fear of failure, upcoming test 184 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,200 performance reviews, losing your job, Financial pressure, social 185 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:57,900 rejection, and sinful Behavior, being exposed, unchecked worry 186 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:00,900 and anxiety, can leave us in a debilitated State. 187 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:02,700 They can drive us into isolation. 188 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,900 Rob us of our passion, cause us to Miss out on making precious 189 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:12,100 memories and participating. In moments of ministry, we have 190 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:15,600 talked during the sermon series about these four big buckets. 191 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:20,100 You have this spiritual bucket, you have a situational bucket, 192 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:23,400 you have a biological bucket and you have a clinical bucket. 193 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,800 And today I want to focus almost exclusively on the spiritual 194 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,400 bucket. The reason why is because 195 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,900 everything that you go through is spiritual everything that you 196 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:38,400 go through is spiritual, it has spiritual implications and 197 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,800 spiritual consequences. However, not everything that you 198 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:47,000 go through, is exclusively spiritual. 199 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,600 And I want to give you a framework to work through your 200 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,400 worry and anxiety from a spiritual perspective. 201 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:57,400 So that way as you're trying to work through, where you're at, 202 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,900 on the Spectrum, I want you to be able to get the spiritual 203 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:01,900 one, dialed in and then go. Okay. 204 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,300 Do I need to check something situationally biologically or 205 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:10,400 medically, and we're going to talk through Universal spiritual 206 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,500 principles. That I pray will give you a 207 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:16,000 roadmap to help you navigate moments of worry and anxiety. 208 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:18,100 However, I want to be incredibly clear. 209 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:24,300 If you find yourself going through seasons of protracted 210 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:28,300 anxiety and worry, I want you to prioritize getting professional 211 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:30,900 help. So you can chart a path forward. 212 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,700 Jesus knew that we would wrestle with worry and anxiety. 213 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:41,600 This did not surprise him. He knows that this is a part of 214 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,500 the human condition. And so when he looks at us and 215 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,800 our the Fallen World, he knows that we are going to wrestle 216 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,000 with this, these things. Ashley Wooldridge says it this 217 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:59,600 way that worry and anxiety subside when we stand in between 218 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:06,500 the two pillars of God's control and God's goodness that when you 219 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:11,000 and I place ourselves in between the pillars of God's control. 220 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:16,200 And God's goodness are worried and our Will subside? 221 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:21,800 but when we step outside of these, When we stop to doubt, 222 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:26,000 when we start doubting the goodness of God and we step 223 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,300 outside and all we do is clean to his control, it can create 224 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,900 all kinds of, worry and anxiety when we stop believing in the 225 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:35,500 control of God. And we step over here where all 226 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:39,400 we believe is that God is good, worry and anxiety can run 227 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,300 rampant in our lives. Let me walk you through a chunk 228 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,500 of scripture and see if you can't see where God's control 229 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:50,000 and God's goodness emerge, Matthew 6:25. 230 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,300 Therefore I tell you do not worry about your life, what you 231 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:56,700 will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear is not 232 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:59,700 life more than food and the body more than clothes. 233 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,700 First thing I want to ask you, as we look at these pillars, 234 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:07,200 would God give us a command that it is not possible for us to 235 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,700 follow. This is a question about God's 236 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,800 goodness. Would God ask you to do 237 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,100 something knowing full well that you could not do it. 238 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Every single one of us at times we're going to navigate these 239 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,700 issues of worry and anxiety. And Jesus is saying this don't 240 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,700 which implies that in his goodness and in his power he is 241 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:32,800 giving you the ability to rise above those moments from a 242 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:37,700 spiritual perspective. So if God is good, he wouldn't 243 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,100 give us a command that he doesn't expect us to be able to 244 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:43,400 walk out. Now Matthew 6:26, look at the 245 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,500 birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or store 246 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,400 away in Barns. Yet your heavenly father feeds 247 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,800 them. Are you not much more valuable 248 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:57,300 than they are? Think about these films again. 249 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,000 What happens? When you look at a guy and he's 250 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,800 looking down, he's going. I see you. 251 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,500 I value you and I care about your needs, but what happens if 252 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:13,000 you don't think he's good? All you think is that he's in 253 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,700 control? That means that the bad things 254 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:20,800 that are happening to you. Are coming from an evil God. 255 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,700 A punishing, God. An Angry God. 256 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,000 All you believe that God is in control, but he is putting his 257 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,200 thumb on you. He is causing you the pain. 258 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,500 He is causing you to suffer. Do you still believe in God? 259 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:39,300 Yeah, you just believe in a God. That's in control. 260 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,300 And what happens if you believe that God has infinite power but 261 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:45,700 is not infinitely. Good. 262 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,800 You know, what happened to me? I would probably be a little 263 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,400 worried. And a little anxious. 264 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,200 Conversely. What happens if you believe that 265 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,900 God is good. But he doesn't have any power. 266 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:05,500 oh, he cares and he loves But he can't change anything. 267 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,600 He can't solve it. He can't fix it. 268 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:13,300 She just says, look at the birds. 269 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,900 For now worried, how many of you would over locations you've ever 270 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:24,900 seen a stressed-out bird? Oh man, I got to figure this 271 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,000 out. Right. 272 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,800 Nope, never never happen. Don't even worry about where the 273 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,500 food is coming from. There's no. 274 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:35,200 They know there's me some old lady who's going to put bird 275 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,900 seed out on the porch. Like they just keep moving. 276 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:40,900 Yeah, they're putting up a new old folks home. 277 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,500 It's gonna be some good eating over there. 278 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:45,800 Right? That's just what they do. 279 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,600 Here's what I love about birds. Have you ever seen them getting 280 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,100 together and have liking their meetings? 281 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,600 Guess where they? Sit on power lines. 282 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:58,800 Like this looks like free parking nobody's ever here. 283 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:03,400 They sit on the very things that would if we touch them like this 284 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,500 looks like a good spot for us to talk about stuff. 285 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,800 It's crazy. Look at Matthew 16:27. 286 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:16,099 Can anyone of You by worrying at a single hour to your life? 287 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,800 How's it working for you? Yeah, I know, I've noticed that 288 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:30,600 the more, I worry the better. I feel How many of you your life 289 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,000 has gotten better? Since you found WebMD online? 290 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,200 We know what the answer is. The answer to WebMD is always 291 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:42,700 cancer. You just scroll to the bottom. 292 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,500 I feel like I ate too much Fruit Loops tonight. 293 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:50,500 My stomach's upset. Oh, I've got cancer. 294 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:59,500 And my tooth is really hurting. Oh, toothpaste causes cancer. 295 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:07,300 Try or how this is what we do? We We go God, you don't have 296 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:11,600 control over this so I'll take care of it and I'll put all of 297 00:18:11,608 --> 00:18:14,600 this weight on me and when we start putting all of this weight 298 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,200 on us, what ends up happening to us? 299 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:21,700 We get a little anxious. We get a little worried this 300 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:25,200 week, Steve from our Kirksville campus sent me this quote worry 301 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,600 doesn't stop death. It stops life. 302 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,100 Worry doesn't take away. Tomorrow's troubles. 303 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:40,100 It takes away today's peace. Matthew chapter 6 verse 20, 304 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:42,700 through 30. And why do you worry about 305 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:45,300 clothes? See how the flowers of the field 306 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:49,000 grow? They do not labor or spin yet? 307 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,300 I tell you that. Not even Solomon, richest man 308 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:56,500 who ever lived in, all of his Splendor was dressed like one of 309 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,900 these. That is how God clothes if that 310 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:02,700 is, how God clothes the grass of the field, which are here today. 311 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:04,900 And tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he? 312 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:09,000 Not much more clothe you, oh, you of little faith? 313 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,700 You find yourself between these two pillars, asking yourself 314 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:16,500 this question. Do I believe that God is good? 315 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,800 That he values me more than the grasses that he cares for me, 316 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,500 more than he cares for the birds. 317 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,200 And he has the power to meet my needs. 318 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:35,300 You care for me in times of trouble, Can I trust that in his 319 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:38,900 goodness that he will supply? What I need? 320 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:46,400 Do I trust in his control that he can supply, what I need. 321 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:52,700 When I stand here in between the pillars of God's control and 322 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:57,700 God's goodness, my anxiety. My worry will decrease when I 323 00:19:57,708 --> 00:20:00,000 stopped believing in one of these pillars. 324 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,200 And I find myself moving in the opposite direction, that is 325 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,800 where my worry and my anxiety. Begin to rise. 326 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,300 Remember when we were kids and we used to sing the song. 327 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:15,200 He's Got The Whole World in His Hands. 328 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,700 I've a globe in my home office, if you were to think about how 329 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:23,200 fast you and I are spinning right now. 330 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,300 And for one moment, if you were to stop globetrotterne us 331 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:32,600 through space, What is that? What happened? 332 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:37,700 Overtime. We We stop believing that God's 333 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:40,400 good and that he's in control. Maybe your parents, you can 334 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,400 relate with me for a second. My kids have almost no worries 335 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,000 in life. I have never heard my kids 336 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,700 stressed out about the mortgage. Now once in fact my kids just 337 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,200 the other day we were driving to Sam's pick up some food. 338 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,000 There's some really nice houses on this little weird road that 339 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,800 goes by Sam's and my kids without a care in the world. 340 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,500 Say Dad, we should get that house too. 341 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,600 Cuz we need an you know we need a north end up house. 342 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,300 We need to South End house in Quincy because he doesn't want 343 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:17,000 to homes in Quincy you know that way. 344 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Depending on which IV. My wife says me too. 345 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:21,500 I'm pretty close to home. Are you home? 346 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:22,500 Yeah. Oh, wrong home. 347 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:26,400 I'll be over. My kids will be driving down the 348 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,400 see a car and they'll just say, Dad, we should get that one. 349 00:21:29,408 --> 00:21:31,800 I'm like, oh no, we've already got this one. 350 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,700 They're like, no, we should get another one. 351 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:40,100 Yeah, of course, and your fantasy factory, that's 352 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:44,000 completely possible. My kids have never once worried 353 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:49,500 about saving up for a vacation, My kids not once have come up to 354 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:54,700 me and said, Mom Dad. These Rising grocery prices are 355 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:59,200 getting out of hand. I mean at this point we we buy 356 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,900 all the candy or the food for the week and then they just eat 357 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:04,800 it that day I'm halfway tempted, you start taking them grocery, 358 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:09,600 shopping and go just eat. Just all the samples boys just 359 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,700 keep going back. We're doing wardrobe changes in 360 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:16,200 the parking lot, all right, during the pandemic, my kids, 361 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,300 never once worried about toilet paper, they just assume that 362 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,500 somebody was standing in line for their ration somewhere. 363 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,400 Maybe it was because they weren't wiping. 364 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,200 As much as they should have. I don't know. 365 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:29,500 But it didn't even cross their mind. 366 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,600 But have you noticed that over time? 367 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:37,700 There's certain things that your kids do start worrying about New 368 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,900 school year. New teacher new classroom. 369 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:49,500 New friends. New activity, new sport and you 370 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:52,200 as a parent know, they're going to be okay. 371 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,900 And you tell them you're going to be fine because you know 372 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:59,200 what's going to happen. They're going to walk in that 373 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,100 class. They're going to be there for 374 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:02,800 all of five minutes and they're going to make a new best friend 375 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:05,600 and the new best friend is like they're very bestest friend, 376 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,400 they've ever had and all their other friends are just friends. 377 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,800 And you know that they're going to try the new sport and they're 378 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,500 going to be super worried about showing up for the first 379 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,500 practice and then they're going to come home telling you that 380 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,900 they're going pro in that sport, you know, all of this stuff. 381 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,400 But you can't tell him that in advance Kanya. 382 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:28,400 Because they don't. They don't think you have. 383 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:34,100 Control. and it breaks your heart as a parent when they 384 00:23:34,108 --> 00:23:37,500 stopped believing that you're the strongest person ever and 385 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:41,100 that you're going to take care of every problem that arises You 386 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:44,300 have to wonder what does it do to the heart of God? 387 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:50,000 When Satan somehow gets you and I to stop believing that the one 388 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,300 who sent his son to die on the cross isn't good. 389 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:58,500 And the one who saved us from our sins, doesn't have control. 390 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:06,200 Matthew chapter 6. Verse 31, so do not worry, 391 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,600 saying, what shall we eat? Or what shall we drink? 392 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,600 Or what shall we wear for the pagans people who don't believe 393 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,100 in God, people who don't believe in Jesus, people who don't have 394 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:19,200 an intimate personal relationship with him for the 395 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,700 pagans run after, all these things and your heavenly father 396 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:29,800 knows that you need them. He knows that you need them. 397 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,300 And he has an endless supply of what you need. 398 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:39,800 He's good because he knows that he's in control because he has 399 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:45,500 an endless supply weird thing. Jesus is talking to a group of 400 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:49,400 people living in food and clothing, scarcity. 401 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,200 They saying don't worry about what you eat or what you will 402 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,800 wear. And here we are living the 403 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:02,000 American dream. Most of you had multiple choices 404 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,100 of what you were going to eat today and some of you know, that 405 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:07,900 you're going to overeat so much over the next couple of meals 406 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,700 that you didn't eat breakfast today. 407 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:12,500 And some of you ladies, you are late to church at many of our 408 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:16,200 locations. Because you opened your closet 409 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,300 and you had too many things to wear. 410 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:23,200 And yet our worry and anxiety continue to Skyrocket. 411 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,300 Maybe the American dream is not nearly as fulfilling as it was 412 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:34,400 supposed to be because we have placed our trust On a system and 413 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,900 not a savior. Verse 33. 414 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:42,700 But seek first, his kingdom, and his righteousness. 415 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:46,400 And all these things will be given to you as well. 416 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:50,300 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry 417 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:53,900 about itself. Each day has enough everybody 418 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:58,600 say enough enough trouble of its own two things to know. 419 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,700 Here, one seek first, God's kingdom. 420 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,900 He's saying, don't worry seek God's kingdom. 421 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,000 I wonder how many of us are carrying a worry, or we are 422 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,800 anxious about something that we have not yielded. 423 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:16,700 God's will. number one, thing that people worry about our 424 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:20,700 financial pressures, Is that area of your life already 425 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:24,100 surrendered to Jesus? Are we expecting God's blessing 426 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:26,200 without us being obedient to God's purpose? 427 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:31,500 There's some of us who are worried about our marital status 428 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,200 but as your marriage biblically based on the solid rock of 429 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,300 Jesus, are we doing the things that God commands us to do in 430 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,700 our marriage? I wonder if we were to be doing 431 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:44,500 the things of God, therefore our worry and anxiety would 432 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:47,100 decrease, some of you are worried about your kids growing 433 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:50,200 up and having a faith but yet you don't prioritize God's 434 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,900 kingdom when you make your schedule. second thing is, God 435 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:59,700 says today's going to have trouble just don't add 436 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:03,400 tomorrow's trouble to it. Don't double down. 437 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:06,300 Today is going to have a problem. 438 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:09,900 Tomorrow, it's going to have problems, too. 439 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,600 Just don't take tomorrow's problems and put them on top of 440 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:17,800 today's problems. Now, I want to show you this 441 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,700 verse First Peter chapter 5, some of you guys went to Hobby 442 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,300 Lobby, you've got this on a cool canvas somewhere in your house. 443 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,700 If you don't, I'm sure there's going to be a sale soon. 444 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:28,300 You should pick one up, it's a great verse. 445 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,300 Let's look at this. It says humble yourselves 446 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:34,100 therefore under God's Mighty hand that he may Lift You Up In 447 00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:38,500 Due Time, cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 448 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:42,100 I want to show you a couple things inside of this scripture 449 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:46,300 that I hope will bless you one. He says, humble yourself. 450 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:50,300 A humble yourself means you recognize that he's gotten. 451 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:58,200 You're not it's when you go, I don't have this, but you do I'm 452 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,800 not good. But you are. 453 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:05,700 You're acknowledging that he's in control and he's good, you're 454 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:09,100 not God, you don't have this. He says humble yourselves. 455 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,700 Therefore under God's Mighty hand, he mentions God's control 456 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:17,700 his power that he may lift you up in due time. 457 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,700 He's a good God. If you humble yourself 458 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,900 acknowledge his power, he will lift. 459 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:30,600 You up then cast, all your anxiety on him because he cares 460 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,400 for you again. This is God's goodness. 461 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,800 Now, there's something that happens in the original language 462 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,600 that kind of got missed in the translation and there's nothing 463 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,300 wrong but you can miss some of the beauty of what God is saying 464 00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:46,200 here. This word cast is a verb. 465 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,800 It's not a command, it's a verb, it's an action. 466 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:55,000 In other words, cast sting continually casting, and this is 467 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,800 not really the end of a sentence in the Greek. 468 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,200 It's actually one big sentence. This is what it actually says. 469 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,400 In the Greek humble yourselves, therefore, under God's Mighty 470 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,300 hand that may, he may, Lift You Up In Due Time. 471 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,700 Casting, how do we humble ourselves? 472 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:12,400 We are by casting, all of our anxiety on him because he cares 473 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,400 for you. It's when you start doing this. 474 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,900 You start casting, you're worried, casting your anxiety on 475 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:20,000 him. You start humbling Yourself by 476 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,900 going, I don't have this. I don't have this. 477 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,400 I don't have this but you do but you do. 478 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:29,800 But you do. You're good, you're in control. 479 00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:32,900 I'm not, I can't fix it. I'm not God. 480 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:36,900 Your God. I'm casting my cares on you and 481 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,900 part of the problem with anxiety and worry, is that it happens at 482 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:45,700 the neurological level Pathways become And and over time our 483 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,900 brain automatically creates these paths and then uses them 484 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:52,500 over and over and over again until they become well-worn, 485 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:56,200 highways in our mind. But since some of these past 486 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,100 that they make are good and some of them are bad. 487 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,500 My dog. For instance he didn't mind 488 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:06,600 going to the vet until we got him fixed and a pathway was 489 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,500 formed in his brain. Now when we're getting ready to 490 00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:13,100 go to the vet he's like hey there's nothing more doc here 491 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,900 for him to take. I'm like, that's what you think. 492 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:18,200 Son sit means sit. Okay, I've like don't mess 493 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,700 around. Now, some of you you have this 494 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:25,100 neurological pathway that was formed and over time, you just 495 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:30,600 get so used to the old pathway That you don't want to do the 496 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,700 work to create a new one because it's so much easier to drive on 497 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:38,100 an old road than it is to build a new one. 498 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:44,400 That's why he says keep casting. So we create a better A New Path 499 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,400 and that with Jessica L efforts this week and I said, Jessica, 500 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,300 what are three things that I could just give to our church? 501 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:53,800 For those who could use a little bit of Hope people who are 502 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,100 dealing with worry and anxiety? What are just three principles 503 00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:57,600 that we could just put out? That would help them. 504 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,000 Here's the first thing. She said she sees Start a 505 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,200 gratitude Journal. That it is hard to be anxious 506 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,200 and worried and grateful at the same time. 507 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:10,400 When you start going God, I'm so thankful for and the way you 508 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:15,400 have, and I'm glad you and you are an eye when you start 509 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,100 thanking him for all the things that he's done in your life, it 510 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:22,300 reminds you of how good he is and how in control that he is. 511 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:26,100 Second thing, she said, invite a person and avoid traveling alone 512 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,300 Guys, the solution to your anxiety, and worry is not 513 00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:33,100 isolation. It's raising your hand and 514 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,700 saying, hey, I'm wrestling with this. 515 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,500 You are going to have to go through some tough things, but 516 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,500 you do not have to go through tough things alone, this 517 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:43,000 upcoming Saturday, I do the hardest thing that I do every 518 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,200 single year. There's a row razor that takes 519 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,800 place here in Quincy and you get a team of people together and 520 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,100 you row a marathon. And last year, my team won. 521 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,500 And this year, we will defend our title and we will win again. 522 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:57,000 I know we'll win. And the reason I know we'll And 523 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:00,800 is not because of me, I am the worst person on our team. 524 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,300 I'm horrible compared to them. They are horses. 525 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,100 Okay? You know why? 526 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,900 I know I'm going to win is because I'm surrounded with the 527 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:12,700 right kind of people And some of you, you need to surround 528 00:32:12,700 --> 00:32:15,900 yourself with the right kind of people that will help you win in 529 00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,300 your battle with worry and anxiety. 530 00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:22,700 The other one is create an action plan, decide in advance, 531 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:26,100 which neurological pathway you're going to take when I feel 532 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:27,500 anxious. I will. 533 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:34,700 When I feel worried I will, I'm going to read some scripture. 534 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:37,300 I'm going to listen to a sermon. I'm going to go for a walk. 535 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:40,500 I'm going to get the sun on my face, I'm gonna call a friend. 536 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,400 I'm going to ask someone to pray for me decide in advance. 537 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:49,200 When I feel worried when I feel anxious, I will three tools for 538 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,400 those of you who want to help you care about people. 539 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,900 When I'm talking about this, you have somebody on your mind. 540 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,100 What are three things you can do to help first one validate it? 541 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,100 Christian's can get really bad at this where they say, hey, 542 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:03,500 this is what I'm wrestling with. And then we go. 543 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,600 Oh yeah, I used to wrestle with that. 544 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,800 And then I did this, this and this and now I'm all better. 545 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,100 And then that person is like, oh, so Jesus loves you. 546 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,000 More than me. Cool, I didn't know that, but 547 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,300 that makes me a little bit more worried. 548 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:16,700 Because now, I want to know why he likes you more than me. don't 549 00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:21,500 just here's what you do. I'm so sorry. 550 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:26,100 I'm here for you. I'm not going anywhere. 551 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,300 Must be tough. They don't need your answers. 552 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,700 They need your presence. Second thing. 553 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:36,600 This is a tough one for Christians. 554 00:33:36,900 --> 00:33:39,600 Try not to enable it. Oh, Christians love to be 555 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,000 fullbacks. So if you're struggling with 556 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,400 this, that I'm going to just wipe everything out in front of 557 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,500 you. Nope, no. 558 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:49,400 No, Bruno. Because listen to me, they are 559 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,600 going to have to go get jobs, they are going to have to sit in 560 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,900 interviews, they're going to have to walk into rooms with 561 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,300 lots of people around them. They're going to have to talk on 562 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,000 the phone. They are going to have to go 563 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,900 through life. Looking to have to be a mom, be 564 00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:03,000 a deadbeat, a brother be a sister, be an employee be a boss 565 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:07,300 and you can't go before them and fullback all the problems away. 566 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:10,199 In fact, when you start doing that with your good Christian 567 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,500 heart you can actually make them more worried and anxious. 568 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,800 Let me explain. It's kind of a shame that God 569 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,100 only gives you kids two sets of teeth because I kind of like 570 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,199 pulling them. I wish you made them like sharks 571 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,400 because every so often you just want to gank something out of 572 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,600 their head, right? And when my kids were wrestling 573 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,699 with, you know, getting their teeth yanked out the, here's 574 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:33,199 what I would do, I would be me and then when it came time to 575 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:34,500 pull out the tooth, I would do this. 576 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,100 Hey boy. It's gonna be okay, you're gonna 577 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,400 be just fine. It's not gonna hurt that long. 578 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,500 You're super tough and I pull the pliers. 579 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:45,000 I get just smile real big. You'll be fine like that. 580 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,800 Why are you talking to us like this? 581 00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:51,500 You know what I was doing? Was making them more worried and 582 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,900 anxious. Like why are you why are you 583 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,699 walking real slow and talk and real soft all the time. 584 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:04,800 Sheesh No no. Yeah if I did just walked up. 585 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:05,800 Hey man. Look up at you this. 586 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,100 Do you see that thing up in the gone, right. 587 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,500 Try not to enable it. Don't say, I'm going to solve 588 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,900 the problems with you. I'm just going to walk with you. 589 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:21,300 Third thing, you scripture. Share versus with them 590 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:24,000 frequently. Memorize scripture with them and 591 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:24,900 you're going to be owned by Clayton. 592 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,100 I don't know, scripture all that. 593 00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:29,300 Well cool thing that God made a while back, he made Google and 594 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:33,100 so you can listen to whatever it is that they're wrestling with 595 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:37,200 and then just type that in and then go Bible verse, whatever 596 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,500 the wrestle with Bible verse and it'll give you one It may not be 597 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,900 the best one, but you can use it and they'll be gone. 598 00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:46,400 How do you know all these scriptures? 599 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,300 Well, the Lord provides. You know, that's just just me 600 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:54,500 and the Lord. Actually I got 25 verses for 601 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:56,300 you. Let's start at the top top of 602 00:35:56,300 --> 00:35:58,400 what top of my mind. Okay? 603 00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:01,800 All right, that's what you could do now hear me. 604 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,700 I've been on really good behavior through the sermon 605 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,700 series, but there's something I wanted to say, but I didn't want 606 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:09,900 to sound trite. So I'm going to tell you, but 607 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:11,900 you're going to hear this with generous ears, please. 608 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:18,400 I cannot tell you the power that eight hours of sleep a night and 609 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,700 15 minutes of sun on your face and the first 15 minutes of the 610 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:26,000 day will do for you. If you could bottle that eight 611 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,200 hours of sleep and 15 minutes of sun on your face, no sunglasses. 612 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,900 In the first 15 minutes of the day, the government would make 613 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:37,000 that drug illegal, what crack heroin and meth RDU, to the 614 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,900 destruction of your body. Those two things are absolutely 615 00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:43,800 genius for your body, life-changing for your body. 616 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,500 And so I'm going through this sermon series and I'm going, 617 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:48,000 okay? What are some disciplines I 618 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,200 could just put in my life to be healthy like even more healthy 619 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,400 that would just kind of make me you know how Up me out, if 620 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,800 things like this ever arise and so I saw that, I'm like, okay, 621 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,400 I'm going to make a plan and so I want time with my wife so 622 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,700 like, boys, you're going to bed at. 8:00, they hate it, but get 623 00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:07,000 over it and because I want from 8:00 till 10:30 at night to go 624 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,500 to hang out with Jennifer, then I go to bed at 10:30 which is a 625 00:37:09,508 --> 00:37:12,200 new thing for me because I'm a night owl. 626 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,800 Most of my sermons get written between like 10:30 and midnight 627 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,200 and so I'm like I got to make a change so I can wake up at 6:30 628 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,700 in the morning. And my boys have had enough 629 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:25,000 sleep that they can wake up at 6:30 in the morning. 630 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,100 And so since the beginning of the school year in the morning, 631 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:31,300 me and the boys are going for a mile to a mile and a half walk 632 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,600 in the morning, getting the sun on her face. 633 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,000 After eight hours of sleep were walking, the dog that I don't 634 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,700 like. And while we're doing it, we are 635 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:43,500 memorizing scripture and after like the second walk, they 636 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,500 started going. So we're going to have to get 637 00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:47,900 some really warm clothes when we do this during the winter. 638 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,500 Mike? Yeah, your mom live will love to 639 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,700 go make this. Andre with you all winter long. 640 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,100 Okay now here's why here's here's why I'm telling you this 641 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:00,600 I don't know what battles, my boys are going to face one time 642 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,600 at some point in their life, but I want them to be equipped to 643 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,200 fight them and I'd much rather them, establish the discipline 644 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,800 in advance, then have to start the discipline in crisis. 645 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,700 And so what I've been noticing is the versus unintentionally 646 00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:19,300 that we've been memorizing since the beginning of the school year 647 00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:22,700 are actually the very As you would use if you were 648 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:26,200 spiritually wrestling with worry and anxiety and if you guys 649 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,100 would be on your best behavior, I'd like to welcome Zane and 650 00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:37,400 Maddox my boys up to the stage. Okay. 651 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,100 Now boys, I want you to talk really slow and really clearly 652 00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:44,800 and I want you to walk them through the verses that we've 653 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,600 been doing so far this year. So Maddox, can you tell 654 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:52,500 everybody Romans 8:1 No condemnation to those who 655 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,800 belong. Alms Jesus, that is exactly 656 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,800 right and Zane. What does that verse know? 657 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,200 You do a real clearly? What does that verse even mean 658 00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:07,400 you could do something wrong and Satan could go to God and say 659 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,300 see what this person did he shoot this person did but then 660 00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:12,000 God could say see what Jesus did. 661 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,800 That's exactly right. That's exactly what that verse 662 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,700 means. Now they know what is Psalm. 56 663 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,700 3 when I'm afraid I'll put my trust in you. 664 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,600 That's exactly right Maddox. This is the long one first John 665 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:32,000 4:18 Really clear. There is no fear in love for 666 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,800 perfect love. Casts out fear for fear has to 667 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,100 do with punishment. In the one who fears has not 668 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,000 been perfected by love. Good job, my man. 669 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:46,300 Zane Psalm 23:4, even though I walk through the valley of the 670 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:49,100 shadow of death, I will fear. No evil for you are with me, 671 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:50,800 your rod and staff. They comfort me. 672 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:53,600 Come on, boys. So proud of you. 673 00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:57,500 Those verses you can see what it's doing in their hearts. 674 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,000 It's helping them. Refocus on God's goodness and 675 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,500 God's control that when you're anxious they have scriptures. 676 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,100 They're ready on hand for them to be able to step into those 677 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:10,400 moments and just like, you were encouraged. 678 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,500 Imagine what that's doing in their own heart, final thing I 679 00:40:13,508 --> 00:40:17,400 want to do, when, when you start an intimate, personal 680 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,200 relationship with Jesus Christ, you are placed in him and worry 681 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,900 and anxiety. Can forget you to forget all you 682 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:27,700 have In Christ, I was talking to Tyler Mackenzie he spoke here 683 00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:30,000 last year and then the year before that, he preached at our 684 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,200 Men's Conference, I was talking to him this week about this 685 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,800 message and he goes I have to share with you what I wrote 686 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,400 recently and he sent it to me and I was like oh that is 687 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,700 exactly what our church needs to hear. 688 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,100 Because Satan can try to get us to ignore our spiritual 689 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:46,800 advantage that you and I have in Christ. 690 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,100 And so I just want to take a couple minutes and remind you of 691 00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:53,800 everything you have going for you in Christ in Christ, we have 692 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,100 freedom. Since Grace upon Grace 693 00:40:56,300 --> 00:41:00,500 Redemption and the righteousness of God ours in Christ, we have a 694 00:41:00,508 --> 00:41:04,000 Heavenly Father, a selfless, son, a Holy Spirit, and billions 695 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,400 of Brothers and Sisters in Christ in Christ. 696 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,300 There's no condemnation. There's a new birth. 697 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,200 New Life, New Creation, new clothes. 698 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,000 New my new heart, new nature, New Covenant, new spirit. 699 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,500 That raised Christ from the dead, then placed you in a new 700 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:19,700 family and sealed you with a new Destiny, and all of that is 701 00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:22,500 yours in Christ. In Christ, you've been chosen 702 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,600 saved, accepted and adopted. In Christ, you've been 703 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,900 consecrated, liberated initiated supplied, anointed purified 704 00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:33,100 Sanctified and justified in Christ you have love joy, peace 705 00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:35,700 patience, kindness goodness, gentleness faithfulness and 706 00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:40,000 self-control they are yours in Christ, you have wisdom 707 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,800 knowledge, Vision imagination, creativity, focus and purpose in 708 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,000 Christ, the mission of God, the meaning of life, and the Mystery 709 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,000 of the Gospel are yours in Christ. 710 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,400 You have been made alive, made new made, steadfast made one and 711 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,600 Grateful in Christ. The veil has been lifted and 712 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,400 torn. The distance has been narrowed, 713 00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:03,800 The Ransom has been paid, trespasses have been canceled. 714 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:07,700 The chains have been broken in Christ. 715 00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:11,200 You've been given power Victory, Triumph strength, every 716 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,200 spiritual blessing in the Heavenly realm, immeasurable 717 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,800 riches are yours in Christ. You've been given a promise. 718 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,400 That one day. You'll be consummated. 719 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,500 Vindicated resurrected rewarded, crowned and perfected. 720 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,100 In Christ, you have a new identity and a new story. 721 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:29,000 You have eternal value and worth. 722 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,100 You have the image of God, you have the cross-shaped love of 723 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:36,000 Jesus, a realistic assessment of the evil, but even better than 724 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,300 that. You have a way out in Christ. 725 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:44,300 You have a transfusion of Life, an epic Mission epic purpose, 726 00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:48,600 epic ending life with life-giving, hair-raising 727 00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:51,300 breathtaking love, proclaiming meaning. 728 00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:58,100 In Christ in Christ, you are more than enough. 729 00:42:58,100 --> 00:43:02,200 You have more than enough when you do battle with worry and 730 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,900 anxiety. I need you to know that they are 731 00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:11,200 outmatched because all that you have going for you in Christ and 732 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,900 I hope you won't forget it. We're moving to a time a 733 00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:19,700 decision. There are some of you listen to 734 00:43:19,707 --> 00:43:22,300 me right now, whether in this room or watching online, who 735 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,900 have never started an intimate personal relationship with Jesus 736 00:43:24,900 --> 00:43:28,300 Christ. I just want to be upfront and 737 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:30,700 clear with you. There is no decision. 738 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:36,200 That is greater and more impactful than that decision. 739 00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:40,700 Everything that I just said in Christ is yours because the 740 00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:43,000 Bible says, when you begin an intimate personal relationship 741 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,300 with Jesus Christ, when you want Jesus Christ, as your lord and 742 00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:50,100 your savior when you're ready to turn over your life to him he 743 00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:54,000 comes in and takes up residence in your life and he makes you in 744 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:58,000 him that when you're obedient the area of baptism. 745 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,800 When you demonstrate what Jesus Christ, demonstrated, when he 746 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,600 was Touched or when you show what happened to him when he was 747 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,200 buried and then raised to New Life when that happens in your 748 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,200 life, the Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit comes and takes 749 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:16,400 up residence in you and he seals you and he makes you in Christ 750 00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:21,300 and that can be yours today. You can talk to me, or you can 751 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:23,700 talk to one of the people who be standing over by the baptistry 752 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,700 about what it means to start that relationship. 753 00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:27,000 Maybe you don't want to talk to us. 754 00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:29,500 Maybe you want to talk to a Difference Maker in the lobby or 755 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,000 with a friend and family member who brought you here, but you 756 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:35,500 You don't have to put it off. Second thing I tell you there 757 00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,100 are some of you in here today that you are wrestling with 758 00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:41,600 worry and anxiety and it is real and it is problematic, then it 759 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,400 is impacting you and the people you love and a profound way. 760 00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:48,800 If you need to go and get serious help, I want to 761 00:44:48,808 --> 00:44:51,600 encourage you to do that. Don't put that off Satan 762 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,300 convinces you that you're the only one that nobody else 763 00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:55,600 wrestles with this. I want you know you're 764 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,100 surrounded by people who are going. 765 00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:00,700 Yeah I'm in that boat too. But I want to encourage you to 766 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:05,100 always make sure you check the spiritual bucket first and maybe 767 00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:09,200 just Oh wait, a humble ourselves is to come up here and get down 768 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,400 on our knees and just pray and cry out to God. 769 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,500 And your God, this is what I'm wrestle with and this is what 770 00:45:14,500 --> 00:45:17,200 I'm struggling with. Maybe you want to just pray a 771 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,600 prayer of gratitude and talk about all the good things that 772 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,100 God has done in all the things that he has in control. 773 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,400 And what you might notice is when you start talking about all 774 00:45:25,408 --> 00:45:28,500 the great things about God, you'll realize just how big he 775 00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:32,000 is. And maybe when you have a bigger 776 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,900 God, your problems might not seem so big. 777 00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:38,600 Maybe the bigger you see your God, the smaller, you'll see 778 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:43,100 your problems, your worries, your anxieties. 779 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,500 You can walk out of here today, carrying him by yourself. 780 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,500 But I would encourage you to practice during this time of 781 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:57,100 invitation casting your cares on him, believing that he is good 782 00:45:57,100 --> 00:46:00,900 and that he cares for you and that he will lift you up. 783 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:03,600 I know some of you are going. I'm a little worried about 784 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,600 walking in front of all these people up to the steps and get 785 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:07,600 down on your knees. You know what that is called, 786 00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:11,700 humbling yourself, caring less about what people think about 787 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:17,000 you and caring more about what people think about God. there's 788 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,900 some of you in here that you're going, man, this really isn't a 789 00:46:18,900 --> 00:46:21,700 series for me, but when I was preaching, there were people on 790 00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:27,400 your mind, people, you care about, I want us I think you do 791 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:32,100 too to be a church that cares that gets in the battle with 792 00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:35,900 people that preys on their behalf that lifts them up and 793 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,700 maybe what you want to pray today is pray for specific 794 00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:41,400 people that you know are wrestling or maybe pray that God 795 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,100 will use you to be a blessing to people who are hurting. 796 00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:48,500 That God would open up doors for you to point people to his 797 00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:51,400 truth. I want us to be a church like 798 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,700 that. I think you want us to be a 799 00:46:52,707 --> 00:46:55,600 church like that but will never become a church like that. 800 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,400 Unless every single one of us goes on that Journey. 801 00:46:58,900 --> 00:47:02,500 So what you Journey with me just and God used this moment right 802 00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:06,900 now. To do a work that only you can 803 00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:11,400 do God touch every life change every heart. 804 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:19,000 God you know what every person in this room is navigating and 805 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:25,000 what they're dealing with and so God I pray that during this time 806 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,800 we get down on our knees and pray or lift our voices and 807 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:31,200 saying that we would have a genuine encounter with you. 808 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,300 We gotta, you'd make an incredibly clear. 809 00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:36,100 Exactly what we're supposed to do. 810 00:47:36,900 --> 00:47:40,000 And that you give us the courage and the strength and the support 811 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,600 to do it and your name, I pray. Amen.