1 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,800 Crossing family. It is so good to be with each 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,100 and every single one of you. I am glad that you are with us 3 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:11,700 this weekend. I don't care where you're 4 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:14,300 joining from, whether you're joining from here at 48th 5 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,100 Street, one of our locations online or inside. 6 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:19,100 We just want you to know, God loves you. 7 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,800 This church loves you. And we believe that, every 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,900 single one of you can have an intimate personal relationship 9 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:28,800 with Jesus Christ, back by popular, demand after last 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,900 week's, incredible message. Is our friend, dr. 11 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,700 Wes Beavis. So would you put your hands 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,100 together and welcome him to the stage? 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:44,300 One more time, my man. Well, it's awesome to be at the 14 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:48,600 Crossing, and my name is dr. Wes Beavis. 15 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,900 I am a clinical psychologist, but more importantly than that, 16 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:56,500 I am a Jesus follower. I'm a living example to the fact 17 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:00,600 that you do not need to choose between faith and Science. 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,700 In fact, that is something that culture is trying to convince 19 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,700 you. That if you believe in God, then 20 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,000 your anti science and that is not the truth at all. 21 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,900 And I'm going to be sharing You today, some great things in the 22 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:20,100 context of what has already been shared in the weeds, in my 23 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:28,000 garden series on Mental Health. The last message I gave really 24 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:32,800 drove into the fact that God has wonderfully, made us with all 25 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,700 types of neurochemicals all types of hormones in our system 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,200 that can work towards us. Having good mental health. 27 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,900 And it's up to us, we're not at the mercy of those chemicals. 28 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,900 We actually have control over those chemicals. 29 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:51,700 If you didn't watch the message go back and have a watch over, 30 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:54,700 it will encourage you. But today I want to go real 31 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:59,400 practical on you. And can you see the number 5? 32 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:03,000 I want you to say it three times in a row. 33 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:11,600 Today I have three sections. Each section has five points and 34 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,000 the way this is going to roll out is the first section of Five 35 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,400 Points is going to happen very quickly. 36 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,800 It's like a sandwich. We're going to burn through that 37 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:22,400 side of the sandwich very quickly and that the back end 38 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,000 section is Five Points going to burn through that quickly, the 39 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,600 meat is in the middle. So let me start with the first 40 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:35,700 section here, how to become more anxious and depressed. 41 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:41,300 Five guaranteed ways that you can become more anxious and 42 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:42,800 depressed? Well, some of you might be here 43 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,300 thinking, you know, I'm kind of effervescing with too much joy. 44 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,100 At the moment, 98. I need a little more depression, 45 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:52,700 little more anxiety in my life and if that's you, you're in the 46 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:57,800 right place because I have five guaranteed ways to induce more 47 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,500 depression and anxiety in your life. 48 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,900 Number one, when you are feeling down, isolate yourself from 49 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:10,500 others, And avoid the Great Outdoors at all costs. 50 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,200 Make sure you're by yourself with your own thoughts at all 51 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,400 costs. Do Not Go In The Great Outdoors. 52 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,400 And for goodness sake do not allow any Sunshine onto your 53 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,100 skin because what that will do that will stimulate certain 54 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:28,000 neurochemical responses in your body and make you feel good and 55 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,600 you don't want to feel good. So make sure that when you are 56 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:36,700 feeling down you isolate yourself because social Elevates 57 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:39,700 our mood and we don't want to have moved to be elevated and 58 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:42,500 being in the Great Outdoors will Elevate our mood as well. 59 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:44,200 And we don't want that to happen. 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,000 If our goal is for you to become more anxious and depressed 61 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,800 number to spend as much time as you can being sedentary, just 62 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:58,600 lie around, do not exercise. Exercise will release a lot of 63 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,900 feel-good chemicals in you and it's very good for your mental 64 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:05,400 health, but if you want to increase depression and anxiety, 65 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Be sedentary lay around be in a static state. 66 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,400 Number three. See, I told you we're going to 67 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,399 fly through these eat more UPF. You're going to dr. 68 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:18,899 West what is it? UPF. 69 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:23,100 It is an ultra processed food and our culture. 70 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:28,900 And our society is Full of it. Absolutely. 71 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,600 Lots of ultra-processed foods that give you the sense that 72 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,100 you're being nourished because you're eating, you're chewing or 73 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:39,500 swallowing, but in effect, these ultra-processed Foods offer very 74 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:42,300 little nutritional benefit. In fact, they will do the 75 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:44,800 opposite. They can inflame your system 76 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:49,500 which contributes to your negative mental state. 77 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:52,400 So, if you want to increase the pressure and anxiety in your 78 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,400 life, make sure you hit the ultra-processed foods. 79 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,700 Yes. Ice cream and dark chocolate. 80 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:03,800 Is my preferences here? And so I have to keep them under 81 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,500 good management because they do have an effect on my mental 82 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:09,100 health. Number for cooperate, with 83 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:13,700 whatever your depression or anxiety is telling you, because 84 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:16,300 what we've discovered in the social sciences is this, 85 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:20,500 whatever you concentrate on, whatever you focus on, whatever 86 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,900 you cooperate with you get more depression. 87 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:26,000 So if you cooperate with whatever you're depressed 88 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,100 feelings are telling You then you're just going to attract 89 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:33,700 more reasons to be depressed, anxiety, and, and social 90 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:36,200 anxiety. All that if you just cooperate 91 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,300 with what your feelings are telling you, you're going to get 92 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:43,100 more of the depressed and anxious States. 93 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:47,500 And number five, let your current disappointment shape, 94 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:51,700 your view of God. Because when we're disappointed, 95 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,200 when we are discourage, we tend to be in a place in our brain, 96 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,000 which is not as sophisticated. Vista cated as the prefrontal 97 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,400 cortex. And when we are discouraged and 98 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:11,300 we tend to make value judgments of about our life, about our 99 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:14,500 world in which we live, and about our future, they're not 100 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:18,100 the best value judgments and we can make judgments of God that 101 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:22,100 are so inaccurate, when we are depressed, discouraged and 102 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:24,000 anxious. So, but if you want more of 103 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,700 those things in your life, then yes, let your Are in 104 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:31,700 disappointment, influence, your view of God. 105 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,500 But I think I'm talking to people here who actually do not 106 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:41,200 want to elevate depression anxiety or any other challenging 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,200 mental States in your life. So we're heading into section 108 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:48,000 to. Can you say five fantastic 109 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:56,100 section 2 is Proven mental, health practices for you. 110 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:01,500 Let's get into it. Number one, build muscle. 111 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,100 Build muscle, and I'm not talking about build spiritual 112 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,000 muscle. I'm not talking in a, in a 113 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,300 metaphorical sense. I am, talking about build 114 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:15,000 muscle. We're talking biceps triceps. 115 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:17,800 Calf muscles. Any must your glutes? 116 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,700 Any build muscle. Okay. 117 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:24,000 Here's some scripture here and you shall love the Lord, your 118 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,400 God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your 119 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:34,400 mind, and with all your strength, See where hombre we've 120 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,500 already dealt with the metaphorical in the sense let 121 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:39,500 the God with all your heart metaphorically speaking. 122 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,100 It's like the very core of your body, love the love with him, 123 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:46,200 the very core of who you are your soul. 124 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,200 What what existed before your human body, which will exist 125 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,200 after your human body and with your mind. 126 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,100 And that also goes on to say strength, love the Lord, your 127 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:02,500 God with your strength. Another Bible passage here for a 128 00:08:02,508 --> 00:08:06,100 while. Body bodily training is of some 129 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:10,100 value. Godliness is a value in every 130 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:14,500 way as it holds promise for the present life and also for the 131 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:17,700 life to come. Now this is a trap that I've 132 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:20,700 fallen into and a lot of Believers, a lot of followers of 133 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,000 Jesus fall into this trap because we've read for our 134 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,300 Buddy. Lee training is of some value 135 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:29,500 godliness, is a much greater value and what we tend to do is 136 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,400 go, I'm just going to go with the godliness. 137 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,299 I want to be strong in God. Ugliness, I want to be, I just 138 00:08:35,299 --> 00:08:38,600 want to be good and godly and and we forget the fact that the 139 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,799 Bible says bodily training is of some value. 140 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,500 And we tend to live in the, in the sense that well, you know, 141 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:52,100 bodily training is of no value. And I particularly believe that, 142 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:56,100 as followers of Jesus, we should have the best bodies. 143 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,900 If we're loving the Lord, Our God with all our heart, soul, 144 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:02,700 mind and strength. There is value. 145 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,400 Bodily training, I appeal to you, therefore, Brothers by the 146 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,800 mercies of God, to present your bodies as a Living Sacrifice, 147 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,800 holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship, 148 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:21,000 you know, sometimes and I've been guilty of this in my life 149 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,400 is that I actually ignore my body in pursuit of the higher 150 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:32,700 things of the Kingdom. In fact, I sacrifice my body for 151 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,100 Ministry. And while that sounds very Noble 152 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:42,100 at a surface level. We actually get to choose what 153 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,300 type of body we're going to offer to God as a Living 154 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:47,800 Sacrifice. Now, I remember when I was 155 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:54,100 planting a church, I got caught up in anxiety, and depression, 156 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:58,300 things weren't working out as I was hoping or my lofty goals and 157 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:04,800 my Noble desires. And so I gained 50 pounds And in 158 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,100 a sense, I was working really hard for Jesus really hard for 159 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:13,700 the church. But I was sacrificing my body. 160 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:17,500 And I was presenting my body as a Living Sacrifice, but it 161 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,700 wasn't the best version of my body. 162 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:25,800 And I think, as followers of Jesus, we have that option, I'm 163 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,700 going to offer my body as a Living Sacrifice, but what 164 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:33,700 version of your body are you offering as a Living Sacrifice? 165 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,600 Now, some of you are sitting there and understandably, so 166 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,000 going dr. Wes a, you know, you seem to be 167 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,200 giving a message on physical fitness. 168 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,700 What does this have to do? To with mental health, I will 169 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:49,200 tell you what it has to do with mental health. 170 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:54,300 Building muscle is associated. This is scientific Lee. 171 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:58,200 Proven data mental are building muscle, is associated with 172 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,400 improved mental Clarity, improved, cognitive processing, 173 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,200 improves mental function as you age. 174 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:10,800 And let me know that the things on talking about here is like 175 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,000 build muscle now, because there's going to come a time 176 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,400 where we will enter our marginal decade, you're asking. 177 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,800 Well, what's the marginal decade? 178 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,100 The marginal decade is the decade that we all have in 179 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:27,400 common. It's the last decade of our life 180 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:32,600 and every one of us in this room will enter their marginal decade 181 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,000 at some point. Now, the marginal decade is 182 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 called this because at that time, that's when we struggle 183 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,100 the most with physical health issues. 184 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,300 People in the imaginal decades, see the doctors more are in and 185 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,800 out of Hospital. More are struggling more with 186 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:56,500 issues of mobility and the capacity to be independent in 187 00:11:56,500 --> 00:12:00,900 their living. And so, why I say build muscle, 188 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:05,800 it is playing into your future mental health, because it's 189 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,800 you've known what it is to be active and independent and 190 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:13,400 having the energy to give for all your previous decades. 191 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,200 And You enter a decade when you use struggling to get out of a 192 00:12:17,208 --> 00:12:21,400 chair, that is depressing and that is anxiety-producing. 193 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,900 And so, I'm here to say Building muscle has a lot to do with your 194 00:12:26,908 --> 00:12:30,000 mental health. Not only now, but in the future, 195 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,800 stressing muscle, that's when you get put, you know, a 196 00:12:34,808 --> 00:12:38,200 dumbbell, some weights, whatever putting putting your muscle 197 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,000 under stress. So it has to strain releases 198 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,900 endorphins. That's a chemical that God has 199 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:48,300 put in our body for a specific purpose endorphins, Elevate 200 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:51,800 mood. Endorphins are a natural 201 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:56,200 analgesic, that means a painkiller endorphins soothe the 202 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,400 anxious brain and increase an optimistic outlook on life. 203 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:06,300 And if you don't believe me go and and subject yourself to an 204 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:10,300 exercise experience, either go to the gym, go for a walk. 205 00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:15,300 Go do something and I can pretty well guarantee you that after 206 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:18,900 not during I mean when I'm at the gym, okay? 207 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,000 Oh my goodness. Why am I doing this? 208 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,700 This is so I'm not enjoying this, but afterwards, I feel 209 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:27,600 great. I experienced the the elevated 210 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,600 mood. You experience the mental 211 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,100 Clarity, you experienced so many things as soothing of the 212 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:36,500 anxious brain, I mean, if you're feeling anxiety in your life, 213 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:42,700 put some put some muscle training into your world and you 214 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:46,200 will experience. Your anxiety levels. 215 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:52,300 Decreasing muscle is the number one organ of Ling longevity. 216 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,200 You know, a lot of press is given to the heart muscle 217 00:13:55,200 --> 00:14:00,300 because, you know, understandably the most deaths 218 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:05,500 in America occur as a result of cardiac problems followed by 219 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:08,800 cancer. But ultimately, it's it's the 220 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:13,000 muscle, atrophy or sarcopenia which ends up taking us out. 221 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,200 Because if we Cannot be mobile. Then we're going to be more 222 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,800 sedentary and our muscles will continue to atrophy. 223 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,100 If we can't get up and be mobile, if we can't move, if 224 00:14:25,108 --> 00:14:26,800 we're going to struggle, if we're going to have the aches 225 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,000 and pains that's going to further increase our propensity 226 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,800 to be immobile and sedentary, and that's going to affect our 227 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,300 mental health. What I'm saying is be like the 228 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:43,000 Queen of England. Who two days, two days before 229 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,400 she died of natural causes she was, installing the new Prime 230 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,600 Minister of England, commissioning that next reign of 231 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,700 leadership, presiding over the country, isn't that what you 232 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:59,000 want? I know, that's what I want. 233 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:02,300 I want right up to two days before, the good Lord takes me 234 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:04,400 home. I am still officiating in 235 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,500 Ministry and doing powerful things in Ministry, and having 236 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:11,700 influence in Ministry. So, starting in your 40s, you 237 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:16,400 start to lose 1% of your muscle mass each year and that 238 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:21,100 corresponds with a one to three percent loss in strength. 239 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:25,600 So if you don't do anything to counteract your muscle, atrophy, 240 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,500 the sacopee, Pena. If you start to register higher 241 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:33,000 and higher on the Frailty index, then that is going to cause you 242 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,400 to become more depressed because you think you're going to think. 243 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,300 Wow. I could, you know, I used to be 244 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:40,900 able to pick up my grandchild and swing them around and I am 245 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:43,400 finding it really difficult to even lift them up. 246 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,200 And it's not because they're growing up more, it's just I'm 247 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:53,200 losing my strength and so you can counteract that If you 248 00:15:53,208 --> 00:15:58,700 decide what version of my body, am I going to offer as a Living 249 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:01,300 Sacrifice? And some of you are thinking, 250 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,200 well, you know, dr. West, that, you know, I haven't 251 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,800 really been active in my life, too much up to now. 252 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,800 Wouldn't, you know, I feel very comfortable uncomfortable and on 253 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,700 the inside of a gym. I understand that, but it's 254 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:20,300 never too late to reverse it. I I have a conflicted 255 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:27,300 relationship with running and but I decided the age of 55 I 256 00:16:27,308 --> 00:16:28,900 was going to run my first marathon. 257 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:35,100 And and I was able to do that and I've run several Marathon 258 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,900 since the last. Okay. 259 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:38,500 Okay. Before it before you upload me 260 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:44,300 before you floating the last marathon, I ran, I was beat, I 261 00:16:44,308 --> 00:16:49,300 was beat by 45 minutes. By a guy who was 83. 262 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:54,700 I'm telling you what the human body is capable of. 263 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,700 The way God has were designed us with the resiliency factors, you 264 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:01,500 know? We I think we tend to give in to 265 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,800 the process of Aging unnecessarily. 266 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,700 Okay. So a couple of tips do it. 267 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:08,700 When your willpower is strongest, that means do it 268 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:12,000 first thing in the morning. Because as the day grinds on, 269 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,099 you're going to be losing psychological fuel as the gate 270 00:17:17,099 --> 00:17:21,200 day gets on. So as Brian Tracy, Great sales 271 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,500 trainer said, if in the context of your day, you have to eat a 272 00:17:24,508 --> 00:17:29,100 frog. Eat the Frog first, and so I 273 00:17:29,108 --> 00:17:32,700 would encourage you to try and put it in quick, and of course, 274 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:35,200 because I'm a doctor of Clinical Psychology. 275 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,500 I work with what's happening in the brain and the emotions, and 276 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:41,700 the behavior, I'm not a medical doctor, although my son is check 277 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,300 with your medical doctor. That's my disclaimer because I 278 00:17:44,308 --> 00:17:46,500 don't want you to sue me. All right. 279 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,100 Number two, good sleep, hygiene brace. 280 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:54,400 Scripture for this then he got into the boat that's Jesus and 281 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,100 his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up 282 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:59,900 upon the lake so that the waves swept over the boat. 283 00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:03,300 But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him 284 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:06,100 saying. Lord save us, we're going to 285 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:07,900 drown. They were full of anxiety at 286 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,700 this point. Jesus replied, you of little 287 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:13,400 faith. Why are you so afraid? 288 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:16,200 Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the waves and it was 289 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,200 completely calm. The men were amazed and asked 290 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,900 what kind of man is This even the wind's and the waves obey 291 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:26,000 him. But implied in that context, is 292 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,000 this very important principle for us, you face storms better 293 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:37,900 when you are not sleep deprived, So get good at sleep. 294 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:42,200 Sleep medication is not the answer. 295 00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:46,300 There are lots of components that go into sleep hygiene. 296 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,100 I won't take you through it now, but I am going to tell you that 297 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:53,000 when you are sleep deprived, it's so easy to get into 298 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,200 negative, mental States, in sleep, deprivation increases 299 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:01,200 cortisol, which is a stress hormone in your body, and it 300 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,800 makes you hungrier for all the wrong Foods. 301 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:09,300 I'm talking salty, crunchy, and sweet. 302 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,600 When you have had a lot of cortisol running through your 303 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:17,100 system, you are driven to just they're called Comfort foods for 304 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:21,700 a reason. So and your body repairs when 305 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:26,200 you sleep, you see, we spent the entirety of our day in flaming 306 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,900 our body, you know, subjecting our body to stress. 307 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,500 And some of that is is positive stress. 308 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,100 You know, going to the gym is positive stress, but we inflame 309 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:38,800 our body, every organ of our body, including our brain. 310 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:43,100 And when we're sleeping, That's when God does his powerful work 311 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:46,600 of repairing? All the the result of us 312 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,200 stressing the body, you don't build muscles in the gym. 313 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,200 You build your mother. Well, let me see say that your 314 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,400 muscles don't grow in the gym, your muscles actually get torn 315 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,800 in the gym. It's when you sleep that your 316 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,600 muscles start to rebuild. All right. 317 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,500 Number three evaluate sugar intake. 318 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,500 Now, I'm not going to stand here and say, you know, cut out all 319 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,500 sugar. You know, I'd be a hypocrite. 320 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:14,500 If I said that, you know, I love sugar sugar and I have a heavy. 321 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,600 We have an interesting relationship. 322 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,500 I am, I am a recovering sugar addict. 323 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:26,500 The Bible says this about sugar. It says it is not good to eat 324 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:28,700 too much. Honey, that's it. 325 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,500 The by the Bible doesn't talk about high glycemic 326 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,100 carbohydrates, Donuts, Bagels at it. 327 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:37,900 It just talks about it's not good to eat too much, honey. 328 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:44,500 That's because sugar has an interesting effect on your body. 329 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:47,400 Your brain needs a certain amount of it, but we tend to 330 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:52,400 really overdo it if you want more depression and anxiety in 331 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:58,000 your life, eat more sugar, it'll help you get there. 332 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,800 Sugar has been associated with elevated levels of depression 333 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,900 and anxiety. So, if you ever find yourself in 334 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:08,300 an anxious state or a depressed state, just check, check your 335 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:13,200 sugar intake. And here's why it causes 336 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,300 inflammation in your body, including your brain and 337 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:20,200 sometimes depression and anxiety is the brains way of saying I'm 338 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:24,900 inflamed. Did you know, in the 1700s The 339 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:31,300 average intake of sugar per person per day, was one teaspoon 340 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:35,700 in the 1700 s because they didn't have all the high refined 341 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:39,800 carbohydrates at foods that register higher on the high 342 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:44,700 glycemic index, then today, 2018, couple of years old, but I 343 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,400 think we're probably only gotten worse men take in an average of 344 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:54,000 19 teaspoons a day and women 15 teaspoons per day. 345 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,700 And there's a reason for that. Sugar is number one, it's highly 346 00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:01,100 addictive and every food company knows it. 347 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:03,600 So they try to inject as much sugar into Foods because they 348 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,900 want you to keep coming back for more. 349 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:12,200 And so sugar is in everything. Especially your ultra-processed 350 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,100 Foods. So, the more sugar. 351 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,800 Here's a fun fact them, and try this out for an experiment. 352 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,200 The more sugar you eat, the more you will crave sugar, it causes 353 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,800 a dopaminergic reaction in your brain and brain. 354 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,500 Is that dopamine is that great feel-good chemical and we we 355 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:32,800 love it when we get it, so evaluate your sugar intake. 356 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,500 I'm not saying, you know, get rid of all. 357 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:37,700 Sure, I'm not going to be that mean I'm just going to say think 358 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:39,400 about it. All right. 359 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,900 Lovely vacate. That's a fancy word for make 360 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,900 sure you get some vacations and vacation is based on the word of 361 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:51,400 vacate the life that you're normally embroiled in. 362 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:57,400 Now here's here's what we think. Culture thinks that vacation the 363 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,800 recovery happens in the in the when you're at the destination 364 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,500 and sure you get maximum beneficial effect when you're on 365 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,900 vacation and we think that that after we come home from vacation 366 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:16,600 the Jewel benefits of that, go on for several weeks, maybe 367 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,400 several months, it's not the truth. 368 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:24,700 Scientific research says that we overestimate the benefits of 369 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:28,700 post vacation time, and we underestimate the benefits on 370 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:32,400 pre vacation time, this is actually how it looks. 371 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:36,300 You start to get the beneficial effect of a vacation from the 372 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:40,000 moment you book it. So if you book it to go away on 373 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,600 a vacation in three months time, you Start to get the benefits of 374 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,000 it. You just have that sense of 375 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,400 anticipation, you're looking forward to it. 376 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:53,900 You're subconsciously preparing for it and So that you don't 377 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,200 feel guilty after you come back from vacation. 378 00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:59,500 Generally the drop off is very steep leading to that thought 379 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,300 of, oh my goodness, I feel so guilty. 380 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,800 I was just on vacation last week but it doesn't feel like I went 381 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,700 away on vacation at all. Has anybody ever felt that? 382 00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:11,300 You know, and some of us even come back from a vacation 383 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:14,700 needing a vacation. So you've got to think about 384 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:21,100 what type of vacation you take. All right, number 5, pay to see 385 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,800 a Trained Christian clinician or a counselor. 386 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:30,300 Now, I put Christian in there because in the, in the 387 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:34,400 behavioral sciences psychologist marriage and family, therapist, 388 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,500 licensed clinical, social workers, they're not 389 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:42,200 representative of the larger cultural context. 390 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,500 Generally only not generally specifically, they did research 391 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:51,000 on this, only 40% of psychologists are people of 392 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,200 faith. And yet we have, you know, 393 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,200 seventy or eighty percent of the population at large that are 394 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,200 believing God. So why is they go to a 395 00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:04,100 Christian? Clinician is your faith is an 396 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:08,100 important tool in your toolbox that a clinician can use. 397 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:12,300 So if you go to a clinician who doesn't understand Faith, that's 398 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:16,200 a big tool in your toolbox that they can't use because they 399 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,400 don't know how to use it. So I would encourage you go to 400 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,200 see a Christian Clinician. And why do I say pay? 401 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,600 Because it's human nature. You are more vested in that, 402 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,900 which you pay for You've got to have skin in the game if 403 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:35,200 somebody else is paying for it. Yeah, you'll go and and have a 404 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,400 lovely chat, but you're not going to be as motivated as 405 00:25:38,408 --> 00:25:41,500 somebody who's putting money into this process. 406 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,700 So, who Bible says here in Proverbs, whoever trusts in his 407 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,600 own mind, is a fool, but he who walks in the wisdom walks in 408 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,100 wisdom will be delivered. See when we're in anxious or 409 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,000 depressed, or burnt out? Mental States. 410 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:02,000 We are not operating out of the best part of our brain. and so, 411 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,700 I love this saying that I use often in therapy. 412 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,400 It's it's hard to read the label when you're stuck inside the 413 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,700 bottle. And that's why it's good to go 414 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:20,600 and see somebody because as smart as you are as, as solid as 415 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,200 you are in your faith, sometimes you're so stuck in your 416 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,700 situation. It's hard to see what's going 417 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:28,300 on. All right. 418 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,200 That's my son. There he is a doctor of medicine 419 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,900 in the u.s. Navy when he was going through 420 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,800 pre-med. He played rugby and he broke his 421 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,000 arm called me up. Dead gone to the hospital. 422 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:46,300 I've broken my arm for Ellie and I go to the hospital, the 423 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:48,800 orthopedic surgeon comes into the room and sure. 424 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,700 I mean, that was really busted. You could see it. 425 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,600 It was like, oh and the orthopedic surgeon through some, 426 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:57,700 his X-ray up on the light box and he said, okay, this is what 427 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:00,200 we've got. It's Definitely broken. 428 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,900 There are three options here. Number one, we could just leave 429 00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:05,700 it alone, the bones will eventually that's them. 430 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,200 Wonder if the human body, they've the bones. 431 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,200 The broken ends will eventually find themselves and they'll fuse 432 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,300 back together. The problem with that is, it'll 433 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,900 be very painful. It'll take a long time to heal 434 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:20,800 and the bones were probably heal in a way that's problematic over 435 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:24,500 a long distance of time. I said, okay, what's the second 436 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:26,800 object? We can, we can apply traction, 437 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,600 we can pull the bones apart and I to get them in line as much as 438 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:36,500 we can, and then put plaster in it'll be less painful, it'll 439 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,100 heal quicker and and it won't be. 440 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,700 So prone to problems down the line, and I said, well, what's 441 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:46,300 the third option? And he said well I can go in, 442 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:50,200 they can open him up, I can put a titanium plate and some screws 443 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,700 in there, I can get the bones exactly in alignment, it'll heal 444 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,400 the fastest of all, it'll be the least amount of pain, and you'll 445 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,000 have the least amount. The problems going forward. 446 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,800 And that is why that is what therapy is like, it's going to a 447 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:08,100 doctor, going to a licensed clinician, they can help you 448 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:14,300 heal faster, be less back pain, involved and heal in a way. 449 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,300 That's not problematic in future years. 450 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,700 And the other thing is, you won't burn out your friends. 451 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,400 Let your friends via friends. Do all your deep work with your 452 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,200 therapist. Okay? 453 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:27,500 So that's the meat in the middle build muscle, good sleep. 454 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:31,900 Hygiene evaluate sugar intake, proactively be cake and Peter, 455 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:36,700 see a trained clinician or counselor so that is five 456 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:41,000 practical steps that we could because the weeds in our garden. 457 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,600 Once we pull those weeds out, we got to replace them with good 458 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,600 behaviors. And so I've just given you five. 459 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,100 Okay? The last section. 460 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:55,500 Everybody say five, All right, is how you can help others. 461 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:58,200 The Bible says carry each other's burdens. 462 00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:01,700 And in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. 463 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,600 So, number one, normalize mental health experience, and I've 464 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:11,800 watched every message in this weeds in my garden series, that 465 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,500 you've done. And I want to tell you that, 466 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:17,700 your pastor, Clayton Hensley, has done an amazing job here is 467 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 well researched, what he has taught you. 468 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,800 And He's talked about the fact that we want to meant normalize 469 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,900 it everybody. It doesn't matter how how strong 470 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,200 and how capable you are as a leader. 471 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,300 Everybody will struggle from time to time with something 472 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:35,100 that's broken in their lives. So let's just normalize it 473 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:38,300 number to invite them to go for a sunshine. 474 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:42,700 Walk, remember Elijah when he was severely depressed after his 475 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:48,700 high experience of Mount Carmel, where that amazing miracle 476 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:51,700 happened, you know, a lot of and a lot of cortisol through the 477 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:55,000 system and what happens often when you go through an 478 00:29:55,000 --> 00:30:00,000 experience like that, you can have a post project post 479 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,000 experience, slump or where did he find himself at the in the 480 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,100 back of a cave? No sunlight, no fresh air. 481 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,000 So one of the most beneficial things you can do with somebody 482 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,400 who's struggling, say, hey, come for a, walk with me and get into 483 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,900 the sunshine. Number three, help them. 484 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:19,600 Formulate, a personal crisis plan. 485 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,700 Now, Every year I have to do continuing education to keep up 486 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:26,700 my license as a clinical psychologist. 487 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:31,000 And so I do training with an organization that works with the 488 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:36,400 Navy Seals in San Diego and there is a higher rate of 489 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,100 suicide that happens with people in the armed forces. 490 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:46,300 And so they're very keenly aware of what to do and what they 491 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,800 train their clinicians to do is when they when they Patients are 492 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:57,400 in a good place put together a crisis plan, a personal crisis 493 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,200 plan, while their heads in a good place. 494 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,400 So that when they are struggling, they don't have to 495 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,700 rely upon their thinking because when you're struggling, you're 496 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:08,300 not operating out of the best part of your brain. 497 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:13,500 And so at that point, you don't trust your thinking, you take 498 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:18,100 out your crisis, personal crisis plan and you just do what's on 499 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,400 the list. Call a friend, get in the 500 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,800 outdoors, go for a walk, go to the gym and you don't don't 501 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,000 trust what your brain is thinking trust, what your tray, 502 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,500 personal crisis plan that you established when things were 503 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:35,200 well and establish with somebody else and work, the plan, don't 504 00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:39,400 don't be led by your feelings but work the plan so help help. 505 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,600 People by getting them to have a crisis, personal crisis plan 506 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,600 ahead of time, number four, encourage Ministry and Mission 507 00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:52,300 involvement because sometimes our mental health challenges, 508 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:55,600 and because we're spending too much time in our own heads 509 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,900 thinking about our own problems. That's why I love the crossing 510 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,300 is that you are so committed to missions and Ministry. 511 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:07,300 You provide, lots of opportunity for people to get outside of 512 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,700 their own heads. And number five, I've nudge them 513 00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:14,900 towards Jesus. Jesus Christ is the solution to 514 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:19,400 every dilemma faced by man woman and child. 515 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:25,700 And so, we do the best thing by nudging people towards Jesus. 516 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:31,300 Because sometimes, when you get into that place of struggle, you 517 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:35,200 you start to doubt. Whether God loves you, you start 518 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,800 to doubt. Whether God is for you. 519 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:44,200 Thoughts like your God is so, so busy blessing, Clayton, Hansel 520 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,800 and Jerry Harris that he hasn't got time for me. 521 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:51,100 That's not reality. That's a lie that comes not from 522 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:55,800 heaven. And so, sometimes people just 523 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,200 need to be nudged back in the direction of Jesus. 524 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:02,500 Sometimes it needs. Sometimes people need a shove 525 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:05,100 depending upon their temperament temperament. 526 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:07,500 Can it whether it's a shove or a nudge? 527 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:14,600 That lead people back to Jesus. Right now, we're moving in to a 528 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:24,000 time of decision. That's actually where I want to 529 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,600 begin this invitation time. For those of us in this room or 530 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,100 you're watching online, I want to begin with a nudge and just 531 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:36,200 so, you know, if you don't know who I am, I am not opposed to a 532 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,200 shove. Like I will shove you and the 533 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:44,000 reason I will shove you because I care about you because I love 534 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,800 you too much. That if you came into this room 535 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,700 and you've been, you're looking for ways to try to figure out 536 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:52,500 life and the mess that you're walking in. 537 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,900 And you're just like, man, I'm so thankful, they just gave me 538 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:58,700 all these practical ways to do all these things, but if you 539 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:03,400 don't hear this, You gotta start with Jesus, you got to start 540 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,100 inside of that intimate personal relationship with him. 541 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,500 And I know just because I know this church and I know the 542 00:34:09,507 --> 00:34:12,000 people who walk in here, who are watching online, there are some 543 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,300 of you you have not you've not made that decision to follow 544 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,900 him. You have not surrendered your 545 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,199 life to him. You're just like man, I got this 546 00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:23,500 building muscle thing. I can go to the gym, I can eat 547 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:26,500 better. I don't think I can lower my 548 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,600 sugar intake. I can't do that one, but I can I 549 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,000 can do all these things. Listen, all those things are 550 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,199 really, really good and very helpful and it's a very 551 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,199 important step in your mental health but it all goes on the 552 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:44,300 foundation of knowing who Jesus is and applying that to your 553 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:47,900 life and making him Lord and savior of your life. 554 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:52,699 And so listen, if you're not there, I would love to come 555 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,199 alongside a few. I would love to have a 556 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,000 conversation with you in just a little bit. 557 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,400 When the music starts and we start singing, you may feel a 558 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,300 nudge on your heart to respond to get up. 559 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:05,100 And I would tell you that's not me. 560 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:06,900 That's not the person next to you. 561 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:11,100 That's the Holy Spirit saying, it's your time, get up. 562 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:16,600 Respond move, come to me. I invite you. 563 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,000 I want you to know me as your lord and your savior. 564 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:24,400 You are You are loved. You are mine. 565 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,100 I would encourage you to respond to that moment. 566 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,900 Come talk to me and you're like, hey, I felt the Holy Spirit. 567 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:36,000 I felt this nudge. I felt this shove and let's take 568 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,500 that step to make Jesus, Lord and Savior life. 569 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,700 And tonight, maybe that night, where you getting that water and 570 00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:44,700 you declared Jesus, Lord. And Savior. 571 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,800 It'll be the best decision you can ever make. 572 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:50,300 It's how you build all the rest of decisions that you're going 573 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:52,900 to make in your life, you base it off of that. 574 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:59,200 Jesus is your firm foundation. So move tonight, and just a 575 00:35:59,207 --> 00:36:01,900 little bit, Out of your seat, get out of your comfort zone. 576 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:05,100 For those of you in this room, you are Christians. 577 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:09,700 You've made that decision. You felt that nudge you 578 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,200 responded. You're walking in it. 579 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,100 Here you are. I wonder just like I was trying 580 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:20,600 to discern what hit you in that message. 581 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:24,900 What action do you feel like you may need to take? 582 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:29,000 What area are you lacking in? What what area do you not have 583 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,100 good Clarity in? And just a little bit, we're 584 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:36,000 going to have the time where you know if you come here every 585 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,400 single week these steps are open and you are invited to come 586 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,500 forward. But I want you to know this. 587 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:46,300 So we have a mission outside of knowing and loving Jesus. 588 00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:50,000 Our mission is to make that known to the world to share our 589 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,600 faith to let the people around us in our workplaces, in our in 590 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,400 our schools that are wherever you may be whatever environment. 591 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,000 You may find yourself in that they are loved by Jesus and you 592 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,000 can't do that when you're not taking care of yourself. 593 00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:08,300 I don't know what of those five practical ways that maybe you 594 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:12,100 need to respond to maybe it is changing your diet. 595 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:16,100 Maybe it is getting up and walking a little bit more into 596 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:20,200 the sun line, maybe it is sleeping, just a little bit more 597 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,800 or a little better. But I would just encourage you 598 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,200 man. If you don't know what it is, 599 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,400 still come up to the steps and just say, God speak to me, help 600 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,600 me make a decision. Listen, he said, move the very 601 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,000 best movement you could do is just get up out of your seats, 602 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,100 get out and front of your chairs, walk to the steps and 603 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:41,900 get into the very best position. As a Christian, you could 604 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:44,900 possibly get into and that is a humbled position before the 605 00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:48,500 Lord. And just say, Here I Am use me 606 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,200 as a living. My body is a Living Sacrifice. 607 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,200 I want to turn this over to you and use me because I have a 608 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,700 mission. This mission is not just for me 609 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:00,000 as a pastor. It's not just for our staff. 610 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,800 It is your mission to carry the gospel, the good news to this 611 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,100 world and you need to be well to do it. 612 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,800 So I don't know what your step is. 613 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,400 But here's what I would encourage you when the music 614 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,300 starts and you hear this every single week and you may be like, 615 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,400 Yak or you're talking to that person over there. 616 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:19,400 You're talking to my wife, she needs to get up. 617 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,800 She's to go two steps. Talking all of Us. 618 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:25,600 Let's take a step of Faith tonight. 619 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,100 Let's take a step of humility tonight. 620 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,900 Let's get on our knees do business with the Lord. 621 00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:33,300 Would you guys staying with me as you consider that Heavenly 622 00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:36,000 Father God I give you, thanks and praise. 623 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 We come to this moment every single week. 624 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:40,500 God I pray that we don't take it for granted. 625 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,900 I pray that we don't ever take this moment for granted a chance 626 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:46,300 to respond. The chance to move a chance to 627 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:50,500 connect with you in a real and personal and intimate way God I 628 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,900 pray for every single person in here who's going through a 629 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:53,700 Battle. I pray. 630 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:56,500 Lord. The way that we go into battle 631 00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:59,900 is with your strengths and not our own father. 632 00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:03,500 I pray for those people in this room or watching online. 633 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:06,600 That is not following. You has not surrendered life to 634 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,100 you. God, I pray that you just give 635 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:12,900 them that nuts right now to respond to move and turn their 636 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:14,800 life to you. Jesus, we love you. 637 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:18,100 We praise you. And we want to glorify your name 638 00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,400 to this time of worship and Jesus name I pray. 639 00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:21,100 Amen.