1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,600 Crossing family. Are you good man? 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,200 I hope so. I am so excited to be with you 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,700 guys this weekend. We have an incredible thing 4 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:18,600 playing for you. I told you at the very beginning 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,900 of this sermon series that at the, towards the end of it, we 6 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:24,400 are going to bring in one of our dear friends, to talk to you 7 00:00:24,407 --> 00:00:27,900 guys for two weeks and whether you're joining here at 48th 8 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,200 Street, one of our different locations or online. 9 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:33,600 I am so excited to have to have dr. 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,700 Wes Beavis with us this weekend, fun fact through our partnership 11 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:41,700 with the Salomon Foundation during the pandemic, we had a 12 00:00:41,900 --> 00:00:45,100 met with pastors all across the country every single Tuesday. 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,900 And the first thing that the salmon Foundation did, is they 14 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:51,400 put dr. Wes on retainer to help pastors 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,300 and navigate the stresses of leading through a challenging 16 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:59,100 season and he meets with pastors all across the country and helps 17 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,100 them try. To navigate the weeds in the 18 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:04,700 garden. In fact, here at the Crossing 19 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:10,100 we've spent, we've sent between 10 and 15% of our own staff to 20 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:13,100 go and get some help. Because even when your super 21 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:16,400 spiritual, you could still have some weeds in your garden. 22 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:20,800 And so Crossing family, I cannot wait for you to be blessed this 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,400 weekend and next weekend. So, would you please give a warm 24 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,400 Crossing Welcome to our friend, dr. 25 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:34,300 Wes Beavis. Thank you so much. it is so good 26 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:40,300 to be at the Crossing, Well, not only am IA doctor of Clinical 27 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:45,300 Psychology but I have been for decades a pasta and I love to 28 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:52,100 stand at the Nexus of faith and Science and especially now 29 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:56,100 because we live in a culture which says that if you're a 30 00:01:56,100 --> 00:02:01,900 Christian, you are anti science and particularly for the young 31 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:06,900 people in the house, I want you to know that is an absolute lie. 32 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:13,400 Christians make great scientists and tonight I want to bring a 33 00:02:13,408 --> 00:02:16,300 message to you. That is going to incorporate 34 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:20,700 some scientific research but it's also going to go to reveal 35 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:26,100 just how wonderful God has made you and you are going to be 36 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:30,800 encouraged and you're going to be encouraged to pull even 37 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,100 closer to Jesus knowing just how good he has made you by 38 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:40,400 scripture reading. Tonight comes from Psalm 139. 39 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:46,100 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 40 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:48,000 Let me stop right there, fearfully. 41 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,100 You know, sometimes we get the impression. 42 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,900 Just reading that word at face value that, that God is in 43 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:55,300 heaven going. Oh, my goodness. 44 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,000 I hope this works out. I'm kind of scared of this one. 45 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:00,600 Clayton Hensel. You know, I disappoint like you 46 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,900 to a little bit risky, this one. No, that's not what the Bible is 47 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:10,100 talking about. Fearfully the way the Bible 48 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:17,600 defines it is made with reverence and or now being an 49 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,300 Australian we say or just like that. 50 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:26,200 So on the count of three, I want you to say or in Australian, all 51 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,700 right? So God has made us with 52 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:33,700 reverence and one, two, three are you are awesome yourself. 53 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:42,200 Your works, are wonderful. I know that full well I want to 54 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,200 tell you a story of something that happened to a friend of my 55 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:51,000 wife Ellie and myself, her name is an yella and Anne and her 56 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,500 friend Debbie Nichols on this one day in Southern California. 57 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,400 Whiting Ranch, they're Avid mountain bikers, they decided to 58 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:06,000 go for a mountain bike ride and as an was relaying her 59 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,800 experience to me. She said I was ahead, Of Debbie, 60 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,100 by some distance. And as I came down this hill, I 61 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:16,000 startled. Something and I noticed 62 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:21,100 something reddish brownish in my peripheral vision, and I thought 63 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:27,000 I had startled a deer. But she said, moments later, I 64 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,800 realized this was no dear. It was a mountain lion and It 65 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,900 pounced on Me, Knocking me so hard off my bike. 66 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:41,900 It grabbed me by the left side of my face and started dragging 67 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:45,600 me down into a Ravine. And in that moment, I was in the 68 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:51,700 fight for my life. Debi Nicholls came just Nano 69 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:53,600 seconds. After she saw what? 70 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:59,400 It was happening and she went down into the Ravine and grabbed 71 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:04,900 ands ankle. And started pulling her up the 72 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:06,800 Ravine. Now these girls were you know 73 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,000 very fit girls like girls you know, I would say around 115 74 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,500 pounds and this mountain lion was weigh in excess of that. 75 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:20,400 So here's Debi Nicholls pulling and up yelling at the top of her 76 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,400 lungs and I am not going to let you die. 77 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:26,900 I'm not gonna let you die. And she's pulling and up by her 78 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,700 ankle pulling both and and the mountain lion. 79 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:34,500 My question is how How does a 115-pound woman able to do that? 80 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:37,600 Well, I'll tell you why. Because in that moment, God 81 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,500 released something that he has designed within us called a 82 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:45,400 hormone called adrenaline. And what adrenaline done is is 83 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:50,800 is shocks our, our muscles into action and Then followed by 84 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,700 adrenaline is a hormone called cortisol that is known as the 85 00:05:55,700 --> 00:06:00,300 stress hormone and that is released by our adrenal glands 86 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:05,600 into our System to help to help us harness, our energy and stay 87 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,400 focused very much on the task at hand and so it can give us what 88 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,800 seems Supernatural strength. But it happens that way because 89 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,700 that's the way God has designed us because we are fearfully and 90 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,400 Wonderfully made and so something happened in that 91 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,700 moment as Debbie's trying to drag this this mountain lion and 92 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:37,000 her friend and up the ribbing. And it was a hopelessly lopsided 93 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,700 battle. But the mountain lion was 94 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:45,100 winning. But then the mountain lion 95 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:49,400 backed itself into a tree at the very same time that some other 96 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,500 mountain bikers came along. So what is happening and started 97 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:57,900 picking up rocks, and throwing and screaming to startle the 98 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,100 mountain lion. It released its grip. 99 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:05,800 In the only reason, That Anne was not instantly killed was 100 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:11,600 when she fell off that bike, her helmet skewed off her head. 101 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,400 Protecting her neck. And so the mountain lion was 102 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,800 trying to to get a purchase on her neck to snap her neck, but 103 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:27,200 the helmet was stopping it from doing so and eventually the 104 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,600 mountain lion released its grip. Somebody called 911. 105 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:38,800 There was a emergency helicopter that came in a medical flight 106 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,900 and then there was Medics and paramedics and and fireman and 107 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:50,500 an said I noticed one thing before I black down I looked at 108 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:55,000 the paramedics hand trying to put an intravenous needle in my 109 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,100 arm and his hand was shaking so much because the mountain lion 110 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,500 was About 15 feet away waiting for another opportunity. 111 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:11,200 And then she blacked out, they were able to survive that 112 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,900 because God put within them, something that God has put 113 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:21,000 within us some hormones, some brain chemicals that help us to 114 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:24,600 perform under strenuous circumstances. 115 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:28,800 I always have to put this slide in here because I forget to give 116 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,800 the back of the story and survived. 117 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,200 That's my wife, Ellie to the right of an she went on to 118 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,100 recover. She had countless surgeries, and 119 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:42,200 she's an amazing. Believer in Jesus and she has 120 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,700 gone on to tell her story a myriad of times. 121 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:50,200 And so just want to let you know and is alive and well and she 122 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,400 lived to tell, praise God. Okay, so let me tell you, let me 123 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,600 take some, take you on a little bit of scientific Journey. 124 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,300 I'm not gonna drag you into the weeds, then there are our 125 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:04,900 adrenal glands its place on top of our kidneys which is right in 126 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:09,400 the middle of our back and our adrenal glands went under when 127 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:13,400 When we are under stress, our adrenal glands, release 128 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,900 chemicals that fuel certain functions, and that is to help 129 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:21,700 us focus. And so what it does is it turns 130 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:26,400 sugar and fat into energy, it also improves the ability of 131 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,300 your body and brain to use that energy. 132 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,500 And all this happens in nanoseconds, why? 133 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:39,400 Because we are fearfully and Wonderfully made, what cortisol 134 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:44,300 also does, is it suppresses some biological functions that are 135 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:48,900 less important during stress? Some of those biological 136 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:55,100 functions are digestion. Now you know if guys if we're 137 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:59,500 out there being chased by a bear we're not thinking well I'm kind 138 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:02,100 of hungry right now. You should have eaten that 139 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:07,500 sandwich, all all the energy is taken from our digestive system 140 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:10,500 at and redeployed where it's needed the most. 141 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,100 Another section about lives. Our anatomy that shuts down in 142 00:10:14,108 --> 00:10:17,100 that moment is our reproductive system. 143 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,600 And so it's probably one of the only times in the life of a In 144 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,500 Godly married, man. That when not, and even some 145 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:36,400 adolescent boys that we're not thinking about sex. but, Sex is 146 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,800 okay that's the way God wired us and particularly men. 147 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,700 There's a few wives in the house are going honey. 148 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:51,400 Maybe we need to get a pet bear. But there's, there's another, 149 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:56,400 there's another chemical that our adrenal glands secrete 150 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,700 called dehydroepiandrosterone. Let's everybody see that in the 151 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:02,900 count of three, one, two, three, see Hydro EPI and roster own, 152 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:06,100 and that's why they call it DHEA for short. 153 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:11,600 And dehydroepiandrosterone is a neuro neuro, steroid hormone 154 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:18,100 that helps your brain to grow. And it helps us to grow in 155 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:21,400 response to stressful situations. 156 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,400 So we're talking about mental health and so depression, 157 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:30,700 anxiety, and a myriad of other psychological. 158 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,200 Dilemmas that we met challenges that we might face. 159 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:38,400 Could be all under the umbrella of stress. 160 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,900 And so dehydroepiandrosterone has been put in Us by God to 161 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:51,900 perform a certain function to help our brains to grow. 162 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:56,400 Now I'm going to ask Cory Cory. Come on up here because I want 163 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,300 to get your help here. Cory. 164 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:03,700 I I have I've noticed your physique, these guns. 165 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,200 Were you born with these? Come on, man. 166 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,400 I'm they were just there just formed David Von telling you. 167 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,400 I'm a bitch. This is what you've got going on 168 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,200 there. How do you get those? 169 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,200 Lots of hard work in the gym. Lots of hard work. 170 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,800 Lots. So let me tell me get this 171 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,500 straight. I mean, is it fun being in the 172 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:27,100 gym kind of working your muscles like that? 173 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:31,000 I mean, depends on the day. All right, depends on the work 174 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,300 out alright but mostly no. That's right because it actually 175 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,100 feels much better the sitting on the couch eating some Doritos 176 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,000 followed by some Ben and Jerry's ice cream, right? 177 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,600 Right cereal. But yes, yes, yes, cereal would 178 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:44,500 be better. But yes. 179 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:48,700 Yeah, there we go. So so you're in the gym and 180 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:52,000 you're working your muscles. You're working these guns and 181 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:57,000 you know, like those guns just kind of naturally form because 182 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,700 you go into the gym or you know, is it something that you subject 183 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:02,700 your muscles to that? Make them like that? 184 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:05,100 Yes. So there is a lot a lot of hard 185 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,800 work that goes in the gym. All right. 186 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:11,400 And I there's a lot of Stories on there but Overexerted myself 187 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,500 because of particular workout because I wanted to this 188 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:18,000 physique, doesn't just happen by accident and we can film and 189 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,900 it's just study can hear it. That's a testimony. 190 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Ladies and gentlemen it just said you think that's my wife. 191 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:31,600 So so I've heard That the day after really strenuous workout, 192 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,600 when you've just been pumping a lot of iron that the next day. 193 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,400 Your muscles are hurting. Yep. 194 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,600 Why is that? Well, I can tell you what, it 195 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,600 feels like it feels like there's just some muscles just ripping 196 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,200 apart, that's what I feel like right now, I work it out a 197 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,500 couple days ago. Two days later is always the 198 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,900 worst day right now. It feels like my muscles are 199 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:55,600 currently ripping, right? And that's because they, when 200 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,600 you're in the gym, you actually did. 201 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,000 Your muscles to the point where you call his little rips, little 202 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,600 micro tears and your muscle. Yeah, yeah. 203 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,600 I would assume you're the doctor, you tell me about tell 204 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,800 you, that's, that's what happens. 205 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,600 You put your muscles under stress, it creates little micro 206 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,700 tears, and then then afterwards, your there's a hormone in your 207 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:23,400 body called testosterone which helps rebuild your muscles and 208 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,800 you end up with guns like that until you never thought that 209 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,400 Jesus would be able to use. Use those in to demonstrate and 210 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,000 a spiritual issue but you could tell it was hard finding a guy 211 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,800 to do this. That they brought a guy like me 212 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,600 to stay true that diesel. You are you are a red brick. 213 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:43,400 I think it's time for you to go Thank Corey. 214 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,500 You're a good sport. So just as testosterone helps 215 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:52,200 your muscles to repair, after you've put the muscles under 216 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:57,800 stress, dehydroepiandrosterone causes your brain to repair, and 217 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,600 not only that causes neurogenesis, that means the 218 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:08,000 formation of new brain cells. So stress, In response in 219 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,700 response to stress dehydroepiandrosterone can be 220 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:14,400 released into your system and it can cause new brain cells to 221 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,500 grow sea for a long time. There was this belief that the 222 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,000 amount of brain cells that you're born with, that's all you 223 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,300 got and you spent your life time basically burning those brain 224 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:27,500 cells out. But what we've discovered 225 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:32,700 because we are fearfully and wonderfully me. 226 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:37,400 God is releasing this dehydroepiandrosterone in 227 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,700 response to the way we respond to stress all the time. 228 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,300 So in the week, leading up, to the time that Jesus calls us 229 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:51,100 home, we can be experiencing new Brain cells being generated in 230 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:52,700 our bodies. It's quite exciting. 231 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:56,900 I tell you I so which is better. So we've got two chemicals here. 232 00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:02,000 Both release excreted from the adrenal glands, cortisol and 233 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,500 DHEA. Well you know, we're probably 234 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:07,800 thinking, well, you know, dehydroepiandrosterone, I want 235 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,900 more bread. Neither a better. 236 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:14,100 They are purpose-driven chemicals. 237 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:17,500 They are specific for whatever you're facing. 238 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:22,500 So if you're being chased by a licensed by it bear or or being 239 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:26,900 attacked by a Life Lion, then cortisol is what you want in 240 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:32,100 your system. What scientific research has 241 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:35,900 discovered is. It's the ratio that's important. 242 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:40,400 Higher ratio of cortisol is associated. 243 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,200 So if you're, if you've got a lot of cortisol running through 244 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,800 your system, and not much dehydroepiandrosterone that is 245 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:51,600 associated with harm to your immune function, and it's also 246 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,800 been associated with depression. Now, this is the interesting 247 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,600 thing. We've just been through a global 248 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,200 Panic pandemic, and I know that there's a section of society 249 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:06,500 that, you know, is is vested and keeping that going and what was 250 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:10,400 happening during that. I'm we were fearful and there 251 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:15,900 was a lot of there was a lot of media activity pumping us with 252 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:20,400 with fearful data and this is where, you know, they were just 253 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,700 following the science folks, they're not following the 254 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:23,800 science. If they were following the 255 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,599 complete science, they would realize. 256 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:28,900 The more they are pumping Society with fear the more that 257 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:31,600 the immune system is being suppressed. 258 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:42,100 The more that we become The more that pathogens out there, can 259 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,400 invade our bodies and make us sick. 260 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,400 My son is a medical doctor, and he said dead. 261 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,100 These are called opportunistic. Pathogens. 262 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:54,000 That's what when our immune system because we've got 263 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,300 pathogens all around us all the time. 264 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,100 And our immune system generally, when it's high, it fights them 265 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:05,500 off all the time, but when our immune system is depressed, then 266 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:09,900 we become more susceptible. Able to catch whatever is going 267 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:12,600 around. So if you're high in cortisol 268 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:15,700 and low in dehydroepiandrosterone, then 269 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,300 your immune function is somewhat compromised, and you're also can 270 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:24,500 be predisposed to depression. Now, if you flip that, and you 271 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:28,500 have high dehydroepiandrosterone and low cortisol, that has been 272 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:33,900 associated with reduced anxiety, reduce depression, reduced heart 273 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:38,000 disease, and reduced brain cell deterioration, Duration. 274 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:43,200 So what we want, most of the time is to have our system set 275 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,800 up where we are high in dehydroepiandrosterone and low 276 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,300 in cortisol. Now, there are specific times 277 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:54,600 where that needs to be flipped when we when our lives are under 278 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,500 threat in very, very unusual circumstances. 279 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,500 But for the majority of time, this is where God wants us to be 280 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:08,100 high and dehydroepiandrosterone low in cortisol and they That 281 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,300 the growth index and who do I mean by they call that this 282 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:15,500 research comes out of Stanford University led by dr. 283 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:19,900 Kelly McGonigal PhD who has a great research team and they 284 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:22,000 have termed. When you've got high 285 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,200 dehydroepiandrosterone in your system and low cortisol, they 286 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,000 call that the growth index. Why? 287 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:30,200 Because when you're in that configuration, you've got 288 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,900 greater persistence, you've got greater resilience you, you're 289 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,200 able to perform at higher levels. 290 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,100 You've got greater Focus Superior problem solving skills. 291 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:44,400 It's like that's the configuration we want to be most 292 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,500 of the time because we are going to be less susceptible to mental 293 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:51,400 health struggles when we're in that configuration. 294 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:56,300 So the question is and let's all ask this question together, 295 00:19:56,300 --> 00:20:00,700 shall we? How do you activate the growth 296 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,300 index? And this is how change your 297 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,200 view. About stressful events. 298 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:13,900 Change your view about stressful events. 299 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,100 Let me let me give you an example of that. 300 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:20,100 There is a fear and worry view of the stressful event. 301 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,100 And it can be vocalized in ways such as this. 302 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:32,400 I can't handle this. This will do me in, I'm done. 303 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,100 Another one is 0, this will be the death of me. 304 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,500 And so when you speak those words over your life, what 305 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:42,900 you're doing is you're flipping from being high 306 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:47,700 dehydroepiandrosterone to high cortisol, you're reinforcing the 307 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:52,700 object of your fear. Now, a growth oriented view of 308 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:56,000 stressful events. Could be this. 309 00:20:56,700 --> 00:21:00,400 This looks like a setback. But God's going to use it to 310 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,800 increase my resilience and I can guarantee you whatever stress 311 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,100 you're facing. If you decide, you're going to 312 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:11,400 view the stress that way. This looks like a setback and I 313 00:21:11,408 --> 00:21:14,100 wish this didn't happen. This is tough. 314 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:17,800 But God's going to use it to increase my resilience, God's 315 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,900 going to use it to help me become a better leader. 316 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:22,400 God's going to use it to make me stronger. 317 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,300 God's going to use this stressful situation in To cause 318 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:29,700 dehydroepiandrosterone to flood through my system, which will 319 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:33,900 stimulate the formation of new brain cells and then God's going 320 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,300 to deploy those brain cells for his purpose. 321 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:43,500 And that's sound good. Here's here's another way of a 322 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,000 growth-oriented view of stressful events. 323 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:51,700 I believe regardless of what I faced God is with me and he will 324 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:56,500 bring good out of it. I believe regardless of what I 325 00:21:56,500 --> 00:22:00,100 faced God is with me and he will bring good out of it. 326 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:05,200 Come on Church stand with me I Believe come on let's Stand 327 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:12,000 Together. And that's a great practice run. 328 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:15,600 Now, what kind of dig deep and we got to give it all the guests 329 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,600 to. So on the count of three line by 330 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,600 like, just speak it out, like you believe it. 331 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,200 All right, one, two, three, I believe. 332 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,500 Regardless of what I faced God is with me and he will bring 333 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:33,500 good out of it again. I believe regardless of what I 334 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,500 faced God is with me and he will bring good. 335 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,100 Out of it, come on I believe regardless of what I faced God 336 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:45,000 is with me and he will bring good out of it one more time I 337 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,100 believe. Regardless of what I faced God 338 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,700 is with me and he will bring good out of it. 339 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:56,600 Did you hear? Did you feel anything? 340 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,400 Did you feel anything in your body when you're speaking that 341 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,500 out? You got goosebumps, that's your 342 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:08,000 body chemistry changing, that's dehydroepiandrosterone being 343 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 released into your system. That is called having a growth 344 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,600 oriented view of stressful events as a result of speaking 345 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,200 that out when we're facing stress, when we're experiencing 346 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,600 depression and anxiety and whatever has got us in the 347 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:27,100 wrapped around the axle in that moment when you speak these 348 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:31,000 words out I believe regardless of what I faced God is with me. 349 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,800 And he will bring good out of it and that's going to release 350 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:38,500 chemicals in your body to be able to create new brain cells 351 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:42,000 that God can deploy for his kingdom purposes. 352 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Just, doesn't that sound great? Awesome. 353 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,200 Yeah. Go ahead, relax. 354 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,900 You've been fantastic. So the great thing is the Bible 355 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:59,500 is full of promises of God. Be strong and courageous, do not 356 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:02,800 be afraid or terrified because of them for the Lord, your God 357 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,700 goes with you. He will never leave you nor 358 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:09,600 forsake you when you speak that over your life, whatever stress 359 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,200 whatever depression. Whatever anxiety you may be 360 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:16,700 experiencing, you are releasing the right chemicals. 361 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:20,000 The way that God intended, the right ratio, lots of 362 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,800 dehydroepiandrosterone and you're keeping it the cortisol 363 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:29,400 at Bay, another passage do not Fear for I am with you do not be 364 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,800 dismayed for I am. Your God. 365 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,800 I will strengthen you and help you. 366 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:39,100 I will uphold you with my righteous hand and we speak that 367 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:42,200 over our lives. It helps us to keep the ratio 368 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,700 right of that neuro steroid that God puts within us. 369 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:52,400 And in that ratio, you will have greater capacity for persistence 370 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,600 in your ministry. Leadership, regardless of what 371 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,000 your face, knowing that God's going to bring good out of it. 372 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,600 You'll be more resilient. And I, you know, I've got to say 373 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,500 I think Christians can be the most resilient people on the 374 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:11,500 planet because of of the the fact that we've got so many 375 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:15,600 promises of God that helps us keep the ratio, right? 376 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,100 And we can turn off the news because we can You know that is 377 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,400 just going to suppress my immune system that is just going to 378 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,700 throw wood on the fire of my worry. 379 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,100 I'm just going to speak the promises of God of my life. 380 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:32,300 You have greatest Focus Superior problem solving skills. 381 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800 It's much better to be in this orientation now. 382 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,400 Does it mean the the other orientation with cortisol is 383 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,100 high and dehydroepiandrosterone Angelo is the wrong? 384 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:42,800 No. It's just wrong to be there all 385 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,600 the time and we live in a culture that wants us to be 386 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,700 there all the time. You know, the me Tia, I don't 387 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:51,400 believe the media is necessary nefarious. 388 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,300 I think they just business people, they just have picked up 389 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:59,200 on the psychological psychological orientation of 390 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,700 humans that we are attracted to to fearful events, unusual 391 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:06,700 events novel events. So they're pumping out stuff all 392 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:10,400 the time to keep us and and and here's the key, whenever you 393 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,000 read a headline, you know, some dramatic headline if it's got 394 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:20,900 the words may or could in it, that's Signal because this this 395 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:24,100 met this depression could be the worst thing that we've ever 396 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:26,500 gotten. This whatever could be. 397 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:29,300 Maybe that's that's a site. Just turn it. 398 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:30,700 Turn it. Turn the volume down. 399 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,500 Turn the news off. You're not buying into that. 400 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,700 And this is where I love the the intersection of God's word and 401 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:46,600 scientific discovery. And before before I share this 402 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,100 point, I'm just going to hydrate for a moment. 403 00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:04,700 Right. Do not be anxious about anything 404 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:08,800 but in everything by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving, 405 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,900 present your requests to God and the peace of God, which 406 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:16,700 transcends all understanding will guard your hearts. 407 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:24,300 And your minds in Christ, Jesus. now, for many, many years 408 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:32,000 decades of my life, I looked at this and I interpreted through a 409 00:27:32,008 --> 00:27:35,600 metaphorical lens, it's like and the peace of God, which 410 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,500 transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your 411 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:42,500 minds, you know, your hearts, the core of your soul, your 412 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,700 spirit, you know, the core of who you are, your hearts and 413 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:49,600 your minds, your thinking process, he will guard your 414 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:54,300 hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. and then I read the 415 00:27:54,300 --> 00:28:00,400 research that says when you have high dehydroepiandrosterone, 416 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:05,400 When you get the ratio in the way that God intended, the ratio 417 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:13,600 to be, most of the time, it is linked to reduced heart disease. 418 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,300 And reduced brain cell deterioration. 419 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,300 In fact, when you get this rate show the way God intended it to 420 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:29,800 be, most of the time you stimulate the formation, the 421 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,800 birth the beginning of new brain cells. 422 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,300 And so I read that scripture differently. 423 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,700 And I encourage you to read it differently to because it says 424 00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:48,600 in the peace of God, which transcends all understanding 425 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:56,100 will literally God, your heart. People who have the ratio and 426 00:28:56,100 --> 00:29:00,700 the right way most of the time it's been linked to less heart 427 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:04,800 disease reduced heart disease. And when you let the peace of 428 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,700 God, which transcends all understanding, it will guard 429 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:10,100 your minds. It will literally guard your 430 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:15,000 brain, your cognitive processes. When you get the ratio around 431 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,600 the right way, the got that God intended, most of the time. 432 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,200 Then that will God. Your brain. 433 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:28,300 And I'm telling you as we discover more about Alzheimer's 434 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:32,300 and Dementia and Parkinson's, I don't know about you but I want 435 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:36,200 my cognitive capacity to be guarded and God saying, you've 436 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,500 got a part to play in all of this. 437 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,600 Just make sure you keep the ratio. 438 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:45,900 The way I intended most of the time and use my scripture, use 439 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:52,500 my words to help you stay there. Be people of, I believe. 440 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,800 Regardless of what I faced God is with me. 441 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:00,600 And he will bring good out of it. 442 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:10,600 I praise you. because I am fearfully and your works, are 443 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:19,900 wonderful, and I know that full well We're moving in to a time 444 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:28,100 of decision. You know, I did this on Thursday 445 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,500 night, I want to do with you guys this morning. 446 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:33,500 If you could just reach under your chairs, grab a piece of 447 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,700 paper and the pin that's located there. 448 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,900 There's a quit. I'm just kidding. 449 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:39,100 There's not a quiz. You guys were reaching down your 450 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:45,600 like I felt like when I was listening to the sermon There's 451 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,300 some words thrown out there. There is some science thrown out 452 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,500 there and it took me back to high school science class and I 453 00:30:52,508 --> 00:30:56,500 was like, is there a Scantron afterwards Maybe I'll do that 454 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:59,400 for a second service and put a real quiz there, but listen. 455 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:04,500 Each and every single one of you it if you don't catch anything, 456 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:10,000 I hope you catch this that you are fearfully and wonderfully 457 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,500 made that. You would also take the truth 458 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:18,800 that you are God's Masterpiece. You are his workmanship created 459 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,200 in Christ. Jesus to do good works which 460 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,600 shows me and tells me that you were created on purpose As an 461 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,600 individual, and for a purpose, all of you in here. 462 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,700 And it talks about, we're going to be dealing with stressful 463 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:37,100 events. Those things are going to 464 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,600 happen. Some of you are in the thick of 465 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,300 it right. Now you came in to church, And 466 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:47,400 you have a life event happen or or something was thrown at you, 467 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,300 or you're in a conflict right now. 468 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:52,700 You're in a stressful event and one of the things, dr. 469 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:55,500 West said, is, when you gotta change your perspective, you 470 00:31:55,508 --> 00:31:57,900 gotta change your way of thinking a little bit. 471 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,500 Well, I would like you to consider this in this time of 472 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:05,600 decision. Change your point of view. 473 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:09,400 In order to do that, we need to go back to the beginning for 474 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,400 some of us. So real quick, what I want to do 475 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,000 in this moment is I want to talk to those of you who have started 476 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,400 an intimate personal relationship with Jesus, you 477 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,300 have declared that he is Lord and savior of your life, you've 478 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:25,700 stepped over the line, you got in that water and you were 479 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,700 washed your sins away and you're walking in a new life in Christ 480 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,400 right now. Just just you real quick. 481 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:33,900 I need you to go back to the beginning. 482 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:38,500 Change your perspective, I want you to go back to that moment 483 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:43,300 where it happens for some of you who is it was last week you made 484 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,500 that decision for Jesus for the first time for for some of you 485 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:50,000 it was a couple weeks ago or a couple months ago or last year 486 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,400 or man it was right in the beginning of the pandemic. 487 00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:57,400 Maybe it's 20 years ago, I don't know what it was for you, but go 488 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,300 back to that moment. Remember that moment? 489 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:06,200 Remember when your heart was just so broken and you realize 490 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,000 that you couldn't do it by yourself and that you needed a 491 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,000 God, who can save you, who could rescue you, who could take your 492 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:19,100 place, who took your place on the cross, maybe for you, you 493 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,300 got on your knees and you pray to prayer. 494 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:25,700 You ask God to take over your life, go back to the moment. 495 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:30,400 You got in that water, whether it was here, maybe it was for 496 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,800 me. It was down in our gymnasium. 497 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:33,600 The it was up top through a window. 498 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,100 We had our baptistry up there. I can go back to that moment. 499 00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:41,600 I can go back to walking out after youth group night at 17 500 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,000 years old, declaring Jesus, Lord, and Savior, my life and 501 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,900 going out in the parking lot. And just seeing all the stars in 502 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,700 the sky was a last one to leave the parking lot and I've never 503 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:57,400 felt closer to the Lord then that night on February 17 2006. 504 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,200 It changed me because it went from a moment of trying to do 505 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:06,000 life By myself to understanding that, I have a God who created 506 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,000 me to be fearfully and I'm wonderfully made to know that I 507 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,900 was his Masterpiece that he called me. 508 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:15,000 His son. Are you there? 509 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:21,699 Can you go back to your moment? In this time, wouldn't it when 510 00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:25,800 the music starts maybe for you, your response is just to come 511 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,400 forward to get on your knees and just reflect and give God thinks 512 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,600 that he's brought that perspective back to you that. 513 00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:36,199 Yes, life events are happening. Conflicts are happening, stress 514 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,400 is happening. But go back to the beginning and 515 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,900 say thank you, Jesus for rescuing me. 516 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:46,300 Thank you for saving me and just worship him. 517 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,800 For some of you can be on your knees, for some of you, it's 518 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,500 going to be at your chairs and you Your hands and worship and 519 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:56,600 you just declare thanks to God for the rest of you in this 520 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,400 room, maybe you haven't. Had that moment yet. 521 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,700 You can't go back to that moment because you've never stepped, 522 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:06,800 over the line. You to be honest, you're still 523 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,700 trying to do it on your own. And you're tough, you may be 524 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:14,700 strong. You made me not be as fit as me, 525 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:20,300 but you're strong. I'm telling you, you can't do it 526 00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:22,100 on your own. It's impossible. 527 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,600 I'll just need to give you the end of the story. 528 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,300 You can't do it on your own. You can't do it on your own 529 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,100 strength. And so in this moment, maybe 530 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:35,300 today this Sunday in September is the day that you come back to 531 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,900 later in your life or your perspective changed where you 532 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:41,800 realize that you're not alone that you are fearfully and 533 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,900 wonderfully, made that you are his Masterpiece. 534 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,900 Listen, created in Christ, Jesus. 535 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,800 Today's the day you step over the line today's the day you get 536 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,400 in that water and you say it's not me. 537 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:57,600 I Lay My Life down and I come out of that grave. 538 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,600 Just like Christ did because he rescued me on the cross, he paid 539 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,000 the penalty of my sin and I can live in Freedom. 540 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 I would ask that you would consider that in just a little 541 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,400 bit when the music starts and you've never made that decision. 542 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,700 But today you want to do that. Brett scharnhorst is going to be 543 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,700 right there next to the baptistry today and he would 544 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:18,700 love to talk talk with you. I'm going to be right up there 545 00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:20,600 next to him, because I think he's getting ready for a couple 546 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,700 baptisms this morning. So if you're like, hey, I don't 547 00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:24,300 want to be alone. Listen, you won't be alone 548 00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:26,500 because there's baptisms happening this service. 549 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:31,300 Where someone saying, today's my day, I go back to Church. 550 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,800 I pray that we're always a group of people that come in here and 551 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,900 we learn, we take new things in, but then we put it into action, 552 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:45,100 we walk out in faith, we walk out, knowing that we are not 553 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,900 alone. That Christ Jesus is with us. 554 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:51,100 He's got plans for our life. Those considered as you stand 555 00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:52,300 your feet. Let's pray together. 556 00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:56,600 Heavenly Father God, I give you. Thanks and praise for the son of 557 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,100 suffering. I give you. 558 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:02,500 Thanks and praise and The name of Jesus Christ that because of 559 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:08,500 him man are our weaknesses can be picked up, we can lean on 560 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:12,100 Jesus, we can lean on him in these situations that were going 561 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:14,000 through. Whether we just came out of a 562 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,500 stressful event whether we're in one or whether ones coming, we 563 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:19,600 know it's coming but God I pray that we can man just change our 564 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,600 mind, change our perspective let us go back to that moment where 565 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,500 you rescued us and you saved us. Maybe encourage us through that. 566 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:29,500 Lord, I pray for those who are walking in their own strength. 567 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:32,300 I pray got today that you would just impressing their hearts 568 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,100 that you have fearfully and wonderfully, made them, you've 569 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:40,000 created them and you and I pray Jesus, they have an experience 570 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,500 where they just say enough's enough, not doing this on my own 571 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:47,900 anymore, God that they would respond during this time in 572 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,800 Jesus name, I pray, amen.