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Speaker 1: Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast, where we represent God to

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the lost and found for transformation in Christ. We're so

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glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe

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God will transform your life. Do today's message.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna jump into the Word Today's anybody ready for

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the Word today?

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get cooking.

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Speaker 2: If you can open up your bibles to Psalm chapter

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number three, Psalm chapter number.

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Speaker 3: Three, it's kind of in the middle of your Bible,

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kind of sort of.

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Speaker 2: We're in week two of a series called Fearless, and

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last week was the first week, and we kind of

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talked around this idea last week, which is fear is

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what happens when your self awareness outpaces your God awareness.

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Fears what happens when your self awareness outpaces your God awareness.

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And what I mean by that is when you are

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thinking more about you, your capacity to handle something, your ability.

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Speaker 3: To navigate a situation.

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Speaker 2: Oftentimes you will start to experience fear because you're thinking.

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Speaker 3: About yourself more than you're thinking about God.

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Speaker 2: And this is proven in Man's first experience of fear.

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The first time fear is ever mentioned in the Bible

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is Genesis chapter number three and Adam says, I was

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afraid because I was naked, so I hid. The catch

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is Adam and Eve were always naked, but this was

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the first time he was thinking more about himself and

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what other people thought about him than he was thinking

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about God. And when that happens, you start to experience fear.

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And I started to go into a rant last week

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of all the intense science that I figured out, which

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I want to appreciate, there was a couple.

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Speaker 3: People who DM me. They're like, we was tracking with you,

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We was with you.

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Speaker 2: Some of y'all were staring at me with like cross eye.

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But it's all right, not as much science this week,

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so you can calm down.

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Speaker 3: We'll be all right. But science actually proves this theory.

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Speaker 2: There's a scientist for the last forty years that has

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done work on how your brain experiences two different things,

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fear and danger. And to keep it very short for you,

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pretty much your body experience is danger and fears, two

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completely separate processes. And what that means is your body

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process is danger and threat, responds to it and resolves

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it before it ever decides if it's afraid. Now, we

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experience this all very fast, but in short I'll explain

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it to you this way. If a dangerous situation is

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happening again, we'll give an example.

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Speaker 3: You're in the woods, you see a bear and you're like,

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oh my gosh, your body is not afraid.

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Speaker 2: First it first goes to amen, we don't mess with bears.

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Speaker 3: So it processes, it sends all the signals.

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Speaker 2: Your body goes in to fight or flight, whatever, which

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one your bent towards.

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Speaker 3: But over here is fear. And you have this thing

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in your brain.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to bore you with the scientific term,

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but it's like a library of fear pretty much.

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Speaker 3: And you build this the moment you're born, from how

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you're paying parents raise you, from.

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Speaker 2: The environment you grow up in, and it's the fear library.

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And what your brain does is it sees danger and.

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Speaker 3: It says, okay, hold on one second, and it goes to.

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Speaker 2: The library and it says, guys, what do we know

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about bears? And your brain starts going through the library.

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Bears eat you, Yoga a bear, We need to pooh.

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Bears eat you. Only you can prevent the forest fire.

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Speaker 3: Some of y'all know that.

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Speaker 2: But you go and your brain goes to that library

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and it comes back and says, yeah, we should be terrified.

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You should definitely run, and your body takes off. Now

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here's where this comes into play. You experience a dangerous

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situation where there's potential layoffs at your job. Your brain

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goes to your library, what do we know about provision

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and security? Well, your brain, some of you know, well,

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we got to provide and we got to make it up.

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And if we don't have money, we're nothing. So your

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body goes back to and says, hey, if we don't

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have money, we're nobody. So we should be terrified. Here's

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a beautiful thing about scripture. The Bible says, don't conform

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to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by

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changing the way you think. The science of that is

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your brain has neural pathways, and what you can do

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is the Holy Spirit will empower you to go to

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your fear library and say, Jesus is my provider, regardless

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of if I have money. So when I go to

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see a dangerous situation about my job, my brain goes to.

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Speaker 3: The library and says, oh, that's all right.

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Speaker 2: We got Jesus. We're gonna be all right. He's always

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taken care of us. He's always provided for us. He's

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always been there for us, so we don't have to

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be afraid. We get the choice. So this is last week,

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Week two. We're gonna take it a little bit further.

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So we're gonna read a book, a whole book of

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the Bible right now. Not a whole book, sorry, a

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whole chapter old chapter, chapter number three of Psalms. It's

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only eight verses. For some of you who got terrified,

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we also are in church, so what the heck okay?

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Psalms chapter number three, starting in the first verse, is

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what it says, Oh Lord, I have so many enemies,

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So many are against me, so many are saying God

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will never rescue him.

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Speaker 3: But you, o Lord, are a shield around me.

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Speaker 2: You are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

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I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me.

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From his holy mountain, I lay down and slept, Yet

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I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching

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over me. I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies

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who surround me on every side.

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Speaker 3: Arise, O Lord, rescue me. My God. Listen to this.

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This is a great prayer. This is my type of prayer.

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Listen to this.

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Speaker 2: Slap all my enemies in the face God. Come on,

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everybody ever want a prayer, prayer like that? Come on,

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embarrass them in front of their mama.

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Speaker 3: God. That's why. Look at this nestord. Shatter their teeth

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of the wicked. Come on, they got them fake denters.

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Speaker 2: Bust them out they mouth God, look like they got

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fourteen front teeth.

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Speaker 3: Goodness, couldn't get it the different sizes.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you come on, y'all know those people. It's like

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I got my teeth done. It's like, no, you got

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one tooth multiplied by forty five. We got a whole

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mouth of front teeth. Okay, don't mess with me. I'll

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cut you down.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, first number eight victory comes from you.

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Speaker 3: Oh Lord, May you bless your people.

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Speaker 2: The title of my sermon today for taking notes is

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don't duck the smoke.

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Speaker 3: Don't duck the smoke. I ain't ducking no smoke. Lord.

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We love you.

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Speaker 2: I pray Lord that you would meet us in this moment,

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that you allow us to experience your presence and your

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peace and change something about who we are, how we think,

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and how we see you.

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Speaker 3: And Lord, we just love you. It's and g's same.

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Speaker 2: We pray and everybody said, amen, guys, I have some

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bad news. I found out something pretty tough this week,

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and that information is my wife don't think I can fight.

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So somebody come up here and fight me right now

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so I can.

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Speaker 3: I'll show you.

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Speaker 2: No. This happened last Sunday, and I'm still working through it.

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I got counseling tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: And I'm joking.

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Speaker 2: But last Sunday, we're out to eat with some of

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our friends, Brian Aaron, and we eat and we're walking

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out of the restaurant after church on Sunday and I

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see we're like walking across the street and I see

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across the street and up the way this group of

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four young men. They are probably between seventeen twenty years old.

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Speaker 3: They all look young. And I can say this because

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I know and I was this. I know when people are.

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Speaker 2: Looking suspect and doing something they're supposed to be doing,

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and that's how they look.

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Speaker 3: They had that look on them. So they're walking this

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way and I already just flagged him, like what are

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they doing? They crazy?

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Speaker 2: So we were walking across the street, they're walking this way.

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Well then I see them see us, and I'm just like, okay, whatever,

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and then I see him turn around and they kind

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of start walking back.

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Speaker 3: Where we walking.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, all right, okay, so we just walking and

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then I'm like, we about to turn this corner. And

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they ain't got no business turning this corner. If they

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turn this corner, I know it's on. That's just how

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my brain work.

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Speaker 3: So we turn the corner. Guess what these jokers do.

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Speaker 2: They turned the corner, so right when they turn out,

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just for the end of the story, I didn't fight.

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Speaker 3: No kids, calm down, but I would have.

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Speaker 2: So we turned the corner and me and Aaron. Aaron

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was in the video shout out to Brian. Aaron Aaron

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shout out.

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Speaker 3: To baby Ace.

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Speaker 2: We're walking and me and Aaron immediately under our breath

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because this is a group of four guys walking behind

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is me and Aaron right here, Abby and bring in

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front of us, and we're walking. So I just slowed

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down my walk and me and Aaron start talking to

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each other. I said, old brother, here we go. He said, Oh,

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it's about to get active. I said, absolutely.

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Speaker 3: We just it's the type of time we are on.

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Speaker 2: Ain't nothing happening yet, but we just like it can

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get real active. Oh absolutely, yes, sir. Like, so we're

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just walking slowing down. I'm just saying, I ain't look

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back yet, but I'm just like, oh, here we go.

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Speaker 3: So we walk our cars right here.

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Speaker 2: We walked to the car and we both kind of

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turn around around.

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Speaker 3: I open my door like this, ha.

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Speaker 2: I open the door and it's just open and I'm

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still looking and they just keep they looking at us,

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but they just keep on walking. I'm like, okay, okay,

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and when ain't no problem, will be no problem. So

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I get in the car. We shut the door and

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immediately we start talking. We're all talking and Breed Breed

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is crazy, y'all.

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Speaker 3: She's like, oh my gosh, you.

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Speaker 2: See these guys. I thought we was about to fight.

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Oh my goodness, he was about to go damn. And

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I'm like, oh, absolutely. Aaron was like always about to

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get active up in here. And Aaron's like, Bree, what

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do you talk? You don't need to be fighting nobody.

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She's like, oh, I clawed her eyes out, just about

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to get him like a cat. Meanwhile, which I don't

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know what to say about nothing. But Abby's like, what

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are y'all talking about? I didn't see nothing. I'm like, yes,

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you didn't see anything. There ain't nothing to be seen.

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Speaker 3: But me and Aaron start talking about our game plan

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if we.

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Speaker 2: Would have got jumped in that moment, I'm like, if

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they rather have bow they hit Aaron, well, I'm coming

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over there. Bang, I take him out, and then I

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turn around and I look for the shortest one, just

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because I know how I get down, so.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go for him first. Bam.

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Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying, jam, cross, slip, upper cut,

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and then you know them.

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Speaker 3: Then I'm back.

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Speaker 2: Aaron has then picked up the second one. Body slammed him,

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so he's out. So now it's two on one. Boom

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we out of here, and then we get and then

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what we do. We call the police for them because

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I don't want no issues. The security came, are gonna

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catch it? Hey, there were some young men. They tried

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some grown men and they found out. So that was

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how it went in my head. And it was at

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this moment I found out my wife had all four

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of my kids. Don't think I can fight.

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Speaker 3: She was like, I just don't know. I mean, it's

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four of them. What are y'all gonna do? Like, I

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was like, first of all, you don't know them. What

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do you mean? This is what that? They just walk

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around looking for people to fight. You don't ever fight.

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Speaker 2: You're drastically underestimating my crazy though. That's what you're underestimating

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is my crazy. So but me and Aaron are definitely

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people who fall into the category. And honestly, I love

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having friends like this.

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Speaker 3: And now the truth is we.

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Speaker 2: Don't know how much I can fight. I ain't been

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in a fight since eighth grade. And if you fighting

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as a grown man and it's not your job to

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be fighting what you're doing, come on, man, that's ridiculous.

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Speaker 3: You fighting people just and you're not getting paid to

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fight people. That's insane. So now what I don't know?

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Speaker 2: My friend said this, I was like, man, I really

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lock in and they take some classes to do something

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because what I do, I don't know. I know my

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fighting doesn't match how crazy I talk. So that's where

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I would get in trouble is because I could verbally

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assault you, but there's not necessarily the skill set to

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match that intensity. The only places I'm looking for a

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fight is in an airport because I know I ain't

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nobody got a gun or a knife.

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Speaker 3: So I'm like, oh, we can get down in an airport.

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It's just me and you.

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Speaker 2: It's the stuff that go through my mind. Man, like

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that is smart. Yeah, you can take that one right

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down down. Only fight in airports. Okay, it's crazy. Don't

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fly and you want to ever be able to fly again.

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Speaker 3: But there's this term.

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Speaker 2: My friend, he'd be saying it all the time. But

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it's like, I ain't afraid of no smoke. And now

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if you don't know what that is, the smoke is

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like if there's a fight, I ain't ducking no smoke,

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like I will we can run it right now. And

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for me, I generally feel that way, like, no, that

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smoke where we at, Let's go, let's run it.

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Speaker 3: I don't even know if I can really fight.

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Speaker 2: And eighth grade, it was a kid shoved me, bam

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hit him in the face.

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Speaker 3: The fight was broke up. So is that a fight?

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May I hit him?

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Speaker 2: He didn't hit me, so we don't know. I counted

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as a fight. But I got one strong punch, I

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know that. So but here's what I know about smoke.

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There's a difference between smoke and a fire and smoke

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is not fire and fire is not smoke. Why Because

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smoke possesses no power in it of itself.

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Speaker 3: You can't even technically fight smoke.

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Speaker 2: I mean, think about it like a firefighter if there's

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a building that's on fire. When they run into the building,

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they see the smoke, but they know the smoke is

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not the issue. The smoke is not why I'm here.

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The smoke is a little bit dangerous because it can

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get inside my lungs and they can get me disoriented

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and it can get me a little confused.

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Speaker 3: But I'm not worried about the smoke.

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Speaker 2: I need to find the fire because the fire is

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where the problem is. The fire is where this thing

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will keep growing. The fire is what can continue to

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hurt you. And here's what I want to talk about

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this morning using the analogy of smoking fire, and that

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is I believe we have gravely misunderstood the relationship between

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anxiety and fear. Now, before I get into it, just

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by show if hands. I'm gonna ask you to be vulnerable, humble,

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open and transparent. If you have dealt with any type

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of anxiety or or feeling anxious about anything, can you

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just raise your hand, just come on for a moment.

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First thing I want you to do is look around

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the room. When you anxious, it convinces you you're crazy.

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Look at us, We're all crazy, everybody's But anxiety is

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this feeling and worry about like, oh my gosh, what

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is this gonna happen? This's gonna happen, And society tells

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us that we live in the most anxious time ever.

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Speaker 3: There's a book that came out. It was called The

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Anxious Generation.

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Speaker 2: They labeled a whole gener anxious generation of anxiety that

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is plaguing our nation and our world. And I started

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thinking about this because the truth is the world isn't

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worse off than it was in other times.

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Speaker 3: Like we love to whatever generation is current.

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Speaker 2: We love to think like this is the worst time

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in the world and the world is gonna end, which

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is kind of a beef I have sometimes the Christians.

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When Christians are like, this is the worst it's ever

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been and the world's gonna end, you know, they were like, yeah,

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they were feeding Christians to lions back in the day,

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and there were wars where they were like grouping up

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people and gasing them.

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Speaker 3: So I don't maybe, but just calm down. For a second.

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Speaker 2: The world is not worse, our capacity to handle it

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has gotten worse. And there are some things that I

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think are leading to our anxiety. And I did a

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lot of research this past week. But there are a

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couple of things that are super important to understand, which

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is our access to information, the increase of our options

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and choices. And I wrote it down this last one

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to make sure I say it right, is our expectations.

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All of these things have increased as time has gone on,

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so our access to information. You grew up earlier, long,

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long time ago, your tribe, your crew of people was

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maybe one hundred people. Maybe that's the only people you knew,

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and the only information you knew is what they knew.

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And the only thing you were worried about is what

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they were worried about. And the only thing you had

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to pray about was what they were praying about. The

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only thing you had to worry about was what they

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were with. Now you can wake up on your phone

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and see any and everything everywhere, And if my take

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is beautiful as that is, I don't know if our

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brains bodies in chemistry was set up to have access

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to that much information. Our information has increased, our choices

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have increased.

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Speaker 3: When you grew up, it's like what job am I

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gonna have? You gonna have the job your daddy have?

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This is gonna do.

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Speaker 2: Our name is Smith, We are black Smith's. That's how

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it worried with Smith. We hit metal as what you did.

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So now you have more options, you have more choices,

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and somehow we think these more choices would make it easier.

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Speaker 3: It makes it way more difficult because you have decision.

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Speaker 2: Fatigued, so you're overwhelmed and you're anxious about it. While

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all these things have gone up, our connection to community

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has gone down, our resilience has gone down, and our

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shared purpose has all gone down, leading to a bunch

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of smoke. Here's the point for today's message that I

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think will help a lot of you. Anxiety is the

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smoke to the fire of fear. Anxiety is the smoke

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to the fire of fear.

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Speaker 3: Here's what I mean by that.

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Speaker 2: If you are dealing with anxiety, I want you to know,

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first off, it's valid, and it's a really big deal.

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It's a really big deal, and you have to deal

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with it. You have to address it because here's the

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interesting fact, I found out seventy five percent of people

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who die in a fire, they don't die from fire,

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they die from the smoke. They die from breathing that

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in the same way people are dying from anxiety because

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it distorts your reality.

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Speaker 3: It gets in your lugs and has you thinking different.

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You can't see where.

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Speaker 2: You really are, you don't know what's really going on,

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and it balloons.

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Speaker 3: Into this thing.

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Speaker 2: And at the same time, you need to know that

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anxiety is the smoke.

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Speaker 3: It's not the fire. It's not the actual thing.

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Speaker 2: And I can talk about this because I've dealt with anxiety,

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and sometimes when you fight in anxiety, it feels like

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you fight in smoke. A firefighter doesn't run into a

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burning building and pour water on smoke. That doesn't do anything.

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You can't contain the smoke. What you have to do

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is you don't fight smoke. You follow smoke. I'm trying

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to help you.

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Speaker 3: You do not fight it. You have to follow it.

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Speaker 2: Why because if I follow smoke, it'll lead me to

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the actual issue. And what I want to present to

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everybody this morning is your anxiety is not the issue.

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Speaker 3: There is a deeper fear that is the actual issue.

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Speaker 2: But if you spend your whole life fighting that thought,

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you won't find the real fear. And underneath every anxious

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thought you have, there's a fear. There's a fear there.

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There's something you're worried about, something you're concerned about, a

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legitimate fear, a real fear, something that is taking you out.

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And I'll present to you if you've ever felt anxious

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in your life, if you deal with anxiety at all.

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I'm not saying it's not valid. I'm not saying it's important.

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What I am saying is if you spend your whole

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life trying to fight that thing, you won't find the

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real thing.

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Speaker 3: And the real thing is there's some fear under there.

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Speaker 2: Now, before we get into this idea, we have to

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look at our scripture.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 2: Psalms, chapter three, David finds himself in a very anxious

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and fearful place. Here's the context. His son has raised

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up a who to overthrow him as king, and he's

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on the run. Talk about a bad father's day, just terrible.

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He sounds like, I'm gonna kill you, take a kingdom.

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You're a terrible father. So he's on the run. He's terrified,

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and the scripture this is where we can kind of

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peer into his life. I want to read this. You

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can throw that back on the screen. Verse number one

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of Psalm chapter three. It says at first he starts

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off and he says, I have so look at this,

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Oh Lord, I have so many enemies and so many

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are against me.

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Speaker 3: So this is the anxiety part of it.

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Speaker 2: He's nervous because there's so many people, and there's so many.

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Speaker 3: And that's how anxiety language works.

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Speaker 2: It works like everything's going wrong and I can't trust anybody,

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and I'm worried about what job am I gonna get.

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Speaker 3: And there's no and it balloons to this big thing.

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Speaker 2: But I want to show you something he presents under

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this anxiety is the actual fear. So many are saying

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God will never rescue him. Then let me give you insight.

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This is not just people saying, oh, he's gonna get

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hurt and his son's trying to come against him and

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he's gonna die. No, if you look at the Orich language,

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what people are saying is the same thing they said

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about Saul. If you go back and read the Bible,

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there was a king named Saul. He was the first king.

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He was an amazing king. And then the Bible says

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that the spirit of God left Saul and there was

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no salvation for Saul, meaning the spirit of God was

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not with him. What people are saying about David now

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is maybe what happened to Saul is happening to him.

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Maybe God's not with him anymore. Maybe he's not that

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special shepherd boy anymore. Maybe that oil really didn't mean anything.

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Maybe he slayed Goliath, but that was just happenstance. And

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here's what David is dealing with. He's dealing with the

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reality of if I'm not king, who am I? Not

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only if I'm not king, but if I'm not a

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good dad because my son. He's dealing with the conflict

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and the fear of losing all the basis of where

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we find value. And whether you looking at David or not,

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or you think you do this or not, we all

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find value in the titles we carry.

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Speaker 3: And it's because we have a fear of not being seen.

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Speaker 2: We have a fear of our worth, we have a

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fear of our value. So if I'm CEO, or I'm

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some sort of c suite, or if I'm some sort

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of I have this Many fathers we find value in that.

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But what happens when we start taking your titles? What

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happens when people don't acknowledge your titles? What happens when

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you work super hard, you get the degree, you go

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to the work, you're the most qualified for the new job,

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and they don't give it to you. Well, then you start.

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That's the real fear. The anxiety is the front. The

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smoke is I don't need that, I don't care, I

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don't want it anyways. The truth is you really did

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want it because you've been searching for a little kid

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to find out who you were, and you found out

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you got applauded when you succeeded.

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Speaker 3: So you made a vow that served you when you

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were eight.

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Speaker 2: But now you're thirty eight and you're still fighting, still

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struggling smoke because you haven't identified. What are you actually

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afraid of? What happens if you don't get that job,

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What happens if you're still single? What happens if it

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doesn't go your way? What happens if the business doesn't work?

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Speaker 3: See you?

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Speaker 2: He come to church and the primary promise is, Oh,

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you ain't gotta worry about that, because God's gonna make

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it all.

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Speaker 3: Work, and it's gonna go exactly according to plan. That's

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where we hope happens.

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Speaker 2: Then you go out into your life that doesn't go

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that way, and this is what you struggle with.

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Speaker 3: Oh God must not be who he said he was.

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Speaker 2: This is why people deconstruct their faith, because people promise themseling.

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Speaker 3: Well, you get God. He's gonna work it all out.

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Speaker 2: He works all things together for the good of those

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who love him, a call according to his purpose.

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Speaker 3: Here's my thing with this.

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Speaker 2: Okay'm gonna I'm gonna produce you to a Bible reading idea.

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Speaker 3: This is gonna help you. This is a little sidebar theology.

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Speaker 2: Put your thinking caps on. Remember when I said that

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last week? Everybody, right now, do this.

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Speaker 3: Do this. Put your hand out like this. Put your

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thinking cap on.

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Speaker 2: I ain't gonna make it where it dress of the server,

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but just for two minutes, put your thinking cap on.

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Speaker 3: Okay, here's the core idea. When you're reading your Bible.

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Speaker 2: The Bible cannot primarily mean to you what it did

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not first mean to the people who first heard it.

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It can't mean to you something that it didn't first

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mean to them. All right, track with me. This is

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what we do in a Bible study. Tell me if

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this ever been you, It's been me a million times.

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Speaker 3: So this ain't truck question.

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Speaker 2: But if you're in a Bible study, you reading the Bible,

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you read a scripture, and then there's this question that

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is asked. I want us to go on a circle

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and each person tell me what is that scripture? I

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don't care what it.

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Speaker 3: Means to you?

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Speaker 2: Now let me let me let me see that that

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shock failure. You're like, because what if it mean to you?

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Speaker 3: What it don't mean?

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Speaker 2: What it didn't mean to them? Now track with me.

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Were about to take thing caps off?

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Speaker 3: But here we go. That logic, what does it mean

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to me?

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Speaker 2: Is the same logic that had people enslaving people, killing

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people and murdering people with the Bible. Because that's what

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it meant to me. So I use this book and

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I say, oh, this is what it really means, and

525
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this is how you really What it really means is

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certain people aren't important as other people.

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Speaker 3: What it really means is we have to get rid

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of the Jews. What it really means.

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Speaker 2: All these same logics that we use in our small

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group is a dangerous slippery slope The goal is not

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to find out what it means to you. I gotta

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know what the person when they was writing it, what did.

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Speaker 3: They mean to the people they.

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Speaker 2: Was talking to, And in light of that I can

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draw some meaning. Okay, look, you can take your thinking

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cap salt, look at that. Just throw it the throw

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it under your seat. You ain't gonna need to the

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rest of the service.

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Speaker 3: But this is important that you understand this because you

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can get in some dangerous space.

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Speaker 2: I can do all things through Christ, who strengthen me.

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And to me that really means, you know, no matter

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how many people I have sex with, God good will

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always redeem and he'll make all my baby mamas get

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along together because He's given me the strength and I

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can do all things. Charles, that is so ridiculous. That's

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what you do, just with other stuff. Here's a funny one.

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Here's a funny one. Now, this one's gonna get dangerous

549
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becausebody are like, yeah, get him. I'm gonna say this one.

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You'll be like, well, I hate this guy, the equal

551
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opportunity offender.

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Speaker 3: So uh, we say things like this. There's an old scripture.

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There's scripture and says.

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Speaker 2: And he and you will receive power when the Holy

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goost comes upon you. And that word the original language

556
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is dunamous, like the word dynamite, and we like to say, oh,

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God's gonna give you a dynamite power.

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Speaker 3: Guess what.

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Speaker 2: They didn't have dynamite when they wrote that, so they

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weren't thinking about dynamite.

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Speaker 3: So I'm not saying you.

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Speaker 2: Can't draw that inference and connected linguistically. But what I

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am saying is when they thought of the Holy Spirit,

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they weren't thinking blow it up. They would, they would,

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it didn't exist. You try to see see that. That's

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how I know offended because somebody'll didnt laugh is loud

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than the second one.

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Speaker 3: Okay, we're good. So here's the idea.

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Speaker 2: It can't primarily mean to you what it didn't mean

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to them originally. So when we talk about anxiety, if

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you study the Old Testament, a word for word translation

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of anxiety does not show up in the Old Testament.

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It does show up in the New Testament. In the

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Old Testament it's alluded to a ton. David uses tons

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of language that shows that he's dealing with anxiety. But

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we get to the New Testament and Jesus talks about it.

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He says, you don't have to be anxious because your

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father knows what you need.

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Speaker 3: Paul speaks to it.

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Speaker 2: Don't be anxious about anything. Instead, pray about everything. But

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here's the idea.

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Speaker 3: This is why we have to use this tool that

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we just talked about.

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Speaker 2: When we read the scriptures, because when we hear anxiety,

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we think of something specific.

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Speaker 3: It's not bad.

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Speaker 2: But to get an understanding of the scriptures, you need

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to understand what were they thinking when they heard this.

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So when they hear anxiety in a New Testament time,

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they are not thinking what's wrong with my body or

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my brain.

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Speaker 3: They thought what's wrong with my heart? Because the word the.

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Speaker 2: Greek word that is used when the word anxiety shows

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up in scripture is a divided and torn apart heart

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because of divided loyalty and fear. The word picture is

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being in a war and your allegiance is to both armies.

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The word picture is two horses runs this way, tied

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a rope, running that way. The other one ties he

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rope and runs that way. So when they think about anxiety,

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they're not thinking, oh gosh, I'm nervous and my body's shaking.

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They're thinking something's wrong in my heart, I trust two

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different people, because the only way I would be worried

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is if my trust is with me and with God

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with me, and the business owner with men.

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Speaker 3: And so they go to their heart first. What is

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it saying.

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Speaker 2: It's saying if you are anxious? Is I'm not saying

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that something can't be wrong in your body? One hundred percent?

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Speaker 3: There is.

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Speaker 2: But it all tracks back. That's all the smoke. Where

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it comes back to as a man thinks in his heart.

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I promise you I can connect this book.

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Speaker 3: As a man thinks in his heart, so is he?

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Speaker 2: It all tracks back to the loyalty and divided fear

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of your heart. And it's questions like this, in our heart?

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Am I the provider? Or is God the provider? Does

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my family make me secure? Or does God make me secure?

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Are these my kids or are these God's kids? Do

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I get my value from what they think about me?

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Or what God thinks about me?

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Speaker 3: All that in your heart? It shows up on the

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outside as anxiety.

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Speaker 2: But you gotta go back and figure out what's the

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what's the What am I really afraid of? What am

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I actually worried about? I'm not saying it didn't start

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out here, but it shows up on the inside.

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Speaker 3: I want to I wanna illustrate it this way.

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Speaker 2: I have this little piece of string here and this

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is gonna represent anxiety.

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Speaker 3: This is how anxiety works.

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Speaker 2: So anxiety start with a real regular moment, you know,

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like you bet, you bet. You be at work and

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it's like, you know, maybe it's Monday, and the ball

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come up to you. It's like, hey, can I can

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I meet with you? And you're like, yeah, sure, when

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you want to meet, let's let's do Friday at four

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forty five. For Friday at four forty five, okay, and

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you just that was weird. Why do you want to

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meet Friday at four forty five? It's probably nothing. It

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probably ain't gonna mean nothing, but maybe well maybe I

641
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did hear so, and so it's losing their job.

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Speaker 3: That's weird. It's probably nothing, but what if what if

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I do lose my job? And what you mind?

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Speaker 2: If I get through it's all right, let me see,

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it's just just hold on. Yeah, it's probably nothing. But

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then but if I do lose my job, I ain't.

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I ain't going to it's cool for nothing else, all right?

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And then the bills is tight and I can't. There's

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probably nothing. No, it's not that's nothing. Ain't got to worrybout.

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I ain't got worry about. Ain't worry about. And then

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you get home and you're it's time for dinner and

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your kids are out, so you text them, Hey, where

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you all at?

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Speaker 3: And they don't answer the phone. What in the world?

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Speaker 2: It's probably nothing, they're okay? But what if they're not okay?

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And what if I wonder where they're at. I didn't

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like that group of friends that had last time. It

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felt weird. I just didn't. I didn't trust it. But

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I didn't say nothing because I was trying to be

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I was trying to be calm.

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Speaker 3: I was trying to be cool. I was trying to

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be okay, Okay.

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Speaker 2: It's probably nothing. That's probably nothing. There's probably nothing. And

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then the doctor called and they say, hey, we got

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the report back from your test.

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Speaker 3: Could you come in? What do I need to come

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in for? He's there's probably nothing, it's probably nothing. There's

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probably nothing. It's not a big deal.

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Speaker 2: It's not a big deal. But what if what if

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it is a big deal? What if I'm not okay?

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What if I lose my spouse then and if I

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lose my spouse and I lose my job, and then

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how am I gonna raise these kids? And I can't

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raise these kids by myself. I didn't have nobody and

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I didn't have nobody there for me, and I didn't

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know what I was gonna do. And so okay, no, no,

677
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it's gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be fine. Okay, Okay, I got church on Sunday.

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I got church on Sunday. Who okay, h.

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Speaker 2: Y don't matter if I get through because I like

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to sit up close for worship.

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Speaker 3: So I'm just excuse me.

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Speaker 2: And I still got my anxiety and I just hide

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it underneath all my nights clothes.

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Speaker 3: But the truth is, last week the power went out,

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and what the power going out for? Weird? And you

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find yourself had a place.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of just everywhere, And this is how you

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get anxious about stuff that you weren't even thinking about

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because it went past you.

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Speaker 3: It's a lot of people's social media, life is great,

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life is good. Well, then you see you on Instagram,

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maybe life ain't that good and maybe you do need

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to be worried. If we thought about this, what's really

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going on over there? Do we know what's happened?

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Speaker 2: Does anybody know what's happening? And now you got people

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that are having to adjust and they're worried, and your

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kids are afraid, and now your family's afraid, and now

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the church is afraid. And pastors get up on stage

700
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with this and they spend their circle around you and

701
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,480
stuff you was never worried about. Now you're thinking, well,

702
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,240
maybe I'm not reading my Bible enoughing, maybe I'm not

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Christian enough, and maybe I didn't raise my kids good enough,

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and maybe God is gonna leave me, and maybe and maybe,

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and you find yourself.

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Speaker 3: And here's what I've.

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Speaker 2: Realized about anxiety is we will spend these circles our

708
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:06,799
whole life.

709
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 3: But what you gotta do is is what the firefighters do.

710
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 2: Is my beef is not with all this string, but

711
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,360
I do have to follow it back. So if I

712
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,679
want to find the fire, I don't fight the smoke

713
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,800
I put. Okay, let me see where did What was

714
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,400
I thinking about when I got what was that hold on?

715
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 3: Hold on? No it was the kids? Well no, it

716
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,800
wasn't the kids. It was hold on.

717
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 2: I was worried about the kids, and then I was

718
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,039
worried about my job, and then I started thinking about

719
00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:47,000
the family, and then I started thinking about, Oh, I

720
00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:48,559
ain't gonna make y'all get up, don't worry about it.

721
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:50,119
Speaker 3: And then I.

722
00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 2: Started thinking about, Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on,

723
00:34:53,079 --> 00:34:57,960
I think. And this is why counseling gets tired. Is

724
00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,679
why some of y'all elect not to deal with your

725
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,760
emotion because.

726
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:06,159
Speaker 3: This feels exhausting. It be easier to just act like

727
00:35:06,199 --> 00:35:07,000
it didn't happen.

728
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,519
Speaker 2: It be easier just to escape it, be easier just

729
00:35:12,599 --> 00:35:15,960
to doom scroll, it be easier to just ignore it.

730
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,920
But if you want to find where your anxiety is

731
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,599
coming from, you gotta follow that thing. And I don't

732
00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:24,079
care how long it takes you. I don't know how

733
00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:26,239
care how frustrating it is. You got to track it

734
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,639
down because I promise you if you will follow it

735
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,599
long enough. And this is why you need friends in

736
00:35:30,639 --> 00:35:33,239
your life. That says, when did you see my attitude change?

737
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,960
When did I start acting different? When did I get snappy?

738
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,440
When did I get short? Well, it kind of happened

739
00:35:38,519 --> 00:35:40,960
when that disappointment in your job happened, and I noticed

740
00:35:41,039 --> 00:35:42,199
that you stopped talking and said.

741
00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 3: Don't worry. I'm not gonna make y'all get up and

742
00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:48,840
then you because if you will follow the smoke long enough,

743
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:55,920
it will lead you to the actual fire.

744
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:04,199
Speaker 2: And when you find the fire, then you can fight

745
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:09,440
the actual fire instead of out here running around dealing

746
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,599
with stuff that you can't change.

747
00:36:11,639 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 3: Anyway, that's the lie about anxiety. Anxiety thinks tells you

748
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,400
that worrying about it is changing it.

749
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,199
Speaker 2: Worrying about it can't change it, can't do anything about it.

750
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,960
And honestly, you're worried about stuff you can't control. You

751
00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:26,920
wasn't controlling and you.

752
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 3: Won't be able to control.

753
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 2: But what you can control is you can sit down

754
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:37,000
next to this fire and you realize, Oh, the real

755
00:36:37,039 --> 00:36:42,719
thing is I'm afraid my kids are gonna make mistakes

756
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,199
I made.

757
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 3: So that's why I control.

758
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 2: Them, and that's why I scream at them, and that's

759
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,760
why I over correct them, and that's why I talk

760
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,280
to them like they're twenty five when they're five, because

761
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:02,000
I'm terrified they're gonna have the same life I did.

762
00:37:02,199 --> 00:37:04,119
And I moved us out of that state, and I

763
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,239
moved us out of that neighborhood, and I moved this

764
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,880
way to that so they wouldn't have that, And somehow

765
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,280
those habits have landed right back in this child, and

766
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:18,480
I don't know what to do. That's why you're running around.

767
00:37:18,559 --> 00:37:22,679
Let's talk about that. Let's bring that to the altar.

768
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:29,280
But we like to come to the altar and just say,

769
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:30,519
just you know, I.

770
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 3: Just see you could just pray for me. Well, what

771
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,880
is it? It's just some things. I'm not mad at you.

772
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,760
I'm just saying there's a real fire we can deal with.

773
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:43,079
There's something you're actually afraid of.

774
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:51,559
Speaker 2: The real fire is you're afraid that there's something fundamentally

775
00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:52,360
broken in you.

776
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 3: That's why you're still single. Something I have the missing.

777
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,639
Speaker 2: Piece from the puzzle, and everybody else sings that, but

778
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:01,840
I don't have it.

779
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 3: I guess I'm just unlovable. That's what you really feel.

780
00:38:07,039 --> 00:38:09,880
You're not mad. All men aren't bad. You're not mad

781
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,320
at the dating apps. You're not mad. It's none of that.

782
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,239
We can talk about that. I'm not saying it's not real.

783
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,440
I'm not saying you don't have some bad experiences. What

784
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,159
I am saying is because your dad wasn't there, you

785
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,159
feel like no man is ever gonna be there. That's

786
00:38:23,199 --> 00:38:30,400
what you're actually afraid of. Let's let's fight that fire.

787
00:38:33,039 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 2: And this is where I want to make a deviation

788
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:41,760
from traditional firefighters, because there's a saying that says you

789
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,280
can't fight fire with fire, but that's not how it

790
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,719
works in the Kingdom. The only way to fight fire

791
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:57,360
is with fire. The only way to get rid of

792
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,800
the fire of fear is to get a better fire.

793
00:39:04,159 --> 00:39:05,840
And let me tell you the best thing about this fire,

794
00:39:06,559 --> 00:39:12,079
it ain't got no smoke. Ask Moses because he walks

795
00:39:12,159 --> 00:39:15,760
up to a burning bush and it's on fire, but

796
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,559
it's not being consumed. And the only reason you got

797
00:39:18,559 --> 00:39:20,800
smoke is because something being burnt up.

798
00:39:21,679 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 3: But the fire of God, when nothing gets.

799
00:39:23,199 --> 00:39:26,119
Speaker 2: On the inside of you, when you get the fire

800
00:39:26,159 --> 00:39:28,559
of God that knows who you are, when you get

801
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:30,800
the fire of God that knows God chose you before

802
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,119
you did anything, When you get the fire of God

803
00:39:33,159 --> 00:39:35,280
that says God will protect me. If I make my

804
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,960
bed at the heights, or if I find myself in

805
00:39:38,039 --> 00:39:40,360
the pit of hell, he will be there for me.

806
00:39:40,599 --> 00:39:42,800
And I came to encourage some people that you can

807
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,119
make a decision today that.

808
00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 3: I'm finding a better fire.

809
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,599
Speaker 2: It is the only reason the early Church made a

810
00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:54,559
difference because it had a better fire. It had a

811
00:39:54,639 --> 00:39:58,280
fire that had them in jail bragging about it. It

812
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,920
had a fire that had them be chased down, and

813
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,159
they weren't worried a different fire. And the only way

814
00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:07,280
the Church is going to make the difference it was

815
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:15,159
supposed to is if we find a better fire, fire

816
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:24,400
that purifies, the fire that leads, a fire that protects.

817
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 3: See.

818
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,119
Speaker 2: Our problem is in Christianity we think the devil owns fire.

819
00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:31,760
I say, oh, it's fiery. You think, oh, something bad

820
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,320
to happen. I'm going through a burning season, or the Devil's.

821
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 3: Gonna get me.

822
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 2: Oh no, no, you read this book. You'll find out

823
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:42,039
real quick who owns fire. Elijah calls down fire from heaven.

824
00:40:43,679 --> 00:40:48,360
He owns fire. Moses saw fire in a burning bush.

825
00:40:48,519 --> 00:40:53,639
It was God, the Holy Spirit. Tongues of fire fell

826
00:40:53,679 --> 00:40:56,440
on the early Church, and then you began to speak

827
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,960
in a different language that was empowering them. Trust me, friend,

828
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:02,760
you ain't gotta be worried about fire because our God

829
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,159
owns fire. And they'll put that fire on the inside

830
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:08,760
of you. That'll have you walking in a boldness and

831
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,039
walking in confidence and knowing.

832
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 3: Who you are. So what I'm saying is you ain't

833
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:24,320
got a duck the smoke some of you.

834
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,639
Speaker 2: Anxiety has tried to punk you, and I know that feeling.

835
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,840
I know the feeling. They'll have you running in circles

836
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:42,039
about stuff that's never happened. And that's what's even worse

837
00:41:42,079 --> 00:41:46,519
about anxiety is because it's you out here fighting a

838
00:41:46,559 --> 00:41:48,000
battle that hasn't even happened yet.

839
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,079
Speaker 3: Prepared. Well, what if they say this and then I

840
00:41:51,159 --> 00:41:52,000
say that, and then they.

841
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 2: Leave me that didn't happen, that doesn't happened yet. But

842
00:41:57,079 --> 00:41:59,840
let's go back to the what are you actually afraid of?

843
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:06,400
Let's talk about that. What are you actually missing out on?

844
00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:11,800
Let's talk about that. I want to read you a

845
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:17,119
scripture if they give me a moment. It's in the

846
00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:25,639
Book of Hebrews, and this is what the Bible says.

847
00:42:27,039 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 3: Let me find it. I'm just off in this book

848
00:42:29,559 --> 00:42:29,920
right now.

849
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 2: It says, as you endure a divine discipline, remember that

850
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:40,519
God is treating you as his own child.

851
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 3: For whoever heard of a child that was never disciplined.

852
00:42:43,559 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 2: If God doesn't discipline you, you're not as children for

853
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,000
our earthly fathers discipline us for a few times, just

854
00:42:50,039 --> 00:42:52,360
doing the best they know how, but God disciplines us

855
00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:54,280
in the best way.

856
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,679
Speaker 3: No discipline is enjoyable.

857
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 2: It's painful, but afterwards there will be a peaceful Harvard

858
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,079
of right living right here. So take a new grip

859
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:09,639
with your tired hands. Strengthen your weak knees. Mark out

860
00:43:09,639 --> 00:43:15,199
a straight path for your feet, so that those who

861
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,199
are weak and laying will not fall but become strong.

862
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,719
Here's all I want to say. It's just take a

863
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:26,000
new grip. So we've been so anxious. You've got a

864
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,679
decision to make, and you've been so worried, like, oh gosh,

865
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,000
what if I make the wrong one? What if I

866
00:43:31,039 --> 00:43:32,800
do the wrong thing? What if it's not enough, what

867
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,679
if I'm not enough. Let's just let's just take a

868
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:41,400
deep breath. Let's follow the smoke. What's the actual fear,

869
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,960
and let's give that to God. Let's give our actual

870
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,800
fear to God. I wrote up this thing, and we'll

871
00:43:53,079 --> 00:43:57,199
close with this I wrote up. I just titled it

872
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,719
the smoke prayer. Smoke prayer. Could you throw that up

873
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,800
for me, just the whole thing. I don't have it

874
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:05,440
in my notes, but I think they'll have it up there.

875
00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:07,320
But the idea of this is, if you're trying to

876
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:12,079
follow the smoke, if you're trying to if you're trying

877
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:14,239
to deal with some of that, I want to give

878
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,119
you a template. And it's not no new template. It's

879
00:44:17,159 --> 00:44:20,800
a structure of the Lord's prayer, but in a different way.

880
00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:24,480
This is kind of a prayer you can pray yourself

881
00:44:24,519 --> 00:44:27,159
through when you're trying to figure out what's really going on.

882
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,199
Speaker 3: Here's how the prayer starts. Here's how all the prayers starts.

883
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 2: Father, It's how the Lord's prayer starts. That context is important.

884
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,559
Now depending on your experience.

885
00:44:39,159 --> 00:44:41,599
Speaker 3: Especially on a Father's Day, that feels it. But let

886
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:42,719
me tell you this is a good.

887
00:44:42,519 --> 00:44:46,599
Speaker 2: Father, a father you can trust, a father who has

888
00:44:46,639 --> 00:44:50,199
what you need, a father who's waiting to listen to you.

889
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 3: He wants to hear from you.

890
00:44:53,039 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 2: So you start off understanding, there's this language in the

891
00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,400
New Testament abba. That word abba is like the cries

892
00:45:01,679 --> 00:45:06,480
a kid makes when it's learning to say the word dad. Now,

893
00:45:06,519 --> 00:45:08,559
I don't ever be ripping daddy God in prayers.

894
00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 3: There's a little too much for me. But that is.

895
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:17,199
Speaker 2: That is a closer parallel but it's it's it's like

896
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:19,199
a kid babbling. When a kid's trying to say that.

897
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,239
That that of a two year old. That's what our abbah?

898
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:29,400
And what does that do? It positions you as a child.

899
00:45:31,079 --> 00:45:32,360
You don't come to God as.

900
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,679
Speaker 3: A grown adult talking about Hey God. Then my son

901
00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:37,320
will do this. So sometimes he'll just put on this.

902
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:43,679
Speaker 2: Deep voice, Hey dad, Uh, it's kinda when.

903
00:45:43,559 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 3: You come as a child. So it starts with father,

904
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,000
and then tell him how you really feeling. I am mad.

905
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,639
I'm so frustrated that this happened. I can't stand these

906
00:45:56,679 --> 00:46:02,239
people at my job. They are getting on my last nerve.

907
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,039
Speaker 2: I feel frustrated, and to be truthful, I feel a

908
00:46:05,079 --> 00:46:07,440
little disappointed because I felt like you told me you

909
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,000
were gonna get me a better job than this, And

910
00:46:10,039 --> 00:46:12,840
I'm frustrated. And let me tell you, God can handle

911
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:17,559
your feelings. Just because your parents can't, just because your friends.

912
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 3: Can't, doesn't mean God and you are not too much

913
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,039
for God. He can handle it. Tell him how you feel.

914
00:46:24,559 --> 00:46:26,519
Speaker 2: But once you get through those feelings, I need you

915
00:46:26,559 --> 00:46:29,519
to figure out what's your actual fear. What are you

916
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:33,639
really afraid of? What's actually going on? And this is

917
00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:36,039
not because God doesn't know. It's because you need to know.

918
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,840
You need to know. I'm actually afraid that I'm not

919
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,199
good enough. I'm afraid that no matter what I do,

920
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:43,760
this is a core.

921
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:45,199
Speaker 3: This would be my core. Fore you, if I go.

922
00:46:45,159 --> 00:46:47,559
Speaker 2: Through my prayers, it would show up as God, I'm mad,

923
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,000
I'm frustrated, blah.

924
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:49,519
Speaker 3: Blah blah blah.

925
00:46:49,559 --> 00:46:52,559
Speaker 2: But truthfully, I'm afraid that no matter how good I get,

926
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:56,360
it won't be good enough. And it doesn't matter how

927
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,119
much I practice, It doesn't matter how much I know.

928
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,400
It doesn't matter how good I've been before. I just

929
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,239
don't know if. And then you gotta dea.

930
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:08,039
Speaker 3: Where is it? Where's Where's the lie? I put false

931
00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:09,840
just for the FS, just to you know, keep it

932
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,239
put lie. Oh.

933
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:18,159
Speaker 2: The lie is is that my performance determines my value.

934
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:19,079
Speaker 3: That's the lie.

935
00:47:20,079 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 2: The lie is the opinions of others determine your importance.

936
00:47:25,039 --> 00:47:28,559
The lie is if you have enough money, you'll have peace.

937
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,920
The lie is that in a different season you'll have

938
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,400
more space to really prioritize your family.

939
00:47:36,679 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 3: And just right, no, no, no, no, that's not the truth.

940
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:42,280
The truth is, and we gotta get to the truth.

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Speaker 2: Because usually I know the truth, and the truth sty'll

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set you free. So you gotta go, and you gotta

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replace God. Although I feel frustrated and I am afraid

944
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that I am not enough, I have recognized that the

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truth is My value is not in what I do.

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But before before I was even born, you chose me,

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you called me, you equipped me.

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Speaker 3: So I thank you that I have exactly.

949
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Speaker 2: What I need when I need it, and if I

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ain't got it, that means I don't need it.

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Speaker 3: So I choose to put.

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Speaker 2: My trust in you because you've never let me down,

953
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because you've always been there. Because you're the one who

954
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gave me this job, and you're the one who gave

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me these kids, and you're the one who put breath

956
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in my body, and you're the one sustaining this country,

957
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and you're the one sustaining this church. God, I remind

958
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myself that.

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Speaker 3: You are God and I am not.

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Speaker 2: That's why the scripture says, don't be anxious for anything,

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but instead pray about everything.

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Speaker 3: Standing all over this.

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Speaker 2: Room, I'm gonna read you that scripture he just quoted,

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but with a little more context. Don't be anxious of

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Philippians four, chapter six. Don't be anxious about anything, staid,

966
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:15,920
pray about everything, tell God what you need, thank him

967
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for all He's done. And then here's the most beautiful

968
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promise in the world. It doesn't say then He'll fix it.

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That's not what the Bible says. It says, then you'll

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experience God's peace, which exceeds anything you can understand. The

971
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goal of you know, the goal of prayer ain't to

972
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:44,280
get an answer. Is to get peace. That is the answer.

973
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The goal is not God do this for me. That's

974
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a genie. God's not a genie. The goal is I

975
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go to you because I need to be reminded I'm

976
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not in control. And I get anxious when I think

977
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I'm in control. I get fearful when I think I'm

978
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in control. But when I go to You in prayer,

979
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I remind myself, Oh, I can have peace because God's

980
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in control.

981
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Speaker 3: Would you close your eyes and by your ads.

982
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Speaker 2: I want to take a moment and pray for everybody.

983
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Dear God, you see your children. And the truth is

984
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:30,440
some of us have been running around so anxious, so

985
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:35,239
worried about the future, worried about things we can't control,

986
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asking questions that it seems nobody has the answers to

987
00:50:42,199 --> 00:50:45,199
but God, right now, we come to you as our father,

988
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and we want to bring you our real fears, the

989
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things it's hard to even talk about.

990
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Speaker 3: The things it's hard to even say. But I think

991
00:50:56,599 --> 00:50:59,760
you can handle it. I pray for every person under

992
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:00,320
the same out of my.

993
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Speaker 2: Voice that has been dealing with anxiety in any way,

994
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and I speak your truth that that smoke will not

995
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kill you.

996
00:51:07,199 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 3: You will live.

997
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Speaker 2: I pray you would find peace that transcends your understanding.

998
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:19,360
Peace to trust God with your future, Peace, to trust

999
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,280
God with your children. Peace, to trust God with your

1000
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provision and your job. Peace, to trust God with every step.

1001
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Speaker 3: In front of you.

1002
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Speaker 2: God, we lay all these things down at your feet.

1003
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Every head, bow to every eye close. If you're in

1004
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:39,119
this room and you've never accepted Jesus Christ as your

1005
00:51:39,119 --> 00:51:46,000
Lord and savior, you've never given up control, It's the

1006
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best decision you could ever make. It's not an easy

1007
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choice because it means you're not in the driver's seat,

1008
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but it is the best choice. In just a moment,

1009
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I want to count to three, and if you want

1010
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to accept Jesus as your Lord and savior, I'm gonna

1011
00:52:01,079 --> 00:52:02,880
ask you to do something that takes a lot of bravery,

1012
00:52:03,079 --> 00:52:04,159
It takes a lot of courage.

1013
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 3: Might ask you to lift your hand, It's just.

1014
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Speaker 2: You acknowledging on the outside what God's doing on the

1015
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inside of your heart. If you want to accept Jesus

1016
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as your Lord and savior, the Bible tells us that

1017
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Jesus lived the perfect life we could not. He did

1018
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what we could not so that we could become what

1019
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,400
we couldn't without him. If you've been looking for a

1020
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,519
better way to live, a better way to think, a

1021
00:52:27,519 --> 00:52:32,239
better way to exist, Jesus is that answer. He's everything

1022
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,920
you've been looking for. I promise if you want to

1023
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:37,039
accept Jesus as your lord and say, if you're one,

1024
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he loves you.

1025
00:52:38,199 --> 00:52:40,679
Speaker 3: Two. Today is the day of salvation. Do not wait

1026
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:41,360
another moment.

1027
00:52:41,599 --> 00:52:43,960
Speaker 2: Three, All around this room and online, lift your hand,

1028
00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:47,039
lift your hand, lift your hand, lift your hand. So

1029
00:52:47,159 --> 00:52:50,280
proud of you, so proud of so many people making

1030
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,000
this choice. I got your sister, I got your brother.

1031
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:56,840
So proud of you, so proud of you. Hey, listen altogether,

1032
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:58,679
as a family. I got you up there. I see

1033
00:52:58,679 --> 00:53:02,199
you together as a family. I want everybody out loud

1034
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in this room and online to pray this prayer together,

1035
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everybody together, say, Dear God, I admit I've made mistakes.

1036
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,440
I need you to save me. I need you to

1037
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change me. I need you to make me new. It's

1038
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in Jesus name, I pray. Amen, Amen, Amen. Hey, can

1039
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we celebrate people who just decided to follow Jesus. Hey,

1040
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,920
if you just prayed that prayer, We're so proud of you,

1041
00:53:30,519 --> 00:53:31,440
so grateful for you.

1042
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Speaker 3: It's a big deal. If you text the word saved

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to the number that's on the.

1044
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Speaker 2: Screen eight two eight two eight two, we'll put some

1045
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resources in your hand. We've also got a team of

1046
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some of the most loving and kind people that are

1047
00:53:42,159 --> 00:53:43,679
directly right here in the back of the room.

1048
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Speaker 3: There's a sign that says that you've decide to follow Jesus.

1049
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Speaker 2: They'd love to just give you a gift, pray for you,

1050
00:53:49,119 --> 00:53:51,480
encourage you. Sometimes it can feel like, oh gosh, what

1051
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,239
do I do now? These people are here to help you.

1052
00:53:54,039 --> 00:53:56,239
But I know it's gonna be the best decision you've

1053
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,159
ever made. Hey, listen, we're gonna get out of here.

1054
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Our worship team is going to continue to worship. If

1055
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you need to continue to worship, feel free to stay

1056
00:54:02,119 --> 00:54:04,519
in this atmosphere. If you need prayer for anything, our

1057
00:54:04,559 --> 00:54:06,719
prayer team would love to pray with you, but I'm

1058
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gonna pray over your week that God would be with.

1059
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Speaker 3: You and that you would walk in peace.

1060
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Speaker 2: Lord God, we thank you for who you are, thank

1061
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you for your love, for your mercy. I thank you

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that this week we walk in a peace that goes

1063
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beyond our understanding. And I thank you that the fire

1064
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of God would live on the inside of us, that

1065
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we would walk this week with boldness, with courage, and

1066
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with discernment to know who You've called us to be. God,

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we love you, We thank you. It's in the beautiful

1068
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name of Jesus we pray. And everybody said, Amen, Amen,

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We love you so much.