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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast, where we represent God to

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<v Speaker 1>the lost and found for transformation in Christ. We're so

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<v Speaker 1>glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe

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<v Speaker 1>God will transform your life. Do today's message.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna jump into the Word Today's anybody ready for

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<v Speaker 2>the Word today?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, let's get cooking.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can open up your bibles to Psalm chapter

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<v Speaker 2>number three, Psalm chapter number.

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<v Speaker 3>Three, it's kind of in the middle of your Bible,

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<v Speaker 3>kind of sort of.

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<v Speaker 2>We're in week two of a series called Fearless, and

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<v Speaker 2>last week was the first week, and we kind of

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<v Speaker 2>talked around this idea last week, which is fear is

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<v Speaker 2>what happens when your self awareness outpaces your God awareness.

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<v Speaker 2>Fears what happens when your self awareness outpaces your God awareness.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I mean by that is when you are

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<v Speaker 2>thinking more about you, your capacity to handle something, your ability.

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<v Speaker 3>To navigate a situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Oftentimes you will start to experience fear because you're thinking.

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<v Speaker 3>About yourself more than you're thinking about God.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is proven in Man's first experience of fear.

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<v Speaker 2>The first time fear is ever mentioned in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is Genesis chapter number three and Adam says, I was

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<v Speaker 2>afraid because I was naked, so I hid. The catch

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<v Speaker 2>is Adam and Eve were always naked, but this was

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<v Speaker 2>the first time he was thinking more about himself and

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<v Speaker 2>what other people thought about him than he was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about God. And when that happens, you start to experience fear.

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<v Speaker 2>And I started to go into a rant last week

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<v Speaker 2>of all the intense science that I figured out, which

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<v Speaker 2>I want to appreciate, there was a couple.

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

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<v Speaker 3>We was with you.

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

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<v Speaker 2>But it's all right, not as much science this week,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can calm down.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll be all right. But science actually proves this theory.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a scientist for the last forty years that has

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<v Speaker 2>done work on how your brain experiences two different things,

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<v Speaker 2>fear and danger. And to keep it very short for you,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much your body experience is danger and fears, two

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<v Speaker 2>completely separate processes. And what that means is your body

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<v Speaker 2>process is danger and threat, responds to it and resolves

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<v Speaker 2>it before it ever decides if it's afraid. Now, we

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<v Speaker 2>experience this all very fast, but in short I'll explain

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<v Speaker 2>it to you this way. If a dangerous situation is

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<v Speaker 2>happening again, we'll give an example.

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<v Speaker 3>You're in the woods, you see a bear and you're like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh my gosh, your body is not afraid.

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

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<v Speaker 3>So it processes, it sends all the signals.

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<v Speaker 2>Your body goes in to fight or flight, whatever, which

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<v Speaker 2>one your bent towards.

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<v Speaker 3>But over here is fear. And you have this thing

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<v Speaker 3>in your brain.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to bore you with the scientific term,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's like a library of fear pretty much.

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<v Speaker 3>And you build this the moment you're born, from how

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<v Speaker 3>you're paying parents raise you, from.

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

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<v Speaker 2>And what your brain does is it sees danger and.

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<v Speaker 3>It says, okay, hold on one second, and it goes to.

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<v Speaker 2>The library and it says, guys, what do we know

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<v Speaker 2>about bears? And your brain starts going through the library.

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<v Speaker 2>Bears eat you, Yoga a bear, We need to pooh.

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<v Speaker 2>Bears eat you. Only you can prevent the forest fire.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of y'all know that.

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<v Speaker 2>But you go and your brain goes to that library

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<v Speaker 2>and it comes back and says, yeah, we should be terrified.

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<v Speaker 2>You should definitely run, and your body takes off. Now

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<v Speaker 2>here's where this comes into play. You experience a dangerous

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<v Speaker 2>situation where there's potential layoffs at your job. Your brain

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<v Speaker 2>goes to your library, what do we know about provision

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<v Speaker 2>and security? Well, your brain, some of you know, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to provide and we got to make it up.

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<v Speaker 2>And if we don't have money, we're nothing. So your

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<v Speaker 2>body goes back to and says, hey, if we don't

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<v Speaker 2>have money, we're nobody. So we should be terrified. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>a beautiful thing about scripture. The Bible says, don't conform

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<v Speaker 2>to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by

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<v Speaker 2>changing the way you think. The science of that is

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<v Speaker 2>your brain has neural pathways, and what you can do

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<v Speaker 2>is the Holy Spirit will empower you to go to

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<v Speaker 2>your fear library and say, Jesus is my provider, regardless

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<v Speaker 2>of if I have money. So when I go to

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<v Speaker 2>see a dangerous situation about my job, my brain goes to.

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<v Speaker 3>The library and says, oh, that's all right.

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<v Speaker 2>We got Jesus. We're gonna be all right. He's always

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<v Speaker 2>taken care of us. He's always provided for us. He's

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<v Speaker 2>always been there for us, so we don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>be afraid. We get the choice. So this is last week,

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<v Speaker 2>Week two. We're gonna take it a little bit further.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're gonna read a book, a whole book of

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible right now. Not a whole book, sorry, a

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<v Speaker 2>whole chapter old chapter, chapter number three of Psalms. It's

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<v Speaker 2>only eight verses. For some of you who got terrified,

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<v Speaker 2>we also are in church, so what the heck okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Psalms chapter number three, starting in the first verse, is

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<v Speaker 2>what it says, Oh Lord, I have so many enemies,

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<v Speaker 2>So many are against me, so many are saying God

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<v Speaker 2>will never rescue him.

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<v Speaker 3>But you, o Lord, are a shield around me.

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<v Speaker 2>You are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

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<v Speaker 2>I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me.

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<v Speaker 2>From his holy mountain, I lay down and slept, Yet

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<v Speaker 2>I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching

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<v Speaker 2>over me. I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies

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<v Speaker 2>who surround me on every side.

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<v Speaker 3>Arise, O Lord, rescue me. My God. Listen to this.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a great prayer. This is my type of prayer.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Slap all my enemies in the face God. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody ever want a prayer, prayer like that? Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>embarrass them in front of their mama.

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<v Speaker 3>God. That's why. Look at this nestord. Shatter their teeth

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<v Speaker 3>of the wicked. Come on, they got them fake denters.

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<v Speaker 2>Bust them out they mouth God, look like they got

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen front teeth.

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<v Speaker 3>Goodness, couldn't get it the different sizes.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I got my teeth done. It's like, no, you got

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<v Speaker 2>one tooth multiplied by forty five. We got a whole

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<v Speaker 2>mouth of front teeth. Okay, don't mess with me. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>cut you down.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyways, first number eight victory comes from you.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh Lord, May you bless your people.

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<v Speaker 2>The title of my sermon today for taking notes is

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<v Speaker 2>don't duck the smoke.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't duck the smoke. I ain't ducking no smoke. Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>We love you.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray Lord that you would meet us in this moment,

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<v Speaker 2>that you allow us to experience your presence and your

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<v Speaker 2>peace and change something about who we are, how we think,

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<v Speaker 2>and how we see you.

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

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<v Speaker 2>We pray and everybody said, amen, guys, I have some

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<v Speaker 2>bad news. I found out something pretty tough this week,

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<v Speaker 2>and that information is my wife don't think I can fight.

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<v Speaker 2>So somebody come up here and fight me right now

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<v Speaker 2>so I can.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll show you.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I got counseling tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm joking.

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<v Speaker 2>But last Sunday, we're out to eat with some of

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<v Speaker 2>our friends, Brian Aaron, and we eat and we're walking

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<v Speaker 2>out of the restaurant after church on Sunday and I

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<v Speaker 2>see we're like walking across the street and I see

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<v Speaker 2>across the street and up the way this group of

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<v Speaker 2>four young men. They are probably between seventeen twenty years old.

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<v Speaker 3>They all look young. And I can say this because

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<v Speaker 3>I know and I was this. I know when people are.

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<v Speaker 2>Looking suspect and doing something they're supposed to be doing,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how they look.

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<v Speaker 3>They had that look on them. So they're walking this

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<v Speaker 3>way and I already just flagged him, like what are

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<v Speaker 3>they doing? They crazy?

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

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<v Speaker 2>Well then I see them see us, and I'm just like, okay, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I see him turn around and they kind

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<v Speaker 2>of start walking back.

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<v Speaker 3>Where we walking.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, all right, okay, so we just walking and

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<v Speaker 2>then I'm like, we about to turn this corner. And

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<v Speaker 2>they ain't got no business turning this corner. If they

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<v Speaker 2>turn this corner, I know it's on. That's just how

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<v Speaker 2>my brain work.

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<v Speaker 3>So we turn the corner. Guess what these jokers do.

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<v Speaker 2>They turned the corner, so right when they turn out,

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<v Speaker 2>just for the end of the story, I didn't fight.

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<v Speaker 3>No kids, calm down, but I would have.

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<v Speaker 2>So we turned the corner and me and Aaron. Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>was in the video shout out to Brian. Aaron Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>shout out.

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<v Speaker 3>To baby Ace.

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<v Speaker 2>We're walking and me and Aaron immediately under our breath

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<v Speaker 2>because this is a group of four guys walking behind

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<v Speaker 2>is me and Aaron right here, Abby and bring in

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<v Speaker 2>front of us, and we're walking. So I just slowed

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<v Speaker 2>down my walk and me and Aaron start talking to

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<v Speaker 2>each other. I said, old brother, here we go. He said, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's about to get active. I said, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>We just it's the type of time we are on.

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<v Speaker 2>Ain't nothing happening yet, but we just like it can

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<v Speaker 2>get real active. Oh absolutely, yes, sir. Like, so we're

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<v Speaker 2>just walking slowing down. I'm just saying, I ain't look

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<v Speaker 2>back yet, but I'm just like, oh, here we go.

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<v Speaker 3>So we walk our cars right here.

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<v Speaker 2>We walked to the car and we both kind of

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<v Speaker 2>turn around around.

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<v Speaker 3>I open my door like this, ha.

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<v Speaker 2>I open the door and it's just open and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still looking and they just keep they looking at us,

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<v Speaker 2>but they just keep on walking. I'm like, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and when ain't no problem, will be no problem. So

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<v Speaker 2>I get in the car. We shut the door and

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<v Speaker 2>immediately we start talking. We're all talking and Breed Breed

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<v Speaker 2>is crazy, y'all.

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<v Speaker 3>She's like, oh my gosh, you.

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<v Speaker 2>See these guys. I thought we was about to fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness, he was about to go damn. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, oh, absolutely. Aaron was like always about to

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<v Speaker 2>get active up in here. And Aaron's like, Bree, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you talk? You don't need to be fighting nobody.

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<v Speaker 2>She's like, oh, I clawed her eyes out, just about

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<v Speaker 2>to get him like a cat. Meanwhile, which I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what to say about nothing. But Abby's like, what

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<v Speaker 2>are y'all talking about? I didn't see nothing. I'm like, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't see anything. There ain't nothing to be seen.

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<v Speaker 3>But me and Aaron start talking about our game plan

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<v Speaker 2>Would have got jumped in that moment, I'm like, if

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<v Speaker 2>they rather have bow they hit Aaron, well, I'm coming

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<v Speaker 2>over there. Bang, I take him out, and then I

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna go for him first. Bam.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying, jam, cross, slip, upper cut,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you know them.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I'm back.

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron has then picked up the second one. Body slammed him,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's out. So now it's two on one. Boom

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<v Speaker 2>we out of here, and then we get and then

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<v Speaker 2>what we do. We call the police for them because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want no issues. The security came, are gonna

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<v Speaker 2>catch it? Hey, there were some young men. They tried

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<v Speaker 2>some grown men and they found out. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>how it went in my head. And it was at

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<v Speaker 2>this moment I found out my wife had all four

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<v Speaker 2>of my kids. Don't think I can fight.

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

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<v Speaker 3>four of them. What are y'all gonna do? Like, I

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<v Speaker 3>just they do this this is what they do. I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, first of all, you don't know them. What

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<v Speaker 3>do you mean? This is what that? They just walk

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<v Speaker 3>around looking for people to fight. You don't ever fight.

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<v Speaker 2>You're drastically underestimating my crazy though. That's what you're underestimating

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<v Speaker 2>is my crazy. So but me and Aaron are definitely

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<v Speaker 2>people who fall into the category. And honestly, I love

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<v Speaker 2>having friends like this.

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<v Speaker 3>And now the truth is we.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know how much I can fight. I ain't been

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<v Speaker 2>in a fight since eighth grade. And if you fighting

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<v Speaker 2>as a grown man and it's not your job to

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<v Speaker 2>be fighting what you're doing, come on, man, that's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>You fighting people just and you're not getting paid to

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<v Speaker 3>fight people. That's insane. So now what I don't know?

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<v Speaker 2>My friend said this, I was like, man, I really

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<v Speaker 2>lock in and they take some classes to do something

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<v Speaker 2>because what I do, I don't know. I know my

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<v Speaker 2>fighting doesn't match how crazy I talk. So that's where

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<v Speaker 2>I would get in trouble is because I could verbally

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<v Speaker 2>assault you, but there's not necessarily the skill set to

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<v Speaker 2>match that intensity. The only places I'm looking for a

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<v Speaker 2>fight is in an airport because I know I ain't

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<v Speaker 2>nobody got a gun or a knife.

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

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<v Speaker 3>It's just me and you.

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

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<v Speaker 2>that is smart. Yeah, you can take that one right

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<v Speaker 2>down down. Only fight in airports. Okay, it's crazy. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>fly and you want to ever be able to fly again.

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<v Speaker 3>But there's this term.

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

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, I ain't afraid of no smoke. And now

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't know what that is, the smoke is

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<v Speaker 2>like if there's a fight, I ain't ducking no smoke,

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<v Speaker 2>like I will we can run it right now. And

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<v Speaker 2>for me, I generally feel that way, like, no, that

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<v Speaker 2>smoke where we at, Let's go, let's run it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even know if I can really fight.

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<v Speaker 2>And eighth grade, it was a kid shoved me, bam

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<v Speaker 2>hit him in the face.

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<v Speaker 3>The fight was broke up. So is that a fight?

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<v Speaker 3>May I hit him?

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

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<v Speaker 2>as a fight. But I got one strong punch, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that. So but here's what I know about smoke.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a difference between smoke and a fire and smoke

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<v Speaker 2>is not fire and fire is not smoke. Why Because

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<v Speaker 2>smoke possesses no power in it of itself.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't even technically fight smoke.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, think about it like a firefighter if there's

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<v Speaker 2>a building that's on fire. When they run into the building,

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<v Speaker 2>they see the smoke, but they know the smoke is

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<v Speaker 2>not the issue. The smoke is not why I'm here.

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<v Speaker 2>The smoke is a little bit dangerous because it can

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<v Speaker 2>get inside my lungs and they can get me disoriented

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<v Speaker 2>and it can get me a little confused.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm not worried about the smoke.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to find the fire because the fire is

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<v Speaker 2>where the problem is. The fire is where this thing

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<v Speaker 2>will keep growing. The fire is what can continue to

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<v Speaker 2>hurt you. And here's what I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>this morning using the analogy of smoking fire, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is I believe we have gravely misunderstood the relationship between

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety and fear. Now, before I get into it, just

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<v Speaker 2>by show if hands. I'm gonna ask you to be vulnerable, humble,

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<v Speaker 2>open and transparent. If you have dealt with any type

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<v Speaker 2>of anxiety or or feeling anxious about anything, can you

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<v Speaker 2>just raise your hand, just come on for a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>First thing I want you to do is look around

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<v Speaker 2>the room. When you anxious, it convinces you you're crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at us, We're all crazy, everybody's But anxiety is

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<v Speaker 2>this feeling and worry about like, oh my gosh, what

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<v Speaker 2>is this gonna happen? This's gonna happen, And society tells

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<v Speaker 2>us that we live in the most anxious time ever.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a book that came out. It was called The

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<v Speaker 3>Anxious Generation.

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<v Speaker 2>They labeled a whole gener anxious generation of anxiety that

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<v Speaker 2>is plaguing our nation and our world. And I started

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about this because the truth is the world isn't

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<v Speaker 2>worse off than it was in other times.

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<v Speaker 3>Like we love to whatever generation is current.

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<v Speaker 2>We love to think like this is the worst time

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<v Speaker 2>in the world and the world is gonna end, which

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of a beef I have sometimes the Christians.

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<v Speaker 2>When Christians are like, this is the worst it's ever

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<v Speaker 2>been and the world's gonna end, you know, they were like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they were feeding Christians to lions back in the day,

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<v Speaker 2>and there were wars where they were like grouping up

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<v Speaker 2>people and gasing them.

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

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<v Speaker 3>But here's the idea.

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<v Speaker 2>The world is not worse, our capacity to handle it

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<v Speaker 2>has gotten worse. And there are some things that I

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<v Speaker 2>think are leading to our anxiety. And I did a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of research this past week. But there are a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of things that are super important to understand, which

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<v Speaker 2>is our access to information, the increase of our options

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<v Speaker 2>and choices. And I wrote it down this last one

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure I say it right, is our expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>All of these things have increased as time has gone on,

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<v Speaker 2>so our access to information. You grew up earlier, long,

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<v Speaker 2>long time ago, your tribe, your crew of people was

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<v Speaker 2>maybe one hundred people. Maybe that's the only people you knew,

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<v Speaker 2>and the only information you knew is what they knew.

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<v Speaker 2>And the only thing you were worried about is what

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<v Speaker 2>they were worried about. And the only thing you had

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<v Speaker 2>to pray about was what they were praying about. The

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<v Speaker 2>only thing you had to worry about was what they

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<v Speaker 2>were with. Now you can wake up on your phone

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<v Speaker 2>and see any and everything everywhere, And if my take

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<v Speaker 2>is beautiful as that is, I don't know if our

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<v Speaker 2>brains bodies in chemistry was set up to have access

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<v Speaker 2>to that much information. Our information has increased, our choices

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<v Speaker 2>have increased.

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<v Speaker 3>When you grew up, it's like what job am I

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<v Speaker 3>gonna have? You gonna have the job your daddy have?

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<v Speaker 3>This is gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>Our name is Smith, We are black Smith's. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>it worried with Smith. We hit metal as what you did.

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<v Speaker 2>So now you have more options, you have more choices,

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<v Speaker 2>and somehow we think these more choices would make it easier.

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<v Speaker 3>It makes it way more difficult because you have decision.

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<v Speaker 2>Fatigued, so you're overwhelmed and you're anxious about it. While

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<v Speaker 2>all these things have gone up, our connection to community

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<v Speaker 2>has gone down, our resilience has gone down, and our

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<v Speaker 2>shared purpose has all gone down, leading to a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of smoke. Here's the point for today's message that I

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<v Speaker 2>think will help a lot of you. Anxiety is the

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<v Speaker 2>smoke to the fire of fear. Anxiety is the smoke

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<v Speaker 2>to the fire of fear.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's what I mean by that.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are dealing with anxiety, I want you to know,

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<v Speaker 2>first off, it's valid, and it's a really big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really big deal, and you have to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with it. You have to address it because here's the

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<v Speaker 2>interesting fact, I found out seventy five percent of people

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<v Speaker 2>who die in a fire, they don't die from fire,

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<v Speaker 2>they die from the smoke. They die from breathing that

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<v Speaker 2>in the same way people are dying from anxiety because

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<v Speaker 2>it distorts your reality.

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<v Speaker 3>It gets in your lugs and has you thinking different.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't see where.

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<v Speaker 2>You really are, you don't know what's really going on,

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<v Speaker 2>and it balloons.

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<v Speaker 3>Into this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And at the same time, you need to know that

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety is the smoke.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not the fire. It's not the actual thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can talk about this because I've dealt with anxiety,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes when you fight in anxiety, it feels like

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<v Speaker 2>you fight in smoke. A firefighter doesn't run into a

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<v Speaker 2>burning building and pour water on smoke. That doesn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't contain the smoke. What you have to do

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<v Speaker 2>is you don't fight smoke. You follow smoke. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to help you.

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<v Speaker 3>You do not fight it. You have to follow it.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because if I follow smoke, it'll lead me to

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<v Speaker 2>the actual issue. And what I want to present to

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<v Speaker 2>everybody this morning is your anxiety is not the issue.

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<v Speaker 3>There is a deeper fear that is the actual issue.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you spend your whole life fighting that thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you won't find the real fear. And underneath every anxious

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<v Speaker 2>thought you have, there's a fear. There's a fear there.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something you're worried about, something you're concerned about, a

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<v Speaker 2>legitimate fear, a real fear, something that is taking you out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll present to you if you've ever felt anxious

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<v Speaker 2>in your life, if you deal with anxiety at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying it's not valid. I'm not saying it's important.

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<v Speaker 2>What I am saying is if you spend your whole

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<v Speaker 2>life trying to fight that thing, you won't find the

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<v Speaker 2>real thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And the real thing is there's some fear under there.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, before we get into this idea, we have to

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<v Speaker 2>look at our scripture.

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<v Speaker 3>Here.

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<v Speaker 2>Psalms, chapter three, David finds himself in a very anxious

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<v Speaker 2>and fearful place. Here's the context. His son has raised

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<v Speaker 2>up a who to overthrow him as king, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>on the run. Talk about a bad father's day, just terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>He sounds like, I'm gonna kill you, take a kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a terrible father. So he's on the run. He's terrified,

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<v Speaker 2>and the scripture this is where we can kind of

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<v Speaker 2>peer into his life. I want to read this. You

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<v Speaker 2>can throw that back on the screen. Verse number one

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<v Speaker 2>of Psalm chapter three. It says at first he starts

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, I have so many enemies and so many

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<v Speaker 2>are against me.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is the anxiety part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's nervous because there's so many people, and there's so many.

426
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<v Speaker 3>And that's how anxiety language works.

427
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<v Speaker 2>It works like everything's going wrong and I can't trust anybody,

428
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm worried about what job am I gonna get.

429
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<v Speaker 3>And there's no and it balloons to this big thing.

430
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<v Speaker 2>But I want to show you something he presents under

431
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<v Speaker 2>this anxiety is the actual fear. So many are saying

432
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<v Speaker 2>God will never rescue him. Then let me give you insight.

433
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<v Speaker 2>This is not just people saying, oh, he's gonna get

434
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<v Speaker 2>hurt and his son's trying to come against him and

435
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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna die. No, if you look at the Orich language,

436
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<v Speaker 2>what people are saying is the same thing they said

437
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<v Speaker 2>about Saul. If you go back and read the Bible,

438
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<v Speaker 2>there was a king named Saul. He was the first king.

439
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<v Speaker 2>He was an amazing king. And then the Bible says

440
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<v Speaker 2>that the spirit of God left Saul and there was

441
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<v Speaker 2>no salvation for Saul, meaning the spirit of God was

442
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<v Speaker 2>not with him. What people are saying about David now

443
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<v Speaker 2>is maybe what happened to Saul is happening to him.

444
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<v Speaker 2>Maybe God's not with him anymore. Maybe he's not that

445
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<v Speaker 2>special shepherd boy anymore. Maybe that oil really didn't mean anything.

446
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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he slayed Goliath, but that was just happenstance. And

447
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<v Speaker 2>here's what David is dealing with. He's dealing with the

448
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<v Speaker 2>reality of if I'm not king, who am I? Not

449
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<v Speaker 2>only if I'm not king, but if I'm not a

450
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<v Speaker 2>good dad because my son. He's dealing with the conflict

451
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<v Speaker 2>and the fear of losing all the basis of where

452
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<v Speaker 2>we find value. And whether you looking at David or not,

453
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<v Speaker 2>or you think you do this or not, we all

454
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<v Speaker 2>find value in the titles we carry.

455
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<v Speaker 3>And it's because we have a fear of not being seen.

456
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<v Speaker 2>We have a fear of our worth, we have a

457
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<v Speaker 2>fear of our value. So if I'm CEO, or I'm

458
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<v Speaker 2>some sort of c suite, or if I'm some sort

459
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<v Speaker 2>of I have this Many fathers we find value in that.

460
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<v Speaker 2>But what happens when we start taking your titles? What

461
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<v Speaker 2>happens when people don't acknowledge your titles? What happens when

462
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<v Speaker 2>you work super hard, you get the degree, you go

463
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<v Speaker 2>to the work, you're the most qualified for the new job,

464
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<v Speaker 2>and they don't give it to you. Well, then you start.

465
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<v Speaker 2>That's the real fear. The anxiety is the front. The

466
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<v Speaker 2>smoke is I don't need that, I don't care, I

467
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<v Speaker 2>don't want it anyways. The truth is you really did

468
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<v Speaker 2>want it because you've been searching for a little kid

469
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<v Speaker 2>to find out who you were, and you found out

470
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<v Speaker 2>you got applauded when you succeeded.

471
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<v Speaker 3>So you made a vow that served you when you

472
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<v Speaker 3>were eight.

473
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<v Speaker 2>But now you're thirty eight and you're still fighting, still

474
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<v Speaker 2>struggling smoke because you haven't identified. What are you actually

475
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<v Speaker 2>afraid of? What happens if you don't get that job,

476
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<v Speaker 2>What happens if you're still single? What happens if it

477
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<v Speaker 2>doesn't go your way? What happens if the business doesn't work?

478
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<v Speaker 3>See you?

479
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<v Speaker 2>He come to church and the primary promise is, Oh,

480
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<v Speaker 2>you ain't gotta worry about that, because God's gonna make

481
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<v Speaker 2>it all.

482
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<v Speaker 3>Work, and it's gonna go exactly according to plan. That's

483
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<v Speaker 3>where we hope happens.

484
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<v Speaker 2>Then you go out into your life that doesn't go

485
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<v Speaker 2>that way, and this is what you struggle with.

486
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<v Speaker 3>Oh God must not be who he said he was.

487
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<v Speaker 2>This is why people deconstruct their faith, because people promise themseling.

488
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<v Speaker 3>Well, you get God. He's gonna work it all out.

489
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<v Speaker 2>He works all things together for the good of those

490
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<v Speaker 2>who love him, a call according to his purpose.

491
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<v Speaker 3>Here's my thing with this.

492
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<v Speaker 2>Okay'm gonna I'm gonna produce you to a Bible reading idea.

493
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<v Speaker 3>This is gonna help you. This is a little sidebar theology.

494
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<v Speaker 2>Put your thinking caps on. Remember when I said that

495
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<v Speaker 2>last week? Everybody, right now, do this.

496
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<v Speaker 3>Do this. Put your hand out like this. Put your

497
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<v Speaker 3>thinking cap on.

498
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<v Speaker 2>I ain't gonna make it where it dress of the server,

499
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<v Speaker 2>but just for two minutes, put your thinking cap on.

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

501
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<v Speaker 2>The Bible cannot primarily mean to you what it did

502
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<v Speaker 2>not first mean to the people who first heard it.

503
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<v Speaker 2>It can't mean to you something that it didn't first

504
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<v Speaker 2>mean to them. All right, track with me. This is

505
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<v Speaker 2>what we do in a Bible study. Tell me if

506
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<v Speaker 2>this ever been you, It's been me a million times.

507
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<v Speaker 3>So this ain't truck question.

508
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<v Speaker 2>But if you're in a Bible study, you reading the Bible,

509
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<v Speaker 2>you read a scripture, and then there's this question that

510
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<v Speaker 2>is asked. I want us to go on a circle

511
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<v Speaker 2>and each person tell me what is that scripture? I

512
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<v Speaker 2>don't care what it.

513
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<v Speaker 3>Means to you?

514
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<v Speaker 2>Now let me let me let me see that that

515
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<v Speaker 2>shock failure. You're like, because what if it mean to you?

516
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<v Speaker 3>What it don't mean?

517
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<v Speaker 2>What it didn't mean to them? Now track with me.

518
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<v Speaker 2>Were about to take thing caps off?

519
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<v Speaker 3>But here we go. That logic, what does it mean

520
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<v Speaker 3>to me?

521
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<v Speaker 2>Is the same logic that had people enslaving people, killing

522
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<v Speaker 2>people and murdering people with the Bible. Because that's what

523
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<v Speaker 2>it meant to me. So I use this book and

524
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<v Speaker 2>I say, oh, this is what it really means, and

525
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<v Speaker 2>this is how you really What it really means is

526
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<v Speaker 2>certain people aren't important as other people.

527
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<v Speaker 3>What it really means is we have to get rid

528
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<v Speaker 3>of the Jews. What it really means.

529
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<v Speaker 2>All these same logics that we use in our small

530
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<v Speaker 2>group is a dangerous slippery slope The goal is not

531
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<v Speaker 2>to find out what it means to you. I gotta

532
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<v Speaker 2>know what the person when they was writing it, what did.

533
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<v Speaker 3>They mean to the people they.

534
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<v Speaker 2>Was talking to, And in light of that I can

535
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<v Speaker 2>draw some meaning. Okay, look, you can take your thinking

536
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<v Speaker 2>cap salt, look at that. Just throw it the throw

537
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<v Speaker 2>it under your seat. You ain't gonna need to the

538
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<v Speaker 2>rest of the service.

539
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<v Speaker 3>But this is important that you understand this because you

540
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<v Speaker 3>can get in some dangerous space.

541
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<v Speaker 2>I can do all things through Christ, who strengthen me.

542
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<v Speaker 2>And to me that really means, you know, no matter

543
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<v Speaker 2>how many people I have sex with, God good will

544
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<v Speaker 2>always redeem and he'll make all my baby mamas get

545
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<v Speaker 2>along together because He's given me the strength and I

546
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<v Speaker 2>can do all things. Charles, that is so ridiculous. That's

547
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<v Speaker 2>what you do, just with other stuff. Here's a funny one.

548
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<v Speaker 2>Here's a funny one. Now, this one's gonna get dangerous

549
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<v Speaker 2>becausebody are like, yeah, get him. I'm gonna say this one.

550
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<v Speaker 2>You'll be like, well, I hate this guy, the equal

551
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<v Speaker 2>opportunity offender.

552
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<v Speaker 3>So uh, we say things like this. There's an old scripture.

553
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<v Speaker 3>There's scripture and says.

554
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<v Speaker 2>And he and you will receive power when the Holy

555
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<v Speaker 2>goost comes upon you. And that word the original language

556
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<v Speaker 2>is dunamous, like the word dynamite, and we like to say, oh,

557
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<v Speaker 2>God's gonna give you a dynamite power.

558
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<v Speaker 3>Guess what.

559
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<v Speaker 2>They didn't have dynamite when they wrote that, so they

560
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<v Speaker 2>weren't thinking about dynamite.

561
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<v Speaker 3>So I'm not saying you.

562
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<v Speaker 2>Can't draw that inference and connected linguistically. But what I

563
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<v Speaker 2>am saying is when they thought of the Holy Spirit,

564
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<v Speaker 2>they weren't thinking blow it up. They would, they would,

565
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<v Speaker 2>it didn't exist. You try to see see that. That's

566
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<v Speaker 2>how I know offended because somebody'll didnt laugh is loud

567
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<v Speaker 2>than the second one.

568
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<v Speaker 3>Okay, we're good. So here's the idea.

569
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<v Speaker 2>It can't primarily mean to you what it didn't mean

570
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<v Speaker 2>to them originally. So when we talk about anxiety, if

571
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<v Speaker 2>you study the Old Testament, a word for word translation

572
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<v Speaker 2>of anxiety does not show up in the Old Testament.

573
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<v Speaker 2>It does show up in the New Testament. In the

574
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<v Speaker 2>Old Testament it's alluded to a ton. David uses tons

575
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<v Speaker 2>of language that shows that he's dealing with anxiety. But

576
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<v Speaker 2>we get to the New Testament and Jesus talks about it.

577
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<v Speaker 2>He says, you don't have to be anxious because your

578
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<v Speaker 2>father knows what you need.

579
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<v Speaker 3>Paul speaks to it.

580
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<v Speaker 2>Don't be anxious about anything. Instead, pray about everything. But

581
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<v Speaker 2>here's the idea.

582
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<v Speaker 3>This is why we have to use this tool that

583
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<v Speaker 3>we just talked about.

584
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<v Speaker 2>When we read the scriptures, because when we hear anxiety,

585
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<v Speaker 2>we think of something specific.

586
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<v Speaker 3>It's not bad.

587
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<v Speaker 2>But to get an understanding of the scriptures, you need

588
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<v Speaker 2>to understand what were they thinking when they heard this.

589
00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:46.359
<v Speaker 2>So when they hear anxiety in a New Testament time,

590
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<v Speaker 2>they are not thinking what's wrong with my body or

591
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<v Speaker 2>my brain.

592
00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:55.640
<v Speaker 3>They thought what's wrong with my heart? Because the word the.

593
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<v Speaker 2>Greek word that is used when the word anxiety shows

594
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<v Speaker 2>up in scripture is a divided and torn apart heart

595
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<v Speaker 2>because of divided loyalty and fear. The word picture is

596
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<v Speaker 2>being in a war and your allegiance is to both armies.

597
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<v Speaker 2>The word picture is two horses runs this way, tied

598
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<v Speaker 2>a rope, running that way. The other one ties he

599
00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:23.000
<v Speaker 2>rope and runs that way. So when they think about anxiety,

600
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<v Speaker 2>they're not thinking, oh gosh, I'm nervous and my body's shaking.

601
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<v Speaker 2>They're thinking something's wrong in my heart, I trust two

602
00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.279
<v Speaker 2>different people, because the only way I would be worried

603
00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:35.839
<v Speaker 2>is if my trust is with me and with God

604
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<v Speaker 2>with me, and the business owner with men.

605
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<v Speaker 3>And so they go to their heart first. What is

606
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<v Speaker 3>it saying.

607
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<v Speaker 2>It's saying if you are anxious? Is I'm not saying

608
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<v Speaker 2>that something can't be wrong in your body? One hundred percent?

609
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<v Speaker 3>There is.

610
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<v Speaker 2>But it all tracks back. That's all the smoke. Where

611
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<v Speaker 2>it comes back to as a man thinks in his heart.

612
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<v Speaker 2>I promise you I can connect this book.

613
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<v Speaker 3>As a man thinks in his heart, so is he?

614
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<v Speaker 2>It all tracks back to the loyalty and divided fear

615
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<v Speaker 2>of your heart. And it's questions like this, in our heart?

616
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<v Speaker 2>Am I the provider? Or is God the provider? Does

617
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<v Speaker 2>my family make me secure? Or does God make me secure?

618
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<v Speaker 2>Are these my kids or are these God's kids? Do

619
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<v Speaker 2>I get my value from what they think about me?

620
00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.680
<v Speaker 2>Or what God thinks about me?

621
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<v Speaker 3>All that in your heart? It shows up on the

622
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<v Speaker 3>outside as anxiety.

623
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<v Speaker 2>But you gotta go back and figure out what's the

624
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<v Speaker 2>what's the What am I really afraid of? What am

625
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<v Speaker 2>I actually worried about? I'm not saying it didn't start

626
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:47.880
<v Speaker 2>out here, but it shows up on the inside.

627
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<v Speaker 3>I want to I wanna illustrate it this way.

628
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<v Speaker 2>I have this little piece of string here and this

629
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<v Speaker 2>is gonna represent anxiety.

630
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<v Speaker 3>This is how anxiety works.

631
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<v Speaker 2>So anxiety start with a real regular moment, you know,

632
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<v Speaker 2>like you bet, you bet. You be at work and

633
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<v Speaker 2>it's like, you know, maybe it's Monday, and the ball

634
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<v Speaker 2>come up to you. It's like, hey, can I can

635
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<v Speaker 2>I meet with you? And you're like, yeah, sure, when

636
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<v Speaker 2>you want to meet, let's let's do Friday at four

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<v Speaker 2>forty five. For Friday at four forty five, okay, and

638
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<v Speaker 2>you just that was weird. Why do you want to

639
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<v Speaker 2>meet Friday at four forty five? It's probably nothing. It

640
00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:38.000
<v Speaker 2>probably ain't gonna mean nothing, but maybe well maybe I

641
00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.960
<v Speaker 2>did hear so, and so it's losing their job.

642
00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.799
<v Speaker 3>That's weird. It's probably nothing, but what if what if

643
00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.119
<v Speaker 3>I do lose my job? And what you mind?

644
00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:51.440
<v Speaker 2>If I get through it's all right, let me see,

645
00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:56.640
<v Speaker 2>it's just just hold on. Yeah, it's probably nothing. But

646
00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>then but if I do lose my job, I ain't.

647
00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>I ain't going to it's cool for nothing else, all right?

648
00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:06.920
<v Speaker 2>And then the bills is tight and I can't. There's

649
00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.880
<v Speaker 2>probably nothing. No, it's not that's nothing. Ain't got to worrybout.

650
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.200
<v Speaker 2>I ain't got worry about. Ain't worry about. And then

651
00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:16.799
<v Speaker 2>you get home and you're it's time for dinner and

652
00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:19.799
<v Speaker 2>your kids are out, so you text them, Hey, where

653
00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.880
<v Speaker 2>you all at?

654
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.880
<v Speaker 3>And they don't answer the phone. What in the world?

655
00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:30.599
<v Speaker 2>It's probably nothing, they're okay? But what if they're not okay?

656
00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:34.839
<v Speaker 2>And what if I wonder where they're at. I didn't

657
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.640
<v Speaker 2>like that group of friends that had last time. It

658
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.680
<v Speaker 2>felt weird. I just didn't. I didn't trust it. But

659
00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:41.240
<v Speaker 2>I didn't say nothing because I was trying to be

660
00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.079
<v Speaker 2>I was trying to be calm.

661
00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:44.400
<v Speaker 3>I was trying to be cool. I was trying to

662
00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.160
<v Speaker 3>be okay, Okay.

663
00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.599
<v Speaker 2>It's probably nothing. That's probably nothing. There's probably nothing. And

664
00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.559
<v Speaker 2>then the doctor called and they say, hey, we got

665
00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.759
<v Speaker 2>the report back from your test.

666
00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:53.960
<v Speaker 3>Could you come in? What do I need to come

667
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:57.759
<v Speaker 3>in for? He's there's probably nothing, it's probably nothing. There's

668
00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.119
<v Speaker 3>probably nothing. It's not a big deal.

669
00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.960
<v Speaker 2>It's not a big deal. But what if what if

670
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.880
<v Speaker 2>it is a big deal? What if I'm not okay?

671
00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.359
<v Speaker 2>What if I lose my spouse then and if I

672
00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.400
<v Speaker 2>lose my spouse and I lose my job, and then

673
00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:10.319
<v Speaker 2>how am I gonna raise these kids? And I can't

674
00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:12.880
<v Speaker 2>raise these kids by myself. I didn't have nobody and

675
00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.200
<v Speaker 2>I didn't have nobody there for me, and I didn't

676
00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.359
<v Speaker 2>know what I was gonna do. And so okay, no, no,

677
00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.759
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine.

678
00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.720
<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be fine. Okay, Okay, I got church on Sunday.

679
00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:28.279
<v Speaker 3>I got church on Sunday. Who okay, h.

680
00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:35.599
<v Speaker 2>Y don't matter if I get through because I like

681
00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:37.000
<v Speaker 2>to sit up close for worship.

682
00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:39.319
<v Speaker 3>So I'm just excuse me.

683
00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:44.319
<v Speaker 2>And I still got my anxiety and I just hide

684
00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.960
<v Speaker 2>it underneath all my nights clothes.

685
00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:50.519
<v Speaker 3>But the truth is, last week the power went out,

686
00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:55.559
<v Speaker 3>and what the power going out for? Weird? And you

687
00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:59.160
<v Speaker 3>find yourself had a place.

688
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:07.240
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of just everywhere, And this is how you

689
00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.599
<v Speaker 2>get anxious about stuff that you weren't even thinking about

690
00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.680
<v Speaker 2>because it went past you.

691
00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:16.799
<v Speaker 3>It's a lot of people's social media, life is great,

692
00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:20.039
<v Speaker 3>life is good. Well, then you see you on Instagram,

693
00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:23.519
<v Speaker 3>maybe life ain't that good and maybe you do need

694
00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.759
<v Speaker 3>to be worried. If we thought about this, what's really

695
00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:30.279
<v Speaker 3>going on over there? Do we know what's happened?

696
00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:35.279
<v Speaker 2>Does anybody know what's happening? And now you got people

697
00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.160
<v Speaker 2>that are having to adjust and they're worried, and your

698
00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:40.079
<v Speaker 2>kids are afraid, and now your family's afraid, and now

699
00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:43.160
<v Speaker 2>the church is afraid. And pastors get up on stage

700
00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.240
<v Speaker 2>with this and they spend their circle around you and

701
00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:47.480
<v Speaker 2>stuff you was never worried about. Now you're thinking, well,

702
00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.240
<v Speaker 2>maybe I'm not reading my Bible enoughing, maybe I'm not

703
00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.720
<v Speaker 2>Christian enough, and maybe I didn't raise my kids good enough,

704
00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.079
<v Speaker 2>and maybe God is gonna leave me, and maybe and maybe,

705
00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.359
<v Speaker 2>and you find yourself.

706
00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.039
<v Speaker 3>And here's what I've.

707
00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Realized about anxiety is we will spend these circles our

708
00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.799
<v Speaker 2>whole life.

709
00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:13.360
<v Speaker 3>But what you gotta do is is what the firefighters do.

710
00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:19.280
<v Speaker 2>Is my beef is not with all this string, but

711
00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:23.360
<v Speaker 2>I do have to follow it back. So if I

712
00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.679
<v Speaker 2>want to find the fire, I don't fight the smoke

713
00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:28.800
<v Speaker 2>I put. Okay, let me see where did What was

714
00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:33.400
<v Speaker 2>I thinking about when I got what was that hold on?

715
00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.239
<v Speaker 3>Hold on? No it was the kids? Well no, it

716
00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:37.800
<v Speaker 3>wasn't the kids. It was hold on.

717
00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.320
<v Speaker 2>I was worried about the kids, and then I was

718
00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:43.039
<v Speaker 2>worried about my job, and then I started thinking about

719
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:47.000
<v Speaker 2>the family, and then I started thinking about, Oh, I

720
00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.559
<v Speaker 2>ain't gonna make y'all get up, don't worry about it.

721
00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.119
<v Speaker 3>And then I.

722
00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:53.000
<v Speaker 2>Started thinking about, Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on,

723
00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:57.960
<v Speaker 2>I think. And this is why counseling gets tired. Is

724
00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.679
<v Speaker 2>why some of y'all elect not to deal with your

725
00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.760
<v Speaker 2>emotion because.

726
00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:06.159
<v Speaker 3>This feels exhausting. It be easier to just act like

727
00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:07.000
<v Speaker 3>it didn't happen.

728
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:12.519
<v Speaker 2>It be easier just to escape it, be easier just

729
00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.960
<v Speaker 2>to doom scroll, it be easier to just ignore it.

730
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.920
<v Speaker 2>But if you want to find where your anxiety is

731
00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:22.599
<v Speaker 2>coming from, you gotta follow that thing. And I don't

732
00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.079
<v Speaker 2>care how long it takes you. I don't know how

733
00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:26.239
<v Speaker 2>care how frustrating it is. You got to track it

734
00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.639
<v Speaker 2>down because I promise you if you will follow it

735
00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.599
<v Speaker 2>long enough. And this is why you need friends in

736
00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:33.239
<v Speaker 2>your life. That says, when did you see my attitude change?

737
00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:35.960
<v Speaker 2>When did I start acting different? When did I get snappy?

738
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.440
<v Speaker 2>When did I get short? Well, it kind of happened

739
00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.960
<v Speaker 2>when that disappointment in your job happened, and I noticed

740
00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.199
<v Speaker 2>that you stopped talking and said.

741
00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.440
<v Speaker 3>Don't worry. I'm not gonna make y'all get up and

742
00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:48.840
<v Speaker 3>then you because if you will follow the smoke long enough,

743
00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:55.920
<v Speaker 3>it will lead you to the actual fire.

744
00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:04.199
<v Speaker 2>And when you find the fire, then you can fight

745
00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:09.440
<v Speaker 2>the actual fire instead of out here running around dealing

746
00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:11.599
<v Speaker 2>with stuff that you can't change.

747
00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:15.920
<v Speaker 3>Anyway, that's the lie about anxiety. Anxiety thinks tells you

748
00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.400
<v Speaker 3>that worrying about it is changing it.

749
00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:22.199
<v Speaker 2>Worrying about it can't change it, can't do anything about it.

750
00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:25.960
<v Speaker 2>And honestly, you're worried about stuff you can't control. You

751
00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.920
<v Speaker 2>wasn't controlling and you.

752
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.960
<v Speaker 3>Won't be able to control.

753
00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.320
<v Speaker 2>But what you can control is you can sit down

754
00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:37.000
<v Speaker 2>next to this fire and you realize, Oh, the real

755
00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:42.719
<v Speaker 2>thing is I'm afraid my kids are gonna make mistakes

756
00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:44.199
<v Speaker 2>I made.

757
00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.719
<v Speaker 3>So that's why I control.

758
00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Them, and that's why I scream at them, and that's

759
00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:54.760
<v Speaker 2>why I over correct them, and that's why I talk

760
00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:58.280
<v Speaker 2>to them like they're twenty five when they're five, because

761
00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:02.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm terrified they're gonna have the same life I did.

762
00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:04.119
<v Speaker 2>And I moved us out of that state, and I

763
00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.239
<v Speaker 2>moved us out of that neighborhood, and I moved this

764
00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:09.880
<v Speaker 2>way to that so they wouldn't have that, And somehow

765
00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:13.280
<v Speaker 2>those habits have landed right back in this child, and

766
00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:18.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to do. That's why you're running around.

767
00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:22.679
<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about that. Let's bring that to the altar.

768
00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:29.280
<v Speaker 2>But we like to come to the altar and just say,

769
00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.519
<v Speaker 2>just you know, I.

770
00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.800
<v Speaker 3>Just see you could just pray for me. Well, what

771
00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:35.880
<v Speaker 3>is it? It's just some things. I'm not mad at you.

772
00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.760
<v Speaker 3>I'm just saying there's a real fire we can deal with.

773
00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.079
<v Speaker 3>There's something you're actually afraid of.

774
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:51.559
<v Speaker 2>The real fire is you're afraid that there's something fundamentally

775
00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.360
<v Speaker 2>broken in you.

776
00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:57.880
<v Speaker 3>That's why you're still single. Something I have the missing.

777
00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:00.639
<v Speaker 2>Piece from the puzzle, and everybody else sings that, but

778
00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't have it.

779
00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:06.280
<v Speaker 3>I guess I'm just unlovable. That's what you really feel.

780
00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.880
<v Speaker 3>You're not mad. All men aren't bad. You're not mad

781
00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:12.320
<v Speaker 3>at the dating apps. You're not mad. It's none of that.

782
00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:14.239
<v Speaker 3>We can talk about that. I'm not saying it's not real.

783
00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:16.440
<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying you don't have some bad experiences. What

784
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.159
<v Speaker 3>I am saying is because your dad wasn't there, you

785
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:23.159
<v Speaker 3>feel like no man is ever gonna be there. That's

786
00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:30.400
<v Speaker 3>what you're actually afraid of. Let's let's fight that fire.

787
00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.000
<v Speaker 2>And this is where I want to make a deviation

788
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:41.760
<v Speaker 2>from traditional firefighters, because there's a saying that says you

789
00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:45.280
<v Speaker 2>can't fight fire with fire, but that's not how it

790
00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:49.719
<v Speaker 2>works in the Kingdom. The only way to fight fire

791
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:57.360
<v Speaker 2>is with fire. The only way to get rid of

792
00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:01.800
<v Speaker 2>the fire of fear is to get a better fire.

793
00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:05.840
<v Speaker 2>And let me tell you the best thing about this fire,

794
00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:12.079
<v Speaker 2>it ain't got no smoke. Ask Moses because he walks

795
00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:15.760
<v Speaker 2>up to a burning bush and it's on fire, but

796
00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.559
<v Speaker 2>it's not being consumed. And the only reason you got

797
00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:20.800
<v Speaker 2>smoke is because something being burnt up.

798
00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:23.440
<v Speaker 3>But the fire of God, when nothing gets.

799
00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:26.119
<v Speaker 2>On the inside of you, when you get the fire

800
00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:28.559
<v Speaker 2>of God that knows who you are, when you get

801
00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.800
<v Speaker 2>the fire of God that knows God chose you before

802
00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:33.119
<v Speaker 2>you did anything, When you get the fire of God

803
00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:35.280
<v Speaker 2>that says God will protect me. If I make my

804
00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.960
<v Speaker 2>bed at the heights, or if I find myself in

805
00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.360
<v Speaker 2>the pit of hell, he will be there for me.

806
00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:42.800
<v Speaker 2>And I came to encourage some people that you can

807
00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:44.119
<v Speaker 2>make a decision today that.

808
00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:46.880
<v Speaker 3>I'm finding a better fire.

809
00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:50.599
<v Speaker 2>It is the only reason the early Church made a

810
00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:54.559
<v Speaker 2>difference because it had a better fire. It had a

811
00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:58.280
<v Speaker 2>fire that had them in jail bragging about it. It

812
00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:00.920
<v Speaker 2>had a fire that had them be chased down, and

813
00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:05.159
<v Speaker 2>they weren't worried a different fire. And the only way

814
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.280
<v Speaker 2>the Church is going to make the difference it was

815
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:15.159
<v Speaker 2>supposed to is if we find a better fire, fire

816
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:24.400
<v Speaker 2>that purifies, the fire that leads, a fire that protects.

817
00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.480
<v Speaker 3>See.

818
00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:28.119
<v Speaker 2>Our problem is in Christianity we think the devil owns fire.

819
00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:31.760
<v Speaker 2>I say, oh, it's fiery. You think, oh, something bad

820
00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:34.320
<v Speaker 2>to happen. I'm going through a burning season, or the Devil's.

821
00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.440
<v Speaker 3>Gonna get me.

822
00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:36.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, you read this book. You'll find out

823
00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:42.039
<v Speaker 2>real quick who owns fire. Elijah calls down fire from heaven.

824
00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:48.360
<v Speaker 2>He owns fire. Moses saw fire in a burning bush.

825
00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:53.639
<v Speaker 2>It was God, the Holy Spirit. Tongues of fire fell

826
00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:56.440
<v Speaker 2>on the early Church, and then you began to speak

827
00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:59.960
<v Speaker 2>in a different language that was empowering them. Trust me, friend,

828
00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.760
<v Speaker 2>you ain't gotta be worried about fire because our God

829
00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:06.159
<v Speaker 2>owns fire. And they'll put that fire on the inside

830
00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:08.760
<v Speaker 2>of you. That'll have you walking in a boldness and

831
00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:11.039
<v Speaker 2>walking in confidence and knowing.

832
00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:19.360
<v Speaker 3>Who you are. So what I'm saying is you ain't

833
00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:24.320
<v Speaker 3>got a duck the smoke some of you.

834
00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:29.639
<v Speaker 2>Anxiety has tried to punk you, and I know that feeling.

835
00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:37.840
<v Speaker 2>I know the feeling. They'll have you running in circles

836
00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:42.039
<v Speaker 2>about stuff that's never happened. And that's what's even worse

837
00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:46.519
<v Speaker 2>about anxiety is because it's you out here fighting a

838
00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:48.000
<v Speaker 2>battle that hasn't even happened yet.

839
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.079
<v Speaker 3>Prepared. Well, what if they say this and then I

840
00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:52.000
<v Speaker 3>say that, and then they.

841
00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:56.960
<v Speaker 2>Leave me that didn't happen, that doesn't happened yet. But

842
00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:59.840
<v Speaker 2>let's go back to the what are you actually afraid of?

843
00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:06.400
<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about that. What are you actually missing out on?

844
00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:11.800
<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about that. I want to read you a

845
00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:17.119
<v Speaker 2>scripture if they give me a moment. It's in the

846
00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:25.639
<v Speaker 2>Book of Hebrews, and this is what the Bible says.

847
00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:29.480
<v Speaker 3>Let me find it. I'm just off in this book

848
00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.920
<v Speaker 3>right now.

849
00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:38.840
<v Speaker 2>It says, as you endure a divine discipline, remember that

850
00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:40.519
<v Speaker 2>God is treating you as his own child.

851
00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:42.719
<v Speaker 3>For whoever heard of a child that was never disciplined.

852
00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.239
<v Speaker 2>If God doesn't discipline you, you're not as children for

853
00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.000
<v Speaker 2>our earthly fathers discipline us for a few times, just

854
00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:52.360
<v Speaker 2>doing the best they know how, but God disciplines us

855
00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.280
<v Speaker 2>in the best way.

856
00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.679
<v Speaker 3>No discipline is enjoyable.

857
00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:59.000
<v Speaker 2>It's painful, but afterwards there will be a peaceful Harvard

858
00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:02.079
<v Speaker 2>of right living right here. So take a new grip

859
00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:09.639
<v Speaker 2>with your tired hands. Strengthen your weak knees. Mark out

860
00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:15.199
<v Speaker 2>a straight path for your feet, so that those who

861
00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:18.199
<v Speaker 2>are weak and laying will not fall but become strong.

862
00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:20.719
<v Speaker 2>Here's all I want to say. It's just take a

863
00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:26.000
<v Speaker 2>new grip. So we've been so anxious. You've got a

864
00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:29.679
<v Speaker 2>decision to make, and you've been so worried, like, oh gosh,

865
00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:31.000
<v Speaker 2>what if I make the wrong one? What if I

866
00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:32.800
<v Speaker 2>do the wrong thing? What if it's not enough, what

867
00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:35.679
<v Speaker 2>if I'm not enough. Let's just let's just take a

868
00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:41.400
<v Speaker 2>deep breath. Let's follow the smoke. What's the actual fear,

869
00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.960
<v Speaker 2>and let's give that to God. Let's give our actual

870
00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:52.800
<v Speaker 2>fear to God. I wrote up this thing, and we'll

871
00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:57.199
<v Speaker 2>close with this I wrote up. I just titled it

872
00:43:57.239 --> 00:44:00.719
<v Speaker 2>the smoke prayer. Smoke prayer. Could you throw that up

873
00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:03.800
<v Speaker 2>for me, just the whole thing. I don't have it

874
00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:05.440
<v Speaker 2>in my notes, but I think they'll have it up there.

875
00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:07.320
<v Speaker 2>But the idea of this is, if you're trying to

876
00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:12.079
<v Speaker 2>follow the smoke, if you're trying to if you're trying

877
00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:14.239
<v Speaker 2>to deal with some of that, I want to give

878
00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:17.119
<v Speaker 2>you a template. And it's not no new template. It's

879
00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:20.800
<v Speaker 2>a structure of the Lord's prayer, but in a different way.

880
00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:24.480
<v Speaker 2>This is kind of a prayer you can pray yourself

881
00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:27.159
<v Speaker 2>through when you're trying to figure out what's really going on.

882
00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:30.199
<v Speaker 3>Here's how the prayer starts. Here's how all the prayers starts.

883
00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:37.280
<v Speaker 2>Father, It's how the Lord's prayer starts. That context is important.

884
00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:39.559
<v Speaker 2>Now depending on your experience.

885
00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:41.599
<v Speaker 3>Especially on a Father's Day, that feels it. But let

886
00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.719
<v Speaker 3>me tell you this is a good.

887
00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:46.599
<v Speaker 2>Father, a father you can trust, a father who has

888
00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:50.199
<v Speaker 2>what you need, a father who's waiting to listen to you.

889
00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.960
<v Speaker 3>He wants to hear from you.

890
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:55.719
<v Speaker 2>So you start off understanding, there's this language in the

891
00:44:55.800 --> 00:45:01.400
<v Speaker 2>New Testament abba. That word abba is like the cries

892
00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:06.480
<v Speaker 2>a kid makes when it's learning to say the word dad. Now,

893
00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:08.559
<v Speaker 2>I don't ever be ripping daddy God in prayers.

894
00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:10.320
<v Speaker 3>There's a little too much for me. But that is.

895
00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:17.199
<v Speaker 2>That is a closer parallel but it's it's it's like

896
00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:19.199
<v Speaker 2>a kid babbling. When a kid's trying to say that.

897
00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:23.239
<v Speaker 2>That that of a two year old. That's what our abbah?

898
00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:29.400
<v Speaker 2>And what does that do? It positions you as a child.

899
00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:32.360
<v Speaker 2>You don't come to God as.

900
00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:35.679
<v Speaker 3>A grown adult talking about Hey God. Then my son

901
00:45:35.679 --> 00:45:37.320
<v Speaker 3>will do this. So sometimes he'll just put on this.

902
00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:43.679
<v Speaker 2>Deep voice, Hey dad, Uh, it's kinda when.

903
00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:45.800
<v Speaker 3>You come as a child. So it starts with father,

904
00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:51.000
<v Speaker 3>and then tell him how you really feeling. I am mad.

905
00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:56.639
<v Speaker 3>I'm so frustrated that this happened. I can't stand these

906
00:45:56.679 --> 00:46:02.239
<v Speaker 3>people at my job. They are getting on my last nerve.

907
00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:05.039
<v Speaker 2>I feel frustrated, and to be truthful, I feel a

908
00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:07.440
<v Speaker 2>little disappointed because I felt like you told me you

909
00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:10.000
<v Speaker 2>were gonna get me a better job than this, And

910
00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:12.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm frustrated. And let me tell you, God can handle

911
00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:17.559
<v Speaker 2>your feelings. Just because your parents can't, just because your friends.

912
00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:19.920
<v Speaker 3>Can't, doesn't mean God and you are not too much

913
00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:24.039
<v Speaker 3>for God. He can handle it. Tell him how you feel.

914
00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:26.519
<v Speaker 2>But once you get through those feelings, I need you

915
00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:29.519
<v Speaker 2>to figure out what's your actual fear. What are you

916
00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:33.639
<v Speaker 2>really afraid of? What's actually going on? And this is

917
00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:36.039
<v Speaker 2>not because God doesn't know. It's because you need to know.

918
00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:39.840
<v Speaker 2>You need to know. I'm actually afraid that I'm not

919
00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:43.199
<v Speaker 2>good enough. I'm afraid that no matter what I do,

920
00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.760
<v Speaker 2>this is a core.

921
00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:45.199
<v Speaker 3>This would be my core. Fore you, if I go.

922
00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:47.559
<v Speaker 2>Through my prayers, it would show up as God, I'm mad,

923
00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:49.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm frustrated, blah.

924
00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.519
<v Speaker 3>Blah blah blah.

925
00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.559
<v Speaker 2>But truthfully, I'm afraid that no matter how good I get,

926
00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:56.360
<v Speaker 2>it won't be good enough. And it doesn't matter how

927
00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:58.119
<v Speaker 2>much I practice, It doesn't matter how much I know.

928
00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:00.400
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter how good I've been before. I just

929
00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.239
<v Speaker 2>don't know if. And then you gotta dea.

930
00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:08.039
<v Speaker 3>Where is it? Where's Where's the lie? I put false

931
00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:09.840
<v Speaker 3>just for the FS, just to you know, keep it

932
00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:12.239
<v Speaker 3>put lie. Oh.

933
00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:18.159
<v Speaker 2>The lie is is that my performance determines my value.

934
00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.079
<v Speaker 3>That's the lie.

935
00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:23.719
<v Speaker 2>The lie is the opinions of others determine your importance.

936
00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:28.559
<v Speaker 2>The lie is if you have enough money, you'll have peace.

937
00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:32.920
<v Speaker 2>The lie is that in a different season you'll have

938
00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:36.400
<v Speaker 2>more space to really prioritize your family.

939
00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:38.440
<v Speaker 3>And just right, no, no, no, no, that's not the truth.

940
00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:42.280
<v Speaker 3>The truth is, and we gotta get to the truth.

941
00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:45.800
<v Speaker 2>Because usually I know the truth, and the truth sty'll

942
00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:50.039
<v Speaker 2>set you free. So you gotta go, and you gotta

943
00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:53.679
<v Speaker 2>replace God. Although I feel frustrated and I am afraid

944
00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:56.400
<v Speaker 2>that I am not enough, I have recognized that the

945
00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:59.280
<v Speaker 2>truth is My value is not in what I do.

946
00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:02.519
<v Speaker 2>But before before I was even born, you chose me,

947
00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:04.599
<v Speaker 2>you called me, you equipped me.

948
00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:07.360
<v Speaker 3>So I thank you that I have exactly.

949
00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:09.039
<v Speaker 2>What I need when I need it, and if I

950
00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:10.719
<v Speaker 2>ain't got it, that means I don't need it.

951
00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:12.599
<v Speaker 3>So I choose to put.

952
00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:15.000
<v Speaker 2>My trust in you because you've never let me down,

953
00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:17.800
<v Speaker 2>because you've always been there. Because you're the one who

954
00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:19.840
<v Speaker 2>gave me this job, and you're the one who gave

955
00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:21.920
<v Speaker 2>me these kids, and you're the one who put breath

956
00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:24.400
<v Speaker 2>in my body, and you're the one sustaining this country,

957
00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:27.239
<v Speaker 2>and you're the one sustaining this church. God, I remind

958
00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.760
<v Speaker 2>myself that.

959
00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:31.119
<v Speaker 3>You are God and I am not.

960
00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:38.599
<v Speaker 2>That's why the scripture says, don't be anxious for anything,

961
00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:42.599
<v Speaker 2>but instead pray about everything.

962
00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:44.440
<v Speaker 3>Standing all over this.

963
00:48:44.480 --> 00:49:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Room, I'm gonna read you that scripture he just quoted,

964
00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:07.840
<v Speaker 2>but with a little more context. Don't be anxious of

965
00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:11.199
<v Speaker 2>Philippians four, chapter six. Don't be anxious about anything, staid,

966
00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:15.920
<v Speaker 2>pray about everything, tell God what you need, thank him

967
00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:19.679
<v Speaker 2>for all He's done. And then here's the most beautiful

968
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:24.039
<v Speaker 2>promise in the world. It doesn't say then He'll fix it.

969
00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:29.119
<v Speaker 2>That's not what the Bible says. It says, then you'll

970
00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:36.079
<v Speaker 2>experience God's peace, which exceeds anything you can understand. The

971
00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:37.760
<v Speaker 2>goal of you know, the goal of prayer ain't to

972
00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:44.280
<v Speaker 2>get an answer. Is to get peace. That is the answer.

973
00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:49.519
<v Speaker 2>The goal is not God do this for me. That's

974
00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:54.000
<v Speaker 2>a genie. God's not a genie. The goal is I

975
00:49:54.079 --> 00:49:58.719
<v Speaker 2>go to you because I need to be reminded I'm

976
00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:01.960
<v Speaker 2>not in control. And I get anxious when I think

977
00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:04.599
<v Speaker 2>I'm in control. I get fearful when I think I'm

978
00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:08.599
<v Speaker 2>in control. But when I go to You in prayer,

979
00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:13.519
<v Speaker 2>I remind myself, Oh, I can have peace because God's

980
00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:14.039
<v Speaker 2>in control.

981
00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:16.800
<v Speaker 3>Would you close your eyes and by your ads.

982
00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:19.880
<v Speaker 2>I want to take a moment and pray for everybody.

983
00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:25.760
<v Speaker 2>Dear God, you see your children. And the truth is

984
00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:30.440
<v Speaker 2>some of us have been running around so anxious, so

985
00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:35.239
<v Speaker 2>worried about the future, worried about things we can't control,

986
00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:40.519
<v Speaker 2>asking questions that it seems nobody has the answers to

987
00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:45.199
<v Speaker 2>but God, right now, we come to you as our father,

988
00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:52.199
<v Speaker 2>and we want to bring you our real fears, the

989
00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.679
<v Speaker 2>things it's hard to even talk about.

990
00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:56.599
<v Speaker 3>The things it's hard to even say. But I think

991
00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:59.760
<v Speaker 3>you can handle it. I pray for every person under

992
00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:00.320
<v Speaker 3>the same out of my.

993
00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:02.400
<v Speaker 2>Voice that has been dealing with anxiety in any way,

994
00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:06.840
<v Speaker 2>and I speak your truth that that smoke will not

995
00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:08.760
<v Speaker 2>kill you.

996
00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:09.440
<v Speaker 3>You will live.

997
00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:14.239
<v Speaker 2>I pray you would find peace that transcends your understanding.

998
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:19.360
<v Speaker 2>Peace to trust God with your future, Peace, to trust

999
00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:22.280
<v Speaker 2>God with your children. Peace, to trust God with your

1000
00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:26.760
<v Speaker 2>provision and your job. Peace, to trust God with every step.

1001
00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:27.039
<v Speaker 3>In front of you.

1002
00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:32.199
<v Speaker 2>God, we lay all these things down at your feet.

1003
00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:35.440
<v Speaker 2>Every head, bow to every eye close. If you're in

1004
00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:39.119
<v Speaker 2>this room and you've never accepted Jesus Christ as your

1005
00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Lord and savior, you've never given up control, It's the

1006
00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:49.360
<v Speaker 2>best decision you could ever make. It's not an easy

1007
00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:52.199
<v Speaker 2>choice because it means you're not in the driver's seat,

1008
00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:56.000
<v Speaker 2>but it is the best choice. In just a moment,

1009
00:51:56.320 --> 00:51:57.840
<v Speaker 2>I want to count to three, and if you want

1010
00:51:57.840 --> 00:52:01.079
<v Speaker 2>to accept Jesus as your Lord and savior, I'm gonna

1011
00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:02.880
<v Speaker 2>ask you to do something that takes a lot of bravery,

1012
00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:04.159
<v Speaker 2>It takes a lot of courage.

1013
00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:06.960
<v Speaker 3>Might ask you to lift your hand, It's just.

1014
00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:09.239
<v Speaker 2>You acknowledging on the outside what God's doing on the

1015
00:52:09.239 --> 00:52:12.360
<v Speaker 2>inside of your heart. If you want to accept Jesus

1016
00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:14.400
<v Speaker 2>as your Lord and savior, the Bible tells us that

1017
00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:18.159
<v Speaker 2>Jesus lived the perfect life we could not. He did

1018
00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:21.320
<v Speaker 2>what we could not so that we could become what

1019
00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:24.400
<v Speaker 2>we couldn't without him. If you've been looking for a

1020
00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:27.519
<v Speaker 2>better way to live, a better way to think, a

1021
00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:32.239
<v Speaker 2>better way to exist, Jesus is that answer. He's everything

1022
00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:34.920
<v Speaker 2>you've been looking for. I promise if you want to

1023
00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:37.039
<v Speaker 2>accept Jesus as your lord and say, if you're one,

1024
00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:38.039
<v Speaker 2>he loves you.

1025
00:52:38.199 --> 00:52:40.679
<v Speaker 3>Two. Today is the day of salvation. Do not wait

1026
00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:41.360
<v Speaker 3>another moment.

1027
00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:43.960
<v Speaker 2>Three, All around this room and online, lift your hand,

1028
00:52:44.559 --> 00:52:47.039
<v Speaker 2>lift your hand, lift your hand, lift your hand. So

1029
00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:50.280
<v Speaker 2>proud of you, so proud of so many people making

1030
00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:53.000
<v Speaker 2>this choice. I got your sister, I got your brother.

1031
00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:56.840
<v Speaker 2>So proud of you, so proud of you. Hey, listen altogether,

1032
00:52:56.920 --> 00:52:58.679
<v Speaker 2>as a family. I got you up there. I see

1033
00:52:58.679 --> 00:53:02.199
<v Speaker 2>you together as a family. I want everybody out loud

1034
00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:04.599
<v Speaker 2>in this room and online to pray this prayer together,

1035
00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:09.239
<v Speaker 2>everybody together, say, Dear God, I admit I've made mistakes.

1036
00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:12.440
<v Speaker 2>I need you to save me. I need you to

1037
00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:16.119
<v Speaker 2>change me. I need you to make me new. It's

1038
00:53:16.119 --> 00:53:20.119
<v Speaker 2>in Jesus name, I pray. Amen, Amen, Amen. Hey, can

1039
00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:27.760
<v Speaker 2>we celebrate people who just decided to follow Jesus. Hey,

1040
00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:29.920
<v Speaker 2>if you just prayed that prayer, We're so proud of you,

1041
00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.440
<v Speaker 2>so grateful for you.

1042
00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:33.760
<v Speaker 3>It's a big deal. If you text the word saved

1043
00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:34.960
<v Speaker 3>to the number that's on the.

1044
00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Screen eight two eight two eight two, we'll put some

1045
00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.000
<v Speaker 2>resources in your hand. We've also got a team of

1046
00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:42.159
<v Speaker 2>some of the most loving and kind people that are

1047
00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:43.679
<v Speaker 2>directly right here in the back of the room.

1048
00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:46.599
<v Speaker 3>There's a sign that says that you've decide to follow Jesus.

1049
00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:48.960
<v Speaker 2>They'd love to just give you a gift, pray for you,

1050
00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:51.480
<v Speaker 2>encourage you. Sometimes it can feel like, oh gosh, what

1051
00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:53.239
<v Speaker 2>do I do now? These people are here to help you.

1052
00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:56.239
<v Speaker 2>But I know it's gonna be the best decision you've

1053
00:53:56.280 --> 00:53:58.159
<v Speaker 2>ever made. Hey, listen, we're gonna get out of here.

1054
00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:00.360
<v Speaker 2>Our worship team is going to continue to worship. If

1055
00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:02.119
<v Speaker 2>you need to continue to worship, feel free to stay

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<v Speaker 2>in this atmosphere. If you need prayer for anything, our

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<v Speaker 2>prayer team would love to pray with you, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna pray over your week that God would be with.

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<v Speaker 3>You and that you would walk in peace.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, we thank you for who you are, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for your love, for your mercy. I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that this week we walk in a peace that goes

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<v Speaker 2>beyond our understanding. And I thank you that the fire

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<v Speaker 2>of God would live on the inside of us, that

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<v Speaker 2>we would walk this week with boldness, with courage, and

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<v Speaker 2>with discernment to know who You've called us to be. God,

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<v Speaker 2>we love you, We thank you. It's in the beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>name of Jesus we pray. And everybody said, Amen, Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>We love you so much.