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<v Speaker 1>The emotions that you have felt the last two years,

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<v Speaker 1>the frustration. Don't suppress it. Don't repress it, confess it

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<v Speaker 1>and express it to God. When you swallow your emotions,

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<v Speaker 1>your stomach keeps score. If I don't talk out my

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<v Speaker 1>emotions to God, I will take them out on my body. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>The healthiest thing you can do as a believer is

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<v Speaker 1>to tell God exactly how you feel and he can

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<v Speaker 1>handle it. I will confess I have an addiction. This

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<v Speaker 1>will shock everybody. My addiction is I'm addicted to change lives.

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<v Speaker 1>That amazing, beautiful, and all it takes is one change

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<v Speaker 1>life for me to go. It's worth it because I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen marriages put back together. I've seen kids get off drugs.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a guy who was with the life prison

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<v Speaker 1>for life for a double murder who's now I'll pastor

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<v Speaker 1>on my staff. The grace of God can reach anyone, anywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>at any time. Nothing else can do that, Nothing else

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<v Speaker 1>can answer the world's problems. When we look around, Corey

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<v Speaker 1>ten booms that it like this. If you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>at rest. So I've tried to keep my eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord all these years. And even though things are

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<v Speaker 1>going not real good in the world right now, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not in a happy time in the world right now.

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<v Speaker 1>We just just admit that we're not in a happy time.

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<v Speaker 1>But I will tell you this, and I'll tell this

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<v Speaker 1>to everybody there. God will have the last word, Yes

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<v Speaker 1>he will, and it will be good. God will have

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<v Speaker 1>the last word and it will be good. And right now,

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<v Speaker 1>the two years of pandemic have been creating a spiritual

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<v Speaker 1>hunger in people that they don't even know what they're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for. They're just dissatisfied. They don't know what they're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for is God. They really don't. This is why

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for the church to step up, for Christians

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<v Speaker 1>to not cower and to hold back, but to be

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<v Speaker 1>loving and to be bold and to be caring, and

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<v Speaker 1>to treat everybody with dignity, no matter who they are,

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<v Speaker 1>what they've done, or how long they've done it or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Just to be gracious. And if we will be gracious

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<v Speaker 1>and kind, there will be a great harvest of people

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<v Speaker 1>who go, I want what you've got, Okay, I want

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<v Speaker 1>what you've got, and I want to learn how to

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<v Speaker 1>manage with a peaceful mind when everything's chaos all around me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's our testimony, you know, don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Be weary and well doing I think, I think the

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<v Speaker 2>compassion fatigue, all the stress and all the strain on

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<v Speaker 2>lives and marriages and families and government and just all

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<v Speaker 2>of it. Don't be weary in well doing because in

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<v Speaker 2>due season, and we've been talking about waiting this time

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<v Speaker 2>of wait. The Bible says, if you wait on the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the scripture that just kept coming, Wait on the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>What happens when we wait on the Lord? He renews

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<v Speaker 2>our strength.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, they will mount up like wings of eagles.

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<v Speaker 2>It is time for the church in this period of weight, dammit.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean pastor the questions at the beginning of all

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<v Speaker 2>this thing, all through twenty twenty, you know, and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one, But through twenty twenty it was just like

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<v Speaker 2>what in the heck is going on? Right, and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>had an answer for it, and it was just this

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<v Speaker 2>time of just and then we thought twenty one was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be better, yeah, right, right, But God promises

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<v Speaker 2>us that if we wait on the Lord, He's going

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<v Speaker 2>to renew our strength.

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<v Speaker 1>When what Laurie's talking about here is so important. When

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<v Speaker 1>you're in God's waiting room, there's no alternative but to wait,

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<v Speaker 1>to wait on the Lord. What do you do in

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<v Speaker 1>God's waiting room that gives you resilience? Well, one of

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<v Speaker 1>them is first, be honest to God about how you feel.

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<v Speaker 1>When you pray as a believer and you're feeling down,

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<v Speaker 1>you're feeling discouraged, tell it to God. God doesn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear what we think we ought to feel. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants to hear how we feel. So if you're discouraged,

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<v Speaker 1>you say, God, I'm discouraged. If you're depressed, God, I'm depressed,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm worried, I'm fearful. Tell whatever you're feeling. What you

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<v Speaker 1>need to understand is this. The only the reason you

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<v Speaker 1>have feelings is because you're made in God's image. God

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<v Speaker 1>is an emotional God. If God were not an emotional God,

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't have any emotions. The only reason you're able

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<v Speaker 1>to love is because God is a loving God, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're made in God's image. But God, the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 1>God gets angry. The Bible says God gets jealous. The

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<v Speaker 1>Bible says God grieves over his people. That God, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>his patience has tried, and you can see all these

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<v Speaker 1>emotions in God. The Bible says, be angry and sin not,

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<v Speaker 1>which means there is the right way to be angry

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<v Speaker 1>and the wrong way. Any emotion can be misused. But

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<v Speaker 1>emotions are simply emotions. They're feelings and actually in your

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<v Speaker 1>brain it's a chemical reaction, which means it can't last.

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<v Speaker 1>So no matter what you're feeling, the highest high on

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<v Speaker 1>your wedding day are the lowest low when you've lost

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<v Speaker 1>a loved one. That emotion will not stay. So never

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<v Speaker 1>make a permanent decision based on a temporary emotion. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of you are feeling like giving up your life right now. Don't,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do it. Don't don't, don't, just don't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>We need you here. You were loved, you're wanted, you're needed.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says, cry out your heart to God. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not telling God the pious platitudes that I think he

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<v Speaker 1>wants to hear. It means saying God, I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>pit right now. And if you need examples, go to psalms.

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<v Speaker 1>We always think psalms are about praise and Thanksgiving, But

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<v Speaker 1>fifty of the one hundred and fifty psalms are complaints.

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<v Speaker 1>There's psalms of lament where David says, God, I think

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<v Speaker 1>you lied to me. God, I don't like you right now. God,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm upset. I'm mad at you. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>like a parent handling a toddler who's having a fit,

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<v Speaker 1>God can handle yours. And David ends up going in.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, God, I don't really have anywhere else

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<v Speaker 1>to go, so you're stuck with me and I'm ticked off.

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<v Speaker 1>But he pours out his heart the emotions that you

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<v Speaker 1>have felt the last two years, the frustration. Don't suppress it.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't repress it, confess it and express it to God.

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<v Speaker 1>When you swallow your emotions, your stomach keeps score. If

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<v Speaker 1>I don't talk out my emotions to God, I will

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<v Speaker 1>take them out on my body. Wow. The healthiest thing

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<v Speaker 1>you can do as a believer is to tell God

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<v Speaker 1>exactly how you feel, and he can handle it because

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<v Speaker 1>He will never stop loving you. So in your in

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<v Speaker 1>your in your quiet time, and in your waiting room,

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<v Speaker 1>just be honest to God. And to get it off

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<v Speaker 1>your chest you weren't meant to hold it. When you

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<v Speaker 1>hold in your emotions, it's like taking a can of

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<v Speaker 1>coke and shaking it up and putting it in the freezer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to explode some sideways at some point. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't want that, So do what God says. Pour out

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<v Speaker 1>your heart to God, tell him exactly how you feel,

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<v Speaker 1>and you will find nothing but love back from Him.

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<v Speaker 1>At TBN, our mission is to use every available means

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<v Speaker 1>to reach as many individuals and families as possible with

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<v Speaker 1>the life changing gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>helping make the Gospel of Grace go around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Without you, we couldn't do it. God bless you.