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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. And

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<v Speaker 1>now here's part two of a message called letting God

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<v Speaker 1>Meet My Needs.

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<v Speaker 2>Proverbs twelve twenty five. The Bible says, worry weighs us down.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody want to give a testimony about that. Has worried

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<v Speaker 2>ever weighed you down? Of course it has. And you

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<v Speaker 2>get so you think about so many things that you're

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<v Speaker 2>worried about. You start to get discouraged, You start to

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<v Speaker 2>get depressed, you start to get in despair. You see,

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<v Speaker 2>God tells us that your body was not designed for worry. Remember,

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<v Speaker 2>it's unnatural. You weren't made to worry. And every time

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<v Speaker 2>you swallow your worry, your stuff keep score. Every time

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<v Speaker 2>you swallow your worry you say, oh my aching back,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh I got a headache, Oh my stomach's upset. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because you weren't made to internalize worry. It's unnatural and

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<v Speaker 2>it's unhelpful. It's actually unhealthful, and it is bad for

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<v Speaker 2>your health. People who worry don't live as long as

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<v Speaker 2>other people. People say, well, I'm worried sick, Yes you are.

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<v Speaker 2>You worry You can worry yourself sick and cause all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of problems in your stomach, insomnia and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I'll tell you this, worry causes more fatigue

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<v Speaker 2>than work. Worry causes more fatigue than work. You go

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<v Speaker 2>to work, put in a full day's work, come home,

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<v Speaker 2>you're tired, but you're not stressed out. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>go to work and all day you're worrying, worrying, worrying, worrying,

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<v Speaker 2>you come home, you're not just tired, you're drop dead fatigued.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry wears you out more than work. And yet the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says in Proverbs fourteen, a heart at peace gives

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<v Speaker 2>life to the body. You want to be healthier, I mean, really,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to be healthier. Stop worrying. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>learn to trust God. Worry is unhelpful, it is unnatural,

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<v Speaker 2>it is unreasonable. Number four, worry is unnecessary. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>fourth thing Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount.

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<v Speaker 2>He says worry is unnecessary. Why are you worrying about this?

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<v Speaker 2>He says, there's no need to worry because God has

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<v Speaker 2>promised to take care of you. The Lord is your shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>He feeds, he leads, and he meets needs. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no need to worry because your heaven the Father,

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<v Speaker 2>will take care of you. You know, when I was

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<v Speaker 2>a kid, if I had any need in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't worry about it. I just went to my

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<v Speaker 2>dad and the data I need this, or Mom, I

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<v Speaker 2>need this. And if I needed money to buy something,

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<v Speaker 2>to say, data, I need some money to buy this.

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<v Speaker 2>I never once worried about where he was going to

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<v Speaker 2>get the money. That was his worry. You're worrying about

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things that are God's responsibility. Worry is

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<v Speaker 2>assuming responsibility that God never intended for you to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you worry, it's a warning light. I'm playing God.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm acting like God. I'm thinking that it all depends

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<v Speaker 2>on me. That I don't have a heavenly Father, that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have a shepherd who will feed and lead

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<v Speaker 2>and meet my need. So you never worry if you

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<v Speaker 2>understand that God is your heavenly Father, and you understand

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<v Speaker 2>the goodness, the goodness of God. Matthew six verse thirty

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<v Speaker 2>says this, if God cares so wonderfully even for the

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<v Speaker 2>flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>they're only gonna bloom for a few days and then

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<v Speaker 2>they're gone, But your life last decades. If God cares

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<v Speaker 2>the one well even for the flowers that are here

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<v Speaker 2>today and gone tomorrow, won't he surely care for you?

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<v Speaker 2>See what he's saying here is that God has assumed

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<v Speaker 2>responsibility for the needs in your life, and he cares

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<v Speaker 2>for you because He says you are valuable, You have value.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to know how much you value. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>the cross. Jesus died for you on the cross. That

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<v Speaker 2>shows how much value you have to God. You're not junk,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not worthless. No, No, you are valuable to God

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<v Speaker 2>because you're his child. My children are valuable, My grandchildren

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<v Speaker 2>are valuable to me. You are the child of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're valuable to God. He says, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>take care of your needs. I'm your loving heavenly father.

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<v Speaker 2>I am your shepherd, And like the shepherd takes care

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<v Speaker 2>of the defensive sheep, when you need it. I'm there.

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<v Speaker 2>What am I saying? I'm saying that worry in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you worry, it comes from the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you misunderstand the goodness of God. Worry is a warning sign.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a yellow caution like going that's saying at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>I've forgotten how good God is. I've forgotten the promises

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<v Speaker 2>of God. I've forgotten what God has promised to do

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<v Speaker 2>in my life to meet all my needs. He says

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<v Speaker 2>that over and over and over, I will meet all

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<v Speaker 2>your needs. There's no need that God will not meet

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<v Speaker 2>if you trust him. Now, if you don't trust him,

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<v Speaker 2>you're out there on your own. But if you trust him,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, I will meet every need in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And worry means I've forgotten that the goodness of God

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<v Speaker 2>comes from misunderstanding what God is really like. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, we always get into trouble every time whenever

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<v Speaker 2>we start doubting God's goodness when we start thinking God's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to take care of me, God doesn't really

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<v Speaker 2>love me, God isn't a good God. Every time you

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<v Speaker 2>start thinking like that, and you know where those thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>came from, you're gonna get in trouble, You're gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>down a blind alley, hit a dead end, have all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of discouragement in your life, and it doesn't even

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<v Speaker 2>make sense. Most of you here, sitting here in this

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<v Speaker 2>day are believers. You've stepped across the line spiritually. You said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I've put my trust in Jesus Christ because

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<v Speaker 2>i know heaven's perfect and I'm not. There's no chance

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting to Heaven on my own goodness because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not good enough. So I'm trusting Jesus Christ to forgive

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<v Speaker 2>me and to save me by his grace, not by

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<v Speaker 2>my words. But I'm just trusting God to say, because

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<v Speaker 2>he loves me, he wants to forgive me. He sent

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to die for me. When Jesus died in the

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<v Speaker 2>cross for you, he solved your biggest problem. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>have any bigger problem than eternal salvation. But if that's

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<v Speaker 2>your biggest problem, why do you doubt his taking care

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<v Speaker 2>of the smaller things in your life? What's the logical

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<v Speaker 2>saying I'm going to trust God to get me to heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not going to trust him help me make

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<v Speaker 2>my car payment. What's the logic in that. It makes

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<v Speaker 2>no sense. Why would you trust God with something so big,

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<v Speaker 2>eternal salvation, but not trust him with who am I

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to marry? Am I ever going to get married?

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<v Speaker 2>Or am I going to get a job? Or what

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<v Speaker 2>school should I go to? And all the other major

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<v Speaker 2>questions in life? Why don't you trust him with those

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<v Speaker 2>things too? It doesn't make sense. They say, Oh, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't doubt him for my salvation, but I do doubt

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<v Speaker 2>that he's going to care for my health. I do

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<v Speaker 2>doubt that he's going to care for my career. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't make sense at all. If God can be trusted

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<v Speaker 2>for salvation, he'll carry everything else. Parah walking down you

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<v Speaker 2>know a street out here, say or take a highway

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<v Speaker 2>and you come buying a car. I've got a backpack

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<v Speaker 2>on my light on my back and you stop and say, hey, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to ride, and say, yeah, I'd appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I get in the car with you, and about

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes later you look over and you see I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still wearing the backpack on my back. He said, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>you can just toss that in the back seat and say, oh, no,

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<v Speaker 2>it's enough for you to carry me. I'll carry the backpack.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the kind of stupid logic we do with our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, God, you can save my life, but I'll

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<v Speaker 2>worry about my money and my sex life, and my

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<v Speaker 2>social life and my career life, and you know all

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<v Speaker 2>the other things, my friendships, my relationship. No, no, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't need to carry the backpack either. If he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to carry you to heaven, he'll carry everything else while

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<v Speaker 2>you're here on earth. He's saying, worry is unnecessary. And

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<v Speaker 2>then number five, worry is not only unreasonable, it's unnatural,

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<v Speaker 2>it's unhelpful, it's unnecessary. It's unbelief. Number five worry, Jesus says,

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<v Speaker 2>is unbelief. Worry is doubting God. God has promised to

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<v Speaker 2>take care of every need in your life if you

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<v Speaker 2>trust Him over and over and over. And when you

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<v Speaker 2>doubt that, you are an unbeliever. At that moment, you're

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<v Speaker 2>an unbeliever. Every time you worry, you act like an unbeliever.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at this verse on the screen Philippians four nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Love this and the message and the LIVII. You can

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<v Speaker 2>be sure, I mean certain, it's not a wish, not

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<v Speaker 2>a hope. You can be sure that God will take

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<v Speaker 2>care of most things you need. No, I didn't say

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<v Speaker 2>that God will take care of everything everything. What's not

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<v Speaker 2>included everything nothing, everything you need because of what Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>has done for us. Again, God is good to you,

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<v Speaker 2>not because you're good. God is good to everybody. He's

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<v Speaker 2>good to even bad people in the world. They get

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<v Speaker 2>the same life. They get oxygen, they get blood, they

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<v Speaker 2>get food, they get the sunshine. God is good based

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<v Speaker 2>on his goodness, not based on your goodness. Now he's

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<v Speaker 2>saying here, if God's going to take care of every

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<v Speaker 2>your need, you every time you worry, you are doubting God.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever thought about that. That's why worry is

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<v Speaker 2>a sin. It's doubting God. Look at this verse Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>six thirty two. People who don't know God, people who

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<v Speaker 2>don't know God and the way he works, they worry

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<v Speaker 2>over these things. Now, let me be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you haven't stepped across the line, if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>a believer in Christ, if you haven't made Jesus the

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<v Speaker 2>good shepherd, are the Lord is my shepherd of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You ought to worry. You ought to worry because you're

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<v Speaker 2>up a creek without a paddle. You're out there on

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<v Speaker 2>your own. You're not depending on your heavenly Father. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not depending on God's goodness and grace and love. You're

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<v Speaker 2>depending on yourself. You ought to worry. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of reasons to worry if you don't have God in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, because you've got to face all those battles

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<v Speaker 2>on your own. You've got to find all the solutions

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<v Speaker 2>on your own. And you're not God, and neither am I.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is not And so it's the starting point is

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<v Speaker 2>the humble attitude. God is God and I'm not. When

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that, all of a sudden, the worry starts

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<v Speaker 2>draining out of my life. People who don't know God

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<v Speaker 2>and the way he works, they worry about these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Non believers ought to worry. But Christians are different because

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<v Speaker 2>we have a heavenly Father, a good God who promises

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<v Speaker 2>to care for us. And God says, hey, you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>what are you worrying about. You're not plants, you're not animals,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not birds, you're my children. You see, it's actually

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<v Speaker 2>an insult to God. Every time you worry, you're acting

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<v Speaker 2>like an orphan. Every time you worry, you're acting like

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have a heavenly father who has promised over

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<v Speaker 2>and over again, over three thousand promises in this book

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<v Speaker 2>to take care of your needs. You're acting like you're

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<v Speaker 2>an orphan. You know, there's a beautiful phrase we just read.

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<v Speaker 2>He said your father knows you need them, He knows

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<v Speaker 2>what you need. How many times do you act like

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't know what you need? God? You know about

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<v Speaker 2>my sexual needs? Do you know about my physical needs?

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<v Speaker 2>My social needs? I don't think God knows about my

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<v Speaker 2>career needs. Really, that's doubting God. Worry is unbelief. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't think God sees it all. What I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 2>is this when you worry. Every time you worry, you're

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<v Speaker 2>acting like an atheist, fact like there is no God.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no promises in the scripture. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just out here on my own. Worry is practical atheism.

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<v Speaker 2>I saying I don't really believe God will help me

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<v Speaker 2>out of this mess. And we start depending on ourselves,

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<v Speaker 2>and we start taking matters into their own hands, and

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<v Speaker 2>we assume that we have to figure it all out

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<v Speaker 2>rather than it's trusting. That's called playing God. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, that's a poor testimony. If you claim to

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<v Speaker 2>be a follower of Jesus Christ and you're worried all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. That's a lousy witness to the world. It's saying,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm just like you. I don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>God who takes care of my needs. I'm playing God.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, you know what the worst kind

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<v Speaker 2>of worry is when you say you know things are

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<v Speaker 2>going too good. Oh, I'm just waiting for the other

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<v Speaker 2>shoe to drop because things are going to That's the

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<v Speaker 2>worst kind of worry you could possibly have. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really believe God is a good god because things are

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<v Speaker 2>going too good, so something is bound to happen. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what Jobs. This whole book of the Bible about that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of word. It's called the Book of Job. Job

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<v Speaker 2>was enormously successful. He was wealthy, he was well known,

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<v Speaker 2>he was beloved, he was popular, he was famous. He'd

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<v Speaker 2>be a billionaire today. And he kept going, mm, things

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<v Speaker 2>are going too good. And when everything fell apart, he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>that which I have feared has happened. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>self fulfilling prophecy. When we get to heaven, you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to see how many times you set yourself up for

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<v Speaker 2>failure by worrying instead of trusting. Instead of trusting, you

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<v Speaker 2>think God's ever worried. No, and God made you in

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<v Speaker 2>this immage. She doesn't want you to worry. John chapter fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>Verse one. Jesus says, this, don't be worried. What do

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<v Speaker 2>I do instead of worrying? He says, believe in God

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<v Speaker 2>and believe in me? Now, how do you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you trust God to meet your needs? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so how do I do that? How do I trust

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<v Speaker 2>in God? Well, it's not rocket science, friends, It's just

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<v Speaker 2>three or four things. And God makes it very clear

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible that if you'll do these four things,

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<v Speaker 2>worry is going to drain out of your life. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you worrying anymore. Every time you worry is

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<v Speaker 2>a wasted second of your life. It's wasted energy. They said,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't change anything. It's unreasonable, it's unhelpful, it's unnatural,

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<v Speaker 2>it's unbelief, it's unhealthy. So how do I trust God

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<v Speaker 2>for my needs instead of worrying about my needs? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, you do four things. Write these down

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<v Speaker 2>number one, and you do this every day. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>a one time thing. Every day ask him to be

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<v Speaker 2>my shepherd. Every day I ask Jesus to be my shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord is my shepherd. And if I ask in

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<v Speaker 2>you my shepherd, then he's gonna feed and he's gonna lead,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's gonna meet my need in that day. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, he'll not only feed, lead and meet your need.

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<v Speaker 2>He can also forgive your misdeed and help you succeed

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<v Speaker 2>if you just trust him. So what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>You do this every morning when you get up, you

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is my shepherd. Jesus Christ. I'm expecting you

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<v Speaker 2>to feed me, to lead me, and to meet my needs. Today,

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<v Speaker 2>telp me succeed, forgive my misdeeds. I will trust you today.

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<v Speaker 2>And I start every day by saying, the Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>my shepherd. You're a good God. And then I say

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<v Speaker 2>it throughout the day. Every time you go into a meeting,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is my shepherd. He's gonna help me in

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<v Speaker 2>this meeting. You've got a parent teach your conference. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is my shepherd. Well, I'm about to hear. I

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<v Speaker 2>may not want to hear, but he's gonna feed me,

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<v Speaker 2>lead me, and meet my needs. And you got a

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<v Speaker 2>major decision to make. The Lord is my shepherd. You

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll start saying that phrase, your worry will go down.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you start to worry, you need to say,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is my shepherd. I asking Jesus Christ to

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<v Speaker 2>feed me, to lead me, to meet my needs. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna worry about it, because says I've promised

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<v Speaker 2>I will take care of your needs if you will

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<v Speaker 2>trust me. Now. In John chapter ten, Jesus says this

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<v Speaker 2>verse fourteen fifteen, I am the good shepherd. Let me say,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord's my shepherd. Who is that? Jesus says, I'm it,

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<v Speaker 2>I am the Lord. I am the good shepherd. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know my own sheep, and they know me, and

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<v Speaker 2>I lay down my life for my sheep. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>he did on the cross. He gave his life for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you loved you enough to die for you,

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<v Speaker 2>he certainly loves you enough to feed, lead and meet

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<v Speaker 2>your need. Every day. You need to pray the prayer

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<v Speaker 2>that David prayed. It's this next verse ps I'm twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight verse nine, Come Lord save us and bless us,

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<v Speaker 2>be our shepherd and always carry us in your arms.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, you can pray these things. The Lord's my shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>So I need to say, Lord, I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>save me today. I need you to bless me today.

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to be my shepherd today. I need

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<v Speaker 1>What a great and timely message today. Let's end our

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