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<v Speaker 1>Hi, this is Pastor Rick, and I want to say

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<v Speaker 2>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry

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<v Speaker 2>Transform our lives from the inside out in every area

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<v Speaker 2>including spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial, and vocational. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of

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<v Speaker 2>a message called from Stressed to Bless.

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<v Speaker 1>When my two boys, josh and Matthew were young, they

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<v Speaker 1>were budding entrepreneurs and it seemed like every week they

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<v Speaker 1>had a different business deal. They were coming up with

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<v Speaker 1>something to sell, something that they were going to make

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<v Speaker 1>money at. Joshua was the entrepreneur and Matthew was the salesman.

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<v Speaker 1>And one day they decided to capitalize on the increasing

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<v Speaker 1>level of stress they saw in our society. So they

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<v Speaker 1>created this thing called homemade stress balls. Well, what they

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<v Speaker 1>did is they took balloons and filled them with sand

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<v Speaker 1>and tied a knot in it, and then when you

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<v Speaker 1>got under tension, you were supposed to squeeze this and

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<v Speaker 1>it would relieve the tension in your life and in

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<v Speaker 1>your body. And so they came in one day to

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<v Speaker 1>my office. They had a bucket of these, and Matthew said, Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>would you like to buy a stress ball? And I

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<v Speaker 1>said no. They said would you like one for free?

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I said yes. He said great, because when

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<v Speaker 1>you buy one, you get one free. That's salesmanship. That

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<v Speaker 1>is salesmanship. Now, It's true, we spend an awful lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money on relieving stress in our lives. Stress at

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<v Speaker 1>its core is simply a threat, real or perceived. Whenever

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<v Speaker 1>your body feels threatened by something, an emotional, physical, spiritual,

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<v Speaker 1>mental threat, stress responses take place in your body and

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<v Speaker 1>your blood pressure goes up, your pulse quickens, your adrenaline

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<v Speaker 1>shoots into your body, and all kinds of other physiological effects. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, that's pretty be good.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're standing in the road and a truck comes

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<v Speaker 1>after you in your stress response is get out of

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<v Speaker 1>the road. You get that extraverst of energy. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing. The problem is, in chronic stress, your body

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<v Speaker 1>never shuts down, and many, if not most, of you

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<v Speaker 1>are living under chronic stress. We're going to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>that today because hundreds and hundreds of scientific and medical

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<v Speaker 1>studies have shown that chronic stress in your life is

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous and devastating to your physical health. It's damaging to

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<v Speaker 1>your brain to always be under chronic stress, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>deadly to your body stress. Chronic stress can kill you. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Last week we look at transforming your spiritual health, and

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<v Speaker 1>we looked at the habits for spiritual health. This week,

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<v Speaker 1>I want us to turn the dial a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>and we're going to look at the habits for physical health. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what I want us to do this week in is

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<v Speaker 1>specifically look at the effect of stress on your body.

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<v Speaker 1>And what the Bible says is the antidote to the

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<v Speaker 1>most common stresses in your life. So, if you're a

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<v Speaker 1>little tired, a little worn down, little stressed out, you

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<v Speaker 1>picked a good week to come to church, because we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to help you out as we look at the

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<v Speaker 1>most famous psalm in the Bible, Psalm twenty three. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>before we look at the text, let me just identify

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<v Speaker 1>the seven most common sources of stress in modern life.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the seven things that cause stress most often

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<v Speaker 1>in today's lifestyle. Number one is worry, and the reason

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<v Speaker 1>why worry is number one is because there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more things to worry about than there used to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody worried about identity theft twenty years ago. Nobody worried

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<v Speaker 1>about losing their cell phone years ago. There are a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things we worry about today that your parents

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<v Speaker 1>of stress is hurry, and hurry comes from the increasing

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<v Speaker 1>pace in our life. Would you agree that seems like

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<v Speaker 1>the world's going faster and faster. We live in a

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<v Speaker 1>microwave nanosecond world where everybody wants it now, and they

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<v Speaker 1>want it yesterday, and they want it immediately, and everything

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<v Speaker 1>is going faster and faster. That creates stress. Speed creates stress. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're running through a town, it's a whole lot

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<v Speaker 1>more stressful than simply walking slowly through a town. The

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<v Speaker 1>third thing that causes stress is crowds. Crowds, and as

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<v Speaker 1>the world gets more crowded, people are getting more stressed

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<v Speaker 1>out and wise. We have a thing called urbanization, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is people are moving to the cities. They're moving

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<v Speaker 1>to the cities. Life used to be rural, but now

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<v Speaker 1>it is definitely urban. Eighty three percent of America lives

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<v Speaker 1>in a large city. Eighty three percent. You know, in

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen hundred, there was only one city in the world

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<v Speaker 1>that had one million people in it. There's the city

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<v Speaker 1>of London. There's the only city on the planet that

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<v Speaker 1>had a million people in it. Today, there are over

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred cities in the world that have over a million,

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<v Speaker 1>and thousands and thousands that have half a million and

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<v Speaker 1>they're even now what we call mega cities like Mumbai, India,

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<v Speaker 1>which has you know, thirty two million, Tokyo which has

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six million, Mexico City thirty five million. These are

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<v Speaker 1>enormous cities and you can go block after block after

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<v Speaker 1>block without ever seeing any dirt. It's all been paved.

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<v Speaker 1>And this crowding and this urbanness creates additional stress in

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<v Speaker 1>our lives. It causes traffic stress. You know, I read

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<v Speaker 1>one study that said in the seventy five largest cities

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<v Speaker 1>in America that last year Americans spent are wasted over

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<v Speaker 1>four billion hours waiting in traffic jams. Just imagine amount

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<v Speaker 1>of productivity lost on that. And that wasted over six

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<v Speaker 1>billion gallons of gasoline while you were stuck in traffic.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a stress Number four. A fourth modern stress is

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<v Speaker 1>multiple choice, or more choices than ever before. And actually

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<v Speaker 1>the more choices you have in life, we think that's

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<v Speaker 1>more freeing, more liberating, but actually it's more paralyzing because

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<v Speaker 1>it creates indecision. You know, you used to walk into

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<v Speaker 1>a grocery store and there'd be a couple kinds of toothpaste.

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<v Speaker 1>There's now sixty kinds of toothpaste. Out there, I really

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<v Speaker 1>have to choose. I mean I only needed to use

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<v Speaker 1>the minty fresh and the non minty fresh. But now

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<v Speaker 1>they've got fourteen different ingredients and every one of them

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<v Speaker 1>has well, this one's left out and this one's added in,

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<v Speaker 1>and you go, how do I know? And so the

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<v Speaker 1>more choices you have, I mean, it used to be

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<v Speaker 1>like there was cough syrup. Now there's like fifty kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of cough syrup. How do I know which one is

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<v Speaker 1>the right one? And the more choices you have can

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<v Speaker 1>be paralyzing. When you think of all the different ways

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<v Speaker 1>you can get your coffee in Starbucks, that could be

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<v Speaker 1>a little overwhelming. I just need a cup of coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all there is. Choice. The number five is the

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<v Speaker 1>loss of privacy. The loss of privacy. Actually, any loss

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<v Speaker 1>is stressful, but in the modern world, the loss of

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<v Speaker 1>privacy is that there are not just the government, but

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of corporations keeping their number on you, and

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<v Speaker 1>they want to know where you are and who you are,

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<v Speaker 1>and what you've said and what you've bought. And every

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<v Speaker 1>time you know, you buy some now somebody rings it

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<v Speaker 1>up and they're keeping a record on how many Pampers

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<v Speaker 1>you've bought when you need to move to depens you

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<v Speaker 1>know you move from hot wheels to wheelchair.

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, here's Rick. The loss of privacy, actually, any

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<v Speaker 1>loss is stressful, but in the modern world, the loss

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<v Speaker 1>of privacy is that there are not just the government

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<v Speaker 1>but all kinds of corporations keeping their number on you,

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<v Speaker 1>and they want to know where you are and who

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<v Speaker 1>you are, and what you've said and what you've bought.

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<v Speaker 1>And every time you know, you buy something, now somebody

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<v Speaker 1>rings it up and they're keeping a record on how

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<v Speaker 1>many Pampers you've bought. And when you need to move

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<v Speaker 1>to depens you know, you move from hot wheels to

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<v Speaker 1>wheelchair okay, And so the more choices there are, and

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<v Speaker 1>the loss of privacy that causes stress. Number six, the

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<v Speaker 1>word I put down is pluralism. And what is pluralism.

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<v Speaker 1>Pluralism is we now live in a world where the

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<v Speaker 1>people around you often have very different beliefs, convictions, lifestyle, cultures,

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<v Speaker 1>and things like that. One hundred years ago, America was

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much a homogeneous place that were commonly held values

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<v Speaker 1>people shared in common. But that's just not true anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Technology has shrunk the globe and we are now a

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<v Speaker 1>melting pot, but we're really more like a stew and

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<v Speaker 1>people who live all around you and who work all

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<v Speaker 1>around you often have very different beliefs than you, often

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<v Speaker 1>have very different cultural values and things like that. What

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean. It means that there's going to be conflict,

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<v Speaker 1>and conflict comes from this being around people of different things.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course the media feeds on conflict and it's

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<v Speaker 1>created this culture of incivility where people are just rude

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<v Speaker 1>to each other. Then number seven is the fear of

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<v Speaker 1>the future, the what ifs, the fear of the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're going to look at these things, but I

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<v Speaker 1>want to read you Psalm twenty three because all of

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<v Speaker 1>the antidotes are in Psalm twenty three and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>six verses long. But we find the seven antidotes in

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<v Speaker 1>these six verses. The Lord is my shepherd, so I

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<v Speaker 1>have all I need. He makes me lay down in lush,

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<v Speaker 1>understand each of these metaphors, it is telling you how

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<v Speaker 1>of mind. How many of you would like to live longer? Cout,

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<v Speaker 1>attitude lengthens a man's life. So it's all about attitude. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>habits for reducing stress. They actually parallel the seven sources

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<v Speaker 1>of stress that I just gave you in the modern world.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said that the first cause of stress in

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<v Speaker 1>anytime you expect other people to meet your needs instead

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<v Speaker 1>of God, you're going to be frustrated. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be disappointed, and they're not going to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>measure up because nobody can meet all your needs. No man,

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<v Speaker 1>no woman, only God can meet all your needs. So

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<v Speaker 1>the first antidote to stress is this is an important one.

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<v Speaker 1>Write it down. Look to God to meet all my needs.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first thing David says we need to do.

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<v Speaker 1>that calms me down. That way, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be disappointed because I'm going to trust in God. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this single change in your life. If you would stop

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<v Speaker 1>looking to other people to meet your needs, if you

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<v Speaker 1>would stop looking to your husband, to your wife to

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<v Speaker 1>meet your needs, your stress would go down dramatically. Stop

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<v Speaker 1>putting your security in things that you can lose. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>people put their security in their job. They lose their job,

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<v Speaker 1>they lose their their peace of mind. They put their

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<v Speaker 1>they go, who am I? What is my identity? Or

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<v Speaker 1>you put your security in your money. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of ways you can lose your money. As your pastor

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<v Speaker 1>and friend, I recommend you never put your security in

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<v Speaker 1>anything that can be taken away from you. I'll say

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<v Speaker 1>it again, you should always put your security, find your

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<v Speaker 1>You can lose your job, you can lose your health,

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<v Speaker 1>you can lose your mind, but you cannot lose your

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<v Speaker 1>relationship to Christ. And so you put your security in

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<v Speaker 1>that you look to God to meet all your needs

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<v Speaker 1>Verse one. So I'm twenty three. The Lord is my shepherd.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have all I need, I shall not want.

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<v Speaker 1>I have nothing that I don't need because He's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be my shepherd. I stop expecting other people to

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<v Speaker 1>meet the needs, and only God can meet now. The

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<v Speaker 1>Bible says this in Romans chapter eight. Since God did

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<v Speaker 1>not spare even his own son for us, but gave

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<v Speaker 1>him up for us all, won't he surely give us

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<v Speaker 1>everything else we need? The logic there is obvious. If

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<v Speaker 1>God loved you enough to send Jesus Christ and done

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<v Speaker 1>on the cross, don't you think he loves you enough

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of every other need in your life? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>of course he does. So stop looking to other people

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<v Speaker 1>to meet your needs, because they're going to let you down.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no one who could possibly meet all your emotional needs.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no one who could possibly meet all your physical, mental,

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<v Speaker 1>spiritual needs. So David says, I'm not going to look

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<v Speaker 1>to other people to meet all my needs. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to look to God. The Lord is my shepherd, so

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<v Speaker 1>I have all I need. What's he saying here that

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<v Speaker 1>the first step in stress reduction is worship. I refocus

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<v Speaker 1>on God. I stop focusing on expecting other people to

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<v Speaker 1>meet my needs, and I refocus on God. Look at

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<v Speaker 1>this verse up here on the screen. Isaiah thirty verse

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen says this, The sovereign Lord says, only in returning

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<v Speaker 1>to me and waiting for me will you be saved?

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<v Speaker 1>In quietness and confidence is your strength? Not? He going

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<v Speaker 1>to say, Not in anxiety and in fear, Not in

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<v Speaker 1>hard work and planning, not in a self motivation and

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<v Speaker 1>positive and latitude. He says, in quietness and confidence is

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<v Speaker 1>your strength? You say the Lord is my shepherd. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to make this an affirmation in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time you start to get stressed out, you need

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<v Speaker 1>to pause, say the Lord is my shepherd. I have

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<v Speaker 1>everything I need. The Lord is my shepherd. I have

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<v Speaker 1>everything I need. When you start to get stressed out,

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't have what I need right now, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord is my shepherd. He's going to provide, He's going

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of me. I'm going to look to

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<v Speaker 1>God to meet all my needs. Now. Once you've laid that,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the bedrock of stress management. Then you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the second step, and here's verse two. I need to

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<v Speaker 1>obey God's instruction about rest. I need to obey God's

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<v Speaker 1>instructions about rest. You know, so much of the stress

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<v Speaker 1>in your life comes from always being in a hurry,

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<v Speaker 1>always working too much, always feeling like you got too

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<v Speaker 1>much to do. It's why you overwork. You never can

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<v Speaker 1>get caught up. How many of you feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>can never get caught up. Let's just have true confession.

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<v Speaker 1>I can never get caught up. Yeah, that's true right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have over twelve hundred unread emails in my inbox.

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<v Speaker 1>I have over twelve thousand emails in my inbox. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no way I'm ever going to get caught up. Just

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<v Speaker 1>no way I'm ever gonna get caught up. So what

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<v Speaker 1>do you do? Well, you look to God to meet

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<v Speaker 1>your needs, and then you obey God's instruction about rest.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no way I can say, well, I'll just stay

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<v Speaker 1>up for the next three months and read all those emails. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>you still got to rest. Now, think about this. If

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<v Speaker 1>God had wanted to, he could have created human beings

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<v Speaker 1>without the need for sleep. Why did he? Why did

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<v Speaker 1>he create you with the need for sleep? You will

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<v Speaker 1>spend one third of your life asleep. Now, if God's

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<v Speaker 1>only going to give you sixty eight one hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>learn the importance of rest. Rest is so important. God rest.

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<v Speaker 1>God modeled it when he created the whole universe. The

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<v Speaker 1>on the seventh day, God rested. Now, why did God rest?

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<v Speaker 1>He wasn't tired. God doesn't ever get tired. He was

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<v Speaker 1>modeling the importance of rest to your life. And he says,

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<v Speaker 1>every seventh day you rest. And he said, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>God did.

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