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You can today experience all the 38 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 5: wonderful blessings He has for you. 39 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 6: Request this brand new resource something from Victoria. It's a 40 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 6: thirty day audio devotional. You'll be in fired and you'll 41 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 6: learn how to embrace every day. 42 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 4: Request your copy of Embracing every Day today at Joe 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 4: lustin dot com slash embracing. 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 5: The other day, I got a phone call and the 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 5: voice on the other end of the phone said, Victoria, 46 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 5: I gotta tell you something, but don't worry about what 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 5: I'm gonna tell you. Well, automatically, my worry was kicked in. 48 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 5: That was my first response. I thought, Oh my gosh, 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 5: what do I have to worry about? You See, that's 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 5: what happens. Sometimes our worry automatically kicks in without us 51 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 5: even knowing it. We just worry when a concern or 52 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 5: a care comes into our life. Now, this particular problem 53 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 5: was not huge, it wasn't monumental, but it was a 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 5: problem all the same. It was something that needed to 55 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 5: be resolved. So I had to push pause for a 56 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 5: moment and make a decision. Was I going to let 57 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 5: this concern overtake me, cause my mind to just spin 58 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 5: out of control, fret and worry until the problem has 59 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 5: resolved itself. Was I going to ruin my entire day 60 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 5: because of this concern? Or was I going to say, God, 61 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 5: you got to help me with this situation. God, I 62 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 5: got to present this to you. You know everything about me. 63 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: You said you'd fight my battles for me. Now, God, 64 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 5: I am giving this to you, and I'm going to 65 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 5: try to rest and hear everything you would want me 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: to hear from you. You see, we have to make 67 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: this choice. How are we going to handle this thing 68 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 5: called worry? Are we going to just work it in 69 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 5: our minds? You know? Sometimes I when I worry, it's 70 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 5: like I'm really doing something. I'm just working it and 71 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 5: working it and working it in my mind. I heard 72 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 5: worry was a lot like sitting in a rocking chair. 73 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 5: You're doing something, but it's getting you nowhere. We're just 74 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 5: working it and working it and working it in our minds, 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 5: and that's so unproductive. My question today is how are 76 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 5: you handling worry? Because how we handle worry and stress 77 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 5: it's going to make all the difference in our life. 78 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 5: There's two sisters in the Bible named Mary and Martha. 79 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 5: You can find their story in Luke. Mary and Martha 80 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 5: are two sisters. They had a brother. They were obviously, 81 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 5: from what the scholars say, well to do people. So 82 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 5: they have a lot going on in their life. They 83 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 5: had money to manage, they had a home to manage, 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 5: they had a lot of things happening. One day, Jesus 85 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 5: came to their home. He was going to stay with them, 86 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 5: he was going to fellowship with them. I'm sure they 87 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 5: were so excited. I'm sure that everybody in the town knew, Hey, 88 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 5: Jesus is coming over to my house because this was 89 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 5: a very important person. So I'm sure they were preparing. 90 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 5: They were getting everything just perfect for Jesus. Jesus came 91 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 5: to their home. And as they were fellowshipping and as 92 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 5: they were enjoying Jesus, Jesus noticed something about Martha. She 93 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 5: was buzzing around. She was working it, working it, working it. 94 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 5: And he said to her, Martha, Martha, why are you 95 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 5: so anxious and troubled about so many things? You see, 96 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 5: he had observed Martha as they were in this home. 97 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 5: He saw how she was handling all that to do 98 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 5: that was going on. But in contrast, here's her sister Mary. 99 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 5: Now Mary had as much responsibility as Martha did. But 100 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 5: Mary said, I'm going to take this opportunity when all 101 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 5: my busyness and all the concerns that I have to 102 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 5: just linger here with Jesus because he's at my house today. 103 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 5: I want to sit at his feet. I'm going to 104 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 5: pour out my heart to him. So he can pour 105 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 5: in his thoughts to me. You see, Martha was so 106 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 5: disturbed that her sister would have the audacity to sit 107 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 5: at the feet of Jesus when there was so much 108 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 5: to do. That she said, Jesus, you need to tell 109 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: my sister to come help me. She needs to get up, 110 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 5: and she needs to get in this kitchen. There's the 111 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 5: emails to answer, there's stuff on the stove, the kids 112 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 5: needed to be taken care of. There's a bunch of 113 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 5: stuff to do, and she needs to get up and 114 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 5: she needs to help me. Can you believe she would 115 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 5: even say that to her? Guest of honor, He said, 116 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 5: to her, Mary has chosen the one important thing. She's 117 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 5: chosen that one thing. She's chosen the better way. Now, 118 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: let me just tell you this right now, He said, 119 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 5: there's one important thing. There's a better way. Now. He 120 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 5: was very much aware of the legitimate concerns that these 121 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 5: women had. The Bible says that Jesus said, in this world, 122 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 5: you're gonna have trouble, You're gonna have hardship, You're gonna 123 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 5: have some things that come against you. But be of 124 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 5: good cheer. I have already overcome the world. Be of 125 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 5: good cheer. I've already overcome the world. I guess when 126 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 5: you look at that scripture, you can say, easy for 127 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 5: you to say, Jesus you are God. I still have 128 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 5: these troubles and these concerns. But this is what he 129 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 5: was saying. He wasn't saying that you shouldn't take your 130 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 5: responsibility seriously. He wasn't saying that there weren't legitimately things 131 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 5: to be done. He was saying, there's one important thing, 132 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 5: and it's the better way. What he was saying is 133 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 5: all these concerns, all these crisis, all these things that 134 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 5: are coming against you, you need to come hang around 135 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 5: at my feet, linger in my presence, because see, that's 136 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 5: the one important thing that's going to help you get through. 137 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 5: That's the better way to handle worry and stress. That's 138 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 5: the better way to handle worry and stress. You see. 139 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:49,479 Speaker 5: I believe that Mary somehow figured out the better way, 140 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 5: and she did it. It wasn't that she was lazy, 141 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 5: it wasn't that she didn't care. Mary said, look, this 142 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: is my chance right now to empty out the concerns 143 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 5: and to put in all that God is. You see, 144 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 5: that's the better way. Have you ever planned a birthday party? 145 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 5: Or a holiday celebration at your house or some gathering, 146 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 5: and you were so stressed out that you made your 147 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 5: own self miserable and maybe some of your friends and 148 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 5: family as well. There's a better way to handle the 149 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 5: stresses of life. The word worry comes from an old 150 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: English word in the fifteen hundreds that meant to strangle, 151 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 5: to strangle. I think that's an amazing interpretation of that word, 152 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 5: because worry and stress literally chokes the fun out of life. 153 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 5: It literally pressures us in every relationship that we have. 154 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 5: It steals our joy. Think about it. Jesus was at 155 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 5: Martha's house. She couldn't even enjoy the fact that Jesus 156 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: was there. She missed the whole beauty of the moment. 157 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 5: She couldn't calm it, relax and be peaceful. She allowed 158 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 5: the stress that was going on in her mind to 159 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: strain the relationship with her own sister. See, it was 160 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 5: an attitude that changed. Worry doesn't change anything but your personality. 161 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 5: It changes your disposition. It doesn't make the situation better, 162 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: Actually it makes the situation worse. I worked with a 163 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 5: woman several years ago, and she had some legitimate concerns 164 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 5: in her life, and I could see how it was 165 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 5: affecting her entire life. Her son was in the military 166 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 5: and he had been deployed to another country. She was 167 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 5: extremely concerned about his well being and if he was 168 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 5: gonna make it, and how things were going. She was 169 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 5: so concerned and so worked up that I saw it 170 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 5: begin to change her disposition, change her personality. She could 171 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 5: hardly even function at war. And I said to her, 172 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 5: I said, look, there's got to be a better way 173 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 5: to handle the situation. I mean, he is there. There 174 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 5: is not a thing that you can do about it. 175 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 5: You've got to come to this place of peace and 176 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 5: rest in the Lord. So I begin to pray with her, 177 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 5: and then I began to make some suggestions. I said, look, 178 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 5: you need to get some scriptures. You need to have 179 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 5: them ready, just as your warfare. When these thoughts start 180 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 5: strangling your joy and your peace, you need to write 181 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 5: out some declarations. When you feel that tension coming against you, 182 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 5: you need to say God, thank you that my son 183 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 5: is in the palm of your hand. Thank you Father, 184 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 5: that no weapon formed against him will prosper. Father, thank you, 185 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 5: your angels have charge over him to keep him in 186 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 5: all of his ways. He won't even dash his foot 187 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 5: against the stone, but he'll tread upon the lion and 188 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: the cobra, the young lions yaw he trample underfoot. Thank you, Father, 189 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 5: you put a bloodline around him that the enemy cannot Father. 190 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: I thank you Lord that my son will come home safely. 191 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 5: I begin to see her put this into practice. Little 192 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 5: by little, she began to take control over that worry, 193 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: and I could see the strength come back. I could 194 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 5: see her focus and her resolve come back. She began 195 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 5: to praise God in the midst of her fear and 196 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 5: her torment, and it made all the difference in her life. 197 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 5: You see, worry pulls us away from God's power, but 198 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 5: worship and praise draws us to him and it changes 199 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 5: the situation. I have a good news to report. Six 200 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: years servant in the military, and her son came home safely. 201 00:12:55,240 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 5: He came home safely because he worries of weight. It 202 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 5: weighs us down, because this is to not be productive. 203 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 5: In fact, the Bible says, lay aside every weight that 204 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 5: would so easily beset us come on us. So you 205 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 5: have to lay it aside because it says that you 206 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 5: have to run with purpose in every step, and when 207 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 5: you are weighed down, you can't run. My sweet friend 208 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 5: was so rayed down she couldn't hardly get to work, 209 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 5: much less run. You see, when she began to lay 210 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 5: aside that weight, she was able to run out her purpose. 211 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 5: See her prayers, her intercession for her son was much 212 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 5: more powerful than her worry. When she talked to him 213 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 5: on the phone, she could say, Son, I want to 214 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: tell you, I'm praying for you. The angels of the 215 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 5: Lords have charge over you. You walk out and you 216 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 5: be bold with confidence. Know that God Almighty is looking 217 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 5: after you. She could encourage him to pray for himself. 218 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 5: You see, when she began to lay aside the weight 219 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 5: and run with purpose, she was way more effective. There's 220 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 5: a technique that I use, and I've used it for 221 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 5: years and it works for me. You just got to 222 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: find something that works for you, right. So, when I 223 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 5: had these concerns in these troubles, I imagine a big 224 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 5: helium balloon, big beautiful balloon, red red balloon. It's a 225 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 5: power color. And I began to put those troubles in 226 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 5: that balloon. And I imagine myself holding that balloon by 227 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 5: this string, holding it out in front of me, with 228 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 5: those troubles, and I look at that balloon and I 229 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 5: let it go, and I release it to God, and 230 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 5: I say, God, thank you that you're bigger than all 231 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 5: these troubles. Thank you that you love me, and that 232 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 5: you said you'd perfect those things that concern me. So 233 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 5: I'm gonna give them to you. These troubles are just 234 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 5: gonna go right at your feet, Jesus, You're gonna take 235 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 5: care of them. You see, sometimes I have to admit, 236 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 5: sometimes I have to let go of a whole bouquet 237 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 5: of balloons. Do what you gotta do, Do what you 238 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 5: gotta do to release the worry and the care, because 239 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 5: Jesus will sustain you when you release it to him. Listen, 240 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 5: if you feel the pressure, the stranglehold of worry coming 241 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: on you, even if it's automatic, push the pause button. 242 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 5: Let's be like Mary. Let's take a lesson from this 243 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 5: woman and let's sit at his feet. Let's linger there 244 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 5: for a while. Let's empty out the concerns so that 245 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 5: we'll have room to receive his goodness, his thoughts towards us, 246 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 5: his wisdom, his joy. Listen, Wait is only going to 247 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 5: weigh you down, but when you let it go to him, 248 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: all things can be new again. Amen. 249 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 4: Hey now reveilable from New York Times bestselling author Victoria 250 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 4: ustein her brand new thirty day audio devotional, Embracing every Day. 251 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 4: In this uplifting thirty day audio devotional, you'll be challenged 252 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 4: and inspired to start living with greater faith and favor 253 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 4: every day. 254 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 5: We all desire to enjoy life, to live it to 255 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 5: the fullest with purpose and fulfillment. Yet sometimes we can 256 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 5: experience challenges that rob us of our joy. But God 257 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: doesn't want us to live worried or concerned about what 258 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 5: each day may bring. 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