1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Oh God, bless you. 7 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 8 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 9 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 10 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: come visit. 11 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Us in person. We'd love to have you be a 12 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. 13 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: Though. I'd like to start with something funny and I 14 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: heard about this mother. 15 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: One Sunday morning. 16 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: She went to our son's bedroom and said, son, wake up, 17 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: it's time to go to church. He said, no, Mom, 18 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: I'm not going to church today. She said why not? 19 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: He said, I'll give you two good reasons. Number one, 20 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: I don't like the people, and number two, they don't 21 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: like me. She said, all right, I'll give you two 22 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: better reasons to go. Number one, you're forty nine years old, 23 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: and number two, you're the pastor. 24 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This this is my Bible. 25 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: I am what it says, I am, I have what 26 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: it says I have, I can do what it says 27 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 2: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 28 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 2: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 29 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: heart is recepted. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 30 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 31 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: about the antidote for anxiety. We all have opportunities to 32 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: live anxious and worried about the future and wondering what's 33 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: going to happen with our children, our finances, our health. 34 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: There's always something trying to steal our peace. 35 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: If you watch the news, you. 36 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: Hear about inflation, violence, wars, division. A recent article talked 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: about how we're in an epidemic of anxiety. There's never 38 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: been so much coming against our mental health. But that's 39 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: not the way we were created to live. The scripture 40 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: says cast all your anxieties on him. One antidote for 41 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: any anxiety is you have to give it to God. 42 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: You can't go around carrying everything trying to figure it 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: all out, living in tomorrow, wondering how it's going to 44 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: work out. What if my health doesn't improve, and what 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: if my company has layoffs and this. 46 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Family member did me wrong. I got to fix that. 47 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 2: You're weighing yourself down carrying things you were never meant 48 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: to carry. That's why you can feel worn out and 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: not able to sleep at night. Do yourself a favor 50 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: and start casting those anxieties. They're going to come, but 51 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: if you're going to stay in peace, you have to 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: get good at turning them over to God. The word 53 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 2: cast is an action word. When you're fishing, you cast 54 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: the rod. It's not a complacent underhand let me just 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: toss it out there. No, you forcefully swing your arm 56 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 2: and aggressively flick your wrists. There's action and energy in 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 2: the same way. Anxiety is not going to just fall 58 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 2: off of you. Worry is not going to go way 59 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: on his own. You can't just sit back and hope 60 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 2: that things will change. You have to do some castings. 61 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: When thoughts come. What's gonna happen with your children. There's 62 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: so many distractions these days. They're going to probably get 63 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: in trouble. You can dwell on those thoughts, let them 64 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: weigh you down, cause them to live anxious, or you 65 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: can say no, thanks, my children are in God's hands Father, 66 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: Thank you that you're protecting them, causing them to make 67 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 2: good decisions that as for me and my house. 68 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: We will serve the Lord. 69 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: You know what you did, You just cast those anxieties 70 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: on him. 71 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: Have you seen the news. 72 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: About the economy, inflation, gas prices. What if things keep 73 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: going up, What if your business doesn't make it, What 74 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: if you. 75 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: Can't pay your bills? 76 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: The enemy would love for you to worry about things 77 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: that are never going to happen. 78 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: He'd love for you to miss the beauty of. 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: This day because you're so anxious about tomorrow. 80 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap. 81 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: God that has not failed you in the past, and 82 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: he's not going to fail you now. My father used 83 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: to say when I was growing up, if bread goes 84 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: to a dollar a loaf, and gasoline to a dollar 85 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: a gallon, God will take care of us. If Daddy 86 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: could see us. Now, God is faithful. 87 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: Let me tell you. 88 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 2: If prices go up, the good news is God's provision 89 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: is going to go up. 90 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: God is not up in heaven, said man. I didn't 91 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: see this coming. 92 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 2: I didn't know iflation was going to be this high. 93 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: God owns it all. He makes streets out of gold. 94 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: You get stressed looking at the future, anticipating the worst, 95 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: higher cost higher bills. What you're not anticipating is the 96 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: goodness of God. David said, I was young, now I'm old. 97 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: I have never once seen the righteous forsaken. 98 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 2: Instead of carrying that anxiety, do yourself a favor, start 99 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 2: casting it. 100 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: I read where the largest increase. 101 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: In anxiety is among young people. There's so much pressure 102 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: these days with social media. 103 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: There's the comparison, am I good enough? 104 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: Pretty enough? Smart enough? Do I have enough followers? Am 105 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 2: I popular? If you fall into that trap, you'll never 106 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: feel good about yourself because you'll always see someone that's 107 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: more talented, more beautiful, more successful. There will be this 108 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: pressure to outperform, outdress, have more friends, more talents, more compliments. 109 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: That's a never ending cycle that's not only going to 110 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: wear you out and take your joy, your peace, but 111 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 2: you'll miss who you were created to be trying to 112 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: keep up with everyone else. Take that pressure off yourself. 113 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 2: That's what's causing anxiety. How can I keep up? You 114 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: don't have to keep up. You're not competing with them. 115 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: Run your race, be who God made you to be. Well, 116 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: I can't do what they can do. They can't do 117 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: what you can do. You're talented, you're gifted. They're so beautiful. 118 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: You're so beautiful, You're a masterpiece. You're made in the 119 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: image of God. Well, their more popular popularity is fleeting. 120 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: It can change in a minute. 121 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,119 Speaker 2: Psalm fifty five. David was dealing with anxiety. He said, 122 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: I'm overwhelmed with trouble. My enemies are making loud threats. 123 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: My heart is anxious, with so much fear and trembling. 124 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: I can't stop shaking. That's some serious anxiety. Now, David 125 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 2: was a warrior. He had defeated Goliath, conquered cities, led 126 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 2: the Israelites into great victories. But now he's overwhelmed, so 127 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 2: anxious that he can't move forward. Dealing with anxiety doesn't 128 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: mean that you're weak, you don't have enough faith. 129 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: You must have done something wrong. 130 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: The enemy wouldn't be trying to stop you if he 131 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: didn't know there was a calling on your life. He 132 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: knows there's greatness in you, that you're on the verge 133 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: of seeing a new level. That's why I'll try to 134 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 2: make you feel overwhelmed, worried about the future. Think it 135 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: is not gonna work out. Thoughts will tell you it's 136 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 2: never gonna change. You'll always have to deal with this anxiety. 137 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies. The anxiety is not permanent. It's 138 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: not going to last forever. It's a season. 139 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: This too shall pass now. 140 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: Sometimes God will bring you out quickly. Other times he'll 141 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: take you little by little. Don't be discouraged if you 142 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 2: don't see anything changing. God is working every day. You 143 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: need to declare, I'm getting better, my mind is at peace, 144 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: my heart is at rest, I am free from this anxiety. 145 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 2: David had been attacked by King Saul and attacked by 146 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: his son Absalom, attacked in the city of Ziglag. He 147 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 2: handled those attacks well. He went out and defeated and. 148 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: Recovered and was victorious. 149 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: But when anxiety attacked, it was a different story. 150 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: He didn't think he could go on. 151 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: The most powerful attacks are not physical, but mental. That's 152 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: why the enemy works overtime in the mind. Anxiety, fear, worry. 153 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 2: It's not gonna work out. 154 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: You'll never get well, You'll always be alone. What are 155 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: you gonna do? 156 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: David was sitting there, overwhelmed, shaking, believing the lives of 157 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: the enemy. This anxiety attack could have been the end 158 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: of David's story. This could be the last time we 159 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: read about him. The anxiety won and he faded off 160 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: into the sunset. David did something that we all must 161 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 2: do when anxiety attacked. Instead of just sitting there, he 162 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 2: said in verse sixteen, I will call on the name 163 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: of the Lord, and he will rescue me. 164 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: He will keep me safe from. 165 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: The battle raised against me when anxiety attacks. Often we 166 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 2: call our friends, call our neighbor, call our parents. That's 167 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: all fine, but you need to make make sure you 168 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: call on the name of the Lord. 169 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: Call on the God who created you. 170 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: Call on the God who brings dead things back to life. 171 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: Call on the God who. 172 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 2: Is more powerful than any force that's trying to stop you. 173 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 2: He said in Psalms, call under me in the day 174 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: of trouble, and I will strengthen you, and I will 175 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: deliver you. 176 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: If you'll call. 177 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: Unto him, he'll give you the strength you need until 178 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 2: the deliverance comes. Every morning you need to call Lord, 179 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 2: thank you for strengthening me today. Thank you that this 180 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 2: anxiety cannot stay in my life. 181 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 1: I am a. 182 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: Temple of a most high God. Anxiety, you are on 183 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: foreign territory. You are not welcome here. 184 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: Don't be complacent. Don't just accept it. 185 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: Oh man, my anxiety is acting up today. My depression 186 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 2: is really bad. Don't take ownership of it. It doesn't 187 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 2: belong to you. The moment you say my, you're giving 188 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 2: it permission to stay, like you're in vice. It into 189 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 2: your life. Instead of inviting it. You need to start 190 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 2: casting it away. See that anxiety as foreign, as not welcome, 191 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: and as temporary. David went through this anxiety attack. We 192 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: don't know how long it was, whether it's weeks, whether 193 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: it's months, but when it was over, at the end 194 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: of the chapter, he gives us what he learned. He 195 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: said in verse twenty two, cast your burdens on the Lord, 196 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 2: release the weight of them, and he will sustain you. 197 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 2: He was saying, I went through this terrible anxiety, thought 198 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 2: my life was over. I lived worried, overwhelmed. But now 199 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: that I'm out, having lived through it, here's what I'm 200 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 2: going to do differently next time. Here's how I can 201 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: save you a lot of heartache and pain. Cast your 202 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 2: anxieties on the Lord. Release the weight of those worries. 203 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: Quit carrying things that you're not supposed to carry. Turn 204 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: it over to God. 205 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 2: Trust him in the true trust him when you don't 206 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: see away, trust him when you don't understand and He 207 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: will sustain you and bring you safely through. 208 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: Are you holding on to worries? Anxiety? What's going to 209 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: happen with my child? His situation at work is stressing 210 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: me out, Joel, and my health is not getting better. 211 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: If David were here, he would tell you I was 212 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: where you were. I did the same thing so much 213 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: so that I couldn't function. I was shaking. Don't do 214 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: like I did. Release the weight of it. Cast that 215 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: burden on the Lord. 216 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 2: As long as you hold on to it, it's going 217 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 2: to hold you down. You're holding on to what's holding 218 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 2: you back. We wonder when God is going to do something, 219 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: but God's waiting for us to release it. Releasing it 220 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: is an act of faith God. I don't see how 221 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 2: it's going to work out, but I know you have 222 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: a way. 223 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: God. 224 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 2: My child is not making good decisions, but I know 225 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: he's in the paw of your hand. 226 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: God. 227 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 2: My business is slow, but I thank you that you're 228 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 2: supplying all of my needs. During the pandemic, when many 229 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 2: things closed down. One Sunday morning, I went to breakfast 230 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 2: with my family at this small outdoor restaurant. This is 231 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 2: when there were no in person services, only online. 232 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: We would record the Sunday service on Friday, so I 233 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: was free on the weekends. 234 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: I told my family I have never been to breakfast 235 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: on a Sunday morning in all of my life. 236 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: We were always in church. If you were somewhere else 237 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: on Sunday morning, you were going to hell. 238 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 2: But with all this disruption and all the changes, like 239 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 2: a lot of people, I felt this uneasiness, this anxiety, 240 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 2: like something was wrong. 241 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: Everything was great in my life, but deep down there 242 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: was this gnawing something's not right. 243 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 2: Be going through the day out of nowhere, this sense 244 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: of gloom, and wake up in the middle of the night, 245 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 2: these worriesome thoughts, something I'd never experienced. But when anxiety attacks, 246 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 2: you can't just be passive hope that it goes away. 247 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 2: There's something that we have to do, Paul said in 248 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 2: Philippians four, be anxious for nothing. 249 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: That's a bold statement. Come on, Paul, you mean we can. 250 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 2: Not be anxious over the uncertainty in our future during 251 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: a pandemic, not be anxious over this medical report, this 252 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 2: trouble at work that seems too good to be true. 253 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 2: He goes on to tell us how it can happen, 254 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 2: he said, But in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, 255 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: let your request be. 256 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: Known under God. 257 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 2: Paul was saying, when anxiety attacks, don't try to do 258 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 2: it on your own. Go to God in prayer, ask 259 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: him for his health. It says to pray with supplication. 260 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: That means to lower yourself, to go in humility, admitting 261 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 2: your depending God. 262 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: I need you. 263 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: I can't do this on my own. I don't see 264 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: how my child's going to get back on course. The 265 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 2: medical reports not good. God, my finances are low. I'm 266 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 2: depending on your goodness, your mercy, your favor. That's praying 267 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 2: with supplication. Then it says with thanksgiving. Once you pray, 268 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 2: once you cast it on God, you need to shift 269 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: into a different mindset. No more, God, I'm so worried. 270 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: I don't see how I'm gonna make it. No, don't 271 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 2: go to God from a place of anxiety. Go to 272 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: him from a place of faith, a place of thanksgiving. 273 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 2: That's showing God that you trust him. God, I thank 274 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 2: you that you are working in my life. I know 275 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: You're bigger than this trouble, bigger than this sickness, bigger 276 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 2: than this problem at work. You can stay in peace, 277 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 2: knowing that God is fighting your battles. He's working out 278 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: his plan for your life. Paul goes on to say, 279 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 2: if you'll go to God with prayer, supplication and thanksgiving, then. 280 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: Here's the promise. 281 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 2: The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard 282 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 2: your heart and mind. 283 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: Notice it's the peace of God. It's not normal peace. 284 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: It's something you can't explain. It's peace in the midst 285 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 2: of the storm. It's peace when you're taking the treatment. 286 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: It's peace when you're going through a breakup. It's peace 287 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: when you lost your loved one. It's peace when that 288 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: person did you wrong. People will look at you. Aren't 289 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 2: you depressed, worried, anxious? How could you be so happy, 290 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 2: so grateful? Just tell them the peace I have didn't 291 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: come from this world. 292 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: It's not ordinary. It's peace from my heavenly Father. It's 293 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: peace that passes understanding. 294 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: It's the peace that three Hebrew teenagers fell. They wouldn't 295 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 2: bow down to the king's golden idol, and he was 296 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. They 297 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: had a great opportunity to be anxious. They were facing 298 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 2: an impossible situation. They understood this principle that God is 299 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: in control, that nothing can happen to you without his permission. 300 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 2: They made this decision to be anxious for nothing. I'm 301 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 2: sure they felt anxiety. They went to God, they asked 302 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 2: for his health. They prayed with supplication, they thanked him. 303 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: What happened, Peace that passes understanding showed up. They weren't worried, complaining, God, 304 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 2: where are you. They weren't fighting with the guards trying 305 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: to throw them into the furnace. They had peace when 306 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: they should have been panicked. They were calm in the 307 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: midst of chaos. When you learned to cast the worries 308 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 2: and cast the anxieties, you'll not only have supernatural peace, 309 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 2: but you'll see God do supernatural things. This king was 310 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: so furious he told the officials to turn up the 311 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: fire seven times hotter than normal. These teenagers said, in effect, King, 312 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 2: you don't control our destiny. 313 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: God does. 314 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 2: If it's not our time to go, this fire is 315 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 2: not going to harm us. I can hear him laughing, Yeah, right, 316 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: we'll see. They bound their hands and feed through them 317 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 2: into the fire. In a few minutes, the king came 318 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 2: and looked through the furnace window. He said, didn't we 319 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: throw three men in bound? I see four men loose, 320 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 2: and one looks like the son of God. They went 321 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: into the furnace in peace, and the God of Peace 322 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 2: joined them, just to make sure everything turned out right. 323 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 2: If you'll stay in peace, go into the fire, the trouble, 324 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: the sickness, not upset, anxious, what's gonna happen? Then the 325 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 2: God of Peace will join you in the fire like them. 326 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 2: You'll come out without the smell of smoke. God will 327 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: fight for you. You may be in that fire now 328 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: and you're tempted to panic. 329 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: Live up tight. No, it's time to start casting. 330 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: Cast the care, cast the anxiety, cast the worry. God 331 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: has you in the palm of his hand. He didn't 332 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,959 Speaker 2: bring you this far to leave you. He's done it 333 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 2: in the past, and he's going to do. 334 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: It this time. 335 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 2: But defeating anxiety requires trust. You may not know all 336 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 2: the answers, you don't see how it can work out, 337 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 2: but God has it all figured out. His ways are 338 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: not our ways. We think natural, but God is supernatural. 339 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 2: He's already planned out your days for good. It may 340 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 2: not be good right now because there are pieces missing, 341 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 2: But when God brings it all together, it will be 342 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 2: better than you've imagined. 343 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: Trust Him when you don't understand. 344 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: Sometimes we're anxious over the future, over what might happen. 345 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: Other times we're anxious. 346 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 2: Over the past, mistakes we've made, regrets, things that could 347 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 2: come back to haunt us. Love. When God brought the 348 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 2: Israelites through the Red Sea, he didn't just make a 349 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 2: way for them to escape, but he drowned all of 350 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 2: their enemies. 351 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: If he would have. 352 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 2: Just brought them out, they would have always lived with 353 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 2: the threat that the Pharaoh and those powerful warriors could 354 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 2: confine them. 355 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: The Israelites would have lived in fear. 356 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 2: Always thinking in the back of their mind that they 357 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: could be coming looking over their shoulder. There would have 358 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: been this lingering worry, lingering anxiety they'd always be dealing with. 359 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 2: But when God drowned their enemies, he put an end 360 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: to what could harm them. 361 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: In other words, he freed them from their past. 362 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 2: You may have that lingering anxiety, always trying to remind 363 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: you of what might happen, those mistakes catching up to you, 364 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: those regrets coming to light. Can I tell you the 365 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: threat has been taken care of. God has put an 366 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 2: end to what you're worried about You don't have to 367 00:19:58,680 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 2: live worried. 368 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: He's prayed, anxious. 369 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 2: He didn't just part your red sea, didn't just bring 370 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:05,959 Speaker 2: you through the difficulties. 371 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: But he's drowned those enemies. 372 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 2: He's drowned the guilt, the shame, the opposition. 373 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: What was trying to harm you has already been defeated. 374 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: But here's the whole key. 375 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 2: The enemy would love for you to live anxious over 376 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,959 Speaker 2: a threat that's already taken care of. 377 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: He'll make a lot of noise in your thoughts. What 378 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: if they come back, What if they make you look bad? 379 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 2: What if this taints your future? David said the threats 380 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 2: from his enemies were tormenting him. The threats were causing 381 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: him to have anxiety. Threats can be powerful until you 382 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: realize those enemies are no longer here. Those enemies have 383 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 2: already been defeated. Now you can live free, you can 384 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: live happy, You can move forward in faith knowing that 385 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: your past has been taken care of. When those threats 386 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 2: come back to your mind telling you to worry, something's wrong, 387 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 2: you feel that anxiety rising up, don't take the bait, 388 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 2: Go get your fishing rod and let. 389 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: Out a big cast. 390 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: No thanks, Pharaoh is defeated. My past is forgiven, my 391 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: enemies have been taken care of. 392 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: I'm gonna live my life. 393 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: In Victory Acts, chapter twelve, Peter was put in prison 394 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 2: for sharing his faith. King Agrippa had already had James, 395 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 2: one of the apostles, killed. When he saw how that 396 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: pleased the people, he had them arrest Peter. He was 397 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 2: in the deepest part of the dungeon, his hands and 398 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 2: feeding chains, with sixteen soldiers guarding him. 399 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: The next day he was going to be brought to trial. 400 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 2: Peter knew his life could be just over in twenty 401 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 2: four hours. 402 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: He knew what they had done to James. Now he 403 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: was next in line. 404 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,479 Speaker 2: You would think he would be so worried, pacing the 405 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: floor complaining. But in the middle of the night, an 406 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 2: angel came to rest you, Peter. The scripture says something interesting. 407 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: The angel had to wake Peter up. How could he 408 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 2: be sleeping knowing the next day he could lose his life. 409 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 2: That's the peace that passes understanding. That's peace that doesn't 410 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 2: make sense. That's what happens when you learn to turn 411 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 2: it over to God. I'd love to think that I 412 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 2: have that much faith, but I'd probably be calling the 413 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: prayer line, pacing the floor because somebody prayed for me. 414 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: God do something. But here's the key. 415 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 2: When you rest, God goes to work. When you work, 416 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 2: you're uptight. Worry God, there's a deadline. This doesn't look good. 417 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: He killed James. 418 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 2: Begging God doesn't necessarily get his attention. But when you're 419 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 2: in peace, that's a place of power. When you cast 420 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 2: those cares, not only do you get peace, not only 421 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: can you sleep in the storm, but the creator of 422 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 2: the universe goes to work. Supernatural things will happen. The 423 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 2: change fell off of Peter, the gates open of their 424 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 2: own accord. He was invisible to those sixteen soldiers guarding him. 425 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: He walked out a free man. It's not a. 426 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: Coincidence that Peter was the one that wrote cast all 427 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 2: your anxieties on him. He was saying, I know what 428 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 2: it's like to face anxiety. I've been there to have 429 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: things come against you when you don't see a way out, 430 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 2: Thoughts of worry and fear bombard your mind. If Peter 431 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 2: were here today, he would tell you the antidote to 432 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 2: anxiety is to turn it over to God. Don't carry it, 433 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: cast it don't go around dwelling on all the negative, 434 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 2: trying to figure it out, focused on the what ifs. 435 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: Put it all in God's hands. 436 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 2: That's when you'll have peace that passes understanding. Are you 437 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 2: carrying things you need to be casting? Are you holding 438 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: on the weights that you should be releasing? You can 439 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: walk out it here today, lighter, freer, with more joy. 440 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: Don't wait for things to change, and then you're gonna 441 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 2: quit worrying, Joel. When my health turns around, when my 442 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: child straightens up, when this situation at work resolved, then 443 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 2: I'll be able to sleep at night. No, if you'll 444 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 2: start casting those cares, you can have peace while you're 445 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 2: waiting for things to improve. Peter was not just in prison. 446 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: He was in peace. 447 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: He wasn't just locked in chains, He was locked in peace. 448 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,959 Speaker 2: He wasn't just guarded by those soldiers, He was guarded 449 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: by peace. The outside circumstances don't determine your peace. 450 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: It's what's happening on the inside. When you're connected to. 451 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: Your creator, When you've learned to pray with supplication, admitting 452 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 2: your dependence on God with thanksgiving instead of worrying, thanking 453 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 2: him that he's working. Then when difficulties come, you can say, 454 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 2: like Peter, I'm not just in trouble. 455 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm in peace. 456 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 2: I'm not just in the hospital. I'm in peace. I'm 457 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: not just in debt. Business is struggling. I'm in peace. 458 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 2: I know God is fighting this battle. I know he 459 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 2: has the final say. That's when you'll experience peace that 460 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 2: passes understanding. Peace where you can sleep in the storm, 461 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 2: peace when the battle is raging around you, Peace when 462 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 2: the medical report wasn't good. When you're in peace, you're 463 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 2: showing God that you trust him. That's your faith at work. 464 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 2: That's what activates his power. You'll see him show out 465 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 2: in your life. My prayer for you is what Paul declared, 466 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 2: is that you will be anxious for nothing, that you'll 467 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 2: learn to cast those cares, releasing the weight of them. 468 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: No more living worry, letting threats hold. 469 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 2: You back, that underlying feeling that something is wrong. 470 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: And yes, you may have struggled with. 471 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 2: Anxiety a long time, and those thoughts tell you that 472 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: it's always going to be this way. No, God is 473 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 2: doing a new thing. He sees like David when you 474 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 2: feel overwhelmed. He sees like Peter when the situation looks impossible. 475 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: He sees like the teenagers when you're doing. 476 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: The right thing but the wrong thing has happened. He 477 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 2: knows it's not easy. He knows forces have come against 478 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 2: your mental health. 479 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 1: But look at you. 480 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 2: You could be defeated, worried, but you're still trusting him. 481 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 2: Can I encourage you? Your time is coming. That anxiety 482 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 2: is not how your story ends. It may happen quickly, 483 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 2: or God may take you little by little, but know this. 484 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: You're coming out. It is not permanent. 485 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 2: I believe and declare right now that spirit of anxiety 486 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 2: is being broken in the name of Jesus. I speak 487 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 2: peace to you. I speak healing to your mind, your emotions, 488 00:26:55,359 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 2: your body. I speak a calm, undisturbed spirit. God is 489 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: changing in your favor right now. God is strengthening you. 490 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 2: You'll come in into new levels of joy, peace, freedom 491 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: and fulfillment. I declare it, and if you receive it, 492 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 493 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 2: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 494 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 495 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 496 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 2: I make you my lord and savior. If you prayed 497 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 2: that simple prayer. We believe you got born again. We'd 498 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 2: love to send you some information on your new walk 499 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 2: with the Lord. You can go to the website or 500 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 2: text the number on the screen, but I hope you'll 501 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 2: get into a good Bible based church and keep God 502 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 2: first place. Sometimes in life, people don't choose us. We've 503 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 2: all felt overlooked like we're not good enough. It's easy 504 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 2: to live inferior. Think you we don't measure up. 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