WEBVTT - Reverse Your Worry

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdik.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it gives your perspective to see God is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to continue this series from Matthew chapter six.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I'll preach it all from the

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<v Speaker 2>Sermon on the Mouth, but it's a very good place

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<v Speaker 2>to start, A very good place to start.

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<v Speaker 1>What's that from?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start at the beginning, A very good place to start.

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<v Speaker 2>What's that from?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Sound of music? That was unintentional. I don't like sound

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<v Speaker 2>of music. But anyway, we're gon. We're gonna look at

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew six, which I do like. And these profound, powerful

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<v Speaker 2>words from Jesus. And last week's message was intended to

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<v Speaker 2>help you evaluate your values. I was thinking that a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of times, if we play the game, and even

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<v Speaker 2>if we play the game well, but we win at

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<v Speaker 2>things that are not true to our values, eventually we

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<v Speaker 2>will get good at winning. But what are we winning at?

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<v Speaker 2>And what have we won? And so in order to

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<v Speaker 2>try to avoid all of this empty sense of chasing

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<v Speaker 2>after victories that are not meaningful. We're getting into God's

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<v Speaker 2>definition of success, God's idea of what is worth winning at,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're looking at this together.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was cool to me.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was in the airport Monday, I got the

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to meet one of our new church members. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been coming for a little while. I've been going

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<v Speaker 2>to church all my life, been learning a lot. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been helpful. I said, what did you learn yesterday? I

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<v Speaker 2>put them on a pop quiz and he said, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that was good yesterday. When you said shallow values produce

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<v Speaker 2>empty victories. I was like, whoa, You got it exactly right.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually people when they quote back your sermon to you,

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<v Speaker 2>they mess it all up and they don't make it rhyme,

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<v Speaker 2>and they switch the words all around.

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<v Speaker 1>Makes you mad. But he got it just right. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he started preaching other parts, and he said.

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<v Speaker 2>I went home and I told my wife and my kids,

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<v Speaker 2>I love y'all, but leave me alone the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the day. And he's a successful person in his field.

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<v Speaker 1>His name is Stephen. I knew he was a great

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<v Speaker 1>man of God from that fact.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said I'm really just dealing with emptiness, and

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<v Speaker 2>in that emptiness, I realize it's a lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>because my values are shallow. So I've been listing, I've

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<v Speaker 2>been spending. Just since you preach, he said, I've been

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about my values, not what I think they should be,

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<v Speaker 2>not what I want them to be, but what are

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<v Speaker 2>my values, and then aligning those values with God's values.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's continue the process.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go right on to Matthew chapter six, verse twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>A very relevant scripture today that I want us to

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<v Speaker 2>look at together Matthew six twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus speaking therefore, I tell you do.

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<v Speaker 2>Not worry about your life what you will eat or drink,

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<v Speaker 2>or about your body what you will wear is not

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<v Speaker 2>life more than food, and the body more than clothes.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the birds of the air. They do not

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<v Speaker 2>sow or reap or store away in barns. And yet

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<v Speaker 2>I love that, somebody say, and yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't deserve the grace of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet I don't have the educational background. And yet

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<v Speaker 2>nobody in my family ever broke this barrier. And yet

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<v Speaker 2>I made some mistakes in my life, and yet I

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<v Speaker 2>just like little stuff like that when I'm reading the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>y'all do what you want to do. I'm stop for

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<v Speaker 2>those little phrases and point them out to you. And

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<v Speaker 2>yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much

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<v Speaker 2>more valuable than they?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell?

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody next to you say, I'm better than a bird.

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<v Speaker 2>I might not be better than you, but I'm better

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<v Speaker 2>than a bird. I'm worth more than a bird. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that much. Are you not much more valuable than they?

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna come back to that. Can any one of

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<v Speaker 2>you by worrying at a single hour to your life? No,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can take some off, or you can wish

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<v Speaker 2>you were dead, because it'd be more peaceful than being

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<v Speaker 2>in this living hell called your mind. Sometimes so he

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<v Speaker 2>asked a question. Now, I notice how it starts with

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<v Speaker 2>a command, and then it turns to a question. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>do not worry? And now he says, and why do

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<v Speaker 2>you worry? Why do you worry about clothes? See how

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<v Speaker 2>the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor

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<v Speaker 2>or spend. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon

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<v Speaker 2>and all his gucci, was dressed like one of these.

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<v Speaker 1>If that is how God closed.

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<v Speaker 2>The grass of the field which is here today, tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>starting the fire, we will heat not much more.

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<v Speaker 1>Cloth, you, oh you of little faith, So do not worry.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop telling me that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>The worst thing you can tell somebody when they're worrying

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<v Speaker 2>is what don't worry unless you know something that they don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Because like, I was watching a football game the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was recorded because I missed it, but the

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<v Speaker 2>person that was watching it with me check the score,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were cheering for the same team. So while

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<v Speaker 2>I was watching the game, I was also watching them,

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<v Speaker 2>and when it got a little scary, I just watched them.

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<v Speaker 2>But when they didn't look scared, I didn't get scared.

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<v Speaker 2>So when Jesus says don't worry, I figure he's already

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<v Speaker 2>seen how this thing turns out.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on this early to have church.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you are grateful that the one who knows

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<v Speaker 2>the end from the beginning is already prophesied to this

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<v Speaker 2>current moment and declared that God is faithful, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>give him.

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<v Speaker 1>A shout of praise.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry saying what shall we eat or what shall

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<v Speaker 2>we drink? Yeah, yeah, Hallelujah is right. That's the only

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<v Speaker 2>thing you can say when you think about this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is good.

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<v Speaker 2>This preaches itself. I don't need to make a comment.

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<v Speaker 2>I could just read this over and over again for

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<v Speaker 2>fifty minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>We go home.

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<v Speaker 2>So do not worry saying what shall we eat, or

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<v Speaker 2>what shall we drink?

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<v Speaker 1>Or what shall we weare?

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<v Speaker 2>For the pagans run after all these things. These are

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<v Speaker 2>shallow values. This is what the world worries about. Want

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<v Speaker 2>to worry about something, Worry about something worth worrying about.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry about teen suicide rates, You just gotta worry. Worry

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<v Speaker 2>about that, Worry about racism. You want to worry about something,

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<v Speaker 2>worry about that. I want to worry about something. Worry

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<v Speaker 2>about this crazy cycle of fear that we're all living in.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to worry about something, but don't worry

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<v Speaker 2>about this, for the pagans run after all these things.

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<v Speaker 1>Only Father knows that you need them.

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<v Speaker 2>But seek versus Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these

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<v Speaker 2>things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do

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<v Speaker 2>not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Each day has trouble enough of its own.

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<v Speaker 2>The word God gave me to give to you today

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<v Speaker 2>is reverse your worry.

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<v Speaker 1>Reverse your worry.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to get this thing turned around before lunchtime today.

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<v Speaker 2>Reverse your worry came in thinking one way, going to

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<v Speaker 2>go home thinking another.

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<v Speaker 1>Reverse your worry.

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<v Speaker 2>Turn to somebody and say it's time to turn it around.

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<v Speaker 2>So why do you worry? That's the question. The command

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<v Speaker 2>is do not worry. And then the question is verse

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see it again, why do you worry?

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<v Speaker 2>And at this point, if it was anybody other than

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus asking the question, I would say, down and let

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<v Speaker 2>me tell you. You know, Oh, I got a list.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to know why I worry? Well, where do

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<v Speaker 2>you want me to start? Like, first of all, let's

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<v Speaker 2>start with October in the stock market.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to talk about worry.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to talk about the first week in November

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<v Speaker 2>you want.

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<v Speaker 1>To talk about if you want? If you want, if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to know why I'll worry?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I got I got a thirteen year old, and

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<v Speaker 2>a eleven year old and a seven year old, and

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<v Speaker 2>they have the Internet. That's why I worry, Jesus, because

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<v Speaker 2>something tells me that they are not yet of the

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<v Speaker 2>emotional and mental health and capacity to have all of

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<v Speaker 2>the information in the history of humanity in their pocket

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm worried about what they're going to access.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's no Bible verse about how much time to.

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<v Speaker 2>Give your child on Instagram, if it is, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>find that somebody send me the scripture this week.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm worried.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm worried. You know, why do you worry? Put the

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<v Speaker 2>verse up again? Why do you worry? And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's important that we stop and think about the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>that we worry, Okay, the reason that we worry, and

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<v Speaker 2>be really honest about it. Because what I worry about

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything is not what's happening to me, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's whether or not what's within me is enough to handle.

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<v Speaker 2>Is whether what's in me is strong enough to handle

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<v Speaker 2>what happens to me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I worry.

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<v Speaker 2>I worry because as a pastor, I am concerned that

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the way that I communicate would be more for consumption,

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<v Speaker 2>and that people would come and hear the word or

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<v Speaker 2>tune in online and hear the word and then.

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<v Speaker 1>Just click off.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, it seems like more and more, or

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<v Speaker 2>that people are just coming to church for what to

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<v Speaker 2>get out of it, or just you know what, I

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<v Speaker 2>like that preacher or I like that song. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>a really shallow reason to come to church. And I

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<v Speaker 2>worry that if people come from surface motivations, they're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get surface results in their life. And if people come

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<v Speaker 2>from selfish motives, then they're gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Get empty, empty results. So why do you worry?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just me and you. Now it's just us. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>you worry? What? What do you worry about more than

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<v Speaker 1>anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the thing that had you up at three point

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<v Speaker 2>thirty this morning and your mind started spinning?

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<v Speaker 1>Because this is what happens. Your mind starts spinning.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us get up to use the bathroom, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we never quite make it back to a arrested

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<v Speaker 2>state because our bladders and our brains are both on

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<v Speaker 2>demon possession, and so both of them are too full,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we wake up in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>night and here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is how it happens. For me. My mind

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<v Speaker 1>just starts spin in, spin in.

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<v Speaker 2>And the way that it is constructed in the original language.

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<v Speaker 2>I've studied this passage quite a bit. I've come back

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<v Speaker 2>to it several times in preaching, is that it says

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<v Speaker 2>do not worry. That's the command or take no thought.

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<v Speaker 2>That's literal, take no thought. Think about that. He's saying.

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<v Speaker 2>A thought that presents itself to you can start you

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<v Speaker 2>spinning in a direction if you take it. But it

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<v Speaker 2>can't start you spinning if you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on to it.

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<v Speaker 2>I ap preached the whole message one time called hold

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<v Speaker 2>that thought. Hold that thought, and you get a hold

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<v Speaker 2>of a.

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<v Speaker 1>Thought and you let it take you somewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>But where you take that thought, eventually you find out

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<v Speaker 2>it takes you somewhere. And for me, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times I end up in this spin cycle. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm talking about? Talk to me the spin

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<v Speaker 2>cycle of stress. I've noticed this about worry. Worry is circular.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is going round and round. It's not being concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about something that's That's not what Jesus means.

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<v Speaker 1>By don't worry.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't Jesus Bob Marley moment. You know, because I

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<v Speaker 2>was reading it, like look at the birds. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it almost sounds it almost sounds like Jesus is telling

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<v Speaker 2>me not to not to pay my bills.

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<v Speaker 1>Just look at the birds. Look at the birds and

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<v Speaker 1>the flower isn't beautiful? Isn't God good? Isn't He just

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<v Speaker 1>the best.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you just love Jesus and his muchness?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? So is not what he's saying, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You want me to be like a bird, lord is no.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to observe the birds. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to consider what they know that you don't. And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>what they know that you don't is because they live

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<v Speaker 2>where you don't at a higher altitude.

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<v Speaker 1>Observe the birds.

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<v Speaker 2>If I could title this message something other than reverse

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<v Speaker 2>your worry, I'd call it look up, because in order

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<v Speaker 2>to consider the birds, you got to stuff looking.

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<v Speaker 1>All around you to make sense of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, because as long as you look around you,

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<v Speaker 2>you've spen.

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<v Speaker 1>Around and around and around and around.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you break the cycle and consider that there

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<v Speaker 2>is a God above you, who has gone before you,

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<v Speaker 2>who lives within you, who is always for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>that you are spoken for and known and named and

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<v Speaker 2>called and chosen and set apart, you see your life

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<v Speaker 2>at a different level.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I freeze a little bit? Because I've been doing

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<v Speaker 1>this a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny that I just finished a whole series about

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety called Triggered, and here we are back in this

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<v Speaker 2>same idea, still spinning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still spinning. Worri is is like this. It's around

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<v Speaker 1>and around and around.

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<v Speaker 2>But notice one thing about all my spinning, other than

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that some of y'all are getting dizzy just

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<v Speaker 2>watching me do this, imagine how it feels to actually

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<v Speaker 2>do it. Imagine how it feels for me actually doing it. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what it feels like when you're spinning, spinning, spinning,

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<v Speaker 2>lots of motion, but I keep ending up right.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I started.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right back here, only now I can't see straight.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it's like to toss and turn over.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff you can't control.

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<v Speaker 2>Because after you've spent all night spinning, all day spinning

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<v Speaker 2>in your head, and what if they and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it starts with the most innocent thought.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the devil. The devil's been at this a

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<v Speaker 1>long time, sweetie. He's not gonna give you a bad thought.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna try to give you an innocent thought and

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<v Speaker 2>get you to take it in the wrong direction. A

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<v Speaker 2>scenario that on the surface doesn't seem that bad, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's the way you spin it. It's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Fox News and CNN, it's just it's one story they're telling,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's spinning different ways, and it's how you spin it.

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<v Speaker 1>That determines how you see it.

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<v Speaker 2>I am preaching Matthew chapter six like it's my last

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<v Speaker 2>time today, because when you get in that spin cycle, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Just around and around and around and.

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<v Speaker 2>Around, and it doesn't make any difference. I'm not kidding anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not working on it. I'm not making progress anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>And the devil gets me so dizzy that now by

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<v Speaker 2>the time that I'm facing my real life challenges, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have the equilibrium to apply the effort in the

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<v Speaker 2>direction that would create a result. Because I'm so dissy,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't find my balance, and now I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>who to trust.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>WHOA hang on, I need a minute. I need a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been spinning, by the way. That's why it takes

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<v Speaker 2>you a few minutes when you get to church to

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<v Speaker 2>get your heart in the right place for the caffeine

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<v Speaker 2>to kick in and for you to stop spinning. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, look up at the birds, and then look

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<v Speaker 2>at the flowers. The flowers, So when we look up,

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<v Speaker 2>you want me look down. I want you to look

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<v Speaker 2>both and notice something that the flowers don't do that

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<v Speaker 2>your mind has been doing lately.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, When.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at the flowers, notice how they do not

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<v Speaker 2>labor or give me the verse please twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>They do not labor or.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet, your father, they don't spin, they don't sew,

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<v Speaker 2>The birds don't store away, the flowers don't spend.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet, look how God does that on that level?

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<v Speaker 2>And if he made you in his image, what makes

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<v Speaker 2>you think that you have to spin out in these cycles?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, these tormenting cycles, these confusing cycles where you

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<v Speaker 2>start thinking, you know, all, oh my god, my kid

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<v Speaker 2>needs bracists and you know it's the littlest things, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the littlest things that get you spenting.

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<v Speaker 2>My kid needs Now, your kid's only two years old,

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<v Speaker 2>but my kid's gonna need bracest because the first tooth

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<v Speaker 2>grew in kind of crooked. And now you're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>one crooked tooth and your two year old's got one

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<v Speaker 2>little crooked tooth grown in. Oh my god, they're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>need braces. Embraces with inflation is gonna cost four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and seventy three thousand dollars, and I won't have any

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<v Speaker 2>money to send them in college so they're only gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to resort to gang violence. And then my child's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna wind up in prison, and I'm gonna visit. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you're in prison, your kid is too, and your kid's

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<v Speaker 2>still too and you didn't keep them out of prison,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're still gonna need bracests.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Going around and around and around in circles. But God said,

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<v Speaker 2>today is your day to stop spinning. If your mind

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<v Speaker 2>has been doing this, I came to preach to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and the presence of the Lord is in this flag,

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<v Speaker 2>and your.

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<v Speaker 1>Father knows what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>So stop spinning, stop worrying about what God is already

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<v Speaker 2>working on, and just worship him.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, take fifteen seconds.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you can't do it all the time, but

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<v Speaker 3>you're in the right place today. Let's give him praise

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<v Speaker 3>and honor and glory that our needs are met for

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<v Speaker 3>his name.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all worship is. You know, worship is worry in reverse.

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<v Speaker 1>See, worry is.

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<v Speaker 2>When I start with my situation and then I spin

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<v Speaker 2>round and round and round and round and round and

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<v Speaker 2>round and round and round. But God said, stop spinning,

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<v Speaker 2>and instead of starting your meditation with your situation, art

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<v Speaker 2>with your source.

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<v Speaker 1>When you know who your father is it since.

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<v Speaker 2>You spinning in a different direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, I know who he is, I know what

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<v Speaker 1>he's done, and I know what he's gonna do. And

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<v Speaker 1>stop spinning.

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<v Speaker 2>Find seven people, tell him stop spinning. It's not working

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<v Speaker 2>round and running circles like the Israelites.

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<v Speaker 1>For forty three years. Why are you worried?

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<v Speaker 2>I would understand it if it was working. I wrote

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<v Speaker 2>a country song one time. Well, not a whole song,

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<v Speaker 2>just a chorus. Okay, well that's never happened before. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's ambreller Father, bless them in the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's like that, you know, like worry is like that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like the.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes it's going off, but you can't you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do anything about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like think think about think about the day we

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<v Speaker 2>live in where we're constantly being hit with breaking news,

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<v Speaker 2>breaking news. Trump had lunch, breaking breaking news, and so

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost impossible for us to have priorities because we're

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<v Speaker 2>being fed so much fear. When your father feeds you,

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<v Speaker 2>it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 1>When you start with who God is.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you start with that when you start

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<v Speaker 2>with your source, you end up where you started. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you start with God, you end with God. If

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<v Speaker 2>you start with theater, you end with fear. If you

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<v Speaker 2>start with shortage, you end with shortage. If you start

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<v Speaker 2>with your situation, you'll be like Elisha's servant in Second

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<v Speaker 2>King sixth. This is a great Old Testament story to

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<v Speaker 2>illustrate what I'm talking about, because the servant woke up

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<v Speaker 2>one day and found that the camp was surrounded with

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<v Speaker 2>the Arabians, who were the enemies, and he woke Elisha.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, oh, my lord, what shall we do?

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly what the Bible says, and that's exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>What you've been saying. Oh my lord.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, like I'm surrounded, and now this preacher is

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<v Speaker 2>talking about birds and lily's and petunias and chrysanthemums, and

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<v Speaker 2>here I am trying to pay bills and my mom

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<v Speaker 2>has Alzheimer's and this dude's up here talking about birds.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, Elisha could have prayed that God would

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<v Speaker 2>destroy the enemies that were surrounding the camp, but he didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>He prayed something more powerful. And what he said is

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm praying for. Us in this game Changer series,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is the game changer, not that God takes

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<v Speaker 2>your enemies away, but that he enables.

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<v Speaker 1>You to see beyond.

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<v Speaker 2>Them, not that he takes your problems away, but that

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<v Speaker 2>he enables your faith to see beyond them. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>first circle is the enemies, and they were real. But

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha prayed Lord open his eyes that he may see,

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<v Speaker 2>that he may see what that there are more with

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<v Speaker 2>us than with them. So the first circle says, I'm overwhelmed.

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<v Speaker 2>The first circle says I'm outnumbered. The first circle says

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing I can do. And on the surface this

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<v Speaker 2>is the truth. But the second circle, when the servant

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<v Speaker 2>opened his eyes, he saw what had been there all along.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a host of angel armies.

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<v Speaker 2>Surrounding the first circle, and what was on the outside

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<v Speaker 2>was greater than what was on the inside. Whatever is

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<v Speaker 2>surrounding you, God is already surrounding it. And so much

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<v Speaker 2>of our peace is depending on whether we can perceive

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<v Speaker 2>the second circle. When you live in the first circle,

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<v Speaker 2>it's always it's always never enough. If you start with

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<v Speaker 2>not enough, you end with not enough. If you start

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<v Speaker 2>with el Shadai, who is more than enough, you end with.

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<v Speaker 1>More than enough, So reverse your worry. My Father knows

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<v Speaker 1>what I need.

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<v Speaker 2>I had needs, and I don't start with the need,

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<v Speaker 2>because if I start with the need, I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Gonna end with the need.

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<v Speaker 2>But if I start with a God who knows.

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<v Speaker 1>What I need, I will end with a.

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<v Speaker 2>God who knows what I need. He is Alpha and Omega,

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning in the end, the first in the last.

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<v Speaker 2>So reverse your worry, Jesus says, Look at the birds,

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<v Speaker 2>look at the flowers. You are more valuable than them,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet your father cares for the lesser.

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<v Speaker 1>Will he not much more? Take care of you? Means this.

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<v Speaker 2>If God is doing this level of detail, don't you

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<v Speaker 2>think that he has already determined your expected end.

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<v Speaker 1>If he can do that, surely he can do this.

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<v Speaker 1>If he did that, he can do this.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are some things in my life that God did,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he did that, he can do this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the second circle, and this is where we've got

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<v Speaker 2>to live. But in order to do it, we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>to reverse it, because when we start with shortage, we

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<v Speaker 2>end with shortage, time, energy, money, any of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus says, here's the game changer.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the most famous verses in scripture, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>But now that you've got it in context, I hope

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<v Speaker 2>it comes a life for you in.

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<v Speaker 1>A new way.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, if God cares for the lesser, he will

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<v Speaker 2>take care of the greater. If he takes care of

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<v Speaker 2>the little, he'll take care of the lot. You're the lot.

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<v Speaker 1>You're valuable to him. But you.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse thirty three seek first the Kingdom and his righteousness,

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<v Speaker 2>not your own, your own.

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<v Speaker 1>Ideas and appearances. What shall we eat? What shall we drink?

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<v Speaker 1>What shall we eat? What shall we drink?

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't it funny that we're still posting today, two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>years later about the same stuff that Jesus said not

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<v Speaker 2>to worry about in Palestine, what we ate and what

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<v Speaker 2>we wore? It is so circular, you know, like we're

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<v Speaker 2>still worried about the same things.

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<v Speaker 1>How am I gonna make it? How am I gonna pay?

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<v Speaker 1>How am I going to this and that and the other?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, and I've got my income taxes now

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<v Speaker 1>went up in a bracket, and God blessed me.

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<v Speaker 2>But now I got more taxes or I'm waiting on

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<v Speaker 2>God to bless me. What shall we eat? That survival?

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<v Speaker 2>What shall we wear? That status? And we go round

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<v Speaker 2>in these circles over.

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<v Speaker 1>And over and over and over and over and over

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<v Speaker 1>and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>But if I start with the kingdom, God will give

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<v Speaker 2>me the things seek first His kingdom give them the

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<v Speaker 2>scripture verse.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to see this. More than see it,

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you seek first His Kingdom and his righteousness, all

0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:11.480
<v Speaker 2>these things will be given to you as well. See,

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<v Speaker 2>you protect what you prize, and your peace ought to

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<v Speaker 2>be important to you.

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<v Speaker 1>But the only way to.

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<v Speaker 2>Live in God's peace is to have God's priorities. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>in my life, every time that I have had a

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<v Speaker 2>lack of peace, it was because something was wrong with

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<v Speaker 2>my priorities.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason that I can prove.

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<v Speaker 2>That now is because it wasn't the presence of problems

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<v Speaker 2>that created the absence of peace. Sometimes in the midst

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<v Speaker 2>of my greatest problems, I had the greatest peace.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes no sense, I understand, but it's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Nonetheless, in some of the seasons of my greatest problems, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Experienced my deepest peace.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's because sometimes problems help us to clarify priorities. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>if my priorities, if I don't seek first the kingdom,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm seeking the things. I will run after all

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<v Speaker 2>the same things that the pagans run after, and it

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<v Speaker 2>will be like I don't even have a god.

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<v Speaker 1>In my real life. Thanks Mom.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like this, somebody give me your phone, Give

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<v Speaker 2>me your phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody with an iPhone? What is it? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Ten? Super another way for Apple to get my money

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<v Speaker 2>by changing the way I charge the stupid device.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a note taker, Oh thank God for this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you send me these when the sermon's over.

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<v Speaker 2>My notes are terrible. I don't even look at them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're horrible. Your notes are good. Oh I'm gonna ask

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<v Speaker 2>you something. If you left your phone at church, would

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<v Speaker 2>you come back and get it? How about if you

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<v Speaker 2>left your phone an hour away, would you drive an

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<v Speaker 2>hour to get in?

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<v Speaker 1>Two hours? Three hours? This phone is important.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm starting to wonder what you got on this phone,

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of business transactions.

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<v Speaker 1>You trust me a lot, Hand me this phone and

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<v Speaker 1>you come back and get it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I noticed people will leave their peace just anywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>and we would run back. I see some of you

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<v Speaker 2>while I'm preaching. You can't even sit through a fifty

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<v Speaker 2>minute message without reaching for your phone. You breaking out

0:30:46.440 --> 0:30:49.160
<v Speaker 2>rashes coming all up on. You can't check your phone,

0:30:49.200 --> 0:30:56.600
<v Speaker 2>the phone's buzzing in front. But but you leave your

0:30:56.600 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 2>piece just anywhere, and we would put more importance on

0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:07.520
<v Speaker 2>a possession and we'll go back and get it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I lost my phone. My phone, like you're not

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<v Speaker 1>wearing pants out the house or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But you won't even apologize to get your peace back

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<v Speaker 2>and seek the kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>Come get this phone.

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<v Speaker 2>You got a snap coming through us from AA Steph.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know who she is, if she's que.

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<v Speaker 2>So somebody shout, I want my peace back, And the

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<v Speaker 2>only way.

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<v Speaker 1>For that to happen is for you to get your priority.

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<v Speaker 2>Straight, friends and family. This is why I teach tithing. Woo,

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<v Speaker 2>A wave of silence visited the church, because when I

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<v Speaker 2>put God first and I prioritize His purpose in my life.

0:32:08.240 --> 0:32:10.400
<v Speaker 2>Don't you see that in any area of my life?

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<v Speaker 2>When I start with God, I end with God. So look,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not some Old Testament principle. It is a principle

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<v Speaker 2>that when you trust God, you invest your treasure in

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<v Speaker 2>the one that you trust. So when I say God,

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<v Speaker 2>this portion has set aside for you. Guess what I

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<v Speaker 2>start My resources spinning in the direction of God's kingdom,

0:32:39.160 --> 0:32:41.840
<v Speaker 2>and then I can trust him to take care of

0:32:41.880 --> 0:32:50.000
<v Speaker 2>my needs. That's why we bring the offering at the

0:32:50.080 --> 0:32:53.920
<v Speaker 2>end of the year. It's about trust. It's about training

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<v Speaker 2>my heart to trust God. Aren't you sick of spinning

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<v Speaker 2>like this? Just like the world's spin? I mean, really, really,

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<v Speaker 2>people of God, if we are if we're gonna worry

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<v Speaker 2>like the world worries, how are we gonna win the

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<v Speaker 2>world that we worry?

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<v Speaker 1>Just like.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the distinguishing mark of the people of God

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<v Speaker 2>and the day that we live in is a supernatural

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<v Speaker 2>peace that will become so attractive to people in the

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<v Speaker 2>world that we won't even have to preach to them.

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<v Speaker 2>They will see our peace and they will want to

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<v Speaker 2>meet the author of the giver of peace, the Prince

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<v Speaker 2>of Peace, whose name is Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>And so.

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<v Speaker 2>In this season, I've been asking God to start me

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<v Speaker 2>spinning in the right direction, even the way I start

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<v Speaker 2>my day.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to start my day spinning in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I really don't need to read the news

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<v Speaker 2>within the first thirty minutes that I'm awake.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Way, there are certain people that I don't need to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to for the first hour I'm at work because

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<v Speaker 2>they might start me spinning. Ah, tell somebody stop spinning

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<v Speaker 2>and learn what the flower learned. If I stay planted,

0:34:29.160 --> 0:34:31.759
<v Speaker 2>learn what the bird learned. If I stay above it,

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<v Speaker 2>then my guy will supply.

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<v Speaker 1>All my needs. Let's give him praise for it today.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, give him a good praise like you think

0:34:45.840 --> 0:34:49.839
<v Speaker 2>he deserves, Matthews, give him the praise you think he's

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<v Speaker 2>worthy of.

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<v Speaker 1>A proved himer Hanger.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Jesus, Jesus, prassious.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, Oh for grace. Now listen.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you would say, everyone's standing now, no

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<v Speaker 2>one's leaving.

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<v Speaker 1>Please?

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<v Speaker 2>How many would say I am a world class warrior

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<v Speaker 2>like I am an Olympic level warrior. Those of you here,

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<v Speaker 2>if you could stand, I'm about to pray for people.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. I'm a wor wave at me.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a world class warrior like they need to

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<v Speaker 2>write a front page Sports illustrated about.

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<v Speaker 1>Good news. Good news.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are a world class warrior, you have the

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<v Speaker 2>potential to become a world class worshiper.

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<v Speaker 4>Because worship is worry in reverse. Come on, spin around

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:05.480
<v Speaker 4>one good time. If you know God's got this.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not looking at tomorrow worried about it. I will

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<v Speaker 2>be confident in this, but I will see the goodness

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, take a good spin, man.

0:36:25.640 --> 0:36:27.439
<v Speaker 2>If you can stay, please stay. I want to pray

0:36:27.440 --> 0:36:31.239
<v Speaker 2>a blessing over you. When you start with God, you

0:36:31.400 --> 0:36:37.240
<v Speaker 2>end with God. And the situation that you're facing today

0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:41.640
<v Speaker 2>is not necessarily going to lift or remove. But the

0:36:41.760 --> 0:36:47.759
<v Speaker 2>second circle is what God is already doing. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just thought it'd be good to join our faith together today.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I really want to treasure these moments to minister,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's why I've been asking, Hey, if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to leave, if nothing is like going to burn

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:00.680
<v Speaker 2>your house or anything like that, while.

0:37:00.480 --> 0:37:02.560
<v Speaker 1>We're in here, please stay with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Because sometimes you hear the word, but you don't seal it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just let the devil take it, just take it,

0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:13.600
<v Speaker 2>just take it. You just let him take your word

0:37:13.800 --> 0:37:16.200
<v Speaker 2>and snatch it and snatch it. But snatch it back,

0:37:17.120 --> 0:37:20.360
<v Speaker 2>snatch it back. This is a moment for you to

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:22.680
<v Speaker 2>take your peace back. This is a moment for you

0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:28.719
<v Speaker 2>to take your focus back. And I want to pray

0:37:28.760 --> 0:37:33.600
<v Speaker 2>for that. But peace only comes through correct priorities. It's

0:37:33.640 --> 0:37:37.120
<v Speaker 2>not a feeling. It's a sense of ordering your life.

0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:39.719
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, if you build your life on the right foundation,

0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:44.080
<v Speaker 2>you can withstand any storm. And I just feel today

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<v Speaker 2>that as I've been ministering, the Spirit of the Lord

0:37:46.440 --> 0:37:51.640
<v Speaker 2>has been translating my feeble attempts to get this message preached,

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<v Speaker 2>putting it in the exact frame where you need to see.

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<v Speaker 1>What God is doing in your life. And I want

0:37:57.920 --> 0:37:59.279
<v Speaker 1>to ask you today if you have.

0:37:59.360 --> 0:38:04.160
<v Speaker 2>Been spinning around trying to solve things in your own strength,

0:38:05.400 --> 0:38:07.720
<v Speaker 2>and you want to steal your heart in the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God. One thing I love to do is lift

0:38:10.880 --> 0:38:13.040
<v Speaker 2>my hands to my Father in heaven. Would you do

0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:19.239
<v Speaker 2>that right now and close your eyes, Oh you of

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<v Speaker 2>little faith.

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<v Speaker 1>When you have a father.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows how to feed you, you don't have to

0:38:30.440 --> 0:38:34.600
<v Speaker 2>run to the world for scraps, and you have a

0:38:34.680 --> 0:38:39.759
<v Speaker 2>father who knows what you need, you can trust your

0:38:39.800 --> 0:38:42.640
<v Speaker 2>deepest desires are being met in each moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Greater than the breath that we.

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<v Speaker 2>Breathe, greater than the song that we sing. The grace

0:38:51.200 --> 0:38:55.359
<v Speaker 2>of God is in this moment, Holy Spirit, I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for this ministry that.

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<v Speaker 1>Has gone forth. Today.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked that you would now enable it to become

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<v Speaker 2>active in our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Then not only would we.

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<v Speaker 2>Be hearers of the word, but doers also, and that

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<v Speaker 2>this week you would show us how to.

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<v Speaker 1>Reverse.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of starting with what's wrong, what's missing, what's not,

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<v Speaker 2>what's gone, we would start with who you are, and

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<v Speaker 2>that the peace of God that trenscends all understanding would

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<v Speaker 2>guard our hearts and minds.

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<v Speaker 1>In Christ Jesus, thank you for joining us.

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