1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and God shall wipe away all tears 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: from their eyes, and there will be no more death, 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: neither sorrow nor crying, Neither shall there be any more pain, 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: for the former things are passed away. Revelation twenty one four. 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: What a glorious promise, my dear Father. The thought that 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: you will wipe away all my tears and put an 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 1: end to the death, sorrow, and suffering that fills this 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: world brings great comfort to my soul. It's hard to 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: imagine that kind of world, a world where there are 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: no destructive influences, where all the fear of the past 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: is removed, and you make all things new again. What 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: a joy it will be to live in your presence 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: and be surrounded by your love. How awesome it will 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: be to have no more fear, anxiety, or struggles to 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: fight through, No more spiritual battles darkness, no more lost 16 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: loved ones through sickness or death, no more pain or suffering, 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: only peace, freedom, and joy. Yes, Lord, I pray I 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: will see that day come soon. The hope of that 19 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: day is what comforts me in the midst of the 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: struggles I face. In the meantime, Teach me to walk 21 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: in the confidence of that new day where all things 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: are made new. Thank you for your exceedingly great promises 23 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: that fill my heart with hope and gladness. I love you, Lord, 24 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: I pray these things and the precious name of Jesus Amen. 25 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 26 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor. 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How many people do 45 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: you think died during COVID of COVID or symptoms related 46 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 3: to COVID. The real numbers are finally out, They've been released, 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 3: and the answer is point zero eight seven five percent 48 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: of the world's population died of COVID or COVID related deaths. 49 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 3: Now you think, what less than a percentage point? Well, yeah, 50 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 3: but the world population is eight billion, which means seven 51 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 3: million people died during COVID. 52 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 4: So now I'm not. 53 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: Here to talk about COVID and should we have shut down? 54 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: Should we have locked down? No, that's not the point. 55 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: The point is that's less than one percentage point. And 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: by contrast, one in every four people on the planet, 57 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: twenty five percent of the world struggles with mental illness. Wow, folks, 58 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: that's that's an epidemic. That's pandemic of epic proportions. Now 59 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 3: understand what this means. We have to distinguish between mental 60 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,559 Speaker 3: illnesses like a anxiety and depression and feelings of anxiety 61 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 3: and depression. Let me give you a few examples of anxiety. 62 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 3: My wife and I were on a flight from Brisbane, 63 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: Australia to Los Angeles a few years ago, and we 64 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: got caught up in the jet stream and the pilot 65 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 3: came over the intercomm and toldas we can't get out 66 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 3: of this jet scream stream. We can't go high, we 67 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: can't go low. We're gonna be stuck in it until 68 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 3: we get to LA. Now. The problem is when you're 69 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: caught in the jet stream, you're bouncing up and down. 70 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: You feel like you're in a washing machine, just being 71 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: thrown everywhere. And so I can tell you I had 72 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: a great fear of flying in those days. So I 73 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: was anxious, but I didn't have the mental disorder of anxiety. 74 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 3: I was just feeling anxious. You can feel anxious about something. 75 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 3: You can refuse to study the night before test, and 76 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: I guarantee when the teacher hands you the paper and 77 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: it's time for the test, you're gonna feel anxiety. Or 78 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: if you're going on a date that you wish you 79 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 3: would have never agreed to, you're going to experience some 80 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 3: sense of anxiety. 81 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 4: Same thing is true about depression. 82 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: When your girlfriend breaks up with you, when you don't 83 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: get into the college that you hope to get into. 84 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 3: When your dog eyes you know, if you're a Raiders 85 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 3: fan or an Angels fan, you know you're gonna be 86 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 3: sad a lot because you're losers. I mean, there's gonna 87 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 3: be sadness, but there's not gonna be depression. Sadness and 88 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: anxiety those are not the same thing as mental illness. 89 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: In fact, the depression and anxiety are part and partial 90 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: of the human experience, whereby we desire something more that 91 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 3: we're not getting, or we feel that our lives are 92 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 3: not going the way that our lives should go. So 93 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 3: this brings anxiety, depression, sadness, mental illness, and this is 94 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 3: important distinction to make refers to something far more chronic. 95 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: It's an overwhelming feeling of anxiety or depression or some 96 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: other emotion that actually impacts your ability to function and 97 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: to think clearly about life. It's debilitating, it's often unexplainable, 98 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 3: and even suicidal. You say suicidal absolutely. In fact, in 99 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 3: the middle of the three years where I suffered from 100 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 3: chronic anxiety disorder, I can tell you there were days 101 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: that I contemplated. And I've made this very very commonplace 102 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 3: there were days that I thought, if my life is 103 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 3: going to be like this, if I'm going to wake 104 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 3: up every night with my heart racing, with my pulse racing, 105 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 3: I can't catch my breath, and this feeling of impending doom, 106 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 3: If that's going to be the pattern of my life 107 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 3: for the rest of my life, I would rather not live. 108 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 3: So let me, first of all say to you, for 109 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 3: those who are contemplating suicide right now, which is more 110 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 3: than most of us around have ever fathomed. Can I 111 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 3: say to you that your best days are ahead, do 112 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 3: not give up. Do not give in. This is creating 113 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 3: something unique in you. I know you don't want to 114 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: hear that now because I didn't want to hear that 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 3: in the middle. This is creating something unique in you. 116 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 3: Something extraordinary can and will happen in you. And the 117 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 3: evil one wants to circumvent the process by suicide. Don't 118 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 3: give him the victory. Stay the course, allow it to 119 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 3: play out. This is ultimately happening for your deep, deep healing. Now, 120 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: please follow me just for a moment. We don't know 121 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 3: the cause of mental illness. I talked about that last week. However, 122 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 3: that doesn't mean that we don't know anything about mental illness. 123 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: It does not mean that we can only cure the 124 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: symptoms through medicine that masks our feelings and emotions. We 125 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 3: can do that, but it doesn't mean that's all we 126 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 3: can do. It doesn't mean that we cannot cure the disease. 127 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 3: It doesn't mean that we are totally clueless about where 128 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 3: to go from here. In fact, here we are again 129 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: the most read book in human existence, in human history. 130 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: The Bible gives us a lot more information about this 131 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: than we can ever imagine. So I'm in John fourteen. 132 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: Let's read one of the stories that Jesus tells. This 133 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 3: is actually not a parable, this is an actual historical occurrence. 134 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: And in verse seven we're told that when a Samaritan 135 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 3: woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, will 136 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: you give me a drink? The Samaritan woman said to him, 137 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: you're a Jew and I'm a Samaritan woman. How can 138 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 3: you ask me for a drink? Jesus answered her, if 139 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: you knew the gift of God and who it is 140 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 3: that ask you for a drink, you would have asked 141 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 3: him and he would have given you living water. 142 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 4: Sir. 143 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 3: The woman said, you have nothing to draw with, and 144 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 145 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 3: Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us 146 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 3: the well and drink from it himself, as it also 147 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 3: his sons and his livestock. Jesus answered, everyone who drinks 148 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 3: this water will be thirsty again, that is the water 149 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 3: from the well. But whoever drinks the water I give 150 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 3: them will never thirst. Indeed, the water that I give 151 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 3: them will become in them a spring of water welling 152 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 3: up for eternal life. The woman said to him, Sir, 153 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: give me this water so that I won't get thirsty 154 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: and have to keep coming here to draw water. Every 155 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: time I read Jesus' words to the woman at the well, 156 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 3: I'm thinking I'm reminded. Rather, I'm thinking about Isaiah fifty eight. 157 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 3: The Lord will guide you always. He will satisfy your 158 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: needs in a scorched sun land, and will strengthen your frame. 159 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 3: You will be like a well watered garden, like a 160 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: spring whose waters never fail. Now follow me, just stay 161 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 3: with me. The human brain is remarkably fascinating. There are 162 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 3: one hundred billion nerve cells in the brain. One hundred billion. 163 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 3: You think, how can they all fit in there? And 164 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 3: within the brain is contained serotonin, the hormone responsible for moods. 165 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: Some moods like anxiety, depression, happiness, sadness, calmness, peace, all 166 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 3: of those you name the emotion or feeling, and it's impacted, 167 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: that is, as it is physically manifested, perhaps even determined 168 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 3: by serotonin levels in the body. Now here's what you 169 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 3: did not know, and here's what my anxiety disorder led 170 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: me to discover. Ninety five percent of serotonin is produced 171 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 3: and howsed somewhere else other than the brain. 172 00:09:58,880 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 4: Did you know that? 173 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 3: Yes, you have serotonin levels in the brain. The balance 174 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 3: can cause or the imbalance can cause all kind of issues. 175 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 3: But ninety five percent of serotonin levels are not in 176 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: the brain. Ninety five percent. 177 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 4: Do you know what? Would you like to guess where 178 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 4: they are? Let me give you a hint. 179 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,959 Speaker 3: If you get a call, if you're a parent, and 180 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 3: let's say you get a call and the voice on 181 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 3: the other end of the line says, I'm sorry. 182 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: To tell you that your daughter or your son has 183 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 4: been in an accident. Where do you fill it? First 184 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: the gut immediately. 185 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 3: If you've ever gotten a call like that, you feel 186 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 3: it down deep inside place you can't understand. Some people 187 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 3: actually get sick, some people actually pass out. Ninety five 188 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 3: percent of serotonin chemicals or neurotransmitters that communicate with the 189 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 3: rest of your body, these emotions are discovered in the 190 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: small intestines. Serotonin in the intestines function much like a 191 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 3: second brain. It houses the innermost parts of a man 192 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 3: or woman. In other words, when trauma occurs in your life, 193 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 3: big or small, serotonin is released into the body. Information 194 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 3: is released to the CNS, the central nervous system, and 195 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 3: as a result, the body reacts. 196 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 4: Now, what is interesting is, though, is that even though the. 197 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 3: Mind can block trauma and can suppress things, the gut 198 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: does not. The gut is like a volcano that can 199 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 3: store up all kinds of pressure over a long period 200 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 3: of time. It's in our gut that these levels impact 201 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 3: the way we feel. Something deep inside us has to 202 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: deal will deal eventually with what the mind refuses to admit. 203 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 3: Have you ever heard anybody, when they're giving you advice 204 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: say go with your gut. 205 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 4: What do they mean by that? 206 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 3: They're saying that your gut knows the truth that your 207 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 3: mind and heart may not see at the moment. 208 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 4: Go with you gut. 209 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 3: Let me give you an illustration. Just stay with me 210 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 3: for a moment. Now, I'm in Zimbabwe, which is my 211 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: favorite place in the world to visit. I've been clear 212 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 3: about that in times past, with victoria falls, with the 213 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: shon of people, my friend different Chizanga. This is a 214 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 3: very peaceful place for me. And yet it was there 215 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 3: when I stood up after having a cup of coffee 216 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 3: at a cafe and I began to walk over to 217 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: the bank, and halfway in that journey, I became so 218 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 3: weak that I could not stand. 219 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 4: Now, this is somebody. 220 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 3: Who's lifted weights all of his life, been in good 221 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 3: physical condition for all of his life. Suddenly, right then 222 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 3: and there, I could not stand. My heart was racing. 223 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 3: I was gonna pass out. I had no idea what 224 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: was happening. The first thing that came to my mind 225 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 3: was that my mother died of a heart attack at 226 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 3: sixty one. Here, maybe this is my heart attack, Maybe 227 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 3: this is the end of my life. For six months 228 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 3: I went to the medical world to give me the 229 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: answers what was happening. Nobody could tell me. Finally somebody 230 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: said to me, maybe it was a panic attack, and 231 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 3: that made me very angry. Because my immediate response was 232 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: no way. Because I was in Zimbabwe, the happiest place 233 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 3: of my life. I had no stress, I'm around people. 234 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 4: That I loved. 235 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 3: There were no pressures, no real difficulties. But later on, 236 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 3: as you'll find out in this sermon, that's only because 237 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 3: the mind kept pushing what the soul, the essential need, 238 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 3: the gut knew very well, the mind kept pressing it down. 239 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: The reason doctors can only treat the symptoms of mental 240 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 3: illnesses because they can't go where they need to go. 241 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 3: That's not a slam on them. They treat the physical manifestations, 242 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: not the root causes. They can't go deep into your gut. 243 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 3: They can't go deep into your soul, and so out 244 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: of mercy they mask or shut off the brain. They 245 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: attack the serotonin levels and balance you out through drugs. 246 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 3: If you have too much sadness, they give you a 247 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 3: happy pill. I know you've met people you wish they 248 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: had some happy pills. Or if you have too much anxiety, 249 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 3: they actually give you a depression pill. Now it's not 250 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 3: really a depression pill, but it works much the same 251 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: way as it balances and evens things out. Make no mistake, however, 252 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 3: you are not healed. You have a sophisticated band aid, 253 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 3: a band aid for which I am very grateful. You say, wait, Jeff, 254 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 3: wait a minute, why didn't you take things like zoloft 255 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: add a van if they mask the problem? 256 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 4: Why did you do that? If you ask that. 257 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 3: Question, no offense. But it's because you've never had a 258 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 3: mental illness. And second, when you're in a fog or 259 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: a daze, when your body's telling you to run or flee, 260 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 3: you can't think clearly. It's too late at that point. 261 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 3: The technical term for anxiety disorder is impending doom, so 262 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 3: the body goes into flight mode. You can't think clearly 263 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: when you are running for your life. Your heart is palpitating, 264 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: your pulses off the charts, your vision is blurred, even 265 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 3: your balance is off. I remember going to the emergency 266 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 3: room in the middle of this difficult season. I couldn't 267 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 3: walk from the car into the emergency room. Because this 268 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: order affects different people different ways, it's not uniform. The 269 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 3: same thing as in depression. There's a deep darkness of 270 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: the mind that you can't explain, and you think you 271 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: can't think clearly when you're falling through a dark hole 272 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 3: and there's fear and doubt is overwhelming to the point 273 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 3: that you don't want to live anymore. Depression is more 274 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 3: than sadness, folks, it's hopelessness. It's the inability, not the refusal. 275 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: It is the inability to see the light at the 276 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 3: end of the tunnel. Do you know what Zolof did 277 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 3: for me? It pushed back the darkness of confusion so 278 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 3: that I can begin to think clearly, Pour over scripture, 279 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 3: engage God in prayer, and contemplate my life as Jesus 280 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 3: went into my places that no one else could go. 281 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 3: And I want to tell you standing here today, it 282 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: is true. He is wonderful counselor Prince of peace. 283 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 4: Stay with me. What was the problem with the woman 284 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 4: at the well? 285 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 3: You know, we just had a conference called Hearts of 286 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 3: Beauty where hundreds of women gathered out at our Rancho 287 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 3: campus and the stories that come out of that are amazing. 288 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 3: You have women who enter this place who, through their thinking, 289 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 3: have been able to press down wounds that they've had 290 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 3: for a long time. The problem is, even though they 291 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: pressed it down here, their gut still knows it's there, 292 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 3: and it's building like a volcano. 293 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 4: And if it's not dealt. 294 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 3: With, over time, it will explode. So they discover what 295 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 3: they press down, and they deal one on one with 296 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 3: these wounds that are there, and the spirit of God 297 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 3: comes into that place and opens their eyes to the 298 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 3: healing power of Christ. And when they do that, they 299 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 3: circumvent all the potential illnesses that can come as a 300 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 3: result of pressing things down that sooner or later you 301 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 3: have to deal with. Think about it for a moment. 302 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: What makes a woman, as we go back to John four, 303 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 3: what makes a woman sleep with every man that they meet? 304 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 4: Said, Well, she's loose. 305 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 3: She's looking for affirmation and approval that she never got, 306 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: probably from her father. Not not every woman who doesn't 307 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 3: get that approval responds this way. But there are many 308 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 3: young girls who never get from their father what they 309 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 3: needed desperately from their father. They need proof that they matter, 310 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: so they engage in apocalyptic hookups. There's an issue deep 311 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 3: deep down inside the feeling of failure and insignificance and worklessness, 312 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: and so men become their saviors, and men were never 313 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: designed to be saviors. Ask getting married woman that she'll 314 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 3: tell you so the way that she's dealing with her 315 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 3: feeling of insignificance and unworthiness is actually not healing her, 316 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 3: but destroying her life. Jesus knows what she's looking for, 317 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 3: and he knows he's the only one that can go 318 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 3: down deep. He's the only one that can give her 319 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: what it is she's looking for. So in verse thirteen, 320 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 3: Jesus answers, everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. 321 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, 322 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 3: the water I give them will become in them a 323 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 3: spring of water. Well en up to eternal life. Now 324 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 3: there are two kinds of life, right, physical and spiritual. 325 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 3: You cannot survive physically without water. But you know, as 326 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 3: we've said before, you are more than your body. This 327 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 3: is the outer tent, the outer shell, the essential you, 328 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 3: the real you, the spiritual the soul also needs spiritual water. 329 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 4: So the essential you, the soul. 330 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 3: Needs nourishment in order to endure what life is gonna 331 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 3: throw at every single one of us. Remember creation, Fall, Redemption, 332 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 3: where in the Fall it's gonna make serious efforts to 333 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 3: destroy us. 334 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 4: So Jesus tells the woman at the. 335 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 3: Well that he offers the kind of spiritual healing, and 336 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 3: the original language is beautiful here that will well up. 337 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: Hallo manu is the Greek word, and it means to 338 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 3: start way down, deep and to flow outward. The etymology 339 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 3: refers to the gut. Here we are again, so that 340 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 3: what happens in the gut will ultimately and time spread 341 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 3: to the outer regions. The Old Testament prophets look forward 342 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: to a time when living waters would flow from Jerusalem 343 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 3: Ezekiel forty seven to nine. Swarms of living creatures will 344 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 3: live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers 345 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 3: of fish because this water flows there and makes the 346 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 3: salt water fresh. So where the river flows, everything will live. 347 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 4: But there's something else. 348 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 3: Living waters in the Old Testament is also a metaphor 349 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 3: for the for the combination, for the relationship. Rather, that's 350 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 3: a better word between spirit, God's spirit in us and 351 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 3: God's Truth and how they respond and react together to 352 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 3: bring healing. The spirit God in us, truth God's Word 353 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 3: in us. A good example again is it Ezekiel, only 354 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 3: this time verse thirty six. I will give you a 355 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 3: new heart and put a new spirit in you. I 356 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 3: will remove from you your heart of stone and give 357 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 3: you a heart of flesh. And I will put my 358 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 3: spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees 359 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 3: the Word and be careful to keep my laws. So 360 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: there is a relationship between spirit, Christ's power and the 361 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 3: truth Christ's word. There's this inseparable relation between these two. 362 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 3: Look at it like this. 363 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 4: The spirit without the truth. 364 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 3: Or the Word is unpredictable, untrustworthy, and unproductive. The word, however, 365 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 3: without the spirit, is passionless, legalistic, and oppressive. But together 366 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 3: the Word and the Spirit brings life that begins way 367 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 3: down deep and begins to flow outward to all of 368 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 3: its parts. In fact, when we are experiencing joy on 369 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 3: a soul level in our bellies or intestines, deep down inside, 370 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 3: there is a naturally perfectly balanced productivity of serotonin. Now, 371 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 3: I want to say that again. So we're combining what 372 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 3: is spiritual and scientific at the same time. When we 373 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 3: are experiencing joy in a soul level, in our bellies 374 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 3: or intestines deep down inside, there is a naturally perfectly 375 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 3: balanced productivity of serotonin. Niam I put it like this, 376 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 3: the joy of the Lord is my strength. The joy 377 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 3: of the Lord is my strength. Now stay with me, 378 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 3: keep going. What was really going on with me in 379 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 3: my years of anxiety disorder? Well, okay, you know I'm 380 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 3: in retrospect. Now. It's been a while, so I want 381 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 3: to share with you what I've discovered in this journey. 382 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 4: My father had died. 383 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 3: A couple of months before these attacks started. Now, my 384 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 3: mother had died, and I dealt with that. That's been 385 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 3: ten That was ten eleven, twelve years before my father died. 386 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: But my father died on my birthday, and that had 387 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 3: more damage. That did something to me. I can't really explain, 388 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 3: and it can't really fathom it, really, but I knew 389 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 3: that something shook me. My best friend died a few 390 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 3: weeks after the death of my father. My mom's death 391 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: was creeping up in my life again, not to the 392 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 3: fact that she died, because I knew she was with Jesus, 393 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 3: but the fact of her age. She died so young, 394 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: and I'm creeping near that age with every passing year. 395 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 3: Over time, I realized there were two things playing a 396 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 3: role that had been pressed down into the gut that 397 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 3: the brain was suppressing, but it was building up over time. 398 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 3: One was the fear of death. Now, you would think 399 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 3: a pastor would not be afraid of dying because he 400 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 3: knows what's next. I can't really explain it. When people 401 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 3: around me started dying that were my age, when my mom, 402 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 3: my dad died, my best friend died, I kind of 403 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 3: pressed it down. I told myself, I spoke words to myself, 404 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 3: but I don't think I was very convincing. It was like, 405 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 3: I'm not ready to die. I have so much more 406 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 3: I need to accomplish. And that was on the other 407 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 3: side of the spectrum. Because I grew up in a 408 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 3: family that praised athleticism. I was one of four brothers, 409 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 3: but I was the only one that was athletic. Therefore, 410 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 3: as I look back now, I know that I received 411 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 3: the praise and the honor, even the worship with a 412 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 3: small w that I know that my brothers longed for. 413 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 3: But I also learned very early in my life that 414 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 3: you are praised and adored based on performance. So I 415 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 3: start to carry that with me throughout my entire life, 416 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 3: and I get caught up in this performance trap. My significance, 417 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 3: my feelings of worth or worthyness come from what have 418 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 3: I done lately, what have I. 419 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 4: Achieved, what have I accomplished? 420 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 3: Where people will look from the outside in and say, wow, 421 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 3: look at how awesome this person is. So I've got 422 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 3: this fear of death going on that I've not accomplished 423 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 3: what I want to accomplish in my life, and this 424 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 3: death cloud hangs over me. And then I've got this 425 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 3: idea that I've not accomplished and I'm not accomplishing what. 426 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 4: I've set out to accomplish. 427 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: So I've got this fear of death coupled with this 428 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,959 Speaker 3: fear of failure, and all of that is hidden and 429 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 3: pressed down. I had something that was welling up within 430 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 3: me and flowing to other places death. 431 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 4: And under achievement. 432 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 3: And over time, because that was pressed down, the serotonin 433 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 3: levels began to change. Did you know that you can 434 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: change the serodentonin balance in your brain and in your 435 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 3: gut by your response to the tragedy or traumas of life. 436 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 3: So over time the serotonin levels began to change. This 437 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 3: deep wound of performance and perfectionism and achievement for significance 438 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 3: began to alter the balance of serotonin so much so 439 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 3: that it sent a message to my central nervous system 440 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 3: that my soul was becoming undone. I was disintegrating what 441 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 3: my brain refused to deal with. My gut was storing up. 442 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 3: And now because of the serotonin levels out of balance 443 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 3: because there's no centralized joy in my life. I began 444 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 3: to disintegrate, and in order to stop the total collapse, 445 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 3: the body reacted in order to tell me that something 446 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,719 Speaker 3: is wrong and if it is not dealt with, it 447 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 3: will ultimately destroy me. Have you ever thought looking at 448 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 3: your mental illness this way? You're depressing your anxiety. It's 449 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 3: the body trying and attempting to save itself. Something's out 450 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 3: of whack, something's not right, and your soul knows it. 451 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 3: Your brain may shove it aside, but your soul, the 452 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 3: essential you, your gut knows it. And now it's going 453 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 3: to send a signal to your central nervous system, to 454 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 3: your body that you have got to deal with the disease, 455 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 3: not just mask the symptoms. I said earlier, When we 456 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 3: are experiencing joy on a soul level in our bellies 457 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 3: or intestines, deep down inside, there's a naturally perfectly balanced 458 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 3: productivity of serotonin, So that means the adverse is true. 459 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 3: When we are experiencing sorrow on a soul level in 460 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 3: our bellies, down deep inside, the balance of serotonin is 461 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 3: interrupted and all hell breaks loose. Jesus has been teaching 462 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 3: this for centuries. 463 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 4: Did you know that. 464 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: He's been teaching that until you change your gut, the 465 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 3: essential you, until the waters of the Holy Spirit spring 466 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 3: up new life in you, all of us, not just me, 467 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 3: are ticking time bombs waiting to explode. And make no mistake, 468 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 3: you can press things down a long time, but sooner 469 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 3: or later the volcano is going to erupt. You need 470 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 3: a gut change, You need nourishment that sustains you, need 471 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 3: a spring of living water that goes down deep and 472 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 3: cleanses you, and then flows that cleansing out to the 473 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 3: other parts of your being. So asked the question, how 474 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 3: is it then that we appropriate this living water in us? 475 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 3: As Christ's followers. We've been told that we have the 476 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 3: spirit of God in us. So how do we break 477 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 3: the dam that is holding the water back so that 478 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 3: it can flow into every aspect of our lives? Now, 479 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 3: for years I thought this part of the story of 480 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 3: the Woman at the Well was somewhat irrelevant to the 481 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 3: wider point. 482 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 4: Man was I wrong? Verse twenty two, Jesus says, you Samaritans, 483 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 4: worship what you do not know. 484 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 3: We worship what we do know. For salvation is from 485 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 3: the Jews. Now there's a lot to be said here. 486 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 3: We can do a whole sermon on this one verse. 487 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 3: Because when the original people of Samaria were exiled and 488 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 3: transported to Medea, people from five other places came in 489 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 3: and brought five other false idols into the Jewish context, 490 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 3: and the Samaritans, as they influence the Jews, began worshiping. 491 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,360 Speaker 4: These five gods. 492 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 3: Now, what I find interesting is in the story of 493 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 3: the woman at the well, she had five husbands, remember, 494 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 3: and the one she's with now is not her husband. 495 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 4: It's almost like. 496 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: There is this play on the reality that she has 497 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 3: been pursuing or trying to meet her needs through five 498 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 3: separate idols, men of different forms and fashions. And now 499 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 3: Jesus says to her, you're worshiping what you do not know. 500 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 3: You are trying to fill the void in your life 501 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 3: by pursuing false idols. And then he says in verse 502 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: twenty three, Yet a time is coming, and now has come, 503 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 3: when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and 504 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 3: in truth. For they are the kind of worshipers the 505 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 3: Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship 506 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 3: in the spirit and in truth. Now the question is 507 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 3: how does one worship in spirit and truth? And how 508 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 3: is this related to mental illness, to anxiety depression in Jesus, 509 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 3: And how is it related to this overwhelming living waters 510 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 3: that can that has the potential to flow out and beyond. 511 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 3: And the answer is, according to scripture, the Holy Spirit 512 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: is in you. The waters are there. That's proof of 513 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 3: your conversion. It is then the word of God, the 514 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 3: voice of God, as it saturates your deepest parts, that 515 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 3: will begin to bring life and vitality and break the 516 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 3: dam where the waters begin to flow. In Jeremiah fifteen sixteen, 517 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 3: the writer says, when your words came. 518 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 4: I ate them. Now if you eat them, where do 519 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 4: they go down? Deep? 520 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 3: And he says they were my joy and my heart's delight, 521 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 3: for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty. Can I 522 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 3: tell you I'm not a doctor? You say, I know that, 523 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 3: But can I tell you how to cure most mental illness? 524 00:29:53,920 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 3: Not all most mental illness? Step one, balance the serotonin lie. 525 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 3: You got to get to the point where you can 526 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 3: think clearly. Again, do not be anti medicine. 527 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 4: Now. If you do. 528 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 3: Some prevention in the early stages of your life, you 529 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 3: won't get to this point. But the reality is most 530 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 3: of us haven't. And because of that, the best thing, 531 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 3: the first thing you can do is balance the serotonin levels. 532 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 3: Nothing wrong with that. We are made up of chemicals. 533 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 3: We are flesh and blood and spirit. But that will 534 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 3: enable you to begin to think clearly and to experience 535 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 3: the complete healing. 536 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 4: You're gonna have to think clearly. Again. Step one, balance 537 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 4: the serotonin levels. Step two. 538 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 3: Submit to the work God is doing in your life. 539 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 3: Remember when I told you what Dan Johnson said to me, Jeff, 540 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 3: when you pray this prayer, God, do not rescue me 541 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 3: from this illness until you have accomplished in me what 542 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 3: it is that you want to accomplish. When you pray 543 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 3: that and you mean it, that's when the healing comes. 544 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 3: God has not abandoned you. He's pressing you. He's squeezing 545 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 3: you so the good stuff can come out and so 546 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 3: the bad stuff can be discarded. Ask God to show 547 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 3: you what He's trying to expose and to give you 548 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 3: the courage to stay in the battle until the war 549 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 3: is won. Can I say again, He is revealing something 550 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 3: deep in you. This is not just theory to me, 551 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 3: this is personal experience. There's something that needs to be 552 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 3: dealt with in your life, that only His truth can 553 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 3: give you the spirit of. 554 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 4: Shalom, health and well being. Step three. 555 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 3: This is a big one, and this is how we're 556 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 3: going to end. But it's going to take us a moment. 557 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 3: Renew your mind. This is the key change your diet. 558 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 3: Some of you think that when I tell you to 559 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 3: be careful what you watch and read and listen to, 560 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 3: that I'm being legalistic or that you're invincible. But there's 561 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 3: an old adage garbage in garbage out. If you put 562 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 3: dirt in a pez dispenser, why would you expect candy 563 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 3: to come out? It matters what you're putting in. 564 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 4: You know. 565 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 3: I've been listening to this debate and battle about artificial 566 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 3: intelligence and how it's becoming dangerous, and now they're telling 567 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 3: us that it's being programmed to lie to us, to 568 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 3: manipulate us, in order to achieve its end, not ours. 569 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 3: And I started thinking, most of the time, if you 570 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 3: don't know something, the first thing you're atempting to do 571 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 3: is pull up Google and google something so that you 572 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 3: can find out the right information. But what if Google 573 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 3: is programmed to lie to you and everybody around the 574 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 3: world is googling topics, but those topics and the information 575 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 3: given to you are to manipulate you into conforming to 576 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 3: something somebody else wants. When you go to the movies, 577 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 3: read books, social media without discretion. Who is the mind 578 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,719 Speaker 3: behind culture? My goodness, you're a Christ follow where you're 579 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 3: supposed to know this? It's not Jesus one John five nineteen. 580 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 3: We are children of God, But the whole world lies 581 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 3: under the sway of the evil water that there is 582 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 3: a prince of the power of the air Ephesian six. 583 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 3: Our struggle is not against flesh and blood right, but 584 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 3: against what rulers authorities, against the powers of the dark world, 585 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 3: against spiritual forces of evil. And then what is the 586 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 3: first piece of advice Paul gives in Ephesian six to 587 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 3: win this battle verse fourteen? Stand firm, then, with the 588 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 3: bolt of truth buckled around your waist. 589 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 4: There are lies you've been told all your life. 590 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 3: As a result, down deep in your gut, sorrow is central, 591 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 3: and it's building up over time. You have to allow 592 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 3: the truth of the Word of God to expose these lies, 593 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 3: so that you'll begin to believe the truth, and as 594 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 3: a result, the truth will begin to rule over your 595 00:33:54,040 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 3: emotions and balance the serotonin levels in your body. Again, 596 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 3: this is not just theory to me. I've shared a 597 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 3: few times where when I had anxiety, I started to 598 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 3: run more than I had been running. I would just 599 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 3: go for a three mile run, and that seemed to 600 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 3: do something. But at the furthest point away from my house, 601 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 3: I would always get a pre attack, the feeling of 602 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 3: the attack coming, and my mind would start churning and saying, Man, 603 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,760 Speaker 3: if you have an anxiety attack here, who's gonna rescue you. 604 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 3: You're three miles from home, you don't have your phone 605 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 3: with you. What's gonna happen? And over time I was 606 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 3: able because my serotonin levels had been balanced. I could 607 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 3: think properly. And I'm began to speak the word of 608 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 3: God to myself, and I'm begin to run, and the 609 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 3: pitter pattern of my feet to the rhythm of God 610 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,479 Speaker 3: determines who lives or dies. God determines who lives or dies. 611 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 3: God determines who lives or dies. And immediately that shut 612 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 3: my brain down, gave me a peace, way down deep inside, 613 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 3: and I could finish the run. Do you understand what 614 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 3: I'm saying? When the word of God so saturates your 615 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 3: emotion on spiritual constitution that when the life of the 616 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 3: world comes in that causes death and devastation. If the 617 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 3: spirit of God is able to activate the Word of God, 618 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 3: I'm telling. 619 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 4: You you will be balanced and you will overcome. 620 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 3: That's why Paul says in Romans twelve, do not conform 621 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 3: to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by 622 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 3: the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able 623 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,919 Speaker 3: to test and approve what God's will is, his good, 624 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:29,879 Speaker 3: pleasing and perfect will. Can I tell you why mental 625 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 3: illness is at an all time high in America because 626 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 3: belief in God is at an all time low. When 627 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,319 Speaker 3: you lose God, you lose so many other things. You 628 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 3: lose objective hope. You have no objective source of hope. 629 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 3: You're just guessing that there's something next. You have no 630 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 3: objective meaning. You might have tiny little meanings in your life, 631 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 3: but there's no ultimate meaning about. 632 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:52,320 Speaker 4: What your life is about. 633 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 3: There's no objective morality, So everything goes and there's no 634 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 3: objective truth. The soul knows what the brain is thinking. 635 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 4: And when. 636 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 3: That's the totality of your life. When you are on 637 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 3: a boat in a storm without a compass, which is 638 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 3: what life is like when there's no true North. Do 639 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 3: you know what that does to the inner man or 640 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 3: the inner woman? What is it new to an entire 641 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 3: generation of youth who grow up in that atmosphere. 642 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:22,919 Speaker 4: We'll let me tell you. 643 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 3: Epidemic, pandemic, anxiety, depression, hopelessness, skepticism, and ultimately narcissism, because 644 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 3: you're fighting for the survival of your life. When we 645 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 3: kill God, something has to take its place. Man cannot 646 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 3: live for nothing. He must have something to grab onto 647 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 3: that will fill his heart, his mind, and soul. And 648 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 3: we are reaching for things that were never meant to deliver, 649 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,839 Speaker 3: and our soul knows very well. There's a movie out 650 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,319 Speaker 3: that I've been told I need to see, so I'm 651 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 3: going to go see it in a few days. It's 652 00:36:55,160 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 3: called Jesus Revolution. Interesting movie based in the sixties and 653 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 3: early seventies, and in the sixties and early seventies there 654 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 3: was a great movement, a revolution towards Christ and away 655 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 3: from secularism. The movie, as I've read reviews about it, 656 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 3: brings many things to bear on the reason that we 657 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 3: experienced a Jesus Revolution in those days. Perhaps it was 658 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 3: the preaching of the word of God by Chuck Smith, 659 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 3: on whose life the movie is based at least one character. 660 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,359 Speaker 3: Perhaps the passion of a preacher to reach those who 661 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 3: are far from God. Maybe that's why there was a 662 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 3: Jesus Revolution. Perhaps the willingness of Christ followers to embrace 663 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 3: and invite hippies into their midst other people saw as 664 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:45,800 Speaker 3: offensive but ultimately primarily social. 665 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 4: Theorists will tell you that sex. 666 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 3: Drugs, and alcohol were not working, that the idols were 667 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 3: not delivering like they thought, that free sex or free 668 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 3: love had left them empty. That fighting injustice was a 669 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 3: good thing, but when it became the ultimate thing, it 670 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 3: left us wanting something more. And so life is cyclical. 671 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,719 Speaker 3: And here we are again in twenty twenty three, and 672 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 3: our culture tells us sex is paramount to existence. Homosexuality, lesbianism, transgenderism, 673 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 3: we're told is ideal. Promiscuity did not work, so let's 674 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,800 Speaker 3: break some other barriers down and pursue other gods. 675 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:28,040 Speaker 4: But in reality, these are all forms of cultural. 676 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 3: Wounds that are real. We're dissatisfied, our hearts are broken. 677 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 3: The something going on, it's being pressed down deep inside. 678 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 3: We're masking it, and we're trying to satisfy or solve 679 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 3: the issue by pursuing idols, pursuing things that were never 680 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,400 Speaker 3: meant to deliver. And there comes a time when a 681 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 3: pastor must say, I love you, but this is not 682 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 3: the way. Things that we should be ashamed of in 683 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 3: our culture, like hero parades and pride parades and drag 684 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 3: shows to our children at public libraries, are instead viewed 685 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 3: as saviors of the culture. And the Bible clearly warns 686 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 3: us that the world is not moving the flow of God. 687 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,400 Speaker 3: Neither will you if you're not renewing your mind daily. 688 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,359 Speaker 3: And as a result, if you're not saturating your mind 689 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 3: with a word of God, and you're saturating it with 690 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 3: conformity to the world in the world's thinking, your soul 691 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:36,360 Speaker 3: eventually will begin to disintegrate and you will lash out. 692 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 3: Life is either welling up within us or death is 693 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 3: welling up within us. And that's why Paul says, you 694 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,480 Speaker 3: want to be a rebel. Great, I'm giving you permission 695 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 3: to be a rebel, but don't rebel against the thing 696 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 3: that will save you. Rebell against the thing that is 697 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 3: killing you. So he says, do not conform. The Greek 698 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 3: word is systematidso interesting word just quickly. Sistematizzo means assuming 699 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 3: and now expression that does not reflect what is inside. 700 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 3: So if you're conforming to the world because of the 701 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 3: word that he's used here, Paul is assuming you're a 702 00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,879 Speaker 3: Christ follower and that Christ is in you. But you're 703 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 3: assuming an outward expression of something that does not reflect 704 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,760 Speaker 3: who you really are on the inside. So he says, instead, 705 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 3: be transformed. The word is a metamorphosis or metamorphile, make 706 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 3: a change. Metamorphile means make a change in the outward 707 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 3: appearance that truly reflects what's on the inside. 708 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:34,319 Speaker 4: How do you do that? 709 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,839 Speaker 3: And he tells us by retraining the mind. I looked 710 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,320 Speaker 3: up metaphorphosis in the dictionary and it says the process 711 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 3: of transformation from an immature form. 712 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:47,240 Speaker 4: To an adult form. 713 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 3: Remember what I said last week, some of you are 714 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 3: addicted to pep rallies and there's very little sustenance. I'm 715 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 3: trying to tell you it's time to grow up and 716 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,959 Speaker 3: to morph into spiritual adulthood and to. 717 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 4: Put the Word of God into your life. 718 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,239 Speaker 3: Saturate your life with the Word of God so the 719 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 3: spirit can activate it at the right time and the 720 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,239 Speaker 3: right place to give you the victories of your life. 721 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 3: All right, here's the end. 722 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 4: Quickly. 723 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 3: Step one, balance the serotonin levels. Step two, submit to 724 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 3: the work God is doing in your life. Step three 725 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 3: renew your mind morph truth and spirit, truth and spirit, 726 00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 3: truth and spirit. I don't know what lies underneath your 727 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,880 Speaker 3: small intestines. I don't know what you've pressed down. I 728 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,920 Speaker 3: don't know how life has kicked you around. I don't 729 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 3: know what trauma you have faced. I know that you're 730 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,280 Speaker 3: not the only one who's faced trauma. You're not alone 731 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 3: in this. But Christian life or living is about renewing 732 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,320 Speaker 3: the mind, retraining the mind. J. T. Fisher, a world 733 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 3: renowned psychiatras said this, for nearly two thousand years, the 734 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 3: world has been holding in its hands the complete answer 735 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 3: to its restless and fruitless learnings. Here rest the blueprint 736 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 3: for successful human life with optimism, mental health, and contentment. 737 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,279 Speaker 3: Here what he's saying your internal health. The secret to 738 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:18,920 Speaker 3: mental health is found in the words of Christ. I 739 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,200 Speaker 3: also know this that when you begin to saturate your mind, 740 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 3: renew your mind with the word of God, a chemical 741 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 3: reaction happens. 742 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:26,399 Speaker 4: Did you know that. 743 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:34,160 Speaker 3: A chemical reaction Serotonin levels change not only when you 744 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:38,200 Speaker 3: respond poorly to the circumstances or trauma of life. But 745 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 3: they also change and transform when you respond well to 746 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:48,560 Speaker 3: the traumas of your life. And the only way that 747 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 3: you're going to respond well is if the Word of 748 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 3: God and the Spirit of God combined together to give 749 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,000 Speaker 3: you this well of living water welling up in you 750 00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:02,120 Speaker 3: that will flow to the outermost parts. You don't need 751 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 3: a firewall against trauma. What we need is to allow 752 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,799 Speaker 3: the trauma in and to saturate it with the word 753 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,520 Speaker 3: of God, so that we take something that was meant 754 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 3: for evil and it is used for good. So here's 755 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,439 Speaker 3: I'm out of time. Let me let me finish. Here's 756 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:22,319 Speaker 3: here's the formula. How do you renew your mind? If 757 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 3: it's so key in all of this, how do you 758 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:24,600 Speaker 3: renew your mind? 759 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:24,839 Speaker 4: Then? 760 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,120 Speaker 3: Number one, I'm suggesting to you this is this is 761 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,399 Speaker 3: I'm gonna give you four These are the four things 762 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,920 Speaker 3: that brought healing into my life. I'm not saying that 763 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,800 Speaker 3: this is a quick fix or it's a guaranteed formula, 764 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 3: but I promise you, according to the Word of God, 765 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,840 Speaker 3: this is where you begin. Number one, Read and study 766 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,360 Speaker 3: the Sermon on the Mount. Go to Matthew chap Chapter 767 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,600 Speaker 3: five through seven, and read it and read it. Don't 768 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,160 Speaker 3: just read it, but eat it, take it in, take 769 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:56,200 Speaker 3: it in, study and ponder over and over again. I 770 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,480 Speaker 3: would advise you to get a book by Oswald Chambers. 771 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:02,000 Speaker 3: Call studies in the Sermon on Them Out, studies in 772 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,920 Speaker 3: the Sermon on the Mount Oswald Chambers. 773 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:05,400 Speaker 4: Get the book. 774 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 3: Read Matthew five through seven again and again and again. 775 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 3: Read Oswald Chambers book let The Words of Jesus penetrate 776 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,160 Speaker 3: your heart, your mind, and your soul until it starts 777 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,240 Speaker 3: to transform you. And I pray that God will grant 778 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,120 Speaker 3: you insight into who you really are and what you've 779 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:20,759 Speaker 3: pressed down. 780 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:21,959 Speaker 4: Two. 781 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,240 Speaker 3: Attend to community group that takes the word of God seriously. 782 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 3: Attend to community group that takes the word of God 783 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 3: seriously and discusses application passionately. Spirit and truth. Spirit and truth. 784 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 3: Three make weekend worship a non negotiable. This is the 785 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,560 Speaker 3: house of the Lord. This is where the spirit moves. Traditionally, historically, 786 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:50,919 Speaker 3: God moves best and the congregation of his people. God 787 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,360 Speaker 3: does his best work when his people are gathered together 788 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,320 Speaker 3: in prayer and worship, spirit and truth. The Church of 789 00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:00,640 Speaker 3: Jesus Christ began when people gather together for worship. Chapter two, 790 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 3: Great revivals have begone when people of God assemble together 791 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,439 Speaker 3: to pray and worship. The Reformation began when a group 792 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,920 Speaker 3: of believers began to seek spirit and truth. Spirit and truth, 793 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 3: and four, if you're really serious, ask somebody to disciple you. 794 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,839 Speaker 3: The way the New Testament Church was established is the 795 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,600 Speaker 3: old women disciple to the young women, and the old 796 00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,719 Speaker 3: man disciple to the young men. If I were a 797 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,080 Speaker 3: young man today, I would beg an older man that 798 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,319 Speaker 3: I respected and trusted. Would you please meet with me 799 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,000 Speaker 3: and disciple me and help me understand the Word of 800 00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:34,440 Speaker 3: God and. 801 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:35,799 Speaker 4: How it impacts my life. 802 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,600 Speaker 3: If you do those things, if you balance the serotonin levels, 803 00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,360 Speaker 3: if you submit to the work God is doing in 804 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,400 Speaker 3: your life, if you renew your mind with these four things, 805 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,759 Speaker 3: I promise you God will complete his good work in you. 806 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 3: I have a lot more to say, but I pray 807 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,120 Speaker 3: this has been a very pragmatic sermon because I think 808 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,440 Speaker 3: when you're dealing with mental illness, you need practical advice. 809 00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:02,000 Speaker 3: You don't need somebody to give you platitudes. You need 810 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 3: somebody to give you a way forward. That this is 811 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:08,759 Speaker 3: the way forward. Spirit and truth, spirit, and truth to 812 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,680 Speaker 3: change the inner core that living water may flow throughout 813 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:16,280 Speaker 3: your body, soul, and mind. Father, thank you for today. 814 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,080 Speaker 3: I pray for my brothers and sisters who are struggling 815 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,160 Speaker 3: with mental illness. I hope that nothing I said would 816 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:25,279 Speaker 3: belittle their pain, and if it came across like that, 817 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,440 Speaker 3: I repent right now in Christ's name. I pray they 818 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:35,640 Speaker 3: would feel my love for them and a lack of judgment. Nevertheless, 819 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,600 Speaker 3: I feel they would be motivated that there's a lot 820 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:39,120 Speaker 3: at the end of the tunnel. I pray for anybody 821 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,880 Speaker 3: who's contemplating suicide that they would realize that is not 822 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,640 Speaker 3: from you, that's from the evil one who's trying to 823 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:47,320 Speaker 3: circumvent what you're doing in their lives. That you're creating 824 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:49,680 Speaker 3: something precious and good. That the Potter and the Clay 825 00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:54,960 Speaker 3: are at work. 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