WEBVTT - When Anxiety Attacks

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

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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. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I know this message is for somebody because the devil

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<v Speaker 2>was fighting me to be able to deliver it. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's go forward together now into the word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter has an instruction here. He says, in the same way,

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<v Speaker 2>you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>over fifty say amen. All the parents say amen. This

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<v Speaker 2>is your verse. Peter's a little older now, he's got that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got that senior citizen discount swag going on in

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<v Speaker 2>this letter that he's writing. He's got that aarp swag. Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another.

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<v Speaker 2>Because God opposes the prow but he shows favor to

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<v Speaker 2>the humble. Humble yourselves. Therefore, under God's mighty hand, that

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<v Speaker 2>he may lift you up in due time, cast all

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<v Speaker 2>your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Be alert and a sober mind. Your enemy, the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>Prows around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

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<v Speaker 2>But resistant, standing firm in the faith because you know

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<v Speaker 2>that you're not the only one going through something. The

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<v Speaker 2>family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same

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<v Speaker 2>kind of sufferings. Touch somebody, say, you're not a You're

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<v Speaker 2>not alone, You're not the only one.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not the only one. You're not crazy. It's a battle.

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<v Speaker 2>We all must fight, some fears, we all must face

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<v Speaker 2>some things, we all must go through, and we're.

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<v Speaker 1>In this together. Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>And the God of all grace, who called you to

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<v Speaker 2>his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a

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<v Speaker 2>little while, will himself restore you, make you strong, firm

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<v Speaker 2>and steadfast to Him be the power forever and ever

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<v Speaker 2>and ever and ever.

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<v Speaker 1>And ever and ever and ever.

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<v Speaker 2>And let the church say, Amen, Amen, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>speak to you for a few moments today on the

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<v Speaker 2>subject when anxiety attacks? What are you going to do

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<v Speaker 2>when anxiety attacks? Amen, you may be seated in the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God. Thank you, worship team. Then they do good.

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<v Speaker 1>Following my random little Come on, didn't they do good

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<v Speaker 1>following that little.

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<v Speaker 2>We have the best musicians on the planet at Elevation Church,

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<v Speaker 2>the best volunteers on the planet who.

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<v Speaker 1>Do the technical stuff, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Best cameraman on the planet. Watch these cameramen switch back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth real quick. Go from the yeah, just go

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth a bunch of times. Just watch. Just

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<v Speaker 2>watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>That crazy, not cool.

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<v Speaker 2>They do all this stuff that you don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>about behind the scenes to bless you so you can

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<v Speaker 2>hear the word of God. I appreciate all our volunteers

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<v Speaker 2>back in ekas the parking lot, all of our ushers

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<v Speaker 2>ushing with excellence for the glory of God. Ay Man,

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<v Speaker 2>I just feel grateful today for everybody. Hey, my mom

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<v Speaker 2>and I were texting this morning. We were talking about

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<v Speaker 2>my memory and how I remember weird little things from

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<v Speaker 2>my childhood, and she says that I remember some of

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<v Speaker 2>them incorrectly. But one thing I know I remember was

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<v Speaker 2>around age sixteen at Monk's Corner United Methodist Church when

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<v Speaker 2>Aunt Jackie she was really my aunt, but I called

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<v Speaker 2>her Aunt Jackie because when I was a little boys

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<v Speaker 2>to go over to their house all the time and

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<v Speaker 2>she let me watch dukes of hazard and she pulled

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<v Speaker 2>me aside because I had made a commitment to Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>Christ as a sixteen year old boy, and she could

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<v Speaker 2>see the passion and enthusiasm from my eyes, and she

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<v Speaker 2>had changed my diapers. And she was at that age

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<v Speaker 2>where you can say whatever you want to say, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like Peter was when he was telling the church

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<v Speaker 2>there the people of God who were under persecution and

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<v Speaker 2>under attack at the hands of the Emperor Nero. And

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<v Speaker 2>Aunt Jackie pulled me aside and she was telling me

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<v Speaker 2>some words of wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>She said that she believed that.

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<v Speaker 2>God had a plan for me and that God was

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<v Speaker 2>going to use me and do something special for me.

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<v Speaker 2>She said, I even told our committee. She was on

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<v Speaker 2>the committee. The Methodist Church has a lot of committees.

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<v Speaker 2>They have committees on committees. For God so loved the

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<v Speaker 2>world that he did not send a committee, but Aunt

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<v Speaker 2>Jackie was on all the committees, and the Flower committee

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<v Speaker 2>and the Chair committee. She said, I told the committee

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<v Speaker 2>that you wouldn't be here much longer, that this was

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<v Speaker 2>the church that you were raised in, but that God

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<v Speaker 2>was going to use you for other things, and we

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<v Speaker 2>need to let you go when God calls you, because

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to use you, and you're going to speak

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<v Speaker 2>and she was saying all these things to me, and

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<v Speaker 2>again I had been only.

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<v Speaker 1>A Christian for a short time, so I was encouraged

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<v Speaker 1>by it.

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<v Speaker 2>Then she shifted gears and she went into this real

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<v Speaker 2>serious mode and she was like, but the devil, the

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<v Speaker 2>devil doesn't like you, and he wants to use you

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<v Speaker 2>as target practice, bring you down.

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<v Speaker 1>As God he's raising you up. So she told me don't.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Southern way to say.

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<v Speaker 2>First Peter five six, which says humble yourself under God's

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<v Speaker 2>mighty hands.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, don't get too big for you. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>Charlotte thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. We're regional national church now, so I have

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<v Speaker 2>to tell him don't get too big for your breeches

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<v Speaker 2>and keep yourself low so God can raise you up high.

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<v Speaker 1>And she told me that because she said, the devil

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<v Speaker 1>is after you.

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<v Speaker 2>He does not like the passion that you have for God,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's after you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm glad she.

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<v Speaker 2>Told me that second part because I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of Christians get told that second part. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I thought I would join in with Peter, who

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<v Speaker 2>said you're enemy. The devil roars like a lion looking

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<v Speaker 2>for someone he can eat. Alive, looking for a family,

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<v Speaker 2>he can tear apart. Looking for a future, he can

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<v Speaker 2>ruin before it even has a chance to get started.

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<v Speaker 2>Looking for a church, he can divide, looking for a nation,

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<v Speaker 2>He can divide looking for an addiction.

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<v Speaker 1>He can plant in.

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<v Speaker 2>The heart of a fourteen year old so that they'll

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<v Speaker 2>never live a normal adult life. The devil is busy,

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<v Speaker 2>The devil is active.

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<v Speaker 1>She told me.

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<v Speaker 2>And the interesting thing about it is she was saying

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<v Speaker 2>that to me, I think because she thought God was

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<v Speaker 2>calling me to preach. But you don't have to be

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<v Speaker 2>a preacher to have a bull's eye on your back.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I want you to write.

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<v Speaker 1>Something down for me.

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<v Speaker 2>If you care anything at all about your future, your family,

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<v Speaker 2>or your faith, write this down. The birthmark of a

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<v Speaker 2>believer is a bulls eye. Peter is here to teach

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<v Speaker 2>us that we are born again into a living hope.

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<v Speaker 2>But as you are born into a living hope, you

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<v Speaker 2>are also born into an eternal struggle and a very

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<v Speaker 2>real battle.

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<v Speaker 1>The day that you become one with Christ the enemy. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be careful here because this is what

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<v Speaker 1>we do.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes we get way too carried away about all the

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that the devil.

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<v Speaker 1>Does you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone will say, well, I've just been under it. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me get my white girl boye on. I've just been

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<v Speaker 2>under attack lately. So like lately, I see like the

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<v Speaker 2>devil's been attacking me and so much, and it's just

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<v Speaker 2>like so Bad's like my mom and my dad and everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>like my teachers and everything.

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<v Speaker 1>And like my iPhone.

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<v Speaker 2>I was charging in it the other day and I've

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<v Speaker 2>charged I know, I charged it overnight, but then I.

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<v Speaker 1>Woke up and it was dead, and it's just the

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<v Speaker 1>devil knows your charger. It wasn't the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>People on my job, they just hate me because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a Christian.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just under attack. My boss doesn't like me. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just under attack.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, I know you're not under attack, you're underperforming.

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<v Speaker 2>Your boss doesn't like you because you're not doing a

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<v Speaker 2>very good job commensurate with the paycheck, that they haven't

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<v Speaker 2>trusted to you. But yet there are those times, and

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<v Speaker 2>there are those seasons where you just get a sense

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<v Speaker 2>that I feel like I'm under attack.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's something only Christians say. It's not something you

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<v Speaker 1>would say if.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't believe in God, because you wouldn't believe in

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<v Speaker 2>the devil, so you would just say everything's falling apart

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. But do you remember when President Bush was

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<v Speaker 2>reading to the elementary school class, and there's a famous

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<v Speaker 2>picture of his chief of staff and to go up

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<v Speaker 2>to him while he's reading a book and say to

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<v Speaker 2>the President, the second plane hit the second tower on

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<v Speaker 2>nine to eleven, and he said America is under attack.

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<v Speaker 2>And he told the President that, according to his account

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<v Speaker 2>and his record after the fact, he said America is underattack.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter is walking up to a church under attack and

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<v Speaker 2>speaking to them on a personal level.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to know.

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<v Speaker 2>That you're under attack now, just the preacher, because people

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<v Speaker 2>will come up to me all the time and say.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm praying for your preacher. I know the devil wants

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<v Speaker 1>to take you out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I look right back at him and say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna pray for you too. Write your name down,

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<v Speaker 2>because he'll take whoever he can get. He's after construction

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<v Speaker 2>workers and sophomores in high school and stay at home

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<v Speaker 2>moms and attorneys, prowling around like a roaring lion looking

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<v Speaker 2>for someone to devour.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wonder, is it you?

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder is that you he's been after with thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>that repeat themselves over and over again in your mind,

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<v Speaker 2>thoughts of worklessness or thoughts of anxiety. This seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be Peter's primary focus is that the attack of the

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<v Speaker 2>enemy often manifests itself in an overwhelming sense of anxiety.

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<v Speaker 2>I know this is the manifestation of the attack, for

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<v Speaker 2>if it were not the manifestation of the attack, Peter

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<v Speaker 2>would not singularly lift it in verse seven as the

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<v Speaker 2>focal point of his admonition to the church under attack.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like teaching today. Are you ready to learn?

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<v Speaker 2>Give me about thirty minutes, because you're under attack, and

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things you need to know about this attack.

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<v Speaker 2>The good news is it is not an ambush. Peter

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<v Speaker 2>says that the devil is like a roaring lion. That

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<v Speaker 2>means he gives you a warning before the warfare begins.

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<v Speaker 2>And so sometimes we act really surprised by things that

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<v Speaker 2>we go through and ways that we struggle, and we've

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<v Speaker 2>come into situations that are harder than we expected them

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<v Speaker 2>to be, and we ask God to do great things

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives. But the battle begins and we act

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<v Speaker 2>like we weren't warned. No, Peter said, this lion. The

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<v Speaker 2>devil is not silent. He's a rule.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, give me your best roar. I've never done

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<v Speaker 1>this before.

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<v Speaker 2>I've done a lot of touch your neighbors, but somebody

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<v Speaker 2>roar at your neighbors.

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<v Speaker 1>Saying, devil's all up in your face.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll let you know is coming.

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<v Speaker 1>And what you need to know if you are under attack.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will not have you.

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<v Speaker 2>Raise your hand because perhaps the very people who need

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<v Speaker 2>this message the most would be the most reluctant to

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<v Speaker 2>admit that this is for me. But he said, when

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<v Speaker 2>you find yourself in a season of attack, that roaring

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<v Speaker 2>lion is in your face.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I'm thinking right here, Peter is gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Say run, because to me, that's the only reasonable advice

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<v Speaker 2>when you're faced with the roaring lion. Hello, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even like dogs very much. Holly's scared of rats. Can

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<v Speaker 2>you imagine if she saw a lion. But he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>say rhyme. Instead, he challenges us to resist. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>a certain type of resistance because he says, to those

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<v Speaker 2>who are under attack, you need to come under the

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<v Speaker 2>mighty hand of God. I want you to see that

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<v Speaker 2>phrase because it touched me so deeply in my study.

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<v Speaker 2>I was hoping to explain it to you for a

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<v Speaker 2>moment today. The three things that the hand of God represents.

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<v Speaker 2>This is verse six. Humble yourself under the mighty hand

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<v Speaker 2>of God, an image that would have been familiar for

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<v Speaker 2>a Jewish audience, for it was with a mighty hand

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<v Speaker 2>and an outstretched arm that God brought his people out

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<v Speaker 2>of Egyptian slavery. And Peter wants him to know that

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<v Speaker 2>same hand of God that has been actively fulfilling his

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<v Speaker 2>purpose throughout human history is still reigning over your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Humble yourself under that mighty hand. The hand of God

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<v Speaker 2>represents his plan. I don't know about you, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thankful that God's plan for my life has prevailed, even

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<v Speaker 2>against my own plan that I thought was better Sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>How many are grateful for the hand of God. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're grateful for the hand of God, just wave your

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<v Speaker 2>hand at me. God's hand is not like your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an invisible hand. You can't see it, but you

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<v Speaker 2>definitely know the effects of it when it moves, because

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<v Speaker 2>after you've lived a little while, Peter said, I saw

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<v Speaker 2>what happens in the hand of God, the plan of God.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>See, Peter is not writing this as advice unsolicited, And

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<v Speaker 2>he's not writing this as advice uninformed. Peter is a

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<v Speaker 2>grown man now, a grown Christian man, now getting a

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<v Speaker 2>little polder about relaying his advice from his experiences. And

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<v Speaker 2>who better to tell us about the hand of God

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<v Speaker 2>than a man who walked with Jesus Christ in the flesh.

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<v Speaker 2>Who better to describe to us the function of the

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<v Speaker 2>hand of God than the one who saw his face.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter didn't just trace the hand of God. He saw

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<v Speaker 2>the face of God. And now he says, to those

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<v Speaker 2>who were under attack, up under depression, up under disappointment,

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with failure, hit rock bottom, don't know what's next,

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<v Speaker 2>freaking out, crying yourself to sleep at night, feeling all alone,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, to every believer, You've got the upper hand.

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<v Speaker 2>The hand of God is mighty, the hand of God

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<v Speaker 2>is strong, The hand of God is over your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You will prevail. His purpose will come to pass, for

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<v Speaker 1>I know the plans I have.

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<v Speaker 2>For you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, not

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<v Speaker 2>to harm your plans to give you hope in a future.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you find yourself under attack today, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to know that the hand of God is guiding you,

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<v Speaker 2>leading you that same hand to split the sea open

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<v Speaker 2>so as people could walk right through it. The hand

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<v Speaker 2>of God will make a way where there is no way.

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<v Speaker 2>The hand of God will bring a rock a water

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<v Speaker 2>out of a rock in.

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<v Speaker 1>A dry place.

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<v Speaker 2>The hand of God is over your life, and he

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<v Speaker 2>has a plan, plan, the plan of God. The hand

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<v Speaker 2>of God represents the plan of God. The hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God represents the provision of God. These all start with

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<v Speaker 2>the letter P because that's what I do, the provision

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And who better to remind the church that

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<v Speaker 2>is under attack or a believer who is under attack

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<v Speaker 2>that the hand of God is the place where bread

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<v Speaker 2>multiplies than the one who saw five thousand fed with

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<v Speaker 2>just a few loads and a few fish. Anytime you

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<v Speaker 2>see seeing a skid snackpack from Captain D's multiplied into

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<v Speaker 2>a buffet, you know something about the provision in the

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<v Speaker 2>hand of God. And Peter was right there, and he

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<v Speaker 2>saw what happened when they put the bread in Jesus' hand,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he knew that at times where you feel

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<v Speaker 2>like you're in a place of lack, that your provision

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<v Speaker 2>is never dependent upon your own ability to provide for

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<v Speaker 2>yourself or your own ability to create resource for yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>But anything you put in the hand of God will multiply.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything you put in the hand of God will multiply.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything you put in the hand of.

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<v Speaker 1>God, it just keeps coming, It just keeps coming. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any witnesses.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been through some hard times in your life, but

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<v Speaker 2>hope kept coming. You've been in some tight places, you

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<v Speaker 2>felt like you were running out, you didn't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>you could make it to the next day. But somehow,

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<v Speaker 2>blakeney strength kept coming, surely kept comming. Tomorrow kept coming

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<v Speaker 2>in spite of your past. Because the hand of God

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<v Speaker 2>is a hand of provision, and it's a hand of protection.

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<v Speaker 1>God has me in his grip.

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<v Speaker 2>Who better to help me see that the hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God will protect me than the one who tried to

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<v Speaker 2>walk on water the end of the Bible. Go study

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<v Speaker 2>this story in Matthew chapter fourteen, where Peter got out there.

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<v Speaker 2>He's trying to make his way to Jesus. He's coming

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<v Speaker 2>toward him, and about the time he gets there. Because

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's right when you're on the verge that you

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<v Speaker 2>start to sink. I never saw it before. Can I

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<v Speaker 2>take a moment? Okay, I'm gonna take a moment. You

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<v Speaker 2>said I could in Matthew chapter fourteen, because I was

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<v Speaker 2>just gonna mention it. But you act like you came

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<v Speaker 2>to here preaching today. I don't know what's happened at

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<v Speaker 2>University City, but there's some hungry people for the bread

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<v Speaker 2>of life.

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<v Speaker 1>At Valentine.

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<v Speaker 2>It says that Peter in the storm, got out of

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<v Speaker 2>the boat, and when he walked out on the water,

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<v Speaker 2>he did pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>Watched this. He came toward Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all got that scripture of Matthew fourteen. He came toward Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>but when he saw the wind, he was afraid and

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<v Speaker 2>beginning to sink. Cried out, Lord save me. So he

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<v Speaker 2>cries out before he goes completely under. So he's sinking,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not sunk. He's going down, but he's not out.

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<v Speaker 2>The lion is prowling, but he has not prevailed. You

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<v Speaker 2>follow me, Watch this, says one I never saw. Verse

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one says that immediately that's the word, Jesus reached.

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<v Speaker 1>Out his.

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<v Speaker 2>Do it again immediately, Jesus reached out his Immediately Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>reached out his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Noticed the construct of the narrative. Jesus is not walking

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<v Speaker 1>toward Peter. Peter is walking toward Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>When Jesus sees Peter falling and hears him crying, he

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<v Speaker 2>reaches out his hand, and Peter is close enough for

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to reach.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem with some of us, isn't.

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<v Speaker 2>That we're sinking, is that we won't stay close enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on for God to get us in his grip.

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<v Speaker 1>But I came to.

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<v Speaker 2>Announce to that lion today, that liar the devil, that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in his script, even when I'm going down, even

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<v Speaker 2>though the winds and the waves are roaring and raging

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<v Speaker 2>in my life, I'm in this script.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody said, I'm in his script.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in his gript. God's got me in his grip.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got me in his grip. He's got me in

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<v Speaker 2>the hand of his protection. He might let me suffer

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<v Speaker 2>a little while, but he won't let me stay there.

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<v Speaker 1>He is my God, and I'm in his hand. Humble

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<v Speaker 1>yourself under the mighty hand of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't matter how well you can walk on water matters

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<v Speaker 2>how close you are to his hand. Doesn't matter about

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<v Speaker 2>your intelligence. It matters about your surrender. It doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>about your ability. It matters about your surrender. Humble yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching to somebody. I'm preaching to somebody so straight

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<v Speaker 2>you can't even no. You're trying to hold back tears.

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<v Speaker 2>But God sent a preacher with a message. You might

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<v Speaker 2>as well go ahead and cry out, Lord, save me.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't do this on my own. I am not

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<v Speaker 2>enough by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Humble yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Under the mighty hand of God. He'll lift you up

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<v Speaker 2>and do time. He'll get you up. He'll lift you

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<v Speaker 2>up and do time. He'll let you go down low

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<v Speaker 2>enough to know that you need him, and bring you

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<v Speaker 2>up high enough to let the.

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<v Speaker 1>World know that he's with you. Come on, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>come on.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse seven is what I've been trying to practice, that

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<v Speaker 2>I can be under attack and not anxious. Cast all

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<v Speaker 2>your anxiety on him. He cares for you, and trying

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<v Speaker 2>to do that because I felt like after Codorin's revival,

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like I went under an emotional attack, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know that I'm still out of it yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of it is probably because.

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<v Speaker 2>Of adrenaline and physiology factors that have to do with

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<v Speaker 2>getting up ten nights in a row, and all of

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<v Speaker 2>the hosting of trying to put up with guests for

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<v Speaker 2>ten nights make them feel special.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of it, though, had to be spiritual.

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<v Speaker 2>And.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like for ten nights.

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<v Speaker 2>If you weren't here in our church, you know you

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<v Speaker 2>basically missed out on life by not coming to Code

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<v Speaker 2>Orange survival. But not only did our city go through

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<v Speaker 2>a shaking after the revival, I went through a shake

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<v Speaker 2>in And I don't want to get up here and

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<v Speaker 2>use you for a counseling appointment because I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay your hourly fear or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't want you to worry about me because

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you I'm good and I love my wife

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<v Speaker 2>and my kids and we're good and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't send me these emails. We're praying for you, pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not the reason I'm telling you this, And it'll

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<v Speaker 2>make me feel like you missed the point if you

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<v Speaker 2>send me an email.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want a cart or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Flowers cookies trying to get me fat on carbohydrates because

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<v Speaker 2>you think I'm struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want anything. I don't need any of that.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to say something.

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<v Speaker 2>While we were in here talking about ten nights, ten years,

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<v Speaker 2>celebrating ten years, I felt overwhelmed about do I have

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<v Speaker 2>what it takes for the next ten And it's like,

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<v Speaker 2>once you've gone real high with God as a leader,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you feel a.

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<v Speaker 1>Pressure to go higher.

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<v Speaker 2>But then it's kind of hard because you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you've gone as high as you can go. And

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you feel that way as a parent, not as

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<v Speaker 2>a preacher. Maybe you feel that way in your business.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know I'm preaching to but I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>open myself up here a little bit for you today

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<v Speaker 2>if it'll be helpful.

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<v Speaker 1>Because anxiety attacked me and it hit me kind of hard.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wasn't staying in the bed or anything like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I didn't go get addicted to something, some kind

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<v Speaker 2>of pills or anything like that, but it was a

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<v Speaker 2>thing in my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have what it takes. I don't have what

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<v Speaker 1>it takes. I can't do you know, I.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as I can take them, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm the one to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And all this stuff that was going through my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how I got over the first Peter chapter five,

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<v Speaker 2>because I know that scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that scripture. That scripture has helped me before.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes when you are up against the fight, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to go back to a weapon that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't fight Goliath in this armor. I got to

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<v Speaker 2>get a slingshot. So it was kind of like just

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<v Speaker 2>a well known verse. And I went back in there

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<v Speaker 2>and considered the context of Peter who fell asleep in

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<v Speaker 2>the garden of Gethsemane while he was supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>watching Jesus back. Jesus came over to him, gave him

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<v Speaker 2>two wake up calls. He hit this snooze button three times?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you still sleeping? And I looked at how Peter

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<v Speaker 2>was telling the church to be alert, which is translated

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<v Speaker 2>elsewhere in the New Testament. Be prayerful, the enemy eats

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<v Speaker 2>Christians who sleep in times of.

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<v Speaker 1>Battle, be alert to what's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Realize that the birthmark of a believer is a bull's eye.

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<v Speaker 1>The devil doesn't like it one bit. That you're moving

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<v Speaker 1>forward in your relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>I started taking the verse apart because the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God really is while I live by, not just while

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<v Speaker 2>I make my living off of So I went into

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<v Speaker 2>verse seven real hard, like I needed an answer. When

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety attacks, it'll drive you to seek God, to seek

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<v Speaker 2>his hand. And I was looking for him because he

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<v Speaker 2>said cast all your anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>While I was reading it.

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<v Speaker 2>Since I knew Peter wrote it, and he's a fisherman,

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<v Speaker 2>I wondered, was he picturing like casting the nets from

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<v Speaker 2>one side of the boat to the other, just because

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told him to Sometimes anxiety in our life.

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<v Speaker 1>As a result of our unwillingness to be obedient.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he casts the net to the other side,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe that's a word for somebody. He said, cast all

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<v Speaker 2>your anxiety on him.

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<v Speaker 1>Do it his way. Now, we fished all night and

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<v Speaker 1>caught nothing, Peter.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, But because you say so, I'm gonna cast my

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<v Speaker 2>net on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been trying to do this my way.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been trying to handle it on my own. But

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<v Speaker 2>ask my net on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>However, it was in verse five and six that I

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<v Speaker 1>found my answer.

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<v Speaker 2>For In verse five he says, in the same way,

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<v Speaker 2>you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.

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<v Speaker 1>All of you clothe Greek word tie on, tie on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not the Greek, that's the translation of the Greek

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<v Speaker 2>word tie it on like a towel, like Jesus did

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<v Speaker 2>when he took on the role of a servant, and

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<v Speaker 2>he got a towel, a servant's towel, and he put

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<v Speaker 2>it around his waist. And when Peter saw him tying

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<v Speaker 2>on that towel, he said, no, you don't tie.

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<v Speaker 1>On the towel, Jesus, you sit on the throne. But

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus tied on the towel.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wonder, as Peter is telling them to clothe

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<v Speaker 2>themselves in humility, is he having a flashback of the

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<v Speaker 2>Savior who laid his riches and glory aside and made

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<v Speaker 2>himself nothing found in the appearance of sinful man, and

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<v Speaker 2>became a humbling himself, even to death on the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>As he tied on the towel and washed Peter's feet,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's response, no, Lord, you can't wash my feet, Peter said.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, Peter, shut up. That's not the exact conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's the essence of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And he did what he came to do.

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<v Speaker 2>The son of men came not to be served, but

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<v Speaker 2>to serve and to give his life a ransom for men.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe my biggest problem was the fact that I

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<v Speaker 2>always thought that verse seven put it on the screen

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<v Speaker 2>police was the instruction where you say, cast all your

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<v Speaker 2>cares on him, because he cares for you. Your anxiety's

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<v Speaker 2>on him, because he cares for you. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>go to the word of God sometimes and you try

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<v Speaker 2>to pluck up these little promises and try to do

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<v Speaker 2>stuff and just by like that verse that verse. But

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<v Speaker 2>back up and catch the essence of the text verse six,

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<v Speaker 2>Humble yourself therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may

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<v Speaker 2>lift you up in due time, cast all your anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>on him.

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<v Speaker 1>He cares for you.

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<v Speaker 2>To really understand the essence and profundity of the connection,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to see a more literal translation of verses

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<v Speaker 2>six and seven, because Peter is writing this letter in

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<v Speaker 2>Cooin a Greek in the Greek language.

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<v Speaker 1>As Peter is writing this letter, as you.

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<v Speaker 2>Will see demonstrated in verses six and seven, these are

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<v Speaker 2>not two separate sentences. It reads like this, humble yourselves

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<v Speaker 2>therefore under the mighty end of God, so that at

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<v Speaker 2>the proper time He may exalt you watch his comma.

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<v Speaker 2>What happens next is predicated on whether or not what

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<v Speaker 2>happens in verse six is applied.

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<v Speaker 1>In Greek. It is one sentence, humble.

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<v Speaker 2>Yourself therefore under God's mighty hand, that he may exalt

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<v Speaker 2>you in due time. Watch this, casting all your anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>on him because he cares for you. See. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>trying to cast my anxieties and keep my pride. But

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<v Speaker 2>the thing about it is you need to know that

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<v Speaker 2>the pride and the anxiety come in the same package.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you insist on doing it your way, then

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<v Speaker 2>expect to feel like.

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<v Speaker 1>The weight of the world is on your shoulders because

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<v Speaker 1>it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't just do verse seven because you decide to God.

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<v Speaker 1>Take it off me. God, take it off me. Take

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so worried. God, make me not worried anymore. Or

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<v Speaker 1>don't you care if we perish?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Peter said one time in the boat.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you care that we're drowning? Don't you care? Don't

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<v Speaker 1>you God? Don't you?

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<v Speaker 2>You said, cast all my anxieties on you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm casting them. I'm casting them. This doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>See look at the word anxiety, because I'm telling the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord in my in my prayers. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>I can do it, and I don't know if I

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<v Speaker 2>can do it, And I just need you to give

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<v Speaker 2>me a sign that I can take the church for

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<v Speaker 2>it in the next ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just need to D D take this anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm casting it on you, Lord. I am casting it

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<v Speaker 1>on you, all of my anxiety. And after I prayed

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<v Speaker 1>this way for a little while, the Lord spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>me in my heart. Now this is not an out

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<v Speaker 1>loud conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to think I'm really, really crazy, but

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<v Speaker 2>this is the impression that I got.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord said, are you done? Now? Shut up, Peter done.

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<v Speaker 2>Now look at the word anxiety. Look at how it's

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<v Speaker 2>spelled in English. Look at what is in the center

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<v Speaker 2>of the word.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see it?

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<v Speaker 2>Show them on the screen, at the center of your

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety if you really trace it. I'm not talking about

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<v Speaker 2>a medical condition.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a pharmacist. I don't know about all that.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not a neurologist. I'm saying spiritually.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking that the Lord told me, at the center of

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<v Speaker 2>your anxiety is your pride. The reason that you're so

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<v Speaker 2>anxious is because you've got you at the center, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can't sustain it because it's not your throne. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>even listen to your language. The Lord said, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I have what it takes. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if I can do it. I don't know if I

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<v Speaker 2>can make it. If I have, I have, I have,

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<v Speaker 2>I have, I have, I have.

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<v Speaker 1>I ah A A I. You can't spell anxiety without eye.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right in the middle. And you know what other

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<v Speaker 1>word I is in the middle of pride.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe the reason that you've been carrying carrying anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>that you can't get rid of is because you've been

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<v Speaker 2>bearing weight that you weren't meant to bear. You better

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<v Speaker 2>humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, because if

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<v Speaker 2>you stay weight down with pride, you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>waved down with anxiety and God can't lift you up.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I have what it takes to

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<v Speaker 2>make it through the next ten years, God said to me,

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<v Speaker 2>did you have what it took to get through the

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<v Speaker 2>first ten?

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<v Speaker 1>Boy?

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<v Speaker 2>You better cast your net on the other side. You

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<v Speaker 2>better call out to me in the time of the

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<v Speaker 2>storm and humble yourself, casting all your anxiety on him.

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<v Speaker 2>See it's not a command to cast your anxiety on him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a result.

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<v Speaker 2>The command is to humble yourself under His mighty hand,

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<v Speaker 2>and when you do, the anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>Goes with the pride. If you would get.

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<v Speaker 2>Yourself out of the center and get God on the

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<v Speaker 2>throne and lift your hands to him and say, I

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<v Speaker 2>need you, Lord, I'm a sinful man. Can't step without you,

0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:51.360
<v Speaker 2>can't breathe without you, can't eat without you, can't pray

0:32:51.440 --> 0:32:54.640
<v Speaker 2>without you, can't parent without you, can't preach without you,

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 2>can't work without you, can't live without you.

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<v Speaker 1>No peace without you, no joy without you. God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm ready to lift you up above the wind,

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<v Speaker 2>above the waves, above your pride. My mom lost eighty

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<v Speaker 2>pounds over the course of two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighty pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like an Elijah and one fourth of an Abbey.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighty pounds. Eighty pounds. That's about how much you curl

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<v Speaker 1>with one arm. Eighty pounds. But you know what was weird.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't just lose weight.

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<v Speaker 2>See, my mom had bad knees and a bad back.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I wanted to give my mom the house

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<v Speaker 2>that we lived in when we moved into another house,

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>but she couldn't take it because it had stairs.

0:33:51.880 --> 0:33:52.640
<v Speaker 1>She said, I can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to live in that house, but the

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<v Speaker 2>bedroom is upstairs and I can't climb the stairs.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what's a weird thing, though, Because she would

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<v Speaker 1>go to the doctor.

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<v Speaker 2>About her knees and the doctor about her back, and

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<v Speaker 2>my back and my knees, I got bad knees and

0:34:04.920 --> 0:34:05.960
<v Speaker 2>got a bad back.

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<v Speaker 1>When the weight came off, the pain went with it.

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<v Speaker 2>I always shook a see her today, she is like

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<v Speaker 2>an Olympic rower.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember the social network.

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<v Speaker 2>The Winklevoss When she was she's she rose. How much

0:34:21.520 --> 0:34:23.759
<v Speaker 2>does she roll? Fifteen thousand meters a day?

0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:25.359
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I'm making this up, but.

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<v Speaker 2>She rose a lot, and she can climb the stairs,

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<v Speaker 2>and she can dance, and she's lively. It wasn't her knees,

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<v Speaker 2>it was the weight. Is the reason that you're so

0:34:45.320 --> 0:34:50.319
<v Speaker 2>anxious because of your pride? Maybe the anxiety is the

0:34:50.320 --> 0:34:52.719
<v Speaker 2>fruit and the pride is the root. If you would

0:34:52.719 --> 0:34:57.759
<v Speaker 2>pluck it up by the root, the fruit couldn't grow.

0:34:58.520 --> 0:35:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Get yourself out the center. Get yourself out the center.

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<v Speaker 2>Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Well what if I look stupid?

0:35:06.719 --> 0:35:08.600
<v Speaker 2>Some of you are about to try something right now

0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:09.720
<v Speaker 2>that you never tried before.

0:35:09.800 --> 0:35:12.640
<v Speaker 1>What if I look stupid, I got good news for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody else is thinking about themselves, not you, so they

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<v Speaker 2>won't even notice.

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<v Speaker 1>But if I ay, ay ay ay. Who better to

0:35:27.680 --> 0:35:33.520
<v Speaker 1>teach us about humility than Peter? Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>He was sitting around the table having dinner with Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>one time. Jesus said, all of you are going to

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<v Speaker 2>fall away. Look what Peter said? What's that other verse

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<v Speaker 2>I gave you Mark fourteen? I think I gave that

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<v Speaker 2>to them this morning. Yeah, because the Lord was speaking

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:48.080
<v Speaker 2>to me. I appreciate this message one time before, but

0:35:48.200 --> 0:35:50.439
<v Speaker 2>the Lord was speaking to me about it for this

0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:55.040
<v Speaker 2>particular group, and he reminded me what Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>Said when Jesus said, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, you're all going to hit rock bottle, Because sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>the only way for you to find your foundation is

0:36:02.800 --> 0:36:07.520
<v Speaker 2>to hit rock bottom. Sometimes that's the best place to

0:36:07.560 --> 0:36:11.239
<v Speaker 2>build from. Sometimes that's the best place to lead from.

0:36:11.600 --> 0:36:14.800
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes that's the best place to be a better husband from.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the place of Lord save me. Not call me

0:36:18.640 --> 0:36:21.279
<v Speaker 2>to come and I'll come, but Lord save me. And

0:36:21.280 --> 0:36:25.399
<v Speaker 2>then the hand of God gets involved. But Peter didn't

0:36:25.440 --> 0:36:30.000
<v Speaker 2>know this, and so he sitting around the table.

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<v Speaker 3>He says, Uh, even if all fall away, I will not,

0:36:39.160 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 3>I will not.

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<v Speaker 2>I will not, Jesus said, before the rooster even gets

0:36:45.840 --> 0:36:48.000
<v Speaker 2>his second crow out of his mouth, You're gonna be

0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:49.600
<v Speaker 2>telling people you don't even know me.

0:36:51.160 --> 0:36:55.080
<v Speaker 1>And that's exactly what happened. And Jesus warned Peter of

0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:55.520
<v Speaker 1>the attack.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we don't listen and we don't hear, so

0:36:57.560 --> 0:36:59.440
<v Speaker 2>we're surprised when it comes and we act like this,

0:37:00.040 --> 0:37:01.879
<v Speaker 2>We act like it's an ambush when it's when it's

0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:04.160
<v Speaker 2>really it's really normal.

0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:10.520
<v Speaker 1>It's normal to be attacked. It's normal, Jesus told Peter.

0:37:11.840 --> 0:37:15.759
<v Speaker 2>Satan has asked for all of you, and specifically, he's

0:37:15.800 --> 0:37:19.319
<v Speaker 2>asked for you to sift you as we to sort

0:37:19.360 --> 0:37:22.680
<v Speaker 2>out what's real from what's not real. But I pray

0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:30.640
<v Speaker 2>for you, Peter. I pray for you, Peter. You're gonna fail, Peter,

0:37:31.560 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 2>but I'm not. You are shaky at best, Peter, but

0:37:38.040 --> 0:37:42.480
<v Speaker 2>I am a solid rock at the bottom of your failure.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray for you, Peter.

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<v Speaker 2>And now, Peter writes decades later, to a church under attack,

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<v Speaker 2>humble yourself under the mighty hand of God.

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<v Speaker 1>For your enemy the devil. What's he like.

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<v Speaker 2>He's like a roaring lion. He's looking for somebody to devour.

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<v Speaker 2>He's looking for somebody who he can shred to pieces

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<v Speaker 2>with doubt and fear and selfishness.

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<v Speaker 1>He's looking for somebody that he can get to walk away.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a pastor, I'm just sick of having to

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<v Speaker 2>make phone calls and visits for people every week who

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<v Speaker 2>are being devoured by the enemy. So Peter says, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a time for resistance. This is not a time

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<v Speaker 2>for you to run. This is a time for you

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<v Speaker 2>to resist. Yeah, but he's a lion, Okay. He is

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<v Speaker 2>a lion, and he might be licking his lips, and

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<v Speaker 2>his fangs might be sharp, and he might have you

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<v Speaker 2>in his sight, and you might have failed, and you

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<v Speaker 2>might have done it, and you might be going down.

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<v Speaker 1>But you need to know.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing about this lion, Peter says, is that after

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<v Speaker 2>you have suffered a little while, God himself will step

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<v Speaker 2>in and restoy you and make you strong. He's a lion,

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<v Speaker 2>but the lion is on a leash. He can only

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<v Speaker 2>go so far, he can only do so much. He

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<v Speaker 2>can't keep you down forever. Humble yourself under the hand

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And in due time, come on.

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<v Speaker 1>This is somebody's still tied. This is it.

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<v Speaker 2>Anxiety stops here, Depression stops here.

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<v Speaker 1>There stops here.

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<v Speaker 2>In due time, he will lift you up. Feel the

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<v Speaker 2>hand of God reaching down for somebody today you've been

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<v Speaker 2>going down. If it's you, lift your hand. If this

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<v Speaker 2>you lift your hand. If this message was straight to you,

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<v Speaker 2>stand up on your feet.

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<v Speaker 1>Lift both your hands in the air.

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<v Speaker 2>If this message was straight to you, straight to you,

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<v Speaker 2>straight to your heart, straight to what you've been dealing with,

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<v Speaker 2>straight to the battle you've been fighting.

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<v Speaker 1>Lift your hands. God.

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<v Speaker 2>We thank you for your hand of favor, your hand

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<v Speaker 2>of provision, your hand of protection, your hand of power,

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<v Speaker 2>your hand of purpose. We humble ourselves under your hand today.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that the lion is loud, but we know

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<v Speaker 2>that the suffering won't last long. It is not worthy

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<v Speaker 2>to be compared with the glory that will be revealed

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<v Speaker 2>to us.

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<v Speaker 1>So we look it in.

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<v Speaker 2>The face today and we declare the name of Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is greater. The name of Jesus is higher. You have

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<v Speaker 2>all power in your hand, all authority on heaven and

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<v Speaker 2>an earth has been given to you. Now lift your

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<v Speaker 2>people God, Lift your people. Lift your people, as we

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<v Speaker 2>lift you up in this place. Lift their heads, God,

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<v Speaker 2>lift their heads. Fry their tears, calm their hearts. Speak

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<v Speaker 2>to the storm, and the storm will cease.

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<v Speaker 1>We declare in the name of Jesus, this is our

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<v Speaker 1>due time.

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<v Speaker 2>Trouble won't last always, and the enemies that we're afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of today will be our testimonies in our tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say that again. The enemies that you fear today.

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<v Speaker 2>Will be your testimony of triumph in your tomorrow. God said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just a little while. The God who has called

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<v Speaker 2>you into his eternal glory what lasts forever. After you've

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<v Speaker 2>suffered a little while, he himself will restore you.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter said, I know about it because I've been there.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had me at the center. Was so bad. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know if I could ever bounce back.

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<v Speaker 2>I went back to my fishing business because I figured

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't have any more use for me.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I was going down, that's where I found

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<v Speaker 1>his hand. When I was going down, that's when he

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Just when it looked like the lion had me in

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<v Speaker 2>his sights, That's when the God of all Grace, the

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<v Speaker 2>God of all provision, the God of all power. Do

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<v Speaker 2>I have a witness that immediately he reached down and

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<v Speaker 2>picked you up.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Let's.

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<v Speaker 2>Savior of the world.

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