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I love my family.

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I love my family.

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I love my family.

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I love my family.

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I'm the leader of his kids,

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And they sit there in my heart.

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I will protect his courts and friends.

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I will sing this day that the Lord has made.

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I will join his party and make me glad.

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He has made me glad. He has made me glad.

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I will join his party and make me glad.

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He has made me glad. He has made me glad.

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I will join his party and make me glad.

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Oh God, you are my God,

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And I will praise you.

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I will sing you a song in the morning,

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And I will learn to walk in your wings.

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Step by step you'll lead me,

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And I will follow you all of my days.

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Step by step you'll lead me,

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And I will follow you all of my days.

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Okay, are we good?

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Alright, so as you can see the title of the lesson is Fear Not What.

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Okay, Fear Not What.

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So you know in the Bible without even getting into it,

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Before we even look at any of the verses,

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That a lot of times God says fear not.

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A lot of times it says do not be afraid.

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In fact most of the time that God or an angel of God

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Encounters somebody in the Bible, the first thing they say is

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Do not be afraid.

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So the question for today's lesson is Fear Not What.

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Okay, so we start on the upper left there where it says Joshua 1 6.

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And if you kind of know this verse a little bit,

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But it doesn't follow the verse exactly.

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Most of them do follow the verse exactly.

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So let's see if we can get it.

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Okay, so Joshua chapter 1 verse 6,

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Does anybody know what the B, the S, and the C are?

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Be strong and...

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Be courageous.

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Be strong and courageous.

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Okay, that is, that's a classic verse from the book of Joshua.

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One of the best for this topic.

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Okay, the next part then is again,

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Does not come directly out of the verse.

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It is God, what?

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The five.

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Dang it.

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Be strong and courageous.

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Okay, God is?

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That's true, but it's God is with you.

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Okay, and so basically remember this in Joshua is the commission of Joshua

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and the Israelites to go into the promised land and take it as God said they would.

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and we're not going to go read it or anything,

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but if you'll remember they tried to go into the promised land the first time.

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They tried to go up against the city of Ai,

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and God told them that they would take it.

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He said, be, do not be afraid and so on,

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and they grumbled and they pretty much refused.

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They refused for God to go, refused for, to go with God into the promised land.

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They said, well, we don't want to go up against it.

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We're going to take too many losses or whatever,

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and God said, you'll go or you'll, you know, you'll be in trouble.

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You won't be my people.

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Don't go now.

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And then they went and they had horrible losses.

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Lost thousands of people.

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God would go with them.

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then they wandered in the wilderness, everything like that,

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and now it's time to go in and God is with them.

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So let's be strong and courageous.

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God is with you.

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God, what do you think it is?

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So that D is a very small word there, so it's almost got to be what?

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Do.

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God blank, do through blank.

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God will do through you.

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So he was telling Joshua and the Israelites that God was going to do something through them.

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So when I got commissioned as a Christian, so I was living for the Lord,

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I knew that I was going to do things differently,

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but I also knew that when I did things differently,

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I would be in trouble to do those things if God did not do them through me.

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So like for to preach.

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Once I started preaching, I'm like, I can't do that.

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No way I can get up on the stage.

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No way I can preach.

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No way I can be in the front of the room.

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But that was not what God called me to do it by myself.

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He said, I will do it through you.

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And then one more.

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God's going to do this through you because he wants to what?

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His purposes.

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So the Israelites could only go into the promised land because God wanted them to go into the promised land.

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People can preach the gospel because God wants them to.

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Trust me, if you want to preach the gospel and God doesn't want to let you do that for some reason,

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you won't do it.

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You won't do anything.

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If it comes right down to it, if God doesn't let you do it, you will not do anything.

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God can crush anyone that he chooses to and has on a number of occasions.

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So we're working our way down and now we're at Isaiah 41.10.

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So this one actually follows the verse.

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Oh, it's on the second row because I moved back to the Bible.

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So again, this is a pretty famous verse.

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Anybody want to take a stab at it?

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Perfect.

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Did you look it up or did you just know it?

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You are awesome.

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All right.

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Fear not for I am with you.

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That is correct.

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And same idea as what was going on in Joshua.

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You have no reason to fear because I am with you.

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God is saying, think about the power that God has.

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So why would we be afraid?

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We haven't really looked at what we would not be afraid of yet, but we're talking about not being afraid.

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Now, number three, Psalm 27.14.

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So we're moving right along.

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It's a little harder eventually, but here we are.

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I'll just read it.

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I doubt that anyone has this one memorized.

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Psalm 27.14.

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Almost there.

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So many Psalms.

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Here we go.

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Psalm 27.14 says, wait for the Lord.

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Be strong and let your heart take courage.

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Wait for the Lord.

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So what do you think it is?

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Wait for the Lord.

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That's right.

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Wait for the Lord.

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Semicolon.

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Be strong and let your heart take courage.

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And finish it.

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Wait for the Lord.

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So this is almost our whole action plan right here in dealing with when God puts us up against opponents, when there are people coming against us, when life situations are bad, whatever like that, this is almost our whole action plan.

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So when you wait on someone, let's say, let's take it from the perspective it's prom night and you're going with your boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever and you're going to get together and you're going to go to prom.

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And so you get yourself all decked out guys.

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You're all decked out.

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You're ready to go.

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You got to go pick her up and you look at the clock and it's 20 minutes.

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You still got 20 minutes before it's even time to leave.

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You can jump in the car, drive over there, sit there and wait outside the house.

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You can go knock on the door and wait in the house.

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That's a little, could be with waiting with her parents.

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That would be a little tough, right.

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And you already planned some time to meet her dad or be there and talk to her dad and like that.

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That doesn't sound real good.

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So what do you do?

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20 minutes until it's time to go.

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What can you do?

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Hey, there we go.

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That's a great way to do it.

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So he says read the Bible.

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I can read the Bible for 20 minutes.

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Yeah, you could do that.

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Pray.

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Boy, I hope her dad likes me.

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I hope this night goes well.

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Whatever.

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Praise the Lord.

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Protect me.

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So you find the point is you find something to do.

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You could just stand right by the door in your fancy get up with a little corsage packet

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Because we all do that.

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That's not what you do.

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So waiting isn't doing nothing.

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Waiting is never doing nothing.

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If it's not do nothing, then what do you what do you do when you're waiting?

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And for what purpose?

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When's it going to happen?

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So we don't actually know when God is going to move to solve the problem.

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So we have to.

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So we might.

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What if comes time to go to work?

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Do you still go to work?

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You're waiting on the Lord.

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You still go to work.

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You don't stop living.

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Trust.

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That's perfect.

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That's the attitude with which you're going to live.

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When you go to work, you're going to do it trusting in God that you're still waiting on

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So you're trusting.

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You're going to be prepared for Him to act.

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You could take it in your own hands.

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You could do an end run around whatever the problem is.

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You could blow things up and make it so messed up that God could, now God can't do what God

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So you're trusting and you're prepared that He is going to act.

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That's what it means to wait.

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And sometimes that involves reading your Bible, praying in the spiritual disciplines.

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We do those things so we can be ready for God to act when the time comes.

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Otherwise, when God starts to act, we might miss it.

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It does not mean you jump on your phone.

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It's very dangerous.

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Jump on social media and spend 20 minutes on social media.

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Because what happens with 20 minutes on social media?

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It turns into 30.

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It turns into 21 for sure.

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It could be 30.

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Oh crud.

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I'm supposed to be over there talking to her dad right now.

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Now we're going to be late to prom.

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No.

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Bad idea.

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You don't take the garbage out.

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Why don't you take the garbage out?

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Because you're all dressed up.

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You don't take the garbage out when you're all dressed up because what if you spill the

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garbage on your dressed up clothes?

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Now, yeah, that's going to be tough.

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These are the clothes that I had for prom and I got garbage on them.

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What am I going to do?

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Right.

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Don't eat sloppy food.

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So you trust that it's going to happen and you prepare yourself.

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You look forward to what's going to happen.

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Okay.

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All right.

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We're going to go on.

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Four.

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Okay.

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So that's the book of the Bible and it starts with P and it is Philippians.

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Okay.

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If it was Peter, it would have a number before it because you're first Peter or second Peter.

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Right.

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Peter in the Bible game, Peter starts with P but in real life it has a number, one or

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two.

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Okay.

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So Philippians 1.28.

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Number one.

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That would be weird.

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Three.

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Yeah.

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You could pick a few different things, I guess, up until, not three so much.

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Maybe there would only be one of those.

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Okay.

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So Philippians 1.28 says, wrong page.

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Hold on.

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We'll get there.

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There it is.

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Okay.

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It says, in no way, the verb is be, so be in no way alarmed by your opponents, which is

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a sign of destruction for them but of salvation for you and that too from God.

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Okay.

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So on this page we've got Philippians 1.28.

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In no way be alarmed.

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Okay.

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It doesn't say afraid.

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There's a difference between the word afraid and alarmed.

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Right.

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Fear can be a natural reaction.

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So you might not be able to not have fear if you're in a dangerous situation, if you're

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up against an opponent that's dangerous, but what's the difference between being afraid

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and alarmed?

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You're the security guy.

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What's the difference between being afraid and alarmed?

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Okay.

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Okay.

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So afraid is like the emotion.

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Alarmed is like, oh no.

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Surprised, startled, got to react.

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You might react before you even know what's going on.

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And so we can't do that.

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It says, do not, in no way be alarmed by your, what was the word?

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Opponents.

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And we know we have many opponents.

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You have the world system, demons, evil spirits, Satan himself, your own flesh.

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You even have humans who will come against you.

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So he's saying, in no way be alarmed by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction

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for them, but of salvation for you and that too from God.

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Nice try.

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Okay.

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Now, which one?

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The O and T.

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Opponents.

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And then T is them and the last T is that.

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So it's, in no way be alarmed by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction for them, but

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of salvation for you and that too from God.

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Okay.

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So now let me ask you again.

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Look at the verse.

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Put your thinking caps on for a second.

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What is a sign of destruction for them and of salvation for you?

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In this verse, what is it saying is a sign of destruction for them and salvation for

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you?

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Well, just the opposite.

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Not being alarmed.

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Right?

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So when you're not alarmed, I'll give you an example.

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So Mike Tyson, does anybody not know Mike Tyson's name?

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So let's say Mike Tyson.

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Mike Tyson goes out with his friends to a restaurant and they get dinner and afterwards

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they decide they're going to stop down and have a nightcap, a drink at a bar.

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And they're sitting in the bar and a little fight breaks out between two or three guys

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and it's starting to kind of push their way.

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Mike Tyson looks over there and he's like, you think that's going to come over here?

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And his heart begins to beat so fast because he's terrified that a fist fight might come

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in.

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Right?

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No.

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Mike Tyson's probably never been terrified of a fist fight since he did those four million

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hours in the gym as a teenager.

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Right?

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So when you're not afraid, when you're not terrified, when you're not alarmed facing

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an opponent, that is a sign to your opponent to know that they've come up against something

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significant.

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So same scene, the fight rolls that way and a guy gets slammed to the table and some of

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the dishes go clatter, clatter, clatter and the guy stands up and the guy's a 5'11",

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kind of bulky muscular dude and he's like, Mike Tyson scowls at him because he's interrupting

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his little snack or whatever.

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He scowls at him and the guy looks and says, you got something to say?

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And Mike Tyson just kind of slides his foot over out of the booth and stands up.

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The guy goes, sorry.

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Right?

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If you are not alarmed by your opponents when they come against you, I'm giving you a real

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life illustration.

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I'm a young Christian, less than five years old, working at Pizza Hut.

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Pizza Hut saw fit to hire a bunch of managers away from Boston Market.

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Boston Market is a chicken place.

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They sell four-wheeled chicken.

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It's still around by the way, but rumor was that that time they were going out of business.

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They were in bankruptcy.

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And the lady that they hired became my boss's boss just like that.

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So she came in my restaurant and when she came in my restaurant, there was a customer

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who had made a request for cavatini, which is a noodle dish, on the buffet and they asked

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to have pepperoni in it.

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I told the cook to go ahead and make it because the customer is always right.

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It costs like 50 cents in pepperoni.

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It really was not worth worrying about.

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But she had given direction previously that we were not supposed to take any special requests

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on the buffet for food cost reasons.

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Not in our restaurant, but other restaurants have food cost problems.

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So she found out I let the customer have pepperoni in their cavatini.

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So she hauls me in the walk-in, which is this big refrigerator room, and she starts cussing

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me out.

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Now she's about 5'2", I'm 5'11", but she's my boss's boss.

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She can fire me just like that.

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And she's cussing me out, yelling at me and saying, what's wrong with you?

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I'm calm as a cucumber.

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I don't know.

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I've had an endo.

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I figure like she fired me.

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Whatever.

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Who cares?

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God's got this.

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I'm not afraid.

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Finally, she looked at me and she said, you know what your problem is?

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And I said, no, but I guess you're about to tell me.

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She said, your problem is you're not afraid of me.

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And I said, well, I'll tell you right now, I'm a born-again Christian, and since I became

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born again, I'm really not afraid of anybody.

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God only.

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And she went, and she left.

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That was it?

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Not another word?

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That was her problem.

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Okay.

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So at the point at which you know who you stand for and who is at work in you, then

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what's going on here right now between me and you becomes your problem.

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So if you're following God and the other person's not, that's their problem.

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You just stand firm with God when opponents come against you and do not be alarmed.

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And that will be a sign of their destruction.

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So let our light shine before men so that they may what?

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Glorify the Father and the coming of Jesus.

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So when Jesus comes, they'll glorify God.

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Do they glorify God now?

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Some of them hate us.

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They yell.

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They throw a fit.

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They back talk.

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They sass.

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These are all foul language.

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They might even, you know, burglarize or vandalize or whatever, all because they hate God.

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But when God comes again, then their eyes are going to be opened and they're going to

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go, hey, that person was living for Jesus and I messed with them and I shouldn't have.

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Don't be alarmed.

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And that becomes a sign of their destruction and your salvation.

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Now it's important that it's a sign of your salvation because you need that.

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Go ahead.

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When you're in the way of, when you're alarmed, you're alarmed or something.

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So you already know what you're looking for because you're alarmed of it.

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In other words, if you're alarmed of something, then Tarzan was alarmed of that fight.

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So he knew what he was looking for when he got into that fight.

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Right.

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If you're alarmed, you know, that's what I think the way that they're approaching that

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alarm is they, when you're alarmed, you're already, you're already know.

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So instead of making it bigger than what it is and making a fight out of it, you're alarmed

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of what you gave yourself into.

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You're alarmed of that.

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So you're going to know what to say in an appropriate way.

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Yeah.

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So if I could, so I could take what you're saying and blend it with what I'm saying.

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Being aware that these opponents are going to come already, you don't have to throw a

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fit, get excitable when they come.

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You're already prepared.

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That's what you're trying to say, right?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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I agree with you on that.

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So the reason the verse says do not be alarmed is, is partly, and I think Tim is pointing

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this out.

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We know they're going to come.

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Why are you worried about it?

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Jesus said, do not be surprised when they hate you.

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They hated me first.

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Right.

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Okay.

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So let's go on to number five.

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Psalm 56, three, this is a pretty famous one too.

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Can anybody do it without me going there and reading it?

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You may not even recognize the reference, but still know the words.

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It says when I, when I, yep.

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When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

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Psalm 56, three, that's word for word.

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Okay.

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When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

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So we do have fear.

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He doesn't say you can't have fear, right?

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That's a natural human emotion because we have limits.

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We have dreams, we have desires, that kind of thing.

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We can be physically damaged, but what we do when we are afraid is we trust him.

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First, then we go to number six.

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Keep this moving so we don't get too far time wise behind.

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Deuteronomy 31, six.

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Okay.

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Be strong and courageous.

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Beautiful, word perfect.

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Did everybody get it?

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Sorry, one word short.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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So be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble because of them.

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It says you can't be afraid, have a natural reaction, fear, but it says do not be afraid

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or tremble because of them.

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For the Lord your God goes with you.

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He will not fail you or forsake you.

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So if we can just take that simply for a second.

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If God is with you and you're trembling because somebody is coming against you, then you must

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think that God is going to fail, but he's not actually going to take care of the situation,

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or he's going to leave you in the situation to take care of yourself.

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Otherwise, why would you be afraid?

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Why would you tremble because of them?

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Right?

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That's what he's saying.

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Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble because of them.

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Now seven, so you're going to up to the right.

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Mark 5, 36.

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So this is an interesting story.

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Let me give you the background first and you might probably could already do it based on

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what we've been saying.

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But there's a man who comes looking for healing for his daughter.

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He comes to Jesus looking for healing.

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But while he's there talking to Jesus, he gets a report from home that she died.

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And everybody's like, okay, well go away.

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Don't trouble the master anymore.

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There's nothing, no sense in asking for healing.

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Now she died.

521
00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:30,160
And Jesus says, what?

522
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:40,520
No, he does say that eventually, but do not be afraid.

523
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,240
Any longer, just believe.

524
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,240
Perfect.

525
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,080
Do not be afraid any longer, just believe.

526
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,800
And so if you want God to act and you know God is going to act, your faith is the question.

527
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,360
Are you going to trust him?

528
00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,600
Behavior's on.

529
00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,640
Only two to go and then the big one at the top, which we'll take the elevator for.

530
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,840
Psalm 112, 7.

531
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,400
This is an important one.

532
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,840
So I'm going to actually, even though you probably fill it out yourself, I'm going to

533
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:17,560
go there and read because we need a little bit leading into it as you can imagine.

534
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,880
Or number 8.

535
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,960
We took the road down to number 8.

536
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:33,640
Psalm 112, 7, as RJ said, says, he will not fear evil tidings.

537
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:41,320
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

538
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,680
Okay, interesting side note by the way, if you read that in your Bible, you'll see that

539
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,840
the word Lord there is all in caps.

540
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,920
Capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D. Don't answer yet RJ if you know.

541
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,200
Does anybody know why?

542
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,120
Why the word Lord is all in capitals there?

543
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,760
Okay, now RJ, do you know why?

544
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:08,620
It's more than that.

545
00:25:08,620 --> 00:25:14,440
So when you see in your Bible that it's capital L-O-R-D, that means that it's Yahweh.

546
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,380
The word there is Yahweh.

547
00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:17,800
And what does Yahweh mean?

548
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,600
It's God.

549
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,400
Like what?

550
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:26,160
He's the Creator God, the original God.

551
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,040
Yahweh is the original Creator God.

552
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,000
He's the one who made everything.

553
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:35,340
There are other names like the Caring God, the Healing God, like he has other names for

554
00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:36,800
him as well.

555
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,680
But when you see the word Yahweh, that's the God that created everything.

556
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,920
He spoke everything into existence.

557
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,480
That's important, isn't it?

558
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:53,040
Because that word means, listen, what they're saying is like, this person can be steadfast

559
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:58,680
and trusting in the Lord, the Creator God, the God that has all the power.

560
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,360
That make sense?

561
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,320
The God who spoke everything into existence.

562
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,520
The guy that's coming against you, the problems coming against you, the temptation that you're

563
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:11,060
facing, it wouldn't exist if it were not for that God.

564
00:26:11,060 --> 00:26:14,400
And so it's okay that we put our trust in him.

565
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,840
So the question is who?

566
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,440
Because it says he will not fear evil tidings.

567
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,000
Who will not fear evil tidings?

568
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000
That's the question.

569
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,440
And so it goes back a few verses to get that.

570
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:30,280
That's why I said we should read it.

571
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,200
We just need verse 6 actually.

572
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,480
Nope, let's go all the way back to verse 4.

573
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,200
You listen for it, okay?

574
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:43,200
Light arises in the darkness for the upright.

575
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:48,280
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

576
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:49,280
Talking about the upright.

577
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,360
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends.

578
00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:56,760
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

579
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,920
For he will never be shaken.

580
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,840
The righteous will be remembered forever.

581
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,780
And then he will not fear evil tidings.

582
00:27:05,780 --> 00:27:08,400
His heart is steadfast trusting in the Lord.

583
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,880
So who are those verses talking about?

584
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,880
The upright.

585
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:12,880
Okay?

586
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,000
So people get confused about righteous.

587
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,760
And somebody says somebody is righteous.

588
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,040
So very simply put, what does it mean to be righteous, Natalie?

589
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,120
Give me a shot.

590
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,120
What do you think it means to be righteous?

591
00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:29,760
Take a stab at it.

592
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:30,760
Give me your gut instinct.

593
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:31,760
What does it feel like?

594
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:38,240
Okay, using a slang term.

595
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,240
He was righteous.

596
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,240
What does that mean?

597
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,640
That one we still use now?

598
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,760
Yeah, okay, good.

599
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,560
Yeah, it's good.

600
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,280
Righteous is simply good.

601
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,280
That's all it is.

602
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,280
It's right.

603
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:53,280
It's not wrong.

604
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:54,280
It's not evil.

605
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:55,280
It's not wicked.

606
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,280
It's not bad.

607
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,280
It's good.

608
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:58,280
Right?

609
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,680
So to say somebody is righteous, truly righteous, would be righteous like God.

610
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:06,080
And we get our righteousness from God, right, through Jesus Christ, his son.

611
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,760
So Jesus' righteousness becomes our righteousness.

612
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,840
But that's not what he was talking about in the Psalms.

613
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,720
That righteousness of Jesus is not what he's talking about in the Psalms.

614
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,640
So he makes it very clear and he says the upright.

615
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,720
If someone is upright, it doesn't mean they're still standing.

616
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,720
What does it mean, Chris?

617
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:31,360
What does it mean to be upright?

618
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,360
Doing good, yes.

619
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:36,440
And walking with the Lord would be probably the best way to do that.

620
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,440
But yeah, doing good.

621
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,440
Doing the right thing.

622
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,440
Remember Frozen, the movie, right?

623
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,080
It was the second or third Frozen movie or whatever.

624
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,640
Do the next right thing.

625
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,640
That's what it means to be upright.

626
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,480
You just say do the, it's the only really good one.

627
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,840
Anyway, but I won't watch it.

628
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:53,840
I won't watch it.

629
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:54,840
I don't watch it.

630
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:55,840
I'm boycotting Disney.

631
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,480
So you don't have to boycott Disney, but I'm boycotting Disney.

632
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,440
Anyway, so just do the right thing.

633
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,400
So the one who, so what does this say?

634
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,040
The one who just does the right thing.

635
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,240
Man, it's awesome.

636
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,920
The promises are awesome.

637
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,000
Light arises in the darkness for that person.

638
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,560
The person who does the right thing.

639
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,560
Light arises in the darkness for them.

640
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,200
That person is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

641
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,680
It is well with the man who is gracious and lenient.

642
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,360
So in other words, the upright, it's well with them.

643
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,160
He will maintain his cause and judgment.

644
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:32,160
In other words, he'll know when he goes to judgment that he did the right thing.

645
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,280
He'll never be shaken.

646
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,840
He'll be remembered forever.

647
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,680
He will not fear evil tidings.

648
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,180
So evil greetings, evil warnings, people bringing evil to you.

649
00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:46,180
And his heart is steadfast.

650
00:29:46,180 --> 00:29:50,280
That means his heart is solid on firm foundation, trusting in the Lord.

651
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,280
Okay, then we're going to go over to the right.

652
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:53,640
We're going to see number 10.

653
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,640
It's an elevator.

654
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,800
If you look all the way at the top, it takes us all the way to the very top of the page

655
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,120
to see the guy coming out of the elevator, number 10.

656
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,240
And we're at 2 Corinthians 12, 9 to 10.

657
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,680
Now I've given you all the words.

658
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:11,480
So what I'm going to ask you to do is circle certain words that we talk about.

659
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,440
If you want to make a note what we talked about with that so you'll remember later,

660
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,520
you can do that.

661
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:17,520
But you're just going to circle.

662
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:18,520
Yes, sir?

663
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,520
Did we do nine?

664
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:20,520
No.

665
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,720
No, I skipped nine.

666
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,720
Thank you very much.

667
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,120
So let's do nine before we take the elevator, shall we?

668
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,680
Second Timothy, 1, 7, 4.

669
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:36,280
For God has not given us the spirit of Timothy, but power and love and death.

670
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,280
Yes.

671
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,280
What was the T?

672
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:39,280
Timothy.

673
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,280
Say it again.

674
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,280
Timothy.

675
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:47,080
I think you're saying, I think you're having trouble.

676
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,080
It's timidity.

677
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:49,080
Tim-i-d-ty.

678
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,080
It means we're not timid.

679
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,080
Right?

680
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:58,080
Just exactly like it sounds.

681
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,080
Tim-i-d-ty.

682
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,880
Timidity.

683
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,960
Okay.

684
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:11,120
So spirit of timidity means kind of being like a little cowardly.

685
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,120
Right?

686
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:17,200
Or not wanting to face up to it.

687
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,120
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity.

688
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,280
Integrity.

689
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,640
Yes.

690
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,360
Integrity would be a way to not be timid.

691
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,360
Yes.

692
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,840
Probably the best way.

693
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:29,840
Yes.

694
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,880
Power, love, and discipline.

695
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:41,560
Discipline is when you make intentional choices and then you follow those choices.

696
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:47,520
I'm going to work out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 30 minutes from 11 to 1130.

697
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,960
Where will you be found at 1105 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday?

698
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:51,960
Work it out.

699
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:57,440
I'll be in church every Sunday without fail unless I'm contagious.

700
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,800
And you can't say unless it cancels because we don't cancel.

701
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:01,800
Period.

702
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:06,080
So I'll be in church every Sunday at 1130 unless I'm contagious for sure.

703
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,840
Discipline.

704
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,440
We are given the spirit of power and love and discipline.

705
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,440
Not a spirit of timidity.

706
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,080
We aren't afraid of what's going to come.

707
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,680
Okay, now take the elevator that we talked about before.

708
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:22,160
Look, I even, I made the light, the up button is lighting up on the elevator.

709
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,400
And you're going to come out the top up there.

710
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,880
All right, so we're going to circle a few key words in these verses.

711
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,880
The first one you're going to circle is grace.

712
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,800
It says, but he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you.

713
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,800
Somebody tell me what grace is.

714
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:45,200
Isn't it like, like the feeling of grateful and joy?

715
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,200
No.

716
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,120
You mean some people that don't deserve it.

717
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,120
Right.

718
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,120
So what did you say Tommy?

719
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,600
Getting something good that you don't deserve.

720
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,080
Yeah, so grace is when you get the good that you do not deserve.

721
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,080
That's grace.

722
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,840
So there's three of these that go together.

723
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,320
Okay.

724
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,480
There's justice.

725
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,400
Justice is when you get what you deserve.

726
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,920
So if you speed, you get a speeding ticket.

727
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,920
Right.

728
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:15,760
If you steal, you get caught, pay a fine, go to jail, whatever you lie.

729
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:16,960
Your reputation is ruined.

730
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:17,960
That's all justice.

731
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:18,960
Okay.

732
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,480
Justice is when you get what you deserve.

733
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,480
Mercy is when you don't get what you deserve.

734
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,800
You speed, you go before the judge.

735
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:30,160
He says, oh yeah, but I see that you didn't really mean it.

736
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,400
So I'm letting you off.

737
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,400
That's mercy.

738
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,320
Justice is when you get what you deserve.

739
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,120
Mercy is when you don't get what you deserve.

740
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,680
And grace is when you get what you don't deserve.

741
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,720
So you go before the judge, you're speeding that day, the judge says, man, why are you

742
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:44,720
speeding?

743
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:45,720
My car is crap.

744
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,720
It wouldn't start seven times.

745
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,720
I had to get to work on time.

746
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,720
I can't leave my job.

747
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:49,720
I'm so sorry.

748
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,720
And he's like, oh, I'm going to let you off the ticket.

749
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,120
Not only that, I just got a new car and I got like a five year old car that I'm going

750
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,920
to give you the car.

751
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:57,920
That's grace.

752
00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,520
You got something that you don't deserve.

753
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:00,520
Okay.

754
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,640
So justice is when you get what you do deserve.

755
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,920
Mercy is when you don't get what you do deserve.

756
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,560
And grace is when you get what you don't deserve.

757
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,120
Those three all go together in the scripture.

758
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,400
But he said this to me.

759
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,720
My grace is sufficient.

760
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:15,720
Circle sufficient.

761
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,720
Yes, give me one word.

762
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:21,280
Somebody give me one word that is a synonym for sufficient.

763
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,280
Enough.

764
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,280
Enough.

765
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,280
Exactly.

766
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,280
It's enough.

767
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,280
That's enough.

768
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:27,960
It's enough that God gives you what you don't deserve.

769
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:28,960
That's enough.

770
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:34,560
So he says, my grace is sufficient for you, for my power.

771
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:35,640
So what is power?

772
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,640
Circle power.

773
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,640
Tell me, somebody tell me what power is.

774
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,280
Okay, kind of.

775
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:42,920
Strength is a form of power.

776
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:43,920
Right?

777
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,000
Yes, the ability to do something.

778
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000
The ability to make something happen.

779
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,280
Change.

780
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,640
This word power is dunamis.

781
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,840
From which we get our word dynamite.

782
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,680
From where we get booms.

783
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,680
Right?

784
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,600
So this is power.

785
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:09,800
For my power is perfected in weakness.

786
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:10,800
Circle in weakness.

787
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:11,800
Together.

788
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,800
Put them together.

789
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:15,800
Okay?

790
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,800
So who's talking?

791
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,320
God.

792
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,320
God says my grace, the things that I gave you that you don't deserve, is enough for

793
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:30,440
you for my power, my ability to get things done, is perfected in weakness.

794
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:41,640
Yes, he is telling the story of how he could not get rid of his thorn in the flesh.

795
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:46,720
But it is the example of how everything that we need for this discussion actually is exactly

796
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:47,720
what we're talking about.

797
00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:48,720
Okay?

798
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:54,480
So God's power is perfected, you could say made complete, right?

799
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,360
In weakness.

800
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:57,880
Keep going.

801
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,920
Just gladly therefore, I will rather boast.

802
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,920
Circle boast.

803
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:08,120
Yep, means to brag.

804
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,660
Okay?

805
00:36:09,660 --> 00:36:11,840
So you look at something, wow!

806
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:12,840
Look how big I am.

807
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,240
Look how strong I am.

808
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:15,640
Look how smart I am.

809
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,640
Right?

810
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,840
Or look how weak I am.

811
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:19,840
That's what we're about to say right now.

812
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:20,840
That's what he's going to say.

813
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:24,840
I will boast about my circle weaknesses.

814
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:29,920
I'm going to boast about your weaknesses.

815
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,200
Okay?

816
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,400
Now let's be careful here.

817
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,120
This is not false humility.

818
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,480
There are no ugly girls in this room.

819
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,040
There are no ugly young men in this room.

820
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:46,560
So if you go around saying you're ugly, you're a liar, that's not the same thing.

821
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,440
You understand?

822
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,640
We're talking about boasting in our weaknesses.

823
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:59,360
So we're talking about, for example, you could say, I feel like I'm ugly and I'm trying to

824
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:00,360
get over that.

825
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,680
Or I feel like I'm not smart.

826
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,600
Or I feel like I can't be bold.

827
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:06,720
Something's holding me back from being bold.

828
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,360
Well those are your weaknesses.

829
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:14,020
You can boast about those things because in those things, God's power is perfected.

830
00:37:14,020 --> 00:37:18,760
So what he's saying is, I will rather boast about my weaknesses so that, circle, the power

831
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:26,200
of Christ, not the the, but power of Christ, may dwell in me.

832
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,520
You can underline dwell in me.

833
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,840
You want the power of Christ in you?

834
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:36,480
Stop thinking you're all that in a bag of chips because you ain't.

835
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:40,920
I say that all the time so I'm sorry you haven't heard it sooner.

836
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:45,560
So you're not that special on a world scale.

837
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:50,400
If you were a billionaire, you'd be one of thousands.

838
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,360
If you're a goth, you're one of 20 million.

839
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:59,760
If you're tattooed, you're one of like a billion.

840
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:00,760
Not special.

841
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,760
You don't get special by doing things to your body.

842
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,880
You don't get special by acting a certain way.

843
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,880
You're special and unique in Christ when you let Christ's power dwell in you.

844
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,040
And how do you do that?

845
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,680
By boasting in your weaknesses.

846
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,720
You got to recognize first that you need him to do something.

847
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:17,800
Okay, we're almost done.

848
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:25,880
Therefore I am well, circle, content with, now here's the list.

849
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,680
This is what, remember content, what is content?

850
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,200
Comfortable where you're at.

851
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,160
You could say aware, but really it's about not being worried about it.

852
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:36,160
Right?

853
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,160
I'm content.

854
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,160
I'm not, I don't have to fix it.

855
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,600
If it's something that needs fix, God's gonna fix it.

856
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:41,600
I don't have to fix it.

857
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,560
I'm okay, right, so I'm well content with, and here is the list.

858
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,880
Remember it's fear not what?

859
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,080
If you're content, you're not afraid.

860
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,080
Right?

861
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,120
You're alone in the house at night.

862
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:54,120
You're perfectly content.

863
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:58,780
You're watching TV and all of a sudden you hear a noise downstairs or in the other room

864
00:38:58,780 --> 00:39:02,360
when you know you're home alone and your contentness is suddenly gone.

865
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:03,360
What is that?

866
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,360
I gotta figure out what that is.

867
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,360
Could be a rat.

868
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:07,360
Could be somebody got in.

869
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,360
Whatever.

870
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:09,360
I gotta go.

871
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:10,360
I'm no longer content.

872
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,200
The moment before you heard the noise, you were content.

873
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,600
You're like, hey, I'm watching TV.

874
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,600
This is cool.

875
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:15,600
Mom and dad are not here.

876
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,600
I get to eat all the popcorn I want.

877
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,600
You know, whatever.

878
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:18,600
Right?

879
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,240
Therefore, I am well content with, here they are, weaknesses.

880
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:26,600
Yep, circle weaknesses.

881
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,400
I ask you fear not what?

882
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,800
This is the answer.

883
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:35,360
Weaknesses, so the things that are wrong with you, the things that you come up short, don't

884
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:36,360
worry about it.

885
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,880
Don't fear those things.

886
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,600
With insults.

887
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:41,840
Insults.

888
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:42,840
Somebody insults you.

889
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,280
Somebody texts you.

890
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,280
Somebody shows you something mean.

891
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,440
Somebody calls you.

892
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,360
Somebody cusses you out in school.

893
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,440
Somebody at work, on the job, in the store.

894
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,440
Be content with weaknesses and insults.

895
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,720
So far we've circled weaknesses and insults and content.

896
00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:04,640
Distresses.

897
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:09,320
A distress is something that makes you uncomfortable.

898
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,320
Right?

899
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:11,320
You with me, Caleb?

900
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,320
Do you circle distresses?

901
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,000
So if we circle in these words and know what they mean, otherwise you're not going to win

902
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,280
candy even though you already got candy.

903
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,280
Distresses.

904
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,640
So distresses are things that would normally make you uncomfortable.

905
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,280
You can say, I am not uncomfortable.

906
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:25,280
I'm fine.

907
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:26,280
Why?

908
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:27,680
Because the fight is not mine.

909
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:28,840
God is with me.

910
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:34,240
So I can be content in my weaknesses, my receiving insults, distresses.

911
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:35,240
Persecutions.

912
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,480
Persecutions are when somebody comes against you hard.

913
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,960
They steal from you.

914
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:39,960
They beat you.

915
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,360
They cuss you.

916
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,200
They blast you on social media.

917
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,560
They tell all your friends lies about you.

918
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,800
Those are persecutions.

919
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,560
And you can handle all of those things.

920
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,540
In fact, you can be content with all of those things.

921
00:40:53,540 --> 00:40:55,240
With difficulties.

922
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:56,960
Sometimes life is harder than other times.

923
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:57,960
You understand?

924
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,080
So sometimes you're going to face difficulties.

925
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,360
It's just not going to go well.

926
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,560
If it doesn't go well, your car broke down.

927
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,400
Doesn't go well, you're sick with a fever.

928
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,040
Doesn't go well, you got food poisoning.

929
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,240
It doesn't go well, the bills do.

930
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,040
You're not sure where the money is going to come from.

931
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,040
You can be content with difficulties.

932
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:21,620
So you can be content with weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecutions and difficulties

933
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:24,960
for Christ's sake.

934
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,040
So here's where it does not work.

935
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,760
Are you with me Brady?

936
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,120
It does not work if you are in sin.

937
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:39,600
If you cause the difficulty yourself because you sin against God, there is no contentment.

938
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,600
If you cause the distress, like you get malty with somebody.

939
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,360
Okay, are you with me?

940
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,360
Get malty with somebody or you're not paying attention when the teaching is going on, for

941
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,360
example.

942
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:54,000
As you cause the problem, that's not for Christ's sake.

943
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,360
And then when the difficulties arise, you will find it very hard to be content.

944
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,200
Because you know you caused the problem.

945
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,320
You're not getting from God what you're getting.

946
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:08,680
Plus, you're making it impossible for God's power to show up in a perfect, complete way.

947
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,120
Because you're doing it.

948
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:18,600
And he ends with this, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

949
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,240
You get it?

950
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:25,080
God can do in you amazingly when you realize that you cannot do what God can do.

951
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:29,800
But if you try to do what God can do, or you try to screw with the world a little bit,

952
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:35,280
play with things, buy, consume, whatever to make yourself feel better, eat too much food

953
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:41,960
or stay up too late or expose yourself in some way so people will look at you more.

954
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,200
Any of those kinds of things?

955
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,160
You're kicking God out.

956
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:51,240
And then God's power does not show up in completeness and perfection.

957
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:52,640
You're not weak.

958
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:57,400
You're still consuming, trying to get things done instead of waiting on God, trusting in

959
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,240
God and fearing not.

960
00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:06,160
So if you look at that fancy ribbon there, these are our last blanks and we're done.

961
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,720
Anybody want to try it?

962
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:14,040
B, start with a B. Be brave, it's brave.

963
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:15,240
Or bold, I guess you could do bold.

964
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:16,240
Either one would work.

965
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:19,280
Be brave and upright.

966
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:23,560
Things started in the beginning of the lesson, the one word action plan.

967
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,080
No, not wise.

968
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,160
Although that's a good word.

969
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:40,560
Brave and upright and check out Psalm 27 14.

970
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,040
Wait.

971
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:43,040
Wait.

972
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,000
Brave and upright and wait.

973
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:46,360
This is what you do.

974
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:52,880
Somebody comes against you and you're walking as a Christian and they post something about

975
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:58,600
you, they say something or they do something or they're trying to provoke a fight.

976
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:00,400
Be brave, be upright.

977
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,320
In other words, your mouth does not start spewing cuss words, you're not slandering

978
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,520
them or trying to do things to get back at them, you're not plotting your revenge, none

979
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:08,520
of that is godly.

980
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,400
You'd be brave and upright and wait.

981
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:18,960
When I was a young Christian, last illustration, we've got just two phrases left and we're

982
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:19,960
done.

983
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:25,040
There was a man in my church who was an older man, an associate pastor and had been a Christian

984
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,240
for a long, long time, a lot longer than me.

985
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:32,040
One night I was running a WANA games and there was a little girl, eight years old, and she

986
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,120
brought one of her friends and I ran the games hard.

987
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:39,240
When I played games, the kids that come out from over here a lot of times, the multi-purpose

988
00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:44,280
stuff and they look hot, they never, when I ran the games they were always like red

989
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:48,720
faced and sweaty, so I ran them hard.

990
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:53,240
This little girl that was with her had asthma and she asked for a drink of water at the

991
00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:55,200
end of the games.

992
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,400
I said, sure, step over there to the kitchen.

993
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,840
I marshaled all the other kids where they were supposed to go and I said, you two, stay

994
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:01,840
with her.

995
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:02,840
I said, step over there to the kitchen.

996
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:07,760
One of the old ladies, nine years old, gave her a cup of water and she drank it down.

997
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,560
And then she went off with the other kids.

998
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,200
I'm talking like a 60 second delay.

999
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,640
And as I'm walking away and I'm going to clean up the game stuff, this guy comes up to me

1000
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:16,760
and he says, you know what?

1001
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,560
You are everything that is wrong with the world today.

1002
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,120
I'm like, what?

1003
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:23,120
What's happening?

1004
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,120
I'm being ambushed here.

1005
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,120
What is happening?

1006
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,360
He says, you are the reason that kids are not tough.

1007
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,480
People like you, they don't need a drink of water.

1008
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:30,480
What do they need a drink of water for?

1009
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,480
They play games with kids, they're fine.

1010
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,480
They can drink water after a WANA is over.

1011
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:36,480
And he's literally yelling at me.

1012
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,960
He didn't use any vulgarities, but he's yelling at me for letting that little girl, and he

1013
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,840
didn't know she had asthma, but even then, water, asthma doesn't necessarily connect,

1014
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,880
but she wanted a drink of water.

1015
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:49,240
And I said, you know, I feel like the Bible says that anytime somebody wants a cool drink

1016
00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:51,160
of water in the name of Jesus, we should give it.

1017
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,040
And he goes, oh, you're going to quote scripture at me now?

1018
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,280
He said, and he literally railed on me for like 10 minutes while I'm walking.

1019
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,720
I'm picking this stuff up and he's walking around yelling at me, right, while I'm doing

1020
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:01,720
this.

1021
00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:05,200
And boy, every part of me wanted to come back at him.

1022
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,040
And I was pretty timid back then.

1023
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,040
I was a young Christian, really.

1024
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,720
I haven't been saved in maybe a year and a half.

1025
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:11,760
I hadn't started preaching or nothing.

1026
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:17,440
And every part of me wanted to just say, you know, just leave me alone, right?

1027
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,440
I'm done.

1028
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:19,440
I won't run games anymore.

1029
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:20,440
You run the games.

1030
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:21,440
You're such a big deal.

1031
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:22,440
You run the games.

1032
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,240
I'll just walk out and be done.

1033
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:25,240
That's what I wanted to do.

1034
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:29,840
And the spirit moved to my heart and I'm like, I know this is not right, but I also know

1035
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:31,440
there's nothing to do about it.

1036
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:32,720
He's a senior man.

1037
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:34,120
He's been a Christian for 40 years.

1038
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,920
I've been a Christian for like not even two, right?

1039
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,120
He's an ordained associate pastor, whatever.

1040
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:40,680
I'm like, and so this is what I said.

1041
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:47,160
I said, Lord, I said, if I am in the wrong here, then convict me in my heart and change

1042
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,560
me and make me the man you want me to be.

1043
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:53,600
But if he is in the wrong here, shut him up.

1044
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:54,840
Stop him because he's hurting me.

1045
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,080
There's nothing I can do about it.

1046
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:57,080
I didn't say this out loud.

1047
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:58,080
I said, there's nothing I can do about it.

1048
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,720
I said, Lord, you take care of it.

1049
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:05,960
Six months later, he was diagnosed with cancer of the throat and couldn't talk.

1050
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:10,160
Now had I prayed a curse on him and said, Lord, bring down the hammer, then I'd have

1051
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,160
felt horrible.

1052
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,160
But I didn't.

1053
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:13,160
I just said, Lord, you sort this between us.

1054
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,160
I had no conviction in my heart that I was in the wrong.

1055
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,120
I wasn't disrespectful in any way.

1056
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,400
And then he got throat cancer, couldn't talk.

1057
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,280
Ten months later, he's in chemo, still can't talk.

1058
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:23,280
He's a preacher.

1059
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:24,280
He's a preacher.

1060
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:25,600
Ten months later, he's in chemo and everything.

1061
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:29,000
And the Lord convicted me of my heart to go and pray for him.

1062
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,080
He said, go and pray for him.

1063
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:36,000
And so I went and I spent a lot of time in prayer and then I prayed for him directly

1064
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:41,240
and he was miraculously healed from his cancer.

1065
00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:44,840
Six months after he was miraculously healed, he was back teaching the Word of God.

1066
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:49,960
Now it's not about me, but that's what I'm talking about.

1067
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:51,760
Be brave and upright.

1068
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,760
Know that you're doing the right thing, serving God.

1069
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:54,760
Stop backing down.

1070
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,400
Set yourself some rules, some discipline.

1071
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,440
Be right, upright.

1072
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,960
And then when somebody comes against you or something happens you don't like, be brave.

1073
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:06,720
Be content even with your weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecutions, and difficulties

1074
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:07,720
all for Christ's sake.

1075
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:09,600
Do it for Jesus, right?

1076
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:13,920
Don't be okay with your bad stuff for you or for Satan or for the world or some people

1077
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,240
will like you.

1078
00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:19,760
But be okay with your bad stuff because it's going to Jesus and Jesus is working in it.

1079
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:21,440
And then watch what God will do.

1080
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,640
He will defend you every time.

1081
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,040
But can you face real difficulties?

1082
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:28,200
Yes.

1083
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,400
God is with you through trials and suffering.

1084
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,040
He's not with you through an easy pathway, right?

1085
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,240
Remember, when they hate you, don't be surprised.

1086
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:37,240
They hated me first.

1087
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:39,680
Persecution, suffering, these are real bad things.

1088
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,760
They're like, I never want to be persecuted.

1089
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,280
I never want to face any difficulties, distresses, or be persecuted.

1090
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:50,400
Raise your hand if you never want to be persecuted.

1091
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,240
This is the participation part of the lesson.

1092
00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:53,720
My hand also is up.

1093
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:56,240
I have been persecuted, but I never want to be persecuted.

1094
00:48:56,240 --> 00:49:01,040
However, if I am persecuted, what am I to do about it?

1095
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:07,200
Be brave, upright, and wait.

1096
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:08,880
That's what you do about it.

1097
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:17,220
And then God will, God shows His, and that word there is strength and power, and He shows

1098
00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:18,680
it there.

1099
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,520
Notice that God can show His strength and power anytime He chooses to.

1100
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:27,260
So why does, this is the last question, why does God show His strength and power perfectly

1101
00:49:27,260 --> 00:49:30,960
in our weaknesses as opposed to some other time?

1102
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:39,360
Because God doesn't want you to be perfect, He wants you to come to Him as you are.

1103
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,000
That's a good answer.

1104
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:48,000
Also if Mike Tyson stands up in the bar and backs that guy down, did God do that?

1105
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:53,560
I mean maybe, maybe He made Mike Tyson, and He made Mike Tyson strong, but everybody is

1106
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:59,320
just going to go like his 40 hours in the gym every week for 20 years, and all that

1107
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,080
human growth hormone, or just a lot of beef that he ate, or whatever it was that made

1108
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,280
him this big hulk of dude, and made him a great boxer, or whatever, that's what really

1109
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:07,280
did it.

1110
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,000
So it didn't take a miracle of God.

1111
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:14,640
But if that same scene happens in a restaurant after prom night, and it's Kishon, and that

1112
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:19,280
six foot guy all bulked up, falls across Kishon's table, and then gets up and he says, what

1113
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:20,280
are you looking at?

1114
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,200
And Kishon stands up and says, what?

1115
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,040
What's he going to say?

1116
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:31,720
Dude's four inches taller than him, and 50 pounds more muscle, what's Kishon going to

1117
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:32,720
say?

1118
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:33,720
What's Kishon going to do?

1119
00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:41,440
Kishon's going to be brave, he's going to be upright, and he's going to wait.

1120
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:47,320
And if you're not afraid when that happens, the other person will see the signs of their

1121
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:48,320
own destruction.

1122
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,360
And if you are afraid, then they're going to think they have the upper hand.

1123
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:53,360
Be brave.

1124
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:54,360
Amen.

1125
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:58,880
All right, so that's the end of the lesson.

1126
00:50:58,880 --> 00:50:59,880
You got a quick comment?

1127
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:00,880
Yeah.

1128
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:10,880
I like this word, but most likely therefore I would rather boast about the way, and I

1129
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:14,840
don't want to boast so much because you won't have to boast.

1130
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,840
Because he's working on the weaknesses.

1131
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:22,040
And with our friends, he's working on the weaknesses.

1132
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:29,440
You said something to the servant once that you want the inside of your body to show,

1133
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,440
to come with your outside.

1134
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,440
You're in there and you're outside.

1135
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:40,440
And this kind of puts the sector in thinking, you're not going to boast about it because

1136
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,440
people are going to see that in you.

1137
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:44,440
He's drawing.

1138
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:47,440
And that drawing is he's kicking you.

1139
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:48,440
He's working inside you.

1140
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:49,440
He's drawing.

1141
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:50,440
He's working on the weaknesses.

1142
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:55,440
Now, where I used to, you know somebody when they ran out in front of me with their car?

1143
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:56,440
I'm not.

1144
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:57,440
Wow, I'm slowing down.

1145
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:02,440
I'm actually letting the guy go past, not saying nothing, and going, and going up and

1146
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:03,440
down.

1147
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:10,440
Now, there are some things that you, like you said, are not perfect.

1148
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:17,440
There's some things like I don't like the inside, you know, I feel sorry and I start

1149
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:18,440
crying.

1150
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:25,440
There's some things that are not perfect because some things are going to go slowly and some

1151
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,440
things are going to go quicker than others.

1152
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,440
But I always materialize them.

1153
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:36,440
I keep in the violin, keep with them, and keep working on myself to be a better person.

1154
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:37,440
Amen.

1155
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:38,440
That's a good word.

1156
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,440
I kind of like this about growing.

1157
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,440
I mean there's some things that I found out that I was doing.

1158
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,440
One day I got my garage all ram-sack.

1159
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:45,440
Everything took it.

1160
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:46,440
Well, I used to.

1161
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:52,440
When he yelled and all this about it, I'd go out there and my friends said, you're not,

1162
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:57,440
I am a little upset, but I'm here.

1163
00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:58,440
Nothing happened.

1164
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,440
I need to get home and bathe him.

1165
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:04,440
You know, there's other things I had to look at.

1166
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:09,440
And when I stop for a minute and not beat him and look at the whole picture and what

1167
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:13,440
he's doing about me, Jim becomes a better person.

1168
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:14,440
So much grace.

1169
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:15,440
All right.

1170
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:29,440
So we're going to pray in closing.