WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:04.839 It's one thing for someone to say, hey, don't 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:08.699 worry. But the reality is disease, finances, 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:12.199 the future, uncertainty, we're all living in 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:15.060 a worrisome world. Today, I want to show you 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:19.219 from Scripture how God can give you a tool that 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:21.379 when worry knocks on the door of your heart, 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:27.260 prayer can answer. Stay with me. Thanks for listening 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:30.280 to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:33.009 Ingram. we are an international teaching and 00:00:33.009 --> 00:00:35.890 discipleship ministry that encourages and equips 00:00:35.890 --> 00:00:38.670 christians to live like christians well in just 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:40.289 a minute chip will pick up where he left off 00:00:40.289 --> 00:00:43.770 in our series i choose peace now last time he 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.789 unpacked how worry can consume our hope and joy 00:00:46.789 --> 00:00:50.149 so today he unpacks why it is vital that we put 00:00:50.149 --> 00:00:53.250 our entire trust in god especially when life 00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:56.070 throws us curveballs but before he gets going 00:00:56.070 --> 00:00:58.490 let me encourage you to use our message notes 00:00:58.490 --> 00:01:00.899 while you listen They contain Chip's outline, 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:03.719 scripture references, and a few fill -ins to 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.079 help you remember what you hear. Download them 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.500 under the broadcasts tab at livingontheedge .org. 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.620 App listeners tap fill -in notes. Well, with 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:15.920 that, let's join Chip for part two of his message 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.079 in anxious moments from Philippians chapter four. 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:22.920 When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, what 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.620 did he say? When you pray, say, our Father, oh. 00:01:27.849 --> 00:01:30.329 So in the midst of all the craziness of the world, 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:32.769 the one who created all that there is, the one 00:01:32.769 --> 00:01:34.730 who sent his son to die for you and rise from 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:37.109 the dead, the one who's the sovereign king, who's 00:01:37.109 --> 00:01:39.709 all wise, all powerful, and all knowing of every 00:01:39.709 --> 00:01:42.170 circumstance, real, possible, and potential, 00:01:42.329 --> 00:01:47.489 he's your papa. And say to him, who art in heaven? 00:01:48.150 --> 00:01:51.170 You're not pulled into this or that. You're the 00:01:51.170 --> 00:01:54.670 creator. You're in control. Holy is your name. 00:01:55.849 --> 00:01:59.109 I can know 100 % of the time that God will never 00:01:59.109 --> 00:02:02.489 lie to me. God's always going to be pure. His 00:02:02.489 --> 00:02:06.829 intentions. So it's this moment where you pause 00:02:06.829 --> 00:02:11.729 and you get a high, clear view of God. When anxiety 00:02:11.729 --> 00:02:14.150 knocks at the door of your heart, let prayer 00:02:14.150 --> 00:02:17.969 answer it. And the first prayer is worship and 00:02:17.969 --> 00:02:22.949 adoration. So I have a habit. As I'm laying in 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:25.569 bed, I either pray slowly through Psalm 23 or 00:02:25.569 --> 00:02:28.590 the Lord's Prayer or parts of it. And then I 00:02:28.590 --> 00:02:31.449 don't look at my phone. I don't check my email. 00:02:32.250 --> 00:02:34.409 I have coffee already made because that's a very 00:02:34.409 --> 00:02:38.409 important part of my early morning. And the dog 00:02:38.409 --> 00:02:41.530 and I are friends, so I let the dog out. And 00:02:41.530 --> 00:02:44.610 every morning I take my cup of coffee and my 00:02:44.610 --> 00:02:48.150 dog's out running around. And I stand in my patio 00:02:48.150 --> 00:02:50.569 like I did this morning. And I look up and I 00:02:50.569 --> 00:02:56.819 see these stars. And I force myself out loud, 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:02.580 almighty ever -living creator, little people 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:04.960 like me have stared at the sky for thousands 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.240 and thousands of years and you created them. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.000 And this is just the Milky Way. There's a hundred, 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:12.719 maybe 200 billion stars in this little galaxy. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.360 And they didn't know there's another couple hundred 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:19.319 billion galaxies. And the one that placed these 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.240 in the sky at this moment on this day, I am the 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.539 object of your affection. I don't know how to 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:30.280 pull off or what's going to happen, but I'm going 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:32.080 to go in and I'm going to talk to you and read 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.460 what you want to say to me. But I'm going with 00:03:35.460 --> 00:03:40.000 you, the creator of the world, at my back. Here's 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.939 what I can tell you. As you get a really big 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:46.819 God, you will get really small problems. If you 00:03:46.819 --> 00:03:49.780 have really big problems, you have a very small 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:53.680 God. See, what happens, take thought of, it means 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.080 to focus on, get obsessed with. Okay, here's 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.659 a problem. Okay, maybe 85 % or 90 % of your marriage 00:03:58.659 --> 00:04:00.599 is pretty good, or at work you really do have 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:02.860 a good job, but there's a supervisor, or maybe 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:04.460 you're single, but you have some really good 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:07.280 friends, but whatever the part that really makes 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.219 you anxious or there's uncertainty, here's what 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:10.960 you do. You focus on it, you focus on it, you 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.840 focus on it, you focus on it, you focus on it, 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:15.020 and pretty soon you look at all of life through 00:04:15.020 --> 00:04:18.180 this thing, this anxiety. And then as you look 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:19.699 at all in life, the way we're made is then your 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:22.079 emotions and your physiology begin to respond. 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:24.519 And then your body and your world gets messed 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.240 up because you think this is the world. He says 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.160 when anxiety knocks at the door of your heart, 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:33.699 let prayer answer it. And the first thing you 00:04:33.699 --> 00:04:37.199 do, this is the God that can deal with that. 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.319 You think God can heal someone of cancer? We've 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.100 seen it. You think God can give people grace 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:45.629 to go through cancer? You think God can actually 00:04:45.629 --> 00:04:48.250 take someone that you love to heaven and you 00:04:48.250 --> 00:04:50.290 recover from it and be okay knowing you're going 00:04:50.290 --> 00:04:52.850 to see them later? You bet. You think God can 00:04:52.850 --> 00:04:54.689 give you a new job if you don't have it? You 00:04:54.689 --> 00:04:56.629 think God can get into the heart of one of your 00:04:56.629 --> 00:04:58.589 kids that's not walking with God? Do you think 00:04:58.589 --> 00:05:01.569 God can? Of course he can. Intellectually, you 00:05:01.569 --> 00:05:04.089 believe that. But it doesn't experience it until 00:05:04.089 --> 00:05:08.560 you worship him. Put a little A. The left of 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.300 where it says prayer and circle it, and I'll 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:12.779 tell you why later. The second is petition. This 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:15.000 is the second most common word in the New Testament. 00:05:16.019 --> 00:05:19.480 It's focusing on your need. It's a prayer that 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:23.199 expresses my need or my want before I ask. It's 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.759 a sense that I, it's the awareness that I am 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.560 unable, that I have limitations in this situation, 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:33.139 that I need you, God. I can't handle this. Much 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:36.139 of anxiety is about here's a problem or here's 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:38.639 an issue and the resource you unconsciously look 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.860 to is what am I going to do? What am I going 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:43.759 to do? How do I fix it? How do I fix it? And 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.699 the more it's overwhelming or the more it's out 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.800 of your control and the more you realize you 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:49.540 can't fix it, guess what happens? It just grows 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:52.660 and grows and grows. And so the kind of prayer 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:55.620 that answers the door when anxiety knocks and 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:58.500 causes you to run to your father is first adoration. 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:02.829 And this is confession. God, I can't handle this. 00:06:03.550 --> 00:06:06.649 I don't know what to do in this marriage. I've 00:06:06.649 --> 00:06:09.389 tried everything under the sun. I can't get one 00:06:09.389 --> 00:06:11.769 of my kids' attention for the life of me. You 00:06:11.769 --> 00:06:14.509 know what? Unless you like transfer my supervisor 00:06:14.509 --> 00:06:18.290 to Siberia, I don't, you know, he doesn't like 00:06:18.290 --> 00:06:22.829 me. She doesn't like me. I feel like I can't 00:06:22.829 --> 00:06:30.290 handle this. Lord, I need you. You know what 00:06:30.290 --> 00:06:35.550 that is called in scripture? Humility. Dependency. 00:06:36.569 --> 00:06:39.649 And you know what? You can't cast your cares 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:42.910 on Jesus as long as you're holding on to him 00:06:42.910 --> 00:06:45.870 and assuming that some way, somehow, my ability, 00:06:46.050 --> 00:06:49.290 my moxie, my personality, my brains, I'm going 00:06:49.290 --> 00:06:52.829 to solve this. And so the kind of prayer is first 00:06:52.829 --> 00:06:59.410 worship and then confession. And you say, You 00:06:59.410 --> 00:07:02.889 care for me. I can't handle this. And then it 00:07:02.889 --> 00:07:06.310 positions you to begin to ask him, to really 00:07:06.310 --> 00:07:12.170 ask him for help. The third word is thanksgiving. 00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:14.490 It's a very interesting compound word. It means 00:07:14.490 --> 00:07:18.689 to be good or well and combined with grace. I 00:07:18.689 --> 00:07:21.209 love one commentator. He says the way this is 00:07:21.209 --> 00:07:23.930 phrased, it's like sprinkling like salt and pepper 00:07:23.930 --> 00:07:27.050 into the rest of your prayers where you're constantly 00:07:27.050 --> 00:07:30.519 giving thanks. I mean, I find myself when I look 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.920 at the stars, when I'm worshiping God, all of 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.220 a sudden he'll just bring to my mind, you know, 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:37.420 you've got almost 40 years with your wife after 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:39.379 all that you guys have been through. And, you 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:41.279 know, think about what that day when your one 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:43.959 son was in ICU or, you know, you thought this 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:47.639 was impossible problem. God, thanks. So I'm worshiping, 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:50.540 but I just sort of fall into thanksgiving. Or 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:52.439 how about when you're confessing, I can't do 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:54.620 this, I can't do this, I can't do this. You know 00:07:54.620 --> 00:07:57.120 what God reminds me? Hey, remember like two years 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:59.680 ago or three months ago when it was an impossible 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.740 situation and you couldn't do it? Do you remember 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:05.980 what I did? Oh, yeah. You were faithful. Thank 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:09.180 you. In fact, let me show you a little tool. 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.199 And I know some of you are not writers. You're 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.680 not verbal processors. I don't think people need 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.800 to keep a journal to be godly, okay? But if you're 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:21.579 a little ADD, You know, like in services like 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:23.660 this, sometimes we say, I want to ask you a question, 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:26.019 but don't raise your hand. Can I try the opposite? 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.180 I'm going to ask you a question, and I'm going 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:30.420 to ask you to raise your hand. Does anybody else 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:32.440 except me, does your mind wander when you pray? 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:38.070 Oh, my gosh. It's just. And then I feel so guilty. 00:08:38.230 --> 00:08:40.009 I mean, I've been out in the stars. I've worshiped 00:08:40.009 --> 00:08:42.289 him. I'm reading the Bible. God, I can't do this. 00:08:42.370 --> 00:08:44.350 And then my mind's all the way over to here. 00:08:44.429 --> 00:08:46.149 And then it's over to here. And then it's over 00:08:46.149 --> 00:08:48.669 to here. Oh, my God, no. And what I realize is 00:08:48.669 --> 00:08:52.990 I can't concentrate very well. So when it comes 00:08:52.990 --> 00:08:55.429 to, I'm just, and then I get paralyzed. And then 00:08:55.429 --> 00:08:57.269 I feel bad that I can't concentrate. And then 00:08:57.269 --> 00:09:00.950 I tell God I'm sorry. And then it's like confession. 00:09:02.250 --> 00:09:06.299 Sometimes I just give up. And the anxiety doesn't 00:09:06.299 --> 00:09:10.259 leave. And here's what I've learned to do. I've 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:12.080 learned when I'm going through that, I realize 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:16.759 that anxiety and biblical prayer cannot coexist. 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:22.100 And anxiety can't live with thankfulness. So 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:26.860 for example, I just couldn't concentrate. Lord, 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:29.519 I'm overly aware of what I am not in varying 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:32.159 degrees of what awaits me. I was away for a few 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:34.080 days and what I returned, you know, I had like, 00:09:34.590 --> 00:09:37.950 Right, anxiety, like 200 emails, three meetings. 00:09:38.870 --> 00:09:41.669 Holy Father, please forgive me for my self -focus 00:09:41.669 --> 00:09:44.649 and please renew my heart and my mind. I'm viewing 00:09:44.649 --> 00:09:47.269 things through a negative lens and it's producing 00:09:47.269 --> 00:09:50.149 negative emotions. And so this is what I did. 00:09:50.289 --> 00:09:53.389 Thank you for the rest, the walks, the time to 00:09:53.389 --> 00:09:56.289 read, relax, and laugh with Teresa. Thank you 00:09:56.289 --> 00:09:58.190 for Teresa that she said she's feeling better 00:09:58.190 --> 00:10:01.000 physically than she has in a long time. Thank 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.419 you for the long and beautiful pool to swim and 00:10:03.419 --> 00:10:06.559 rehab my back. Thank you that I rarely had to 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:08.799 take Advil for the last few days. I mean, can 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:13.379 you imagine thanking God for no Advil? Here's 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:15.559 what I'm trying to get. This is how life really 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:18.600 works. It's in the details of life where you 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:21.919 say, well, no, that's big. Thank you for the 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:25.019 insight and encouragement to listen to the book 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:27.179 by John Ortberg, The Life You've Always Wanted. 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:29.279 and the resilience and encouragement it's brought 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.840 to my heart. Thank you for the God impulse to 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:33.539 help people that we've met on the streets that 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:36.360 are poor. Thank you that despite all the unpleasantness 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.399 I see in my life, my mistakes in leadership, 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.039 personal struggles and failures, as a Christian, 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:43.740 as a husband, as a father, and as a leader, that 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:47.659 you love me, delight in me, and have exceeding 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:51.019 mercy upon me, my family, my life, my ministry, 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:53.539 and that you're not surprised or shocked that 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:56.940 I don't measure up. You remember even when I 00:10:56.940 --> 00:11:01.480 forget that I'm but dust. I cannot in this life 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.259 measure up. I am in need of your mercy and your 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:06.940 grace every moment of every day. The truth is, 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.100 many of the things that bother me about me, they 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:14.799 bother me because they're true. Anybody else 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:19.059 have that? And so, but you know what? When I 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:23.159 got done, I was at peace. See, part of all your 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:25.399 psyche stuff is, I don't measure up. I got to 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.480 do this. Sometimes just being honest. And you 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.120 know what? This is who God is. I have great need. 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.980 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.799 you. Thank you. I'm going to thank my way into 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:38.059 the presence of God. And then the last word is 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:42.000 a powerful word. And the last word he talks about 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.960 is, so what do you do? It's requests. You outline 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:49.340 your specific needs. You're listening to Living 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:52.000 on the Edge. And we'll return you to Chip's message 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:54.740 in just a minute. But let me quickly share with 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:57.320 you, God has called us to do incredible ministry 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:00.480 work all around the world. And when you regularly 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.879 give to Living on the Edge, you're a part of 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:05.779 what we do. So consider becoming a monthly partner 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:10.860 today and visit livingontheedge .org. We appreciate 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:13.659 your generous support. Well, with that, here's 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:17.149 Chip. I mean, this is like... You know why some 00:12:17.149 --> 00:12:19.070 of you don't experience much of God? You pray 00:12:19.070 --> 00:12:21.230 prayers like this. Lord, bless my family. Help 00:12:21.230 --> 00:12:23.850 me have a good day. Help my children. Help me 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:26.610 someday, someway, somehow to meet someone. Lord, 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:29.909 cause me to grow spiritually somehow, someway. 00:12:30.769 --> 00:12:32.629 I mean, that's like my wife sending me to the 00:12:32.629 --> 00:12:35.110 grocery store and say, could you buy some food 00:12:35.110 --> 00:12:37.009 that we will all like and that I will cook well? 00:12:38.149 --> 00:12:41.179 I mean, she would go, oh my gosh. Whenever she 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:43.159 sends me, and if she was here, she'd say, she 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.259 doesn't send me very often. Then I got a list, 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:46.919 and then it's like, here's the label. It's got 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:49.519 to be organic. It's got to be this. She wants 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:54.820 very specific things. Once you have, this is 00:12:54.820 --> 00:13:00.200 who God is. This is your need. I'm thanking him. 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:04.500 What do you want? God, I ask you specifically 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:06.820 to move in my supervisor's heart to give me favor 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:09.580 with him and that I would have great affirmation 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:12.240 in this meeting. God, I'm asking you for X amount 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:14.220 of dollars because this is what's happening in 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:16.220 our family situation and I need that. God, I'm 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:18.340 asking you for the best doctor in all the Bay 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:21.500 Area. Help me bring someone in contact. How do 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:24.340 we deal with this cancer? Write specific things 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:27.080 and expect specific things and then like a grocery 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:29.259 list, give them to the God who's all wise, all 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:31.419 knowing and you're his son, his daughter and 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:36.279 he'll help you. My little, the next thing I do 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:42.919 in my journal is this is my, I pray once I've 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:46.279 gotten there, these are all little boxes. I turn 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:49.100 all my concerns, all my anxiety into prayers. 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.120 Here's a box, there it is. Here's a box, here 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:55.620 it is. And I'm turning them into requests. And 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:58.659 this is a month old. All but about two have. 00:13:59.230 --> 00:14:01.529 Check marks next to the box. You know what I'm 00:14:01.529 --> 00:14:04.789 experiencing? God's alive in my life. God is 00:14:04.789 --> 00:14:07.090 showing up. I'll guarantee he's showing up in 00:14:07.090 --> 00:14:09.769 your life. You just don't know it. You don't 00:14:09.769 --> 00:14:13.009 track it. You don't pray specifically. Here's 00:14:13.009 --> 00:14:17.649 what he's saying. When anxiety knocks at the 00:14:17.649 --> 00:14:20.830 door of your heart, let prayer, this kind of 00:14:20.830 --> 00:14:23.429 prayer, adoration, confession, thanksgiving, 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:27.580 supplication. Let prayer answer it and then run 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:30.460 into your father's arms. Run into your father's 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:33.860 arms. It's like, remember for some of us when 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:35.480 you had small kids or some of you have small 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.179 kids, when they have a bad dream, what do they 00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:39.519 always do? Like they're four, they're three. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:42.879 They have a bad dream. They get up. They run 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:44.860 and what do they do? They're at your bedside. 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.159 What do they want to do? They want to get in 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:49.899 bed with you. So what do you do? Open the covers 00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:51.990 and go, brother. You know, because they take 00:14:51.990 --> 00:14:53.909 up the whole bed. And then they lay next to you, 00:14:53.970 --> 00:14:59.950 and 30 seconds later, what do you hear? You think 00:14:59.950 --> 00:15:04.009 that's an accident? See, they think that their 00:15:04.009 --> 00:15:08.090 parent loves them, is in control, and it's a 00:15:08.090 --> 00:15:12.289 safe place, and they're at peace. And the God 00:15:12.289 --> 00:15:18.570 of the universe says, come. Come. Stop fretting. 00:15:18.690 --> 00:15:22.220 Stop worrying. Stop trying to figure out how 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:26.179 you can solve it all. In fact, the promise here, 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:29.299 peace and anxiety cannot, write the word coexist. 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:35.279 Peace and anxiety can't coexist. Second, anxiety 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:41.220 and biblical prayer cannot coexist. Now, I'm 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:43.220 going to give you a little warning because, you 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:45.299 know, I hope some of you are going, wow, okay, 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:51.220 I get it. I ask you to put an A. A. Okay, anxiety's 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:54.740 coming into my life. A, adoration. The next, 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.600 put the letter C next to that one under the petition, 00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:04.480 confession. T for thanksgiving. And then S, supplication, 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.059 what I'm actually gonna ask. So A, C, T, S. So 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:11.320 it's just a little ax. This is my, when anxiety 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:13.659 knocks at the door of my heart, I'm going to 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:16.340 let an ax kind of prayer, adoration, confession, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:19.009 thanksgiving. and supplication, I'm going to 00:16:19.009 --> 00:16:21.950 let it answer, and I'm going to run into my father's 00:16:21.950 --> 00:16:28.190 arms. Now, here's the deal. If you never played 00:16:28.190 --> 00:16:32.549 golf, or if you never went bowling, if you never 00:16:32.549 --> 00:16:35.769 played an instrument, or if you did it like 35 00:16:35.769 --> 00:16:39.470 years ago, would you expect to go and roll a 00:16:39.470 --> 00:16:43.139 300 or shoot par? Or would you expect it is a 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:46.620 skill to learn about, a skill to practice, a 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:49.120 skill to develop, and that over time you would 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.320 get better and better and better and better? 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:55.159 You don't have to live an anxious life, but you 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.259 have built, and I have built, lifelong habit 00:16:58.259 --> 00:17:01.879 patterns to respond to anxiety in ways that are 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.519 very dysfunctional and very painful, and they're 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.359 bad for you, your soul, your relationship with 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.029 God, your family, and with other people. So what 00:17:11.029 --> 00:17:13.769 I just described, you're gonna have to go into 00:17:13.769 --> 00:17:16.789 training and begin to practice. So when you feel 00:17:16.789 --> 00:17:19.789 peace leaving, because by the way, you can do 00:17:19.789 --> 00:17:21.809 all four of those kind of prayers in about three 00:17:21.809 --> 00:17:24.650 or four or five minutes, right? You can take 00:17:24.650 --> 00:17:26.789 a break. I've had situations where I've been 00:17:26.789 --> 00:17:28.869 in a situation, I'm anxious like this and I don't 00:17:28.869 --> 00:17:29.869 know what to do. Excuse me, I gotta go to the 00:17:29.869 --> 00:17:32.269 bathroom. I've gone to the bathroom while I'm 00:17:32.269 --> 00:17:34.970 washing my hands. God, help me to remember. And 00:17:34.970 --> 00:17:37.630 I'll just walk through that and ask the peace 00:17:37.630 --> 00:17:41.769 of Christ. I need your power. I need to abide 00:17:41.769 --> 00:17:45.269 in you. I need your peace and your power. And 00:17:45.269 --> 00:17:48.549 Jesus said he's given it to us freely. To summarize 00:17:48.549 --> 00:17:52.390 on the very back, biblical prayer is God's antidote 00:17:52.390 --> 00:17:57.869 to anxiety. It's simple and yet profound. Biblical 00:17:57.869 --> 00:18:02.769 prayer is the antidote to anxiety. Every time 00:18:02.769 --> 00:18:05.910 you feel anxious this week, here's the word picture. 00:18:06.589 --> 00:18:08.849 When, can you fill it in even without me saying? 00:18:09.589 --> 00:18:12.490 When anxiety pounds at the door of your heart, 00:18:12.529 --> 00:18:16.869 let... Father, forgive them. They know not what 00:18:16.869 --> 00:18:20.670 they do. Okay, let's try that again. That's the 00:18:20.670 --> 00:18:22.650 most unaffirming response to someone speaking 00:18:22.650 --> 00:18:24.789 I've ever had in my whole life. And I know you 00:18:24.789 --> 00:18:28.130 were deep in thought. Are you ready? Let's try 00:18:28.130 --> 00:18:30.710 this again. When anxiety pounds at the door of 00:18:30.710 --> 00:18:33.920 your heart, let... Oh, they're beautiful, Lord. 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:38.019 Answer it as you run into your father's arms. 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:42.099 What I understand is there might be some people 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:46.240 that grow up like me, is if God is not your father, 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.599 if you've never received him as your savior, 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.299 this doesn't work. Because these promises aren't 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:55.400 for people outside of Christ. And so the prayer 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:57.819 that relieves the biggest anxiety, it was my 00:18:57.819 --> 00:19:00.380 most amazing experience. Even though I'd been 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:02.039 to church, even though I intellectually believed 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:05.059 in God, I didn't realize I needed to turn from 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:08.680 my sin, my self -will and running my life. And 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:11.539 I need to turn and say, Lord Jesus, I believe 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:14.000 that you came from heaven, that you are in fact 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.539 God and you died upon the cross. And as you hung 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:20.109 upon the cross, you paid for my sin. and you 00:19:20.109 --> 00:19:22.970 covered or atoned for my sin. And what you have 00:19:22.970 --> 00:19:25.390 said is that as many as believe and would invite 00:19:25.390 --> 00:19:28.910 you into their heart and life, you would literally 00:19:28.910 --> 00:19:31.609 take up residence and that's how your peace starts. 00:19:32.269 --> 00:19:34.930 If you've never done that, we would love to help 00:19:34.930 --> 00:19:38.710 you on your journey to make that decision because 00:19:38.710 --> 00:19:42.230 he brought you here today because you matter 00:19:42.230 --> 00:19:49.269 and he loves you. Before we go any further today, 00:19:49.529 --> 00:19:55.349 I want to ask you exactly what I asked the people 00:19:55.349 --> 00:19:57.710 that were in the room when I taught this. I'm 00:19:57.710 --> 00:20:00.990 not asking you if you're a nice person or whether 00:20:00.990 --> 00:20:03.410 you're trying to be moral and kind to others. 00:20:03.890 --> 00:20:06.750 What I want to ask you is, have you ever placed 00:20:06.750 --> 00:20:09.569 your faith in Christ, where you would say to 00:20:09.569 --> 00:20:12.750 God, Lord, I don't just believe in you in some 00:20:12.750 --> 00:20:16.089 generic sense or that you're a deity out there 00:20:16.089 --> 00:20:19.190 or there's some systems and forces at work or 00:20:19.190 --> 00:20:22.529 there's positive or negative energy, but I believe 00:20:22.529 --> 00:20:26.130 that you are the creator of all the world and 00:20:26.130 --> 00:20:29.319 the universe. and that you, God the Son, came 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.400 and lived a perfect life on this planet, and 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.519 you lived upon the earth, and you helped the 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.279 poor, and you spoke words of life, and you healed 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:41.720 people to reveal and declare what God the Father 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.339 is really like, and that you and the Father are 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:47.220 one, and Jesus, what you did was to come and 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:50.220 show me what God is like, and then to give your 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:54.089 life on the cross to pay for my sin. But then 00:20:54.089 --> 00:20:56.450 you told me that I need to receive that as a 00:20:56.450 --> 00:20:59.930 free gift. If you have never done that, could 00:20:59.930 --> 00:21:03.049 I urge you? The greatest anxiety in the world 00:21:03.049 --> 00:21:05.970 is what happens after you die. And Jesus says, 00:21:06.049 --> 00:21:09.009 I want to give you peace. My peace I give to 00:21:09.009 --> 00:21:11.529 you. And the peace he wants to give you first 00:21:11.529 --> 00:21:15.589 and foremost is to say, come to me just today, 00:21:15.670 --> 00:21:19.920 right now. Call upon me. Ask for my help. Just 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:23.259 say, Lord Jesus, I need you. I have sinned. I 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:25.599 know I've done things wrong. Will you forgive 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:29.220 all my sins right now? And will you please come 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:32.339 into my life? I believe you died in my place. 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:35.940 I believe you rose from the dead. And I'm receiving 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:39.539 your gift of eternal life right now. And then 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:42.539 thank him. In your heart of hearts, Lord, thank 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:45.759 you so much. And then what Jesus would say to 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.950 you is, You don't have to worry. You don't have 00:21:48.950 --> 00:21:51.390 to worry about what happens after you die. You 00:21:51.390 --> 00:21:53.450 don't have to worry about the economy. You don't 00:21:53.450 --> 00:21:55.509 have to worry about your family. You don't have 00:21:55.509 --> 00:21:58.809 to worry about your health. You are mine. I'm 00:21:58.809 --> 00:22:01.210 going to take care of you. It doesn't mean that 00:22:01.210 --> 00:22:03.470 everything's going to be easy. It doesn't mean 00:22:03.470 --> 00:22:05.549 that everything's going to, quote, go your way. 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:09.799 But I am now with you forever and ever and ever. 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.559 And here's what he wants you to know. He wants 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.940 to speak to you. He wants to give you power. 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.160 He wants to help you. And the way he does that, 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.640 he speaks to you through his word, the Bible. 00:22:21.309 --> 00:22:24.130 And so let me encourage you to open the Gospel 00:22:24.130 --> 00:22:27.009 of John. Just get a New Testament and begin to 00:22:27.009 --> 00:22:29.589 read it. He wants to love you and encourage you 00:22:29.589 --> 00:22:31.970 through his people. So he wants you to find a 00:22:31.970 --> 00:22:34.849 group of fellow believers, a good Bible -teaching 00:22:34.849 --> 00:22:37.809 church, and say, hey, you know, I just prayed 00:22:37.809 --> 00:22:40.170 to receive Christ. I don't know much about this. 00:22:40.470 --> 00:22:43.470 I know I need love and support. Will you help 00:22:43.470 --> 00:22:46.210 me? And find a group of people that say, yes, 00:22:46.390 --> 00:22:49.549 he has them near you. I guarantee it. And then 00:22:49.549 --> 00:22:54.759 finally, Go to livingontheedge .org, and I personally 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:58.119 have some free resources just to help you understand 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:01.460 this step you've taken. And so, Lord, I pray. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:04.259 I pray for the courage of my new brothers and 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:07.539 sisters who've prayed and ask you for forgiveness, 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:10.359 and I thank you that you've granted it. In Jesus' 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:13.380 name, amen. Thanks, Chip. 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So why don't you go ahead and 00:23:55.049 --> 00:23:57.869 do that? Dave, I appreciate that. I just want 00:23:57.869 --> 00:24:02.029 to stop and pause with a very select group of 00:24:02.029 --> 00:24:05.119 people. You're people that pray for Living on 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:07.220 the Edge. I know because you write and tell me. 00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:10.299 And you're people who give financially to Living 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:14.339 on the Edge. And as I have communicated the gospel 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:17.059 of Jesus Christ, it is the power of God to salvation. 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:19.859 And we know that when we share the gospel like 00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:23.339 this on a broadcast, literally hundreds and hundreds 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:25.799 of people come to Christ. And so you're a part 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:28.759 of that. And we have reaped, not because we're 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:31.319 special, but because the gospel is the power 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:34.440 of God to salvation. But I want to just celebrate 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:37.000 that reward and thank every one of you who pray 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.660 and thank every single person who gives to this 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:42.460 ministry. People's lives will be different forever 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:45.259 and ever and ever because of you. Thanks so much. 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:47.680 Thanks, Chip. Well, if you'd like to join us 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.799 in spreading the gospel and discipling fellow 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.400 believers, consider becoming a financial partner 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:55.539 today. As Chip just said, your support can have 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:58.359 an eternal impact on someone's life. 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Search for Living on the 00:25:38.269 --> 00:25:41.970 Edge with Chip Ingram today on Apple Podcasts, 00:25:41.970 --> 00:25:44.349 Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 00:25:44.990 --> 00:25:46.990 Well, thanks for listening to this edition of 00:25:46.990 --> 00:25:49.630 Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. I'm Dave 00:25:49.630 --> 00:25:52.190 Drewy, and I hope you'll join us again next time.