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Good morning, I'm waiting for you to turn

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it down.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Well, good morning.

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That song we sang, I want a principle

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within.

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I was thinking about that as we sing

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that, you know, that song said, a principle

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of within of watchful, godly fear, a sensibility

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of sin, a pain to feel it near.

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Help me the first approach to feel of

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pride or wrong desire to catch the wandering

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of my will.

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The song saying I want the second I

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could sense it coming, just like I would

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sense, you know, when you walk on a

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stove and you touch it and immediately you

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pull away, it's like you never thought the

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thought I need to pull away now.

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It just you pull away like instinct, like

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muscle memory.

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And this song saying that's what we want.

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We want such a holiness in our heart

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that as we walk, we just sense it

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right away.

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And I love these songs at the same

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time.

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I wonder sometimes are we waiting for this

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like spiritual moment where the Lord will just

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flip the switch for us, you know, and

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when will that moment come?

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And yet are there some conditions that we

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need to meet in order for the principle

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within to be in its environment?

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We've been talking, I've preached three sermons now

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from my Bible school sermons on grace and

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we found out that grace was not something

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that was unconditional.

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It had conditions.

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Does any member the first condition humility, God

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resists the proud, but he gives grace to

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the humble.

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What was the other condition faith that we

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only have access to grace?

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It says by faith through the door of

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faith.

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And there was actually one other one that

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I just read at the very end of

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my last sermon.

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Does it, can anybody remember what that last

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requirement to receive grace?

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I won't fault you if you don't, but

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you can try.

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No, but I mean, it's probably true, but

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fear.

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There probably are some verses, but it wasn't

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the verse I read.

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It was grace be with all those who

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love our Lord in sincerity.

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We must be sincere about our walk with

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the Lord if we want to receive grace

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from him.

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Well, today I'd like to preach on something

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a little different than title of the sermons.

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I preached back there at a living hope

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Bible school was called, um, the inner Christian

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life.

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Now we have a lot of sermons about

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the outer Christian life.

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We talk a lot about non-resistance.

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We talk about wealth and we talk about,

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um, you know, things that Jesus taught in

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the sermon mount.

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Very important things.

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our inner Christian life, they can just become

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religious form and they're not sincere.

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So I want to talk today about another

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thing that's very important in our lives.

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Um, I find it ironic this week has

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been a, you can ask Caleb when he,

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I don't know where he is now, but

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anyway, it's been a very hectic week at

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work.

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we're sitting here, my mom was off the

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road and going up the road and the

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caretaker was trying to shoo her back.

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have to run to get the police involved.

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And I was just wondering how this is

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all going to work and what am I

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going to be preaching about?

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Well, you're going to find out in a

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But, um, I just kind of ironic sometimes

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when your sermons line up right with what

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you're being tempted and tried for.

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Um, I want you to imagine for a

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minute you're one of Jesus disciples, you know,

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it's been a busy day.

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hungry, your blood sugar's low.

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boat to row across the lake and a

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powerful storm arises and the wind starts blowing

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at gale force and the waves start beating

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against the boat and even into the boat.

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water, you can't keep up.

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boat from sinking.

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The boat's being tossed back and forth violently

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like a ragdoll and the water is filling

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up in the boat.

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you, I think we're going to die.

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in the boat somewhere, or not asleep, he's

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in the boat.

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you find him, he's asleep.

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say on a pillow.

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I don't know why that was included, but

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it was.

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Jesus is asleep on a pillow.

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Now, I mean, we read that story over

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and over, but let's imagine if this wave

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is so violent, this storm is so violent,

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the water's beating over the ship and into

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the ship.

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How does someone sleep through a storm like

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that?

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Somehow the wind, the waves, the violent rocking,

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the screaming, all of that didn't seem to

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wake Jesus.

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you're telling him, Jesus, we're going to die.

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He rebukes the storm.

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He rebukes the waves.

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Then he looks at you and says, why

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are you of so little faith?

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Uh, yeah.

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Now let's just modernize that a little bit.

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We're all down in California doing some street

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ministry with Jesus.

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12 of us are disciples of Jesus.

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We're down there for, and we've been all

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week working down there.

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And it's our last day.

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We, uh, it's time to go home.

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on spirit.

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I think Jesus was economical.

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I think he would have saved money to

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give to the poor.

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So he probably took spirit back.

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And um, so you're on an economy flight,

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of course, the spirit, they nickel and dime

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all over the plane, right?

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We can't all sit together.

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are scattered throughout the plane.

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you're on your way back and you get

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about halfway through your flight.

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storm and I always hate it when pilots

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announce what's coming ahead.

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That just fills my heart with, um, ambition,

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right?

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storm ahead and, um, you know, prepare yourself.

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for a while.

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you're looking out the window and wonder what's

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going to happen.

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Pretty soon you start seeing lightning striking here

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of nowhere, this lightning bolt, just, you know,

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the plane's just jolting, lightning bolt strikes the

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plane and all of a sudden the planes

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up and down.

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to recapture the plane, you know, throttling up.

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that happens, it's not fun.

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this, but the ceiling masks come down in

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your face and everybody's trying to breathe and

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all of this.

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Like this plane's going down.

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plane, right?

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So you go back there, you wake him

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up.

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He's asleep with one of those neck pillows

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in the back.

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You know, on the way back, you see

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maybe Caleb sitting there and he's terrified.

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And you see Austin, he's singing near my

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God to me.

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But anyway, and that's what they were singing

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on the Titanic.

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And anyway, you shake Jesus, you wake up

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and he wakes up and he says, he

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says, he rebukes the storm.

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He rebukes the plane and it evens out.

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he says, why were you so fearful?

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would think that was a normal response, right?

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A normal response.

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But somehow Jesus had peace in the situation

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and Jesus was able to sleep through such

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a situation.

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stories or we've read it so many times

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we forget about that.

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Why is that story even in the Bible?

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Why is the story about Jesus and the

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ship even in the Bible?

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Jesus said this, he said, peace I leave

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with you.

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My peace I give unto you, not as

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the world gives, give I unto you.

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Let not your heart be troubled, neither let

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it be afraid.

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There's a worldly peace.

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That kind of worldly peace is the kind

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when you go out on vacation, you leave

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all your cares behind.

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There's nothing bothering, there's about 75 degrees outside.

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The wind's blowing at a very nice, calm,

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even steady pace.

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And you're at peace, but that is a

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worldly peace.

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That is not the kind of peace Jesus

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came to give us.

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Jesus said, not as the world gives to

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you, I give to you, but I give

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you my peace.

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The same peace that Jesus had while he

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was sleeping in the ship, while it was

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violently rocking back and forth.

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Zachariah prophesied, Zacharias prophesied this.

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And along about four verses, but I'll just

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read you the last verse.

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It was prophesying about what Jesus came to

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do.

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And it said, to give light to them

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that sit in darkness and in the shadows

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of death to guide our feet into the

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way of peace.

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a Christian, when you say I'm a follower

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of Jesus, you're saying you're following the one

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that has come to guide you, each one

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of you, into the way of peace, including

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myself.

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Jesus was sent to guide our feet into

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the way of peace.

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Now, that's, I find it ironic.

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We talked about grace, but I find it

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ironic that so many of the epistles start

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off with grace and what?

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Peace.

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In fact, my favorite one is in 2

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Peter, I think it is.

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It says, grace and peace be multiplied to

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you.

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As if Peter is trying to say this

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is super important that you have not just

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some grace and peace, but a lot of

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it.

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Paul told us in Romans eight that if

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we're carnally minded, it's death.

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But if we're spiritually minded, it's life and

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it's peace.

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In the Old Testament, it says that thou

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shall keep him in perfect peace.

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Perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me.

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Now we sing that song, I want the

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principle within.

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We want these things.

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But notice there are conditions whose mind is

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stayed.

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That means whose mind is leaned on thee.

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What is the verse going to say?

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Because he trusts in thee.

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And so, as you see, peace is not

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just something we're going to have without meeting

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some conditions.

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Galatians says the fruit of the spirit is

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love, joy.

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Third one, peace.

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Paul told Timothy, follow after peace with all

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men.

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Peter instructs, seek peace and ensue it.

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Now that's an old English word.

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Whenever you see that, just think of the

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new English word pursue.

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Seek peace and pursue it or maintain it.

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Something you need to do in your life

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is to pursue the peace of God.

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Peter said this about Jesus coming back.

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Be diligent.

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Something you need to do very diligently is

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to be found in him without spot.

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That means being holy.

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Without spot or blemish and at peace.

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So as Christians, we have a calling to

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live at peace.

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Now we fail, we fall.

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And that doesn't mean we don't get back

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up.

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That doesn't mean we keep pursuing.

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That doesn't mean we keep trying to learn

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how to be in peace.

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But if Jesus were to come back any

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day, given day of your life.

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So let's say he came back on Tuesday

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of last week.

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Would he have found you at peace?

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Or would he have more likely to find

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you stressed out, busy, distracted, frazzled, worried, or

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even angry?

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As we've heard, being at peace is a

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mark of a disciple of God.

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Let me read you Webster's definition.

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This is Webster's 1828 definition.

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It says, peace is freedom from agitation, disturbance

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as from fear, terror, anger, anxiety, quietness of

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mind, tranquility, calmness, and quiet of conscience.

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When your conscience isn't nagging you, something's wrong.

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You're at peace.

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But yet when I look around, many disciples

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today aren't at peace.

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Would you say that's a fair assessment?

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Jesus came to guide our way into the

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peace, our feet in the way of peace,

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and many are hurried.

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Many are stressed, and even me at times.

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Now probably not on a Sunday, right?

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Where everybody's probably feeling pretty peaceful right now.

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Maybe as soon as we're over, it's gonna

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come back, right?

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The stress and the anxiety.

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But that's not the society Jesus came to

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create.

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Listen to this society Jesus came to.

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The kingdom of God is not, anybody can

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say it?

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Meat and drink, but?

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Righteousness, peace, and joy, right?

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So if you wanna be a part of

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the kingdom of God, it's not just about,

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okay, these rules about don't eat this and

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don't drink that.

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It's about righteousness in your life.

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It's about peace in your life, and it's

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about joy.

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It's about joy in your life.

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That's the society that Jesus is wanting to

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set up.

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Now, listen to this.

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They asked 1,000 adults this question.

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Did you experience stress most of the day

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yesterday?

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And they didn't just ask in America, they

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asked it all over the world.

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Did you experience stress most of the day

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yesterday?

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Anybody wanna take a guess?

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If you haven't heard this sermon before, you

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Bible school students, who do you think, out

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of what countries in this world had the

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least amount of stress they experienced the day

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before?

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Switzerland, okay, good guess.

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Somebody said the poorest countries.

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That's an interesting answer.

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South America, third world, communists.

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What if I told you Muslim countries?

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That's kind of sad.

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Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Maybe it's their name, Stans, I don't know.

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But these Muslim countries were 12%.

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12% said most of the day yesterday

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I had stress, 12%.

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Now, from there, it went up to communism,

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Russia.

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Then we're into the free world a little

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bit, Germany, 31%.

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Oh, we jumped 10%.

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India, 32%.

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The UK, 37%.

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Anyone who wanna guess what the US is

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at?

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60, 75, 100, 95.

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Okay, the answer is 52% in the

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US said they were stressed most of the

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day yesterday.

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Why are we more stressed out as a

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country than Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and even Russia?

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That's a little bit convicting.

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Yeah, we say we're a Christian nation and

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we're four times more stressed out than the

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Muslims and the communists.

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I read this also, 38% of Americans,

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38% said they're more anxious than they

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were a year ago.

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So we're becoming more anxious as a nation.

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In fact, I read about this, there's a

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new diagnosis.

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It's called hurry sickness, hurry sickness.

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Now, let's see if you qualify.

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Here's the diagnosis.

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You listen to these and you tell me

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if you qualify.

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You're always in a rush.

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Everything feels urgent.

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Always feel behind schedule.

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You're low on patience and easily irritated.

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And you're uncomfortable with downtime.

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So it's time to take a downtime and

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you're like, oh, I gotta be doing something.

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There's something we should be doing.

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You rarely take a rest.

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That would qualify as a hurry sickness, which

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you probably, I don't know how many, maybe

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52% in this room are hurry sick,

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sickened.

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Colossians says this, "'Let the peace of God

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rule in your hearts "'to the which also

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you are called.'" Your calling as a Christian,

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it's not an option.

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It's not a mere thing that maybe I'll

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get to it someday.

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Your calling as a Christian is to let

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the peace of God rule in your heart.

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It's supposed to be a ruler.

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"'To the which you were called.'" When's the

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last time you thought in your heart, I

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need to let the peace of God rule

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right now.

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I had to do it just this morning.

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So sitting there and wondering if I was

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gonna run back and forth to get the

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sheriff and trying to figure out, now, how

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will this look?

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This will be interesting.

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Roger will get up and say, well, we

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lost our preacher.

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But Lord, this is, I'm not, this is

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not my thing.

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Now that word rule is very interesting.

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In Greek, it means to be an umpire.

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Now you all know what an umpire is,

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right?

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Anybody tell me what an umpire is?

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Give me your words.

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A person that calls plagues.

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Okay, a person that calls plagues, what are

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you gonna say?

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Something similar?

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Okay.

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I like how the Amplify did it.

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The Greek word is present tense.

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So it's, let the peace of God act

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as an umpire continually.

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Act as an umpire continually.

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Now an umpire is a person who enforces

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the rules and also makes judgment calls.

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So they think about it here.

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We have a, we'll just go with football

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right now.

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We have a football field and we have

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all these play marks or these lines.

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And as we're going down the, as we're

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running down the field, if an umpire carries

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around a little flag and a whistle, I'll

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just use this as my flag.

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And he might have this right here in

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his pocket at all times ready to go.

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And say like you make this call, you

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make this throw and somebody does something wrong.

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I don't know how it all works, but

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there's some kind of move.

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You can make the wrong move, right?

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They catch it wrong or they throw it

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wrong or they hit the guy wrong or

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whatever.

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He will blow his whistle and he'll throw

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his flag down.

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And that means right where he threw his

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flag down, the thing went wrong, right?

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It's a flag to say, we gotta go

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back.

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So say like that flag, you threw the

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ball and you were standing, let's say like

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you were standing right here, you threw the

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ball, but you made a wrong move.

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He throws his flag right here.

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Everything has to go back to that position

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and start over, right?

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You don't just keep playing the game, you

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stop.

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An umpire says, timeout, we gotta go back.

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We gotta go back and do it right.

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That's what an umpire does.

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Now, this is what the peace of God

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is supposed to do in our life.

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It's supposed to throw out a flag, stop

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everything, timeout, something's wrong, right?

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Something's not right.

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Act as an umpire in your heart continually.

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We need to get to a place in

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our hearts where the peace of God, when

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it leaves, when it throws up a flag,

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when something's changing, we say something's not right.

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We need to be in tune enough with

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the spirit of God that something's not right.

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I don't know, have you ever heard of

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the idiom, a canary in the coal mine?

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Anybody ever heard of that, canary in the

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coal mine?

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Okay, a couple of you.

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So years ago, they would go down into

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caves, coal mines, and people would die.

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They'd breathe these noxious gases.

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People would pass out, die, and they didn't

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know why.

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And they pretty soon found out there were

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gases in here that were killing off people.

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And so they would start taking these candles

548
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,760
down there, and they'd be working and watching

549
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:20,920
the candle as they're working.

550
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,460
And if the candle went out, they knew,

551
00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:24,420
okay, there's no oxygen here, we gotta get

552
00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:24,660
out.

553
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,040
Well, then one day they were down there

554
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,340
working, and I think this was in 1911,

555
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,840
if I remember right, had the candle down

556
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,160
there, and somehow there was some methane gas

557
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,580
and some dust in the air.

558
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,700
And that methane gas ignited, and it killed

559
00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:41,080
85 of those workers down in that coal

560
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,280
mine because of the candle, the gas, and

561
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:44,740
the combustion.

562
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,860
So they thought, you know what, this isn't

563
00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:49,340
working so well, so they came up with

564
00:21:49,340 --> 00:21:52,040
this idea, little birds, little canaries and they

565
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,380
would take these little canaries down in the

566
00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:54,080
coal mine with them.

567
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,160
And canaries, somehow they get real lethargic and

568
00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,800
weak and they die before humans.

569
00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:02,280
So they could keep that little canary near

570
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,820
them and just keep listening, you know, it's

571
00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:06,760
twerking, it's tweeting away and it's happy.

572
00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:10,680
But one day the canary starts getting lethargic

573
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,320
and starts getting ready to pass out and

574
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:12,700
die.

575
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,160
And that was a sign to them, get

576
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,220
out right now.

577
00:22:19,450 --> 00:22:22,770
I read this somewhere, psychologists tell us anxiety

578
00:22:23,330 --> 00:22:29,030
in your life is often the canary in

579
00:22:29,030 --> 00:22:31,290
the coal mine, our soul's way of telling

580
00:22:31,290 --> 00:22:33,690
us something is deeply wrong and we need

581
00:22:33,690 --> 00:22:34,530
to fix it.

582
00:22:34,850 --> 00:22:39,430
It's the flag, it's the canary telling you

583
00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:42,210
the peace of God is leaving, something's wrong.

584
00:22:42,330 --> 00:22:43,690
And if we're not in tune with that,

585
00:22:44,390 --> 00:22:46,190
you're gonna plow right over the empire.

586
00:22:46,530 --> 00:22:48,690
You're gonna just let the canary pass out

587
00:22:48,690 --> 00:22:50,490
and die and then you'll die soon too.

588
00:22:51,350 --> 00:22:52,990
We have to be in tune with the

589
00:22:52,990 --> 00:22:55,450
peace of God and when it's no longer

590
00:22:55,450 --> 00:22:55,790
there.

591
00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:02,560
Jesus wasn't stressed out or in a hurry,

592
00:23:02,660 --> 00:23:02,860
right?

593
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,760
And I, yes, we are called to walk

594
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:08,860
like Jesus did.

595
00:23:08,860 --> 00:23:13,800
I'm often perplexed by the story of Jesus'

596
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:14,720
friend dying.

597
00:23:14,980 --> 00:23:16,880
You ever think about that, Lazarus, he dies,

598
00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:18,560
takes two days to get there.

599
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,660
Jesus waited, how long?

600
00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:23,000
Anybody know how long he waited before he

601
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:23,200
went?

602
00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:26,060
Well, two days, right?

603
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,520
He waited and two days to get there.

604
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,300
So four days, like you said.

605
00:23:31,580 --> 00:23:33,620
Now, if your good friend died and they

606
00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:36,660
called to get the next ticket, what kind

607
00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:37,860
of feelings would you feel in your heart?

608
00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:40,120
Like, I gotta go, right?

609
00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:41,660
I gotta do this, I gotta please them.

610
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:43,580
And I'm a people pleaser, I know the

611
00:23:43,580 --> 00:23:45,000
feelings and I probably do it way too

612
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:45,280
much.

613
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,020
But somehow, for some reason, Jesus didn't, it

614
00:23:49,020 --> 00:23:51,340
wasn't according to his father's schedule, it wasn't

615
00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:53,860
ready and so he waited those two days.

616
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,300
He knew what the father was doing and

617
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:57,060
then he got there.

618
00:23:57,620 --> 00:23:59,280
Jesus wasn't in a hurry.

619
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,000
That's convicting to me.

620
00:24:03,180 --> 00:24:05,260
He was about his father's schedule.

621
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,900
1 John says, whoever says he abides in

622
00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:13,800
him ought to walk the same way as

623
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:14,440
which he walked.

624
00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:17,060
Or as it says in the NIV, whoever

625
00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:18,740
claims to live in him must live as

626
00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:19,160
Jesus did.

627
00:24:19,260 --> 00:24:20,680
Jesus lived in peace.

628
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,420
Jesus, I don't think Jesus was ever in

629
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:23,600
a hurry.

630
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:24,900
Didn't you preach a sermon called that one

631
00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:27,200
time, Roger, at some Bible school back at

632
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:27,520
Living Hope?

633
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,080
Jesus was never in a hurry or something

634
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:29,860
along that line.

635
00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:32,680
I remember it and you don't.

636
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,080
So Jesus was never in a hurry.

637
00:24:40,990 --> 00:24:42,290
He was always at peace.

638
00:24:43,090 --> 00:24:44,330
How can we do that?

639
00:24:44,370 --> 00:24:45,730
I want you all to turn to Philippians

640
00:24:45,730 --> 00:24:54,810
chapter four in verse seven, Philippians 4, seven.

641
00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:15,560
It says here, and the peace of God,

642
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:21,680
which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts

643
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,700
and minds through Christ Jesus.

644
00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:27,320
The peace of God shall, ESV says guard.

645
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,480
So here we have a promise.

646
00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:32,740
God's peace can guard our hearts and our

647
00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:33,100
minds.

648
00:25:34,060 --> 00:25:36,200
And it's not just normal peace.

649
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,080
It passes all understanding.

650
00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:41,900
So this special peace that he can give

651
00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:43,400
to us will guard our hearts and our

652
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:43,540
minds.

653
00:25:43,620 --> 00:25:45,100
But it starts off with the word and.

654
00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:47,500
If I said right now to you, and

655
00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,300
you shall make $1 million, what would you

656
00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:50,680
wanna do?

657
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,020
Would you wanna read anything before that verse

658
00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:54,800
to find out how?

659
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,140
See, this verse is not just in and

660
00:25:59,140 --> 00:25:59,560
of itself.

661
00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:01,320
We have to read the verses before to

662
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,460
figure out how to have the peace that

663
00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:07,120
passes all understanding guard our hearts.

664
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,020
So we need to back up to verse,

665
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,480
I think it's six, everything's blurry.

666
00:26:14,780 --> 00:26:15,220
Four.

667
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,400
We need to read all of these verses.

668
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,700
But before we do that, I wanna show

669
00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:24,120
you a picture.

670
00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:26,960
I was gonna bring this thing here, but

671
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,940
then my wife started telling me, she has

672
00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:29,560
this plant.

673
00:26:30,180 --> 00:26:34,660
It's called an orchid and a very beautiful

674
00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:35,040
plant.

675
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:36,580
I think it's an amazing plant.

676
00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:38,040
I thought, perfect, I'll just bring it here.

677
00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:41,660
But then she started telling me about all

678
00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:43,280
of its delicacy.

679
00:26:46,540 --> 00:26:48,480
It's a very beautiful plant, but it's very

680
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:48,880
delicate.

681
00:26:49,780 --> 00:26:52,160
So many times we go away on some

682
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:57,700
kind of trip or vacation, and she asked

683
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:58,920
the different ladies, please come water.

684
00:26:59,020 --> 00:27:01,220
And they do an excellent job, but somehow

685
00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:03,680
the thing just cannot live.

686
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,800
It's like it knows when we leave or

687
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:06,120
something.

688
00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:07,680
And I was too dangerous.

689
00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:09,280
I did not want to bring it here

690
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,380
and be responsible.

691
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,920
How long do you say it takes to

692
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:12,800
get it back to have petals?

693
00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:15,540
Months to come back with petals.

694
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:17,540
I took this picture this morning.

695
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:18,860
Isn't that a beautiful plant?

696
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,140
That's an orchid, beautiful little plant.

697
00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:29,420
But this thing takes months to get the

698
00:27:29,420 --> 00:27:31,320
petals to come back if you do the

699
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:31,940
wrong thing.

700
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:33,260
It really does.

701
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,300
And she finally gets them and then we

702
00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:37,800
go again.

703
00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:41,260
And we've tried taking them over to one

704
00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:43,260
lady's house and another and had the people

705
00:27:43,260 --> 00:27:43,880
stop by.

706
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,460
And it just, it knows when we leave.

707
00:27:48,380 --> 00:27:50,760
And I kind of feel like peace in

708
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,200
our life is kind of like that.

709
00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:54,100
It's kind of this delicate thing.

710
00:27:54,780 --> 00:27:56,760
It says that the Holy Spirit speaks in

711
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,320
a very still and quiet voice.

712
00:28:00,420 --> 00:28:02,420
And if we're not careful, if we don't

713
00:28:02,420 --> 00:28:05,020
create the right environment for peace, we can't

714
00:28:05,020 --> 00:28:05,860
generate peace, right?

715
00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:07,060
I can't generate petals.

716
00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:09,220
Stephanie couldn't go home today and command that

717
00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,920
thing to start having petals come out.

718
00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:13,100
But she can create an environment.

719
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,100
I think she has to do water at

720
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:15,440
once a day.

721
00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:18,180
Once a day, religiously, right?

722
00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:19,540
Cannot miss it.

723
00:28:19,820 --> 00:28:22,140
Somehow her dad would keep them going all

724
00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:23,980
the time if he was good at it.

725
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,720
You have to stay on top of it

726
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,600
or the thing dies.

727
00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:30,200
And I kind of feel like that's kind

728
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,520
of how peace is in our heart, the

729
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:32,520
Holy Spirit's peace.

730
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,620
If you're not careful with it, it just

731
00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:37,060
goes away.

732
00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:38,640
So you have to be very careful like

733
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:39,480
you would with an orchid.

734
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,620
Now let's read some of the requirements of

735
00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:45,100
these conditions that we must be in for

736
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:45,700
the peace of God.

737
00:28:45,940 --> 00:28:52,150
Verse four, it says, "'Rejoice in the Lord

738
00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:52,790
always.

739
00:28:53,850 --> 00:28:55,650
"'And again, I say rejoice.

740
00:28:56,410 --> 00:28:59,390
"'Let your moderation be known unto all men.

741
00:28:59,810 --> 00:29:01,850
"'The Lord is at hand.

742
00:29:02,670 --> 00:29:05,850
"'Be careful for nothing, "'but in everything by

743
00:29:05,850 --> 00:29:11,110
prayer and supplication, "'with thanksgiving, "'let your requests

744
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:12,650
be made known unto God.

745
00:29:13,310 --> 00:29:16,890
"'And the peace of God, which passes all

746
00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:21,130
understanding, "'shall keep your heart and your mind

747
00:29:21,130 --> 00:29:25,950
through Christ Jesus.'" What a great passage that

748
00:29:25,950 --> 00:29:30,230
Paul was writing to Christians and giving us

749
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:32,690
some steps that we must be in and

750
00:29:32,690 --> 00:29:35,010
stay in that the peace of God that

751
00:29:35,010 --> 00:29:36,970
surpasses all understanding can guard our hearts.

752
00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:39,010
But we need to walk through these steps.

753
00:29:39,350 --> 00:29:40,870
So the first one, we can see it

754
00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:43,910
right there, says, "'Rejoice in the Lord always.'"

755
00:29:43,910 --> 00:29:46,170
I would say it's pretty important in Paul's

756
00:29:46,170 --> 00:29:48,570
mind if he says it and then repeats

757
00:29:48,570 --> 00:29:48,850
it.

758
00:29:49,470 --> 00:29:50,570
"'Rejoice in the Lord always.

759
00:29:50,810 --> 00:29:53,010
"'And again, I say rejoice.'" You think that's

760
00:29:53,010 --> 00:29:53,570
pretty important?

761
00:29:54,890 --> 00:29:56,050
I'd say it probably is.

762
00:29:56,750 --> 00:29:59,010
Now I'm somebody by nature, you know me,

763
00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:01,650
you guys like Micah said, once you know

764
00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:03,970
somebody well enough, you know their flaws and

765
00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:06,770
their bad breath and all of that.

766
00:30:08,990 --> 00:30:10,530
I'm a pessimist by nature.

767
00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:15,170
And so I tend to see the glass

768
00:30:15,170 --> 00:30:18,530
as being half empty instead of half full.

769
00:30:19,270 --> 00:30:20,770
Someone asks me, how are you doing?

770
00:30:20,890 --> 00:30:21,790
Where does my mind go?

771
00:30:21,970 --> 00:30:23,370
It goes all the bad things, you know?

772
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:25,470
I mean, I'm just gonna be honest with

773
00:30:25,470 --> 00:30:25,610
you.

774
00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:27,450
We are gonna connect over these things, but

775
00:30:27,450 --> 00:30:29,250
then you always feel a little gross afterwards

776
00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:30,870
after you tell them all the bad things.

777
00:30:35,060 --> 00:30:36,540
There's two brothers in my life I'm always

778
00:30:36,540 --> 00:30:38,120
challenged by and you probably know them.

779
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,060
Well, I know you know them, but you'll

780
00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:41,820
ask them, how are you doing?

781
00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:44,060
And they'll say, I'm blessed.

782
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,580
Or another one says, better than I deserve.

783
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,820
Now the other day, this was about a

784
00:30:50,820 --> 00:30:52,780
couple of months ago, we were over, it

785
00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:55,780
was the weekend we had the shared joint

786
00:30:55,780 --> 00:30:58,260
service with Harrisburg on that Anabaptist history.

787
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,080
And we went over to the gym for

788
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:01,440
lunch.

789
00:31:03,260 --> 00:31:05,400
And I'll just say his name, Gary Krupp.

790
00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:07,740
You know, he's over there and I see

791
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,600
him across the way and he's got on

792
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,220
a walker now.

793
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:11,660
I think he's had several strokes and he

794
00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:14,780
comes like, seriously, I think he's gonna fall.

795
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,140
He comes walking like this all the way

796
00:31:18,140 --> 00:31:18,560
up to me.

797
00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:19,400
And then he gets all the way to

798
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:19,500
me.

799
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,600
He's like, how are you?

800
00:31:24,140 --> 00:31:26,040
And I said, I'm doing great.

801
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:26,880
I don't know what I said.

802
00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,300
But I said, how are you?

803
00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:32,280
And he says, I have nothing to complain

804
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:32,760
about.

805
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,640
Now, if you were in his body, you've

806
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,440
had strokes, you can barely walk, you think

807
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,320
you're gonna fall over.

808
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:42,320
And you say, I have nothing to complain.

809
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:45,320
Would you have something to complain about?

810
00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:46,920
Would you think you might have something to

811
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:47,420
complain about?

812
00:31:47,820 --> 00:31:49,900
Somehow, I don't think that just comes naturally.

813
00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:52,820
I think somehow he's trying to count his

814
00:31:52,820 --> 00:31:53,260
blessings.

815
00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,220
I was challenged by that.

816
00:31:58,260 --> 00:32:00,260
He had to choose to be glad.

817
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,080
He had to choose to rejoice.

818
00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:07,700
In fact, that word rejoice is actually translated,

819
00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:09,480
in other words, places in your Bible as

820
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,180
to be glad.

821
00:32:10,780 --> 00:32:11,400
Isn't that interesting?

822
00:32:11,540 --> 00:32:12,620
It's not just an emotion.

823
00:32:13,860 --> 00:32:15,080
It's actually a command.

824
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,580
I mean, for me, I like to rejoice

825
00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:21,800
when I feel like rejoicing, right?

826
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,980
But it doesn't say, rejoice when you feel

827
00:32:24,980 --> 00:32:25,800
like rejoicing.

828
00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,060
It says, rejoice in the Lord always.

829
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:29,760
And again, I say, rejoice.

830
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,060
He's telling you, you have a duty as

831
00:32:32,060 --> 00:32:33,700
a Christian, you have a command to rejoice,

832
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:34,500
to be glad.

833
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,800
And that's not easy for me, but that's

834
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:37,280
what it says.

835
00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:46,270
It doesn't say rejoice in your problems, but

836
00:32:46,270 --> 00:32:46,790
in the Lord.

837
00:32:47,650 --> 00:32:48,650
Rejoice in the Lord.

838
00:32:48,670 --> 00:32:50,470
You might have a lot of problems, right?

839
00:32:51,390 --> 00:32:54,350
You're not rejoicing your problems, you're rejoicing in

840
00:32:54,350 --> 00:32:54,750
the Lord.

841
00:32:56,350 --> 00:32:58,830
The song says, count your many blessings and

842
00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:02,250
it will surprise you what the Lord has

843
00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:02,530
done.

844
00:33:05,020 --> 00:33:06,380
I've talked to others, how are you doing

845
00:33:06,380 --> 00:33:06,620
today?

846
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,440
And they say, ah, could be better.

847
00:33:09,060 --> 00:33:10,160
You know what I say to them sometimes?

848
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,440
I say, yeah, and you could have cancer

849
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:12,580
right now.

850
00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:15,220
Or you could be living under a tarp

851
00:33:15,220 --> 00:33:18,120
in South Sudan or maybe in North Korea.

852
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:26,360
Yeah, that's, you know, we can choose to

853
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:27,280
see what are our blessings?

854
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,280
What are, where are we at?

855
00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:32,730
It's a decision, it's an act of a

856
00:33:32,730 --> 00:33:32,990
will.

857
00:33:33,370 --> 00:33:35,930
It's a choice that we have to rejoice.

858
00:33:37,130 --> 00:33:38,310
So I'm gonna write it down.

859
00:33:38,410 --> 00:33:56,560
The first thing is, our

860
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,260
first thing is to rejoice in the Lord,

861
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,060
or I'm just gonna make it modern terms.

862
00:34:01,340 --> 00:34:02,140
Be glad.

863
00:34:12,179 --> 00:34:14,020
But I'll put, be glad in the Lord,

864
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,139
because sometimes there's not a lot of great

865
00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:18,380
circumstances around us.

866
00:34:20,139 --> 00:34:22,739
But we better, the passage says to rejoice

867
00:34:22,739 --> 00:34:23,239
in the Lord.

868
00:34:27,310 --> 00:34:28,570
Okay, number two, what does it say?

869
00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:31,210
Let your moderation be known unto all men.

870
00:34:31,949 --> 00:34:33,270
Now that's, I mean, if I was just

871
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:35,210
reading this, never knew old English, I'd say,

872
00:34:35,290 --> 00:34:36,150
what does that mean?

873
00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:39,250
Let your moderation be known unto all men?

874
00:34:39,310 --> 00:34:40,409
How am I supposed to be moderate?

875
00:34:42,929 --> 00:34:44,250
Austin, do you have it in the ESV

876
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:44,670
right there?

877
00:34:53,219 --> 00:34:54,260
Your reasonableness.

878
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:56,480
Okay, anybody else have it in another version?

879
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:00,800
Your gentleness.

880
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:02,060
Interesting.

881
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:05,360
Self-control, what version is that?

882
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,880
Oh, and a little, and a little side

883
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,100
note.

884
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,880
Let your self-control, interesting.

885
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:17,040
So the lexicon Greek word for moderation moderation

886
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:25,120
is yieldedness, kindness, courteousness, tolerant, let your tolerance

887
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,960
be known, let your kindness be known.

888
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,680
I actually found this very interesting.

889
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,100
I get excited about these kinds of things,

890
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,660
but the word has changed through time.

891
00:35:34,820 --> 00:35:36,120
So way back in the day, back when

892
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,180
the King James was written, moderation actually meant,

893
00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:42,680
according to the Oxford word dictionary, it originally

894
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:46,760
meant lack of harshness, lack of intensity.

895
00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:51,060
But with time, our words change, and now

896
00:35:51,060 --> 00:35:54,520
it means moderate in conduct.

897
00:35:54,980 --> 00:35:56,080
So see how it's changed?

898
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,380
It used to mean lack of intensity and

899
00:35:58,380 --> 00:35:58,900
harshness.

900
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:01,120
Now it means, oh, you're just, your conduct's

901
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,620
not, you know, crazy this way or that

902
00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:02,800
way.

903
00:36:05,140 --> 00:36:08,260
That's why we hear reasonableness and gentleness.

904
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,420
Way back before the King James was translated,

905
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,260
Tyndale was out trying to translate these Greek

906
00:36:13,260 --> 00:36:13,480
words.

907
00:36:13,580 --> 00:36:14,720
Listen to what he came up with.

908
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:17,840
Let your softness be made known to all

909
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,800
men, softness.

910
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,380
Bishop's Bible, let your patient mind, this is

911
00:36:23,380 --> 00:36:25,620
also before the King James, let your patient

912
00:36:25,620 --> 00:36:27,060
mind be known to all men.

913
00:36:28,660 --> 00:36:30,900
It describes the heart of a person who

914
00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:33,720
lets the Lord fight his battles.

915
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:36,600
So are you stubborn?

916
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:37,960
Are you hard-hearted?

917
00:36:39,020 --> 00:36:41,760
Would people describe you as harsh, opinionated?

918
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,420
Would they describe you as a debater, an

919
00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:53,480
instigator, headstrong, he's a line pusher, he's abrasive?

920
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,380
Or would they say, no, that person's yielded

921
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:57,100
and gentle?

922
00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:00,210
No, they're sharp.

923
00:37:00,810 --> 00:37:02,550
Things don't go their way, they get curt.

924
00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:09,900
Are you easygoing, flexible, willing to bow to

925
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:10,740
the opinions of others?

926
00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:14,880
Because see, God's peace can only survive in

927
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:15,520
that environment.

928
00:37:16,060 --> 00:37:16,680
Remember the orchid?

929
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,180
God's peace can only survive in that environment.

930
00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:24,060
The second we become not moderate, not gentle,

931
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000
we become harsh with men, God's peace goes

932
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:28,320
away.

933
00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:30,880
And I've experienced that.

934
00:37:33,060 --> 00:37:35,420
And the way to get back is repent

935
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:38,920
and to apologize and to tell the Lord

936
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,060
that I shouldn't have done that and go

937
00:37:41,060 --> 00:37:41,940
back to the place.

938
00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:43,540
Remember that line I had?

939
00:37:43,940 --> 00:37:46,100
Come back to where you messed up, right?

940
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:46,620
In your heart.

941
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,460
Come back to where your heart was and

942
00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:53,100
come back to receiving peace again instead of

943
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:53,880
just going on.

944
00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:56,480
Notice it says, the Lord is at hand.

945
00:37:56,580 --> 00:37:58,420
Let your moderation, your gentleness be known to

946
00:37:58,420 --> 00:37:58,780
all men.

947
00:37:58,860 --> 00:37:59,540
The Lord is at hand.

948
00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:01,460
Like he's standing near, like he's right at

949
00:38:01,460 --> 00:38:01,720
the door.

950
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:02,840
He could come back at any minute.

951
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,100
He could find you being harsh with others.

952
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,920
Live your life like the Lord is right

953
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:11,800
here with us.

954
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,220
How many times have you, and I've done

955
00:38:14,220 --> 00:38:17,800
it too, where you've said something a little

956
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,600
bit annoying or a little bit with a

957
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,860
tone and somebody's there and you didn't realize

958
00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:22,420
they were there.

959
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:24,000
And then you think, I should be more

960
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,740
concerned about the Lord than this person.

961
00:38:30,740 --> 00:38:41,120
So let your gentleness, I'll just put, be

962
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,600
gentle with all men.

963
00:38:45,470 --> 00:38:48,770
The Lord is near.

964
00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:53,270
Okay, and now we are gonna go on

965
00:38:53,270 --> 00:38:54,710
to our third one.

966
00:38:56,030 --> 00:38:57,010
Now remember where we're at.

967
00:38:57,090 --> 00:38:59,430
We're talking about conditions according to Paul.

968
00:38:59,910 --> 00:39:01,770
I didn't write this, Paul wrote it.

969
00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:06,630
Conditions for the environment, for the peace of

970
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:07,770
God to grow in our hearts.

971
00:39:08,330 --> 00:39:10,470
Be careful for nothing.

972
00:39:11,410 --> 00:39:12,190
We'll stop there for a second.

973
00:39:12,330 --> 00:39:14,410
So that mean I can just start throwing

974
00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:16,570
knives up and down and like be crazy

975
00:39:16,570 --> 00:39:17,430
with chainsaws.

976
00:39:17,710 --> 00:39:19,510
And what does it mean?

977
00:39:19,790 --> 00:39:23,560
Be careful, don't worry.

978
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,800
Yes, that's once again, old English.

979
00:39:26,340 --> 00:39:30,560
So it's, don't be full of care for

980
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:31,160
anything, right?

981
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,460
Don't be full of anxiety.

982
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:33,940
In fact, it's interesting.

983
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,200
This word is used when he says to

984
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,820
Martha, you are troubled about many things.

985
00:39:41,060 --> 00:39:44,440
Or when Jesus says, take no thought for

986
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:45,000
your life.

987
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,220
It's the same word.

988
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:48,800
The same exact word.

989
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,720
So be careful for nothing, take no thought,

990
00:39:52,220 --> 00:39:53,640
thought for your life.

991
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,400
Don't take no care or anxiety for your

992
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:56,600
life.

993
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,780
Or Martha, you're troubled about many things.

994
00:39:58,860 --> 00:40:01,240
Troubled, thought, care, careful.

995
00:40:02,220 --> 00:40:04,380
So once again, this is not a option,

996
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:04,680
right?

997
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:07,100
Is this a command or an option?

998
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,020
It's a command, be careful for nothing.

999
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,500
Listen, okay, going back to older translations in

1000
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,720
the King James, listen how Tyndale chose to

1001
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:18,340
translate this.

1002
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:20,600
This is gonna be convicting.

1003
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,180
Be ye nothing busy.

1004
00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:31,360
And here we are in America, struggling with

1005
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:32,000
hurry sickness.

1006
00:40:35,660 --> 00:40:37,540
Paul said, be you nothing busy.

1007
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:39,900
Listen to this quote I read somewhere.

1008
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,260
Hurry kills relationships.

1009
00:40:42,220 --> 00:40:43,240
Love takes time.

1010
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,940
Hurry doesn't have it.

1011
00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:48,780
Hurry kills relationship.

1012
00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:49,840
Love takes time.

1013
00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:51,200
Hurry doesn't have it.

1014
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,220
Cory Tim Boone said this, if the devil

1015
00:40:53,220 --> 00:40:56,760
can't make you sin, he'll make you busy.

1016
00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:02,290
Both sin and busyness have the exact same

1017
00:41:02,290 --> 00:41:02,590
effect.

1018
00:41:02,770 --> 00:41:05,030
They cut off your connection to God, to

1019
00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:08,010
other people, and even to your own soul.

1020
00:41:08,110 --> 00:41:08,630
Another quote.

1021
00:41:11,890 --> 00:41:13,390
To walk with Jesus is to walk with

1022
00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:15,230
a slow, unhurried pace.

1023
00:41:15,870 --> 00:41:19,290
Hurry is the death of prayer, and only

1024
00:41:19,290 --> 00:41:21,370
impedes and spoils our work.

1025
00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:23,350
It never advances it.

1026
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:26,830
So once again, let's ask the soul-searching

1027
00:41:26,830 --> 00:41:27,210
question.

1028
00:41:27,370 --> 00:41:30,010
If I spent a week with you, or

1029
00:41:30,010 --> 00:41:31,170
if you spent a week with me, would

1030
00:41:31,170 --> 00:41:34,370
you say my life is more about hurry

1031
00:41:34,370 --> 00:41:38,450
and being rushed and overwhelmed or stressed, or

1032
00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:40,090
would I be at the peace that God

1033
00:41:40,090 --> 00:41:41,710
has had in my life, in your life?

1034
00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:48,620
So it says, be careful for nothing, but

1035
00:41:48,620 --> 00:41:49,900
in everything.

1036
00:41:51,060 --> 00:41:53,380
I met somebody once, they said, God's not

1037
00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:55,520
really concerned about all of the things in

1038
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:55,780
your life.

1039
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:58,280
Just make the decisions and pray about the

1040
00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:58,840
big things.

1041
00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:00,780
Is that what the verse says?

1042
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,540
But in everything, by prayer and supplication.

1043
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:07,320
But in everything.

1044
00:42:07,540 --> 00:42:09,220
So everything in our lives, we need to

1045
00:42:09,220 --> 00:42:09,720
be praying.

1046
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,760
There are not some areas in our life

1047
00:42:22,580 --> 00:42:24,260
that God has no concern for.

1048
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:27,680
Everything God has concern for in our life,

1049
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,300
and we need to pray about it and

1050
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:30,060
supplicate about it.

1051
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,080
But notice as we're mixing with our prayers,

1052
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:32,660
what are we mixing?

1053
00:42:34,580 --> 00:42:37,540
Thanksgiving, not just praying, but we're mixing in

1054
00:42:37,540 --> 00:42:37,980
Thanksgiving.

1055
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,140
Not just pouring out, like David starts with

1056
00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:42,500
all the Psalms, with many of the Psalms,

1057
00:42:42,540 --> 00:42:44,140
with all the complaints, but then we pour

1058
00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:46,520
in Thanksgiving like he does.

1059
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,220
So it's a balance.

1060
00:42:50,820 --> 00:42:52,180
So I'm gonna write it like this.

1061
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:53,400
Third command.

1062
00:42:54,420 --> 00:42:59,620
Don't worry about anything.

1063
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:10,350
Instead, pray about what?

1064
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,320
Everything.

1065
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:19,160
And then we'll put here with Thanksgiving.

1066
00:43:27,050 --> 00:43:28,130
So we have three points.

1067
00:43:29,110 --> 00:43:29,470
Rejoice.

1068
00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:30,350
Now I'm gonna have a quiz.

1069
00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:31,130
You better, you better.

1070
00:43:31,890 --> 00:43:33,150
I'm just telling you right now, I'm gonna

1071
00:43:33,150 --> 00:43:33,570
have a quiz.

1072
00:43:34,670 --> 00:43:38,540
So take note in just a little bit.

1073
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,240
We're going to rejoice.

1074
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:47,460
We're going to be gentle, flexible, like the

1075
00:43:47,460 --> 00:43:48,820
Lord is right here, and we're not gonna

1076
00:43:48,820 --> 00:43:50,440
worry about anything, but we're gonna pray about

1077
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:50,820
it.

1078
00:43:55,140 --> 00:43:56,320
Now what's the promise?

1079
00:43:56,540 --> 00:43:57,520
Did we at least do that?

1080
00:43:57,780 --> 00:43:58,900
Nobody look at your Bible.

1081
00:43:59,460 --> 00:44:00,520
What's the promise we're after?

1082
00:44:04,540 --> 00:44:06,540
And the peace of God shall guard your

1083
00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:07,840
hearts and your what?

1084
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,180
Minds, not just your hearts, but your mind

1085
00:44:12,180 --> 00:44:12,460
too.

1086
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,320
Your thoughts and your emotions, right?

1087
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:17,800
It'll guard everything in your heart if you

1088
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:19,140
are in this state.

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Guard means to provide a military guard, posting

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sentries to guard the gates from hostile invasion.

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Can everybody close your Bibles?

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See if you're gonna remember it.

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Because really I could care less about preaching

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this sermon, and you all go home and

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go back to your normal life.

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Because then what time?

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We just wasted our time here.

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So we have to remember in the moment

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what state we have to be in, and

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what we're going for.

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We're trying to create an environment for the

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orchid.

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Now before we fill that back out, I'm

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gonna read you a story.

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In early 1527, Michael Sattler presided over a

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conference of the Swiss Brethren, which would be

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the forefathers of the Anabaptist people, at Schleitheim

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in Switzerland, which produced the creed still known

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today as the Schleitheim Confession.

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Unfortunately, the young Anabaptist and his wife were

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captured by Roman Catholic authorities in May of

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that same year, and tried on the charges

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of heresy for claiming that infant baptism couldn't

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save.

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On the morning of May 21st, 1527, Sattler

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was led out to the executioner.

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In spite of the horrendous torture that he

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was about to endure, he prayed for the

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judge and his persecutors, and then encouraged those

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standing by to repent of their sins.

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In answer to his prayer, Sattler's torturers cut

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out his tongue.

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How would that feel?

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Then they took hot iron tongs, and seven

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different times gouged out pieces of his flesh.

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Sattler's bleeding body was then taken to the

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town square, where it was further ripped and

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flayed by the heated iron device.

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As they tied him to the ladder to

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be burned, Sattler uttered another prayer for his

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persecutors.

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Soon his entire body was engulfed in flames.

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But Sattler had one more act of faith

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to perform.

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He had promised to give his followers a

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signal from the very platform of torture that

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day.

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As the fire burned through the ropes, his

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hands, he lifted up one of them and

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gave them the promised sign.

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They knew now that a martyr's death was

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a bearable one.

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Finally, from his seared lips, the crowd standing

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by heard him say, father, I commend my

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spirit into thy hand.

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Then he joined the savior in death that

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he had served in life.

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Another account reads as he raised his two

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forefingers of his hands, giving them the sign

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to the brethren as he had arranged that

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a martyr's death was bearable.

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He had the peace of God.

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He had been walking in the peace of

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God.

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So in conclusion, Jesus came to guide our

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way into the way of peace.

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We need to let that peace guard our

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hearts continually, umpire them.

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We need to learn how to stay and

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maintain peace in our hearts.

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And we have been instructed by Paul how

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to create that environment just like we had

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for the orchid.

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And when peace starts to leave, it's like

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a flag, a warning sign.

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So I want to go back over it.

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Anybody who is under 15, can you remember

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the very first one we said?

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How do we, what are the three things

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we talked about?

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Anybody under 15?

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If you're a girl, you can say it

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because you're not teaching anybody.

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I already got done teaching.

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Were you going to say something to her,

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April?

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Okay, yes.

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Rejoice or be glad.

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So when you see the word rejoice, think

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be glad, okay?

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How about the second one?

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Let your moderation.

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That's what the King James says.

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And that means gentle, right?

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So when you see moderation, think gentle, reasonableness,

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but we'll say be gentle, be yielded, okay?

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We'll say anyone under 20, the third one.

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Okay, don't worry, that's a good portion of

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it.

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But pray about everything.

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Good.

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It wasn't a waste of time.

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That's a real blessing for a preacher.

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So let's work on that.

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Let's, in our, I'm not saying we're perfect,

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but I'm saying let's try to be like

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Jesus.

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Let's try to be convicted by the story

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of him being in the boat, him being

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at peace, even in the most dire circumstances.

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Michael Sattler being persecuted at the stake and

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his flesh ripped out, being at peace.

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Let's learn to walk like Jesus did and

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let the peace of God rule our hearts

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by meeting the conditions that Paul laid out.

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And God bless each one of you.