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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMANDMENT 01:13 HERE FROM JESUS; HE'S SAYING, 'THOU SHALT NOT WORRY.' YOU 01:16 KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'YOU WILL HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR.' 01:19 YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE A REASON TO WORRY, WOULDN'T YOU? 01:22 CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PEOPLE OF FAITH. 01:27 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:30 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:33 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:37 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:39 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:48 >>NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO 01:52 WORRY. ARE THERE ANY WORRIERS OUT THERE? 01:56 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, I COULD PROBABLY 01:58 HELP YOU THINK OF SOMETHING. (LAUGHTER) THERE'S A LOT OF 02:01 THINGS THAT, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT. 02:06 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT YOUR SALVATION. 02:09 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT THE SALVATION OF OTHERS YOU LOVE. 02:13 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. 02:16 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT LIFE. YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT DEATH. 02:19 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT JUST THE BASICS FROM DAY TO DAY. 02:25 NO LIMIT TO THINGS THAT YOU CAN WORRY ABOUT. 02:27 AND, YET, IN SPITE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT CONCERN US, DO YOU 02:31 KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMANDED TO NOT WORRY, IN THE BIBLE. 02:35 I'D LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND JOIN ME IN THE SAME PASSAGE THAT 02:37 WE HAD IN OUR SCRIPTURE READING. 02:39 TURN TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE 24. 02:43 AND HERE, JESUS SAID, "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS; FOR 02:47 EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL 02:51 BE LOYAL TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. 02:54 YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON." 02:57 NOW, I'M READING FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 03:00 SOME OTHER VERSIONS MIGHT SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 03:03 THAT WORD THERE 'MAMMON' IS ACTUALLY THE WORD 'ABUNDANCE'. 03:08 IT MEANS 'ABUNDANCE OF THINGS' OR 'ABUNDANCE OF RICHES'. 03:12 A TRANSLATION WOULD BE 'AN ABUNDANCE OF STUFF'. 03:16 YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND AN ABUNDANCE OF STUFF. 03:22 WE TEND TO WORRY ABOUT OUR STUFF. 03:26 ALL KINDS OF STUFF - STUFF CAN BE THINGS, STUFF CAN BE OTHER 03:30 STUFF - SORT OF A GENERAL PHRASE. 03:34 AND THEN JESUS GOES ON, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, HE BEGINS 03:36 TO SPECIFY. HE SAID, "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT 03:40 YOUR LIFE, WHAT YOU WILL EAT OR WHAT YOU WILL DRINK; NOR ABOUT 03:45 YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL PUT ON. IS NOT LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND 03:51 THE BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING?" NOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 03:54 COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE - YOU'VE GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 03:57 - AND, EVERY NOW AND THEN, SOME OF THE COMMANDMENTS SAY, 'THOU 03:58 SHALT' AND OTHERS SAY, 'THOU SHALT NOT'. 04:01 YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMANDMENT HERE FROM JESUS; HE'S SAYING, 04:03 'THOU SHALT NOT WORRY.' AND IT'S EASIER WHEN YOU KNOW, 'WELL, 04:11 YOU'RE GOD. IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY THAT. 04:14 YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 04:16 TO HAPPEN, SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' BUT THE 04:19 QUESTION IS: DO YOU TRUST YOUR LIFE TO SOMEONE THAT DOES KNOW? 04:25 HE SAYS, 'TRUST ME. LIVE BY FAITH. 04:28 DON'T WORRY.' IT WRECKS YOUR WITNESS, FOR ONE THING. 04:32 CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PEOPLE OF FAITH AND, IF WE SPEND 04:36 OUR LIVES WORRYING - FOLKS DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW TO WORRY, 04:41 EVERYONE DOES THAT PRETTY WELL. BUT IF WE MEET SOMEONE THAT 04:44 KNOWS HOW TO BELIEVE, THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE INSPIRING. 04:47 I HEARD ABOUT TWO FRIENDS THAT WERE TALKING ONE DAY AND ONE WAS 04:52 TELLING HIS BUDDY, HE SAID, 'YEAH, MY HOUSE IS IN 04:57 FORECLOSURE, LOST MY JOB, MEDICAL INSURANCE HAS BEEN 05:01 CANCELED, KIDS JUST DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, AND' - HE SAID - 'YOU 05:06 KNOW, MY CREDIT CARDS ARE MAXED OUT' - HE SAID - 'BUT I'M NOT 05:09 WORRIED.' - HE SAID - 'I'VE ACTUALLY HIRED SOMEONE WHO IS A 05:13 PROFESSIONAL WORRIER TO WORRY FOR ME.' (LAUGHTER) AND HIS 05:16 FRIEND SAID, 'WOW, THAT'S AMAZING' - HE SAID - 'WHAT DOES 05:20 THAT COST YOU?' HE SAID, 'IT'S $50,000.00 A 05:22 YEAR.' HE SAID, 'WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING TO 05:23 GET $50,000.00 A YEAR?' HE SAID, 'THAT'S HIS JOB, I 05:26 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.' (LAUGHTER) WOULDN'T IT BE NICE 05:31 IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO ALL OUR WORRYING FOR US? 05:34 DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY? >>YES. 05:38 >>DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY THAT WE CAN CAST OUR CARES UPON HIM? 05:43 WORRY IS NOT PART OF GOD'S PLAN FOR US. 05:45 NOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AND START OFF WITH A DEFINITION. 05:49 TO WORRY, IT MEANS 'TO FEEL ANXIOUS OR CONCERNED ABOUT 05:54 SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED OR MAY HAPPEN; TO TORMENT 05:58 ONESELF OR TO SUFFER FROM DISTURBING THOUGHT OR ANXIETIES; 06:02 TO FRET; TO BE TROUBLED; TO AGONIZE; TO BE BOTHERED; FEAR; 06:08 UNEASE; SLEEPLESSNESS.' THE WORD 'WORRY' ACTUALLY COMES FROM AN 06:13 OLD ANGLO-SAXON WORD 'WYRGAN' AND IT MEANS 'TO CHOKE OR TO 06:18 STRANGLE'. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PERSON 06:23 THAT'S JUST - THEY'RE CHOKED BY THEIR FEARS? 06:27 WE HAVE AN EXPRESSION WHEN YOU PLAY POOL: CHOKING BEHIND THE 06:30 EIGHT BALL. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 06:33 OR OTHER SPORTS THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE HE HAD THIS 06:36 FREE-THROW SHOT BUT ALL THE ANXIETY - EVERYTHING DEPENDED ON 06:39 HIM AND HE CHOKED. YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE? 06:43 YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO DRIVE IN THE HOME RUN AND WIN THE GAME 06:45 AND TURN EVERYTHING - ALL THE PRESSURE, HE STARTED TO WORRY - 06:49 HE CHOKED - COULDN'T PERFORM BECAUSE OF THE WORRY - IS WHAT 06:53 THEY CALL THAT. JESUS TALKS ABOUT HOW WORRY WILL CHOKE YOU. 06:57 MATTER OF FACT, HE HAS A PARABLE. 06:59 SOME OF THE GOOD SEED "FELL AMONG THE THORNS ARE THOSE WHO, 07:02 WHEN THEY HAVE HEARD, GO OUT AND ARE CHOKED WITH CARES,..." 07:09 NOW JESUS DRAWS ON A FEW DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP 07:13 US UNDERSTAND THAT AND HE SAYS, IN MATTHEW 6:26, "LOOK AT THE 07:20 BIRDS OF THE AIR," - NOW I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST READ THAT, 07:24 I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, LORD, I'VE GOT ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND THESE 07:28 ARE BIG PROBLEMS AND YOU'RE TELLING ME, 'LOOK AT THE 07:31 BIRDS.'' AND I'M GOING, 'I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE BIRDS, I 07:35 MEAN, BIRDS DON'T WORRY LIKE ME. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME 07:37 PROBLEMS I'VE GOT.' HE'S SAYING, 'EXACTLY.' NOW JESUS 07:40 KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING. HE SAID, 'LOOK AT THE 07:42 BIRDS...FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP NOR GATHER INTO BARNS;..." 07:49 NOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE BAD SEASONS 07:51 BECAUSE WE THINK AHEAD, WE WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE AND SO, IN 07:54 WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE YOU DO HAVE TO PLAN, AND THAT'S OKAY. 07:57 AND SO, YOU FARM, YOU KNOW, YOU SOW AND YOU WEED AND YOU PUT IN 08:01 A BARN AND YOU TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEXT YEAR. 08:04 HE SAID, 'BIRDS DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.' BIRDS JUST KIND OF 08:06 WAKE UP - YOU EVER SEE A BIRD WITH A SUITCASE? 08:09 YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS SENT OUT THE APOSTLES, HE PRETTY MUCH 08:12 TOLD THEM, 'YOU GO OUT - DON'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH YOU.' NOW, WE 08:19 USUALLY DON'T TELL OUR AFCOE STUDENTS THAT. 08:22 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GO DO A MISSION PROJECT. 08:24 BUT JESUS, HE SAID, 'LOOK, I WANT YOU TO LEARN TO TRUST ME.' 08:28 HE SAID, 'I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE A PURSE. 08:30 I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE AN EXTRA STAFF. 08:33 I WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND JUST LIVE BY FAITH AND TRUST ME.' 08:38 AND DID HE TAKE CARE OF THEM? >>YES. 08:41 >>SO LOOK AT THE BIRDS, LOOK AT THE FLOWERS - "...WHY WORRY 08:46 ABOUT CLOTHING?...THEY NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN; AND 08:51 YET I SAY TO YOU THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT 08:55 ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE" - FLOWERS. 08:57 AND, LET'S FACE IT, THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OUT THERE 09:00 NO HUMAN CAN DUPLICATE WITH THEIR LOOMS - THE BEAUTY OF THE 09:04 FLOWERS. AND, THEN, JESUS MAKES A POINT, 09:06 HE SAID, "IF GOD SO CLOTHES THE GRASS OF THE FIELD," - FLOWERS - 09:10 "WHICH TODAY IS, AND TOMORROW IS THROWN INTO THE OVEN, WILL HE 09:15 NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?" 09:18 NOW, JESUS IS BASICALLY SAYING, 'LOOK, I SEE THE SPARROW WHEN 09:23 HE'S HUNGRY AND I FEED IT' - ANOTHER VERSE SAYS THAT. 09:27 HE SAYS, A SPARROW DOES NOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT 09:30 THE NOTICE OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 09:33 AND THEN JESUS GOES ON - HE TELLS US IN MATTHEW 10:31, "DO 09:36 NOT FEAR THEREFORE; YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS." 09:40 IF GOD CARES ENOUGH TO FEED THE SPARROWS, IF HE CARES ENOUGH TO 09:44 CLOTHE THE FLOWERS, HE SAYS, 'WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? 09:49 I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.' GO TO LUKE 10, VERSE 38. 09:54 NOW IT HAPPENED THAT THEY WENT TO A CERTAIN VILLAGE - THAT WAS 09:56 BETHANY - "AND A CERTAIN WOMAN NAMED MARTHA WELCOMED HIM INTO 09:59 HER HOUSE." - WE KNOW THEY WERE FRIENDS - 10:02 "SHE HAD A SISTER NAMED MARY" - ALSO HAD A BROTHER NAMED LAZARUS 10:06 - "WHO ALSO SAT AT JESUS' FEET AND HEARD HIS WORD. 10:09 BUT MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED WITH MUCH SERVING," - NOW THAT WORD 10:14 'DISTRACTED' - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WORRIED TO DISTRACTION? 10:17 YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE ROOM TO THE NEXT AND YOU'RE THINKING OF 10:19 SOMETHING ELSE YOU FORGOT, YOU KNOW, 'OH, I'VE GOT TO GET THIS' 10:21 AND 'OH, I'VE GOT TO WATCH THAT ON THE OVEN.' 'THAT'S ABOUT TO 10:24 BOIL OVER, OVER HERE. AND YOU'VE GOT THESE PEOPLE AND 10:26 THE PLACES SET - WE GOT - OH THE DOORBELL RANG. 10:29 SOMEONE GET THE DOOR.' AND, YOU KNOW, MARTHA'S JUST, YOU KNOW, 10:31 SHE'S LIKE COORDINATING THIS DINNER THEY'RE HAVING. 10:35 LATER, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT DINNER WHERE MARY WASHED THE 10:37 FEET OF JESUS, BUT MAY BE THE SAME DINNER. 10:40 MARY, SITTING AT JESUS' FEET AND JESUS IS TALKING, TEACHING WITH 10:43 THE APOSTLES AND MARTHA'S TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. 10:46 SHE'S GOT A HOUSEFUL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU 10:48 HAVE TO FEED 13 MEN, YOU WANT YOUR SISTER TO HELP. 10:53 AND THEN, THERE ARE OTHER GUESTS COMING. 10:56 AND MARY'S JUST SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THE WORD; SHE'S 10:58 JUST DRINKING IT IN AND HER HEART IS WARMED. 11:01 AND MARTHA'S GLARING AT HER. 11:04 EVERY TIME SHE GOES RIP-SNORTING BY TO GET ANOTHER CASSEROLE, SHE 11:07 LOOKS AT MARY AND KIND OF 'UGH' - YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVES HIM 11:09 THE EYE - OR HER THE EYE - AND FINALLY SHE SAYS, 'LOOK, JESUS 11:13 IS BECOMING AN ACCESSORY TO HER IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. 11:18 LOOK AT ALL I'VE GOT TO DO.' FINALLY, SHE STOPS AND TAPS HER 11:22 FOOT WITH HER ARMS FOLDED. SHE SAYS, 'LORD, 11:26 CAN'T YOU HELP ME? DON'T YOU CARE THAT MY SISTER 11:29 HAS LEFT ME TO SERVE ALONE? LOOK, SHE'S JUST SITTING THERE. 11:32 TELL HER TO GET UP AND HELP ME.' AND JESUS SAID TO HER, 'MARTHA, 11:38 MARTHA' - AS THOUGH SAYING IT ONCE WAS NOT ENOUGH. 11:42 CAN YOU PICTURE JESUS SHAKING HIS HEAD? 11:44 'MARTHA, MARTHA' - I MEAN, HE'S TALKING TO HIS HOSTESS, YOU'VE 11:47 GOT TO BE NICE. "MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED 11:53 AND TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS." ANY MARTHAS OUT HERE? 11:57 COME ON, NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WORRY? AM I WASTING MY TIME 12:01 TODAY? (LAUGHTER) I THINK THE QUESTION IS 'WHAT DO YOU WORRY 12:04 ABOUT?' I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BOTHER YOU - 12:10 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO THINK LESS OF ME AS A PASTOR, 12:13 BUT I DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES AS MUCH AS I WORRY 12:18 ABOUT MY TROUBLES. (LAUGHTER) 12:21 I - IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW, 12:23 I'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE SOME GENUINE CONCERN AND 12:26 THE BETTER I KNOW YOU, THE MORE I MIGHT THINK ABOUT IT AND BE 12:29 CONCERNED ABOUT YOU, BUT YOUR TROUBLES USUALLY DON'T KEEP ME 12:33 UP AT NIGHT. (LAUGHTER) WILL YOU FORGIVE ME? 12:38 I THINK YOU WILL, BECAUSE MY TROUBLES DON'T KEEP YOU UP. 12:40 (LAUGHTER) I WAS TRYING TO TAKE A NAP - I TRY TO TAKE A NAP, 12:44 BRIEFLY, ALMOST EVERY DAY, BECAUSE I FIND I GET A LOT MORE 12:48 DONE - A LOT MORE WRITING - AND I LAID DOWN AND I STARTED 12:51 THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING I COULD DO AND MY HEART STARTED 12:53 RACING - IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A MINI PANIC ATTACK. 12:56 I THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, I HAVE GOT SO MANY MESSAGES TO PREPARE AND 12:59 ARTICLES TO WRITE AND LETTERS TO WRITE AND I'M THINKING, 'OH MAN, 13:03 HOW AM I EVER GOING TO GET IT DONE? 13:05 BUT THEN I REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, AFTER 20 YEARS WITH AMAZING 13:08 FACTS AND OVER 30 YEARS PASTORING, I SAID, 'I'M STILL 13:13 ALIVE.' AND IT SEEMED LIKE ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE 13:17 HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SOMEHOW GOT DONE AND THE ONES 13:19 THAT DIDN'T GET DONE DIDN'T KILL ME. I'LL PROBABLY BE ALRIGHT. 13:25 THE THINGS THAT YOU WORRY ABOUT, SOMETIMES YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU 13:27 SAY, 'YOU KNOW, GOD WORKED IT OUT.' 13:29 >>AMEN. >>AND I WASTED ALL THE JOY I 13:32 COULD HAVE HAD DURING THAT TIME AND PEACE AND GOOD WITNESS 13:35 WORRYING ABOUT THINGS I DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. GOD TOOK 13:39 CARE OF IT. BUT WE HAVE OUR THINGS THAT WE WORRY ABOUT. 13:44 HE SAID, "MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED AND TROUBLED ABOUT 13:46 MANY THINGS. BUT ONE THING IS NEEDED, AND MARY 13:50 HAS CHOSEN THAT GOOD PART," - WHAT DID MARY CHOOSE? 13:53 SHE SAT TO HEAR THE WORD AND SHE WORSHIPED JESUS. 13:57 SO DO YOU WANT TO WORRY OR DO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP? 14:00 >>THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, WE HEAR REFERENCES TO THE COMING THE 14:03 LORD, OR THE DAY OF THE LORD, OR THE LAST DAY. 14:07 YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW IT'S COMING SOMETIME - IT MAY COME 14:09 FOR US INDIVIDUALLY AND WE NEED TO BE READY. 14:12 WE NEED TO UNDERTAND THAT ETERNAL DESTINIES ARE DECIDED IN 14:15 THAT MOMENT WHEN THE END COMES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO 14:18 KNOW HOW TO BE READY? WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT CAN 14:21 HELP YOU WITH THAT BASED ON SCRIPTURE. 14:23 IT'S CALLED THE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH BY JOE CREWS, AND YOU'LL 14:26 FIND IT VERY INSPIRING AND ENCOURAGING AS YOU PREPARE TO 14:30 LIVE A LIFE WHERE YOU'RE READY TO MEET THE LORD AT ANY TIME. 14:33 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND ASK FOR 14:36 OFFER #101 OR VISIT OFFERS.AFTV.ORG AND, FRIENDS, 14:43 WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE RESOURCE, PLEASE READ IT AND 14:45 THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT 14:48 BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 14:52 >>43 PERCENT OF ALL ADULTS SUFFER HEALTH EFFECTS DUE TO 14:56 WORRY AND STRESS. THAT'S ALSO TRUE AMONG CHRISTIANS. 15:02 UP TO 75 OF ALL VISITS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS ARE 15:06 STRESS-RELATED COMPLAINTS OR DISORDERS. 15:09 WORRY, OR ANXIETY, CAN CAUSE TWITCHING, TREMBLING, MUSCLE 15:14 TENSION, HEADACHES, SWEATING, DRY MOUTH, DIFFICULTY 15:16 SWALLOWING, DENTAL PROBLEMS, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ULCERS, 15:20 DIZZINESS, VISION PROBLEMS, RAPID OR IRREGULAR HEART RATE, 15:24 RAPID BREATHING, DIARRHEA OR FREQUENT NEED TO URINATE, 15:28 FATIGUE, IRRITABILITY, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF YOUR TEMPER, 15:31 SLEEPING DIFFICULTIES, NIGHTMARES, DECREASED 15:34 CONCENTRATION, LOWER GRADES, AND HAIR LOSS. 15:40 THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SAID. I DON'T WORRY. 15:47 SOMEONE SAID, 'FOR EVERYONE THAT DIES FROM A MAJOR MISFORTUNE, 15:51 TEN DIE FROM LITTLE WORRIES. 15:56 SOMEONE ELSE WROTE, 'WORMS EAT YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEAD; WORRIES 15:59 EAT YOU WHEN YOU'RE ALIVE.' AND SOMEONE ELSE, 'HAPPY IS THE MAN 16:04 THAT'S TOO BUSY TO WORRY BY DAY AND TOO SLEEPY TO WORRY AT 16:07 NIGHT.' HELEN STEINER-RICE, A POET, WROTE A POEM: "WORRY, WHY 16:13 WORRY? WHAT CAN WORRY DO? 16:15 IT NEVER KEEPS A TROUBLE FROM OVERTAKING YOU. 16:19 IT GIVES YOU INDIGESTION AND SLEEPLESS HOURS AT NIGHT, AND 16:22 FILLS WITH GLOOM THE DAYS, HOWEVER FAIR AND BRIGHT." 16:27 SO WHAT DO PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT? DO PEOPLE WORRY 16:30 ABOUT THEIR HEALTH? THEIR FOOD, CLOTHES? 16:33 JESUS MENTIONED LONELINESS, CHILDREN, THEY WORRY ABOUT 16:36 MONEY, GOSSIP, THEY WORRY ABOUT RETIREMENT. 16:43 36 PERCENT OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOURCES 16:46 OF STRESS IS THEIR JOB. 22 PERCENT - MONEY 16:52 - THAT'D BE RELATED. 10 PERCENT - CHILDREN. 16:54 7 PERCENT HEALTH. 5 PERCENT MARRIAGE. 16:58 YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, 10 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN WORRY ABOUT THE 17:01 MARRIAGE; 3 PERCENT OF THE MEN, SO IT AVERAGES OUT TO 5 PERCENT. 17:06 THE MEN THINK, 'YEAH, IT'S FINE, DINNER'S ON THE TABLE. 17:08 OUR MARRIAGE IS FINE.' THE WOMAN DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. 17:11 5 PERCENT ABOUT PARENTS. 5 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE SAY 17:15 THEY HAVE NO WORRIES AT ALL. SO I WOULD THINK THAT 17:19 THIS WOULD BE RELEVANT. DOES THE EVENING 17:22 NEWS FRIGHTEN YOU? YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'YOU WILL 17:26 HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR.' YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE A 17:29 REASON TO WORRY, WOULDN'T YOU? JESUS SAID, 'SEE THAT YOU ARE 17:33 NOT TROUBLED.' SO, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORRY ABOUT A 17:36 NUCLEAR WAR, THEN YOU TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED 17:40 TO WORRy ABOUT? JESUS IS NOT WORRIED. 17:44 YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE NEWS AND YOU SEE - EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO, 17:49 THREE HURRICANES - MAJOR HURRICANES ON THE EAST COAST, 17:53 NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KEEPS LOBBING MISSILES OVER EVERYBODY 17:57 AND SAYING HE'S BUILDING A NUCLEAR ONE - HE'S GOING TO TURN 18:00 US TO DUST, AND TROOPS ARE AMASSING ON THE EUROPEAN BORDER 18:07 - RUSSIAN TROOPS - AND PROBLEMS IN SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST - 18:11 WARS IN AFRICA - AND YOU JUST - YOU LISTEN TO ALL THIS STUFF AND 18:14 YOU THINK, 'BOY, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WE 18:16 OUGHT TO, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO WRITE IT ALL DOWN AND PASS IT 18:18 AROUND AND JUST SHARE IT WITH EACH OTHER. 18:21 JUST SAY, 'LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS, YOU WORRY 18:23 ABOUT THAT.' JUST NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. 18:27 SO YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, 'DO I TRUST GOD?' 18:32 >>AMEN. >>HERE'S THE QUESTION: 18:35 IS GOD WORRIED? >>NO. 18:37 >>IS GOD WORRIED ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR? 18:40 'OH NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.' I MEAN, IS GOD WORRIED ABOUT 18:45 ANYTHING? OR IS HE COMPLETELY AT PEACE? 18:49 >>HE'S CRYING. >>OH, HE MAY BE SAD, BECAUSE 18:52 GOD HAS EMOTIONS, BUT HE'S NOT WORRIED. 18:56 SO - AND IT DOESN'T MEAN - NOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT NOT WORRYING, 18:58 IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T PLAN. SHOULD WE PLAN? 19:02 SHOULD WE THINK AHEAD? YOU KNOW, JAMES TELLS US, 'IF 19:04 ANY OF YOU PLAN, YOU SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS CITY, WE'RE 19:06 GOING TO DO BUSINESS, BUY AND SELL' - HE SAYS, 'SAY, 'IF THE 19:08 LORD WILLS.'' HE EXPECTS US TO MAKE PLANS, BUT YOU SUBMIT ALL 19:11 THOSE TO GOD BECAUSE GOD REALLY HAS THE BIG PICTURE. 19:15 PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS - WORRY ABOUT WAR. 19:19 SOME PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHERS SAY. 19:22 A LOT OF FOLKS, OF ALL THE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, THEY'RE 19:24 WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF THEM. 19:27 EVEN JESUS, HE TOLD YOU, 'PEOPLE PRAY TO BE SEEN, THEY GIVE TO BE 19:32 SEEN, THEY FAST TO BE SEEN.' THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT 19:35 PEOPLE THINK OF THEIR RELIGION. OR MAYBE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE 19:40 WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEM - 19:42 WORRIED ABOUT GOSSIP. HERE'S A LITTLE TIP 19:46 FROM ECCLESIASTES. SOLOMON SAID - CHAPTER 7, VERSE 19:50 21, "DO NOT TAKE TO HEART EVERYTHING PEOPLE SAY, LEST YOU 19:55 HEAR YOUR SERVANT CURSING YOU. FOR MANY TIMES, ALSO, YOUR OWN 19:59 HEART HAS KNOWN THAT EVEN YOU HAVE CURSED OTHERS." 20:02 LET ME GIVE YOU A MORE MODERN TRANSLATION: DON'T WORRY ABOUT 20:05 WHAT EVERYONE SAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR, EVEN PEOPLE CLOSE 20:07 TO YOU, SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT YOU AND YOU'VE PROBABLY 20:11 DONE THE SAME THING.' PEOPLE TALK. 20:16 PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF DUMB THINGS. IF YOU WORRY ABOUT WHAT 20:18 EVERYBODY SAYS - I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A WEBSITE YOU COULD GO 20:21 TO AND IT WOULD DO A SEARCH FOR YOU AND FIND OUT WHO'S 20:23 TALKING ABOUT YOU. THAT WOULD DRIVE YOU 20:27 CRAZY, WOULDN'T IT? WORRY ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S 20:29 SAYING - OR IF YOU COULD HEAR - WOULDN'T IT? 20:32 EVERY - ANYONE - YOU COULD HEAR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU? 20:35 THAT'D PROBABLY BE REALLY BAD FOR YOUR SELF-ESTEEM. 20:39 DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY. 20:41 NOW, JESUS TELLS US THE SAME THING. 20:44 HE SAYS, IN MATTHEW 5:11, BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN THEY REVILE 20:48 YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU 20:51 FALSELY FOR MY SAKE." WELL, MAKE SURE IT'S FALSELY. 20:55 BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS ABOUT YOU AND THEY'RE 20:58 RIDICULING YOU, AND THEY'RE GOSSIPING ABOUT YOU, JESUS NOT 21:00 ONLY SAYS YOU'RE BLESSED, HE SAYS, 'REJOICE!' 21:04 NOW YOU'LL REJOICE WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE ARE SAYING NEGATIVE 21:06 THINGS ABOUT YOU? SOME PEOPLE WORRY 21:09 ABOUT PROVISION. JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, 21:12 "THEREFORE...DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE," - THAT'S A COMMAND - 21:17 "WHAT YOU WILL EAT...NOR ABOUT YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL PUT ON. 21:21 IS NOT LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING?" 21:24 HE DOESN'T MEAN DON'T TAKE PRACTICAL THOUGHT FOR THE BASICS 21:28 OF LIFE, BUT DON'T BE ANXIOUS ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 21:34 PSALM 37, KING DAVID SAID, "I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; 21:38 YET HAVE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS 21:41 DESCENDANTS BEGGING BREAD." DAVID SAID, 'THROUGH MY WHOLE 21:44 LIFE I HAVE NOT SEEN GOD FORSAKE HIS PEOPLE.' GOD'LL 21:47 TAKE CARE OF YOU. ISAIAH 33, "HE WILL DWELL ON 21:52 HIGH; HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE WILL BE THE FORTRESS OF ROCKS; BREAD 21:57 WILL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS WATER WILL BE SURE." 21:59 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE LED BY THE LORD, OUT OF THE 22:02 WILDERNESS, DID HE GIVE THEM FOOD? 22:06 >>YES. >>DID HE GIVE THEM WATER? 22:09 DID HE PRESERVE THEIR CLOTHES? 22:13 YOU KNOW, GOD ACTUALLY SAID, AFTER 40 YEARS OF GOING THROUGH 22:15 THE WILDERNESS, HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER, LOOK BACK, YOUR 22:19 SHOES DID NOT WEAR OUT AND YOUR GARMENTS DID NOT WEAR OUT.' HE 22:24 SAID, 'I TOOK CARE OF YOU.' AND SO, WHEN JESUS SAID, 'HE FEEDS 22:28 THE BIRDS, HE CLOTHES THE FLOWER; DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT 22:31 YOU'RE GOING TO EAT OR DRINK OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR.' HE 22:34 REALLY DOES TAKE CARE OF US. >>AMEN. 22:37 >>AND, OF COURSE, PHILIPPIANS - WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT WORRY? 22:41 "BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN" - THE WORD 'ANXIOUS' THERE MEANS 22:45 'ANXIETY' - IT MEANS 'WORRY' - DON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH? 22:48 PAUL SAID, 'DON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING. 22:51 IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING. 22:52 YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE? BUT DON'T BE ANXIOUS. 22:56 DON'T HAVE THE STRESS. DON'T LET IT CHOKE YOU. 22:58 DON'T BE ANXIOUS FOR ANYTHING, "BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND 23:02 SUPPLICATION," - SO THERE'S ONE ANSWER - "WITH THANKSGIVING," - 23:06 BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE - LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE 23:09 KNOWN TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH 23:12 SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND 23:15 MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS." SO HERE ARE SOME THINGS 23:17 YOU CAN DO ABOUT WORRY. PRAY, SING - YOU EVER WORRY AND 23:23 YOU START SINGING AND IT JUST SEEMS TO EVAPORATE? 23:26 BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD - BELIEVE HE'S WITH YOU, BELIEVE 23:29 HE'S IN CONTROL. NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM 23:31 IS, GOD HAS AN ANSWER. YOU KNOW THAT PROMISE IN ROMANS 23:35 8:28, "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, 23:41 TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE." 23:45 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. EXERCISE. 23:48 SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED AND THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT AND, 23:52 SOMETIMES GETTING OUTSIDE WILL BRING YOU RELIEF AND PEACE. 23:57 YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY WRITE DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE 23:58 WORRIED ABOUT AND THEN GIVE IT TO GOD. 24:01 SAY, 'LORD, YOU'RE MY PROFESSIONAL WORRIER. 24:04 I'M GIVING MY WORRIES TO YOU.' JEREMIAH 29:11 - CLAIM THE 24:10 PROMISES OF GOD, "FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD 24:13 YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE 24:17 YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE." YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, 24:20 'OH, GOD'S GOING TO DO ME IN. I'VE GOT ALL THESE PROBLEMS.' 24:22 AND GOD SAYS, 'NO, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. 24:25 DON'T WORRY.' 1 PETER 5:7, "THEREFORE HUMBLE YOURSELVES 24:31 UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE 24:34 TIME, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE" - WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CARE? 24:38 >>ALL. >>25 PERCENT? 'LORD - I DON'T - 24:41 I'M WORRIED, LORD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ENOUGH, SO I NEED 24:43 TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF IT.' IF I DON'T WORRY, WHO'S GOING TO 24:47 WORRY? CASTING ALL OF YOUR CARE UPON HIM - WHY? 24:50 BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU. SO, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? 24:53 JESUS GIVES US THE SOLUTION RIGHT THERE IN THE SAME PASSAGE: 24:56 "BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS". 25:01 OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO DO THE WORK OF HIS KINGDOM. 25:05 >>RIGHT. >>TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 25:07 HIS KINGDOM IN US - HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - HIS KINGDOM 25:10 AROUND US. IF WE MAKE IT THE PRIORITY TO 25:12 BUILD UP HIS KINGDOM - AND HE SAYS, 'ALL THESE THINGS' - 25:15 WHAT ARE THE 'THESE THINGS'? THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED 25:18 THAT PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT. NOW, FOR YOU, IT MAY NOT BE 25:21 FOOD, IT MAY NOT BE DRINK, IT MAY NOT BE CLOTHES, BUT WHATEVER 25:24 IT IS, IT SAYS, 'CAST ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM.' ALL THESE OTHER 25:29 THINGS WILL BE ADDED - 'I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR BASICS. 25:31 I'LL TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED.' "THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY 25:35 ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN 25:39 THINGS." WE ALL REALLY HAVE THOSE TWO 25:42 CHOICES: ARE WE GOING TO WORRY OR ARE WE GOING TO WORSHIP? 25:45 ARE WE GOING TO LIVE BY FAITH LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS 25:51 AND JUST LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, TRUSTING THAT EVEN THOUGH 25:53 YOU DON'T SEE HIM - WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF GOD 25:58 SHOULD JUST WHISPER IN YOUR EAR AND SAY, 'I KNOW ABOUT ALL THE 26:01 THINGS YOU'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT IT 26:04 COVERED.' WOULD THAT - IF YOU - WOULD THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? 26:07 WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? HE'S DOING IT TODAY. 26:10 I MEAN, HE SAID IT IN HIS WORD. >>AMEN. 26:13 >>IT'S NOT ME, IT'S THE WORD OF GOD. 26:15 JESUS SAID, 'DON'T WORRY.' HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE PEACE. 26:19 AND YOU WATCH, ONE BY ONE, JUST AS HE'S TAKEN CARE OF YOU 26:23 THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE - THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE - I'M PRETTY 26:26 SAFE IN SAYING THAT. HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. 26:30 PRAY FOR WISDOM, PRAY FOR GRACE, PRAY FOR ENERGY - WHATEVER THE 26:34 THINGS YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR, PRAY FOR THE PRACTICAL ANSWERS 26:36 THAT YOU NEED, BUT THEN LEAVE IT WITH GOD. 26:40 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE GOING THROUGH LIFE CHOKED. 26:43 >>AMEN. >>AMEN? 26:44 >>AMEN. >>GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 26:47 JESUS SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME. CAST YOUR CARES UPON ME. 26:51 MY BURDEN IS EASY. MY LOAD IS LIGHT. 26:56 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 26:59 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 27:02 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, WATCH AMAZING FACTS TELEVISION BY 27:06 VISITING 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN VIEW 27:13 AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMMING 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT 27:17 FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. WHY WAIT A WEEK? 27:21 VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. IT'S THAT EASY. 27:26 (SOUND OF RAIN) (PIANO MUSIC) (SIRENS) 28:07 >>(PASTOR DOUG) THE HEAVENS WERE PARTED FOR HIM. 28:09 THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS 28:11 YOU TO EXPERIENCE. YOU COME TO CHRIST, YOUR 28:14 SINS ARE WASHED AWAY. YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 28:17 IT'S A LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN AND HOW MANY OF YOU WISH YOU 28:20 COULD GET A NEW START? >>(NARRATOR) FOR I WAS HUNGRY 28:24 AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. INASMUCH AS YOU DO IT TO 28:29 ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME. 28:43 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS 28:44 EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. 28:47 WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE 28:51 CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 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