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Sermon #B719 - F.E.A.R.
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Dr. Byrd: We want to get right
in the word of God today. We're
not going to keep you long
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but we do have a word and we're
going to come to you from the
book of Second Timothy,
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Second Timothy
Chapter 1, verse number 7.
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This is in harmony with what our
worship today has been about as
we talk about mental health.
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Second Timothy Chapter 1 verse
number 7, Second Timothy Chapter
1 Verse 7. We're not going to be
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long, just one simple verse. The
word of God reads, the Apostle
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Paul speaking, for God hath not
given us the spirit of fear, but
a spirit of power and of love
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and of a sound mind. Once again,
for God hath not given us a
spirit of fear but of power and
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of love and of a sound mind.
We're praying. Lord, we thank
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you, we thank you already for
visiting this place with the
power of your Holy Ghost.
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Now as we go into your word,
disappoint us not. Speak, oh
God, we pray right now.
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We ask that you would beat back
the enemy, beat back Satan right
now, because this word needs to
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flow and it needs to flow full
and free. Forgive me of my sins
in Jesus' name, we pray. Amen,
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and amen. Today, we want to talk
about fear, want to talk about
fear, false evidence appearing
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real. Fear, false evidence
appearing real. For everybody
watching, everybody listening to
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this sermon today, if there is
one thing that we all have in
common even the best of us,
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it's the fact that we worry too
much. Tell the truth, shame the
devil. We worry too much and
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worry, in a real sense, can have
an interesting effect on your
everyday life. Because for many
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of us, the problems of life can
worry us so much that we need a
counselor. Now, I'm a pastor.
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Let me be clear about that.
I'm not a counselor like other
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counselors. But the old motif in
the church was, if you have a
problem, go talk to the pastor.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
But if the truth be told today,
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as pastors, we've taken some
classes in counseling. We
watched some videos on
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counseling and we've been
somewhat trained as pastoral
counselors. But let me be clear,
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we are not clinical counselors.
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In other words, I'm trained to
preach the word of God. So when
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you come to me, all I can do is
give you a word from the Lord.
Some folk don't want to come to
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me because they don't want to
hear what thus saith the Lord,
but I'll make no apologies about
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it. All I can give you is the
word of the Lord. But then on
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the flip side, there are some
folk who want pastoral
counseling and not clinical
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counseling. Why? Because
clinical counseling is the kind
of counseling that brings out
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the clinical where you can be
literally diagnosed as mentally
ill, and folk don't want to hear
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that. You see, if you come to
me, if you come to the pastoral
counselor, I'm not going to call
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you crazy. I'm not going to call
you mentally insane, but the
clinical counselor will
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because what's wrong
with you isn't just spiritual.
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You've got some clinical issues
that you've got to work through
in order to really address them
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spiritually. But we like to go
the easy route, just lay some
hands on me and let me fall out,
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and then when I get up,
everything's going to be all
right. But I'm here to tell
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somebody today, everything is
not going to be all right until
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you deal with it. So rather than
trying to just spiritualize your
issues and cover your issues up,
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let me tell somebody you got to
face them in order to fix them.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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In the spirit of keeping it real
today, all of us have issues.
All of us have problems.
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All of us have hang-ups.
All of us have difficulties,
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and the fact is all of us need
some help in one way or another.
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I get concerned when people
look down on other folk talking
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about, look at that family and
look at this family, everybody
got some crazy in their family.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
I don't know of anyone who has
complete contentment, inner
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peace, and security all the
time. And while God did, in the
beginning, create us that way,
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we're not that way now, because
mental challenges, mental
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illness, and mental health
conditions are the products of
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sin. Research says that one in
three people experience mental
illness or have some type of
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mental episode at least once per
year. In fact, the World Health
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Organization, WHO, says that
five of the ten leading causes
of disabilities in the world are
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mental conditions. These five
conditions are depression,
schizophrenia, bipolar
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disorders, alcohol and substance
abuse and obsessive-compulsive
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disorder. And these are not
diseases that can be 100% cured.
Yes, medication can help some
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people some of the time. But
medication only treats the
symptoms. You're not hearing
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what I'm saying. Let me try it
this way. When somebody takes
painkillers for a broken leg,
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the medicine doesn't heal the
leg. The medicine just treats
the symptoms of easing the pain
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in the leg. When you take
medicine for mental illness, it
doesn't cure mental illness.
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It just treats some of the
symptoms of mental illness.
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Now don't get it twisted. Pastor
Byrd is not saying that people
don't get better when they take
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medicine for mental illness. But
neither am I saying that they
don't have the bad feelings
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or mental sickness anymore. But
what I'm saying is that they
have learned strategies to live
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and think differently
despite how they felt.
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The Bible teaches that the core
emotion that causes all human
disorder or human discomfort is
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fear. Everybody is afraid of
something, whether it's heights,
lizards, snakes, flying on a
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plane, getting old, falling or
death, we all fear something.
And because we fear something,
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almost everybody has to struggle
against worry, which is a form
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of fear. But studies suggest
that 92% of what people worry
about is either imaginary,
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it never happened or are things
that are completely out of our
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control, which then means that
92% of our worry is a complete
waste of time. But we worry.
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We fear and Satan seeks to
corrupt our minds with lies to
get us to worry and fear,
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which is simply false
evidence appearing real.
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But our text says,
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for God hath not given us a
spirit of fear, but of power and
of love, and of a sound mind.
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Now quickly, let me unpack this
text, the Greek word for fear in
this text, in this verse, is
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phobos, which is where we obtain
our English word, phobia. And a
phobia is defined as an
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irrational, persistent fear that
interferes in a person's life.
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And so the fear that's being
talked about by Paul in this
text is one that causes someone
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to react in ways that can
disrupt his life or her life in
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an unhealthy way. It's a fear
that controls a person's life
and can be destructive to
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personal relationships or even
harms one's emotional, mental,
or spiritual health.
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And when we relate this
definition to fear in this text,
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the context of Paul's statement
is that the normal Christian
life has been one of intense
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persecution, pain, rejection,
ridicule, subjugation, and
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death. Study the text, the early
Christian church and the early
church of the first century was
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scattered far and wide. And as
an increasingly hostile world
fed many of these Christians to
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the lions or burn them at the
stake. Many men and women in the
Bible were enslaved, exploited
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and exterminated for the cause
of Christ. And from his own
incarceration in his own Roman
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cell, Paul was able to encourage
his fellow brother in Christ,
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Brother Timothy, that God has
not given us a spirit of fear,
but a spirit of love, power and
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a sound mind. Timothy in
this text, like all of us,
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needed to be reminded that we
have the permanent indwelling of
the Holy Ghost, who has gifted
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us and empowered us with all
that we need for life, no matter
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how difficult or how dangerous
life in this world might become.
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Jesus told us in the word that
in this world, we will have
trouble, that we will suffer
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trial and tribulation. But he
also told us to remember that we
have overcome the world
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because greater is he that is in
us than he that is in the world.
So through the words of this
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text, Paul is admonishing
Timothy to reignite the
flickering flame of his
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faltering faith. Because
although he was saved by grace
through Jesus Christ, Timothy
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was timid. He was afraid.
Timothy even felt pressured by
the increasingly hostile world
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in which he lived, and that's a
word for somebody today. That's
all I've come to tell somebody
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today. Fear is
not from the Lord.
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Don't forget who you are in
Christ. Don't you forget that
you have not been given a spirit
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of fear, but a spirit of power,
a spirit of love, a spirit of a
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sound mind. Timothy was fearful
of his unknown future. Timothy
was fearful of losing Paul, his
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father, in the faith. Timothy
was afraid of ending up in a
prison similar to Paul
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and afraid of receiving the same
sentence of death as Paul for
preaching faith in Jesus Christ.
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Timothy felt like he had much
to fear. But Paul writes him
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and Paul tells him that the fear
he's experiencing is not from
God and he must resist it.
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Paul tells Timothy, God has not
given you a spirit of fear but
God has given you the Holy
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Spirit. And the Holy Spirit,
Paul says to Timothy, brings you
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three things. Number one, the
Holy Spirit brings power, power
to walk right, power to talk
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right, power to feel right,
power to think right. The Holy
Ghost brings us power but not
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only does the Holy Ghost bring
us power, number two, the Holy
Ghost brings love. And the Bible
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says perfect love casteth out
all fear and perfect love is
only available through Jesus
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Christ. Poor mental health is
too much fear and not enough
love. So the Holy Ghost brings
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power. The Holy Ghost brings
love. But number three, the Holy
Ghost brings a sound mind, and
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that's where I want to end on
today. The Holy Ghost brings a
sound mind. How do I get a sound
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mind? I'm so glad you asked. The
Apostle Paul in Philippians
Chapter 4 tells us how to get a
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sound mind. He says, be careful
for nothing but in everything by
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prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God. And the
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peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ
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Jesus. Verse 8, I love it.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever
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things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever
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things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report, if
there be any virtue, if there be
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any praise,
think on these things.
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I know many church folk and I
know many Christians, and notice
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I said church folk and
Christians because just because
you are church member doesn't
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mean you're a Christian. I
wish I had time. But I know many
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church folks and I know many
Christians who always seem to be
talking about the problems and
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the faults of the world, the
faults of the church, the faults
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of other people, but we've got
to learn how to think on the
positive and not dwell on the
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negative. Too many people dwell
on the negative. Here we go.
It's a nice sunny day but it's
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going to rain. Yeah, that
vegetarian meat loaf sure looks
good. Oh, but it has a lot of
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salt. Church was sure good
today. Yeah, but it was too
long. Just negative.
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But a positive person
sees things differently than a
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negative person. When they see
the sour, we see the sweet. When
they see the glass half empty,
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we see the glass half full, and
not only should we think better
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things, but we also should
express these thoughts and
better things to other people to
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help encourage them. You see, we
live, friends of mine, in a
culture that's constantly
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feeding us mess, chaos and
confusion. It's on the news,
it's on the internet, it's on
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social media. It's in newspapers
if you still read them. But the
Bible says whatsoever things are
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true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are
just and pure, lovely and of
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good report, think on these
things. So somebody says, Pastor
Byrd, how do I keep a sound
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mind? I'm so glad you asked.
Proverbs 23:7 says, for as a man
thinketh in his heart, so is he,
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which means our emotions are
controlled by our thoughts and
our thoughts influence our
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behavior. Fear, worry, anger,
anxiety, they start in the mind
and they end in our behavior.
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So we've got to change the way
we think if we're going to
change the way we act.
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How do I think positively in my
mind? Think about his love,
think about his goodness,
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think about his grace that
brought you through. When you
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think about Jesus, your mind
thinks positivity where people
turn for help is some indication
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of their
character and their faith.
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You see, some people turn to the
bar and happy hour to drink
themselves into some solution.
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Some people turn to drugs,
prescription and
non-prescription to try and
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quiet the noise of themselves.
Some people have gone to palm
readers, tarot card readers,
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soothsayers and 1-900 psychic
friends. Others have taken the
path of clinical help,
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psychologists, psychiatrists,
psychoanalysts, which is not, by
the way, a bad thing. But
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somebody needs to be reminded
today to take it to Jesus. Oh,
what peace we often forfeit. Oh,
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what needless pain we bear. Oh,
because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
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Somebody knows he healed the
brokenhearted. He set the
captive free. He made the lame
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to walk again and he caused the
blind to see. You've got to
think Jesus and take it to
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Jesus. There are some things
that I've learned in life. You
can have all the experience for.
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You can read all the books you
want. You can have all the human
voices telling you one thing.
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But there are some things you
can't get out of unless God
himself gets you out of it.
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Now, don't get it twisted and
misunderstand me. I'm not saying
don't go to the doctor
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because God can use the doctor
to help you in your problem. I'm
not saying don't go to a
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counselor. God can use the
counselor to help you get rid of
your problem. I'm not saying
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don't get medication because God
can use the medication to help
you with your problem. But you
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also got to go to Jesus because
the doctor, the counselor, the
medication are just conduits to
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help you. But I read somewhere
that all of my help comes from
the Lord. I will lift up mine
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eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help. My help comes
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from the Lord. I talk to men and
women who battled with the
addiction of crack cocaine.
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And I asked them those who've
had a tenure or period of
cleanliness with God.
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I tell them, talk to me about
this thing. I've never been
there. So talk to me about it.
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And they often say to me,
Pastor Byrd, every now and then,
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I battle and I crave an appetite
for it years later. I asked,
well, how did you get out of it?
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Was it a twelve-step program?
Was it a counselor? Was it a
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support group? They say, Pastor,
yes, all that's good and I
needed it and it has its place.
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But everyone in the group that's
been stained knows that if it
had not been for the Lord on
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their side, if it weren't for
the grace of God, if it weren't
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for Jesus, now you can take that
experience into any habits, any
addiction, any problem.
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And the only thing that has kept
you, if you're real today, is
the goodness, the grace,
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and the guidance of God and for
the believer who's listening to
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me today. There's no other way
out of the sin problem, but for
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the grace of God. You're not
smart enough to think your way
out. You're not articulate
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enough to talk your way out.
You're not rich enough to buy
your way out. If you could, you
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would have gotten yourself out
already, but somebody knows that
you indeed Jesus to bring you
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out. Pastor Byrd, how else do I
keep a sound mind? I'm so glad
you asked. First Peter 5:7 says,
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casting your cares upon him for
he careth for you. That's
casting all your anxieties,
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casting all your worries,
casting all your fears on him
because he cares for you.
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Somebody's not getting this. Let
me try it this way. When
Christyn, my wife and I, our
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oldest daughter was two years
old, and Caileigh, our middle
daughter was just a baby,
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Christyn would try to pick up
Caileigh. And I would say, wait
a minute, Christyn, give me the
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baby, don't drop the baby.
Christyn was trying her best and
tried her best to pick up her
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little sister, Caileigh. But
when I would look at them, I
knew that they both were about
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to fall. In my mind, I would
say, Christyn, that's good
effort, but give me the baby
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because you can't carry the
baby. The baby's too big for
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you, Christyn, and that's what
I'm trying to tell somebody
today. Your daddy, your Heavenly
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Father, hates to see when you're
trying to carry something that's
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too big for you. Learn how to
cast your cares on your father
because he's there to comfort
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you. He's there to encourage
you. He's there to strengthen
you. He's there to carry you.
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But you know why we don't give
it to Jesus, my friends. We
don't give it to Jesus
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because we don't think it's too
big for us and we think we can
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handle it. But the only way
you're going to release it is
when you own up to the fact that
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I can't handle it. Lord, I can't
do this. A lot of times, we
don't call on the Lord
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because the devil
starts messing with our minds
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and we feel like we're a failure
if we can't handle certain
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things. But when you start
getting hurt enough, when you
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get broken enough, when you're
talked about enough, you'll
start saying, Lord, I can't
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handle this by myself. As a
matter of fact, if you're like
me, you get to the point in your
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experience where you say, Lord,
this is your mail. God, this is
your email. God, this came in my
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mailbox but this is really for
you because you'll learn that if
it's his will, it's his bill.
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If it's his choice, it's his
invoice. You've got to learn in
life how to let some stuff go.
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I've learned in my life that
every hill is not Calvary. Some
things we have got to learn how
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to let go. I heard somebody say
that when we pray, we ought to
pray to be stronger men and
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women. In other words, don't ask
and don't pray for tasks equal
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to your power. Pray for power
equal to your tasks. Many of us,
when we pray, we say, Lord,
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give me a task equal to where I
am in your walk with me. But if
you pray that prayer, you'll
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never grow. But when you pray,
you should say, Lord, this task
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is bigger than me. So I'm not
going to ask you to reduce my
task to my level of power,
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but give me power that's equal
to the task. And that's where
the Holy Ghost comes in.
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When you pray to God, you got to
learn how to say, Lord, I can't
handle it anymore. It's too big
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for me. But what do you want
me to do? I want to bless your
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name. I want to come to you with
thanksgiving rather than sit up
and add my problems.
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I need to start counting my
blessings rather than sit up
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and tell the Lord about all the
things that are going wrong in
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your life. I need you to start
saying, Lord, I want to thank
you for the times you brought me
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out. Lord, I want to thank you
for the things you've already
done and I'm turning this thing
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over to you. I'm not worrying
about it another day. Lord, I
want to thank you for my
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healing. Lord, I want to thank
you for my deliverance. Lord, I
want to thank you for my
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financial breakthrough. Lord, I
want to thank you for turning my
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child around. Lord, I want to
thank you for restoring my
marriage. Lord, I want to thank
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you for healing my body. Lord, I
want to thank you for healing my
relationship. God, I've got to
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thank you for food on my table,
clothes on my back and making a
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way out of no way. God, I got to
thank you for being my bridge
over troubled waters.
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Quit worrying yourself to
death and release and let it go.
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I dare somebody, I double dare
somebody today to start thanking
God for what God has already
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done. The Lord is my light. He's
my salvation whom shall I fear.
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The Lord is the strength of my
life of whom shall I be afraid.
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When my enemies and my folks
came to eat of my flesh, they
stumbled and they fell.
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So in the name of Jesus, you
better tell somebody, I'm not
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scared. I say you better tell
somebody, I'm not scared. If God
be for us, who can be against
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us? I'm not scared. No weapon
formed against me is going to
prosper. I'm not scared. I can
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do all things through Christ,
which strengtheneth me. I'm not
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scared. The Lord will prepare a
table before me in the presence
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of my enemies. So all I got to
do is sit down and eat because
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I'm not scared. The Lord will
bless my going out. The Lord
will bless my coming in. I'm not
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scared. My God shall supply all
of my needs according to his
riches and glory. I'm not
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scared. The thing that God has
begun in me, he will continue it
until the day of his appearing.
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I'm not scared. There's no need
to worry for what the night is
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going to bring. It'll be over in
the morning. I'm not scared.
Weeping may endure for a night,
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but joy comes in the morning
time. I'm not scared. God has
not given us a spirit of fear,
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but a spirit of power, a spirit
of love, a spirit of a sound
mind. I'm not scared.
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