I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We're so glad you're joining us
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from wherever in the
world you may be watching
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and thank you for being
a part of our 3ABN family.
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You know, we truly
believe that you are our family.
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So thank you so much
for joining us this evening
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for what's going to be
a very interesting topic
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and you won't want
to turn the channel
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because you are
going to absolutely
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learn something new
tonight we hope and we pray.
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But anyway, before we get
too in depth about the topic,
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I want to introduce myself
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because many of you
probably don't know who I am.
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My name is Ben Lingle,
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and normally I
work behind the scenes
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here at 3ABN.
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Normally I'm doing the audio.
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So, I would be
in the control room,
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running audio for a
program such as Family Worship.
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So, I've been asked to
host a young person's version
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of Family Worship, and
it's just been a blessing
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so far
discussing with my friends
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about some very relevant topics.
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So, we're really
excited about this.
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And once again, we're
glad you're joining us.
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So, before we
get into the topic,
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I'm gonna introduce
the family here tonight.
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And to my right, I have Daria.
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And, Daria, thank you so much
for joining us this evening.
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Of course.
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And I think you're gonna
have a lot of good insight,
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but why don't
you tell the audience
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a little bit about yourself?
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Sure. So, my
name is Daria Hibbler.
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I just recently graduated
from Southern University
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with Bachelor's in
Intercultural Communication.
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So, I love to travel.
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I love to learn
languages, health, fitness.
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That's my thing. So,
I'm excited to be here.
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You know, I don't want
to put you on the spot,
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but you speak three languages.
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Is that what it is? Yes.
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What's the languages you speak?
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I speak French, Spanish
and a little bit of English.
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Yes, I am, yeah.
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Me too, yeah, I'm
still learning English.
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That's awesome.
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Well, thank you,
Daria, for being here.
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And then to Daria's
right, we have Farrah.
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And, Farrah, you're
multi-talented as well.
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So why don't you tell
the audience about yourself?
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My is Farrah Barry.
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And I like a
little bit of everything,
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but I like, I do music
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and I like working out
as like an outlet, so...
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Yeah, exercise and
health and all that.
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Yeah, it's really important.
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And you're a very
talented pianist, multi...
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Actually, multi-instrumentalist,
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you're very talented in
many different instruments.
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And, of course, many people
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you may have seen Farrah
play on 3ABN multiple times,
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maybe on a parent network,
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which is what you're
watching on right now,
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or maybe on the
Praise Him Network.
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But she's very
talented musically.
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So, thank you,
Farrah, being here.
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And, Danielle,
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we've got
Danielle here on the end.
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And, Danielle,
why don't you tell us
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a little bit about yourself?
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My name is Danielle Babb,
and I actually grew up here.
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I worked here at
3ABN for a while and,
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but currently
I'm actually deaning
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as a taskforce dean
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at Great Lakes
Adventist Academy,
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which is the academy
that I graduated from.
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So, I'm super
excited about that.
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Get to work with a bunch
of great, wonderful girls.
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Yeah. That's awesome.
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I'm so glad that, you know,
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you get that opportunity to
minister to people your age.
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I think that's something
that's incredibly important,
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you know, so anyway.
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All right guys, well,
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we've got a big
topic ahead of us.
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Ooh, yes.
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There is a lot of
things about this topic
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that for many people,
it's little bit unknown.
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It's a little bit, you know,
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a lot of people aren't sure
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how to deal with
some of these things,
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but hopefully we can give
some good principled advice
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from Scripture to kind of work
our way through some of this.
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And what we're talking
about tonight is mental health.
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Mental health is something
that affects young people,
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old people, middle-aged
people, people around the world,
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people of every race, you
know, it's one of those things
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that as humans
living in a world of sin,
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we deal with these issues a lot.
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And so, what we
want to do tonight,
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as I said, is try to
find some biblical advice
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to help sort
through some of the weight
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of mental health that
we have in our daily lives.
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And so, anyway,
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before we get too
deep into the subject,
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why don't we go ahead and
invite the Holy Spirit here
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to inhabit this place
and inhabit the conversation?
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So, Danielle,
will you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Father in heaven, Lord,
I thank You so much that
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we are able to be
here to discuss this topic.
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And, Lord, I just ask that
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You would prepare our hearts
and our minds for this message,
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help us to apply the
different things that
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we learn to our lives
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and how to be
there for those around us
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who are facing
these things as well.
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Lord, we ask
for Your Holy Spirit
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that You would guide
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our conversation
and our thoughts.
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May it always uplift You.
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This we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. All right.
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So, let's kind of
open this conversation
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with a little bit of background.
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When we're talking about
mental health, mental illness,
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maybe mental
distress or instability.
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What do we mean by that?
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What are we talking about?
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You guys have any kind of basis.
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Of course, we're not, you
know, doctors or anything,
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so this is not
a medical program,
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but we have a, I say
a basic understanding
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of what those things
are because some of us deal
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with those things.
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So, what are you guys saying?
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What do we mean
by mental health?
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Yeah.
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Well, I know when I
think about mental health,
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I think about like
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maybe how people
navigate their emotions
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or how they navigate
their thought process
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along the line of that maybe.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I think definitely
that's a big meaning of that.
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I think also when we
talk about mental health,
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a lot of things
fall under mental health,
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as we just
mentioned mental illness,
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mental instability.
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When we talk
about mental illness,
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we're talking about
maybe disorders like
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depression or
anxiety, or maybe trauma,
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you know, orders
like disorders like PTSD
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or something along those lines,
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you know, things
that affect people
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on a grand scale in the world.
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And so that's what we
mean by mental health.
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And so now that
we've kind of established
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where we're going
with the conversation,
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let's talk about maybe
some things in Scripture
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or maybe some
people in Scripture
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that may have gone through
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some mental
distress or instability
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or things along those lines.
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What's one character,
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maybe central
figure in Scripture
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that one of you
think may have gone through
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some of these mental
distresses in their life?
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David. David, that's a good...
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Yeah, that's a good one.
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In the Psalms, you see a
lot of his ups and his downs,
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you know pleading for God
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to deliver him from his enemies.
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You see him praising God.
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And just, there's a lot of
that in the Psalms that we find.
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Absolutely.
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You know, when
we read the Psalms
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and, you know, we
see David going through
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various emotions,
you know, some people
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could look at that and say, man,
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he may have had some
form of mental illness.
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Like of course we don't know
and we don't wanna, you know,
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assume too many
things about that.
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But I mean,
there could have been
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something going on
there with him, you know.
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And so, I think
one of the examples
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we see in the
Psalms is in Psalm 64,
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and this is
something we can see David,
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he's pleading
with the Lord in a way,
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but then there's
a kind of a resolve
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and a reconciliation
at the end of this.
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And let's go to Psalm 64
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and let's see what
David has to say to God here.
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Daria, can you read like
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the first three
verses of Psalm 64?
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Yeah.
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So, it says, "Hear my
voice, O God, in my meditation,
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preserve my life
from fear of the enemy.
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Hide me from the
secret plots of the wicked,
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from the rebellion of
the workers of iniquity
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who sharpen their
tongue like a sword,
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and bend their bows to shoot
their arrows bitter words."
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Mm-hmm.
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So, as we can see here,
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clearly there's
something big going on, right?
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Secret counsel of the wicked.
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Insurrection, my
version says workers of iniquity
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who with their
tongues like a sword,
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and bend their bows
to shoot their arrows
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even bitter words.
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So not only is
there in David's mind,
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maybe something physical,
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but there's something
verbal going on, right?
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The words they're like
arrows, bitter words, right?
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So, David's
clearly going through
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something here,
some form of stress,
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maybe emotional stress,
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maybe he's going
through an experience
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where he's trying to figure out,
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you know, if he's loved,
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if he's needed, maybe
he's a little paranoid,
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maybe there's
various things going on here.
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And then,
Danielle, can you read 4-6?
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Sure.
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"That they may shoot in
secret at the blameless,
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suddenly they shoot
at him and do not fear.
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They encourage
themselves in an evil matter,
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they talk of
laying snares secretly,
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they say, 'Who will see them?'
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They devise iniquities:
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'We have
perfected a shrewd scheme.'
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Both the inward thought
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and the heart of man are deep.'"
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Hmm. Wow.
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That's, I mean,
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that's a heavy
verse right there.
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The thought of every
one of them mine says,
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and the heart is deep.
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So clearly you can see
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there's something going on here,
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encourage
themselves in evil matters.
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I mean, think about that.
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Like if you had,
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let's say you
had friends, right?
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Let's say you had a
friend, multiple friends,
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maybe family members
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who were devising
something against you.
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Okay.
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And they encourage
themselves in things
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that would be
against you, right?
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They not only spoke
words of discouragement,
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but they also
were maybe planning
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something physically
bad to happen to you.
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I mean, that would be a
lot of stress to be under.
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There would be a
lot of situations
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where, I mean, I
would be like David,
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I'd be pleading
to God like, Lord,
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I don't know
what to do about this.
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I mean, he's scared,
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he even says in the
first verse that he says,
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"Preserve my life
from fear of the enemy."
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He's scared. I
think that's stressful.
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Yeah.
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He's asking for
God to remove that fear
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because he may realize
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this is something
he has to go through.
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This may be a test.
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This may be a trial in his life
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that he's
trying to work through.
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And then as we can
see in 7-10, look at this,
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this is kind of a,
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in many ways a
reconciliation for him
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or kind of a
declaration to the Lord.
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It says, "But God
shall shoot at them
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with an arrow."
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Okay.
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Suddenly, shall they be wounded,
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so they shall
make their own tongue
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to fall upon themselves.
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All that see
them shall flee away.
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And all men shall fear
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and shall
declare the work of God,
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for they shall wisely
consider of His doing.
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The righteous
shall be glad in the Lord
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and shall trust in Him,
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and all the upright
in heart shall glory."
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So, David just
went from this idea that
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these people are
out to get him to,
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oh, man, but I got a
strong God on my side.
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Right?
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He's saying, "Look, Lord,
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I get it they
have their own arrow
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sort of speak of discouragement
with their bitter words,
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but I know you have
your own arrows, right?
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And then it says
here, as we saw on 8,
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"Their own tongue
shall fall upon themselves."
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You know, so the
wicked in many ways,
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once we know that God
is on our side, right?
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Whatever trial
we're going through,
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situations of stress
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or things that are
obviously weighing us down
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or things that we
can't stop thinking about,
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we know that God is for us.
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We know that God is
going to give us ways
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or provide ways for us to
deal with those situations.
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So, I think David's a
great example of that.
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Do you guys have
any other examples
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from the Psalms
or may be Proverbs
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that you want to share
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about maybe a situation
David had to sort through?
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Well, you know,
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maybe not
necessarily a specific Psalm,
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but the Bible does
talk about like when Saul
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or when David was
running from Saul.
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He had a lot of,
I'm sure fear there.
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And a lot of other things
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I know that
pastor's kind of brought up
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the fact of Lord
save me from my enemies.
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And so, he went
and felt a lot of that.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And I know there
was even not only David,
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but even going to Saul
even, there were situations,
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you know, where
Saul was going through
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tremendous amounts of stress.
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And obviously, maybe he had
something going on in his life.
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And I remember it talks about
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David playing his heart for Saul
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to kind of sooth Saul's emotions
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and stresses at
the time, you know.
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And I think, you know,
God has given us a vast array
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of many things
to listen to nature.
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I mean, if you go to the ocean,
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even if you go to
the mountains, right?
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You can hear the birds,
you know, you can see things,
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you can hear things.
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And God has
given us so many things
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to like help us
deal with things.
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And I know for many people,
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sometimes certain
sounds help them de-stress.
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I know some people,
you know, like the rain,
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they like listening to rain,
or like I just said the ocean
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or things along that lines.
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I know, Farrah, you were sharing
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before we began this
family worship that, you know,
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there are certain sounds that
help you relax and all that.
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You want to share a
little bit about that?
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Yeah.
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So, I mean, you kinda went
over like a lot of things that,
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you know, that helped me relax.
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Like sometimes, well actually
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for a while now a few years,
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a lot of years I've struggled
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with sleeping at night.
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So there just be nights that
I would just be lying in bed
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for like
sometimes until midnight
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or 1:00 in the morning
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or 2:00 in the
morning, it depends.
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And I would just,
it would either be,
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my mind would not stop
going or there was just nothing
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and I just couldn't fall asleep.
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And so, I
eventually found on YouTube
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just stumbled across some videos
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with some sounds
that would relax me
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or sometimes some rain
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or just any sort
of stuff like that.
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Different sounds that helped you
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kind of just
de-stress a little bit
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and just take your
mind off of the things
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that were racing in your mind.
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Yeah.
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So, it started out
like helping me with sleep,
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but I realized eventually,
like there would be days
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where I was just
really stressed out
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and so I'd be like, ah,
do I want to sleep like,
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what I want to do
to take my mind off?
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And then I was like,
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hey, you know, maybe
I'll go to those videos.
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And so, I put on the video
and it was, it just relaxed me,
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like it was like
my muscles would...
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See tense. Yeah.
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They're like that. Yeah, relax.
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No, I mean, it's really amazing.
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And, you know,
there's even outside of like
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just like reading,
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obviously what
the Bible tells us
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about music and
other things, noises,
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different things like
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there's
tremendous amounts of studies
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that prove what the Bible
says about that stuff, you know.
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And so, I think
that's really something
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that's amazing when it comes to
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even just something as simple
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as a sound can help
people kind of unload
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and de-stress, you know,
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I think that's
just really amazing.
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So obviously we
just went over David,
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we went a little bit over Saul
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and what they
kind of went through.
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There's another
character in Scripture
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and obviously we're
going to be getting to more.
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But I think one of
the biggest examples
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of someone who
probably had some type
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of mental health problems,
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stresses distresses and
instabilities would be Job.
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Yeah.
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Job was like one of
the main people that
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I think of when it
comes to like people who,
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someone who has gone through
a lot of things and like,
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wow, like how did he deal
with all that kind of stuff?
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Yeah. Like how did he...
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And you got to
think about this, right?
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I know, Danielle, you
said you were recently
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reading through Job.
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That's right.
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And it's really
something I recommend that
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if you want to know about
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somebody who
went through something
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and wasn't okay, look at Job.
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I mean, he is your man,
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but the interesting
thing about Job is that,
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you know, Job,
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he lost a lot of
his family, right?
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He got very sick.
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He went through a lot of things,
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stressful things, lost
a lot of his livestock.
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There was just a lot of things
00:17:06.82\00:17:08.52
and there was
this battle, right?
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That great controversy
that we talk about, right?
00:17:10.53\00:17:12.76
Between good and evil, you know.
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And yet Job doesn't see that,
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he doesn't see
the behind the scenes.
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He only sees what he's
facing. And so, I think...
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Which is how a lot of us
deal with like our life issues.
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We only see like
what's in front of us
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and what we're going through.
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And we don't like, see,
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God's bigger
picture up a lot of times.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Sometimes we
can get so entrapped
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in our own perspective
that we don't realize that
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whatever we're
going through at the time,
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God may be using
that to help us grow
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or to help us mold or to help us
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shift to a different direction
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that He wants
us to go, you know.
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And so, I think Job,
00:17:47.50\00:17:48.96
one example of kind
of something that Job
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went through was not only
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did he lose a lot of his family,
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but also his wife, his friends,
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they were very
kind of nasty to Job.
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Kind of unsupportive.
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Yeah. Kind of
like, come on, man.
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You know, it's, you're
done, like you should just die.
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Pretty much is what
they were saying to him.
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Like literally
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that's pretty much what it says.
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Like one example is in Job 2:9.
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Farrah, do you have a Bible?
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You can look up Job 2:9.
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And basically what we see
in this scripture is someone,
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obviously you
would take a lot of you,
00:18:30.84\00:18:35.78
you would pour
yourself into, you know,
00:18:35.81\00:18:38.65
when you have a spouse,
00:18:38.68\00:18:40.82
a lot of times they
become your confident, right?
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Like you work
together, you're a team together
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and it's
something that's, you know,
00:18:45.65\00:18:47.19
a kind of a teamwork that
00:18:47.22\00:18:48.56
you've got to
encourage one another
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and try to be on the
same page and all that.
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But we see in this example that
Job's wife, as Daria just said,
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wasn't very supportive.
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And so, let's look at that.
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Oh, actually, Farrah,
00:19:02.90\00:19:04.34
if you want to go to
Job 8, I'll get Job 2:9.
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So here's what Job 2:9 says.
00:19:07.71\00:19:09.64
It says, "Then
said his wife unto him,
00:19:09.68\00:19:11.78
him being Job,
00:19:11.81\00:19:13.15
'Does thou still
retain thy integrity.
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Curse God and die!'"
00:19:16.28\00:19:19.49
Oh, curse God and die.
00:19:19.52\00:19:21.52
Like thank you for
the vote of confidence,
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I don't know like.
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I would have been
like stressed out,
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like, because,
you know, as we said,
00:19:29.03\00:19:31.07
Job was going through so much.
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The last thing, if
I was going through
00:19:32.57\00:19:34.07
what Job went through, right?
00:19:34.10\00:19:35.77
If I was experiencing
the amount of stress
00:19:35.80\00:19:38.17
that Job was dealing with,
00:19:38.21\00:19:39.64
the last thing I
would want to hear
00:19:39.67\00:19:41.34
from my spouse is
curse God and die.
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Yeah. Like that
is the last person.
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Like, He's like the main
person that has your back, so.
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Yeah. It'd be like...
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What are you
gonna do after that?
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What? And look at verse 11 here.
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Is this Chapter
9? This is Chapter 2.
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We're in Job Chapter 2 still.
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I just want to highlight
this in Chapter 2 in verse 11,
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it says, "Now when
Job's three friends
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heard of all this evil
00:20:04.90\00:20:06.27
that was come upon
him, they came everyone
00:20:06.30\00:20:08.70
from his own place.
00:20:08.74\00:20:10.71
Eliphaz the Temanite,
00:20:10.74\00:20:12.84
and Bildad the Shuhite
and Zophar the Naamathite.
00:20:12.87\00:20:16.18
Man, those
Bible names are crazy,
00:20:16.21\00:20:19.15
but they had made
an appointment together
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.45
to come to mourn with
him and to comfort him.
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So here it says they
had come to comfort him.
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Okay. But notice,
Bildad here, right?
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Now go to Chapter 8.
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Notice what
happens here in Chapter 8.
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And, Farrah, why don't you
00:20:34.70\00:20:36.03
just read the
first three verses?
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Okay.
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"Then answered to
Bildad, the Shuhite and said,
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'How long wilt
thou speak these things?
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And how long shall the words
00:20:47.21\00:20:48.54
of thy mouth be
like a strong wind?
00:20:48.58\00:20:51.35
Does God pervert judgment
00:20:51.38\00:20:52.71
or does the
almighty pervert justice?'"
00:20:52.75\00:20:56.08
So, and then it
continues in verse 4.
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It says, if thy
children have sinned against him
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and he have cast them
away for their transgression,
00:21:00.92\00:21:03.26
if that would have
seek onto God betimes
00:21:03.29\00:21:05.79
and make this
application to the Almighty,
00:21:05.83\00:21:08.36
if that work pure and upright,
00:21:08.40\00:21:10.20
surely now He
would awake for thee,
00:21:10.23\00:21:12.50
and make the habitation
00:21:12.53\00:21:13.87
of thy
righteousness prosperous."
00:21:13.90\00:21:16.81
So, notice that Bildad.
00:21:16.84\00:21:18.57
As we see blaming him. Yeah.
00:21:18.61\00:21:20.74
So, notice in Chapter 2,
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.18
it said that they had
come to encourage Job, right?
00:21:22.21\00:21:24.68
To comfort Job, right?
00:21:24.71\00:21:26.58
But here Bildad,
his tune changes.
00:21:26.61\00:21:28.85
And he goes, hey man,
he's like, you probably sinned
00:21:28.88\00:21:31.75
against God, like
this is your fault.
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.39
You know, your kids
died because of you.
00:21:33.42\00:21:36.02
You lost your
livestock, you got sick.
00:21:36.06\00:21:37.93
It's all because of your sins.
00:21:37.96\00:21:39.36
Now, if you would just
make it right with God,
00:21:39.39\00:21:41.00
everything
would be totally fine.
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That's, I mean, that's
blunt to put it simply.
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Is that really as
Christians who have friends
00:21:50.87\00:21:55.54
or maybe
ourselves that are dealing
00:21:55.58\00:21:57.05
with those situations in life,
00:21:57.08\00:21:58.75
the stressful,
mentally distressing situation,
00:21:58.78\00:22:01.72
is that really how we
should address our friends?
00:22:01.75\00:22:05.49
Absolutely not.
00:22:05.52\00:22:07.02
I think it's important
to be, you know, I think,
00:22:07.06\00:22:11.09
I don't remember in which verse,
00:22:11.13\00:22:12.46
but it says like, you know,
00:22:12.49\00:22:13.83
you carry the
burdens of your friends,
00:22:13.86\00:22:15.40
you carry the
burdens of the people
00:22:15.43\00:22:16.87
who are close to you.
00:22:16.90\00:22:18.23
So, it's important to be that
00:22:18.27\00:22:20.17
like backbone
sometimes when they like,
00:22:20.20\00:22:22.54
don't have the
strength to stand.
00:22:22.57\00:22:24.21
So, it's just crazy
'cause I'm like, man,
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.07
this guy is
like, basically like,
00:22:26.11\00:22:27.58
oh, it's your fault.
00:22:27.61\00:22:28.94
You're not, you know,
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.31
you got to get right with
God and then He'll fix it.
00:22:30.35\00:22:32.41
But God doesn't work
like that, you know, so Yeah.
00:22:32.45\00:22:35.72
He was like, hey man,
I'm here to encourage you,
00:22:35.75\00:22:37.69
but by the way,
this is all your fault.
00:22:37.72\00:22:39.62
I was like, wait,
what? So, go ahead.
00:22:39.65\00:22:42.59
Actually, something that
I as reading through here,
00:22:42.62\00:22:47.16
I've kind of
come to see is like,
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.06
in some ways it was
the other way around,
00:22:49.10\00:22:51.73
like Job threw
all of his distresses
00:22:51.77\00:22:55.80
and the things that he
faced, he was praising God.
00:22:55.84\00:22:59.61
He was exalting
God, praise after praise.
00:22:59.64\00:23:03.14
He always gave God the glory.
00:23:03.18\00:23:05.95
And like, even
though his friends
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.55
were like putting him down
and saying, it's your fault.
00:23:08.58\00:23:13.25
But Job was the
encourager in here.
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.39
Yeah.
00:23:15.42\00:23:16.76
There was that
prayerful attitude
00:23:16.79\00:23:19.23
that Job got, right?
00:23:19.26\00:23:20.60
He held onto that hope,
you know, unfortunately,
00:23:20.63\00:23:23.26
a lot of people don't
have hope in this world
00:23:23.30\00:23:26.03
because of all of it, you
know, all that's going on,
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.80
whether it's mental illness,
mental health, whatever,
00:23:28.84\00:23:30.94
there's that hope like
I'm never gonna overcome this,
00:23:30.97\00:23:33.44
or I'm never gonna
get done with this.
00:23:33.48\00:23:35.34
And though, even
though there are situations
00:23:35.38\00:23:37.31
where it may be
harder than others,
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.21
like we said, we
can look at examples
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.88
like Job, examples like David,
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.55
that despite all the
trials they went through,
00:23:43.59\00:23:46.96
at the end of the
day they did their best
00:23:46.99\00:23:49.09
to still worship the
Lord in that, you know.
00:23:49.12\00:23:51.19
And actually, Danielle,
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.56
if you want to go
to Chapter 42, Job 42.
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It's the last
chapter of the book.
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We see a good example of this.
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And we'll read
the first six verses,
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Job Chapter 42.
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Do you wanna go
ahead and read that?
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Okay.
00:24:09.54\00:24:10.88
"Then Job
answered the Lord and said,
00:24:10.91\00:24:12.91
'I know that You
can do everything,
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.08
and that no purpose of
Yours can be withheld from You.
00:24:15.12\00:24:18.39
You asked, 'Who is
this who hides counsel
00:24:18.42\00:24:21.62
without knowledge?'
00:24:21.66\00:24:23.06
Therefore I have uttered
that I did not understand,
00:24:23.09\00:24:25.86
things too wonderful for
me, which I did not know.
00:24:25.89\00:24:30.10
Listen, please,
and let me speak,
00:24:30.13\00:24:32.73
You said, 'I will question
you and you shall answer Me.'"
00:24:32.77\00:24:37.81
So, we look at that, right?
00:24:37.84\00:24:40.08
So, Job's pleading
00:24:40.11\00:24:41.44
to the Lord in
that moment, right?
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.48
And notice the response
00:24:43.51\00:24:46.25
of God in Chapter
or verse 10 rather.
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I mean, it says, "And the
Lord turned the captivity of Job
00:24:50.62\00:24:52.89
when he prayed for his friends.
00:24:52.92\00:24:54.26
Also, the Lord gave Job
twice as much as he had before.
00:24:54.29\00:24:58.36
Then came there unto him
00:24:58.39\00:24:59.73
all his brother
and all the sisters
00:24:59.76\00:25:01.36
and all they had been
of his acquaintance before
00:25:01.40\00:25:04.20
and did eat bread
with him in his house.
00:25:04.23\00:25:06.63
And they be moaned him
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.00
and comforted
him over all the evil
00:25:08.04\00:25:09.37
that the Lord had
brought upon them.
00:25:09.40\00:25:10.81
Every man also gave
him a piece of money
00:25:10.84\00:25:13.44
in every one in earring of gold.
00:25:13.48\00:25:15.91
So, the Lord blessed
the latter end of Job
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.91
more than his beginning,
00:25:17.95\00:25:19.45
for he had 14,000
sheep and 6,000 camels
00:25:19.48\00:25:22.38
and a thousand yoke of
oxen and thousands of she asses.
00:25:22.42\00:25:26.65
He had also seven
sons and three daughters.
00:25:26.69\00:25:30.43
And he called the
name of his first Jemimah
00:25:30.46\00:25:33.40
and the name of
the second Keziah
00:25:33.43\00:25:37.10
and the name of the
third Keren-Happuch."
00:25:37.13\00:25:41.74
Whatever that even says.
00:25:41.77\00:25:43.94
So, as we can see that
00:25:43.97\00:25:47.08
despite Job's sufferings, right?
00:25:47.11\00:25:50.21
There was this reconciliation
with the Lord, right?
00:25:50.25\00:25:53.92
Job was honest with God.
00:25:53.95\00:25:56.25
And he said, look, God,
00:25:56.28\00:25:57.65
I can't deal
with this on my own.
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.69
And what we see is that
00:26:00.72\00:26:02.62
when Job came to
the Lord in that moment,
00:26:02.66\00:26:05.89
we see that God
blessed him for doing that.
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.43
Now we're not
saying that, you know,
00:26:09.46\00:26:12.07
it's gonna be
rainbows and sunshine.
00:26:12.10\00:26:15.50
You know, if you just pray
and everything's gonna be fine,
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.51
because sometimes, like we said,
00:26:18.54\00:26:19.91
we only see it
from our perspective.
00:26:19.94\00:26:22.31
We see what's in
front of us at the time,
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.58
and we don't always
see the full picture,
00:26:24.61\00:26:27.32
but what we can know
is that God is our refuge
00:26:27.35\00:26:30.05
if we trust in Him
and allow Him to do
00:26:30.09\00:26:32.35
whatever is within His will.
00:26:32.39\00:26:34.02
And we pray that our
hearts align with His will
00:26:34.06\00:26:36.73
that truly something amazing
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.06
could happen and
God could deliver us
00:26:39.09\00:26:41.66
from whatever
that may be through.
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.77
I know a lot of
people deal with,
00:26:43.80\00:26:45.43
for instance even myself,
I've dealt with situations
00:26:45.47\00:26:49.40
in my life that
were obviously stressful.
00:26:49.44\00:26:51.14
I've dealt with
maybe what I'll describe
00:26:51.17\00:26:53.27
as intermittent
depression, you know,
00:26:53.31\00:26:56.18
there was something that
was pressing on my heart.
00:26:56.21\00:26:58.51
And especially as
young people today,
00:26:58.55\00:27:00.48
you know, we have a lot
of stresses in our lives,
00:27:00.52\00:27:02.48
whether it's school,
whether it's friends and peers,
00:27:02.52\00:27:06.65
whether it's responsibility,
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.42
dealing with the
things of life that,
00:27:08.46\00:27:09.92
you know, get us down.
00:27:09.96\00:27:11.33
And I know for me that
as I worked through that,
00:27:11.36\00:27:15.63
one thing that
was so important to me
00:27:15.66\00:27:17.40
was being able to, you know,
00:27:17.43\00:27:21.17
trust in God in
that moment and just say,
00:27:21.20\00:27:24.41
Lord, I know that I'm
seeing it from my perspective,
00:27:24.44\00:27:28.81
but I'm weak.
00:27:28.84\00:27:30.35
And I don't really, I
can't do it on my own,
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.15
so I need You to help me.
00:27:33.18\00:27:34.72
And when I prayed that prayer,
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.18
at least for me
that helped me a lot.
00:27:36.22\00:27:38.89
I don't know, is
there something that,
00:27:38.92\00:27:40.26
was there a
situation in you guys' life
00:27:40.29\00:27:41.62
that maybe you went through
00:27:41.66\00:27:42.99
something with
your mental health?
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.36
Well, I was just
going to say that
00:27:44.39\00:27:45.73
oftentimes it's not even as easy
00:27:45.76\00:27:47.30
to just like, trust God.
00:27:47.33\00:27:49.26
I have to ask God to
help me trust Him sometimes.
00:27:49.30\00:27:53.30
You know what I mean?
00:27:53.34\00:27:55.10
Like it's a constant,
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.54
it's a daily thing
waking up in the morning.
00:27:56.57\00:27:58.47
I'm like, okay,
God, I don't know
00:27:58.51\00:27:59.87
what You have me
in this situation for,
00:27:59.91\00:28:02.58
or why You have
me in this situation,
00:28:02.61\00:28:04.38
but I'm going
to trust You today.
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.88
And that's like about like,
00:28:06.92\00:28:08.25
give me the
strength to trust You today.
00:28:08.28\00:28:09.72
And tomorrow I'll ask You again,
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.35
kind of thing, you know,
like consistently doing that
00:28:11.39\00:28:14.06
and like pleading
with God until He shows you
00:28:14.09\00:28:16.89
and reveals it to you, so.
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.26
Yeah.
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.63
And claiming promises like
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.00
God has given us
countless amount of promises.
00:28:21.03\00:28:25.93
For example, in
Psalm 62:8, it says,
00:28:25.97\00:28:30.47
"Trust in Him at
all times you people,
00:28:30.51\00:28:33.78
pour out your heart before Him,
00:28:33.81\00:28:35.44
God is a refuge for us."
00:28:35.48\00:28:38.11
He's that constant refuge.
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.02
And I think too,
and we're going to get
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.38
to this a little
later, but you know,
00:28:42.42\00:28:43.75
God has given us the
element of community, right?
00:28:43.79\00:28:47.79
Because we have the
spiritual refuge in God, right?
00:28:47.82\00:28:50.66
But God knows that as
humans, we are social creatures
00:28:50.69\00:28:53.76
and we need
that level of support
00:28:53.80\00:28:55.90
from friends, from family,
00:28:55.93\00:28:57.27
not like Job's
friends and family.
00:28:57.30\00:28:58.63
Like they were just
like, it's all your fault.
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.14
You did this
wrong. You did that wrong.
00:29:00.17\00:29:01.77
This is your fault.
00:29:01.80\00:29:03.14
But in the end, they did
come and they did comfort him.
00:29:03.17\00:29:04.91
They came around.
00:29:04.94\00:29:06.27
You know, God gave him that
community that he needed when,
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.24
you know, he was
going through, so.
00:29:09.28\00:29:11.05
And, you know,
something interesting is that,
00:29:11.08\00:29:13.25
it's said, Job
prayed for his friends.
00:29:13.28\00:29:15.28
Yeah.
00:29:15.32\00:29:16.65
So, imagine going
through something,
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.75
depression or anxiety
or something going on,
00:29:18.79\00:29:21.32
and you have
people surrounding you
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.29
that are kind of just like,
00:29:23.32\00:29:24.66
well, if you
would just, you know,
00:29:24.69\00:29:26.76
change your mind to
think on positive things,
00:29:26.80\00:29:28.73
you would just not have
any problems in the world,
00:29:28.76\00:29:31.10
you know, imagine, you
know, having, seriously,
00:29:31.13\00:29:33.60
I mean, that's something that
00:29:33.64\00:29:34.97
I've been told
personally before.
00:29:35.00\00:29:37.81
And so, you know,
what's interesting is that
00:29:37.84\00:29:41.18
even in that moment,
00:29:41.21\00:29:42.64
when Job's friends
were so hard on him,
00:29:42.68\00:29:46.18
he was still praying for them.
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.78
Wow! Talk about a level. Yeah.
00:29:47.82\00:29:50.75
Talk about a true friend, right?
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.75
Like this guy, like
he was going through like
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.12
every problem you
could think of in his life.
00:29:55.16\00:29:57.59
And he was still
praying for the people
00:29:57.63\00:29:58.96
that were
basically insulting him.
00:29:58.99\00:30:00.33
Yeah.
00:30:00.36\00:30:01.70
Like, Lord, show them
what You have showed me.
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.30
Wow! Yeah.
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.63
And, you know, I'm
sure Job felt, you know,
00:30:06.67\00:30:08.77
even though he was
praying for his friends
00:30:08.80\00:30:10.31
and even though
he was surrounded
00:30:10.34\00:30:11.77
by his friends,
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.14
I'm sure Job
felt lonely at times.
00:30:13.17\00:30:15.61
Oh, absolutely.
00:30:15.64\00:30:16.98
Like even, even in
the silence, right?
00:30:17.01\00:30:19.05
Sometimes God gives
us silence, you know?
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.42
Not because He's not there,
00:30:22.45\00:30:25.65
but just because
sometimes we need that silence
00:30:25.69\00:30:29.42
to kind of think
through what's going on.
00:30:29.46\00:30:31.49
And I know, you know,
00:30:31.53\00:30:32.86
as young people
in this world today,
00:30:32.89\00:30:34.23
you know, social
media, everything.
00:30:34.26\00:30:36.23
What's interesting about
00:30:36.26\00:30:37.97
our generation
especially is that
00:30:38.00\00:30:41.20
we are such a socially
connected generation digitally
00:30:41.24\00:30:44.57
when you're speaking of,
00:30:44.61\00:30:46.37
but I have never
seen in my opinion,
00:30:46.41\00:30:50.21
people who are so
socially connected online,
00:30:50.25\00:30:53.28
but they're so
lonely on the inside.
00:30:53.31\00:30:56.75
So disconnected with themselves.
00:30:56.79\00:30:58.29
Disconnected, yeah.
00:30:58.32\00:30:59.75
From their emotions,
from, you know, from their,
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.99
from the reality
of life, you know,
00:31:02.02\00:31:03.83
and I know for you were
sharing with us like before,
00:31:03.86\00:31:06.39
like there's been
situations in your life
00:31:06.43\00:31:08.46
where you felt lonely
and just kind of felt like
00:31:08.50\00:31:11.57
you were the
only person on earth
00:31:11.60\00:31:13.07
and no one was there for you.
00:31:13.10\00:31:14.97
You want to kind
of share through that
00:31:15.00\00:31:17.17
and we can work through that?
00:31:17.21\00:31:18.54
That specific story? Yeah.
00:31:18.57\00:31:23.38
So, I go
through times of my life
00:31:23.41\00:31:25.25
where just ups and
downs and it's unpredictable,
00:31:25.28\00:31:29.75
but there was one specific time,
00:31:29.78\00:31:34.52
I guess I felt
especially attached.
00:31:34.56\00:31:39.56
I'll just say it to my mom.
00:31:39.59\00:31:40.96
Like it was a specific,
I guess there was a time
00:31:41.00\00:31:45.83
that we weren't getting along
00:31:45.87\00:31:48.94
and usually it
doesn't bother me,
00:31:48.97\00:31:52.77
but this specific time it did.
00:31:52.81\00:31:55.71
There was really
nothing that was different,
00:31:55.74\00:31:57.08
but when it, when I
felt it really hit me.
00:31:57.11\00:32:01.68
I felt like the whole world
00:32:01.72\00:32:04.65
was like crumbling or something.
00:32:04.69\00:32:06.22
And because this
happened at nighttime,
00:32:06.25\00:32:09.62
I started feeling this way
00:32:09.66\00:32:10.99
and I was in my room on the dark
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.36
and I just
remember being in my bed.
00:32:12.39\00:32:13.73
And I just
remember just sobbing,
00:32:13.76\00:32:16.06
feeling like I was
the only person on earth,
00:32:16.10\00:32:19.67
like I was all alone.
00:32:19.70\00:32:21.57
And it was just,
I don't even know
00:32:21.60\00:32:24.31
how to explain it.
00:32:24.34\00:32:25.67
Yeah. No, it's a scary feeling.
00:32:25.71\00:32:27.88
And I know I have many friends
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.51
who, you know,
who needless to say,
00:32:29.54\00:32:33.62
aren't in church
or aren't Christians
00:32:33.65\00:32:34.98
or whatever.
00:32:35.02\00:32:36.35
And so, when they get lonely
and sad, it's really, for me,
00:32:36.38\00:32:40.82
it's hard to see
it because, for me,
00:32:40.86\00:32:43.89
I want them to have what I have.
00:32:43.93\00:32:45.69
Now, just
because I'm a Christian
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.00
doesn't mean I'm perfect.
00:32:48.03\00:32:49.36
Doesn't mean I got
my life figured out.
00:32:49.40\00:32:50.97
It doesn't mean that
nothing wrong happens ever,
00:32:51.00\00:32:53.77
but at least for me,
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.14
I have this level
of understanding that
00:32:55.17\00:32:58.07
this may be a time in my
life that God is dealing with me
00:32:58.11\00:33:01.98
as I like to put it.
00:33:02.01\00:33:03.45
And, you know, I think someone
who is also lonely and I,
00:33:03.48\00:33:07.55
you know, and I
don't think as Christians,
00:33:07.58\00:33:09.55
we highlight this
that much, but Jesus.
00:33:09.58\00:33:12.62
Oh, absolutely. Yeah.
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.92
If you look at Jesus
in His life on earth,
00:33:14.96\00:33:18.69
there is a level of...
00:33:18.73\00:33:21.26
Obviously He was
with His disciples.
00:33:21.30\00:33:24.07
He had developed a
level of community there
00:33:24.10\00:33:25.90
because He had people
00:33:25.93\00:33:27.27
who were kind of
his support group.
00:33:27.30\00:33:28.67
They followed Him
around, they helped Him do His,
00:33:28.70\00:33:32.01
do the things He wanted to do
00:33:32.04\00:33:33.38
and help
fulfill the mission that
00:33:33.41\00:33:34.74
He set out to fulfill.
00:33:34.78\00:33:36.71
But there were
many times in Scripture
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.48
where I think Christ
could have felt lonely.
00:33:38.51\00:33:41.02
You know, there were
many times in Scripture
00:33:41.05\00:33:42.38
where Christ was under
00:33:42.42\00:33:43.75
great stress and
distress, you know.
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.69
And so, one of the
examples that I think
00:33:45.72\00:33:47.76
we look at the loneliness
of Christ starts in Gethsemane
00:33:47.79\00:33:53.66
when Jesus was
praying in Gethsemane.
00:33:53.70\00:33:56.16
Remember He wanted
His friends there, right?
00:33:56.20\00:33:58.33
They just finished
dinner and He's like, guys,
00:33:58.37\00:34:00.57
you know, can you be with
Me? Can you come and be with Me?
00:34:00.60\00:34:02.27
Community. That community.
00:34:02.30\00:34:03.64
Yeah. That level of community.
00:34:03.67\00:34:05.44
And so, we find
that in Matthew 26:36-42.
00:34:05.47\00:34:10.85
Daria, do you
want to get Matthew 26?
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.62
And you can start
on verse 36. Sure.
00:34:13.65\00:34:16.25
So, it says, "Then Jesus came
00:34:16.28\00:34:18.19
with them to a
place called Gethsemane,
00:34:18.22\00:34:20.66
and said to the disciples,
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.29
'Sit here while I go
and pray over there.'
00:34:22.32\00:34:24.93
And He took with Him Peter
00:34:24.96\00:34:26.33
and the two sons of Zebedee,
00:34:26.36\00:34:28.06
and He began to be
sorrowful and deeply distressed.
00:34:28.10\00:34:32.10
Then He said to them,
00:34:32.13\00:34:33.47
'My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful,
00:34:33.50\00:34:36.17
even to death.
00:34:36.20\00:34:37.87
Stay here and watch with Me.'
00:34:37.91\00:34:40.11
He went a little
farther and fell on His face,
00:34:40.14\00:34:43.45
and prayed, saying,
00:34:43.48\00:34:44.81
'O My Father, if it is possible,
00:34:44.85\00:34:46.92
let this cup pass
from Me, nevertheless,
00:34:46.95\00:34:50.59
not as I will, but as You will.'
00:34:50.62\00:34:53.39
Then He came to the disciples
and found them sleeping,
00:34:53.42\00:34:57.86
and said to Peter, 'What!
00:34:57.89\00:34:59.59
Could you not
watch with Me one hour?
00:34:59.63\00:35:01.86
Watch and pray, lest
you enter into temptation.
00:35:01.90\00:35:04.80
The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.'
00:35:04.83\00:35:08.47
And again, a second time,
00:35:08.50\00:35:09.97
He went away and prayed, saying,
00:35:10.01\00:35:11.47
'O My Father, if
this cup cannot pass away
00:35:11.51\00:35:14.21
from Me unless I drink
it, Your will be done.'"
00:35:14.24\00:35:17.98
Wow.
00:35:18.01\00:35:19.35
So, we can see there, man,
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.72
if you look at
that, look, I mean,
00:35:21.75\00:35:23.59
you look at the verse
00:35:23.62\00:35:24.95
where it says where
He comes unto Peter,
00:35:24.99\00:35:26.82
and He goes, you can't
watch with Me for one hour?
00:35:26.86\00:35:30.33
It's like, you know
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.13
what I'm getting
ready to go through.
00:35:33.16\00:35:34.63
You know, I've
shared this with you,
00:35:34.66\00:35:36.26
you know, how
stressed out I am about this.
00:35:36.30\00:35:39.93
And in that moment, you know,
He probably felt really alone.
00:35:39.97\00:35:45.77
You know, all His
friends were sleeping
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.31
and His sorrow and his distress,
00:35:47.34\00:35:48.68
your version said distress,
and His sorrow and distress,
00:35:48.71\00:35:52.11
there was that
level of loneliness.
00:35:52.15\00:35:55.48
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
00:35:55.52\00:35:56.85
And it goes even on to say,
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.52
He went again to pray
and He comes back again.
00:35:58.55\00:36:01.92
They were still asleep.
00:36:01.96\00:36:04.76
Sometimes I think, you know,
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.53
when we're going
through something in our life,
00:36:06.56\00:36:08.56
whatever it may be like we said,
00:36:08.60\00:36:10.00
whether it's, you know,
00:36:10.03\00:36:11.90
a disorder like
depression or anxiety,
00:36:11.93\00:36:14.20
or we're just going through
00:36:14.24\00:36:15.57
an intermittent
version of those things.
00:36:15.60\00:36:18.57
Sometimes we can feel like
people around us are asleep.
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.91
Right?
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.28
We're sharing our thoughts,
00:36:23.31\00:36:24.65
we're sharing our heart to them.
00:36:24.68\00:36:26.01
But sometimes it feels like
sometimes they don't get it,
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.75
you know?
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.12
And some of that may just be
00:36:30.15\00:36:31.49
because they're not
going through it themselves
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.39
and they just don't
know how to comprehend
00:36:33.42\00:36:35.22
what you're going
through or to them
00:36:35.26\00:36:36.93
it just may sound like
once again, well, you know,
00:36:36.96\00:36:40.10
maybe you should
00:36:40.13\00:36:41.46
just change your
thoughts, you know.
00:36:41.50\00:36:43.33
But what we got to realize
00:36:43.37\00:36:45.13
is that even Jesus,
00:36:45.17\00:36:49.50
He wanted that level
and that network around Him
00:36:49.54\00:36:54.38
because He knew
that in His moment
00:36:54.41\00:36:57.55
He would need
that emotional support,
00:36:57.58\00:37:01.08
social support
even from His friends.
00:37:01.12\00:37:04.52
And I think that's something
that's really important.
00:37:04.55\00:37:07.02
And another example of this
00:37:07.06\00:37:09.59
we see is when
Jesus was on the cross
00:37:09.62\00:37:13.43
and He was dying on the cross
and Christ cries out to God
00:37:13.46\00:37:18.93
and He says, "God,
why have You forsaken Me?"
00:37:18.97\00:37:23.51
So even not only from
His humanly perspective,
00:37:23.54\00:37:27.58
His horizontal
perspective, as we would say,
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.05
but even from a
vertical perspective,
00:37:30.08\00:37:31.71
Christ had thought
God had forsaken Him.
00:37:31.75\00:37:35.15
And so, even
though Christ was perfect,
00:37:35.18\00:37:37.82
He didn't sin, right?
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.72
He still went through
00:37:40.76\00:37:42.09
the emotions of that loneliness.
00:37:42.12\00:37:45.06
He's been through
what we've been through.
00:37:45.09\00:37:46.76
He's been through
what we've been through.
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.26
He's been through heartache.
00:37:48.30\00:37:50.53
He's been through anger.
He's been through stress.
00:37:50.57\00:37:53.84
He's been
through that loneliness.
00:37:53.87\00:37:55.64
So that's what's so beautiful
00:37:55.67\00:37:57.41
I think about Christ
as our greatest example
00:37:57.44\00:38:00.38
is that even
though we're going through
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.74
a lot of things in our life,
what we can remember is that
00:38:01.78\00:38:04.25
Christ went through
those things as well,
00:38:04.28\00:38:07.65
and that we can take
hope from His example.
00:38:07.68\00:38:11.49
So, I think that's something
that's really important.
00:38:11.52\00:38:14.19
And, so, now that
we've kind of discussed
00:38:14.22\00:38:17.56
a little bit about
people in Scripture
00:38:17.59\00:38:20.23
who may have went
through some form of,
00:38:20.26\00:38:22.70
you know, the mental health
00:38:22.73\00:38:24.73
and all of those things
that get us down in life.
00:38:24.77\00:38:27.64
Let's talk about some
good biblical principles,
00:38:27.67\00:38:30.67
and we've already
mentioned some of them.
00:38:30.71\00:38:32.04
Let's get a
little bit more in depth.
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.28
Let's talk about some
good biblical principles
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.51
that we can apply to our lives,
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.65
whether we actually go through
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.08
some form of mental health
or mental illness or maybe,
00:38:40.12\00:38:43.79
you know, we're
trying to help someone
00:38:43.82\00:38:45.89
who's going through
one of those situations.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.86
So, one of the biggest things,
00:38:47.89\00:38:49.42
and I've
mentioned it a few times,
00:38:49.46\00:38:50.79
we've mentioned it is community.
00:38:50.83\00:38:54.00
Some people may
call it fellowship.
00:38:54.03\00:38:56.50
Some people may call
00:38:56.53\00:38:57.87
it a network of
friends or family.
00:38:57.90\00:39:00.90
I like the term community.
00:39:00.94\00:39:02.27
I think it's
kind of a modern term.
00:39:02.30\00:39:03.64
You know, I kind of like that.
00:39:03.67\00:39:05.01
Yeah, kind of like
relevant, you know,
00:39:05.04\00:39:06.74
but I know when
I was at academy,
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.81
I'll share this story briefly.
00:39:08.84\00:39:11.05
There was a time
when many of my friends,
00:39:11.08\00:39:13.78
of course, this isn't about me.
00:39:13.82\00:39:15.15
This is all to the glory of God,
00:39:15.18\00:39:16.52
but there was time
when many of my friends
00:39:16.55\00:39:17.89
were going through something.
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.42
And, you know, of
course, academy and college,
00:39:19.45\00:39:23.46
for that matter,
if you stay on campus
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.06
is a totally
different shift, right?
00:39:25.09\00:39:26.93
You may have lived
00:39:26.96\00:39:28.30
with your parents all your life,
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.66
and now you're here
00:39:29.70\00:39:31.03
and you feel all
alone because mom and dad
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.40
aren't here to, you know,
cook food for you or, you know,
00:39:32.43\00:39:34.87
whatever it may
be washer, laundry
00:39:34.90\00:39:36.54
or something along those lines,
00:39:36.57\00:39:37.94
or you're dealing
with people your age
00:39:37.97\00:39:40.48
and maybe you were
homeschooled and you're not sure
00:39:40.51\00:39:43.11
how to socialize
with people or whatever.
00:39:43.14\00:39:45.58
And I remember there
were various examples
00:39:45.61\00:39:49.75
in my academy experience
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.59
where someone would be
going through something.
00:39:51.62\00:39:54.09
And the first thing that
00:39:54.12\00:39:55.46
I would do is I would
try to be there for them.
00:39:55.49\00:39:57.96
And I would say,
"Come to my room,
00:39:57.99\00:39:59.33
we'll talk about it."
00:39:59.36\00:40:00.70
You know, and I would sit
down and they would sit down
00:40:00.73\00:40:02.23
and they would share kind
of what they're going through.
00:40:02.26\00:40:04.20
And I would listen,
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.57
I would just be
silent and listen.
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.97
And at the end of, you know,
00:40:08.00\00:40:09.60
when they were done and
they kind of worked through
00:40:09.64\00:40:11.57
and share what
was on their heart,
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.28
I remember
getting around to them
00:40:14.31\00:40:16.41
and I said, let's have a prayer.
00:40:16.44\00:40:17.78
And we'd all get in the circle,
00:40:17.81\00:40:19.15
put our arms around each
other and we'd have a prayer.
00:40:19.18\00:40:20.98
And, you know, for me,
00:40:21.02\00:40:22.35
that was not only good for them,
00:40:22.38\00:40:25.12
as far as having someone
there a network of people
00:40:25.15\00:40:27.89
to listen to them.
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.26
But there was also
really good for me.
00:40:29.29\00:40:31.09
I really felt
like God was giving me
00:40:31.13\00:40:32.93
the opportunity to work
00:40:32.96\00:40:34.30
in a purpose of
sharing with people
00:40:34.33\00:40:37.00
and helping with people
and just showing His love.
00:40:37.03\00:40:39.90
Now, as I said, community,
00:40:39.93\00:40:43.77
it started
straight from the beginning.
00:40:43.81\00:40:45.97
We can find where it started.
00:40:46.01\00:40:47.74
Let's go to Genesis Chapter 2.
00:40:47.78\00:40:51.41
And you want to go to, Farrah,
00:40:51.45\00:40:54.58
you want to go
to Genesis Chapter
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.08
2:15-18.
00:40:56.12\00:41:01.56
Sure.
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.12
All right.
00:41:03.16\00:41:04.89
"And the Lord God took the man
00:41:04.93\00:41:06.39
and put him in
the Garden of Eden
00:41:06.43\00:41:07.76
to dress it and to keep it.
00:41:07.80\00:41:09.16
And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying,
00:41:09.20\00:41:10.77
'Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat,
00:41:10.80\00:41:13.37
but of the tree of the knowledge
00:41:13.40\00:41:14.74
of good and evil
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.10
thou shall not eat
of it from the day that
00:41:16.14\00:41:17.67
thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die.'
00:41:17.71\00:41:22.21
And the Lord God said,
00:41:22.24\00:41:23.58
'It is not good that
the man should be alone.
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.88
I'll make him an
helpmeet for him.'"
00:41:25.91\00:41:30.09
Mm-hmm.
00:41:30.12\00:41:31.59
So, right there,
00:41:31.62\00:41:33.36
we see that God said
00:41:33.39\00:41:35.86
it's not good
for man to be alone.
00:41:35.89\00:41:37.53
So, from the very beginning.
00:41:37.56\00:41:39.29
Very beginning.
00:41:39.33\00:41:40.66
He sets up a community.
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.03
He sets up a community.
00:41:42.06\00:41:43.53
Not only, and not only
00:41:43.57\00:41:45.83
'cause we already
know that, you know,
00:41:45.87\00:41:47.80
God, the Godhead
was there for Adam,
00:41:47.84\00:41:50.94
but He gave him another.
00:41:50.97\00:41:54.28
Once again, God knew that
00:41:54.31\00:41:55.74
there not only was that
spiritual connection, right?
00:41:55.78\00:42:00.08
The spiritual community,
00:42:00.12\00:42:01.45
when we're talking about Jesus
and God and the Holy Spirit,
00:42:01.48\00:42:04.02
but God knew
there would be a need
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.42
for human connection, right?
00:42:05.45\00:42:08.66
God, and look at
this, look at this, right?
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.66
God had created the earth
00:42:10.69\00:42:13.13
and there were all
these beautiful animals,
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.86
these beautiful plants,
food, everything, right?
00:42:15.90\00:42:19.93
And even after
all that God said,
00:42:19.97\00:42:22.77
"It's not good
for man to be alone."
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.51
So, God knew there had to be
00:42:25.54\00:42:27.11
a level of community
and connection there.
00:42:27.14\00:42:29.61
Right? I think
that's really awesome.
00:42:29.64\00:42:31.68
And I think it's
super cool sometimes too
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.52
'cause I know sometimes
00:42:33.55\00:42:34.88
when I'm having
like a really bad day,
00:42:34.92\00:42:36.42
God will put people in my life.
00:42:36.45\00:42:38.55
Like He will speak to
me through other people
00:42:38.59\00:42:40.96
and it happens all the time.
00:42:40.99\00:42:42.96
Whether I get just a
random text message, like,
00:42:42.99\00:42:45.03
"Hey, you know, you're awesome.
00:42:45.06\00:42:46.39
You know, you're intelligent.
00:42:46.43\00:42:47.76
You know, you're a good friend."
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.13
Like, I think it's so cool
that God uses other people,
00:42:49.16\00:42:51.60
you know, through
every aspect of our lives
00:42:51.63\00:42:54.34
to give us encouragement, so.
00:42:54.37\00:42:55.70
Yeah.
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.07
And working,
like I said earlier,
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.44
working in that purpose, right?
00:42:58.47\00:42:59.81
God may be calling on you.
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.18
You know, God
may be calling on you
00:43:01.21\00:43:02.54
to speak into
someone's life right now.
00:43:02.58\00:43:04.31
You know, the Bible
talks about there is,
00:43:04.35\00:43:06.65
there's power in the
tongue, so to speak, right?
00:43:06.68\00:43:08.58
You know, power
of life and death.
00:43:08.62\00:43:10.19
I think it's in
Proverbs Chapter 12
00:43:10.22\00:43:12.05
or something
along those lines that
00:43:12.09\00:43:14.36
God wants us to be an
encouragement to people
00:43:14.39\00:43:18.19
in some form in some shape
00:43:18.23\00:43:19.86
and to be that
community that they need.
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.26
Yeah.
00:43:21.30\00:43:22.63
And you're, you know,
00:43:22.66\00:43:24.00
you have to
realize that your words
00:43:24.03\00:43:25.47
and your thoughts
have power, you know,
00:43:25.50\00:43:27.50
if God can speak the whole world
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.01
into existence with His voice,
00:43:30.04\00:43:31.47
you don't think that
we have that same ability
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.31
to have that power to speak life
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.04
into some, another individual.
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.28
And then it goes into like
speaking life into yourself.
00:43:37.31\00:43:40.42
I know another one of
the biblical references
00:43:40.45\00:43:46.05
that we have, or the
biblical, what you call...
00:43:46.09\00:43:47.92
The verses. The verses, yeah.
00:43:47.96\00:43:49.46
Like is knowing
your identity in Christ
00:43:49.49\00:43:51.79
and your intrinsic value.
00:43:51.83\00:43:53.43
So, speaking life
into other people,
00:43:53.46\00:43:55.40
but then also
speaking life into yourself,
00:43:55.43\00:43:57.77
making sure that you have like
a positive outlook into your,
00:43:57.80\00:44:02.07
into who you are
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
and who you are in
Christ, especially.
00:44:03.47\00:44:05.37
Yes, absolutely. I love that.
00:44:05.41\00:44:07.88
So, let's, hit on, I
definitely want to get more
00:44:07.91\00:44:11.18
into that knowing your identity,
00:44:11.21\00:44:12.58
because to me that
00:44:12.61\00:44:13.95
is one of the most
foundational things
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.18
as a Christian especially,
00:44:16.22\00:44:18.35
if we're suffering
through mental health
00:44:18.39\00:44:19.92
or mental illness or
something along those lines,
00:44:19.95\00:44:22.22
knowing where our identity
and our intrinsic value lies.
00:44:22.26\00:44:25.66
But let's look
at a few more verses
00:44:25.69\00:44:27.53
as far as community goes.
00:44:27.56\00:44:29.86
I'm going to look
up Hebrews 10:24-25,
00:44:29.90\00:44:36.24
and this is a really good one.
00:44:36.27\00:44:38.47
I think many of you may know it.
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.31
Obviously there's
a lot of scriptures
00:44:41.34\00:44:43.85
that are very memorable,
00:44:43.88\00:44:45.98
but Hebrews 10 and it's chapter
00:44:46.01\00:44:49.35
or verse rather 24 and 25.
00:44:49.38\00:44:51.79
Here's what it says.
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.62
It says, "And let
us consider one another
00:44:53.66\00:44:56.06
to provoke unto
love and to good works,
00:44:56.09\00:44:58.59
not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.90
as the manner of some is,
00:45:00.93\00:45:02.60
but exhorting one
another and so much the more
00:45:02.63\00:45:05.27
as you see the day approaching."
00:45:05.30\00:45:07.74
So what we see here
is that God wants us to,
00:45:07.77\00:45:13.04
it says provoke.
00:45:13.07\00:45:14.41
That's a really interesting word
00:45:14.44\00:45:15.78
'cause normally provoke
00:45:15.81\00:45:17.15
usually has a
negative connotation behind it,
00:45:17.18\00:45:18.51
but here it says
provoke unto love
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.15
and to good works,
00:45:20.18\00:45:21.55
not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together.
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.95
So, God encourages
us to get together.
00:45:23.99\00:45:27.59
My version says stir up.
00:45:27.62\00:45:29.12
Stir up. Okay.
00:45:29.16\00:45:30.49
I like that. Yeah. I like that.
00:45:30.53\00:45:31.86
God encourages us
00:45:31.89\00:45:33.23
to stir up emotions
of love and good works.
00:45:33.26\00:45:35.96
He encourages us to get together
00:45:36.00\00:45:38.47
to bind together as a community.
00:45:38.50\00:45:40.54
Right?
00:45:40.57\00:45:41.90
And I think that's so important
00:45:41.94\00:45:43.27
when we're looking
at some of these things.
00:45:43.30\00:45:44.87
I know actually
just the other day
00:45:44.91\00:45:47.51
I had a friend
who was going through
00:45:47.54\00:45:48.88
something in his life
00:45:48.91\00:45:51.05
and he was trying to
sort through it, you know,
00:45:51.08\00:45:53.72
he's in school and you know,
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.62
he's looking for a girlfriend,
00:45:55.65\00:46:00.29
I'll just say it that way.
00:46:00.32\00:46:01.72
And so anyway,
he was going through
00:46:01.76\00:46:03.89
some stuff and I remember him
00:46:03.93\00:46:07.00
just explaining to
me what was going on
00:46:07.03\00:46:09.46
and I just listened,
I didn't interrupt him.
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.50
I didn't do anything.
00:46:11.53\00:46:12.87
I was just there
to kind of help him
00:46:12.90\00:46:16.44
sort through that,
00:46:16.47\00:46:18.34
trying to be that
community for him.
00:46:18.37\00:46:21.48
And he even shared something
with me that was interesting.
00:46:21.51\00:46:23.61
He said something
along the lines of,
00:46:23.65\00:46:26.15
I need someone in my life,
like I need people in my life.
00:46:26.18\00:46:32.35
And he goes through
some counseling and stuff
00:46:32.39\00:46:34.42
and he says, you know,
00:46:34.46\00:46:35.79
my counselor and I
were going through this
00:46:35.82\00:46:37.53
and they said, you need someone,
00:46:37.56\00:46:40.16
you have a need for that.
00:46:40.20\00:46:42.06
And so, and I don't think
there's any shame in that.
00:46:42.10\00:46:43.53
I think that's
such a beautiful thing
00:46:43.57\00:46:44.90
that when God calls on us
to be that level of community,
00:46:44.93\00:46:48.94
we can help other
sort through their problems
00:46:48.97\00:46:50.97
and be that person for someone.
00:46:51.01\00:46:53.07
And sometimes all that
00:46:53.11\00:46:54.78
the person needs is
just a listening ear.
00:46:54.81\00:46:57.65
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:46:57.68\00:46:59.71
And maybe they
won't even want to talk.
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.35
Maybe they just want to
like, go hang out, go get food.
00:47:01.38\00:47:04.79
And like, not
even talk about it,
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.15
but like just being there,
like being in their presence
00:47:06.19\00:47:09.22
will help them
to feel less lonely.
00:47:09.26\00:47:11.76
Yeah.
00:47:11.79\00:47:13.13
Get their mind off of
whatever they're going through.
00:47:13.16\00:47:14.60
Mm-hmm.
00:47:14.63\00:47:15.96
There's that
level of in many ways
00:47:16.00\00:47:17.90
of just distraction too.
00:47:17.93\00:47:19.83
Like it helps us stop worrying
about what we may be thinking
00:47:19.87\00:47:24.14
about, you know.
00:47:24.17\00:47:25.51
And it helps us
redirect our attention
00:47:25.54\00:47:28.28
to something more positive.
00:47:28.31\00:47:29.64
Like I know, Farrah,
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.01
you and I hang out all the time.
00:47:31.05\00:47:32.38
I know there's
been many situations
00:47:32.41\00:47:33.75
where I may be
going through something
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.12
or you may be
going through something
00:47:35.15\00:47:36.48
and sometimes we
just need to talk.
00:47:36.52\00:47:38.19
And I think what's
really cool about our friendship
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.72
is that we make ourselves
available to that, you know.
00:47:39.75\00:47:42.79
And I try to do that, you know,
00:47:42.82\00:47:44.63
with my friends and
I know you guys do too.
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.70
You try to make
yourself available
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.70
to letting God use you
00:47:48.73\00:47:50.40
in whatever
capacity He wants to.
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.47
So, let's move on to
another biblical principle.
00:47:53.50\00:47:56.44
I think that's important,
00:47:56.47\00:47:57.81
which is love and encouragement.
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.17
Right?
00:47:59.21\00:48:00.54
We were talking about speaking
00:48:00.58\00:48:01.91
positive things
to people, right?
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.28
Speaking, positive
things to ourselves.
00:48:03.31\00:48:05.31
Love and
encouragement in my opinion
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.68
is the foundation of
all Christian relationships.
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.95
It should be anyway, right?
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.65
When we're thinking about
who we are as a Christian,
00:48:12.69\00:48:14.96
the first
characteristic should be
00:48:14.99\00:48:17.83
that of what Christ
gave us, which is love.
00:48:17.86\00:48:20.73
And as a top priority,
00:48:20.76\00:48:23.70
it should be something
we take very seriously.
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.83
Absolutely.
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.20
So, there's
obviously the chapter
00:48:27.24\00:48:29.14
in 1 Corinthians
Chapter 13, commonly known
00:48:29.17\00:48:32.11
as the love
chapter of the Bible.
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.11
My thought, why
don't we just read that?
00:48:34.14\00:48:35.91
That's always a good
reminder to go through.
00:48:35.94\00:48:39.51
Danielle, why don't you start
00:48:39.55\00:48:40.88
with the first
three or four verses,
00:48:40.92\00:48:44.99
and then we can have
maybe Farrah continue and then,
00:48:45.02\00:48:47.42
Daria, you can
finish the rest of those.
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.99
1 Corinthians Chapter 13. Okay.
00:48:51.03\00:48:54.86
"Do I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels,
00:48:54.90\00:48:58.03
but have not love,
00:48:58.07\00:48:59.57
I have become sounding
brass or a clanging symbol?
00:48:59.60\00:49:03.77
And though I have
the gift of prophecy
00:49:03.81\00:49:06.04
and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge.
00:49:06.07\00:49:09.94
And though I have all faith
00:49:09.98\00:49:11.68
so that I can move
mountains, but have not love.
00:49:11.71\00:49:15.35
I am nothing.
00:49:15.38\00:49:16.72
And though I bestow all
my goods to feed the poor.
00:49:16.75\00:49:19.42
And though I give
my body to be burned,
00:49:19.45\00:49:21.66
but have not love,
it profits me nothing.
00:49:21.69\00:49:25.63
Love suffers long and is kind.
00:49:25.66\00:49:28.23
Love does not envy,
00:49:28.26\00:49:29.60
does not parade
itself, is not puffed up."
00:49:29.63\00:49:33.54
So there we can see that,
00:49:33.57\00:49:35.74
you know, it's
saying right there,
00:49:35.77\00:49:37.21
Paul is saying,
00:49:37.24\00:49:38.97
you can have all
these great things.
00:49:39.01\00:49:41.31
You could have
the gift of prophecy.
00:49:41.34\00:49:42.68
You could understand everything.
00:49:42.71\00:49:44.05
You could have all knowledge,
00:49:44.08\00:49:45.41
you could remove
mountains if you want it to,
00:49:45.45\00:49:47.15
but if you don't have
love, it doesn't matter.
00:49:47.18\00:49:49.48
There's no value in
any of that, he's saying.
00:49:49.52\00:49:52.55
And then on top of that,
00:49:52.59\00:49:53.92
it talks about
obviously love doesn't envy.
00:49:53.96\00:49:55.99
You know, you don't do
what Job's friends were doing.
00:49:56.02\00:49:59.69
You know, you don't do
what his wife was doing.
00:49:59.73\00:50:02.50
And so, it's something
that obviously is something
00:50:02.53\00:50:05.37
we've got to keep in mind that
00:50:05.40\00:50:07.04
love should be
the first approach
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.17
to anyone who's
suffering with mental illness,
00:50:09.20\00:50:12.34
mental health, a
stressful situation,
00:50:12.37\00:50:15.01
mental instability,
any of those things.
00:50:15.04\00:50:17.81
We've got to
approach it in love.
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.18
Yeah.
00:50:19.21\00:50:20.55
And love is shown
in various ways like
00:50:20.58\00:50:21.92
what can I do to help,
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.28
maybe not
always talking to them,
00:50:23.32\00:50:24.65
but like, is there something
00:50:24.69\00:50:26.05
that I can do that
takes the stress off of you?
00:50:26.09\00:50:28.52
Or like, how can I
be of assistance in it
00:50:28.56\00:50:30.89
literally anyway, so
you can be okay, you know?
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.03
Yeah.
00:50:33.06\00:50:34.40
Just being there for them, hey,
if you're feeling like this,
00:50:34.43\00:50:37.47
you know, you can
always come to me,
00:50:37.50\00:50:39.23
we can go for a walk.
00:50:39.27\00:50:40.97
We can make bread, make cookies,
00:50:41.00\00:50:44.24
whatever, you know,
00:50:44.27\00:50:45.64
helps get your mind
off of this and, yeah.
00:50:45.67\00:50:49.21
I know, Farrah,
you were talking about
00:50:49.24\00:50:51.35
before that, for you something
00:50:51.38\00:50:52.71
that's really
important is you need people
00:50:52.75\00:50:56.38
in your life to
help encourage you
00:50:56.42\00:50:59.25
and to affirm
you when, you know,
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.52
there's something
that's really great happening,
00:51:01.56\00:51:04.06
you know, whether it's
some big accomplishment
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.33
or maybe you played a
piano piece flawlessly
00:51:06.36\00:51:09.76
or something, you
need that in your life
00:51:09.80\00:51:11.63
because you want to know that
00:51:11.67\00:51:13.00
people are there for you
and want to encourage you.
00:51:13.03\00:51:15.30
Well, I've always been hesitant
00:51:15.34\00:51:19.01
or worried about feeling needy.
00:51:19.04\00:51:22.41
And so, for a long
time, I would just kind of,
00:51:22.44\00:51:26.72
well, actually I'll start back.
00:51:26.75\00:51:29.32
Couple of years ago
00:51:29.35\00:51:30.69
and for a few years before that,
00:51:30.72\00:51:32.99
I was in my own little rut.
00:51:33.02\00:51:35.59
And so, every time
someone would try to compliment
00:51:35.62\00:51:39.09
or encourage me or whatever,
00:51:39.13\00:51:43.50
I guess in a way I felt like
the world was out to get me.
00:51:43.53\00:51:46.03
So, I didn't believe anybody.
00:51:46.07\00:51:47.40
I didn't trust anybody,
so. There was a lack of trust.
00:51:47.44\00:51:49.70
So, I actually thought
00:51:49.74\00:51:51.11
as far as someone
was complimenting me,
00:51:51.14\00:51:53.07
it was because
they wanted something
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.51
and it was never genuine.
00:51:54.54\00:51:56.95
So, there was a time
00:51:56.98\00:51:59.01
when certain people
would come into my life
00:51:59.05\00:52:02.22
and they would validate me.
00:52:02.25\00:52:04.79
And there was that
same thing happening again
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.52
where I just
didn't believe them,
00:52:06.55\00:52:08.66
but certain people,
00:52:08.69\00:52:10.43
these certain people would do it
00:52:10.46\00:52:13.76
and I could feel it.
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.46
I could feel
that it was genuine.
00:52:15.50\00:52:18.57
So, there was a
little battle in my head,
00:52:18.60\00:52:20.40
but these people did it,
00:52:20.44\00:52:23.71
I guess you could say
over a consistent basis,
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.57
maybe not like every
day, every morning, you know,
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.21
that sort of thing.
00:52:27.24\00:52:28.58
Yeah. But they
showed, yeah. Yeah.
00:52:28.61\00:52:29.94
And so, it wasn't,
it wasn't just like,
00:52:29.98\00:52:31.31
it just ended one day
because I've had people
00:52:31.35\00:52:32.91
that have tried to encourage
me just for the sake of,
00:52:32.95\00:52:36.55
I don't know, maybe,
00:52:36.58\00:52:38.55
I mean, there's
a little negative,
00:52:38.59\00:52:39.92
negativity thing, that's like,
00:52:39.95\00:52:41.29
"Oh, maybe they're
trying to make me feel better
00:52:41.32\00:52:42.66
so that they feel
better about themselves."
00:52:42.69\00:52:44.03
But 'cause some
people have come into my life
00:52:44.06\00:52:47.66
that would encourage me
and would try to make me happy.
00:52:47.70\00:52:50.17
And they're like cheer
up, like I'm here for you.
00:52:50.20\00:52:52.90
And then after a few days
00:52:52.93\00:52:54.50
or a few weeks, or a few months,
00:52:54.54\00:52:55.87
if I didn't cheer
up, they'd be like,
00:52:55.90\00:52:57.67
this person's a
negative, whatever by, like,
00:52:57.71\00:53:01.18
but I've had some people
that have stayed with me.
00:53:01.21\00:53:03.71
And after this validation
00:53:03.75\00:53:09.18
that I started to accept
00:53:09.22\00:53:10.85
and someone special to me
00:53:10.89\00:53:14.26
told me that I need to,
00:53:14.29\00:53:17.43
well, they told
me do this thing,
00:53:17.46\00:53:19.46
compliment
yourself, compliment yourself
00:53:19.49\00:53:21.80
when you look in the mirror.
00:53:21.83\00:53:23.16
And you know, I'm like,
if I don't believe this,
00:53:23.20\00:53:25.83
this is not going to work,
00:53:25.87\00:53:27.20
like what
difference is it going to make?
00:53:27.24\00:53:29.00
But I was just
like, you know what,
00:53:29.04\00:53:30.37
I'm just going to do it
00:53:30.41\00:53:31.74
so I can prove
this person wrong,
00:53:31.77\00:53:33.11
like I show you
that this doesn't work.
00:53:33.14\00:53:35.84
And after a few days,
00:53:35.88\00:53:37.35
I think I already
started to believe it.
00:53:37.38\00:53:40.28
I started to see
a different person
00:53:40.32\00:53:42.98
in the mirror.
00:53:43.02\00:53:44.35
It wasn't like I
physically changed,
00:53:44.39\00:53:45.72
but it was that my
perception of myself
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.56
was gradually like
"evolving in a way."
00:53:47.59\00:53:50.16
I love that.
00:53:50.19\00:53:51.53
And I think, you know,
that's a great segue for you.
00:53:51.56\00:53:53.06
You did a great segue there
00:53:53.09\00:53:54.43
because that goes straight
into knowing our identity
00:53:54.46\00:53:57.10
and knowing that we
have intrinsic value, right?
00:53:57.13\00:54:00.34
Knowing that even though we
may not always see ourselves
00:54:00.37\00:54:04.11
as talented or beautiful
00:54:04.14\00:54:06.88
or handsome or we don't think
we're smart or whatever, that,
00:54:06.91\00:54:10.38
despite what we think
00:54:10.41\00:54:12.68
there is an
intrinsic value that God has,
00:54:12.71\00:54:16.89
you know, given us, you know,
He believes we're valuable.
00:54:16.92\00:54:21.72
I think one thing obviously that
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.59
we need to look at
for me is Psalm 139:14.
00:54:23.63\00:54:27.90
Yes. I love this verse.
00:54:27.93\00:54:29.93
And I mean,
everybody's heard it.
00:54:29.96\00:54:33.10
So, I mean, it's not
going to be something
00:54:33.13\00:54:34.57
that's unusual to hear,
00:54:34.60\00:54:36.50
but this verse especially
00:54:36.54\00:54:37.87
is so
beautifully and simply put,
00:54:37.91\00:54:40.84
I don't think
we could ignore it.
00:54:40.88\00:54:42.21
So, it's Psalm 139:10.
00:54:42.24\00:54:45.75
And, Danielle, do you have that?
00:54:45.78\00:54:47.15
Verse 10? Yeah.
00:54:47.18\00:54:49.15
Wait, is it, did I say verse 10?
00:54:49.18\00:54:50.69
Verse 14. Sorry. Okay.
00:54:50.72\00:54:52.95
"I'll praise you,
for I am fearfully
00:54:52.99\00:54:55.16
and wonderfully made.
00:54:55.19\00:54:56.83
Marvelous are your works
00:54:56.86\00:54:58.23
and that my soul
knows very well."
00:54:58.26\00:55:02.46
Wow. I love that.
00:55:02.50\00:55:06.20
God says, you know,
00:55:06.23\00:55:09.07
despite what you
think about yourself,
00:55:09.10\00:55:11.37
I know what I think
about you and you're fearfully,
00:55:11.41\00:55:13.27
wonderfully made.
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I think it's, is it Jeremiah
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where it says that he knew us
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before we were even born?
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Yeah.
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It even talks about that a
little bit in this passage.
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Why don't you keep reading on?
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Yeah, let's look at that. Okay.
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Verse 15, "My frame
was not hidden from you
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when I was made in
secret and skillfully wrought
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in the lowest
parts of the earth.
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Your eyes saw my
substance being yet unformed.
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And in your book,
they all were written,
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the days fashioned for me,
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when, as yet
there were none of them.
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How precious also are
Your thoughts to me, O God!
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How great is the sum of them!
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If I should count them,
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they would be more
number than the sand.
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When I wake, I
am still with you."
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Wow. That's so awesome.
00:55:57.42\00:55:58.75
That's amazing.
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It was like looking at ourselves
00:56:00.16\00:56:01.49
through God's eyes
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is a totally
different like perspective.
00:56:02.89\00:56:04.99
And it just like
gives you so much like love
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and like for
yourself, like that's like,
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you know, you hear
that phrase Godfidence,
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like you get confidence in God.
00:56:12.87\00:56:15.10
It was just, it was so powerful.
00:56:15.14\00:56:16.47
I love that.
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And you know,
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when we're
talking about self-love,
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we're not talking
about a hardy love,
00:56:20.61\00:56:21.94
like a prideful love,
we're talking about a love
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that we acknowledge that
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we are
intrinsically valuable to God.
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Absolutely.
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And once we know our
intrinsic value in God,
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then we can begin to trust Him
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and trust that He will
bring us through our trials
00:56:33.86\00:56:36.19
and bring us through
our heartache and distress
00:56:36.22\00:56:38.63
and whatever
we're going through.
00:56:38.66\00:56:40.00
I love that.
00:56:40.03\00:56:41.36
There's actually
a great scripture
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about that,
Daria, in Proverbs 3:5-6.
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You want to read
that for us? Sure.
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And it says, "Trust in
the Lord with all your heart
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and lean not on
your own understanding,
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in all your ways acknowledge Him
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and He shall direct your path."
00:56:55.04\00:56:57.85
Such a great way to
put a bow on the program.
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Thank you guys so much
for being here this evening.
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I thought it was a
very good discussion,
00:57:01.88\00:57:04.09
very productive.
00:57:04.12\00:57:05.45
And thank you so
much for joining us.
00:57:05.49\00:57:06.82
We know that
life can be stressful.
00:57:06.86\00:57:08.72
We know there's
a lot of situations
00:57:08.76\00:57:10.16
in life where we
don't know what to do,
00:57:10.19\00:57:12.29
but we hope that
you've learned something.
00:57:12.33\00:57:14.46
And maybe if you apply
some of these principles
00:57:14.50\00:57:17.10
we talked about,
maybe that will help you
00:57:17.13\00:57:19.97
get through whatever
you're going through today.
00:57:20.00\00:57:21.84
We want to encourage you
00:57:21.87\00:57:23.20
to reach out to
our pastoral department
00:57:23.24\00:57:24.57
if there's something
going on in your life
00:57:24.61\00:57:25.94
that you need help sort through.
00:57:25.97\00:57:27.58
And also, if there's
other mental illness problems,
00:57:27.61\00:57:30.15
there are hotlines
you can call as well.
00:57:30.18\00:57:32.08
So until next time, friends,
keep moving forward in Jesus.
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