Welcome to Timeless
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Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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We're jumping into the second
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half of a two part
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mini series
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dealing with stress.
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We're
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looking at some amazing
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parallels between
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the immune system
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and the stress system.
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If you missed the
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first episode, please,
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by all means, jump
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on to our website
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at TimelessHealingInsights.org,
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go to our TV program.
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You can watch the video
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or you can download the handout
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for that program.
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Well,
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before we come back
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to the topic,
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let's ask for the Lord's
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blessing in prayer.
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Father in Heaven,
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we thank You
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that we can trust
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You to guide us
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as we try to better understand
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our human frame.
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These bodies
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that You have fearfully
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and wonderfully made.
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Help us
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to understand
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how we can better deal
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with the stresses
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that face us in life.
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We ask, in Jesus name, Amen.
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We're looking at parallels
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between the immune system
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and how we deal with stress.
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And what we're seeing is,
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yes, there's
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some general things
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that are important,
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but there's also specific
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things that are powerful.
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And what I want to let
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you know is,
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although we can't address
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all these general things,
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we are doing something
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very special.
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Many of you know
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we have a health
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focused outreach
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here at the Fort Wayne Church.
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We call it
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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And a few years back,
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I wrote a book
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called The Methuselah Factor.
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And this book actually gives
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a very good framework
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for a general approach
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to resiliency.
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We're not selling the book.
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We are letting you know
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something that we're giving you
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that book
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much of its
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most valuable content
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in video form.
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We have finished
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a video production
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that we're going
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to be rolling out
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through
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TimelessHealingInsights.org
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come June of 2023.
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So we're going to
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have a program.
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All of you can enroll in it
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no matter where you live,
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no matter
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whether you're visiting here
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live,
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whether you're
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watching on television.
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And Sunday, June 25th of 2023,
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is the official launch date
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for what we're calling
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the Summer 2023
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Performance Boost.
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And the new series.
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It's absolutely new video
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series.
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We've never featured
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this on the website.
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This is going to be called
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Performance Boost 30.
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It's a 30-day program.
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And because the summer
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is a busy time
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for many people,
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we're going to let you
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put this program into practice
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if you want to join with us
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over the course
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of a couple of months.
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So you don't have to do it
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during 30 days.
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Many of you say,
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well, boy, June's
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I'm going to be gone
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the last week of June
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or 4th of July weekend,
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I'm going to be gone.
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That's okay.
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You can still go
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through this program.
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So you can see the website,
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TimelessHealingInsights.org
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/Boost
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or just visit
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TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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If you have trouble
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with that other link
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and and you can get information
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about the program.
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Let's come back now
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to Jesus warning in Luke 21.
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Remember,
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He counseled about things
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that sound like
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they're talking about alcohol.
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Quite explicitly they are.
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But He also warned
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about the cares of this life.
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There's a concept
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that we don't talk about
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too much these days.
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It's the concept of temperance.
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Sometimes people associate
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that word with alcohol.
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There was this popular Women's
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Christian Temperance
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Union years ago.
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It still does exist, I'm told,
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but in a much smaller degree
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than many years ago
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in our country.
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But this concept of temperance,
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I want you to think about it
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and we'll define it
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in a minute.
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But here it is
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as Paul articulates it
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in 1 Corinthians 9, he says,
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Do you not know that
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those who run in a race
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all run,
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but one receives the prize?
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Run in such a way
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that you may obtain
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it, temperate in all things.
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He then says,
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I discipline my body
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and bring it
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into subjection, lest,
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when I have preached to others,
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I myself
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should become disqualified.
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So Paul's using this athletic
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parallel.
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He is comparing life
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to running a race,
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but he's saying
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if you want to be successful
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in athletics,
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I know
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I've got some athletes here.
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Can you just do anything
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you want?
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Just hey, it's just basically
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you just show up at the event.
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Is that how it works?
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No, we all know
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better than that.
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Even if you're not an
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athlete, right?
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You know,
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there's a lot of training,
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a lot of discipline.
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This is what Paul is saying
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and he's saying he is
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temperate in all things.
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What is he referring to?
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What is this
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concept of temperance?
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Temperance really
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has two aspects
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rightly understood.
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First
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is using things
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that are good in moderation.
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So if you're a runner,
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is it important to run?
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Do you have to train
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as part of your training,
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involve running?
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Yes, of course, right?
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Can you run too much?
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Can you overtrain?
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Of course, right?
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So even something that's good
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can be done in excess.
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But then
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the other part of temperance
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is total avoidance of things
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which are harmful.
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We've been talking about
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a few of those things already.
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But we're talking
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from our perspective
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of stress management.
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We're still talking about
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some of these general things
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that can make you
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more resilient,
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make stress
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less likely to affect you,
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make the stressors
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the things that come at
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you less likely
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to cause damage.
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So let me give
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you another example,
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and that is caffeine.
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I have to talk about it
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because we're
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talking about stress.
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Do you know how caffeine works?
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One of the ways
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that biochemically
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caffeine works.
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It works by blocking
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something called
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adenosine receptors.
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And that might not mean much
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to many of you.
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But adenosine is involved
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with all kinds
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of good things in your body.
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And when you block
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adenosine receptors,
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in addition
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to making your blood
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more likely to sludge
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and not flowing smoothly,
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you also ramp up
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stress hormones.
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Are you getting this?
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So if you're wondering
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why you're feeling anxious,
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it may not be any further away
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than what? The coffeepot.
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That's exactly right.
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It really does.
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This is how it works
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physiologically.
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And that's
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why people use it to wake up,
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because it raises
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their stress hormones.
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By the way, there's other ways
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to raise your stress hormones
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other than with caffeine.
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So here's what
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I hope you've been hearing.
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The key message
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from these general
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passive strategies
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as they relate to stress
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is invest in your own health.
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You're of value to God.
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He's bought you with a price.
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He's created you.
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That should give
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you resilience,
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but also care
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for your own health.
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Invest in your own health.
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Well,
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now we want to move on
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to talk
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about this
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couple of other areas
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of stress management.
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And now we want to look
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at some general
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active strategies.
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What can you do
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when you're
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experiencing stress?
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So we've been talking
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about strengthening
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your resolve,
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being more resilient.
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There are many
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useful strategies.
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We just have time
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to touch on a few of them
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today.
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The first one
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I want to give you
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is to reframe or to reassess
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the stressors
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that you deal with.
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Okay,
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so we're talking about
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reframing or reassessing.
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That's putting your stressors
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in a different
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context mentally.
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So instead of focusing
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on the stress,
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you're going to focus on
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positive aspects
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to the things
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that seem to be negative.
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You say, Well,
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this sounds kind of weird.
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Well, hang in with
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me for a minute.
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As I was
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preparing to
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give you this material,
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I was looking
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at some of the
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medical literature
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about this concept of reframing
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or reassessing,
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and I ran across an article
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that was written for
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health care providers.
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Here's the title.
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Reducing Frustration
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and Increasing
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Fulfillment Reframing
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and the editors of this
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family practice journal,
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they said to better handle
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challenging patients
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or situations,
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try modifying the way you view
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them.
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Now, this is not
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just of relevance
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to those of you
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that are health care providers.
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And by the way,
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we thank you
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for the many of you
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that that serve
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our communities in that way.
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But this is for all of us.
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We can change
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how we look at the things
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that come our way.
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In fact,
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a lot of what the Bible
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has to say about
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stress is focused on reframing.
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Let me give you a definition
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here from that medical journal.
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Reframing involves
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modifying your thoughts
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about a challenging person
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or a difficult situation,
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and thus reducing frustration
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and increasing empathy.
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So let's take a look
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at some Bible verses that deal
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with this very topic
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of reframing.
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Here's the first one
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from James 1.
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James 1, beginning
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with verse 2.
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He begins with these words,
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Count it all joy. Count it.
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What is another way we could
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translate that?
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Reckon it,
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regard it,
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reappraise it.
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Are you catching this reframe?
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In other words,
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listen to the verse.
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Count it all joy,
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my brothers,
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when you meet
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trials of various kinds.
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When you meet trials, stresses,
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we could say, of various kinds,
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what is your first temptation?
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Is it to say,
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Oh, this is wonderful?
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No, it's how do I avoid this?
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Right.
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So what James is saying
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here is reckon
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these things,
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reframe them as being what?
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Joyful, joy inducing,
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count it all joy
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when you go through
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all these various trials. Why?
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For know
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that the testing
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of your faith produces
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steadfastness, patience.
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And let steadfastness
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or patience
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have its full effect,
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that you may be perfect
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and complete,
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lacking in nothing.
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It's as if James is saying
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one of the main barriers
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in our Christian life is we're
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just not patient enough.
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How many of you think
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this is
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a problem in the world today?
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I mean,
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we are in this instant
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gratification society, right?
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If you don't have something,
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what can you do?
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You just go online right now
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and order it, can't you?
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Or do something even quicker.
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Count it all joy.
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God wants us to be perfect,
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complete, lacking in nothing.
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And it boils down
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to patience and steadfastness.
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I'm not there yet, okay?
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I'm just going to admit,
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I don't,
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my first response is not always
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to praise the Lord
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in the face of a stressor.
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But this is one
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you can apply to any stressor,
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it's nonspecific,
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but it's active.
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You have to do it right.
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It's not like your skin
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or your general
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healthy lifestyle
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that you've been following.
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It's not just knowing
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that you're of value to God.
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Now you're going
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to do something specific.
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You're going to count it joy.
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Here's another one for you.
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2 Corinthians 4.
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Another reframing.
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God is going
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to be glorified in your life.
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Think about it this way.
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Paul is writing again
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to the church in Corinth,
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and he says,
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But we have this treasure
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in earthen vessels,
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that the excellence
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of the power may be of God
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and not of us.
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We are hard
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pressed on every side.
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When you're hard pressed,
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what would we call that?
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We're stressed.
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Yes, we're hard-pressed on
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every side.
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You might call it
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something else,
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but you can call it stress.
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But we're not crushed;
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we're perplexed,
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that sounds stressful,
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but we're not in despair;
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we're persecuted,
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that's definitely stressful,
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but we're not forsaken;
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we're struck down,
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but not destroyed.
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Always caring about in the body
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the dying of the Lord Jesus
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that the life of Jesus
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also may be manifested
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in our body.
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So you catching
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what's going on here?
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He's saying
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when you're going
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through difficulties,
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instead of saying, Oh, no,
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this is terrible, Lord,
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why are You letting
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this happen?
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Lord, I can't deal with it.
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I'm just flesh.
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I'm just an earthen vessel.
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If anything's
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going to come out of this,
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many things
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come out of my life, it's
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because You're at work,
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Your glory is going to be seen
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in my life
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in the light of
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these challenges
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that I'm facing.
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So God is glorified
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through you.
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When in the midst
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of your difficulties,
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you allow God
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to work through you.
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Now, here's
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another general
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active strategy,
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and that's surrendering
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your stress,
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actually giving it over to God.
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Now
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there's another
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subject of many Bible verses.
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Let me just give you a few.
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Here's
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the first one
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from the lips of Jesus,
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John 14.
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Toward the very end
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of Jesus ministry,
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the cross is basically in view,
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figuratively speaking.
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Jesus
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says this to His disciples
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and by extension, to us.
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Peace
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I leave with you, My peace
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I give to you;
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not as the world gives
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do I give it to you.
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Let not your heart
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be troubled,
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neither let it be afraid.
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He's saying in so many words,
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Don't be stressed out.
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He says what?
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I'm giving you my peace.
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You say, Okay,
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but how do I accept
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God's peace?
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I'm dealing
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with all kinds of crazy stuff.
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Well,
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Jesus put put it this way.
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In Matthew's gospel,
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Come to Me,
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all ye that labor
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and are heavy laden
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and I will give you rest.
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Can you do that right now?
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I mean,
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you've got stressors, things
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going through your mind.
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Can you imagine right now
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just taking your stress
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and coming to Jesus,
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just coming to Him
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with all that
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you're dealing with?
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Take My yoke upon
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you, learn of Me,
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gentle and lowly in heart,
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and you'll find
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rest for your souls.
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My yoke is easy
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and My burden is light.
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But the Bible doesn't
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stop there.
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Like I said, many, many verses.
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But let me give you one more.
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This is a peace prescription
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from the Apostle Paul.
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Philippians is written by Paul
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while he's in prison.
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A very stressful place to be.
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He says, Don't be anxious
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about anything.
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We could say,
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Don't be worried,
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don't be overstressed
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by anything.
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Don't get stressed out
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about anything but to do what?
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In every thing
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and every situation
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by prayer and petition
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with thanksgiving,
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present your requests to God.
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And the peace of God,
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which transcends
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all understanding,
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will guard your hearts
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and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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So you're catching this
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this other theme.
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We're giving it over to God.
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We're giving our problems
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to God,
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we say, Lord, I'm
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going to trust You with these.
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And what are we doing?
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We're thanking God.
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We're rejoicing.
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So you can literally,
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in your mind,
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give your burdens
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over to Jesus.
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Psalm 55 is an amazing Psalm
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that speaks about this.
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Let's just look at it together.
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Psalm 55, a psalm of David.
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He says,
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Cast your burden on the Lord,
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and He will sustain you.
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What do you think?
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Can you cast your burdens on
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the Lord?
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Is He big enough to
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handle your burdens?
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He is.
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Cast your burdens on the Lord
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He?sustain
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you; He'll never suffer
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the righteous to be moved,
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never permit them to be moved.
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You say,
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Wait a minute,
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but I'm not very righteous.
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When we trust in Jesus
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and we come to Jesus,
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Jesus gives us
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His righteousness.
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He forgives you.
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So He's
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never going to allow you
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to be lost
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if you're trusting in Him.
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Now, what's
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crazy about Psalm 55,
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we're speaking
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about general things.
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A lot of people say, well,
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you know, general
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can't be very powerful.
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You have to be powerful,
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it's got to be specific.
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No, no, no.
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This is very powerful stuff.
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Psalm 55, I want
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you see the context.
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What is David talking about?
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When is he saying
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to cast your burdens
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on the Lord?
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I mean, it's like
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some of the worst stuff
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we deal with in life.
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Look at this, verse 20.
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My companion
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stretched out his hand
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against his friends;
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he violated his covenant.
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It's not an enemy
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who taunts me,
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he said In verses
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12 through 14,
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it's you, my companion,
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my familiar friend.
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We used to take sweet
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counsel together.
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What's going on here?
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He's talking about betrayal.
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He's talking about when things
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the very closest people to you
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betray you.
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And how do you feel?
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You feel like, Well,
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what's the point?
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How can I go on?
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And what David is saying,
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cast your burden on the Lord,
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that he's telling you
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just what he's dealing with.
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Here's how bad it was for David
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in verses 4
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and 5, he said,
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My heart is severely pained
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within me,
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the terrors of death
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have fallen upon me.
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Fearfulness and trembling
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have come upon me,
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and horror has overwhelmed me.
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That's the context
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where he's encouraging himself
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to do what?
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Cast his burdens on the Lord.
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So just think about it.
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Whatever you're dealing with,
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I'm going to give that to God.
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And you say,
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What does that mean?
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You're just saying, Lord,
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I'm going to trust You,
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that You're going
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to take care of this problem.
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And the way He takes
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care of things
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sometimes it's the way
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humanly we'd say,
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Oh, that's
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how you take care of things.
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But other times
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it doesn't look like
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the way we take care of it.
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But He still takes the problem.
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That's what He's saying.
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He takes the burden.
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Now, here's
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what David was tempted to do.
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In that very Psalm
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verses 6 to 8.
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Here's what he said.
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Oh, that I had wings
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like a dove.
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I would fly away
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and be at rest.
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Indeed, I would wander far off
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and remain in the wilderness.
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I would hasten my escape
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from the windy
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storm and tempest.
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I would just get out of here.
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I would just
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and I know sometimes
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we can feel that way.
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But David didn't flee.
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He didn't run from
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what God had called him to do.
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He stayed were God
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had placed him,
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and he cast his burdens
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on the Lord.
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Let me just take a minute
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with this, because this is not
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a reliable general strategy
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and some people rely on this.
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You know,
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we mentioned
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some of these substances.
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Some people go to substances
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to deal with stress.
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Now,
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I don't want to
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be misunderstood
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because life is not all stern
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and you can never take a break.
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After all
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Jesus Himself, you remember,
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after
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He sent the disciples out,
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He said, come apart
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and rest awhile.
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This isn
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?eaking against taking a break
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and having times of rest.
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We need that.
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But this idea somehow
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that we have to engage
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in behaviors
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that have negative consequences
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is the problem. You see.
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Any of you, if you're
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struggling with addictions,
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I'm not saying this
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to make you feel bad
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because addictions
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are something,
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if you want
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my perspective on it,
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they're part of the
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human experience.
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We gravitate to things
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when we're under pressure
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because what?
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If you get consumed
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by an addiction,
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you're not dealing
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with the other problems, right?
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And so so we there's a tendency
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humanity tends
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to go to things
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that that that captivate them
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and they feel it's
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doing them some good.
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But the problem
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with an addiction
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is it's counterproductive.
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It's destroying you, it's
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undermining your resolve.
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It does it
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when someone goes to the bottle
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to drown their stress,
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what happens?
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Does it make their problems
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less or does it make them more?
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You're following along.
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Exactly.
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Exactly.
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God wants to give us something
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better than any type of escape,
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whether it's
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an escape
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with drugs or substances
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or whether it's a
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physical escape.
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He wants us to cast our
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burdens on Him.
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Now, let me give you another
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general active strategy,
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and that is deep breathing.
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And by the way,
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as you go through this,
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this Performance Boost 30,
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if you sign up for the program
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and go through it,
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it's an online program.
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Average is about 6 or 7 minutes
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a day.
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Short videos, goes
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through the principles
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in this book.
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You will walk you through
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much more
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than we're exposing it today.
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A lot of it has a great stress
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control foundation.
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So deep breathing.
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How many of you have heard
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this one, right?
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You're under stress.
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And what does someone
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tell you to do?
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Yeah, take some deep breaths.
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Does it really work?
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Is there a role for this?
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Actually, deep
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breathing is pretty amazing.
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Um, can improve your blood
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oxygenation
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and oxygenation of your brain
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and other tissues.
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Actually can lower
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your blood pressure
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can help blood return
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from your
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your legs,
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your extremities to your heart.
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But here's why
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I'm especially
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interested in it.
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Deep breathing has been shown
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to increase something
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called vagal power.
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The vagus nerve is a nerve
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that has a direct connection
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with your brain,
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and it's involved
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in calming reflexes, okay?
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So one way to help you
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deal with stress is through
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deep breathing.
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You can use it
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as a general strategy
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when you're facing a stressor,
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but you can also use it
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on a regular basis
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to increase your resiliency.
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And if you
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go through the program,
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we'll give you some details
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on how to do that.
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It's basically
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slow, deep breathing.
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Six breaths a minute.
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We say if you want to use it
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on a preventive basis,
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three sessions a day,
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at least 2 minutes per session.
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By the way,
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you can practice it
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during a boring sermon,
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even if it's mine.
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No, really, I'm serious.
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And you can feel like you got
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some benefit
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even if you didn't
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like the message.
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Now let me give you a biblical,
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deep breathing exercise,
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and I will probably confess
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when I give you this one
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it is found in Psalm 9:1 and 2.
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I will praise Thee
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Oh Lord, with my whole heart;
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I will shew forth
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all Thy marvellous works.
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I will be glad
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and rejoice in Thee:
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I will sing praise to Thy name,
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O Thou most High.
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How many of you see a deep
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breathing exercise in Psalm 9?
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It's singing.
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Okay.
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And I told you
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I probably have to confess
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to something.
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They've been trying to get me
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to join the men's
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singing group.
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I had good intentions.
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I want everyone to know.
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But I've not made it yet.
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I don't know whether that will
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change or not.
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But singing is when you sing.
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If you're going
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to sing properly,
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do you have to breathe deeply?
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Yes, okay?
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So
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but not only
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when you're singing are you're
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breathing deeply.
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In the Psalms,
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it's speaking about singing,
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especially singing what?
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Praises and thanksgiving.
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You know,
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if you're discouraged
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and you start singing praises,
00:23:56.43\00:23:57.93
what tends to happen to you?
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There's a law of our being
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and it goes like this.
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Expression deepens impression.
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So you express something,
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you start
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singing praises
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and what's going to
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happen to you?
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It will tend
00:24:14.25\00:24:16.08
to pick up your spirits.
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Just try it some time.
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Now, we promised you some
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specific active strategies,
00:24:23.29\00:24:25.59
like what do I do specifically?
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Give us some general things
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and laid this foundation.
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Well,
00:24:30.67\00:24:30.80
let me give you the good news.
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First of all,
00:24:31.83\00:24:32.90
if you go through the program
00:24:32.90\00:24:36.24
that we're
00:24:36.24\00:24:37.27
going to roll out, free program
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June 2023,
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we have three
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whole days devoted,
00:24:43.95\00:24:44.91
especially just
00:24:44.91\00:24:46.08
to stress management.
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But here's the deal.
00:24:47.98\00:24:48.82
If you're going to deal
00:24:48.82\00:24:49.48
specifically with a stressor,
00:24:49.48\00:24:51.25
you have to first identify
00:24:51.25\00:24:52.55
it, right?
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A lot of people,
00:24:53.76\00:24:54.49
they come into our offices
00:24:54.49\00:24:55.72
as clinicians
00:24:55.72\00:24:56.49
and they're they're anxious.
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.36
They say, oh, I said,
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.43
what are you stressed about?
00:24:59.43\00:25:00.33
Why you feeling so anxious?
00:25:00.33\00:25:01.33
I don't know.
00:25:01.33\00:25:01.80
I just feel anxious.
00:25:01.86\00:25:03.67
I'm stressed about everything,
00:25:03.67\00:25:04.87
they might say.
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Well,
00:25:06.40\00:25:06.67
unless you identify
00:25:06.94\00:25:08.07
your stressors,
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you can't address them.
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Jeremiah is in prison,
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the Prophet Jeremiah,
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he is in prison in chapter
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33 of Jeremiah.
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And the Lord says
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this to Jeremiah.
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Call to Me,
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and I will answer you,
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and show you great
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and mighty things,
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which you do not know.
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If you're looking to deal
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with a specific stressor
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in your life.
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I say
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this is a
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reliable prescription.
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Call out to God.
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Ask Him, say, show me
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why am I so anxious?
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What's going on, Lord?
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And He will show you.
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He will show you.
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We have stressors
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that come at us
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on all levels of our being.
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Physical, mental, emotional,
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social and spiritual.
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And the Lord
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can help you identify
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what's going on,
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what kind of things
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you need to address.
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And once you identify
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those things,
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once you identify them,
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there are two basic strategies.
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One, is
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you can remove the stressor.
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You can get away
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from some stressors.
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You can address them.
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If the Lord shows you
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what it is, He can help you
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remove it.
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There's also ways, though,
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that you can adapt
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the stressor.
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You can get it to work for you.
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You say,
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This all sounds very confusing.
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How do I know what to do?
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Well, here's
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our final Bible promise,
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because God wants to
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not only help you
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identify your stressors,
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but He wants to show you
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specific things you can do
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in the different
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areas of your life.
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He simply asks us to ask.
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If any of you lack wisdom,
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let him ask of God, who gives
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to all liberally
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and without reproach.
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God wants to help you deal
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with the stresses in your life.
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And although we've really
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given you a
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framework for it
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and given you some insights,
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there's a lot more
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that we could share.
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I encourage you to visit us
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at TimelessHealingInsights.org
00:26:55.14\00:26:57.41
for a special journey
00:26:57.41\00:26:59.01
in the summer of 2023.
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If you're listening after that,
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it will be available long term
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after that time.
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On that note,
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I want to encourage
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you, though,
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to put your life
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in the Lord's hands.
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Cast your burdens on Him,
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and He'll deliver you
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from your stresses.
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Let's pray with that in mind.
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Father in Heaven,
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we thank You for the insights
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You give us into
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dealing with stress.
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Yes, there's
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practical things we can do,
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but most of all
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help us to just lay
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our stresses at Your feet.
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Give us insight,
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strength and grace
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to deal with them.
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For we ask it in
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Jesus name, Amen.
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And yes, we do, as I
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mentioned in the program,
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have more help for you
00:27:40.86\00:27:42.36
in our free program.
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We call it Performance
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Boost 30.
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It launches
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June 24th with a live program
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Saturday night at 7 p.m.
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Eastern Time.
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If you're catching it
00:27:52.60\00:27:53.23
after the fact,
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it doesn't matter.
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Just join us
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at TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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