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00:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:14 YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMANDMENT 00:16 HERE FROM JESUS; HE'S SAYING, 'THOU SHALT NOT WORRY.' YOU 00:19 KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'YOU WILL HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR.' 00:22 YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE A REASON TO WORRY, WOULDN'T YOU? 00:25 CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PEOPLE OF FAITH. 00:31 NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO 00:35 WORRY. ARE THERE ANY WORRIERS OUT THERE? 00:40 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, I COULD PROBABLY 00:42 HELP YOU THINK OF SOMETHING. (LAUGHTER) THERE'S A LOT OF 00:44 THINGS THAT, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT. 00:49 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT YOUR SALVATION. 00:53 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT THE SALVATION OF OTHERS YOU LOVE. 00:56 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. 00:59 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT LIFE. YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT DEATH. 01:02 YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT JUST THE BASICS FROM DAY TO DAY. 01:08 NO LIMIT TO THINGS THAT YOU CAN WORRY ABOUT. 01:11 AND, YET, IN SPITE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT CONCERN US, DO YOU 01:14 KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMANDED TO NOT WORRY, IN THE BIBLE. 01:18 I'D LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND JOIN ME IN THE SAME PASSAGE THAT 01:21 WE HAD IN OUR SCRIPTURE READING. 01:23 TURN TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE 24. 01:26 AND HERE, JESUS SAID, "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS; FOR 01:30 EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL 01:34 BE LOYAL TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. 01:37 YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON." 01:40 NOW, I'M READING FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 01:44 SOME OTHER VERSIONS MIGHT SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 01:46 THAT WORD THERE 'MAMMON' IS ACTUALLY THE WORD 'ABUNDANCE'. 01:51 IT MEANS 'ABUNDANCE OF THINGS' OR 'ABUNDANCE OF RICHES'. 01:55 A TRANSLATION WOULD BE 'AN ABUNDANCE OF STUFF'. 01:59 YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND AN ABUNDANCE OF STUFF. 02:06 WE TEND TO WORRY ABOUT OUR STUFF. 02:09 ALL KINDS OF STUFF - STUFF CAN BE THINGS, STUFF CAN BE OTHER 02:14 STUFF - SORT OF A GENERAL PHRASE. 02:17 AND THEN JESUS GOES ON, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, HE BEGINS 02:20 TO SPECIFY. HE SAID, "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT 02:23 YOUR LIFE, WHAT YOU WILL EAT OR WHAT YOU WILL DRINK; NOR ABOUT 02:29 YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL PUT ON. IS NOT LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND 02:34 THE BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING?" NOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 02:37 COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE - YOU'VE GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 02:40 - AND, EVERY NOW AND THEN, SOME OF THE COMMANDMENTS SAY, 'THOU 02:42 SHALT' AND OTHERS SAY, 'THOU SHALT NOT'. 02:44 YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMANDMENT HERE FROM JESUS; HE'S SAYING, 02:46 'THOU SHALT NOT WORRY.' AND IT'S EASIER WHEN YOU KNOW, 'WELL, 02:54 YOU'RE GOD. IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY THAT. 02:57 YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 02:59 TO HAPPEN, SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' BUT THE 03:03 QUESTION IS: DO YOU TRUST YOUR LIFE TO SOMEONE THAT DOES KNOW? 03:08 HE SAYS, 'TRUST ME. LIVE BY FAITH. 03:11 DON'T WORRY.' IT WRECKS YOUR WITNESS, FOR ONE THING. 03:15 CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PEOPLE OF FAITH AND, IF WE SPEND 03:20 OUR LIVES WORRYING - FOLKS DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW TO WORRY, 03:24 EVERYONE DOES THAT PRETTY WELL. BUT IF WE MEET SOMEONE THAT 03:27 KNOWS HOW TO BELIEVE, THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE INSPIRING. 03:31 I HEARD ABOUT TWO FRIENDS THAT WERE TALKING ONE DAY AND ONE WAS 03:35 TELLING HIS BUDDY, HE SAID, 'YEAH, MY HOUSE IS IN 03:40 FORECLOSURE, LOST MY JOB, MEDICAL INSURANCE HAS BEEN 03:44 CANCELED, KIDS JUST DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, AND' - HE SAID - 'YOU 03:49 KNOW, MY CREDIT CARDS ARE MAXED OUT' - HE SAID - 'BUT I'M NOT 03:52 WORRIED.' - HE SAID - 'I'VE ACTUALLY HIRED SOMEONE WHO IS A 03:56 PROFESSIONAL WORRIER TO WORRY FOR ME.' (LAUGHTER) AND HIS 03:59 FRIEND SAID, 'WOW, THAT'S AMAZING' - HE SAID - 'WHAT DOES 04:03 THAT COST YOU?' HE SAID, 'IT'S $50,000.00 A 04:05 YEAR.' HE SAID, 'WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GOING TO 04:07 GET $50,000.00 A YEAR?' HE SAID, 'THAT'S HIS JOB, I 04:09 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.' (LAUGHTER) WOULDN'T IT BE NICE 04:14 IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO ALL OUR WORRYING FOR US? 04:17 DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY? YES. 04:21 DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY THAT WE CAN CAST OUR CARES UPON HIM? 04:26 WORRY IS NOT PART OF GOD'S PLAN FOR US. 04:28 NOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AND START OFF WITH A DEFINITION. 04:32 TO WORRY, IT MEANS 'TO FEEL ANXIOUS OR CONCERNED ABOUT 04:37 SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED OR MAY HAPPEN; TO TORMENT 04:41 ONESELF OR TO SUFFER FROM DISTURBING THOUGHT OR ANXIETIES; 04:45 TO FRET; TO BE TROUBLED; TO AGONIZE; TO BE BOTHERED; FEAR; 04:51 UNEASE; SLEEPLESSNESS.' THE WORD 'WORRY' ACTUALLY COMES FROM AN 04:56 OLD ANGLO-SAXON WORD 'WYRGAN' AND IT MEANS 'TO CHOKE OR TO 05:01 STRANGLE'. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PERSON 05:06 THAT'S JUST - THEY'RE CHOKED BY THEIR FEARS? 05:10 WE HAVE AN EXPRESSION WHEN YOU PLAY POOL: CHOKING BEHIND THE 05:14 EIGHT BALL. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 05:16 OR OTHER SPORTS THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE HE HAD THIS 05:19 FREE-THROW SHOT BUT ALL THE ANXIETY - EVERYTHING DEPENDED ON 05:22 HIM AND HE CHOKED. YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE? 05:26 YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO DRIVE IN THE HOME RUN AND WIN THE GAME 05:28 AND TURN EVERYTHING - ALL THE PRESSURE, HE STARTED TO WORRY - 05:32 HE CHOKED - COULDN'T PERFORM BECAUSE OF THE WORRY - IS WHAT 05:36 THEY CALL THAT. JESUS TALKS ABOUT HOW WORRY WILL CHOKE YOU. 05:40 MATTER OF FACT, HE HAS A PARABLE. 05:42 SOME OF THE GOOD SEED "FELL AMONG THE THORNS ARE THOSE WHO, 05:45 WHEN THEY HAVE HEARD, GO OUT AND ARE CHOKED WITH CARES,..." 05:52 NOW JESUS DRAWS ON A FEW DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP 05:56 US UNDERSTAND THAT AND HE SAYS, IN MATTHEW 6:26, "LOOK AT THE 06:03 BIRDS OF THE AIR," - NOW I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST READ THAT, 06:07 I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, LORD, I'VE GOT ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND THESE 06:11 ARE BIG PROBLEMS AND YOU'RE TELLING ME, 'LOOK AT THE 06:14 BIRDS.'' AND I'M GOING, 'I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE BIRDS, I 06:18 MEAN, BIRDS DON'T WORRY LIKE ME. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME 06:20 PROBLEMS I'VE GOT.' HE'S SAYING, 'EXACTLY.' NOW JESUS 06:23 KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING. HE SAID, 'LOOK AT THE 06:25 BIRDS...FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP NOR GATHER INTO BARNS;..." 06:32 NOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE BAD SEASONS 06:34 BECAUSE WE THINK AHEAD, WE WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE AND SO, IN 06:37 WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE YOU DO HAVE TO PLAN, AND THAT'S OKAY. 06:40 AND SO, YOU FARM, YOU KNOW, YOU SOW AND YOU WEED AND YOU PUT IN 06:44 A BARN AND YOU TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEXT YEAR. 06:46 HE SAID, 'BIRDS DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.' BIRDS JUST KIND OF 06:49 WAKE UP - YOU EVER SEE A BIRD WITH A SUITCASE? 06:52 YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS SENT OUT THE APOSTLES, HE PRETTY MUCH 06:55 TOLD THEM, 'YOU GO OUT - DON'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH YOU.' NOW, WE 07:02 USUALLY DON'T TELL OUR AFCOE STUDENTS THAT. 07:05 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GO DO A MISSION PROJECT. 07:07 BUT JESUS, HE SAID, 'LOOK, I WANT YOU TO LEARN TO TRUST ME.' 07:11 HE SAID, 'I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE A PURSE. 07:13 I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE AN EXTRA STAFF. 07:16 I WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND JUST LIVE BY FAITH AND TRUST ME.' 07:21 AND DID HE TAKE CARE OF THEM? YES. 07:24 SO LOOK AT THE BIRDS, LOOK AT THE FLOWERS - "...WHY WORRY 07:29 ABOUT CLOTHING?...THEY NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN; AND 07:34 YET I SAY TO YOU THAT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT 07:38 ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE" - FLOWERS. 07:40 AND, LET'S FACE IT, THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OUT THERE 07:43 NO HUMAN CAN DUPLICATE WITH THEIR LOOMS - THE BEAUTY OF THE 07:47 FLOWERS. AND, THEN, JESUS MAKES A POINT, 07:48 HE SAID, "IF GOD SO CLOTHES THE GRASS OF THE FIELD," - FLOWERS - 07:53 "WHICH TODAY IS, AND TOMORROW IS THROWN INTO THE OVEN, WILL HE 07:58 NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?" 08:01 NOW, JESUS IS BASICALLY SAYING, 'LOOK, I SEE THE SPARROW WHEN 08:06 HE'S HUNGRY AND I FEED IT' - ANOTHER VERSE SAYS THAT. 08:10 HE SAYS, A SPARROW DOES NOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT 08:12 THE NOTICE OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. 08:15 AND THEN JESUS GOES ON - HE TELLS US IN MATTHEW 10:31, "DO 08:19 NOT FEAR THEREFORE; YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS." 08:22 IF GOD CARES ENOUGH TO FEED THE SPARROWS, IF HE CARES ENOUGH TO 08:27 CLOTHE THE FLOWERS, HE SAYS, 'WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? 08:32 I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.' GO TO LUKE 10, VERSE 38. 08:36 NOW IT HAPPENED THAT THEY WENT TO A CERTAIN VILLAGE - THAT WAS 08:39 BETHANY - "AND A CERTAIN WOMAN NAMED MARTHA WELCOMED HIM INTO 08:42 HER HOUSE." - WE KNOW THEY WERE FRIENDS - 08:45 "SHE HAD A SISTER NAMED MARY" - ALSO HAD A BROTHER NAMED LAZARUS 08:49 - "WHO ALSO SAT AT JESUS' FEET AND HEARD HIS WORD. 08:52 BUT MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED WITH MUCH SERVING," - NOW THAT WORD 08:56 'DISTRACTED' - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WORRIED TO DISTRACTION? 09:00 YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE ROOM TO THE NEXT AND YOU'RE THINKING OF 09:02 SOMETHING ELSE YOU FORGOT, YOU KNOW, 'OH, I'VE GOT TO GET THIS' 09:04 AND 'OH, I'VE GOT TO WATCH THAT ON THE OVEN.' 'THAT'S ABOUT TO 09:07 BOIL OVER, OVER HERE. AND YOU'VE GOT THESE PEOPLE AND 09:09 THE PLACES SET - WE GOT - OH THE DOORBELL RANG. 09:12 SOMEONE GET THE DOOR.' AND, YOU KNOW, MARTHA'S JUST, YOU KNOW, 09:14 SHE'S LIKE COORDINATING THIS DINNER THEY'RE HAVING. 09:18 LATER, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT DINNER WHERE MARY WASHED THE 09:20 FEET OF JESUS, BUT MAY BE THE SAME DINNER. 09:23 MARY, SITTING AT JESUS' FEET AND JESUS IS TALKING, TEACHING WITH 09:26 THE APOSTLES AND MARTHA'S TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. 09:28 SHE'S GOT A HOUSEFUL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU 09:31 HAVE TO FEED 13 MEN, YOU WANT YOUR SISTER TO HELP. 09:36 AND THEN, THERE ARE OTHER GUESTS COMING. 09:39 AND MARY'S JUST SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THE WORD; SHE'S 09:41 JUST DRINKING IT IN AND HER HEART IS WARMED. 09:44 AND MARTHA'S GLARING AT HER. 09:46 EVERY TIME SHE GOES RIP-SNORTING BY TO GET ANOTHER CASSEROLE, SHE 09:49 LOOKS AT MARY AND KIND OF 'UGH' - YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVES HIM 09:52 THE EYE - OR HER THE EYE - AND FINALLY SHE SAYS, 'LOOK, JESUS 09:56 IS BECOMING AN ACCESSORY TO HER IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. 10:01 LOOK AT ALL I'VE GOT TO DO.' FINALLY, SHE STOPS AND TAPS HER 10:05 FOOT WITH HER ARMS FOLDED. SHE SAYS, 'LORD, 10:08 CAN'T YOU HELP ME? DON'T YOU CARE THAT MY SISTER 10:12 HAS LEFT ME TO SERVE ALONE? LOOK, SHE'S JUST SITTING THERE. 10:15 TELL HER TO GET UP AND HELP ME.' AND JESUS SAID TO HER, 'MARTHA, 10:21 MARTHA' - AS THOUGH SAYING IT ONCE WAS NOT ENOUGH. 10:24 CAN YOU PICTURE JESUS SHAKING HIS HEAD? 10:26 'MARTHA, MARTHA' - I MEAN, HE'S TALKING TO HIS HOSTESS, YOU'VE 10:30 GOT TO BE NICE. "MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED 10:35 AND TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS." ANY MARTHAS OUT HERE? 10:39 COME ON, NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WORRY? AM I WASTING MY TIME 10:43 TODAY? (LAUGHTER) I THINK THE QUESTION IS 'WHAT DO YOU WORRY 10:47 ABOUT?' I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BOTHER YOU - 10:53 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO THINK LESS OF ME AS A PASTOR, 10:56 BUT I DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES AS MUCH AS I WORRY 11:01 ABOUT MY TROUBLES. (LAUGHTER) 11:04 I - IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW, 11:06 I'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE SOME GENUINE CONCERN AND 11:09 THE BETTER I KNOW YOU, THE MORE I MIGHT THINK ABOUT IT AND BE 11:12 CONCERNED ABOUT YOU, BUT YOUR TROUBLES USUALLY DON'T KEEP ME 11:15 UP AT NIGHT. (LAUGHTER) WILL YOU FORGIVE ME? 11:20 I THINK YOU WILL, BECAUSE MY TROUBLES DON'T KEEP YOU UP. 11:22 (LAUGHTER) I WAS TRYING TO TAKE A NAP - I TRY TO TAKE A NAP, 11:27 BRIEFLY, ALMOST EVERY DAY, BECAUSE I FIND I GET A LOT MORE 11:31 DONE - A LOT MORE WRITING - AND I LAID DOWN AND I STARTED 11:33 THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING I COULD DO AND MY HEART STARTED 11:36 RACING - IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A MINI PANIC ATTACK. 11:39 I THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, I HAVE GOT SO MANY MESSAGES TO PREPARE AND 11:42 ARTICLES TO WRITE AND LETTERS TO WRITE AND I'M THINKING, 'OH MAN, 11:45 HOW AM I EVER GOING TO GET IT DONE? 11:48 BUT THEN I REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, AFTER 20 YEARS WITH AMAZING 11:51 FACTS AND OVER 30 YEARS PASTORING, I SAID, 'I'M STILL 11:56 ALIVE.' AND IT SEEMED LIKE ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE 11:59 HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SOMEHOW GOT DONE AND THE ONES 12:02 THAT DIDN'T GET DONE DIDN'T KILL ME. I'LL PROBABLY BE ALRIGHT. 12:06 THE THINGS THAT YOU WORRY ABOUT, SOMETIMES YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU 12:08 SAY, 'YOU KNOW, GOD WORKED IT OUT.' 12:11 AMEN. AND I WASTED ALL THE JOY I 12:14 COULD HAVE HAD DURING THAT TIME AND PEACE AND GOOD WITNESS 12:17 WORRYING ABOUT THINGS I DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. GOD TOOK 12:21 CARE OF IT. BUT WE HAVE OUR THINGS THAT WE WORRY ABOUT. 12:26 HE SAID, "MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED AND TROUBLED ABOUT 12:28 MANY THINGS. BUT ONE THING IS NEEDED, AND MARY 12:31 HAS CHOSEN THAT GOOD PART," - WHAT DID MARY CHOOSE? 12:34 SHE SAT TO HEAR THE WORD AND SHE WORSHIPED JESUS. 12:38 SO DO YOU WANT TO WORRY OR DO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP? 12:41 MALE ANNOUNCER: DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR WORLD 12:43 IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? 12:45 OR PERHAPS NEW LIFE CHALLENGES ARE FRIGHTENING 12:47 YOU MORE THAN THEY SHOULD. 12:49 ARE YOU SINKING WHILE YOU'RE THINKING? 12:51 EXCESSIVE WORRY CAN CONSUME YOU, 12:53 EATING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT. 12:55 RESULTING IN SICKNESS, INSOMNIA, AND PARALYZING FEAR. 12:59 IT CAN ALSO DAMAGE RELATIONSHIPS, 13:00 RUIN OPPORTUNITIES, 13:02 AND YES, DIMINISH YOUR WITNESS FOR THE GOSPEL. 13:06 WORRY AFFECTS EVERYBODY DIFFERENTLY 13:08 BUT IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY FEAR SO HOW CAN YOU OVERCOME A WORLD 13:12 FULL OF REASONS TO BE ANXIOUS? 13:15 I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU MY NEW BOOK, 13:17 "FINDING PEACE IN A WORLD OF A WORRY." 13:20 YOU'LL DISCOVER A LIFE LINE TO VICTORY, 13:22 A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CAST YOUR CARES UPON CHRIST, 13:26 AND EXPERIENCE A SERENITY THAT ISN'T SUBJECT 13:28 TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. 13:30 ANNOUNCER: SEND A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO RECEIVE YOUR 13:32 COPY OF PASTOR DOUG'S NEW BOOK, 13:34 "FINDING PEACE IN A WORLD OF WORRY." 13:37 CALL 877-232-2871 TODAY. 13:43 FORTY-THREE PERCENT OF ALL ADULTS SUFFER HEALTH EFFECTS DUE 13:47 TO WORRY AND STRESS. THAT'S ALSO TRUE AMONG CHRISTIANS. 13:52 UP TO 75 OF ALL VISITS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS ARE 13:56 STRESS-RELATED COMPLAINTS OR DISORDERS. 13:59 WORRY, OR ANXIETY, CAN CAUSE TWITCHING, TREMBLING, MUSCLE 14:04 TENSION, HEADACHES, SWEATING, DRY MOUTH, DIFFICULTY 14:07 SWALLOWING, DENTAL PROBLEMS, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ULCERS, 14:10 DIZZINESS, VISION PROBLEMS, RAPID OR IRREGULAR HEART RATE, 14:15 RAPID BREATHING, DIARRHEA OR FREQUENT NEED TO URINATE, 14:18 FATIGUE, IRRITABILITY, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF YOUR TEMPER, 14:21 SLEEPING DIFFICULTIES, NIGHTMARES, DECREASED 14:24 CONCENTRATION, LOWER GRADES, AND HAIR LOSS. 14:30 THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SAID. I DON'T WORRY. 14:38 SOMEONE SAID, 'FOR EVERYONE THAT DIES FROM A MAJOR MISFORTUNE, 14:41 TEN DIE FROM LITTLE WORRIES. 14:46 SOMEONE ELSE WROTE, 'WORMS EAT YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEAD; WORRIES 14:49 EAT YOU WHEN YOU'RE ALIVE.' AND SOMEONE ELSE, 'HAPPY IS THE MAN 14:54 THAT'S TOO BUSY TO WORRY BY DAY AND TOO SLEEPY TO WORRY AT 14:57 NIGHT.' HELEN STEINER-RICE, A POET, WROTE A POEM: "WORRY, WHY 15:03 WORRY? WHAT CAN WORRY DO? 15:06 IT NEVER KEEPS A TROUBLE FROM OVERTAKING YOU. 15:09 IT GIVES YOU INDIGESTION AND SLEEPLESS HOURS AT NIGHT, AND 15:12 FILLS WITH GLOOM THE DAYS, HOWEVER FAIR AND BRIGHT." 15:17 SO WHAT DO PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT? DO PEOPLE WORRY 15:20 ABOUT THEIR HEALTH? THEIR FOOD, CLOTHES? 15:23 JESUS MENTIONED LONELINESS, CHILDREN, THEY WORRY ABOUT 15:26 MONEY, GOSSIP, THEY WORRY ABOUT RETIREMENT. 15:33 36 PERCENT OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOURCES 15:37 OF STRESS IS THEIR JOB. 22 PERCENT - MONEY 15:42 - THAT'D BE RELATED. 10 PERCENT - CHILDREN. 15:44 7 PERCENT HEALTH. 5 PERCENT MARRIAGE. 15:48 YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, 10 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN WORRY ABOUT THE 15:52 MARRIAGE; 3 PERCENT OF THE MEN, SO IT AVERAGES OUT TO 5 PERCENT. 15:56 THE MEN THINK, 'YEAH, IT'S FINE, DINNER'S ON THE TABLE. 15:58 OUR MARRIAGE IS FINE.' THE WOMAN DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. 16:02 5 PERCENT ABOUT PARENTS. 5 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE SAY 16:05 THEY HAVE NO WORRIES AT ALL. SO I WOULD THINK THAT 16:09 THIS WOULD BE RELEVANT. DOES THE EVENING 16:12 NEWS FRIGHTEN YOU? YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'YOU WILL 16:16 HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR.' YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE A 16:19 REASON TO WORRY, WOULDN'T YOU? JESUS SAID, 'SEE THAT YOU ARE 16:23 NOT TROUBLED.' SO, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORRY ABOUT A 16:26 NUCLEAR WAR, THEN YOU TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED 16:30 TO WORRy ABOUT? JESUS IS NOT WORRIED. 16:35 YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE NEWS AND YOU SEE - EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO, 16:39 THREE HURRICANES - MAJOR HURRICANES ON THE EAST COAST, 16:43 NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KEEPS LOBBING MISSILES OVER EVERYBODY 16:47 AND SAYING HE'S BUILDING A NUCLEAR ONE - HE'S GOING TO TURN 16:50 US TO DUST, AND TROOPS ARE AMASSING ON THE EUROPEAN BORDER 16:57 - RUSSIAN TROOPS - AND PROBLEMS IN SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST - 17:01 WARS IN AFRICA - AND YOU JUST - YOU LISTEN TO ALL THIS STUFF AND 17:04 YOU THINK, 'BOY, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WE 17:06 OUGHT TO, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO WRITE IT ALL DOWN AND PASS IT 17:08 AROUND AND JUST SHARE IT WITH EACH OTHER. 17:11 JUST SAY, 'LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS, YOU WORRY 17:13 ABOUT THAT.' JUST NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. 17:17 SO YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, 'DO I TRUST GOD?' 17:22 AMEN. HERE'S THE QUESTION: 17:25 IS GOD WORRIED? NO. 17:27 IS GOD WORRIED ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR? 17:30 'OH NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.' I MEAN, IS GOD WORRIED ABOUT 17:35 ANYTHING? OR IS HE COMPLETELY AT PEACE? 17:39 HE'S CRYING. OH, HE MAY BE SAD, BECAUSE 17:42 GOD HAS EMOTIONS, BUT HE'S NOT WORRIED. 17:46 SO - AND IT DOESN'T MEAN - NOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT NOT WORRYING, 17:48 IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T PLAN. SHOULD WE PLAN? 17:52 SHOULD WE THINK AHEAD? YOU KNOW, JAMES TELLS US, 'IF 17:54 ANY OF YOU PLAN, YOU SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS CITY, WE'RE 17:56 GOING TO DO BUSINESS, BUY AND SELL' - HE SAYS, 'SAY, 'IF THE 17:58 LORD WILLS.'' HE EXPECTS US TO MAKE PLANS, BUT YOU SUBMIT ALL 18:01 THOSE TO GOD BECAUSE GOD REALLY HAS THE BIG PICTURE. 18:05 PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS - WORRY ABOUT WAR. 18:09 SOME PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHERS SAY. 18:12 A LOT OF FOLKS, OF ALL THE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, THEY'RE 18:14 WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF THEM. 18:17 EVEN JESUS, HE TOLD YOU, 'PEOPLE PRAY TO BE SEEN, THEY GIVE TO BE 18:22 SEEN, THEY FAST TO BE SEEN.' THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT 18:25 PEOPLE THINK OF THEIR RELIGION. OR MAYBE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE 18:30 WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEM - 18:32 WORRIED ABOUT GOSSIP. HERE'S A LITTLE TIP 18:36 FROM ECCLESIASTES. SOLOMON SAID - CHAPTER 7, VERSE 18:40 21, "DO NOT TAKE TO HEART EVERYTHING PEOPLE SAY, LEST YOU 18:45 HEAR YOUR SERVANT CURSING YOU. FOR MANY TIMES, ALSO, YOUR OWN 18:49 HEART HAS KNOWN THAT EVEN YOU HAVE CURSED OTHERS." 18:52 LET ME GIVE YOU A MORE MODERN TRANSLATION: DON'T WORRY ABOUT 18:55 WHAT EVERYONE SAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR, EVEN PEOPLE CLOSE 18:57 TO YOU, SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT YOU AND YOU'VE PROBABLY 19:01 DONE THE SAME THING.' PEOPLE TALK. 19:06 PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF DUMB THINGS. IF YOU WORRY ABOUT WHAT 19:08 EVERYBODY SAYS - I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A WEBSITE YOU COULD GO 19:11 TO AND IT WOULD DO A SEARCH FOR YOU AND FIND OUT WHO'S 19:13 TALKING ABOUT YOU. THAT WOULD DRIVE YOU 19:17 CRAZY, WOULDN'T IT? WORRY ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S 19:19 SAYING - OR IF YOU COULD HEAR - WOULDN'T IT? 19:22 EVERY - ANYONE - YOU COULD HEAR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU? 19:25 THAT'D PROBABLY BE REALLY BAD FOR YOUR SELF-ESTEEM. 19:29 DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY. 19:31 NOW, JESUS TELLS US THE SAME THING. 19:34 HE SAYS, IN MATTHEW 5:11, BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN THEY REVILE 19:38 YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU 19:41 FALSELY FOR MY SAKE." WELL, MAKE SURE IT'S FALSELY. 19:45 BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS ABOUT YOU AND THEY'RE 19:48 RIDICULING YOU, AND THEY'RE GOSSIPING ABOUT YOU, JESUS NOT 19:50 ONLY SAYS YOU'RE BLESSED, HE SAYS, 'REJOICE!' 19:53 NOW YOU'LL REJOICE WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE ARE SAYING NEGATIVE 19:56 THINGS ABOUT YOU? SOME PEOPLE WORRY 19:59 ABOUT PROVISION. JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, 20:02 "THEREFORE...DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE," - THAT'S A COMMAND - 20:07 "WHAT YOU WILL EAT...NOR ABOUT YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL PUT ON. 20:10 IS NOT LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING?" 20:14 HE DOESN'T MEAN DON'T TAKE PRACTICAL THOUGHT FOR THE BASICS 20:18 OF LIFE, BUT DON'T BE ANXIOUS ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 20:24 PSALM 37, KING DAVID SAID, "I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; 20:28 YET HAVE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS 20:31 DESCENDANTS BEGGING BREAD." DAVID SAID, 'THROUGH MY WHOLE 20:34 LIFE I HAVE NOT SEEN GOD FORSAKE HIS PEOPLE.' GOD'LL 20:37 TAKE CARE OF YOU. ISAIAH 33, "HE WILL DWELL ON 20:42 HIGH; HIS PLACE OF DEFENSE WILL BE THE FORTRESS OF ROCKS; BREAD 20:47 WILL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS WATER WILL BE SURE." 20:49 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE LED BY THE LORD, OUT OF THE 20:52 WILDERNESS, DID HE GIVE THEM FOOD? 20:56 YES. DID HE GIVE THEM WATER? 20:59 DID HE PRESERVE THEIR CLOTHES? 21:02 YOU KNOW, GOD ACTUALLY SAID, AFTER 40 YEARS OF GOING THROUGH 21:05 THE WILDERNESS, HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER, LOOK BACK, YOUR 21:09 SHOES DID NOT WEAR OUT AND YOUR GARMENTS DID NOT WEAR OUT.' HE 21:14 SAID, 'I TOOK CARE OF YOU.' AND SO, WHEN JESUS SAID, 'HE FEEDS 21:17 THE BIRDS, HE CLOTHES THE FLOWER; DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT 21:20 YOU'RE GOING TO EAT OR DRINK OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR.' HE 21:23 REALLY DOES TAKE CARE OF US. AMEN. 21:27 AND, OF COURSE, PHILIPPIANS - WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT WORRY? 21:31 "BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN" - THE WORD 'ANXIOUS' THERE MEANS 21:34 'ANXIETY' - IT MEANS 'WORRY' - DON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH? 21:38 PAUL SAID, 'DON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING. 21:40 IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING. 21:42 YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE? BUT DON'T BE ANXIOUS. 21:45 DON'T HAVE THE STRESS. DON'T LET IT CHOKE YOU. 21:48 DON'T BE ANXIOUS FOR ANYTHING, "BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND 21:52 SUPPLICATION," - SO THERE'S ONE ANSWER - "WITH THANKSGIVING," - 21:56 BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE - LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE 21:59 KNOWN TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH 22:02 SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND 22:04 MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS." SO HERE ARE SOME THINGS 22:07 YOU CAN DO ABOUT WORRY. PRAY, SING - YOU EVER WORRY AND 22:13 YOU START SINGING AND IT JUST SEEMS TO EVAPORATE? 22:16 BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD - BELIEVE HE'S WITH YOU, BELIEVE 22:19 HE'S IN CONTROL. NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM 22:21 IS, GOD HAS AN ANSWER. YOU KNOW THAT PROMISE IN ROMANS 22:25 8:28, "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, 22:31 TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE." 22:34 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. EXERCISE. 22:38 SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED AND THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT AND, 22:41 SOMETIMES GETTING OUTSIDE WILL BRING YOU RELIEF AND PEACE. 22:46 YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY WRITE DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE 22:48 WORRIED ABOUT AND THEN GIVE IT TO GOD. 22:51 SAY, 'LORD, YOU'RE MY PROFESSIONAL WORRIER. 22:54 I'M GIVING MY WORRIES TO YOU.' JEREMIAH 29:11 - CLAIM THE 22:59 PROMISES OF GOD, "FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD 23:02 YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE 23:06 YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE." YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, 23:10 'OH, GOD'S GOING TO DO ME IN. I'VE GOT ALL THESE PROBLEMS.' 23:12 AND GOD SAYS, 'NO, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. 23:15 DON'T WORRY.' 1 PETER 5:7, "THEREFORE HUMBLE YOURSELVES 23:20 UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE 23:23 TIME, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE" - WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CARE? 23:28 ALL. 25 PERCENT? 'LORD - I DON'T - 23:31 I'M WORRIED, LORD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ENOUGH, SO I NEED 23:33 TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF IT.' IF I DON'T WORRY, WHO'S GOING TO 23:36 WORRY? CASTING ALL OF YOUR CARE UPON HIM - WHY? 23:40 BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU. SO, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? 23:43 JESUS GIVES US THE SOLUTION RIGHT THERE IN THE SAME PASSAGE: 23:46 "BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS". 23:51 OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO DO THE WORK OF HIS KINGDOM. 23:54 RIGHT. TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 23:56 HIS KINGDOM IN US - HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - HIS KINGDOM 23:59 AROUND US. IF WE MAKE IT THE PRIORITY TO 24:02 BUILD UP HIS KINGDOM - AND HE SAYS, 'ALL THESE THINGS' - 24:05 WHAT ARE THE 'THESE THINGS'? THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED 24:08 THAT PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT. NOW, FOR YOU, IT MAY NOT BE 24:10 FOOD, IT MAY NOT BE DRINK, IT MAY NOT BE CLOTHES, BUT WHATEVER 24:14 IT IS, IT SAYS, 'CAST ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM.' ALL THESE OTHER 24:19 THINGS WILL BE ADDED - 'I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR BASICS. 24:21 I'LL TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED.' "THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY 24:25 ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN 24:29 THINGS." WE ALL REALLY HAVE THOSE TWO 24:31 CHOICES: ARE WE GOING TO WORRY OR ARE WE GOING TO WORSHIP? 24:35 ARE WE GOING TO LIVE BY FAITH LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS 24:40 AND JUST LIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, TRUSTING THAT EVEN THOUGH 24:43 YOU DON'T SEE HIM - WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF GOD 24:48 SHOULD JUST WHISPER IN YOUR EAR AND SAY, 'I KNOW ABOUT ALL THE 24:51 THINGS YOU'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT IT 24:53 COVERED.' WOULD THAT - IF YOU - WOULD THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? 24:57 WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? HE'S DOING IT TODAY. 25:00 I MEAN, HE SAID IT IN HIS WORD. AMEN. 25:02 IT'S NOT ME, IT'S THE WORD OF GOD. 25:05 JESUS SAID, 'DON'T WORRY.' HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE PEACE. 25:09 AND YOU WATCH, ONE BY ONE, JUST AS HE'S TAKEN CARE OF YOU 25:13 THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE - THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE - I'M PRETTY 25:15 SAFE IN SAYING THAT. HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. 25:20 PRAY FOR WISDOM, PRAY FOR GRACE, PRAY FOR ENERGY - WHATEVER THE 25:23 THINGS YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR, PRAY FOR THE PRACTICAL ANSWERS 25:26 THAT YOU NEED, BUT THEN LEAVE IT WITH GOD. 25:30 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE GOING THROUGH LIFE CHOKED. 25:33 AMEN. AMEN? 25:34 AMEN. GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 25:37 JESUS SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME. CAST YOUR CARES UPON ME. 25:41 MY BURDEN IS EASY. MY LOAD IS LIGHT. 25:43 ♪♪ 25:47 MALE ANNOUNCER: DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR WORLD 25:49 IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? 25:51 OR PERHAPS NEW LIFE CHALLENGES ARE FRIGHTENING 25:53 YOU MORE THAN THEY SHOULD. 25:54 ARE YOU SINKING WHILE YOU'RE THINKING? 25:57 EXCESSIVE WORRY CAN CONSUME YOU, 25:59 EATING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT. 26:01 RESULTING IN SICKNESS, INSOMNIA, AND PARALYZING FEAR. 26:05 IT CAN ALSO DAMAGE RELATIONSHIPS, 26:07 RUIN OPPORTUNITIES, 26:08 AND YES, DIMINISH YOUR WITNESS FOR THE GOSPEL. 26:11 WORRY AFFECTS EVERYBODY DIFFERENTLY 26:14 BUT IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY FEAR SO HOW CAN YOU OVERCOME A WORLD 26:18 FULL OF REASONS TO BE ANXIOUS? 26:21 I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU MY NEW BOOK, 26:23 "FINDING PEACE IN A WORLD OF A WORRY." 26:26 YOU'LL DISCOVER A LIFE LINE TO VICTORY, 26:28 A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CAST YOUR CARES UPON CHRIST, 26:31 AND EXPERIENCE A SERENITY THAT ISN'T SUBJECT 26:34 TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. 26:36 ANNOUNCER: SEND A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO RECEIVE YOUR 26:38 COPY OF PASTOR DOUG'S NEW BOOK, 26:40 "FINDING PEACE IN A WORLD OF WORRY." 26:42 CALL 877-232-2871 TODAY. 26:49 ♪♪ 26:59 ♪♪ 27:09 ♪♪ 27:19 ♪♪ 27:29 ♪♪ 27:39 ♪♪ 27:44 DOUG: WISH YOU COULD GET A NEW START, 27:46 I'D LIKE TO LIVE MY LIFE OVER KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW. 27:48 I DON'T WANT TO START OVER AND JUST MAKE ALL THE SAME MISTAKES. 27:50 I WANT TO HAVE MY MEMORIES SO I DN'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. 27:53 YOU GET A NEW BEGINNING, YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 27:57 THAT FEELING OF ALL YOUR SINS BEING WASHED AWAY 27:59 BECAUSE GOD PROMISES. 28:00 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL--? 28:02 MALE: I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK. 28:09 ♪♪ 28:12 MALE: IN AS MUCH AS YOU DID UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, 28:15 MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME. 28:19 ♪♪ 28:23 ♪♪ 28:25 ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS 28:27 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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