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00:02 MALE ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
00:04 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:07 ♪♪ 00:14 DOUG BATCHELOR: GOD GIVES YOU ENOUGH GRACE TO DEAL 00:16 WITH THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY. 00:19 THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN LIFE. GOD USES TROUBLES TO 00:22 TEACH US AND TO TEST US. 00:28 DOUG: IT'S A VERY COMMON TOPIC IN 00:32 THE BIBLE TO ADDRESS THE ANXIETY AND CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE. 00:39 JESUS, IN HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT, GOT RIGHT INTO IT. 00:43 HE SAID, IN CHAPTER 6 OF MATTHEW, "THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY 00:48 ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN 00:51 THINGS." HE COMMANDS US NOT TO WORRY. 00:54 WORRY WEARS AWAY THE LIFE FORCES. 00:58 WORRY ROBS US OF OUR JOY. SOMEONE ONCE SAID, 'WORRY BRINGS 01:03 TOMORROW'S DIFFICULTIES INTO TODAY.' 01:06 GOD DOESN'T GIVE YOU GRACE FOR TOMORROW'S DIFFICULTIES, HE ONLY 01:08 GIVES YOU GRACE FOR TODAY. WORRY DOES NOT TAKE THE SORROW 01:13 OUT OF TOMORROW, IT ONLY TAKES TOMORROW'S SORROW AND BRINGS IT 01:17 TODAY AND THEN LESS PREPARES YOU TO DEAL WITH TOMORROW'S SORROW. 01:21 AND SO, IT'S DEBILITATING. YOU KNOW, I WAS READING IN THE 01:28 NEWS NOT LONG AGO - MANY OF US HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 01:31 REMEMBER LAST YEAR THERE WAS A TERRIBLE FIRE IN OAKLAND AND 36 01:36 PEOPLE PERISHED IN THAT FIRE IN THE WAREHOUSE IN OAKLAND. 01:41 THE AUTHORITIES LATER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO WHAT 01:47 THEY CALLED AN OVERLOADED CIRCUIT. 01:50 THEY HAD TOO MANY THINGS PLUGGED INTO A BREAKER THAT WAS ONLY 01:54 DESIGNED TO HANDLE SO MANY AMPS. AND, BECAUSE THEY DID 01:59 THIS, SOME WIRES HEATED UP, THEY SHORTED OUT, THEY CAUGHT ON 02:02 FIRE, THE FIRE SPREAD. THERE WAS ONLY ONE EXIT 02:05 DOWNSTAIRS; MOST PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED UPSTAIRS AND DIED 02:08 FROM THE SMOKE INHALATION. AND A LOT OF DEATH AND DAMAGE 02:12 WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERLOADED CIRCUIT. 02:17 WHEN YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME WORRYING ABOUT THINGS FOR 02:20 TOMORROW, AND THE WEEK AFTER, AND THE MONTH AFTER THAT, AND 02:23 YOU JUST PILE ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, YOU OVERLOAD YOUR TRUCK - 02:27 YOU BLOW OUT THE TIRES - YOU OVERLOAD YOUR CIRCUITS AND IT 02:30 FRIES. AND GOD DIDN'T DESIGN US THIS WAY. 02:34 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, IN HIS DISCOURSE ABOUT WORRY, HE SAID, 02:38 'SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF.' NOW, THAT'S KIND 02:41 OF THE OLD ENGLISH WAY OF SAYING, 'GOD GIVES YOU ENOUGH 02:45 GRACE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY.' 02:49 THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN LIFE. THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 02:53 GOD USES TROUBLES TO TEACH US AND TO TEST US. 02:58 YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK OF JOB CHAPTER 5, VERSE 7, "YET MAN IS 03:02 BORN TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD." 03:05 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN LIFE. 03:07 AND, IN ACTS 14:22 PAUL SAID, "STRENGTHENING THE SOULS OF THE 03:12 DISCIPLES, EXHORTING THEM TO CONTINUE IN THE FAITH AND 03:15 SAYING, 'WE MUST THROUGH MANY TRIBULATIONS ENTER THE KINGDOM 03:19 OF GOD.'" TRIBULATIONS IS RELATED TO THE WORD 'TROUBLE'. 03:23 IT'S THROUGH TROUBLE WE ENTER THE KINGDOM. 03:26 THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE, THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMS, 03:28 BUT GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT THESE TROUBLES. 03:33 HE WANTS US TO LEARN TO TRUST THROUGH THE TROUBLES. 03:36 SO OFTEN IN THE BIBLE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME TO A 03:39 POINT WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HOPELESS. 03:41 THEY'D BE AT THE BORDERS OF THE RED SEA, THEY'D HAVE MOUNTAINS 03:44 ON BOTH SIDES, AN OCEAN IN FRONT, AND AN ARMY OF ANGRY 03:47 EGYPTIANS CHARGING DOWN ON THEM. THEY WEREN'T ARMED AND THEY 03:51 STARTED TO CRY OUT AND WORRY. 'WHAT DO WE DO?' 03:54 YOU KNOW WHAT GOD TOLD THEM? 03:56 'STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.' GOD 04:00 ALLOWED THE TROUBLE TO COME THAT THEY MIGHT DEVELOP TRUST. 04:04 DEUTERONOMY 33:25 PROMISES, "YOUR SANDALS SHALL BE IRON" - 04:09 THAT SOUNDS UNCOMFORTABLE BUT I'LL EXPLAIN - "AND BRONZE; AS 04:13 YOUR DAYS, SO SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE." 04:16 MEANING THAT THEY WON'T WEAR OUT. 04:20 YOU KNOW, FOR THE FORTY YEARS THEY WERE IN THE WILDERNESS, GOD 04:22 SAID, 'YOUR SHOES DIDN'T WEAR OUT. 04:23 YOUR CLOTHES DIDN'T WEAR OUT.' HE SAID, 'AS YOUR DAYS, SO SHALL 04:28 YOUR STRENGTH BE.' GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU HERCULEAN 04:31 STRENGTH FOR TODAY THAT YOU REALLY DON'T NEED UNTIL 04:34 TOMORROW. WHEN THE CHALLENGE COMES 04:37 HE GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH. PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, 'PASTOR 04:40 DOUG, DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH FAITH?' 04:43 YOU'VE PROBABLY WONDERED THIS YOURSELF. 04:45 'IF WE GET TORTURED FOR OUR FAITH, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH FAITH 04:48 WHERE YOU WOULD NOT DENY JESUS IN THE FACE OF TORTURE?' 04:53 AND MY ANSWER WOULD BE, 'NOT TODAY I DON'T. 04:56 BUT, I HOPE THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES, I WILL.' AND SO, I'M NOT 05:01 GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW BECAUSE, AS YOUR DAYS, SO WILL 05:05 YOUR STRENGTH BE. YOU'RE NOT TO SAY, 'LORD, GIVE 05:08 ME THIS MONTH MY MONTHLY BREAD, YOU SAY, 'GIVE ME THIS DAY MY 05:13 DAILY BREAD.' NOW, WHEN GOD TELLS YOU NOT TO WORRY, IT 05:17 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT TO PLAN. 05:20 BUT A LOT OF THINGS WE WORRY ABOUT, WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO 05:23 DEAL WITH. SOMEBODY DID A STUDY ABOUT THE 05:27 AVERAGE PERSON AND WHAT THEY WORRY ABOUT AND THEY FOUND THAT 05:29 40 PERCENT OF WHAT PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT NEVER HAPPENS. 05:34 REMINDS ME OF THAT LADY THAT WAS ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE, 'DON'T 05:37 TELL ME WORRY DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD, THE THINGS I WORRY ABOUT 05:39 NEVER HAPPEN.' (LAUGHTER) SHE THOUGHT THAT'S BECAUSE SHE 05:42 WORRIED ABOUT THEM. 40 PERCENT OF WHAT PEOPLE 05:45 WORRY ABOUT NEVER HAPPENS. 30 PERCENT OF WHAT PEOPLE WORRY 05:48 ABOUT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 05:53 HAVE YOU EVER SPENT TIME WORRYING ABOUT REGRETS? 05:55 OR YOU COME AWAY FROM A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AND YOU 05:58 KEEP THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID? 06:00 I'VE DONE THAT. OR YOU'VE MADE BAD DECISIONS AND 06:04 YOU JUST KEEP REHASHING IT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND 06:06 THEN THE LORD SAYS, 'YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. IT'S IN THE PAST.' 06:10 BUT WE STILL WORRY ABOUT THINGS - IT'S TOO LATE 06:13 - SPEND TIME IN REGRET. 12 PERCENT WORRY ABOUT WHAT 06:16 OTHERS SAY ABOUT THEM - AND YOU CAN'T REALLY CHANGE 06:18 MUCH ABOUT THAT. 10 PERCENT WORRY - DEALS WITH 06:22 YOUR HEALTH AND, OF COURSE, WORRYING ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CAN 06:25 ALWAYS MAKE YOUR HEALTH WORSE. THAT MEANS THAT LEAVES ABOUT 8 06:29 PERCENT OF THINGS THAT ARE WORTH CONSIDERATION. 06:33 MOST OF WHAT WE WORRY ABOUT IS REALLY A BIG WASTE OF TIME. 06:36 NOW, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, 'DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE' - 06:39 JESUS SAID, 'DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE' - THAT'S A COMMAND - 06:41 THAT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T EVER THINK OR PLAN. 06:46 HE'S NOT ASKING US TO JUST KIND OF GO SKIPPING IDIOTICALLY 06:52 THROUGH LIFE, WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD - NOT WORRIED ABOUT 06:55 ANYTHING - AND BEING IRRESPONSIBLE. 06:58 GOD DOES WANT YOU TO THINK. AND THERE ARE SCRIPTURES THAT 07:00 TALK TO US ABOUT PLANNING. PROVERBS 21:5, "THE PLANS OF THE 07:05 DILIGENT LEAD SURELY TO PLENTY, BUT THOSE OF EVERYONE WHO IS 07:09 HASTY, SURELY TO POVERTY." YOU SHOULD PLAN. 07:12 PROVERBS 11:14, "WHERE THERE IS NO COUNCIL THE PEOPLE FAIL; BUT 07:16 IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY." 07:19 AND JESUS SAID, 'WHICH OF YOU, INTENDING TO BUILD A TOWER, 07:22 DOESN'T SIT DOWN FIRST AND COUNT THE COST?' 07:24 THERE NEEDS TO BE PLANNING IN LIFE. GOD IS PRACTICAL IN THAT 07:27 WAY. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING 07:29 AWARE THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WORRYING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 07:35 STRESSING AND BEING ANXIOUS AND FRETTING AND WRINGING YOUR HANDS 07:38 AND LOSING SLEEP - WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO COMMIT OUR TROUBLES 07:41 TO THE LORD. I HEARD ABOUT A MAN THAT CAME 07:45 OUT FROM THIS OFFICE BUILDING IN CHICAGO AN THE POLICEMAN WAS 07:48 WRITING HIM A TICKET FOR DOUBLE PARKING. HE SAID, 'WHAT IN THE 07:50 WORLD POSSESSED YOU TO MAKE YOU DO THIS?' 07:52 THE MAN SAID, 'WELL, WHENEVER I GO TO THE DENTIST, I'LL ALWAYS 07:54 DOUBLE PARK BECAUSE IT GIVES ME SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 07:58 I WORRY ABOUT GETTING A TICKET AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE 08:01 DRILL.' (LAUGHTER) IT'S A DIVERSION. 08:07 NOW, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, 'PASTOR DOUG, ARE YOU SAYING 08:11 THAT WORRYING IS A SIN?' WELL, IT CAN BE. 08:15 I MEAN, WHENEVER JESUS SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT WORRY' AND YOU 08:18 WORRY, YOU WONDER, 'WELL, IS IT A SIN?' 08:21 WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ROMANS 14:23 SAYS, "...FOR WHATEVER IS NOT 08:24 FROM FAITH IS SIN." AND SO, IF WE'RE SPENDING A LOT 08:28 OF TIME WORRYING ABOUT THINGS, IT MEANS YOU DON'T TRUST THAT 08:31 THERE'S A GOD WHO CAN HELP YOU. HEBREWS 11:6, "BUT WITHOUT FAITH 08:35 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST 08:38 BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE 08:41 WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM." IN ONE SENSE, WHEN WE WORRY, WE 08:45 MAKE OURSELVES GOD, AND THAT'S IDOLATRY - AS THOUGH WE 08:49 HAVE POWER TO CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES. 08:52 IT'S LIKE THIS MAN WHO WAS WALKING AROUND NEW YORK CITY 08:55 CLAPPING HIS HANDS OVER HIS HEAD AND SOMEONE FINALLY ASKED HIM, 08:57 'WHY DO YOU DO THAT?' HE SAID, 'IT KEEPS THE LIONS 09:00 AWAY.' HE SAID, 'IT KEEPS THE LIONS AWAY? 09:04 THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY MOUNTAIN LIONS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR 09:06 150 YEARS.' HE SAID, 'EFFECTIVE, ISN'T IT?' 09:09 (LAUGHTER) SOMEONE ONCE SAID A DAY OF WORRY IS MORE EXHAUSTING 09:14 THAN A DAY OF WORK. LUKE 12:29: "AND DO NOT SEEK 09:18 WHAT YOU SHOULD EAT OR WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINK, NOR 09:21 HAVE AN ANXIOUS MIND." - HE'S NOT SAYING DON'T THINK 09:23 ABOUT IT, BUT DON'T BE ANXIOUS ABOUT IT - "FOR ALL THESE THINGS 09:27 THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD SEEK AFTER..." 09:29 JESUS IS SAYING YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE UNBELIEVERS 09:32 IF YOU JUST WORRY ALL THE TIME ABOUT THESE THINGS. 09:35 GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 09:37 YOUR FATHER KNOWS YOU NEED THESE THINGS - "BUT SEEK FIRST THE 09:41 KINGDOM OF GOD, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED." 09:45 I REMEMBER TALKING TO A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, A BUILDER, AND 09:50 HE WENT UP TO ALASKA DURING A BUILDING BOOM AND HE WAS DOING 09:53 VERY WELL. AND THEN THE BOTTOM FELL OUT 09:55 AND IT HIT HARD AND THEY WERE OVER-EXTENDED AND THEN JUST 09:57 ALMOST OVERNIGHT THEY HAD NO MONEY - AND THE HOUSE PAYMENTS 10:02 - HAD NOWHERE TO GO AND THIS FAMILY WAS TOTALLY OUT OF FOOD - 10:06 BUT THEY WERE CHRISTIANS - HAD THREE KIDS. 10:08 AND THEY SAID, 'LOOK, THE LORD KNOWS THAT WE NEED FOOD. 10:13 HE'S PROMISED HE WILL NOT LET US GO HUNGRY - WE READ IT RIGHT 10:15 HERE IN THE WORD THAT, "IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO 10:19 GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL 10:21 YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE...TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM?" 10:24 THEY SAID, 'LET'S ASK JESUS.' SO, WITH THE THREE KIDS - THEY 10:27 SAID, 'WE NEED TO TEACH THE KIDS FAITH. 10:29 WE DON'T KNOW WHERE GOD'S GOING TO GET US THE FOOD.' BUT THEY 10:31 KNELT DOWN AND THEY PRAYED. THEY TOLD ME THIS STORY. 10:32 THEY SAID, 'WHILE THEY'RE ON THEIR KNEES PRAYING FOR FOOD, 10:35 THE DOORBELL RINGS. IT WAS A NEIGHBOR WHO 10:39 WORKED FOR AN AIRLINE. SHE SAID, 'BECAUSE OF THE 10:41 WEATHER, THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELED. 10:43 THEY'VE GOT ALL THIS FOOD FOR THE FLIGHT. 10:46 COULD YOU GUYS USE ANY?' ALL THESE PRE-PREPARED MEALS. 10:49 THEY SAID,' WE ATE ALL THIS AIRLINE FOOD THAT DAY - FOR 10:52 SEVERAL DAYS - THEY GAVE THEM ALL THESE TRAYS. 10:53 BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT DID FOR THE KIDS' FAITH? 10:56 WHEN THEY SAW THEIR PARENTS, THEY WERE PRAYING FOR FOOD AND 10:59 THE DOORBELL RINGS AND THERE'S FOOD. 11:02 I'VE HAD THE LORD DO THAT FOR ME AND JUST MIRACLES. 11:07 SO GOD'LL PROVIDE YOUR BASICS. HE SENT THE APOSTLES OUT AND HE 11:10 SAID, 'WHEN YOU GO, DON'T TAKE FOOD. 11:12 DON'T TAKE A PURSE. DON'T TAKE YOUR CREDIT CARD' - 11:16 HE DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT THAT WAS THE CONCEPT. 11:18 HE SAID, 'DON'T TAKE AN EXTRA STAFF.' 11:20 HE SAID, 'YOU GO, YOU TRUST ME. 11:22 WHATEVER HOUSE YOU ENTER, PRAY THE BLESSING ON THE HOUSE. 11:25 HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 11:27 AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE HOSPITALITY BACK THEN. 11:32 SO WORRY CONTRADICTS YOUR WITNESS. 11:34 OSWALD CHAMBERS SAID, 'WORRY IS AN INDICATION THAT WE THINK GOD 11:38 CAN'T LOOK AFTER US.' THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORRY ABOUT 11:42 WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE, BUT THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 11:45 WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE. 11:47 WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORRY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE 11:50 ENOUGH BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT 11:53 WORRY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH. 11:56 I THINK IT WAS BEN FRANKLIN THAT SAID, 'ABUNDANCE DESTROYS MORE 11:59 PEOPLE THAN WANT.' SO YOU CAN WORRY BOTH WAYS. 12:07 ANNOUNCER: HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BIBLE EXPERT, 12:10 BUT NEVER KNEW WHERE TO START? 12:12 ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS THAT WILL BRING YOU JOY, 12:15 PEACE, AND FULFILLMENT? 12:17 THEN YOU'LL LOVE THE AMAZING FACTS STORACLES OF PROPHECY 12:20 BIBLE STUDY EXPERIENCE, NOW AVAILABLE IN 18 LANGUAGES, 12:25 FEATURING 24 EASY-TO-READ LESSONS. 12:27 THE STORACLES ARE PACKED WITH SCRIPTURE AND STEP-BY-STEP 12:30 GUIDANCE THAT WILL GIVE YOU ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE ABOUT WHAT 12:34 THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, 12:37 THE RAPTURE, THE ANTICHRIST, AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 12:41 YOU'LL ALSO GET THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL AND THE AFTERLIFE, 12:44 AND PRACTICAL INSIGHT ABOUT GRACE, 12:46 SALVATION, AND HOW TO TRULY LIVE LIKE JESUS. 12:50 EVEN BETTER, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE AT STORACLES.COM. 12:55 SO DON'T MISS OUT. 12:56 GET STARTED ON YOUR BIBLE STUDY ADVENTURE TODAY AT 12:59 STORACLES.COM. 13:05 DOUG: THEY'VE BEEN HAVING THIS 13:09 FAD CALLED TINY LIVING. ANY OF YOU EVER 13:13 SEEN SOME OF THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE 13:17 SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 13:20 WE PRODUCE TOO MUCH CARBON AND WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR CARBON 13:22 FOOTPRINT SO WE NEED TO START LIVING SMALLER.' PART OF THE 13:25 REASON FOR THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE STATISTICS BUT, 13:28 IN THE LAST 45 YEARS - FROM 1973 - THE AVERAGE AMERICAN NEW HOME 13:35 HAS GONE UP 1,000 SQUARE FEET YET, DURING THAT SAME 45 YEARS, 13:40 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE HAS GONE DOWN FROM 3.1 13:44 PEOPLE TO 2.5 PEOPLE. SO WE'VE GOT FEWER PEOPLE IN 13:48 BIGGER HOUSES THAN EVER, AND THOSE HOUSES ARE 13:50 FULL OF STUFF TOO. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 13:55 HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW YOUR 13:57 FRIENDS HAVE A TWO-CAR GARAGE BUT BOTH CARS ARE PARKED 13:59 OUTSIDE? (LAUGHTER) NO, WE'VE GOT OUR CARS IN OUR GARAGE - I'M 14:06 JUST SAYING DO YOU KNOW? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? JESUS SAID, A 14:09 MAN'S "...LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE THINGS 14:12 HE POSSESSES." I THINK IT'S SO FUNNY, THOUGH, YOU WATCH THESE 14:16 PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT 14:18 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A TINY HOUSE.' AND SO, THEY'LL 14:22 SHOW THIS PROGRAM ABOUT HOW THEY BUILD AND DESIGN 14:24 THIS TINY HOUSE AND IT DOES ALL THIS - THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY 14:27 CAN TO SAVE SPACE AND THEY - VERY CREATIVE. 14:32 AND I SOMETIMES HAVE BEEN NEXT TO KAREN AND IT JUST CRACKS ME 14:36 UP EVERY TIME BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIRST SHOW THEM THEIR NEW TINY 14:38 HOUSE, THEY GO IN AND SAY, 'BOY THIS IS REALLY SMALL.' I THINK, 14:44 'THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID YOU WANTED.' THERE'S A LAW OF LIFE: 14:48 YOU WILL FILL WHATEVER SPACE YOU HAVE. 14:52 MOVE INTO A BIGGER HOUSE, WAIT A FEW YEARS, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. 14:55 YOU WILL FILL WHATEVER SPACE YOU HAVE AND, IF YOU LIVE IN 14:58 AMERICA, YOU MAY RENT EXTRA SPACE TO STORE YOUR STUFF. 15:03 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR STUFF. 15:06 AND YOU CAN'T GO ON A MISSION TRIP BECAUSE WHO'S GOING TO TAKE 15:08 CARE OF YOUR STUFF? AM I RIGHT? 15:13 YOU CAN BECOME A PRISONER TO YOUR STUFF. 15:16 AND YOU SPEND YOUR WEEKENDS - YOU COULD BE VISITING WITH YOUR 15:18 NEIGHBORS AND GIVING BIBLE STUDIES - OILING AND MAINTAINING 15:20 YOUR STUFF - AND MOWING YOUR STUFF. 15:26 IT GOT REALLY QUIET ALL OF A SUDDEN. 15:28 (LAUGHTER) LUKE 8:14: JESUS SAID, "NOW" - SOME OF THE SEED - 15:33 "FELL AMONG THORNS ARE THOSE WHO, WHEN THEY HAVE HEARD" - THE 15:36 WORD OF GOD - "GO OUT AND ARE CHOKED WITH CARES, RICHES..." 15:42 YOU REMEMBER, WE STUDIED WHAT THE WORD 'WORRY' MEANS - IT 15:44 COMES FROM THE WORD WYRGAN - IT'S AN ANCIENT WORD. 15:46 IT MEANS 'TO CHOKE; TO STRANGLE'. AND SOMETIMES THE 15:52 TRUTH IS STRANGLED IN OUR LIVES BY WORRIES AND CONCERN. 15:56 1 TIMOTHY 6:6, "NOW GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN." 16:02 IF WE CAN BE CONTENT AND SATISFIED WITH A LITTLE BIT, 16:06 THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS A PLUS - "FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO 16:09 THIS WORLD, AND IT IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT. 16:11 AND HAVING FOOD AND CLOTHING, WITH THESE WE SHALL BE CONTENT. 16:15 THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A SNARE, AND 16:19 INTO MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL LUSTS WHICH DROWN MEN IN 16:21 DESTRUCTION AND PERDITION." NOTICE THAT WORD 'DROWN' - "FOR 16:26 THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL," - MONEY'S 16:28 NOT EVIL, BUT THE LOVE OF IT IS - "FOR WHICH SOME HAVE STRAYED 16:32 FROM THE FAITH IN GREEDINESS AND THEN PIERCED THEMSELVES 16:36 THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS." IN SPITE OF ALL THE OTHER 16:39 PROBLEMS THAT CAN COME WITH THAT ABUNDANCE, THERE'S MANY 16:42 SORROWS THAT PIERCE THEM. PLAIN OLD WORRY. YOU KNOW, I HOPE 16:47 YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR QUOTING FROM A SECULAR SONG, BUT THERE'S 16:50 AN OLD HIPPIE SONG KRIS KRISTOFFERSON WROTE, CALLED ME 16:56 AND BOBBY MCGEE. AND THERE'S A LINE IN THERE THAT SAYS, 17:00 'FREEDOM IS ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE'. 17:03 AND, IN SOME WAYS, THAT'S TRUE. 17:06 I REMEMBER JUST PICKING UP MY BACKPACK AND SAYING, 'I WONDER 17:11 WHAT STATE I'LL GO TO TODAY.' KAREN AND I MET A FELLOW WHEN WE 17:17 WERE SCUBA DIVING IN HAWAII A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND HE SAID, 17:21 'WHEN I TRAVEL I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH ME. 17:24 THE AIRLINES' - HE SAID - 'I'VE GOT A LITTLE HANDBAG AND I JUST 17:26 GO FROM COUNTRY' - HE SAID - HE GOT A PASS - I DON'T THINK YOU 17:30 CAN DO IT ANYMORE, BUT HE WAS TELLING US HE GOT A PASS ON THIS 17:33 AIRLINE, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THE AIRLINE FLEW - IT 17:36 WAS A WORLD PASS. YOU HAD TO DO IT WITHIN A YEAR. 17:40 AND HE'D JUST GO FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANO - HE'D JUST TAKE 17:42 HIS TOOTHBRUSH AND A FEW THINGS AND HE'D GO WHEREVER HE WANTED. 17:44 HE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPHER - HE'D WORK THERE - 17:47 AND I JUST - I KIND OF - I ENVIED THE FREEDOM WITH WHICH HE 17:52 WOULD TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. 17:54 HE'D TELL US ABOUT ALL THESE EXOTIC PLACES THAT HE WENT TO 17:56 AND HE SAID, 'NAH, I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH ME. 17:58 WHEN I GET THERE - YOU CAN BUY FOOD THERE. 18:00 YOU CAN BUY CLOTHES THERE.' HE SAID, 'AND THEN I DON'T HAVE TO 18:02 WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.' ANY WAY, I JUST - I'LL TRY THAT, LET ME 18:07 KNOW. PEOPLE THINK HAPPINESS IS GOING TO COME FROM MORE. 18:13 IT'S NOT TRUE. MORE THINGS DO NOT 18:15 MAKE YOU MORE VALUABLE. THAT'S ONE MYTH. 18:18 ANOTHER MYTH IS THAT MORE THINGS WILL MAKE YOU MORE POPULAR. 18:21 THEY'LL JUST MAKE PEOPLE ENVY YOU. 18:24 MORE THINGS'LL MAKE YOU MORE SECURE. 18:27 MORE THINGS WILL BRING MORE CONTENTMENT - USUALLY, IF YOU'RE 18:30 NOT CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, MORE WILL NOT BRING YOU MORE 18:33 CONTENTMENT BECAUSE YOU'LL DISCOVER THERE'S SOMETHING YOU 18:35 DON'T HAVE AND THEN YOU'LL BE DISCONTENT. OR YOUR NEIGHBOR 18:38 WILL HAVE SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE. 1 TIMOTHY 6:8, "HAVING 18:42 FOOD AND CLOTHING, WITH THESE WE SHALL BE CONTENT." 18:46 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8, "GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TOWARDS 18:51 YOU THAT ALWAYS HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS" - 18:56 YOU NOTICE HOW MANY 'ALLS' THERE ARE? 18:58 - "YOU MAY HAVE AN ABUNDANCE FOR EVERY GOOD WORK." 19:01 GOD IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO HIS WORK. 19:04 GOD IS NOT GOING TO SEND YOU OUT INTO THE WORLD TO DO HIS WORK 19:08 AND NOT SUPPLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK. GOD KNOWS THE 19:11 THINGS THAT YOU NEED. NOW, HAVING SAID ALL THAT ABOUT 19:14 NOT WORRYING, IS THERE A TIME YOU SHOULD WORRY? 19:19 YEAH, EVERYTHING THAT GOD SAID ABOUT THE PROMISES AND NOT 19:23 HAVING TO WORRY, HE'S SAYING TO THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM. 19:26 IF YOU'VE NOT ACCEPTED HIM, YOU SHOULD WORRY. 19:31 YOU'VE REALLY GOT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 19:33 HEBREWS 10:26, "FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED 19:38 THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A 19:40 SACRIFICE FOR SINS, BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL EXPECTATION" - 19:46 ISN'T THAT WORRY? - "OF JUDGMENT, AND FIERY 19:49 INDIGNATION WHICH WILL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES." 19:52 IF YOU'RE TURNING YOUR BACK ON GOD AND YOU ARE REFUSING TO 19:55 FOLLOW GOD, THEN I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE PEACE. 20:00 WHY WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE TO BE COMFORTABLE ON THEIR WAY TO 20:02 DESTRUCTION? SO THERE IS A TIME TO WORRY. 20:04 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN ISAIAH 48:22, "'THERE IS NO PEACE,' SAYS THE 20:09 LORD, 'FOR THE WICKED.'" HE SAYS THAT, ACTUALLY, TWICE IN HIS 20:12 PROPHECY. REVELATION 16:11, SPEAKING OF 20:16 THE LOST, "THEY BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR 20:19 PAINS AND THEIR SORES, AND DID NOT REPENT OF THEIR DEEDS." 20:22 THEY HAD SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 20:23 BUT, FOR BELIEVERS, WE LIVE BY FAITH. 20:26 IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD VIEW. 20:28 YOU KNOW THE STORY ABOUT PETER WALKING ON THE WATER? 20:32 HE'S SURROUNDED BY A STORM AND, AS LONG AS HE HAD HIS EYES ON 20:35 JESUS, HE WAS ABLE TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. 20:38 YOU CAN HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDST OF A STORM. 20:41 CHRIST WAS SLEEPING IN A BOAT. THE DISCIPLES WOKE HIM UP 20:44 AFRAID, HE SAID, 'WHY ARE YOU AFRAID? WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?' 20:46 HE SAID, 'YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT THIS.' AND NOW PETER 20:50 IS WALKING ON THE WATER, HE'S LOOKING AT JESUS, IN THE STORM, 20:54 AND THEN HE TAKES HIS EYES OFF JESUS - HE STARTS TO SINK. 20:57 WHEN HE STOPPED LOOKING AT JESUS AND HE STARTED LOOKING AT THE 21:00 WAVES AND THE WIND, HE STARTED TO WORRY. 21:04 IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE LORD, YOU 21:07 WILL PROBABLY LOSE FAITH. THE REASON DAVID WAS ABLE TO 21:12 KILL GOLIATH IS HE DID NOT LOOK AT HOW TALL GOLIATH WAS. 21:16 HE LOOKED AT HOW BIG GOD WAS. 21:18 JOHN WESLEY WAS WALKING ONE TIME WITH A FRIEND WHO WAS JUST 21:22 FRETTING AND WORRYING ABOUT EVERYTHING. 21:24 AND, AS THEY'RE WALKING ALONG, WESLEY LOOKED OVER INTO THE 21:26 FIELD NEXT TO THE ROAD AND HE SAW THERE WAS A COW LOOKING OVER 21:29 THE WALL - STONE WALL - AND HE SAID TO HIS FRIEND, 'DO YOU KNOW 21:34 WHY THAT COW'S LOOKING OVER THE WALL? HIS FRIEND SAID, 'NO.' AND 21:39 WESLEY SAID, 'BECAUSE HE CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE WALL.' HE SAID, 21:44 'YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH YOUR PROBLEMS. 21:46 YOU NEED TO LOOK OVER YOUR PROBLEMS.' SOMEONE SAID YOU 21:49 SHOULD START EVERY DAY BY OPENING THE WINDOW OF HEAVEN AND 21:53 SAYING, 'LORD, I'M YOURS TODAY.' 21:57 AND 'MY PROBLEMS ARE YOUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE I'M YOUR 22:01 CHILD.' WILL HE TAKE CARE OF YOU? 22:04 AMEN. SO PETER TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS 22:07 AND JESUS SAID, 'WHY DID YOU DOUBT? WHY DID YOU LOOK AT THE 22:09 WAVES AND THE WIND?' THE BIBLE TELLS US IF WE FIX 22:13 OUR EYES UPON JESUS - THIS IS HEBREWS CHAPTER 12 - IT SAYS, 22:18 "THEREFORE...SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD 22:20 OF WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN" - 22:24 SOMETIMES WE WORRY ABOUT OUR SINS, RIGHT? 22:26 - "LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH SO 22:28 EASILY ENSNARES US, AND LET US RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE 22:32 RACE...LOOKING UNTO JESUS," - IN THE ORIGINAL IT SAYS, 'FIXING 22:35 OUR EYES ON JESUS' - "THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH." 22:38 THE REASON WE WORRY IS WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF JESUS AND WE LOOK 22:41 AT THE WIND AND THE WAVES. AND WE LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS. 22:45 AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE TO GO THROUGH LIFE OBLIVIOUS THAT 22:48 THERE ARE ISSUES, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FAITH IS HANGING ON 22:51 CHRIST. SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER FOR WORRY? 22:55 PAUL AND SILAS WERE IN PRISON AND, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD ALL 23:00 KINDS OF REASON TO WORRY - I MEAN, THEY'RE IN PRISON, THEY 23:02 DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'RE IN PRISON, THEY'VE JUST BEEN BEATEN 23:04 BUT, IN THE MIDST OF THEIR PRISON CELL, THEY TURN TO GOD, 23:07 THEY CLAIMED THE PROMISES OF GOD, THEY START TO SING. 23:10 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SING A HAPPY SONG WHEN YOU'RE FEELING 23:12 WORRIED? EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO GET MAD 23:16 AT THE SONG OR IT'LL START CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE. 23:21 SOLOMON SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE SINGS TO A SAD HEART, 23:23 IT'S LIKE VINEGAR. AND - BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU 23:27 START SINGING AND PRAISING GOD, THE SONGS CAN ACTUALLY 23:31 BRING YOU OUT OF IT. THAT'S WHAT PAUL AND SILAS DID. 23:34 AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? DID THEIR SITUATION CHANGE 23:37 WHEN THEY STARTED TO SING? EARTHQUAKE, CHAINS BROKE, DOORS 23:43 OPENED WHEN THEY STARTED TO SING. 23:45 THEIR PROBLEM DISAPPEARED THAT QUICK. 23:47 I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE SAID, 'GOD'S GOING TO SEND AN 23:49 EARTHQUAKE AND SOLVE MY PROBLEM'? 23:50 USUALLY EARTHQUAKES CAUSE PROBLEMS, RIGHT? 23:52 OF COURSE, THE BIBLE SAYS THE ANSWER IS "SEEK FIRST THE 23:55 KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE 23:59 THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU." WHETHER YOU HAVE TOO LITTLE OR 24:02 TOO MUCH, GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOUR PROBLEMS IF 24:05 YOU SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM. IF WE TURN OUR EYES ON 24:10 JESUS - IS GOD WORRIED? IS HE WORRIED ABOUT 24:15 YOUR PROBLEMS? IF YOU'RE HIS CHILD AND IF HE'S 24:18 NOT WORRIED, THEN WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? 24:22 I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT A BUSINESSMAN GOT ON AN AIRPLANE 24:26 ONE TIME AND THEN ONE OF THE LAST THEY BROUGHT ON THE PLANE 24:30 WAS THIS YOUNG 7 OR 8 YEAR-OLD BOY THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS 24:34 TRAVELING BETWEEN TWO DIVORCED PARENTS - FIRST TIME HE HAD TO 24:39 DO THIS AND THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER FLOWN - AND THE FLIGHT 24:43 ATTENDANT BUCKLED HIM IN NEXT TO THIS BUSINESS MAN AND THE 24:46 BUSINESSMAN COULD TELL THE YOUNG GUY WAS VERY NERVOUS - MAYBE NOT 24:51 JUST ABOUT BEING ALONE, BUT EVEN ABOUT FLYING. 24:54 AND, AS THE PLANE WAS TAXIING AND THEIR ENGINES BEGAN TO ROAR 24:57 BEFORE TAKEOFF, HE SAW THE LITTLE FELLOW'S HANDS WERE ON 25:00 THE ARMREST AND HIS KNUCKLES WERE WHITE. 25:04 AND THE MAN LOOKED DOWN AT THE BOY AND SAID, 'THIS IS MY 25:06 FAVORITE PART. ISN'T THIS FUN?' HE LOOKED AND HE SAW THE MAN 25:10 SMILING AND SHOWING SO MUCH EXCITEMENT, HE THOUGHT, 'OH 25:14 YEAH, THIS IS FUN.' HE RELAXED IMMEDIATELY. 25:17 (LAUGHTER) IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WITH YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND 25:22 HE'S NOT WORRIED, WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? 25:25 HE'S GOT CONTROL. AMEN. 25:27 YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL. SO, DO WHAT YOU CAN TO BE 25:31 PRACTICAL, AND THEN CAST YOUR CARES ON THE LORD 25:34 BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU. AMEN? 25:37 ♪♪ 25:40 ANNOUNCER: DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR WORLD IS SPIRALING 25:42 OUT OF CONTROL, OR PERHAPS NEW LIFE CHALLENGES ARE FRIGHTENING 25:46 YOU MORE THAN THEY SHOULD? 25:47 ARE YOU SINKING WHILE YOU'RE THINKING? 25:50 EXCESSIVE WORRY CAN CONSUME YOU, EATING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT, 25:54 RESULTING IN SICKNESS, INSOMNIA, AND PARALYZING FEAR. 25:57 IT CAN ALSO DAMAGE RELATIONSHIPS, RUIN 25:59 OPPORTUNITIES, AND YES, DIMINISH YOUR WITNESS FOR THE GOSPEL. 26:04 DOUG: WORRY AFFECTS EVERYBODY DIFFERENTLY, 26:07 BUT IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY FEAR. 26:09 SO HOW CAN YOU OVERCOME A WORLD FULL OF REASONS TO BE ANXIOUS? 26:13 I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND FOR YOU MY NEW BOOK, "FINDING PEACE 26:17 IN A WORLD OF WORRY." 26:18 YOU'LL DISCOVER A LIFELINE TO VICTORY, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN 26:22 CAST YOUR CARES UPON CHRIST AND EXPERIENCE A SERENITY THAT ISN'T 26:26 SUBJECT TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. 26:28 ANNOUNCER: SEND A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY OF 26:31 PASTOR DOUG'S NEW BOOK, "FINDING PEACE IN A WORLD OF WORRY." 26:35 CALL 877-232-2871 TODAY. 26:43 ♪♪ 26:53 ♪♪ 27:03 ♪♪ 27:13 ♪♪ 27:23 ♪♪ 27:33 ♪♪ 27:39 DOUG: HOW MANY OF YOU WISH YOU COULD GET A NEW START? 27:41 I'D LIKE TO LIVE MY LIFE OVER, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW. 27:43 I DON'T WANT TO START OVER AND JUST MAKE ALL THE SAME MISTAKES. 27:45 I WANT TO HAVE MY MEMORIES SO I DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. 27:49 BUT YOU DO GET A NEW BEGINNING. 27:51 YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 27:52 THAT FEELING OF ALL YOUR SINS BEING WASHED AWAY 27:54 BECAUSE GOD PROMISES IT. 27:56 ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL CONCEPT FOR US? 27:58 ANNOUNCER: I WAS THIRSTY, AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK. 28:07 INASMUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, 28:13 YOU DID IT TO ME. 28:24 ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS 28:26 OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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