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The Secret to the Good Life- Minister Max Lucado Daily Sermons · Max Lucado Daily Sermons

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  Speaker 1: Three.
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  Speaker 2: The day is coming when anxiety is going to be less,
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  Speaker 2: peace is going to be greater. The day is coming
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  Speaker 2: in which there's going to be a sense of satisfaction
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  Speaker 2: in just what God has done for you. We have
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  Speaker 2: a passage that we're building this series on anxious for Nothing,
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  Speaker 2: and is found in the Book of Philippians, and we're
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  Speaker 2: just unpacking this passage this summer, one phrase at a time.
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  Speaker 2: The words are going to appear on the screen. If
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  Speaker 2: you'd like to say them with me, you can. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: if you know it by memory. I want to encourage
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  Speaker 2: you to close your eyes and give it a go.
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  Speaker 2: Let's all fill our lungs with air and our hearts
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  Speaker 2: with hope. Sit up straight, say the words like you
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  Speaker 2: mean it. You're ready. Rejoice in the Lord always Again,
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  Speaker 2: I will say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to
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  Speaker 2: all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for
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  Speaker 2: nothing with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made known to God.
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  Speaker 2: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will
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  Speaker 2: guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, Brethren,
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  Speaker 2: whatever things, as we continue this study of anxiety, we
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  Speaker 2: thought it appropriate that we mentioned make a word about
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  Speaker 2: the decision of the Supreme Court from this week regarding
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  Speaker 2: gay marriage. It seems like it has stirred many questions
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  Speaker 2: and rightly soul and caused no short amount of anxiety
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  Speaker 2: that O kills.
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  Speaker 1: Our commitment remains the same.
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  Speaker 2: Our doors are open to any person, any person from
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  Speaker 2: any background who is seeking God to find love, find hope,
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  Speaker 2: find eternal life. Our understanding of marriage has not changed.
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  Speaker 2: We see the biblical definition of marriage is one man,
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  Speaker 2: one woman for life, and that we will continue to
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  Speaker 2: teach and that we will intend to and continue to encourage.
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  Speaker 2: We encourage strong covenant based marriages, marriages that are triangular
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  Speaker 2: in the sense of husband and wife and God. We
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  Speaker 2: believe that a marriage exists to help us understand who
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  Speaker 2: God is, to reveal more and more of the mystery
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  Speaker 2: of God. We do not believe that a marriage exists
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  Speaker 2: for our own comfort or satisfaction, but that there is
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  Speaker 2: something in a marriage that reveals the God itself. And
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  Speaker 2: so we're going to maintain that. We're going to continue
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  Speaker 2: teaching that, We're also going to continue leaning into our
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  Speaker 2: sovereign God and believing that everything works together for good
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  Speaker 2: for those who love Him and are called according to
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  Speaker 2: his purpose. We're also reminding ourselves that we are citizens
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  Speaker 2: of Heaven first and foremost, and that we have made
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  Speaker 2: an allegiance to a king, and his name is Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: We're pursuing peace. We're wanting to do all we can
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  Speaker 2: to create peace with all people, and during these changing times,
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  Speaker 2: will continue to hold on to the unchanging hand of God.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: So Lord, we pray, I mean we do pray, Heavenly Father.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, we just pray for our nation. We know
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  Speaker 2: that nations come and go, and that your scripture says
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  Speaker 2: that they're all like dust in your palm. There are
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  Speaker 2: so many of them that have come and gone since
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of time. We'll tell you, the Lord, we
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  Speaker 2: love this nation, we really do. And we're so in
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  Speaker 2: debt to what you have done for us in this country.
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  Speaker 2: Our hearts are concerned, but we know yours is not.
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  Speaker 2: We know your sovereign, we know your plan is perfect,
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  Speaker 2: and so we trust you. We beg you have mercy
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  Speaker 2: on the leaders and decision makers of our country. Please
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  Speaker 2: let that kingdom come, Let that will be done. Forgive
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  Speaker 2: our speaker today, his sins are too many to count.
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  Speaker 2: Help us to see Christ just Christ, and through Christ
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  Speaker 2: we pray, and all the Church said, Well, the widest
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  Speaker 2: river in the world is not the Mississippi. It's not
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  Speaker 2: the Amazon, it's not the Nile. The widest river in
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  Speaker 2: the world is a body of water called the river.
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  Speaker 1: If only.
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  Speaker 2: Millions of people stand on the banks of the if
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  Speaker 2: only river, casting longing eyes across the water, thinking, if only,
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  Speaker 2: and they're convinced that the good life.
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  Speaker 1: Is on the other side of the river.
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  Speaker 2: If only I were thinner, if only our richer, if
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  Speaker 2: only I had that promotion, if only I were married
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  Speaker 2: to him, if only I were married to her, if
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  Speaker 2: only I weren't married at all, If only the kids
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  Speaker 2: would come, if only the kids would leave, Everything is
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  Speaker 2: just one if only away. Is there an if only
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  Speaker 2: that's celebrating you from happiness? Is there an if only
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  Speaker 2: that today separates you from happiness? A promotion, an operation,
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  Speaker 2: an election, a pay raise. Are you thinking that if
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  Speaker 2: only only that would happen, I would finally be happy. Well,
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  Speaker 2: if the answer is yes, we have just found one
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  Speaker 2: source of your anxiety. Because you've based your happiness on
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  Speaker 2: either a possession or a circumstance, neither of which is
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  Speaker 2: very reliable. But if you base your happiness on a
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  Speaker 2: possession or a circumstance and if only, then you're going
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  Speaker 2: to focus on that possession, and focus on that circumstance
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  Speaker 2: and do whatever it takes to get it, only to
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  Speaker 2: be disappointed when it can't deliver, and you end up
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  Speaker 2: in a cyclical thing of getting that promotion or getting
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  Speaker 2: that possession, or getting that if only, or changing your circumstance,
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  Speaker 2: only to realize it didn't do what I thought it would,
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  Speaker 2: so I have to go after something else, and life
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  Speaker 2: becomes this rabbit trail hunt of one turn after another,
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  Speaker 2: happy then disappointed, happy then disappointed. No wonder you're anxious.
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  Speaker 2: The apostle Paul has a better idea. He suggests, really
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  Speaker 2: that happiness happens not when circumstances change, but when our
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  Speaker 2: attitude toward our circumstances does. That happiness happens not when
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  Speaker 2: our circumstances change, but when our attitude toward them, our
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  Speaker 2: outlook toward them changes. This is part of what he
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  Speaker 2: teaches us in this prescription for anxiety, when he says,
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  Speaker 2: be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication,
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  Speaker 2: with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God,
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  Speaker 2: and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will
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  Speaker 2: guard your hearts and minds. In Christ Jesus. Last week
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  Speaker 2: we pointed out that the path to peace is paved
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  Speaker 2: with prayer. Say that sentence, real fast. The path to
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  Speaker 2: peace is paved with prayer, urgent prayer, careful prayer, steady prayer.
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  Speaker 2: As the Apostle Paul told the church in Ephesus, he said,
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  Speaker 2: prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. So pray long
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  Speaker 2: and hard. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Every time
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  Speaker 2: worry raises his ugly head. What do we do?
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  Speaker 1: We pray it back.
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  Speaker 2: We respond in prayer, formal prayers, spontaneous prayers, prayers at school,
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  Speaker 2: prayers at chapel, prayers and a commute, all types of prayers,
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  Speaker 2: prayers over the cradle, prayers at the table, prayers in
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  Speaker 2: the kitchen.
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  Speaker 1: We're always praying.
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  Speaker 2: So anxiety is best treated with prayer, but not just
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  Speaker 2: any form of prayer. The Apostle says. This prayer needs
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  Speaker 2: to be sprinkled or sugared with gratitude, with thanksgiving. He says,
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  Speaker 2: as you pray, as you pray, offer prayers of thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Anxiety has dealt with when we realize that even in
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  Speaker 2: bad times, things aren't as bad as we think they are,
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  Speaker 2: and gratitude causes us to remember that God has already
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  Speaker 2: made great provision for us. Gratitude takes us out of
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  Speaker 2: the off of the river bank of if only and
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  Speaker 2: leads us into the fertile valley of already. We go
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  Speaker 2: from if only to already. The anxious heart says, if
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  Speaker 2: only I had this, The grateful heart says, oh, I
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  Speaker 2: already have this. Inside your heart, there is a bucket,
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  Speaker 2: and this bucket is full of everything you need to
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  Speaker 2: cope with life. And sometimes you feel like that bucket
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  Speaker 2: is empty, and you go to God and you say, God,
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  Speaker 2: please fill my bucket. Gratitude happens when you look in
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  Speaker 2: that bucket and you say, oh, God has already given
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  Speaker 2: me things. He's already I just thought it was empty.
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  Speaker 2: But look at all the things, Look at all the
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  Speaker 2: blessings I already have. Can I invite you to look
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  Speaker 2: in your bucket for just a moment. I want you
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  Speaker 2: to think about all the good things that are going
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  Speaker 2: on right now in your life. This in a suggestion,
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  Speaker 2: This is a command from your preacher. No, really think
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  Speaker 2: for just a second What are some wonderful things that
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  Speaker 2: are happening in your life? Just get them going in
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  Speaker 2: your mind. Maybe good health, family, children, spouse, a good job.
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  Speaker 2: What are some good things that are happening. Let that
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  Speaker 2: kind of settle down into your heart, and then look
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  Speaker 2: at your heart and realize what just happened. As gratitude increased,
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  Speaker 2: anxiety diminished, didn't it. When gratitude comes in, anxiety grabs
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  Speaker 2: his satchel and walks out the back door. Anxiety will
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  Speaker 2: not share a heart with gratitude, and gratitude always trumps anxiety.
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  Speaker 2: So the quickest way to deal with an anxious spirit
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  Speaker 2: is to treat it with gratitude. The quickest way out
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  Speaker 2: of the valley of anxiety is that little trail called
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  Speaker 2: I am thankful. You can get out of anxiety more
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  Speaker 2: quickly than you ever imagined by learning to stop and
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  Speaker 2: say thank you, Lord, thank you for what you have
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  Speaker 2: given to me. So our first point that we take
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  Speaker 2: out of this particular passage is treat each anxious thought
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  Speaker 2: with a grateful one.
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  Speaker 1: Treat each anxious thought with a grateful one.
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  Speaker 2: The Apostle Paul shows us how to do this in
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  Speaker 2: the same Letter of Philippians, where we get the cure
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  Speaker 2: for anxiety. He gives us this call to contentment. He says,
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  Speaker 2: I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances. I
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  Speaker 2: know what it is to be in need, I know
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  Speaker 2: what it is to have plenty. I have learned the
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  Speaker 2: secret of being content in any in every situation, whether
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  Speaker 2: well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want,
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  Speaker 2: I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.
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  Speaker 2: The apostle says, I've learned a secret, and the secret
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  Speaker 2: is how to be happy in every Now, remember he's
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  Speaker 2: in a jail cell. He has no guarantee he's ever
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  Speaker 2: going to be released. And then he says, I'm as
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  Speaker 2: happy as I can be. I have learned a secret.
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  Speaker 2: Wouldn't you like to know this secret? A secret, by definition,
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  Speaker 2: is something that not everybody else knows.
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  Speaker 3: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Can I let you in on the secret? Would you
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  Speaker 2: like to learn the secret of contentment?
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  Speaker 1: Here it is.
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  Speaker 2: It comes to us in two phrases. Paul's secret of
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  Speaker 2: contentment included two ideas. First of all, his peace did
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  Speaker 2: not depend upon possessions. His peace did not depend upon possessions.
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  Speaker 2: It couldn't be purchased, It couldn't be parked in a garage.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't have to pay a mortgage payment on it.
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  Speaker 2: His peace did not depend upon a possession. He said,
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  Speaker 2: I've learned the secret of being satisfied with what the
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  Speaker 2: things I have. I know how to live when i'm
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  Speaker 2: it's poor. I know how to live when I have plenty.
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  Speaker 2: Does your happiness depend on what you drive? Does it
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  Speaker 2: depend upon what you wear? Does it depend upon what
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  Speaker 2: you deposit? Does it depend upon what you spray on?
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  Speaker 2: If so, you're setting yourself up for anxiety, because we
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  Speaker 2: all know that what you drive, what you wear, what
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  Speaker 2: you deposit changes from day to day, from week to week.
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  Speaker 2: Heaven does not know you by what you own, so
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  Speaker 2: you shouldn't know you by what you own either. Jesus said,
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  Speaker 2: life is not defined by what you have. Even when
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  Speaker 2: you have a lot. Heaven does not look at you
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  Speaker 2: and say, oh, that's the family in the new house.
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  Speaker 2: Oh look, that's that lady with a nice car. Heaven
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  Speaker 2: doesn't do that. Heaven looks at you. God looks down
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  Speaker 2: upon you and says, that's my child, my child, and
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  Speaker 2: whom my spirit dwells from whom Jesus Christ died. Heaven
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  Speaker 2: does not look upon you and think about the stuff
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  Speaker 2: you have. Why, because this stuff is destined, destined for
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  Speaker 2: the trash ben every bit of it. You've heard the
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  Speaker 2: story perhaps of the hillbilly who was invited to the
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  Speaker 2: Ranchers mansion for a tour. When the hill billy went
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  Speaker 2: into the Ranchers mansion, he was just white eyed. He
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  Speaker 2: had never seen any He didn't even know how to act.
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  Speaker 2: He wasn't a real sophisticated guy. And as the rancher
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  Speaker 2: took him on a tour, showing him all these famous
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  Speaker 2: paintings and this old furniture and these beautiful fountains, that
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  Speaker 2: poor hill billy didn't even know how to respond until
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  Speaker 2: one time they went into one room and the rancher said, oh,
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  Speaker 2: this is my favorite favorite room. This furniture is so
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  Speaker 2: expensive and antique. I mean it goes back to Louis
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  Speaker 2: the fourteenth. And the hill billy said, well, I can
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  Speaker 2: relate to that. My couch goes back to Sears on
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  Speaker 2: the thirteenth. It all goes back, eventually, it all goes back.
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  Speaker 2: Caskets do not come with safety deposit boxes. You don't
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  Speaker 2: take it with the jewelry, the clothing. It all stays here.
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  Speaker 2: So why would you bank your peace dependent upon what
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  Speaker 2: you have? The apostle Paul said, you know, I've learned
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  Speaker 2: to be equally happy when I have a lot and
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  Speaker 2: when I don't have much. This was his secret. His
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  Speaker 2: secret was that the list he considered was not a
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  Speaker 2: list of possessions, but a list of gifts from God.
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  Speaker 2: His list included things like I'm forgiven by God, I'm
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  Speaker 2: known by God, I'm cherished by God, I'm eternally destined
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  Speaker 2: to be with God. That was his list, and no
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  Speaker 2: one could touch that list. Consequently, he was happy regardless
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  Speaker 2: from what he had. There's a second part of his secret,
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  Speaker 2: and that is his happiness did not depend on happenings.
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  Speaker 2: His happiness did not depend on a happening. Circumstances, whether
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  Speaker 2: good or bad, did not affect him. Because his happiness
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  Speaker 2: did not depend on a circumstance. They could put him
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  Speaker 2: in jail in Philippi, he'd still sing praises in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of the night. They could put him in jail
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  Speaker 2: in Rome and he would just write letters that were
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  Speaker 2: still studying two thousand years later. Nero could sentence him
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  Speaker 2: to death, and that was okay because, according to Paul,
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  Speaker 2: for me to live as Christ, and for me to
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  Speaker 2: die is even better. It's profet it's gain. Circumstances could
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  Speaker 2: not take away his joy because Circumstances could not take
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  Speaker 2: away his Christ. Circumstances could not take away his joy
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  Speaker 2: because circumstances could not take away his Christ. The apostle
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  Speaker 2: said this, to me, the only important thing about living
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  Speaker 2: is Christ, and dying is game. I think that one
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  Speaker 2: verse summarizes the beautiful life of the apostle Paul more
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  Speaker 2: than any other. To me, the only important thing about
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  Speaker 2: living is Christ, and dying is benefit because I get
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  Speaker 2: to know him more. You talk about a beautiful worldview
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  Speaker 2: this thing for just a second. If that verse were
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  Speaker 2: written to describe your life, if you use that verse
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  Speaker 2: to describe your life, how would you fill in the blank.
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  Speaker 2: To me, the most important thing about living is what
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  Speaker 2: goes right there? To me, the most important thing, how
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  Speaker 2: would you fill in that blank? To me, the most
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  Speaker 2: important thing about living is my career. To the most
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  Speaker 2: important thing about living is retirement. To me, the most
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  Speaker 2: important thing about living is to be healthy. To me,
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  Speaker 2: the most important thing about living is my family. Now
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  Speaker 2: just listed all four things that are very good, right
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  Speaker 2: A career, a family, to be healthy, retirement. Those are
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  Speaker 2: wonderful gifts, but we've all been around the block enough
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  Speaker 2: to know they can't sustain us. I mean, you can
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  Speaker 2: do your best to be healthy and still get sick.
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  Speaker 2: You can do your best to be retired and the
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  Speaker 2: economy still goes south. You can do your best to
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  Speaker 2: have a profession and still things happen. The apostle Paul
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  Speaker 2: found satisfaction because he decided that the most important thing
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  Speaker 2: to him was knowing Jesus Christ, and that was the
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  Speaker 2: only untouchable treasure on the planet. And so he set
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  Speaker 2: himself about this one task of knowing Jesus Christ. Then
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  Speaker 2: if those other things happened, wonderful. If they didn't happen,
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  Speaker 2: that was okay, because he was not counting upon them
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  Speaker 2: to do for him what only.
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  Speaker 1: Christ could do.
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  Speaker 2: So he woke up every day thinking, okay, I've got
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  Speaker 2: an the day to know more about Christ, to explore him,
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  Speaker 2: to think about him, to ponder him. When he put
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  Speaker 2: his head on the pillow at night, he think, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I learned so much about Jesus today. I can't wait
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  Speaker 2: for tomorrow to learn more about Christ. And so ironically,
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  Speaker 2: the happiest person in Rome was not Nero in the palace,
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  Speaker 2: but the apostle Paul in the prison. Why because he
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  Speaker 2: set himself about the task of knowing Jesus Christ, and
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  Speaker 2: his circumstances could not take away his Christ. Christ was
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  Speaker 2: his fountain. Christ was his source. Christ was his identity.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't count on another person, He didn't count on
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  Speaker 2: an accomplishment. His whole being was wrapped up in knowing
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  Speaker 2: one thing, to know Jesus Christ. To me, he said,
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  Speaker 2: the most important thing is knowing Jesus Christ. I think
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  Speaker 2: the apostle Peter could have said the same thing. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to close this message by looking over at the
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  Speaker 2: day the apostle Peter decided to start following Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Just to remind you, Peter was a excuse me, a
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  Speaker 2: follower of Christ before Paul, because Peter met Jesus when
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  Speaker 2: Jesus was still on the earth. Paul met Jesus on
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  Speaker 2: the Damascus Road after this, after the resurrection. But Peter
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  Speaker 2: became a follower of Jesus Christ on the day that
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  Speaker 2: Peter had gone fish less the night before, which was
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  Speaker 2: an occupational hazard because Peter was a fisher. Month he
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  Speaker 2: didn't fish for the fun of it. He fished to
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  Speaker 2: feed his family. But he'd gone all night without catching
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  Speaker 2: a single fish. They threw the net out into the
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  Speaker 2: water all night long, pulled in the net. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: even catch a minnow. That's a hard night for a fisherman.
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  Speaker 2: So he had his boats up on the beach. He
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  Speaker 2: had his nets out, and he was cleaning them, and
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  Speaker 2: down the beach Jesus began speaking. The crowd gathered around,
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  Speaker 2: and the crowd so pressed up against Christ well that
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  Speaker 2: Christ was backing into the water. So Jesus looked down
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  Speaker 2: the beach at Peter, who was cleaning the nets next
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  Speaker 2: to his boat, and said, can I borrow your boat
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  Speaker 2: for a minute. Peter said yes, pushed out into the water.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus climbed in and Peter's boat became Jesus's pulpit, which
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  Speaker 2: was fine with Peter until after the sermon, when Jesus said, okay, Peter,
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  Speaker 2: let's go fish again, this time out into the deeper water.
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  Speaker 1: Peter did not want to go fish.
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  Speaker 2: Anybody want to speculate why, Well, he was tired.
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  Speaker 1: It had been up all night.
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  Speaker 2: He knew that you caught the most fish at night
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  Speaker 2: when it was cool. He didn't want to be embarrassed
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  Speaker 2: in front of the people who would be watching. He
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: had all kinds of reasons. It already cleaned the nets.
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  Speaker 2: He was ready to go home and get some sleep.
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  Speaker 2: But something in the way Jesus talked to him, Something
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  Speaker 2: in what Jesus said convinced Peter to try one more time.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus heard Peter say, Okay, if you say so,
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  Speaker 2: we will. And out they went. And no more had
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: they cast their nets into the sea than what happened.
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  Speaker 2: They caught so many fish they could barely get the
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: fish into the boat. They had to wait for another
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: boat to come. And they filled up the first boat,
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: and then they filled up the next boat. They were
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: up to their knees in fish. They were flush with fish.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Fish were everywhere, fish were all around them.
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  Speaker 1: This was huge.
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  Speaker 2: I listened to a lesson the other day from a
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  Speaker 2: preacher named Judah Smith. He raised the possibility this might
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  Speaker 2: have been the greatest catch in the history of the
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: Galilean sea. Sure was the greatest catch in the history
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: of Peter's life. This is the most fish he had
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: ever caught. Suddenly he had two boats full of fish.
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  Speaker 2: Can you imagine what he could have done with all
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: those fish. I mean, he could sell all those fish
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: and have some money in the bank. He could put
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: a down payment on that pickup truck we'd been wanting
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: to buy. He could take the wife on a vacation.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: He could buy our little bling bling. I mean, suddenly
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: he had some money. Not only that, if he could
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: convince Jesus to join his fishing crew. I mean, that's
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: like having Bill Gates as your buddy. I mean, that
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: was guaranteed income. If he could get Jesus to come
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: back and fish with them every day and work his
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: little mojo on the water, then boy, he would have
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: income for life. All he had to do was convince
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: Jesus to join up with him. But did you know
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: that before he could ask Jesus to join up with him,
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: you know what Jesus did. Does anybody already know? Jesus
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  Speaker 2: asked Peter and his brothers to follow him. Jesus looked
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: at Peter and he said to Simon, there is nothing
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  Speaker 2: to fear. From now on, you'll be fishing for men
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: and women. They pulled their boats up on the beach,
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  Speaker 2: left them that's in all, and followed him. What did
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: they see in Jesus that would cause them to turn
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: their back backs on two boats of fish? What did
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: they see in Jesus that would cause them to, without hesitation,
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: without any question, to say, boy, I'd much rather follow
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: him than have all of them. That there's something about him.
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  Speaker 2: There's something about knowing him, There's something about walking in
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  Speaker 2: his shadow and following his steps.
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  Speaker 1: There is something about him that.
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  Speaker 2: Makes all of that the greatest catch in the history
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: of our lives, the greatest catch perhaps in the history
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: of the Sea of Galilee, guaranteed income. I would rather
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: have moments with him than days and days of them.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: What did they see in Jesus? Boy, I'd love to
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: find out. I believe that there is something in Jesus Christ.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: There is something about him, that he has the ability
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: of touching a person's life in such a deep and
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: profound way, that everything else, your greatest accomplishments, your greatest
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: days on the salesforce, your greatest promotion, that everything else
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: suddenly seems like two boats full of dead fish compared
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: to following him. I believe that Jesus Christ right now
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  Speaker 2: will give to you a satisfaction, a happiness, a joy,
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: a peace, that is deeper than anything you have ever imagined.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that he is a fountain of living water
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  Speaker 2: that will never be exhausted. I believe that he is
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: a source of wisdom and strength that will never be expired.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: I believe that he has grace for every sin, he
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: has answers for every question, and he has an authenticity,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: a realness to him that can captivate your heart. I
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: believe that he can do for you what no possession
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: can do, what no promotion can do, what no election
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: can do, what no circumstance us can do. I believe
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: he can, and I believe that's what the apostle Paul said.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: He said to me, the only thing worth living for
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: is Jesus Christ, the only thing. I believe that's what
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Peter discovered, that the only thing worth living for was
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: not more boats of fish, but it was something in
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: the presence of Jesus Christ.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: I'm not talking about religion, folks.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about a system of rules and regulations
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: and dos and don'ts. I'm talking about a living relationship
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: with the living Jesus Christ. I'm talking about Jesus Christ,
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: who I believe right now is seated on a throne
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: in the deepest part of the universe, overseeing the affairs
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: of the whole world, and that he is leading history
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: to a wonderful outcome for those who catch their lot
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: with him. I believe he is real. I believe he
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: is good. I believe there is a devil who wants
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: to interrupt. I believe he lies to you. I believe
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: he's trying to sucker you and succor me into short
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: term solutions for long term problems. And he's trying to
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: get us to base our happiness on circumstances and stuff,
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: and he's selling lives. But right now, Jesus Christ says,
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: I'm walking up and down the river of if only,
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: and your happiness is not going to be found over there,
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: but your ultimate, real.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Happiness is found in knowing me.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: I hope you find that prince charming, I really do.
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: I hope you marry the perfect wife. I hope you do.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: I hope you get all the promotions.
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: I really do. I hope you drive the car of
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: your dreams. I really do.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: But I just want you to know that if you
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: have those, they will not give you what you really want.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: They can't. No human being can give you what you want.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: They can try.
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: But if you're counting on a wife, you're counting on
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: a husband, or if you're counting on a friend or
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: counting on kids to meet the deepest need of your life,
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: you're going to be disappointed. But if you count on Christ, Jesus,
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: the King of Kings, the Lord of lords, who was
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: here before the world began, will be here long after
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: this version of the world is gone. I promise you,
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: dear child of God, you will connect with the reason
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: you're on this earth, and you will find something that
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: will take care of you and sustain you for the
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: rest of your life.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: Has anyone else found that to be true? If so, say.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Here it is in a sentence.
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: What you have in Christ is greater than anything you
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: don't have in life. What you have in Christ is
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: greater than anything you don't.
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: Have in life.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: May God give you everything in life, but listen to me.
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: If He doesn't give you anything else in life, then
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: once you have, you have enough. You have enough for
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: unbridled peace and unbridled happiness.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: Right now it's yours. It's yours.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: Just make it your aim to know him, be grateful,
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: thankful for what you have and let that gratitude say
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: goodbye to your anxiety. Amen, Lord, please now help us
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: to just receive this word, receive your teaching, and.
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  Speaker 3: I'll be all right. You don't have to stay. If
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: you've already chosen. I won't stand in your way.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: I can feel it in your distance.
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: And the way you barely speak, like your heart is
• 33:18
  Speaker 4: somewhere else now, somewhere I can't reach.
• 33:24
  Speaker 5: I was trying to just to hold us. Why are
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: you slowly slipped away? Now I'm left with all the
• 33:33
  Speaker 5: silence you didn't want to say.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: Maybe I just.
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: Held long to something already gone.
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: I'll be fine.
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: You kill leave, you don't know me any there? If
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: your heart is found, Louis, how do what we used
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: to be?
• 34:08
  Speaker 5: Hobby fine? Don't look back?
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: How survived this empty space? Not tonight, maybe not soon,
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: but hollor.
• 34:22
  Speaker 5: To be okay?
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: We don't need to fake the feeling. I can see
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: in your eyes.
• 34:34
  Speaker 5: There's no reason left the stand.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: When the love already died.
• 34:43
  Speaker 5: Through the quieting your voice, how can hear your choice?
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: How be fine?
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: You can't leave, you don't know me anything? Give your
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: heartest found? How do what we used to be?
• 35:11
  Speaker 6: Be fine, don't look back.
• 35:15
  Speaker 4: Survived this empty space, not tonight, maybe not so, but
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: I'll learned to be okay.
• 35:27
  Speaker 5: I don't need a reason why. I can see it
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: and goodbye, and it breaks me.
• 35:35
  Speaker 6: In Dutch, but I won't ask you to stay. I'll
• 35:45
  Speaker 6: be fine.
• 35:46
  Speaker 4: You, Kelly, you don't know me anything.
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: Give your heartest found oil.
• 35:55
  Speaker 4: How do what we used to be?
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: It's fine, don't look back, how.
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: Surve I have this safe space. Not an baby, not so,
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: but I'll learn to be okay.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: I'll be all right.