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Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic | May 3, 2026
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • From the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory," with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • When faced with danger, people respond in one of three ways,
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  • Fight, flight, or freeze and panic.
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  • And while the first two may have their place,
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  • Panic is never an option for a christian.
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  • As believers, we face very real attacks
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  • From a hostile culture, from our own sinful nature,
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  • And from an adversary who's determined to take us down.
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  • So, how do we stand our ground?
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  • That's our focus today with survival tip number one,
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  • Don't panic on today's edition
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  • Of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Behold the lamb if god
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  • Who takes away the sins of the world.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ behold the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ upon the cross ♪
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  • ♪ who takes away ♪
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  • ♪ the sins of all ♪
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  • -♪ behold the love ♪ -♪ behold the love ♪
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  • -♪ his dying plea ♪ -♪ his dying plea ♪
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  • -♪ behold the grace ♪ -♪ behold the grace ♪
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  • -♪ of calvary ♪ -♪ of calvary ♪
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  • -♪ that rugged cross ♪ -♪ that rugged cross ♪
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  • -♪ soon to be ♪ -♪ soon to be ♪
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  • -♪ the emblem ♪ -♪ the emblem ♪
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  • -♪ of a risen king ♪ -♪ of a risen king ♪
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  • -♪ behold the king ♪ -♪ behold the king ♪
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  • -♪ light of the world ♪ -♪ light of the world ♪
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  • -♪ lamb that was slain ♪ -♪ lamb that was slain ♪
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  • -♪ lion who rose ♪ -♪ lion who rose ♪
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  • ♪ we've been to the fire ♪
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  • -♪ mighty to save ♪ -♪ mighty to save ♪
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  • -♪ the fullness of god ♪ -♪ the fullness of god ♪
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  • -♪ won't be kept in a grave ♪ -♪ won't be kept in a grave ♪
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  • -♪ darkness, your hour is over ♪ -♪ darkness, your hour is over ♪
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  • -♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪ -♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪
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  • -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪ -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪
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  • -♪ in the grave now ♪ -♪ in the grave now ♪
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  • -♪ one head ♪ -♪ one head ♪
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  • -♪ gets to wear that crown ♪ -♪ gets to wear that crown ♪
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  • -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪ -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪
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  • -♪ in the grave now ♪ -♪ in the grave now ♪
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  • -♪ no enemy ♪ -♪ no enemy ♪
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  • -♪ can hold you down ♪ -♪ can hold you down ♪
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  • -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪ -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪
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  • -♪ in the grave now ♪ -♪ in the grave now ♪
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  • -♪ one head ♪ -♪ one head ♪
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  • -♪ gets to wear that crown ♪ -♪ gets to wear that crown ♪
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  • -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪ -♪ 'cause there's no body ♪
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  • -♪ in the grave now ♪ -♪ in the grave now ♪
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  • ♪ nobody in the grave now ♪
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  • ♪ he's the man ♪
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  • ♪ jesus is alive ♪
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  • (congregation cheering and clapping)
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • The flight from columbus, ohio to los angeles, california
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  • Was routine.
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  • Aboard us air flight 1493,
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  • David koch sat shoeless
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  • In the first class compartments seat 2a.
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  • On their final approach,
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  • Koch watched the sun sink below the horizon.
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  • Moments later, he felt the familiar jolt
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  • And heard the screech of the tires as the 737 jet
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  • Carrying 83 passengers and six crew members
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  • Touched down on lax's runway 24 left.
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  • Then, koch says he heard a sudden, sickening crunch.
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  • Sparks hurdled past his window,
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  • Followed by the bright flash of a fireball.
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  • Screams filled the aircraft as the flight attendant shouted,
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  • "stay down."
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  • As the plane skidded along the runway,
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  • Koch unbuckled his seatbelt to prepare for a quick exit.
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  • The plane came to a violent stop
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  • And another explosion rocked the cabin,
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  • Throwing koch forward into the front row, first class seats,
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  • And then into the bulkhead.
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  • Trying to stay calm under the smoke,
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  • Koch crawled toward the back of the plane.
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  • In a panic, other passengers trampled him.
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  • "i encountered a fighting frenzied mob jamming the aisle,"
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  • He later said.
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  • "escape was probably impossible
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  • Because i was last in line to get out the rear exit.
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  • I concluded that i was probably going to die.
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  • At that point, i stood up and choking heavily on the smoke,
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  • Walked back toward the first class section.
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  • I was not panicked, nor was i terrified," koch remembered.
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  • "i was resigned, and i knew with absolute certainty
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  • That i was going to die."
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  • Then it came to him.
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  • If smoke was coming in from the front of the plane,
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  • Then there had to be an opening
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  • That might offer a way of escape.
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  • He worked his way toward the cockpit
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  • But seeing flames lick the passenger door,
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  • He realized that was an impossible route.
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  • On the verge of passing out,
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  • He guessed he maybe had 10 or 15 seconds
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  • Before he would fall unconscious.
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  • He turned to the opposite wall
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  • And saw a crack in the fuss lodge.
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  • He wedged his fingers into it and pulled.
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  • It was the galley door and it opened to the outside.
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  • He thrust his head through and gulped a few breaths of air.
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  • "a tremendous sense of strength came over me
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  • And a wave of adrenaline shot through my body," he said.
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  • Koch looked down and saw a fire burning under the airplane.
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  • To clear the flames, he jumped away from the wreckage
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  • And hit the asphalt 10 feet below.
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  • Other survivors were scattered about.
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  • Some sobbed, some were silent,
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  • And some stared in disbelief at the burning aircraft.
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  • "i consider it a miracle that i escaped," koch said,
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  • "and that i came through the ordeal as well as i did."
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  • Today, we're beginning a new series.
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  • I've titled "courageous: 10 strategies
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  • For thriving in a hostile world."
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  • Survival experts tell us that there are 10 strategies
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  • That are essential for our survival
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  • Whenever we find ourselves in a threatening situation,
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  • Like an earthquake, an avalanche,
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  • Or in this case, a burning aircraft.
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  • In the same way as christians,
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  • We are living in a threatening environment.
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  • This is just as real as the ones i've mentioned.
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  • We have an adversary, the devil, who is intent
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  • On destroying everything important to us,
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  • Or we have a culture that is increasingly hostile
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  • To the things of god.
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  • And if that were not enough, we all carry around us
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  • That fallen nature, the residuals of it anyway,
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  • That are opposed to everything god wants for our life.
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  • How can we ever hope to survive that kind of environment?
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  • I want you to notice in this first chapter of 1 peter,
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  • He gives us three commands to keep us from panicking.
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  • First of all, he says, "be disciplined in your thinking."
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  • I remember not long ago talking to one of our members,
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  • He said, "pastor, i'm having the hardest time
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  • Sleeping at night.
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  • I'm just so anxious. i can't settle down and go to sleep."
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  • So, i ask him a little bit about his routine.
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  • I said, "well, tell me what you do
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  • Before you go to bed.
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  • From the time you get home and eat dinner
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  • Till you go to bed, what do you do?"
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  • Well, it turned out he watched
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  • About three hours of cable news every night on television.
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  • No wonder he was anxious and panicked.
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  • And so, i pointed out this verse to him
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  • And i said, "you know, instead of watching cable news,
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  • You know, why not fill your mind with god's word?
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  • Why not listen to messages
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  • That will help center your thinking?"
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  • And so, he did that.
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  • A couple of weeks later, i said, "how are things going?"
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  • He said, "pastor, it's been the most miraculous thing.
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  • I've been listening to your sermons
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  • From 'pathway to victory,'
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  • And after five minutes, i'm out like a light."
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • That's the power of the word of god.
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  • But you know, thinking on god's word
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  • Just doesn't keep us from fear, but it can keep us
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  • From any of the distractions that keep us
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  • From remembering while we are here.
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  • And they're all kind of distractions aren't there in life
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  • That keep us from remembering god's purpose.
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  • You know, one of the things i remember so well
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  • When i was five years old, my dad took me
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  • To the state fair of texas and we went to the midway.
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  • I didn't want to see the exhibits,
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  • I wanted to go to the midway.
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  • And so, we got to the midway, we're right on the edge there,
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  • And he said, "now robert, i'm going to go to the restroom.
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  • I'm going to plant you right here.
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  • You stand right here outside the bathroom
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  • And don't move, whatever you do."
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  • So i stood there for about 30 seconds,
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  • And then i got distracted by all of the sounds of the midway
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  • And the bright lights and i wandered away.
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  • And not long after that, i found myself lost.
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  • I was in a panic and fortunately, a policeman found me.
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  • And he picked me up
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  • And he put me on the back of his three-wheeled motorcycle.
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  • I was facing out. he was faced the other direction.
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  • We were weaving through that crowd on the midway
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  • When i saw my father in the distance looking for me.
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  • He saw me, locked eyes on me,
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  • And he started running and chasing that motorcycle
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  • And swept me off the back of it.
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  • The policeman never knew i think whatever happened to me.
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  • Probably thought i'd been raptured.
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  • The point was i wasn't trying to disobey my dad,
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  • But i just got distracted by other things.
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  • That's the same way with us as christians.
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  • That's why we need to be careful,
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  • Be diligent in what we think about.
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  • "be diligent in your thinking," he says.
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  • "not only that," he says,
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  • "to keep from panicking, to keep calm and carry on,
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  • Be obedient in your conduct."
  • 00:12:01.577 --> 00:12:03.679
  • Look at verse 14, "as obedient children,
  • 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.248
  • Do not be conformed to the former lusts,
  • 00:12:06.248 --> 00:12:09.618
  • Which were yours and ignorance.
  • 00:12:09.618 --> 00:12:11.353
  • But like the holy one who called you,
  • 00:12:11.353 --> 00:12:14.023
  • Be holy yourselves in all of your behavior."
  • 00:12:14.023 --> 00:12:17.827
  • Because it is written,
  • 00:12:17.827 --> 00:12:19.495
  • "you shall be holy for i am holy.'"
  • 00:12:19.495 --> 00:12:23.999
  • That word holy literally means to be separate.
  • 00:12:23.999 --> 00:12:28.170
  • God says, "if you want to live successfully
  • 00:12:29.071 --> 00:12:32.074
  • In this threatening world, be separate in your conduct."
  • 00:12:32.074 --> 00:12:36.145
  • Now, he's not saying separate yourself from other people.
  • 00:12:36.145 --> 00:12:40.649
  • God doesn't call on us to separate ourself
  • 00:12:40.649 --> 00:12:44.086
  • From other people.
  • 00:12:44.086 --> 00:12:45.354
  • He is saying make sure you live in a way
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  • That is different from those around you.
  • 00:12:47.590 --> 00:12:50.526
  • Most of you know that amy and i started dating
  • 00:12:50.526 --> 00:12:54.897
  • When we were in the ninth grade.
  • 00:12:54.897 --> 00:12:56.799
  • We were best friends.
  • 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.400
  • We started dating, dated all through high school,
  • 00:12:58.400 --> 00:13:01.570
  • And we were hardly ever apart.
  • 00:13:01.570 --> 00:13:03.472
  • The first time we were ever apart
  • 00:13:03.472 --> 00:13:05.407
  • For any significant amount of time
  • 00:13:05.407 --> 00:13:07.810
  • Was when we went off to college.
  • 00:13:07.810 --> 00:13:10.813
  • She went to that pagan university of texas in austin.
  • 00:13:10.813 --> 00:13:14.216
  • I went to the semi-pagan baylor university in waco.
  • 00:13:14.216 --> 00:13:18.754
  • But we were separated for a period.
  • 00:13:18.754 --> 00:13:20.556
  • In fact, we were going to be separated for two whole weeks
  • 00:13:20.556 --> 00:13:24.326
  • Until i saw her.
  • 00:13:24.326 --> 00:13:25.494
  • And you know, the first few days,
  • 00:13:25.494 --> 00:13:26.729
  • I just moped around the campus there.
  • 00:13:26.729 --> 00:13:29.498
  • But i figured, you know, i've got to do something here,
  • 00:13:29.498 --> 00:13:32.001
  • So i started going to classes
  • 00:13:32.001 --> 00:13:34.970
  • And i started studying and i took some exams.
  • 00:13:34.970 --> 00:13:39.074
  • Those first couple of weeks, i was existing on one level,
  • 00:13:39.074 --> 00:13:43.379
  • But at the back of my mind, what kept me going
  • 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:45.514
  • That whole time was in two weeks, i'm going to see amy.
  • 00:13:45.514 --> 00:13:49.652
  • In two weeks, i'm going to see amy.
  • 00:13:49.652 --> 00:13:52.121
  • And the thought of that future reunion
  • 00:13:52.121 --> 00:13:54.490
  • Is what gave me hope for the present.
  • 00:13:54.490 --> 00:13:56.625
  • It's the same way for those of us who are christians.
  • 00:13:56.625 --> 00:13:59.862
  • The bible says, "yes, we have responsibilities here on earth
  • 00:13:59.862 --> 00:14:03.165
  • That we're to be diligent in performing
  • 00:14:03.165 --> 00:14:05.901
  • But at the same time, our minds are to be fixated
  • 00:14:05.901 --> 00:14:09.004
  • On that fact that jesus is coming back for us one day
  • 00:14:09.004 --> 00:14:13.075
  • And because of that, we are to be obedient in our conduct."
  • 00:14:13.075 --> 00:14:17.379
  • How do you keep from panicking in a hostile world?
  • 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:20.249
  • Be disciplined in your thinking.
  • 00:14:20.249 --> 00:14:22.017
  • Be obedient in your conduct.
  • 00:14:22.017 --> 00:14:23.485
  • Thirdly, be reliant on god's grace.
  • 00:14:23.485 --> 00:14:28.123
  • Be reliant on god's grace.
  • 00:14:28.123 --> 00:14:30.326
  • C.s. lewis has one of the best descriptions of this world.
  • 00:14:30.326 --> 00:14:34.129
  • He said, "enemy-occupied territory,
  • 00:14:34.129 --> 00:14:38.801
  • That's what this world is."
  • 00:14:38.801 --> 00:14:41.704
  • How can we survive, much less thrive,
  • 00:14:41.704 --> 00:14:44.773
  • In enemy-occupied territory?
  • 00:14:44.773 --> 00:14:47.710
  • Look at what peter says in 1 peter 5:12.
  • 00:14:47.710 --> 00:14:50.879
  • "this is the true grace of god. stand for a it."
  • 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:55.217
  • Stand firm in the grace of god.
  • 00:14:55.851 --> 00:14:58.487
  • Now, what in the world does that mean?
  • 00:14:58.487 --> 00:15:00.923
  • You know, whenever we think of grace,
  • 00:15:00.923 --> 00:15:03.659
  • We think of god's undeserved favor
  • 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:06.328
  • That resulted in our salvation.
  • 00:15:06.328 --> 00:15:08.263
  • And that's certainly one aspect of grace,
  • 00:15:08.263 --> 00:15:10.466
  • God's undeserved favor.
  • 00:15:10.466 --> 00:15:13.202
  • Somebody said, "it's god's undeserved burst of generosity."
  • 00:15:13.202 --> 00:15:17.573
  • The bible says, "for no other reason than the great love
  • 00:15:17.573 --> 00:15:20.442
  • With which god loved you,
  • 00:15:20.442 --> 00:15:22.077
  • He sent christ to die for you and me."
  • 00:15:22.077 --> 00:15:24.546
  • It's nothing we deserved.
  • 00:15:24.546 --> 00:15:26.081
  • It's his grace, his undeserved favor.
  • 00:15:26.081 --> 00:15:29.184
  • Ephesians 2:8-9, "for by," what?
  • 00:15:29.184 --> 00:15:31.987
  • "grace you have been saved through faith,
  • 00:15:31.987 --> 00:15:35.024
  • And that not of yourselves:
  • 00:15:35.024 --> 00:15:36.225
  • It is a gift of god,
  • 00:15:36.225 --> 00:15:37.760
  • Not of works lest any man should boast."
  • 00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:40.829
  • But grace also refers to in the bible
  • 00:15:40.829 --> 00:15:43.332
  • God's supernatural help.
  • 00:15:43.332 --> 00:15:46.168
  • God supernatural help
  • 00:15:46.168 --> 00:15:47.836
  • That stiffens our spiritual spines with courage.
  • 00:15:47.836 --> 00:15:51.607
  • That's why we don't need to fear.
  • 00:15:51.607 --> 00:15:54.710
  • God has promised us his grace.
  • 00:15:54.710 --> 00:15:57.579
  • You know, i look in the bible
  • 00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:59.014
  • And find one man who was certainly a profile
  • 00:15:59.014 --> 00:16:01.917
  • Of the kind of courage we're talking about.
  • 00:16:01.917 --> 00:16:05.087
  • His name was joshua.
  • 00:16:05.087 --> 00:16:07.523
  • Joshua was somebody who faced an daunting task,
  • 00:16:07.523 --> 00:16:11.260
  • But he refused to panic in that situation.
  • 00:16:11.260 --> 00:16:15.030
  • Turn over in your bibles to the old testament
  • 00:16:15.030 --> 00:16:17.199
  • To joshua 1 for just a few moments.
  • 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:20.202
  • You remember joshua?
  • 00:16:20.202 --> 00:16:21.770
  • He was the protege of the great leader, moses.
  • 00:16:21.770 --> 00:16:26.475
  • I want you to notice that god gave joshua
  • 00:16:26.475 --> 00:16:29.711
  • Two limitless resources.
  • 00:16:29.711 --> 00:16:32.314
  • The same limitless resources he gives to you and me
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  • To face impossible situations.
  • 00:16:36.418 --> 00:16:38.987
  • First of all, he gave joshua courage from god's promises,
  • 00:16:38.987 --> 00:16:43.525
  • Courage from god's promises.
  • 00:16:43.525 --> 00:16:45.494
  • In this passage, joshua 1,
  • 00:16:45.494 --> 00:16:47.529
  • I want you to notice the three promises
  • 00:16:47.529 --> 00:16:50.032
  • That god gave to joshua.
  • 00:16:50.032 --> 00:16:52.367
  • First of all, god promised that the israelites
  • 00:16:52.367 --> 00:16:55.637
  • Would enter the land.
  • 00:16:55.637 --> 00:16:57.372
  • Look at verses 3 and 4,
  • 00:16:57.372 --> 00:16:59.074
  • "every place on which the sole of your feet treads,
  • 00:16:59.074 --> 00:17:02.678
  • I have given it to you just as i spoke to moses:
  • 00:17:02.678 --> 00:17:05.814
  • From the wilderness and this lebanon,
  • 00:17:05.814 --> 00:17:08.450
  • Even as far as the great river, the river euphrates,
  • 00:17:08.450 --> 00:17:11.520
  • And all the land of the hittites,
  • 00:17:11.520 --> 00:17:13.021
  • And as far as the great sea that is the mediterranean
  • 00:17:13.021 --> 00:17:15.457
  • Toward the setting of the sun.
  • 00:17:15.457 --> 00:17:16.859
  • This will be your territory."
  • 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:20.596
  • Never forget this land that is being battled over right now
  • 00:17:20.596 --> 00:17:24.766
  • In the middle east, god gave that land to israel.
  • 00:17:24.766 --> 00:17:29.938
  • God gave that land to israel.
  • 00:17:30.572 --> 00:17:33.108
  • Secondly, god promised that the israelites
  • 00:17:33.108 --> 00:17:35.744
  • Would be victorious over their enemies.
  • 00:17:35.744 --> 00:17:37.846
  • Look at verse 5,
  • 00:17:37.846 --> 00:17:39.214
  • "no man will be able to stand before you
  • 00:17:39.214 --> 00:17:41.617
  • All the days of your life.
  • 00:17:41.617 --> 00:17:43.218
  • Just as i have been with moses, i will be with you.
  • 00:17:43.218 --> 00:17:46.722
  • I will not fail you nor will i forsake you."
  • 00:17:46.722 --> 00:17:51.393
  • The good news is 1 john 5:4 promises,
  • 00:17:51.393 --> 00:17:54.096
  • "for whatever is born of god overcomes the world
  • 00:17:54.096 --> 00:17:57.933
  • And this is the victory that has overcome the world,
  • 00:17:57.933 --> 00:18:01.003
  • Our faith."
  • 00:18:01.003 --> 00:18:02.571
  • The bible has given us a promise
  • 00:18:02.571 --> 00:18:04.673
  • That just like the israelites would be victorious
  • 00:18:04.673 --> 00:18:07.109
  • Over their enemies, we can be victorious
  • 00:18:07.109 --> 00:18:09.444
  • Over sin in our life.
  • 00:18:09.444 --> 00:18:10.712
  • Romans 6:7 says, "we have been freed from sin
  • 00:18:10.712 --> 00:18:14.583
  • And therefore, we should act like it."
  • 00:18:14.583 --> 00:18:17.219
  • As paul said in romans 8:31,
  • 00:18:17.219 --> 00:18:19.188
  • "if god is for us, who can be against us?"
  • 00:18:19.188 --> 00:18:22.925
  • Thirdly, god promised the israelites
  • 00:18:22.925 --> 00:18:25.160
  • That they would divide the land as an inheritance.
  • 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.629
  • Verse 6, god said to joshua, "be strong and courageous
  • 00:18:27.629 --> 00:18:31.366
  • For you shall give this people possession of the land,
  • 00:18:31.366 --> 00:18:34.570
  • Which i swore to their fathers to give them."
  • 00:18:34.570 --> 00:18:38.473
  • Now, look, god gave the israelites a piece of real estate.
  • 00:18:38.473 --> 00:18:42.411
  • He said, "it's going to be long to you forever."
  • 00:18:42.411 --> 00:18:45.314
  • But god has given you, he's given me something
  • 00:18:45.314 --> 00:18:47.616
  • Even more valuable than a plot of land.
  • 00:18:47.616 --> 00:18:50.319
  • Joshua promised his people when he was about to die
  • 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:53.522
  • In joshua 23:14,
  • 00:18:53.522 --> 00:18:55.524
  • "not one word of all the good words
  • 00:18:55.524 --> 00:18:58.260
  • The lord, your god, has spoken to you has failed,
  • 00:18:58.260 --> 00:19:01.964
  • All have been fulfilled for you."
  • 00:19:01.964 --> 00:19:04.166
  • Not one of them has failed.
  • 00:19:04.166 --> 00:19:07.202
  • Joshua receive courage from god's promises.
  • 00:19:07.202 --> 00:19:10.272
  • But there's a second limitless resource he gives us all,
  • 00:19:10.272 --> 00:19:13.442
  • And that is courage from god's presence.
  • 00:19:13.442 --> 00:19:16.044
  • Look at verse 9,
  • 00:19:16.044 --> 00:19:17.446
  • "the lord, your god, is with you
  • 00:19:17.446 --> 00:19:21.016
  • Wherever you go."
  • 00:19:21.016 --> 00:19:23.252
  • Now, folks, think about that.
  • 00:19:23.885 --> 00:19:25.754
  • God has promised no matter what situation you're facing
  • 00:19:25.754 --> 00:19:28.824
  • In your work, in your family,
  • 00:19:28.824 --> 00:19:32.728
  • Any other venue of life, god says,
  • 00:19:33.462 --> 00:19:35.297
  • "i am with you wherever you go."
  • 00:19:35.297 --> 00:19:37.933
  • Jesus promised that in matthew 28:20, he said,
  • 00:19:37.933 --> 00:19:40.802
  • "and lo, i am with you always,
  • 00:19:40.802 --> 00:19:44.706
  • Always, even until the end of the age."
  • 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:50.178
  • I want you to notice something here
  • 00:19:50.946 --> 00:19:53.015
  • In joshua 1:6-9.
  • 00:19:53.015 --> 00:19:57.052
  • Again, i didn't really see this until this week.
  • 00:19:57.052 --> 00:19:59.955
  • I want you to notice how he repeats
  • 00:19:59.955 --> 00:20:01.790
  • A certain phrase three times.
  • 00:20:01.790 --> 00:20:03.492
  • Verse 6, "be strong and courageous,
  • 00:20:03.492 --> 00:20:08.797
  • For you shall give this people possession of land."
  • 00:20:09.831 --> 00:20:11.533
  • Verse 7, "only be strong and very courageous,
  • 00:20:11.533 --> 00:20:16.171
  • Be careful to do all according to the law, which moses,
  • 00:20:16.171 --> 00:20:20.375
  • My servant, commanded you."
  • 00:20:20.375 --> 00:20:21.677
  • And then verse 9,
  • 00:20:21.677 --> 00:20:23.145
  • "have i not commanded you? be strong and courageous."
  • 00:20:23.145 --> 00:20:27.082
  • See, three times he says, "be strong and courageous."
  • 00:20:27.082 --> 00:20:31.153
  • We are not alone if we are in christ.
  • 00:20:31.153 --> 00:20:35.357
  • And christ is capable of doing everything.
  • 00:20:35.357 --> 00:20:37.592
  • I love the words of peter kraft who said,
  • 00:20:37.592 --> 00:20:40.362
  • "god has more power in one breath of his spirit
  • 00:20:40.362 --> 00:20:44.800
  • Than all the wins of war, all the nuclear bombs,
  • 00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:48.003
  • All the energy of all the suns and all the galaxies,
  • 00:20:48.003 --> 00:20:51.540
  • All the fury of hell itself."
  • 00:20:51.540 --> 00:20:54.076
  • How many of you believe in a god like that?
  • 00:20:54.076 --> 00:20:56.912
  • A god who can do anything. he can do anything.
  • 00:20:56.912 --> 00:21:01.116
  • "therefore," as he said to joshua,
  • 00:21:01.850 --> 00:21:03.518
  • "why should you tremble or be dismayed?"
  • 00:21:03.518 --> 00:21:08.557
  • This week, i was reading mark batterson's book "all in,"
  • 00:21:09.691 --> 00:21:14.963
  • And in that book, he tells a story
  • 00:21:15.731 --> 00:21:17.699
  • About a group of missionaries a century ago
  • 00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:21.470
  • Who were known as one-way missionaries.
  • 00:21:21.470 --> 00:21:25.006
  • And the reason they were called one-way missionaries
  • 00:21:26.074 --> 00:21:28.543
  • Is because when god called them to an assignment,
  • 00:21:28.543 --> 00:21:32.614
  • They didn't buy a round trip ticket.
  • 00:21:32.614 --> 00:21:34.516
  • They bought a one-way ticket,
  • 00:21:34.516 --> 00:21:37.519
  • Fully planning to die wherever god called them.
  • 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.923
  • But that wasn't all.
  • 00:21:41.923 --> 00:21:43.458
  • In addition to buying a one-way ticket,
  • 00:21:43.458 --> 00:21:46.194
  • Instead of packing their suitcases,
  • 00:21:46.194 --> 00:21:49.598
  • They would pack their coffins
  • 00:21:50.232 --> 00:21:52.334
  • With all of their earthly goods
  • 00:21:52.334 --> 00:21:54.236
  • And bring their coffins with them,
  • 00:21:54.236 --> 00:21:57.172
  • So that they would be buried wherever they died
  • 00:21:57.172 --> 00:21:59.474
  • In service to the lord.
  • 00:21:59.474 --> 00:22:01.777
  • One of those one-way missionaries was a.w. milne.
  • 00:22:01.777 --> 00:22:05.981
  • He felt the call of god to set sail
  • 00:22:05.981 --> 00:22:08.417
  • For the new hebrides islands in the south pacific.
  • 00:22:08.417 --> 00:22:12.921
  • He went there fully knowing that every missionary
  • 00:22:13.955 --> 00:22:16.491
  • Who had gone before him had been murdered by the tribesmen,
  • 00:22:16.491 --> 00:22:21.363
  • And yet he wasn't fearful of death.
  • 00:22:21.363 --> 00:22:24.800
  • He went boldly knowing that he was answering god's call.
  • 00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:28.570
  • Why?
  • 00:22:28.570 --> 00:22:30.172
  • He was willing to die because he had died to himself first.
  • 00:22:30.172 --> 00:22:34.109
  • A.w. milne ministered in the new hebrides
  • 00:22:34.109 --> 00:22:37.813
  • For 35 years.
  • 00:22:37.813 --> 00:22:40.048
  • When he died, the tribesmen buried him
  • 00:22:40.882 --> 00:22:44.686
  • In the coffin he had brought.
  • 00:22:44.686 --> 00:22:47.055
  • And they erected a tombstone, and this was the epitaph
  • 00:22:47.055 --> 00:22:50.859
  • The tribesmen put on his tombstone.
  • 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:54.229
  • "when he came, there was no light.
  • 00:22:54.963 --> 00:22:57.833
  • When he died, there was no darkness.
  • 00:22:58.633 --> 00:23:02.537
  • When he came, there was no light.
  • 00:23:03.305 --> 00:23:06.808
  • When he died, there was no darkness."
  • 00:23:06.808 --> 00:23:10.245
  • What is it that gave a.w. milne the courage
  • 00:23:11.146 --> 00:23:14.049
  • To face and live in that kind of situation?
  • 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:17.652
  • He relied on god's promises.
  • 00:23:17.652 --> 00:23:20.121
  • Jesus said, "do not fear the things you're about to suffer.
  • 00:23:20.121 --> 00:23:23.258
  • Be faithful until death
  • 00:23:23.258 --> 00:23:25.794
  • And i will give you the crown of life."
  • 00:23:25.794 --> 00:23:28.463
  • And secondly, he relied on god's presence.
  • 00:23:28.463 --> 00:23:32.767
  • He believed the promise of jesus who said in hebrews 13:5,
  • 00:23:32.767 --> 00:23:36.571
  • "i will never leave you
  • 00:23:36.571 --> 00:23:38.773
  • And i will never forsake you."
  • 00:23:38.773 --> 00:23:42.777
  • That's why paul could say, with confidence,
  • 00:23:43.712 --> 00:23:45.847
  • "god has not given us the spirit of fear,
  • 00:23:45.847 --> 00:23:49.985
  • But of power of love and of a sound mind."
  • 00:23:49.985 --> 00:23:55.223
  • Don't panic.
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:23:57.459 --> 00:24:02.130
  • Two simple words, don't panic.
  • 00:24:02.764 --> 00:24:06.134
  • So easy to say, but often so difficult to live out.
  • 00:24:06.134 --> 00:24:10.071
  • Now, in closing today,
  • 00:24:10.071 --> 00:24:11.640
  • Let me share an encouraging word from gregory in arizona.
  • 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.210
  • He wrote, "in recent years, i chose to run away from god.
  • 00:24:15.210 --> 00:24:19.114
  • My niece pointed me to your bible teaching
  • 00:24:19.114 --> 00:24:22.150
  • And i was completely convicted
  • 00:24:22.150 --> 00:24:24.252
  • About the state of my relationship with god.
  • 00:24:24.252 --> 00:24:27.422
  • He has reached out and touched me
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  • And set my feet on a path back home to him."
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  • Well, we rejoice with you, gregory.
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  • And to those of you who give the "pathway to victory,"
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  • Thank you for helping us touch lives all around the world.
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  • Now, stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory,"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • Christians today are living in hostile territory.
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  • The attacks are real, the opposition is fierce,
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  • And the stakes couldn't be higher.
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  • That's why i wrote, "courageous,"
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  • To give you the biblical tools you need,
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  • Not just to survive, but to stand strong and thrive.
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  • In "courageous," you'll find
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  • 10 biblical survival strategies
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  • Drawn straight from scripture that will give you fresh fire
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  • And real hope no matter what you're facing.
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  • Survivors have two things in common,
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  • A different response to trouble
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  • And a different perspective on life.
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  • In "courageous," i'll give you 10 biblical strategies
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  • To develop both and come out stronger on the other side.
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  • Request your copy of "courageous," when you give
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  • A generous ministry gift to "pathway to victory,"
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  • Or when you become a pathway partner.
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  • And when your ministry gift is $75 or more,
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  • We'll send you the courageous leadership kit
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  • Containing the "courageous," book,
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  • The personal and group study guide book,
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  • 10 courageous encouragement cards,
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  • Plus the complete teaching series on cd and dvd.
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  • As christians, we are living in a threatening environment.
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  • We have an adversary, the devil, who is intent
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  • On destroying everything important to us.
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  • Thank you for partnering with "pathway to victory."
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  • Your generosity funds the proclamation
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  • Of god's word across television, radio, and online,
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  • Bringing bold, biblical hope right here at home
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  • And around the world.
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  • When we rely on god's promises and presence,
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  • We can face any threatening situation with courage,
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  • But courage alone isn't enough.
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  • We also need to know what we're up against.
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  • That's why survival tip number two is so critical.
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  • Every first responder will tell you,
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  • "the moment you lose track of your surroundings,
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  • You're in serious danger."
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  • Next time, we will learn how to gain situational awareness.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series, courageous.
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  • How aware are you of the testing situations
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  • You find yourself in?
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  • How aware are you of what is really happening around you?
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  • You say, "well, pastor, that's a stupid question.
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  • I know what's happening around me."
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  • Do you?
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  • Do you really understand the situation you're in?
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  • Set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For survival tip number two, gain situational awareness,
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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