Dr. Robert Jeffress

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

July 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress- Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic | July 10, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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With dr. robert jeffress.
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[dr. jeffress] 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
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With survival tip number 1: don't panic,
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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[reader] behold the lamb of god
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Who takes away the sin of the world.
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♪ behold the lamb ♪
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♪ upon the cross ♪
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♪ who takes away the sins of all ♪
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♪ behold the love ♪
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♪ his dying plea ♪
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♪ behold the grace of calvary ♪
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♪ that rugged cross ♪
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♪ soon to be ♪
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♪ the emblem of a risen king ♪
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♪ behold the king ♪
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♪ light of the world ♪
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♪ lamb that was slain ♪
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♪ lion who rose ♪
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♪ mighty to save ♪
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♪ the fullness of god ♪
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♪ it won't be kept in a grave ♪
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♪ darkness, your hour is over ♪
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♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪
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♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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♪ one head gets to wear that crown ♪
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♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪
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♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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♪ one head gets to wear that crown ♪
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♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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♪ nobody in the grave now ♪
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♪ he is alive ♪
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♪ jesus is alive ♪
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[announcer] if you've ever felt like your faith
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Dr. robert jeffress offers 10 practical biblical strategies
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For standing strong.
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[dr. jeffress] the flight from columbus, ohio
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To los angeles, california was routine.
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Aboard usair flight 1493,
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David koch sat shoeless
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In the first class compartment's 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
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As the 737 jet carrying 83 passengers
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And six crew members 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 frenzy 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
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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.
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And i knew with absolute certainty 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, he guessed he maybe had 10
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Or 15 seconds 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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Others 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 i've titled "courageous:
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10 strategies 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,
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Who is intent on destroying everything important to us.
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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 in 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 asked him a little bit about his routine.
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I said, "well, tell me what you do 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 about three hours
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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 minds 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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(congregation laughing)
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But you know, thinking on god's word just doesn't keep us
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From fear, but it can keep us from any of the distractions
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That keep us from remembering why we are here.
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And there are all kind of distractions, aren't there,
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In life 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,
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We were 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.
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And fortunately, a policeman found me, 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, and he started running
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And chasing that motorcycle 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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He 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, "to keep from panicking,
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To keep calm and carry on, be obedient in your conduct."
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Look at verse 14.
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"as obedient children,
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Do not be conformed to the former lusts
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Which were yours in ignorance,
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But like the holy one who called you,
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Be holy yourselves in all of your behavior.
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Because it is written, 'you shall be holy fr i am holy.'"
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That word "holy" literally means to be separate.
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God says, "if you want to live successfully
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In this threatening world, be separate in your conduct."
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Now, he's not saying separate yourself from other people.
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God doesn't call on us
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To separate ourself from other people.
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He is saying, "make sure you live in a way
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That is different from those around you."
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Most of you know that amy and i started dating
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When we were in the ninth grade.
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We were best friends, we started dating,
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Dated all through high school,
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And we were hardly ever apart.
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The first time we were ever apart
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For any significant amount of time
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Was when we went off to college.
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She went to that pagan university of texas in austin.
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I went to the semi-pagan baylor university in waco.
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(congregation laughing)
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But we were separated for a period of time.
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In fact, we were going to be separated for two whole weeks
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Until i saw her.
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And you know, the first few days
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I just moped around the campus there,
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But i figured, you know, "i've got to do something here."
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So, i started going to classes and i started studying,
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And i took some exams those first couple of weeks.
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I was existing on one level,
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But at the back of my mind,
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What kept me going that whole time was,
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"in two weeks, i'm going to see amy."
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"in two weeks i'm going to see amy."
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And the thought of that future reunion
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Is what gave me hope for the present.
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It's the same way for those of us who are christians.
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The bible says, yes, we have responsibilities here on earth
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That we're to be diligent in performing,
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But at the same time, our minds are to be fixated
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On that fact that jesus is coming back for us one day.
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And because of that, we are to be obedient in our conduct.
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How do you keep from panicking in a hostile world?
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Be disciplined in your thinking.
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Be obedient in your conduct.
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Thirdly, be reliant on god's grace.
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Be reliant on god's grace.
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C. s. lewis has one of the best descriptions of this world.
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He said, "enemy-occupied territory."
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That's what this world is.
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How can we survive, much less thrive,
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In enemy-occupied territory?
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Look at what peter says in 1 peter 5:12.
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"this is the true grace of god. stand firm in it."
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"stand firm in the grace of god."
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Now, what in the world does that mean?
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You know, whenever we think of grace,
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We think of god's undeserved favor
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That resulted in our salvation.
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And that's certainly one aspect of grace.
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God's undeserved favor.
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Somebody said it's god's undeserved burst of generosity.
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The bible says for no other reason than the great love
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With which god loved you,
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He sent christ to die for you and me.
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It's nothing we deserved.
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It's his grace, his undeserved favor.
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Ephesians 2:8-9.
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"for," by what, "grace you have been saved through faith,
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That not of yourselves, it is a gift of god,
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Not of works lest any man should boast."
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But grace also refers to, in the bible,
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God's supernatural help.
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God's supernatural help
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That stiffens our spiritual spines with courage.
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That's why we don't need to fear.
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God has promised us his grace.
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You know, i look in the bible and find one man
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Who was certainly a profile
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Of the kind of courage we're talking about.
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His name was joshua.
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Joshua was somebody who faced an daunting task,
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But he refused to panic in that situation.
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Turn over in your bibles to the old testament
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To joshua chapter 1 for just a few moments.
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You remember joshua?
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He was the protege of the great leader, moses.
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I want you to notice that god gave joshua
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Two limitless resources,
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The same limitless resources he gives to you and me
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To face impossible situations.
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First of all, he gave joshua courage from god's promises.
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Courage from god's promises.
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In this passage, joshua 1, i want you to notice
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The three promises that god gave to joshua.
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First of all, god promised that the israelites
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Would enter the land.
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Look at verses 3 and 4.
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"every place on which the sole of your feet treads
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I have given it to you, just as i spoke to moses.
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From the wilderness and this lebanon,
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Even as far as the great river, the river euphrates,
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And all the land of the hittites,
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And as far as the great sea, that is the mediterranean,
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Toward the setting of the sun, this will be your territory."
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Never forget this land that is being battled over right now
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In the middle east, god gave that land to israel.
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God gave that land to israel.
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Secondly, god promised that the israelites
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Would be victorious over their enemies.
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Look at verse 5.
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"no man will be able to stand before you
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All the days of your life.
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Just as i have been with moses, i will be with you.
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I will not fail you, nor will i forsake you."
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The good news is 1 john 5:4 promises,
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"for whatever is born of god, overcomes the world,
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And this is the victory that has overcome the world,
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Our faith."
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The bible has given us a promise
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That just like the israelites would be victorious
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Over their enemies,
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We can be victorious over sin in our life.
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Romans 6:7 says, we have been freed from sin,
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And therefore we should act like it.
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As paul said in romans 8:31,
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"if god is for us, who can be against us?"
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Thirdly, god promised the israelites
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That they would divide the land as an inheritance.
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Verse 6.
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God said to joshua, "be strong and courageous,
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For you shall give this people possession of the land
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Which i swore to their fathers to give them."
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Now, look, god gave the israelites a piece of real estate.
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He said, "it's going to be land to you forever."
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But god has given you, he's given me
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Something even more valuable than a plot of land.
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Joshua promised his people, when he was about to die
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In joshua 23:14, "not one word of all the good words
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The lord your god has spoken to you has failed.
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All have been fulfilled for you,
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Not one of them has failed."
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Joshua receive courage from god's promises,
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But there's a second limitless resource he gives us all,
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And that is courage from god's presence.
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Look at verse 9.
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"the lord, your god is with you wherever you go."
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Now, folks, think about that.
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God has promised no matter what situation you're facing
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In your work, in your family, any other venue of life,
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God says, "i am with you wherever you go."
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Jesus promised that in matthew 28:20.
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He said, "and lo, i am with you always.
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Always. even until the end of the age."
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I want you to notice something here
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In joshua chapter 1, verses 6 through 9.
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Again, i didn't really see this until this week.
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I want you to notice how he repeats
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A certain phrase three times.
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Verse 6.
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"be strong and courageous,
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For you shall give this people possession of the land."
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Verse 7.
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"only be strong and very courageous.
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Be careful to do all according to the law
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Which moses, my servant, commanded you."
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And then verse 9.
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"have i not commanded you, be strong and courageous?"
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See, three times he says, "be strong and courageous."
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We are not alone if we are in christ.
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And christ is capable of doing everything.
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I love the words of peter kreeft, who said,
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"god has more power in one breath of his spirit
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Than all the winds of war, all the nuclear bombs,
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All the energy of all the suns and all the galaxies,
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All the fury of hell itself."
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How many of you believe in a god like that?
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A god who can do anything.
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He can do anything.
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Therefore, as he said to joshua,
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Why should you tremble or be dismayed?
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This week i was reading mark batterson's book, "all in."
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And in that book he tells a story
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About a group of missionaries a century ago
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Who were known as one-way missionaries.
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And the reason they were called one-way missionaries
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Is because, when god called them to an assignment,
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They didn't buy a round-trip ticket,
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They bought a one-way ticket,
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Fully planning to die wherever god called them.
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But that wasn't all.
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In addition to buying a one-way ticket,
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Instead of packing their suitcases,
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They would pack their coffins
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With all of their earthly goods
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And bring their coffins with them
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So that they would be buried wherever they died
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In service to the lord.
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One of those one-way missionaries was a. w. milne.
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He felt the call of god to set sail
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For the new hebrides islands in the south pacific.
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He went there fully knowing that every missionary
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Who had gone before him had been martyred by the tribesmen.
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And yet he wasn't fearful of death.
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He went boldly knowing that he was answering god's call.
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Why?
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He was willing to die because he had died to himself first.
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A. w. milne ministered in the new hebrides for 35 years.
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When he died, the tribesmen buried him
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In the coffin he had brought.
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And they erected a tombstone, and this was the epitaph
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The tribesmen put on his tombstone:
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"when he came, there was no light.
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When he died, there was no darkness."
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"when he came, there was no light.
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When he died, there was no darkness."
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What is it that gave a. w. milne the courage to face
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And live in that kind of situation?
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He relied on god's promises.
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Jesus said, "do not fear the things you're about to suffer.
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Be faithful until death,
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And i will give you the crown of life."
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And secondly, he relied on god's presence.
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He believed the promise of jesus, who said in hebrews 13:5,
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"i will never leave you and i will never forsake you."
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That's why paul could say with confidence,
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"god has not given us the spirit of fear,
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But of power, of love, and of a sound mind."
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Don't panic.
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Two simple words. "don't panic."
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So easy to say but often so difficult to live out.
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Now, in closing today,
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Let me share an encouraging word from gregory in arizona.
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He wrote, "in recent years, i chose to run away from god.
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My niece pointed me to your bible teaching
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And i was completely convicted
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About the state of my relationship with god.
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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 to "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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[announcer] in "courageous,"
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You'll find 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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[dr. jeffress] 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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[dr. jeffress] as christians, we are living
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We have an adversary, the devil,
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Who is intent on destroying everything important to us.
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[dr. jeffress] when we rely on god's promises
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And presence, we can face any threatening situation
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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 2 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
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Of the testing situations 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? do you really understand the situation you're in?
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Robert Jeffress- Survival Tip #1: Don't Panic

July 10, 2026 | 27:29

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