Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - The Antidote For Anxiety

July 6, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Antidote For Anxiety | July 6, 2025

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. >joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,cted
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With us during the week,cted through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd
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Visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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Love to have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this mother. one sunday
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About this mother. one sunday morning, she went to her
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Morning, she went to her son's bedroom and said, “son,
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Son's bedroom and said, “son, wake up. it's time to go to
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Wake up. it's time to go to church.” he said, “no mom,
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Church.” he said, “no mom, i'm not going to church
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I'm not going to church today.” she said, “why not?”
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Today.” she said, “why not?” he said, “i'll give you two
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He said, “i'll give you two good reasons. number one,
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Good reasons. number one, i don't like the people and
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I don't like the people and number two, they don't like
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Number two, they don't like me.” she said, “alright, i'll
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Me.” she said, “alright, i'll give you two better reasons
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Give you two better reasons to go. number one, you're 49
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To go. number one, you're 49 years old and number two,
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Years old and number two, you're the pastor.”
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You're the pastor.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the antidote for
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About the antidote for anxiety. we all have
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Anxiety. we all have opportunities to live
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Opportunities to live anxious, worried about the
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Anxious, worried about the future, wondering what's
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Future, wondering what's going to happen with our
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Going to happen with our children, our finances, our
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Children, our finances, our health. there's always
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Health. there's always something trying to steal our
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Something trying to steal our peace. if you watch the news,
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Peace. if you watch the news, you hear about inflation,
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You hear about inflation, violence, wars, division. a
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Violence, wars, division. a recent article talked about
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Recent article talked about how we're in an epidemic of
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How we're in an epidemic of anxiety. there's never been
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Anxiety. there's never been so much coming against our
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So much coming against our mental health. but that's not
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Mental health. but that's not the way we were created to
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The way we were created to live. the scripture says,
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Live. the scripture says, “cast all your anxieties on
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“cast all your anxieties on him.” one antidote for
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Him.” one antidote for anxiety is you have to give
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Anxiety is you have to give it to god. you can't go
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It to god. you can't go around carrying everything,
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Around carrying everything, trying to figure it all out.
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Trying to figure it all out. living in tomorrow, wondering
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Living in tomorrow, wondering how it's going to work out.
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How it's going to work out. “what if my health doesn't
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“what if my health doesn't improve, what if my company
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Improve, what if my company has layoffs, this family
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Has layoffs, this family member did me wrong, i've got
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Member did me wrong, i've got to fix that.” you're weighing
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To fix that.” you're weighing yourself down, carrying
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Yourself down, carrying things you were never meant
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Things you were never meant to carry. that's why you can
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To carry. that's why you can feel worn out, not able to
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Feel worn out, not able to sleep at night. do yourself a
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Sleep at night. do yourself a favor and start casting those
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Favor and start casting those anxieties. they're going to
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Anxieties. they're going to come, but if you're going to
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Come, but if you're going to stay in peace, you have to
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Stay in peace, you have to get good at turning them over
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Get good at turning them over to god. the word cast is an
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To god. the word cast is an action word. when you're
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Action word. when you're fishing, you cast the rod.
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Fishing, you cast the rod. it's not a complacent,
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It's not a complacent, underhand, let me just
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Underhand, let me just toss it out there. no, you
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Toss it out there. no, you forcefully swing your arm,
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Forcefully swing your arm, aggressively flick your
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Aggressively flick your wrist. there's action,
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Wrist. there's action, energy. in the same way,
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Energy. in the same way, anxiety is not going to just
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Anxiety is not going to just fall off of you. worry is not
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Fall off of you. worry is not going to go away on its own.
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Going to go away on its own. you can't just sit back and
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You can't just sit back and hope that things will change.
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Hope that things will change. you have to do some casting.
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You have to do some casting. when thoughts come, “what's
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When thoughts come, “what's going to happen with your
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Going to happen with your children? there are so many
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Children? there are so many distractions these days.
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Distractions these days. they're going to probably get
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They're going to probably get in trouble.” you can dwell on
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In trouble.” you can dwell on those thoughts, let them
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Those thoughts, let them weigh you down, cause you to
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Weigh you down, cause you to live anxious. or you can say,
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Live anxious. or you can say, “no thanks, my children are
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“no thanks, my children are in god's hands. father thank
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In god's hands. father thank you that you're protecting
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You that you're protecting them, causing them to make
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Them, causing them to make good decisions, that as for
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Good decisions, that as for me and my house we will serve
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Me and my house we will serve the lord.” you know what you
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The lord.” you know what you did? you just cast those
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Did? you just cast those anxieties on him. “have
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Anxieties on him. “have you seen the news about
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You seen the news about the economy, inflation, gas
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The economy, inflation, gas prices? what if things keep
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Prices? what if things keep going up, what if your
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Going up, what if your business doesn't make it,
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Business doesn't make it, what if you can't pay your
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What if you can't pay your bills.” the enemy would love
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Bills.” the enemy would love for you to worry about things
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For you to worry about things that are never going to
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That are never going to happen. he would love for you
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Happen. he would love for you to miss the beauty of this
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To miss the beauty of this day because you're so anxious
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Day because you're so anxious about tomorrow. don't fall
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About tomorrow. don't fall into that trap. god has not
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Into that trap. god has not failed you in the past and
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Failed you in the past and he's not going to fail you
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He's not going to fail you now. my father used to say
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Now. my father used to say when i was growing up, “if
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When i was growing up, “if bread goes to a dollar a loaf
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Bread goes to a dollar a loaf and gasoline to a dollar a
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And gasoline to a dollar a gallon, god will take care
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Gallon, god will take care of us.” if daddy could see
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Of us.” if daddy could see us now. god is faithful. let
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Us now. god is faithful. let me tell you, if prices go
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Me tell you, if prices go up, the good news is god's
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Up, the good news is god's provision is going to go up.
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Provision is going to go up. god is not up in heaven
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God is not up in heaven saying, “man, i didn't see
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Saying, “man, i didn't see this coming. i didn't know
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This coming. i didn't know inflation was going to be
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Inflation was going to be this high.” god owns it all.
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This high.” god owns it all. he makes streets out of gold.
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He makes streets out of gold. you get stressed looking at
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You get stressed looking at the future, anticipating the
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The future, anticipating the worst, higher cost, higher
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Worst, higher cost, higher bills. what you're not
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Bills. what you're not anticipating is the goodness
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Anticipating is the goodness of god. david said, “i was
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Of god. david said, “i was young and now i'm old and i
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Young and now i'm old and i have never once seen the
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Have never once seen the righteous forsaken.” instead
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Righteous forsaken.” instead of carrying that anxiety, do
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Of carrying that anxiety, do yourself a favor, start
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Yourself a favor, start casting it.
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Casting it. i read where the largest
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I read where the largest increase in anxiety is among
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Increase in anxiety is among young people. there's so much
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Young people. there's so much pressure these days. with
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Pressure these days. with social media. there's the
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Social media. there's the comparison. “am i good
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Comparison. “am i good enough, pretty enough, smart
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Enough, pretty enough, smart enough? do i have enough
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Enough? do i have enough followers, am i popular?” if
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Followers, am i popular?” if you fall into that trap,
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You fall into that trap, you'll never feel good about
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You'll never feel good about yourself. because you'll
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Yourself. because you'll always see someone that's
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Always see someone that's more talented, more
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More talented, more beautiful, more successful.
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Beautiful, more successful. there will be this pressure
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There will be this pressure to outperform, outdress, have
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To outperform, outdress, have more friends, more talents,
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More friends, more talents, more compliments. that's a
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More compliments. that's a never-ending cycle. that's
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Never-ending cycle. that's not only going to wear you
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Not only going to wear you out, take your joy, your
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Out, take your joy, your peace, but you'll miss who
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Peace, but you'll miss who you were created to be,
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You were created to be, trying to keep up with
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Trying to keep up with everyone else. take that
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Everyone else. take that pressure off yourself. that's
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Pressure off yourself. that's what's causing anxiety. “how
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What's causing anxiety. “how can i keep up?” you don't
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Can i keep up?” you don't have to keep up. you're not
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Have to keep up. you're not competing with them. run your
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Competing with them. run your race. be who god made you to
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Race. be who god made you to be. “i can't do what they can
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Be. “i can't do what they can do.” they can't do what you
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Do.” they can't do what you can do. you're talented,
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Can do. you're talented, you're gifted. “they're so
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You're gifted. “they're so beautiful.” you're so
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Beautiful.” you're so beautiful. you're a
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Beautiful. you're a masterpiece. you're made in
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Masterpiece. you're made in the image of god. “they're
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The image of god. “they're more popular.” popularity is
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More popular.” popularity is fleeting. it can change in a
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Fleeting. it can change in a minute.
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Minute. in psalm 55, david was
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In psalm 55, david was dealing with anxiety. he
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Dealing with anxiety. he said, “i'm overwhelmed with
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Said, “i'm overwhelmed with trouble. my enemies are
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Trouble. my enemies are making loud threats. my heart
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Making loud threats. my heart is anxious, with so much fear
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Is anxious, with so much fear and trembling, i can't stop
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And trembling, i can't stop shaking.” that's some serious
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Shaking.” that's some serious anxiety. david was a warrior.
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Anxiety. david was a warrior. he had defeated goliath,
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He had defeated goliath, conquered cities, led the
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Conquered cities, led the israelites into great
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Israelites into great victories. but now he's
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Victories. but now he's overwhelmed, so anxious that
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Overwhelmed, so anxious that he can't move forward.
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He can't move forward. dealing with anxiety doesn't
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Dealing with anxiety doesn't mean that you're weak, you
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Mean that you're weak, you don't have enough faith, you
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Don't have enough faith, you must have done something
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Must have done something wrong. the enemy wouldn't
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Wrong. the enemy wouldn't be trying to stop you if he
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Be trying to stop you if he didn't know there was a
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Didn't know there was a calling on your life. he
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Calling on your life. he knows there's greatness in
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Knows there's greatness in you, that you're on the verge
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You, that you're on the verge of seeing a new level. that's
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Of seeing a new level. that's why he'll try to make you
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Why he'll try to make you feel overwhelmed, worried
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Feel overwhelmed, worried about the future, thinking
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About the future, thinking it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. thoughts will tell you, “it's
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Thoughts will tell you, “it's never going to change. you'll
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Never going to change. you'll always have to deal with this
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Always have to deal with this anxiety.” don't believe those
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Anxiety.” don't believe those lies. the anxiety is not
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Lies. the anxiety is not permanent. it's not going to
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Permanent. it's not going to last forever. it's a season.
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Last forever. it's a season. this too shall pass.
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This too shall pass. sometimes god will bring you
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Sometimes god will bring you out quickly. other times,
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Out quickly. other times, he'll take you little by
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He'll take you little by little. don't be discouraged
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Little. don't be discouraged if you don't see anything
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If you don't see anything changing. god is working.
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Changing. god is working. every day you need to
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Every day you need to declare, “i'm getting better.
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Declare, “i'm getting better. my mind is at peace. my heart
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My mind is at peace. my heart is at rest. i am free from
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Is at rest. i am free from this anxiety.”
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This anxiety.” david had been attacked by
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David had been attacked by king saul, attacked by his
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King saul, attacked by his son absolom, attacked in the
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Son absolom, attacked in the city of ziglag. he handled
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City of ziglag. he handled those attacks well. he went
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Those attacks well. he went out and defeated and
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Out and defeated and recovered and was victorious.
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Recovered and was victorious. but when anxiety attacked, it
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But when anxiety attacked, it was a different story. he
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Was a different story. he didn't think he could go on.
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Didn't think he could go on. the most powerful attacks are
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The most powerful attacks are not physical but mental.
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Not physical but mental. that's why the enemy works
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That's why the enemy works overtime in the mind.
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Overtime in the mind. anxiety, fear, worry. “it's
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Anxiety, fear, worry. “it's not going to work out. you'll
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Not going to work out. you'll never get well. you'll always
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Never get well. you'll always be alone. what are you going
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Be alone. what are you going to do.” david was sitting
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To do.” david was sitting there overwhelmed, shaking,
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There overwhelmed, shaking, believing the lies of the
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Believing the lies of the enemy. this anxiety attack
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Enemy. this anxiety attack could have been the end of
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Could have been the end of david's story. this could be
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David's story. this could be the last time we read about
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The last time we read about him. the anxiety won and he
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Him. the anxiety won and he faded off into the sunset.
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Faded off into the sunset. no, david did something that
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No, david did something that we all must do. when anxiety
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We all must do. when anxiety attacked, instead of just
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Attacked, instead of just sitting there, he said in
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Sitting there, he said in verse 16, “i will call on the
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Verse 16, “i will call on the name of the lord and he will
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Name of the lord and he will rescue me. he will keep me
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Rescue me. he will keep me safe from the battle raged
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Safe from the battle raged against me.” when anxiety
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Against me.” when anxiety attacks, often we call our
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Attacks, often we call our friends, call our neighbor,
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Friends, call our neighbor, call our parents. that's all
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Call our parents. that's all fine, but you need to make
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Fine, but you need to make sure you call on the name of
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Sure you call on the name of the lord. call on the god who
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The lord. call on the god who created you. call on the god
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Created you. call on the god who brings dead things back
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Who brings dead things back to life. call on the god who
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To life. call on the god who is more powerful than any
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Is more powerful than any force that's trying to stop
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Force that's trying to stop you.
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You. he said in psalms, “call unto
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He said in psalms, “call unto me in the day of trouble and
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Me in the day of trouble and i will strengthen you and i
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I will strengthen you and i will deliver you.” if you'll
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Will deliver you.” if you'll call unto him, he'll give you
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Call unto him, he'll give you the strength you need until
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The strength you need until the deliverance comes. every
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The deliverance comes. every morning you need to call.
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Morning you need to call. “lord, thank you for
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“lord, thank you for strengthening me today. thank
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Strengthening me today. thank you that this anxiety cannot
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You that this anxiety cannot stay in my life. i am a
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Stay in my life. i am a temple of the most high god.
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Temple of the most high god. anxiety you are on foreign
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Anxiety you are on foreign territory. you are not
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Territory. you are not welcome here.” don't be
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Welcome here.” don't be complacent. don't just accept
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Complacent. don't just accept it. “oh man, my anxiety is
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It. “oh man, my anxiety is acting up today. my
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Acting up today. my depression is really bad.”
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Depression is really bad.” no, don't take ownership of
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No, don't take ownership of it. it doesn't belong to you.
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It. it doesn't belong to you. the moment you say “my”,
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The moment you say “my”, you're giving it permission
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You're giving it permission to stay. it's like you're
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To stay. it's like you're inviting it into your life.
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Inviting it into your life. instead of inviting it, you
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Instead of inviting it, you need to start casting it
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Need to start casting it away. see that anxiety as
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Away. see that anxiety as foreign, as not welcome, and
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Foreign, as not welcome, and as temporary.
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As temporary. david went through this
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David went through this anxiety attack. we don't know
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Anxiety attack. we don't know how long it was, whether it
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How long it was, whether it was weeks or whether it was
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Was weeks or whether it was months. but when it was over,
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Months. but when it was over, at the end of the chapter, he
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At the end of the chapter, he gives us what he learned. he
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Gives us what he learned. he said in verse 22, “cast your
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Said in verse 22, “cast your burdens on the lord, release
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Burdens on the lord, release the weight of them and he
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The weight of them and he will sustain you.” he was
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Will sustain you.” he was saying, “i went through this
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Saying, “i went through this terrible anxiety. i thought
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Terrible anxiety. i thought my life was over. i lived
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My life was over. i lived worried, overwhelmed. but now
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Worried, overwhelmed. but now that i'm out, having lived
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That i'm out, having lived through it, here's what i'm
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Through it, here's what i'm going to do differently next
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Going to do differently next time. here's how i can save
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Time. here's how i can save you a lot of heartache and
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You a lot of heartache and pain. cast your anxieties on
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Pain. cast your anxieties on the lord. release the weight
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The lord. release the weight of those worries.” quit
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Of those worries.” quit carrying things that you're
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Carrying things that you're not supposed to carry. turn
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Not supposed to carry. turn it over to god. trust him in
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It over to god. trust him in the trouble. trust him when
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The trouble. trust him when you don't see a way. trust
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You don't see a way. trust him when you don't
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Him when you don't understand, and he will
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Understand, and he will sustain you and bring you
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Sustain you and bring you safely through.
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Safely through. are you holding on to
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Are you holding on to worries, anxiety? “what's
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Worries, anxiety? “what's going to happen with my
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Going to happen with my child, this situation at work
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Child, this situation at work is stressing me out, joel,
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Is stressing me out, joel, and my health is not getting
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And my health is not getting better?” if david were here,
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Better?” if david were here, he would tell you. “i was
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He would tell you. “i was where you were. i did the
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Where you were. i did the same thing, so much so that i
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Same thing, so much so that i couldn't function. i was
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Couldn't function. i was shaking. don't do like i did.
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Shaking. don't do like i did. release the weight of it.
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Release the weight of it. cast that burden on the
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Cast that burden on the lord.” as long as you hold on
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Lord.” as long as you hold on to it, it's going to hold you
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To it, it's going to hold you down. you're holding on to
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Down. you're holding on to what's holding you back. we
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What's holding you back. we wonder when god is going to
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Wonder when god is going to do something, but god's
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Do something, but god's waiting for us to release it.
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Waiting for us to release it. releasing it is an act of
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Releasing it is an act of faith. “god, i don't see how
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Faith. “god, i don't see how it's going to work out but i
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It's going to work out but i know you have a way. god, my
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Know you have a way. god, my child is not making good
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Child is not making good decisions, but i know he's in
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Decisions, but i know he's in the palm of your hand. god,
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The palm of your hand. god, my business is slow, but i
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My business is slow, but i thank you that you're
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Thank you that you're supplying all of my needs.”
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Supplying all of my needs.” during the pandemic, when so
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During the pandemic, when so many things closed down; one
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Many things closed down; one sunday morning, i went to
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Sunday morning, i went to breakfast with my family at
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Breakfast with my family at this small outdoor
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This small outdoor restaurant. this is when
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Restaurant. this is when there were no in person
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There were no in person services, only online. we
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Services, only online. we would record the sunday
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Would record the sunday service on friday, so i was
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Service on friday, so i was free on the weekends. i told
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Free on the weekends. i told my family i have never been
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My family i have never been to breakfast on a sunday
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To breakfast on a sunday morning in all of my life. we
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Morning in all of my life. we were always in church. if you
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Were always in church. if you were somewhere else on a
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Were somewhere else on a sunday morning, you were
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Sunday morning, you were going to hell. but with all
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Going to hell. but with all this disruption, all the
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This disruption, all the changes; like a lot of
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Changes; like a lot of people, i felt this
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People, i felt this uneasiness, this anxiety,
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Uneasiness, this anxiety, like something was wrong.
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Like something was wrong. everything was great in my
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Everything was great in my life, but deep down there was
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Life, but deep down there was this gnawing, something's not
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This gnawing, something's not right. i would be going
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Right. i would be going through the day, out of
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Through the day, out of nowhere this sense of gloom.
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Nowhere this sense of gloom. wake up in the middle of the
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Wake up in the middle of the night, these worrisome
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Night, these worrisome thoughts. something i had
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Thoughts. something i had never experienced. but when
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Never experienced. but when anxiety attacks, you can't
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Anxiety attacks, you can't just be passive and hope it
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Just be passive and hope it goes away. there's something
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Goes away. there's something that we have to do.
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That we have to do. paul said in philippians 4,
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Paul said in philippians 4, “be anxious for nothing.”
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“be anxious for nothing.” that's a bold statement.
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That's a bold statement. “come on paul. you mean we
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“come on paul. you mean we can not be anxious over the
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Can not be anxious over the uncertainty in our future.
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Uncertainty in our future. during a pandemic
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During a pandemic not be anxious over this
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Not be anxious over this medical report, this trouble
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Medical report, this trouble at work.” that seems too good
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At work.” that seems too good to be true. he goes on to
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To be true. he goes on to tell us how it can happen. he
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Tell us how it can happen. he said, “but in everything by
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Said, “but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
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Prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
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Thanksgiving, let your requests be known unto god.”
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Requests be known unto god.” paul was saying when anxiety
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Paul was saying when anxiety attacks, don't try to do it
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Attacks, don't try to do it on your own. go to god in
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On your own. go to god in prayer. ask him for his help.
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Prayer. ask him for his help. it says to pray with
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It says to pray with supplication. that means to
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Supplication. that means to lower yourself, to go in
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Lower yourself, to go in humility, admitting your
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Humility, admitting your dependence on him. “god, i
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Dependence on him. “god, i need you. i can't do this on
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Need you. i can't do this on my own. i don't see how my
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My own. i don't see how my child is going to get back on
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Child is going to get back on course, the medical report is
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Course, the medical report is not good; god, my finances
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Not good; god, my finances are low, god i'm depending on
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Are low, god i'm depending on your goodness, your mercy,
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Your goodness, your mercy, your favor.” that's praying
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Your favor.” that's praying with supplication. then it
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With supplication. then it says “with thanksgiving”.
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Says “with thanksgiving”. once you pray, once you cast
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Once you pray, once you cast it on god, you need to shift
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It on god, you need to shift into a different mindset. no
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Into a different mindset. no more, “god i'm so worried, i
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More, “god i'm so worried, i don't see how i'm going to
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Don't see how i'm going to make it.” no, don't go to god
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Make it.” no, don't go to god from a place of anxiety, go
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From a place of anxiety, go to him from a place of faith,
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To him from a place of faith, a place of thanksgiving.
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A place of thanksgiving. that's showing god that you
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That's showing god that you trust him. “god, i thank you
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Trust him. “god, i thank you that you are working in my
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That you are working in my life. i know you're bigger
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Life. i know you're bigger than this trouble, bigger
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Than this trouble, bigger than this sickness, bigger
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Than this sickness, bigger than this problem at work.”
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Than this problem at work.” you can stay in peace knowing
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You can stay in peace knowing that god is fighting your
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That god is fighting your battles, he's working out his
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Battles, he's working out his plan for your life.
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Plan for your life. paul goes on to say, if
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Paul goes on to say, if you'll go to god with prayer,
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You'll go to god with prayer, supplication and
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Supplication and thanksgiving, then here's the
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Thanksgiving, then here's the promise. “the peace of god,
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Promise. “the peace of god, which passes all
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Which passes all understanding, will guard
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Understanding, will guard your heart and mind.” notice,
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Your heart and mind.” notice, it's the peace of god. it's
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It's the peace of god. it's not normal peace. it's
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Not normal peace. it's something you can't explain.
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Something you can't explain. it's peace in the midst of
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It's peace in the midst of the storm. it's peace when
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The storm. it's peace when you're taking the treatment.
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You're taking the treatment. it's peace when you're going
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It's peace when you're going through a breakup. it's peace
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Through a breakup. it's peace when you lost your loved one.
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When you lost your loved one. it's peace when that person
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It's peace when that person did you wrong. people will
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Did you wrong. people will look at you, “aren't you
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Look at you, “aren't you depressed, worried, anxious?
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Depressed, worried, anxious? how could you be so happy, so
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How could you be so happy, so grateful?” just tell them,
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Grateful?” just tell them, “the peace i have didn't come
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“the peace i have didn't come from this world. it's not
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From this world. it's not ordinary. it's peace from my
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Ordinary. it's peace from my heavenly father. it's peace
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Heavenly father. it's peace that passes understanding.”
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That passes understanding.” it's the peace that three
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It's the peace that three hebrew teenagers felt. they
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Hebrew teenagers felt. they wouldn't bow down to the
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Wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. he was
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King's golden idol. he was going to have them thrown
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Going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. they
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Into a fiery furnace. they had a great opportunity to be
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Had a great opportunity to be anxious. they were facing an
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Anxious. they were facing an impossible situation. but
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Impossible situation. but they understood this
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They understood this principle. that god is in
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Principle. that god is in control, that nothing can
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Control, that nothing can happen to you without his
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Happen to you without his permission. they made this
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Permission. they made this decision to be anxious for
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Decision to be anxious for nothing. i'm sure they felt
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Nothing. i'm sure they felt anxiety, but they went to
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Anxiety, but they went to god. they asked for his help,
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God. they asked for his help, they prayed with
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They prayed with supplication, they thanked
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Supplication, they thanked him. what happened? peace
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Him. what happened? peace that passes understanding
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That passes understanding showed up. they weren't
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Showed up. they weren't worried, complaining, “god,
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Worried, complaining, “god, where are you?” they weren't
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Where are you?” they weren't fighting with the guards
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Fighting with the guards trying to throw them into the
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Trying to throw them into the furnace. they had peace when
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Furnace. they had peace when they should have been
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They should have been panicked. they were calm in
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Panicked. they were calm in the midst of chaos. when you
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The midst of chaos. when you learn to cast the worries,
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Learn to cast the worries, cast the anxieties, you'll
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Cast the anxieties, you'll not only have supernatural
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Not only have supernatural peace, but you'll see god do
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Peace, but you'll see god do supernatural things.
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Supernatural things. the king was so furious, he
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The king was so furious, he told the officials to turn up
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Told the officials to turn up the fire seven times hotter
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The fire seven times hotter than normal. these teenagers
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Than normal. these teenagers said in effect, “king you
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Said in effect, “king you don't control our destiny,
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Don't control our destiny, god does. if it's not our
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God does. if it's not our time to go, this fire is not
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Time to go, this fire is not going to harm us.” i can hear
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Going to harm us.” i can hear him laughing, “yeah right
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Him laughing, “yeah right we'll see.” they bound their
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We'll see.” they bound their hands and feet and threw them
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Hands and feet and threw them into the fire. in a few
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Into the fire. in a few minutes, the king came and
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Minutes, the king came and looked through the furnace
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Looked through the furnace window. he said, “didn't we
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Window. he said, “didn't we throw three men in bound; i
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Throw three men in bound; i see four men loosed and one
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See four men loosed and one looks like the son of god.”
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Looks like the son of god.” they went into the furnace in
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They went into the furnace in peace, and the god of peace
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Peace, and the god of peace joined them, just to make
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Joined them, just to make sure everything turned out
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Sure everything turned out right. if you'll stay in
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Right. if you'll stay in peace, go into the fire, the
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Peace, go into the fire, the trouble, the sickness, not
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Trouble, the sickness, not upset, anxious, “what's going
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Upset, anxious, “what's going to happen?” then the god of
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To happen?” then the god of peace will join you in the
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Peace will join you in the fire. like them, you'll come
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Fire. like them, you'll come out without the smell of
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Out without the smell of smoke. god will fight for you.
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Smoke. god will fight for you. you may be in that fire now.
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You may be in that fire now. you're tempted to panic, live
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You're tempted to panic, live uptight. no, it's time to
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Uptight. no, it's time to start casting. cast the care,
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Start casting. cast the care, cast the anxiety, cast the
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Cast the anxiety, cast the worry. god has you in the
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Worry. god has you in the palm of his hand. he didn't
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Palm of his hand. he didn't bring you this far to leave
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Bring you this far to leave you. he's done it in the
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You. he's done it in the past, he's going to do it
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Past, he's going to do it this time. but defeating
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This time. but defeating anxiety requires trust. you
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Anxiety requires trust. you may not know all the answers.
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May not know all the answers. you don't see how it can work
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You don't see how it can work out, but god has it all
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Out, but god has it all figured out. his ways are not
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Figured out. his ways are not our ways. we think natural,
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Our ways. we think natural, but god is supernatural. he's
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But god is supernatural. he's already planned out your days
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Already planned out your days for good. it may not be good
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For good. it may not be good right now because there are
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Right now because there are pieces missing. but when god
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Pieces missing. but when god brings it all together, it
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Brings it all together, it will be better than you've
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Will be better than you've imagined. trust him when you
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Imagined. trust him when you don't understand.
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Don't understand. sometimes we're anxious over
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Sometimes we're anxious over the future, over what might
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The future, over what might happen. other times, we're
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Happen. other times, we're anxious over the past.
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Anxious over the past. mistakes we've made, regrets,
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Mistakes we've made, regrets, things that could come back
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Things that could come back to haunt us. i love when god
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To haunt us. i love when god brought the israelites
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Brought the israelites through the red sea, he
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Through the red sea, he didn't just make a way for
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Didn't just make a way for them to escape, but he
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Them to escape, but he drowned all their enemies. if
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Drowned all their enemies. if he would have just brought
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He would have just brought them out, they would have
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Them out, they would have always lived with the threat
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Always lived with the threat that the pharaoh and those
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That the pharaoh and those powerful warriors could come
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Powerful warriors could come find them. the israelites
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Find them. the israelites would have lived in fear,
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Would have lived in fear, always thinking in the back
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Always thinking in the back of their mind, they could be
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Of their mind, they could be coming, looking over their
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Coming, looking over their shoulder. there would have
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Shoulder. there would have been this lingering worry,
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Been this lingering worry, lingering anxiety, they'd
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Lingering anxiety, they'd always be dealing with. but
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Always be dealing with. but when god drowned their
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When god drowned their enemies, he put an end to
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Enemies, he put an end to what could harm them. in
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What could harm them. in other words, he freed them
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Other words, he freed them from their past. you may have
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From their past. you may have that lingering anxiety,
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That lingering anxiety, always trying to remind you
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Always trying to remind you of what might happen, those
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Of what might happen, those mistakes catching up to you,
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Mistakes catching up to you, those regrets coming to
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Those regrets coming to light. can i tell you; the
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Light. can i tell you; the threat has been taken care.
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Threat has been taken care. god has put an end to what
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God has put an end to what you're worried about. you
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You're worried about. you don't have to live worried,
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Don't have to live worried, afraid, anxious. he didn't
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Afraid, anxious. he didn't just part your red sea,
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Just part your red sea, didn't just bring you through
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Didn't just bring you through the difficulty, but he's
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The difficulty, but he's drowned those enemies. he's
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Drowned those enemies. he's drowned the guilt, the shame,
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Drowned the guilt, the shame, the opposition. what was
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The opposition. what was trying to harm you has
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Trying to harm you has already been defeated.
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Already been defeated. here's the whole key, the
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Here's the whole key, the enemy would love for you to
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Enemy would love for you to live anxious over a threat
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Live anxious over a threat that's already taken care of.
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That's already taken care of. he'll make a lot of noise, in
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He'll make a lot of noise, in your thoughts, “what if they
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Your thoughts, “what if they come back, what if they make
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Come back, what if they make you look bad, what if this
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You look bad, what if this taints your future?” david
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Taints your future?” david said the threats from his
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Said the threats from his enemies were tormenting him.
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Enemies were tormenting him. the threats were causing him
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The threats were causing him to have anxiety. threats can
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To have anxiety. threats can be powerful, until you
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Be powerful, until you realize, those enemies are no
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Realize, those enemies are no longer here. those enemies
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Longer here. those enemies have already been defeated.
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Have already been defeated. now you can live free. you
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Now you can live free. you can live happy. you can move
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Can live happy. you can move forward in faith knowing that
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Forward in faith knowing that your past has been taken care
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Your past has been taken care of. when those threats come
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Of. when those threats come back to your mind, telling
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Back to your mind, telling you to worry, “something's
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You to worry, “something's wrong.” you feel that anxiety
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Wrong.” you feel that anxiety rising up. don't take the
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Rising up. don't take the bait. get your fishing rod
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Bait. get your fishing rod out and let out a big cast.
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Out and let out a big cast. “no thanks. pharoah is
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“no thanks. pharoah is defeated. my past is
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Defeated. my past is forgiven. my enemies have
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Forgiven. my enemies have been taken care of. i'm going
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Been taken care of. i'm going to live my life in victory.”
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To live my life in victory.” in acts 12, peter was put in
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In acts 12, peter was put in prison for sharing his faith.
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Prison for sharing his faith. king agrippa had already had
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King agrippa had already had james, one of the apostle's
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James, one of the apostle's killed. when he saw how that
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Killed. when he saw how that pleased the people, he had
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Pleased the people, he had them arrest peter. he was in
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Them arrest peter. he was in the deepest part of the
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The deepest part of the dungeon, his hands and feet
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Dungeon, his hands and feet in chains, with sixteen
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In chains, with sixteen soldiers guarding him. the
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Soldiers guarding him. the next day, he was going to be
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Next day, he was going to be brought to trial. peter knew
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Brought to trial. peter knew his life could be over in
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His life could be over in just twenty-four hours. he
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Just twenty-four hours. he knew what they had done to
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Knew what they had done to james, now he was next in
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James, now he was next in line. you would think he
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Line. you would think he would be so worried, pacing
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Would be so worried, pacing the floor, complaining. but
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The floor, complaining. but in the middle of the night,
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In the middle of the night, an angel came to rescue
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An angel came to rescue peter. the scripture says
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Peter. the scripture says something interesting, the
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Something interesting, the angel had to wake peter up.
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Angel had to wake peter up. how could he be sleeping
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How could he be sleeping knowing the next day he could
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Knowing the next day he could lose his life. that's the
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Lose his life. that's the peace that passes
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Peace that passes understanding. that's peace
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Understanding. that's peace that doesn't make sense.
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That doesn't make sense. that's what happens when you
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That's what happens when you learn to turn it over to god.
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Learn to turn it over to god. i'd like to think that i have
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I'd like to think that i have that much faith but i'd
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That much faith but i'd probably be calling the
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Probably be calling the prayer line, pacing the
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Prayer line, pacing the floor, “somebody pray for me.
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Floor, “somebody pray for me. god, do something.” but
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God, do something.” but here's the key, when you
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Here's the key, when you rest, god goes to work. when
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Rest, god goes to work. when you work. when you're
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You work. when you're uptight, worried, “god
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Uptight, worried, “god there's a deadline. this
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There's a deadline. this doesn't look good. he killed
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Doesn't look good. he killed james.” begging god doesn't
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James.” begging god doesn't necessarily get his
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Necessarily get his attention. but when you're in
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Attention. but when you're in peace that's a place of
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Peace that's a place of power. when you cast those
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Power. when you cast those cares, not only do you get
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Cares, not only do you get peace, not only can you sleep
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Peace, not only can you sleep in the storm, but the creator
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In the storm, but the creator of the universe goes to work.
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Of the universe goes to work. supernatural things will
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Supernatural things will happen. the chains fell off
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Happen. the chains fell off of peter, the gates opened of
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Of peter, the gates opened of their own accord. he was
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Their own accord. he was invisible to those sixteen
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Invisible to those sixteen soldiers guarding him. he
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Soldiers guarding him. he walked out a free man.
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Walked out a free man. it's not a coincidence that
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It's not a coincidence that peter was the one that wrote.
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Peter was the one that wrote. “cast all your anxieties on
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“cast all your anxieties on him.” he was saying, “i know
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Him.” he was saying, “i know what it's like to face
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What it's like to face anxiety. i've been there. to
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Anxiety. i've been there. to have things come against you
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Have things come against you where you don't see a way
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Where you don't see a way out. thoughts of worry and
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Out. thoughts of worry and fear bombard your mind.” if
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Fear bombard your mind.” if peter were here today, he
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Peter were here today, he would tell you, the antidote
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Would tell you, the antidote to anxiety is to turn it over
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To anxiety is to turn it over to god. don't carry it, cast
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To god. don't carry it, cast it. don't go around dwelling
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It. don't go around dwelling on all the negative, trying
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On all the negative, trying to figure it out, focused on
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To figure it out, focused on the what if's, put it all in
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The what if's, put it all in god's hands. that's when
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God's hands. that's when you'll have peace that passes
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You'll have peace that passes understanding. are you
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Understanding. are you carrying things you need to
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Carrying things you need to be casting? are you holding
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Be casting? are you holding on to weights that you should
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On to weights that you should be releasing? you can walk
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Be releasing? you can walk out of here today lighter,
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Out of here today lighter, freer, with more joy. don't
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Freer, with more joy. don't wait for things to change,
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Wait for things to change, then you're going to quit
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Then you're going to quit worrying. “joel, when my
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Worrying. “joel, when my health turns around, when my
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Health turns around, when my child straightens up, when
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Child straightens up, when this situation at work
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This situation at work resolves, then i'll be able
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Resolves, then i'll be able to sleep at night.” no, if
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To sleep at night.” no, if you'll start casting those
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You'll start casting those cares, you can have peace
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Cares, you can have peace while you're waiting for
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While you're waiting for things to improve. peter was
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Things to improve. peter was not just in prison; he was in
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Not just in prison; he was in peace. he wasn't just locked
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Peace. he wasn't just locked in chains; he was locked in
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In chains; he was locked in peace. he wasn't just guarded
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Peace. he wasn't just guarded by those soldiers; he was
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By those soldiers; he was guarded by peace.
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Guarded by peace. the outside circumstances
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The outside circumstances don't determine your peace,
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Don't determine your peace, it's what's happening on the
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It's what's happening on the inside. when you're connected
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Inside. when you're connected to your creator, when you've
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To your creator, when you've learned to pray with
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Learned to pray with supplication, admitting your
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Supplication, admitting your dependence on god, with
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Dependence on god, with thanksgiving, instead of
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Thanksgiving, instead of worrying, thanking him that
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Worrying, thanking him that he's working, then when
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He's working, then when difficulties come, you can
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Difficulties come, you can say like peter, “i'm not just
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Say like peter, “i'm not just in trouble, i'm in peace. i'm
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In trouble, i'm in peace. i'm not just in the hospital, i'm
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Not just in the hospital, i'm in peace. i'm not just in
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In peace. i'm not just in debt, my business is
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Debt, my business is struggling, i'm in peace. i
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Struggling, i'm in peace. i know god is fighting this
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Know god is fighting this battle. i know he has the
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Battle. i know he has the final say.” that's when
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Final say.” that's when you'll experience peace that
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You'll experience peace that passes understanding. peace
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Passes understanding. peace where you can sleep in the
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Where you can sleep in the storm. peace when the battle
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Storm. peace when the battle is raging around you. peace
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Is raging around you. peace when the medical report
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When the medical report wasn't good. when you're in
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Wasn't good. when you're in peace, you're showing god
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Peace, you're showing god that you trust him. that's
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That you trust him. that's your faith at work. that's
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Your faith at work. that's what activates his power.
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What activates his power. you'll see him show out in
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You'll see him show out in your life.
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Your life. my prayer for you is what
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My prayer for you is what paul declared that you will
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Paul declared that you will be anxious for nothing. that
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Be anxious for nothing. that you'll learn to cast those
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You'll learn to cast those cares, releasing the weight
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Cares, releasing the weight of them. no more living
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Of them. no more living worried, letting threats hold
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Worried, letting threats hold you back, that underlying
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You back, that underlying feeling that something is
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Feeling that something is wrong. you may have struggled
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Wrong. you may have struggled with anxiety a long time;
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With anxiety a long time; those thoughts tell you that
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Those thoughts tell you that it's always going to be this
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It's always going to be this way. no, god is doing a new
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Way. no, god is doing a new thing. he sees like david
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Thing. he sees like david when you feel overwhelmed. he
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When you feel overwhelmed. he sees like peter when the
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Sees like peter when the situation looks impossible.
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Situation looks impossible. he sees like the three
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He sees like the three teenagers, when you're doing
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Teenagers, when you're doing the right thing, but the
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The right thing, but the wrong thing has happened. he
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Wrong thing has happened. he knows it's not easy. he knows
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Knows it's not easy. he knows forces have come against your
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Forces have come against your mental health. but look at
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Mental health. but look at you, you could be defeated,
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You, you could be defeated, worried, but you're still
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Worried, but you're still trusting him. can i encourage
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Trusting him. can i encourage you; your time is coming.
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You; your time is coming. that anxiety is not how your
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That anxiety is not how your story ends. it may happen
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Story ends. it may happen quickly, or god may take you
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Quickly, or god may take you little by little but know
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Little by little but know this, you're coming out. it
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This, you're coming out. it is not permanent. i believe
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Is not permanent. i believe and declare right now that
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And declare right now that spirit of anxiety is being
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Spirit of anxiety is being broken in the name of jesus.
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Broken in the name of jesus. i speak peace to you. i speak
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I speak peace to you. i speak healing to your mind, your
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Healing to your mind, your emotions, your body. i speak
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Emotions, your body. i speak a calm, undisturbed spirit.
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A calm, undisturbed spirit. the tide is changing in your
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The tide is changing in your favor right now. god is
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Favor right now. god is strengthening you. you're
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Strengthening you. you're coming into new levels of
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Coming into new levels of joy, peace, freedom, and
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Joy, peace, freedom, and fulfillment. i declare it.
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Fulfillment. i declare it. and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Sometimes in life,
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Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
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People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
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We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
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It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
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Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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People may have left you out. the good news is
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The good news is god has chosen you.
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God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
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And in my new book, chosen:
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And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
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You'll discover, before you were born,
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Before you were born, god not only knew you,
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God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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But he handpicked you and placed
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And placed a calling on your life.
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A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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When you understand that you're chosen,
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That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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You'll live with the boldness
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With the boldness to step into the greatness
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To step into the greatness god put in you.
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Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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Joel Osteen - The Antidote For Anxiety

July 6, 2025 | 29:0

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