Charles Stone - Get Stress Out

August 27, 2025 | S25 E215 | 29:15

The author of “Stress Less” offers practical, biblical steps to reduce your anxiety and experience peace.

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Life Today with James Robison | Charles Stone - Get Stress Out | August 27, 2025
  • >> if i drop the tennis ball, what would it do?
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  • Bounce. it would bounce.
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  • That's the picture of resilience.
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  • It's the way god made us to be able to
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  • Bounce back from difficulty,
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  • But also learn from it for the next time we face stress.
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  • So responding to stress, i believe,
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  • Is one of the ways that god helps build character in us.
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  • Dr. charles stone blends brain science
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  • And biblical truth to help us stress less. next!
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  • James: when you preach about
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  • James: when you preach about the rock, and you have
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  • James: when you preach about the rock, and you have a name, stone, it looks like
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  • The rock, and you have a name, stone, it looks like god had something
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  • A name, stone, it looks like god had something to do with your life.
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  • God had something to do with your life. charles stone has written
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  • A book called, stress less .
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  • A book called, stress less . i can understand when i hear
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  • A book called, stress less . i can understand when i hear what people say, and when
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  • I can understand when i hear what people say, and when you hear about young people,
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  • What people say, and when you hear about young people, they have a stress problem.
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  • You hear about young people, they have a stress problem. a serious stress problem.
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  • They have a stress problem. a serious stress problem. charles, it's good
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  • A serious stress problem. charles, it's good to have you here.
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  • Charles, it's good to have you here. charles: great to be with you.
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  • To have you here. charles: great to be with you. james: this is
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  • Charles: great to be with you. james: this is an amazing book.
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  • James: this is an amazing book. you say something up
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  • An amazing book. you say something up at the top: "nine habits
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  • You say something up at the top: "nine habits from the bible
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  • At the top: "nine habits from the bible and brain science."
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  • From the bible and brain science." where does brain science
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  • Charles: well, my passion
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  • Charles: well, my passion for understanding this
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  • For understanding this amazing thing called
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  • Amazing thing called the human brain actually
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  • The human brain actually began in a high chair
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  • Here's what happened.
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  • Here's what happened. in laurel, mississippi,
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  • Here's what happened. in laurel, mississippi, visiting my wife's parents,
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  • In laurel, mississippi, visiting my wife's parents, our youngest daughter,
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  • Visiting my wife's parents, our youngest daughter, tiffany, was in a high chair.
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  • Our youngest daughter, tiffany, was in a high chair. i was feeding her
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  • Tiffany, was in a high chair. i was feeding her pureed peaches or whatever.
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  • I was feeding her pureed peaches or whatever. when i lifted up the spoon,
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  • Pureed peaches or whatever. when i lifted up the spoon, i noticed her left eye
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  • When i lifted up the spoon, i noticed her left eye was quivering.
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  • I noticed her left eye was quivering. and that doesn't sound right.
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  • Was quivering. and that doesn't sound right. you know, that's not right.
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  • And that doesn't sound right. you know, that's not right. so we freaked out a bit.
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  • You know, that's not right. so we freaked out a bit. down the street
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  • So we freaked out a bit. down the street was a pediatrician.
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  • Down the street was a pediatrician. we took her down there.
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  • Was a pediatrician. we took her down there. he said, "it's probably
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  • We took her down there. he said, "it's probably something called
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  • He said, "it's probably something called a strabismus, which is
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  • Something called a strabismus, which is an eye development problem."
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  • A strabismus, which is an eye development problem." but he said, "when you go
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  • An eye development problem." but he said, "when you go back to atlanta,"
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  • But he said, "when you go back to atlanta," where we were living,
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  • Back to atlanta," where we were living, "see a specialist."
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  • Where we were living, "see a specialist." went to the specialist,
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  • "see a specialist." went to the specialist, he says, "probably
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  • Went to the specialist, he says, "probably it's strabismus but we'll take
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  • He says, "probably it's strabismus but we'll take a picture anyway, cat scan."
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  • It's strabismus but we'll take a picture anyway, cat scan." had a cat scan.
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  • A picture anyway, cat scan." had a cat scan. and i kid you not, james,
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  • Had a cat scan. and i kid you not, james, at the very moment i opened
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  • And i kid you not, james, at the very moment i opened the door to our little rental
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  • At the very moment i opened the door to our little rental house, the phone was ringing.
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  • The door to our little rental house, the phone was ringing. went into the kitchen,
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  • House, the phone was ringing. went into the kitchen, picked it up, and that was
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  • Went into the kitchen, picked it up, and that was the day's of the corded
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  • Picked it up, and that was the day's of the corded phones, all that.
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  • The day's of the corded phones, all that. i said, "hello?"
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  • Phones, all that. i said, "hello?" on the other end was
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  • I said, "hello?" on the other end was the neurologist.
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  • On the other end was the neurologist. he said, "mr. stone,
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  • The neurologist. he said, "mr. stone, we know what's wrong
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  • He said, "mr. stone, we know what's wrong with your daughter."
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  • We know what's wrong with your daughter." i said, "what is it?"
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  • With your daughter." i said, "what is it?" "she has a brain tumor."
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  • I said, "what is it?" "she has a brain tumor." it was like a punch
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  • "she has a brain tumor." it was like a punch in the gut.
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  • It was like a punch in the gut. fast forward to today.
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  • In the gut. fast forward to today. she's really doing well but
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  • Fast forward to today. she's really doing well but the first 20 years, she had
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  • She's really doing well but the first 20 years, she had over ten brain surgeries.
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  • The first 20 years, she had over ten brain surgeries. dr. ben carson performed
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  • And, she's a real testimony
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  • And, she's a real testimony to god's grace.
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  • To god's grace. but that stirred my interest
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  • But that stirred my interest in the human brain.
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  • In the human brain. i've got some education
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  • I've got some education in that area,
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  • So that's kind of
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  • So that's kind of what brought me to this one.
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  • So that's kind of what brought me to this one. integrating scripture,
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  • What brought me to this one. integrating scripture, god's word with science,
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  • Integrating scripture, god's word with science, and that's kind of
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  • God's word with science, and that's kind of the genesis of my interest.
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  • And that's kind of the genesis of my interest. james: and to say that
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  • The genesis of my interest. james: and to say that you and your wife had
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  • James: and to say that you and your wife had to experience stress
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  • You and your wife had to experience stress through that would be
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  • To experience stress through that would be an understatement.
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  • Through that would be an understatement. charles: yes!
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  • An understatement. charles: yes! was it stressful? oh, my!
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  • Charles: yes! was it stressful? oh, my! james: let me, i'm going
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  • Was it stressful? oh, my! james: let me, i'm going to hit some of
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  • James: let me, i'm going to hit some of these chapters here.
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  • To hit some of these chapters here. just listen to the practices
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  • These chapters here. just listen to the practices about dealing with it:
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  • Just listen to the practices about dealing with it: cease and breathe,
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  • About dealing with it: cease and breathe, reveal how you feel,
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  • Cease and breathe, reveal how you feel, broaden and build,
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  • Reveal how you feel, broaden and build, audit your thoughts,
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  • Broaden and build, audit your thoughts, soak your soul,
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  • Audit your thoughts, soak your soul, cultivate certainty,
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  • Soak your soul, cultivate certainty, grow gratitude.
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  • Cultivate certainty, grow gratitude. you know, ungrateful people
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  • Grow gratitude. you know, ungrateful people are some of the most
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  • You know, ungrateful people are some of the most miserable, stressed-out
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  • Are some of the most miserable, stressed-out people on the planet.
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  • Miserable, stressed-out people on the planet. charles: that's exactly right.
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  • People on the planet. charles: that's exactly right. james: that really is
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  • Charles: that's exactly right. james: that really is a truth.
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  • James: that really is a truth. safeguard safety,
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  • A truth. safeguard safety, sleep smart.
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  • Safeguard safety, sleep smart. some people say, i just
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  • Sleep smart. some people say, i just wish i could sleep, period.
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  • Some people say, i just wish i could sleep, period. and they have to get
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  • Wish i could sleep, period. and they have to get so doped up and they can't
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  • And they have to get so doped up and they can't think straight after that.
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  • So doped up and they can't think straight after that. final thoughts.
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  • What you want them to hear,
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  • What you want them to hear, that you want to take them
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  • That you want to take them in depth through the book
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  • In depth through the book and through everything
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  • And through everything you've shared.
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  • You've shared. it's big because
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  • And now you see it,
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  • And now you see it, and you're caught up in it.
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  • And now you see it, and you're caught up in it. i sense that you're excited
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  • And you're caught up in it. i sense that you're excited about what you're learning
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  • I sense that you're excited about what you're learning and sharing.
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  • About what you're learning and sharing. charles: i really am.
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  • And sharing. charles: i really am. i think about when i was
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  • Charles: i really am. i think about when i was in elementary school.
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  • I think about when i was in elementary school. remember show and tell
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  • In elementary school. remember show and tell when you bring something?
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  • Remember show and tell when you bring something? i have a couple of
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  • When you bring something? i have a couple of show-and-tell items that
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  • I have a couple of show-and-tell items that really kind of explain it.
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  • Show-and-tell items that really kind of explain it. i've got a coin here.
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  • Really kind of explain it. i've got a coin here. it's a fake penny.
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  • I've got a coin here. it's a fake penny. you know, they're going
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  • It's a fake penny. you know, they're going to quit making pennies,
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  • You know, they're going to quit making pennies, i understand.
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  • To quit making pennies, i understand. stress, james and betty,
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  • I understand. stress, james and betty, is like a two-sided coin.
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  • Stress, james and betty, is like a two-sided coin. one side is that thing
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  • Is like a two-sided coin. one side is that thing out there that's causing
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  • One side is that thing out there that's causing stress or even in our minds.
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  • Out there that's causing stress or even in our minds. on the other side of the coin
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  • Stress or even in our minds. on the other side of the coin is how we respond to stress.
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  • On the other side of the coin is how we respond to stress. now, there's another little
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  • Is how we respond to stress. now, there's another little idea important to understand
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  • Now, there's another little idea important to understand what's really happening
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  • There are two flavors.
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  • There are two flavors. now, i couldn't bring
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  • Now, i couldn't bring any ice cream,
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  • Any ice cream, but i like ice cream,
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  • But i like ice cream, but i didn't bring
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  • But i didn't bring any ice cream.
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  • Any ice cream. there's acute stress
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  • Now, to be honest with you,
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  • Now, to be honest with you, i felt a little bit of acute
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  • Now, to be honest with you, i felt a little bit of acute stress walking in the studio.
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  • I felt a little bit of acute stress walking in the studio. you know, like, oh man,
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  • Stress walking in the studio. you know, like, oh man, this is really like.
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  • You know, like, oh man, this is really like. but you know what?
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  • This is really like. but you know what? that's good because
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  • But you know what? that's good because it helps us focus.
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  • That's good because it helps us focus. it helps us pay attention.
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  • It helps us focus. it helps us pay attention. my stress level will go down.
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  • It helps us pay attention. my stress level will go down. it's going down right now
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  • My stress level will go down. it's going down right now because you guys just make it
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  • It's going down right now because you guys just make it very, very easy
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  • Because you guys just make it very, very easy and natural to talk.
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  • Very, very easy and natural to talk. chronic stress,
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  • And natural to talk. chronic stress, that's what does the bad work.
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  • Chronic stress, that's what does the bad work. when we have some stressful
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  • That's what does the bad work. when we have some stressful experience that we're
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  • When we have some stressful experience that we're responding in an unhealthy way
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  • Experience that we're responding in an unhealthy way over days, weeks and months,
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  • Responding in an unhealthy way over days, weeks and months, that's when it does,
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  • Over days, weeks and months, that's when it does, it's bad stuff.
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  • That's when it does, it's bad stuff. now, the response to stress
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  • It's bad stuff. now, the response to stress is something
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  • Now, the response to stress is something called resilience.
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  • Is something called resilience. let me describe it this way.
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  • Called resilience. let me describe it this way. let's say this table
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  • Let me describe it this way. let's say this table actually had a glass top,
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  • Let's say this table actually had a glass top, and it had it right out here.
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  • Actually had a glass top, and it had it right out here. i brought a couple
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  • And it had it right out here. i brought a couple more show-and-tell items.
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  • I brought a couple more show-and-tell items. this is a heavy metal ball.
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  • More show-and-tell items. this is a heavy metal ball. now, glass tables here.
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  • This is a heavy metal ball. now, glass tables here. what would happen if i drop
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  • Now, glass tables here. what would happen if i drop this heavy metal ball
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  • What would happen if i drop this heavy metal ball on the glass?
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  • This heavy metal ball on the glass? it would shatter.
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  • On the glass? it would shatter. okay, keep that in mind.
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  • It would shatter. okay, keep that in mind. also, i have an egg.
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  • Okay, keep that in mind. also, i have an egg. i held the egg up and drop
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  • Also, i have an egg. i held the egg up and drop the egg, what would
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  • I held the egg up and drop the egg, what would it do when it hit?
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  • The egg, what would it do when it hit? james: it would likely break.
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  • It do when it hit? james: it would likely break. charles: it would break.
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  • James: it would likely break. charles: it would break. some people respond to stress
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  • Charles: it would break. some people respond to stress in such a way they have
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  • Some people respond to stress in such a way they have no resilience.
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  • In such a way they have no resilience. so when they face stress,
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  • No resilience. so when they face stress, they break stuff.
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  • So when they face stress, they break stuff. other people have
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  • They break stuff. other people have no resilience
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  • Other people have no resilience and they break up.
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  • No resilience and they break up. we've got one more here,
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  • And they break up. we've got one more here, a tennis ball.
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  • We've got one more here, a tennis ball. if i dropped the tennis ball,
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  • A tennis ball. if i dropped the tennis ball, what would it do?
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  • If i dropped the tennis ball, what would it do? it would bounce.
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  • What would it do? it would bounce. that's the picture
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  • It would bounce. that's the picture of resilience.
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  • That's the picture of resilience. it's the way god made us
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  • Of resilience. it's the way god made us to be able to bounce back
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  • It's the way god made us to be able to bounce back from difficulty,
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  • To be able to bounce back from difficulty, but also learn from it
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  • From difficulty, but also learn from it for the next time
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  • But also learn from it for the next time we face stress.
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  • For the next time we face stress. so that's just the essence.
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  • We face stress. so that's just the essence. and resilience is
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  • So that's just the essence. and resilience is really character.
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  • And resilience is really character. romans 5:3, 4 says, "we also
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  • Really character. romans 5:3, 4 says, "we also rejoice in our suffering
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  • Romans 5:3, 4 says, "we also rejoice in our suffering because we know
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  • Rejoice in our suffering because we know that suffering
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  • Because we know that suffering produces perseverance,
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  • That suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character,
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  • Produces perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope.
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  • Perseverance character, and character hope. so responding to stress,
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  • And character hope. so responding to stress, i believe, is one of the ways
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  • So responding to stress, i believe, is one of the ways that god helps build
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  • I believe, is one of the ways that god helps build character in us.
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  • That god helps build character in us. so yeah, that's
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  • Character in us. so yeah, that's the genesis of it.
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  • So yeah, that's the genesis of it. and that's kind of the meat
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  • The genesis of it. and that's kind of the meat of what people would want
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  • And that's kind of the meat of what people would want to take away with it.
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  • James: when you get stressed
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  • James: when you get stressed and you say we should
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  • James: when you get stressed and you say we should respond properly,
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  • And you say we should respond properly, what do you see as
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  • Respond properly, what do you see as the initial action or reaction
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  • What do you see as the initial action or reaction or response that should
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  • Come when stressed?
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  • Come when stressed? what initiates
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  • Come when stressed? what initiates the positive progress?
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  • What initiates the positive progress? charles: well, i covered
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  • The positive progress? charles: well, i covered nine of these principles that
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  • Charles: well, i covered nine of these principles that are grounded in scripture.
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  • Nine of these principles that are grounded in scripture. james: where i read them off.
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  • Are grounded in scripture. james: where i read them off. charles: you read them off.
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  • James: where i read them off. charles: you read them off. it's supported by god's word.
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  • Charles: you read them off. it's supported by god's word. and probably the first one
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  • It's supported by god's word. and probably the first one is one of the most important.
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  • And probably the first one is one of the most important. i call it cease and breathe.
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  • Is one of the most important. i call it cease and breathe. now let's just say
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  • I call it cease and breathe. now let's just say we find ourselves
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  • Now let's just say we find ourselves in a stressful situation.
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  • We find ourselves in a stressful situation. our stress is really
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  • In a stressful situation. our stress is really amping up.
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  • Our stress is really amping up. the cease part means
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  • Amping up. the cease part means to literally stop.
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  • The cease part means to literally stop. we don't do that sometimes.
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  • To literally stop. we don't do that sometimes. we're just so busy.
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  • We don't do that sometimes. we're just so busy. just to stop, pull away,
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  • We're just so busy. just to stop, pull away, get into a quiet place.
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  • With someone, pull away.
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  • With someone, pull away. pull off to the side
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  • Pull off to the side of the road, stop.
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  • Of the road, stop. that's the cease.
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  • That's the cease. the breathe part is,
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  • The breathe part is, all throughout scripture
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  • God breathed into adam,
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  • God breathed into adam, he became a living being.
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  • God breathed into adam, he became a living being. jesus breathed on those
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  • He became a living being. jesus breathed on those early disciples,
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  • Jesus breathed on those early disciples, the holy spirit came.
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  • Early disciples, the holy spirit came. so it's all
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  • The holy spirit came. so it's all throughout scripture.
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  • So it's all throughout scripture. here is a very interesting
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  • Throughout scripture. here is a very interesting insight about the brain.
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  • Here is a very interesting insight about the brain. when we breathe deeply,
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  • Insight about the brain. when we breathe deeply, especially on the exhale,
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  • When we breathe deeply, especially on the exhale, it lowers the stress response.
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  • Especially on the exhale, it lowers the stress response. yes. and here's a little
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  • It lowers the stress response. yes. and here's a little what i call a sniff breath.
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  • Yes. and here's a little what i call a sniff breath. it's like this.
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  • What i call a sniff breath. it's like this. you're in a stressful
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  • It's like this. you're in a stressful situation, you pulled away.
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  • You're in a stressful situation, you pulled away. a big deep breath,
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  • Situation, you pulled away. a big deep breath, and then an extra breath.
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  • A big deep breath, and then an extra breath. hold it a couple of seconds
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  • And then an extra breath. hold it a couple of seconds and breathe out.
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  • Hold it a couple of seconds and breathe out. and let the exhale
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  • And breathe out. and let the exhale be a little longer
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  • And let the exhale be a little longer than the inhale.
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  • Be a little longer than the inhale. that is a very easy practice
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  • Than the inhale. that is a very easy practice anybody can take.
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  • That is a very easy practice anybody can take. betty: i do that
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  • Anybody can take. betty: i do that nearly every day.
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  • Betty: i do that nearly every day. i do take the breath,
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  • Nearly every day. i do take the breath, hold it for a little bit,
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  • I do take the breath, hold it for a little bit, and then whoo.
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  • Hold it for a little bit, and then whoo. it really does make
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  • And then whoo. it really does make a difference.
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  • It really does make a difference. charles: yes, it does, betty.
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  • A difference. charles: yes, it does, betty. james: that's what
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  • Charles: yes, it does, betty. james: that's what i was about to say.
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  • James: that's what i was about to say. people don't realize
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  • I was about to say. people don't realize that's an important aspect
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  • People don't realize that's an important aspect to everything that you want
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  • That's an important aspect to everything that you want to do to make progress
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  • To everything that you want to do to make progress physically, even in strength,
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  • To do to make progress physically, even in strength, even in working out,
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  • Physically, even in strength, even in working out, gaining balance.
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  • Even in working out, gaining balance. everything that you need,
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  • Gaining balance. everything that you need, a deeper breath,
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  • Everything that you need, a deeper breath, a deeper breath.
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  • A deeper breath, a deeper breath. hold it, and let it --
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  • A deeper breath. hold it, and let it -- it's almost like breathe in
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  • Hold it, and let it -- it's almost like breathe in the fullness of god.
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  • It's almost like breathe in the fullness of god. don't just glimpse at god.
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  • The fullness of god. don't just glimpse at god. but really soak in it.
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  • Don't just glimpse at god. but really soak in it. breathe in.
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  • But really soak in it. breathe in. it makes a difference.
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  • Breathe in. it makes a difference. betty: it really does.
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  • It makes a difference. betty: it really does. what about guarding
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  • Betty: it really does. what about guarding your thoughts?
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  • What about guarding your thoughts? i think that's very important.
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  • Paul talks about it
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  • Paul talks about it quite a bit.
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  • Quite a bit. philippians 4:8 says,
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  • Philippians 4:8 says, "finally, brothers, whatever
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  • "finally, brothers, whatever is true, noble, right, pure,
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  • Is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable,
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  • Lovely, admirable, if anything is excellent
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  • Think about those things."
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  • Think about those things." now, i want to share a word
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  • Think about those things." now, i want to share a word with you that can seem
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  • Now, i want to share a word with you that can seem to be like a big word
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  • With you that can seem to be like a big word for people not kind of versed
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  • To be like a big word for people not kind of versed in neuroscience, but
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  • For people not kind of versed in neuroscience, but it's a good word.
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  • In neuroscience, but it's a good word. it's called metacognition.
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  • It's a good word. it's called metacognition. metacognition simply means
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  • It's called metacognition. metacognition simply means think about your thinking.
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  • Metacognition simply means think about your thinking. it means to build into
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  • Think about your thinking. it means to build into your life those times during
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  • It means to build into your life those times during the day when you stop
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  • Your life those times during the day when you stop and you ask yourself,
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  • The day when you stop and you ask yourself, now, charles, what are
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  • And you ask yourself, now, charles, what are you thinking about?
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  • Now, charles, what are you thinking about? who's sponsoring
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  • You thinking about? who's sponsoring those thoughts?
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  • Who's sponsoring those thoughts? is the evil one sponsoring
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  • Those thoughts? is the evil one sponsoring those thoughts?
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  • Is the evil one sponsoring those thoughts? is my worry sponsoring
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  • Those thoughts? is my worry sponsoring those thoughts?
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  • Is my worry sponsoring those thoughts? or is god's word and
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  • Those thoughts? or is god's word and his spirit sponsoring
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  • Or is god's word and his spirit sponsoring those thoughts,
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  • His spirit sponsoring those thoughts, informing those thoughts?
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  • Those thoughts, informing those thoughts? and here's a simple
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  • Informing those thoughts? and here's a simple little practice i use.
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  • And here's a simple little practice i use. i don't know if you guys
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  • Little practice i use. i don't know if you guys do this, but i talk
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  • I don't know if you guys do this, but i talk to myself sometimes.
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  • Do this, but i talk to myself sometimes. not in a public
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  • To myself sometimes. not in a public but in private.
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  • Not in a public but in private. there's something good
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  • But in private. there's something good about that.
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  • There's something good about that. my next door neighbor's name
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  • About that. my next door neighbor's name is kevin.
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  • My next door neighbor's name is kevin. let's say he just did
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  • Is kevin. let's say he just did something that made me
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  • Let's say he just did something that made me really mad.
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  • Something that made me really mad. he's a great guy,
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  • Really mad. he's a great guy, he wouldn't do it.
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  • He's a great guy, he wouldn't do it. this is the wrong way
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  • He wouldn't do it. this is the wrong way to deal with that stress.
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  • This is the wrong way to deal with that stress. i am so mad at him.
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  • To deal with that stress. i am so mad at him. i just eww! no.
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  • I am so mad at him. i just eww! no. the best way to deal with it
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  • I just eww! no. the best way to deal with it is to have a conversation
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  • The best way to deal with it is to have a conversation with yourself.
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  • Is to have a conversation with yourself. kind of separate from it
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  • With yourself. kind of separate from it and say, okay, charles.
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  • Kind of separate from it and say, okay, charles. like i'm talking to charles,
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  • And say, okay, charles. like i'm talking to charles, i see you are really angry
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  • Like i'm talking to charles, i see you are really angry at kevin.
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  • I see you are really angry at kevin. let's think about
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  • At kevin. let's think about what's the best way
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  • Let's think about what's the best way to respond to this.
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  • What's the best way to respond to this. so it's creating a little bit
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  • To respond to this. so it's creating a little bit of that separation.
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  • So it's creating a little bit of that separation. but we have to check in often,
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  • Of that separation. but we have to check in often, and build a discipline.
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  • But we have to check in often, and build a discipline. what's going on up here?
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  • And build a discipline. what's going on up here? paul perfectly described
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  • What's going on up here? paul perfectly described the importance of
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  • Paul perfectly described the importance of checking in up here.
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  • Charles: well,
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  • Charles: well, philippians 4:8.
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  • Philippians 4:8. all throughout the epistles,
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  • All throughout the epistles, he talks about the mind
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  • He talks about the mind quite a bit.
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  • Quite a bit. in fact, "the mind"
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  • Some 200 plus times.
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  • Some 200 plus times. the mind is so important.
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  • Some 200 plus times. the mind is so important. it's what's so important.
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  • The mind is so important. it's what's so important. there's something
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  • It's what's so important. there's something called neuroplasticity.
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  • There's something called neuroplasticity. it's actually how the brain
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  • Called neuroplasticity. it's actually how the brain reconfigures with
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  • It's actually how the brain reconfigures with all these brain cells
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  • Reconfigures with all these brain cells and brain circuits.
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  • All these brain cells and brain circuits. and one of the ways
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  • And brain circuits. and one of the ways we do that, paul,
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  • And one of the ways we do that, paul, is an example of this,
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  • We do that, paul, is an example of this, is filtering god's word
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  • Is an example of this, is filtering god's word into our minds; reading it
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  • Is filtering god's word into our minds; reading it and meditating on it.
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  • Into our minds; reading it and meditating on it. what actually happens
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  • And meditating on it. what actually happens is there's a physiological
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  • What actually happens is there's a physiological change that happens.
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  • Is there's a physiological change that happens. these thoughts,
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  • Change that happens. these thoughts, this worldview,
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  • These thoughts, this worldview, biblical worldview
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  • This worldview, biblical worldview becomes who we really are.
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  • Biblical worldview becomes who we really are. and paul was the perfect
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  • Becomes who we really are. and paul was the perfect example of that.
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  • On things above.
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  • On things above. you can set your mind
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  • You can set your mind on god's word and his truth.
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  • On god's word and his truth. it has transforming power.
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  • It has transforming power. okay, talk to us
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  • What do you think is
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  • What do you think is the greatest possible stress
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  • What do you think is the greatest possible stress causer, typically,
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  • The greatest possible stress causer, typically, in america?
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  • Causer, typically, in america? charles: wow!
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  • In america? charles: wow! today, our world
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  • Charles: wow! today, our world is just so topsy-turvy.
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  • Today, our world is just so topsy-turvy. i think one of the biggest
  • 00:12:25.601 --> 00:12:26.769
  • Is just so topsy-turvy. i think one of the biggest stressors, to be honest
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  • I think one of the biggest stressors, to be honest with you, is social media.
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  • Stressors, to be honest with you, is social media. now, i like social media
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  • With you, is social media. now, i like social media because i like funny
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  • Now, i like social media because i like funny cat videos and dog videos.
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  • Because i like funny cat videos and dog videos. that's what i use
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  • Cat videos and dog videos. that's what i use social media for.
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  • That's what i use social media for. i want to laugh.
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  • Social media for. i want to laugh. james: i love the animals!
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  • I want to laugh. james: i love the animals! charles: yes!
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  • James: i love the animals! charles: yes! but unfortunately,
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  • Charles: yes! but unfortunately, and especially among
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  • But unfortunately, and especially among the younger generation,
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  • And especially among the younger generation, social media,
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  • The younger generation, social media, there's so much comparison.
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  • Social media, there's so much comparison. like you don't put on
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  • There's so much comparison. like you don't put on social media what's
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  • Like you don't put on social media what's going wrong with your life.
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  • Social media what's going wrong with your life. you put that
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  • Going wrong with your life. you put that best foot forward.
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  • You put that best foot forward. a lot of young people,
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  • Best foot forward. a lot of young people, students, they see this
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  • A lot of young people, students, they see this perfect girl, a perfect guy,
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  • Students, they see this perfect girl, a perfect guy, or their experiences and
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  • Perfect girl, a perfect guy, or their experiences and they don't measure up,
  • 00:13:00.703 --> 00:13:02.304
  • Or their experiences and they don't measure up, and so that creates
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  • They don't measure up, and so that creates a great amount of stress.
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  • And so that creates a great amount of stress. covid, all the experts
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  • A great amount of stress. covid, all the experts are saying there is that
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  • Covid, all the experts are saying there is that lost generation, almost.
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  • Are saying there is that lost generation, almost. covid really left
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  • Lost generation, almost. covid really left a very profound negative
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  • Covid really left a very profound negative experience upon our kids.
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  • A very profound negative experience upon our kids. and we're seeing now
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  • Experience upon our kids. and we're seeing now stress levels and anxiety and
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  • And we're seeing now stress levels and anxiety and depression are skyrocketing
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  • Stress levels and anxiety and depression are skyrocketing among young people.
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  • Depression are skyrocketing among young people. so i think in our world today,
  • 00:13:20.789 --> 00:13:21.857
  • Among young people. so i think in our world today, that's one thing.
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  • So i think in our world today, that's one thing. and then one of the things
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  • That's one thing. and then one of the things i do have a problem with
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  • And then one of the things i do have a problem with is i spend too much time
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  • I do have a problem with is i spend too much time on the news,
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  • Is i spend too much time on the news, and just negative --
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  • On the news, and just negative -- james: and it runs 24 hours
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  • And just negative -- james: and it runs 24 hours a day.
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  • James: and it runs 24 hours a day. you can get it in
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  • A day. you can get it in so many different sources.
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  • You can get it in so many different sources. and you need to understand
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  • So many different sources. and you need to understand the deceiver is crafty
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  • And you need to understand the deceiver is crafty and he's cunning.
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  • The deceiver is crafty and he's cunning. he will use every scheme
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  • And he's cunning. he will use every scheme possible to deceive us and
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  • He will use every scheme possible to deceive us and to misdirect our thoughts.
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  • Possible to deceive us and to misdirect our thoughts. that's why it is so terribly
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  • To misdirect our thoughts. that's why it is so terribly important that we understand
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  • That's why it is so terribly important that we understand the power and the importance
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  • Important that we understand the power and the importance of god's word,
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  • The power and the importance of god's word, and what god says.
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  • Of god's word, and what god says. because what he says when
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  • And what god says. because what he says when we hear it and we heed it,
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  • Because what he says when we hear it and we heed it, it begins to change
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  • We hear it and we heed it, it begins to change the way we think.
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  • It begins to change the way we think. it begins to change
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  • The way we think. it begins to change the thought process.
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  • It begins to change the thought process. and it will give us peace
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  • The thought process. and it will give us peace rather than stress
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  • And it will give us peace rather than stress and anxiety,
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  • Rather than stress and anxiety, and i experience that.
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  • And anxiety, and i experience that. you know, when you were
  • 00:14:10.306 --> 00:14:11.373
  • And i experience that. you know, when you were talking about the stressful
  • 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.641
  • You know, when you were talking about the stressful things that happen to people,
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  • Talking about the stressful things that happen to people, i'm thinking about
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  • Things that happen to people, i'm thinking about how they happen.
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  • I'm thinking about how they happen. i'm thinking about how
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  • How they happen. i'm thinking about how simple it is for me
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  • I'm thinking about how simple it is for me to deal with it, because
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  • Simple it is for me to deal with it, because i immediately talk to god.
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  • To deal with it, because i immediately talk to god. i immediately go to what
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  • I immediately talk to god. i immediately go to what he has said, what he says,
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  • I immediately go to what he has said, what he says, what his word says.
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  • He has said, what he says, what his word says. and there's a peace
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  • What his word says. and there's a peace that comes in the
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  • And there's a peace that comes in the word of god immediately.
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  • That comes in the word of god immediately. that has to be a big part
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  • Word of god immediately. that has to be a big part of what you teach.
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  • And one of the keys is
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  • And one of the keys is remembering to do that.
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  • Remembering to do that. scripture says, "cast all
  • 00:14:35.698 --> 00:14:37.900
  • Scripture says, "cast all your anxiety on him
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  • What often happens is
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  • What often happens is we get caught up
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  • What often happens is we get caught up in this negative thinking
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  • We get caught up in this negative thinking like this --
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  • In this negative thinking like this -- some issue that's the size
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  • Like this -- some issue that's the size of a pea.
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  • Some issue that's the size of a pea. something causes stress.
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  • Of a pea. something causes stress. well, instead of immediately,
  • 00:14:52.214 --> 00:14:53.482
  • Something causes stress. well, instead of immediately, lord, i need your wisdom
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  • Well, instead of immediately, lord, i need your wisdom to deal with this.
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  • Lord, i need your wisdom to deal with this. what does scripture
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  • To deal with this. what does scripture have to say?
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  • What does scripture have to say? we begin ruminating
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  • Have to say? we begin ruminating and worrying.
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  • We begin ruminating and worrying. and we wrap narrative
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  • And worrying. and we wrap narrative and more thoughts around that.
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  • And we wrap narrative and more thoughts around that. so what was the size
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  • And more thoughts around that. so what was the size of a pea, now is the size
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  • So what was the size of a pea, now is the size of a basketball, and now
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  • Of a pea, now is the size of a basketball, and now that's become the issue.
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  • Of a basketball, and now that's become the issue. the key is to develop
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  • That's become the issue. the key is to develop the discipline to not believe
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  • The key is to develop the discipline to not believe everything you read
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  • The discipline to not believe everything you read on social media.
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  • Everything you read on social media. to not believe every thought
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  • On social media. to not believe every thought that pops into your mind, but
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  • To not believe every thought that pops into your mind, but to build into your routine
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  • That pops into your mind, but to build into your routine every hour
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  • To build into your routine every hour on your smartphone.
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  • Every hour on your smartphone. have it beep at you,
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  • On your smartphone. have it beep at you, okay, check in.
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  • Have it beep at you, okay, check in. are these thoughts honoring
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  • Okay, check in. are these thoughts honoring god, or do i need
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  • Are these thoughts honoring god, or do i need to change channels?
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  • God, or do i need to change channels? james: let me just ask you,
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  • Because it seems to me
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  • Because it seems to me that you communicate
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  • Because it seems to me that you communicate with a comfort level,
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  • That you communicate with a comfort level, a peace level,
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  • With a comfort level, a peace level, and no one can question
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  • A peace level, and no one can question that you had reason
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  • To stress with what happened
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  • To stress with what happened to your daughter.
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  • To stress with what happened to your daughter. that would load up
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  • To your daughter. that would load up every loving parent with
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  • That would load up every loving parent with an indescribable load
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  • Every loving parent with an indescribable load of stress.
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  • An indescribable load of stress. well, since you've gone
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  • Of stress. well, since you've gone through it and you've
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  • Well, since you've gone through it and you've studied it, are you amazed
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  • Through it and you've studied it, are you amazed right now when
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  • Studied it, are you amazed right now when you get somebody's attention
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  • Right now when you get somebody's attention and you begin to point them
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  • You get somebody's attention and you begin to point them to transforming truth
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  • And you begin to point them to transforming truth and to the way of peace,
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  • To transforming truth and to the way of peace, the prince of peace?
  • 00:15:57.446 --> 00:15:59.415
  • And to the way of peace, the prince of peace? are you actually finding
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  • The prince of peace? are you actually finding yourself becoming amazed
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  • Are you actually finding yourself becoming amazed at how quickly the spirit
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  • Yourself becoming amazed at how quickly the spirit and the truth of god,
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  • At how quickly the spirit and the truth of god, the transforming truth,
  • 00:16:06.388 --> 00:16:07.956
  • And the truth of god, the transforming truth, and the peace of god
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  • The transforming truth, and the peace of god can begin to relieve stress?
  • 00:16:09.558 --> 00:16:11.894
  • And the peace of god can begin to relieve stress? charles: absolutely.
  • 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.295
  • Can begin to relieve stress? charles: absolutely. i think part of it, james,
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  • Charles: absolutely. i think part of it, james, is just wisdom of many years.
  • 00:16:14.863 --> 00:16:19.168
  • I think part of it, james, is just wisdom of many years. i've done some dumb things
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  • Is just wisdom of many years. i've done some dumb things in my life.
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  • I've done some dumb things in my life. i've stumbled.
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  • In my life. i've stumbled. i've been harsh,
  • 00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:25.707
  • I've stumbled. i've been harsh, made mistakes in ministry.
  • 00:16:25.774 --> 00:16:27.810
  • I've been harsh, made mistakes in ministry. none that disqualified me,
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  • Made mistakes in ministry. none that disqualified me, but as you grow and mature,
  • 00:16:29.978 --> 00:16:33.582
  • None that disqualified me, but as you grow and mature, and hopefully, become wiser,
  • 00:16:33.649 --> 00:16:36.051
  • But as you grow and mature, and hopefully, become wiser, you recognize and
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  • And hopefully, become wiser, you recognize and you're quicker to going
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  • You recognize and you're quicker to going to the prince of peace.
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  • You're quicker to going to the prince of peace. instead of your own ways
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  • To the prince of peace. instead of your own ways of dealing with it, you go
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  • Instead of your own ways of dealing with it, you go to the prince of peace.
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  • Of dealing with it, you go to the prince of peace. i think that's part of --
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  • To the prince of peace. i think that's part of -- i appreciate so much
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  • I think that's part of -- i appreciate so much your ministry.
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  • I appreciate so much your ministry. i mean, you aren't stopping.
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  • Your ministry. i mean, you aren't stopping. you aren't quitting.
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  • I mean, you aren't stopping. you aren't quitting. you have these decades
  • 00:16:57.272 --> 00:16:58.540
  • You aren't quitting. you have these decades and decades of
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  • You have these decades and decades of fruitful ministry.
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  • And decades of fruitful ministry. and i believe that maybe
  • 00:17:01.643 --> 00:17:02.978
  • Fruitful ministry. and i believe that maybe these are going to be
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  • And i believe that maybe these are going to be your most fruitful years.
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  • These are going to be your most fruitful years. james: they already are
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  • Your most fruitful years. james: they already are becoming.
  • 00:17:07.382 --> 00:17:08.717
  • James: they already are becoming. and betty and i are
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  • Becoming. and betty and i are in our 80s, and we plan
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  • And betty and i are in our 80s, and we plan to live a long time.
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  • In our 80s, and we plan to live a long time. we already have.
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  • To live a long time. we already have. well, i'm full of life
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  • We already have. well, i'm full of life and we flow life.
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  • Well, i'm full of life and we flow life. i hope you'll get this book,
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  • And we flow life. i hope you'll get this book, stress less .
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  • I hope you'll get this book, stress less . i really think charles
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  • Stress less . i really think charles will help you.
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  • I really think charles will help you. charles, you know what i have
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  • Will help you. charles, you know what i have found gives people
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  • Charles, you know what i have found gives people tremendous peace?
  • 00:17:26.268 --> 00:17:27.536
  • Found gives people tremendous peace? that is to focus on a need
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  • Tremendous peace? that is to focus on a need in others that love can meet.
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  • That is to focus on a need in others that love can meet. that's what happened when
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  • In others that love can meet. that's what happened when god sent betty and me
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  • That's what happened when god sent betty and me to the third world.
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  • God sent betty and me to the third world. it wasn't somewhere
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  • To the third world. it wasn't somewhere betty wanted to go.
  • 00:17:39.948 --> 00:17:40.983
  • It wasn't somewhere betty wanted to go. we were going into
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  • Betty wanted to go. we were going into war-torn countries.
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  • We were going into war-torn countries. and i went with total peace.
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  • War-torn countries. and i went with total peace. she didn't necessarily,
  • 00:17:45.587 --> 00:17:47.156
  • And i went with total peace. she didn't necessarily, but she had trust in me and
  • 00:17:47.222 --> 00:17:48.457
  • She didn't necessarily, but she had trust in me and in god to trust me to lead.
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  • But she had trust in me and in god to trust me to lead. we began to put our arms
  • 00:17:52.861 --> 00:17:55.931
  • In god to trust me to lead. we began to put our arms around the least of these
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  • We began to put our arms around the least of these and the people that
  • 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.067
  • Around the least of these and the people that feel unnoticed.
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  • One of the things we did
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  • Was give shoes and smiles
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  • To children that
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  • Never had shoes.
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  • Betty: james, to give
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  • A special gift
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  • To these children,
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  • Shoes of all things.
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  • I love to see
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  • My grandchildren,
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  • My great-granddaughters,
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  • They get a new pair of shoes,
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  • Some of them have sparkles
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  • On them and everything.
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  • They're so proud of them.
  • 00:18:20.255 --> 00:18:21.456
  • Well, these children are
  • 00:18:21.523 --> 00:18:22.691
  • Just as proud because
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  • They have shoes on their feet.
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  • Feet that walk every day.
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  • Everywhere they go they have
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  • To walk to get there,
  • 00:18:28.897 --> 00:18:30.666
  • And their little feet
  • 00:18:30.732 --> 00:18:32.234
  • Step on stones, they step on
  • 00:18:32.301 --> 00:18:33.669
  • All kinds of things.
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  • They cut their feet, james,
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  • And then they get infections
  • 00:18:36.271 --> 00:18:37.406
  • And they get diseases
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  • From it.
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  • This is a gift they can enjoy
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  • Because it's a gift of shoes,
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  • But it's also a protection
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  • For their bodies.
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  • So please join with us
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  • And let's offer the shoes
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  • For christmas for these
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  • Beautiful little children.
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  • James: yeah, i agree
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  • With everything you said.
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  • And then let's do this.
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  • Let's put a smile
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  • On a child's face that never
  • 00:18:57.192 --> 00:18:58.227
  • Believed they could smile.
  • 00:18:58.293 --> 00:18:59.761
  • We've seen so many with
  • 00:18:59.828 --> 00:19:01.029
  • Cleft palates that when
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  • They would see themselves
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  • In our television camera,
  • 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:05.000
  • They would run,
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  • They would pull back.
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  • They hadn't seen --
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  • A lot of them had never
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  • Seen a mirror.
  • 00:19:09.538 --> 00:19:10.639
  • Kids would walk up and look
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  • In the rearview mirror
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  • On the side of a truck,
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  • And they'd see themselves
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  • And they wouldn't like it.
  • 00:19:15.677 --> 00:19:17.112
  • But do you know
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  • What we can do?
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  • We can give them
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  • The miracle of a smile.
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  • We're able to do
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  • The cleft palate surgeries
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  • Because of the donation
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  • Of the time of surgeons.
  • 00:19:25.988 --> 00:19:27.723
  • They have to have certain
  • 00:19:27.789 --> 00:19:28.991
  • Equipment, and they have
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  • To pay for certain things,
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  • But we can do it for $500.
  • 00:19:31.426 --> 00:19:33.528
  • Imagine what that means to
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  • A child and the parents,
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  • The family, the friends
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  • To that person.
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  • Give the greatest gift
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  • Because you're giving, truly,
  • 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:43.538
  • The greatest gift of love
  • 00:19:43.605 --> 00:19:45.474
  • And the life of christ.
  • 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:47.276
  • It is because of him
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  • That we do it.
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  • Please, if you write a check
  • 00:19:49.745 --> 00:19:51.079
  • Make it to life.
  • 00:19:51.146 --> 00:19:52.614
  • But let's give some shoes
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  • And smiles for christmas
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  • Starting right now.
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  • And we've got to do it now
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  • To deliver by christmas.
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  • Please do it.
  • 00:19:59.921 --> 00:20:01.723
  • Poverty is a killer, and because of it,
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  • Children needlessly suffer
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  • Not only from lack of food and clean water,
  • 00:20:07.362 --> 00:20:09.398
  • But also from a lack of things we take for granted,
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  • Such as a healthy smile
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  • Or a protective pair of shoes.
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  • Far too many children living in extreme poverty
  • 00:20:16.204 --> 00:20:18.707
  • Have never owned a pair of shoes.
  • 00:20:18.707 --> 00:20:20.776
  • And while that may seem minor,
  • 00:20:20.776 --> 00:20:22.911
  • Walking with bare feet puts them at risk
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  • Of painful infections, injury, and life-threatening diseases.
  • 00:20:25.013 --> 00:20:28.950
  • But this christmas, you can bring hope and healing.
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  • Your gift today will help provide new shoes
  • 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:33.889
  • For 150,000 children in time for the holidays.
  • 00:20:33.889 --> 00:20:37.726
  • And for some children, a beautiful new smile.
  • 00:20:37.726 --> 00:20:40.929
  • Your gift of $36 will help provide shoes for ten children,
  • 00:20:40.929 --> 00:20:45.100
  • $72 will help provide for 20,
  • 00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:47.502
  • $180 will help provide shoes for 50,
  • 00:20:47.502 --> 00:20:50.339
  • And a gift of $500 will help provide a cleft surgery,
  • 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:53.809
  • Restoring a child's smile forever.
  • 00:20:53.809 --> 00:20:56.478
  • As a thank you for your gift of support,
  • 00:20:56.478 --> 00:20:58.547
  • Be sure to request the beautifully crafted
  • 00:20:58.547 --> 00:21:00.549
  • Yellow crystal shoe ornament,
  • 00:21:00.549 --> 00:21:02.651
  • A treasure to display each christmas.
  • 00:21:02.651 --> 00:21:05.120
  • With your gift of $100 or more,
  • 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:07.689
  • You may request this keepsake set featuring
  • 00:21:07.689 --> 00:21:10.459
  • Four of life's colorful crystal shoe ornaments.
  • 00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:13.962
  • Finally, please consider a gift of $1,000 or more
  • 00:21:13.962 --> 00:21:17.232
  • To help provide over 275 pairs of shoes
  • 00:21:17.232 --> 00:21:20.202
  • Or two children with corrective smile surgeries,
  • 00:21:20.202 --> 00:21:22.971
  • And you may request the beautiful bronze sculpture, "lion of judah."
  • 00:21:22.971 --> 00:21:27.642
  • Please call, write, or make your gift online today.
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  • James: and father,
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  • James: and father, i pray for stress to be
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  • James: and father, i pray for stress to be alleviated in the hearts
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  • I pray for stress to be alleviated in the hearts and minds of many
  • 00:21:37.085 --> 00:21:38.320
  • Alleviated in the hearts and minds of many just because of what
  • 00:21:38.387 --> 00:21:39.588
  • And minds of many just because of what they've heard, and
  • 00:21:39.654 --> 00:21:40.789
  • Just because of what they've heard, and they'll continue the journey;
  • 00:21:40.856 --> 00:21:42.023
  • They've heard, and they'll continue the journey; in jesus' name.
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  • They'll continue the journey; in jesus' name. thank you for giving
  • 00:21:43.592 --> 00:21:45.026
  • In jesus' name. thank you for giving to the least of these.
  • 00:21:45.093 --> 00:21:46.728
  • Thank you for giving to the least of these. for blessing jesus.
  • 00:21:46.795 --> 00:21:48.930
  • To the least of these. for blessing jesus. what a way to do it!
  • 00:21:48.997 --> 00:21:50.632
  • For blessing jesus. what a way to do it! and would you consider
  • 00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.800
  • What a way to do it! and would you consider getting charles stones' book.
  • 00:21:51.867 --> 00:21:54.469
  • And would you consider getting charles stones' book. i'm telling you, it's good.
  • 00:21:54.536 --> 00:21:55.971
  • Getting charles stones' book. i'm telling you, it's good. it's really good.
  • 00:21:56.037 --> 00:21:57.439
  • I'm telling you, it's good. it's really good. charles, i want to thank you.
  • 00:21:57.506 --> 00:21:59.107
  • It's really good. charles, i want to thank you. i'm glad we've crossed paths
  • 00:21:59.174 --> 00:22:00.509
  • Charles, i want to thank you. i'm glad we've crossed paths and we had some kind
  • 00:22:00.575 --> 00:22:01.943
  • I'm glad we've crossed paths and we had some kind of effect just from
  • 00:22:02.010 --> 00:22:03.245
  • And we had some kind of effect just from the impact you heard
  • 00:22:03.311 --> 00:22:04.379
  • Of effect just from the impact you heard that we were having.
  • 00:22:04.446 --> 00:22:05.714
  • The impact you heard that we were having. and we do thank you for
  • 00:22:05.781 --> 00:22:06.982
  • That we were having. and we do thank you for the impact you're having.
  • 00:22:07.048 --> 00:22:08.450
  • And we do thank you for the impact you're having. we'll send you this book
  • 00:22:08.517 --> 00:22:09.951
  • The impact you're having. we'll send you this book along with the other gifts
  • 00:22:10.018 --> 00:22:11.653
  • We'll send you this book along with the other gifts if you'll just simply help us
  • 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:13.688
  • Along with the other gifts if you'll just simply help us give some shoes
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  • If you'll just simply help us give some shoes and some smiles.
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  • Give some shoes and some smiles. thank you so much.
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  • James: you faced
  • 00:22:30.806 --> 00:22:32.541
  • James: you faced everyone's worst nightmare.
  • 00:22:32.607 --> 00:22:35.944
  • James: you faced everyone's worst nightmare. then physically
  • 00:22:36.011 --> 00:22:38.146
  • Everyone's worst nightmare. then physically your world blew up,
  • 00:22:38.213 --> 00:22:39.948
  • Then physically your world blew up, your body blew up.
  • 00:22:40.015 --> 00:22:42.584
  • Lysa: well, i also started
  • 00:22:44.453 --> 00:22:47.055
  • Lysa: well, i also started to see a christian counselor
  • 00:22:47.122 --> 00:22:48.790
  • To see a christian counselor when my world
  • 00:22:48.857 --> 00:22:51.426
  • My marriage was imploding.
  • 00:22:53.295 --> 00:22:56.932
  • My marriage was imploding. so i remember my counselor
  • 00:22:56.998 --> 00:22:59.034
  • My marriage was imploding. so i remember my counselor saying, "lysa, if you don't
  • 00:22:59.100 --> 00:23:01.369
  • So i remember my counselor saying, "lysa, if you don't learn to process this
  • 00:23:01.436 --> 00:23:04.239
  • Saying, "lysa, if you don't learn to process this in a healthy way,
  • 00:23:04.306 --> 00:23:05.774
  • Learn to process this in a healthy way, you've got to get this angst
  • 00:23:05.841 --> 00:23:07.375
  • In a healthy way, you've got to get this angst and this hurt and this pain,
  • 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:09.511
  • You've got to get this angst and this hurt and this pain, you've got to get it out
  • 00:23:09.578 --> 00:23:10.912
  • And this hurt and this pain, you've got to get it out because if you don't
  • 00:23:10.979 --> 00:23:12.314
  • You've got to get it out because if you don't your body
  • 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.815
  • Because if you don't your body will keep the score."
  • 00:23:13.882 --> 00:23:15.183
  • Your body will keep the score." six months into this journey
  • 00:23:15.250 --> 00:23:16.518
  • Will keep the score." six months into this journey i woke up one morning and
  • 00:23:16.585 --> 00:23:18.753
  • Six months into this journey i woke up one morning and i was in more physical pain
  • 00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:20.355
  • I woke up one morning and i was in more physical pain than i've ever been in
  • 00:23:20.422 --> 00:23:21.790
  • I was in more physical pain than i've ever been in in my life.
  • 00:23:21.857 --> 00:23:23.124
  • Than i've ever been in in my life. i stepped out of my bed,
  • 00:23:23.191 --> 00:23:24.359
  • In my life. i stepped out of my bed, i collapsed onto the floor.
  • 00:23:24.426 --> 00:23:26.027
  • I stepped out of my bed, i collapsed onto the floor. i was screaming in pain
  • 00:23:26.094 --> 00:23:28.163
  • I collapsed onto the floor. i was screaming in pain and my family rushed me
  • 00:23:28.230 --> 00:23:29.531
  • I was screaming in pain and my family rushed me to the hospital.
  • 00:23:29.598 --> 00:23:33.435
  • And my family rushed me to the hospital. i was laying in a hospital bed
  • 00:23:33.502 --> 00:23:35.770
  • To the hospital. i was laying in a hospital bed literally begging god,
  • 00:23:35.837 --> 00:23:37.439
  • I was laying in a hospital bed literally begging god, if you love me,
  • 00:23:37.506 --> 00:23:38.874
  • Literally begging god, if you love me, take this pain away.
  • 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:40.675
  • If you love me, take this pain away. and the pain was so intense
  • 00:23:40.742 --> 00:23:42.244
  • Take this pain away. and the pain was so intense they admitted me
  • 00:23:42.310 --> 00:23:43.445
  • And the pain was so intense they admitted me to the hospital.
  • 00:23:43.512 --> 00:23:44.679
  • They admitted me to the hospital. they started running tests.
  • 00:23:44.746 --> 00:23:45.947
  • To the hospital. they started running tests. they could not figure out
  • 00:23:46.014 --> 00:23:47.249
  • They started running tests. they could not figure out what was wrong with me.
  • 00:23:47.315 --> 00:23:48.550
  • They could not figure out what was wrong with me. and the only reason
  • 00:23:48.617 --> 00:23:49.851
  • What was wrong with me. and the only reason they kept me at the hospital
  • 00:23:49.918 --> 00:23:51.219
  • And the only reason they kept me at the hospital was because
  • 00:23:51.286 --> 00:23:52.521
  • They kept me at the hospital was because i was in so much pain.
  • 00:23:52.587 --> 00:23:53.755
  • Was because i was in so much pain. they wound up putting me
  • 00:23:53.822 --> 00:23:55.090
  • I was in so much pain. they wound up putting me on a morphine pump
  • 00:23:55.156 --> 00:23:56.391
  • They wound up putting me on a morphine pump and even that didn't
  • 00:23:56.458 --> 00:23:57.592
  • On a morphine pump and even that didn't take away the pain.
  • 00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.927
  • And even that didn't take away the pain. so i laid there monday,
  • 00:23:58.994 --> 00:24:00.495
  • Take away the pain. so i laid there monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday.
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  • So i laid there monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. i never knew how painful
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  • Tuesday, wednesday, thursday. i never knew how painful 60 seconds can be
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  • I never knew how painful 60 seconds can be much less 24 hours
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  • 60 seconds can be much less 24 hours plus 24 hours
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  • Much less 24 hours plus 24 hours plus 24 hours --
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  • Plus 24 hours plus 24 hours -- it was excruciating.
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  • Plus 24 hours -- it was excruciating. finally, on friday morning
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  • It was excruciating. finally, on friday morning a surgeon came
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  • Finally, on friday morning a surgeon came to that hospital
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  • A surgeon came to that hospital and ran one last test on me
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  • To that hospital and ran one last test on me and came in my hospital room
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  • And ran one last test on me and came in my hospital room dressed in scrubs and said,
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  • And came in my hospital room dressed in scrubs and said, "we have to rush you
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  • Dressed in scrubs and said, "we have to rush you into emergency surgery.
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  • "we have to rush you into emergency surgery. we're going to have to
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  • Into emergency surgery. we're going to have to remove most of your colon
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  • We're going to have to remove most of your colon because your colon has ripped
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  • Remove most of your colon because your colon has ripped away from the abdominal wall.
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  • Because your colon has ripped away from the abdominal wall. it has twisted inside of you
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  • Away from the abdominal wall. it has twisted inside of you and cut off the blood flow.
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  • It has twisted inside of you and cut off the blood flow. if we don't take you into
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  • And cut off the blood flow. if we don't take you into surgery you're going to die."
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  • If we don't take you into surgery you're going to die." he said, "you know what?
  • 00:24:37.232 --> 00:24:39.167
  • Surgery you're going to die." he said, "you know what? it's pretty miraculous
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  • He said, "you know what? it's pretty miraculous that they never were able
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  • It's pretty miraculous that they never were able to take away your pain
  • 00:24:43.171 --> 00:24:44.506
  • That they never were able to take away your pain because had they
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  • To take away your pain because had they taken away your pain
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  • Because had they taken away your pain you would have gone home,
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  • Taken away your pain you would have gone home, your colon would have ruptured
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  • You would have gone home, your colon would have ruptured and you wouldn't be
  • 00:24:49.844 --> 00:24:51.279
  • Your colon would have ruptured and you wouldn't be with us today."
  • 00:24:51.346 --> 00:24:52.514
  • And you wouldn't be with us today." so then i had a totally
  • 00:24:52.581 --> 00:24:53.882
  • With us today." so then i had a totally different view of god.
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  • So then i had a totally different view of god. whether you're going through
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  • Different view of god. whether you're going through physical pain today
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  • Whether you're going through physical pain today or emotional pain,
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  • Physical pain today or emotional pain, i know you've begged god
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  • Or emotional pain, i know you've begged god to take the pain away
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  • I know you've begged god to take the pain away but god loves us too much
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  • To take the pain away but god loves us too much to take our pain away
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  • But god loves us too much to take our pain away at any other time
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  • To take our pain away at any other time than the right time,
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  • At any other time than the right time, and any other way
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  • Than the right time, and any other way than the right way.
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  • And any other way than the right way. god loves us too much
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  • Than the right way. god loves us too much to answer any of our prayers
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  • God loves us too much to answer any of our prayers at any other time
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  • To answer any of our prayers at any other time than the right time,
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  • At any other time than the right time, and in any other way
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  • Than the right time, and in any other way than in the right way.
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  • And in any other way than in the right way. when i was laying there
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  • Than in the right way. when i was laying there in so much pain
  • 00:25:23.278 --> 00:25:24.546
  • When i was laying there in so much pain i started to have
  • 00:25:24.613 --> 00:25:25.847
  • In so much pain i started to have this wacky view of god
  • 00:25:25.914 --> 00:25:27.148
  • I started to have this wacky view of god like maybe god got busy.
  • 00:25:27.215 --> 00:25:28.383
  • This wacky view of god like maybe god got busy. maybe he really doesn't
  • 00:25:28.450 --> 00:25:29.751
  • Like maybe god got busy. maybe he really doesn't care as much about me.
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  • Maybe he really doesn't care as much about me. maybe he is just like
  • 00:25:31.286 --> 00:25:32.487
  • Care as much about me. maybe he is just like well, this is what it means
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  • Maybe he is just like well, this is what it means to live in a sin-soaked earth.
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  • Well, this is what it means to live in a sin-soaked earth. our god is never --
  • 00:25:35.457 --> 00:25:36.958
  • To live in a sin-soaked earth. our god is never -- he does not speak to us
  • 00:25:37.025 --> 00:25:38.393
  • Our god is never -- he does not speak to us that way.
  • 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.861
  • He does not speak to us that way. he speaks to us in a symphony
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  • That way. he speaks to us in a symphony of compassion and mercy.
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  • He speaks to us in a symphony of compassion and mercy. and when i finally understood
  • 00:25:42.664 --> 00:25:44.099
  • Of compassion and mercy. and when i finally understood god loved me too much
  • 00:25:44.165 --> 00:25:45.433
  • And when i finally understood god loved me too much to take that pain away,
  • 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.801
  • God loved me too much to take that pain away, because had he done that,
  • 00:25:46.868 --> 00:25:48.136
  • To take that pain away, because had he done that, i would have died.
  • 00:25:48.203 --> 00:25:49.571
  • Because had he done that, i would have died. so now i have a completely
  • 00:25:49.638 --> 00:25:51.039
  • I would have died. so now i have a completely different view of god.
  • 00:25:51.106 --> 00:25:52.407
  • So now i have a completely different view of god. i think god
  • 00:25:52.474 --> 00:25:53.808
  • Different view of god. i think god was right there with me
  • 00:25:53.875 --> 00:25:55.143
  • I think god was right there with me and it took every bit
  • 00:25:55.210 --> 00:25:56.478
  • Was right there with me and it took every bit of holy restraint he had
  • 00:25:56.544 --> 00:25:57.912
  • And it took every bit of holy restraint he had to hold back
  • 00:25:57.979 --> 00:25:59.280
  • Of holy restraint he had to hold back and not take that pain away.
  • 00:25:59.347 --> 00:26:00.715
  • To hold back and not take that pain away. because again, he had
  • 00:26:00.782 --> 00:26:02.017
  • And not take that pain away. because again, he had a good plan for me to live.
  • 00:26:02.083 --> 00:26:03.418
  • Because again, he had a good plan for me to live. so whether you're going
  • 00:26:03.485 --> 00:26:05.253
  • A good plan for me to live. so whether you're going through emotional pain,
  • 00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:07.055
  • So whether you're going through emotional pain, physical pain,
  • 00:26:07.122 --> 00:26:09.357
  • Through emotional pain, physical pain, pain that you feel like
  • 00:26:09.424 --> 00:26:10.692
  • Physical pain, pain that you feel like you can't endure
  • 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.926
  • Pain that you feel like you can't endure for another minute
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  • You can't endure for another minute or another day,
  • 00:26:13.361 --> 00:26:14.729
  • For another minute or another day, trust the lord's timing.
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  • Or another day, trust the lord's timing. he is doing something.
  • 00:26:16.364 --> 00:26:18.299
  • Trust the lord's timing. he is doing something. i pray you can recall my story
  • 00:26:18.366 --> 00:26:19.801
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