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No More Worries Part 2

Creflo Dollar

October 15, 2020

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announcer: Coming up nexton "Changing Your World."
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Creflo Dollar: "I hear whatyou're saying, 'Don't worry,'
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but, you know, you tell me yourtestimony about how you didn't
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have no food, and somebodybought food and knocked on the
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door just in the nick of time.
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I'm kind of scared because Idon't know that many people, and
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they don't know what I'm goin'through, and nobody might not
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knock on my door."
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So the temptation to worry isreal, but God's got your back.
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Creflo: If you have your Bibles,once again, let's go to the book
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of Matthew chapter 6:25-30.
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I wanna continue talkingabout "No More Worries."
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I don't know.
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For some reason, I thought,since I preached on it one time,
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that people would stop worrying,and it seems like I just bumped
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into--everybody I bumped intothis week had some worries.
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And you have to understand thatthe enemy has a purpose for
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trying to amplify things inyour life so that you can start
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worrying about thingsbecause worry can become a
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blessing-blocker.
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It's not because God willrefuse to do anything for you.
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He's finished it.
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But a lot of things that we haveaccess to under the covenant of
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grace has to bereceived by faith.
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By faith, I gotta believeI received that, amen.
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I said, by faith, I gottabelieve I receive it right now,
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regardless of what's goin' on.
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Grace is not going tomake you have something.
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Does that make sense?
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"Well, I'm under grace, and nomatter what, I think God gon'
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make me have it.
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No, you gotta receive what hasalready been made available to
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you, amen?
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Grace is your positive responseto what Jesus has already done.
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So how are you responding towhat has already been done?
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How are you responding to thefinished works of Jesus Christ?
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And all worry tries to do isto impact your response to what
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Christ has alreadymade available.
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If you understandthat, say, "Amen."
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All right, let's read thisout loud together, verse 25.
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Ready, read, "Therefore I sayunto you, take no thought for
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your life, what you shall eat,or what you shall drink, nor yet
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for your body,what you shall put on.
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Is not the life more than meat,and the body more than raiment?"
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Now, let's look at this in theNew Living Translation, verse
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25--I'll read the rest of it inthat translation, the New
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Living Translation.
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It is not God's will for youto live life out of worry.
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It is not God's will for youto live life out of stress.
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As I was gettin' ready thismorning, the Spirit of God
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showed me there's abottom line to worry.
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I said, "Yeah, it's fear."
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He says, "No, there's a bottomline to fear," and I saw it.
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It's condemnation.
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People ask, "Why are y'allso aggressively preachin' the
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gospel of grace?"
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Because we're tryin' to getyou out of condemnation because
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condemnation becomes the baseor the foundation for fear, and
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fear becomes the foundation forstress and worry, and when you
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can get to that place of stressand worry and not understandin'
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it enough to get out of it,then it will cause you to, in a
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sense, block out what youbelieve, and you not believe in
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the way really think you'rebelieving, and the worst
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deception you can walkin is self-deception.
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I don't want you to be deceivedin thinkin' you believe in
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somethin' when the evidenceis not there, all right?
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Now, watch this.
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He says, "That's why I tellyou not to worry about everyday
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life," "bam."
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Now, how many of you are notworrying about everyday life?
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Don't you raise your hands up,no, no, no, no, y'all don't--you
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might not worry today about--butwe've all have had the potential
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to worry about everyday life.
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Now, I want you to get to thepoint where it can knock on the
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door, but you don'tanswer it, amen?
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And I don't wanna get tosuper-out-there because, you
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know, I wanna try to stay on theplace where I can relate with
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everybody so it'll be easierfor you to cross over.
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I don't wanna get up here andtell you, "Well, you know,
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praise the Lord, as the pastor,I don't worry about anything."
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That's a--dog, that's a lie anda link* and your breath stink
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kind of stuff, you know?
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You know, there are some timeswhen I allow for worry to come
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in, and I have to catch myselfand say, "Wait a minute.
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Do you believe God?"
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And so he says, "That's whyI tell you not to worry about
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everyday life."
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How many of you know, everydaylife is something, isn't it?
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Everyday life is prettyinteresting, and it's getting
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very interesting in our country,and it doesn't take much to
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cause you to betempted to worry.
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Just turn the television on orgo to Instagram or Facebook or
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all them other things.
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And he says, "I tell ya, don'tworry about everyday life."
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Now, there's a reason whyyou don't have to worry about
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everyday life, and I'm gonnause this phrase throughout this
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sermon today: It'sbecause God's gotcha.
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Turn to two peopleand say, "God gotcha.
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God gotcha."
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So I don't have to worrybecause God's got me.
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And when worry knocks on thedoor, you remind yourself,
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"God's got me."
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He says, "Whether you haveenough food or drink, or whether
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you have enough clothes to wear,isn't life more than food for
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your body?
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It's more than clothing.
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It's more than, you know,worryin' about what you're
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gonna eat."
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Now, hold on a minute.
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Those are pretty hot items:food and clothing and water.
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What you gon' drink?
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You know, I understand you comeup and say, "Well, the Bible
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says you don't haveto worry about that.
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Yeah, that's easy when yagot food in the cabinet.
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But when you ain't got no job,and you ain't got no food in the
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cabinet, you know, I hear whatyou're saying, "Don't worry,
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but, you know, you tell me yourtestimony about how you didn't
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have no food, and somebodybought food and knocked on the
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door, just in the nick of time.
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I'm kind of scared because Idon't know that many people, and
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they don't know what I'm goin'through, and nobody might not
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knock on my door."
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So the temptation to worry isreal, but God's got your
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back, amen.
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So it says in verse 26, the NewLiving Translation, he says,
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"Look at the birds.
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They don't plant or harvest orstore food in barns, but your
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heavenly Father feeds them."
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This is awesome.
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The heavenly Father hasexperience of taking care of
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his creation.
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And he says, "Aren't you farmore valuable to God than the
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birds are?"
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The answer to that is, "Yes."
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27, "Can all your worries adda single moment to your life?"
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No.
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28, "And why worryabout your clothing?
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Look at the lilies of thefield and how they grow.
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They don't work.
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They don't make their clothing,"amen, "yet Solomon in all of his
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glory was not dressed asbeautiful as they are."
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30, "And if God cares sowonderfully for wildflowers that
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are here today and thrown intothe fire tomorrow, he will
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certainly care for you.
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Why do you haveso little faith?"
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Now, he's not talkin' aboutthe size of your faith.
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He's talkin' about why is itthat, one day, you can believe
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God, and the next day,you don't believe God.
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Why is your faith short?
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It's like havin' ashort burst of energy.
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Why do you have ashort burst of faith?
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Why is your faithshort or little?
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It lasts little.
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Here, I'm about to build yourfaith up, but the question is
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how long will it last before yougo back to worrying again and,
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kind of, forget abouteverything you hear, here today?
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Next verse, he says, "So don'tworry about these things,
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saying, what we will eat, whatwe will drink, what we will
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wear,' don't worryabout these things.
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Some people don't come to churchbecause they're worried about
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what they wear.
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Now, the real issue is you'reworried about what people think
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about what you wear.
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And that's part of the--anotherlittle foundation of just being
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so in bondage to people, justso concerned about what other
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people have to say about youor think about you, and then it
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leads back into condemnation,"well, maybe it's not enough,"
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you know, and you startlookin' at what you're wearing.
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I just gotta be honest with you.
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I ain't feel likewearin' no suit.
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I've been in a suit all week,and I ain't feel like wearin'--I
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can't say not wearin' nothing,but I felt like I could've
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closed my eyes and said,"eeny, meeny, miny, moe."
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I didn't really care.
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"Oh, but what are they gonnathink about you, about wearin'
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no suit?"
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I am free from people's opinion.
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God got me.
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Now, if you can't handle apastor that doesn't have a robe
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on every Sunday when you come tochurch, I'm not the guy for you
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that's--I want to be yourpastor, but, you know, I don't
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want to wear acollar every Sunday.
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I don't wanna wear a collar, andthen, when I leave here and go
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by the store, and I got mycollar on, people will say,
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"Father," and I'm like,"I'm not a Father."
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Yes, they do that.
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I remember, back in theday, when they had collars.
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Chapel Hill Harvester used tomake these collars, and they had
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the shirt and the collar, andso I'm gonna wear this collar
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shirt, and I think my reason wasbecause I wanna make sure I'm
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not embarrassed of God byletting people know that I'm in
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the ministry.
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Remember when we wore thosecollars, and it's chokin'?
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You needed a little--hadto have help.
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And we'd go out to eat and havethe collars, and they thought we
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were Catholic.
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"Father," and, now, I'm just inbondage, just in--we all used to
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wear those collars,remember that?
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Just in bondage, and I waslike, "Wow, you know," and now,
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sometimes when I put a suit onit, it's been such a long time
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since I wear--I'm havin' toget used to the suit again.
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Here's what I'm tryin' to say.
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Don't worry about your clothingor what you're gonna wear.
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Start being free from peopleso you can help people be free.
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All right, he says, verse32--listen, let me get on.
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I got a lot to talk about.
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He says, "These things dominatethe thoughts of unbelievers."
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All these things dominate thethoughts of unbelievers, "but
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your heavenly Father alreadyknows all of your needs."
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So don't let these thingsdominate your thoughts.
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Don't let these thingsdominate your thoughts.
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Now, I wanna just kind offreestyle here just for
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a moment.
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I want you to seewhat we're saying.
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Go to Hebrews chapter4, in verse 3.
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Hebrews chapter 4, in verse 3.
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So the key to staying away froma worried-filled life is to
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learn how important it isto enter into the rest.
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Everybody, say, "rest."
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I define "rest" as--notas "inactivity."
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"Rest" is not "inactivity."
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So, when I use the word "rest"today, I'm not talkin' about
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becoming inactive, keepingyour pajamas on and not
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doin' nothing.
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That's not whatI'm talkin' about.
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When I speak of "rest," there'sa rest that the Bible talks
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about that we can enter into arest where we can rest in work
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versus resting from work.
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I'm not talkin' about"resting from work."
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I'm talkin' about"resting in work."
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Why?
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Because Jesus has alreadyfinished the work, and so we can
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rest in what is already done.
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So I'm talkin' about, when I usethe word, "rest," I'm talkin'
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about doing what you have to do.
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You go to work.
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You know, you gottapay your bills.
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You do what you have to do, butnow you're not worrying
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about anything.
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You're not stressing outover--it's not a big deal.
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You've taken a chill pill.
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Turn to your neighbor andsay, "Take a chill pill."
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You know, you can complain ifyou want to, but it's not gonna
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help out in this area.
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I mean, take a chill pill.
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Learn how to do what you haveto do, but you're not
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stressing out.
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You're holding on to your peace.
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You're confident aboutwhat has already been done.
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You're resting in work, praiseGod, instead of resting
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from work.
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And so you end up getting awhole lot more done because,
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while you're resting, doing whatyou do, praise God, you got God
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working on your behalf becauseyou can become more productive
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in rest than you canin stress, hallelujah.
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And so how can I tell ifI'm really, really, at rest?
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And, now, and I guess there aretwo questions here: How can I
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tell when I'mreally at rest, one.
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How can I tell whenI really believe?
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Because one willaffect the other.
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You see, look what it says herein this verse of Scripture: "For
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we which have believed do enterinto rest," so belief, when you
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believe what Jesus has done,when you believe the finished
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works of Jesus Christ, you canenter into a confident, peaceful
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rest, while you dowhat you have to do.
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And this is a stressful worldwe're living in, and we will be
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more effective when we can restin what Jesus has done, versus
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being stressed in whateverybody else is doing.
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So he says that the person whobelieves--so, listen to me now:
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The number one fear that Satanputs on Christian people is the
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fear that what God promised inhis Word won't come to pass.
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And so, if you're a born-againChristian, your concern is gonna
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be "Is this gonna happen?
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Am I sure that this isgonna happen for me?"
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Remember the guy in theScripture, he says, "I believe
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God can heal, butwill he heal me?"
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And so what happens is, when youreally believe, then you will
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show that you really believeby entering into the rest and
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coming from the stress.
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You'll leave your work of tryingto do it, and then you'll do
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what you do because you trustin what Jesus has already done.
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And so what happens is fearsays, "I don't believe God's
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gonna do what he promised."
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Fear says, "Willthis really happen?"
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Fear says, "Can thisreally happen for me?"
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And so you have to resolve thatissue 'cause that's the number
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one fear that Satan puts onChristian people, the fear of
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wondering if this promiseis gonna come to pass.
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So the Scripture says, "Now,when you believe, you enter into
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the rest."
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So, when I look at your life,and you say, "Oh, yes, I believe
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what Jesus has done for me,"but you're stressing, you don't
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really believe it.
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You don't really believe it.
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The authenticity of your beliefwill be demonstrated in
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your rest.
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Will I find you at rest, orwill I find you stressed?
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Go to the doctor.
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Doctor says, "Lookslike you have cancer."
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You said, "I believe I'mhealed," but you're stressin'
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out all the time.
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You're thinkin' about believingit, but you don't really believe
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'cause you haven'tentered into the rest.
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You're believing outof stress--think about
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that--instead ofbelieving out of rest.
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Rest will authenticate--is theauthentication that you believe.
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Say out loud, "I believe thefinished works of Jesus."
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Next step is to enterinto the rest, all right?
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Now look at verse11, Hebrews 4, in 11.
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He says, "Let us labor thereforeto enter into that rest," so
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entering into the restis going to be a labor.
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You're not workingto get healed.
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Jesus has already healed you.
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You're working to maintainyour belief in the victory
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of healing.
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In other words, if Jesus hasalready healed you, then you
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say, you know, today you say,"All right, I'm healed, and I'm
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gonna rest in that."
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And then, tomorrow, they comeup with another bad report.
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All right, now, that's atemptation trying to rob you of
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your rest.
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So you have to fight tostay at rest, glory to God.
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What does that look like?
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You know, doctor told you a badreport, and you thought it was
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gettin' better, and, actually,it was getting worse, and when
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he told you the report, you say,"No, I believe I'm healed in the
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name of Jesus.
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Doctor, you do what you do, butI serve a Doctor that's never
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lost a patient.
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I thank God that I'mhealed in Jesus' name.
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Hallelujah, I'm healed.
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Hallelujah, I'm,"what're you doing?
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You're laboring to stay at rest.
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And then, you know, you'll havepeace that'll come, and it'll
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come through, but maybe the nextten minutes, the same fear might
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come up, and now you go tolaborin' again, "No, no, no,
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no, no.
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I tell you, Jesus has done it,and I believe I receive it in
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Jesus' name."
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And you're enteringinto the rest.
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And it may come up inanother 15 minutes.
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See, this is what--apicture of laboring.
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It's like, "Thank you, Jesus."
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It's worshiping and praisingGod, "Father, I just give
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you praise.
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Oh, Father, I thankyou for this."
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Yeah, these are things thatyou're doing to labor to enter
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into the rest.
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I'm not laboring to prosper.
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I'm not laboring totry to get healed.
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I'm not laboring totry to be delivered.
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Jesus has prospered me,healed me, and delivered me.
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I am laboring to stay at restand peace in what I believe he
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has done.
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That's what it looks like, okay?
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Now, I think this may be--allright, 1 Peter, let's go over
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that real quick,1 Peter 5, in 7.
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Look over that, and then I'llbe ready to preach, I think.
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1 Peter 5, in 7.
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You are very familiarwith this Scripture.
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He says, "Castin' all your careupon him, for he careth
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for you."
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Now, what did he just say?
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You're just readin'what I just read.
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What did he say?
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Just interesting enough, I'm nottrying to embarrass anybody, but
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how many of you, this past week,you were confronted with some
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cares of life?
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Okay, all right, now here's themost important question: How
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many of you stillhave those cares?
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Thank you for bein' honest.
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Okay, so humility is a personwho will line up in agreement
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with what God asks, "castin'all your care on him," okay.
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Pride goes against whatGod wants you to do.
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Okay, can I be very honest?
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A man that will cast his careon the Lord is a humble man, and
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the Bible says, "And I'llgive him more grace."
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The guy that doesn't cast hiscare is a prideful man, and he
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doesn't get more grace, butgrace is still available for him
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because that's just how God is.
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But now listen to me verycarefully: It makes it real
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difficult for you to receivefrom God when you have decided
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that you gon' dothis on your own.
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So even though grace has madethings available, to not cast
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your care means, "I don'tbelieve that he can do no more
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about it than I can,so I'm gon' keep it."
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"To cast your care" means, "Itrust and believe God, and I'm
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gonna rely confidently on himand lean on him, so I'm through.
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I'm castin' this overon the Lord, praise God.
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God, you got it.
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And that's really difficult forpeople to do because it's asking
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you to trust in the promise thathe made to you, and sometimes
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that's hard.
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I'm tryin' to really just stayon the level that we are on
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this morning.
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It's difficult todo that sometimes.
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God is saying, "Cast the care."
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You're saying, "No."
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I might not be able to donothin' about it, but at least I
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can just worry."
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And you think somehow, you'remaking progress by holding on to
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it in worry.
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You are making progress.
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You're making progresswith dis-easement.
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You're making progress withwrinkles and gray hair.
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You're making progress withnot feeling up to anything.
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Do you understand, when thereis no ease in your life and your
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life is dis-ease, do youunderstand that emotional
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dis-easement will eventuallytransfer into your physical body
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to dis-ease, disease?
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Number one reason that peopleare sick today is not 'cause
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they eat a hamburger.
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It's because they'restressed out.
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But you don't knowhow to let stuff go.
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"Yeah, but y'all justdon't understand."
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No, you don't understand thatyou have access to a God, who
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wants to remove your burdens anddestroy your yokes, but he can't
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do it if you keep thatopportunity away from him by
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holding onto it.
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He is saying, "Giveme an opportunity.
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Lean on me, rely on me,cast this over on me.
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I see where you're weak,but that's when I'm strong.
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I see what you're goin' through,but that's where my grace can
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be sufficient.
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Try me," the Lord says, "and youwill love it once you see what I
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can do."
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'Cause God's already gotprovisions for the stuff you
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holdin' on to.
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Let that stuff go, praise God.
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Go get you a Blow Pop or makea freezer cup and say, "God, I
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