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\nwhat is my goal for this weekend
\nis to show you the agency that <\/p>\n
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\nyou have in this battle, so that
\nyou have some amount of power, <\/p>\n
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\nhave some amount of influence
\nover this battle. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not something that’s
\nhappening to you, you’re you <\/p>\n
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\nactually get to participate in
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\nYou get to actually fight the
\nbattle of anxiety actively to <\/p>\n
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\nshow you what can you do, get
\nreally practical and what are <\/p>\n
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\nthe steps to do with anxiety.
\nWe have a lot to cover to get <\/p>\n
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\ninto that.
\nBefore I can show our series, I <\/p>\n
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\nwant to do a few discliners.
\nAnxiety has a wide range. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have a little nervous about
\ngiving a talk to I’m super panic<\/p>\n
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\nattack can’t function.
\nYou know, normal things don’t <\/p>\n
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\nreally happen to my brain
\nbecause I can’t function right <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a whole range, right? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the the lessons I’m going to
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\nI talk about, they do apply to
\nthe whole range. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they’re going to apply very
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\nfall.
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\nnuances somewhat in the series.
\nOne thing I’m not going to get <\/p>\n
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\ntoo detailed on to is like the
\nmedical side of anxiety of like <\/p>\n
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\nwhen to take medication and not
\nand things like that. <\/p>\n
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\nI do want to be very clear.
\nI’m pro medication for the <\/p>\n
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\nextreme cases of anxiety.
\nI take it myself sometimes. <\/p>\n
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\nI have a prescription for it.
\nI use it every now and then, but<\/p>\n
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\nI’m just not going to be getting
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\nnuance.
\nMy point of that simply to say I<\/p>\n
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\nthink it should be on the table
\nof discussion. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s actually going to be on the
\ntable of discussion on our <\/p>\n
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\ndiscussion groups.
\nSo I look forward to this <\/p>\n
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\nhearing that from you all.
\nBut I’m not going to really <\/p>\n
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\ngetting that nuance of when you
\ntake medication, what are you <\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nI will talk about how I view it <\/p>\n
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\nin kind of a moral framework
\nlater on, but I’m not going to <\/p>\n
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\nbe getting into the details of
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\nshould go see a doctor.
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\nis about.
\nThe other disclaimer I want to <\/p>\n
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\ndo work before we get into our
\nintro is the phrase easier said <\/p>\n
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\nthan done is going to be
\nextremely applicable to the <\/p>\n
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\nseries.
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\nanxiety, which is something that
\nyou might battle with your whole<\/p>\n
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\nlife in four hours and do it
\njustice. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just not a way to do that.
\nOn top of that, I’m going to be <\/p>\n
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\napproaching this on a very kind
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\nAnd anxiety is an extremely
\nemotional situation and it can <\/p>\n
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\nI’m like, all right, here’s how <\/p>\n
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\nyou logic your way through this.
\nWhen I’m dealing with this <\/p>\n
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\nintention.
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\nclear.
\nMy intention is not to say, <\/p>\n
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\nwell, just think your way
\nthrough it, but we are going to <\/p>\n
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\nbe approaching this from a very
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\nIt’s not my intention.
\nI understand that’s just not <\/p>\n
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\neasier said than done.
\nI’m going to reiterate that a <\/p>\n
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\nfew times.
\nBut I understand the challenge <\/p>\n
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\nI understand it’s an emotional <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s just not a way I can <\/p>\n
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\nanalytical way, which is what I
\nthink we need to do when we’re <\/p>\n
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\nnot in the state of anxiety.
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\nthat kind of logical, analytical
\nway. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, So with this
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\nwe’re going to go ahead and
\nintro our class or at least <\/p>\n
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\nintro our series.
\nSo class one is going to be go <\/p>\n
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\nahead, I forgot about your
\nreading, so I’m going to end up <\/p>\n
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\nreading it later.
\nSo no worries. <\/p>\n
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\nSo class one is faith and
\nanxiety. <\/p>\n
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\nessentially kind of both being
\nin. <\/p>\n
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\nFor those who don’t know, I was
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\nlargely when it comes to
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\nOne is that it’s 100% about
\nfaith, and if you don’t, if you <\/p>\n
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\nhave anxiety, the other reason
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\ndon’t believe hard enough.
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\nthat, which is that anxiety is <\/p>\n
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\nto breaking a bone. <\/p>\n
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\nyour anxieties through
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\nThe Bible just connect the two.
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\nanxiety in a moral framework, <\/p>\n
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\nit, how to think about it, what <\/p>\n
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\nWhat do I do about it?
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\nsee how he deals with it, <\/p>\n
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\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\npattern. <\/p>\n
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\nwith it as well, and he deals <\/p>\n
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\nhow David deals with it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then our last class is kind <\/p>\n
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\nSo specifically, I had a <\/p>\n
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\nactually about what is a common <\/p>\n
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\nwith anxiety. <\/p>\n
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\nuse case of what do you do if <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does it look like?
\nWhat is our purpose? <\/p>\n
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\nHow do I examine my purpose?
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\nSo we’re going to be digging <\/p>\n
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\nstart with reading Matthew <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, that’s Matthew chapter 6,<\/p>\n
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\nOK, starting at verse 16, <\/p>\n
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\nwhenever you fast, do not put on
\na gloomy face as the hypocrites <\/p>\n
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\ndo, but they neglect their
\nappearance, so they will be <\/p>\n
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\nThey neglect their appearance so<\/p>\n
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\nwhen they are fasting. <\/p>\n
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\nSurely, I say to you, they have
\ntheir reward in full, but you, <\/p>\n
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\nand wash your face, that in <\/p>\n
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\nfasting you will not be noticed
\nby men, but by your father who <\/p>\n
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\nis in secret, and your father,
\nwho sees what is done in secret,<\/p>\n
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\nDo not store up for yourselves <\/p>\n
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\ntreasures on earth, where moth
\nand rust destroy, and where <\/p>\n
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\nthieves break in and steal.
\nBut store up for yourselves <\/p>\n
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\ntreasures in heaven, where
\nneither moth nor rust, destroy, <\/p>\n
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\nor thieves do not break in nor
\nsteal. <\/p>\n
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\nFor what your treasure is that
\nyour heart will be also. <\/p>\n
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\nThe eye is the lamp of the body.
\nAnd then if your eye is clear, <\/p>\n
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\nyour whole body will be a full
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\nBut if your eye is bad, your
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\ndarkness.
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\nis darkness, how great is that
\ndarkness? <\/p>\n
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\nNo one can serve 2 masters, for
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\nlove the other, or he’ll be
\ndevoted to one and despise the <\/p>\n
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\nYou cannot serve God and wealth.<\/p>\n
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\nFor this reason I say to you, do
\nnot be worried about your life <\/p>\n
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\nyou will drink, nor for your <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not really.
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\nsomething off in that moment of
\nanxiety with their values, with <\/p>\n
339
\n00:16:43,240 –> 00:16:47,280
\nwhat’s important to them.
\nThis is something that was told <\/p>\n
340
\n00:16:47,280 –> 00:16:48,520
\nto me.
\nI used to go to therapy for <\/p>\n
341
\n00:16:48,520 –> 00:16:51,040
\nanxiety, and this was something
\nthat although it came from a <\/p>\n
342
\n00:16:51,040 –> 00:16:54,200
\nhumanistic point of view, when
\nyou kind of put your God filter <\/p>\n
343
\n00:16:54,200 –> 00:16:56,520
\non, you can turn it into a
\nreally cool lesson. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:16:56,640 –> 00:17:00,160
\nAnd that is that our anxieties
\ncome from essentially deep and <\/p>\n
345
\n00:17:00,160 –> 00:17:02,720
\npersonal cares.
\nWhen you’re anxious about <\/p>\n
346
\n00:17:02,720 –> 00:17:07,280
\nsomething because you care a lot
\nabout something related to that <\/p>\n
347
\n00:17:07,280 –> 00:17:10,480
\nanxiety, it might not be
\ndirectly that anxiety or that <\/p>\n
348
\n00:17:10,480 –> 00:17:13,040
\nthing that’s in front of you,
\nbut it’s something related to it<\/p>\n
349
\n00:17:13,040 –> 00:17:17,319
\nand you care a lot about it.
\nSo, for example, if I had social<\/p>\n
350
\n00:17:17,319 –> 00:17:20,520
\nanxiety, it means I have a
\nstrong care for something <\/p>\n
351
\n00:17:20,520 –> 00:17:23,440
\nrelated to social situations.
\nIt might not be that I care <\/p>\n
352
\n00:17:23,440 –> 00:17:26,160
\nabout social situations, but I
\nmight be that I care about being<\/p>\n
353
\n00:17:26,160 –> 00:17:29,520
\nrespected, that there’s a threat
\nto that respect if I’m in a <\/p>\n
354
\n00:17:29,520 –> 00:17:32,080
\nsocial situation.
\nIt might be that I care about <\/p>\n
355
\n00:17:32,080 –> 00:17:34,760
\nbeing approved of, or it might
\nbe that I care about not being <\/p>\n
356
\n00:17:34,760 –> 00:17:36,160
\nembarrassed.
\nYou know, I’ve had a really bad <\/p>\n
357
\n00:17:36,160 –> 00:17:38,200
\nevent in my life where I was
\nembarrassed in my life. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:17:38,200 –> 00:17:39,360
\nI don’t want that to happen
\nagain. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:17:39,360 –> 00:17:42,000
\nAnd there’s a chance that might
\nhappen in a social scenario. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:17:42,640 –> 00:17:47,240
\nAnd these cares, these deep
\ncares, push this anxiety at the <\/p>\n
361
\n00:17:47,240 –> 00:17:49,360
\ntop of my list of my value
\nsystem. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:17:50,200 –> 00:17:53,800
\nNow all of a sudden when I’m
\nafraid of this embarrassment, <\/p>\n
363
\n00:17:53,920 –> 00:17:56,160
\nnot being embarrassed not
\nmatters more to me than anything<\/p>\n
364
\n00:17:56,160 –> 00:17:57,920
\nelse because I’m anxious about
\nit. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:17:58,440 –> 00:18:02,600
\nIt’s causing me to to have
\nphysical reactions where I care <\/p>\n
366
\n00:18:02,600 –> 00:18:06,040
\nabout this, whatever this thing
\nis that’s causing me anxiety, it<\/p>\n
367
\n00:18:06,040 –> 00:18:07,560
\ngoes to the top of my values in
\nthat moment. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:18:08,120 –> 00:18:11,200
\nIt’s not a thought out priority.
\nIt’s not a priority where I <\/p>\n
369
\n00:18:11,240 –> 00:18:13,320
\nthought written out my
\npriorities and gone. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:18:13,760 –> 00:18:17,600
\nThis is how I would order them.
\nIt’s not a planned value system.<\/p>\n
371
\n00:18:18,000 –> 00:18:20,400
\nIt’s one that happens in the
\nmoment because you’re anxious <\/p>\n
372
\n00:18:20,400 –> 00:18:22,920
\nand it comes from human nature.
\nIt’s not something that you’ve <\/p>\n
373
\n00:18:22,920 –> 00:18:25,000
\nthought out, planned, and said
\nno, I’m going to care about this<\/p>\n
374
\n00:18:25,000 –> 00:18:26,720
\nmore.
\nIt’s something that’s happening <\/p>\n
375
\n00:18:26,720 –> 00:18:28,080
\nto you.
\nYou can choose to value that <\/p>\n
376
\n00:18:28,080 –> 00:18:29,640
\nmore.
\nAt the moment, your anxiety is <\/p>\n
377
\n00:18:29,760 –> 00:18:33,200
\nkind of telling you this thing.
\nWhatever you’re anxious about is<\/p>\n
378
\n00:18:33,200 –> 00:18:35,360
\nthe most important thing.
\nIt’s all you should think about.<\/p>\n
379
\n00:18:35,560 –> 00:18:37,040
\nIt’s more important than
\nanything else. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:18:37,440 –> 00:18:41,600
\nThat’s why we get so worried.
\nPhysical reactions to the idea <\/p>\n
381
\n00:18:41,600 –> 00:18:45,680
\nand what Jesus is doing in the
\nsection is he’s saying these <\/p>\n
382
\n00:18:45,680 –> 00:18:48,760
\npeople there’s something off
\nwith their values if they’re <\/p>\n
383
\n00:18:48,760 –> 00:18:52,960
\nanxious even about things that
\nare as needed as food and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:18:52,960 –> 00:18:56,040
\nclothing.
\nAnd the reason is because God is<\/p>\n
385
\n00:18:56,040 –> 00:18:58,040
\ngoing to take care of them.
\nGod has said he will take care <\/p>\n
386
\n00:18:58,040 –> 00:19:01,040
\nof them, and he explains this in
\nverses 26 and 30. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:19:02,080 –> 00:19:05,880
\nLook at the birds of the air
\nthat neither sow nor reap nor <\/p>\n
388
\n00:19:05,880 –> 00:19:08,120
\ngather into barns.
\nYet your Heavenly Father feeds <\/p>\n
389
\n00:19:08,120 –> 00:19:10,040
\nthem.
\nAre you not of more value than <\/p>\n
390
\n00:19:10,040 –> 00:19:13,040
\nthey?
\nAnd then 30 But if God clothes <\/p>\n
391
\n00:19:13,040 –> 00:19:16,120
\nthe grass of the field, which
\ntoday is alive and tomorrow’s <\/p>\n
392
\n00:19:16,120 –> 00:19:19,120
\nthrown in the oven will not,
\nmuch more clothe you. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:19:20,560 –> 00:19:24,760
\nEssentially, Jesus is saying
\nthat if there’s God who values <\/p>\n
394
\n00:19:24,760 –> 00:19:28,840
\nus as people more than he values
\ngrass and birds, he values us so<\/p>\n
395
\n00:19:28,840 –> 00:19:30,160
\nmuch that he gave his only son
\nfor us. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:19:30,160 –> 00:19:32,880
\nAnd if he values us this much,
\nit takes care of other things <\/p>\n
397
\n00:19:32,880 –> 00:19:35,080
\nthat he values less than he’ll
\ntake care of you. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:19:35,920 –> 00:19:39,400
\nAnd if we truly believed that,
\nif that’s an actual true belief,<\/p>\n
399
\n00:19:39,400 –> 00:19:42,200
\nto the point where it impacts
\nour feelings moment to moment, <\/p>\n
400
\n00:19:42,840 –> 00:19:45,320
\nwell, then we wouldn’t be
\nanxious because we would <\/p>\n
401
\n00:19:45,320 –> 00:19:48,280
\ninternally have accepted that
\nthat’s a true statement and that<\/p>\n
402
\n00:19:48,320 –> 00:19:51,120
\ntheir concern of not having food
\nwouldn’t be there. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:19:53,400 –> 00:19:54,760
\nNow, like I said, easier said
\nthan done. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:19:57,240 –> 00:20:00,320
\nThis is giving us insight into
\nthe relationship between faith <\/p>\n
405
\n00:20:00,320 –> 00:20:02,360
\nand anxiety, but we haven’t
\nreally gotten to how do we deal <\/p>\n
406
\n00:20:02,360 –> 00:20:05,000
\nwith that yet.
\nThe thing is, anxiety <\/p>\n
407
\n00:20:05,000 –> 00:20:08,400
\nessentially makes us value
\nthings way more than we should, <\/p>\n
408
\n00:20:09,040 –> 00:20:11,400
\nand it’s because it’s it’s part
\nof our human nature. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:20:12,400 –> 00:20:14,120
\nBut we’ll look into in a bit.
\nWe’re not quite there, but we’re<\/p>\n
410
\n00:20:14,120 –> 00:20:16,320
\ngoing to look into how anxiety
\nis essentially A temptation. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:20:17,080 –> 00:20:20,840
\nIt it causes us to miss value
\nthings, miss evaluate things. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:20:21,520 –> 00:20:23,400
\nBecause it’s telling us.
\nIt’s lying to us and saying <\/p>\n
413
\n00:20:23,400 –> 00:20:25,120
\nwhatever it is that we’re
\ninterested about social <\/p>\n
414
\n00:20:25,120 –> 00:20:28,000
\nsituation than anything else.
\nI’ll tell my personal story here<\/p>\n
415
\n00:20:28,000 –> 00:20:31,160
\nin a minute.
\nIt tells us to value it as the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:20:31,160 –> 00:20:35,160
\nhighest thing, but then we think
\nthrough what is God value that <\/p>\n
417
\n00:20:35,160 –> 00:20:37,400
\nthing at the top.
\nReally, it shouldn’t be there. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:20:38,240 –> 00:20:40,400
\nBut in the moment our anxiety is
\ntelling us that is the most <\/p>\n
419
\n00:20:40,400 –> 00:20:42,200
\nimportant thing.
\nThat’s the biggest, most <\/p>\n
420
\n00:20:42,200 –> 00:20:43,360
\nimportant thing to you in this
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:20:43,960 –> 00:20:45,960
\nThat is essentially what anxiety
\nis doing. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:20:45,960 –> 00:20:48,240
\nAnd that’s why there’s a
\nrelationship between anxiety and<\/p>\n
423
\n00:20:48,240 –> 00:20:50,480
\nfaith.
\nIt’s not that anxiety and faith <\/p>\n
424
\n00:20:50,480 –> 00:20:54,000
\nare just one to one is that
\nthere’s this thing in the middle<\/p>\n
425
\n00:20:54,240 –> 00:20:58,160
\nof values, and the values is the
\nconnector between faith and <\/p>\n
426
\n00:20:58,160 –> 00:21:01,200
\nanxiety.
\nThe reason anxiety messes with <\/p>\n
427
\n00:21:01,200 –> 00:21:04,200
\nour faith is because it changes
\nour values. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:21:04,200 –> 00:21:06,760
\nIt changes what you care about,
\nchanges what’s at the top of the<\/p>\n
429
\n00:21:06,760 –> 00:21:08,560
\nlist.
\nAnd like I said, this changes a <\/p>\n
430
\n00:21:08,560 –> 00:21:10,240
\nlot.
\nIf you’re anxious, this thing <\/p>\n
431
\n00:21:10,360 –> 00:21:12,240
\nthat you’re anxious about move
\nto the top of the list. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:21:12,760 –> 00:21:15,200
\nWhen you’re later not anxious.
\nIt’s not that high, it’s much <\/p>\n
433
\n00:21:15,200 –> 00:21:17,200
\nlower because these things
\nchange. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:21:17,200 –> 00:21:19,440
\nThese are moment to moment.
\nI’m not talking about your your <\/p>\n
435
\n00:21:19,440 –> 00:21:21,960
\nplanned out priorities.
\nWhen you sit down and you you do<\/p>\n
436
\n00:21:21,960 –> 00:21:23,800
\na chart and you say what’s more
\nimportant to me and how do I <\/p>\n
437
\n00:21:23,800 –> 00:21:26,000
\nstructure my life.
\nI’m talking about your moment to<\/p>\n
438
\n00:21:26,000 –> 00:21:28,640
\nmoment values, the moment to
\nmoment of what’s important to <\/p>\n
439
\n00:21:28,640 –> 00:21:31,040
\nyou and anxiety.
\nSensor tells you change those <\/p>\n
440
\n00:21:31,040 –> 00:21:32,800
\nvalues.
\nThat thing that you’re anxious <\/p>\n
441
\n00:21:32,800 –> 00:21:37,000
\nabout needs to be at the top.
\nIn my personal story, I really <\/p>\n
442
\n00:21:37,000 –> 00:21:40,240
\nexperienced this, so a bit of
\nbackground. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:21:40,440 –> 00:21:45,200
\nMy parents got divorced when I
\nwas 13, and the way they got <\/p>\n
444
\n00:21:45,200 –> 00:21:47,360
\ndivorced really kind of messed
\nme up a bit. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:21:48,040 –> 00:21:53,280
\nSee, they they got divorced in a
\nway where one day, happy family,<\/p>\n
446
\n00:21:54,120 –> 00:21:58,160
\nmy mom, my dad were seemed fine.
\nDad would come home from work, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:21:58,520 –> 00:22:01,520
\nthey’d get hugged, maybe a heck
\non the cheek, seemed fine, no <\/p>\n
448
\n00:22:01,520 –> 00:22:03,680
\narguments, never had any clue
\nthat anything was going on. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:22:04,160 –> 00:22:07,320
\nNext day I get told, yeah, we’re
\nwe’re having a divorce. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:22:07,320 –> 00:22:11,120
\nAnd what they did to me is
\nessentially goes gotcha. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:22:11,120 –> 00:22:15,200
\nSo a relationship can break up
\nat the drop of a hat like just <\/p>\n
452
\n00:22:15,200 –> 00:22:17,080
\nlike that.
\nWe can go from perfect great <\/p>\n
453
\n00:22:17,080 –> 00:22:19,720
\nrelationship to it’s oak just
\nlike that. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:22:19,720 –> 00:22:22,880
\nAnd that’s what that’s what I
\nbecame an ingrained belief <\/p>\n
455
\n00:22:22,880 –> 00:22:24,360
\nright.
\nThat’s what I kind of took with <\/p>\n
456
\n00:22:24,360 –> 00:22:26,360
\nfrom that.
\nAnd then in my future <\/p>\n
457
\n00:22:26,360 –> 00:22:31,240
\nrelationships, for years, I felt
\nlike that the first instance, <\/p>\n
458
\n00:22:31,240 –> 00:22:32,960
\nanything would go even remotely
\nwrong. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:22:32,960 –> 00:22:35,840
\nAn argument even.
\nLike, usually the the person I’d<\/p>\n
460
\n00:22:35,840 –> 00:22:37,800
\nbe dating would be generally a
\nhappy person. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:22:37,800 –> 00:22:39,640
\nAnd they had like a bad day.
\nIt wasn’t even, like a problem <\/p>\n
462
\n00:22:39,640 –> 00:22:40,760
\nwith me.
\nIt was just like they just <\/p>\n
463
\n00:22:40,760 –> 00:22:42,840
\nseemed off.
\nOh, my goodness, is this <\/p>\n
464
\n00:22:42,840 –> 00:22:44,840
\nhappening to me?
\nIs this the the drop of the hat?<\/p>\n
465
\n00:22:44,840 –> 00:22:45,960
\nIs this the end of the
\nrelationship? <\/p>\n
466
\n00:22:46,160 –> 00:22:48,320
\nPanic, panic, panic, panic.
\nExactly. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:22:49,960 –> 00:22:53,160
\nAnd what that did for me is
\nessentially say making this <\/p>\n
468
\n00:22:53,160 –> 00:22:56,160
\nrelationship stick together is
\nthe top of the list. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:22:56,160 –> 00:22:59,040
\nIt’s more important than
\nanything else, more important <\/p>\n
470
\n00:22:59,040 –> 00:23:03,200
\nthan is this relationship good
\nFor me, it’s more important than<\/p>\n
471
\n00:23:03,320 –> 00:23:04,720
\nshould I actually be dating this
\nperson? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:23:05,280 –> 00:23:07,480
\nIt’s more important to them.
\nDo I even like this person? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:23:08,040 –> 00:23:10,000
\nIt was more important than
\nanything else. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:23:10,520 –> 00:23:12,920
\nI needed to make sure that
\nrelationship stuck together <\/p>\n
475
\n00:23:13,200 –> 00:23:15,120
\nbecause panic, panic, panic,
\npanic. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:23:16,040 –> 00:23:17,200
\nThat’s what was going on in my
\nhead. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:23:18,480 –> 00:23:20,800
\nAnd as I mentioned, I went to
\nthe therapy physics for a while <\/p>\n
478
\n00:23:21,480 –> 00:23:25,600
\nand again, this is 1 potential
\ndanger of going to the therapy <\/p>\n
479
\n00:23:25,600 –> 00:23:26,960
\nand there’s a lot of value that
\ncomes from it. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:23:26,960 –> 00:23:28,080
\nI’m not saying it’s bad, it’s
\ngreat. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:23:28,080 –> 00:23:30,960
\nHighly recommend if you need it
\nbut one danger is that you get a<\/p>\n
482
\n00:23:30,960 –> 00:23:34,200
\nlot of humanism kind of thrown
\nin the in the mix so you have to<\/p>\n
483
\n00:23:34,200 –> 00:23:37,000
\nhave a God filter on.
\nBut one of the things that they <\/p>\n
484
\n00:23:37,000 –> 00:23:39,560
\nhad said and they asked me one
\ntime that really just made me <\/p>\n
485
\n00:23:39,560 –> 00:23:43,040
\nset back was do you actually
\nwant to be in this relationship <\/p>\n
486
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:45,120
\ntalking about a specific issue
\nthat I was dealing with at the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:23:45,120 –> 00:23:49,160
\ntime, The the relationship was
\nreally bad at communication. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:23:49,160 –> 00:23:50,840
\nThe person didn’t really talk to
\nme a whole lot. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:23:51,040 –> 00:23:53,080
\nThat was causing me a lot of
\nanxiety because my priority was <\/p>\n
490
\n00:23:53,080 –> 00:23:55,880
\nto make this work.
\nMy priority was have had. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:23:55,880 –> 00:23:57,880
\nIt not happened what my parents
\nhappened. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:23:58,280 –> 00:23:59,960
\nDon’t avoid that situation at
\nall costs. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:24:00,240 –> 00:24:03,440
\nMost important, the relationship
\nwasn’t a good relationship for <\/p>\n
494
\n00:24:03,440 –> 00:24:05,440
\nyou.
\nWe actually didn’t need to be <\/p>\n
495
\n00:24:05,440 –> 00:24:06,680
\ntogether.
\nWe weren’t a good fit. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:24:07,320 –> 00:24:10,600
\nBut I couldn’t think through
\nthat because I was anxious about<\/p>\n
497
\n00:24:10,600 –> 00:24:13,560
\nkeeping it together and so that
\nwas my priority. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:24:13,560 –> 00:24:15,280
\nAnd that’s the problem with
\nanxiety. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:24:15,280 –> 00:24:17,560
\nThat’s why anxiety messes with
\nfaith, because I wasn’t thinking<\/p>\n
500
\n00:24:17,560 –> 00:24:19,240
\nthrough.
\nIs this relationship a good <\/p>\n
501
\n00:24:19,240 –> 00:24:21,000
\nrelationship to mimic Christ in
\nthe Ecclesia? <\/p>\n
502
\n00:24:21,520 –> 00:24:23,080
\nI wasn’t thinking through.
\nIs this relationship a good <\/p>\n
503
\n00:24:23,080 –> 00:24:25,760
\nrelationship to raise kids in?
\nThe truth, I wasn’t thinking <\/p>\n
504
\n00:24:25,760 –> 00:24:27,600
\nthrough.
\nIs this relationship something <\/p>\n
505
\n00:24:27,600 –> 00:24:30,400
\nthat’s going to help me be more
\nlike Christ and help her be more<\/p>\n
506
\n00:24:30,400 –> 00:24:32,000
\nlike Christ?
\nThose thoughts were not in my <\/p>\n
507
\n00:24:32,000 –> 00:24:33,960
\nbrain when I was freaking out
\nabout. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:24:34,360 –> 00:24:37,040
\nIs this something that I, you
\nknow, something going wrong? <\/p>\n
509
\n00:24:37,200 –> 00:24:41,480
\nPanic, panic, panic When I sit
\nback and think about it, those <\/p>\n
510
\n00:24:41,480 –> 00:24:44,520
\nare at the top of my list.
\nBut in the moment of anxiety, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:24:45,080 –> 00:24:47,600
\nthose drop.
\nKeep it together goes to the <\/p>\n
512
\n00:24:47,600 –> 00:24:50,440
\ntop.
\nAnd that’s why that’s the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:24:50,440 –> 00:24:52,160
\nrelationship between anxiety and
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:24:52,160 –> 00:24:56,120
\nThat’s the problem of anxiety
\nand why Christ can say, oh, you <\/p>\n
515
\n00:24:56,120 –> 00:24:58,760
\nhave little faith because in
\nthat moment I’m saying faith <\/p>\n
516
\n00:24:58,760 –> 00:25:02,360
\ntakes the back, step back step,
\nthe back seat, and my anxiety <\/p>\n
517
\n00:25:02,360 –> 00:25:05,160
\ntakes the front.
\nAnxiety becomes the the, the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:25:05,160 –> 00:25:07,840
\nfocus.
\nThat’s why anxiety relates to <\/p>\n
519
\n00:25:07,840 –> 00:25:11,200
\nfaith.
\nThat’s the reason that Jesus can<\/p>\n
520
\n00:25:11,200 –> 00:25:13,800
\nsay, oh, you have little faith
\nwhen dealing with anxiety. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:25:14,440 –> 00:25:18,760
\nNow that might seem harsh, but
\nit’s not that different than <\/p>\n
522
\n00:25:19,240 –> 00:25:22,960
\nother temptations, not that
\ndifferent than anger or lust. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:25:23,760 –> 00:25:27,960
\nAnd I think that’s why Jesus
\nputs the section of anxiety in <\/p>\n
524
\n00:25:27,960 –> 00:25:31,800
\nthe Sermon of the Mount after
\ntalking about anger and lust. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:25:32,640 –> 00:25:36,880
\nAnd so there’s actually a lot of
\ncrossover of how we should think<\/p>\n
526
\n00:25:36,880 –> 00:25:40,640
\nabout temptation or how we
\nshould think about anxiety with <\/p>\n
527
\n00:25:40,640 –> 00:25:42,160
\nhow we should think about anger
\nand lust. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:25:42,160 –> 00:25:43,800
\nThey they do very similar
\nthings. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:25:44,280 –> 00:25:46,960
\nAnger, Essentially, When I get
\nangry about something that is my<\/p>\n
530
\n00:25:46,960 –> 00:25:51,120
\nhuman nature, telling me
\nwhatever I’m angry about is <\/p>\n
531
\n00:25:51,120 –> 00:25:53,960
\nworth being angry about, but I’m
\njustified in being angry about <\/p>\n
532
\n00:25:53,960 –> 00:25:55,400
\nit.
\nIt’s telling me that’s important<\/p>\n
533
\n00:25:55,400 –> 00:25:57,840
\nenough that I should be mad
\nabout it, and I’m important <\/p>\n
534
\n00:25:57,840 –> 00:25:59,560
\nenough that it’s worth getting
\nmad about it. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:25:59,560 –> 00:26:01,440
\nIt’s something.
\nIt’s lying to me in some way. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:26:01,440 –> 00:26:04,080
\nIt’s telling me something is
\nthat is actually bad. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:26:04,520 –> 00:26:07,480
\nWell, it’s telling me it’s good.
\nLust is very similar. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:26:07,880 –> 00:26:10,600
\nIt’s my human nature.
\nTelling me this bad thing that I<\/p>\n
539
\n00:26:10,600 –> 00:26:13,120
\nshouldn’t want is actually
\nsomething you should want. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:26:13,760 –> 00:26:15,600
\nThat’s my human nature.
\nTelling me that I should <\/p>\n
541
\n00:26:15,840 –> 00:26:18,960
\nevaluate things differently than
\nhow God evaluates things. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:26:19,960 –> 00:26:23,560
\nAnxiety is the same.
\nAnxiety says evaluate things <\/p>\n
543
\n00:26:23,560 –> 00:26:25,600
\ndifferently than how God
\nevaluates things. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:26:25,960 –> 00:26:29,200
\nEvaluate things in a way that’s
\nthat’s wrong, that’s incorrect. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:26:29,200 –> 00:26:32,160
\nBut I’m going to make you do it.
\nI’ll make it the most important,<\/p>\n
546
\n00:26:32,160 –> 00:26:33,280
\nand I’m going to tempt you to do
\nit. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:26:34,120 –> 00:26:37,040
\nAnd This is why I say anxiety
\nassembly to a temptation. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:26:38,120 –> 00:26:40,080
\nAnd so when we look at it in
\nthat vein, the question becomes,<\/p>\n
549
\n00:26:40,080 –> 00:26:43,840
\nhow do we think about guilt?
\nHow do you think about guilt in <\/p>\n
550
\n00:26:43,840 –> 00:26:47,280
\nthe context of anxiety?
\nI think this is important <\/p>\n
551
\n00:26:47,280 –> 00:26:51,640
\nbecause when we say that faith
\nand anxiety are related and that<\/p>\n
552
\n00:26:52,360 –> 00:26:56,560
\nhaving anxiety suggests there’s
\nissues in our faith, well that <\/p>\n
553
\n00:26:56,560 –> 00:26:59,800
\nmakes me feel really guilty.
\nWhen I have anxiety, that makes <\/p>\n
554
\n00:26:59,800 –> 00:27:01,720
\nme feel like, well, I didn’t
\nchoose this. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:27:01,720 –> 00:27:04,160
\nI didn’t want to have anxiety.
\nI didn’t ask for it. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:27:04,440 –> 00:27:06,280
\nYet apparently when I have it, I
\nhave a faith problem. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:27:06,720 –> 00:27:09,680
\nThat’s not fair.
\nAnd now I’m a bad person because<\/p>\n
558
\n00:27:09,680 –> 00:27:12,160
\nI have anxiety.
\nYou start going through this <\/p>\n
559
\n00:27:12,520 –> 00:27:15,960
\nkind of rabbit hole of thought.
\nAnd so I want to make sure that <\/p>\n
560
\n00:27:15,960 –> 00:27:18,000
\nwe have a really proper
\nunderstanding of how guilt works<\/p>\n
561
\n00:27:18,000 –> 00:27:20,480
\nwith this because I don’t want
\npeople to walk away from here <\/p>\n
562
\n00:27:20,480 –> 00:27:24,120
\nand going And he said that that
\nI I’m, I’m of little faith if I <\/p>\n
563
\n00:27:24,400 –> 00:27:26,080
\nhave anxiety, I must be a
\nterrible person. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:27:26,080 –> 00:27:27,360
\nAnd that’s the take away from
\nthe weekend. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:27:27,520 –> 00:27:30,200
\nThat would be terrible.
\nAnd so that’s not the take away.<\/p>\n
566
\n00:27:30,200 –> 00:27:33,400
\nAnd we’re to look at how do I
\ndeal with guilt when it comes to<\/p>\n
567
\n00:27:33,400 –> 00:27:36,800
\nanxiety.
\nSo if anxiety is a temptation, I<\/p>\n
568
\n00:27:36,800 –> 00:27:39,280
\nthink it’s really valuable to
\nthink about other temptations <\/p>\n
569
\n00:27:39,640 –> 00:27:43,600
\nand how guilt work with them and
\nthen apply those ideas into <\/p>\n
570
\n00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:45,880
\nanxiety and say so.
\nIt probably works the same way <\/p>\n
571
\n00:27:46,280 –> 00:27:48,120
\nwith anxiety if anxiety is a
\ntemptation. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:27:48,680 –> 00:27:50,680
\nAnd so in doing that we’re going
\nto read 3 sections and we’re <\/p>\n
573
\n00:27:50,680 –> 00:27:52,000
\ngoing to see what can we take
\naway from them. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:27:52,840 –> 00:27:56,080
\nSection one is going to be
\nMatthew 5, verses 21 and 22. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:27:59,400 –> 00:28:09,960
\nSo Matthew 5 verses 21 and 22
\nyou have heard that it was said <\/p>\n
576
\n00:28:09,960 –> 00:28:13,080
\nof those of old you shall not
\nmurder, and whoever murders will<\/p>\n
577
\n00:28:13,080 –> 00:28:15,920
\nbe liable of judgement.
\nBut I say to you that who? <\/p>\n
578
\n00:28:15,920 –> 00:28:19,000
\nAnyone who is angry with his
\nbrother will be liable to <\/p>\n
579
\n00:28:19,000 –> 00:28:21,520
\njudgement.
\nWhoever insults his brother will<\/p>\n
580
\n00:28:21,520 –> 00:28:24,160
\nbe liable to the council.
\nWhoever says you fool will be <\/p>\n
581
\n00:28:24,160 –> 00:28:27,760
\nliable to Hellfire.
\nAnd then we’re going to read a <\/p>\n
582
\n00:28:27,760 –> 00:28:30,160
\nlittle bit further down, verses
\n27 to 30. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:28:32,760 –> 00:28:34,880
\nYou have heard that it was said
\nyou shall not commit adultery. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:28:35,520 –> 00:28:37,760
\nBut I say to you that everyone
\nwho looks at a woman with <\/p>\n
585
\n00:28:37,760 –> 00:28:40,880
\nlustful intent has already
\ncommitted adultery with her in <\/p>\n
586
\n00:28:40,880 –> 00:28:43,480
\nhis heart.
\nAnd if your right eye is causing<\/p>\n
587
\n00:28:43,480 –> 00:28:45,440
\nyou to sin, tear it out and
\nthrow it away. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:28:45,880 –> 00:28:48,120
\nFor it is better be for you to
\nlose one of your members than <\/p>\n
589
\n00:28:48,120 –> 00:28:49,840
\nfor your whole body to be thrown
\ninto hell. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:28:50,560 –> 00:28:53,240
\nAnd if your right hand causes
\nyou to sin, cut it off and throw<\/p>\n
591
\n00:28:53,240 –> 00:28:55,360
\nit away.
\nFor it is better that one that <\/p>\n
592
\n00:28:55,360 –> 00:28:57,880
\nyou lose one of your members and
\nyour whole body is thrown into <\/p>\n
593
\n00:28:57,880 –> 00:29:01,120
\nhell.
\nAnd the last section don’t. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:29:01,120 –> 00:29:03,000
\nYou don’t need to flip there
\nbecause it’s just one verse, but<\/p>\n
595
\n00:29:03,000 –> 00:29:07,480
\nit’s Ephesians 4, verse 26, be
\nangry and do not sin. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:29:07,480 –> 00:29:10,360
\nYou don’t let the sun go down on
\nyour anger. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:29:10,360 –> 00:29:13,360
\nSo we’re going to take these
\nthree sections and go what can <\/p>\n
598
\n00:29:13,360 –> 00:29:17,000
\nwe take about take away from
\nthem when it comes to guilt and <\/p>\n
599
\n00:29:17,000 –> 00:29:20,720
\nsin versus temptation, all these
\nideas, what we should how should<\/p>\n
600
\n00:29:20,720 –> 00:29:22,760
\nwe be thinking about it in kind
\nof a moral framework? <\/p>\n
601
\n00:29:22,960 –> 00:29:25,360
\nAnd we’ll apply those ideas to
\nanxiety. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:29:27,040 –> 00:29:29,560
\nSo first thing is that anger
\nbased off what we read in <\/p>\n
603
\n00:29:29,560 –> 00:29:31,800
\nEphesians, in and of itself,
\nit’s not a sin. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:35,480
\nIt’s not a sin to be angry.
\nIt is a temptation. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:29:36,360 –> 00:29:38,680
\nIt’s not something that
\ninitially demands repentance. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:29:38,680 –> 00:29:42,080
\nHowever, it is something that
\nshould lead us to want to <\/p>\n
607
\n00:29:42,080 –> 00:29:44,840
\nchange, want to get out of that
\nspot of anger. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:29:46,040 –> 00:29:47,800
\nIt’s not something that we
\nshould feel guilty in and of <\/p>\n
609
\n00:29:47,800 –> 00:29:51,200
\nitself, but given us a
\ntemptation, we need to work out <\/p>\n
610
\n00:29:51,200 –> 00:29:54,560
\nof it.
\nStaying in anger is not good. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:29:55,040 –> 00:29:58,320
\nJesus very clearly says in the
\nfirst section that being angry <\/p>\n
612
\n00:29:58,320 –> 00:30:01,360
\nand stewing in anger not good.
\nEven little acts of anger. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:30:01,360 –> 00:30:04,360
\nYou didn’t kill the guy, but you
\nsaid you fool, you talk behind <\/p>\n
614
\n00:30:04,360 –> 00:30:06,440
\ntheir back.
\nThose are still sins. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:30:06,760 –> 00:30:09,640
\nSo acting on it even in minor
\nways is a sin. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:30:10,840 –> 00:30:14,800
\nHowever, just having anger in
\nand of itself, not a sin. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:30:15,080 –> 00:30:17,480
\nIt’s a temptation, but it’s
\nsomething that leads to sin. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:30:17,960 –> 00:30:20,720
\nIt’s bad, but it’s not something
\nthat you should feel guilty for <\/p>\n
619
\n00:30:20,720 –> 00:30:21,880
\nor like you’ve transgressed
\nabout. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:30:22,960 –> 00:30:24,920
\nSimilar with lust.
\nWe cannot do in it. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:30:24,920 –> 00:30:27,280
\nWe cannot sit in it.
\nWe cannot just look at someone <\/p>\n
622
\n00:30:27,280 –> 00:30:29,320
\nand say, hey, I didn’t do
\nanything, I just looked. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:30:30,400 –> 00:30:32,640
\nWe need to work our way out of
\nthe temptation. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:30:32,720 –> 00:30:35,320
\nWe need to not just go.
\nI’m tempted, I’m not sinning, so<\/p>\n
625
\n00:30:35,320 –> 00:30:36,960
\nI’m fine.
\nIt’s not tempted. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:30:37,800 –> 00:30:40,200
\nThat’s close to sinning.
\nI need to get out of this. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:30:40,640 –> 00:30:42,560
\nYou haven’t transgressed, but
\nyou are on a state of <\/p>\n
628
\n00:30:42,560 –> 00:30:45,560
\ntemptation.
\nWe really get this idea when <\/p>\n
629
\n00:30:45,560 –> 00:30:49,320
\nJesus says like your I offends
\nthee to pluck it out or pull it <\/p>\n
630
\n00:30:49,320 –> 00:30:52,160
\nout.
\nYour version essentially. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:30:52,160 –> 00:30:54,520
\nHe’s not saying you’re sinning.
\nThat’s bad. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:30:54,520 –> 00:30:57,000
\nRepent.
\nWhat he’s saying is you have <\/p>\n
633
\n00:30:57,000 –> 00:30:59,160
\nthis temptation that leads to
\nsin. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:30:59,760 –> 00:31:02,560
\nWe need to take that out.
\nAnd it’s not saying stop <\/p>\n
635
\n00:31:02,560 –> 00:31:04,240
\nsinning.
\nHe’s actually saying work on the<\/p>\n
636
\n00:31:04,240 –> 00:31:06,840
\ntemptation.
\nThis is a clear, really <\/p>\n
637
\n00:31:06,840 –> 00:31:10,040
\nimportant point.
\nHe doesn’t say don’t admit <\/p>\n
638
\n00:31:10,040 –> 00:31:12,520
\nadultery.
\nHe doesn’t say don’t murder. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:31:12,800 –> 00:31:15,160
\nHe says work on the temptation
\nbefore you get there. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:31:16,360 –> 00:31:19,080
\nOK, so does that mean for us,
\nRight, That means when we’re <\/p>\n
641
\n00:31:19,080 –> 00:31:21,240
\nangry, we actually need to stop
\nbefore we get to the murder <\/p>\n
642
\n00:31:21,240 –> 00:31:23,680
\npart.
\nWe need to stop and go, OK, I’m <\/p>\n
643
\n00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:26,560
\nin a state of temptation.
\nIt’s my responsibility to work <\/p>\n
644
\n00:31:26,560 –> 00:31:29,800
\non this temptation at the
\ntemptation level before it gets <\/p>\n
645
\n00:31:29,800 –> 00:31:32,720
\nto the transgression level.
\nI have to deal with it now, <\/p>\n
646
\n00:31:32,720 –> 00:31:35,880
\nwhile I’m just in a temptation
\nstate, before I can get even <\/p>\n
647
\n00:31:35,920 –> 00:31:38,320
\nhave the chance to get to the
\ntransgression state. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:31:38,320 –> 00:31:40,600
\nI shouldn’t feel guilty about
\nbeing in temptation. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:31:40,600 –> 00:31:42,480
\nThat happens.
\nIt’s part of human nature. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:31:42,800 –> 00:31:44,480
\nBut I need to deal with it while
\nit’s happening. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:31:45,680 –> 00:31:48,360
\nSince we figure out whatever is
\ncausing the temptation of anger <\/p>\n
652
\n00:31:48,360 –> 00:31:51,880
\nor lust and deal with it, work
\non it on a temptation level. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:31:52,400 –> 00:31:54,560
\nDon’t wait for it to get to the
\ntransgression level. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:31:55,160 –> 00:31:56,560
\nDeal with it in a temptation
\nlevel. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:31:57,240 –> 00:31:59,600
\nDeal with it with anger and
\nlust, not murder. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:31:59,600 –> 00:32:02,840
\nIn adultery.
\nYes, obviously, don’t do those <\/p>\n
657
\n00:32:02,840 –> 00:32:04,480
\nother things.
\nDon’t do murder, Don’t do <\/p>\n
658
\n00:32:04,480 –> 00:32:05,960
\nadultery.
\nBut press point. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:32:05,960 –> 00:32:08,400
\nCurious to say, deal with it
\nbefore it gets there. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:32:08,440 –> 00:32:10,640
\nWork on it earlier.
\nWork on it when it’s just a <\/p>\n
661
\n00:32:10,640 –> 00:32:13,840
\ntemptation.
\nSo let’s apply some of these <\/p>\n
662
\n00:32:13,840 –> 00:32:17,600
\nthoughts over to anxiety.
\nSo tell us that having anxiety <\/p>\n
663
\n00:32:17,600 –> 00:32:20,320
\nin and of itself shouldn’t make
\nyou feel guilty. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:32:20,960 –> 00:32:23,440
\nYou shouldn’t feel guilty
\nbecause you have anxiety. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:32:23,880 –> 00:32:25,880
\nThat’s why you feel that.
\nI’m feeling guilty because you <\/p>\n
666
\n00:32:25,880 –> 00:32:28,400
\nhave human nature.
\nYou didn’t choose that. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:32:28,720 –> 00:32:31,680
\nThat’s given to you, That was
\nhanded to you on at birth. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:32:31,720 –> 00:32:34,000
\nYou had human nature.
\nYou didn’t choose it. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:32:34,000 –> 00:32:35,520
\nYou didn’t want it.
\nWe still don’t want it. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:32:35,720 –> 00:32:37,840
\nThat’s actually part of what
\nwe’re trying to do, is to change<\/p>\n
671
\n00:32:37,840 –> 00:32:39,400
\nit.
\nBut you have it. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:32:39,440 –> 00:32:41,480
\nYou have human nature.
\nIt’s going to make you feel <\/p>\n
673
\n00:32:41,480 –> 00:32:43,480
\nanxious sometimes.
\nIt’s going to make you want to <\/p>\n
674
\n00:32:43,480 –> 00:32:45,240
\nchange your priority.
\nSometimes it’s going to want to <\/p>\n
675
\n00:32:45,240 –> 00:32:48,160
\nmake you mis evaluate things
\nsometimes and you shouldn’t feel<\/p>\n
676
\n00:32:48,160 –> 00:32:50,360
\nguilty because of that.
\nIt’s temptation and we have <\/p>\n
677
\n00:32:50,360 –> 00:32:53,760
\nhuman nature.
\nHowever, it’s not something <\/p>\n
678
\n00:32:53,760 –> 00:32:55,760
\nwe’re supposed to be OK with.
\nSitting in that statement <\/p>\n
679
\n00:32:56,320 –> 00:32:58,960
\noutside of just the like, it’s
\nuncomfortable, like anxiety is <\/p>\n
680
\n00:32:58,960 –> 00:33:01,440
\nnot fun to be in.
\nWe also shouldn’t want to from a<\/p>\n
681
\n00:33:01,440 –> 00:33:03,600
\nmoral perspective.
\nThere’s a reason to get out of <\/p>\n
682
\n00:33:03,640 –> 00:33:07,160
\nanxiety from a moral point of
\nview, because when we’re in <\/p>\n
683
\n00:33:07,160 –> 00:33:11,200
\nanxiety, we are tempted and
\nsomewhat doing mis evaluating <\/p>\n
684
\n00:33:11,920 –> 00:33:13,560
\nwhat is important and how
\nimportant it is. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:33:13,560 –> 00:33:15,960
\nWe are changing what is on the
\ntop of our value list. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:33:15,960 –> 00:33:18,640
\nWhen I was anxious in my
\nrelationships, what was most <\/p>\n
687
\n00:33:18,640 –> 00:33:20,840
\nimportant to me wasn’t what
\nshould have been most important <\/p>\n
688
\n00:33:20,840 –> 00:33:22,840
\nto me.
\nAnd so I’m tempted to then act <\/p>\n
689
\n00:33:22,840 –> 00:33:25,280
\non that, then do something about
\nthat for me. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:33:25,280 –> 00:33:28,080
\nI was tempted to stay in
\nrelationships that were actively<\/p>\n
691
\n00:33:28,080 –> 00:33:30,960
\nleading me away from God.
\nThat’s not a good thing, but I <\/p>\n
692
\n00:33:30,960 –> 00:33:33,840
\nwas definitely tempted to do it
\nbecause I had anxiety making me <\/p>\n
693
\n00:33:33,840 –> 00:33:36,560
\nforget about everything else.
\nSo you’re in the state of <\/p>\n
694
\n00:33:36,560 –> 00:33:39,760
\nanxiety.
\nIt’s a temptation, and we need <\/p>\n
695
\n00:33:39,760 –> 00:33:42,160
\nto deal with that on a
\ntemptation level before it gets <\/p>\n
696
\n00:33:42,160 –> 00:33:45,760
\nto transgression.
\nThis also means similar to how <\/p>\n
697
\n00:33:46,080 –> 00:33:50,080
\nsaying mean words when you’re
\nangry, or when you’re angry, or <\/p>\n
698
\n00:33:50,080 –> 00:33:52,200
\nlooking upon a woman when you’re
\nlustful. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:33:52,680 –> 00:33:56,600
\nThese are minor transgressions,
\nand similarly, acting on our <\/p>\n
700
\n00:33:56,600 –> 00:34:00,000
\nanxieties can lead to
\ntransgression, and that’s kind <\/p>\n
701
\n00:34:00,000 –> 00:34:01,800
\nof hard to a hard pill to
\nswallow sometimes. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:34:02,640 –> 00:34:05,360
\nFor example, if I have social
\nanxiety and someone in my <\/p>\n
703
\n00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:08,520
\nmeeting needs help, and I say no
\nbecause I’m socially anxious <\/p>\n
704
\n00:34:09,159 –> 00:34:12,600
\nbecause I’m valuing my safety,
\nfor example, of feeling, you <\/p>\n
705
\n00:34:12,600 –> 00:34:15,159
\nknow, I’m nervous about the
\nsocial interaction, about being <\/p>\n
706
\n00:34:15,159 –> 00:34:18,120
\nembarrassed, that’s more
\nimportant to me than helping my <\/p>\n
707
\n00:34:18,120 –> 00:34:20,320
\nbrother or sister.
\nAnd so I’m not going to help <\/p>\n
708
\n00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:22,040
\nthem because I’m.
\nI’m nervous about that. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:34:22,960 –> 00:34:24,120
\nI would argue that’s a
\ntransgression. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:34:24,840 –> 00:34:27,800
\nThat is something that we should
\nfeel a minor amount of guilt <\/p>\n
711
\n00:34:27,800 –> 00:34:29,320
\nabout.
\nThat’s an aspect of guilt about <\/p>\n
712
\n00:34:29,800 –> 00:34:33,440
\nbecause you’ve acted upon your
\nMIS evaluation in the same way <\/p>\n
713
\n00:34:33,440 –> 00:34:35,920
\nthat with anger, when I’ve mis
\nevaluated how important <\/p>\n
714
\n00:34:35,920 –> 00:34:37,960
\nsomething is and I get angry
\nabout it and I punch the guy <\/p>\n
715
\n00:34:37,960 –> 00:34:41,520
\nbecause he stepped on my toe,
\nthat is, that is me mis <\/p>\n
716
\n00:34:41,520 –> 00:34:45,679
\nevaluating the situation well
\nwhen I just chose to stay home <\/p>\n
717
\n00:34:45,679 –> 00:34:48,600
\nbecause I was anxious about
\nthis, being embarrassed in this,<\/p>\n
718
\n00:34:48,600 –> 00:34:50,800
\nin this conversation, that was
\nmore important to me than <\/p>\n
719
\n00:34:50,800 –> 00:34:53,480
\nhelping my brother or sister.
\nI’ve mis evaluated the <\/p>\n
720
\n00:34:53,480 –> 00:34:55,840
\nsituation.
\nI’ve mis evaluated my priorities<\/p>\n
721
\n00:34:55,880 –> 00:34:57,800
\nof God’s priorities.
\nI’d argue that’s a <\/p>\n
722
\n00:34:57,800 –> 00:35:00,600
\ntransgression.
\nHowever, this is really <\/p>\n
723
\n00:35:00,600 –> 00:35:03,680
\nimportant.
\nFeeling guilty about a <\/p>\n
724
\n00:35:03,680 –> 00:35:07,680
\ntransgression shouldn’t.
\nThere’s actually a usefulness to<\/p>\n
725
\n00:35:07,680 –> 00:35:10,000
\nthat.
\nThere’s a useful thing to being <\/p>\n
726
\n00:35:10,000 –> 00:35:12,120
\nguilty about a transgression.
\nI’m supposed to remind you that,<\/p>\n
727
\n00:35:12,120 –> 00:35:15,520
\nhey, change this, this isn’t
\nwhat you want. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:35:16,000 –> 00:35:18,760
\nIt’s not just to make you feel
\nlike wallow in self pity, which <\/p>\n
729
\n00:35:18,760 –> 00:35:20,520
\nis what we often can do with
\nguilt. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:35:20,520 –> 00:35:23,480
\nIt’s just supposed to say, hey,
\nyou don’t actually want this. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:35:24,040 –> 00:35:27,080
\nThis is kind of your conscience.
\nThe the bit of the spirit saying<\/p>\n
732
\n00:35:27,240 –> 00:35:28,880
\nyou don’t want to go down this
\npath. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:35:29,240 –> 00:35:32,120
\nYou didn’t want to act that way.
\nIt’s a guilt that’s actually <\/p>\n
734
\n00:35:32,120 –> 00:35:34,360
\nuseful.
\nAnd the point of that, in <\/p>\n
735
\n00:35:34,360 –> 00:35:37,240
\nrecognizing that guilt, that’s
\nthe role of guilt, is to say <\/p>\n
736
\n00:35:37,240 –> 00:35:40,400
\nthat when you’ve said, OK, well,
\nI want to work on this on a <\/p>\n
737
\n00:35:40,400 –> 00:35:42,560
\ntemptation level.
\nI’m going to start putting into <\/p>\n
738
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:45,160
\npractice principles to make it
\nso that I can deal with my <\/p>\n
739
\n00:35:45,160 –> 00:35:48,040
\nanxiety in a way that is, stops
\nme from transgressing, stops me <\/p>\n
740
\n00:35:48,040 –> 00:35:50,280
\nfrom making those choices.
\nI’m going to do it in a way that<\/p>\n
741
\n00:35:50,280 –> 00:35:52,160
\nis righteous.
\nI’m going to try my best and I <\/p>\n
742
\n00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:55,360
\nwill still struggle with anxiety
\nor anger or lust or any of those<\/p>\n
743
\n00:35:55,360 –> 00:35:57,240
\nother things, but I’m going to
\nmake it so that I don’t <\/p>\n
744
\n00:35:57,240 –> 00:35:59,440
\ntransgress.
\nI’m going to do my best to stop <\/p>\n
745
\n00:35:59,440 –> 00:36:03,640
\nthat, that you should stop
\nfeeling guilty because that’s <\/p>\n
746
\n00:36:03,640 –> 00:36:05,600
\nthe point of guilt.
\nThe point of guilt was to get <\/p>\n
747
\n00:36:05,600 –> 00:36:08,000
\nyou there.
\nOnce you’re there, you shouldn’t<\/p>\n
748
\n00:36:08,080 –> 00:36:09,400
\nfeel guilty about having
\nanxiety. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:36:09,400 –> 00:36:11,160
\nThat’s part of human nature.
\nThat’s a that’s a battle that <\/p>\n
750
\n00:36:11,160 –> 00:36:13,760
\nyou’re going to have until the
\nKingdom comes. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:36:14,480 –> 00:36:16,480
\nThat’s a battle that you’re to
\ndeal with forever, but not <\/p>\n
752
\n00:36:16,480 –> 00:36:19,520
\nforever.
\nSorry for this life, sorry, but <\/p>\n
753
\n00:36:19,680 –> 00:36:20,800
\nthat’s about it.
\nYou’re going to deal with for <\/p>\n
754
\n00:36:20,800 –> 00:36:24,120
\nthis life because that’s part of
\nour our lot in life is that you <\/p>\n
755
\n00:36:24,120 –> 00:36:26,640
\nhave human nature and we all
\nstruggle with different things. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:36:26,640 –> 00:36:28,560
\nSo also going to struggle with
\nanxiety. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:36:28,960 –> 00:36:32,040
\nSome more, some less, some less
\nare going to anger, some more or<\/p>\n
758
\n00:36:32,040 –> 00:36:34,400
\nless.
\nAnd the whole mixing variety of <\/p>\n
759
\n00:36:34,400 –> 00:36:37,120
\ntemptations we all struggle with
\nwith different levels. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:36:37,480 –> 00:36:40,080
\nSome of us, I will argue, can
\nactually get to a point where <\/p>\n
761
\n00:36:40,080 –> 00:36:41,360
\nyou don’t deal with anxiety
\nanymore. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:36:42,120 –> 00:36:44,400
\nSome of us won’t.
\nSome of us will get to a point <\/p>\n
763
\n00:36:44,400 –> 00:36:47,600
\nwhere it’s a little bit easier,
\nbut it’s not necessarily gone. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:36:48,760 –> 00:36:52,000
\nThat’s how temptation works.
\nBut what we do have <\/p>\n
765
\n00:36:52,000 –> 00:36:54,360
\nresponsibility to do, when we
\nview it in the light of anxiety,<\/p>\n
766
\n00:36:54,360 –> 00:36:58,200
\nwhen we view it in the light of
\nlust, we have a responsibility <\/p>\n
767
\n00:36:58,360 –> 00:37:02,520
\nto work on it in the state of
\ntemptation, in the anxiety. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:37:02,800 –> 00:37:06,560
\nIt’s not just as long as I don’t
\nact on it, I’m good. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:37:07,280 –> 00:37:09,120
\nThat’s the same as saying as
\nlong as I don’t commit murder, <\/p>\n
770
\n00:37:09,120 –> 00:37:11,640
\nI’m good, or as long as I don’t
\ncommit adultery, I’m good. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:37:11,640 –> 00:37:14,600
\nOr in the less extreme cases, as
\nlong as I don’t say the bad <\/p>\n
772
\n00:37:14,600 –> 00:37:17,440
\nwords I’m good, or as long as I
\ndon’t look upon a woman, I’m <\/p>\n
773
\n00:37:17,440 –> 00:37:20,360
\ngood.
\nBut that’s not what Jesus says. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:37:20,360 –> 00:37:22,960
\nHe says no, no, no, deal with it
\nwhen it’s a temptation. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:37:24,040 –> 00:37:26,360
\nSo we have a responsibility to
\ndeal with it when it’s a <\/p>\n
776
\n00:37:26,360 –> 00:37:28,320
\ntemptation.
\nAnd that’s what next class is <\/p>\n
777
\n00:37:28,320 –> 00:37:30,560
\ngoing to be about when we get
\nthere is, well, how do I deal <\/p>\n
778
\n00:37:30,560 –> 00:37:31,600
\nwith it?
\nYou told me to deal with it. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:37:31,600 –> 00:37:34,040
\nI got a responsibility to what
\ndo I do about it? <\/p>\n
780
\n00:37:34,400 –> 00:37:36,880
\nHow do I actually deal with it?
\nAnd that’s what we end up doing <\/p>\n
781
\n00:37:36,880 –> 00:37:39,440
\nin our next class.
\nSo just to kind of summarize <\/p>\n
782
\n00:37:39,440 –> 00:37:42,280
\nwhat we’ve talked about so far,
\nI want to first start with the <\/p>\n
783
\n00:37:42,280 –> 00:37:44,040
\nkind of guilt framework.
\nI’m going to work our way <\/p>\n
784
\n00:37:44,040 –> 00:37:46,120
\nbackwards.
\nSo the guilt framework we talked<\/p>\n
785
\n00:37:46,120 –> 00:37:49,880
\nabout was essentially that
\nanxiety is a temptation, the way<\/p>\n
786
\n00:37:49,880 –> 00:37:52,440
\nyou view loss, the way you view
\nanger, or any other temptation. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:37:52,880 –> 00:37:55,080
\nYou should view anxiety in a
\nvery similar way because it’s <\/p>\n
788
\n00:37:55,080 –> 00:37:58,040
\nyour human nature essentially
\nlying to you at how important <\/p>\n
789
\n00:37:58,040 –> 00:38:00,680
\ndifferent things are.
\nIt’s telling you to MIS evaluate<\/p>\n
790
\n00:38:00,960 –> 00:38:03,640
\nhow you view things, and then
\nit’s telling you to act on those<\/p>\n
791
\n00:38:03,640 –> 00:38:05,560
\nMIS evaluations.
\nIt’s saying that thing that’s <\/p>\n
792
\n00:38:05,560 –> 00:38:07,560
\nreally important to you.
\nYeah, make sure that stays <\/p>\n
793
\n00:38:07,560 –> 00:38:10,640
\nimportant and do like things in
\nyour life based off that level <\/p>\n
794
\n00:38:10,640 –> 00:38:12,440
\nof importance.
\nFor me, that was again in <\/p>\n
795
\n00:38:12,440 –> 00:38:14,560
\nrelationships.
\nMake sure this relationship <\/p>\n
796
\n00:38:14,560 –> 00:38:16,640
\nthat’s from a biblical point of
\nview and a spiritual point of <\/p>\n
797
\n00:38:16,640 –> 00:38:18,400
\nview.
\nBad, but make sure it sticks <\/p>\n
798
\n00:38:18,400 –> 00:38:20,640
\ntogether because it’s the most
\nimportant thing to you in this <\/p>\n
799
\n00:38:20,640 –> 00:38:22,920
\nmoment.
\nAnxiety tells you to miss <\/p>\n
800
\n00:38:22,920 –> 00:38:25,760
\nevaluate things and that is why
\nit’s a temptation. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:38:25,760 –> 00:38:29,480
\nAnd we should do guilt in the
\nsame context where you shouldn’t<\/p>\n
802
\n00:38:29,480 –> 00:38:31,600
\nfeel guilty because you’re
\ntempted by something but you <\/p>\n
803
\n00:38:31,600 –> 00:38:33,400
\nshould work on it.
\nWhile it’s a temptation. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:38:33,760 –> 00:38:35,040
\nThat’s the point that you work
\non it. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:38:35,040 –> 00:38:37,760
\nYou don’t work on it.
\nWhen it’s a sin, that’s when you<\/p>\n
806
\n00:38:37,760 –> 00:38:39,600
\nshouldn’t feel guilty.
\nYou work on it when it’s a <\/p>\n
807
\n00:38:39,600 –> 00:38:42,840
\ntemptation.
\nHowever, sins are going to <\/p>\n
808
\n00:38:42,840 –> 00:38:44,800
\nhappen.
\nAnd when you feel guilty because<\/p>\n
809
\n00:38:44,800 –> 00:38:48,360
\nyou’ve acted on anxiety or
\nyou’ve acted on anger or luster <\/p>\n
810
\n00:38:48,400 –> 00:38:52,640
\nanything else, guilt should be
\nthere until you decide to work <\/p>\n
811
\n00:38:52,640 –> 00:38:55,200
\non the temptation and then
\nrepent and say I’m going to <\/p>\n
812
\n00:38:55,200 –> 00:38:58,080
\nchange and then you should let
\nthat guilt go because the <\/p>\n
813
\n00:38:58,080 –> 00:38:59,880
\npurpose of that guilt has been
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:39:00,400 –> 00:39:03,160
\nGuilt is a useful tool, but once
\nit’s fulfilled its usefulness, <\/p>\n
815
\n00:39:03,600 –> 00:39:05,280
\nget rid of it.
\nIt’s not useful anymore. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:39:05,920 –> 00:39:07,320
\nWe shouldn’t feel guilty for
\nhaving anxiety. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:39:07,320 –> 00:39:09,480
\nWe’re going to be in this battle
\nfor a long time. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:39:09,640 –> 00:39:12,160
\nThat’s just how anxiety works.
\nThat’s how temptation works. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:39:12,800 –> 00:39:14,880
\nBut when we transgress, guilt is
\nthere. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:39:14,960 –> 00:39:17,680
\nIt’s useful to tell us to get
\nback in the battle, get back to <\/p>\n
821
\n00:39:17,680 –> 00:39:20,360
\nwork on this transgression or on
\nthis temptation, and then we let<\/p>\n
822
\n00:39:20,360 –> 00:39:22,320
\nit go because the guilt isn’t
\nuseful anymore. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:39:22,920 –> 00:39:25,400
\nAnd that’s I think, the spot
\nthat we, a lot of people, me <\/p>\n
824
\n00:39:25,400 –> 00:39:28,880
\nincluded, in cases, mess up.
\nWe hold on to that guilt. <\/p>\n
825
\n00:39:29,120 –> 00:39:31,240
\nWe associate the guilt of the
\ntemptation and say, well, I’m <\/p>\n
826
\n00:39:31,240 –> 00:39:33,320
\ntempted by this thing.
\nI have anxiety, I have anger, I <\/p>\n
827
\n00:39:33,320 –> 00:39:36,680
\nhave lost and therefore I’m bad.
\nI should feel guilty. <\/p>\n
828
\n00:39:37,520 –> 00:39:39,880
\nNot quite.
\nWe should feel guilty when we <\/p>\n
829
\n00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:42,400
\ntransgress.
\nBut the guilt is useful to say <\/p>\n
830
\n00:39:42,400 –> 00:39:47,000
\nget back in the battle on the on
\nthe temptation level and then <\/p>\n
831
\n00:39:47,160 –> 00:39:49,920
\nmoving back to the how does
\nanxiety and faith seem to <\/p>\n
832
\n00:39:49,920 –> 00:39:52,040
\nrelate?
\nIt relates by the connection of <\/p>\n
833
\n00:39:52,040 –> 00:39:53,360
\nvalues.
\nEssentially. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:39:53,680 –> 00:39:56,640
\nWhen we are anxious about
\nsomething, we are internally <\/p>\n
835
\n00:39:56,640 –> 00:39:59,040
\nsaying whatever it is we’re
\nanxious about, whatever aspect <\/p>\n
836
\n00:39:59,040 –> 00:40:01,040
\nthat we’re anxious about.
\nThat is the most important <\/p>\n
837
\n00:40:01,040 –> 00:40:02,560
\nthing.
\nIt goes to the top of our list <\/p>\n
838
\n00:40:03,080 –> 00:40:05,240
\nmore important than things that
\nGod would say should be the most<\/p>\n
839
\n00:40:05,240 –> 00:40:07,600
\nimportant.
\nAnd that’s why it relates to <\/p>\n
840
\n00:40:07,600 –> 00:40:09,760
\nfaith.
\nIt relates to faith not because,<\/p>\n
841
\n00:40:10,080 –> 00:40:12,720
\nyou know, anxious bad or your
\nbeliefs changed or anything like<\/p>\n
842
\n00:40:12,720 –> 00:40:14,560
\nthat.
\nIt goes, it relates to faith <\/p>\n
843
\n00:40:14,960 –> 00:40:17,200
\nbecause it changes how you
\nevaluate things in life. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:40:17,680 –> 00:40:20,160
\nIt changes What do you find
\nimportant and how important are <\/p>\n
845
\n00:40:20,160 –> 00:40:22,080
\nthey?
\nChanges your priority list in <\/p>\n
846
\n00:40:22,080 –> 00:40:23,720
\nthe moment.
\nWe know that. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:40:23,720 –> 00:40:25,840
\nIt doesn’t change your big
\npicture priority list if you <\/p>\n
848
\n00:40:25,840 –> 00:40:27,480
\nwere to go home and write it out
\nand think about it. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:40:27,840 –> 00:40:31,120
\nBut in that moment of anxiety,
\nyou’re not thinking about that <\/p>\n
850
\n00:40:31,120 –> 00:40:32,560
\nlist.
\nIf you’re thinking about <\/p>\n
851
\n00:40:32,560 –> 00:40:35,560
\nwhatever is the thing that’s the
\ntop of your values, whatever is <\/p>\n
852
\n00:40:35,560 –> 00:40:38,600
\nthe thing that’s threatening to
\nyou at that top of the top of <\/p>\n
853
\n00:40:38,600 –> 00:40:42,120
\nthe value system.
\nNext class, what we’re going to <\/p>\n
854
\n00:40:42,120 –> 00:40:45,520
\ndo is we’re going to work on.
\nSo what do I do about this? <\/p>\n
855
\n00:40:45,680 –> 00:40:46,720
\nCool.
\nI understand it. <\/p>\n
856
\n00:40:46,720 –> 00:40:48,800
\nI understand when I should feel
\nguilty, when I shouldn’t. <\/p>\n
857
\n00:40:48,840 –> 00:40:51,480
\nI understand why anxiety is a
\nproblem and how it relates to <\/p>\n
858
\n00:40:51,480 –> 00:40:53,720
\nfaith and all those kinds of
\ngreat things. <\/p>\n
859
\n00:40:54,360 –> 00:40:57,840
\nWhat do I do about it?
\nAnd that’s really, I’m really <\/p>\n
860
\n00:40:57,840 –> 00:41:00,560
\nlooking forward to that class
\nbecause that’s the class where <\/p>\n
861
\n00:41:00,560 –> 00:41:02,400
\nI’m really hoping to empower you
\nall. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:41:02,400 –> 00:41:05,280
\nI want to give you guys agency
\nand show this is what I can <\/p>\n
863
\n00:41:05,280 –> 00:41:08,600
\nactually do in this battle.
\nGive you clear steps and say <\/p>\n
864
\n00:41:09,000 –> 00:41:11,720
\nthat’s what I can actually do
\nbecause it’s really hard to say <\/p>\n
865
\n00:41:11,720 –> 00:41:14,040
\nor really easy for me to say.
\nHey guys, work on your anxiety, <\/p>\n
866
\n00:41:14,040 –> 00:41:15,600
\nwork on your anger to work on
\nthis stuff. <\/p>\n
867
\n00:41:16,400 –> 00:41:18,960
\nWhat does that actually mean?
\nI want to give you guys real, <\/p>\n
868
\n00:41:18,960 –> 00:41:22,040
\npractical things from scripture
\nand then also from my own <\/p>\n
869
\n00:41:22,040 –> 00:41:25,280
\npersonal experiences that say
\nthis is how you can actually <\/p>\n
870
\n00:41:25,280 –> 00:41:28,440
\ntake steps in that direction and
\nthen and have power to really <\/p>\n
871
\n00:41:28,440 –> 00:41:31,200
\ntransform your mind.
\nThat’s be the goal of the next <\/p>\n
872
\n00:41:31,200 –> 00:41:32,760
\nclass.
\nI really look forward to that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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