{"id":1162,"date":"2024-07-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/305-brian-adams-exhortation-the-lord-is\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:27:04","slug":"305-brian-adams-exhortation-the-lord-is","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/305-brian-adams-exhortation-the-lord-is\/","title":{"rendered":"305: Brian Adams – Exhortation: The Lord IS"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an Exhortation from Bro. Brian Adams titled \u201cThe Lord IS” that was given at the Moorestown Ecclesia on January 21, 2024.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason.
\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good
\nChristadelphian Talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is one of my <\/p>\n

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\nown by request of the July 300
\nepisode format that we’re doing.<\/p>\n

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\nSo this is an expectation that I
\ngave earlier this year called <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord Is.
\nI had multiple people suggest <\/p>\n

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\nthat it eventually be uploaded
\non the podcast if and when we <\/p>\n

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\never put up our own.
\nSo it was a top pick among a <\/p>\n

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\nhandful that I’m actually very
\nfond of. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what stands out to me was
\nhow personally impactful it was.<\/p>\n

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\nAt the time that I gave it, I
\nwas a week away from doing <\/p>\n

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\nclasses for a young people’s
\nweekend, and common logic would <\/p>\n

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\nbe just test run one of those
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\nBut this content just kind of
\nbubbled up out of nowhere. <\/p>\n

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\nIt came from a very vulnerable
\nplace and it was based on a lot <\/p>\n

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\nof tough conversations with
\nfriends in the truth who <\/p>\n

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\nstruggle with mental health
\nstemming from both real life <\/p>\n

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\ntrauma as well as perceived
\nhopelessness. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the simple premise is
\ncountering all of the what ifs <\/p>\n

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\nof what could go wrong in our
\nlife with a reminder of who and <\/p>\n

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\nwhat God is and how His presence
\nis both everlasting and <\/p>\n

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\nunchanging.
\nHopefully the comfort this can <\/p>\n

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\ngive us can help to strengthen
\nour resolve to fight our <\/p>\n

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\nbattles, both real and
\nperceived, and to go into the <\/p>\n

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\nfurnace like Daniel’s friends or
\nsuffer tremendously like Job and<\/p>\n

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\nbe able to say, even if, even if
\nthis trial never leaves me, I <\/p>\n

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\nwill not let this break my
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nI will not lose sight of who God
\nis. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as always, we hope this
\nstrengthens your faith and <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother Bryan Adams the Lord is.<\/p>\n

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\nYour undivided attention is what
\nhe said. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you.
\nGood morning, Morristown. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I get cancer?
\nIt’s a question I’m worried <\/p>\n

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\nabout.
\nWhat if I lose my job? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if we lose a child?
\nWhat if we’re unable to have <\/p>\n

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\nchildren?
\nWhat if my car is stolen? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if all my investments tank?
\nWhat if my parents find out? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I need surgery and we
\ncan’t afford it? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if my plan for college
\ndoesn’t pan out and I’m stuck? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I’m doing the exact same
\nthing 10 years from now, wishing<\/p>\n

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\nthat I made a change, wishing
\nI’d done something different? <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ll bury you.
\nThe what ifs, worrying about the<\/p>\n

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\nunknown, having anxiety over
\nwhat could go wrong, the <\/p>\n

53
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\ndwelling on the worst case
\nscenarios and uncertainty. <\/p>\n

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\nThis can be wrapped up in
\ndepression. <\/p>\n

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\nThis can be the side effects of
\nanxiety disorder. <\/p>\n

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\nThis can be a direct result of
\ntrauma that we faced, and this <\/p>\n

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\nis all very real for the human
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m aware that some of these
\nquestions would hit home with <\/p>\n

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\nthose of us in the room.
\nThey are real fears. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are real possibilities,
\nand there’s plenty worse ones <\/p>\n

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\nthat I don’t want to say out
\nloud, and especially not from <\/p>\n

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\nthe podium.
\nBut there are worse what ifs. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is plenty of evil in the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nThe wicked, who certainly do
\nplot against the righteous as we<\/p>\n

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\nread the wicked draw the sword
\nand bend their bows to bring <\/p>\n

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\ndown the poor and needy, to slay
\nthose whose way is upright. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what do we have to counter
\nthese fears, as irrational as <\/p>\n

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\nthey may be?
\nHope and trust in the Lord and <\/p>\n

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\nHis Word and His plan and His
\nson. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the theme that I’d like to
\naddress this morning is the <\/p>\n

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\nconcept of countering the what
\nif with what is, or perhaps a <\/p>\n

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\nbetter way to express it, the
\neven ifs. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if this sounds familiar,
\nit’s because it is. <\/p>\n

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\nThe main thrust of my exhort
\nthis morning is going to be very<\/p>\n

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\nsimilar to Brother Eric’s last
\nweek. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for delivering those
\nwords on Romans 8. <\/p>\n

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\nAs soon as you began and I
\npicked up on the direction <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re going, I was pumped
\nbecause I knew I was going to <\/p>\n

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\naddress a lot of the same
\npoints. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you, Brother Eric, for
\ngiving us that encouragement <\/p>\n

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\nlast week.
\nI hope that this will only just <\/p>\n

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\nreinforce what we’ve been
\nreminded about, that every <\/p>\n

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\nlittle thing will be all right.
\nThat even if things go wrong and<\/p>\n

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\nwe don’t know how, we don’t know
\nhow or if they will get better, <\/p>\n

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\nthey will.
\nI was looking at the readings <\/p>\n

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\nahead of time, and I had noted
\nthat there was a pattern. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are not all on the same
\ndate, but there’s a common <\/p>\n

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\nthread that I thought we could
\ntake advantage of marking up in <\/p>\n

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\nour Bibles.
\nSo we’re going to look at <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis 37, Psalm 37, and then
\nMatthew 22. <\/p>\n

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\nThe theme that we’ll notice is
\nthe possibility of getting stuck<\/p>\n

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\nin the unknown as compared to
\nfocusing on what is and what <\/p>\n

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\nwill not change.
\nSo I advise you, let’s pull up <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis 37 first.
\nYou might have some of this <\/p>\n

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\nalready marked up.
\nThis is the familiar story of <\/p>\n

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\nJoseph being put in the pit by
\nhis own brothers and then after <\/p>\n

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\nthat sold into slavery, which
\ncontinues with his false <\/p>\n

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\nimprisonment, and then
\nlanguishing in prison for two <\/p>\n

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\nmore years after that.
\nAnd through it all, he could <\/p>\n

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\nhave reasonably been thinking,
\nwhat if my brothers kill me? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I never see my family
\nagain? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if the Egyptians kill me
\nfor this false charge? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I never get out of this
\npit? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if I never get out of this
\nprison? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat if this is my life?
\nOr as I’ve alluded to in a <\/p>\n

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\nprevious exhortation, we can
\nfeel sometimes stuck in those <\/p>\n

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\npits, stuck in those quiet
\ncorners, stuck in the wilderness<\/p>\n

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\nand wonder, is this really where
\nGod wants me to be? <\/p>\n

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\nHow am I supposed to be able to
\ngive Him glory if I feel like no<\/p>\n

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\none can see my light?
\nHow am I supposed to be faithful<\/p>\n

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\nif I feel like I’ve been
\nforgotten? <\/p>\n

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\nBut through it all, we are told
\nthat God, the Lord was with <\/p>\n

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\nJoseph.
\nIt says in verse 30 or sorry, <\/p>\n

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\nnot verse 39.
\nIf you come over to chapter 39, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’ll note multiple times it
\nsays the Lord was with him, the <\/p>\n

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\nLord was with them.
\nThe Lord blessed his efforts in <\/p>\n

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\nverses 2 and verses 3 and verses
\n5, you come down to verse 21. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord was with Joseph in
\nprison, showed him steadfast <\/p>\n

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\nlove.
\nIt repeats that point again. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord was with him in prison.
\nIn your trials, do you feel that<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord is with you?
\nI would suggest that He trusted <\/p>\n

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\nyou to have those trials in the
\n1st place. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ll repeat that phrase
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord trusted you to have the
\ntrial that you do because He <\/p>\n

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\nbelieves in your ability to bear
\nthat burden through Him. <\/p>\n

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\nFor Joseph, there were parts of
\nhis life that would not go back <\/p>\n

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\nto the way they were.
\nBut Joseph is a prime example of<\/p>\n

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\nGod being able to benefit others
\nby his faith, by his <\/p>\n

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\nsteadfastness.
\nEven if, even if I am stuck in <\/p>\n

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\nthis prison, I will glorify the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,320 –> 00:11:40,760
\nJoseph even said as much later
\nin chapter 45 when he’s <\/p>\n

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\ncomforting his brothers and
\nchapter 45, verses 7 and eight, <\/p>\n

133
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\nhe tells them, God sent me
\nbefore you to preserve for you a<\/p>\n

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\nremnant on the earth and to keep
\nalive for you many survivors. <\/p>\n

135
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\nSo it was not you who sent me
\nhere, but God. <\/p>\n

136
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\nIn David, we as well have
\nanother example of a highly <\/p>\n

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\nfaithful disciple whose life
\ntook all kinds of crazy turns. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, there could be a whole
\nslew of what ifs that he could <\/p>\n

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\nask many heartbreaking things.
\nBut thanks to his eloquent <\/p>\n

140
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\nconviction throughout the
\nPsalms, we have some of the <\/p>\n

141
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\ngreatest reminders of instead
\nwhat is. <\/p>\n

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\nOr as I’ll explain at the end,
\nthe Lord is David was willing to<\/p>\n

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\nbe LED through the valley of the
\nshadow of death because he <\/p>\n

144
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\nbelieved first and foremost that
\nthe Lord is my shepherd. <\/p>\n

145
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\nSo where he leads me, I will
\nfind green pastures and still <\/p>\n

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\nwaters.
\nSo in we’re in chapter 37 of the<\/p>\n

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\nPsalms, which I had read for us
\nthis morning, there’s two <\/p>\n

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\nphrases that stood out to me,
\nand one of them stood out <\/p>\n

149
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\nbecause it doesn’t come up very
\noften. <\/p>\n

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\nOur opening phrase, Fred, not
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd only of course, four times
\nin Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd three of those four are
\nright here in this Psalm. <\/p>\n

153
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\nThis is the Psalm that tells us
\nfret not yourself. <\/p>\n

154
\n00:13:31,440 –> 00:13:34,800
\nDo not worry.
\nDon’t be stuck in the what ifs. <\/p>\n

155
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\nFret not yourself over the
\nwicked. <\/p>\n

156
\n00:13:36,920 –> 00:13:40,120
\nFret not yourself over the evil
\ndoers, those who seem like <\/p>\n

157
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\nthey’re going to capture you and
\nsaid focus on what is and the <\/p>\n

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\nother phrase you’ll see quite
\noften mark this up occurs 456 <\/p>\n

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\ntimes.
\nThe righteous shall inherit the <\/p>\n

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\nland.
\nThose who wait on the Lord shall<\/p>\n

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\ninherit the land shall inherit
\nthe land. <\/p>\n

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\nThe meek shall inherit the land.
\nThey shall inherit the land they<\/p>\n

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\nshall dwell in the land that
\nwill happen. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:02,240 –> 00:14:13,040
\nThe Lord will act.
\nDon’t be stuck in the what if, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause soon they will fade,
\nthey will perish like grass, <\/p>\n

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\nthey will float away like the
\nbitter herb, but in trust in the<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:20,720 –> 00:14:24,880
\nLord do good and dwell in the
\nland and befriend faithfulness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:30,480 –> 00:14:34,680
\nWhy you see this?
\nWhy you see the wicked and are <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:34,680 –> 00:14:39,920
\ntold for the Terry?
\nWhy you’re told to fret not <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,920 –> 00:14:44,760
\nyourself because of them is
\nbecause they’re present just as <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:44,760 –> 00:14:47,880
\nthe wicked, or present in every
\nverse or just about every verse.<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,880 –> 00:14:49,960
\nThat’s our reality just about
\nevery day. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:50,400 –> 00:14:53,000
\nWe are beset by evil.
\nWe’ll beset by trials. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re beset by our flesh itself.
\nAll the worst possible things <\/p>\n

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\nthat could happen certainly do
\ngive us anxiety. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,200 –> 00:15:12,120
\nBut again, our mindset should
\nnot be Get Me Out of here. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve said this before, I want to
\nemphasize it again. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t believe that we should
\nhave an escape pod mentality <\/p>\n

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\nabout the Kingdom.
\nLord Get Me Out of here. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause it is US who are planted
\nas the strong rooted tree that <\/p>\n

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\nwill not be blown over.
\nWe are meant to be the lights <\/p>\n

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\nthat shine in the darkness, the
\nambassadors for Christ, that <\/p>\n

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\neven through the schemes of the
\nwicked, even through the trials <\/p>\n

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\nthat we bear, even through
\ninvestments dropping out, even <\/p>\n

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\nthrough cancer, we’re told to
\nstand firm and wait patiently on<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord.
\nWe will inherit the land. <\/p>\n

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\nOur question in the face of
\nburden should not be how will I <\/p>\n

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\never handle this, but instead
\nhow does God have a hand in <\/p>\n

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\nthis?
\nWhere have I seen this before? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does this remind me of?
\nEven if this gets worse, what <\/p>\n

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\ncan I hope ultimately put my
\nhope in? <\/p>\n

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\nSays that those who wait for the
\nLord shall inherit the land. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:26,360 –> 00:16:28,920
\nHe delivers them.
\nHe delivers them from the wicked<\/p>\n

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\nfor those who take refuge in
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you flipped over a page
\nor two to Psalm 40, there’s a <\/p>\n

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\nverse that I’ve always loved
\nbecause it reminds me so much of<\/p>\n

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\nJoseph, David’s own thoughts.
\nThat could be Joseph himself. <\/p>\n

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\nIn verse one and two of Psalm
\n40I waited patiently for the <\/p>\n

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\nLord.
\nHe inclined to me and heard my <\/p>\n

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\ncry.
\nHe drew me up from the pit of <\/p>\n

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\ndestruction out of the miry bog
\nand set my feet upon a rock, <\/p>\n

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\nmaking my steps secure.
\nOne moment we can feel depressed<\/p>\n

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\nand under siege, and soon after
\nthe Lord can change our <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances so swiftly that it
\nfeels that we’re living a <\/p>\n

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\ncompletely different life,
\nplanted securely on the rock. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what I’m trying to emphasize
\nis that the danger of the what <\/p>\n

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\nifs, it’s burning your energy on
\nthings that haven’t happened, <\/p>\n

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\nthings that might never happen,
\nthings that are beyond our <\/p>\n

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\ncontrol.
\nSometimes I do focus on the <\/p>\n

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\nworst case scenario, things that
\nI fear. <\/p>\n

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\nIf I encounter that scenario in
\nmy life, I don’t know if I could<\/p>\n

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\nbear it.
\nAnd that reveals, I think, <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes our truest fears, our
\nour weaknesses and anxiety and <\/p>\n

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\nworry is a major problem for
\nsome people. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve had a lot of really tough
\nconversations with family, <\/p>\n

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\nfriends, brothers and sisters.
\nIt is a plague in and of itself <\/p>\n

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\nthat some people need constant
\nreinforcement to hold back that <\/p>\n

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\nworry, that fear.
\nAnd we’re told, you know, very <\/p>\n

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\nclearly in first Peter 5, to
\ncast all of our cares and <\/p>\n

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\nanxieties on him because he
\ncares for us. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’s a lot easier said
\nthan done. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a shame to be living in
\nfear of what could go wrong <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we can get so caught up
\nin the lies that our mind tells <\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nIt can shake our confidence in <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nIt can deprive us of the peace <\/p>\n

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\nthat we should have.
\nThere is a a quote that I love <\/p>\n

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\nand I need to keep reminding
\nmyself of why I love it so much.<\/p>\n

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\nThe quote is comparison is the
\nthief of all joy. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, me worrying about what
\nsomeone else has and what I <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t have can rob me of the joy
\nof what I do have. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I think there’s another add
\non that you can take with that, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is that worry and doubt
\nare the thieves of peace. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re supposed to be able to
\nhave peace of God that <\/p>\n

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\ntranscends all that we think
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s why I suggest we try
\nto consider the even if Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\n43, when you pass through the
\nwaters, I will be with you. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you pass through the
\nrivers, they will not sweep you <\/p>\n

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\nover.
\nWhen you walk through the fire, <\/p>\n

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\nyou will not be burned.
\nThe flames will not set you <\/p>\n

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\nablaze.
\nWho did that speak to? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s go to Daniel 3 and Daniel
\n3 verse 16 and 18. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have Shadrach, Meshach, and
\nAbednego who replied to King <\/p>\n

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\nNebuchadnezzar.
\nWe do not need to defend <\/p>\n

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\nourselves before you in this
\nmatter. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we are thrown into the
\nblazing furnace, the God we <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:39,280 –> 00:20:45,800
\nserve is able to deliver us from
\nit, and He will deliver us from <\/p>\n

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\nYour Majesty’s hand.
\nBut even if he does not, we want<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:53,960 –> 00:20:58,840
\nyou to know that your Majesty,
\nwe will not serve your gods or <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:58,840 –> 00:21:00,560
\nworship the idols that you’ve
\nset up. <\/p>\n

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\nEven if this is it, we’re still
\ngoing to have faith. <\/p>\n

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\nSadly, it is true that sometimes
\nthe worst case scenario does <\/p>\n

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\nplay out.
\nWe lose. <\/p>\n

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\nThe ones that we love.
\nHad an unfair time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:29,240 –> 00:21:32,360
\nWe hurt each other in anger and
\ndesperation. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:34,760 –> 00:21:38,600
\nSometimes things really don’t
\nget better and that hurts, <\/p>\n

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\nhurts.
\nIn this life there is a <\/p>\n

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\ntremendous amount of suffering
\nand that’s a such a distinct <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:49,360 –> 00:21:52,040
\nneed for the return of our Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:53,760 –> 00:22:03,120
\nOur prayer is for that relief to
\ncome, but until then we have <\/p>\n

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\neach other to speak words of
\ncomfort and to wait patiently on<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,800 –> 00:22:10,880
\nthe Lord and help carry what
\nburdens we can. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a sister in the room
\nthat I’ve had a conversation <\/p>\n

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\nwith that reminded me that
\nsometimes there isn’t much more <\/p>\n

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\nyou can do than just be present.
\nBe present for someone who is <\/p>\n

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\nhurting, to pray often for them,
\nand to reflect on the promise <\/p>\n

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\nthat one day we will see all
\nthings restored. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I’ll take you now to our last
\nexample of the what if. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst, what is?
\nAnd this comes from Matthew 22. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the hypothetical
\nquestion that was given to <\/p>\n

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\nJesus.
\nThis is kind of what caught my <\/p>\n

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\nattention.
\nYou have in verse 24, this crazy<\/p>\n

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\nscenario tucked into a number of
\ntesting questions that the <\/p>\n

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\nPharisees and Sadducees put
\nbefore Jesus in order to trick <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nAnd although the phrase is not <\/p>\n

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\npresent, this story has the same
\nconnotation as a what if <\/p>\n

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\nexploring an unnecessary
\npossibility just for the sake of<\/p>\n

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\nstirring up trouble.
\nWhat if? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s just say, what if a woman
\nis married to an entire slew of <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers, one after the other,
\nand they all are not able to <\/p>\n

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\ngive her children?
\nTalk about that family reunion. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a preposterous suggestion,
\nand part of the tone of Jesus’s <\/p>\n

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\nresponse is a lesson for us.
\nThere is no value in trying to <\/p>\n

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\nimagine where the line gets
\ncrossed in a worst case <\/p>\n

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\nscenario.
\nThere’s no value in trying to <\/p>\n

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\nfind the exception to the rule
\nor the loophole that somehow <\/p>\n

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\nshows that something won’t work.
\nJesus answered them. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re wrong.
\nYou’re wrong because you know <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:28,600 –> 00:24:30,800
\nneither the Scriptures nor the
\npower of God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe then gives us this incredible
\nexposition in the resurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nThey neither marry nor are given
\nin marriage, but they’re like <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:38,200 –> 00:24:42,200
\nthe angels of heaven.
\nAnd As for the resurrection of <\/p>\n

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\nthe dead, have you not read what
\nwas said to you by God? <\/p>\n

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\nI am the God of Abraham, the God
\nof Isaac, the God of Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is not the God of the dead,
\nbut of the living. <\/p>\n

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\nOur take away from this we have
\nto allow buffer room in what we <\/p>\n

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\neither cannot control or cannot
\nunderstand about the way that <\/p>\n

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\nGod works.
\nGetting tripped up on <\/p>\n

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\nhypotheticals is not going to
\nstrengthen your faith. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the lesson for us through
\nthis expectation is to <\/p>\n

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\nneutralize the what ifs by
\nletting that scenario play out <\/p>\n

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\neven to its worst extent and
\nsaying, well, even then, like <\/p>\n

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\nJob, even if I lose everything,
\neven if it all goes, SI will not<\/p>\n

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\nlet this separate me from the
\nlove of God. <\/p>\n

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\nI will not let this be the thing
\nthat causes my light to stop <\/p>\n

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\nshining.
\nEven through this, I will <\/p>\n

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\nmagnify his name, and I
\nrecognize that that’s a lot <\/p>\n

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\neasier said than done to have
\nthat kind of boldness towards <\/p>\n

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\nany circumstance.
\nAs I said, trials will surely <\/p>\n

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\ncome, but we should not fear the
\ndamage that they may do. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we can have comfort that
\nthey are a sign of God trusting <\/p>\n

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\nour ability to be able to bear
\nthem again. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:28,120 –> 00:26:33,600
\nWhat we perceive as burdens are
\na sign from God that he fully <\/p>\n

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\ntrusts us to bear it without
\nbreaking. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:36,600 –> 00:26:40,120
\nJust like Matt, one of these
\ndays you’re going to give Olivia<\/p>\n

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\na hot, heavy dish to carry to
\nthe table. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know that, you know, she
\nmight bobble it this way or that<\/p>\n

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\nway, but you’re allowing her to
\nbear that with the trust that <\/p>\n

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\nshe will be able to deliver it
\nto the table. <\/p>\n

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\nI know it’s a silly analogy, but
\nin a way, I think that that’s <\/p>\n

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\nhow God really does work with
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nThat as Brother Eric said, even
\nwhen we are beset on every side,<\/p>\n

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\neverything will be all right.
\nSo to conclude, when you’re <\/p>\n

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\nfaced with your next bout of
\nanxiety and what ifs, ask <\/p>\n

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\nyourself a different set of
\nquestions. <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:38,680 –> 00:27:43,360
\nWho is the Lord?
\nWhat is He like? <\/p>\n

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\nHow has He proven himself
\ntrustworthy? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do I know about Him?
\nThe Lord is a stronghold for the<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:55,840 –> 00:28:00,080
\noppressed, a stronghold in times
\nof trouble. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is my rock and my
\nfortress and my deliverer, and <\/p>\n

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\nwhom I take refuge.
\nThe Lord is my light and my <\/p>\n

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\nsalvation.
\nWhom shall I fear? <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is my strength and my
\nshield, the upholder of my life.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is the strength of His
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is the saving refuge of His
\nanointed. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is near to the broken
\nhearted and saves the crushed. <\/p>\n

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\nIn spirit.
\nThe Lord is good, His steadfast <\/p>\n

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\nlove endorsed forever and His
\nfaithfulness to all generations.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is merciful and
\ngracious, slow to anger and <\/p>\n

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\nabounding in steadfast love.
\nThe Lord is on my side. <\/p>\n

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\nI shall not fear.
\nWhat can man do to me? <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is good to all, and His
\nmercy is over all that He has <\/p>\n

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\nmade.
\nThe Lord is faithful in all of <\/p>\n

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\nHis words and kind in all of His
\nworks. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is righteous in all of
\nHis ways and a rewarder of those<\/p>\n

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\nwho diligently seek Him.
\nThe Lord is near to all who call<\/p>\n

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\nupon Him, who call upon Him in
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is God and He has made
\nHis light to shine upon us. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord is my shepherd.
\nThe Lord is. <\/p>\n

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