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INTRODUCTION
OPENING STORY: WHERE WERE YOU ON APRIL 14, 2019?
I KNOW WHERE I WAS.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO A CHURCH IN SF, AND GOT UP SUPER EARLY TO WATCH THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT BECAUSE TIGER WAS IN THE LEAD.
I WAS SO STRESSED AND FILLED WITH ANXIETY WATCHING HIM…FINALLY IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO AND I FIGURED I’D TURN ON THE PGA CHANNEL, BUT I DIDN’T HAVE IT.
NOW I’M REALLY WORRIED.
SO I CALL XM RADIO, AND GOD BLESS THE POOR MAN WHO WAITED ON ME BECAUSE HE WAS MOVING TOO SLOW AND I’M JUST ABOUT FUSSING AT HIM TO HURRY UP ON THE LORD’S DAY AS I’M GOING UP 280.
THEN I GET THE CHANNEL…DO I GO TO CHURCH?
CAN I CANCEL ON THIS GUY.
I GO TO CHURCH…ANXIOUS.
FORGIVE MY CARNALITY.
COME HOME AND WATCH THE FULL ROUND BECAUSE I RECORDED, AND WHAT I NOTICED BLEW MY MIND.
HERE’S TIGER ON ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT COURSES ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF HIS LIFE AND HE’S CHEWING GUM! TOTALLY A PICTURE OF PEACE.
YOU KNOW OVER 28K THINGS CAN GO WRONG WITH A GOLF SWING…PEACE UNDER PRESSURE!
EXPOSING THE NEED: WE LIVE IN A CULTURE RIFE WITH ANXIETY.
REMEMBER FEAR IS THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO AN ACTUAL THREAT; ANXIETY TO A PERCEIVED THREAT.
ANXIETY IS ALL AROUND US.
MORE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS ON PLANES WITH PEOPLE…ANXIETY.
STRESS REDUCING MEDICATIONS ON THE RISE.
AND IN THE BAY WITH OUR SUCCESS IDOLS YOU WORK IN JOBS THAT DEMAND YOU TO PRODUCE, PRODUCE, PRODUCE!
AND THE PRESSURES.
ANXIETY WITH KIDS.
DANGLING YOUR HEART IN FRONT OF YOU! STRESSED OUT AT JS GAMES…YELLING.
WIFE HAD TO CONFRONT ME.
I TOLD HIM FOR EVERY TIME I YELL AT YOU I OWE YOU TEN DOLLARS.
STRESSED.
AND THEN THERE’S MEDICATION, AND SO ON.
SO WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE MOST PRACTICAL TEACHING ON ACCESSING PEACE IN THE MIDST OF ANXIETY IN THE BIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE PROBLEM OF ANXIETY, THE PERSPECTIVE WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND THE PROCESS TO ACCESSING PEACE.
THE PROBLEM- ANXIETY (6)
EXPLANATION: LOOK AT VERSE 6. PAUL COMMANDS US NOT TO BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING.
GREEK WORD FOR ANYTHING IS VERY INTERESTING, IT MEANS ANYTHING- JOB, KIDS, WEIGHT, ETC.
NOTE: PAUL COMMANDS US TO NOT BE ANXIOUS.
IT’S OKAY TO BE CONCERNED, NOT OKAY TO BE ANXIOUS.
GREEK WORD AND TENSE SUGGESTS AN OBSESSION, A PREOCCUPATION WITH A POTENTIAL MATTER.
ILLUSTRATION: TOUCH YOUR TEMPLE RIGHT NOW AND GIVE GOD PRAISE FOR YOUR AMYGDALAE.
THIS IS THE BRAINS ALARM SYSTEM.
IT OPERATES YOUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE.
IF AN INTRUDER BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE YOUR AMYGDALAE GOES OFF.
IF A PITBULL COMES RUNNING TOWARDS YOU…IF A BASEBALL IS COMING AT YOUR HEAD…THANK GOD FOR OUR AMYGDALAE’S.
ANXIETY HAPPENS WHEN THE ALARM IS TRIGGERED AND STAYS TRIGGERED, NEVER GOING OFF.
SEES A MOLE AND THINKS CANCER AND CAN’T GET IT OUT OF OUR MINDS.
THE BOSS WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU AND YOU JUST CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS...
ILLUSTRATION: TOUCH YOUR TEMPLE RIGHT NOW AND GIVE GOD PRAISE FOR YOUR AMYGDALAE.
THIS IS THE BRAINS ALARM SYSTEM.
IT OPERATES YOUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE.
IF AN INTRUDER BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE YOUR AMYGDALAE GOES OFF.
IF A PITBULL COMES RUNNING TOWARDS YOU…IF A BASEBALL IS COMING AT YOUR HEAD…THANK GOD FOR OUR AMYGDALAE’S.
ANXIETY HAPPENS WHEN THE ALARM IS TRIGGERED AND STAYS TRIGGERED, NEVER GOING OFF.
APPLICATION: SOME OF YOU THE ALARM OF ANXIETY IS JUST GOING OFF.
IF IT MADE A SOUND THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF BEEPS RIGHT NOW IN THIS SANCTUARY.
SEES A MOLE AND THINKS CANCER AND CAN’T GET IT OUT OF OUR MINDS.
THE BOSS WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU AND YOU JUST CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS…MARRIAGE…MONEY.
THE PERSPECTIVE (5)
EXPLANATION: WE LIVE IN A WORLD RIFE WITH TEMPTATIONS TOWARDS ANXIETY.
THE BIBLE SAYS FLAT OUT THAT IN THIS LIFE WE WILL HAVE TROUBLE.
TEMPTATIONS TOWARD ANXIETY PULL AT US CONSTANTLY.
BUT IT’S HERE THAT PAUL ACTUALLY SAYS WE NEED TO SEE THESE TEMPTATIONS TOWARD WORRY AS A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD! LOOK AT VERSE 5. LET YOUR REASONABLENESS BE KNOWN TO EVERYONE.
REASONABLENESS IS GENTLENESS, CALM UNDER PRESSURE.
THEN IN VERSE 7 HE POINTS TO PEACE IN THE MIDST OF PRESSURE.
AND DO YOU SEE WHAT HE SAYS, WE ARE TO LET GOD’S REASONABLENESS AND PEACE BE KNOWN…COMMANDMENT.
PUT ON DISPLAY GENTLENESS AND PEACE IN THE MIDST OF PRESSURE.
ILLUSTRATION: EVER GOTTEN ON A SMALL BOAT WHEN THE WAVES WERE PRETTY ROCKY?
THE BOAT IS AT THE DOCK JUST GOING UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN, AND YET YOU’RE ABLE TO BOARD BECAUSE THE BOAT AIN’T GOING ANYWHERE, IT’S NOT GOING TO DRIFT AND BE AT THE WHIM OF THE SEA.
WHY? BECAUSE IT’S TIED TO THE DOCK.
EXAMPLE OF PAUL: THAT’S WHAT PAUL HAD.
WRITING FROM JAIL.
AND 16 TIMES HE EXHORTS THEM TO HAVE JOY! WHAT?
WHAT’S MORE IS THAT HERE HE IS IN PRISON AND RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF OUR TEXT HE TALKS TO THEM ABOUT BEING CONTENT, AS HE IS CONTENT.
CONTENTMENT IS THE DISPLAY OF PEACEFUL STABILITY REGARDLESS OF ONE’S CIRCUMSTANCES! PAUL WAS TIED TO THE DOCK.
EXAMPLE OF PAUL: THAT’S WHAT PAUL HAD.
WRITING FROM JAIL.
AND 16 TIMES HE EXHORTS THEM TO HAVE JOY! WHAT?
WHAT’S MORE IS THAT HERE HE IS IN PRISON AND RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF OUR TEXT HE TALKS TO THEM ABOUT BEING CONTENT, AS HE IS CONTENT.
CONTENTMENT IS THE DISPLAY OF PEACEFUL STABILITY REGARDLESS OF ONE’S CIRCUMSTANCES!
EXAMPLE OF JESUS: .
SEE THE GENTLENESS.
NO WORRY, NO ANXIETY.
TIED TO THE DOCK.
APPLICATION: ANXIETY REVEALS WHAT YOU’RE TIED TO? IF YOU’RE TIED TO THIS WORLD YOU WILL LIVE IN ANXIETY.
YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO HELP IT.
IF YOU’RE ANXIOUS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH IT PROBABLY MEANS YOU LOVE THIS WORLD TOO MUCH AND ARE NOT IN LOVE WITH JESUS AND ETERNITY.
IF YOU ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE IT COULD BE BECAUSE YOUR SPOUSE HAS BECOME YOUR IDOL, OR YOUR SENSE OF SECURITY.
YOUR KIDS…THE SAME.
YOUR JOB THE SAME.
BUT WHEN YOU’RE TIED TO THE DOCK OF JESUS YOU CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS WHILE NOT DROWNING IN THE SEA OF ANXIETY!
THE PROCESS
EXPLANATION: OKAY…SO HOW DO WE LAY CLAIM TO PEACE.
GOD’S WILL FOR OUR LIVES IS THAT WE WOULD DISPLAY HIS GLORY BY BEING PICTURES OF GENTLENESS, PEACE AND CONTENTMENT IN THE MIDST OF TEMPTATIONS TOWARD ANXIETY.
YOUR TRIAL IS NOT ABOUT YOUR TRIAL.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN ACRONYM- CALM- THAT EMERGES RIGHT FROM THIS TEXT.
GOD WANTS US TO BE THE PICTURE OF CALM.
CREDIT LUCADO.
FOR MORE ON THIS SEE LUCADO’S BOOK...
CHOOSE JOY.
FIRST, WE MUST CHOOSE JOY.
LOOK AT VERESE 4. IT’S A COMMAND.
NOW JOY IS TRICKY FOR MANY PREACHERS BECAUSE THERE’S NO GETTING PAST IT, IT’S AN EMOTIONAL TERM.
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