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Worry About Nothing - Episode 2
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In Phillipians 4:6-7, God calls us to worry about nothing and pray about everything. In this episode, we talk about how God is the Prince of Peace, how he works in our anxious thoughts, and how you should pray about everything.
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Introduction and Recap
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey guys, welcome back to the Gains and God podcast for episode two. I'm so glad you guys are here. I'm your host, Annika Perlik, here with my co-host. Jacob Roslin, what's up, everyone? It's great to be back. Yes.
00:00:17
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We're really excited for this podcast. It's something we're really passionate about. But first, we just want to give some recognition to you guys and say thank you for listening to the first podcast. If you have, if you have not, you should go back and listen to that because that kind of gives a little intro about who we are and what we're going for with this podcast.
Main Topic Introduction: Worry and Scripture
00:00:36
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But today we're going to be talking about worry about nothing. And Jacob is actually going to be leading this pretty much with some really great scripture.
00:00:46
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and i'm excited to hear what he has to say about that awesome so we'll just jump right into it i guess um so worry about nothing um it's just something i've really been thinking about a lot this last like when i'm thinking about topics i want to talk about on the podcast um obviously like last week we talked we talked about um who is god and it just kind of gave an overview about um our views and what what we are um
00:01:13
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thinking about for the vision of the podcast. But then like, I feel like this topic is just something that everyone can relate to. And yeah, so here, let's jump right into
Experiencing God's Peace
00:01:24
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it. So our first topic is that God is the Prince of Peace. And I feel like everyone's kind of heard that saying, but um,
00:01:35
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when you talk about God's peace, it's something that really goes further than just like something you can say. Like it really is something that you feel like deep down inside of you. And like, honestly, like for me, I don't think I really experienced God's peace until like
00:01:52
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this last, I would say I experienced it before this last year, like maybe in times, but like now like truly like walking in the spirit and like listening to what God has planned for my life. I feel like his peace just kind of, I feel like in my mind it gives me like a glow, an outer glow.
00:02:12
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that is like it's just so special and like it's such a blessing so the verse that I want to share with this was comes from Matthew it was Matthew 6 31 through 33 okay so it goes like this so do not worry I'm saying
00:02:31
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Wow, sorry. So do not worry saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after these things and your heavenly father knows that you need them, but seek his kingdom first and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.
Worldly Struggles vs God's Plan
00:02:48
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So, I mean, this just kind of lays out, like, I mean, these worldly struggles, God tells, like, He tells us that, like, He sees us in our struggle, and He is able to sympathize with us.
00:03:03
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like that stuff is so minuscule compared to like the whole um purpose of our lives and like sometimes like it's so easy to get caught up in like like just small things and like i had a really good conversation yesterday about with someone about like how um sometimes like the really little struggles like almost seem like like get blown up and out of proportion and it's hard to see the um
00:03:30
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the main, the big picture of our lives, which is, um, seek his kingdom first. That's what God tells us to do. And it's one of the most important. I mean, I think it's, uh, it's very helpful to think, think about that. And it gives me a lot of peace thinking about that, that, um, there's more, there's more to think about than just our struggle in life and our worldly struggle. So.
00:03:56
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Yeah and I love that and going on to the next verse right below it actually it says, therefore do not worry about tomorrow. For tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble on its own. Which is so true because I feel like we literally what you were just saying like we go through our day and we get so focused on these micro problems in our lives like
00:04:22
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oh this one inconvenience happens and then the next happens and then we're so hyper fixated on those little things that we're not able to see like the big picture or even just like the blessings that we have because we like are so focused on these like little small issues that and even throughout the day even like it's a struggle as we are worrying about
00:04:45
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things that are happening in each day and that can kind of like consume in us and manifest itself into our being.
Personal Stories of Faith and Peace
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But also like worrying about issues of tomorrow and then the next day and then the next day like in like weeks sometimes we're worried about things that will happen in years or things that may never happen. Like we get so like focused on like what happens like outside of today and God tells us that
00:05:13
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each day has enough trouble on its own. We know that today will be filled with trouble. Think about your day. What happened today? I was wondering how I would work this into the podcast, but today I had a really big test. It was something that we've been studying for all year and that we've been really studying for and working towards.
00:05:41
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it was like a two hour and 15 minute test and it was it's very like prestigious and is that a word prestigious prestigious there's a yeah i think that works yeah that sounds good um anyways it was very like um you had to follow these certain rules a certain way and i have taken um a few of these tests yeah very strict okay sorry just adding
00:06:10
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It was, and it's, I don't know, the test is very, you have to do it a certain way. And I, you're supposed to write these short answer tests in pen and me not knowing that and not doing that. I did a two hour and 15 minute test all in pencil. And I have done that for the other five tests that I've done that you're all supposed to write in pen. And now none of those tests may be graded.
00:06:37
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correctly and they might get like exempt or whatever but it's okay we're not worried about that in the future because who cares it's over those tests are done with and it doesn't really matter in the long run it's just something that like you're hyper fixating on the moment and um yeah it sucks i'm not gonna lie i was really pissed about that um as a
00:07:00
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person as a human being with emotions. I was really mad about that. But then I was like, okay, God, letting go and turn on my worship music. And I was like, Oh, you know what, gratitude, because we're living, we're breathing. And like Jacob said, you get that peace and you that peace that is so oh my gosh, it's so beautiful. It is a joy and a peace and a comfort that is only from God himself and nothing can compare to that. So
00:07:25
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Um, yeah, do not worry about also, uh, sorry. Also, I think that like, like just going off that test, like think of how minuscule, like it must, it might think of like, it might feel like a big thing right now, but like think of how minuscule is really in the grand scheme of even, even the month, like let alone your entire life. Like, I mean, how long is that really going to stick with you? Like.
00:07:49
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past the day of worrying about it.
Scriptural Insights on God's Control
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So, um, really, it's, it's really good to think about things in perspective in that way that just like, um, God's peace extends beyond just a day. Um, or like, or it, it can help you in your day-to-day life, but it's eternal peace. And just because he's the Prince of Peace doesn't mean that like you won't have moments that you'll be scared or you might be afraid or anxious. Um,
00:08:17
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But overall, if you look at the course of your life, like he will give you peace and, um, security about his plan for your life. So I think that's pretty cool. Okay. So moving on, um, God meets us where we are. So the verse that I had picked up for this is it comes from Ecclesiastes 7 14.
00:08:43
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Uh, here it is. And I just got put on Ecclesiastes. I think I said that last episode, but like, man, like you guys got to read this thing. Like every time I read it, it's like my jaw is on the floor. It's just like the greatest book I've ever read. Man, maybe not, but like, it's very good. Um, and if you heard, if you heard my verse from last week, uh, time for everything, I would say this is pretty similar.
00:09:06
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Here's how it goes. Ecclesiastes 7 14 When times are good be happy, but when times are bad consider this God has made the one as well as the other therefore no one can discover anything about their future and I think that's really good because Nothing gets past God Nothing gets past God there's always or he there allows everything or
00:09:36
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or make something happen, but nothing gets past him and he knows the struggle that we're gonna go through and he knows all the great times you're gonna have in your life, but it all is part of his plan and it all shapes him to how he wants you to be and brings you closer to him and overall just makes you a better person and helps you live for him, so. Yeah.
00:09:59
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I love that. And kind of relating to that, the verse that I have picked out is Isaiah 60 22. It says, when the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen. And I think that's just so comforting because we know that we have a God that is like for us, he has a plan, he has a written out plan, and he
00:10:21
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Like that the verse that Jacob picked out just like there's a time and a place for every emotion for everything to fall into place and to be given away and Just as much as Jacob loves Ecclesiastes I love Job and I just adore the story of Job and that should be like another like separate podcast just on itself because I
00:10:52
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But in Job it says the Lord has gave and the Lord has taken away May the name of the Lord be praised and that that's just God is so he's eternal being and he's going to give and he's gonna take away things
Faith Over Fear and Personal Battles
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in our lives and things of this world are so temporary like we can't lean on the things of this world, but God is so
00:11:19
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amazing and so pure and so wholeheartedly there for us that we can lean on him and we have someone that is for us and while things may fall apart in our lives like we have a god that is there he we have a god that is for us and just wants to be with us and hear from us he wants a conversation with you and that's all he asks of us is just to know him and the more that we talk to god i mean that's coming in our next um
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subtitle but like the more that we talk to God like the better we are and um just having a time and a place for everything and um like Job said like God will give us blessings he will Jesus gives us God gives us blessings every single day and they might be so little so little but you need to be appreciative of those little things like I don't know
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How could your coffee taste it this morning? Or like, how beautiful the sky looks? Or like, I don't know, just a text or a call from someone. Those are little things that God places in your life to be grateful for. And there's times where He takes things away from you. He takes hard things that you are so heavily held on to and that you wanted so bad.
00:12:36
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And he takes them away because those things are temporary. But the amazing thing about what Job says is, may the name of the Lord be praised because God is there. Even when things fall through, even when things are taken away, there's a God that's always there. He is for you and he is with you and he just wants your heart.
00:12:59
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I think that is why we praise God. And yeah, so I'm referring back to that. There's a time and a place for everything. And when the time is right, I, the Lord will make it happen. Isaiah says. I think that's so cool. And also like something when you read that verse, especially in Job where when something gets taken away from you, like you still should be praising the Lord. Like one thing that I think about is just like being whole or feeling whole with God. And like, that's like,
00:13:29
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It sounds kind of like a broad statement, like, I feel whole with God, like God makes me feel whole. But anyone that knows me knows I just this, there's this guy on Instagram that I he's the most impressionable guy that I've ever watched. And like, he could say anything and I would probably listen to it. Maybe not. But like, anyways,
00:13:47
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I really like him, but he said I'm feeling whole with God is like you got to be really careful about what you idolize and He said that like if God came down and said I don't have plans for you to be married
00:14:01
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would you be angry about that? Like, would that give you, would you not feel whole with God? Like, and then that lets him know clearly that he was never enough for you. And like, just gives me shivers talking about like, like, that's crazy. Like, I don't know, that's kind of a tangent. But yeah, something
00:14:23
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Yeah, it's that's kind of a tangent. But I think it's just like important like looking at what does feeling whole with God really look like? Yeah. And then that also ties into him being the Prince of Peace. And yeah, so anyways, another thing I had written down was that
00:14:40
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When God sees you in your lowest moment, it's like a full sprint. He sees you in your lowest moment, and he's coming after you to bring you back to where he wants you to be. And I just think that's so cool. A really cool analogy to think about when you're in your lowest moment, he's working harder to get to you. And that happened to me. I was in a very low spot, and God
00:15:07
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Literally like picking like felt like you picked me up by the back of the shirt and was like you're my son Like I really want to have a relationship with you and like that's just the the biggest blessing ever like I say that a lot but is just It's the coolest thing ever it is. I love that and it reminds me of
00:15:26
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I kind of wanted to share a little bit about my past and maybe a little bit of a testimony, not my faith, not my coming to faith testimony quite yet. That's something special later down the road for Jacob and I to share with you guys. But something that I just really wanted to put out because worrying is so real and it can
00:15:49
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I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and depression many years ago, actually. I've had it for a long, long time. I've had anxiety at least since I was a child. That is just always who I've been. I've always been a go, go, go person.
00:16:11
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like because I don't like to wait because when I wait that's where the anxiety kicks in I just want things to happen and I want it to happen now and I want it to happen my way because I'm in control of my way and
00:16:24
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that just is not a really healthy pattern and it like manifested in my life and manifested in myself and it created this really bad anxiety disorder that I had to work with in my eighth grade year of middle school. It was COVID at that time so I understand that a lot of people were kind of going through that mental health issues at that period because it was a stressful moment but
00:16:53
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For me, I need to socialize. I'm a very social person. As a lot of you know, I like to talk. And being alone and not being able to socialize with my friends, it put me into this really bad state where I just like...
00:17:12
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would lay in my bed for hours all day long and just scroll on TikTok, scroll on Instagram. I would like shave away my days. I don't even, I can't even remember like that whole like quarantine like kick for me, like just like flew by. It's like all one day because I spent it the same way. But I, it was very,
00:17:42
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It was a hard time for me. And I finally went and I was having really bad panic attacks like every single day, like multiple a day, like crying, shaking, just horrible. Like I couldn't control myself and everything was just giving me anxiety. And I, I, I wouldn't be able to tell you now what I was so worried about because I don't know. It was just little things. It was, um, and at the time I was not close with, um, Jesus as I am now.
00:18:11
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And I would like to reference that, make that known. But I went to the doctor and I got diagnosed and I was on medications for years and they did not work for me. I tried multiple medications and nothing seemed to work. I was very irritable. I was not the nicest person. I didn't have patients.
00:18:34
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I was so anxious that I didn't know what to do with myself and just very depressed and not myself. And that was a really hard moment for me until I started coming into a relationship with Christ. And that's when I learned to really trust God's plan in that the things that happen in day-to-day life
00:18:59
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like Jacob said in the beginning, and the grand scheme of things don't matter. Like I said, literally like two seconds ago, I don't remember what I was worried about, but there I was like years ago, crying and shaking on the floor because of them. Sorry, this is really vulnerable. But those are the things I don't recall what I was so worried about. I don't. And that just shows that the things that we worry about
00:19:28
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in the grand scheme of things just really aren't worth the
Using Anxiety as a Prompt for Prayer
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thought. They aren't worth the time. But it was a really challenging battle for me. And thankfully with Jesus Christ, I am pretty much like, I am so much better. I really don't, I obviously have anxiety, but I have been really saved from that in so many elements of that,
00:19:57
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And the reason I just share this with you is because I know that there are people on the other side of this hearing this and not really knowing where to go with this. And I'm telling you, if you put your trust in Jesus, it is so hard. It is so hard in the start of it. It's so hard in the beginning. It's like every moment, oh, I'm worried about this certain little thing that
00:20:22
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just gonna happen and whatever, and you get so hyper. I don't even know, I can't go over the example. But like, you're so worried about that little thing. Pray about it, pray about it. And that brings me into the next point, I think is like, when you have like anxiety, use that as a ting, as a initiation to pray, to pray.
00:20:49
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Like when you have that anxiety, pray, rebuke it, be like, no saying I am not being anxious over this today. This is not real, this is false, this is fake, this is not what God has for me, this is not God's intention. And I rebuke these feelings and be like, no, I'm not having this, I trust Jesus and I trust Jesus' way because Jesus' way is so much better for us and it is full of peace and joy. And even though the situations may be crappy,
00:21:18
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Walking with it through God and having gratitude makes it so much worth it So basically why I tell this story is just like that times are tough and it the struggle is so real in Anxiety and being so worried and stressed out about things is so real and like we're not invalidating people's feelings by telling you oh just don't worry about it like I
00:21:43
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There's worry for a reason. Pray about it. There's a source. There's a resource. Jesus Christ, he is there and he will lift it off you if you're just like sitting there and it might not be like immediate like prayer like oh god I'm so anxious right now lift it off me and like he might miraculously like just be like poof and you're like oh my gosh this is crazy but it might take a while for like
00:22:09
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him to start kicking in because little progress is still big progress when you look at it from like, I don't know, if you zoom out and see the progress, I don't even know. But over time, it's better if you just put your trust in Jesus Christ because he has a plan for you.
The Power of Consistent Prayer
00:22:26
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Yes, and thank you for sharing that story. That's just such a cool story about how God really does change your, He changes your whole perspective on how to deal with everything. And I wrote this down while you were talking. So the title of this episode is called Worry About Nothing. But we don't, I'm not saying worry about nothing because there's nothing to worry about. I'm saying worry about nothing because there's a God that wants to help you in your struggle.
00:22:55
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And like, there's definitely a lot of things to worry about in this world. Like, I mean, I could just list off a hundred things right now that like, could come up with some sort of pain or suffering. But there's a God that wants to, I mean, we already talked about, he wants to meet you where you are. And he wants to give you that piece that he showed in his life. And yeah, it's just, it's awesome. So thank you for sharing that story. It was super cool.
00:23:24
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But it did lead us perfectly into our next section, Pray About Everything, and Annika already kind of talked about this. So the verse that I picked for this was, I almost considered using this as the theme verse of the whole episode, but I think that this is going to work just fine. So it comes from Philippians 4, verse 6.
00:23:46
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And this verse really just kind of, for me, it kind of shows what it looks like to be in full surrender to God. And like, when I say full surrender, like, I don't mean like you have to get on your knees and fully like, I don't know, maybe that looks like for you, like, I know, I mean,
00:24:14
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I know people that have done that, but it really is just taking yourself out of the equation and giving it all to God. Once you do that, your life really will change for the better. I've experienced that for sure. Just remembering that all of this
00:24:37
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pain and suffering. It's in God's hands and that's why we pray about it. God gives us this thing called prayer to talk to him and he wants to talk to you. Like me and Annika have talked about this before about how like, I would say Annika is one of my good friends. I have a lot of friends at school, but like, I think that God is my best friend. Like I probably spend the most time talking to him, which is crazy to think about like,
00:24:59
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like I'm talking to a spiritual being but like when you really experience like the power of prayer and being persistent in prayer and how much your life can change and how much you see other things around you change when you consistently pray it's just it's unbelievable so yeah and I think that's uh I'm looking up for that looking up the verse but um oh here it is that reminds me of one
00:25:30
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The law she ends Okay, I have to admit I am NOT a perfect Christian, okay Yeah, that's the lonians, thank you Okay 517 it says pray without ceasing and I think that goes along with what you were saying is just like
00:25:55
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in every moment. Okay, pray without ceasing is like pray without stopping.
00:26:00
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and obviously we're not gonna go through our day and be like, oh, good morning, Jesus. Oh, now I'm getting my coffee. Oh, this coffee is good. Okay, we're trying my school, God. Like, oh, the bird is really cool. You know, like, I mean, we can and I bet our relationship would grow amazingly well if we did that, but that's not what he's really referring to when he says, pray without ceasing, it's just like,
00:26:27
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you want your to pray very consistently you want to pray often you want to pray a lot and your prayers should be like over i don't know
00:26:41
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Over anything really it could be it seriously could like and like Jacob said like God is my best friend. You know, I wake up every morning. I'm like, oh I like I'm actually not I'm kidding. I literally wake up. I'm like Like I do sounds weird to some people like
00:27:01
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I know you would. I wake up and go on my phone and whatever. Once you experience it, just try it for yourself. Try literally talking to God all the time. And then you'll understand what this joy is. What you do all the time. It's awesome. But when you pray without seizing, it's just like bringing God into every moment of your day.
00:27:22
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whether you're praying or not, even when you're just acting, when you're thinking about God, that is a form of prayer. That is, it's not a formal voice, like, dear Jesus, thank you, amen. Not that type of prayer, but if you are going through your day and bringing God into every moment, if that is praying without ceasing, when you are bringing Jesus into your life through every single moment,
00:27:52
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And I
Future Plans and Faith Over Fear
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think that really wraps up worry when you have worry, like bring Jesus in to every moment.
00:28:01
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bring Jesus in, give him the praise when things are good, when he gives you blessings, recognize him and say thank you, Jesus, I praise you, I see you. And then when things aren't, when you're worried about things, be like, Jesus, this is really hard and you can be honest, you can be vulnerable, you can be real with God. He doesn't expect you to put up this like fake being and be like, okay, I'm fine, Jesus, even though I'm tweaking out right now.
00:28:28
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bring it to God, be like, God, I'm really like not okay right now. I don't know why this is happening to me. Please like help me through this. And he will, he will. And so pray about it for every single thing in your day, every single worry, pray about it. Yes, that's so awesome. And another, just one final thing that I wanted to bring up when we talk about praying is that
00:28:55
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Um, so as some of you know, I'm sure, uh, I'm going to work at a summer campus or a Bible camp this summer. Uh, shout out inspiration point. But, uh, one of the phrases they like to say is that like your future is, or this is not part of the phrase, but your future is very uncertain.
00:29:14
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But through it all like the Lord still will provide regardless of the scenario in regardless of how much money you're making Regardless of like if you're worried about what you're gonna miss when you're gone because it is a big commitment but the Lord will provide through it all and that's through prayer like telling them being vulnerable with him and Yeah, so that's
00:29:38
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Oh, I love that. That's so cool. And what a great opportunity for you. Seriously, I know we've talked about it before, but it's still a little jealous. Yeah, it's gonna be awesome. But a side note, it will make the podcast a little bit different. Maybe so we're still working out some of the kinks, but it should we should be just fine. So more to come on that soon. But yeah, so anything else you gotta say?
00:30:06
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No, I think that's it. Oh, also, okay, this will be really quick. But this is so interesting. And I really want to give a shout out real quick to Megan from my Wednesday group. She told me this and I think that's really relevant and can help people with this topic. It's over faith and fear. And both of them, like the endings are
00:30:32
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unknown right when we have faith in God like that's still the ending of that story is unknown and same with fear when we have worry when we have fear that is something that's unknown we're just overthinking an event we're overthinking a situation for the worse and we don't know what the end looks like for that and same with faith we don't know what the end looks like that for faith and both of them are unknown so why not choose faith
00:31:02
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why should you worry about that when you don't know what's gonna happen, when you can have faith and still not know what happened, but at least you have faith and positive reinforcement knowing that it'll be okay.
00:31:14
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Wow, that's awesome. I couldn't have said it better myself. I couldn't have said it better myself. Shout out Megan.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
00:31:23
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Anyway, so as we wrap up, I just thought I could pray over that this word really hits home with a lot of people and it just reaches and sinks in. And yeah, so let's pray to wrap up our episode.
00:31:40
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Dear God, thank you for this podcast and thank you that you've given us the blessing to talk and speak through us as we go through your word and try to reach as many people as we can. I pray that this word that we've spoken about today really pierces the hearts of everyone out there and
00:32:06
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gives them hope for their struggle. Like you are bigger than anxiety and you are bigger than depression and you want to be there for us. So we thank you for that. And we pray that everyone listening has a good week and hopefully enjoyed this podcast. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. All right guys, we will see you in episode three. And we're really excited about that.
00:32:35
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Awesome. Well, we'll see you guys next episode. Thank you guys for listening. Um, again, if you have any questions, uh, comments, concerns, uh, we're hopefully going to make an Instagram page soon. So maybe by the time this episode gets out, that will be up. Um, but you can reach out to us there. If not, um, we have our Instagrams in the bio of the podcast. Um, so just reach out to us. We'll, we'd love to talk to you, answer questions. So yes, we'll see you guys. Yes. We'll see you guys in the next episode.
00:33:05
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Bye.