Worry-Free Lifestyle | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

0:06 place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

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0:40 International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. Yes, this

0:53 is something that I've shared about it many times, a lot of times,

0:57 and this is a passage that I've spoken about several times in my messages.

1:02 But you know, I want to tell you guys, you know, this

1:04 is maybe something that you can take as a reminder, or it could be

1:07 something that comes as a as a gentle rebuke or a word of exhortation for

1:14 you so that you will apply it in your life. You know, I'll

1:17 tell you honestly, a lot of times, we know the scriptures, we

1:21 know what the Bible says, but the reason we're still worried. The reason

1:25 we are still filled with anxiety, we the reason we speak as if we

1:29 are of the people of the world with no hope and we don't know how

1:33 things are going to be, is not because we don't know the Bible.

1:37 It's because we are not applying what we know into our lives. Right,

1:42 That's what I want to remind you. You know, in the last couple

1:46 of days, a couple of people made comments about me, saying, John,

1:49 You're not concerned, you have no concern about the reality of your life,

1:53 you know, concerning major stuff happening in my life. And the truth

1:57 is, it's not that I don't care or I don't have any concern or

2:00 I don't bother about it. But every time I have a sense of worry

2:04 or anytime I'm concerned about something, you know, I just took through the

2:07 Bible. I just telling you, honestly, I took to the Bible.

2:10 I would immediately go to the scripture because this has been my guiding scripture for

2:15 me in this area of Philippine chapter four, and I'm reading from the Nalty

2:20 version. In verse six, it says, don't worry about anything. Instead,

2:23 pray about everything, Tell God what you need and thank you for what

2:28 he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything you

2:32 can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in

2:37 Christ Jesus. Now I'm telling you, guys, this scripture has been the

2:40 reality of my life. I'm telling you, in the midst of uncertainty,

2:44 in the midst of so much of turmoil, in the midst of so many

2:46 questions, in the midst of so much of questions on my faith, I'm

2:51 telling you I always went back to the word of God. I've always been

2:53 back to what the Lord has already spoken. Every time I was tempted to

2:57 worry, every time I had anxiety attacks. Honestly, even a couple of

3:00 days back, in the middle of the night, I was woken up with

3:04 so many questions and tosks. It's just, you know, kept me awake.

3:07 And every time such things happen, immediately I would turn to the Lord.

3:10 Immediately I would convert that into prayer. And I encourage you guys to

3:17 do that. I truly encourage you guys to do that. I know it's

3:21 not easy. I know it's something you'll be like oh, I know this

3:23 already, But Kennethy is something. Sometimes the real reason is that we think

3:27 that we already know it and we don't need to know it again. But

3:30 sometimes sometimes I listen to the same messages by certain renowned ministers again and again,

3:36 even if it seems repetitive, because you know, the scripture says fat

3:38 comes by the hearing of the word. Not when you hear once and forget

3:42 it, but you constantly hear, you constantly feed on it, you constantly

3:46 pondered on it. When you constantly get to that same scripture and say,

3:49 you know what, I want to live this scripture, not just read it,

3:52 not just know it, but I want to live in it. I

3:53 want to walk in it. When you walk with that, this becomes your

3:58 real reality. You know what I did every time I'm reminded, every time

4:01 I feel like giving up, every time I feel like, you know,

4:05 a sense of hopelessness, I would immediately start praying, speaking in tongues.

4:10 I'm telling you, guys, I have seen the sense of peace, you

4:13 know. I love how the Message version talks about the same passage. You

4:15 know, the Message wation says like this, you know, a sense of

4:18 great peace and knowing comes and fills in and settles you down. That's what

4:23 the Bible says. You know, even if your outside does not settled,

4:27 you settle down first. And that's settling down comes when you convert your prayer

4:32 point into prayer. Instead of worrying about it, instead of being anxious about

4:39 it, pray about it. I know it's a very simple message. It's

4:43 a very simple thought that you want to heard a million times. But I'm

4:46 telling you, I'm speaking from a place. This is being the reality of

4:49 my life and to the fact that people actually think that I'm not worried or

4:55 how can I be so happy? Maybe you know I don't understand the seriousness.

4:58 No, it's not because I don't understand the business. It's because you

5:00 know what Being in the presence of God, you know, takes away the

5:03 body. Being in the presence of God removes anxiety. Being in the presence

5:08 of God, you know, you can see that God is in control.

5:11 I don't know how I can explain it. I can't put my finger on

5:14 it, but I know, and I know without a shot of adult that

5:16 all is well, and I go. I want to share that with you

5:18 guys and encourage you today. You know, if you are worried, if

5:21 you are anxious, are you praying about it? Are you taking it to

5:26 the Lord? Are you depending on the Lord. It's not just prayer as

5:29 an act of performance or an act of ritual or putting your hair prayer.

5:32 You know, faith on the act of prayer. But it's about taking it

5:35 to the Lord. It's about your relationship with God. It's about you conveying

5:40 it to the Lord. And I want to tell you your life will never

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