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Today, I'm going to be sharing a testimony of when I had the opposite of a panic attack,

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and we're going to take a posture of peace today by putting into practice the process

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and the promise that we find in Philippians 4.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves as a short, audible fist bump to remind you that God is

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in everything.

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Together, we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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In Philippians chapter 4, verses 4 through 9, it says rejoice in the Lord always, I will

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say it again, rejoice.

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Let your gentleness be evident to all, the Lord is near.

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

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present your request to God.

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And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and

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your minds in Christ Jesus.

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And then in verse 8, it says, finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is

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noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable,

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if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.

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Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me, put into practice,

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and the God of peace will be with you.

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So I mentioned yesterday's episode, I'm going to be sharing a testimony today of something

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that recently happened to me in the midst of this quarantine that really illuminates

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this process and promise that we find in Philippians 4.

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At the beginning of this quarantine, when it hit here in the United States, I woke up

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one morning and I was feeling this core fear surface, it was that core fear I spoke about

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in yesterday's episode, the one that's like, where is this leading?

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What's going to happen to me?

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That began to permeate in my head and my heart.

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And there was so much opportunity, and quite honestly, there was a lot of permission from

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it seemed like everyone in the world to be anxious and scared and small and to just give

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into the panic.

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And I don't remember a lot of details from that day, I kind of tried to go on my typical

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work day as much as I could.

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But I just remember all day wrestling this low grade panic that just seemed to sit in

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my gut all day.

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And there were these concerns and these worries and these pressures of what this quarantine

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and what this virus could mean for us, mean for our family, mean for me, for our community.

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And late that afternoon, my husband, I took a walk around our neighborhood, because that

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was all we were allowed to do in quarantine.

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And I was about to open my mouth to finally give voice to the panic that had been bubbling.

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And I, in that instant, remembered a situation that had happened a few months ago, to Bruce

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and I before, where God had provided for us in the midst of a tough circumstance that

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we had faced just a few months prior.

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And I gave voice to that instead, I said, Babe, hey, remember when this happened a few

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months ago, and the Lord, he provided for us?

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And he said, Oh, yeah.

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And then he brought up another provision.

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And then I brought up something and then he brought up something.

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And then my husband brought up this prophetic promise that someone had given us.

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And that 30 minute walk turned into this remembrance, this time of remembrance, and we began to

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give thanks.

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And I want to demystify this, there was no big words used, there was no eloquent speech,

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it wasn't even really planned.

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It was just, it was a very normal conversation.

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But Bruce would remind me of something and I would just say, Oh, yeah, thank you, God,

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for that.

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I had forgotten or Oh, yeah, Lord, you're so good in that situation.

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Thank you.

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And during that walk, this peace surrounded us as we spent time remembering past breakthrough

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and future promise that the Lord had given us.

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And then something really unique happened to me.

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I still don't really have words for it.

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But I'm calling it a joy attack.

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Because similar to a panic attack, it overwhelmed my senses.

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Like if you've had a panic attack, I hope you haven't.

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But if you have had one, you kind of know what I'm talking about, it just overwhelms

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kind of all your senses and you begin to get closed in with a sense of panic.

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And instead of panic, it was joy, it was excitement, it was anticipation, I had this bubbling anticipation

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for what God was going to do.

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In the midst of this pandemic, I just had this sense that something much bigger than

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the noise and the fear of the crisis was going on and that the Lord was going to move in

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a mighty way.

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And I had no understanding of like specific details of what God was going to do.

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I knew that I knew that I knew that there would be a victory in this for the people

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of God.

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And it just overwhelmed my senses.

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I could feel it.

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I could smell it almost and taste it.

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It was like every part of me was aligned with a sense of joy and the next day I was still

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feeling it.

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So I asked the Lord, I said, Lord, what is this?

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What's going on?

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And I sensed him say, this is what my hope feels like.

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Lindsay, you have hope.

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Let me just tell you, friend, I want this for you.

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I want this for everyone.

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What I experienced that day, it hasn't left me.

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I've had this great anticipation.

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You know, we have so much permission right now

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from the world to give in to panic and anxiety,

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and yet we have the backing of heaven

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to live in the fullness of Christ,

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even right now, to experience his peace,

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his joy, his hope.

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You know, we are living from his fullness every day,

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never for it.

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We can't earn it.

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We can't strive for it.

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We can only receive it by walking in it.

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So today, put it into practice.

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Try it.

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Put this process into practice

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that we find in Philippians 4.

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Rejoice in the Lord.

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Rejoice in who God is.

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He's loving, he's patient, he's kind,

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he's gentle, he's peaceful, he's faithful,

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he's good, he's never changing.

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Think about those things.

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Think about him.

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Think about the goodness, the purity.

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And then remember who he is.

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Remember what he's done before.

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Remember what he's promised to do.

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And allow the truth of who he is

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to quiet the anxiety,

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and then give voice to the thanksgiving in your heart.

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Bring your request to him

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from that posture of thanksgiving,

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and I'm telling you, friend,

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peace will rise from your spirit,

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and it will be a peace that you may not even understand.

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It may not even make sense to you

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in the natural with all that's going on around you,

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but it will rise, and it will surround your heart,

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and it will surround your mind.

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And friend, in any situation you face,

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you will be guarded.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26.3.

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And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom,

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meaning complete wholeness,

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nothing missing, nothing broken.

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This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today, I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart, I trust the Lord.

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I am strong, I am victorious, I am whole.

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Remember, friend, you are a living testimony

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of Jesus' ultimate win,

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not because of anything you did,

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but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today,

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you're putting Jesus' victory on display

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and Satan's defeat on replay.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today, I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart, I trust the Lord.

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I am strong, I am victorious, I am whole.

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Remember, friend, you are a living testimony

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of Jesus' ultimate win,

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not because of anything you did,

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but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today,

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you're putting Jesus' victory on display

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and Satan's defeat on replay.