there are so many days I wish I could go back and tell my younger self to just
relax and don't worry about it. Have you looked at the news lately? Inflation is
crazy. Have you been traveling and putting gas in your tank? It's insane
what these prices are. And now they're talking about recession. What does that
mean? That means all of a sudden the prices have gotten so high that people
are gonna quit spending and then there's the recession anxiety. And you know we
live through Jimmy Carter folks. We'll live through this administration. Hi my
name is Leigh Ann Friesman and today I just want to remind you of some amazing
promises in the Word of God. He is faithful and he will get you through
this. Matthew 11 28. Come to me all of you who are weary and burdened and I will
give you rest. You know I think a lot of times when you turn on social media,
YouTube, you know what they want you to operate in fear and anxiety. Because why?
Fear sells. They're selling anxiety. Well don't you want to know what's really
going on? No. You know why? Because I know God is good and I know he's faithful and
I wish I could go back and tell my younger self in my 30s and in my 40s
would you just chill? You know you didn't know how you were gonna get your kids
through Christian schools and you did. You didn't know how you were gonna get
your kids through college and you did. You didn't know what you were gonna do
about a wedding. It turned out just fine. All those things in my mind that I knew
were gonna be a challenge and I was gonna have to walk it out by faith. I did
it. And and so when I look to what's coming ahead that's how I'm gonna
approach it as well. And you will too. And today I'm gonna share a lot of
scriptures with you that you know somebody's probably quoted these
scriptures to you and you've meditated on these scriptures but when you turn on
the TV set you got to go back and remind yourself to some of these promises.
They're just that good. Psalms 34 for I sought the Lord and he
answered me and he delivered me from all of my fears. Well if you want to be
delivered from fears then you're gonna have to seek him. You're gonna have to go
to the Word. Psalms 94 19 when the cares of my heart are many your consolations
cheer my soul. There are times when you have got to encourage yourself in God.
You've got to encourage yourself in what the Word says. Doom and gloom is all over.
Oh you know the fertilizer prices and oh meat prices and how many meat processing
you know I think we've had what like over 90 food processing plants that it
burned in America right now. Guess what? God's big enough. Maybe we'll all eat
something else you know for a while until things get back on on on the
ground. I'm not concerned about it because God always makes a way. Proverbs
18 10 for the word of the Lord is like a strong tower. The righteous run to that
tower and they are safe. Around the walls of Jerusalem are these high towers.
They're the lookout places. They're the places that the army of Israel would go
to to go up and and climb up and get a better view so that they could see the
oncoming enemy. You know we all need to run to God. We need to run to his
presence. We need to run to that place in him where we see things as he sees them
and not meditate on what the world would want us to see. We want to see what's
coming from God's perspective. There's a lot of frustration and anger in America
right now and this is for my Bulgarian friends, my Israeli friends, my listeners
in Africa and Nigeria and hundreds of people in the Philippine Islands.
Americans are mad. Americans are upset and and they are they see what's
happening. They know things are shifting and you know even though we might not be
in a good place right now sometimes being in a bad place, I'm talking about
politics and the economy or whatever else, sometimes being in a bad place
isn't such a bad thing because why? It exposes
what needs to be taken care of. And God is always looking at the big picture. He's
always looking at the long haul. He's always looking at his kingdom on earth
and that this gospel will be preached to the entire earth and then the end shall
come, right? Well, we have a tendency just to think about our world and in our
circumstances. We have to make a choice to see things from God's perspective.
Philippians 4, 6, and 7, don't be anxious for anything, but in every
situation by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, thanking God, present your
requests to God and the peace of God that passes all understanding will keep
your heart and your mind, right, in Christ Jesus. We're in a season right now where
you have to make a decision to keep your mind, your thoughts, your thinking
on him because he's just that good. You can make a decision to focus on
inflation or recession, or you can think about how God has always supernaturally
provided. Finally, my brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is
worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think on those
things. Excellent and praiseworthy. There's so much stuff going on in the
news that's not even real. You don't even know what is real anymore, right? But
you can make a decision to shut all that off and focus on his goodness and his
provision. Go back and rehearse your victories. Remind yourself of the
supernatural things that God has brought you through, and you too can walk in
victory over fear, inflation, recession, and anxiety. Guys, it isn't the fear or
the anxiety that's your problem. Your problem is your reaction to it. Thanks
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