You should be far more concerned about displeasing God

than annoying any of the people around us.

I'm far more concerned about failing to understand what God is saying

than I am to understand what's happening in the world around me.

And I don't want to lead a life that's unaware or uninformed. I give a good deal of attention

to that. But I'm far more concerned about having a God perspective than I am any other

perspective. And the more you'll commit yourself to that the less fear will have a

stronghold in your heart.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen.

Be blessed. I want to begin a new study. I don't know how many sessions we'll take but it'll be

three or four at least I believe on how to thrive in the midst of big trouble.

Big trouble is the plain English for the biblical word tribulation.

That's what tribulation means is big trouble.

And I'm not really going to argue with you about timelines. I'll give you some suggestions in a minute, but I think a casual glance at the world we would live in would suggest that we're living through a season of some troubling things.

And yet I want to be certain that you hear me because the most important part to me is I think

we're living in the most exciting days.

God is moving in ways.

I haven't seen him move in decades.

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