How Are You Handling Worry?
Joel Osteen Podcast
Joel Osteen & SiriusXM
4.3 • 24K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has got amazing things in your future. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope you enjoy this message. |
| 0:21.0 | The other day I got a phone call and the voice on the other end of the phone said Victoria, I got to tell you something. |
| 0:30.0 | But don't worry about what I'm going to tell you. |
| 0:33.0 | Well, automatically my worry was kicked in. That was my first response. |
| 0:39.0 | I thought, oh my gosh, what do I have to worry about? |
| 0:43.0 | You see, that's what happens sometimes. Our worry automatically kicks in without us even knowing it. |
| 0:51.0 | We just worry when a concern or a care comes into our life. |
| 0:56.0 | Now, this particular problem was not huge. It wasn't monumental, but it was a problem all the same. |
| 1:05.0 | It was something that needed to be resolved. |
| 1:08.0 | So I had to push pause for a moment and make a decision. |
| 1:12.0 | Was I going to let this concern overtake me? |
| 1:18.0 | Cause my mind to just spin out of control, fret, and worry until the problem has resolved itself? |
| 1:28.0 | Was I going to ruin my entire day because of this concern? |
| 1:33.0 | Or was I going to say, God, you got to help me with this situation. God, I got to present this to you. |
| 1:41.0 | You know everything about me. You said you'd fight my battles for me. |
| 1:45.0 | Now, God, I am giving this to you. And I'm going to try to rest and hear everything you would want me to hear from you. |
| 1:54.0 | You see, we have to make this choice. How are we going to handle this thing called worry? |
| 2:03.0 | Are we going to just work it in our minds? You know, sometimes when I worry, it's like I'm really doing something. |
| 2:10.0 | I'm just working it, working it, working it in my mind. |
| 2:13.0 | I heard worry was a lot like sitting in a rocking chair. |
| 2:17.0 | You're doing something, but it's getting you nowhere. |
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