Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

You may be seated. Welcome to week one of a brand new sermon series called Triggered.

And we're going to be discussing some things, some different teachings to help you take your

mind back and not just give territory over to the devil in the area of your imagination.

And so that he fills you with all of these hypothetical scenarios that may or may not ever

happen, keeping you from enjoying the life God has given you. More importantly,

stewarding the life that God has given you for his glory. And we're so excited to get it started

today. And I want to make the best use of our time possible. I know here at Valentine,

they were saying it was kind of difficult to get in. Probably not at all the campuses,

but there was more traffic than usual. And so you should thank God for that because not only is

that more people hearing the message of Jesus Christ, but it's also good preparation for a sermon

about anxiety. And so we're just looking out for you and helping you get in the right mind frame.

But let's go to the Word of God now. And obviously I'm no psychologist. I'm just a Bible preacher

from Monk's Corner, South Carolina. And with a little bit of knowledge that I have about the

scriptures and life experience, I want to show you something today that I think will be so helpful

from verse Peter, chapter five, verses five through nine. And I'm going to tell you there's

only one verse in this whole passage that I actually like. I believe all of it. And I know that

I'm supposed to do all of it. But from the natural standpoint of my mind, there's only one verse

that appeals to me. And you'll see what I'm saying when I read it. Of course, we can't talk about

triggered without paying a visit to Peter. Easily the most triggered disciple that Jesus called

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