This series we've called Touching Grass, or Touch Grass. And that's kind of a language from the world of

grounding. They say if you have jet lag or you're just feeling tired, that if you just take off your shoes and stand barefoot on grass, there's something that can happen where you just sort of feel recharged. It makes sense. I mean, have you ever had static electricity in you? And then you're so scared to touch a doorknob, right? What I'm asking is, have you ever been on a trampoline? Right? What a

terrible experience that is. And you just know this is in me and it's going to stay in me until I touch it and discharge it. So it does make sense that grounding or earthing would have a positive impact, being outside. And it's also sort of a way when you say, I need to touch grass that you're saying I've been online too much I've been I've been reading too much about the opinions of people I

need to just get outside and touch a tree I just need to get outside and watch the sunset I

think in these days where so many of us have been anxiously scrolling and toxic in our way of, you know, sort of doom scrolling,

that there's something so powerful about being outside. I was outside a few nights ago watching

the stars, and fortunately, we're at a place where there's a little moon right now. It's only

1% moon last night, and the nights where there's not that beautiful nightlight in the sky

gives us the chance

and the opportunity to gaze on the stars in a better way. The darker the night, the bright of the

light. And somebody, anybody with you on that? It's powerful. I'm just watching the stars and just

finding myself so much more at a place of peace, right? You look down. It's easy to get distressed, but you look up.

The Bible talks about lifting your eyes. And not only is that better for your posture and better

for your breathing, but it's really better for your soul. Touch grass. That's what we're talking

about. And in the book of 1st John, we find not what we need to ground ourselves when we talk

about like electricity. we're grounding ourselves

in truth grounding ourselves in god's word that's what first john is all about and we're going to

see today that god has something very powerful for us in these verses we're're beginning in chapter 4, verse 13. Before we

try and unpack the truth, let's read it together. John writes, by this, we know that we abide in him

and he and us because he has given us his spirit and we have seen and testify that the father has sent the

son as savior of the world whoever confesses that jesus is the son of god of god abides in Him and He in God.

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.

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