Now, I have a question for you. Have you ever lost your kid at the store before? It's okay. We won't judge you. Okay. So have you ever been lost as a kid and you are scared? Okay? Yes. Okay, there you go. There you go. So over the over the summer, we went to this national conference, this Vineyard National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. And after the first session, they did an uh after party, and they closed, they had this like Dave and Buster type place called Main Event. And uh there was like all these pastors and leaders there, and and it's super late. And I told Aaron said, let's go, let's take our kids and go. They're gonna have so much fun. And so we go to this, we go to this event, and it's yeah, it's hundreds of pastors and leaders there, and my kids love it, they're having a great time playing all the arcade games. Now, my daughter Kingsley has recently been into claw machines, and so she was like running around trying to do all the different claw machine games and stuff like that. And so, so we're having a good time. This was different for us because we're like an early bed type family, so we're like roughing it. It's like 11 o'clock. I'm like, wow, we're we're adventurous, you know? And so we're out playing, having a good time, and and uh Kingsley's kind of running around, and everything is going great until it wasn't, all right? And so so I have the boys and we're playing one of those arcade basketball games, and I look over and I see Aaron, she's talking to someone that she that she met, and I look by her and I said, Where? I'm looking, I'm like, where is Kingsley? I'm like, where is Kingsley? And so I grab the boys and I walk up to Aaron and I say, Hey, have you seen Kingsley? And then she hit me with the classic line. I thought she was with you. And so, and so we lost Kingsley at this place. And so instantly, my mind is filled with anxiety. I'm stressed out. I'm like, oh my gosh, what's gonna happen? And so we pull a Scooby-Doo and we say, Let's split up, gang. My dad jokes are coming up, and so we so we split and we're looking, and as we're looking, like I have a couple thoughts going through my head. My first thought is okay, this is a closed event. There's I know most of the people here, you know, nothing bad's gonna happen. Um, but then there's also the part in me that's like, well, what if worst case happens? What if something bad does happen? So I'm kind of stressing up. Here you go. Less than five minutes, you know, she was only lost for around five minutes. Aaron calls me and says, Oh, we found her. Kingsley went to a trusted-looking mom and said, My parents are Jacob and Aaron Gaines from Richmond, Virginia. So that was good that she listens to our advice. We told her, like, if that ever happened, that's what you should do. Um, and and we ended up, you know, obviously finding her, and it was okay. But, but isn't that true? When things happen in life, anxiety comes in and it floods our brains, it floods our hearts, and it makes us nervous, worried, scared. We think of the worst case possibilities that can happen. What happens is things pop into our head and anxiety causes us to panic. It takes a moment and it turns it into a monster. It takes, it takes it takes the what is and twists it into what ifs. And we have a bunch of what-ifs running through our heads. And for so many of us, anxiety can be a daily battle that we have. And that we don't want it, we don't choose it, but anxious thoughts seem to be the most logical conclusions that we come to. That we can't we can't escape them. So today I want to show you by the power of God, you don't have to stay trapped in our anxious thoughts. You don't have to stay trapped in your anxious thoughts. That God can heal your anxious mind. But sometimes that sounds easier said than done, doesn't it? Like there, here you go. There's one of these Bible verses. I don't know if you guys got these relationships with Bible verses. There's some Bible verses that I absolutely love, and at the same time, I'm like, but it ain't that easy. You know, it's like I wish it was that easy. For example, the apostle Paul tells us, be anxious for nothing. And I'm like, Paul, how am I supposed to do that? You make it sound so good, you make it sound so easy. Yeah, but that's what he says. So sometimes I want to ask God, is it even possible to not be anxious? Now, here you go. I don't know your struggle, but I do know life comes with pressure. Life comes with pressure, doesn't it? There's money pressure, kids need you, relationships get messy, your body starts to hurt, work drains you. Is it possible to not be anxious in the world we live in? You open up a news app and the world is against each other. There's this side and that side, and there, you know, and is everyone against each other? Like how can I help but not feel a bit of anxiety? You feel like you're battling these things. So here you go. If you feel like you're battling anxiety, there's plenty, there does seem to be plenty to be anxious about. And I also want you to know you're not alone. You're not alone. In 2019, two out of three Americans said they were anxious or extremely anxious. And that was before the world went crazy. That was before the pandemic. Since then, anxiety rates have only increased, especially among the younger generation. Here you go. Barner says that 91% of high school and college students report consistent and significant levels of anxiety associated with stress. Perhaps it's one of the most common and prolific mental health issues of the day that we're dealing with. So I think if this is a problem, the church should talk about it. We should talk about it and see what God has to say about it. And as everyday people who are learning how to become Jesus followers, how can we follow our rabbi Jesus into a place of hope and freedom and victory in this? Okay? Here you go. So I want to start again, though, by acknowledging that this is a complex subject. Like I said last week, I am not an expert. I am not a doctor. And for some of us, that might be our next step to go see a professional doctor. But what I didn't want to do is I want to talk about the spiritual perspective of mental health. And the truth is we all experience anxiety at different levels, at different levels in different ways. For some of us, anxiety shows up in small ways, like stress before a test, a presentation, maybe walking into a room where you feel like you may not fit in. Or perhaps maybe you have that one person, that one person that every time they text you, when you see their name pop up, you get that little sinking feeling in your heart. And then when you open the text, you see the bubbles, and then they disappear, and you wonder what they were about to say. Now, if you don't have that person, I want to let you know I have about 73 of them. So I got enough for all of us, all right? So, yeah, so so you know, so but for some, anxiety is a minor. It's not always a big deal. For others, it can be crushing. It can feel crushing on us. A constant sense of dread, shortness of breath, heart racing, walls closing in, and you can't function normally. Wherever you are on this spectrum, hear this. God cares about you, He sees you, and God wants to help. God wants to help. So here you go. We're gonna look at a powerful example of a godly leader who also battles some anxiety. So if you want to follow along in your U Version Bible, or if you want to follow along in a hardcover Bible, I thought it would be kind of cool if maybe we start bringing our Bibles to church. That's radical, isn't it? If you want to follow along, you can turn to 2 Corinthians 20, and we're gonna be looking at one of the best kings that Israel had. They had a lot of kings that were egotistical and and and and didn't do good things. This is one of the good ones. We're gonna look at Jehoshaphat. First of all, that's a good name. What's your name? Jehoshaphat. I ain't gonna mess with you, dog. You know, okay. Okay. He was the fourth king of Judah and the southern kingdom of Israel. Now, Judah has some enemies. They had a lot, a lot of enemies, and they were on the attack. If you can imagine, here's this godly king with this godly kingdom, and all of a sudden, the Moabites are attacking. And then not only are the Moabites, the Anonites are attacking, and then the Minnunites are attacking, and worst of all, the mosquito bites are attacking. That was a good one. Why did God make mosquitoes? I don't know. We gotta ask them when we get to heaven one day. Okay, but the reality is the reality is this there are three different enemy groups at a time who join forces to attack King Jehosaphat and the people of Israel. And this illustrates the very reason why a lot of us deal with anxiety. Because it's not just one problem, it's not just, oh, there's like this thing. Okay, I can manage one issue. Often in our lives, there's this issue, and then there's this issue, and then there's this one, and they compound on each other. So we may have some financial issues and then the car breaks down. And because we have financial issues and the car breaks down, that brings up stress in my marriage. And because this is happening now when the kids are asking for things, I'm like, I don't want to give you anything. And then and there's all these different compound effects that happen with anxiety. It's not, it's rarely just one singular thing that happens. Here you go. And I referenced earlier the younger generation whom I love deeply. I love the young, I was a youth pastor. You guys may not know this, but I was a youth pastor for a long time down in Virginia Beach. I loved it. I loved it. The only reason why I left youth ministry, because God called me to come to this to Richmond. But I loved it, and I still love young people. Let me put it this way: LVC will always be committed to the next generation. We will be committed to the next generation to see everyday youth and everyday kids learn how to become Jesus followers. We're committed to it because the next generation is so important. And I think it's so important to have an intergenerational church that the younger generation can stand on the shoulders of the seasoned generation. And that the seasoned generation cannot say, oh, don't take my spot. But the seasoned generation said, How can I prepare you to take this mission forward? Come on, can I get some good amen to that one? And that and that's what we're committed to. So much so that starting October 15th, I am doing a 12-month commitment to our youth guys, to our youth guys. And I'm gonna start a thing called 12 for 12. And my hope is to see 12 youth guys, and every month, once one day of the month, we're gonna have a hangout time. Well, I hang out with them and we're gonna talk about leadership. We're gonna talk about spiritual habits. And it's a small group just in the we're gonna eat some pizza. Come on. And we're gonna talk about Jesus. And Aaron is planning the same thing for youth girls, you know, and so it's and we're gonna open it up from sixth grade all the way to 12th grade, all the way to 12th grade, and we're gonna talk about how to how does everyday youth follow Jesus? And so here you go, parents. Let me just say something to my parents in here. We signed up our kids for so much after-school curriculum, don't we? So many different things, you know, and it's great. That's awesome. Do it, that's awesome. But there is nothing more important for your young person than them discovering, than them discovering a real and authentic relationship with Jesus for themselves. You can sign them up and they can be the next Jordan love. Come on. But no, it don't matter if you're the next Jordan love if you don't know how to love Jesus. And so, and so and so I encourage you, cancel some things. If your kid is involved with stuff on Wednesdays, and that's what we're gonna do at Wednesday, cancel it. Bring them to my house. We're gonna have some mellow mushroom. We we're going big. We doing big. We ain't doing degerno. And and let them have a help them discover a relationship with Jesus, okay? And even for our children, our younger children, they're overwhelmed with anxiety. Two books I recommend for parents is raising emotionally strong boys and raising worry-free girls in the workbook. I mean, we gotta get in on this because this generation, these generations, this generation is bombarded with things, bombarded with messages and things that they're saying that you're supposed to be and you're not supposed to be. And we as parents have to be proactive, not defensive. We have to be, we have to we have to be on the active side of this, okay? Now, while here you go. While all of this anxiety, you know, this is a problem, and this is the problem that happens in the church. Sometimes well-meaning Christians say the wrong things. They say, Oh, you shouldn't feel anxious. Once you give your life to Jesus, brother, he takes all your fears away. Does he? Because I got a lot of fears, and I love Jesus more than anybody. Here's what I want to say anxiety isn't a sin. Anxiety isn't a sin. It's not. It's just plain up. It's not. In fact, if you even look at Jesus in the garden before his crucifixion, he knelt down and begged God. God, is there any other way? Scholars say that he was so anxious that he sweat drops of blood. That's some high-level anxiety there. You know, he says, but not my will, I don't want this, but yours be done. Anxiety isn't a sin, it's a signal. It's a signal. For example, if you're driving your car and that little light comes up, that's not your cue to turn up the music and pretend like nothing's wrong with your car. If that little signal is there, it doesn't mean that your car did something wrong. The signal is indicating that there's something wrong with your car. And so what do you do? You don't throw your car away, you take it to a mechanic. Or if you are mechanically client, you take care of it yourself. In the same way, if you're finding yourself battling with anxiety, this isn't a sin, it's a signal alerting you to three things. To three things. And what is it? The first one is this from a spiritual perspective, the first thing that that anxiety is alerting us to, it's time to pray. It's time to pray. It's plain and simple. I won't keep it simple and basic. It's time to pray. Like I'm taking this back, I'm taking this back to kids' church today. We gotta just get on our knees and talk to Jesus. We got we gotta we gotta pray. Check this out. Look at what Jehoshaphat does when all these armies are coming after him. Jehoshaphat was terrified by the news. Have you ever been terrified by the news? Like literally the news right now? But news when someone sends you that text, when a report comes in, when things happen, you're like, oh my gosh, how am I supposed to handle this? How am I supposed to handle this? He was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for what? Get me out of it? Just change it. He begged the Lord for guidance. As if our God wants to partner up with us and do life together. Isn't that beautiful? He he and he and he he begged the Lord for guidance. And he also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. Anxiety isn't a sin, it's a signal telling you to turn to God. It's time to pray. It continues. He said, Lord, the God of our ancestors, you are not the God who are you not the God who is in heaven. You rule over the kingdoms of the nation. Power and might are in your hand. No one can withstand you. If calamity comes upon us, whether it's whether the sword of judgment or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your name. And I just got to say something about that. When life is happening, when there's troubles happening, that's not when we run away from church, that's when we come to church. That's when we that's I'm not going to small group. We get in a small group. And we get people around us when we say, Hey, I need some help. I need some help. Um, and we will cry out to you in our distress, and you, I love this, and you will hear us, and you will save us. I love this. God, we can trust you. Our faith is in you. We call on you, and God, we believe you can save us. When you feel anxious, when you feel overwhelmed, when you don't know what to do, cry out to God. Cry out to God. And you may not know what to cry out, you may not know what to pray. You might know my favorite prayer to pray when I'm feeling anxious, when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Help, Jesus, help me. Help me, Lord. I want to uppercut this person. But that ain't a good thing to do. Help me. It's just a simple prayer. I'm crying out. I'm crying out. You can get brutally honest with God. Why is this happening, God? I don't understand it. I don't know how to deal with it. I feel alone. God, I need you. Dr. Caroline Leaf, she's the author of a book that I absolutely love called Switch on Your Brain. Highly recommend it. And she says this in her research. This is what she discovered. It's been found that in 12 minutes of daily focused prayer over an eight-week period can change the brain to such an extent that it can be measured on a brain scan. That's powerful. That's powerful. 12 minutes a day. It's kind of like this thing. If you've been with us for any amount of time, it's kind of like this thing that I constantly say. We need to spend daily time with God. Daily time with God. We gotta spend time with God. And it and it changes. And this is what and this is what it said. Here's the power. Not only does prayer touch the heart of God, but prayer changes the chemistry in your brain. This is incredible. This is exciting because our brains are not fixed in a certain spot. This is good news because sometimes my brain goes to the wrong places. I'm glad that it's not stuck there. And we live in an era where science has shown us that the brain can change and that it can actually, and then we can actually direct our brain. The more you think a thought, it's easier to think that thought again. It's more easier because you're creating neuropathways in your brain. And God designed your brain that way. And the good news is this according to his word, we can renew our minds. God can renew our minds. He can shift it. Prayer doesn't just touch the heart of God, it changes the chemistry of your brain. God gave us the muga the amygdala, that's hard to say. That little almond-shaped thing in your brain, and it's for good. If you don't know what it is, it's an alert system in our brain. So basically, if you're walking through the woods, I don't know why you would be doing that. But if you're walking through the woods, you're just, you know, nice fall day with your pumpkin spice latte. Just I'm gonna take a nice scroll through the woods, you know. And if you're walking through the woods and all of a sudden you hear a rustling of leaves, your brain doesn't say, oh, it's probably a cute little bunny rabbit coming. Your brain says, lions and tigers and bears, oh my. That's what your brain says. This is a good feature that God gave us. He gave us some good features, you know, on our on our apps. So this amygdala is doing his job, is alerting us. The problem is this. Sometimes we dwell in the alert and don't take the steps we need to take. We panic, we freak out, we're staying, we're staying, we're staying in those moments. We're staying in and in the Bible, we even see the word anxiety is translated as as um dwelling or pondering on fearful or anxious thoughts. Imagine doing that. Let's just imagine for example, imagine you're just meditating and you're just like, you know, you see the people on you know in the in the in the videos, mmm, you know, they're meditating. Imagine if you just meditate on negative things. Mmm, I really feel sad today. Oh man, I can't believe they said that to me. And you're just constantly doing that. It kind of sounds weird to say it that way, but if we're honest, don't we all meditate on negative things? We all like play scenarios back in our head, especially if you have like a conflict with someone, and you play back like, oh, I wish I would have said that. Oh man, I should, I should have laid in that way. And we're and we're doing it. It sounds weird to say, but the truth is we actually do it all the time. And the Apostle Paul tells us what whatever is noble, whatever is praiseworthy, whatever is excellent. Think on those things. It's kind of like it's kind of like the Bible and science actually match. It's kind of like when you get into the scriptures, you see that God actually knew what he was doing. And so for some of us, we've been training our brains to be anxious. We've been training the neural pathways in our brain to focus on the negativity. And here's the thing it may be natural to go to the wrong place, but prayer is not natural. Prayer is supernatural, it's supernatural. And so, while it may be natural to think about the wrong things and think about how I wish I would have said that, and I wish I would have done that, and what do they mean by this and analyze and then go on go on the internet and look at everyone's opinion about things they actually know nothing about and take it as fact though, and that never brings us joy, does it? But we do it all the time, don't we? So, but no, but but instead, supernaturally through prayer, I'm gonna break the cycle. I'm gonna break the cycle of negativity. I'm not gonna focus on the things that I can't change, but I'm gonna focus on the Lord. And he and he and then when I focus on him, I understand that he didn't give me a spirit of fear, but of power and love and what? A sound mind. Prayer breaks the cycle, it doesn't just touch the heart of God, it changes your brain. This and it's not a sin. You're normal to feel anxious, it's a signal. And this is what Jehosaphat did. Oh Lord, God of heaven, are you not with us? So hear the cries of our hearts, and you will save us. Now, watch how honest he is. I love this. For we have no power to face this vast army that's attacking us. I feel like that sometimes. There's just too much, God. There's too much, I can't handle it all. I can't get it all done. I don't have what it takes. I don't know, I don't know where to go, what to do. And then he says, We don't know what to do. The Bible's so practical. But I love this. He says, But my eyes are on you, God. I don't know what to do. I'm confused, I'm hurt, I'm frustrated. There is attacks coming from every direction, God. But God, my eyes, my eyes are on you. My eyes are on you. I'm always looking to you. I'm desperate for you. I need you. I'm training my mind to think about you, God. And I'm not believing the lies of the enemy, but I'm renewing my mind with your truth. I choose to look at you, your character, your goodness, your righteousness, and your power. And I believe that you're forming me even in this mess, even in this pain, even in this confusion, God, you are forming me and you are making me the person that you have called me to be, because nothing is wasted with you, God. And that where where where I wanted to cry and where I have cried, you take my tears and you'll use my tears to water the soil in which you want to grow me in. And God, I'm gonna trust, I'm gonna keep looking to you. I'm gonna keep looking to you, Jesus. First Peter says this says, We are to cast all of our anxieties on God because He cares for us. And this is a fishing term. I've never been fishing before. It sounds fun. Bubble Gup shrimp. What am I talking about? Okay, here you go. It's like a cast, it's like throwing it, throwing a net. It's like, God, here it is. Here's all my anxieties. I throw it out to you. I just I cast it to you, Lord. I can't handle it. But I know you care about me. See, the problem is sometimes we throw our nets to things that don't care about us. We throw our nets to this addiction that keeps promising us big but leaves us flat. We keep throwing our things to this person that's never gonna let us down, but they let us down three other times, they did it again. But we cast our nets to you, Lord, because you care, because you care. And how do we know that he cares? Because he sent his one and only son to die a death we deserve. Three days later, rose again from the grave, and I can cast my cares on him because he truly cares about me, and he has shown love and action. Come on. So that's what I can do by faith. We take it to him. By faith, we cast our cares on him because God cares. In other words, if it's on your mind, it's on God's heart. If it's big enough to worry about, it's big enough to pray about. Anxiety is not a sin, it's a signal, and it's alerting you, it's time to pray, and then it's alerting you, it's time to pause. It's time to pause. I don't know about you guys, sometimes I pray like God help me, and then I jump in and try to do things. And God's like, stop all that. Sometimes God does call us to do, to go and do. But sometimes God calls us to go and do nothing, to just pause. Because you can't change that person no matter how many times you've tried to convince yourself that you could. Sometimes you just gotta pause and say, God, I give this to you. God, I'm gonna trust you to handle this. I'm gonna trust you to handle it. I'm not gonna jump in and take control. This is what Jehosaphat did. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you, and all the men of Judah, with their wives and with their children, and even the little babies. They said, all of them stood there before the Lord. I actually love the picture of the intergenerational. Everyone came together, and I believe God wants to restore the heart of families. I believe God wants to restore the the what families are, where there's brokenness and when there's hurt, and and God wants to, God wants to do amazing things for families, and so I love this. Now, again, my my natural ways is to jump in. But this is what the Lord has been teaching me. He's taught me the value of pausing, and because Psalm 46 tells us this be still and know, not just know, but know that he's God, and we can add to it, and you're not, and I'm not God. No matter how much my ego wants to convince me that I am, and no matter how much when I spend hours worrying about someone, that's me trying to say, if I worry enough about them, I can control them. No, that's God's play, and that's idolatrous, and you gotta you gotta submit that to the Lord. Say, God, no, I trust you, Lord. I trust you. That he's with you, and that God's for you. So, Jacob, you're telling me if we pray and do nothing, God's gonna heal my anxiety. Maybe sometimes. Sometimes he does, and sometimes it's more of a process. Sometimes he directs you to take a step and he directs you to a Bible verse, and you start to renew your mind, and it helps you. And then maybe God will start in the process, you'll start to change your diet, and and the full chemistry of your body works better. Or maybe you'll find a doctor and look at things and recognize that there's prescriptions that can help normalize chemicals in your brain. Or are you are you do some deep therapy and you and you look into some traumas in your life and that you experience and find healing and hope for that, and you face it and you forgive it? Sometimes you do the hard work of retraining your brain, and sometimes it's instant and sometimes it's a process, but it always starts with God. It always starts with God, and it always starts going back to God, directing my mind on God, and the result is and the result, the result that I'm looking for is not just freedom for freedom's sake. The result I'm looking for is freedom to be the person that God has called me to be. And so I can be the best servant possible, the best son and daughter to God, to live for Him. And so, and so while they were waiting, the Spirit of the Lord came. And it says this do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle is not yours. Kind of like we were singing today, but it's God's. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you. Don't be afraid, listen, don't be afraid. The battle is the Lord's. Face it, He's with you, He cares about you, and so anxiety is not a sin, it's a signal, and it's telling you it's time to pray, it's telling you. It's time to pause, and the third thing is telling you it's time to praise. It's time to praise, and it's time to praise before the victory even comes. It's time to praise before you see the results you want. It's time to thank him for who he is. And Jehoshaphat, he prayed, God, we believe you. And even if we face calamity, you will deliver us because you're always faithful. He paused and he stood there. And then Jehosaphat did something really weird. Like I'm no expert on warfare, but I don't think this would have been my next step. So when he paused, when he prayed and he paused, the Lord gave him direction. And the Lord said, the next day when the battle starts, send the worship team out. Send Nick to the front lines. Make sure you greased up his beard real good. But is there is that send is that send the worship team with their instruments? Like if that's me, I don't know. I'm sending them. I'm sending John Cena. They can't even see him. I'm sending, I'm sending in the rock. I'm sending Vin Diesel. I ain't sending CC winins out to the front line. But there's a bunny, he said, send the worship team out. And they start playing. And that means the music was either really good or it was really bad. Because everyone in the other armies started killing each other. They was either like, turn this off. Or God did a miracle. Or God did a miracle. And the principle there is this that when our knee-jerk reaction is to do, our better response is to praise. Our better response is to praise. And the problem that we want to give our enemies, the problems that we want to give our problems is a problem called praise. And we want to praise our way through our problems. And while there's a problem, I'm going to keep praising. And when the problem gets harder, my praise gets louder. Because he's Jehovah Jirah. He's beginning, middle of the end. He's the one who hasn't been defeated. And I'm going to keep looking to him. Because he's faithful then. He's faithful now. And I'm going to keep looking to him. And so it says this. The fear of God. The fear of God. Wouldn't it be great if the fear of God was in our culture today? That's not a fear like, oh, I'm scared of him. It's a fear of reverence. I'm looking to what God thinks about me first. The fear of God came around all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. And then the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace. Come on. For God has given him rest on every side. What did we talk about last week? Shalom. Shalom. Peace in every angle. So I believe God wants to heal our anxious minds. And when there is anxiety in our lives from the smallest things to the biggest things, it's a signal that it's time to pray. It's time to pause. It's time to praise. And it's time to spend daily time with God. Because when we do that, we can hear from heaven and know that our Lord is directing us and guiding us. So God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, we thank you for your goodness and your mercy and your freedom. And Lord, we give you our anxious thoughts. We give you the scripts that we make in our brain. The stories we tell ourselves. Basically saying, oh, that wasn't as big a deal as what happened to other people. And I feel like the Holy Spirit is saying he doesn't want you to avoid that. He wants to meet you there in that. I actually feel like the Holy Spirit is saying you don't have to make fig leaves to cover yourself. Yeah. Come, Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit. And so God, we thank you, Lord. That we can fix our minds on you. We can fix our eyes on you. And does that mean everything changes tomorrow? No, it doesn't, God. But we know that you hold the victory. And so we want to keep becoming like you. And hold on to you, Lord. So, Holy Spirit, we invite you into our everyday. And when those anxious thoughts come, Lord, I pray a blessing over people that they will remember it's time to pray. It's time to pause. It's time to praise you, God. Because you are with us. And if you are with us, who can be against us? So, Jesus, we love you in this place today. Help us become more like you. And help us to be a light to our world, shining bright for you. God, we love you and we need you. In Jesus' name. The church says, Amen, amen, amen.