SPIRIT MAN: EP. 4 "STRESS & ANXIETY"

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hood i'm gonna go box with the legendary coach malik scott he's uh he's a man he not only was he not only was he and he's he a great boxer but he's trained some of the biggest fighters in the world one recently is uh deante wilder a lot of people know him he's a he trained him for one of his best performances ever i'm gonna train with him i'm gonna do some boxing with him today and then from there we're gonna go and shoot some guns and see how that goes well one of the greatest um misconception of believers is they don't understand that you can be filled with the holy spirit and still be anxious and still be stressed and still be worried about tomorrow you see when the lord jesus was in the garden about to go on the cross the bible says that he actually was stressed if you read it it doesn't say he was stressed but if you read the situation you know there are words that are behind words you will know exactly what was going on the bible tells you that he was sweating blood and he asked his father if it was his will to move the cup of suffering to remove it it means that jesus was stressed about what was going to happen it also means that he was anxious about what was going to happen being a christian doesn't mean that you won't be stressed being a christian doesn't mean that they won't be tough times those things are normal those things ought to be there number one they increase our dependence on god and when we go through it it teaches us a very profound lesson that we are not that easy to kill so the key lesson is to understand that it's normal to be anxious it's normal to be worried it's normal for all these things to be in play but what matters the most is can you face it trusting god that's right in my opinion stress anxiety these are issues that first you have to first people look in the mirror and say this is what i'm dealing with then second of all you have to be able to say how do i deal with this i deal with mine through boxing i deal through mine with giving people i deal with with mine through teaching kids i deal with mine by being kind to strangers i deal with mine by sometimes smiling when it's hard to smile and um that's just how i deal with it i'm joking coach said a little fear just a little bit makes you sharp me and profit we got started working on i was at the uh gun range and um i was shooting or calling myself trying to shoot with no real technical skills behind it um he recognized who i was he introduced himself and right the minute he introduced himself anybody that has met him you can tell he has a special kind of energy you know i picked up on that because i'm an energy person myself i gave him my information gave him my direct line i was hoping he called and he did call him when he called he called with again great energy uh he set up in a session to have with me here and ever since that day we've been building it's a blessing god working mysterious ways um and i believe i went to the gun range that day not to learn how to shoot i believe in my heart i went to the gun range to meet him and by and the testimony in that is nothing but the positive energy and the good times and how receptive he is as a student and how good of a person that he genuinely is and i'm enjoying it on and he's one of my blessings in uh these past few days and i'm enjoying building with him whenever joshua was before god god told him have i not told you be of good courage i will give them up to you it means that he had doubts he had fears so those things are normal and for me i have things that i'm afraid of also and one of my greatest fears was always fighting even though i got into fights growing up never what i wanted but i got into fights when i was younger but learning to be in a fight when you don't want to be in a fight made me get into martial arts made me get into boxing made me get into all these things i was so afraid of guns so i started buying guns and going to the shooting range so when you are faced with something that you are afraid of face it with christ and everything is going to change so one of the most important thing that you could do to alleviate stress and anxiety is not only prayer pray is a paramount thing you you need to do that anyway but you need to also know how to have fun whereby you can lighten up the load by by enjoying things that you love obviously talking to somebody is important it's like almost um it it's like a magic wand it helps when you talk to somebody about something it alleviates stress but you need to know who you're talking to because some people uh msn bc and cnn they will spread your gospel so the first ones are usually terrible don't judge me shooting is a lot more like prophecy to me it requires you to be precise every second of the way so whenever i am in here shooting my goal is to be accurate every time so it's like practicing to hear god in a similar way you know because you want to make sure where you point is where you should i think i got like three or four right here yep just there i tell you this don't be anxious for anything jesus loves you it's normal to feel down it's normal to feel anxious it's no more to be stressed but what is not normal is for you to remain in those things god loves you so much god has given us so many ways to deal with stress number one make jesus the centerpiece of your life period number two learn to be somebody that understands that emotions don't determine your future emotions come and go all the time so don't be managed or controlled by your emotions but be controlled by what the word of god says about you and last but not least have fun enjoy life find things that you love to do you