12.632 13.586 AUD1: Come on #Walter. 13.518 14.431 AUD2: ... amen #Walter. 14.439 14.868 AUD3: #Walt, 14.921 15.485 AUD4: [Amen] [2#Walt2], 15.219 15.492 AUD5: [#Walt], 15.499 15.960 AUD6: [2good job2]. 15.964 16.861 AUD7: [3((CLAP)) ((CLAP))3] [4((CLAP)) ((CLAP))4] 16.397 16.897 AUD8: [4Woo4]. 15.654 16.756 WALT: [3Good mor=3][4ning4]. 16.756 23.261 MANY: (CHEERS_WHISTLES_APPLAUSE)[5=5]= 18.300 18.851 WALT: [5Amen5]. 23.930 24.260 ... Well, 24.260 25.379 It's certainly been a, 25.379 26.310 working THUMP_MICROPHONE>>PAR>? 26.310 27.120 MANY: ... Yeah. 27.120 27.975 WALT: you hear me okay? 27.960 28.297 AUD1: ... [Yeah]. 28.297 28.696 AUD2: [Amen]. 29.920 31.330 WALT: .. Been a k- (Hx) great morning, 31.340 32.340 .. so far=, 32.340 33.744 .. [u=m], 32.545 33.357 MANY: [Amen]. 33.503 35.026 WALT: I really appreciate #Brian's, 35.026 35.196 uh, 35.196 36.421 communion [this morning], 35.953 36.476 AUD: [Yeah]. 36.442 37.196 MANY: Amen. 37.196 38.421 WALT: .. Um=, 38.610 40.317 ... Sometimes= ... we want the blessings, 40.317 41.793 but .. @we @don't @wanna ? 42.233 42.746 AUD: [@@] 42.159 42.769 MANY: [Yeah]. 42.746 43.625 WALT: (H) So I don't know about you, 43.625 44.946 when you were reflecting, 44.946 47.022 ... (H) as we were taking the uh, 47.022 47.655 the wi=ne there, 47.655 48.141 I was thinking, 48.141 48.401 Lord, 48.401 49.836 help me to drink the cups. 49.569 50.120 MANY: ... [Amen]. 50.120 51.588 WALT: [Help me] to drink the cups. 51.588 52.537 (H) [2and thank2] you #Brian, 51.588 52.107 AUD: [2(COUGH)2] 52.545 54.743 WALT: for reminding us through God's word [3of the cups3], 54.216 54.840 AUD1: [3a=men3]. 54.840 55.124 AUD2: [4Yep4]. 54.840 56.179 WALT: [4(H)4] uh that we do need to drink. 56.179 56.925 that was really great. 56.925 57.427 thanks. 57.427 59.058 .. (H) a= couple of announcements, 59.058 61.499 before we go ahead and uh= get started here on the sermon, 61.499 62.602 (H) Number one is, 62.683 62.810 uh, 62.810 65.176 those of you who took those medical forms, 65.176 66.328 (H) for the Hope Clinic, 66.328 67.208 .. downtown Boston, 67.208 68.119 the medical clinic, 68.215 69.879 (H) we need to turn those in, 69.879 70.854 ... today. 70.854 71.878 .. (H) If you do not have them, 71.990 73.653 I need to turn them in on Tuesday, 73.653 75.061 (H) at my m=eeting. 75.061 75.589 ... (TSK) So, 75.589 75.765 uh, 75.765 76.804 if you could get them to me, 76.804 78.947 I would be d- .. d=eeply appreciative. 78.882 80.123 .. (H) Also, 80.116 80.662 uh, 80.662 84.832 .. church service (H) next= Sunday is at the Boston Garden. 84.832 86.059 .. [We know] [2that, 84.873 85.691 AUD1: [Woo], 85.241 86.035 AUD2: [22]? 86.035 86.480 WALT: (H) Okay2], 86.480 88.038 .. now there's a change in time. 88.038 90.147 ... It's at nine thirty. 90.296 90.974 AUD: ... Amen. 90.974 92.150 WALT: It's not at ten, 92.150 93.581 ... It's at n=ine .. thirty. 93.592 94.429 What time is it at? 94.408 95.712 MANY: . 95.722 96.072 WALT: Ri=ght. 96.072 96.337 Okay. 96.369 97.291 Now we all remember, 97.291 98.531 it's at ni=ne thirty, 98.478 99.082 AUD: [@@@@] 98.743 99.549 WALT: [(H)] and, 99.549 100.376 (H) let me say, 100.376 102.548 they may examine bags again, 102.548 103.407 AUD: ... Alright, 103.407 104.361 WALT: Like they did, 104.361 105.739 ... uh, 105.739 106.820 several weeks ago, 106.820 108.707 (H) so my suggestion is, 108.707 111.017 .. that we get there ... plenty early. 110.954 111.643 AUD: ... Yep. 111.643 112.247 WALT: Okay? 112.289 113.434 AUD: ... Amen. 113.413 114.346 WALT: ... (H) Also, 114.346 114.971 um=, 114.971 117.939 we have the marriage ... g=et away, 117.515 118.426 AUD1: A=men=. 117.716 119.030 MANY: [Amen], 118.352 119.052 WALT: [coming up], 119.030 120.832 the first weekend in April, 120.832 122.104 ... please uh, 122.104 124.002 .. get your registration, 124.002 125.305 ... uh to uh, 125.284 126.100 .. #Craige #Laibi, 126.132 128.453 ... uh and that's gonna be a really exciting time. 128.432 129.704 [I'm looking forward to that. 128.432 130.128 MANY: [Amen]. 129.556 131.273 WALT: (H) Also] next Saturday=, 131.273 132.566 .. (H) we have the women's day. 132.555 132.979 Amen? 132.979 137.855 MANY: (AMENS_[CHEERS]_APPLAUSE)= 133.711 134.643 WALT: [and uh=], 137.834 139.413 That's gonna be a tremendous ti=me, 139.413 140.473 if you're visiting with us, 140.473 142.010 and you are a (H) w=oman, 142.179 143.112 (H) [then uh], 142.561 143.144 AUD: [(THROAT)] 143.102 144.575 WALT: I would suggest you see someone about it, 144.575 147.479 because it's g- really gonna be a life-changing (H) event, 147.469 148.476 ... next [Saturday. 148.359 148.846 AUD: [XXXX] 148.571 149.737 WALT: (H) Um]=, 149.737 151.793 ... So we're excited about that as well. 151.793 153.553 ... (H) Before we go ahead and get started, 153.553 154.496 .. let's go to our -- 154.496 157.008 ... our Father in prayer. 157.008 158.227 ... (H) , 160.357 162.848 (H) %= .. % just be here. 162.848 164.110 .. Lord to have life. 164.017 166.537 ... God I'm grateful that I have legs that I can walk on, 166.537 167.120 and, 166.664 168.265 [(H)] eyes that I can s=ee, 166.664 167.120 AUD: [(THROAT)] 168.371 168.678 WALT: and, 168.678 171.169 ... (H) hands that I can ... t=ouch. 171.169 174.698 ... (H) And God I'm just grateful that .. you've given me children. 174.635 176.002 MANY: ... (MURMUR)[=] 175.875 176.225 WALT: [0h]=, 176.225 177.963 that bring me so much joy. 178.080 180.072 ... (TSK) Lord I'm grateful for the wife, 180.072 180.910 that you've given me, 180.910 181.387 who has, 181.387 183.326 (H) truly stuck by my side, 183.326 186.591 for these last (H) .. nineteen years. 186.591 188.160 ... and a half. 188.403 188.923 ... God, 188.880 191.318 I'm just grateful for= .. your church=. 191.318 194.148 .. I'm grateful for every single brother and sister, 194.148 195.272 .. that is here. 195.272 197.370 .. Who has impacted and changed my life. 197.360 200.571 .. (H) God I'm grateful for those that aren't here that, 200.508 202.734 ... have changed my life and impacted me, 202.744 206.051 and I'm just grateful to be in your kingdom. 204.949 206.051 AUD: Mm=. 206.051 207.747 WALT: ... (TSK) Lord, 207.747 209.019 you're such a good God. 209.019 210.037 MANY: .. (MURMUR) 210.037 212.252 WALT: ... (H) You're so patient and kind. 212.252 214.467 ... Merciful. 214.467 216.375 .. (TSK) .. Strong. 216.460 218.092 ... Full of wisdom. 218.092 219.565 (H) ... And mercy. 219.565 220.986 (H) ... And God, 220.986 222.385 we just .. owe you our lives, 222.385 223.720 And we thank you for our lives, 223.763 224.091 and, 224.091 226.476 (H) we pray that our lives will be, 226.476 228.511 % ... in @any way we can, 228.511 229.391 worthy. 229.391 231.394 ... of what you've called us to. 231.023 231.479 MANY: (MURMUR)[=] 231.479 232.719 WALT: [(H)] Lord we love you, 232.719 234.935 we look forward to the day of being in heaven with you, 234.924 235.443 MANY: .. [(MURMUR)] 235.443 237.001 WALT: [(H)] celebrating, 237.001 238.167 ... partying, 238.167 238.973 AUD: ... Amen. 238.973 240.160 WALT: in a spiritual way, 240.160 241.103 MANY: (MURMUR) 241.125 241.962 WALT: ... uh Lord uh, 241.962 243.054 the great victories, 243.054 244.506 .. that you have brought about. 244.506 246.297 ... That have changed the world. 246.297 247.569 .. (H) We love you, 247.569 248.279 ... Father, 248.279 249.890 ... thank you for liking us. 249.943 251.777 ... Being our friend, 251.777 252.805 ... our support, 252.805 253.854 .. our courage, 253.854 255.762 ... and our life. 255.762 257.458 ... the name of Jesus, 257.458 258.582 ... your Son, 258.582 259.854 ... our brother, 259.854 260.723 ... we pray. 260.808 261.603 ... Amen. 261.603 265.758 MANY: Amen. 265.758 267.464 WALT: ... (H) ... Mark chapter five. 267.305 270.071 ... I'm gonna start over there. 270.071 271.873 ... (TSK) (H) Hey have you ever been afraid of anything. 271.916 272.626 AUD1: (COUGH) (COUGH) 272.626 274.385 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 274.385 274.629 AUD2: @@@[@] 274.629 276.855 WALT: [You know] I remember some things I was afraid of. 279.198 280.003 AUD1: ... (COUGH) (COUGH) 280.003 280.385 AUD2: (COUGH) 280.385 282.006 WALT: All of us have been afraid of something, 282.006 282.621 haven't we? 282.621 283.119 MANY: ... (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 283.119 284.105 WALT: Or somebody? 284.147 284.921 MANY: ... Yeah, 284.921 285.419 AUD: @@ 285.419 286.416 WALT: You know I remember= uh, 286.416 287.195 when I was a kid. 287.195 288.090 ... (H) And uh, 288.090 289.285 maybe #Paul'll remember this. 289.285 289.490 But, 289.490 290.365 (H) we uh, 290.365 291.190 we had this one -- 291.190 292.830 .. we lived in a a small cottage, 292.830 294.370 in back of a three-tenement house. 294.400 296.610 (H) ... on uh Prospect Street in Lynne. 296.610 297.695 ... number twenty-eight. 297.715 298.485 ... You remember that #Paul? 298.485 299.695 .. @@@@@ 299.695 300.590 (H) [And uh], 300.590 300.930 AUD1: [@@@@@@@@]@ 300.780 300.945 AUD2: [2(COUGH)2] 300.780 301.265 WALT: [2(H)2] [3it was3], 300.925 301.105 AUD: [3@3] 301.265 303.080 WALT: it was [4kind of a4] small house upstai=rs, 303.115 303.715 WALT: it had uh, 303.715 304.960 .. one large bedroom, 304.960 306.385 ... (H) actually two large bedrooms, 306.385 307.730 which my mom and dad slept in, 307.730 308.930 (H) and the other bedroom, 308.935 309.525 (H) uh, 309.525 311.020 it was all us five boy=s, 311.010 311.940 in that [one bed]room, 311.325 311.720 AUD: [@@] 311.965 313.470 WALT: .. (H) with two bed[2s2]. 313.470 314.545 AUD1: ... [3@@3][4@@4] 314.150 314.635 AUD2: [3Whoa3][4=4]. 314.625 314.950 WALT: [4You know4], 314.950 315.960 ... And my [5sister5], 315.335 315.650 AUD1: [5(THROAT)5] 315.650 315.945 AUD2: [6(COUGH)6] 315.945 316.785 WALT: [6(H)6] had her own room, 316.785 317.830 .. cause she's the on[7ly girl7]. 317.255 317.830 AUD: [7X7] 317.935 319.005 WALT: .. (H) [8But8] it was a little smaller. 318.130 318.305 AUD: [8@@8] 319.005 319.875 WALT: (H) So we had, 319.870 320.365 uh=, 320.365 322.090 [(TSK) (H)] we had this one big bedroom, 322.090 323.215 WALT: and there was two beds in the room, 323.215 323.665 so that meant, 323.700 325.445 .. (H) three of us slept in one bed, 325.445 327.290 (H) and two of us slept in the other bed. 327.290 329.105 ... (H) And uh, 329.105 330.285 (H) I remember those days, 330.285 331.220 I remember those days, 331.240 332.010 % .. 0h=, 332.010 333.270 (H) being with those guys, 333.270 334.190 trying to get the covers, 334.190 335.950 and many days I woke up with no covers, 335.955 336.690 you know what I mean? 336.690 337.340 AUD: .. [@@@@@@] 337.320 338.585 WALT: [(H) And one] of my brothers wet the bed, 338.585 338.935 so, 338.935 339.260 I mean, 339.260 339.595 [it was like, 339.595 340.595 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)] 339.590 340.595 AUD: [Ugh=]. 340.595 340.855 WALT: ugh=. 340.970 342.430 (H)] One of those days you woke up cold, 342.470 343.340 .. and a little damp. 343.340 343.755 [You know]? 343.340 344.925 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]=[2=2]= 345.030 345.980 AUD: [2@Oh=2]. 345.980 348.320 MANY: <> 352.360 352.830 WALT: (H) um=, 354.265 355.835 ... Maybe that's why I= turned out this way, 355.835 356.155 I don't know. 356.155 357.030 [Just kind of crazy. 356.155 357.355 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]= 356.800 357.355 WALT: You know]? 357.850 358.635 From a young age, 358.635 359.035 I guess. 359.035 359.500 AUD: (COUGH) 359.500 360.000 WALT: ... But in that, 360.000 360.645 in that, 360.645 361.065 .. uh=, 361.065 362.045 b=edroom, 362.035 363.300 ... (H) was a closet. 363.300 364.395 AUD: ... Yep. 364.395 364.590 WALT: Well, 364.590 365.020 #Paul's saying, 365.020 365.385 . 366.695 366.920 AUD: [@@@@@@@@] 366.920 368.360 WALT: [(H) And this clo=set] was there. 368.405 371.045 And it was this (H) .. . 371.045 372.585 .. [(H)] And uh, 372.585 372.700 AUD: [(COUGH)] 372.585 374.700 WALT: (H) .. Every night before I .. went to bed, 374.700 376.075 I wanted to make sure, 376.060 377.630 ... that closet door, 377.630 378.265 ... was closed. 378.265 378.620 AUD: Oh yeah. 378.620 379.435 MANY: (LAUGHTER)[=] 379.430 380.155 WALT: [(H) Cause] I knew, 380.155 381.800 if that closet door [2was open2], 380.835 381.800 AUD: [2(COUGH) (COUGH)2] 381.800 382.885 WALT: (H) I wasn't gonna sleep. 382.885 383.680 AUD1: ... @@@@ 383.680 384.500 AUD2: @@[@@@] 384.185 385.805 WALT: [Cause inside] that closet, 385.805 386.550 AUD: .. @@@@ 386.550 388.695 WALT: there was a nasty ol=d boogyma=n. 388.695 390.035 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]= 390.050 390.375 WALT: [@@@] 390.375 390.760 Right #Paul? 390.760 391.625 AUD: XXXXX 391.625 393.295 WALT: (H) And I was afraid of that boogy[man], 392.900 393.620 AUD1: [@@]@@@ 393.620 394.200 AUD2: @@ 394.180 394.445 WALT: .. You know, 394.445 394.975 during the day, 394.975 395.705 I'd go in there, 395.750 396.290 and look around, 396.330 397.415 and see if I could find him. 397.450 399.500 ... (H) And I'd be amidst the shoe=s, 399.500 401.130 and all the junk and stuff in there, 401.130 402.280 (H) and he wasn't there, 402.280 403.050 but at nigh=t, 403.070 404.870 ... . 407.200 407.825 AUD1: .. [2Yeah], 407.265 408.430 AUD2: [2@@2] 408.430 409.310 WALT: ... Were you afraid of him #Paul, 409.335 409.615 as well, 409.615 410.130 I don't know. 410.130 410.790 AUD: @@@ 410.790 411.935 WALT: ... Were you afraid of that closet? 411.725 412.745 AUD: ... X 412.710 413.640 WALT: Yeah he was [too]. 413.280 415.910 MANY: [(LAUGHTER_CHEERS_APPLAUSE)]=[2=2]= 415.910 417.720 WALT: [2so2], 419.320 421.470 I'd never asked him that before, 421.455 422.050 so, 422.050 422.910 MANY: ... (LAUGHTER)[=] 422.910 424.720 WALT: [I'll have to ask my other brothers as well]. 426.505 426.705 ... You know, 426.715 428.255 I remember some other things I was afraid of, 428.255 428.870 I remember, 428.870 429.460 at times, 429.530 429.685 uh, 429.685 432.280 we grew up in a navyh- neighborhood that was multi-racial. 432.280 433.820 ... And [uh], 433.470 433.845 AUD: [(COUGH)] 433.780 435.275 WALT: (H) Some of us didn't get along. 435.275 437.555 ... (H) And it was always interesting, 437.555 438.445 that .. when you=, 438.415 439.680 .. (H) got into trouble, 439.680 442.160 .. you ended up .. dealing with a number of .. kids, 442.160 443.105 .. besides just one. 443.105 445.035 ... (H) So I know several times, 445.035 445.690 I had an, 445.690 446.040 .. uh, 446.040 447.245 a kid that was after me, 447.245 448.260 ... (H) and uh, 448.260 449.460 he would bring all his friends, 449.460 451.590 and there'd be about ten kids waiting for me. 451.590 453.030 .. (H) After school. 453.030 453.440 AUD: .. (COUGH) 453.440 455.110 WALT: .. Cause I went to a different school than they went to, 455.110 456.650 and they got out earlier than we did. 456.650 457.115 AUD1: .. [Uh-oh]. 456.650 457.265 AUD2: [(THROAT)] 457.265 457.980 WALT: [(H)] So it's kinda like, 457.980 458.660 [. 460.455 461.905 (H) And they can't come in the schoolyard. 461.905 462.310 You know? 462.310 463.990 .. (H) Cause the adults'll put em out. 464.020 465.095 (H) But they're out there waiting, 465.095 466.250 saying , 468.400 468.600 and, 468.600 469.700 (H)= and uh, 469.690 470.750 (H) and what I would do is, 470.750 472.705 .. go all= the way around. 472.705 473.660 MANY: <, 479.140 479.345 MANY: LAUGHTER>> 479.345 480.590 WALT: (H) so those guys couldn't get me. 480.665 481.780 (H) cause I was afraid, 481.780 483.040 I knew what was gonna happen. 483.085 485.925 (H) Those guys were gonna beat the tar out [of me. 485.775 486.210 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 486.210 487.165 WALT: It's a good reason to be afraid, 487.180 487.630 Isn't it? 487.470 488.330 MANY: (LAUGHTER_AND_AGREEMENT) 488.330 489.005 WALT: I think so. 489.005 490.185 AUD: ... Smart -- 490.185 491.175 WALT: Throwing rocks at you, 491.175 492.165 and .. things like that. 492.165 493.165 ... (H) But anyway, 493.165 494.790 there was a time that eventually=, 494.790 496.360 ... (H) eventually, 496.255 497.480 (H) I couldn't ru=n, 497.480 500.595 ... eventually I had to d=eal with my f=ear, 500.595 501.890 .. and confro=nt & 501.890 502.555 AUD: ... Yep, 502.555 503.415 WALT: & those people. 503.415 508.908 ... I still did get the ... daylights beat out of me. 508.880 510.115 ... And uh, 510.115 511.475 (H) But I confronted my fear. 511.475 514.530 ... (H) You know I wanna talk a little bit about f=ear today, 514.530 515.340 AUD: ... X 515.340 515.635 WALT: (TSK) Uh, 515.635 518.060 (H) cause I believe it's something that keeps us, 518.060 521.985 ... % .. from doing everything we can do, 521.980 523.210 as .. human beings, 524.020 526.405 ... the potential that God has given us, 526.405 528.825 ... and I believe it also, 528.825 531.440 ... really keeps us [from=], 530.955 531.440 AUD: [(SNEEZE)] 531.440 532.295 WALT: ... a=, 532.295 536.925 ... s=trong s=piritual .. walk with God. 536.935 537.970 MANY: [(MURMUR_AGREEMENT)] 536.935 537.950 AUD: [(SNEEZE)] 537.950 539.930 WALT: .. (H) Let's open to Mark chapter uh, 539.930 541.760 ... five, 541.365 545.145 ... (H) verse thirty-five. 548.015 549.495 ... . 569.290 569.890 ... . 570.475 572.320 ... ? 575.835 577.900 ... (H) He got up, 577.900 579.645 ... rebuked the wind, 579.645 580.615 ... and said to the waves, 580.615 581.880 ... Quiet. 581.880 583.535 ... Be still. 583.535 585.285 ... (H) Then the wind died down, 585.285 587.460 and it was completely calm. 587.460 589.795 ... (H) He said to his disciple=s, 589.795 591.515 (H) Why are you so afraid. 591.525 594.570 ... (H) Do you still ha=ve no faith? 594.570 595.335 AUD: .. (COUGH) 595.320 596.855 #READ: .. (H) They were terrified, 596.855 598.245 (H) and asked each other, 598.245 599.505 ... . 599.505 601.735 ... (H) Even the wind and the waves, 601.735 603.410 ... obey him READ>. 603.425 605.525 ... Let's go on. 605.465 608.370 .. (H) Well . 615.305 617.110 ... I don't think he walked up and shook his hand, 617.110 618.260 we're gonna see that in a second. 618.045 619.955 WALT: [(H)] . 649.825 651.440 (H) Son of the Most High God. 651.440 654.395 ... (H) . 654.395 656.185 ... (H) for Jesus had said to him, 656.185 657.580 (H) . 658.975 660.960 ... Then Jesus asked him, 660.960 662.340 (H) What is your name. 662.435 664.350 ... (H) , 664.350 665.220 (H) he replied, 665.220 666.260 (H) . 666.260 669.090 ... (H) And he begged Jesus again and again, 669.090 671.660 (H) not to send them out into the area. 671.660 674.705 ... (H) A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 674.705 676.545 (H) The demons begged Jesus, 676.545 677.860 .. (H) . 679.405 681.105 ... He gave them permission, 681.105 682.060 and the evil spirits, 682.060 683.995 (H) came out and went into the pigs. 683.995 686.385 aa... (H) The herd about two thousand in number, 686.360 688.440 (H) rushed down the steep bank into the lake, 688.440 689.260 .. and were drowned. 689.260 691.810 ... Those tending the pigs ran off, 691.810 693.500 (H) and reported this in the town, 693.500 694.515 (H) and countryside. 694.515 697.105 (H) And the people went out to see what had happened. 697.115 699.060 ... (H) When they came to Jesus, 699.060 702.190 (H) They saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. 702.165 703.075 (H) Sitting there, 703.075 704.675 .. (H) dressed in his right mind. 704.675 706.285 ... And they were afraid. 707.420 710.525 ... (TSK) Those who had seen it told the people what had happened, 710.525 712.785 (H) ... T- what had happened to the demon-possessed man, 712.785 714.615 (H) and he told about the pigs, 715.010 716.310 ... as well. 716.310 719.745 ... (H) Then the people , 719.715 721.325 (H) to leave their region READ>. 721.325 724.430 ...

. 724.490 725.475 ... (H) You know, 725.475 727.370 as we look at this we see= tha=t, 727.370 730.065 (H) the disciple=s (H) were afrai=d. 730.080 731.730 (H) They were terrified. 732.490 734.150 ... Of what had happened in the boat. 734.150 735.750 ... You know what it's like to be terrified? 735.750 737.280 ... Have you ever been terri[fied]. 736.705 737.280 AUD: [(COUGH)] 737.545 738.240 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 738.240 739.625 WALT: .. I mean a pretty scary thing. 739.625 740.175 Isn't it? 740.245 740.755 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 740.755 743.715 WALT: Being terrifie=d is a very very scary word. 743.715 745.670 (H) especially if you've experienced it. 745.670 747.275 .. (H) Maybe you were in a car wreck one time. 747.275 749.585 I was in a car wreck coming back from Indianapolis one time, 749.585 751.490 (H) we were going sixty miles an ho=ur, 751.640 752.935 (H) and we're going down the freeway, 752.935 754.890 and all of a sudden this woman pulls out of the ramp, 754.890 756.455 (H) trailor truck hits his brakes, 756.455 757.125 (H) he s- -- 757.125 757.440 he's -- 757.425 758.650 he's behind u=s, 758.650 760.010 (H) I thought he's coming through us, 760.010 761.375 (H) another person smashes us, 761.375 762.770 we're spinning around the highway, 762.770 764.475 (H) g=lass is flying everywhere, 764.475 766.395 (H) and I'm saying Lord take me quickly. 766.395 768.105 ... I was scared to death-, 768.105 769.065 I was terrified. 769.065 770.720 (H) We ended up in the middle of the median, 770.720 771.505 ... 0h-, 771.505 772.250 .. a=nd, 772.250 774.130 .. (H) I had to crawl out through a window, 774.130 775.175 to get out of the car. 775.150 777.040 ... I was terrified. 777.040 778.260 ... (H) I know that feeling. 778.260 781.180 (H) Tha=t's .. wh=at the disciples were feeling at that time, 781.180 782.500 (H) they were terrified. 782.500 783.840 (H) They didn't understand. 783.890 785.100 (H) What was going on. 784.995 787.000 .. (H) And then we see the demon-possessed man. 787.000 788.490 ... (H) He was= u=m, 788.490 789.560 (H) really, 789.560 791.755 ... think about .. how possessed he really was. 791.755 793.960 He was strong enough (H) to break irons. 793.960 794.325 AUD: .. Yep. 793.960 794.985 WALT: on his wrists, 794.985 796.620 and to free himself from the shackles, 796.620 797.675 (H) that were on his feet. 797.785 799.480 (H) And he cried out in the evening, 799.480 801.805 (H) and cut himself (H) with stones. 801.805 803.285 .. (H) I mean he was a pretty wild guy, 803.285 803.800 wasn't he. 803.800 804.390 AUD: Yep. 803.800 804.540 MANY: (MURMUR)[=] 804.375 805.720 WALT: [But] Jesus took good care of him. 805.720 808.485 ... [(H) He] gave him back ... his sanity. 806.155 806.640 AUD: [Amen]. 808.310 810.475 WALT: .. [2He2] gave him back ... his mind. 808.560 808.720 AUD: [2Yep2]. 810.600 813.485 WALT: ... (H) And the people .. came out to see what had happened, 813.490 814.805 (H) cause they heard about the pigs, 814.805 815.950 WALT: [(H)] And they came out it says, 815.950 817.580 (H) they were afraid too. 817.580 819.620 ... They were afraid. 819.620 822.070 (H) Just like the disciples were afraid. 824.040 826.000 ... They were afraid, 826.000 827.810 ... and they asked Je=sus, 827.810 829.140 ... to leave, 829.140 830.035 ... the region. 831.185 833.015 ... (H) You know it's amazing but, 833.015 834.690 ... (TSK) that fear. 836.780 839.730 ... because they didn't understand. 839.760 841.315 ... (H) And they wanted to control. 841.315 842.510 ... the situation. 842.510 845.955 ... (H) You know fear is o= ... crippling. 845.835 846.745 AUD: ... XX 846.745 848.765 WALT: .. I mean it just knocks on our door=, 848.765 850.085 every single day. 850.085 851.790 (H) Every single day we get up, 851.790 853.030 (H) it knocks on our door. 853.030 853.980 AUD1: ... [Amen]. 854.055 855.380 WALT: .. We all have different fears. 855.380 857.090 (H) it kind of (H) pulls us in, 857.090 858.170 entraps us. 858.170 860.785 .. (H) It keeps us (H) from moving. 860.785 862.330 (H) We become immobile. 862.330 865.150 ... And that truly i=s, 865.125 866.270 (H) what was happening, 866.270 867.220 (H) to the people. 867.220 868.435 .. (H) Their response was, 868.435 868.980 Q>. 893.530 895.315 ... (BUZZ). 895.315 896.480 ... wrong. 896.480 897.865 ... . 899.685 902.395 ... Cause they were afraid. 901.670 903.025 AUD1: .. Mhm. 903.025 904.840 WALT: .. Because they . 904.865 908.440 ... And they were no longer in control. 908.460 910.635 ... But Jesus, 910.635 912.400 ... was in control. 912.470 915.165 ... (H) ... They realized, 915.180 916.815 that what Jesus had done, 916.815 918.780 ... no other man, 918.780 920.375 ... could possibly do. 920.375 923.980 ... That there was something different ... about Jesus. 924.155 925.135 AUD2: .. That's right. 925.450 932.220 WALT: .. (H) But their fear ... kept them ... from finding out ... exactly ... who Jesus was. 932.251 938.219 (H) Does your fear keep you ... from knowing (H) exactly ... who Jesus ... is. 938.219 943.475 .. (H) Does your fear keep you from a radical (H) relationship ... with God. 943.475 948.419 .. (SNIFF) (H) Does it keep you (H) from a p=ersonal (H) relationship [.. with God]. 947.483 948.419 AUD: [(COUGH) (COUGH)] 948.419 950.980 WALT: (H) More than just going to church on Sunday, 951.030 952.900 (H) going to a mid-week service, 952.962 953.607 (H) o=r, 953.607 955.612 (H) even going to Bible talks. 955.612 957.861 ... Or group discussions. 957.861 959.732 ... Or one-on-one study. 959.732 964.720 (H) Does your fear keep you from that r=adical (H) personal (H) relationship with God. 964.720 965.588 AUD: .. XX 965.588 967.570 WALT: Does your fear keep you from, 967.570 970.822 (H) deep p=ersonal relationships ... with one another. 970.822 973.695 MANY: (MURMUR) 973.695 977.325 WALT: ... You know the world is an interesting place. 977.325 981.734 ... We all= ... cr=ave that. 981.734 982.268 .. Don't we? 982.313 983.159 as human beings, 983.159 984.340 a personal relationship, 984.340 986.054 we're looking for personal relationships, 986.210 987.524 (H) we're looking for friendship. 987.524 988.482 Aren't we? 988.081 988.793 MANY: ... (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 988.682 989.105 WALT: You know, 989.105 989.306 C- uh, 989.306 990.196 #Craig was uh=, 990.196 991.199 ... uh #Greg was= -- 991.199 992.579 ]. 995.675 996.655 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]= 996.655 998.525 WALT: #Greg was sharing something with me, 998.570 998.681 that, 998.681 999.706 last Sunday, 999.706 1001.309 (H) when we were in the middle of the snow storm, 1001.309 1002.111 (H) he decided, 1002.111 1005.184 and the g- and and the and the brothers in (H) ... that apartment, 1005.184 1006.988 they were gonna go out and knock on all the doors, 1006.988 1007.723 in their apartment, 1007.723 1009.348 invite people to come to the worship service, 1009.348 1010.195 cause no one could get out. 1010.195 1011.152 they were all snowed in. 1011.152 1012.511 ... (H) So he went around the building, 1012.511 1013.468 knocking on doors, 1013.468 1014.960 which f- .. in itself is crazy. 1014.960 1015.673 Right? 1015.673 1016.608 MANY: .. (MURMUR_LAUGHTER_THROAT) 1016.785 1017.063 WALT: .. Yeah, 1017.063 1017.252 it is. 1017.252 1017.783 It's crazy. 1017.783 1018.055 I mean, 1018.055 1018.287 you know. 1018.287 1020.313 ... How many times have you done that in your life. 1020.313 1021.990 ... m_it's crazy. 1021.990 1022.932 ... It's out of the -- 1022.932 1023.933 out of the ordinary. 1023.933 1025.287 ... Maybe a little bit insane. 1025.287 1025.670 (H) But anyway, 1025.670 1026.317 they went around, 1026.317 1027.259 (H) knocking on doors, 1027.259 1028.260 inviting people to come down, 1028.260 1029.261 (H) he said it was amazing, 1029.261 1030.821 (H) I could hear people there, 1030.821 1032.087 (H) but they wouldn't come to the door. 1032.087 1032.999 AUD: (THROAT) 1032.999 1034.177 WALT: ... (H) And then there were others he knocked on, 1034.177 1035.060 the people would come to the door, 1035.119 1035.737 they would talk, 1035.737 1037.414 (H) but they wouldn't open the door. 1037.414 1038.710 ... (H) Then there were others, 1038.710 1040.123 who opened the door just a little bit. 1040.181 1041.212 AUD: ... [(COUGH)] 1040.181 1041.182 WALT: []? 1042.389 1045.068 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]= 1045.362 1046.657 WALT: Or you look out that peep hole. 1046.657 1047.128 , 1047.134 1048.084 the hole's about [this big, 1048.063 1048.699 AUD: [@@@@@@@@] 1048.063 1048.699 WALT: ], 1049.380 1050.813 MANY: [(LAUGHTER)]=[2=2]= 1050.243 1050.813 WALT: [2Right2]? 1050.800 1052.291 AUD: Oh Lord. 1052.291 1053.096 WALT: And then there were others, 1053.096 1054.190 .. who opened their door, 1054.190 1055.742 ... and went to the service, 1055.890 1057.203 .. (H) and it changed their lives. 1057.034 1058.706 MANY: Amen. 1058.706 1059.527 WALT: (H) But fear, 1059.527 1062.231 (H) keeps us from those personal relationships, 1062.211 1063.305 (H) with one another. 1063.346 1065.513 ... (H) We're so concerned about, 1065.509 1067.297 (H) what everybody else th=inks. 1067.284 1067.520 AUD: Yep. 1067.536 1068.189 WALT: about us. 1068.189 1069.147 AUD: [That's right]. 1068.123 1068.622 MANY: [(MURMUR)] 1068.622 1069.642 WALT: Doesn't that cripple you? 1069.642 1070.827 MANY: Yeah, 1070.827 1072.280 WALT: ... What's someone gonna think, 1072.280 1073.840 if they find out I'm a Christian. 1073.840 1076.886 (TSK) (H) ... What is someone gonna think, 1076.886 1078.872 when I tell em I'm a disciple. 1078.872 1081.246 ... That I don't do these things anymore. 1081.246 1082.801 ... Jeez, 1082.801 1083.664 what are they gonna think, 1083.664 1085.218 if I inv=ite them, 1085.218 1087.938 ... to learn about Jesus. 1087.938 1090.111 ... And to study the Bible. 1090.111 1091.823 ... See we're so concerned, 1091.823 1092.586 we're afraid, 1092.586 1093.478 we're f=earful, 1093.478 1095.493 (H) and that f=ear robs us, 1095.493 1098.486 .. (H) of that d=eep .. personal relationship with God, 1098.486 1102.285 (H) and that deep personal relationship .. with one another. 1102.285 1105.135 AUD: (MURMUR_AMEN) 1105.135 1107.121 WALT: ... We all experience it. 1107.121 1109.006 ... It keeps us, 1109.006 1112.085 ... f=ear keeps us .. from changing our lives. 1111.654 1112.560 MANY: .. (MURMUR) 1112.560 1113.409 AUD: [Preach it #Walter] 1112.560 1117.309 WALT: [(H) Fear] .. keeps us ... from changing ... the world. 1117.309 1119.813 MANY: [(MURMUR)_AGREEMENT] 1119.813 1121.626 WALT: 1121.626 1124.547 ... needed to overcome their fears. 1124.547 1129.037 ... In order that they might have that radical relationship with God. 1129.037 1131.872 (H) ... The disciples needed to overcome their fears, 1131.872 1135.945 (H) in order to have a deep personal relationship with one another. 1135.945 1137.211 ...(H) The disciples, 1137.211 1138.780 (H) needed to overcome, 1138.780 1139.744 .. their fears, 1139.744 1141.183 ... (H) in order to, 1141.183 1142.996 .. change their li=ves. 1142.996 1143.975 ... (H) The disciples, 1143.975 1145.558 needed to overcome their fears, 1145.558 1147.227 (H) in order to change the world. 1146.982 1147.558 AUD: That's right. 1147.558 1149.673 WALT: (H) And if we go [back and] we examine the Gospels, 1147.961 1148.407 AUD: [Amen]. 1149.659 1150.263 WALT: we see, 1150.263 1151.271 (H) very clearly, 1151.357 1153.429 (H) that all the time that Jesus spent with them , 1153.429 1154.494 (H) they were afraid. 1154.494 1155.775 (H) Peter was afraid. 1155.775 1157.070 (H) Thomas was afraid. 1157.070 1158.998 (H) They were many many times afraid. 1158.998 1159.646 (H) But they % -- 1159.646 1160.840 .. they understood, 1160.840 1163.373 (H) the only way they would overcome their f=ear, 1163.373 1164.452 .. would be=, 1164.452 1166.064 (H) through Jesus Christ. 1166.064 1166.884 AUD: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1166.884 1168.252 WALT: And his example. 1168.252 1171.101 (H) Because the Lor=d had many challenging times, 1171.101 1172.166 (H) in his life. 1172.166 1173.116 (H) Where fair -- 1173.116 1174.209 .. Where fear, 1174.209 1176.958 ... could be the dominant f=actor. 1176.699 1177.418 AUD: (THROAT) 1178.570 1180.196 WALT: ... That could take away, 1180.196 1181.592 (H) his relationship, 1181.592 1182.584 ... with God. 1182.138 1183.174 AUD: ... . 1183.174 1184.628 WALT: I mean think about it. 1184.628 1187.837 ... You know I was uh, 1193.233 1195.450 ... thinking about fear. 1195.450 1196.356 ... And I guess that-, 1196.356 1197.637 what prompted me about this, 1197.637 1199.004 is cause I'm fearful person. 1199.004 1201.249 AUD: ... (COUGH)[=] 1200.112 1200.731 WALT: [You say] , 1206.113 1206.588 and I'm like, 1206.588 1207.164 Well, 1207.164 1207.307 ... Yeah, 1207.307 1207.653 amen. 1207.653 1209.193 But I'm still a fearful person. 1209.193 1211.193 MANY: ... (MURMUR) 1211.193 1212.905 WALT: ... But I really wanna overcome my fears. 1212.905 1214.186 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT)[=] 1213.452 1214.963 WALT: [I wanna] [2get2], 1214.258 1214.819 AUD: [2a2]men. 1214.963 1217.410 WALT: ... d=eeper and deeper with the Lor=d, 1217.410 1219.683 ... I wanna get deeper and deeper with you, 1219.683 1220.504 .. (H) I wanna get d=- -- 1220.504 1223.195 I wanna b=e able to change my life, 1223.195 1225.770 ... and I wanna be able to change the world. 1225.770 1227.483 MANY: .. (MURMUR_AGREEMENT)[=] 1226.720 1228.116 WALT: [You know I've] had the opportunity, 1228.116 1229.915 to r- to- to- just really go back, 1229.915 1231.153 and read some things, 1231.153 1232.822 (H) outside of the Bible, 1232.822 1233.412 (H) uh, 1233.412 1234.851 on Martin Luther King Junior. 1234.851 1236.535 .. Cause the guy blows my mind. 1236.535 1237.959 ... He blows my -- 1237.959 1239.355 here's a man who die=d, 1239.355 1241.384 .. for what he believed. 1241.384 1245.485 ... He die=d ... to see ... j=ustice. 1245.485 1247.399 ... equality. 1247.399 1249.285 ... peace. 1248.493 1251.026 WALT: ... He died for that. 1251.026 1252.393 ... And I'm thinking, 1252.379 1254.811 ... He is willing to . 1254.811 1256.552 (H) He was afraid many times, 1256.552 1258.322 (H) but he p=ushed through his fears. 1258.466 1264.281 ... In order (H) .. to= ... succeed and have v=ictory. 1264.281 1266.338 ... For himself, 1266.338 1267.860 ... and for the people, 1267.860 1269.382 ... that were around him. 1269.382 1271.933 ... The Black nation of America. 1271.933 1273.254 ... You know we need to lear=n, 1273.254 1273.854 number one, 1273.854 1275.956 if we are gonna overcome our fears, 1275.956 1278.858 .. (H) The first point is to f=ace ... our fears. 1278.858 1280.759 (H) In order to overcome our fears, 1280.734 1282.886 (H) we must f=ace (H) our fears. 1282.886 1283.511 AUD1: .. [Amen]. 1282.861 1283.511 AUD2: [That's right]. 1283.511 1283.861 WALT: [(H)] I w- -- 1283.811 1284.287 AUD: A[2men2]. 1283.962 1285.187 WALT: [2I had the2] opportunity, 1285.187 1286.013 as @you know, 1286.013 1287.614 .. to spend a lot of time with my brother, 1287.614 1288.815 he's moved in with us, 1288.815 1290.291 .. (TSK) (H) and just to talk. 1290.291 1292.493 ... (H) And and as we were talking, 1292.493 1293.594 what came ou=t, 1293.594 1294.544 is really, 1294.544 1295.670 (H) his fears. 1295.670 1298.847 ... (H) What he= was .. afraid of. 1298.847 1301.349 ... In becoming ... a disciple. 1301.349 1303.626 ... In becoming (H) a Christian. 1303.626 1305.177 ... (H) And it brought me back, 1305.177 1308.054 .. to the time when I was studying the Bible. 1308.054 1311.857 ... (H) And I remember all of the fears that were in m=y life. 1311.857 1315.209 ... in c- in in .. making a decision, 1315.209 1316.911 (H) to follow Christ. 1316.911 1318.962 ... (H) You know I can remember the fear of, 1318.962 1320.763 (H) they all wanna take my money. 1320.763 1329.245 MANY: ... (LAUGHTER)[=]= 1322.940 1324.291 WALT: [That was a fear for me. 1324.291 1325.542 That was real. 1325.542 1327.293 ... I worked hard for my money. 1327.293 1329.320 (H) I was concerned] about this, 1329.320 1330.796 (H) , 1330.796 1332.072 trying to take my +money POUND>>. 1333.498 1334.523 ... You know, 1334.523 1335.899 I'd look at the checkbook. 1335.899 1337.726 ... My wife would write a check for ten dollars, 1337.726 1338.877 I'd go crazy. 1338.877 1340.528 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1340.528 1341.754 WALT: Cause I was afraid. 1341.754 1343.205 .. They would take my money. 1343.205 1344.656 ... Right #Paul? 1344.656 1345.206 ... Yeah. 1345.206 1345.732 Sure. 1345.732 1347.008 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1347.008 1347.308 AUD: .. @= [@@@] 1347.308 1350.385 WALT: [I was afraid] I was gonna lose my personality. 1350.385 1351.961 ... as [2you can see, 1350.385 1352.537 MANY: [2(LAUGHTER)2] 1352.011 1353.087 WALT: I've not2] lost [3it3]. 1352.011 1356.039 MANY: [3(LAUGHTER)3]=[4=4]=[5=5]= 1353.387 1354.188 AUD: [4Amen4]. 1355.614 1356.164 [5@Amen5]. 1356.164 1357.765 WALT: [6It's been matured6]. 1356.164 1360.642 MANY: [6(MURMUR)6]=[7=7]=[8=8] 1357.941 1358.341 AUD: [7Yeah. 1358.330 1358.550 thats, 1358.550 1358.746 yeah. 1358.746 1359.176 Amen7]. 1359.176 1364.266 WALT: [8I was afraid I was gonna lose my identity8]. 1364.266 1366.942 ... Well as you can see, 1366.414 1366.942 AUD1: @@@ 1366.942 1368.594 AUD2: [XXX] 1366.942 1368.990 WALT: [Still got one] [2@@@2]. 1367.999 1368.990 AUD: [2@Amen2]. 1368.990 1370.180 WALT: .. Maybe it needs to change some, 1370.180 1371.865 but I still have it. 1371.865 1374.706 ... I was afraid that, 1374.706 1377.944 (H) . 1381.743 1383.659 ... Well let me tell you, 1383.659 1384.981 ... I'm plenty independent. 1384.981 1385.542 AUD1: @@@@@@ 1385.542 1386.831 AUD2: Uh-oh. 1386.335 1389.672 WALT: ... And I have f- a free will to choose and pick, 1389.672 1392.381 ... what I want to do with my life. 1391.853 1392.877 MANY: (MURMUR_AMEN) 1392.877 1394.661 WALT: But what I've cho=se, 1394.661 1396.412 ... is to overcome my fea=rs, 1396.412 1398.394 ... and give my life, 1398.394 1399.518 ... to Jesus Christ. 1398.791 1399.881 MANY: Amen. 1399.881 1401.764 WALT: (H) But we must f=ace our fears. 1401.764 1403.581 (H) A=sk yourselves, 1403.581 1406.984 ... why are you afraid. 1406.984 1408.504 ... (H) Think about your own fears. 1408.438 1410.453 (H) Think about your own personal fears, 1410.453 1411.642 (H) inside your life. 1411.642 1412.601 (H) The deep ones. 1412.601 1414.847 Not the outside ones about money and stuff. 1414.550 1417.325 WALT: [(H)] But the deep deep truths in your heart. 1417.325 1418.184 (H) Cause each one of us, 1418.184 1419.505 have some things in our life, 1419.505 1421.356 (H) that we're very fearful about. 1421.356 1422.644 .. (H) Ask yourself, 1422.644 1425.221 (H) Why= .. am I afraid. 1427.137 1427.600 AUD: ... (COUGH) 1427.633 1429.648 WALT: See we need to ask ourselves that question, 1429.648 1430.606 every single day. 1430.606 1432.126 (H) We need to ask ourselves that question, 1432.126 1433.249 every single time, 1433.249 1434.141 (H) it comes up. 1434.141 1435.430 (H) Because in that way, 1435.430 1437.181 .. confronting our fears, 1437.181 1438.469 (H) It will give us, 1438.469 1439.989 (H) a m=easure of success. 1439.989 1441.938 It will give us a measure of power. 1441.938 1443.590 (H) It doesn't mean we've done it yet, 1443.590 1444.779 (H) but when we bring it up, 1444.779 1446.696 it will give us a measure of that power. 1446.696 1448.876 (H) It will give us a measure of [success. 1448.050 1449.041 AUD: [(COUGH) (COUGH)] 1449.041 1450.198 WALT: (H)] Not the total victory, 1450.198 1452.081 (H) but a small measure to understand, 1452.081 1453.468 (H) where we're really at. 1453.468 1454.129 AUD1: Yeah. 1453.567 1454.757 AUD2: Amen. 1454.757 1455.616 WALT: ... You know, 1455.616 1457.334 .. the thing about fears. 1457.334 1462.058 ... The more we attempt to ignore or repress them, 1462.058 1466.981 ... the more ... we m=ultiply= ... the conflict [inside]. 1466.190 1466.875 AUD1: [Wow]. 1466.875 1467.226 MANY: (MURMUR) 1467.232 1467.455 AUD2: That's right. 1467.455 1468.191 WALT: Isn't that true. 1468.629 1469.614 CONGR: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1469.468 1471.827 WALT: ... You know when you're afraid to deal with something, 1471.827 1473.055 and you're afr=aid? 1473.055 1474.548 ... and then all of a sudden, 1474.644 1475.679 it starts multiplying. 1475.679 1477.364 (BBBB)= 1477.364 1477.846 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1477.846 1479.122 WALT: And now you're really afraid. 1479.122 1479.459 Right? 1479.459 1480.253 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1480.253 1483.094 WALT: And now you don't want to say anything to any about anything. 1483.094 1483.599 Right? 1483.599 1484.081 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1484.081 1485.429 WALT: Cause it's started to multiply. 1485.429 1487.403 (H) And the longer that fear goes, 1487.403 1488.967 .. (H) the more it multiplies. 1488.967 1492.241 (H) till it gets to the point where it .. totally immobilizes you. 1492.241 1492.651 AUD: .. [Right]. 1492.241 1493.421 [(H)] Till you become, 1493.421 1494.504 (H) to=tally, 1494.504 1495.949 (H) unable to move. 1495.949 1498.380 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1498.380 1499.921 WALT: ... You become stymied. 1499.921 1502.111 AUD: ... Mm=. 1502.111 1502.713 WALT: ... Still. 1502.713 1504.783 AUD: (COUGH) (COUGH) 1504.783 1506.324 WALT: ... And we know as human beings, 1506.324 1507.263 .. just like nature, 1507.263 1509.044 ... if we're not growing, 1509.044 1510.393 ... we're dying. 1510.393 1510.994 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1510.994 1511.909 WALT: And that fear, 1511.909 1514.172 .. starts to eat .. away (Hx), 1514.172 1515.207 ... at you. 1515.207 1518.481 ... (H) You know the great thing about bringing your fears up too. 1518.481 1521.659 ... (H) Is that when you bring your fears up, 1521.659 1524.114 ... (TSK) (H) what we find out many times, 1524.114 1526.570 ... is that they're more imaginary, 1526.570 1527.942 ... [than they] are real. 1526.570 1527.220 AUD: [Yes]. 1527.508 1528.183 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1528.183 1529.001 WALT: Isn't that true. 1529.001 1529.507 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1529.507 1530.518 WALT: It's like, 1530.518 1531.577 ... I need to talk to #Windham, 1531.577 1532.492 ... about this. 1532.828 1533.395 ... It's like, 1533.475 1533.739 . 1535.464 1536.296 (H) And then I start, 1536.296 1537.501 Then this fear start to multiply. 1537.501 1539.169 (H) (BBBB)[=][2=2] 1538.103 1539.169 AUD1: [@@@@][2@2] 1538.103 1542.875 AUD2: [2(LAUGHTER)[3=3]=[4=4]= 1539.122 1540.420 WALT: [3You know what I mean3]? 1539.122 1540.420 AUD1: [3@Yeah3]= 1540.420 1542.088 WALT: [44]. 1542.088 1543.524 ... Right. 1543.395 1543.766 .. Then 0- -- 1543.766 1544.649 then I go and talk, 1544.649 1545.961 . 1549.522 1550.689 ... And I'm like, 1551.927 1553.227 ... and then I go and I talk to him. 1553.239 1554.285 I muster up -- 1554.320 1555.765 ... . 1556.409 1557.139 AUD: @Amen. 1556.925 1557.464 MANY: (MURMUR) 1557.464 1558.527 WALT: I muster up the courage, 1558.527 1559.254 and I talk to #Windham. 1559.254 1559.757 And you know what, 1559.757 1560.111 I'm like, 1560.111 1560.503 wow. 1560.503 1562.331 ... That isn't anything like I thought. 1562.331 1563.077 MANY: (MURMUR) 1563.077 1563.661 WALT: Isn't that true. 1563.661 1565.459 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT) 1565.459 1566.569 WALT: And I feel so much better, 1566.569 1566.742 I'm like, 1566.742 1567.832 I can't believe I did that. 1567.832 1568.703 What a dummy. 1568.703 1570.531 (H) .. . 1570.531 1571.966 X: ... @@@@ 1571.966 1573.669 WALT: ... that I would think those things. 1573.564 1575.583 (H) See because a lot of times our fear=s, 1575.583 1577.324 ... really are, 1577.324 1578.587 ... imaginary. 1578.587 1579.879 ... (H) See, 1579.879 1580.491 (H) fea=r, 1580.491 1584.318 really involves the misuse ... of our imagination. 1584.366 1585.792 AUD1: ... Yeah [that's right]. 1584.347 1585.792 AUD2: [Mm=]. 1585.792 1587.428 WALT: ... You know when you're talking about being a disciple, 1587.428 1590.031 and you hear these incredibly (H) . 1590.031 1591.877 ... And I do preach a few hard sermons. 1591.877 1593.609 MANY: Amen. 1593.561 1595.150 WALT: Today's not one of those real hard ones, 1595.150 1595.877 AUD: .. No? 1595.877 1596.681 WALT: .. I thought I'd give you a break. 1596.681 1598.996 MANY: (LAUGHTER)[=] 1598.566 1598.996 AUD: [Thanks bro]. 1598.996 1600.240 WALT: Maybe I needed a @break @. 1600.240 1601.120 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1601.139 1602.488 WALT: I've had a few this week. 1602.488 1603.254 .. (H) But really, 1603.311 1603.665 it's true, 1603.665 1603.962 I mean, 1603.962 1605.541 (H) we- we- and you hear these , 1605.541 1606.574 (H) A>F>. 1609.425 1610.095 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1610.095 1610.851 WALT: I mean I do that. 1610.851 1612.707 I used to [hear #Kip] preach in the opera house, 1611.119 1611.674 AUD: [Woohoo]. 1612.803 1613.444 WALT: (H) and I'd be like, 1613.444 1614.382 (H) F>. 1618.592 1622.256 MANY: (LAUGHTER)[=] 1620.046 1620.735 WALT: [And I'd go there, 1620.735 1621.931 even before we even got there], 1621.903 1622.353 I'd be sharing -- 1622.353 1622.665 we'd go, 1622.638 1623.276 we'd be with #Laurie, 1623.265 1624.816 and I'd invite someone to come to church with me, 1624.888 1625.345 and they would come, 1625.370 1625.811 and I'd say, 1625.811 1626.123 (H) . 1631.922 1632.904 MANY: (LAUGHTER) 1632.904 1633.944 WALT: You ever felt that way? 1633.944 1638.603 MANY: (MURMUR_AGREEMENT)= 1638.603 1639.042 WALT: See and we- -- 1639.042 1640.669 all of a sudden the fear starts. 1640.669 1642.002 ... (BBBB)= 1642.002 1644.126 MANY: .. (LAUGHTER)[=]= 1642.588 1643.643 WALT: []? 1643.643 1645.386 and it totally, 1645.386 1648.009 (H) our imagination runs wil=d. 1648.009 1652.756 MANY: (MURMUR) 1652.756 1653.386 WALT: ...

. 1669.356 1671.128 ... And that's really my second point, 1671.128 1672.359 to overcome fear=s, 1672.359 1673.780 .. we really need to=, 1673.780 1674.952 ... be able to=, 1674.952 1677.399 ... (TSK) have courage. 1677.399 1680.974 ... (H) ... first John chapter four. 1680.974 1682.073 ... Actually, 1682.073 1683.406 I do- I don't wanna leave this first point, 1683.406 1683.978 till I make this, 1683.978 1685.267 ... this point within the point. 1685.267 1686.926 ...