Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel – Why So Many People Are Exhausted, Anxious, and Angry

0:00 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. We thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever and ever for through His infinite mercy, His infinite love, His infinite compassion, still allowing us to be in His holy church, in His holy presence. We need to believe in this This is the truth. We need to believe in this. Number one.

0:36 You are not here by mere chance. The Lord wanted you to be here. That's why you're here. When the Lord wants you to come. He will make sure that the door is opened. And that call has reached you.

0:57 In return. In return. our role is to accept.

1:01 That call and to act upon that call. And when we do, we see the glory of God. This is the way the Lord operates. Everything is done through love. Therefore, nothing by the Lord is done by force. Because the moment the Lord forces things.

1:27 Upon us, There is no love. There is no freedom. So the Lord wants you to come and be in His holy presence.

1:40 That's why you're here. And since you're here, it is the will of the Lord. And since it's the will of the Lord, the will is connected to love. Because if you do not love, you do not do. And if you do not have the will, you will never choose. The Lord chose us willingly, basically because He loves us.

2:09 And that's why He gave up His life for us on the cross, His body and blood. It's being offered on the holy altar every time we celebrate.

2:19 The holy mass. So we thank the Lord. Amen.

2:24 Our church fathers chose for today's liturgical service a reading from the gospel according to St. Luke and chapter 12 verses 16 to 34 inclusive. Luke chapter 12 and verses 16 to 34 inclusive. The Lord Jesus gave a parable in today's gospel and this parable was based on a question asked by one of the people of the crowd.

2:54 One person got up and said to the Lord, please tell my brother to give me my portion of the inheritance. Then the Lord Jesus said, who has made me a judge or an arbitrator over you? Listen and take heed. Don't ever be.

3:20 Greedy. Do not fall into don't.

3:27 Ever be greedy tell my brother to give me my portion of the inheritance then the Lord gave this parable the ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully and that man that night he said and he said I have plenty of crops and my barns are not big enough to contain it what shall I do I'm going to, you know, expand on those barns. I'm going to make them bigger and greater so I can grasp all these plentiful of crops into the barns. Then I'll say to my soul, soul, sit back and relax.

4:15 Take it easy.

4:16 Enjoy it and be merry for many, many, many years to come. You have plenty of goods to.

4:24 And crops then God said to that person to that rich man or fool your soul is being asked of you this very night whose are these going to be once you leave this world.

4:45 A man is found a fool in the sight of God when they are seen rich in their own eyes not.

4:53 Rich in God.

4:57 So many people in the world think they are rich, believe they are rich, and they see it through their own eyes that they are rich. But they have no God in their life. Therefore, they will end up being a bunch of fools.

5:18 Who's a fool? A fool is the one who never learned how To hit the mark. Never learned how to hit the mark. What is hitting the mark? You see. The Lord says... If you think life is measured... According to the richness you have... Then you're a fool.

5:49 If you think you will only live when you have... Millions and billions of dollars in.

5:53 The bank account.

5:54 If you think you are only alive when you are famous... If you think you are now breathing and you are living because you are the center of attention, that is foolishness.

6:06 Why?

6:07 Because whatever you gain in this world will remain in this world. We came empty-handed and definitely we will leave it empty-handed. You may have worked extremely hard and built an empire for yourself. Where are all the emperors? Where are all the empires of the world? Where are they?

6:34 Gone with the wind.

6:36 And so as the superpowers of the 21st century, they will go with the wind.

6:42 Sooner or later.

6:45 It is foolishness when we think we are rich in our own selves, yet are poor in God.

6:53 Foolishness.

6:56 What does it benefit a man if he gains the whole world and at the end loses himself? So the Lord Jesus gave this parable of this rich man. He sat all night long thinking on what to do to build up on his wealth. And he thought he will live happily ever after because.

7:23 He is rich.

7:25 Not realizing... Richness, true richness, is when you have the fear of the Lord, not money in the account. So many people are rich materialistically, but they are poor spiritually.

7:45 They live in mansions, but empty from within. They have everything at their fingertips, but they.

7:52 Are never satisfied or at peace. Because what gives you that peace of mind, that comfort when you put your head on that pillow and snort it off.

8:10 Is Jesus Christ. No one else.

8:14 Jesus Christ, my beloved. The Lord Jesus in this parable gave two things that we need to pay attention to. One is the bird of the skies And the other one is the lily of the field.

8:32 Flowers.

8:34 He said, look at the bird of the sky. They don't sow. They don't reap. Yet your heavenly father feed them. They don't have any bonds like this rich man. They don't gather for tomorrow. But they are being fed all their life by your heavenly father. How much more are you than this little bird? Or of little faith?

8:55 And if you are that anxious about what to do about tomorrow.

8:58 What shall I do? I need to build. I need to do. I need to think of this. I need to think of that. I need to go over there. I need to buy this. I need to sell this. I need to meet this. I need to speak to this. And before you know it, you have blood pressure, high cholesterol, blockages in your arteries, open heart surgery, gone with the wind before you even enjoyed what you've built.

9:24 Anxiety. What's wrong with you, child? I don't know. I'm depressed. I'm anxious. I'm worried. I'm concerned. Why? I don't know. I'm just... No, you need to know. You know why? Because there is not enough Christ in you. That's why. That's the whole truth. You need enough Christ in you. You know, why did the Lord Jesus give the example of the bird And the lily. Incredible.

10:03 When it comes to the bird of the sky, the bird of the sky put us all to shame when it comes to faith. If you one day just watch a little bird, you know, just watch it.

10:20 For whatever, half an hour.

10:21 20 minutes, 15 minutes, give some time and watch the little bird. When they find a place where there is food, they go down and start eating. Have you ever seen a bird coming down, eating, and then having a little bag on the side to fill it up with the leftovers? Because the bird will say, well today I ate, God provided food, But who says God will provide for me tomorrow?

10:52 Let me pick the leftovers in the little bag and take it for tomorrow in case God forgets about me.

11:00 The bird will never do that. You know why? It's very simple, yet sometimes we miss it.

11:11 Do you know why the bird will never take some food with them for tomorrow?

11:18 Because they are governed by the law of God. Think about it.

11:26 What does it mean they are governed by the law of God? It means that God cannot break the law. It means that.

11:38 God is limited to that law. In other words, God has to fulfill that law.

11:50 Because God is holy in His nature, He cannot put a law and then go against it.

11:57 Impossible.

11:58 God's nature can't allow Him to have any discrepancies in Him.

12:05 He is holy, perfect, faithful.

12:08 Loyal to every word that He has said and every law that He has put Into mother nature. Now when he created the bird. He gave the bird his law. And that law is. As long as you live by this law. You will never sleep hungry. The reason why we become anxious about the very life which God created and gave us. That's why the Lord says, if you cannot add one little cubit to your stature, why then are you.

12:51 Worried about the rest? Did you create yourself? No. Did you create this life? No.

12:58 You came because I willed it through my love. And since I willed it through my love, then I created you based on my law, my word. And my word is law and I will never break it. The problem, the bird never goes against my law. That's why he is never left hungry, not one single day.

13:27 But when you, my son, when you, my daughter, whom I made and created in my own image, the bird isn't, the plant isn't, the tree isn't, the rock isn't, the universe is all put together, aren't my image. You are. And I gave you one law.

13:47 I started in the Garden of Eden with your father Adam. And I put in Adam two laws that are one. They are one law with two branches to it. Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and love your neighbor as your own self.

14:09 I gave him this law, but this.

14:12 Law is the law of love because you're my son. You're not anything else or anyone else.

14:21 You're my son. And when it comes to father and son, love is the foundation.

14:30 Because if there is no love between the father and the son, there is no father, there is no son. So when I created you on the basis of love to be my own child, I said to you, love me first, then love your neighbor second. Adam the father did not love me first. He listened to his wife before listening to his heavenly father.

15:02 He broke the law of love your God.

15:06 And when his sons came, Cain and Abel, Cain could not love his neighbor, Abel, like himself.

15:14 He killed him.

15:16 When you broke that law, Of love. You became anxious. You drifted away. And you started. Taking things into your own. Hands into your own account.

15:30 You started managing life. Which was never yours. Never will be. Your way.

15:36 But I didn't create you to manage life. You can't manage it. Because you did not create it. For you to understand.

15:44 How it operates. Only the. Creator.

15:49 Knows how life operates. You know, when you buy a product, it comes packaged in this big box. You open the box, the very first thing on top of that package is a little book called manual. And us geniuses, what we do, the first thing we do is we take and we say, ah, We throw it like a frisbee.

16:13 Why? Because we say, I know what I'm doing. It's only a little TV set. Big deal, manual.

16:21 I'm not wasting my time reading all this fine print. But the manual, my beloved, is a word, a compounded word. Menu is the abbreviation of manufacturer. So the manufacturer has been abbreviated into menu. And then the word al- In Latin means mind. So Manuel, the mind of the manufacturer.

16:49 Why?

16:50 Because the one who created the TV set, he had it in his mind before making it.

16:57 He knew exactly what he was building.

17:00 And he knew exactly the functionality of what he was about to build. So when he put his mind from theory into practical, the TV set came into existence. When he sent it to you the consumer, he sent with it his mind.

17:19 So that when you read his mind, you will get two things from the manufacturer. A guarantee and a warranty.

17:31 The manufacturer will say to you, if you follow my manual, the mind of the manufacturer, I guarantee you, everything you read in the book, the TV will do.

17:44 And if you follow my manual and the TV breaks down, I give you warranty, full replacement, brand new brother.

17:56 But if you do not follow the manual, there is no guarantee.

18:03 There is no warranty.

18:05 And what do we do when we don't follow the manual?

18:11 One thing, we experiment.

18:15 So dangerous when you experiment with things you have no idea what they are.

18:22 What will you do? 100% a.

18:26 Mistake.

18:28 So, when God created us, the product of God, the human being, He sent His manual with it called the Holy Bible.

18:43 The Holy Bible is the manual, the mind of the manufacturer.

18:49 God says to all of us.

18:51 If you follow my manual, I guarantee whatever is written here you will do. And if anything breaks down, I have my son to give you a warranty that I will replace every failure in you. In verse 31 of Luke 12, the Lord sums it all up.

19:13 That's why we are living in depression, anxiety, angry, disorientated, displeased, discontent.

19:27 When you ask, what do you want? The miraculous word surfaces up, I don't know. And there is another miraculous word that follows it up, I don't care.

19:44 Please, remove them, obliterate them from your memory. I don't know. I don't care. Don't listen to them. Look at the Lord. In verse 31. He says you want. You want.

20:08 An answer to your question. You want a medication to your illness? You want a solution to your problem? Verse 31, if you do it, you'll find your peace. In verse 31 of Luke 12, the Lord says the following, But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. Because He said, don't worry about what shall you eat, what shall you wear. Don't worry about what shall I dress up tomorrow. What shall I eat tomorrow? What will happen to me tomorrow? He said, don't worry about all these things. The first thing you should always seek is seek the kingdom of God. And everything you need and everything you lack, Will be automatically added to you.

20:58 Why?

20:59 Because the one who created you. He knows that you are in need of eating. You are in need of being clothed. You are in need of this and that and that. Because he is the manufacturer. He knows exactly what you need. In order to function. So what is needed. God already provided before creating us.

21:24 But.

21:25 What God expects us to do is to seek His kingdom. Now the question is why is the Lord saying seek the kingdom of God first and everything else will be added to you.

21:39 Why? Because wherever there is a kingdom, there is a king. Isn't it? The king can't be without a kingdom.

21:53 And a kingdom cannot be called a kingdom unless there is a king ruling over that kingdom.

22:01 Isn't it?

22:02 Wherever there is a kingdom, there is a king. The Lord Jesus says, seek the kingdom of God first. Everything will come and fall into place naturally.

22:15 Why?

22:15 Because the moment you choose willingly, You choose freely based on love and seek the kingdom of God. The day you enter the kingdom of God, Christ the King is responsible.

22:29 Over your life. He is stuck with you now. He will provide.

22:37 Because the King is known to provide always, never fails.

22:44 His name is Jesus Christ. Oh hallelujah. I'll finish off with this. I've been talking for 30 minutes now.

22:52 Long time ago, the Lord Jesus came to this piece of rake, to this nothing. And he said, I want you to swap with me. I do your job and you do my job. I said, I think it's the enemy talking. Too much for this little head to fathom. So I kicked it. I kicked that thought away. Not that thought, that voice. He came back again. He said, it's me, Jesus Christ.

23:27 We swam. You look after my interests. I look after your interests. I pushed it away.

23:35 He came back and he said, it is I, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. You look after my interests. I will look after your interests. From that day, he said, will you accept Just say yes.

23:49 I said yes. I never slept in need of anything till this moment.

23:59 But you don't know what I went through. It's been a long time. The Lord is faithful. The Lord is loyal. The Lord is almighty.

24:16 Almighty.

24:20 The Lord is the never failing love. The Lord is the good shepherd. Who leads me to green pastures and still waters. The Lord is the alpha and the omega. The first and the last. The beginning and the end. The Lord is the life and the resurrection. The Lord is the king of all kings. And the Lord of all lords. The Lord is God. Revealed in the flesh.

24:52 This you can never understand. Just say yes.

24:57 And he looked after my interests. When I looked after his interests. Not that I'm going to do his job.

25:07 No. But when he places me here. And I say yes sir. He will do his job through me.

25:17 And when He does His job through me because I allowed Him through His grace and mercy, then whatever I need, it's done. My son, my daughter, do not be afraid. Do not be anxious about anything. Do not worry what will happen to me.

25:41 The Lord has got it all.

25:44 He's already planned it long time ago When he was with his heavenly father alone. When there was nothing created yet. He figured it all out for you my child. He called you by your name. He knitted you in your mother's womb. The grand weaver knitted you in your mother's womb. He knows exactly who you are. He knows exactly what you are. And he knows what you need. But one thing he wants from you.

26:17 Love him. Choose his kingdom.

26:20 Say, Lord, I want to enter your kingdom, not because I want to be in your kingdom, because I want you to be my king. Because until you are my king, and what is the king?

26:34 The owner.

26:35 You see, that's the difference between the king and the prime minister and the president. Presidents, prime ministers own nothing. You vote them in and you vote them out. They take nothing with them. They don't own the country. But the country is.

26:49 Owned by the king. You buy a property in Australia.

26:54 On the title deed you will see crown's title written on it.

26:58 Why?

26:59 Because crown belongs to the king. Meaning the land belongs to the king. They don't tell you this at lands LTO.

27:06 Why? Why? Because they lease the land to you for a hundred years. They know that you're not going to live more than a hundred years. They lease it. But then they say, you bought it. You never bought it. It's not yours. It's the king's. You never bought it. The king of kings is the rightful owner to everyone and to everything. It's his.

27:31 He just wants us to acknowledge this.

27:39 And accept it. The moment my son. You listening my son? The moment my son. You say to the Lord yes. The rest is history. Will I get married? The Lord knows. Will I find a job tomorrow? The Lord knows. Will I find a place tomorrow? The Lord knows.

28:03 Will I eat before I sleep? Or will I sleep hungry? The Lord knows everything. Am I going to survive tomorrow? The Lord knows. Am I going to make it tomorrow? The Lord knows. Will I pass the exam? The Lord knows. Am I going to be a doctor? Am I going to be this? Am I going to be a bishop?

28:20 The Pope? The Lord knows. You will live happily ever after. When you trust the Lord. The Lord knows. But one thing I came to believe. And know about the Lord. He can never fail. You know when you have that kind of a surety.

28:48 And that kind of confidence in this figure called Jesus Christ of Nazareth. You don't need the bonds. You don't need the crops. You don't need the wealth. You don't need the fame.

29:05 Trust me.

29:06 You don't need it. It's all anxiety. If people think when they are rich they are happy, that's a lie. So many people rich ended up killing themselves. Committing suicide. Yet they had everything at their fingertip.

29:26 Why? Because they were empty from within.

29:28 They never find that true peace. Even they were surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people, but they never realized who was genuine. and who wasn't were they there for me or for my money you can never find anyone genuinely loving you.

29:49 More than Jesus Christ impossible just trust him leave everything.

29:55 In his capable hands and say Lord all I want is to seek your kingdom I want to enter your kingdom so you become my king. Because the moment you're my king, you are responsible for my well-being. You promised, Lord. So I entrust you with everything. I entrust you with everything. And then just.

30:18 Do your best and leave the rest to the Lord Jesus. I'm not saying go on Centrelink. No. Work hard.

30:27 Work hard, study, do your part.

30:30 But the Lord, but the Lord is with you. The Lord is with you. The Lord is with you.

30:38 That's what makes the whole difference. When the Lord is with you. Not when the world is with me. No.

30:48 When the Lord. Amen. Nowadays you go.

30:55 To a doctor with all love and respect Not all doctors.

30:57 Are the same.

30:59 But you just say to the doctor, I feel some anxiety. They straight away, they put you on depression tablets.

31:05 What is this?

31:06 It's such a joke. That is a joke. My son, my daughter, you want to be healed? Start reading the Holy Bible. Start reading the Holy Bible. Enough being afraid. Afraid of what? Afraid of what?

31:23 Of the unknown? Who cares? Leave it to the Lord. Leave it to the Lord. I have one eye. Do I want two? Yes, of course. Do I want to see better?

31:37 Of course I do. Do you have no idea? If I take this, I can't recognize your face here.

31:43 It's that bad. But whatever the Lord wants. Whatever the Lord wants. I'll tell you a little joke, huh? And I'll leave you with it.

32:00 This is about those who insist on marrying a certain girl or they will kill themselves.

32:06 My son don't ever do that.

32:08 Anyway, this doctor decided to go to a mental hospital to check her out. So he walks into this room and he sees this man bashing himself with a piece of stick. So he asked the doctor, he said, what's the issue with this poor man? He said, well, he was in love with this certain girl He loved her so, so much. He loved her to death. Her parents rejected him.

32:33 He ended up not marrying her. He lost his mind, ended up in this mental hospital. He felt sorry for him. He went into another room. He saw another man bashing his head against the wall. They said, what is the problem with this man this time? He said, well, this man married the girl that was rejected to him. If he had said, I thank the Lord for not marrying her, because he would have ended up truly in a mental hospital.

33:03 Sometimes we insist on things, thinking with our own minds, they are the only thing good for us. But God says, no my child, it's not what you think is right, it's what I know is always right.

33:20 But I know, not you.

33:24 So don't kill yourself, If you don't marry Rachel, there is plenty of Elizabeth and Mariah Carey.

33:32 Plenty.

33:39 Love the Lord and enjoy it. Put the prawns on the barbie, even if you're sick.

33:46 Let's bow our heads. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.

33:52 Our good God and full of mercy. Our good God and full of mercy. Whose grace and mercy is poured upon all. Pour my Lord the compassion of the delightfulness of your love upon your servants. And again transform them in the hope of renewal to the life of repentance. Renew in them your Holy Spirit by whom they are sealed for the day of salvation. Purify them by your compassion from all flesh and spiritual blemishes. And assure the hope of their faith by the aid of your grace.

34:17 And instill the walks of their behavior and the paths of righteousness. Please them along with the saints in your kingdom by the assurance of the hope of their faith and the adoption as your children and in the joy of your absolving mysteries. Empower them by the aid of your mercies to observe your commandments and fulfill your will to confess, worship, and praise your holy name, the Lord of all, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.

34:43 Amen.

34:44 May the Lord Jesus forgive us our sins and make us worthy to come forth and receive him in the true blood and the true and the true body and the true blood of Christ.

34:54 Amen.