Shadowing Practice: The Biblical Cure for Anxiety (Philippians 4 Explained) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What if the peace you've been searching for isn't found in changing your situation, but in changing your focus?
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What if the Bible already gave us a practical step-by-step fix for anxiety?
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Anxiety is everywhere.
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It shows up at 2 a.m when your mind won't stop racing.
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It whispers worst-case scenarios before you even step out of bed.
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It hijacks your thoughts in the middle of work, family time, even church.
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And for many of us, it feels spiritual to worry.
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Like if we don't stress about it, we don't care enough.
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But in Philippians 4, 6-7, the Apostle Paul says something that sounds almost impossible.
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Do not be anxious about anything.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Anything?
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That sounds unrealistic.
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Bills, health, family drama, uncertain future.
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How can anyone just stop being anxious?
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Here's what most people miss.
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Paul didn't just give a command.
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He gave a strategy.
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And what makes it even more powerful is this.
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Paul wrote Philippians from prison.
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He wasn't on a beach, he wasn't in comfort, he was chained to Roman guards.
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Yet the entire letter overflows with joy and peace.
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So today, we're gonna walk through the book of Philippians and uncover what I call the Do Not Be Anxious Fix, a biblical pathway to overcoming anxiety in real life.
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Stay with me, because by the end of this video, you'll have a clear, practical, scriptural framework to fight anxiety God's way.
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Number one, the context, peace in prison.
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Before we zoom in on Philippians 4, we need to understand the setting.
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Paul is in prison, Philippians 1.13.
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He doesn't know if he will live or die, Philippians 1.20-21.
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He's facing uncertainty, opposition, and possible execution.
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If anyone had a reason to be anxious, it was Paul.
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Yet he writes, Rejoice in the Lord always.
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Again, I will say, rejoice.
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Philippians 4.4.
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That word always is bold.
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not rejoice when things go your way, not rejoice when the diagnosis is good, not rejoice when your plans work out.
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Always.
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This tells us something critical.
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Peace is not rooted in circumstances.
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Peace is rooted in Christ.
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Paul says in Philippians 1.21, For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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That statement removes the ultimate fear.
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If he lives, he serves Christ.
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If he dies, he goes to Christ.
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Anxiety often grows from the fear of loss.
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What if I lose control?
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What if I lose money?
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What if I lose reputation?
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What if I lose someone I love?
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Paul's confidence was anchored in something that could not be taken from him, his relationship with Jesus.
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If your peace depends on your circumstances, anxiety will always win.
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But if your peace depends on Christ, prison cannot steal it.
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Number two, the command.
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Do not be anxious about anything.
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Now let's look at the famous passage.
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Notice something powerful.
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Paul doesn't say, ignore your problems.
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Pretend everything is fine.
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Suppress your feelings.
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Instead, he gives a replacement.
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Anxiety, prayer, worry, supplication, fear, thanksgiving.
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Anxiety thrives on internal conversations.
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You replay the scenario, you imagine the worst, you argue with yourself in your head.
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Paul says, stop talking to yourself about it.
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Start talking to God about it.
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In everything, not just spiritual issues.
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Financial stress, relationship tension, health concerns, career decisions, everything.
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And then he adds something surprising with Thanksgiving.
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Why Thanksgiving before the answer comes?
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Because Thanksgiving shifts your focus from what could go wrong to what God has already done.
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When you thank God, you remember past faithfulness.
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You remember previous deliverance.
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You remember answered prayers.
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Gratitude interrupts panic.
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It's like switching the channel in your mind.
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Instead of broadcasting fear, you broadcast faith.
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If this is already speaking to you, pause for a second.
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Like this video so more people struggling with anxiety can see it.
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Comment, Lord, I give it to you.
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and share this with someone who needs God's peace today.
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Now let's keep going.
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Number 3.
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The promise.
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The peace that guards your mind.
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Here's the result of Philippians 4.6.
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And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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Philippians 4 verse 7.
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That word guard is military language.
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Remember, Paul is chained to Roman soldiers.
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He uses a picture they would understand.
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Imagine soldiers standing at the gates of a city.
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Peace becomes the guard at the door of your heart.
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Anxiety says, what if, what if, what if.
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Peace stands at the gate and says, God is in control, God is faithful, God is present.
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Surpasses all understanding doesn't mean peace ignores reality.
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It means peace doesn't depend on reality making sense.
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nothing changes around you, but something changes within you.
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Have you ever experienced that?
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The situation was still hard, the outcome was still uncertain, but somehow you felt steady.
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That's not personality, that's not denial, that's the peace of God.
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Jesus promised this same kind of peace in John 14, 27.
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Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.
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Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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Notice, his peace, not the world's peace.
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The world's peace depends on control.
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Jesus' peace depends on trust.
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Number four, the mental shift, what you choose to think about.
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Paul doesn't stop at prayer.
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In Philippians 4.8, he says, Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure,
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whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, think about these things.
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This is huge.
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Anxiety is not just emotional, it's mental.
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It feeds on catastrophic thinking, imaginary scenarios, worst-case assumptions.
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Paul says your thoughts are not neutral shape your peace.
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If you constantly meditate on negative news, fear-driven narratives, self-condemning thoughts, your anxiety will grow.
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But if you intentionally choose to dwell on what is true, not imagined, what is honorable, what reflects God's character, your mind begins to stabilize.
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Think of your mind like a garden.
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Whatever you water grows.
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If you water fear, fear grows.
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If you water truth, faith grows.
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This isn't positive thinking.
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It's biblical Jesus said in Matthew 6, 34, Do not be anxious about tomorrow.
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Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Notice the focus.
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Today.
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Anxiety drags you into a future that hasn't happened yet.
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Faith anchors you in the present, where God is.
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Number five, the secret, contentment in Christ.
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One of the most overlooked anxiety killers in Philippians is found in 4, 11 to 13.
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Paul says, I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
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Philippians 4.11 Learned.
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Contentment isn't automatic.
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It's trained.
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He continues, I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
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I have learned the secret.
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Philippians 4.12 What's the secret?
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I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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Philippians 14 This verse is often used for success motivation.
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But in context, it's about endurance in hardship.
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Paul is saying, I can handle lack.
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I can handle abundance.
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I can handle uncertainty.
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I can handle suffering.
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Not because I'm strong, but because Christ strengthens me.
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Anxiety often grows from the belief, I can't handle this.
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Paul's answer, you're right.
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Alone, you can't.
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But through Christ, you can.
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Strength doesn't mean the situation disappears.
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It means God empowers you to endure it without falling apart.
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Earlier in Philippians 2 verse 5 to 8, Paul points to Jesus.
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He humbled himself.
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He became obedient to death, even death on a cross.
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Jesus faced the ultimate pressure and trusted the Father completely.
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If Christ endured the cross, he can sustain you through your trial.
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Let's recap the do not be anxious fix from Philippians.
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Anchor your joy in Christ, not circumstances.
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Philippians 4, 4.
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Replace anxiety with prayer and thanksgiving.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Trust God's guarding peace.
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Philippians 4, 7.
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Discipline your thoughts toward truth.
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Philippians 4, 8.
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Learn contentment through Christ's strength.
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Philippians 4, 11-13.
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Anxiety may knock at your door, but it doesn't have to live in your house.
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You can't always control what happens around you.
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But through Christ, you can choose how you respond within you.
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The book of Philippians doesn't promise a stress-free life.
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It promises a Christ-centered peace.
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And that peace is stronger than prison, stronger than uncertainty, stronger than fear.
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If this message blessed you, like this video.
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Comment, Lord, teach me your peace and share this with someone who needs freedom from anxiety.
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And don't forget to subscribe to BibleFix for more biblical truth that strengthens your faith and transforms your mind.
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God's peace is available.
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You don't have to carry it alone you
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 178 zinnen en 1425 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:45. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 163 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bezorgdheid, ongerustheid. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — bezorgd. Nervous and worried.
- thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — dankzegging. The expression of gratitude.
- prayer /pɹɛɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — gebed. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
- depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (werkwoord) — afhangen. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
- scenario /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — scenario. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- verse /ˈvɝs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vers. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/ (werkwoord) — versterken. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
- uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — onzekerheid. Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- anchor /ˈæŋ.kəː/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — anker. A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — druk, stress. Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
- biblical /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — Bijbels. Of or relating to the Bible.
- circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — omstandigheid. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
- ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (werkwoord) — negeren. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — praktisch. Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- fall apart (werkwoord) — uiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallen. To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- work out /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ (werkwoord) — uitrekenen. To calculate.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 29 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals doesn't, don't, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/, pathway /ˈpæθˌweɪ/, thrive /θɹajv/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als anxiety, anxious, thanksgiving.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | isn't found · was chained · is not rooted |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has already done · hasn't happened · have learned |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | someone who needs |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | stop racing · stop talking · Start talking |
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