DON'T WORRY

 

The Bible explicitly says that worrying is sin because it’s telling God that He can’t handle the problems of your life. It’s having no faith in Him who created you and ordained your days while you were still unformed.

 

“I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important that food, and the body more important than clothes?” – Matthew 6:25

 

It is more of a command from Jesus to tell us not to worry. Because God’s hand is in everything.

“Look at the birds of the air they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” – Matthew 6:26

 

 

I love this verse: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?” – Numbers 23:19

 

If we worry, we are calling God a liar. Plain, simple and explicit.

 

Reason number 2: Worry eats you up physically

 

The worry business is booming. Just look at all the drugs and meds popping up and being formulated by chemists and doctors today. There are a lot – from sleeping pills, to anti-anxiety pills, they’re usually used to forget problems) to computer games, and all other kinds of stuff that make you forget your problems and let you sleep at night.

 

Worry is something that eats you up physically. It gives you ulcer due to the anxiety stress. It creates high blood pressure in your veins. It is something that will physically affect you in a way that you don’t want to be affected. Worry is a killer.

 

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” – Matthew 6:27

 

Reason number 3: Worry makes you unproductive

 

Worrying cripples your ability to move and take action. It lets your mind linger to the things that are unnecessary (and often unreal) that the things you have to take care of are left for granted. It will eat up your thoughts. Instead of taking action and planning on how to solve your problem, it will take up the form of ‘what-if’s’ and ‘should have’s’.

 

Reason number 4: Worry magnifies the problem

 

Problems are problems. The very nature of us humans is to try and solve them. There will always be problems in life. Bliss is non-existent in a lifetime on Earth. Worry is, by nature, a magnifying glass – for problems. Instead of taking the problem as it is and making the right plans and taking the right steps of action, worrying makes the problem bigger

 

 

 

 

 

Reason number 5: Worrying is useless

 

What will happen will happen. Often times we can do something about it. Worrying does  nothing about anything and is, in the end, useless. So why worry? 

BETHLEHEM MORNINH

 

Isaiah 9:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 For to us a child is born,

    to us a son is given,

    and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 

This morning I want to talk about what happened that Bethlehem morning.  This is an amazing story and scene.  First,  Mary and Joseph who lived in Nazareth 80 miles away or about 7 days by donkey. 

They are compelled to go and register in their Families home by an international census a decision made in Rome to go to Bethlehem.  God is the God the international.  He Makes rulers do His will.  The greatest empires have done his will throughout the centuries.  They are compelled to go and register in their Families home.  How else would they end of in Bethlehem which is the birthplace of David whose family Mary and Joseph belonged.  Now in Mic 5:2, a promise was given to this this small community that out of it would be born the Messiah.  God always fulfills His word.  Remember that today. 

 

     In Bethlehem they arrived to find no room in the inn.  Now Mary was about to give birth.  In those days, they did not have a Hilton or Travelers Inn.  It would have been homes with attached rooms.  Can you see them going from house to house looking for a place to stay.  No room because of the census.  Finally they are able to secure a stable.  This would have been a place where the animals kept at the back of a home or a cave under the house.  In the church of the nativity it is a cave. 

 

Now Jesus was born without a doctor or midwife.  Joseph would probably had to do the delivery.   He wraps Jesus in swaddling clothes and lays him in a manger or feeding trough made out of straw.  So there they sit, alone, wondering what will happen next.  A young couple alone in the world with a brand new baby, Joseph thought is this it.  Not knowing God had something wonderful for them.  This was the "sign" to the shepherds that the baby they found in Bethlehem was indeed the Messiah - not the fact that He was "swaddled", that is, bound up in the wrap normally used to dress newborn infants in that day and age, but the fact that He, the Lord of the world, the One who created everything and who holds everything together by His powerful Word, was to be found lying in something so far from elegant that it was worthy of note and comment. This sign was a clear indication of the kenosis or humbling which coming into this world, becoming a true, unglorified human being, and taking on the form of a servant would entail for the Son of God. It was symbolic and representative of the human life He would lead: not a life of privilege, luxury, and appreciation for who He was and what He was about to do for all mankind, but instead a life characterized by humility, by privation, and by experience of the most outrageous ingratitude.

 

The proclamation to the shepherds:

 

(8) Now there were shepherds in that area who were camping out and keeping watches through the night to tend their flock. (9) And an angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone all around them [so that they] were very frightened. (10) And the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid. For, behold, I proclaim good news to you [of] a great [occasion for] joy which will belong to your entire people. (11) Today there has been born for you a Savior. [Even He] who is Messiah (i.e., Christ), Lord - in the city of David. (12) And this will be your sign [that the One you find is truly Him]: You will find a [newly] swaddled baby lying in a feeding trough". (13) And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of [the] heavenly army [of elect angels], [all] praising God and saying, (14) "Glory to God in the highest [heavens]! And [also] on [the] earth among men of [His] good pleasure (i.e., "men with whom He is well pleased = believers)". (15) And it came about as the angels left them for heaven that the shepherds were talking with each other. "Let's go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us". (16) And they hurried and went, and they found Mary and Joseph, and the baby [who was] lying in a feeding trough. (17) And when they saw [these things], they let [everyone] know about what had been told them concerning this child. (18) And everyone who heard was amazed at what was told them by the shepherds. (19) And Mary remembered these words of theirs, [and was] meditating on them in her heart. (20) And the shepherds returned [to their flocks], glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen [which turned out] exactly like it had been told to them.

Luke 2:8-20

 

Lessons we learn here.  Of course the Lord is revealing this great event to Shepherds because David started out as a shepherd before he became a king.  An angel appears and the glory of God shone around them.  He tells them not to be afraid.  Whenever God appears supernaturally there is always a reaction.  Fear, amazement and bewilderment.  Did you know the phrase do not be afraid or some variation of it appears in the bible 365 times one for each day of the year? 

 

1.       The angel reveals that the message He brings is good news to all people every where.  Salvation is for everyone.  It is a universal message, of salvation, healing and deliverance. 

2.      He reveals four things about this child.  He is the Savior, the messiah, the Christ and Lord.  It is Savior and Lord of all mankind. 

3.      He then gives them the sign to find the child.  Find a baby a newborn baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. 

4.      Then immediately there is a multitude of angels with him. They praise God.  Now we do not know if they sang or not but they said the following things which is wonderful.  Glory, honor, praise and worship belong to God in the highest.  There is no one like our God.  He is omnipotent, all knowing, pure, holy, righteous lovely, eternal and compassionate.  There will be peace on earth and good will to men.  God is going to bring peace through the Prince of peace and through Jesus Christ God will extend God will to all people, of race, creed, color, tribe nation and language.    What a message of hope. 

5.      So the shepherds make a decision to find the baby because of what had been made know to them.  Can you see them inquiring house to house looking for the baby.  Checking every stable, grotto and cave.  It must have caused quite the stir.  Mary and Joseph hear the commotion the shepherds coming into where they are.  Seeing the babe, them telling everyone there what had happened.  There were no doubt people who came with them.  You know how something causes a crowd to gather.  These shepherds are the first witnesses of what they seen and experienced.  When telling others about Jesus just tell them what you seen and have experienced. 

6.      Everyone was amazed by what the shepherds told them.  When the Lord does something it leaves an impression on your heart design to change you forever.  Of course it is our choice to let that impression grow and change us. 

7.      Mary remembered their words and thought about them in her heart.  This was confirmation for her and Joseph that they were doing the will of God.  One moment Mary and Joseph are sitting alone with the baby then the next moment the shepherds and the people with them show up.  God always confirms His word.  People, circumstances and tangible sign or evidence

8.      The shepherds return to their flocks praising and glorifying God.  Three things had happen to them.  They had seen and heard things no one had ever experienced before.  They had God confirm His word for them.  They would talk about it for years.  It would be an event that would change them and the world forever.  This is what happened on that Bethlehem morning.  As we close today I would encourage you to reflect on what you have heard and as we take communion today.  Remember what Jesus did is good news for all.  His broken body and shed blood.  His death, burial and resurrection all started on that Bethlehem morning.

QUOTES FOR FEB 22, 2026

 

BEST NEWS YET

 

16 When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased. 17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, 18 and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’

 

Lesson One:  The officials had been listening at the door and heard all that was happening.  The news quickly spread to Pharaoh’s palace.  Now the two palaces were very close together.  This would have been for administration and protection.  They found out that Joseph’s brothers had come.  Now this pleased the officials because Joseph was highly regarded.  He had saved Egypt.  The king trusted and was best friends with Joseph.  The King makes an incredible offer, a generous offer and an offer from the Lord.  A God ordained offer.  Remember God can use anyone to do His will.  A lesson we learn is that God will always strategically place someone to meet your need.  Joseph was that not only for Egypt but his family.    Have your brother’s return to Canaan.  Bring your father and your families back to me.  This was a personal invitation from the king himself.  When we hear about Jesus Christ it was because of a personal invitation from the Lord Himself.  The king promised that he will give them the best of the land.  So they can enjoy it and have a great life.  Now Jacob and His family were on the brink of starvation and here they were about to get an offer of a lifetime.  God gives us the same offer today.  In John 10:10 Jesus said,” I have come to give you, life and with it abundance.”  3 John 2 states, that John prayer is that we would have health and prosperity even as our soul prospers.  It begins from the inside out.  I am believing that this year what is promised here is going to happen for each one of you and that you will have a healthy, prosperous, abundant year.  God will give you enjoyment and abundance.  That is better than the offer of Lotto Max which offered 65 million this week.

 

  19 “You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. 20 Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’”

 

Lesson Two:  This was the kings second instructions.  Now these instructions were to be carried out to the letter.  Nothing was not to be done.  His word was law and to not do them meant death.  Did you know the Bible is God’s direct word?  We are to obey them to the letter.  If we do not it means death. spiritual, eternal and moral death.  God’s word is to be obeyed, put into practice for it to bring life.  The Lord says He puts his word above His name.  When God says something He expects it to be obeyed.  They are the ten commandments and not the ten suggestions.  Now the carts were evidence of what was being said.  They were also transportation for the boys, their father and their families to come.  They didn’t have to bring their belongings.  The best of Egypt was being offered.  Every need was about to be supplied.  Four basic needs were being provided, food, shelter, clothing and transportation.  These are the four basic needs today.  All they needed was provided and all you need will be provided.  Matt 6:33, states when we seek God first, all things will be added unto us.  Phil 4:19, tells us God will supply every need according to His riches in Glory.  2 Cor 9:8, says we will have abundance for every need and every work.  God will use even ungodly places like Egypt to bless.  Your need and provision is on the way this moment, day, week, month and year.  Amen.  I like how this story is playing out for the godly here.  Also they are not getting thrift store blessings.  I know that is the rage but they are getting the best.  They are not getting value village, or good will they are getting, Rodeo Drive, High End West Edmonton Mall.  Talk about the time I was offered a suit. 

 

 21 So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. 22 To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[b] of silver and five sets of clothes. 23 And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”

 

Lesson Three:  So the boys did what they were told.  Joseph gave them carts as the king had commanded.  Remember what the king says is law and must be carried out to the letter.  Then Joseph gave them provision for their journey but their dads as well  Little lesson, whatever journey we are on right now provision for that journey will be met.  Love this.  He gave them new clothing. They got a new suit for the journey.  Now Benjamin got three hundred shekels of silver.  That is about $2000 today, five suits.  You would think this favoritism would bother the brothers but remember they had a changed heart but maybe not.  Along with the carts he sent 20 donkeys with grain, bread and all other provisions they needed.  Our God will supply every need church.  Are you getting this?  God will supply.  Amen as we head into 2020, I declare this is a year of provision, abundance and breakthrough.  Can I get an Amen.  Now get this.  As he sending his brothers away he says, now don’t you argue on the way.  He knew his brothers and maybe he knew they may have been jealous of Benjamin.  Most likely they would argue about how they are going to tell Jacob about Joseph.  This was going to be a problem.  They had never told Jacob about what they had done and now here is evidence they had lied all along.  They were about to face a moment of truth.  Remember a lie has no legs it needs other lies to support it. 

 

25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. 26 They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. 27 But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

 

Lesson:  Now this is where it gets interesting.  They travel back from Egypt they come into the camp.  They have Benjamin, the donkeys, all the provision.  There is Jacob standing there.  He asks where did you get all this?  They told him.  Joseph is alive and in fact ruler of all Egypt.  Jacob is stunned I don’t think stunned may be the right word.  How about angry, betrayed, resentful, hoping mad, and he and does not believe them.  This is the moment of truth.  They told him Joseph had been killed by a wild animal, the cloak had been ripped, torn and cover with blood.  Remember no DNA testing back then.   They never told him what had happened.   Twenty years of lying of deception.  They had never changed their story, they had never broken their silence, all ten of them.  Now they are telling Jacob Joseph is alive and ruler of all Egypt.  How long it took him to get over this?  He probably went off by himself.   How long would it take you if this happen to you?  Have you ever been betrayed, lied to then found out the truth and how did you react?  This is a moment of raw human emotion.  Have you ever told a lie and had a moment of truth where you had to own up to what you had done?  Remember how it felt?  In times like this do these following things.  Say you are sorry and do whatever you need to make it right.  However long it took when they told him all Joseph had said.  When he saw the cart to take him back and all the provisions and all that was with them.  Jacob in that moment forgave.  This is a moment of healing, restoration and redemption for Jacob and his family.   Everything changed, His Spirit was revived.  I think that was an understatement.  I think he was jumping, leaping and praising God at least for as many 130 years plus could.  Jacob then closes off our time together with a fourfold statement.    I am convinced, My son Joseph is still alive, I will go and see him, before I die.  For 20 years Jacob was dead inside but now he is alive.  That is how we were before Jesus Christ we were dead in trespasses and sin but now because of Jesus Christ we are alive.  As we start this New Year let us begin the right way.  Salvation, forgiveness, healing and restoration.

 

QUOTES FOR FEB 23, 2026

 

BE THANKFUL

 

In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, the Apostle Paul writes, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Paul simply says very directly: No exceptions, no excuses, nothing is outside this parameter—in everything give thanks. No matter the situation, we are to find a reason to thank God.

 

I want to spend a few minutes creating for us an attitude of gratitude.  To many people focus on the bad and not the good.  Some people are half full cup and other are half empty.  We use to sing a song years back.  Here’s my cup Lord I lift it up Lord.  God wants us to learn to be grateful.  So for a few minutes I want to give you a list of things to be thankful. 

 

   I am thankful for my health. modern medicine and a God that heals.  I am thankful to have a God

who loves me and is with me no matter where I am.  I am thankful for the freedom of worship that we

have.  I am thankful for my mom.  I am thankful for my wife who loves me and has been my life

partner. I am thankful for my sons and daughters and grandchildren.  I am thankful for my two

brothers and one sister.  I am for my family members that are serving the Lord.  I thankful for my dogs,

puppy and cat.  Hey give unconditional love.  I am thankful for my home there are many who do not

have one.  I am thankful for my cars and my bike that God has provided transportation to come here

today.  I am thankful for the clothes on my back and my wives shopping sprees even though I get

annoyed when I have to go along

     I am thankful for Alberta and its beauty and majesty, for beautiful sunrises and the amazing sunsets here in this province.  I am thankful for the stars in the sky and the rainbow after a storm.  God is a wonderful creator,  I am thankful for our military and veterans for the current people who serve in our military.  I am thankful for heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.  I am thankful for the right to vote and the freedom to choose I vote for.  Many countries in the world do not have this.

     I am thankful for the Internet, smartphones, tablets, google and modern social media.  We can learn so much and express our faith so much more today.  I am thankful for electricity, indoor plumbing hot showers and modern sanitation.

     I am thankful for Holidays and the time I can spend with my loved ones so many people do not have

this .  I am thankful for my brother and sister in law.  I am thankful for home cook meals I do not have

to make.  I am thankful for road trips and holidays with my family.  I am thankful for good

restaurants, hot pizza, KFC, Tim Hortons and freshly baked cookies and all the conveniences of our

modern communities.  I am thankful for steep tea a double double.

     I am thankful for my education and the privilege of having an opportunity for education.  So many do not have that privilege.  The opportunity to follow my dreams.  I am thankful for dollar stores and places where I can get modestly price goods, especially tools.  I am thankful for my pillow and mattress topper.  I am thankful for cheezies, sun chips and coca cola even though they are contraban to me.  I am no suppose too have them but you did not hear that from me.  I am thankful for fitness equipment that I can use when I indulge in my forbidden contraban.   I am thankful for the different flavors of ice cream and for popcorn I can eat when I want to watch Bollywood or man did I say that out loud.    I am thankful for clean air good water, Am 930 the light, for red tag sales and the many wonderful holidays we have in Canada.  Did you know we have one every month? 

     I am thankful for the forgiveness, mercy, grace, peace and the love of God none of which I deserved.  I am thankful for you my church family.  I cannot believe I get the privilege of sharing the word with you every week this is such a privilege.  I am thankful for the kindness of others and the privilege of being able to be kind to others.  What a joy to be an encouragement and blessing to others.  I am thankful for the wisdom of others people who have sown good words in my life.  Thank you.  I am thankful for The Father who accepted Jesus sacrifice.  For Jesus Christ who gave His life that I might have eternal and abundant life.  I am thankful for the great teacher, comforter and helper the Holy Spirit who regenerated me and made me His home.  I am so thankful and grateful for the eternal and abundant life I have been given.  I am thankful for prayer, the bible, worship and evangelism.  I cannot believe I get the privilege to tell others what Jesus has done for me and you do as well.

     I am thankful for this time that we have spent together.  Doris Day said that gratitude is riches and complaining is poverty.  “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ―William Arthur Ward.  “Appreciation can make a day—even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” ―Margaret Cousins.  “Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ―Melody Beattie.  “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” ―Kristin Armstrong

 

So remember in everything give thanks this is the will of God.  You want to do God’s will start with thankfulness and gratitude.  Today cultivate an attitude of gratitude.  Be the person everyone wants to be around and like.  Be that everyone wants to be.  You and you will if you seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you.  One more thankful.  Thank you coming and listening to me here and spending time with me online through my videos, posts and writings. 

BE WISE

 

 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

 

1.      Paul reveals in vs 1-5, that there is man in the church who is doing something that even pagans, who he means are Romans and Greeks would not do.  He was sleeping with his Father’s wife.  Most likely his mother. 

2.      The church was proud and tolerating it.  They should instead be mourning and unhappy about it.  Most scholars believe the reason they did this is because he was a church leader a wealthy aristocrat and a high ranking official in the city.  They cared more about his position, wealth, and status than what was right. 

3.      That is why Paul said even though he was not with them he had already passed judgment because Paul knew him.  

4.      Paul was rebuking the church because they had failed followed the proper protocols for church discipline.  You talk to the person once something is known, if unresolved you bring someone you both respect and trust, if still not resolved you bring if before the church leadership and the last recourse is you ask them to leave.  Jesus taught this in Matt 18. 

5.      Paul says that when thy are assembled he is with them in spirit and the power of the Lord Jesus is present.  Paul is making it known that he feels responsible and that the influence and reputation has been severely damaged.

6.      It is also clear from verse 5, this man has not repented so they need to leave him to his own devices.  There is a natural progression and this man needed to be let go so that he would become like the prodigal he would come to himself.  This also alludes to a very important truth.  We protect each other.

 

6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

 

1.      They were boasting about this person being in their church.  That is what is happening today the church has compromised on lifestyle choices, doctrine, motivational or self-centred therapy.  The Bible is the only book that can reform society and meet head on with truth the cultural standards of this progressive and politically correct world. 

2.      Paul uses a baking analogy a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.  He forms this thought in a question?  A little sin tolerated with lead eventually to total breakdown in morality.  Remember we are the enlightening and restraining force in this world.  We are the ones who are holding back evil in our marriages, families, churches, communities, provinces, and country.  The enemy cannot take this country because we are still here.  When the enemy comes in like a flood, we are the one who are the standard raised up to stop him. 

 

7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

 

1.      Paul says that this old yeast, which is worldly, earthly, sensual, demonic, and rooted in idolatry must be rid from our lives.  He says you are a new batch of yeast.  You have a new Savior, Lord, and Master.  You have a new nature, character, and essence.  You are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  Your past has been forgiven, and your future is secure and exciting.  The old has gone and new has come.  Forget those things in the past and press onward and upward to your future.   

2.      Jesus Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.  This is an exodus analogy familiar with his Jewish audience.  Jesus broken body, shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection was about salvation, redemption, and new life.  It cost God everything .

 

8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

 

1.      He then tells them to keep the celebration of our life not with the old leaven of malice which is the intention or desire to do evil; and wickedness which is the quality of being evil or morally wrong.  Remember that is not who we are any longer. Our faith is shown by our actions. 

2.      We have a new nature like unleavened bread.  We have sincerity which is the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or hypocrisy. Our beliefs are unquestionable.  We are honest, truthful, genuine and walk with integrity. 

3.      We walk in truth because we have the truth in the person of Jesus Christ.  Our belief is based in the person of Jesus Christ who is the way, the truth, and the life.  The Bible is reliable in is authenticity.  It has been verified in the lives of billions over the centuries.  Jesus’ resurrection proved beyond a shadow of a doubt Jesus was who said He was. 

 

Conclusion

 

1.       Paul would close this chapter on two points.  One who lists what type of people we should be careful with who we associate or hang out. 

2.      He then says he will not judge or condemn the world or those who live in it because that is God’s role and responsibility.  He says however when it comes to those in the church, family of God or fellow believers we have a responsibility to inspect fruit.  We should be quick to exhort, clarify, correct, and comfort one another.  Love does allow dangerous behavior to continue without am attempted intervention.