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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. Always a joy to 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: come into your home, and if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: please stop by and be a part of one of 45 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: the services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 46 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: at home. Thanks so much for tuning in, and thank 47 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: you again for coming out today. I like to start 48 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: with something funny, and I heard about this man. He 49 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful single lady. 50 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: They struck up a conversation and he asked her what 51 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 2: kind of men she liked. She said, well, I like 52 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: Native American Indian men with their high cheek bones and 53 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: their golden tan skin. Plus I like Jewish men, They're 54 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: so brilliant and successful. And then I like good old 55 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 2: boys from the South with their long Southern drawl. What's 56 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: your name, he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein, but 57 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 2: my friends call me Bubba. Hold up your Bible. Say 58 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 59 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: am what it says I am. I have what it 60 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 2: says I have. I can do what it says I 61 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 2: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 62 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 63 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 65 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: keeping your walls up. It's easy to go through life 66 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: letting everything get on the inside. Offended by what somebody said, 67 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: Worried about a problem at work, upset because of a 68 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 2: negative report. We can't stop all these things from happening. 69 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: The key is to have walls built up so we 70 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: don't allow everything. In the scripture says to build yourself up. 71 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: One translation says to edify yourself. The word edify is 72 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: where we get the word edifice, meaning building. This is saying, 73 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 2: if you're going to stay encouraged, if you're going to 74 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: enjoy your life, you have to build up these walls 75 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: to where you don't allow the negative, the offense, the worry, 76 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: the frustration into your spirit person. We only have so 77 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: much emotional energy each day. You will have opportunities to 78 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: spend it on things that don't matter. Stuck in traffic, 79 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: stressed out, frustrated, You are spending emotional energy that you 80 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: need for your own goals, your own dreams, or upset 81 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: about what somebody said about you, thinking about how you're 82 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 2: going to pay them back, calling a friend. Can you 83 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: believe they said that that's emotional energy you're not going 84 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: to have for your own family, to play with your 85 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: children at night. It's not only doing you a disservice, 86 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 2: you're doing them a disservice. You've got to put some 87 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 2: walls up quite allowing everything on the inside. If you'll 88 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: stay in peace, God will fight your battles for you. 89 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 2: And this is the reason many people don't enjoy life. 90 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: Coworkers not treating them right sours the whole day at home. 91 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: They're so worried. It's constantly on the forefront of their mind. 92 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 2: There's always something keeping them offended, frustrated, stressed. It's like 93 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: a dark cloud follows them everywhere they go. That cloud 94 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: would leave if you would quit letting that get into 95 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: your spirit. Person, it may come to your mind. You 96 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: can't stop people from saying things. You can't prevent all 97 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: the negative, but you don't have to allow that to 98 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 2: get into your spirit. You can dismiss it and say, 99 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: you know what, I'm not dwelling on it. I'm not 100 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: going the next three days worried, playing out all the 101 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: what ifs, wondering why they said that. Proverbs says, above 102 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 2: all else, guard your heart. You can't be passive and 103 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: let everything in. You've got to be proactive and put 104 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: some walls up. Guard what you dwell on. Be selective, 105 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 2: what you give your time and attention to, your destiny 106 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 2: is too import to allow poison in the truth is, 107 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 2: we all have challenges, we all have things that come 108 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: against us. But there are certain problems, certain situations. I 109 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: tell my family, my staff, I don't want to know 110 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 2: all the details. Don't give me the two hour version, 111 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 2: give me the twenty second version. I don't need to 112 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: know what they said and how upset she was and 113 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 2: how it's not going to work out. And they think 114 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: you're too much of this too. My attitude is, leave 115 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,559 Speaker 2: me in my ignorance. Just give me the bottom line. 116 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: We've got a problem. That's fine. God knows all the details. 117 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: You can't put poison into you over and over and 118 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: expect to live a positive, faith filled life. And I 119 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: know we make good decisions when we have good information, 120 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: but sometimes we're getting too much information. We like the 121 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: juicy details. It feeds our flesh, but it poisons our spirit. 122 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 2: A man said to me a while Joel, I heard 123 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: so and SO was talking about you. He said that, 124 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: and I stopped him right there. I said, you know what, 125 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: I don't really want to hear it. It's not gonna 126 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: benefit me in any way to hear the negative details. 127 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 2: I put some walls up I'm gonna guard my heart. 128 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: I need my emotional energy for my assignment to fulfill 129 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 2: my destiny. I'm not gonna let that poison in my 130 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: philosophy is Just give me the bottom line, Joe. He 131 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 2: thinks you're a lousy person. That's fine, I can handle that. Now, 132 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 2: don't give me the expanded version. He also said he 133 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: thinks you smile too much, and your accent is annoying. 134 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: Your dog's ugly. No, do me a favor, give me 135 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 2: the cliff notes, give me the condensed version. Here's why. 136 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: It's a lot easier to keep the poison out if 137 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: you never hear it in the first place. Now, don't 138 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: get on social media. Don't go on the internet and 139 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: read every negative comment about you written by people that 140 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: have to hide behind a computer screen to remain anonymous. 141 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: Young people, students, don't read everything written about you at school. 142 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: It's a lot of bullying these days through the internet 143 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 2: social media, and you've got to be disciplined to not 144 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: go there. It's very tempting to think, well, let me 145 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 2: just see what they're saying about me. One phrase can 146 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: poison you. You end up defensive, trying to overcompensate, insecure, no, 147 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: don't even go there. There are enough issues to deal 148 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 2: with where we don't have a choice. Don't make it 149 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 2: harder on yourself by taking in things that are unnecessary. 150 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: And if you do hear people talking about you, pay 151 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 2: it no mind, give it no attention. It's a distraction, 152 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 2: instead of getting upset, instead of feeling badly about yourself. Remember, 153 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 2: they don't talk about ordinary people. They talk about exceptional people. 154 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: They wouldn't be talking about you unless you a cut above. 155 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: Take it as a compliment. In a race, nobody focuses 156 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 2: on the people in last place. Nobody finds fault and 157 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: criticizes those that are bringing up the rear. All the 158 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 2: focus is on the winners. That's where the attention, the study, 159 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,599 Speaker 2: and the analyzing, the critiquing is. If people are critiquing you, 160 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: finding fault, trying to discredit you, it's because you're winning. 161 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 2: You're out front, you're making a difference. I've learned, the 162 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: more favor on your life, the more opposition it will 163 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: stir up. Some people won't like you simply because of 164 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: the blessing God put on you. This is what happened 165 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: with Cain and Abel. They were Adam and Eve's two sons, 166 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: and Cain ended up killing Abel. What's interesting is Able 167 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: honored God with his life. He was a person of excellence. 168 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: He went around being his best. He had God's blessing 169 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 2: and favor on him. He never did anything wrong to 170 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: his brother king. He didn't disrespect him, didn't cheat him, 171 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: didn't lie about him. Cain hated Abel simply because of 172 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: the favor on Abel's life. You have to accept the 173 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 2: fact that some people will not like you, and there's 174 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: nothing you can do about it. It's not about you, 175 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: It's about the favor God put on you. I've heard 176 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 2: it said this way. The more vertically aligned you are, 177 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: the more you honor God, the more horizontally challenged you'll be. 178 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: A vertical relationship can create horizontal conflict. Can you deal 179 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: with the fact that not everybody can handle your success, 180 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 2: not everybody will celebrate God's blessing and favor on your life. 181 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 2: You have to be wise enough to realize these people 182 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 2: don't like me, but it's not about me. I'm not 183 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 2: going to be offended. I'm not going to spend time 184 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: seeing how I can win them over, loose leep thinking 185 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: about what they said about me. Now, I'm not going 186 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 2: to waste my emotional energy on something that I cannot change. 187 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: I know it's because of the favor of God on 188 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: my life. That's how you keep your walls built up. 189 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 2: Think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, when she said 190 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 2: yes to the angel that she would have a baby 191 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 2: without knowing a man. She had to accept the fact 192 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 2: that she would be misunderstood by some people the rest 193 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 2: of her life. The blessing, as great as it was, 194 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 2: brought controversy, it brought opposition. She was celebrated by some 195 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 2: and looked down on by others. There are times, like Mary, 196 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 2: you have to accept the fact I may be misunderstood 197 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: by certain people. They may try to push me down, 198 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 2: make fun of me. But it's not about me. It's 199 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 2: about the blessing God put on my life. The real 200 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: question today is can you handle being blessed? David faced 201 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 2: this as a teenager. He was out in the shepherd 202 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 2: fields taking care of his father's sheep. One day, his 203 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 2: dad asked him to take lunch to his brothers that 204 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 2: were out in the battlefield. They had a much more prestigious, 205 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: exciting position. David was stuck taking care of sheep. When 206 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: David arrived with the food. You'd think the brothers would 207 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: be appreciative. I mean, he was doing them a favor. 208 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 2: But one of the brothers named Eliab, tried to embarrass David. 209 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: He said, in front of all the men, David, what 210 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: are you doing here? And with whom have you left 211 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 2: those few sheep? He was trying to be little David, 212 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 2: make him feel small, discredit him. He was saying, in effect, David, 213 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 2: You're not important. You're a shepherd boy. Don't be surprised 214 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 2: if God's favor on your life stirs up opposition in 215 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: other people. It will stir up envy, jealousy, criticism. There 216 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 2: was no reason for Eliab to be jealous. David was younger, smaller, 217 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 2: out in the shepherd's fields, in other words, making minimum wage. 218 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 2: Iliab was in the army, He had training, expertise, influence. 219 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 2: Why was he fightful? He could sense the favor on 220 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 2: David's life, and I'm sure David was tempted to be offended, 221 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: get upset, discourage, thinking I'm gonna pay him back. No, 222 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 2: David understood this principle. The scripture says, David turned and 223 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: walked away. He ignored the insult. Why he had his 224 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 2: walls up if David would not have walked away, if 225 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 2: he had not kept his heart pure, he would have 226 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 2: never made it to the throne. If you don't learn 227 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 2: to walk away from an offense, not dwell on what 228 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,599 Speaker 2: they said, not be upset because how they treated you, 229 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 2: it can keep you from the fullness of your destiny. 230 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 2: Here's the key. Don't waste your time trying to win 231 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 2: over people that are never going to be for you. 232 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand 233 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: you that are determined to misunderstand you. Your time is 234 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 2: too valuable to try to prove to people that you 235 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 2: really are okay, try to prove to them to accept you. Now, 236 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: you're not the problem. It's the favor they see on 237 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: your life. That's what they can't handle. Now, you just 238 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 2: run your race, focus on your goals. God will bring 239 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 2: the right people into your life. You don't have to 240 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: play up to people let them manipulate you and control 241 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: you like a puppet. No, if they don't want to 242 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 2: be your friend, let them go. They're not a part 243 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: of your destiny. If they don't accept you, blow them 244 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: a kiss, goodbye, and move forward with your life. I 245 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: read a statistic that I liked. It said, twenty five 246 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 2: percent of the people you meet won't like you and 247 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: never will, twenty five percent won't like you but could 248 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 2: be persuaded to twenty five percent will like you but 249 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: could be persuaded to not, and twenty five percent will 250 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 2: like you and stand by you no matter what. Life 251 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 2: gets a lot freer when you realize this person that 252 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 2: doesn't like you, they don't give you the time of day, 253 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 2: they're unfriendly. Don't worry about it. Don't go the next 254 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 2: two years frustrated trying to win them over. Recognize they're 255 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: just one of the twenty five percent that are never 256 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 2: going to like you. You could bring them flowers every day, 257 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 2: give them a compliment every hour, mow their lawn every week, 258 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 2: but that old goat, I mean, that person is still 259 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: not going to like you. You shouldn't waste your time 260 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 2: trying to win them over, trying to prove to them 261 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 2: that you really are. Okay, let it go. That's a distraction. 262 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: You don't need their approval to become who God has 263 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 2: created you to be. I knew this couple years ago, 264 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: and I really liked them, and I went out of 265 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: my way to be friendly. But they were never really 266 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 2: friendly back to me. They would be cordial and say hello, 267 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: but always felt like there was something that was keeping 268 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: them from accepting me. I couldn't understand it, especially as 269 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: nice and good looking as I am. I went overboard 270 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 2: trying to help them. I introduced them to people I knew. 271 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: In fact, one contact led to them starting a business together, 272 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 2: and eventually they moved to another city, had to relocate. 273 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 2: I found people to help them move, gave them a 274 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: gift for their new home. Despite of all these things 275 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 2: that I did, they never really gave me the time 276 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 2: of day. A few years later, I got word back 277 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: that they were talking about me and they didn't feel 278 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 2: like I'd done enough, and I just hadn't treated them fairly. 279 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: On and on, I thought to myself, I could not 280 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 2: have done anymore. I wish I knew back then what 281 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: I know now. It would have saved me a lot 282 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 2: of frustration. They were just one of the twenty five 283 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 2: percent that were never going to like me, and I 284 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 2: was spending my emotional energy trying to win over somebody 285 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 2: that was never going to be won over. You've got 286 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 2: to come to the place where you can say I'm 287 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 2: at peace with them. Not being at peace with me. 288 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: I'm at peace not being their friend. I don't have 289 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 2: to be in their group to enjoy my life. Stay 290 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 2: in peace, keep those walls up. Too many people allow 291 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 2: everything to come in. They live from offense to stress, 292 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: to frustration to discouragement. You've got to guard your heart. 293 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 2: Nobody can do this for you. The scripture puts it 294 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: this way. Think on things that are pure, things that 295 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: are wholesome, things that are of a good report. It 296 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 2: doesn't say think on the offense, think on the people 297 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 2: that want accept you. Think on your problems all day. No, 298 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: think on good things. That's how you keep your walls 299 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 2: built up. If it's not positive, hopeful, productive, faith filled, 300 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 2: then don't dwell on it. You can't live a positive 301 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 2: life thinking negative thoughts. You won't have a blessed day 302 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 2: thinking about the offense and how unfair it was. You're 303 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 2: not going to enjoy your life dwelling on your problems, worried, anxious, 304 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 2: wondering if it's going to work out. Now, you've got 305 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: to guard your heart. And I'm not talking about ignoring problems, 306 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: acting like they don't exist, shirking our responsibility. I'm talking 307 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 2: about not letting it get down on the inside. There 308 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 2: are a lot of things that we cannot change. Trust 309 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 2: is saying, God, I'm not going to let this upset me. 310 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 2: I can't make them like me. I can't make it 311 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: work out my way. But God, I know you're still 312 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: on the throne. You're fighting my battles. So I'm going 313 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: to stay in peace and enjoy my life anyway. I 314 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 2: learned this principle from my father. He didn't live offended, upset, discouraged. 315 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 2: He learned how to keep his walls up. One time, 316 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 2: a staff member came to him, told him about this 317 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 2: big problem in one of the departments of the church. 318 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: It's a complicated situation. Several people were involved. This staff 319 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 2: member was very stressed, almost panicked. He said to my father, 320 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 2: what are we going to do. My father said, We're 321 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 2: not going to do anything right now. I'm going to 322 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: put it on a shelf and pray about it. That 323 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 2: was one of my father's favorite sayings. He didn't let 324 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 2: the panic, the worry get on the inside. He had 325 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 2: his walls up most of the time. This big problem, 326 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: this big situation that he could have lost sleep over, 327 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: could have worried about over time. Eventually it would work 328 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: itself out. When a problem arises, it's easy to get 329 00:19:58,359 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 2: riled up and think, well, I got to do some 330 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 2: about this right now, I've got to immediately solve this. No, 331 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 2: be still and know that he is God. Have the 332 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 2: attitude like my father. I'm gonna put this on a shelf. 333 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: I'm gonna pray about it, and I'm gonna trust God 334 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: to work it out. If you allow the panic in, 335 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 2: then the worry will come, then the stress. You won't 336 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 2: make good decisions. God works when we're in peace. That's 337 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 2: why you have to constantly guard your heart all through 338 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,239 Speaker 2: the day. Stuck in traffic, No, I'm not gonna let 339 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 2: this stress in. At the office, somebody's playing politics, leaves 340 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 2: you out, that's okay. I've got my walls up. I'm 341 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 2: staying in peace. The grocery store, somebody's rude to you. 342 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 2: You attempted to get upset. No, I'm guarding my heart. 343 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 2: I'm not letting that poison in. If you'll keep your 344 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 2: walls up, then when worry comes, offense, negative comments, it's 345 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 2: just like you have a big sign on the outside 346 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 2: that says you're not welcome here. I believe we can 347 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 2: get to the place where nothing offends us. That should 348 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 2: be our goal. I don't say this arrogantly, but you 349 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: cannot offend me. You know why I won't give you 350 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 2: that power. Here's the key. Nothing can offend you without 351 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 2: your permission. People can say whatever they want, but you 352 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 2: have the right to ignore it. They can leave you out, 353 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 2: but you have the right to have a good attitude anyway. 354 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 2: They can try to belittle you, discredit you, but like David, 355 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 2: you have the right to walk away and enjoy your day. 356 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 2: A man said to me after a service one time, Joel, 357 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 2: I just didn't get anything out of your message today. 358 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 2: It just wasn't for me. I thought to myself, I 359 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 2: can't help it if there's something wrong with you. I 360 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: just smiled and said, well, you know what. I hope 361 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: you come back next week. I know it will be 362 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: Here's the key. If you allow someone to offend you 363 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 2: giving away your power. Years ago, a lady said to me, 364 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 2: the reason I quit coming to church, the reason I 365 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 2: haven't been there in two months is because everybody was 366 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 2: talking about me. I didn't say it, but I was thinking, lady, 367 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 2: everybody doesn't even know you. If you sit over here, 368 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 2: the people that sit up there, probably have never even 369 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 2: seen you. Tens of thousands of people came up. She 370 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 2: thought everybody was against her. I wanted to say, no offense, 371 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 2: but you're not that popular. Here's my point. When we're 372 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 2: easily offended, everything is magnified, everything is blown out of proportion. 373 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: Everybody's treating me badly. No, it was just Eliab. He 374 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 2: was the only one. Everybody's talking about me. No, everybody 375 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 2: doesn't know you. Put some walls up. Quit giving away 376 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 2: your power, Quit letting those offenses in. Start ignoring the 377 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 2: negative comments. Don't pay any attention of the evaps. If 378 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: the favor of God wasn't on your life, they would 379 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: leave you alone. That opposition is a sure sign God's 380 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: hand is on you. He has an assignment for you. 381 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 2: There is something amazing in your future. Now do your 382 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 2: part and quit allowing the same things to upset you. 383 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 2: The same people to get on your nerves, the same 384 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 2: traffic to stress you morning after morning, the same relative 385 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 2: at the family reunion to frustrate you. Friends. Life is 386 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 2: too short to live that way. Every day is a 387 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: gift from God. What if you found out you weren't 388 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 2: going to be here in six months? You learned that 389 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 2: your time was coming to an end. How many of 390 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 2: the things that upset you now would you allow to 391 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 2: continue to upset you? How much of the offense, the frustration, 392 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 2: distress would you continue to let in. If you don't 393 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: keep your walls up, it keep you from the fullness 394 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: of your destiny. And when we come to the end 395 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 2: of life, I can't think of anything that would be 396 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 2: much sadder than to have to look back and think, 397 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,239 Speaker 2: why did I waste so many days worried? Why did 398 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: I live stressed out? Why did I let those people 399 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 2: keep me offended? Why didn't I guard my heart? You 400 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 2: can make that decision right now. Jesus put it this way, 401 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 2: very simple. Stop allowing yourself to be upset. He didn't 402 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 2: say I'll take away the offense, the rejection, the disappointments, 403 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 2: the stress. No, those things will come. You can't allow 404 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 2: them to upset you. In other words, you got to 405 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 2: put your foot down and say that's it. I'm done 406 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: worrying about my finances, my children, my health. I'm not 407 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: letting that worry in. I'm done being stressed every time 408 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 2: my plans don't work out. I'm not letting the stress in. 409 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 2: I'm done living sour because I had a disappointm I 410 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 2: didn't get the promotion. I'm not allowing that poison in now. 411 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 2: The thoughts may come to your mind, but don't let 412 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: them get into your spirit. Don't dwell on them. What 413 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: we continually think about drops down into our spirit. That's 414 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 2: when it can poison us. In the Old Testament, when 415 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 2: an enemy was going to attack a city, the first 416 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 2: thing they would do many times, would take these stones 417 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 2: and throw them into the wells to try to clog 418 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 2: up the water supplies. These people were called slingers. They 419 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: would sling the stones from a great distance. Once the 420 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: water supply was cut off, the people would have to 421 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,479 Speaker 2: come out of the city. That's when they would attack 422 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 2: in the same way. Every one of us has a 423 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,959 Speaker 2: well of good things on the inside, put there by 424 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 2: our creator, a well of joy, well of peace, well 425 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 2: of creativity, a well of victory. The scripture says, out 426 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 2: of your innermost being will flow rivers of living water. 427 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 2: The problem, too many times is we've allowed these slingers 428 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 2: to clog up our wells. When somebody says something derogatory, 429 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 2: tries to discredit you, you know what they're doing. They're 430 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: throwing a stone towards your well. If you get offended, 431 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: upset thinking I'm an to have to pay them back, 432 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 2: then that stone lands in your well. It starts to 433 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 2: clog up the joy, the peace, the victory. They've accomplished 434 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 2: their goal. But when you keep your wall up, you 435 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 2: don't get offended. You let it go, no big deal. 436 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 2: That stone hits the wall, bounces off and causes no damage. 437 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: We all have slingers in life. You can't go through 438 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 2: the week without having stones of judgment thrown at you, 439 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 2: stones of offence, stones of doubts, stones of self pity. 440 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 2: We can't stop the slingers from slinging the stones, but 441 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 2: we can choose to have our walls up and not 442 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 2: let it aff And some of you today you're not 443 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 2: enjoying your life. You're enduring your life. It's because your 444 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 2: well has become clogged. You've allowed some of these stones 445 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 2: to get in. Now it's keeping you from experiencing the 446 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: fullness of life, the fullness of joy. The good news 447 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 2: is it doesn't have to stay that way. You can 448 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 2: unclog your well if you will forgive the people that 449 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 2: hurt you, let go of what didn't work out, shake 450 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 2: off the offense, the bitterness, the disappointment. Then the well 451 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 2: of good things put in you by your creator will 452 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 2: begin to freely flow once again. You will experience those 453 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 2: rivers of living water. That's my prayer for you today, 454 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 2: that you will see God's goodness in a new way, 455 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 2: the abundance of his favor. Now make the decision with 456 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 2: me to keep your walls up, guard your heart. Remember, 457 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 2: you only have so much emotionotional energy each day. Don't 458 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 2: waste it on things that don't matter. Don't spend it 459 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 2: trying to win people over that are never going to 460 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: be one over. Use it for your own goals, your 461 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 2: own dreams. If you will keep those walls up, and 462 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 2: like David, walk away from a fence, and I believe 463 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 2: and declare, no weapon formed against you will ever prosper. 464 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: You will rise above every challenge, overcome every obstacle, and 465 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 2: become everything God's created you to be in Jesus' name. 466 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: Or we never like to close our broadcast without giving 467 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 468 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord Jesus, I 469 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 470 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 2: you my lord, and savior. 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