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There's 31 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: nothing more valuable to God than you. Hi, this is 32 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and 33 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: thanks for supporting the ministry. 34 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 35 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 36 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's buried best in 37 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 38 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 39 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 2: during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 40 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like 41 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 42 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: college professor. He was going to prove to his students 43 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: that there is no God. He said, God, if you're real, 44 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: then knock me off this platform and I'll go give 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: you fifteen minutes to do it. With every minute that 46 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: went by, he taarnted God, God, I'm still here. I'm 47 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: still waiting. At the last minute, a three hundred pound 48 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: football player walking down the hall overheard him. He took off, 49 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: running fool speed toward him, put his shoulder down and 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: send him flying off the platform. The professor woke up 51 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: in a daze. What in the world do you do 52 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: that for? The football player replied, God said he was busy, 53 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: so he sent me. Come on, say it like you 54 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 55 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 56 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 57 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 58 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 59 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 2: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 60 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about carried by 61 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: the Creator. We all face seasons where we don't know 62 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 2: how we're going to make it through. We lost a 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: loved one, We're dealing with the sickness, we have a 64 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: child that's off. Course's easy to feel overwhelmed, live worried, 65 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: think we don't have the strength to go on. But 66 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: David said in Psalm sixty eight, each day God carries 67 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: us in his arms. You may have situations that are 68 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: too much for you. God is saying, don't worry, I'm 69 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: going to carry you. You're going to feel supernatural strength, 70 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 2: peace that passes understanding, favor that causes things to fall 71 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: into place. On your own, you wouldn't make it through 72 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: the sickness, You'd fall apart in that divorce, that trouble 73 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: at work would defeat you. But you're not on your own. 74 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: You're being carried by the God who created you. When 75 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: you look back over your life, you can see these 76 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: times where God carried you. How'd you make it through 77 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: that unfair childhood? You should be insecure, dysfunctional, floundering, But 78 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: look at you. You're blessed. You're strong, doing great things. 79 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: That wasn't luck. That was God carrying you. He was 80 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: protecting you when you didn't realize it. He was moving 81 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: the wrong people out of the way, opening doors that 82 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 2: you couldn't open. He's been carrying you your whole life. 83 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: How did you get through that challenge with your child? 84 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: You should have had a nervous breakdown, should have warned 85 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: you out, caused you to give up on dreams, But 86 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: every day you had strength to move forward. You had 87 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 2: the grace to stay in faith. You believed when every 88 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: thought said it was never going to work out. The 89 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: enemy tried to take your child out, but because you 90 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: kept praying, God not only carried you, but he carried 91 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: your child. Where would we be without the God who 92 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: carries us. And it's easy to thank him for blessings. 93 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 2: I thank him for turning things around, but I've also 94 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: learned to thank him for carrying me through the difficulty, 95 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: for sustaining me, for not letting the opposition defeat me, 96 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 2: not letting the worry take root, not letting the doubt 97 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: talk me out of my dreams. That wasn't just my 98 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: strong will, my great faith. That was God carrying me. 99 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 2: When my father went to be with the Lord in 100 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety nine, my whole world was turned upside down. 101 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: My father was my hero outside of Victoria, he was 102 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: my best friend. I'd worked with them seventeen years here 103 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: at Lakewood, behind the scenes doing the television production. We 104 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: had traveled the world together. He'd come over to the 105 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 2: house for dinner, we'd go see the Astros play. I 106 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 2: thought he had lived into his nineties, but at seventy 107 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 2: seven he had a heart attack, and was suddenly taken away. 108 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: I had never ministered, but I knew I was supposed 109 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 2: to step up and pasture the church. Didn't make sense 110 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: to my mind. Didn't feel qualified. I didn't have the experience. 111 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 2: Thoughts told me nobody's going to listen to you, Joel, 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: But in my heart I felt it so strongly I 113 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: took that step of faith. I started ministering on Sunday mornings. 114 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: Our daughter Alexandra was three months old at the time, 115 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 2: our son Jonathan was four. I didn't know how to 116 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: put a message together. I had never done any public speaking. 117 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: On top of that, I was grieving the loss of 118 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: my father, trying to navigate him not being here, how 119 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 2: to run the church, how to minister a newborn baby. 120 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 2: I look back now and think, how did I make 121 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 2: it through? How did I learn how to minister in 122 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 2: the most difficult time of my life? How did we 123 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 2: raise our little children when we were both learning a 124 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: new profession becoming pastors? That was God carrying us. I 125 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: felt a strength that I had never felt. Yes, I 126 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: missed my father, but it wasn't what I thought. I 127 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: didn't fall apart. I wasn't overcome with sorrow for months 128 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: I felt peace. There was a grace to step into 129 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 2: my destiny. It wasn't all easy, but I had the passion, 130 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: the determination, the favor to keep moving forward. That wasn't natural, 131 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: that was supernatural. I should have been worried, stressed out, intimidated, 132 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 2: but I thought, I can do this. I'm well able, 133 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: I'm strong in the Lord. This is not going to 134 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: defeat me. God has grace for every season. How many 135 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 2: times has he carried you and you didn't know it. 136 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: You can look back now and see he carried you 137 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 2: through the sickness, you had strength that you never felt. 138 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: He carried you through the loss. It was painful, but 139 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: deep down you felt peace. Somehow you were able to 140 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: keep moving forward. Or he carried you through that legal battle. 141 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: You didn't think you could take it, but day by 142 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: day you had just what you needed. Here you are 143 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: on the other side, blessed, healthy, going stronger than ever. 144 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: Can I encourage you? If God carried you back, then 145 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: He's going to carry you now. Whatever you're facing may 146 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: seem insurmountable, but it's not going to defeat you. It's 147 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: not going to be too much. You're not going to 148 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: be overwhelmed. The creator of the universe is carrying you. 149 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 2: Exodus nineteen says God brought them out of oppression by 150 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 2: carrying them on eagles wings. You may have some oppression, 151 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 2: things that are not fair. You don't understand. Stay encouraged. 152 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 2: Eagles wings are coming. The God who made you is 153 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: going to carry you out of depression, carry you out 154 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: of the heartache, carry you out of the loneliness, carry 155 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: you out of poverty, lack, not heaven enough. That is 156 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 2: not how your story ends. He's about to carry you 157 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 2: into abundance, carry you into freedom, carry you into joy, peace, breakthroughs. 158 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 2: It looked like you were, but you're about to feel 159 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: some eagles wings lifting you, restoring you, promoting you, taking 160 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 2: you where you can't go on your own. Now, love 161 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: how it uses the analogy of eagles wings could have 162 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 2: said chicken wings, hawks wings, crows wings. But the eagle 163 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: is known for soaring, for rising higher than other birds. 164 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: God is going to take you further than you've imagined. 165 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: You're not being carried by a goose, carried by a pigeon, 166 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 2: carried by a crow. You're being carried on eagles wings. 167 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 2: You're not going to just make it through the lost, 168 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 2: through the breakup through the trouble. You're going to come 169 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: out promoted, increase better than you were before. David said, 170 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: if it had not been for the goodness of God, 171 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: where would I be? He was saying, if God had 172 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: not carried me, where would I be? You may not 173 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: realize it, but right now God is carrying you. The 174 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 2: challenge is your faith would be much more difficult if 175 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: God wasn't lifting you, strengthening you, favoring you, pushing back 176 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: the darkness. I can't tell you that God is going 177 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 2: to turn it around instantly, but I can promise you 178 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 2: He's going to carry you. You're not in the struggle 179 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: by yourself. You're going to feel strength that you've never felt. 180 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 2: Doors are going to open that you couldn't open. The 181 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 2: right people are going to be there to help you. 182 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: The Israelites had been in slavery for ten generations. God 183 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: sent plagues on the Pharaoh, and he finally let them go. 184 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 2: They headed out into the desert toward the promised land. 185 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 2: These people weren't trained to survive in the wilderness. There 186 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: was no food out there, water was very scarce. There 187 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: were bandits, armies, people trying to kill them. Yet for 188 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 2: forty years. They never went without food. God gave them 189 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 2: manna every morning when they were thirsty. God brought water 190 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 2: out of a rock. Their shoes never wore out, year 191 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 2: after year. God do that for Victoria. Their clothing lasted 192 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 2: their whole lifetime. When the enemies came against them, many 193 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 2: times supernaturally, they were defeated. They never should have survived 194 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: forty years out there. How did they make it to 195 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 2: the Promised Land? Deuteronomy one says, in the wilderness, there 196 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: you saw how the Lord your God carried you as 197 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: a father carries his son, all the way until you 198 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 2: reach this place. At times, I'm sure they thought, where 199 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 2: is Jehovah? Where is our God? How come we haven't 200 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 2: come into the Promised Land. They didn't realize the whole 201 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 2: time God was sustaining them. He hadn't delivered them yet, 202 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 2: but He was carrying them. They didn't recognize that God 203 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: was giving them strength to travel through the desert. He 204 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 2: was the reason their clothes didn't wear out. Armies couldn't 205 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: defeat them. They didn't get set, they didn't have nervous breakdowns. 206 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: They didn't go without food and provision. He carried them 207 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 2: all the way until they reached the promised land. On 208 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: the way to your promised land, there will be detours, 209 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: people that do you wrong. Times you don't see how 210 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 2: it can work out. You don't have the provision, the 211 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 2: dream looks impossible, the obstacle too big. You'll be tempted 212 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 2: to worry, live stressed out. Well, stay in peace, just 213 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 2: like God did for them. He's going to carry you 214 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,599 Speaker 2: all the way till you get to your destination. Like 215 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 2: a father carries his son, God is carrying you. If 216 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: you're a parent, you know how much you loved carrying 217 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: your children. When our daughter Alexander was a little toddler, 218 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: barely able to speak, one of the first things she 219 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 2: learned to say was baby up. She'd come up to me, 220 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 2: hit my pant leg, baby up. That meant she wanted 221 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 2: to be picked up. I'd carry her everywhere, so proud 222 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 2: of her, carry her in my arms, carry her on 223 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: my shoulders. She'd write, piggyback. She love being in her 224 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: father's arms. Well, she's twenty three years old now I 225 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: don't carry her quite as much. But God is not 226 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: like us, he said in Isaiah, even to your old age, 227 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: I am he who will sustain you. I have made you, 228 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 2: and I will carry you. You never get too old 229 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 2: for God to carry you as much as you love 230 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 2: carrying your small children, holding them, protecting them, making sure 231 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 2: they feel safe and secure. Your heavenly Father loves carrying you. 232 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 2: When you're attempted to worry feel overwhelmed, Joel, I don't 233 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 2: think I can make it through this sickness. How can 234 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: I make it through this loss? These people at work 235 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: are not fair. Instead of worrying, just say baby up, God, 236 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 2: I thank you for carrying me. I don't see away, 237 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 2: but I know you control the universe. You're my provider, 238 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 2: my protector, my deliver my waymaker. The fact is God 239 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: is carrying you right now, but if you don't recognize it, 240 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 2: you'll live stressed out, upset. No, you're in your father's arms. 241 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 2: He's holding you tightly. Nothing can snatch you away. Isaiah 242 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 2: forty says, he carries you close to his heart. You're 243 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 2: not way out there in the distance, just one of 244 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: the billions of people on earth. God has you close 245 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: to his heart. You're his most prized possession. There's nothing 246 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 2: more valuable to God than you. The scripture says, God 247 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: knows when a sparrow falls to the ground a little bird. 248 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 2: How much more is God concerned about you? As much 249 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 2: as you love your children. Multiply that by billions of times. 250 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 2: That's how much God loves you. He's been carrying you 251 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: since you were born. He's going to continue to carry 252 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 2: you till you breathe your last breath. You may have 253 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: things coming against you, but God wouldn't have allowed it. 254 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: If it was going to stop. 255 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 4: You. 256 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 2: Come back to that place of peace, that place of trust. Father, 257 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 2: Thank you that you're carrying me. That I have grace 258 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: for this season, stream for this day, the favor to 259 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: move forward. During those forty years that the Israelites wandered 260 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: in the desert, at times they got off course and 261 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 2: started worshiping idols. They made gods out of stone, these 262 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 2: large statues, gods out of gold and silver. As they traveled, 263 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 2: they had to carry these gods around. They were heavy, 264 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 2: was a burden. They struggled to make sure to take 265 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 2: care of them. What's interesting is they were carrying their 266 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: gods instead of letting God carry them. We may not 267 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 2: make stone idols today, but sometimes we're carrying burdens, weighed 268 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 2: down by trouble, living, worried, trying to fix it all 269 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 2: in our own strength. In a sense, you're carrying your God. 270 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: Why don't you let God carry you? The scripture says, 271 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: cast your burdens on the Lord, release the weight of it, 272 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: and he will sustain you. If you'll release the burden, 273 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 2: quit trying to figure it all out, losing sleep, letting 274 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 2: your mind work over time, then God will carry you. 275 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 2: But as long as you're carrying it, God will step back. 276 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: He wants us to depend on him. It's very powerful 277 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 2: to say God, I need you, I trust you, I 278 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: know you're in control. I believe that you've got this. 279 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: So I'm going to live this day in faith knowing 280 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: that you are carrying me. Are you carrying your God? 281 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: Or you letting God carry you? God works where there's faith. 282 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: If you're living stressed out, worried, how can I make 283 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: it through? Then God steps back and yes He's still 284 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 2: carrying you. But you're not going to tap into the peace, 285 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: the strength, the favor that belongs to you. There are 286 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 2: eagles wings that are going to lift you, empower you, 287 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 2: cause you to rise above what's trying to stop you. 288 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 2: God didn't bring you this far to leave you. Don't 289 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 2: believe those lies that you're stuck. It's too much. You 290 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: can't take it. God has carried you in the past. 291 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 2: He's going to carry you in the future. Even when 292 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 2: your time is up. The angels are going to carry 293 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 2: you into Heaven. They're going to carry you into God's presence. 294 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 2: God is in the carrying business. Since he's carrying it, 295 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 2: you don't have to carry it. All the burdens, stress, worries. 296 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 2: Release that way. Let him be God. You'll see him 297 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 2: carry you through things you never thought you could get through, 298 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 2: carry you further than you ever dreamed you could go. 299 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 2: A friend of mine was married to a professional football player, 300 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 2: big strong man. Later in life, he developed diabetes and 301 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 2: ended up losing both of his legs. This lady took 302 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: care of him like a king. She would get up 303 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 2: at four in the morning before she went to work, 304 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: bathe them, get him dressed. She's a strong woman. She 305 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 2: would pick him up out of the bed, physically carry 306 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 2: him around the house, carry him to the dinner table, 307 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 2: carry him to the family room, carry him back to bed. 308 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 2: She never complained, never said God, why me, I can't 309 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 2: do this? For thirty more years, I would see her 310 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: here at church. She always had a smile a report 311 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 2: of victory. Ask how she had do it, Joel, I'm blessed. 312 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 2: Life is good. How could she have that kind of 313 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 2: attitude when life dealt her such a tough blow. Seemed 314 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 2: like she should be overwhelmed, But while she was carrying 315 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 2: her husband, God was carrying her. When you're giving your 316 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 2: time and energy to help others, God is going to 317 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 2: give you fresh strength when you're doing the right thing 318 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: when it's hard keeping a good attitude. Dude, when you've 319 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 2: been through loss helping someone else in your time of need, 320 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 2: you should be worn out, discouraged. No, you're going to 321 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: feel those eagles wings lifting you, breathing strength, favor endurance. 322 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 2: Jesus told his disciples take up your cross and follow me. 323 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 2: And sometimes we think that's going to be a heavy burden. 324 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 2: People told me growing up, Joe, it's hard to carry 325 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 2: your cross. It's hard to live a life of faith. 326 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 2: One night, my father had a dream. He was going 327 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 2: through a difficult time dealing with disappointments. Didn't look like 328 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: it was going to work out. In this dream, he 329 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 2: saw a big cross over on the ground was made 330 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 2: out of railroad ties, about fifteen feet tall. Looked like 331 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 2: it weighed hundreds of pounds. He knew that was his cross, 332 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 2: but he didn't know how he could possibly carry it. 333 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: Seemed so overwhelming. He walked over to pick it up, 334 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 2: and it wasn't what he thought. When he lifted it, 335 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: it was like styrophoam. It was so light. He was amazed. 336 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 2: He easily put it on his shoulder and started walking. 337 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 2: A few steps later, the cross started lifting him up. 338 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 2: Instead of him carrying the cross, the cross was carrying him. 339 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 2: When you take up your cross doesn't mean you won't 340 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 2: have difficulties. People won't betray you, you won't make mistakes. 341 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 2: Life will happen. But the beauty is when you should 342 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 2: be overwhelmed, you'll feel the cross start to carry you. 343 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 2: There'll be strength, peace, favor that sustains you, takes you 344 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: through things that should have stopped you. That's what happened 345 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: to a young man in the scripture named Maphibishev. He 346 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: was Jonathan's son, David's best friend, and he was the 347 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: grandson of King Saul. He was born into royalty, destined 348 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 2: to one day take the throne, but his father and 349 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: grandfather were both killed in a battle on the same day. 350 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: A messenger came rushing to Maphibaschev's house, telling the bad 351 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 2: news how the enemy was on their way to wipe 352 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 2: out all of Saul's relatives. In a panic, a maid 353 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 2: picked up little Maphibischef and took off running. She had 354 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 2: good intentions, she was trying to spare his life, but 355 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 2: going down the stairs, she lost her footing and dropped Maphibischef. 356 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 2: Both of his legs were broken. He became crippled, could 357 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 2: no longer walk. Fast forward years ahead, he was living 358 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: in the city of Lodobar, one of the poorest, most 359 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 2: run down cities of that day. He was destined to 360 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: take the palace, but life threw him some curves, no 361 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 2: fault of his own. He was dropped, his relatives were killed. 362 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 2: Looked like he had missed his destiny. Years later, David 363 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 2: was reminiscing about his good friend Jonathan, how much he 364 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 2: loved him. He asked his assistant, are any of Jonathan's 365 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 2: relatives still alive so I can be good to them. 366 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 2: They did some research and said, yes, we've learned one 367 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: of his sons is still alive, but he's crippled living 368 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: in the slums of Lodobar. David told them to go 369 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 2: get him and bring him to the palace. I can 370 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 2: see the guards coming into the city of Lodibar. There's 371 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 2: a big stir. Everyone is talking. The king's men are here. 372 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 2: What do they want? Who's in trouble. They find out 373 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: they're looking for a Fibish chef. Word gets to him 374 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 2: and he thinks, oh, man, I'm done. His grandfather, King Saul, 375 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 2: tried to kill David. I'm sure Maphibus Chef thought he's 376 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: going to take it out on me. The men showed 377 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 2: up and said, Mafibis Chef, the king is looking for you. 378 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: What's significant is ma Fibis Chef couldn't walk. These men 379 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: had to pick him up and carry him back to 380 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 2: the palace. Wasn't close. They had miles and miles to travel. 381 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 2: When he arrived, they brought him before David. Matphibis Chef 382 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 2: fell on the ground, afraid, intimidated, thinking this was the end. 383 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 2: But David said, Maphibis Chef, I'm not here to harm you. 384 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 2: I'm here to bless you. From now on, you will 385 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 2: not live in the slums of Lodobar. You're going to 386 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 2: live here in the palace with me. Every night you 387 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 2: will sit at my table and eat dinner with me. 388 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to give you all the land that belonged 389 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 2: to your grandfather. King Saul Maphibas Chef couldn't believe it. 390 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 2: He never dreamed he'd be in the palace, never dreamed 391 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 2: he'd be sitting at the King's table. He thought he'd 392 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 2: had too many bad breaks, gone through too many disappointments. 393 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 2: He'd accepted that he had missed his destiny. But I 394 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 2: love this picture of maphibis Chef being carried to the palace. 395 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: God was showing us that when even when life throws 396 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 2: you a curve, when it's unfair, no fault of your own. 397 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 2: You were dropped, you didn't get the scholarship, the person 398 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 2: walked out, it's easy to think it's just not meant 399 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 2: to be. No, like Maphiblis Chef, your time is coming. 400 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 2: God is going to carry you into your destiny. The 401 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 2: right people are going to come looking for you, the 402 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 2: right breaks, the favor, the promotion. God didn't quit carrying 403 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: you because you had a setback. Those eagles wings are 404 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 2: still coming. He still has you close to his heart. 405 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 2: See Maphiblis Chef thought he was forgotten. Year after year, 406 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 2: nothing but lack defeat, mediocrity. But that whole time God 407 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: was sustaining him, not letting him go under. God has 408 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 2: not forgotten about you. He's been carrying you all these years, 409 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 2: through the hardship, through the lack, through the struggle. That's 410 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 2: why the enemy couldn't take you out. That's why that 411 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 2: sickness couldn't end your life. That accident didn't stop your purpose. 412 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 2: When those things tried to push you down, God lifted 413 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 2: you up. The Psalmist said, my enemies did their best, 414 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: but they could not finish me off. Why he was 415 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 2: being carried by the Creator. God was carrying you even 416 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 2: when you were in Lodo bar. He was carrying you 417 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 2: when they dropped you. He carried you when you were 418 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 2: left out, when the medical report wasn't good, when business 419 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 2: went down, just as he carried you in the tough times, 420 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 2: like with Maphibus Chef. He's going to carry you into 421 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 2: your purpose, carry you into the palace, carry you into abundance, 422 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 2: carry you into victory. There was a movie being filmed. 423 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 2: The lead actor was in a helicopter over the ocean, 424 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: and in this scene he was supposed to hand something 425 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: from the helicopter to people on a boat below the 426 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 2: helicopter came down real low, but it hit a burst 427 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 2: of wind. The pilot lost control, spun around several times, 428 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 2: and hit the water very forcefully quickly began to sink. 429 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 2: About thirty seconds later, the pilot's head popped up. He 430 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 2: was alive. People were so relieved. No sign though, of 431 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 2: this other man, the lead actor. Minute went by, two minutes, 432 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 2: three minutes, four minutes, seemed like an eternity. They thought 433 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 2: he was gone. Then five minutes in he came bursting 434 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 2: up out of the water. They took him to the shore. 435 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 2: He told how he was knocked unconscious when the helicopter 436 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 2: hit the water. When he came to, he was underwater, 437 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 2: still in the helicopter and disoriented, couldn't find his way out. 438 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 2: He said, I want to thank the rescuers, and especially 439 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 2: the one that grabbed the back of my shirt, pulled 440 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 2: me out of the helicopter and gave me that big 441 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 2: push toward the top of the water. People listening were confused, said, 442 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 2: what do you mean there were no rescuers. You were 443 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 2: down there by yourself. Tears began to come down his cheeks. 444 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 2: He looked up and said, then it was his hand, 445 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 2: then lifted me out. God's been carrying us our whole life, 446 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 2: keeping us from harm, pushing back the darkness, sustaining us 447 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 2: in the tough times. I thank him for his blessings. 448 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 2: I thank him for his favor, but also thank him 449 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 2: that he carries me. You may have things coming against 450 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: you now, you don't see how you could keep going. 451 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 2: You could live worried, upset. God is saying, I'm going 452 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: to carry you. I have you close to my heart. 453 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 2: He knows what you're going through, the struggles, the lonely nights, 454 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 2: the unfair situations. You're about to feel strength that you've 455 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 2: never failed, peace when you could be stressed, favor that 456 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 2: will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. You're 457 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 2: going to look back and think, how did I make 458 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 2: it through? That it was God's sustaining you when you 459 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 2: should have gone under. I believe in declare like the Israelites, 460 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 2: God's about to carry you out on eagle's wings. You're 461 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 2: not going to just make it through. You're going to 462 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 2: soward to levels you've never dreamed, like my fiblous Chef. 463 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 2: Despite what's tried to stop you, He's going to carry 464 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 2: you to the palace you're going to see favor promotion breakthroughs. 465 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 2: You will fulfill your purpose and become all you were 466 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 2: created to be in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 467 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 2: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 468 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 2: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would 469 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 2: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 470 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 2: of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll make you 471 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 2: my Lord and savior. 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