1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes, 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: and you're ever in our area, please stop by and 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I promise 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: so much for tuning in today, and thank you again 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: for coming out. I'd like to start with something funny 12 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: and heard about this little girl. She asked her mother 13 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: how the human race got started. The mother explained how 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: God made Adam and Eve and they had children and 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: on and on. Here we are today. A few days later, 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 2: she asked her father the same question. He explained, how 17 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: many years ago there were monkeys. Little by little they 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: became more like people, and now here we are confused. 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: She went back to her mom, said, Mom, you said 20 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. 21 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: How can be? 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: She said, oh, honey, that's easy. I told you about 23 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: my side of the family. 24 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,199 Speaker 1: Dad told you about his hold up your Bible. Say 25 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. 26 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 27 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 28 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 29 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 31 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 32 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how God will bring 33 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: justice into your life. 34 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: We all go through situations that are unfair. 35 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: It doesn't seem fair that that person could lie about 36 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: you and damage your reputation. Doesn't seem fair that your 37 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: sisters have children but you can't conceive. Doesn't seem fair 38 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: that you're raising a special needs child, or you lost 39 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: a loved one, you're dealing with a sickness. Life has 40 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 2: thrown you a curve. It's not what you had planned. 41 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: But here's what I've learned. Even though life is not 42 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: always fair, God is fair. And if you will keep 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: your trust in Him and not get bitter, but just 44 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: keep moving forward, God has promised he will pay you 45 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: back for. 46 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: Every unfair thing that's happened. 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: Now, don't let one bad break ruin the rest of 48 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: your life. Don't let one divorce, one bankruptcy, one loss 49 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: of a loved one, one bad childhood keep you from 50 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: the amazing future God has in store. What happened may 51 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: have been wrong. What they did may have put you 52 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: at a disadvantage. They played politics and you didn't get 53 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: the promotion. 54 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: They let you go after years of. 55 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: Being loyal to that company, or they didn't have time 56 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: for you growing up, abandoned you when you needed them 57 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: the most. That was unfair. But what they did cannot 58 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: stop your destiny. They don't have the final say. God 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: has the final said, and God said, I will restore 60 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: the years that were stolen. 61 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: God said, I will give you beauty for those ashes. 62 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: He said. 63 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: Weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming 64 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: in the morning. Nothing that's happened to you is a 65 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: surprise to God. 66 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: God already has. 67 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: The restoration, the vindication, the new beginning. That setback was 68 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: simply a setup for God to take you to. 69 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: A higher level. 70 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: You got to shake off the self pity, shake off 71 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: the defeat, and get ready for God to do something new. 72 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: He's going to pay you back for every injustice. This 73 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: is what happened with the people of Israel. They have 74 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: spent four hundred and thirty years in slavery. They were 75 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: terribly mistreated, forced to work long hours with no breaks. 76 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 2: They were given quotas that were impossible to meet. When 77 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: they didn't meet them, their life was made even more miserable. 78 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: God said this, I have seen the affliction of my people. 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: I have heard their cries. Friends. God has seen every 80 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 1: wrong that's been done to you. He has seen. 81 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: Every person that hurts you, every tear you shed, every 82 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 2: lonely not every injustice. God went on to say, I 83 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 2: am come down to deliver you. There comes a point 84 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 2: where God says enough is enough. 85 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: I've seen it. Now I'm going to do something about it. Now. 86 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 2: I'm not going to just give you what you deserve, 87 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: but I'm going to make the enemy pay and bring 88 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: you out better off than you were before it. God 89 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: delivered the Israelites out of slavery. Pharaoh finally agreed to 90 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 2: let them go, and that was a great miracle that 91 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: was worth celebrating in itself. But they didn't leave there 92 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: empty handed. God is a god of justice. He always 93 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble into your life. 94 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: On their way out, the Israelites asked their captors for 95 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 2: their gold, their silver, their jewels. God caused them to 96 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 2: have favor, and they willingly handed it over to them. 97 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: Imagine what Fro must have thought. 98 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 2: Seeing these former slaves leaving his country pushing wheelbarrows full 99 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 2: of his treasures. What was God doing paying them back 100 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 2: for four hundred and thirty years of mistreatment. It may 101 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: not happen overnight, but God is a god of justice. 102 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: He is keeping the records. He knows exactly what you're owed. 103 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 2: God sees every time you do the right thing, but 104 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: the wrong thing happens every time you take the high 105 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: road and forgive you let it go. Every time you 106 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: work hard, but you didn't get the credit. God is 107 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 2: closely watching you. Have an account with him. He'll make 108 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 2: sure you not only get what you deserve, but His 109 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: justice is to pay you back with more. Now I 110 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: know some of you, like these people, you've been in 111 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 2: an unfair situation and it's gone on a long time, 112 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 2: and you've lost your passion, you've lost your fire, thinking 113 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: that's the way it's always going to be. But God 114 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 2: is saying to you what he said to the Israelites. 115 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: I have come down to do something about it. 116 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: You need to get ready. It's payback time. Everything the 117 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: enemy's stolen. 118 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 2: God is going to restore the joy, the peace, the hell, 119 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: the dreams. God is going to pay you back for 120 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 2: the childhood you didn't have. God is going to pay 121 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 2: you back for that person that falsely accused you. He's 122 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: going to pay you back for the years you lost 123 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: in an abusive relationship. He has seen everything you've been through. 124 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: He has come down to do something about it. Now, 125 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: don't go around with a defeated mentality. Oh Joel, this 126 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 2: sounds great today, but you don't know my story. You 127 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: don't know what I've been through. Now that's going to 128 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 2: stop God from working. You may have had more than 129 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: your share of bad breaks. You could easily get disc 130 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 2: and settle where you are, But I'm asking you to 131 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: shake that off. Your attitude should be I'm not staying here. 132 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: I know. It's payback time. 133 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: It's restoration time, it's vindication time, its favor time. Almighty 134 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: God has come down on your behalf. You may have 135 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: seen the story in the news recently about a young 136 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 2: lady named Dawn. She was raised in a very dysfunctional family. 137 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: Her mother was homeless and had a drug problem. The 138 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 2: mother's boyfriend was a drifter. They would live in a 139 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: shelter under a bridge. Dawn would go to elementary school 140 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 2: for a few months. When the boyfriend would get arrested 141 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: that have to move somewhere else. 142 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: She grew up with no. 143 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: Stability in and out of school. Much of the time, 144 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: she didn't even have running. 145 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: Water or electricity. 146 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: In spite of all this, Dawn was an amazing student. 147 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: She didn't get bitter, she didn't have a chip on 148 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: her shoulder. She just kept being her best, making the 149 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: most of what she had. In high school, she worked 150 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: as a janitor. She would get to school early in 151 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 2: the morning, about five o'clock and clean the classrooms and hallways. 152 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: In the evening, she would stay till eight working. 153 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: That's how she had money to survive. 154 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: One summer, she went to a camp with the money 155 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: she had earned. When she came back home, her mother 156 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: was nowhere to be found. She called the number at 157 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: the temporary residence they were staying at, but it was disconnected. 158 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 2: Come to find out, her mother had moved to another 159 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 2: state with her new boyfriend, abandoned her for several weeks, 160 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: Dawn stayed with friends, slept on their couches. When the 161 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: head janitor heard what had happened, she took Dawn into 162 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: her own. 163 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: Home for the first time. 164 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 2: Dawn really felt loved, accepted, like she was valuable. 165 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: She began to excel in school. 166 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: She made the honor roll straight a's, She was elected 167 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 2: vice president of her class, started a charity to help 168 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: wounded soldiers. 169 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: On and on all these awards. 170 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: When it came time to apply for college, her friends 171 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: encouraged her to shoot high, and just recently she received 172 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 2: a letter in the mail, a small white envelope. It read, congratulations, 173 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 2: You've been accepted into Harvard University. What is that God 174 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 2: bringing justice? That's God paying her. 175 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: Back for the way she was raised. 176 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: The scripture says, even if your mother and father forsake you, 177 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: God will adopt you. 178 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: As his very own child. That was God adopting God. 179 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: For years, it didn't look good, didn't look like she 180 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: had much of a future. But like Dawn, if you'll 181 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 2: just keep moving forward being the best that you can be, 182 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: God will take what's meant for your harm and he 183 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 2: will use it to your advantage. God will open doors 184 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: that no man can shut. God will give you favor 185 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 2: and cause people. 186 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: To want to be good to you. 187 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 2: And you may be in a situation where, like Dawn, 188 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: because of the poor choices of others, it seems like 189 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: you're stuck. You'll never get out of that rush. You'll 190 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: never accomplish your dreams. No God knows how to get 191 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 2: you to where you're supposed to be. Now, all through 192 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: the day, in your mind, in your thoughts, you should 193 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: be saying, Father, I want to thank you that it's 194 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: payback time. I know you're a god of justice. You're 195 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: restoring the years, restoring the dreams. No person's going to 196 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 2: keep me from my destiny. I will become everything you 197 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 2: created me to be. 198 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: Have that attitude of faith. 199 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 2: I knew a young man growing up that loved to 200 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 2: play baseball. 201 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: That was his passion. 202 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 2: When he was twelve years old, he went to try 203 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 2: out for the team, but the coach didn't give him 204 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 2: a chance. He said, I'm sorry, son, you're way too 205 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 2: small to play baseball. You could never make this team. 206 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 2: Didn't even let him try out. That young man was 207 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 2: so devastated he went home feeling like a failure. Well 208 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: later in the week, the league announced that since there 209 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: were so many boys that tried out. They were going 210 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 2: to form another team. He was placed on this secondary 211 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 2: team made up of the less talented players. Long story short, 212 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: those two teams ended up in a playoff for the 213 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: championship of the league. This young man's team beat the 214 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: team of the more talented players. On top of that, 215 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 2: he was the winning pitcher. He was the one that 216 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 2: struck out batters left and right. After the game, he 217 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 2: walked by that coach that wouldn't let him try out 218 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: like he was ten feet tall. He may have been small, 219 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:45,359 Speaker 2: but he knew dynamite comes in small packages. That's vindication. 220 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 2: But here's my point, here's how God works. That next year, 221 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: the coach came to his home to meet with his 222 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 2: parents to see if, somehow, some way he couldn't play 223 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 2: on his team. 224 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: That year, the tables had turned. 225 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: Went from him not even wanting him to try out, 226 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: to him now begging him to play on his team. 227 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: What is that. That's justice, that's God paying you back. 228 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: Now, you've got to shake off the negative comments. What 229 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: people say about you doesn't determine who you are. Shake 230 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 2: off the disrespect, keep your head held high, and God 231 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: will promote you in spite of what they said. One 232 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: way God pays you back is to prepare a table 233 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 2: before you in the presence of your enemies. That means 234 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 2: God will promote you in front of the people that 235 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: we're trying to hold you to him. He'll show you 236 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 2: favor and honor in front of those that said, hey, 237 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: you're too small, you're not good enough, not talented enough, 238 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: not pretty enough. 239 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: No, let that go in one ear and out the other. 240 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: Hebrews ten thirty says God is a just god. He 241 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 2: will repay the exact compensation owed us. He will settle 242 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 2: the cases of his people. Some of you have cases 243 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: that need to be settled, Like this young man. People 244 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: have tried to push you down, make you feel inferior. 245 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 2: Or maybe you poured your heart and soul into that son, 246 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 2: that daughter, but now they. 247 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 1: Won't have anything to do with you. 248 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: You worked hard pursuing your dream, but the bottom fell out. 249 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 2: Now you're starting over. You could easily have a chip 250 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: on your shoulder. Now you've got to know God has 251 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 2: promised to settle your case, but you got to get 252 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 2: in agreement with God and start expecting payback time. This 253 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 2: is what Job did when he went through his difficulty 254 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: where he lost his family, he lost his health, he 255 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 2: lost his business. He could have easily been bitter, said God, 256 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: I'm a good person. 257 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: How could you let this happen to me? This is 258 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: so unfair. 259 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: No, right, in the midst of the trouble, he didn't 260 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 2: see a way out. But instead of complaining, instead of 261 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: talking about how bad it was, he looked up to 262 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 2: the heavens and. 263 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,119 Speaker 1: He said, I know lives. 264 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 2: He was saying, I know my God is still on 265 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 2: the throne. I know he's a God of justice and 266 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 2: he will settle my case. Job ended up coming out 267 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 2: with twice what he had before. If you want to 268 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 2: see God pay you back, if you want to see 269 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: God make your wrongs right, then when things come against you, 270 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 2: you'll feel like getting better. You may feel like complaining. No, 271 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 2: You've got to dig your heels in and say, like, job, 272 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 2: I know my redeemer lives. I know God's going to 273 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: turn this around. No weapon formed against me is going 274 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: to prosper. My best days are still out in my future. 275 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: You got to have this attitude of faith, knowing that 276 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: God is a God of justice and he will settle 277 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 2: your case. I met a young couple that moved here 278 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: from New Orleans. They were displaced by the Hurricane Katrina. 279 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 2: They came to Houston so beaten down, so discouraged. 280 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: It's like all the life had been taken out of them. 281 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 2: They had just purchased their first home there in New Orleans. 282 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: They were so excited. 283 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 2: The man had a good job moving up in the company. 284 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: Plus they had a little baby on the way, their 285 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 2: first child. They were having fun decorating the baby's room, 286 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: making plans for his arrival. Life was good. Then Hurricane 287 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: Katrina hit wiped out their whole neighborhood. They not only 288 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 2: lost their new home, they lost all of their possessions, 289 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 2: their furniture, their car, their clothes. The men's company closed down, 290 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 2: didn't have a job anymore. When I saw them here 291 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 2: at Lakewood, it's like they were numb. Their whole world 292 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: had fallen apart. I told them what I'm telling you. 293 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: God is a god of justice. He has seen what 294 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: you've been through, every tear you've shed. He knows the disappointment, 295 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: the heartache you feel. 296 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: And this is not the end. It's a new beginning. 297 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 2: You're not going to just come out of this barely surviving. 298 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: God's going to make the enemy, pay and bring you 299 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 2: out better off than you were before. I spent five 300 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: or ten minutes speaking faith, hope, victory into their future. 301 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: I'll never forget how they begin to brighten up. It 302 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: was like I was giving water to a person that 303 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: was starving with thirst. They started coming to Lakewood week 304 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: after week, hearing about how we are victors and never victims, 305 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: how God always causes us to triumph, how many of 306 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: the afflictions are the righteous, but the Lord delivers us 307 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: out of them. All faith begin to rise in their hearts. 308 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 2: They shook off that old, defeated weak mentality. Their attitude was, 309 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 2: this may be difficult, it may be unfair, but we 310 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 2: know our redeemer lives. 311 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: We know God is still on the throne. 312 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: He's in complete control, and he has promised to settle 313 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: our case. 314 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: That was a few years back. 315 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 2: Just recently, they told how they moved into the brand 316 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 2: new home that they built here in Houston. The man 317 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: has a new job, a better job, less travel, better income, 318 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 2: better benefits, and they don't have just one child now 319 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: they have two children. The wife said, Joel, we never 320 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 2: dreamed we could be where we are. God has amazed 321 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 2: us with his goodness that's what happens when you get 322 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: in agreement with God. We all have unfair things that 323 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 2: come against us, we all go through bad breaks. But 324 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 2: you have to remember God not only sees it, but 325 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 2: he's promised if you just keep moving forward, if you 326 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: won't get better, he will settle your case. The way 327 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: God settles the case is not just to turn it around, 328 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: not to just make it right. 329 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: No, God will bring you out better off than you 330 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: were before. 331 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 2: Listen to Isaiah sixty one in the message translation. Because 332 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: you got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in 333 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 2: the land will be double, and your joy will go 334 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: on forever. 335 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: You may feel like you. 336 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 2: Got a double dose of trouble, like this young couple 337 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 2: you worked hard but the bottom fell out, or like Dawn, 338 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 2: you weren't raised in a good environment. Don't get stuck 339 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 2: there thinking that that's your lot in life, that you 340 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 2: got short changed, that you'll always have a disadvantage. Now, 341 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 2: the truth is that unfair situation has qualified you for 342 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 2: double It doesn't have to stop you. If you'll have 343 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 2: the right attitude, God will use it to thrust you forward. 344 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: Now I realize many people didn't get off to a 345 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: good start in life. 346 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: They had a lot of bad breaks. 347 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: They weren't raised with parents like mine that were speaking 348 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: faith and victory into them, and my heart goes out 349 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 2: to them. I'm compassionate, yet at the same time, I 350 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 2: don't believe in giving people a right to feel sorry 351 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 2: for themselves. You may have had a bad break, you're 352 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 2: lost a loved one, you're. 353 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: Raising a special needs child. 354 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 2: That's difficult, But don't you dare sit around with a 355 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 2: chip on your shoulder. Every unfair thing that has happened 356 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 2: has qualified you for double God is a god of justice. 357 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: He wants to pay you back, but you got to 358 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 2: do your part. Shake off the self pity, shake off 359 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: what they said about you, shake off what didn't work out, 360 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: shake off how you were raised, and get ready for 361 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: a double dose of God's favor, a double dose of 362 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: his blessing, a double dose of health, a double dose 363 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 2: of peace, a double dose of creativity. Get ready for 364 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 2: God to do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond. When you 365 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 2: go through unfair situations, it's never easy, we never like it. 366 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: But keep it in the right perspective. 367 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 2: That person that's talking about you trying to make you 368 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: look bad in a sense. 369 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 1: They did you a favor. They just qualified you for double. 370 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 2: That storm, that storm that damaged your house. 371 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: That accident, it sets you back. 372 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 2: It may be difficult, but don't get better. It qualified 373 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 2: you for double. That person that walked out on you 374 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 2: left you when you needed them the most. Don't sit 375 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 2: around thinking that there's something wrong with you. You're inadequate, you're 376 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 2: less than you know. Blow them a kiss, goodbye, and 377 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 2: get ready for double. 378 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: It's payback time. 379 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 2: God wants to do something new in your life. Years ago, 380 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: Victoria and I had this man that did us wrong 381 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 2: in a business deal. 382 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: He didn't keep his word. 383 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: We all agreed verbally to certain things, but when it 384 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: came time to put it in the contract, at the 385 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 2: last minute, he changed his mind, and because at the 386 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 2: time constraints, there's nothing we could do. We had to 387 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: sign it or the whole deal would. 388 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: Have fallen apart. We had way too much invested. 389 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 2: It's very dishonest, and we could have done something legally, 390 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: but we didn't feel good about that. We finally just 391 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 2: let it go. We didn't get bitter, we didn't start complaining. 392 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 2: We didn't hold a grunt against him and start treating 393 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 2: him badly. Our attitude was God, you said you would 394 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: settle our cases. You said you'd make our wrongs right. 395 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 2: You'd pay us double for this injustice. So Lord, we 396 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: just want to thank you that you're fighting our battles 397 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 2: for us. It didn't happen overnight, but several years later 398 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 2: that man faced difficulties and he couldn't meet his obligations 399 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 2: in the contract. And we not only got what we deserve, 400 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 2: but we got everything that belonged to him in that contract. 401 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: It was much more than double. 402 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: What am I saying, When you let God settle your case, 403 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 2: it will be better than you could have ever done 404 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 2: it yourself. Now, don't be sour because of something that 405 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 2: you lost or something that was taken from you. A 406 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 2: coworker cheated you out of that contract that should have 407 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: been yours. A friend, a family member didn't keep their word, 408 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,239 Speaker 2: they didn't pay you back. Instead of being bitter and 409 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: trying to get even stay on the high road. God 410 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 2: sees the injustice. He knows what they took. If you'll 411 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 2: let God settle your case, he'll not only give you 412 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 2: what you deserve, but God will pay. 413 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: You back with even more. 414 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,719 Speaker 2: One time in the scripture, Jacob had an agreement with 415 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 2: an older relative named Laban that he would work for 416 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 2: Laban for seven years and in return, Laban would give 417 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 2: him his daughter Rachel as his wife. Rachel was very beautiful. 418 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: Jacob loved her so much that he agreed. So for 419 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 2: seven years, Jacob worked faithfully. He increased Laban's flocks many 420 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 2: times over went to great links to fight off the 421 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 2: wild animals that would try to kill the sheep and 422 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 2: the goats. After seven years, he had fulfilled his part 423 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 2: of the contract made Laban a much wealthier man. 424 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: But Laban changed his mind. 425 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 2: He said, Jacob, I'll let you marry one of my daughters, 426 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: but not Rachel. You can marry my oldest daughter named Leah. Well, 427 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 2: no offense to Leah, but that's not what they agreed to. 428 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. Laban said, if you want 429 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 2: to marry Rachel, you'll have to work for me another 430 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: seven years, and Jacob was either so dumb or so 431 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 2: in love he agreed to do it. 432 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes you're so in love it makes you dumb. 433 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 2: Fourteen years later, he said, Laban, I want to leave 434 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 2: now with Rachel and go back to be with my family. 435 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 2: Laban was feeling so guilty. He said, Jacob, I got 436 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: to pay you something for working all these years. 437 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: You've made me very wealthy. 438 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: What would you like, Jacob said, I don't want any money. 439 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 2: I'll make a deal with you. I'll work for you 440 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: a little longer. Just let me have all the streaked 441 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 2: and spotted sheep and goats, all the solid colored animals 442 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 2: will be yours. That way, when I leave, you'll know 443 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 2: that I'm not taking anything that belongs to you. Laban 444 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: loved this idea because there were very few streaked and 445 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 2: spotted animals. But Laban was so cheap and so dishonest. 446 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 2: He went out at night and removed all the streaked 447 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 2: and spotted sheep and goats and put them in a 448 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 2: special pen so they couldn't mate with the solid colored animals. 449 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 2: That way, Jacob wouldn't have as much. What Laban didn't 450 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 2: realize is that God is a god of justice. He 451 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 2: will not allow his children to be continually taken advantage of. 452 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: When those solid colored animals made it, do you know 453 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 2: what color their offspring was? Streaked and spotted? Friends, God 454 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: has the final say. God knows how to pay you back. 455 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 2: He's not limited by the laws of nature. He's not 456 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 2: limited by what people say or what a boss says. 457 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 2: And Laban was over there scratching his head. 458 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: He thought, man, that is not right. How did that happen? 459 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: He got so frustrated he went back to Jacob and said, 460 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 2: I want to change the agreement. 461 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: From now on, you get all. 462 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 2: The solid colored new animals that were born. Jacob said, 463 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 2: no problem, that's fine. You know what color. All the 464 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 2: new animals born were solid color. The blessing followed Jacob. 465 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: God supernaturally increased him. He left there with more flocks 466 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 2: than his relative Laban. What was God doing paying Jacob back? 467 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: When you go to work. 468 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: Each week, remember you're not working under people, You're working 469 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 2: under God, and he is a. 470 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: God of justice. 471 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 2: If somebody is being dishonest, not keeping their word, or 472 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: maybe they're playing politics and not giving you the credit 473 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 2: you deserve, don't get upset. Don't try to pay them back. 474 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 2: God is keeping the records. He will make sure you 475 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 2: not only get what you deserve, but like Jacob, God 476 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 2: will pay you back with even more. I know some 477 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 2: of you today you feel like that you've gotten a 478 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: dose of trouble. Things have come against you, but this 479 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 2: is a new day. It is payback time. Get ready 480 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 2: for a double dose of God's goodness, a double dose. 481 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: Of God's favor. 482 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 2: God is going to make the enemy pay for bringing 483 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,959 Speaker 2: the trouble into your life. Instead of complaining about it, 484 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 2: get up in the morning and say, like. 485 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: Job, I know my redeemer lives. 486 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 2: Remember every difficulty, every unfair situation that has qualified you 487 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: for double I believe some of you even this week 488 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 2: are going to see cases settled, restoration, vindication, promotion, breakthroughs, 489 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 2: a promise coming to pass. The God of Justice is 490 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 2: going to show himself strong in your life. You're not 491 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 2: going to just come out. You're going to come out 492 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 2: better off than you were before. I believe it, and 493 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 2: declare it in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 494 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 2: you say amen? We never like to close our broadcast 495 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 2: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 496 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 497 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 2: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 498 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Amen. 499 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 2: Well, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 500 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 501 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 2: keep God first place. 502 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 503 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 2: We all go through disappointments and things that are not fair. 504 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 2: But God sees every hurt, every injustice, and He's promised 505 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 2: to pay. 506 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: You back for the unfair things. 507 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 2: Now, I love to send you my new resource, Double 508 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 2: for your Trouble. It's filled with inspiration to help you 509 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: stay in faith and not get bitter and think why me. No. 510 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 2: That setback may have been painful, but the fact is 511 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 2: it sets you up for Double. God will make the 512 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 2: enemy pay and bring you out better than you were before. 513 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 3: This ministry is reaching people around the world with the 514 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 3: message of hope, and as our way of saying thank 515 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 3: you for your gift of any amount, we would like 516 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 3: to send you a copy of Double for your Trouble. 517 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 3: A daily guide for restoration. This thirty one day spiral 518 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 3: bound resource is an invitation into healing, restoration, and the 519 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 3: abundant life God has promised. 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You'll come out with Double. 529 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: Nicktoy and I pray for you and your family every day. 530 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 2: Thank you for your prayer and support. Your donations are 531 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 2: bringing hope to people around the world. Special thank you 532 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 2: to our Champion of Hope partners for all you do 533 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: to make the ministry possible. Until we see you again 534 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: next week, mid the Lord bless you and keep you. 535 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Double for Your Trouble, 536 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 3: available this month by simply visiting us at Joelostein dot 537 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 3: com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 538 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 3: You can also receive God's Got You Restoration Duo. 539 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 2: This book is a. 540 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 3: Powerful reminder that no matter what you face, you are 541 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 3: not alone. God's got you and he will never let 542 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 3: you go. In addition to these two inspiration books, you 543 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 3: can also receive the Double Portion Restoration Bible Collection. 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We call it Homecoming Weekend. We'd love 559 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,479 Speaker 2: to meet you and your family. You can see the 560 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 2: building and attend one of the services. It's a great 561 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 2: time to be a part of the Lakewood family. Looking 562 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 2: forward to seeing you at Homecoming Weekend.