1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. Ilight to 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this minister 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 1: that died. He was standing at the pearly gates and 13 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: the man in front of him was dressed in a 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: loud T shirt and sunglasses and blue jeans, and Saint 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: Peter asked his name. He said, I'm Joe Cohen, taxicab driver, 16 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: New York City. Peter checked his list, handed him on 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: a gold staff and a silk road, said welcome to Heaven. 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: The minister stepped up, said I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: of Saint Mary's Cathedral. Eater checked his list, handed him 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: a wooden staff in cotton road. He said, wait a minute, 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: that couldn't be right. The taxicab driver got a goal 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: staff and this is all I get. Peter said, sir, 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: up here, we work by results. When you preached, people slept, 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: But when he drove, people prayed. All Right, y'all say 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 26 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 32 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: just the opposite. We all have situations that don't look 33 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: like they're going to work. Out doors have closed on 34 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: a dream, medical reports not good, a relationship didn't make it. 35 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: All the circumstances say that will always be lonely, always addicted, 36 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: always have a child. This off course, But the scripture 37 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: says God turns mourning into dancing. He turns sorrow into joy. 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: God specializes in turning things around, turning sickness into health, 39 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: turning addictions into freedom, turning lack into abundance. He has 40 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: divine reversals, where what looks one way turns out just 41 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: the opposite. My mother should have died with terminal cancer, 42 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: but just the opposite happened. She's lived forty four years 43 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: past that diagnosis. The church should have gone down when 44 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: my father died, that's what all the critics said, but 45 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: just the opposite happened. We've gone to levels we've ever dreamed. 46 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: That addiction should have limited your life like it did 47 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: your relatives, But just the opposite happened. God sets you free, 48 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: and now you're healthy and whole. When we see this 49 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: all through the scripture, Goliath should have defeated David, he 50 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: was twice his size, but just the opposite happened. David 51 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: defied the odds brought down a giant. The three teenagers 52 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: should have burned up in the fiery furnace, just the 53 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: opposite happened. They came out without a smell of smoke. 54 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: Moses should have been stuck in the desert after he 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: made that mistake and missed his destiny, but just the 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 1: opposite happened. God came in a burning bush and gave 57 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: him another chance. He went on to deliver the Israelites 58 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: and become a hero of faith. You may have situations 59 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: where all the facts say it's not gonna work out, 60 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: your child's never gonna get back on course, and those 61 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: people at work will always limit you. Can I encourage you. 62 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: The same God that delivered the saints of all is 63 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: gonna turn things around in your life. You're gonna have 64 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: some of these just the opposite moments. I thought i'd 65 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: be addicted, but now I'm free. I thought I was, 66 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: but God catapulted me ahead. I thought I'd always be lonely, 67 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 1: but God sent someone better than I could imagine. It's 68 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: going to be just the opposite of what it looked like. 69 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: See the scripture says the enemy is a liar and 70 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: there is no truth in him when he whispers his 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: lives that you've reached your limits and this problem is 72 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: too big. The key is to take just the opposite 73 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: of what he's telling you. You'll never get well. You 74 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: saw the report. Thank you now I know the truth. 75 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: I will live and not die. God's restoring health back 76 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: unto me. We won't always struggle not have enough. That's 77 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: just the family you come from. Thank you, now, I 78 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: know abundance is coming. I will lend and not borrow. Well, 79 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: your child's always going to be off course, get into 80 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: trouble cause your problems. Thank you now I know. As 81 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 82 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: See the battle is taking place in our minds. The 83 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: enemy cannot tell the truth, but if he can deceive 84 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: you into believe in his lies, then he can keep 85 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: you from the great things God has in store. There 86 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: was a young woman in the scripture named Esther. She 87 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: was an orphan being raised by her uncle Mordecai. When 88 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: the King of Persia was searching for a new queen, 89 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: she was picked to be one of the candidates in 90 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: this beauty pageant. Out of the thousands of girls, she 91 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: was chosen as the next queen. Well, nobody knew that 92 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: she was Jewish. Mordecai told her to keep that a secret. 93 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: Everything was going great until a man named Hayman got 94 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: upset with Mordecai. Hayman was the Prime Minister, second in 95 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: command to the king. When he walked by, he expected 96 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: everyone to bow down and show their respect, but Mordecai 97 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't do it. He only bowed to Jehovah. This made 98 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: Hayman so angry, he decided to do something about it. 99 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 1: He found out that Mordecai was a Jew, and to 100 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: get back at him, he thought, I'm not going to 101 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: just get rid of you, I'm going to get rid 102 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: of your whole nationality. He went to the king and said, hey, 103 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: there's a group of people that are causing trouble. They 104 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: want to obey your decrees. The best thing we could 105 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: do is annihilate them, not let them live. Sounded reasonable 106 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: to the king. He didn't want to be overthrown, so 107 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: he agreed to Haman's request. He took off the ring 108 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: on his finger and gave it to Haman represented his authority. 109 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: He said, do as you have said with these people. 110 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: So Hayman wrote an official decree that on March the seventh, 111 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: one year from then, all the Jews would be killed. 112 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: Their property would be given to whoever killed them. He 113 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: sent the fastest messengers to deliver this decree throughout the land. 114 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: When the Jewish people received it, there was great weeping 115 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: and wailing. The scripture says many stayed in bed in 116 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: sackcloth and as so depressed. Well. Someone told Esther that 117 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: Mordecai was in distress, crying at the city gates. She 118 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: had an assistant to see what was wrong. Mordecai sent 119 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: back a copy of the decree and explained what Hamon 120 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: was up to and how she must go to the 121 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: king and tell him what was happening to plead for 122 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: the life of her people. You couldn't go to the 123 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: king unless he called for you. She hadn't seen him 124 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: in a month. She told Haymon, gather all the Jews 125 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: for three days, fast and pray, and I'll go see 126 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: the king. She put her life on the line and 127 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: went to see the king. The king was very gracious. 128 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: He said, esther, what do you want? I'll give you 129 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: anything up to half of my kingdom. She didn't have 130 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: the courage to tell him right then, she said, I 131 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: would like for you and Hayman to come to a 132 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: banquet that I prepared. The king agreed. Haymon got the 133 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: word felt so honored. At the banquet, The King said, 134 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: now asked tell me what do you want. She still 135 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: couldn't find the courage to do it yet. She said, King, 136 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: if you're pleased with me, I want you to come 137 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: to a banquet with Hayman tomorrow night. Then I'll tell 138 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: you what this is all about. Verse nine says what 139 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a happy man Hayman was as he left that banquet. 140 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: He went out of there on cloud nine, having dinner 141 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: with royalty, going to do it again tomorrow night. He 142 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: bragged to his friends about how honored he was, all 143 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: the authority he had been given. Sometimes it looks like 144 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: your enemies are being promoted. They're being honored when you 145 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: know they're plotting evil, they're doing the wrong thing. Don't worry. 146 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: Their time is coming. God is your vindicator. You don't 147 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: have to live upset and try to pay people back. 148 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: He's going to take care of those who are plotting 149 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: against you. They went to the banquet the next night. 150 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: Hayman's sitting there so proud the king. He said it again, esther, 151 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: what can I do for you? She said, your majesty, 152 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: this is my request that you would spare my life 153 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: and the life of my people. The king was appalled. 154 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: He said, who would dare try to harm you? She 155 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: pointed at Hayman and said he has written a decree 156 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: to annihilate me and all my people. The scripture says 157 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: Hayman grew pale with fright from honor to dishonor, in 158 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: one second. The king jumped up in such a rage. 159 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: So upset he ran out to the courtyard. Hayman came 160 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: over and fell on Esther and began to beg for 161 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: his life. About that time, the King came back in 162 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: and saw him all over Esther. He said, are you 163 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: even going to assault my wife? Right in front of 164 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: my eyes? And an assistant came over and said, Hayman 165 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: has set up some gallows outside to hang Mordecai on. 166 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: The King said, great, use those gallows to hang Haman. 167 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: The psawmist said, the trap the enemy sets for you, 168 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: they will fall in themselves. Chapter eight says that same 169 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: day the king gave the estate of Haman, the enemy 170 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: of the Jews, to Esther. Then the king called up Mordecai. 171 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: He took the signet ring, the one he removed from Hayman, 172 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: and gave it to Mordecai. Said, from now on, you're 173 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: gonna be in charge. It looked like Esther and Mordecai 174 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: would be wiped out, but it was just the opposite. 175 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: Looked like Hayman had the upper hand, all this power, 176 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: the ring people bowing down, But just the opposite happened. 177 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: Now Mordecai has the ring. Now Ester owns his estate. 178 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: You may have situations like them that seemed like they 179 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: could never resolve, people against you that have more authority, 180 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: in circumstances that seem bigger, the sickness, the addiction. But 181 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 1: you don't know what God is up to. He has 182 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: divine reversals, supernatural turnarounds where you suddenly go from the 183 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: back to the front, from being overlooked to being in charge, 184 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: from weeping to rejoicing, from wondering how it could work out. 185 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: To say, and look what the Lord has done. Esther 186 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: said in verse five, King, there's one more request. Please 187 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: send out a decree reversing Hayman's order to destroy the Jews. 188 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: The King said Esther, you can write whatever you want. 189 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Mordecai has the ring. To seal it with my authority. 190 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: They wrote a decree saying that anyone that tried to 191 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: harm God's people would be killed. Chapter nine says on 192 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: March the seventh, the day the enemy of the Jews 193 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: had planned to destroy them, just the opposite happened. No 194 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: one was harmed. One translation says the tables turned imagine 195 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: what the enemy had whispered to them there's a decree. 196 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: Your days are numbered. It's official. The King sealed it. 197 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: But what the enemy doesn't want you to know is 198 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: he doesn't have the final says. He may plan your demise, 199 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: bring people against you, circumstances that look impossible, but what 200 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: he means for harm. God knows how to turn to 201 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: your advantage. God has these divine reversals where it turns 202 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: out just the opposite of what it looks like. It 203 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: won't be discouraged by the circumstances. You may have a 204 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,479 Speaker 1: hamin in your life, an obstacle that's bigger and stronger, 205 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: the medical report and addiction, the debt, the anxiety seems 206 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: like it has the upper hand. You're at the mercy 207 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: of what's against you. But God sees what you're going through. 208 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: He knows who did you wrong. How you don't see 209 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: away those lonely nights like with Esther. Your time is coming. 210 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: There will be a day where the tae will turn 211 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: divine reversals. Your health turns around. You can't explain it. 212 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: It's the hand of God. Your business takes off, or 213 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: that dark cloud lists off of you. Lies told you 214 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: that you'd always be depressed, But it's just the opposite. 215 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: You're full of joy, You've got your passion back. Relationship 216 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: didn't work out, someone walked away, and lies will tell 217 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: you just live with a broken heart. You'll never be 218 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: happy again. Can I encourage you? It's going to be 219 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: just the opposite. You will love again, you will laugh again, 220 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: you will dream again. You're gonna meet someone so amazing. 221 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: You don't think about what you've lost, or how about 222 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: the lies that whisper You've reached your limits, you've seen 223 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: your best days. Quit waiting for things to improve now. 224 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: The truth is you haven't seen, heard, or imagine what's 225 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: coming your way. There's uncommon favor, uncoming opportunity, uncommon influence 226 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: that will catapult you ahead. You're gonna look back and say, 227 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: with Mordecai, it was just the opposite of what it 228 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: looked like. Hayman said, we were doomed. The truth is 229 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: he was doomed and we lived on. Hayman said, I 230 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: was stuck, had no authority, but God turned the tables 231 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: and gave me what Haman had, the authority, the King's ring, 232 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: the influence. Are there situations that you don't see how 233 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: they can work out? Your health, your relationship, your finances. 234 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: Instead of believing those lies and letting all the negative play, 235 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: try a different approach. Lord, I thank you that you 236 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: have divine reversals come in my way, that you will 237 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: do just the opposite of what it looks like. Father, 238 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: turned this sickness into health. Turn this morning into dancing. 239 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: Turn this lack into abundance. Lord, turn my child from 240 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: poor decisions to his purpose and destiny. Turn my family 241 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: from strife into vision to peace and harmony. Turn these 242 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: ashes into beauty. Turn my pain into purpose. Get in 243 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: agreement with God, and you'll see some supernatural turnarounds. Not 244 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: where he just brings you out and things resolved. But 245 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: it's going to be just the opposite. It's far better, 246 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: something that you never imagine. That's what happened for Esther 247 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: and Mordecai. There was economic reversal. All of Hayman's estate 248 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: was given to Esther. She didn't ask for that. But 249 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: when God turns the tables, he's going to exceed your expectations. 250 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: The scripture says the wealth of the ungodly will be 251 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: transferred to the righteous. The good news is you're the righteous, 252 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: part of the just. The opposite is going to be 253 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: a transfer of resources, property, opportunities that you didn't see coming. 254 00:15:55,160 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: Mordecai saw leadership reversal. He had no authority, no influence. 255 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: He had to stay outside the palace. Nobody paid him 256 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: much attention. But Mordecai was a man that honored God 257 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: and lived a life of excellence and integrity. He took 258 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: his niece Estra in as a little girl, made sure 259 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: she felt valuable and loved. He overheard a plot to 260 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: assassinate the king, and he secretly sent word to keep 261 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: it from happening. He didn't have to do that, but 262 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: he was a man of honor. He did the right 263 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: thing when he wasn't getting the credit. Nobody was thanking him. 264 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: It looked like he would stay in the background, just 265 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: watch others be promoted. But when you stay faithful, you 266 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: keep being your best each day, serving, giving, loving. Nobody 267 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: may notice right now, but there will come a time 268 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: where God turns the tables, takes you from the background 269 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: to the foreground, from working at that company to owning 270 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: your own company, from always serving others to having others 271 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: serve you, where you can rise higher, have greater influence, honor, 272 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: and respect. The Israelites saw emotional reversal. When they got 273 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: the bad news, there was all this weeping and wailing, 274 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: so distraught that they couldn't get out of bed. But 275 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: when the king reversed this decree, Verse sixteen says, there 276 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: was great joy and gladness among the Jews in every 277 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: province there was feasting and celebrating. Few months earlier there 278 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: was sorrow and weeping. But look at how God can 279 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: turn things. Now they're laughing, joyful, celebrating with their family. 280 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: You may be in a time of sadness today, dealing 281 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: with things you didn't see coming. A breakup, loss of 282 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: a loved one, a dream seems like it's died. The 283 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: scripture says God is close to the broken hearted. You're 284 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: going through these seasons of sadness and disappointment. God is 285 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: right there with you, says in Psalms. He even collects 286 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: all your tears. The enemy will whisper you never be 287 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: happy again. What happened to you. You're a victim. No 288 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming 289 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: in the morning, just like God did for Esther. You're 290 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: gonna laugh again. It's not gonna turn out the way 291 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: the enemy is telling you. It's gonna be just the opposite. 292 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: Morning turned to dancing, Sorrow turned to joy, Sadness turned 293 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: to gladness. Verse nine says the king reversed his decree. 294 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: They saw legal reversal, an official decree. The law had 295 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: been passed. But God is not limited by natural laws. 296 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: God can change a law to get you to your destiny. 297 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: There may be a decree a report that says this 298 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: sickness is gonna end your life. You don't have the 299 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: education to reach your dreams. You'll be defined by that loss. 300 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: The good news is God has an override button. He 301 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: knows how to supersede laws and change things that look unchangeable. 302 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: The scripture says God can turn the heart of a king. 303 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: We may not be able to change people's minds, but 304 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: God can. Some friends of mine have a successful business, 305 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: and for many years everything was going great. But one 306 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: of their accountants made some mistakes on filing their taxes. 307 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: The irs said they owed them one hundred thousand dollars. 308 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: They didn't have those funds, and this could put them 309 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: out of business. They're faithful members here at Lakewood. They 310 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: know how to pray, believe, and declare. But all the 311 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: facts said they weren't going to make it, thoughts whispered, 312 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna go bankrupt after all these years of hard work. 313 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: You're gonna end up with nothing. They met with the 314 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: representative at the RS and ask if they could have 315 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: some kind of payment plan to pay it off over to. 316 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: But this woman was very harsh and not understanding. She 317 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: demanded that they pay it all in full right then, 318 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: or they were going to be even more legal penalties. 319 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: They left that day so discouraged, not knowing what to do. 320 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: But the scripture says, when the enemy comes in like 321 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: a flood, God will raise up a barrier. You're not 322 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: fighting by yourself. God won't let you get in a 323 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: problem that he can't bring you out of. They didn't 324 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: see a way, but they kept thanking God that he 325 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: would make a way. They went back thirty days later 326 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: for the final judgment. They walked into lady's office and 327 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: sat down and waited for her to come in. In 328 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: a few minutes, another woman walked in that they had 329 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: never seen it. They were surprised and asked where their 330 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: representative was. She said she had moved to another state 331 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: and now she was in charge of their account. This 332 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: woman could not have been more opposite than the other woman, 333 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: kind understanding, looking for options. She took their material and said, 334 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: let me go study this and see if I can 335 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: find a solution. She came back in a half hour 336 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: and said, I don't agree with what the other woman found. 337 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't think you filed your taxes wrong. You don't 338 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: owe us one hundred thousand dollars. She said, I'll make 339 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: a deal with you. If you'll write a check for 340 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: one hundred dollars today, this will be settled right now. 341 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: They didn't see that coming. It was just the opposite 342 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: of what they thought. God knows how to reverse things, 343 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: how to turn the tables and move the wrong people 344 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: out of your way, put the right people, people that'll 345 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: be for you, people that will go out of their 346 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: way to help you, that want you to succeed. Like 347 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: my friends, you may be in a situation doesn't look 348 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: like it's going to work out. Thoughts are telling you 349 00:21:55,320 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: all the worst case scenarios. You could live, negative, dreading things. 350 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: But can I encourage you? God has some of these 351 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: just the opposite moments lined up for you, things you 352 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: never saw coming, Divine reversals. You couldn't make it happen. 353 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 1: God turned the tables, God reversed the decree, God changed 354 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: the people's mind. Second King, Chapter six. The King of 355 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,719 Speaker 1: erm has sent hundreds of troops and chariots to capture Elijah. 356 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: They snuck up at night and surrounded his house. The 357 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: next morning, Elisha's assistant went out and when he saw 358 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: the army surrounding them, he was terrified. He ran back, 359 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: woke up. Elisha up said there's a huge army surrounding us. 360 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: We're trapped. We have no way to get out. Elizia said, 361 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: don't worry. There are more for us than there are 362 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: against us. He said, Elisha, are you still dreaming? It's 363 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: just you and me. There are thousands of them. Elisha prayed, 364 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: Lord open his eyes so he can see. He went 365 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: back and to look again. This time he saw hundreds 366 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: of thousands of the heavenly armies, these warring angels, and 367 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: these chariots of fire surrounding the other army. It looked 368 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: like he and Elisha were surrounded. The truth is it 369 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: was just the opposite. The other army was surrounded. It 370 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: may feel like you're surrounded today. What you're up against 371 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: seems bigger, stronger, But if you could see into this 372 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: unseen realm. It's just the opposite. God is surrounding what's 373 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: surrounding you. Feels like that cancer has you surrounded. It's 374 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: just the opposite God has the cancer surrounding Seems like 375 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: that debt la can't get ahead, has you surrounded? Have 376 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: a new perspective, The most High God is surrounding everything 377 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: that's surrounding you. January of nineteen ninety nine, my father 378 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: went to be with the Lord and I started pastoring. 379 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: There's a lot of momentum the church was growing. I 380 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: announced that October that on the first Sunday of two thousand, 381 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: we were going to start an additional Sunday morning service 382 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: at eight thirty. I'd prayed about it and believed it 383 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: was the right thing. All these thoughts started bombarding my mind, 384 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 1: telling me, nobody's gonna show up, Joe, it's gonna be 385 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: a big mistake. You better change it while you have time. 386 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: The enemy cannot tell the truth. You have to take 387 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: the opposite of what he's saying. But I didn't know 388 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: that back then, and I was so worried and so stressed. 389 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: And one night, a few days before the first Sunday, 390 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: I had a dream. Better description was a nightmare. In 391 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: this dream, it was that first Sunday of our new service, 392 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 1: and I saw myself walking into the auditorium to go 393 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: up to speak. But nobody was there, not Victoria, not 394 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: my mother, not and us here, not one choir member. 395 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: It was completely empty. I woke up in a cold sweat, 396 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: thoughts whisper, you better cancel it. You still have a 397 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: few days. I didn't tell anyone about the dream. Later 398 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: that day I saw my mother. Thought maybe she'll encourage me. 399 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: US said, Mother, are you going to the new early 400 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: service this Sunday? She said, you mean it starts this week. 401 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: I thought, dear God, we've been announcing it for six 402 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: months and she doesn't even know what's happening. I said, yes, 403 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: it starts, and you need to bring your friends, enemies, neighbors, coworkers, relatives. 404 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: First Sunday of two thousand came and I left early 405 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 1: to get there, so nervous. I'll never forget. Driving up 406 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: to the building, one parking lot was already full. I 407 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: got inside and five thousand people had shown up. The 408 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: enemy had shown me an empty auditorium. It was just 409 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: the opposite. The place was filled with people, my mother 410 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: even made it. Some of the things that you're worrying about, 411 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: you're thinking they could never work out. You play in 412 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: the worst case scenario. God is saying it's going to 413 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: be just the opposite. Not defeat but victory. Not stuck 414 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: where you are, but catapulted to a new level. Not 415 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: broke but abundant, not depressed but great joy, not lonely 416 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: but an awesome spouse. Now all these lies the enemy 417 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: is whispering. Instead of letting them discourage, you start taking 418 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: just the opposite. Well, Joe, you've done pretty well, but 419 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: you've gone as far as you can. No thanks. Our 420 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: latter days will be better than our former days. This 421 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: will be a year of uncommon favor, uncommon opportunity. You 422 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: have to get in agreement with God. If you'll do this, 423 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: I believe and declare you're about to see some divine reversals, 424 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: supernatural turnarounds, and your health, your finances, your children like 425 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: Esther and Mordecai's going to be just the opposite, bigger, better, 426 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: more rewarding than you ever imagine. I declare it in 427 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: the name of Jesus. If you receive it, can you 428 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 429 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 1: make Jesus the lord of your lie. Would you pray 430 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 431 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 432 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 433 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 434 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 435 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: the number on the screen or go to the website. 436 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 437 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: church and keep God first place. When was the last 438 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: time you asked God to do something that seemed impossible. 439 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: If you only pray small, ordinary prayers, you live a small, 440 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,479 Speaker 1: ordinary lie. 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