1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you, and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: loved you, and we know God has great things in store. 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: by and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in. Thank you again 12 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: for coming out. I like to start with something funny 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: each week, and I heard about this guy. He was 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: late to work for the third day in a row. 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: His boss said, sarcastically, Okay, what's your excuse this time? 16 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: He said, I'm so sorry, but my wife asked to 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: drive me to work, and I told her she didn't 18 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: need to, but she insisted and said she could be 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: ready in ten minutes. But then when we left, the 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: drawbridge was up and I had to swim across the 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: river fighting off alligators. Then a helicopter pick me up 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: put me on top of a building. I ran down 23 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: sixty flights of stairs and God here as quickly as 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: I could. His boss shook his head and said, you 25 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: expect me to believe that no woman can get dressed 26 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: in just ten minutes? All right, hold up your bible, 27 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 28 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 30 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,559 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 31 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 32 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 34 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: about being a bounce back person. Life is full of 35 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: things that try to push us down. We all face 36 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: disappointments and setbacks. Maybe you've got bad news concerning your health, 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: relationship didn't work out, or perhaps the hurricane that damaged 38 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: your house. It was a setbacks. Easy to get discouraged, 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: lose our enthusiasm, and too often we just settle where 40 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: we are. But if we're going to see God's best, 41 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: we have to have this bounce back mentality. That means 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: when you get knocked down, you don't stay down, you 43 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: get back up again. It means when disappointments come, things 44 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: don't go your way, you don't have a pity party 45 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: and think life's just not fair. No, you shake it 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: off knowing what was meant for your harm, God's going 47 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: to use for your good. When you're a bounce back person, 48 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: you know that every adversity, every setback, is not permanent. 49 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: It's not going to last forever. It's only temporary. Weeping 50 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: may endure for a night, but you know joy is 51 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: coming in the morning, so you don't sit around complaining 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: thinking about how bad it was and everything you lost. 53 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: You know God is a god of restoration and that 54 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: He's promised to pay you back double for every unfair situation. 55 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: Instead of being discouraged by the difficulty, you're encouraged by it, 56 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: knowing that you're gonna get double for your trouble. You're 57 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: gonna come out better off than you were before. And 58 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: I believe today I'm looking at bounce back people. You 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: have the seed of Almighty God. The same power that 60 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: raised Christ from the dead, lives on the inside of you. 61 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: In your blood right now is the DNA of a winner, 62 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: the DNA of an overcomer. There is no challenge too 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: difficult for you. There is no obstacle too high to overcome. 64 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: No sickness, no disappointment, no person, no hurricane, no stock 65 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: market can keep you from your God given destiny. The 66 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: enemy may have done his best, but his best will 67 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: never be enough. If you stay in faith, what was 68 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: meant to stop you will not be a stumbling block, 69 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: but rather a stepping stone so you can go to 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: a higher level. Now, I want you to get your 71 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: hopes up. You are not average, You are not ordinary. 72 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: You are a child of the most high God. Life 73 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: may have dealt you a tough blow at times it 74 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: feels like the wind's been taken out of our cells, 75 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: but the good news is Almighty God has put a 76 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: bounce back in your spirit. That's why when you're tempted 77 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: to give up on your dreams, when you're tempted to 78 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: just settle where you are, something down in here says, 79 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: no way, This is not who I am. I was 80 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: created to live in victory. I was created to overcome 81 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: this sickness. I was created to rise above these problems. 82 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: Why is that it's in your DNA. You have the 83 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: blood of a winter and when times get tough. You 84 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: can't sit back and feel sorry for yourself. You got 85 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: to dig your heels in, have the attitude. I may 86 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: be knocked down, but I didn't get knocked out, and 87 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: I recognize this setback is simply a setup for a 88 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: greater or comeback, and it's it's just a matter of 89 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: time before I come back stronger, healthier, better than I 90 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 1: was before. During the recent hurricane, I noticed the different 91 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: types of trees that had been blown down. Huge oak 92 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: trees four or five feet around. They looked as sturdy 93 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: as can be, but they were no match for the 94 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: one hundred mile an hour winds I saw. Pine trees 95 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: must have been one hundred and forty feet tall, laying 96 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: in yard after yard. Big trees, small trees, pines, oaks, elms, magnolias. 97 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: None of them could withstand those hurricane force winds. There 98 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: was just one type of tree I noticed didn't get 99 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: blown down. It's the palm tree. You know why God 100 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: designed the palm tree to withstand the storm. Unlike most 101 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: other trees, the palm tree is able to bend so 102 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: it doesn't break. In fact, the palm tree can bend 103 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: all the way over to where the top is almost 104 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: touching the ground and still not break During a hurricane. 105 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: It may be that way for four or five hours. 106 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: Looks like it's done, looks like it's over. I can 107 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: imagine the hurricane huffing and puffing and thinking, I may 108 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: not be able to uproot you, but at least I 109 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: will keep you from ever standing up again. That hurricane 110 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: keeps blowing. He thinks he's winning the battle. But when 111 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: the hurricane runs out of steam, when the winds die down, 112 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: you know what happens. That palm tree comes right back 113 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: up to where it was before. It's just like it 114 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: stretches real good, takes a deep breath and says, oh, yeah, 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: this is where I'm supposed to be. Why is that? 116 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: Because God put a bounce back in the palm tree. 117 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: It may get pushed over, but it's temporary. It's only 118 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: a matter of time before it rises right back up again. 119 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: During the storm, the palm tree is not worried. He 120 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: doesn't get depressed and think, oh, no, another hurricane. This 121 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: will be the one. I'm sure it's going to defeat me. Now. 122 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: He just stays in peace. He sees other trees left 123 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: and right going down, but he knows who he is. 124 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: He knows Almighty God has put a bounce back in 125 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: his DNA studies. Tell us during a hurricane, when the 126 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: palm tree is being stretched, when it's being bent and 127 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: pushed over, its root system is actually being strengthened and 128 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: given new opportunities for growth. When the storm is over, 129 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: the palm tree smiles and says, I knew I was 130 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: gonna come back up, But what do you know? I 131 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: came back up stronger than I was before. That's what 132 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: God says, what happened to each one of us. If 133 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: we just stay in faith Psalm ninety two twelve, the 134 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: righteous will flourish like a palm tree. Isn't it interesting? 135 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: God could have said we would flourish like an oak tree. 136 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: That means we'd be big, sturdy, have great branches. He 137 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: could have said we'd flourish like a pine tree. That 138 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: means we'd be tall and impressive, be able to see 139 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: for miles. But the reason God said we'd flourish like 140 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: a palm tree is because God knew there would be 141 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: difficult times. He knew things would come against us to 142 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: try to steal our joy, steal our victory. So God 143 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: said You're gonna be like a palm tree because I 144 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: put a bounce back in your spirit. The storms of 145 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: life will come, the winds will blow. At times, it 146 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: looks like we're done. Looks like it's over. We got 147 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: a bad report about our health, we didn't get a promotion. 148 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: Looks like one of our dreams has died. But just 149 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: like that palm tree, when the storm is over, you're 150 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: not gonna stay down. You're gonna come right back up again. 151 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: No weapon formed against you will ever prosper. A good 152 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: person may fall seven times, yet the Lord raises him up. 153 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: The winds may be blowing in your life today. Maybe 154 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: business is slow, you're facing a health issue. A child 155 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: won't do what's right. Your attitude should be. It's just 156 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: a matter of time before this turns around. This sickness 157 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: may have me down, but I'm not staying down. God 158 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: is restoring health back to me. This disappointment may look 159 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: like the end, but I know when one door closes, 160 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: God always opens up another door. Times may be tough, 161 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: the storm may be raging, but I'm not worried. I'm 162 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: not upset. I know I am the righteous. I'm doing 163 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: my best to please God that means I'm like a 164 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: palm tree. So when the storm's over, I'm not gonna 165 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: be laying down. I'm not gonna be defeated and depressed. 166 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna come out stronger, healthier, increased, and promoted. Friends, 167 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: you have a bounce back in your spirit if you'll 168 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: stay in agreement with God. No matter how hard the 169 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: winds blow, they cannot uproot you. They cannot break you, 170 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: they cannot topple you. When it's all said and done, 171 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: you'll be able to say I'm still standing. I came 172 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: right back up, went through a divorce, somebody walked out 173 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: on me. I didn't think I'd ever be happy, But 174 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: look at me now, happy as can be. Matter of fact, 175 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm kind of glad I got rid of that old goat. 176 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: Many of you can say today you've been through a 177 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: major setback, a major disappointment. I don't know, somebody cheated 178 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: in a business deal, you didn't get a promotion, a 179 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:18,119 Speaker 1: relationship didn't work out. You should be down and defeated, 180 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: you should be all washed up. But look at you today. 181 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: You're like that energizer bunny. You keep going and going 182 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: and going. You may bend, but you're not going to break. 183 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: You have bounced back power put in you by the 184 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: creator of the universe, and when the storms come, life 185 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: gets difficult. You're struggling in a relationship, in your finances, 186 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: in your health. Recognize that is not your normal state. 187 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: Don't accept that as the way it's always going to be. 188 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: You may be a little bent right now because of 189 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: the strong winds, but that's not permittent. Those winds, that storm, 190 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: that trouble, that sickness is not going to last forever. 191 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: It's just a season. When those winds stop blowing and 192 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: they will, this too shall pass. You're gonna rise right 193 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: back up again. Why you've got that bounce back power. 194 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: We have to realize in life there will always be 195 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: disappointments and setbacks. But we are not like an oak 196 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: tree that can be toppled over. We're not like a 197 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: pine tree that can be blown down. You and I 198 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: are like the palm tree. We may get bent, but 199 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, we're gonna rise right 200 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: back up, stronger than we were before. It's in our DNA. 201 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: There's an interesting scripture in Jeremiah five point twenty two. 202 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: It says that God has put a decree in every 203 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: grain of sand. That says that sand will keep the 204 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: ocean in its boundaries and the ocean will not cross 205 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: over it. You might say that the sand has the 206 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: DNA to contain the ocean in the natural that doesn't 207 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. The sand is nothing compared 208 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: to the ocean. The ocean is massive and powerful. Yet 209 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: the tiny little sand, because of the DNA God put 210 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: in it, it can keep the oceans in its boundaries. 211 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: I can imagine the sand and the ocean having a conversation. 212 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: The ocean says, little sand, do you really think you 213 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: can contain me? I am billions and billions of times 214 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: more massive and more powerful than you. There is no 215 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: way in the world you can keep me in my boundaries. 216 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: The little sand says, listen here, mister ocean. It doesn't 217 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: matter how big or small I am, doesn't matter what 218 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: I have or don't have. All that matters is almighty 219 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: God has put a decree in me, and in my DNA, 220 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: I have the ability to hold you back. That makes 221 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: the ocean so mad he starts churning and churning. This 222 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: big storm comes and he rushes past the sand way 223 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: beyond its normal boundaries. The ocean begins to laugh and laugh. 224 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: He said, as I told you so, I told you 225 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: you could never contain me. But do you know, the 226 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: little sand doesn't get upset. The little sand doesn't go 227 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: call nine to one one. He doesn't say, God, I 228 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: thought you put the promise in me. No, every grain 229 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: of sand like a big choir, They begin to sing 230 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: in unison. You gotta go back, you gotta go back, 231 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: you gotta go back. Sure enough, as soon as the 232 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: storm's over, as soon as the wind quits blowing, the 233 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: ocean goes right back to its normal boundaries. Not because 234 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: the sand is bigger, not because the sand is more powerful, 235 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: but because God put a decree in the sand, in 236 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: the same way God has put a decree in each 237 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: one of us. When you are created, in your DNA, 238 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: it says you are blessed, You are prosperous, You are healthy, 239 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: you are strong, you are talented. Your DNA says God 240 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: always causes you to try umph. Those that are for 241 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: you are greater than those that are against you. That 242 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: is in the very core of your makeup. And if 243 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: you'll get in agreement with God in your thoughts, in 244 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,479 Speaker 1: your attitudes, in the words you speak, in your actions. 245 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: Then the DNA on the inside will override anything on 246 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: the outside, like that little sand. When you feel overwhelmed, 247 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: when life deals you a tough blow, your attitude should 248 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: be you gotta go back. Well, Joel, the doctor said, 249 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: I might as well learn to live with this sickness. 250 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: Nothing more they can do. No, every day, you need 251 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: to tell that sickness you gotta go back. My DNA says, 252 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: I'm well, I'm healthy with long life. God satisfies me. Well, 253 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: when the stock market wins down, I lost a lot, 254 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: cost me a bunch. I don't know what I'm gonna do. No, 255 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: you need to start telling it. You gotta go back. 256 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: My DNA says, I'm blessed, I'm prosperous. God's opening up 257 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: the windows of heaven. His favor surrounded me. I can't 258 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: outrun the good things of God. Well, my child won't 259 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: do right. Seems like the more I pray, the worse 260 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: he gifts. He's causing me so much heartache and pain. No, 261 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: instead of being depressed, instead of talking about the problem, 262 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: you need to start speaking to that problem and telling 263 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: it's got to go back. God. You said my children 264 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: would be mighty in the land. You said, the seed 265 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: of the righteous is blessed. You said, as for me 266 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: and my house, we will serve the Lord God that's 267 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: in my DNA. So I'm not moved by what I 268 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: see or what I don't see. I choose to believe 269 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: the promise you put in me will override any negative circumstance. 270 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: When you have that kind of attitude, like that little sand, 271 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: you will always have the last laugh. But here's the key. 272 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: Don't talk about your problems. Talk to your problems. Tell 273 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: them they've got to go back. I hear people say 274 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: things like my arthritis is really acting up today. I 275 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: understand what they mean, but don't talk about it. Talk 276 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: to it. Just say listen to here, arthritis, you've got 277 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: to go back. You're not welcome in my body. My 278 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: body is a temple of the most High God. You're 279 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: gonna have to find somewhere else to live because health 280 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: and healing are the only things I allow in me. Well, Joel, 281 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: I've struggled with depression for years, or I've had this 282 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: addiction since I was a teenager. Now you've got to 283 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: get a new perspective. Start talking to that trouble. Just 284 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: say listen here, Alcohol nicotine drugs. You've controlled me long enough. 285 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: This is a new day. You have got to go back. 286 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: I am drawing the line in the sand. I know 287 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed in my 288 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: DNA is health, wholeness, freedom, and victory. If you will 289 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: get in agreement with God. Anything that's trying to hold 290 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: you back is only temporary. Didn't come to stay, it 291 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: came to pass. That means sickness has got to go back. 292 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: Poverty and lack has got to go back. That's not 293 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: in your DNA. Depression and discouragement has got to go back. 294 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: In your DNA, there's courage, confidence, favor, health, wholeness, victory, 295 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: and abundant life is down in your DNA. Make a decision. 296 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: Anything to the contrary is not allowed to stay. It's temporary. 297 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: It's got to go back. We have people that watch 298 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: us from the hospitals. Many of them are facing cancer 299 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: and other serious illnesses. It's so important that you don't 300 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: just sit back and accept that disease as the norm. 301 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: Too often we don't have the resolve that we should. 302 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: We get so overwhelmed by it and so discouraged we 303 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: give up before the battle even starts. You've got to 304 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: be a fighter. You got to dig your heels in 305 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: and every day announce to yourself and announce to the enemy. 306 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: This cancer is not welcome in my body. It goes 307 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: against the DNA that God has put on the inside. 308 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: It is a trespasser. It is on private property. And 309 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: as a child of the Most Oh God, I have 310 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: the authority to say, cancer, you've gotta go back. You 311 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: are not gonna defeat me. You're not gonna steal my joy. 312 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: You're not gonna take one day of my divine destiny. 313 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: Every morning you need to say, Father, I just want 314 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: to thank you that health and healing is flowing through 315 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: my system. That sickness and disease cannot live in me. 316 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: Remember you are like a palm tree. That disease is 317 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: only a season. Yes, the wind is blowing, but it 318 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: cannot break you. It cannot topple you. It can only 319 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: bend you. But the good news is you're gonna bounce 320 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: right back up. That's the spirit that God's put on 321 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: the inside of each one of you. And know this, 322 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: God watches over his children. He has us in the 323 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: palm of his hand. God knows every struggle, every lonely night. 324 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: Every unfair situation, A little sparrow cannot fall to the 325 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: ground without God knowing about it. How much more is 326 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: God concerned about you and I his sons and daughters. 327 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: And the scripture says when the enemy comes in like 328 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: a flood. That means when you feel overwhelmed, when the 329 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: hurricane hits in the stock market dips. What does God do? 330 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: He doesn't say, too bad. I told your life was 331 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: going to be hard. You should have made better decisions. Know. 332 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: When the enemy comes in like a flood. God raises 333 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: up a barrier. In other words, that gets God's attention. 334 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: He does not sit back and make us fight our 335 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: battles on our own. That's when God steps up and 336 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: begins to turn things in our favor. It's just like 337 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: a parent when you see one of your children in trouble. 338 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: Somebody or something is bothering them, mistreating them. We don't 339 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,959 Speaker 1: think twice. It just comes naturally to us. We stopped 340 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: what we're doing and go immediately to help them out. 341 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: I remember one time when our son, Jonathan was about 342 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: two years old. We were in the grocery store together 343 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: and I had walked down to the end of the 344 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: aisle and he'd stayed there by the cart. I was 345 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: about forty or fifty feet away. I could still see him. 346 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: But while I was looking for something, he started getting 347 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: things off the bottom shelf, just a few boxes of cereal, 348 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: making a little mess. It's no big deal. I was 349 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: gonna clean it up. But when this lady came around 350 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: the corner that worked there, she got very upset that 351 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: he was making a mess, and she started to jump 352 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: down his throat. She said, listen to here, young man. 353 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: You need to learn to keep your hands to yourself, 354 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: and you may not make a mess in this store. 355 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: On and on, and when I heard that, something rose 356 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: up on the inside of me. I don't know if 357 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: it was God or the devil, but it sure felt good. Listen. 358 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: I am as nice as can be. I'm kind, I'm friendly. 359 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: I'll help anybody with anything. But when somebody starts messing 360 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: with my children, that is a different story. I don't know. 361 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever seen the Incredible Hulk. 362 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: He's this normal looking guy and all of a sudden, 363 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: he goes through a transformation. His shirt starts ripping, his 364 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: muscles bulge out, his face goes green. That's exactly how 365 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: I felt like I could fight a tiger. I mean, 366 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: you can mess with me. You can say joels to this, 367 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: to that, No big deal. It doesn't bother me. It 368 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: bounces off of me. But if you mess with my children, 369 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: you've got the fight of your life on your hand. 370 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: I may not be big, but dynamite comes in small packages. Listen. 371 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: That's the way our heavenly Father is. When the enemy 372 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: comes in like a flood. That means when sickness tries 373 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: to attack your body, when somebody treats you, when you're 374 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: doing the right thing but the wrong thing's happening. God 375 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: doesn't sit back and say too bad. No. God steps 376 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: up and says, hey, wait a minute, you're messing with 377 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: the wrong person. That's my child, that's my son, that's 378 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: my daughter. If you're gonna mess with them, you got 379 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: to first mess with me. And who am I? I 380 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: am the all powerful creator of the universe. God looks 381 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: at your enemies and says, in effect, you want some 382 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: of this, go ahead and make my day. God is saying, 383 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: I am your protection. I am your deliverer, I am 384 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: your healer, I am your strength, I am your wisdom, 385 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: I am your victory. You got to know in the 386 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: tough times of life, you're not alone. You got somebody 387 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: fighting for you. Almighty God has got your back. He's 388 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: got a hedge of protection around you, a bloodline that 389 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: the enemy cannot cross, and some of you today you 390 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: need to get your fire back. Nothing you have been 391 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: through can keep you from your God given destiny. You 392 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: have bounced back before, and you're gonna bounce back again. 393 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: You are not a victim. You are a victor. You 394 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 1: may be a little bent because of the strong winds, 395 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,239 Speaker 1: but the good news is you're not broke and you 396 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,479 Speaker 1: will bounce back. I love the way David put it. 397 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: God lifted me out of the horrible pit and put 398 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: a new song in my mouth, just like God lifted 399 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: him out. God is gonna lift you out. Where you 400 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 1: are is not where you're staying. There are brighter days 401 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: up ahead. Favor promotion increase. No good thing is God 402 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: gonna withhold because you walk up rightly. But you've got 403 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: to do your part. You gotta put a new song 404 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: in your mouth. That means, don't go around talking about 405 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: your problems, how bad it is and how you're never 406 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: gonna make it. Have a song of victory. Somebody ask 407 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 1: you how you're doing, don't give them a detailed report 408 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: of how long you didn't have power And man, it 409 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: was so hot and I was so miserable. Now your 410 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: attitude should be I'm too blessed to be stressed. I'm healthy, 411 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: my family as well. Life is good. Well, I heard 412 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: you had a lot of damage during the hurricane. Aren't 413 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: you discouraged? Now I've got that bounce back in my spirit. 414 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: I'm believing God's gonna pay me back double. Well, somebody 415 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: said you hadn't been feeling well, you've been under the weather. Yes, 416 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: that's true, But understand this is not my normal state. 417 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: This too shall pass. It's only temporary. I know my 418 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: bounce back is coming. Another key is, in the middle 419 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: of your setback, you need to start planning for your comeback, 420 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: in the middle of the adversity, in the middle of 421 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: the tough time. You need to start making your list 422 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: of who you're going to invite to your victory celebration. 423 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: We drew plans for this beautiful building in the middle 424 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: of a lawsuit that a company had filed to try 425 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: to keep us from moving in. Didn't make a lot 426 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: of sense, but we were planning the grand opening, we 427 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: were laying out the first year's services. You cannot wait 428 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: for everything to be perfect before you decide to have 429 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: your victory party. That means, if you're in the hospital, 430 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: you need to start planning what you're gonna do when 431 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: you get out. Or maybe the hurricane damaged your house. 432 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: You need to make an invitation list to your party. 433 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: What party, Joel, the party you have when you move 434 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: into your new home, or when you show off your 435 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: new furniture or your new carpet. Maybe you lost some 436 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: when the stock market went down. I heard somebody say 437 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: our four O one case were turned into two O 438 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: one case. Listen, you need to start planning. You're coming 439 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: out of debt party. It may not look like it 440 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: in the natural, but we serve a supernatural God. Well, Joel, 441 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: have you seen the stock market? Yes, but have you 442 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: seen our God. He is Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, our provider. 443 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: It doesn't say the economy is our provider, the stock 444 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: market even our job. God is our provider. And the 445 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: good news is God is not having a I'm happy 446 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: to report the economy in heaven is doing just fine. 447 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: Don't plan on don't plan on having a two to 448 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: oh one k, But how about a six to one 449 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 1: k a twelve oh one k. Just as it went down, 450 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: it can certainly go up. The scripture says, lift up 451 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: your head, and the King of glory will come in. 452 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: Who is the King of glory? The Lord mighty in battle. 453 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: This is saying if you want God to come in 454 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: and fight your battles for you, you got to lift up 455 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: your head. You got to get a vision of your 456 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: self rising higher. You can't stay focused on where you are. 457 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: How it's never going to get any better. Your life 458 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: is going to follow your vision, and if you're looking 459 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: down focused on your problems, you'll stay right where you are. 460 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: You got to lift up your head. That means if 461 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 1: you're sick, you got to start seeing yourself well, if 462 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: you're struggling in your finances, start seeing yourself with more 463 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: than enough. You may have major obstacles, but you need 464 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: to see yourself rising above them. If you will lift 465 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: up your head, then the Lord Mighty in battle will 466 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: come in. And when God shows up, every adversity will 467 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: be turned to victory. Every battlefield will be turned to 468 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,719 Speaker 1: a blessing field. Friends, you are the righteous. You're going 469 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: to flourish like a palm tree. You have the bounce 470 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: back in your spirit. I declare it in the name 471 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: of Jesus. It will come to pass. Do you receive it? Today? 472 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 2: Lights throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 473 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 474 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 2: recognize ourselves. 475 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: Life has a way of changing us. At one time 476 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. But when 477 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 478 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: easy to lose that positive, passionate person that we used 479 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: to be. In my new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You, 480 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: I'll help you get back to who you really are, 481 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: the joyful you, the confident you, the talented you. It's 482 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: not too late. You haven't been through too much. You 483 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: may have lost part of yourself, but you can find yourself. 484 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: God is in the business of restoring what was lost, 485 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 1: healing what was broken. You haven't seen the best version 486 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: of you yet it's still in front of you. 487 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 488 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 2: of any amount, we would like to send you a 489 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 2: copy of Joel's brand new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You 490 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 2: take back your passion, reignite your dreams, and embrace the 491 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: life you were created to live. 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