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 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by be a 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: make you feel right at home. I like to start 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: with something funny, and I heard about this elderly couple. 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: They were sitting in a swing celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: Feeling romantic, the husband said to his wife, honey, our 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: love is tried and true. She had difficulty hearing it 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: and ask him to repeat it. He said it louder, 15 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: I said our love is tried and true. She still 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: couldn't hear him. Said what would you? Please speak up? Frustrated, 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: he shouted, I said our love is tried and true. 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: She said, well fine, I'm sick of you too say 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: am what it says, I am, I have what it 21 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: says I have, I can do what it says I 22 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: the danger of dry places. It's easy to lose our 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: passion for life. At one time, we were excited. We 28 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: look forward to each day. We were believing for our dreams. 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: We love to laugh. But over time, if we're not 30 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: careful and things haven't turned out the way we thought, 31 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: will become dry. When you're dry, life has lost its flavor. 32 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: You smile that there's no real joy behind it. You 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: laugh with your friends, but it's not genuine. You act 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: normal in front of people, but alone, discouraged, you wonder 35 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: what's wrong. Sometimes we're dry because we're tired. The battles 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: have taken longer than we thought. We can be dry 37 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: because we've been hurt. Somebody did us wrong. Instead of 38 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: letting it go, we've held onto it. Some people are 39 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: dry because they have the wrong perspective. They think their 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: challenges are too big, that they'll never work out. But 41 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: there's a problem with being dry. It doesn't just steal 42 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: our joy, doesn't just affect our attitude. It's deeper than that. 43 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: The scripture says, when an unclean spirit leaves a person, 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: it walks through dry places seeking rest. When we're dry, 45 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: we've stepped into the enemy's territory. That's where he lives. 46 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: And sometimes he doesn't have to come to us. We 47 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: go to him. When you feel the blaws, no passion, 48 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: thoughts tell you nothing good is in your future. You'll 49 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: never meet the right person, you'll never get out of debt. 50 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: Recognize that's the enemy trying to get you into his territory. 51 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: When you're positive, hopeful, full of praise, that's God's territory. 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: The enemy can't touch you. He can't cross that line. 53 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: That's why he works over time in our thought life. 54 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: His goal is to get us down and discouraged. He 55 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: knows when we're dry we're giving him access. We're coming 56 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: onto his field. That's where he has the right to 57 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: control and manipulate. And maybe you have a good reason 58 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: to be dry. Life has thrown you some curves. You 59 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: don't see anything good up ahead. That's when you have 60 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: to dig down deep and say no I am not 61 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: going to live discouraged, dragging through the day focused on 62 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: what's wrong. I know God is on the throne. I 63 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: know he's bigger than these problems. I know his plans 64 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: for me are for good. So I'm going to live 65 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: this day in faith, expecting his favor. You have to 66 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: take control of your thought life. That's where the battle's 67 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 1: taking place, and thoughts will tell you things like you're 68 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: a victim. Life hasn't treated you fairly. Your spouse doesn't 69 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: love you like he should. That company doesn't appreciate you. 70 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: If you let those thoughts play long enough, they'll keep 71 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: you from your destiny. Paul said in the Book of Acts, 72 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: I think myself happy. You can think yourself out of 73 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: a dry place. You got into discouragement by thinking about 74 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: how wrong something was, thinking about who hurts you, thinking 75 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: about how things aren't going to improve. You've thought yourself 76 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: into defeat. Now turn it around and start thinking yourself 77 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: into victory. What God started in my life, He's going 78 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: to finish. No good thing will he withhold Because I 79 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: walk up rightly, Surely goodness and mercy will follow me 80 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: all the days of my life. What was meant for 81 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: my harm? Lord, I want to thank you right now. 82 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: You're turning to my advantage. Get your mind going in 83 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: the right direction. Think yourself into joy, Think yourself into 84 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: a good mood, Think yourself into a positive, faith filled attitude. 85 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,119 Speaker 1: You cannot live on autopilot and just think whatever comes 86 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: your way. If you do, negative thoughts will dominate. You 87 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: have to be proactive. Don't wait for thoughts of faith 88 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: and hope to come, think them on purpose. If you'll 89 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: fill your mind with the right thoughts, there won't be 90 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: any room for the wrong thoughts. And when you feel 91 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: the blaws, you need to get into an environment that's uplifting. 92 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: Don't come home from work and sit in a dark 93 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: room and watch sad movies. Listen to sad songs and 94 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: think sad thoughts, and eat sad foods and hang around 95 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: with sad people. Sad times five equals real sad. Open 96 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: up the windows, let some light in the room, put 97 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: on some inspiring music. Maybe go outside and take a walk. Exercise, 98 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: get your endorphins kicking in. God has put certain hormones 99 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: in us. When we activate them, they give us a 100 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: boost and make us more passionate. They help to take 101 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: away the negativity but it's easy to live a very 102 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: sedentary lifestyle, so you can't override natural laws and expect 103 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: to feel good. You need to exercise, you need proper sleep, 104 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: you need to eat healthy. Practical things can keep us 105 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: from being passionate and having the vision and energy that 106 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: we should. When you're dry, it's important who you spend 107 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: time with. You can't afford to hang around other dry people. 108 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: Misery loves company. Find some friends that are happy, positive, energetic. 109 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: You need people around you that brighten your day, that 110 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: lift your spirits, people that are fun, people that make 111 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: you laugh. Many times we gravitate to people that are 112 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: like us. If we're discouraged, we find discouraged people. If 113 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: we have addictions, we find others that have addictions. You 114 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: need to spend time with people that have what you want, 115 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: not that struggle in the same area. If you have 116 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: difficulties in your marriage, don't find someone in that same 117 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: situation and sit around and talk about how bad your 118 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: spouses are, how unfair life is. Talking about the problems. 119 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: Reliving the hurts is only going to pull you down. 120 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: It's not going to make things improve. The situation may 121 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: not change, but you can change how you're responding, Isaiah said, 122 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: arise from the depression in which the circumstances have kept you. 123 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: Rise to a new life. Sometimes we're waiting for God 124 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: to change how we feel. God make me happy, God 125 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: cheer me up. The truth is God is waiting on us. 126 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: You walked into that drive place. The good news is 127 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: you can walk out of it. Arise from the depression. 128 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: Shake off the blaws, shake off what didn't work out. 129 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: This day is a gift from God. You may have 130 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: some difficulties, but most likely there's a lot more right 131 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: in your life than there is wrong. Some people would 132 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: love to trade places with you. They would gladly take 133 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: your life. Come out of that dry place that's given 134 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: the enemy access when you arise. What will happen is 135 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: God will arise when you come over to his side, 136 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: You'll get your joy back, your passion back. You weren't 137 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: made to drag through the day, discouraged, enduring life. You 138 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: were made to enjoy life. In the scripture, David had 139 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: seen God do amazing things. Take him from a shepherd boy, 140 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: no experience, no training, chosen to be the king. He 141 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: defeated Goliath, came an overnight hero. He outlasted King Saul 142 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: took the throne. He led Israel from one victory to another. 143 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: No greater leader than David. You would think he would 144 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: live on the mountaintop, never have a down day. That's 145 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: not the case. We're all tempted to get dry Psalm 146 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: forty two. David was so discouraged he didn't want to 147 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: go on. Thoughts told him that he had seen his 148 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: best days, that the opposition was too big. He made 149 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: the mistake of believing those lies. He ended up in 150 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: a dry place. He could have stayed there, lived defeated. Instead, 151 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: he said to himself, why are you cast down? O? 152 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: My soul? Hope in the Lord. He was saying, I 153 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: may feel discouraged, but I'm not going to let feelings 154 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: rule my life. I'm not going to let these negative 155 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: thoughts keep playing. He talked to himself, David, get your 156 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: hopes up understood. When we're dry, we've stepped into the 157 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: enemy's territory. We're giving him rights that he shouldn't have. 158 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: It's not that God has abandoned us, not that God 159 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: stepped off the throne. It's the fact that we walked 160 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: over to the other side. I'm asking you to stay 161 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: out of dry places. Don't let your mind think of 162 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: all the negative, relive everything wrong in your life. It 163 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: may be true, but don't go there. The flesh loves 164 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: to feel sorry for itself. Think about what you didn't get, 165 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: how you weren't raised right. Just another day, I got 166 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: to drag through it. As long as you think that way, 167 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 1: you're going to live defeated. You have to do like 168 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: David and make the decision. I'm coming out of the 169 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: dry place. It starts by changing your thinking. God's plans 170 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: for you are for good. There are opportunities in your 171 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: future bigger than you can imagine. That sickness is not permanent, 172 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: that financial difficulty is not how your story ends. That 173 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: addiction is not going to hinder you your whole life. 174 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: God has the final say. Now, while you're waiting for 175 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: him to change things, why don't you thank him that 176 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: it's on the way. Why don't you be grateful for 177 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: what's right in your life. We have to guard our mind. 178 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: It's easy to step over into a dry place. Now. 179 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that you're dry because you haven't had 180 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: any victories. You haven't been successful like David. You may 181 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: have seen God do amazing things. Protect you promote, you 182 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: bring great people across your path. You can testify of 183 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: the goodness of God, but that doesn't exempt us from 184 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: becoming dry. The discouragement test comes to every person times 185 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: when we're tired. We've won some victories, we've been our best, 186 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: but we don't know if we can keep standing strong. 187 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: If you'll get your fire back, God is going to 188 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: renew your strength. He's going to give you passion, energy, 189 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: vitality like you've never seen. Your second wind is on 190 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: its way. God is about to breathe on your life 191 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: in a new way. The victories you've seen in the 192 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: past are going to peale in comparison to what God 193 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: is about to do. Psalm sixty eight says you sent 194 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: an abundant rain, o Lord to refresh the weary land. 195 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: You may be weary. You fought hard, but doesn't seem 196 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: like that discouragement will go away. God knows how you feel, 197 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: He knows what you're up against. You may not be 198 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: able to walk out of the dry place on your own. 199 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: Don't worry. God is about to send an abundant rain 200 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: to refresh you. He's going to make things happen that 201 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. You're going to see an abundance 202 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: of joy, an abundance of strength, an abundance of health, 203 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: and abundance of resources. The forces that have held you 204 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: back are being broken right now. The enemies you see 205 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: today you will see no more. Now. When you're tempted 206 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: to be discouraged, turn it around. Father, Thank you for 207 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: the rain that's coming. Thank you for the healing, the favor, 208 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: the breakthroughs the right people. Get your hopes up, start 209 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: expecting the abundant rain. That's the way our God is. 210 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: He could have just said I'm going to send rain 211 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: to refresh the weary land. That would be good, we'd 212 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: be grateful. But notice the heart of God. He said, 213 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: in effect, I'm going to make the enemy pay for 214 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: bringing the trouble. I'm gonna make him pay for making 215 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: you dry. I'm going to send an abundant rain. I'm 216 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: going to send more than enough, exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. 217 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: Get ready for overflow. Get ready. God is about to 218 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: exceed your expectations. You are coming out of that drive 219 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: place in the more than enough. But sometimes we want 220 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: to be passionate, but the feeling is gone. We don't 221 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 1: have the same drive and emotion like we used to have, 222 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: and we think something is wrong. But psychologists have discovered 223 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: what they call the happiness curve. Research shows most people 224 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: are their happiest at twenty years old. From there, it 225 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: goes down till you're fifty. At fifty, it starts coming 226 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: back up. At seventy, you're as happy as you were 227 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: at twenty, but it doesn't stop there. It continues to rise. 228 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: After seventy, you're the happiest and most fulfilled than you've 229 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: ever been. That's what God said, your latter days will 230 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: be better than your former days. But we see people 231 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: that are going through a midlife crisis. They have no passion, 232 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: They are burned out, they don't feel like going on. 233 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: That's that fifty year low. It's not unusual. You're not 234 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: the only one that feels that way. Don't give up 235 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: on your dreams, don't go over to a dry place. 236 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: Some of what you're facing is just the natural rhythms 237 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: of life. But the people that stay happy, the people 238 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: that don't go down and get discouraged, are the people 239 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: that rule their thoughts, the people that stay full of hope, 240 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: the people that know that God is still on the throne. 241 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies that you've seen your best days. 242 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: You wouldn't be alive if God didn't have something amazing 243 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: in front of you. I have a friend. He was 244 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: raised in a low income family here in Houston. His 245 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: father worked as a yardman, mowing people's lawns for thirty 246 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: one years. He died when the young man was thirteen. 247 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: His mother raised nine children by herself. She worked as 248 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: a maid at the Rice Hotel downtown. She never learned 249 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: how to drive. She'd get up early in the morning, 250 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: make her kids break, let's get them off to school. 251 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: Then she would take the bus to work. She didn't 252 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: have a lot of money, but she had a lot 253 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: of faith. When times got tough and didn't look like 254 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: they were going to make it, she would tell her children, 255 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: don't worry, Tomorrow will be better than today. They heard 256 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: that over and over. She kept speaking faith into them. 257 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: She knew God would make a way where they didn't 258 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: see anyway. Against the odds. The young man was able 259 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: to attend college, and he excelled in school. He went 260 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: on to Harvard University and earned his law degree. He 261 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: served twenty seven years in the Texas House of Representatives today, 262 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: our friend Sylvester Turner is the mayor of Houston. Mayor 263 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,359 Speaker 1: Turner's mother was in a dry place. She couldn't help it. 264 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: It was the hand she had been dealt. But she 265 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: didn't let the dryness get in her. If she would 266 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: have lived defeated, complaining about how unfair life was going 267 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: to work with a sour attitude, he wouldn't be the mayor. 268 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: When the odds are against you, you don't see how 269 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: it can work out. Instead of being discouraged, do like 270 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: she did. Keep reminding yourself tomorrow will be better than today. 271 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: That's not just being positive. That's what the scripture says. 272 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: The path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. You 273 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: haven't seen your best days. God has good breaks already 274 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: lined up in your future. If he showed you right now, 275 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: you couldn't fathom it. If somebody would have told Mayor 276 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: Turner at thirteen, in a single parent home, no father, mother, 277 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: raising nine children, working as a maid, that one day 278 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: you'll go to Harvard. One day you'll lead the fourth 279 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: largest city in America. One day you'll stand before kings 280 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: and presidents, he probably wouldn't have believed it. He could 281 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: have thought not me, that's imposs I'm in a dry place. 282 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm in a limited environment. My obstacles are insurmountable. God 283 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: is not limited by what you don't have. He's not 284 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: limited by how you were raised. He's not limited by 285 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: the opposition. Me or Turner kept that phrase playing over 286 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: and over. Tomorrow will be better than today. That was 287 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: fuel for his faith, fuel for his dreams. But sometimes 288 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: we don't go to the dry place. The dry place 289 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: comes to us. The key is, don't let the dryness 290 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: get in you. Stay full of hope, keep thanking God 291 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: that the abundant rain is on the way, keep expecting 292 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: things to change. Have that attitude. I know breakthroughs are coming, 293 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: I know healing is on the way. I know doors 294 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: are going to open that I could not open. That's 295 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: how you stay out of the dry place. You don't 296 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: focus on how big the problem is. You focus on 297 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: how big your God is. One Kings, chapter nineteen, the 298 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: prophet Elijah had just seen one of the greatest victories 299 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: of his life. Four hundred and fifty false prophets that 300 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: worshiped the God Bail had come against him. Elijah called 301 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: down fire from heaven, and they were all killed. When 302 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: the king's wife, Jezebel, heard what happened. She was furious. 303 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: She sent word to Elijah, saying, if I don't kill 304 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: you by this time tomorrow, then I'll kill myself. Elijah 305 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: took off, running for his life. It's funny. He wasn't 306 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: afraid of four hundred and fifty men, but he is 307 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: scared the death of one woman. He ran as fast 308 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: and as far away as he could. He dropped his 309 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: assistant off of the city, traveled another day out into 310 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: the desert, sat down under a tree. He was so discouraged, 311 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: so depressed, he didn't want to live. He said, God, 312 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm done, take me on home. Here. He had just 313 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: seen the the greatest miracle of his life. Twenty four 314 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: hours later, he was at his lowest moment. Just because 315 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: you have great victories doesn't mean you're not going to 316 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: have to fight discouragement. You may have a great testimony, 317 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: but there will be other tests. Elijah was in the 318 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: desert in a dry place, so tired he fell asleep, 319 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: hoping he wouldn't wait back up. You would think God 320 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: would say, Elijah, what's wrong with you? Of all people? 321 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: Why are you discouraged? You've seen my power again and again. 322 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: I'm done with you. God never gives up on us. 323 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: While he was sleeping, an angel came woke him up 324 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,719 Speaker 1: and said, Elijah, get up and eat. There was a 325 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: jar of water by his side, and hot bread baking 326 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: over some calls. God is so good. He didn't just 327 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: bring him food. He cooked him a meal. Elijah ate 328 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: that meal, fell back asleep. He was tired. That's one 329 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: reason he felt like giving up. You don't make good 330 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: decisions when you're worn out. The angel woke him up 331 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: a second time to Elijah eats some more. There's a 332 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: long journey up ahead. The first meal was for where 333 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: he had been. The second meal was for where he 334 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: was going. God never just brings you out. He always 335 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: gives you provision for what's ahead. You may have had 336 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: your meal for where you've been, but get ready, a 337 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,479 Speaker 1: meal is coming for where you're going. New levels of 338 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: talent increase favor vision. Elijah ran for forty days, ended 339 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: up hiding in a cave on Mount Sinai. He was 340 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: still afraid, discouraged, thinking his life was over. Verse nine 341 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: says the Lord came to him in the cave and said, Elijah, 342 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: what are you doing here now? I don't believe God 343 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: was just talking about the location. He was saying, what 344 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: are you doing here in your mind? Why are you 345 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: looking at this situation from the wrong perspective? Why do 346 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 1: you think this lady is more powerful than me? Like Elijah, 347 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: you may not see how your situation could work out 348 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: in your health, your finances, a relationship. You're worried, discouraged, 349 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: losing sleep. God is saying, what are you doing here? 350 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: Don't you know I am still on the throne. I 351 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: control the universe. I've brought you out in the past, 352 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring you out in the future. And I 353 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: just say, God, I'm discouraged because I'm the only prophet alive. 354 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm the only one that hasn't bowed down to Bell 355 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: and now they're trying to kill me too. When you're discouraged, 356 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: when you're in a dry place, it's easy to have 357 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: an exaggerated view of your problem. I'm the only one 358 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: that has all these bad breaks. I'm the only one 359 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: that has a boss that treats me like this. God said, Elijah, 360 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: You're not the only one. I have seven thousand prophets 361 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: that have not bowed down. Take the pressure off You're 362 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: not the only one facing what you're up against. People 363 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: have been where you are. God brought them out. He's 364 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: going to bring you out too. God told Elijah to 365 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,239 Speaker 1: come out of the cave, come out of hiding, and 366 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 1: stand on the side of the mountain. There was a 367 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: huge windstorm like a tornado, so strong that rocks were 368 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: flying through the air. Dust so thick you couldn't see 369 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: anything that passed. Then there was a great earthquake. The 370 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: ground shook, rocks came tumbling down that passed. There was 371 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: a huge fire burned everything around him that passed. Then 372 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 1: there was the sound of a gentle whisper, a still 373 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: small voice. After all those huge signs, God had his attention. 374 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: Elijah leaned in to listen closely. The voice whispered, what 375 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: are you doing here? God asked him a second time, 376 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: Why are you depressed over a problem that's only temporary. 377 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: Elijah thought his life was over, when in fact, in 378 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: just a few days he met Elisha, a young man 379 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: that he mentored. Elisha did twice as many miracles as Elijah. 380 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 1: Elijah's life wasn't over. He was about to come in 381 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: to double the impact. Those thoughts that are telling you 382 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: it's all downhill. You have too many problems. The obstacles 383 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: are too big. God is going to do for you 384 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: what he did for Elijah. You're coming in to double 385 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: That's why the enemy is trying to stop you so hard. 386 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: The windstorm, Elijah faced, the earthquake, the fire. That was 387 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: the enemy bringing his biggest challenges. But when it was 388 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: all said and done, Elijah was still standing strong. We 389 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: see this principle with Jesus. He was in the desert, 390 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: in a dry place. He was tempted three times by Satan. 391 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: The final temptation was the biggest. Satan said, if you'll 392 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: bow down before me, I'll give you all the kingdoms 393 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: of the world. That was his last attempt to try 394 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: to deceive him. Jesus wouldn't give in. Immediately an angel 395 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: came to strengthen Jesus. You may feel like you're in 396 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: a desert, a dry place. The storms, the winds, the challenges. 397 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: They've done all they could to stop you, but you're 398 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: still standing. Jezebel didn't get you. The windstorm didn't harm you, 399 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: the earthquake didn't take you out. You stood strong. You 400 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: passed the tesk. Now, like with Jesus and Elijah, The 401 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: Angel is coming to strengthen you. Things are about to 402 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: change in your favor. Negative situations are about to turn around. 403 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: What you're praying about is on the way. Now do 404 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: your part. Stay out of the dry places, don't go 405 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: over into the enemy's tear in your mind. Quit thinking 406 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: about what's not going to work out. All those challenges 407 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: you face, that was the enemy doing his best, but 408 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: his best was not enough. Now you may be tired 409 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: from fighting, but get ready. God is about to send 410 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: an abundant reigin to refresh you. I believe in declare 411 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: breakthroughs are coming, Healing is coming, promotion is coming, New 412 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: levels are coming. The fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, 413 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say him in Today? 414 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 415 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 416 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 417 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 418 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 419 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: born again. 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