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Hi, this 40 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 4: is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. We 41 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: enjoy spending this time with you. I know you're going 42 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 4: to leave encouraged and inspired. 43 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,919 Speaker 5: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 44 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 5: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 45 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 47 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 4: you with us today. I know God has amazing things 48 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 4: in your future. I hope you'll stay connected with us 49 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 4: all through the week. You can download our podcast listen 50 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: to the messages anytime, or you can go to our 51 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 4: YouTube channel. But thanks for tuning in today. I like 52 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 4: to start with something funny and I heard about this pastor. 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 4: He was in the lobby after service greeting people. He 54 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 4: saw a man that he hadn't seen in a long 55 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 4: long time. He pulled him aside, said, sir, you need 56 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 4: to join the Army of the Lord. The man said, 57 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: what are you talking about. I'm in the Army of 58 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 4: the Lord. The pastor said, well, how come I only 59 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 4: see you on Easter and Christmas. The man whispered back, 60 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 4: I'm in the Secret Service. All right, say it like 61 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 62 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 4: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 63 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 64 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 65 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 66 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 67 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about remember what 68 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 4: God said. We all have promises that God has put 69 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 4: in our heart. Things we know he's spoken to us, 70 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 4: how we're going to accomplish a dream, see a problem, 71 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: turn around, beat the addiction, meet the right person. At 72 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 4: one time we knew it was going to happen. We 73 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 4: were praying, believing, passionate. But when it's taking longer than 74 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 4: we thought, when we've gone through disappointments, people didn't come through, 75 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: the medical report isn't improving, negative thoughts start to play 76 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 4: louder and louder. It's never going to work out. You're 77 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: never going to get well, you'll never see your family restored. 78 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 4: Too often we let those thoughts drown out what God 79 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 4: has spoken to us. If you're going to stay in faith, 80 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 4: you have to remember what God said. Go back to 81 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 4: the promises, go back to that time he whispered to 82 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 4: you in the night. Start thanking him for what he 83 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: told you. Start declaring favor, victory, healing. You have to 84 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 4: keep your faith stirred up, keep those promises on the 85 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 4: forefront of your mind. God is faithful. He doesn't tell 86 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 4: you something and then not do it. The scripture says 87 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 4: all of His promises are yes and amen. It may 88 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 4: not happen on our timetable or the way we think, 89 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 4: but what God promised is on the way. It's easy 90 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 4: to believe when things are going our way, but most 91 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 4: of the time the promise won't come to pass without 92 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 4: a test. When you're under pressure, you don't understand why 93 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 4: it's taking so long and why those people didn't keep 94 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 4: their word, you'll be tempted to live frustrated, live worried, afraid. 95 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 4: Recognize that's a test. The enemy would love for you 96 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 4: to forget what God promised. He'd love for you to 97 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 4: get so caught up in what's not happening, so focused 98 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 4: on how your child isn't doing right. Right when you 99 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: thought you were going to get ahead, the pandemic hit. 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 4: Now there's no way you can have a good year. No, 101 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 4: remember what God said, even in famine, you will have 102 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 4: more than enough. Whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. 103 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 4: The economy is not your source. God is your source. 104 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 4: You're connected to a supply line that will never run drive. 105 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 4: But there's always something trying to steal the seed of 106 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: God's word out of your heart. Because when you keep 107 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 4: that seed watered you keep thanking God for what he promised, 108 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 4: You keep talking like it's on the way, you're constantly 109 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 4: meditating on what he said. Then you're going to see 110 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: the faithfulness of God. He's going to make things happen 111 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 4: that you couldn't make happen. Jesus said in John eleven, 112 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 4: did not I tell you if you believe, you will 113 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 4: see the glory of God? You may be facing a sickness. 114 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 4: You're so worried, stressed out. God is saying, did not 115 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 4: I tell you I will restore health unto you? Did 116 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 4: not I tell you by my stripes you are healed? 117 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 4: Did not I tell you the number of your days 118 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: I will fulfill? Why don't you start thanking God for 119 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 4: what he told you instead of letting the negative thoughts play. 120 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 4: The reason we're discouraged many times is we've forgotten what 121 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 4: God said. It's not complicated. Go back to his promises, 122 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 4: Go back to what he whispered to you in the night. 123 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 4: Start remembering what he's spoken over you replaying that over 124 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 4: and over as you dwell on those promises. Fear has 125 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 4: to leave, doubt, worry cannot stay. Faith will rise in 126 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 4: your heart. Maybe your child is off course and running 127 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: with the wrong crowd, and you're frustrated, thinking they're never 128 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 4: going to change. God is saying, did not I tell 129 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 4: you that as for you and your house, you will 130 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: serve the Lord? Did not I tell you that your 131 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 4: children will be mighty in the land. When you wake 132 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 4: up in the middle of the night tempted to worry, 133 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: turn it around. Lord, thank you for what you said, 134 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 4: that my children will fulfill their destiny. There's a battle 135 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 4: taking place in our mind. The enemy comes against us 136 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 4: with thoughts, thoughts of doubt, fear, worry. His goal is 137 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: to keep your mind so filled with all the negative 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 4: that you're so preoccupied with what's not going to work out, 139 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 4: how you can't break the addiction, how you'll never meet 140 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 4: the right person, that you never think about what God 141 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 4: promised you. You have to take control of your thought 142 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 4: life when worry comes. Don't go on autopilot. Don't just 143 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 4: let it play. Stay on the offensive on purpose. Remember 144 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 4: what God said. Thank him that he's making a way. 145 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: Will you don't see away? Thank him that he always 146 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 4: causes you to tryumph. Thank him that what was meant 147 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: for harm he's turning for your advantage. Thank him that 148 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 4: he's taken you from glory to glory, from victory to victory. 149 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: A young lady I know went through a breakup in 150 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 4: a relationship and she thought this would be the person 151 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 4: she would marry in. She was so discouraged, so down 152 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 4: on life, down on herself. We all go through disappointments, loss, 153 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 4: things that are not fair. If we stay focused on 154 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 4: the hurts, God, why did this happen? I don't understand it. 155 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: That's going to keep us way down. We'll miss the 156 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 4: new things God has in store. I know it's not easy, 157 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 4: but you have to make this shift in your thinking. 158 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 4: Quit dwelling on the hurts and start dwelling on what 159 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 4: God promised you. God is saying, did not I tell 160 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 4: you I will give you beauty for those ashes? Did 161 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: not I tell you weeping endures for a night, but 162 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 4: joy comes in the morning. Did not I tell you 163 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 4: that I will pay you back double for the unfair 164 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: things that have happened. God has you in the palm 165 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 4: of his hand. He has not brought you this far 166 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 4: to leave you that loss. The breakup, Yes, it's painful, 167 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 4: but it didn't stop your destiny. God has a new beginning. 168 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 4: He's about to open new doors bring new relationships. You 169 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 4: haven't seen your best days. The reason the enemy is 170 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 4: fighting you is he knows there's something amazing in your future. 171 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 4: You're on the verge of seeing blessing, favor, influence like 172 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 4: you've never seen. Now, don't let those negative thoughts keep 173 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 4: you where you are. Start remembering what God said in 174 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 4: the scripture. When Job was in the middle of all 175 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 4: this loss and heartache, it looked like he had seen 176 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: his best days. Everything had gone wrong. God said to him, 177 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 4: I will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your 178 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 4: lips with shouts of joy. This was in chapter eight. 179 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 4: Things didn't turn around until chapter forty two. Imagine Job 180 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 4: sitting in the ashes, discouraged thinking about all that had 181 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 4: gone wrong. He was tempted to feel sorry for himself 182 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 4: give up on life. But then he remembered what God promised. 183 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 4: He's going to fill my mouth with laughter. I can 184 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 4: hear him say Lord, thank you that I'm gonna dream again, 185 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: I'm gonna laugh again, I'm going to love again. When 186 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: he could have been complaining right in the middle of 187 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 4: the difficulty, he looked up and said, I know my 188 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 4: Redeemer lives. He was saying, I know God is still 189 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 4: on the throne. I know he's bigger than this adversity. 190 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 4: I know my latter days will be better than my 191 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 4: former days. He kept remembering what God said, not what 192 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 4: the circumstances said, not what his emotion said, not what 193 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 4: the negative thought said. When you keep your mind on 194 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: what God promised, you're going to see him show out 195 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 4: in your life. When that test was over, Job came 196 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 4: out with twice what he had before. You may have 197 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: gone through loss, disappointments, that is not how your story ends. 198 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: It may be painful now you're hurting. God sees it. 199 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 4: He's not only going to help you through, but he's 200 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 4: going to fill your mouth with laughter. There is great 201 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: joy in your future. The right people are already headed 202 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 4: your way, new relationships, favor like you've never seen now. 203 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 4: Don't fall into the trap of complaining, living in self pity, 204 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 4: thinking it's all downhill from here. You're remembering the wrong things. 205 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 4: Start remembering what God said, that there is beauty for 206 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 4: those ashes. That double is coming, double the joy, double 207 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 4: the peace, double the resources. You're not going to just 208 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 4: come out, God says, You're going to come out better, stronger, healthier, happier, 209 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 4: more fulfilled, now do like job and keep thanking God 210 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 4: for what he said. Keep declaring my redeemer lives all 211 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 4: through the day. In your thoughts, Father, thank you that 212 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 4: your plans for me are for good. Thank you that 213 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 4: you will fill my mouth with laughter again. When you're 214 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: under pressure, it's so important what you're allowing to play 215 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 4: in your mind. Thoughts will tell you all the reasons 216 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 4: it's not going to work out. Sometimes people will tell 217 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 4: you how you'll never break the addiction. You can't start 218 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 4: that business. You have to go back to what God said, 219 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 4: not what people said, no disrespect, not what the expert said, 220 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 4: not what your mind says, not how you feel, but 221 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 4: to what God promised. Maybe you're discouraged over how long 222 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 4: your dream is taking, how impossible it looks. God is saying. 223 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 4: Did not I tell you what I started I will finish. 224 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 4: Did not I tell you if you delight yourself in me, 225 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 4: I will give you the desires of your heart. The 226 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 4: medical report wasn't good. Now you're upset. Did not I 227 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 4: tell you no weapon formed against you will prosper. People 228 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 4: at the office or play in politics trying to push 229 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 4: you down. They have more influence, more seniority. Did not 230 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 4: I tell you, when the enemy comes in like a flood, 231 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: I will raise up a barrier. Did not I tell 232 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 4: you I will fight your battles for you? Did not 233 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 4: I tell you I'm preparing a table before you in 234 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: the presence of your enemies. When you remember what God said, 235 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 4: you won't be worried. You'll have peace in the midst 236 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 4: of the storm. You'll have faith to believe for the impossible. 237 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 4: You'll have the courage to defeat giants, the endurance to 238 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 4: outlast opposition, the favor to accomplish more than you thought possible. 239 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 4: It was early Sunday morning. Jesus had just been crucified 240 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 4: and risen from the dead. Three women went to the 241 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 4: tomb to care for Jesus's body. When they arrived, they 242 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 4: noticed something was wrong. The stone rolled away. They looked 243 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 4: in and Jesus' body was gone, and they were so distraught. 244 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 4: As they sat there weeping, not knowing what to do. 245 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 4: Suddenly two men appeared to them. They were angels. They 246 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 4: were wearing bright robes so brilliant, radiating with such light, 247 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,479 Speaker 4: these women could hardly look at them. They were terrified. 248 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: The angel said, why are you looking in a tomb 249 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 4: for someone? That's alive. Jesus is not here. He has 250 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: risen from the dead. I can imagine how these ladies 251 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 4: were sitting there in awe, trying to take it all in. 252 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 4: The angel went on to say, don't you remember what 253 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: he told you in Galilee, that he would be betrayed crucified, 254 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 4: then on the third day he would rise from the dead. 255 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 4: The next verse says they remembered what Jesus said, they 256 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 4: rushed back to tell the disciples. These women came to 257 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 4: the tomb discouraged, depressed, defeat. They went back home excited, passionate, 258 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: full of faith, full of hope. They couldn't wait to 259 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 4: tell the other disciples. When you remember what God says, 260 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: it will change your perspective. As long as your dwelling 261 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 4: on the negative what didn't work out, how impossible it is, 262 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 4: that's going to keep you discouraged. God is saying to 263 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 4: you what the Angel said to them. Don't you remember 264 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 4: what I told you. Don't you remember I said you 265 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 4: will lend and not borrow. Don't you remember I said, 266 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 4: My mercy is bigger than your mistakes. God has you 267 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 4: hearing this for one reason, so you'll remember what He's 268 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 4: promised you You need to go back to what God 269 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 4: has spoken to you. Go back to that dream he 270 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 4: gave you in the night, go back to that promise 271 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 4: that He whispered in your spirit. You have to stir 272 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 4: it up, get your passion back, get your hopes up, 273 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: start talking like it's on the way, Start thanking God 274 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 4: that is coming. The scripture says these ladies were perplexed, overwhelmed, confused. 275 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 4: Their world had been turned upside down. Under all the pressure, 276 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 4: with all the stress of losing their friend, they forgot 277 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 4: what Jesus had told them. What's interesting is he told 278 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 4: them what was going to happen, not twenty years earlier. 279 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: That makes sense, been a long time they forgot Jesus 280 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 4: told them just a few days before. But when they 281 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 4: came under the pressure, when they felt overwhelmed, they forgot 282 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 4: what he said. That's the time you have to be 283 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 4: on guard. When life is stressful, you have a set 284 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 4: back in your finances, you're struggling with depression, don't let 285 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 4: those negative thoughts drown out what God promised. Maybe you're 286 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 4: under pressure now. This pandemic has left many people anxious, worried, 287 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: thinking what's going to happen with my finances, What about 288 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 4: my children put on hold? It's easy to forget what 289 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 4: God promised. Like that angel, I'm saying, remember what God 290 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 4: told you. You may feel alone, but he said, I'll 291 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 4: never leave you. I'll stick closer than a brother. Your 292 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 4: business slowed down. You don't know how you're going to 293 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 4: make ends meet. He said, I'll make streams in the desert. 294 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 4: I'll supply your needs. According to my riches, that anxiety, 295 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 4: the depression, the addiction seems permanent. He said. The enemies 296 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 4: you see today you will see no more. He said, 297 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 4: Greater is he that's in you than what's trying to 298 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 4: stop you. He said, whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, 299 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,719 Speaker 4: are you remembering what he said? Or have you let 300 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 4: the circumstances, the trouble, the stress cause you to dwell 301 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 4: on the negative and think about how it's not going 302 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: to work out When we're under pressure. The mistake we 303 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 4: make many times is we go by what we see 304 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 4: instead of by what God says. When Joel, look at 305 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 4: this medical report, look at my finances, Look how big 306 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 4: these obstacles are. As long as you go by what 307 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 4: you see, you're going to be worried, stressed. You have 308 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 4: to start going by what God said. Here's the good news. 309 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 4: What he said will override what you see. When my 310 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 4: father passed and I stepped up to pastor the church, 311 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 4: what I saw when I looked in the mirror was 312 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 4: someone that was inexperienced, intimidated, unqualified. Thoughts told me that 313 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 4: nobody would listen to me. I was going to get 314 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 4: up here and fail. I was tempted to live, worried, 315 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 4: shrink back. But I did what I'm asking you to do. 316 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 4: I didn't go by what I saw. I went by 317 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: what God said. I felt weak, but I remember that 318 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 4: God said I am strong in the Lord. I didn't 319 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 4: think I could do it, but I remembered what God said, 320 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 4: I can do all things through Christ. I had some 321 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 4: people that didn't want me to Succeeds that had large followings, 322 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 4: looked like they would discredit me, hold me down. But 323 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 4: I remembered what God said that promotion doesn't come from people, 324 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 4: it comes from the Lord. People don't determine your destiny. 325 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 4: They cannot stop the calling on your life. They may 326 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: look bigger, more powerful, more influential. Don't go by what 327 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 4: you see, go by what God says. He says you're 328 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 4: a giant killer. He says, you're more than a conquer 329 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 4: He says, the trap the enemy set for you, they 330 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 4: will fall in themselves. Matthew, Chapter fourteen. Jesus told the 331 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 4: disciples to get in a boat and go to the 332 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 4: other side of the lake, and he was going to 333 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 4: meet them there. The disciples started rowing that way. Everything 334 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 4: was going fine until the winds picked up the waves 335 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 4: got rough. Now they were struggling to make it. Hour 336 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 4: after hour. At three in the morning, they looked up 337 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 4: and this figure came walking on the water. They thought 338 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 4: it was a ghost. They were so afraid. The scripture says, 339 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 4: they screamed in terror. They had never seen anything like this. 340 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 4: Jesus told them it was him. Peter was not only astonished, 341 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 4: he was inspired. He said, Lord, if that's really you, 342 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 4: tell me to come to you by walking on the water. 343 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 4: Jesus said, all right, Peter, you can come. You too, 344 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 4: can walk on the water. Peter climbed over the side 345 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 4: of the boat, stepped into the water, but his feet 346 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: didn't go down. He started walking on top of the water, 347 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 4: defying the odds. I can imagine how amazed he was, 348 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 4: how in awe he took step after step, looking at Jesus, 349 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: marveling at what was happening. But then he began to 350 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 4: look around at the waves. He looked at how strong 351 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 4: the wind was, how the boat was rocking, how he 352 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 4: was out in the middle of the water. Suddenly he 353 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 4: began to sink. He cried out, Lord, please save me. 354 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 4: In Jesus reached down and helped him back into the boat. 355 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 4: As long as Peter was focused on what Jesus said, 356 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 4: walk on the water, come here with me, he was fine. 357 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 4: But when he started focusing on what he saw, the winds, 358 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 4: the waves, he begin to doubt, be afraid that I 359 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 4: can't do this. It's the same principle in life. If 360 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 4: you stay focused on what you see, you can get 361 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 4: talked out of your dreams. If you're focused on how 362 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 4: big the obstacles are, how the medical report is not good, 363 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 4: how you'll never get out of debt, then you'll be limited. 364 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 4: You have to stay focused on what God said. When 365 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 4: you focus on what he promised, you'll walk on water. 366 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 4: You'll go places you couldn't go on your own. You'll 367 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 4: overcome obstacles that are much bigger. The winds, the waves 368 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 4: are a test. Are you going to get distracted and 369 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 4: start focusing on the negative. This problem is too big, 370 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 4: this addiction seems permanent. I don't have the fire finances 371 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 4: to go to college. I'll never get out of this neighborhood. 372 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 4: That's going to cause you to sink. You have to 373 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 4: change your focus from what you see to what God said. 374 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 4: You have to walk by faith and not by sight. 375 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 4: What you're up against may seem impossible, but God created 376 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 4: you to walk on water. He created you to defy 377 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 4: the odds. He created you to go further than people 378 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 4: say you can go. He created you to defeat giants. 379 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,239 Speaker 4: He created you to beat the cancer. He created you 380 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 4: to acquire compact centers. Yes, it seems unlikely. Yes, you 381 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 4: may not feel like you have the talent. You may 382 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 4: be afraid. That's okay. The key is don't focus on 383 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 4: what you see. Focus on what God said. That's what's 384 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: going to fuel your faith. That's when you're going to 385 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 4: see far and beyond favor, favor that catapults you ahead. 386 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 4: God told Nehemiah he was to rebuild the wa of Jerusalem. 387 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 4: But Neemiah wasn't a builder. He was a cupbearer to 388 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 4: the king, living a thousand miles away. He didn't have 389 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 4: the resources, the staff, the influence. But God never asked 390 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 4: you to do something and then doesn't give you the 391 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 4: ability to do it. God was saying to Nemiah, you're 392 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 4: going to walk on water. You're going to do something 393 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 4: over your head, something that you're not qualified for, something 394 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: where you don't have the connections the experience. Neemiah could 395 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 4: have looked at the circumstances thought, God, you have the 396 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 4: wrong person. I'll never accomplish this dream. But Neemiah understood 397 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 4: this principle. He didn't go by what he saw. He 398 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 4: went by what God said. When you step out in faith, 399 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 4: God will open doors that no person can shut. He'll 400 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 4: bring the right people. He'll make things happen that you 401 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 4: couldn't make happen. God gave Neemiah favor with the king. 402 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 4: The king not only let him have the time off, 403 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: which was unprecedented, but the king gave him a letter 404 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 4: requiring people to give him the materials and resources he needed. 405 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: It should have taken years, but Nehemiah rebuilt the wall 406 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 4: in just fifty two days. God has some things in 407 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 4: your future where you're going to walk on water. You're 408 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 4: going to accomplish what seems impossible. You're going to overcome 409 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 4: what looks insurmountable. Now do your part. Don't focus on 410 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 4: the winds, the waves, the impossibilities. That's going to talk 411 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 4: you out of it. Focus on what God said. Let 412 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 4: his promises play in your mind over and over. That 413 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 4: dream he put in your heart every day. Thank him 414 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 4: for it, those secret things he whispered to you in 415 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 4: the night. Dared to believe that they're on the way. 416 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 4: A friend of mine knew an older gentleman that was 417 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 4: a fighter pilot in World War II. He not only 418 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 4: flew missions, but he was a flight trainer. He would 419 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 4: train these young men, many of them only eighteen years old, 420 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 4: how to fly planes before he ever took them up 421 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 4: in the air. They spent hours going over the instruments, 422 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 4: learning what they did and what caused the plane to function. 423 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 4: He stressed the importance of always flying the plane by 424 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 4: the instruments, not by what they saw. They spent months 425 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 4: and months on the ground in flight simulators, flying planes 426 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 4: strictly by the instruments. After one young pilot completed the program, 427 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 4: he took him up in the air. The pilot was 428 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 4: doing great, everything running smoothly, just like his training. A 429 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 4: few minutes later, a storm suddenly arose. They found themselves 430 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 4: in bad weather, dark clouds. The plane started bouncing around. 431 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 4: It got to the point they couldn't see anything. This 432 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 4: young pilot panicked. Instead of going by his instruments following 433 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 4: his training, he looked around at all the clouds, the rain. 434 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 4: He felt the plane shaking. He became disoriented and confused. 435 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 4: He couldn't tell if he was gaining outude or losing altitude. 436 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: He kept straining out the window to try to get 437 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 4: some kind of visual signs of which direction to go. Finally, 438 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 4: the flight instructor took a blanket that was used to 439 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 4: cover the windshield when the plane was stored and eclipped 440 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 4: it in place. Now the young pilot couldn't see anything. 441 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 4: He had no choice except to go by the instruments. 442 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 4: In a few minutes, they came out of the storm 443 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 4: and eventually landed the plane safely. Sometimes, like this young pilot, 444 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 4: we know what God promised us. We have the instruments, 445 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 4: we do good on the ground, we quote the scripture, 446 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 4: we believe. But when the storm hits, we start looking 447 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: at the clouds, the winds. It's bumpy. We don't see 448 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 4: a way. Too often we panic, live worried. But you 449 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 4: have to come back to the instruments. You can't go 450 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 4: by what you see or you'll get discouraged. You may 451 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 4: not see anything except dark clouds. Everywhere you look. There's 452 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 4: no visibility, no sign of how it's going to work out. 453 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 4: Go back to your instruments. Remember what God promised you. 454 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 4: There's not a storm you're facing that's a surprise to God. 455 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 4: There's not a problem you're in that he can't get 456 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 4: you out of. But when we're under pressure, when life 457 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 4: gets stressful, it's easy to focus on the wrong things. 458 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 4: Are you looking out the window focused on the storm, 459 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 4: or you focused on what God promised you. He's spoken 460 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 4: dreams to your heart, He's whispered things to you in 461 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 4: the night. The enemy has tried to drown them out 462 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 4: with negative thoughts, negative circumstances, but they are still alive. 463 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 4: What God started, he's going to finish. Now do your 464 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 4: part and remember what he said, Keep declaring what he promised, 465 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 4: keep thanking him for it. If you'll do this, I 466 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 4: believe and declare like Peter, You're going to walk on water. 467 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 4: You're going to defy the odds. Like Nehemiah, You're gonna 468 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 4: accomplish dreams bigger than you thought. And like this pilot, 469 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 4: you're gonna come through every storm safely. I speak strength 470 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 4: over you, I speak victory, I speak healing, breakthroughs, favor, abundance, 471 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, I'd like 472 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 473 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 474 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I 475 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 476 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 477 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 4: to give you some free literature on your new journey 478 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,479 Speaker 4: with the Lord. 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