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I like to start 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 5: with something funny each week and one day Adam said 46 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 5: to God, God, why did you make Eves so beautiful? 47 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 5: God said, so you would love her. He said, well, God, 48 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 5: why did you give her such long flowing hair. God 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 5: said the same thing, so you would love her. Well, God, 50 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 5: why did you give her such a good figure? God 51 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 5: said it again, so you would love her. Adam said, 52 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 5: all right, God, you made her so beautiful, so attractive. 53 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 5: Why'd you make her so dumb? God said, Adam, that's easy, 54 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 5: so she would love you. Come on, say it like 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 56 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 5: it says. 57 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 6: I am. 58 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be talked. 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 5: The word of God, I boldly confess is alert. My 61 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God, 62 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 63 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 5: I'm still standing. We all go through difficulties and things 64 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 5: we don't understand, and it's easy to get discouraged and 65 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 5: think why am I having these problems? But being a 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 5: person of faith doesn't exempt us from difficulties. The scripture says, 67 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: rain falls on the just and the unjust, no matter 68 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 5: how good of a person you are. No matter how 69 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 5: much you honor God, you're going to have some rain. 70 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: Men said to me last week in the lobby, Joel, 71 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 5: I'm having more problems than my neighbor down the street. 72 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 5: That doesn't have anything to do with God. Jesus told 73 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 5: a parable about this where a wise man built his 74 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 5: house up on the rock. He honored God. Another man 75 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 5: built his house on the sand. He didn't. The winds blew, 76 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 5: the rains descended and beat upon the houses. Interesting is 77 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 5: the same storm came to both people, the just and 78 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 5: the unjust. If the story ended right there, you would 79 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 5: think doesn't make a difference to honor God. Same thing 80 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 5: happens to me, that happens to everybody else. Built my 81 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 5: house on the rock, Yet I'm on this storm, got 82 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 5: a bad medical report child. God off course, lost my 83 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 5: biggest client. No, that's not the end of the story. 84 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 5: If you judge it too soon, it may seem like 85 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 5: it doesn't make a difference. Jesus went on to tell 86 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 5: the man that built his house upon the rock, when 87 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 5: the storm was over, his house was still standing. The 88 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 5: men that built on the sand his house had washed away. 89 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 5: Here's the difference. When you honor God, the storms may come, 90 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 5: but you have a promise that others don't have. When 91 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 5: it's all said and done, you'll still be standing. And 92 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 5: in difficult times you have to remind yourself this is 93 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: not the end. My house is built upon the rock. 94 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 5: The enemy doesn't have the final say. God does, and 95 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 5: he says, when it's all over, I'll still be standing. 96 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 5: You may get knocked down, but you won't get knocked out. 97 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 5: You may suffer a setback, have to go through a 98 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 5: few things, but don't get discouraged, don't get bitter. It's 99 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 5: just life. It rains on all of us. The promise 100 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 5: God gives us is if you'll stay in faith, when 101 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 5: the smoke clears and the dust settles, you will not 102 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 5: be the victim. You will be the victor. You will 103 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 5: still be standing. All of us can look back at 104 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: things that should have defeated us. That divorce, that bad break, 105 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 5: should have given you a nervous breakdown, But look at you. 106 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 5: You're still standing, happy, hold restored that addiction, that party 107 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 5: and lifestyle should have killed you. But because of your 108 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 5: praying mother, you're still standing, clean, sober, free. That sickness 109 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 5: should have been the end. The medical report said you 110 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 5: were done. But God, I said, I've got another report. 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: It's not over. You're still standing. Or maybe you lost 112 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 5: a loved one, didn't think you could go on, thought 113 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 5: you had seen your best days. But God breathed new 114 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 5: life into you, lifted you out of the pit, put 115 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 5: a new song in your heart. And here you are today, 116 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 5: still standing. When you go through some things, you see 117 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 5: the goodness of God. You see him lift you, restore you, 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 5: promote you, heal you. When you have this history with God, 119 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 5: remembering what He's done, you don't get discouraged by every difficulty. 120 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 5: You don't fall apart because of a disappointment. You don't 121 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 5: get upset because people are talking about you. You know, 122 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 5: God brought you through in the past, and He's going 123 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 5: to bring you through in the future. About a year 124 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 5: after I took over from my father as pastor of 125 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 5: the church back in nineteen ninety nine, I got word 126 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 5: that one of our longtime members was going to leave 127 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 5: the church. These were people that I'd grown up with. 128 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 5: I was young and doing my best and last thing 129 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 5: I wanted was to lose people. And when I heard this, 130 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 5: my first thought was, Oh, man, can't believe this is happening. 131 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 5: It's tempted to get down and discouraged, but then something 132 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 5: rolls up in me. I thought to myself, I made 133 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 5: it through the death of my father. I made it 134 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 5: through one of my darkest hours. I can make it 135 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 5: through them leaving. I thought I made it through my 136 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 5: mother having terminal cancer. I made it through a three 137 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 5: and a half year lawsuit to get this facility. I 138 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 5: made it through critics and naysayers telling me I couldn't minister. 139 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 5: I made it through my own thoughts telling me I 140 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 5: wasn't qualified. If I can make it through that, I 141 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 5: can make it without them being here. I heard I 142 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 5: heard God say, right down in here, Joel, don't worry. 143 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 5: They may leave, but I'm not going to leave it. 144 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 5: When it's all said and done, just like all those 145 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 5: other times, you'll still be standing strong in a difficult time. 146 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 5: Right now, you need to look back and remember what 147 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 5: God has done for you. Remember how he's made away 148 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 5: when you didn't see away. Remember how he's opened doors 149 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 5: that should have never opened. Remember how he puts you 150 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 5: at the right place at the right time, promoted you, 151 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: healed you, restored you. If He did it for you once, 152 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 5: he can do it for you again. Your house is 153 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: built upon the rock. You have this promise that no 154 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,559 Speaker 5: matter what comes your way, when the storm is over, 155 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 5: when the trouble has passed, when the opposition has ceased, 156 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 5: one thing you can count on, you'll still be standing. 157 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 5: You have the DNA of Almighty God. The same power 158 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 5: that raised Christ from the dead, lives on the inside 159 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 5: of you. You may get knocked down, but you're not 160 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 5: going to stay down. There's something in your DNA that 161 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 5: says get back up again. That's not where you belong. 162 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 5: You're a child of the Most High God. We had 163 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 5: a hurricane here in Houston a few years ago, and 164 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: there were all kinds of trees blown down. Huge oak 165 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 5: trees four or five feet in diameter, there were no 166 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 5: match for the one hundred mile an hour winds. Pine 167 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 5: trees well over one hundred feet tall lay in yard 168 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 5: after yard. Big trees, small trees, pines, oaks, magnolias, elms, 169 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 5: none of them could withstand the hurricane force winds. There 170 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 5: was only one type of tree that I noticed was 171 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 5: it blown down. It was the palm tree. It's because 172 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 5: God designed the palm to withstand the storm. Unlike most 173 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 5: other trees, the palm is able to bend so it 174 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 5: doesn't break. There's a certain kind of palm that can 175 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 5: bend over to where it's almost touching the ground during 176 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 5: a hurricane. It may stay that way for five or 177 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 5: six hours. Looks like it's over, looks like it's done. 178 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 5: I can imagine the hurricane huffing, puffing, saying, I may 179 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 5: not be able to break you like the oaks or 180 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 5: the pines, but at least I can keep you all 181 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 5: bent over. At least I can keep you from ever 182 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 5: standing up again. The hurricane thinks it's winning the battle, 183 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 5: but in a few hours, when it runs out of strength, 184 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 5: when the winds die back down, you know what happens. 185 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 5: The palm tree stands right back up to where it 186 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 5: was again. Why is that? Because God put bounce back 187 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 5: in the palm tree. It may get pushed over, but 188 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 5: it's only temporary, just a matter of time before it 189 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 5: stands right back up. Psalm ninety two twelve says the 190 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 5: righteous will flourish like a palm tree. It could have 191 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 5: said we'd flourish like an oak tree, be big and 192 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 5: strong and have wide branches. Could have said we'd flourish 193 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 5: like a pine tree, be tall and impressive and be 194 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 5: able to see for miles. But the reason God said 195 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 5: we would flourish like a palm is because God knew 196 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 5: we would face difficulties. He knew there would be things 197 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 5: in life to try to push us down and keep 198 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 5: us from our destinies. So God said, I'm gonna make 199 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 5: you like a palm. I'm going to put bounce back 200 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 5: on the inside. You may go through a season where 201 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 5: the winds are blowing, a season of loss, of disappointment, 202 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 5: a season of dealing with an illness. But don't get discouraged. 203 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 5: It's only temporary. At some point those winds will stop 204 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 5: blowing and the bounce back put in you by your 205 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 5: creator will cause you to straighten right back up to 206 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 5: where you were before. Don't believe the lives that is permanent. 207 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 5: You'll never get well, you'll never overcome that addiction, you'll 208 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 5: never get out of that legal problem. No, your house 209 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 5: is built upon the rock. You may be a little 210 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 5: bent over now, you may have some difficulties, but when 211 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 5: that storm passes, be encouraged. You're gonna stand right back 212 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 5: up to where you were before. What's interesting is when 213 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 5: the palm tree is bent over because of the hurricane. 214 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 5: You would think that's damaging the tree and making it weaker, 215 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 5: but research shows it's just the opposite. When the tree 216 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 5: is being pushed and stretched by the strong winds, it's 217 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 5: strengthening its root system and giving it opportunities for new growth. 218 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 5: After the storm, when the palm tree stands right back up, 219 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 5: it's actually stronger than it was before. When you get 220 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 5: through that storm, when you straighten back up, you're not 221 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 5: going to be the same. You're going to be stronger, healthier, wiser, 222 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 5: better off, ready for new growth. God never brings you 223 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 5: out the same. He makes the enemy pay for bringing 224 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 5: the trouble. What's meant for your harm, God will use 225 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 5: to your advantage. That difficulty is not going to defeat you. 226 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 5: It's going to promote you. It's not going to break you. 227 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 5: It's going to strengthen you. You're not only going to 228 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 5: still be standing, You're going to be standing stronger than ever. 229 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 5: I have a friend that's had cancer three times. It's 230 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 5: been going on the last ten years, and couple of 231 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: times it looked like he was done, but I've never 232 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 5: once seen him down. I've never heard him complain. He 233 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 5: knows God has him in the palm of his hand. 234 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 5: He knows the number of his days. God will fulfill. 235 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 5: In other words, he's got his house built upon the rock. 236 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: Every time it looks like he's done somehow, like that 237 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 5: palm tree, he bounces back. Last time the cancer came back, 238 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 5: the doctors told him they were going to harvest his 239 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: white blood cells before he took chemotherapy. He asked them 240 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 5: how many they needed. They gave him a number. He said, doctor, 241 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna give you twice what you're asking for. Every 242 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 5: day he would thank God that he was getting better. 243 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 5: He saw himself healthy and Whull went out in exercise, 244 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 5: did everything that he could. Two months later, went back 245 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 5: to the hospital. The doctor said, you're a man of 246 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 5: your word. You've given us more than twice what we 247 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 5: asked for. Today he's totally answer free, beat the cancer 248 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: for the third time. Here's what I'm saying. No matter 249 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 5: how hard those winds blow, they cannot uproot you. They 250 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 5: cannot topple you, they cannot break you. Sickness doesn't determine 251 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: your destiny. God does. He's the one that breathed life 252 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 5: into you. He made your body. If it's not your 253 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: time to go, you're not going to go. God has 254 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 5: the final say, and he said, no weapon formed against 255 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 5: you will prosper. He said, many are the afflictions of 256 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of them all. 257 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 5: He said, a good man may fall seven times, but 258 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 5: the Lord will raise him up. There's the bounce back. Now, 259 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 5: you got to get in agreement with God. Don't have 260 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 5: a weak, defeated mentality. Oh Joe, why did this happen 261 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 5: to me? I don't understand it. I can tell you 262 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 5: why it happened because you're alive. It rains on everyone. 263 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 5: The good news is because you're the righteous, you have 264 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 5: something in you that the unrighteous doesn't have, Like that 265 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 5: palm tree. There's bounce back in your spirit. No matter 266 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 5: how hard those winds blow, they cannot defeat you. If 267 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 5: you'll stay in faith, you'll be able to say, like 268 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 5: my friend, I'm still standing. Sickness had me down for 269 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 5: a little while, but I came right back up still standing. 270 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 5: Went through a slow season at work, had a bad break, 271 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: but it didn't defeat me. It promoted me. I came 272 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 5: out stronger. I'm still standing. Or maybe I had a 273 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 5: breakup in a relationship. Somebody walked out on me, broke 274 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 5: my heart. Didn't think I'd ever be happy again. But 275 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 5: look what the Lord has done, brought somebody better into 276 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 5: my life. I'm still standing stronger than ever. Met a 277 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 5: young couple that moved here from New Orleans. They lost 278 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: everything during Hurricane Katrina. The house that they had worked 279 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 5: so hard for was washed away, lost their possessions, their furniture, 280 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 5: their car. They made it out only with the clothes 281 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 5: on their back. A bus dropped them off at the 282 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 5: Houston Astrodome, and when I met them here at Lakewood, 283 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 5: it's like they were numb. Their whole world had fallen apart. 284 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 5: The men's company, the people he worked for, had closed down. 285 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 5: He no longer had a job. I told them what 286 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 5: I'm telling you. You may be down, but it's temporary. 287 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 5: There's bounce back in your spirit. When it's all said 288 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 5: and done, you'll still be standing strong. Week after week 289 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 5: they kept coming to Lakewood, hearing about how we are 290 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 5: victors and not victims, and about how God will pay 291 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: you back for the unfair things that have happened. A 292 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 5: couple of years later, they brought me pictures in the 293 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 5: lobby of the new home they had just moved into 294 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 5: in New Orleans. They had an older home, but here 295 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 5: they have a brand new home. The man told how 296 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 5: he has a better job with better benefits, His kids 297 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 5: are in better school, On and on. That's what happens 298 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 5: when your house is built upon the rock. He doesn't 299 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 5: prevent difficulties. You may have some storms, you may go 300 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 5: through some bad breaks, but because of the bounce back 301 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 5: in your spirit, when it's all over, you'll still be standing, 302 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: not the same, but increased, promoted, better off than you 303 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 5: were before. Isaiah said, when the enemy comes in like 304 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 5: a flood. That means when you feel overwhelmed. You lost 305 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 5: your house in the hurricane, you got a bad medical report, 306 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 5: a friend did you wrong in a business deal. What 307 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 5: does God do sit back and think too bad? Told 308 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 5: you it's gonna rain, told your life was going to 309 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 5: be difficult. Now, when the enemy comes in like a flood, 310 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 5: God raises up a barrier. In other words, that injustice, 311 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 5: that bad break, that sickness, it gets God's attention. He 312 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 5: doesn't sit back, He goes to work. It's like as 313 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 5: a parent, if you see anything bothering your child, if 314 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 5: someone or something is giving them a heart time, you 315 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 5: don't think twice. You stop what you're doing and immediately 316 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 5: go to help. One time, when our son Jonathan was 317 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 5: a little boy, maybe about two years old, we were 318 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: at the grocery store together and I had walked down 319 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 5: to the end of the aisle to get something. He 320 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 5: stayed there at the cart and I could still see him, 321 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 5: but he was about forty feet away. He started pulling 322 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 5: things off the bottom shelf, a few boxes of cereal, 323 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 5: and no big deal. I was gonna clean it up. 324 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 5: But this lady came around the corner that worked there 325 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 5: and got very upset that he was making a mess. 326 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 5: She started jumping down his throat, saying, listen here, young man, 327 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 5: you need to learn to keep your hands to yourself, 328 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 5: and you cannot make this mess in my store. On 329 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 5: and on. And when I heard that, something rose up 330 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 5: on the inside of me. I don't know if it 331 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 5: was God or the devil, but it felt good. I'm 332 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 5: the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I'll do anything in 333 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 5: the world for you, but if you mess with my children, 334 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 5: you got a fight on your hands. That's the way 335 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 5: it is with our heavenly Father. When the enemy comes 336 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 5: in like a flood, God steps up and says, hey, wait, 337 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 5: a minute. You're messing with the wrong person. That's my son, 338 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 5: that's my daughter. If you're gonna mess with them, you're 339 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 5: gonna have to first mess with me. Who am I? 340 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 5: I am the all powerful creator of the universe. When 341 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 5: God said, let there be light, light came at one 342 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 5: hundred and eighty six thousand miles. A second, God says, 343 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 5: to your enemies, you want some of this, go ahead 344 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 5: and make my dad. You gotta realize, in the tough times, 345 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 5: you're not alone. You've got somebody fighting for you. The 346 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: Most High God has got your back. Now you've got 347 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 5: to get your fire back. You can't go through life 348 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 5: focused on who hurt you and what didn't work out 349 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 5: and how unfair it is. That's gonna keep you down. 350 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 5: Shake off that weak, defeated mentality and have a warrior mentality. 351 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,719 Speaker 5: A warrior doesn't complain about opposition. On the contrary, a 352 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 5: warrior likes a good fight. It fires him up. This 353 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 5: is what David did in the scripture. He suffered a 354 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 5: major setback. While he and his men were out protecting 355 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 5: the borders of Israel, doing the right thing, fulfilling their purpose, 356 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 5: it began to rain. These bandits came in and attacked 357 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 5: their home city of Ziglag, burned down their houses, stole 358 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 5: their possessions, kidnapped their wives and children. When he and 359 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 5: his six hundred men returned home and saw the smoke 360 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 5: billowing in the distance, finally realized that was their home city. 361 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 5: The scripture says they wept until they could not weep anymore. 362 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 5: It was the worst day of their lives. It looked 363 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 5: like it was over looked, like they were done. It 364 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 5: would have stayed that way if it had not been 365 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 5: for David. He did something that we all must do 366 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 5: if we're going to see them bounce back. Instead of 367 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 5: staying in the ashes focusing on how bad life had 368 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 5: treated him, that warrior spirit began to rise up. He thought, Hey, 369 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 5: I may be down, this may be my worst defeat 370 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: so far, but this is not the end of my story. 371 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 5: I am the righteous. I've got bounced back in my spirit. 372 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 5: My house is built upon the rock. I have the 373 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 5: promise when it's all over, I'll still be standing. He 374 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 5: started encouraging himself, reminding him who he was and whose 375 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 5: he was. He told his men, get up, dry your tears, 376 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 5: get your equipment. We're going to go get what belongs 377 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 5: to us. They went out not only attacked and defeated 378 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 5: the enemy, but they got all their possessions back, They 379 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 5: got their wives and children back. The scripture says they 380 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 5: recovered all. David's greatest defeat turned into one of his 381 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 5: greatest victories. We all face unfair situations, things that seem 382 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 5: like they're going to bury us. But if you will 383 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 5: have this warrior mentality and go after what belongs to you, 384 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 5: the enemy won't have the last laugh you will. He 385 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 5: may hit you with his best shot, but his best 386 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 5: will never be enough. The forces that are for you 387 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 5: are greater than the forces that are against you. Like David, 388 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 5: you may be down right now. It may be raining 389 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 5: in your life, but because your house is built upon 390 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 5: the rock, because you are the righteous, there's bounce back 391 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 5: in your spirit. When it's all said and done, you're 392 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 5: still going to be standing. A few weeks ago, I 393 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 5: was at home lifting weights by myself. I was lying 394 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 5: on a bench doing the bench press. I was using 395 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 5: a barbell free weights. It wasn't a machine, and this 396 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 5: was my last set. I was going to do five repetitions. 397 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 5: It was a very heavy weight for me. I did 398 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 5: number one, two, three, Everything fine, just like normal, but 399 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 5: on rep number four it was very hard. Could barely 400 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 5: get it up. I thought, Okay, I'm gonna go ahead 401 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 5: and try number five, but I don't know if I 402 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 5: could do it. I pushed number five and got about 403 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: halfway up and got stuck. I pushed and pushed and pushed, 404 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 5: gave it everything I had, but it wouldn't budge. I 405 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 5: couldn't do it. I went to set the weight down 406 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 5: on the safety rails I have on each side so 407 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: I could get out from under it. The only problem 408 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 5: was Jonathan was home from college and he had moved 409 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 5: the safety rails lower when he was working out. I 410 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 5: forgot to check. Then. Now I've got all this weight 411 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 5: on my chest and I'm totally out of energy. I 412 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 5: couldn't shake it off to one side or the other. 413 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 5: There were clamps on the end of the barbells. Had 414 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 5: times before I've rolled it down my chest to my stomach, 415 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 5: but I couldn't do it with this heavy weight. My 416 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 5: first thought was how long can I keep this weight 417 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 5: off of me before it crushes me? And I thought 418 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 5: probably about a minute or two. The next thought was, 419 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 5: you've already wasted thirty seconds. As I sat there contemplating 420 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 5: what I should do. Something rose up in me and said, Joel, 421 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 5: you are not going to let this way crush you. 422 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 5: You are not going to let your family come in 423 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 5: here and find you squashed. This is not the end 424 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 5: of your story. You're too young to die, you got 425 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 5: too much in you to die. You're too good looking 426 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 5: to die. And crazy thoughts come when you're about to die. 427 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 5: I pushed on this right side with all of my might. 428 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 5: The left side caught the lower safety rail, and I 429 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 5: scooted about an inch. I rested a few seconds and 430 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 5: pushed again on that right side, scooted another inch, and 431 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 5: another and another. Eventually I was able to get my 432 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 5: shoulder out from the bench, then my chest out, and 433 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 5: finally I fell to the ground, and that bar belle 434 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 5: was caught by the lower rail. Here's my point. When 435 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 5: you're in a tough time, you can't sit around thinking 436 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 5: about the bad break and how unfair it was. And 437 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 5: I can't believe I got this sickness, can believe they 438 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 5: left me, can believe this weight is on me. You 439 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: can either let that sickness crush you. You can let 440 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 5: that defeat, that bad break, that disappointment finish you. Off, 441 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 5: die under the weight of it, or you can have 442 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 5: this war your mentality and do what you've got to do. Push, scoot, stretch, squirm, wiggle, refocus, 443 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 5: get your second wind and beat it. I got up 444 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 5: off the ground. My chest was a little scraped and 445 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 5: my back was a little bruised, but at least I 446 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,479 Speaker 5: was still alive. I looked at that way and say, 447 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 5: you didn't defeat me. I'm still standing. The scripture puts 448 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 5: it this way. God has armed you with strength for 449 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 5: every battle. I found, the more difficult the battle, the 450 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 5: more strength you'll have. Your strength will always match what 451 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 5: you're up against. When I think about how I got 452 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 5: out from under that way, I don't know how I 453 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 5: did it. I was totally out of energy. I'd used 454 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 5: all my strength for that fifth rep. I could have said, God, 455 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 5: please just take this off of me. It's gonna kill me. 456 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 5: God said no, Joel, push one more time and watch 457 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 5: what will happen. I pushed and discovered strength that I 458 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 5: didn't know I had. Are you letting something defeat you 459 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 5: because you don't think you have the strength to overcome 460 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 5: the strength to deal with that financial problem, that sickness, 461 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 5: that child, this off course if you'll have this warrior 462 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: mentality and do what you can do, God will help 463 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 5: you do what you cannot do. I saw on the 464 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 5: news just last week this man came up to a 465 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 5: car on the freeway that had crashed. There was a 466 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 5: person trapped on the inside. The car caught on fire. 467 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 5: This man about my size went over to the doorframe 468 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 5: and somehow ripped the door away from the car so 469 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 5: the person could get out. They showed a picture of 470 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 5: this bit steel frame looked like something you'd see in 471 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 5: the movies from a superhero. Asked the man how he 472 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 5: did it. He said, I don't know. I just pulled 473 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 5: as hard as I could. When you do what you've 474 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 5: got to do, you'll discover a strength that you didn't 475 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 5: know you had. Friends, you are not weak, you're not defeated. 476 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 5: You're a warrior. You've got resurrection power on the inside. 477 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 5: You may be down right now, those winds may be blowing, 478 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 5: but like that palm tree, you're about to come back 479 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 5: up again. You're not gonna stay down. You're not gonna 480 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 5: be the same. You're gonna be stronger, healthier, better off. 481 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 5: This is a new day. Things are changing in your favor. 482 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: God's done it in the past. He's going to do 483 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 5: it again in the future. You need to get ready. 484 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 5: A bounce back is coming. You're going to bounce back 485 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: from sickness, bounce back from loss, bounce back from bad breaks, 486 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 5: bounce back from debt. Those winds cannot uproot you. They 487 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 5: don't have the final say God does, because your house 488 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 5: is built upon the rock. No matter what comes against you, 489 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, when it's all said and done, 490 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 5: you will not be the victim. You will be the victor. 491 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 5: You will still be standing in Jesus's name if you 492 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 5: receive it. Can you say him in today? We never 493 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 5: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 494 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 495 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 5: pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of 496 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 5: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 497 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 5: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 498 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 499 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 5: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 500 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 5: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 501 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. 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