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Please stop buy and 44 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. I promise 45 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 46 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 5: so much much for tuning in today, and thank you 47 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 5: again for coming out. And I like to start with 48 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 5: something funny and heard about this little girl. She asked 49 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 5: her mother how the human race got started. The mother 50 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: explained how God made Adam and Eve and they had 51 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 5: children and on and on here we are today. A 52 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 5: few days later, she asked her father the same question. 53 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 4: He explained, how. 54 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 5: Many years ago there were monkeys. 55 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 4: Little by little. 56 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 5: They became more like people, and now here we are confused. 57 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 5: She went back to her mom, said, Mom, you said 58 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 5: God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. How 59 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 5: can that be? She said, oh, honey, that's easy. I 60 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 5: told you about my side of the family. Dad told 61 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 5: you about his Hold up your bible, say it like 62 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 5: you mean it. 63 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 64 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is recepted. It will never be 68 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about how God will bring 70 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 5: justice into your life. We all go through situations that 71 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 5: are unfair. It doesn't seem fair that that person could 72 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 5: lie about you and damage your reputation. Doesn't seem fair 73 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 5: that your sisters have children but you can't conceive. Doesn't 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 5: seem fair that you're raising a special needs child, or 75 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 5: you lost a loved one, You're dealing with a sickness. 76 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 5: Life has thrown you a cur It's not what you 77 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 5: had planned. But here's what I've learned. Even though life 78 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 5: is not always fair, God is fair, And if you 79 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 5: will keep your trust in Him and not get bitter, 80 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 5: but just keep moving forward. God has promised he will 81 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 5: pay you back for every unfair thing that's happened. Now, 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 5: don't let one bad break ruin the rest of your life. 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 5: Don't let one divorce, one bankruptcy, one loss of a 84 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: loved one, one bad childhood keep you from the amazing 85 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 5: future God has in store. What happened may have been wrong. 86 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 5: What they did may have put you at a disadvantage. 87 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: They played politics and you didn't get the promotion. They 88 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 5: let you go after years of being loyal to that company, 89 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 5: or they didn't have time for you growing up, abandoned 90 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 5: you when you needed them the most. 91 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: That was unfair. 92 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 5: But what they did cannot stop your destiny. They don't 93 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 5: have the final say. God has the final say. And 94 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 5: God said, I will restore the years that were stolen. 95 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 5: God said, I will give you beauty for those ashes. 96 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 5: He said, weeping may endure for a night, but joy 97 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 5: is coming in the morning. Nothing that's happened to you 98 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 5: is a surprise to God. 99 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 4: God already has. 100 00:04:54,839 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 5: The restoration, the vindication, the new beginning. That set act 101 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 5: was simply a set up for God to take you 102 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: to a higher level. You got to shake off the 103 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 5: self pity, shake off the defeat, and get ready for 104 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 5: God to do something new. 105 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 4: He's going to pay you back for every injustice. 106 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 5: This is what happened with the people of Israel. They 107 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: had spent four hundred and thirty years in slavery. They 108 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 5: were terribly mistreated, forced to work long hours with no breaks. 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 5: They were given quotas that were impossible to meet. When 110 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 5: they didn't meet them, their life was made even more miserable. 111 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 5: God said in Exodus, I have seen the affliction of 112 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 5: my people. 113 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 4: I have heard their cries. 114 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 5: Friends, God has seen every wrong that's been done to you. 115 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 5: He has seen every person that hurts you, every tear 116 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 5: you shed, every lonely not every injustice. God went on 117 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 5: to say, I am come down to deliver you. There 118 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 5: comes a point where God says enough is enough. 119 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 4: I've seen it. Now I'm going to do something about it. 120 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 5: Now. I'm not going to just give you what you deserve, 121 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 5: but I'm going to make the enemy pay and bring 122 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 5: you out better off than you were before. God delivered 123 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 5: the Israelites out of slavery. Pharaoh finally agreed to let 124 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 5: them go. That was a great miracle that was worth 125 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 5: celebrating in itself. But they didn't leave there empty handed. 126 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 5: God is a god of justice. He always makes the 127 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 5: enemy pay for bringing the trouble into your life. On 128 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 5: their way out, the Israelites asked their captors for their gold, 129 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 5: their silver, their jewels. God caused them to have favor, 130 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 5: and they willingly handed it over to them. 131 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 4: Imagine what Pharaoh must have thought. 132 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 5: Seeing these former slaves leaving his country pushing wheelbarrows full 133 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 5: of his treasures. What was God doing paying them back 134 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 5: for four hundred and thirty years of mistreatment. It may 135 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 5: not happen overnight, but God is a god of justice. 136 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 5: He is keeping the records. He knows exactly what you're owed. 137 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 5: God sees every time you do the right thing, but 138 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 5: the wrong thing happens, every time you take the high 139 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 5: road and forgive you let it go. Every time you 140 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 5: work hard but you didn't get the credit. God is 141 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 5: closely watching you. Have an account with him. He'll make 142 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 5: sure you not only get what you. 143 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 4: Deserve, but his justice is to pay you back with more. 144 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 5: Now I know some of you, like these people, you've 145 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,239 Speaker 5: been in an unfair situation. It's gone on a long time, 146 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: and you've lost your passion. You've lost your fire, thinking 147 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 5: that's the way it's always going to be. But God 148 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 5: is saying to you what he said to the Israelites. 149 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 5: I have come down to do something about it. 150 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 4: You need to get ready. It's payback time. Everything the 151 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 4: enemy's stolen. 152 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 5: God is going to restore the joy, the peace, the hell, 153 00:07:59,360 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 5: the dream. 154 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 4: God is going to pay. 155 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 5: You back for the childhood you didn't have. God is 156 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 5: going to pay you back for that person that falsely 157 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 5: accused you. He's going to pay you back for the 158 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 5: years you lost in an abusive relationship. He has seen 159 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 5: everything you've been through. He has come down to do 160 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 5: something about it now. Don't go around with a defeated mentality. 161 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 5: Oh Joel, this sounds great today, but you don't know 162 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 5: my story. You don't know what I've been through. Now 163 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 5: that's going to stop God from working. You may have 164 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 5: had more than your share of bad breaks. You could 165 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 5: easily get discouraged and settle where you are. But I'm 166 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: asking you to shake that off. Your attitude should be 167 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 5: I'm not staying here. 168 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 4: I know. 169 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 5: It's payback time, it's restoration time, it's vindication time, it's 170 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 5: favor time. Almighty God has come down on your behalf. 171 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 5: You may have seen the story in the news recently 172 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 5: about a young lady named Dawn. She was raised in 173 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 5: a very dysfunctional family. Mother was homeless and had a 174 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 5: drug problem. The mother's boyfriend was a drifter. They would 175 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 5: live in a shelter under a bridge. Dawn would go 176 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 5: to elementary school for a few months. When the boyfriend 177 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 5: would get arrested, they'd have to move somewhere else. She 178 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 5: grew up with no stability in and out of school. 179 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 5: Much of the time, she didn't even have running water 180 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 5: or electricity. In spite of all this, Dawn was an 181 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 5: amazing student. 182 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 4: She didn't get bitter. She didn't have a chip on 183 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 4: her shoulder. 184 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 5: She just kept being her best, making the most of 185 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 5: what she had. In high school, she worked as a janitor. 186 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 5: She would get to school early in the morning, about 187 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 5: five o'clock, and clean the classrooms and hallways. In the evening, 188 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 5: she would stay till eight working. That's how she had 189 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 5: money to survive. One summer, she went to a camp 190 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 5: with the money she had earned. When she came back home, 191 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: her mother was nowhere to be found. She called the 192 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 5: no at the temporary residence they were staying at, but 193 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 5: it was disconnected. Come to find out, her mother had 194 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 5: moved to another state with her new boyfriend, abandon her. 195 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 5: For several weeks, Dawn stayed with friends slept on their couches. 196 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 5: When the head janitor heard what had happened, she took 197 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 5: Dawn into her own home for the first time. Dawn 198 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 5: really felt loved, accepted, like she was valuable. She began 199 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 5: to excel in school. She made the honor roll straight a's. 200 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 5: She was elected vice president of her class. She started 201 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 5: a charity to help wounded soldiers. 202 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,599 Speaker 4: On and on all these awards. 203 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 5: When it came time to apply for college, her friends 204 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 5: encouraged her to shoot high, and just recently she received 205 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 5: a letter in the mail, a small white envelope. It read, congratulations, 206 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 5: you've been accepted into Harvard University. What is that God 207 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 5: bring in jail? That's God paying her back for the 208 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 5: way she was raised. The scripture says, even if your 209 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 5: mother and father forsake you, God will adopt you as 210 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 5: its very own child. 211 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 4: That was God adopting God. 212 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 5: For years, it didn't look good, didn't look like she 213 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 5: had much of a future. But like Dawn, if you'll 214 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 5: just keep moving forward, being the best that you can be, 215 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 5: God will take what's meant for your harm and he 216 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 5: will use it to your advantage. God will open doors 217 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 5: that no man can shut. God will give you favor 218 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 5: and cause people to want to be good to you. 219 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 5: And you may be in a situation where, like Dawn, 220 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 5: because of the poor choices of others, it seems like 221 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 5: you're stuck. You'll never get out of that rush, you'll 222 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 5: never accomplish your dreams. No God knows how to get 223 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 5: you to where you're supposed to be. And all through 224 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 5: the day, in your mind, in your thoughts, you should 225 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 5: be saying, Father, I want to thank you that it's 226 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: payback time. I know you're a god of justice. You're 227 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 5: restoring the years, restoring the dreams. No person's going to 228 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 5: keep me. 229 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: From my destiny. 230 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 5: I will become everything you created me to be. 231 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 4: Have that attitude of faith. 232 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 5: I knew a young man growing up that loved to 233 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 5: play baseball. 234 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 4: That was his passion. 235 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 5: When he was twelve years old, he went to try 236 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 5: out for the team, but. 237 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: The coach didn't give him a chance. 238 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 5: He said, I'm sorry, son, you're way too small to 239 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 5: play baseball. You could never make this team. Didn't even 240 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: let him try out. That young man was so devastated 241 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 5: he went home feeling. 242 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 4: Like a failure. 243 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 5: Well later in the week, the league announced that since 244 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 5: there were so many boys that tried out, they were 245 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 5: going to form another team. He was placed on this 246 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 5: secondary team made up of the less talented players. Long 247 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 5: story short, those two teams ended up in a playoff 248 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 5: for the championship of the league. This young man's team 249 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 5: beat the team of the more talented players. On top 250 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 5: of that, he was the winning pitcher. He was the 251 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 5: one that struck out batters left and right. After the game, 252 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 5: he walked by that coach that wouldn't let him try 253 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 5: out like he was ten feet tall. He may have 254 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 5: been small, but he knew dynamite comes in small packages. 255 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: That's vindication. 256 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 5: But here's my point, here's how God works. That next year, 257 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 5: the coach came to his home to meet with his 258 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 5: parents to see if, somehow, some way he couldn't play 259 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 5: on his team. 260 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 4: That year, the tables had turned. 261 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 5: Went from him not even wanting him to try out, 262 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 5: to him now begging him to play on his team. 263 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 4: What is that. That's justice, that's God paying you back. 264 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: Now, you got to shake off the negative comments. What 265 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 5: people say about you doesn't determine who you are. Shake 266 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 5: off the disrespect, keep your head held high, and God 267 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 5: will promote you in spite of what they said. One 268 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 5: way God pays you back is to prepare a table 269 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 5: before you in the presence of your enemies. That means 270 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 5: God will promote you in front of the people that 271 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 5: we're trying to hold you down. He'll show you favor 272 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 5: and honor in front of those that said, hey, you're 273 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 5: too small, you're not good enough, not talented enough, not 274 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 5: pretty enough. 275 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: No, let that go in one ear and out the other. 276 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 5: Hebrews ten thirty says, God is a just god. He 277 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 5: will repay the exact compensation owed us. 278 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 4: He will settle the cases of his people. Some of 279 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 4: you have cases that need to be settled. Like this, 280 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 4: young man. 281 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 5: People have tried to push you down, make you feel inferior. 282 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 5: Or maybe you poured your heart and soul into that son, 283 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 5: that daughter, but now. 284 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: They won't have anything to do with you. You worked 285 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: hard pursuing your dream, but. 286 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 5: The bottom fell out. Now you're starting over. You could 287 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 5: easily have a chip on your shoulder. Now you've got 288 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 5: to know God has promised to settle your case, but 289 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 5: you got to get in agreement with God and start 290 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 5: expecting payback time. This is what Job did when he 291 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 5: went through his difficulty where he lost his family, he 292 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: lost his health, he lost his business. He could have 293 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 5: easily been better, said God, I'm a good person. How 294 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 5: could you let this happen to me? This is so unfair. No, right, 295 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 5: in the midst of the trouble, he didn't see a 296 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 5: way out. But instead of complaining, instead of talking about 297 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 5: how bad it was, he looked up to the heavens 298 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 5: and he said, I know my redeemer lives. He was saying, 299 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 5: I know my God is still on the throne. I 300 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: know he's a God of justice and he will settle 301 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 5: my case. Job ended up coming out with twice what 302 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 5: he had before. If you want to see God pay 303 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 5: you back, if you want to see God make your 304 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 5: wrongs right, then when things come against you, you'll feel 305 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 5: like getting better. You may feel like complaining. No, You've 306 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 5: got to dig your heels in and say, like, job, 307 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 5: I know my Redeemer lives. I know God's going to 308 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 5: turn this around. No weapon formed against me is going 309 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 5: to prosper. My best days are still out in my future. 310 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 5: You got to have this attitude of faith, knowing that 311 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 5: God is a God of justice and he will settle 312 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 5: your case. I met a young couple that moved here 313 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,119 Speaker 5: from New Orleans. They were displaced by the Hurricane Katrina. 314 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 5: They came to Houston so beaten down, so discouraged. It's 315 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 5: like all the life had been taken out of them. 316 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 5: They had just purchased their first home there in New Orleans. 317 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 4: They were so excited. The man had a. 318 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 5: Good job moving up in the company. Plus they had 319 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 5: a little baby on the way, their first child. They 320 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 5: were having fun decorating the baby's room, making plans for 321 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 5: his arrival. 322 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: Life was good. 323 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 5: Then Hurricane Katrina hit wiped out their whole neighborhood. They 324 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 5: not only lost their new home, they lost all of 325 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 5: their possessions, their furniture, their car, their clothes, The men's 326 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 5: company closed down, didn't have a job anymore. When I 327 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 5: saw them here at Lakewood, it's like they were numb. 328 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 5: Their whole world had fallen apart. I told them what 329 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 5: I'm telling you. 330 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 4: God is a god of justice. 331 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 5: He has seen what you've been through, every tear you've shed. 332 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: He knows the disappointment, the heartache you feel. 333 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 4: And this is not the end. It's a new beginning. 334 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 5: You're not going to just come out of this barely surviving. 335 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 5: God's going to make the enemy pay and bring you 336 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 5: out better off than you were before. I spent five 337 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 5: or ten minutes speaking faith, hope, victory into their future. 338 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 5: I'll never forget how they begin to brighten up. It 339 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 5: was like I was giving water to a person that 340 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 5: was starving with thirst. They started coming to Lakewood week 341 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 5: after week, hearing about how we are victors and never victims, 342 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 5: how God always causes us to try him, how many 343 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 5: the afflictions are the righteous but the Lord delivers us 344 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 5: out of them. All faith begin to rise in their hearts. 345 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 5: They shook off that old, defeated weak mentality. 346 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 4: Their attitude was, this. 347 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 5: May be difficult, it may be unfair, but we know 348 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 5: our redeemer lives. We know God is still on the throne. 349 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,199 Speaker 5: He's in complete control, and he has promised to settle 350 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 5: our case. 351 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: That was a few years back. 352 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 5: Just recently, they told how they moved into the brand 353 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 5: new home that they built here in Houston. The man 354 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 5: has a new job, a better job, less travel, better income, 355 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 5: better benefits, and they don't have just one child now 356 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 5: they have two children. The wife said, Joel, we never 357 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 5: dreamed we could be where we are. God has amazed 358 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 5: us with his goodness. That's what happens when you get 359 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 5: in agreement with God. We all have unfair things that 360 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 5: come against us. We all go through bad breaks. But 361 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 5: you have to remember God not only seese it, but 362 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 5: he's promised if you'll just keep moving forward, if you 363 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 5: won't get better, he will settle your case. The way 364 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 5: God settles the case. It's not just to turn it around, 365 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 5: not to just make it right. No, God will bring. 366 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 4: You out better off than you were before. 367 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 5: Listen to Isaiah sixty one in the message translation, because 368 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 5: you got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in 369 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 5: the land will be double and your joy will go 370 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 5: on forever. You may feel like you got a double 371 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 5: dose of trouble, like this young couple you work hard 372 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 5: but the bottom fell out, or like Dawn, you weren't. 373 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 4: Raised in a good environment. 374 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 5: Don't get stuck there thinking that that's your lot in life, 375 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 5: that you got short change, that you'll always have a disadvantage. Now, 376 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 5: the truth is that unfair situation has qualified you for 377 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 5: double It doesn't have to stop you. If you'll have 378 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 5: the right attitude, God will use it to thrust you forward. 379 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 5: Now I realize many people didn't get off to a 380 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 5: good start in life. 381 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 4: They had a lot of bad breaks. 382 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 5: They weren't raised with parents like mine that were speaking 383 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 5: faith and victory into them, And my heart goes out 384 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,239 Speaker 5: to them. I'm compassionate, yet at the same time, I 385 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 5: don't believe in giving people. 386 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 4: A right to feel sorry for themselves. 387 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 5: You may have had a bad break, you lost a 388 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 5: loved one, you're raising a special needs child. That's difficult, 389 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 5: But don't you dare sit around with a chip on 390 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 5: your shoulder. Every unfair thing that has happened has qualified 391 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 5: you for double. 392 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 4: God is a god of justice. 393 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 5: He wants to pay you back, but you got to 394 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 5: do your part. Shake off the self pity, Shake off 395 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 5: what they said about you, shake off what didn't work out, 396 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 5: Shake off how you were raised, and get ready for 397 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 5: a double dose of God's favor, a double dose of 398 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 5: his blessing, a double dose of health, a double dose 399 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 5: of peace, a double dose of creativity. Get ready for 400 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 5: God to do exceedingly, abundantly, above and beyond. 401 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: When you go through unfair. 402 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 5: Situation, it's never easy, we never like it, but keep 403 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 5: it in the right perspective. That person that's talking about you, 404 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 5: trying to make you look bad, in a sense, they 405 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 5: did you a favor. They just qualified you for double. 406 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 5: That storm, that storm that damaged your house, that accident 407 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 5: that sets you back. 408 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 4: It may be difficult, but don't get better. 409 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 5: It qualified you for double. That person that walked out 410 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 5: on you left you. 411 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 4: When you needed them the most. 412 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 5: Don't sit around thinking that there's something wrong with you. 413 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 5: You're inadequate, you're less than no. Blow them a kiss goodbye, 414 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 5: and get ready for double. 415 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 4: It's payback time. 416 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 5: God wants to do something new in your life. Victoria 417 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 5: and I had this man that did us wrong in 418 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 5: a business deal. 419 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 4: He didn't keep his word. 420 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 5: We all agreed verbally to certain things, but when it 421 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 5: came time to put it in the contract, at the 422 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 5: last minute, he changed his mind. And because at the 423 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 5: time constraints, there's nothing we could do. We had to 424 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 5: sign it or the whole deal would have fallen apart. 425 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 4: We had way too much invested. 426 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 5: It's very dishonest, and we could have done something legally, 427 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 5: but we didn't feel good about that. We finally just 428 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 5: let it go. We didn't get bitter, we didn't start complaining. 429 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 5: We didn't hold a grudge against him and start treating 430 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 5: him badly. Our attitude was God, you said you would 431 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 5: settle our cases. You said you'd make our wrongs right. 432 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 5: You'd pay us double for this injustice. So Lord, we 433 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 5: just want to thank you that you're fighting our battles 434 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 5: for us. It didn't happen overnight, but several years later 435 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 5: that man faced difficulties and he couldn't meet his obligations 436 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 5: in the contract, and we not only got what we deserve, 437 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 5: but we got everything that belonged to him in that contract. 438 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 5: It was much more than double what am I saying. 439 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 5: When you let God settle your case, it will be 440 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 5: better than you could have ever done it yourself. Now, 441 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 5: don't be sour because of something that you lost or 442 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 5: something that was taken from you. A coworker cheated you 443 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 5: out of that contract that should have been yours. A friend, 444 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 5: a family member didn't keep their word. They didn't pay 445 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 5: you back. Instead of being bitter and trying to get even. 446 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 4: Stay on the high road. 447 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 5: God sees the injustice. He knows what they took, and 448 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 5: if you'll let God settle your case, he'll not only 449 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 5: give you what you deserve, but God will pay you 450 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 5: back with even more. One time in the scripture, Jacob 451 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 5: had an agreement with an older relative named Laban that 452 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 5: he would work for Laban for seven years and in return, 453 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 5: Laban would give him his daughter, Rachel as his wife. 454 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 5: Rachel was very beautiful. Jacob loved her so much that 455 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 5: he agreed. So for seven years, Jacob worked faithfully. He 456 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 5: increased Laban's flocks many times over went to great links 457 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 5: to fight off the wild animals that would try to 458 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 5: kill the sheep and the goats. After seven years, he 459 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 5: had fulfilled his part of the contract made Laban a 460 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 5: much wealthier man. 461 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 4: But Laban changed his mind. 462 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 5: He said, Jacob, I'll let you marry one of my daughters, 463 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 5: but not Rachel. You can marry my oldest daughter named Leah. Well, 464 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 5: no offense to Leah, but that's not what they agreed to. 465 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. Laban said, if you want 466 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 5: to marry Rachel, you'll have to work for me another 467 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 5: seven years. And Jacob was either so dumb or so 468 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 5: in love he agreed to do it. Sometimes you're so 469 00:24:55,119 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 5: in love it makes you dumb. Fourteen years later, he said, Laban, 470 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 5: I want to leave now with Rachel and go back 471 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 5: to be with my family. Laban was feeling so guilty, 472 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 5: he said, Jacob, I got to pay you something for 473 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 5: working all these years. You've made me very wealthy. What 474 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 5: would you like? Jacob said, I don't want any money. 475 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 5: I'll make a deal with you. I'll work for you. 476 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: A little longer. 477 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 5: Just let me have all the streaked and spotted sheep 478 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 5: and goats, all the solid colored animals will be yours. 479 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 4: When I leave. 480 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 5: You'll know that I'm not taking anything that belongs to you. 481 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 5: Laban loved this idea because there were very few streaked 482 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 5: and spotted animals. But Laban was so cheap and so dishonest. 483 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 5: He went out at night and removed all the streaked 484 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 5: and spotted sheep and goats and put them in a 485 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 5: special pen so they couldn't mate with the solid colored animals. 486 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 4: That way, Jacob wouldn't have as much. 487 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 5: What Laban didn't realize is that God is a god 488 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 5: of justice. He will not allow his children to be 489 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 5: continually taken advantage of it. When those solid colored animals 490 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 5: made it, do you know what color their offspring was? 491 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 5: Streaked and spotted? Friends, God has the final say. God 492 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 5: knows how to pay you back. He's not limited by 493 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 5: the laws of nature. He's not limited by what people 494 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 5: say or what a boss says. And Laban was over 495 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 5: there scratching his head. He thought, man, that is not right. 496 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 5: How did that happen? He got so frustrated he went 497 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 5: back to Jacob and said, I want to change the agreement. 498 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 4: From now on, you get all. 499 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 5: The solid colored new animals that were born. Jacob said, 500 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 5: no problem, that's fine. You know what color all the 501 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 5: new animals born were solid color. The blessing followed Jacob, 502 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 5: God supernaturally increased him. 503 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 4: He left there. 504 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 5: With more flocks than his relative Laban. What was God 505 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 5: doing paying jail make up back? When you go to 506 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 5: work each week, remember you're not working under people. You're 507 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 5: working under God. 508 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 4: And he is a God of justice. 509 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 5: If somebody is being dishonest, not keeping their word, or 510 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 5: maybe they're playing politics and not giving you the credit 511 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 5: you deserve, don't get upset, don't try to pay them back. 512 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 5: God is keeping the records. He will make sure you 513 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 5: not only get what you deserve, but like Jacob, God 514 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 5: will pay you back with even more. I know some 515 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 5: of you today you feel like that you've gotten a 516 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 5: double dose of trouble. Things have come against you. But 517 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 5: this is a new day. It is payback time. Get 518 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 5: ready for a double dose of God's goodness, a double dose. 519 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 4: Of God's favor. 520 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 5: God is going to make the enemy pay for bringing 521 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,719 Speaker 5: the trouble into your life. Instead of complaining about it, 522 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 5: get up in the morning and say, like Job, I 523 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 5: know my redeemer lives. Remember every difficulty, every unfair situation 524 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 5: that has qualified you for double I believe some of you, 525 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 5: even this week, are going to see cases settled, restoration, vindication, promotion, breakthroughs, 526 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 5: a promise coming to pass. The God of Justice is 527 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,479 Speaker 5: going to show himself strong in your life. You're not 528 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 5: going to just come out. You're going to come out 529 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 5: better off than you were before. I believe it and 530 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 5: declare it in Jesus' name. 531 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say amen? 532 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 533 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 534 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 535 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 536 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Amen. 537 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 5: Well, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 538 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 5: got born again. 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