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Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 36 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 5: ministry going. 38 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 40 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 5: into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 41 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 42 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 5: our services. 43 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 45 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 5: again for coming out today. I like to start with 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 5: something funny and I heard about this pastor. He was 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 5: in the lobby after service greeting people, and he saw 48 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 5: this man that he hadn't seen in a long long time, 49 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 5: pulled him over to the side and said, sir, you 50 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 5: need to join the Army of the Lord. Man said, 51 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 5: what are you talking about. I'm in the Army of 52 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 5: the Lord. Pastor said, well, how come I only see 53 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 5: you on Christmas and Easter. He whispered back, I'm in 54 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 5: the Secret Service. Hold your Bible up, say it like 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 56 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 5: it says. I am. I have what it says I have. 57 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 58 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 59 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 60 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 61 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about blessed by 62 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 5: your enemies. We all know that God can bless us. 63 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 5: He can show us favor, promote us, heal us. But 64 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 5: we don't always realize God can. 65 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 6: Use our enemies to bless us. 66 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 5: And what you may think is a disappointment, A person 67 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 5: that walked away, friend that betrayed you, a coworker that's 68 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 5: trying to make you look bad. You may not like that, 69 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 5: but you couldn't reach your destiny without them. It's all 70 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 5: a part of God's plan to get you to where 71 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 5: you're supposed to be. David would only be known as 72 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 5: a shepherd boy if it wasn't for Goliath. Goliath was 73 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 5: strategically placed in David's path, not to defeat. 74 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 6: Him, but to promote him. 75 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 5: Without Goliath, David would have never taken the throne. Don't 76 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 5: complain about your enemies. It may look like a setback. 77 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 6: But really it's a set up for God to get 78 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 6: you to your throne. 79 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 5: After all, God could have used King Saul to promote David. 80 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 5: Saul had the authority, he could have moved on Saul's heart, 81 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 5: told him promote that young man. But God chose to 82 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 5: bless David, not through his friends, but through his enemies. 83 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 5: And that's why we don't have to play up to people. 84 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 5: Try to convince them to like us. Hopefully they'll give 85 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 5: me a good break. No, God doesn't have to use 86 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: your friends. He can use your enemies, your critics, the 87 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 5: ones that are trying to push you down. He can 88 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 5: use them to push you up. And it's interesting when 89 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 5: David defeated Goliath, you never hear any more about Goliath. 90 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 5: Goliath was created for David's purpose. Part of his destiny 91 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 5: was to establish who David was. And just as God 92 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 5: has divine connections lined up for you, people to encourage you, 93 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 5: push you forward, He's also lined up people that will 94 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 5: try to stop you, discourage you, try to make it 95 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 5: look bad. There are Golias ordained to come across your path, 96 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 5: and if you don't understand this principle, you'll get discouraged. God, 97 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 5: why is this happening to me? That opposition wasn't meant 98 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 5: to stop you. It was meant to establish you. When 99 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 5: you overcome it, you will not only step into a 100 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 5: new level of your destiny, but everyone around you will 101 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 5: see the favor of. 102 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 6: God is on your life. 103 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 5: In two thousand and two, we received word that the 104 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 5: Houston Rockets basketball team was moving out of this building 105 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 5: and the city was thinking about selling it. 106 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 6: We needed a larger auditorium. 107 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 5: When I heard that something came alive on the inside, 108 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 5: I knew it was supposed to be ours. The word 109 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 5: got out in the city that we were interested in it, 110 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: and there was all kinds of debate as to what 111 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: should happen to this building. 112 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 6: And a friend of mine. 113 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 5: Was at a business lunching sitting with some high powered executives. 114 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 5: One of these executives, a very influential man, found out 115 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 5: that my friend attends Lakewood. He started talking about the 116 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 5: Compact Center and about how against us he was, and 117 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 5: about what a terrible thing this would be for the 118 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 5: city now, how no church should ever have this building. 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 6: On and on. 120 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 5: Some other people at the table joined in kind of laughing, 121 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 5: making fun talked about how Lakewood didn't have a chance 122 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: in the world to get it. Finally, this executive looked 123 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 5: at my friend and said, very sarcastically, it will be 124 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 5: a cold day in hell before Lakewood ever gets that building. 125 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 5: My friend called me afterward and told me about the conversation. Said, 126 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 5: thanks a lot for the good news. Appreciate that encouragement. 127 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 5: But the truth is that conversation was ordained by the Creator. 128 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 5: He was one of those goliath God had strategically placed 129 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 5: in her path. And when I heard about how against 130 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 5: us was, I was already determined, but something. 131 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 6: Rose up in me. 132 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 5: I had a holy determination. I had a new fire, 133 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 5: a new result, And every time things got tough, looked 134 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 5: like it wasn't going to work out. I would be 135 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 5: tempted to get discouraged. I could hear that phrase a 136 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 5: cold day in hell. I'd get my passion right back. 137 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 5: Wouldn't take me five seconds. Sometimes God will put an 138 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 5: enemy in your life to keep you stirred up. He'll 139 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 5: allow critics, doubters, discouragers, even some haters. 140 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 6: So when you. 141 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 5: Feel tired and think you want to give up, you'll 142 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 5: keep pressing forward, shaking it off. Not because you feel 143 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 5: like it, but because you don't want to give your 144 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 5: enemies the joy of shitting you defeated. 145 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 6: Now out us fight, not out of pride. It's a 146 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 6: holy determination. 147 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 5: God uses the negative to keep us stirred up. And 148 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 5: that business leader that was so against us, he doesn't 149 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 5: realize it, but God used him more than he used 150 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 5: my friends. He was one of the most instrumental people 151 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 5: in us getting this building. 152 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 6: And the funny thing is he wasn't for. 153 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 5: Us, he was against us. God used our enemies to 154 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 5: bless us. If I ever see that man, I need 155 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 5: to buy him dinner. McDonald's. Probably some of my enemies. 156 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 5: I feel like I need to write. 157 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 6: Them a check. 158 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 5: If they hadn't have been against me, I wouldn't have 159 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 5: prayed so hard. They hadn't have made fun I would 160 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 5: have given up sooner. If they hadn't have told me 161 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 5: I couldn't do it, didn't have what it takes, might 162 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 5: have been complacent, settled where I was. It was their 163 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 5: opposition that pushed me forward many times. God will use 164 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 5: your enemies to catapult you to success more than your friends, 165 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 5: David said. God prepares a table before me in the 166 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 5: presence of my enemies. Notice when God brings you through 167 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 5: the opposition, he's not going to do it in private. 168 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 5: He's going to do it where all of those enemies 169 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 5: can see it. This building is located on the second 170 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 5: busiest freeway in the nation. You can't drive in this 171 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 5: city very long without seeing what God has done. And 172 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 5: that man that was against us, I can only imagine 173 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 5: every time he passes by, something. 174 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 6: Whispers in his ear. 175 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 5: It must be a cold day in hell, because there 176 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 5: they are. Maybe today you're facing some kind of enemy, 177 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 5: not just a person, an enemy in your health, in 178 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 5: your finances, in a relationship, doesn't look like it's ever 179 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 5: going to work out. Have this new perspective right now, 180 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 5: God is preparing the table. The angels are taking the 181 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 5: food out of the oven. Gabriel's putting his finishing touches 182 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 5: on that meal. Any moment, you're gonna hear the dinner 183 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: bell ringing. God's going to say, it's your time. Here's 184 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 5: the table, here's the meal I prepared for you. It's 185 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 5: not gonna be a little fast food meal hidden over 186 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 5: in the corner. 187 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 6: Nobody notices. 188 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 5: Now God is preparing a table like he did for David, 189 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 5: like he did for us, to where not just all 190 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 5: of your friends see it, but even those enemies, the doubters, 191 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 5: the discouragers, the ones that said you couldn't do it, 192 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 5: They're going to see you blessed, promoted, vindicated, live in 193 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 5: your dreams, in a place of honor, in influence. In 194 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 5: one sense, God used Judas more than he used the 195 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 5: other disciples. 196 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 6: Judas was ordained to betray Jesus. 197 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 5: That was his purpose to try to stop him, and 198 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 5: it wasn't just his idea, it was the plan of God. 199 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 5: At the time, it seemed like a bad break. But 200 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 5: if he had not betrayed Jesus, there wouldn't have been 201 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 5: a crucifixion. With that the cross there wouldn't have been 202 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 5: a resurrection. Without the resurrection, we wouldn't have redemption, no salvation. 203 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 5: And we celebrate Mary, the mother of Jesus, giving birth 204 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 5: in the manger. We celebrate John baptizing Jesus the dove 205 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 5: coming down from heaven. But the men who betrayed Jesus, 206 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 5: the one who sold him for thirty pieces of silver, 207 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 5: was just as critical a part of his destiny, if 208 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 5: not more so than the others. What am I saying, 209 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 5: don't complain about the person that betrayed you. If they 210 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 5: walked away, they didn't set you back. They set you 211 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 5: up for. 212 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 6: The fullness of your destiny. 213 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 5: If they lied about you, tried to push you down, 214 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 5: overlooked you, it may not have been fair. 215 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 6: But if God allowed it, he knows how to use 216 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 6: it for your good. 217 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 5: What if Jesus would have gotten upset, said God, I'm 218 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 5: your son, How could you let this man betray me? 219 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 6: He's one of my disciples. Now, Jesus knew that Judas was. 220 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 5: Going to betray him, but he didn't try to stop him. 221 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 5: He didn't try to talk him out of it. He 222 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 5: knew that betrayal was a part of his divine destiny. 223 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 5: And too often we fight against everything that doesn't go 224 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 5: our way. Get upset, bitter God, Why is this happening. 225 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 5: The longer I live, the more I realize nothing happens 226 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 5: by accident, even the opposition. If you'll keep the right attitude, 227 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 5: God will use it to your advantage. I was talking 228 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 5: to a well known minister one time. For over fifty years, 229 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 5: he had gone around the world doing so much good. 230 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 5: Most people were very appreciative, but in his hometown, the 231 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 5: local newspaper was never for him. 232 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 6: They were always finding fault. 233 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 5: He could do one hundred things right, they wouldn't report that, 234 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 5: they'd find the one thing they didn't like, make a 235 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 5: big deal out out of it. 236 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 6: This went on year after year. He had an interesting perspective. 237 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 6: He said, if it hadn't been. 238 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 5: For that newspaper, I would have never accomplished so much. 239 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 6: Thought, what do you mean? 240 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 5: He said, that newspaper not only kept me on my knees, 241 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 5: but it gave me the fuel to keep pressing forward 242 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 5: to prove to them that they were wrong. He went 243 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: on to build a beautiful university in that city. Tens 244 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 5: of thousands of young people have attended, and toward the 245 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 5: end of his life. When he was just about done, 246 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, the newspaper had a change of heart. 247 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 5: They wrote this big front page article celebrating everything that 248 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 5: he had done. It was almost like God waited on purpose. 249 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 5: God knew that enemy. Even though my friend didn't like it. 250 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 6: It was making him better. 251 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 5: It was keeping him stirred up, made him more determined, 252 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 5: more resilient. Some of the things that we don't like 253 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 5: were asked God to get rid of. If he removed 254 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: them right now, we wouldn't reach our highest potential. That 255 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 5: opposition is making you stronger. Those people trying to stop you, 256 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 5: the betrayal, the disappointment that cannot. 257 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,479 Speaker 6: Keep you from your destiny. 258 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 5: God has the final say, and if he hasn't removed 259 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 5: it yet, that means. 260 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 6: He's going to use it for your good. 261 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 5: He strategically places the Goliath, the judases the opposition. Without Goliath, 262 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: you can't take your throne Without Judas, you won't reach 263 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 5: your highest potential. Without the naysayers, you wouldn't become all 264 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 5: you were created to be. In the Book of Luke, 265 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 5: there's a familiar story. Four men carried this paralyzed man 266 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 5: to see Jesus. When they arrived at the house was 267 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 5: too crowded that had to take him up on the 268 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 5: roof let him down through the ceiling. At one point, 269 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 5: Jesus said to the paralyzed man, your sins have been forgiven. 270 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 5: Some of the religious leaders were offended. They begin to 271 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 5: murmur under their breast, saying, who does he think he is? 272 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 5: This guy can't forgive sins. Only God can do that. 273 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 5: The scripture says Jesus heard their murmuring. They were trying 274 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 5: to do it quietly under his breath. But Jesus heard 275 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 5: what they were saying. He said to the men, which 276 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 5: is easier for me to say your sins are forgiven? 277 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 5: Or for me to say, rise, take up your bed 278 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 5: and walk. 279 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 6: To prove to. 280 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 5: Them that he was the son of God, he told 281 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 5: the man stand up. The man stood up perfectly healthy. 282 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 5: I'm sure those naysayers when they saw him standing there, 283 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 5: they nearly passed out. 284 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 6: Here's my point. 285 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 5: If they had not been murmuring, complaining, criticizing, this man 286 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 5: may not have been healed. Jesus could have just forgiven 287 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 5: his sins and moved on. But because of they're. 288 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 6: Murmuring, Jesus healed the man. 289 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 5: So when people are talking about you, trying to make 290 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 5: you look bad, trying. 291 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 6: To push you down. Don't worry. God hears them. 292 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 5: They are putting you in position for God to bless 293 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 5: you in a greater way. You don't have to straighten 294 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 5: them out. Don't fight battles that don't matter. Stay in peace, 295 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 5: and like this man, God will use your enemies to 296 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 5: bless you. Some of the favor that you're seeing, some 297 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 5: of the good breaks you've had. It didn't happen because 298 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 5: of you. It happened because of those people that tried 299 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 5: to stop you. They put you in position for promotion. 300 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 5: Now I always thank God for my friends, but I've 301 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 5: learned to thank God from my enemies as well. Without 302 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 5: the murmuring that man may not have been healed without Goliath, 303 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 5: David would have never taken his throne without Judas Jesus 304 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 5: wouldn't have resurrected it from the grave. You need to 305 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 5: see every enemy, so to speak, every disappointment, every betrayal, 306 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 5: in this new light. 307 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 6: It's not sent to defeat you. It's sent to increase you. 308 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 5: A friend of mine told me out in the lobby 309 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 5: a few years back how his business had gone down 310 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 5: to nothing. 311 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 6: He didn't think he could survive. 312 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 5: To make matters worse, one of his main competitors talked 313 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 5: about him. 314 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 6: On the radio in a very unfavorable light. 315 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 5: They were extremely critical of him, talked about how he 316 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 5: wasn't up to part, that's why his business was going down. 317 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 5: It looked like that would be the final blow to 318 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 5: put him under, but just the opposite happened. When they 319 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 5: mentioned him. It drew new attention to his business. New 320 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 5: clients started calling out of the blue, the business grew 321 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 5: and grew. Today it's stronger than ever. In fact, he 322 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 5: surpassed that competitor that tried to talk him down. What 323 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 5: am I saying? God can use your to promote you. 324 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 5: God has all kinds of ways to get you to 325 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 5: where you're supposed to be. He knows how to take 326 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 5: what was meant for your harm and turn it around 327 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 5: and use it to your advantage. In the early nineteen hundreds, 328 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 5: farmers in Alabama were facing a major challenge. A tiny 329 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 5: insect called the bull weavil had migrated from South America 330 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 5: was now quickly destroying their crops. They tried everything they 331 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 5: could to stop it. They exterminated using all kinds of chemicals, 332 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 5: even came up with special formulas, still to no avail. Eventually, 333 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 5: all they could do is sit back and watch their 334 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 5: livelihood be eaten away. One day, a farmer had an idea. 335 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 5: He said to his farmer buddies, instead of planting our 336 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 5: normal cotton crops, why don't we try peanuts. They looked 337 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 5: at him like he had lost his mind. 338 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 6: Peanuts. 339 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 5: We can't make a living off of peanuts. Over time 340 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 5: he talked them into it. They discovered that the bowl 341 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 5: weevil didn't like the taste of peanuts. Their crops took 342 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 5: off like nothing they had ever seen. They made more 343 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 5: money in a few months off of peanuts than they 344 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 5: normally made the whole year off of cotton crops. In fact, 345 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 5: when the bowl weavils finally left, they never did go 346 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 5: back to cotton. They stuck with peanuts. Friends, God works 347 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 5: in mysterious ways. You may be dealing with some bul 348 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 5: weavils right now. My encouragement, stay in faith. Peanuts are coming. 349 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 5: What you think is a setback is really God. 350 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 6: Setting you up to do something new. 351 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 5: Don't complain about the coworker that did you wrong, what 352 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 5: didn't work out? You know what that was a bowl weavil, 353 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 5: something that looks like it was meant to destroy you, 354 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 5: but in fact God's going to use it to take 355 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 5: you to the next level. That person at worked, it's 356 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 5: always trying to push you down, always trying to make 357 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 5: you look bad. When you see them this week, have 358 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 5: a new attitude. You're just a bull weavil. You're trying 359 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 5: to stop me. But I know a secret. God's gonna 360 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 5: use you to push me forward. See the scripture says 361 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 5: God will. 362 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 6: Make your enemies your footstool. 363 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 5: That means anything that comes against you, the persecution, the betrayal. 364 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 6: The disappointment. 365 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 5: If you'll stay in faith, instead of being a stumbling 366 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 5: block to take you down, God will use it as 367 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 5: a stepping stone to take you higher. When I was 368 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 5: ten years old, I was playing Little league baseball. I 369 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 5: was very small growing up. In fact, people called me peanut. 370 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 5: I was always the smallest one on the team. I 371 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 5: was in the middle of this important game. The stands 372 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 5: were full, everybody was watching. I stepped out to the 373 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 5: plate to bat. When the opposing coach saw how how 374 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 5: small I was, he came out of the dugout and 375 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 5: started hollering to his players in the outfield, come in closer, 376 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 5: Come in closer. He was waving both of his arms, 377 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 5: making this big scene. He might as well have said, 378 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: this kid is a loser. Look how little he is. 379 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 6: He can't hit, he's not up to part. And all 380 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 6: the stands were watching. I standing there so embarrassed. I 381 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 6: felt like hiding. 382 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 5: The outfielders came in right behind the infield. 383 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 6: Nobody was in the outfield. 384 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: All I could think of is that coach must have 385 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 5: seen my brother Paul play before. But when I saw that, 386 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 5: something came all over me. 387 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 6: I thought, he doesn't know who I am. 388 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 5: He didn't breathe life into me. He doesn't determine my destiny. 389 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 5: I am a child of the most Time God. I 390 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 5: can do all things through Christ. The picture threw the ball. 391 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 5: I may have been small, but I swung like I 392 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 5: was ten feet tall. 393 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 6: I gave it everything I. 394 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 5: Had, and God helped me to connect perfectly with that. 395 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 5: Ball went well over their heads, took two bounces, hit 396 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 5: the back fence. Nobody was in the outfield. I had 397 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 5: an inside the park home run. 398 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 6: But here's what I want you to see. 399 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 5: The next time I got up to bat, the coach 400 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 5: came out with the same fanfare, the same enthusiasm, But 401 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 5: this time he shouted. 402 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 6: Back up, back up, back up. 403 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 5: In the same way, the enemy will come against you 404 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 5: in your thoughts. He'll tell you things like you'll never 405 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 5: get well, you'll never break the addiction. 406 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 6: You can't accomplish your dreams. You're too small, you don't 407 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 6: have what it takes. 408 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 5: You can either believe those lies and let him talk 409 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 5: you into mediocrity, or you can do like I did 410 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 5: as a ten year old boy and say no, I 411 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 5: don't think so. You don't set the limits for my life. 412 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 5: You don't determine my destiny. You didn't give me breath. 413 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 5: I may look small, but I know I'm full of 414 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 5: resurrection power. The same spirit raise Christ from the dead 415 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 5: lives on the inside of us. When you rise up 416 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 5: in faith like that, those enemies won't defeat you. Those 417 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: enemies will promote you. You do that a few times, 418 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 5: he'll tell his forces back up, back up, they're more 419 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 5: powerful than they look. 420 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 6: Don't mess with them. They go to Lakewood. They know 421 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 6: they're highly favored. 422 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 5: They know they're victories, not victim The scripture says, don't. 423 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 6: Be intimidated by your enemies. 424 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 5: Don't be intimidated by what somebody said, don't be intimidated 425 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 5: by a negative medical report. 426 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 6: You and God are a majority. 427 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 5: When Jesus came out of the grave, he took the 428 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 5: keys of death and hell. He said, all power has 429 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 5: been given unto me in heaven and in earth. 430 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 6: Now I'm giving you that power. You are not. 431 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 5: Weak, you are not lacking. You are full of can 432 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 5: do power. The greatest force in the. 433 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 6: Universe is on your side. 434 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 5: When the Israelites were in slavery, Farroh got upset and 435 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 5: decided to make it harder on them. He told their 436 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 5: supervisors to take away their materials, but to force them 437 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 5: to make the same amount of bricks each day. They 438 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 5: took away their straw and sand. Now they had to 439 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 5: go find their supplies on their own, work twice as hard. 440 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 5: It's very unfair, But something interesting happened. The scripture says, 441 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 5: the more Pharaoh afflicted them, the more the Israelites multiplied. 442 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 5: Farroh thought he was stopping them, but in fact he 443 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 5: was increasing them. Sometimes when God wants to promote you, 444 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 5: he doesn't send you a good break. 445 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 6: He sends you an enemy. 446 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 5: He'll cause a faith a supervisor to turn up the heat, 447 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 5: make things more difficult, but don't worry. The more the opposition, 448 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 5: the more you're going to increase. The truth is we 449 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 5: grow in the difficult times. That's when our character is developed. 450 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 5: That's when we discover talent, confidence, courage that we didn't 451 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 5: even know we had, and fro When he took away 452 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 5: those supplies, he was trying to restrict the people, trying 453 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 5: to squeeze them, put them under pressure. Have you ever 454 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 5: been washing your car at home and you have your 455 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 5: water hose. You turn the valve on and the water 456 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 5: comes out maybe three or four feet, But when you 457 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 5: really want to spray your car off, you need it 458 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 5: to go further. If you're like me and you don't 459 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 5: have a nozzle on the end, then you put your 460 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 5: thumb on the end of the hose and. 461 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 6: You restrict the water. 462 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 5: You would think when you restrict it it would come 463 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 5: out less. 464 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 6: But it's just the opposite. 465 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 5: When you restrict that water, because it's under more pressure, 466 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 5: it shoots out. 467 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 6: Fifteen or twenty feet. 468 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 5: It goes many times further than when it had no pressure. 469 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 5: In the same way, when the enemy puts you under pressure, 470 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 5: he thinks that's going to stop you. What he doesn't 471 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 5: realize is. All that's going to do is cause you 472 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 5: to shoot out further. When you feel restricted, when you 473 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 5: face opposition, don't be discouraged. Get ready to shoot out, 474 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 5: Get ready for new levels, get ready for promotion. 475 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 6: That pressure is not going to stop you. It's going 476 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 6: to increase you. 477 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 5: When Jesus was about to be crucified, he stopped by 478 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 5: the garden of gasimine. Literally translated that means the place 479 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 5: of pressing. 480 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 6: It was an olive garden. 481 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 5: The only way you can get the oil out of 482 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 5: the olive is to press it. Without the pressing, you'll 483 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 5: never get the valuable oil. If you're never under pressure, 484 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 5: you never have to stretch your faith, endure, persevere, Then 485 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 5: you'll never discover the valuable treasures that God put on 486 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 5: the inside. On Friday, they nailed Jesus to the cross, 487 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 5: incredible pressure. On Saturday, he went down to the grave 488 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 5: and fought the forces of darkness restricted. But on Sunday 489 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 5: morning he came shooting up out of that grave. Death 490 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 5: couldn't hold him down. One message of the resurrection, God. 491 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 6: Will use your enemies to bless you. 492 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 5: Maybe today you feel restricted, under pressure, like you're being squeezed. 493 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 6: It's Friday, don't worry. Sunday is coming. You're about to 494 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 6: shoot out. 495 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 5: When you see where God takes you, the favor, the promotion, 496 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 5: the blessing, you're going to look back and say, like 497 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 5: the Psalmist, it was good that I was afflicted. See 498 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 5: if David were here, he was tell you it was 499 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 5: good that Golias showed up. Jesus would say it was 500 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 5: good that Judas betrayed me. I can tell you it 501 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 5: was good that executive was against us. 502 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 6: It may have been. 503 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 5: Uncomfortable at the time, but one day you'll say this 504 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 5: enemy didn't defeat me, this enemy promoted me. 505 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 6: Now stay in faith. God has your back. 506 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 5: He wouldn't have allowed the pressure unless he's going to 507 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 5: work for your good. May feel like Friday right now, 508 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 5: but I believe and declare Sunday is coming. You're about 509 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 5: to shoot out, stronger, healthier, promoted, vindicated, the fullness of 510 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 5: your destiny in Jesus's name, if you receive it. 511 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 6: Can you say him in today? 512 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 513 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 514 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? 515 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 5: Just say Lord, Jesus, repent of my sins, come into 516 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 5: my heart. 517 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 6: I make you my Lord and savior. 518 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 519 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 5: got born again. 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