1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,690 Speaker 1: It's another great day to be alive, and we are 2 00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:05,350 Speaker 1: so blessed to be here with you today, Victoria, my 3 00:00:05,390 --> 00:00:07,970 Speaker 1: beautiful wife, and we're just praying for you guys to 4 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:11,090 Speaker 1: have a blessed summer. I sure hope you enjoy the podcast. 5 00:00:11,250 --> 00:00:13,350 Speaker 2: I know I always enjoy these messages. 6 00:00:13,390 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: They're so uplifting and encouraging and inspiring, so we hope 7 00:00:17,070 --> 00:00:20,380 Speaker 1: you enjoy the message today. God bless you. 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today. 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,500 Speaker 1: And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 10 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 12 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,089 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny. And I heard 14 00:00:36,130 --> 00:00:40,310 Speaker 1: about this five-year-old boy named Tommy. It was his grandmother's birthday. 15 00:00:40,350 --> 00:00:43,370 Speaker 1: And after wishing her a happy birthday, he said, grandmother, 16 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:46,470 Speaker 1: how old are you? She said, Tommy, I'm 39 and holding. 17 00:00:48,580 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: He thought about it a moment, said, grandmother, how old 18 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:54,940 Speaker 1: would you be if you let go? All right, y'all 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 20 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,780 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 22 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:05,700 Speaker 1: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 23 00:01:05,740 --> 00:01:10,100 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My 24 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same in 25 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,020 Speaker 1: Jesus name. God bless you. I want to talk to 26 00:01:18,060 --> 00:01:22,700 Speaker 1: you today about winning private battles. We all have two lives. 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: There's the life that everyone sees, and then there's the 28 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: life that only we see. We know how to smile 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,289 Speaker 1: in public while we're hurting in private. We can walk 30 00:01:33,350 --> 00:01:36,869 Speaker 1: into work competently, but deep down wonder if we have 31 00:01:36,910 --> 00:01:39,910 Speaker 1: what it takes. We look like we have it all together, 32 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:44,450 Speaker 1: but behind closed doors, we're fighting an addiction. You can 33 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:47,900 Speaker 1: be winning battles on the outside, but losing battles on 34 00:01:47,940 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: the inside. You can be admired publicly, but hurting privately. 35 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: What do you do when you're living with a contradiction? 36 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,830 Speaker 1: You're projecting one thing, but you know it's not the 37 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:04,430 Speaker 1: whole story. Voices come trying to condemn you. You're not 38 00:02:04,650 --> 00:02:05,750 Speaker 1: who you say you are. 39 00:02:06,330 --> 00:02:08,630 Speaker 2: Look what you're having to hide. You should be better 40 00:02:08,669 --> 00:02:09,190 Speaker 2: than this. 41 00:02:10,090 --> 00:02:14,570 Speaker 1: But God doesn't condemn you for having contradictions. He doesn't 42 00:02:14,650 --> 00:02:18,430 Speaker 1: disqualify you because you don't have it all together. He 43 00:02:18,530 --> 00:02:21,690 Speaker 1: sees you being your best at work while you're dealing 44 00:02:21,710 --> 00:02:26,420 Speaker 1: with that anxiety. Being good to friends while you're fighting loneliness. 45 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: Loving your family while you're dealing with shame. God sees 46 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:35,850 Speaker 1: what you can't show. He's not faulting you. He's the 47 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:38,150 Speaker 1: one that's going to heal you. He's going to help 48 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: you conquer the contradictions. But the enemy would love for 49 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,419 Speaker 1: us to keep hiding, feeling ashamed. Joel, if people knew 50 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: who I really am, they knew what I struggle with. 51 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: If they saw what happened to me, can I encourage you? 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: Everyone struggles with something. 53 00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 2: The people that look like they have it all together, 54 00:02:57,940 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: they have issues too. 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: There's no shame in dealing with private battles. You don't 56 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: have to go through life hiding, pretending because you have contradictions. 57 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,470 Speaker 2: That's not how your story ends. 58 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:12,940 Speaker 1: Healing is coming. 59 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,130 Speaker 2: There was a man in the scripture named Naaman. 60 00:03:16,850 --> 00:03:20,030 Speaker 1: Second Kings chapter five says, he was the captain of 61 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:25,970 Speaker 1: the Syrian army, a great man, highly regarded, a valiant soldier. 62 00:03:26,570 --> 00:03:30,410 Speaker 1: Through him, God had given Syria great victories. But notice 63 00:03:30,430 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: the next phrase, though he was a mighty warrior, he 64 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:38,710 Speaker 1: suffered with leprosy. You can be a mighty warrior and. 65 00:03:38,650 --> 00:03:39,870 Speaker 2: Yet suffer with something. 66 00:03:40,590 --> 00:03:43,990 Speaker 1: You love God, you work hard, but you're dealing with depression, 67 00:03:44,530 --> 00:03:49,210 Speaker 1: fighting anxiety, struggling with an addiction. What's interesting is the 68 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:52,090 Speaker 1: leprosy didn't keep Naaman from doing his job. 69 00:03:52,670 --> 00:03:56,470 Speaker 2: He covered it up. He had on a uniform, gloves. 70 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: Nobody knew anything was wrong with him. They couldn't see 71 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:04,140 Speaker 1: his skin. When he walked down the street, that uniform 72 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: immediately gained him respect, honor. People looked in admiration thinking, 73 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:11,020 Speaker 1: there's that mighty warrior. 74 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: He's brought us great victories. 75 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:19,850 Speaker 1: Uniforms in that culture weren't just functional, they symbolized authority, status, 76 00:04:19,930 --> 00:04:24,070 Speaker 1: and strength. Everywhere he went, that uniform said, I'm strong, 77 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:29,909 Speaker 1: I'm successful, I'm confident. That's what everyone saw, but underneath 78 00:04:29,950 --> 00:04:34,490 Speaker 1: that uniform, His skin was all diseased. I can imagine 79 00:04:34,529 --> 00:04:38,410 Speaker 1: him coming home after a big day, winning a battle, 80 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:42,590 Speaker 1: celebrating with his men, feeling so good. But he walks 81 00:04:42,650 --> 00:04:46,380 Speaker 1: in his bedroom and unbuttons his shirt. He sees his 82 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,779 Speaker 1: skin all ravaged with leprosy and looks at his arms 83 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: and that skin is rotting away. Nobody knows what he's 84 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:58,940 Speaker 1: dealing with in private. Nobody knows the battles he's fighting 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,620 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. He's winning in public, but these private 86 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:08,260 Speaker 1: battles are keeping him from enjoying the blessings. How many 87 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: of us are like Naaman? We have to put on 88 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: our uniform each day to cover up what we're dealing with. 89 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,710 Speaker 1: The insecurity, the trauma, the dysfunction. And I don't mean 90 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:23,370 Speaker 1: this in a negative sense, but you're pressing through the pain, 91 00:05:24,170 --> 00:05:28,409 Speaker 1: working hard despite the loneliness. You have a smile despite 92 00:05:28,450 --> 00:05:31,550 Speaker 1: a child that's breaking your heart. You're giving your best 93 00:05:31,830 --> 00:05:35,090 Speaker 1: despite that addiction that you haven't been able to overcome. 94 00:05:36,110 --> 00:05:41,310 Speaker 1: God doesn't condemn you for having contradictions. You can be chosen, 95 00:05:41,810 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: but you're struggling. You're gifted, but you're hurting. You're successful, 96 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,659 Speaker 1: but insecure. I love how Naaman didn't let this private 97 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,020 Speaker 1: battle keep him from functioning publicly. 98 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:59,260 Speaker 2: He could have called in sick. King, I've come down 99 00:05:59,300 --> 00:05:59,900 Speaker 2: with leprosy. 100 00:06:00,690 --> 00:06:01,230 Speaker 1: I'm done. 101 00:06:01,270 --> 00:06:03,630 Speaker 2: I got this personal problem. I got to resign. 102 00:06:04,710 --> 00:06:08,870 Speaker 1: Every morning, despite what he saw on his skin, despite 103 00:06:08,930 --> 00:06:12,310 Speaker 1: the thoughts of doubt and fear, he put on that uniform. 104 00:06:12,890 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: He dressed like a warrior. He walked with confidence. He 105 00:06:16,339 --> 00:06:21,740 Speaker 1: spoke with authority. His attitude was, this contradiction is not 106 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: going to stop my purpose. This private battle is not 107 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,239 Speaker 1: going to keep me from excelling in public. 108 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,220 Speaker 2: He didn't live depressed. 109 00:06:30,970 --> 00:06:35,970 Speaker 1: Condemned because of something he wasn't able to overcome. And 110 00:06:36,050 --> 00:06:40,470 Speaker 1: some of these contradictions you didn't choose, you inherited. They 111 00:06:40,510 --> 00:06:44,110 Speaker 1: were passed down, but God has raised you up to 112 00:06:44,210 --> 00:06:45,570 Speaker 1: break the negative cycle. 113 00:06:46,150 --> 00:06:48,130 Speaker 2: You are the one to set a new standard. 114 00:06:49,089 --> 00:06:53,380 Speaker 1: There's no shame in putting on your uniform and pursuing 115 00:06:53,390 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: your destiny. 116 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,140 Speaker 2: You could be sitting on the sidelines, nursing wounds. 117 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:59,060 Speaker 1: Feeling guilty. 118 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,620 Speaker 2: No, you're a Naaman. 119 00:07:01,570 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: You're winning public battles while you're dealing with private enemies. 120 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: A mark of maturity is when you can put that 121 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: uniform on and not live condemned and down on yourself 122 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: because you have private struggles. The same God that's helping 123 00:07:18,380 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: you win in public, he's going to help you win 124 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,500 Speaker 1: in private. He sees what's limiting you. He knows the 125 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,910 Speaker 1: secret struggles, things that you've tried to overcome. You want 126 00:07:29,930 --> 00:07:33,070 Speaker 1: to change, but you haven't been able to. Your time 127 00:07:33,150 --> 00:07:36,510 Speaker 1: is coming. He's going to step in and help you 128 00:07:36,590 --> 00:07:40,300 Speaker 1: do what you couldn't do on your own. Now don't 129 00:07:40,340 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: believe those lies that it's permanent. You'll never feel good 130 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: about yourself. Joel, this is just who I am. I'll 131 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: always have to cover up my leprosy, hide my weakness. 132 00:07:52,750 --> 00:07:55,770 Speaker 1: I'd be embarrassed if people saw what I'm really like. 133 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 2: That's not who you are. 134 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: That's a temporary condition. You are a child of the 135 00:08:01,140 --> 00:08:12,790 Speaker 1: most high God, handpicked, created to do great work. It's 136 00:08:12,810 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: significant how the scripture introduces Naaman. It says that he 137 00:08:16,690 --> 00:08:21,050 Speaker 1: was a captain, a great man, respected, honored, who had 138 00:08:21,090 --> 00:08:25,250 Speaker 1: won great victories, a mighty warrior, but he was a leper. 139 00:08:26,410 --> 00:08:30,430 Speaker 1: Notice how God listed his purpose first, who he was, 140 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:33,380 Speaker 1: this powerful man and what he was called to do. 141 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: And then at the end, it listed his weakness. And 142 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: he was a leper. The enemy would love to reverse 143 00:08:40,780 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: the order, deceive you into thinking of yourself by your weakness. 144 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 2: Let that be the first. 145 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: Thing on your mind. I'm a leper. I'm depressed. I'm 146 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,329 Speaker 1: not good enough. I've got this addiction. I've made too 147 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: many mistakes. That's all secondary. That's what you struggle with. 148 00:08:59,380 --> 00:09:03,260 Speaker 1: That's not who you are. If God was introducing you today, 149 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:05,570 Speaker 1: he would say, here's a mighty warrior. 150 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,990 Speaker 2: Here's a highly favored person. 151 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:13,930 Speaker 1: Here's a masterpiece, strong, competent, a world changer, a history maker. 152 00:09:15,030 --> 00:09:18,830 Speaker 1: Don't let the weakness become your identity. Let your purpose 153 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:23,020 Speaker 1: become your identity. There was a young Israelite girl that 154 00:09:23,260 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: worked as a maid for Naaman. She had been captured 155 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: by the Syrians, forced into slavery, and assigned to Naaman's wife. 156 00:09:32,140 --> 00:09:35,900 Speaker 1: When Naaman came home each night and took off his uniform, 157 00:09:36,420 --> 00:09:38,130 Speaker 1: she was right there to take it from him and 158 00:09:38,190 --> 00:09:41,309 Speaker 1: wash it. She got to see what no one else 159 00:09:41,350 --> 00:09:41,850 Speaker 1: could see. 160 00:09:42,730 --> 00:09:44,370 Speaker 2: In public, he was all covered up. 161 00:09:45,010 --> 00:09:50,530 Speaker 1: That uniform said strength, power, success. But in private, with 162 00:09:50,630 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: no uniform, she could see the leprosy. He couldn't hide 163 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,670 Speaker 1: this dreaded disease. I can imagine some of those moments 164 00:09:58,730 --> 00:10:02,510 Speaker 1: were very dramatic. As he took off his uniform and 165 00:10:03,130 --> 00:10:05,980 Speaker 1: she saw the leprosy for the first time, there was 166 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: this silence. She stood there in awe thinking, this man 167 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,340 Speaker 1: that's so powerful and influential, he's not who we think 168 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:14,780 Speaker 1: he is. 169 00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:16,620 Speaker 2: He has this hidden disease. 170 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,270 Speaker 1: He could defeat armies publicly, but he couldn't win this 171 00:10:21,350 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 1: battle privately. As he handed her the uniform that impressed 172 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: so many people, he had to face the condition that 173 00:10:29,460 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: embarrassed him. If he could keep it covered up, he's okay. 174 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:39,190 Speaker 1: But now this young woman knows his hidden struggles. Like Naaman, 175 00:10:39,710 --> 00:10:41,490 Speaker 1: we don't want people to see what we're hiding. 176 00:10:42,370 --> 00:10:46,130 Speaker 2: We project confidence. We don't want them to see the insecurities. 177 00:10:46,940 --> 00:10:51,140 Speaker 1: We project success, but we can be hiding shame, discouragement, 178 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:55,460 Speaker 1: habits that we're not proud of. This young woman could 179 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,460 Speaker 1: have been bitter, angry. I mean, this was the man 180 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,970 Speaker 1: that took her captive and conquered her city. She had 181 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:04,929 Speaker 1: every right to say, good for you, Naaman. 182 00:11:05,610 --> 00:11:07,830 Speaker 2: You deserve it. I'm glad you're suffering. 183 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:12,069 Speaker 1: But this young maid is a picture of God. She 184 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:15,710 Speaker 1: knew his private struggles. She knew his pain and what 185 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:20,090 Speaker 1: he was covering. She didn't judge him. She didn't condemn him. 186 00:11:20,370 --> 00:11:21,670 Speaker 2: She didn't go tell everyone. 187 00:11:21,950 --> 00:11:26,050 Speaker 1: She loved him. She had compassion and wanted to help. 188 00:11:27,390 --> 00:11:30,709 Speaker 1: And sometimes we try to hide our struggles, not just 189 00:11:30,730 --> 00:11:34,350 Speaker 1: from people, but from God. We know we're not measuring up. 190 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: We should do better. When we get it all together, 191 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,580 Speaker 1: then we can go to God. God knows everything about 192 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:46,070 Speaker 1: you and he's not faulting you. He's not disqualifying you. 193 00:11:46,350 --> 00:11:50,270 Speaker 1: He's here to help you overcome. It says in Psalms, 194 00:11:50,630 --> 00:11:54,430 Speaker 1: God knows your words before you speak them. He knows 195 00:11:54,470 --> 00:11:57,710 Speaker 1: your thoughts before you think them. You don't have to 196 00:11:57,809 --> 00:12:01,300 Speaker 1: hide things from God and pretend. You can take off 197 00:12:01,340 --> 00:12:05,059 Speaker 1: your uniform. You can be real and be vulnerable. He's 198 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: a safe place, someone that you can trust. This young 199 00:12:09,220 --> 00:12:12,740 Speaker 1: maid was the opposite of Naaman. She had no influence, 200 00:12:12,820 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: no authority, so many things against her. Number one, she 201 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,849 Speaker 1: was a slave, no freedom. She was young, no experience. 202 00:12:21,590 --> 00:12:25,430 Speaker 1: She was a woman. In that culture, women were second class. 203 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:29,290 Speaker 1: She was from the enemy army. We don't even like you, 204 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:34,050 Speaker 1: but God will use unexpected people to help you. People 205 00:12:34,090 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: you could easily overlook, discount. They don't have the experience. 206 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: They're not up to your level. They don't look like you, 207 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,060 Speaker 1: too young, too old. Don't write off who God brings 208 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,790 Speaker 1: across your path. May not be what you thought. God 209 00:12:50,950 --> 00:12:54,370 Speaker 1: used this servant girl, the least one that Naaman knew, 210 00:12:54,570 --> 00:12:58,069 Speaker 1: not a general, not a colonel, not the mayor. This 211 00:12:58,150 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: young lady said, Naaman, if you will go see the 212 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,500 Speaker 1: prophet in Israel, he will pray for you and my 213 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,650 Speaker 1: God will heal you. Naaman could have thought, who do 214 00:13:07,690 --> 00:13:10,689 Speaker 1: you think you are? Since when did you start telling 215 00:13:10,730 --> 00:13:13,690 Speaker 1: me what to do? I'm a commander. You're a slave. 216 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:18,110 Speaker 2: I'm respected, well-known, influential. Nobody knows you. 217 00:13:18,730 --> 00:13:22,710 Speaker 1: Pride will keep you from getting free. Ego will talk 218 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:25,970 Speaker 1: you out of doing what you need to do. Naaman 219 00:13:25,990 --> 00:13:29,820 Speaker 1: had conquered nations. He had stood before kings and leaders, 220 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,850 Speaker 1: but his miracle started with someone society had overlooked. with 221 00:13:35,890 --> 00:13:39,410 Speaker 1: the least of these. God will send people to help you, 222 00:13:39,809 --> 00:13:42,949 Speaker 1: but it may not be what you're thinking. Will you 223 00:13:43,050 --> 00:13:46,990 Speaker 1: humble yourself and be open to what God says through 224 00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:51,610 Speaker 1: an unexpected voice? A neighbor you barely know, a child 225 00:13:51,650 --> 00:13:54,110 Speaker 1: or someone you run into at the grocery store. 226 00:13:54,910 --> 00:13:56,550 Speaker 2: Naaman had to make a decision. 227 00:13:56,929 --> 00:13:59,270 Speaker 1: Am I going to stay here where it's comfortable, where 228 00:13:59,290 --> 00:14:02,929 Speaker 1: I've learned to manage my weakness, cover up my leprosy? 229 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: Or am I going to. 230 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: Take a step of faith and do what this young. 231 00:14:07,220 --> 00:14:10,620 Speaker 1: Maid is asking me to do? We all have these 232 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:14,590 Speaker 1: destiny moments in life. We know God is asking us 233 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:18,390 Speaker 1: to take off the uniform, to quit pretending, to get real, 234 00:14:19,110 --> 00:14:22,030 Speaker 1: but we have to make a move. Maybe it's to 235 00:14:22,090 --> 00:14:25,690 Speaker 1: put down our pride and ask for help, join a 236 00:14:25,710 --> 00:14:30,250 Speaker 1: support group, forgive someone, or to quit numbing the pain 237 00:14:30,290 --> 00:14:35,890 Speaker 1: through alcohol, addictions, overeating. God came that you might be free. 238 00:14:36,890 --> 00:14:39,470 Speaker 1: It's okay if you've had to cover things with that 239 00:14:39,590 --> 00:14:43,030 Speaker 1: uniform for a season, but you don't have to cover 240 00:14:43,070 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: them your whole life. There is no shame in having contradictions. 241 00:14:47,380 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: We all do, but there is shame for going 30 242 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,590 Speaker 1: years and never dealing with it. 243 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,380 Speaker 2: That's not your destiny. Maybe my voice is the voice 244 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:58,340 Speaker 2: God is using. 245 00:14:59,180 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: To say not to go to the prophet like in 246 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,100 Speaker 1: the Old Testament, but how about going directly to God? 247 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: Call out to him for help. 248 00:15:08,020 --> 00:15:12,740 Speaker 1: When you get honest, when you take off your uniform, say, God, 249 00:15:13,540 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: I don't like this leprosy that I have to cover up. 250 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,690 Speaker 1: I don't like this depression, putting on a smile on 251 00:15:19,730 --> 00:15:22,850 Speaker 1: the outside, but empty on the inside. I don't like 252 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:26,630 Speaker 1: the addiction, the compromise that's dragging me down. Help me 253 00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:29,790 Speaker 1: do what I can't do. When you ask for his help, 254 00:15:30,470 --> 00:15:34,190 Speaker 1: often God will give you an assignment, something you have 255 00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:36,310 Speaker 1: to do, a change you have to make. 256 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,850 Speaker 2: God didn't just heal Naaman. He said, you have to 257 00:15:39,890 --> 00:15:40,850 Speaker 2: go see the prophet. 258 00:15:41,710 --> 00:15:44,250 Speaker 1: Would he listen to the least likely voice? 259 00:15:44,930 --> 00:15:45,930 Speaker 2: Would he obey an. 260 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: Unusual order to travel to an opposing country, the nation 261 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: he just defeated, and ask for help? Naaman took this 262 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: step of faithful. Imagine his staff loading up the animals, 263 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,260 Speaker 1: getting the supplies, and they ask where they're going. He said, 264 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:05,420 Speaker 1: we're going to see a prophet in Israel. I can 265 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,100 Speaker 1: hear them talking. Why do we need to go to 266 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: a prophet? Naaman's a commander. He has all this power, 267 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: the whole army at his disposal. But some battles you 268 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: can't win with physical power. It's a spiritual battle. Some 269 00:16:20,950 --> 00:16:23,890 Speaker 1: addictions you can't defeat with natural efforts. 270 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:25,850 Speaker 2: You're going to need supernatural strength. 271 00:16:26,830 --> 00:16:31,090 Speaker 1: The anxiety, depression, trouble in a relationship, it may be 272 00:16:31,150 --> 00:16:33,610 Speaker 1: too much for you, but it's not too much for 273 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:34,410 Speaker 1: our God. 274 00:16:34,730 --> 00:16:38,470 Speaker 2: He has all power. He knows what's limiting you. 275 00:16:39,150 --> 00:16:42,380 Speaker 1: He sees what you're covering. He's not faulting you for 276 00:16:42,420 --> 00:16:46,300 Speaker 1: wearing the uniform, but that uniform is not your destiny. 277 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: Freedom is coming. Healing is coming. Breakthroughs are coming. God 278 00:16:51,060 --> 00:16:53,260 Speaker 1: is going to help you do what you can't do 279 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:57,700 Speaker 1: on your own. Naaman showed up at the prophet Elijah's house. 280 00:16:58,110 --> 00:17:02,310 Speaker 1: After this long journey, over a hundred miles, difficult terrain, 281 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:06,570 Speaker 1: plus he is suffering with this disease, finally made it. 282 00:17:06,710 --> 00:17:08,930 Speaker 2: Knocked on the door with his big entourage. 283 00:17:09,770 --> 00:17:14,580 Speaker 1: Elijah's assistant came out and said, Elijah said, go wash 284 00:17:14,619 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: in the Jordan River seven times and you'll be healed. 285 00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:19,180 Speaker 1: Closed the door. 286 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 2: Naaman was offended. 287 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: He thought, you mean I came all this way and 288 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: the prophet is not even going to come to the door? 289 00:17:28,030 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 2: Does he know who I am? 290 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:33,389 Speaker 1: I'm a commander. People stand when I walk in the room. 291 00:17:33,990 --> 00:17:36,770 Speaker 1: I counsel kings and leaders and you don't have time 292 00:17:36,830 --> 00:17:41,330 Speaker 1: to see me. There will always be tests before the breakthrough. 293 00:17:42,230 --> 00:17:44,910 Speaker 1: Are you willing to swallow your pride and do what 294 00:17:44,950 --> 00:17:48,420 Speaker 1: God's asking you to do? Naaman went on to say, 295 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,660 Speaker 1: I thought the prophet would come out, wave his hand 296 00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:53,180 Speaker 1: over me, and I'd be healed. 297 00:17:54,010 --> 00:17:56,230 Speaker 2: I don't want to wash in the Jordan. That river 298 00:17:56,310 --> 00:17:56,910 Speaker 2: is dirty. 299 00:17:57,690 --> 00:18:01,810 Speaker 1: We have cleaner rivers back home in Syria. Don't let 300 00:18:01,990 --> 00:18:06,550 Speaker 1: preconceived ideas keep you from your healing. God may not 301 00:18:06,630 --> 00:18:09,409 Speaker 1: do it the way you were thinking. Naaman had to 302 00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:13,090 Speaker 1: wash not just in any river, but the Jordan was dirty. 303 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:17,180 Speaker 1: Sometimes What God asks you to do is not going 304 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,340 Speaker 1: to make sense. If you try to reason it out 305 00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: and figure what's appropriate, what seems like a good idea, 306 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: then you'll talk yourself out of it. 307 00:18:27,060 --> 00:18:29,460 Speaker 2: Naaman was upset and he's about to go back home. 308 00:18:30,460 --> 00:18:32,980 Speaker 1: One of his men said, Naaman, if he had asked 309 00:18:33,010 --> 00:18:34,740 Speaker 1: you to do a hard thing, you would do it. 310 00:18:35,290 --> 00:18:37,909 Speaker 1: Why don't you do this simple thing? He went and 311 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,290 Speaker 1: washed in the Jordan. First time he came up, nothing happened. 312 00:18:41,930 --> 00:18:42,869 Speaker 1: Second time, nothing. 313 00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 2: Third time, nothing. Don't you know thoughts of doubt and 314 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,540 Speaker 2: discouragement came? 315 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:51,300 Speaker 1: Naaman, you look like a fool out here. You're washing 316 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:55,139 Speaker 1: in a dirty river, wasting your time. Don't let the 317 00:18:55,270 --> 00:18:58,010 Speaker 1: enemy talk you out of what God told you to do. 318 00:18:58,369 --> 00:19:02,189 Speaker 2: Keep on washing. Keep on trusting. Keep on believing. 319 00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:06,170 Speaker 1: Not moved by what you see, but moved by what 320 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:11,389 Speaker 1: God promised you. Six times nothing But on that seventh time, 321 00:19:11,730 --> 00:19:14,210 Speaker 1: he came up out of the water and his skin 322 00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:18,150 Speaker 1: was as clear as a baby. He was completely healed. 323 00:19:18,990 --> 00:19:22,340 Speaker 2: Now, when he put that uniform on, it wasn't to 324 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:23,300 Speaker 2: hide anything. 325 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: He didn't have anything to cover. He had conquered the contradictions. 326 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,619 Speaker 1: He had won the private battles. That's what God is 327 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: going to help you to do. You may not be 328 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:42,330 Speaker 1: hiding leprosy today, but perhaps there's something you're having to cover. weaknesses, struggles, 329 00:19:42,650 --> 00:19:45,909 Speaker 1: things you're not proud of. You seem confident, but you're 330 00:19:45,930 --> 00:19:49,540 Speaker 1: having to cover insecurity. You always have that smile, but 331 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,340 Speaker 1: you're covering the hurt and disappointment. You look like you 332 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: have it together, but there's that addiction you're having to cover. 333 00:19:56,380 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't make you a bad person, but God didn't 334 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:05,220 Speaker 1: create you to live with contradictions. They are temporary. He's 335 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: going to send the right people, maybe someone that's unexpected, 336 00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:13,190 Speaker 1: He's going to give you an assignment, something you have 337 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:17,710 Speaker 1: to do, an act of faith. It's easy to make excuses, 338 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: keep putting on the uniform, covering what we don't like, 339 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: but that's going to keep you from your purpose. Naaman 340 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:29,970 Speaker 1: had to wash in a dirty river. The healing wasn't 341 00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:35,260 Speaker 1: in the water. The Don't put off what God is 342 00:20:35,420 --> 00:20:40,609 Speaker 1: asking you to do. Winning private battles often requires doing 343 00:20:40,670 --> 00:20:47,340 Speaker 1: something uncomfortable, forgiving someone, asking for help, changing friends, turning 344 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: off that computer. 345 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 2: A pastor friend of mine was a very strong minister. 346 00:20:53,310 --> 00:20:57,890 Speaker 1: Very effective and well-respected. His church was growing. He'd speak 347 00:20:57,910 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: at the big conferences. On the outside, he was successful, well-liked, 348 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,460 Speaker 1: making a difference. But he said, I preach great victory 349 00:21:07,540 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: on Sundays, but on Mondays, I was so depressed, I 350 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,980 Speaker 1: couldn't get out of bed. He encouraged everyone else, but 351 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: he felt empty on the inside. Having contradictions can make 352 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: us feel bad about ourselves. Like, man, I'm a fake. 353 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,619 Speaker 1: I'm not who people think I am. But some of 354 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,170 Speaker 1: the great people in the Bible had contradictions. Elijah called 355 00:21:30,210 --> 00:21:33,950 Speaker 1: down fire from heaven one time. God sent a lightning 356 00:21:34,010 --> 00:21:38,230 Speaker 1: bolt that killed 450 false prophets in an instant. 357 00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:41,550 Speaker 2: He was this powerful, mighty man of faith. 358 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: But do you know 24 hours later, Elijah was so depressed, 359 00:21:46,490 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: he didn't want to live. He said, God, take me home. 360 00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:54,419 Speaker 1: I'm done. God doesn't disqualify you for having contradictions. 361 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: You know what God did for Elijah? 362 00:21:56,580 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: He cooked him dinner. He had an angel take him 363 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: water and put flour on hot coals. And when Elijah 364 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: woke up, he had freshly baked bread. He ate that food. 365 00:22:08,420 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: God is strength back, continued on his journey. The enemy 366 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,460 Speaker 1: would love for you to live condemned because you have contradictions, 367 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,629 Speaker 1: things you have to cover, you're not proud of. maybe 368 00:22:20,710 --> 00:22:25,210 Speaker 1: weaknesses that you inherited, but being down on yourself doesn't 369 00:22:25,270 --> 00:22:26,260 Speaker 1: help you to get better. 370 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:29,540 Speaker 2: Living condemnedly, I'm not who I say I am. 371 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,260 Speaker 1: I'm a fake, I'm an imposter. That's gonna push you 372 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:36,580 Speaker 1: further down. And I'm not saying to be okay, learn 373 00:22:36,619 --> 00:22:39,609 Speaker 1: to live with it. The right attitude is yes, I 374 00:22:39,619 --> 00:22:42,690 Speaker 1: have this area that I struggle in, but it's not 375 00:22:42,750 --> 00:22:43,369 Speaker 1: who I am. 376 00:22:44,090 --> 00:22:46,210 Speaker 2: This weakness is not my identity. 377 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:50,750 Speaker 1: I am who God says I am. Like God told Naaman, 378 00:22:51,430 --> 00:22:56,890 Speaker 1: you are a mighty warrior, a leader, honorable, influential. Then 379 00:22:56,950 --> 00:23:02,460 Speaker 1: it said Naaman had leprosy. The weakness is secondary. Don't 380 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,180 Speaker 1: let it become primary where it's the main thing you 381 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,540 Speaker 1: focus on. It's temporary and it's coming to an end. 382 00:23:09,820 --> 00:23:14,820 Speaker 1: The pastor wore the uniform well, every Sunday, strong, positive, confident, 383 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: but underneath he was hurting and One day he told 384 00:23:18,859 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: a friend what he was dealing with and how he 385 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: needed help. That day was the turning point. He brought 386 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,379 Speaker 1: it out into the open, got into counseling, good support group, 387 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,820 Speaker 1: friends to lift him up. Today he's totally free and healed. 388 00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: He puts on that uniform now and has nothing to hide. 389 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: But he made this statement, depression didn't break me, hiding 390 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: it did. You weren't made to keep things covered up. 391 00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:47,389 Speaker 2: It's not healthy. 392 00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: Yes, maybe for a season, but at some point you 393 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:51,490 Speaker 1: have to deal with it. 394 00:23:52,380 --> 00:23:56,379 Speaker 2: Get honest with yourself and be honest with God. He 395 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,900 Speaker 2: already knows what you're covering. 396 00:23:58,619 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: When you go to him in humility and honesty, he 397 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:05,540 Speaker 1: doesn't condemn you. He'll help you to change. It's interesting 398 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: that Naaman wasn't a believer in Jehovah at that time. 399 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: The Syrians worshiped idols and other gods. But look at 400 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: how good God is. Even though he wasn't a believer, 401 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: God had this little maid speak to him, had him 402 00:24:20,140 --> 00:24:23,750 Speaker 1: wash in the Jordan so he could be healed. Maybe 403 00:24:23,790 --> 00:24:28,350 Speaker 1: you find yourself where Naaman was. You don't necessarily worship God. 404 00:24:28,390 --> 00:24:29,550 Speaker 1: You don't follow Jesus. 405 00:24:29,830 --> 00:24:30,950 Speaker 2: This is all new to you. 406 00:24:31,609 --> 00:24:35,180 Speaker 1: God is calling you today. He wants to not only 407 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: help you conquer the contradictions, but he wants to put 408 00:24:38,820 --> 00:24:42,740 Speaker 1: you on a new path. freedom, to wholeness, so you 409 00:24:42,780 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: can fulfill your purpose. Naaman was so thrilled that he 410 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,710 Speaker 1: was healed, he went back with his whole entourage to 411 00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:55,030 Speaker 1: Elijah's house to thank him. This time Elijah came out, 412 00:24:55,770 --> 00:24:58,149 Speaker 1: he told him how grateful he was, tried to give 413 00:24:58,190 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: him gifts, but Elijah wouldn't take anything. Naaman had one 414 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: final request. He said, Elijah, let me load up two 415 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: of my mules with dirt from the Jordan River banks 416 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,530 Speaker 1: and take it back home. From now on, whenever I worship, 417 00:25:14,790 --> 00:25:17,750 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stand on that dirt and worship. 418 00:25:17,369 --> 00:25:19,470 Speaker 2: Jehovah, the God of Israel. 419 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:24,630 Speaker 1: He wasn't just changed physically, but God changed his heart. 420 00:25:25,710 --> 00:25:28,369 Speaker 1: Now when he put on that uniform, he had nothing 421 00:25:28,410 --> 00:25:32,770 Speaker 1: to hide. That's God's dream for you. Are you having 422 00:25:32,810 --> 00:25:38,340 Speaker 1: to cover the contradictions? Smiling but really hurting? Confident but 423 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:45,899 Speaker 1: really insecure? Successful outside but struggling inside? God's not condemning you. 424 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,750 Speaker 1: He's here to free you. You wouldn't be hearing this 425 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:53,909 Speaker 1: if change wasn't coming. Now do your part and be 426 00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:57,470 Speaker 1: willing to do what you normally wouldn't do. Listen to 427 00:25:57,530 --> 00:26:01,510 Speaker 1: voices that you could easily discount. The little maid. Take 428 00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:05,140 Speaker 1: steps of faith. Be obedient when it doesn't make sense. 429 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: Washing in the Jordan. This is your time to be free. 430 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: God is breathing on you right now. Chains are being broken. 431 00:26:14,619 --> 00:26:18,380 Speaker 1: Strongholds are coming down. What you couldn't do in the past, 432 00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:22,010 Speaker 1: I believe and declare God's about to help you do. 433 00:26:22,869 --> 00:26:25,909 Speaker 2: Everything that's limited you, shamed. 434 00:26:25,470 --> 00:26:31,260 Speaker 1: You, discouraged you, addicted you is being broken in Jesus' name. 435 00:26:31,619 --> 00:26:35,659 Speaker 1: You will conquer every contradiction and step into the fullness 436 00:26:35,780 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: of your destiny in Jesus' name. 437 00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 2: And if you receive it, can you. 438 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:45,750 Speaker 1: Say amen today? I'd like to give you an opportunity 439 00:26:45,850 --> 00:26:48,530 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 440 00:26:48,550 --> 00:26:52,290 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus. I repent of 441 00:26:52,330 --> 00:26:53,010 Speaker 1: my sins. 442 00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:57,190 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. 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