1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: It's a joy to be with you today. And if 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: make you feel right at home. I like to start 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: with something funny, and I heard about this church service 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: one Sunday morning. Everything was going great until a bolt 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: of lightning hit the sanctuary. When the smoke cleared, Satan 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: himself was standing at the podium. People panicked and took off, 14 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: running as fast as they could. Everyone that is, except 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: one lady. She sat in the front road, just as 16 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: calm as can be. Satan was appalled. He said, lady, 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: do you know who I am? She said, I sure do. 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: He said, aren't you afraid of me? She said not 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: in the least bit. He said why not? She said, 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: why should I be? I've been married to your brother 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: for thirty years. Say it like you mean it. This 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about living at rest. Rest 29 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that you're on vacation and you never do anything. 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: We all have to work and deal with challenges and 31 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: interact with different people, but we're supposed to do it 32 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: from a place of peace, not stressed out, worried and 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: fighting everything that we don't like. Hebrews four tells us 34 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: to enter into the rest of God. That's a place 35 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: where we know God's in control. We know he's fighting 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: our battles. But here's the key. Once you enter this rest, 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: you're not going to automatically stay there. Life is full 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: of peace dealers. There will always be people and circumstances 39 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: trying to pull you out. If you're going to live 40 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: in peace, you have to put up some boundaries and 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: not allow everything in. You can't watch the news twenty 42 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: four hours a day and expect to stay at rest. 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: Your mind wasn't meant to take in all the tragedies, accidents, 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: killings over and over. That's going to pull you out 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: of rest. Do yourself a favor. Turn it off. Be 46 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: careful what you feed your inner person. If you watch 47 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: all the news about the price of oil going down 48 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: and they offs and bankruptcies, it's going to cause you 49 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: to live stressed out, worried, on edge. You can't feed 50 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: on negativity and discouragement and expect to stay positive and 51 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: faith filled. I like to watch the news, of course, 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: to know what's going on in the world world, But 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: after about fifteen minutes, I've learned everything I need to know. 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: I don't keep taking it in again and again the 55 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: twenty four hour news. Most of that repeats every thirty minutes. 56 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: It was designed for people flipping on and off, not 57 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: to watch over and over. Put on some good news. 58 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: Feed your inner person, encouraging things that build you up 59 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: and calls you to say positive, hopeful and inspired. One 60 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: Friday night, Victoria and I went to watch this movie 61 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: about a war. It was very violent. Heads were being 62 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: blown off and people being tortured, and families ripped apart 63 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: and I went in there in peace, simply wanting to 64 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: be entertained, But when I left, I was on edge. 65 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: I felt like I had been run over by a truck. 66 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: That whole night I dreamed I was in the middle 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: of that war. Victoria kept waking me up. Joel, you're 68 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: having a nightmare. Wake up. What we take in through 69 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: our eyes and ears is eventually gets into our subconscious mind. 70 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: If you're taking in all the negative violence, discouragement, that's 71 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: going to depress your spirit. The next day, I had 72 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: to get up and finish preparing my message for Saturday night, 73 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: and I learned my lesson. I can't take that in 74 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: the night before and be my best the next day. 75 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: You need to be aware of what's pulling you out 76 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: of that rest. Sometimes it's our own choices. If you 77 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: get on social media and you're constantly comparing your life 78 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: to everyone else's, that's going to discourage you. You'll never 79 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: feel good about who you are as long as you're 80 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: competing with others, because there'll always be somebody more beautiful, 81 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: more talented, more successful. That's a peace stealer. Put up 82 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: a boundary and say I am not going to live 83 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: in somebody else's world, obsessed with what they're doing, where 84 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: they're going, what they're eating, what they're driving. I'm gonna 85 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: run my own race, and you can miss your destiny 86 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: caught up in somebody else's life. Successful people are too 87 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: focused on their own race to look around to see 88 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: what everybody else is doing. Quick comparing, it'll pull you 89 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: out of your rest. I say this respectfully, but some 90 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: people are peace dealers. They're high maintenance. They're always having 91 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: a problem. Every time they call, they're having a major crisis. 92 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: They expect you to come running to bail them out, 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: to encourage them to keep them fixed. They're good people. 94 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: You love them, but you shouldn't allow them to continually 95 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: dump their problems on you. If you don't put up 96 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: a boundary, they won't be the only one unhappy. You'll 97 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: end up unhappy. And I'm all for helping people, loving them, 98 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: taking time to care, but some people won't deal with 99 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: their own issues as long as they can dump it 100 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: on you. That's the easy way out. As long as 101 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: you'll bail them out, you feel sorry for them, you 102 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: let them unload their burdens, They'll do it again and again. 103 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: What they're doing is they dump it all on you, 104 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: and then they go home and go to bed, while 105 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: you stay up and worry about what are we going 106 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: to do about this? Here's what I'm saying. It's easy 107 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: to take on a false sense of responsibility where you 108 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: jump every time they call, try to keep them fixed. 109 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: But you are not responsible for other people's happiness. Don't 110 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: let their unhappiness keep you from being happy. I don't 111 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: know about you, but I have enough drama in my 112 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: own life. I don't need somebody else's drama. If they 113 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: won't make good decisions, if they want to live upset, bidter, offended, 114 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: in a crisis mode, that's their choice. You can't stop that. 115 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: But you shouldn't let them control you and make you 116 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: feel guilty if you don't help and let them call 117 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: you all hours of the day. You are not a 118 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: garbage can. You have to protect your peace. Like a business. 119 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: You need to have hours of operation, times when you're open, 120 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: times when you're closed. I'm open for them from two 121 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: to four in the afternoon. When they call you at 122 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: eight o'clock at night, when you're in peace, spending time 123 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: with your family, enjoying your children, that phone rings, normally 124 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: you'd rush over and answer it, get all up tight. 125 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: No next time. Sorry, not open for business right now? 126 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: You mean, Joe, don't answer the phone. Yes, that's why 127 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: God created voicemail. Don't let their crisis steal your peace. 128 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: Have you noticed some people are alarmist. Everything is a 129 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: major problem, a major crisis. They need you right now. 130 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: Tomorrow will be too late. They have a spirit of alarm. 131 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: If you don't put up a boundary, you'll get pulled in. 132 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: They'll get you all stirred up, stressed out. Won't fall 133 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: into that trap. If you don't make them respect you, 134 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,559 Speaker 1: you'll be dealing with this same issue twenty years from now. 135 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: Your destiny is too important to let people who are 136 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: not dealing with their own issues hold you back. Recognize 137 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: that's a peace dealer. You need to make some changes. Well, Joel, 138 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: What if I hurt their feelings? What if you miss 139 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: your destiny? God didn't call you to keep everyone happy? 140 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: And sure do your part. Be a giver, go the 141 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: extra mile, but don't become a garbage dump where you 142 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: allow someone to always dump their burdens on you. That's 143 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: out of balance. You have to protect your emotional energy. 144 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: You have a limited supply each day. If you're taking 145 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: in all this extra drama, involved in things you should 146 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: never be involved in. You're not going to have the 147 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: emotional energy for what you need for your dreams, for 148 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: your children, for your assignment. I'm not saying to be selfish. 149 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: I'm saying be wise. You can't fix everyone. You can't 150 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: make people do what's right. You're not called to straighten 151 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: everyone out. You're not the savior. We already have a savior. 152 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: I've learned. Some people don't really want to change. They 153 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: like the attention it brings to have you at their 154 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: becking call. Now. A lot of times, instead of helping them, 155 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: we're really enabling their dysfunction. We're doing them a disservice. 156 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 1: If you don't bail them out, maybe they'll start taking responsibility. 157 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: If they can't reach you every three minutes, maybe they'll 158 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: learn to encourage themselves. Life is too short to go 159 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: through it being controlled. You shouldn't spend all your time 160 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: trying to straighten everybody out. Some of your relatives that 161 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: are upset with each other, they're going to be upset 162 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: thirty years from now. Don't waste your valuable time being 163 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: upset with them. You don't want to be happy. That's fine, 164 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: but don't let them keep you from being happy. Turn 165 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: it over to God and enjoy your life. Years ago, 166 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: I had a friend that I grew up with, and 167 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: over time our passed went in different directions. I joined 168 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: the basketball team, and he got involved in other things, 169 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: and he resented the fact that I wasn't around as much. 170 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 1: And several times he tried to straighten me out and 171 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: told me how I wasn't giving him as much time 172 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: as I should, and why wasn't I there for him? 173 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: On and on, and I went overboard to try to 174 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: be good to him, but nothing I did was good enough. 175 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: I could have moved in and been his roommate, and 176 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: he had still found something wrong. And one day I 177 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: realized he's counting on me to try to keep him happy. 178 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: Now I already have a full time job trying to 179 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: keep myself happy. Every time he had called, I'd get 180 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: up tired on edge. What have I done wrong? Now? 181 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: What does he need? And of course, as a friend, 182 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: you want to help people or wanted to be responsible. 183 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: But after about five years of doing this, I learned 184 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: what I'm telling you, I can't reach my destiny spending 185 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: all my time trying to keep him happy. I don't 186 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: have the emotional energy for all of his drama. And 187 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 1: I say this very respectfully because he's a good man. 188 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: But I realized he's a peace dealer. I made up 189 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: my mind I wasn't going to go the next twenty 190 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: years like that. I put up some boundaries. I quit 191 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: running every time he called, I quit feeling guilty when 192 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: I couldn't meet his demands. Eventually he got upset and 193 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: started talking about me, went his own way. But here's 194 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: the point. Sometimes you have to make hard decisions to 195 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: reach your destiny. My personality type is I want everybody 196 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: to like me. I'll never tell you no, I want 197 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: to please you. But I've learned you can't fulfill your 198 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: assignment trying to please everyone. If you're trying to keep 199 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: everybody around you happy, the one person who will not 200 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: be happy is you. Well, Joel, what if they get 201 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: upset and start talking about me, they won't be the first, 202 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: and they're not going to be the last. I would 203 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: rather have people upset with me than to not become 204 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: who I was created to be. If you'll put these 205 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: boundaries up, you'll live more peacefully. You'll be more effective 206 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: and you'll move quicker into your destiny. But when you 207 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: tell someone I love you, but you can't call me 208 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: every three minutes, I can't keep you cheered up. I 209 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: love you, but I can't keep bailing you out again 210 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: and again. If they get upset, they really warn't your friend. 211 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: They were controllers. They're a manipulator. They like you for 212 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: what you can do for them, not for who you are. 213 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: You don't need friends like that. Make a change and 214 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: God will give you true friends. Here's the key. If 215 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: you're doing all the giin and never receiving, that's out 216 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: of balance. Heard somebody say if you surround yourself with 217 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: people that need you more than they feed you, then 218 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: that's a red flag. The longer I live, the more 219 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: I realize the importance of having the right people in 220 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: our lives. You won't reach the fullness of your destiny 221 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: with people that are constantly dragging you down. You're having 222 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: to always spend your time and energy keeping them fixed, 223 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: keeping them encourage. You need people who feed you, people 224 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: that inspire and challenge you. People who are happy where 225 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: you laugh and have fun. People who are consistent, not 226 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: living a crisis mode, moody up and down, but people 227 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: that are stable. I read a study that said for 228 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: every happy friend you have, you are twenty percent more 229 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: likely to be happy. If I understand this right, If 230 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: you can just find five happy friends, there's a good 231 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: chance you're going to be happy. This is what the 232 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: scripture says, if you walk with wise people, you will 233 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: become wise. It's true in the negative, just like the 234 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: positive proverb says, if you hang around a gossip, you'll 235 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: become a gossip. Think of it like this. For every 236 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: peace stealer you allow in your life, you are twenty 237 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: percent more likely to live stressed, on edge, to have 238 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: a crisis. I'm asking you to find happy friends. I'm 239 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: not saying you have to cut people off, never speak 240 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: to them again. I am saying you should put up 241 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: some boundaries. You don't have to make a big announcement 242 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: like I did. Just little by little, spend less and 243 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: less time with that person. If you don't get the 244 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: wrong people out of your life, you'll never meet the 245 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: right ones, Especially in your inner circle. The people who 246 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: are closest to you need to be stay able, consistent, happy, godly, 247 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: responsible people that move you towards your destiny. Like iron 248 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: sharpens iron, you make each other better, and this is 249 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: the reason many people are stuck. Who do you have 250 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: in your life? What are you giving your time and 251 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: energy to putting out fires, trying to keep someone happy? 252 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: Feeling guilty because you can't meet their demands. That's going 253 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: to wear you out. It's time to make a change. 254 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: You can't please everyone. We see this principle with Jesus. 255 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: After a long day of teaching the people and praying 256 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: for them, the scripture says he left the crowds and 257 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: went away to rest. There were still many people that 258 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: needed prayer, many needs that had not been met. I'm 259 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: sure some of them thought, Wow, we traveled all this 260 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: way and he didn't even wait to pray for us. 261 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: He let us down. Jesus wasn't being rude, he wasn't 262 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: over looking needs. He was taking care of himself. He 263 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: knew he needed to get away and get quiet so 264 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: he could be refreshed and restored. There will always be 265 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: people that need you. Somebody that needs rescuing, needs encouraging, 266 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: needs your help. If you try to meet all the needs, 267 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: you'll end up run down over time, even burn out. 268 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: Your number one priority is to keep yourself healthy. You 269 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: shouldn't be pressured into doing things that you know are 270 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: going to wear you out and over time even keep 271 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: you from your destiny. If Jesus was willing to walk 272 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: away from needs to protect his peace to stay at rest, 273 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: then we need to be willing to walk away from 274 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: things that we know are stealing our peace. In March 275 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: chapter four, the Disciples were in a boat on the 276 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: middle of a lake when a huge storm arose, and 277 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: they were so afraid and worse. They said, somebody, go 278 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: wake Jesus up. We're going to die. Jesus, as you know, 279 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: was asleep in the hull of the boat at rest 280 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: in the middle of the storm. They came in all frantic, Jesus, Jesus, 281 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: wake up, We're about to drown. He woke up, spoke 282 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 1: to the storm, and everything calmed down. What's interesting is 283 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: these disciples had seen Jesus heal a paralyzed man, cure 284 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: the leper, do all kinds of miraculous signs. You would 285 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: think since they had seen the miracles and Jesus had 286 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: just told them let's go to the other side of 287 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: the lake, they would believe they would make it, but 288 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: doubt crept in fear crept in. They panicked and woke 289 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: Jesus up. Like with these disciples, there will always be 290 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: people that try to get us out of our rest. 291 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: They may be good people, they may mean well, but 292 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,719 Speaker 1: they tend to focus on the negative, blow things out 293 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: of a portion, see everything as a crisis. If you 294 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: allow them, they'll get you all wrought up, all stirred up. 295 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: You have to put your foot down and say no, 296 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm staying at rest. Don't wake me up with your worry. 297 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: Don't wake me up with your fear, don't wake me 298 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: up with your doubt. I know God is still on 299 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: the throne. He brought me through in the past, and 300 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: he'll bring me through this next time. Now, the situation 301 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: in the natural may be a crisis. I mean they 302 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: were in a storm. Say well, Joel, I got a 303 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: bad medical reporter. Your child is off course, your business 304 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: has gone down. But when you know the God who 305 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: controls the universe is on your boat, the God who 306 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: speaks to storms and they'll obey, is right there with you, 307 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: then you'll have a different perspective. You won't let circumstances 308 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: pull you out of rest. You won't let people who 309 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: are panicing and stressed out cause you to panic, you 310 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: won't stay focused on the side of the problem. You'll 311 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: stay focused on the size of your God. Now, don't 312 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: let your own negative thoughts wake you up from your rest. 313 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 1: Don't let people wake you up with their worry, their doubt. 314 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: Stay in peace, and God will do what he promised. 315 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: He'll get you to where you're supposed to be. But 316 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: how we respond in the storms of life, in the 317 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: difficult times, that influences how people respond around us. If 318 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: Jesus would have woke up all panicked and oh wow, 319 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: this is really bad, those disciples probably would have jumped overboard. Boy, 320 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: if he's worried, we're really worried. But because he stayed 321 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: at rest, not only could he bring peace, but people 322 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: around him calm down. When you live at rest, your 323 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: family will be more peaceful. When you don't get stressed 324 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: out at the office when everybody else does. People around 325 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: you will calm down when you're stable, consistent, in a 326 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: good mood despite what's going on around you, Like Jesus, 327 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: because you have peace on the inside, you'll bring peace 328 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: to the outside. Now, don't let people wake you up 329 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: with their negativity. Like at a hotel when you don't 330 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: want to be bothered. You put the do not disturb 331 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: sign out on the door. Why don't you put a 332 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: do not disturb sign on your life? You're announcing I'm 333 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: staying at rest. Don't wake me up with your turmoil. 334 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: Don't wake me up with your drama. Don't wake me 335 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: up with your fear. Tell those peace dealers look at 336 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: the sign on the door, do not disturb. I have 337 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: entered into the rest of God. A couple of years 338 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: after I started ministering, I was at home in my 339 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: office Saturday afternoon, finishing up my message for that weekend. 340 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: Victoria and our small son Jonathan at that time, had 341 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: taken my car up to the car wash to have 342 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: it cleaned. I had a white Lexus that used to 343 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: be my father's. It was given to me when my 344 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: dad died, and it was a beautiful car. Even though 345 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: it was six years old. It didn't have one scratch 346 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: on It looked brand new, and I went to great 347 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: links to make sure it stayed perfect, especially since it 348 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: meant a lot to me. Victoria took it to the 349 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: same car wash that we always drove through. It's one 350 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: of those super soft ones where the brushes don't even 351 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: touch the car. It just freezes it with water. Unfortunately, 352 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: in the middle of the wash, the machine malfunctioned. This 353 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: big metal arm came crashing down on the front bumper. 354 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: Then it drug it across the hood, over the windshield, 355 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: over the roof, to the back of the car. It 356 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: put a deep scratch about a foot wide the whole 357 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: length of the car. When Victoria got back to the house, 358 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: she wasn't gonna tell me until after the Saturday night 359 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 1: service so that I wouldn't have to think about it. 360 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: She was in the garage looking at it. But our son, Jonathan, 361 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: he was about six years old, he had a different plan. 362 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: He got out of that car, took off running ninety 363 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: miles per hour, came busting in my office, said, Daddy, Daddy, 364 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: you won't believe it. Mom, just totally ruined your car. 365 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: I said, thank you, Jonathan for being so diplomatic about it. 366 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: But evidently he didn't see the do not disturb sign 367 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: on my door. What am I saying? Life happens. There 368 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: will be plenty of opportunities to wake up from that rest, 369 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: and even though people and circumstances may bypass that do 370 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: not disturb sign, you have the final saying. You have 371 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: to dig your heels in and say, naw, I'm staying 372 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: at rest. I know God's still on the throne. I 373 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: Am not going to lose my peace over something I 374 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: cannot change. But how many times do we let small 375 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: things pull us out of that rest? We get caught 376 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: in traffic? A coworker was rude, somebody's talking about us. 377 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: Don't let that get on the inside. Never keep away 378 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: all the peace stealers. If you're waiting for them to change, 379 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: and traffic to change, and your boss to change, you'll 380 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: live stressed, worried your whole life. They may never change. 381 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: Here's the good news. You can change. You can enter 382 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: into this rest. You can put that do not disturb 383 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: sign on. Despite what comes against you, make up your 384 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: mind you're gonna stay in peace. One time I couldn't 385 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: find the remote control for our television at home. I 386 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: had looked everywhere and went in the kitchen, thought somebody 387 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: had carried it in there, and looked under the cushions 388 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: of the couch, and finally I called Victoria asked her 389 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: if she had seen it. She said, no, the last 390 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: time I saw it was right where it was supposed 391 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: to be and kept looking and looking. About fifteen minutes later, 392 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: Victoria called back and said, I found the remote control. 393 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: I said, good, where is it? She said, in my 394 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: purse with me here at target. I was the one 395 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: that put it there while we were moving some furniture. 396 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: But I was tempted to wake up from my rest. 397 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,959 Speaker 1: That do not disturb sign I found. Most of the time, 398 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: it's not for other people, it's for you. It's to 399 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: remind us to stay in peace. Are you allowing things 400 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: to pull you out of rest? Anyone can be peaceful 401 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: when everything's going their way. The real test comes when 402 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: life happens when the remote control is at target, when 403 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: the car wash puts an extra racing stripe down your car, 404 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: when the disciples come rushing in panicking, we're in a storm. 405 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: This is really bad. The easy thing to do is 406 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: to panic with them, get all upset, recognize what's happening. 407 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: Those are peace stealers trying to pull you out of 408 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: your rest. This is what happened with the Israelites. God 409 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: had just delivered them out of slavery. They were headed 410 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: toward the promised land. Life was good until the Phairoh 411 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: changed his mind. He and his army came chasing after them. 412 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: The Israelites ended up at a dead end and at 413 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: the Red Sea, they had nowhere to go, looked like 414 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: they would certainly be recaptured or maybe even killed. They 415 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: begin to panic. They were so afraid. The scripture says 416 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: they were terrified and said, Moses, why did you bring 417 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: us out here in the desert to die. Moses knew 418 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: if they would have stayed upset, fearful, worried, that would 419 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 1: have stopped God from working. He said to the people, 420 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: don't be afraid. The Lord will fight for you if 421 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: you hold your peace and remain at rest. Notice there 422 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: was a condition. God will fight your battles if you'll 423 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: stay at rest, if you'll quit worrying about the medical report, 424 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: if you'll quit being upset over the contract you didn't get, 425 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: if you quit being stressed by those people that talking 426 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: about you. If you'll remain at rest, God will fight 427 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: your battles. I'm asking you today to identify the peace 428 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: stealers in your life. What's causing you to be dress? 429 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: Are you carrying a load that you're not supposed to carry, 430 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: allowing someone to dump their burdens on you, trying to 431 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: be the savior. Turn that over to God. Don't let 432 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: them pull you out of rest. Are you allowing traffic 433 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: people a grouchy boss to upset you. They may not change, 434 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: but you can change. Put up this do not disturb sign, 435 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: not just for others, but to remind you to stay 436 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: in peace. Friends. Life is too short to go through 437 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,239 Speaker 1: it letting peace dealers determine our destiny. If you'll make 438 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: this decision with me that you're going to live at rest, 439 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: you'll not only enjoy your life more, but I believe 440 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: and declare God will do for you what he did 441 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: for the Israelites. He'll part red seas, he'll restore your hell. 442 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: He'll bring vindication, promotion, the fullness of your destiny in 443 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: Jesus's name. If you receive it today, can you say amen? 444 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 445 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 446 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 447 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 448 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 449 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 450 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: a good Bible based Church. Keep God first place. He's 451 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: going to take your places that you've never dreamed. Many 452 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: people believe that God can heal, but when nothing is improving, 453 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: our prayers are not being answered, it's easy to think, 454 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: will God heal me? The truth is God still loves 455 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: to heal. I've witnessed God's healing power firsthand in my 456 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: own family. 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