1 00:00:00,409 --> 00:00:02,990 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,190 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's word with you 3 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:10,260 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, 5 00:00:10,460 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well, 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,980 Speaker 1: but know that we love you. It's going to be 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: a blessed day for you. Well, God bless you. It's 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 9 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:24,450 Speaker 1: stay connected with us throughout the week. We have a 10 00:00:24,530 --> 00:00:27,770 Speaker 1: daily podcast that you can download. You can go to 11 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:30,950 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, or of course, 12 00:00:30,990 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: you can follow us on social media. I promise you this, 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. Thanks for tuning in, 14 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,980 Speaker 1: and thanks again for coming out today. I like to 15 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:42,580 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and this is just a joke. 16 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:45,659 Speaker 1: Please don't be offended, but I heard about this man. 17 00:00:46,060 --> 00:00:48,650 Speaker 1: He was sitting in a dark restaurant. He said to 18 00:00:48,710 --> 00:00:50,709 Speaker 1: the lady next to him, would you like to hear 19 00:00:50,729 --> 00:00:53,950 Speaker 1: a blonde joke? The lady said, well, before you tell me, 20 00:00:54,310 --> 00:00:57,630 Speaker 1: you should know that I'm blonde, six foot tall and 21 00:00:57,650 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: a professional bodybuilder. The lady next to me is blonde, 22 00:01:01,580 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: six foot two and a professional wrestler. And the lady 23 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: next to her is blonde, six foot five and the 24 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:11,180 Speaker 1: kickboxing champion of the world. Now, do you still want 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,950 Speaker 1: to tell me? He thought about it a moment, said, no, 26 00:01:14,290 --> 00:01:16,270 Speaker 1: not if I'm going to have to explain it three times. 27 00:01:18,130 --> 00:01:20,110 Speaker 1: I may need to ride home today, but here we go. 28 00:01:21,110 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 29 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,780 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:26,819 --> 00:01:29,260 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 31 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 32 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:41,340 Speaker 1: the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,180 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about settled accounts. We all 35 00:01:45,220 --> 00:01:48,460 Speaker 1: have to deal with unfair situations and people that do 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,020 Speaker 1: us wrong. You can't live very long without someone being jealous, 37 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,780 Speaker 1: talking badly about you, being cheated in a business deal, 38 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,290 Speaker 1: a friend not keeping their word. A lady told me 39 00:02:00,330 --> 00:02:03,210 Speaker 1: how a co-worker said things about her that weren't true. 40 00:02:03,710 --> 00:02:07,130 Speaker 1: She went around spreading these rumors, people believed it, and 41 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:10,500 Speaker 1: it kept this lady from a promotion. It doesn't seem 42 00:02:10,580 --> 00:02:13,709 Speaker 1: right when you're being your best and someone else puts 43 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:17,630 Speaker 1: you at a disadvantage. Their choices set you back. But 44 00:02:17,669 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: God said in Hebrews, I am a just God. I 45 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: will repay the exact compensation owed you. I will settle 46 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: the accounts of my people. God sees what you're going through. 47 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,470 Speaker 1: He sees who did you wrong, how they walked away 48 00:02:34,610 --> 00:02:37,970 Speaker 1: and left you to raise the kids, how they manipulated things, 49 00:02:38,230 --> 00:02:41,230 Speaker 1: made you look bad, how they were dishonest and took 50 00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:44,490 Speaker 1: what should have been yours. God is saying, don't worry, 51 00:02:44,889 --> 00:02:47,190 Speaker 1: I'm going to pay you back. I'm going to make 52 00:02:47,210 --> 00:02:49,570 Speaker 1: it up to you. You don't have to get even. 53 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:53,290 Speaker 1: You don't have to vindicate yourself. The most high God 54 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: is going to settle your account. You are not at 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,380 Speaker 1: the mercy of how other people have treated you. They 56 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,609 Speaker 1: don't control your destiny. They may have walked away, said 57 00:03:04,669 --> 00:03:07,750 Speaker 1: things that damage your reputation. Seems like they put you 58 00:03:07,850 --> 00:03:12,710 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage. Stay encouraged. Your time is coming. God 59 00:03:12,790 --> 00:03:15,310 Speaker 1: is not going to leave your account in a deficit. 60 00:03:15,930 --> 00:03:20,060 Speaker 1: He's not going to let you stay down, mistreated, short chains. No, 61 00:03:20,090 --> 00:03:23,980 Speaker 1: get ready. Payback is coming. God is a just God. 62 00:03:24,730 --> 00:03:27,130 Speaker 1: You don't have to settle your account. He's going to 63 00:03:27,169 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: do it for you. And the good news is God 64 00:03:29,980 --> 00:03:32,940 Speaker 1: never brings you out the same. He makes the enemy 65 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,290 Speaker 1: pay for bringing the trouble. Someone may have tried to 66 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:39,630 Speaker 1: push you down. said things that were hurtful. You didn't 67 00:03:39,670 --> 00:03:44,470 Speaker 1: have a good childhood. There's a lot of abuse, manipulation, jealousy. 68 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: But when God settled your account, you're not only going 69 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: to get what you were owed, but you're going to 70 00:03:50,020 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: come out increased, promoted, honored, better than if it would 71 00:03:54,280 --> 00:04:00,730 Speaker 1: have never happened. Better relationships, better position, better opportunities. This 72 00:04:00,790 --> 00:04:03,830 Speaker 1: is what happened with Jacob in the scripture. He fell 73 00:04:03,890 --> 00:04:07,370 Speaker 1: in love with Laban's daughter, a young lady named Rachel. 74 00:04:07,950 --> 00:04:10,010 Speaker 1: Laban told him that if he would work for him 75 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:12,930 Speaker 1: for seven years, he could have Rachel as his wife. 76 00:04:13,510 --> 00:04:17,210 Speaker 1: They had this agreement, very clear, seven years and she's mine. 77 00:04:17,950 --> 00:04:21,510 Speaker 1: Jacob worked those seven years being his best. He didn't 78 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: just pass the time, he excelled. Because of Jacob, Laban 79 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: became very wealthy. His flocks multiplied many times over. Seven 80 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,220 Speaker 1: years finally came and Jacob was so excited. In those 81 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:38,650 Speaker 1: days at the wedding, the bride wore a very thick veil. 82 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:41,730 Speaker 1: You couldn't see who was in there. After the big 83 00:04:41,790 --> 00:04:46,730 Speaker 1: celebration with partying and dancing, I can imagine Jacob went 84 00:04:46,770 --> 00:04:49,190 Speaker 1: to bed that night with a little too much to drink. 85 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:52,770 Speaker 1: The next morning when he woke up, he leaned over 86 00:04:52,830 --> 00:04:56,540 Speaker 1: to kiss his new bride, but it wasn't Rachel, it 87 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: was her sister Leah. Jacob nearly passed out. He ran 88 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:03,940 Speaker 1: to Laban, said, what are you doing? Trying to trick me. 89 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,540 Speaker 1: I didn't agree to marry Leah. I agreed to marry Rachel. 90 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: Laban said, I know Jacob, but we have a tradition. 91 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: We have to marry the older daughter off first, work 92 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,659 Speaker 1: for me another seven years, then you can have Rachel. 93 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:24,780 Speaker 1: Laban was dishonest, manipulative, conniving, all at Jacob's expense. Here 94 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:28,190 Speaker 1: Jacob did the right thing. He went overboard to carry 95 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:31,510 Speaker 1: out his part of the agreement, but Laban deceived him. 96 00:05:32,490 --> 00:05:35,950 Speaker 1: Jacob was either so in love with Rachel or so dumb, 97 00:05:36,310 --> 00:05:40,390 Speaker 1: he agreed to work another seven years. He eventually married Rachel. 98 00:05:41,029 --> 00:05:43,729 Speaker 1: He told Laban that he wanted to move back home. 99 00:05:44,350 --> 00:05:47,170 Speaker 1: Laban didn't want him to go. He said, Jacob, I 100 00:05:47,210 --> 00:05:50,510 Speaker 1: know God has blessed me because you were here. My 101 00:05:50,570 --> 00:05:53,670 Speaker 1: flocks were very small, but now because of you, I 102 00:05:53,710 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: am enormously wealthy. He recognized it was the favor on 103 00:05:58,020 --> 00:06:01,580 Speaker 1: Jacob that caused him to be so blessed. He asked 104 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: Jacob what he wanted as a parting gift. You would 105 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: think he would want to be good to Jacob, send 106 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,790 Speaker 1: him off with the great blessings. But Laban was so manipulative, 107 00:06:12,270 --> 00:06:16,330 Speaker 1: so dishonest, he tried to keep him from having anything significant. 108 00:06:17,070 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: Jacob said, I'll work for you a little longer. For 109 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,460 Speaker 1: my payment, let me have all the new goats and 110 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,380 Speaker 1: sheep that are born that are speckled and streaked. You 111 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:30,260 Speaker 1: keep all the animals that are solid. That way when 112 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,250 Speaker 1: I leave, nobody will have any doubt that what I 113 00:06:33,290 --> 00:06:37,850 Speaker 1: take belongs to me. Laban agreed, but he was so stingy, 114 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:40,830 Speaker 1: he had his workers sneak out in the middle of 115 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:44,750 Speaker 1: the night and take all the male streaked and spotted 116 00:06:44,910 --> 00:06:48,929 Speaker 1: animals so when they mated, Jacob wouldn't get any more flocks. 117 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:53,229 Speaker 1: The funny thing is, when the solid colored animals mated, 118 00:06:53,610 --> 00:06:58,169 Speaker 1: they produced speckled and spotted offspring. It didn't make sense. 119 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: This went on and on to where Jacob's flocks were 120 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,830 Speaker 1: getting bigger than Laban's. Laban couldn't understand it. He said, Jacob, 121 00:07:06,930 --> 00:07:10,050 Speaker 1: I've changed my mind. From now on, I get all 122 00:07:10,110 --> 00:07:13,850 Speaker 1: the speckled and spotted animals. You get the solid colored ones. 123 00:07:14,550 --> 00:07:17,250 Speaker 1: You know what happened? All the animals that were born 124 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:21,460 Speaker 1: were now solid. Laban was scratching his head, thinking what 125 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,940 Speaker 1: in the world is happening? God knows how to settle 126 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: your accounts. He knows how to pay you back for 127 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:32,780 Speaker 1: what should have been yours. Deceptive people can't stop our God. 128 00:07:33,540 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: Manipulators are not going to get the best of you 129 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:39,860 Speaker 1: people that leave you out push you down Don't keep 130 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: their word. Don't get upset. You're not on their payroll. 131 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:48,180 Speaker 1: You're on god's payroll He controls the universe He knows 132 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: what you're owed. He knows how to make it up 133 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:54,620 Speaker 1: to you He will bless you despite people trying to 134 00:07:54,670 --> 00:07:58,450 Speaker 1: keep you down They can't stand against our god now 135 00:07:58,470 --> 00:08:01,820 Speaker 1: quit worrying about people that have done you wrong losing 136 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,190 Speaker 1: sleep over that person that left you out, that contract 137 00:08:05,370 --> 00:08:09,230 Speaker 1: you were manipulated out of. They may have manipulated you, 138 00:08:09,650 --> 00:08:12,570 Speaker 1: but they can't manipulate our God. When he's ready to 139 00:08:12,610 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: pay you back, all the forces of darkness cannot stop him. 140 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: He'll make things happen that don't make sense. He'll cause 141 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,580 Speaker 1: people to be good to you that don't even like you. 142 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,220 Speaker 1: caused doors to open that should be closed, caused promotion 143 00:08:28,460 --> 00:08:32,020 Speaker 1: when you weren't next in line. God is a just God. 144 00:08:32,910 --> 00:08:36,630 Speaker 1: He saw Jacob's account was in deficit. He was doing 145 00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:40,390 Speaker 1: the right thing and not being treated fairly, working hard 146 00:08:40,610 --> 00:08:44,100 Speaker 1: but not getting Rachel what he was promised. That doesn't 147 00:08:44,140 --> 00:08:48,620 Speaker 1: go unnoticed. God said in verse 12, Jacob, I have 148 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,500 Speaker 1: seen all that Laban has done to you. People may 149 00:08:52,580 --> 00:08:55,140 Speaker 1: think they're getting the best of you. They don't have 150 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,699 Speaker 1: any problem putting you at a disadvantage. Do like Jacob. 151 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: Stay on the high road. Keep being your best. You 152 00:09:02,420 --> 00:09:06,530 Speaker 1: don't have to vindicate yourself. God will not only vindicate you, 153 00:09:06,890 --> 00:09:09,770 Speaker 1: but he'll make it up to you. The time is 154 00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:13,710 Speaker 1: coming where you're going to see blessings that you can't explain. 155 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:18,110 Speaker 1: Promotion you didn't deserve. Great people come looking for you. 156 00:09:18,410 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: What is that? God paying you back for how you 157 00:09:21,150 --> 00:09:24,550 Speaker 1: were treated. paying you back for what should have been yours. 158 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:37,170 Speaker 1: Jacob said, Laban, you have reduced my wages 10 times. 159 00:09:37,809 --> 00:09:41,230 Speaker 1: Think about how unjust that was. Here's a man that 160 00:09:41,290 --> 00:09:44,790 Speaker 1: caused Laban to be incredibly wealthy. If it were not 161 00:09:44,830 --> 00:09:48,339 Speaker 1: for Jacob, he would still be struggling. But instead of 162 00:09:48,460 --> 00:09:52,979 Speaker 1: blessing Jacob, instead of promoting him, he kept demoting him, 163 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:57,430 Speaker 1: decreasing his wages. Jacob went on to say, if it 164 00:09:57,470 --> 00:09:59,930 Speaker 1: were not for the grace of God, you would suffer. 165 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:03,469 Speaker 1: me off without a penny. But God has seen your 166 00:10:03,550 --> 00:10:07,390 Speaker 1: cruelty and he's seen my hard work. That's why he's 167 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:12,300 Speaker 1: blessed me in abundance. God saw what was unfair and 168 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: he saw how Jacob kept passing the test, taking the 169 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: high road. Jacob ended up leaving with more flocks than Laban. 170 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: In a short time, he outgrew Laban. The blessing on 171 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:29,380 Speaker 1: his life caused him to come into sudden increase, to acceleration. 172 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:34,479 Speaker 1: What was that? Payback time. Don't be discouraged over what 173 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,410 Speaker 1: it looks like you're losing, how you're being shortchanged, not 174 00:10:38,470 --> 00:10:42,150 Speaker 1: getting what you deserve. When you come into your payback time, 175 00:10:42,429 --> 00:10:49,010 Speaker 1: you'll see sudden increase, unusual growth. extraordinary blessings. God knows 176 00:10:49,309 --> 00:10:53,070 Speaker 1: what you're owed. He's storing up the blessing. When he 177 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:57,290 Speaker 1: releases it, it's going to catapult you ahead. Now here's 178 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: the key. Don't look to people to make it up 179 00:11:00,179 --> 00:11:03,660 Speaker 1: to you. Look to God. That person that hurt you, 180 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: the friend that did you wrong, the company that let 181 00:11:06,780 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: you go, they can't pay you back the way God 182 00:11:10,059 --> 00:11:12,300 Speaker 1: is going to pay you back. If you get it 183 00:11:12,370 --> 00:11:15,130 Speaker 1: from people, it's going to be less than what it 184 00:11:15,190 --> 00:11:18,309 Speaker 1: should have been. You have to pass the test of 185 00:11:18,370 --> 00:11:22,410 Speaker 1: being vindictive, trying to get revenge, showing them that you 186 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:26,630 Speaker 1: can play at that game. That's a distraction. That's not 187 00:11:26,670 --> 00:11:29,870 Speaker 1: a battle that you're supposed to fight. Let God take 188 00:11:29,929 --> 00:11:33,970 Speaker 1: care of it. Too often, we're trying to get something 189 00:11:34,030 --> 00:11:37,980 Speaker 1: from people that they don't have to give. That person 190 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,340 Speaker 1: that did you wrong, the friend that walked away, the 191 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: boss that let you go, their part in your story 192 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:48,380 Speaker 1: is over. Don't give it any more time or attention. 193 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,820 Speaker 1: They don't have anything that you need. You're not on 194 00:11:51,860 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: their payroll. God didn't promise that they would pay you back. 195 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: He promised that he would pay you back. Get your 196 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,569 Speaker 1: eyes off of who hurt you. Quit losing sleep over 197 00:12:02,610 --> 00:12:05,890 Speaker 1: what they did and start thanking God that he will 198 00:12:05,950 --> 00:12:09,790 Speaker 1: settle your accounts, that he will compensate you exactly what 199 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:13,340 Speaker 1: you're owed. If you'll be a Jacob, Keep doing the 200 00:12:13,390 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: right thing. Keep a good attitude when it's unfair. Be 201 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: your best when you're not being treated right. And then 202 00:12:20,059 --> 00:12:23,340 Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, you'll not only be vindicated, 203 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: you'll be promoted, honored, blessed at a new level. Years ago, 204 00:12:29,580 --> 00:12:32,700 Speaker 1: Victoria and I went into partnership with this gentleman that 205 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: came across our path. He had a project that we 206 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,570 Speaker 1: were interested in and we agreed to do it together. 207 00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:41,589 Speaker 1: He would be a silent partner and we would give 208 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:45,750 Speaker 1: the leadership and direction. We worked out a very fair contract. 209 00:12:46,050 --> 00:12:49,070 Speaker 1: Everything we earned would be split. But when it came 210 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:53,010 Speaker 1: down to the operations, he wanted himself and several of 211 00:12:53,110 --> 00:12:56,090 Speaker 1: his people to be on the payroll. We didn't need 212 00:12:56,170 --> 00:13:00,390 Speaker 1: any of them. These weren't starting salaries. They were executive salaries. 213 00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: We were struggling to make ends meet, trying to get 214 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: it off the ground. We talked to him a couple 215 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: of times about how that wasn't what we agreed to. 216 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: Would be better once we built it up. Then we 217 00:13:12,179 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: could take on more staff. But he was set in 218 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,470 Speaker 1: his ways. He wouldn't hear it. Rather than fight about it, 219 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:22,309 Speaker 1: get into a big argument, we just kept being our best, 220 00:13:22,770 --> 00:13:25,930 Speaker 1: doing what we could, trusting God to do what we couldn't. 221 00:13:26,950 --> 00:13:30,170 Speaker 1: If you don't understand that God will settle your accounts, 222 00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:35,140 Speaker 1: then you'll get frustrated. Try to get revenge, manipulate things. 223 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,500 Speaker 1: Let God pay you back. Trust him when it's not fair. 224 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,780 Speaker 1: He sees exactly what's happening. That's why he told Jacob, 225 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: I have seen all that Laban has done to you. 226 00:13:47,690 --> 00:13:50,380 Speaker 1: That little detail could have been left out of the scripture, 227 00:13:50,740 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: no big deal, but God had it recorded so we 228 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,100 Speaker 1: would know that he sees when it's unfair. He sees 229 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: when you're being wronged. He sees when people are taking 230 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,870 Speaker 1: advantage of you. If you'll stay in faith and keep 231 00:14:04,990 --> 00:14:08,410 Speaker 1: honoring him, the time will come where he'll not only 232 00:14:08,490 --> 00:14:12,210 Speaker 1: vindicate you, but he will honor you in front of 233 00:14:12,270 --> 00:14:15,510 Speaker 1: those that tried to hold you back. He's preparing a 234 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:20,190 Speaker 1: table in the presence of your enemies. That means when 235 00:14:20,210 --> 00:14:24,150 Speaker 1: you have enemies, when it's unfair, you're not being treated right, 236 00:14:24,390 --> 00:14:28,150 Speaker 1: there's a table there. Instead of living frustrated, why don't 237 00:14:28,170 --> 00:14:30,790 Speaker 1: you take a seat? Why don't you stay in peace 238 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:35,100 Speaker 1: and let God make your wrongs right? Our attitude should be, Father, 239 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,620 Speaker 1: thank you that you will settle my accounts. I know 240 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:41,540 Speaker 1: you are a just God. You will pay me back 241 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:45,340 Speaker 1: all that I'm owed. Several years went by and we 242 00:14:45,380 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: just kept on doing the right thing. One day out 243 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,140 Speaker 1: of the blue, this man called and asked if we 244 00:14:51,210 --> 00:14:55,430 Speaker 1: would buy him out. He'd never given any indication that 245 00:14:55,470 --> 00:14:58,150 Speaker 1: he didn't want to be a long-term partner. But for 246 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:02,060 Speaker 1: some reason, he suddenly changed his mind. We bought him 247 00:15:02,180 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: out at the same value we purchased our part. About 248 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: a year later, a company contacted us about buying the business. 249 00:15:10,490 --> 00:15:13,250 Speaker 1: We ended up selling it for more than 10 times 250 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:17,210 Speaker 1: what we bought it for. Those few salaries we paid 251 00:15:17,270 --> 00:15:21,490 Speaker 1: for several years that weren't fair, God compensated us many 252 00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:24,930 Speaker 1: times over. If that man would have waited a few 253 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:28,250 Speaker 1: more months, he would have received a huge return on 254 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: his investment. Instead, it all came to us. When God 255 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,540 Speaker 1: pays you back, it won't be average. It won't be ordinary. 256 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:40,730 Speaker 1: It will be more than you can imagine. David said 257 00:15:40,750 --> 00:15:44,850 Speaker 1: in Psalm 18, the Lord rewarded me for doing right. 258 00:15:45,430 --> 00:15:49,670 Speaker 1: Then he compensated me for my innocence. When you keep 259 00:15:49,690 --> 00:15:53,660 Speaker 1: doing the right thing, God will compensate you. And I 260 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:56,620 Speaker 1: believe many of you have been doing this. You've done 261 00:15:56,660 --> 00:15:59,210 Speaker 1: the right thing when it was hard. You've been good 262 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:01,930 Speaker 1: to people that weren't good to you. You stayed on 263 00:16:01,950 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: the high road instead of paying people back. God is saying, 264 00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: I'm about to settle your account. I'm about to vindicate you, 265 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,810 Speaker 1: promote you, suddenly turn things around. You didn't see it coming, 266 00:16:15,130 --> 00:16:17,790 Speaker 1: but suddenly he's going to thrust you to a new level, 267 00:16:18,290 --> 00:16:23,270 Speaker 1: thrust you to abundance, thrust you into greater influence, honor, opportunity. 268 00:16:23,770 --> 00:16:26,630 Speaker 1: Like with us, you're going to come out with much 269 00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:30,380 Speaker 1: more than those that tried to stop you. They tried 270 00:16:30,420 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: to push you down, but when God settled your account, 271 00:16:33,580 --> 00:16:37,420 Speaker 1: it's going to catapult you ahead. Listen, you are closer 272 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,210 Speaker 1: to your payback than you think. Don't get tired of 273 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:45,340 Speaker 1: doing the right thing. Your due season is coming. The 274 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:49,100 Speaker 1: unfair situation, the bad break, the people that left you 275 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:54,180 Speaker 1: out didn't go unnoticed. God saw your innocence. He saw 276 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:59,260 Speaker 1: your faithfulness. He's about to settle that account. The Israelites 277 00:16:59,330 --> 00:17:01,490 Speaker 1: had been in slavery for 430 years. They were mistreated. 278 00:17:04,380 --> 00:17:08,060 Speaker 1: forced to work long hours with no breaks, given quotas 279 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: that were impossible to meet. It looked like that was 280 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: their destiny. But God is not going to let people 281 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: continually mistreat you, continually take advantage of you. He said 282 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:23,060 Speaker 1: in Exodus, I have seen the affliction of my people. 283 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: I have heard their cries. I am coming down to 284 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: deliver them. God was saying enough is enough. It's payback time. 285 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:36,570 Speaker 1: I'm ready to settle this account. God didn't just deliver them. 286 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:39,890 Speaker 1: He didn't just free them from the Pharaoh. That would 287 00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:43,340 Speaker 1: have been a great miracle. But when you're on God's payroll, 288 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,619 Speaker 1: when you honor him with your life, he's keeping a 289 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:50,540 Speaker 1: record of everything that's owed you, everything that should have 290 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:55,570 Speaker 1: been yours. They didn't leave Egypt empty-handed. The scripture says 291 00:17:56,050 --> 00:18:00,090 Speaker 1: God caused them to have favor with their oppressors. They 292 00:18:00,150 --> 00:18:04,540 Speaker 1: gave them their gold, their jewelry, and their clothing. Think 293 00:18:04,580 --> 00:18:07,350 Speaker 1: about how strange that was. The people that had held 294 00:18:07,390 --> 00:18:11,350 Speaker 1: them all those years made their lives miserable. Now they're 295 00:18:11,430 --> 00:18:15,500 Speaker 1: giving them their valuables. What was that? God paying them 296 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:20,620 Speaker 1: back for 430 years of working without paying. It says 297 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:26,030 Speaker 1: in Psalms that they left loaded down with blessings. For years, 298 00:18:26,390 --> 00:18:30,030 Speaker 1: they had been loaded down with burdens, loaded down with pressure, 299 00:18:30,450 --> 00:18:34,290 Speaker 1: loaded down with discouragement. But when God settled their account, 300 00:18:34,590 --> 00:18:37,540 Speaker 1: they were loaded down with gifts, loaded down with joy, 301 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,540 Speaker 1: loaded down with blessings. You too may have been through 302 00:18:41,580 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: some unfair situations. Seems like the struggle, the loneliness, the 303 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: depression is your destiny. No, your time is coming God 304 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,310 Speaker 1: is not going to leave you at a deficit. Yes, 305 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:58,070 Speaker 1: there are seasons where we're tested. Things happen that we 306 00:18:58,109 --> 00:19:01,730 Speaker 1: don't understand, but that is not how your story ends. 307 00:19:02,150 --> 00:19:05,330 Speaker 1: Payback is coming. You're not going to be loaded down 308 00:19:05,369 --> 00:19:09,310 Speaker 1: with burdens, but loaded with blessings. Not loaded with lack, 309 00:19:09,410 --> 00:19:13,290 Speaker 1: but loaded with abundance. Not loaded with sickness, loaded with 310 00:19:13,390 --> 00:19:18,550 Speaker 1: good health, with strength, with vitality. Everything that was stolen, 311 00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: God is going to restore. The joy, the peace, the health, 312 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:28,460 Speaker 1: the finances, the relationships, the dreams. He's going to pay 313 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:31,820 Speaker 1: you back for the childhood that you never had. He's 314 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: going to pay you back for the person that falsely 315 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:38,580 Speaker 1: accused you, for those years you lost in an abusive relationship, 316 00:19:38,820 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: for that promotion that should have been yours. Now, why 317 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,180 Speaker 1: don't you get in agreement with God? Instead of focusing 318 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:48,230 Speaker 1: on who did you wrong, what you didn't get, how 319 00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: unfair it was, Lord, thank you for settling my account. 320 00:19:52,220 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for paying me back for the wrongs. Lord, 321 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: I know you will compensate me for my innocence, that 322 00:19:58,540 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: what was meant for harm, you are turning to my advantage. 323 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: You don't have a victim mentality, have a restoration mentality, 324 00:20:06,980 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: a payback mentality. Isaiah said, God will give you double 325 00:20:12,130 --> 00:20:16,540 Speaker 1: for your former shame. When unfair things happen, someone does 326 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: you wrong, in one sense, they did you a favor. 327 00:20:20,540 --> 00:20:24,530 Speaker 1: They just qualified you for double. Instead of being discouraged, Father, 328 00:20:24,550 --> 00:20:26,750 Speaker 1: thank you that double is coming. Thank you that you 329 00:20:26,790 --> 00:20:30,219 Speaker 1: will show out in my life. I saw a story 330 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:33,179 Speaker 1: about a young lady named Dawn. She grew up in 331 00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:37,810 Speaker 1: a very dysfunctional home. Her mother struggled with addictions. The 332 00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:41,530 Speaker 1: mother's boyfriend was a drifter. They'd live under a bridge 333 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:45,250 Speaker 1: or in a shelter. Dawn would attend elementary school for 334 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:48,230 Speaker 1: several months, and then when the boyfriend would get arrested, 335 00:20:48,490 --> 00:20:51,850 Speaker 1: they'd move to another city. She grew up with no stability, 336 00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:54,709 Speaker 1: in and out of school. Much of the time, she 337 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:59,030 Speaker 1: didn't have running water or electricity. Despite all this, Dawn 338 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:02,469 Speaker 1: was an amazing student. She wasn't bitter. She didn't have 339 00:21:02,510 --> 00:21:05,310 Speaker 1: a chip on her shoulder. She just kept being her best. 340 00:21:06,270 --> 00:21:09,550 Speaker 1: In high school, she worked as a janitor. She would 341 00:21:09,590 --> 00:21:12,690 Speaker 1: get to the school two hours before it started, five 342 00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:16,570 Speaker 1: in the morning, clean the halls and classrooms. After school, 343 00:21:16,869 --> 00:21:19,210 Speaker 1: she would stay and work till eight at night. That's 344 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:22,770 Speaker 1: how she made money to survive. One summer, she went 345 00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: to a camp and with the money she had earned. 346 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,250 Speaker 1: And when she came back, her mother was nowhere to 347 00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 1: be found. She called the number where they were temporarily staying. 348 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:36,710 Speaker 1: It was disconnected. Her mother and new boyfriend had abandoned her, 349 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:40,710 Speaker 1: moved to another city. The head janitor heard what happened 350 00:21:41,010 --> 00:21:44,190 Speaker 1: and took Dawn into her home. She began to excel 351 00:21:44,250 --> 00:21:48,149 Speaker 1: in school. She made the honor roll straight A's. She 352 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:51,450 Speaker 1: was elected vice president of her class. When it came 353 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:54,770 Speaker 1: time to apply for college, her friends encouraged her to 354 00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:58,450 Speaker 1: aim high. A few months later, she received a letter 355 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,980 Speaker 1: in the mail. It said, congratulations, you've been accepted into 356 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: Harvard University. God knows how to settle your accounts. He 357 00:22:08,740 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: knows how to make up for what wasn't fair, what 358 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:16,060 Speaker 1: you didn't get, who wasn't there for you, who walked away. 359 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: Another person cannot stop your destiny unless you allow them to. 360 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:26,340 Speaker 1: If you get bitter, angry, lose your passion, then you'll 361 00:22:26,380 --> 00:22:30,260 Speaker 1: miss the payback. You'll miss the double. The scripture says, 362 00:22:30,740 --> 00:22:34,220 Speaker 1: even if my father and mother forsake me, God will 363 00:22:34,290 --> 00:22:38,390 Speaker 1: adopt me as his very own child. He's watching over 364 00:22:38,450 --> 00:22:42,350 Speaker 1: you right now. He's seen the lonely nights. He's seen 365 00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:46,409 Speaker 1: the loveless marriage. He's seen the injustice at work. He 366 00:22:46,470 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: has beauty for those ashes. He has blessings for the burdens. 367 00:22:50,740 --> 00:22:53,860 Speaker 1: He has joy for the morning. If you'll do like 368 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: Don and keep moving forward, being your best where you are, 369 00:22:58,740 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: then payback is coming. God will open doors that no 370 00:23:02,510 --> 00:23:06,230 Speaker 1: person can shut. He'll give you favor with people and 371 00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:09,210 Speaker 1: cause them to be good to you. When he settles 372 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:13,510 Speaker 1: your account, you'll go places that you've never dreamed. Think 373 00:23:13,570 --> 00:23:17,130 Speaker 1: about all the people that came against Joseph in the scripture. 374 00:23:17,690 --> 00:23:21,109 Speaker 1: He was betrayed by his brothers. They were jealous and 375 00:23:21,150 --> 00:23:23,710 Speaker 1: threw him into a pit. He could have thought, God, 376 00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:26,969 Speaker 1: my own family has turned on me. The people that 377 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,959 Speaker 1: should love me, before me, are now against me. In Egypt, 378 00:23:32,140 --> 00:23:35,700 Speaker 1: the man he worked for was a high-ranking military officer. 379 00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:39,980 Speaker 1: His wife falsely accused Joseph. She lied and said he 380 00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: was trying to harm her. Joseph was put in prison. 381 00:23:43,859 --> 00:23:47,340 Speaker 1: While there, he interpreted a dream for a fellow prisoner, 382 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:52,659 Speaker 1: Pharaoh's former butler. All Joseph asked in return was for 383 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:56,139 Speaker 1: him to remember Joseph when he got out. The butler 384 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,300 Speaker 1: said that he would, but when he was released, he 385 00:23:59,340 --> 00:24:02,939 Speaker 1: forgot all about Joseph. Two years went by and nothing. 386 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: The butler wasn't a bad person. He just got busy 387 00:24:07,340 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: doing his own thing. We all have to deal with 388 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,340 Speaker 1: broken promises. People that mean well, but they don't keep 389 00:24:14,380 --> 00:24:17,609 Speaker 1: their word. Something we were counting on. We needed it 390 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,530 Speaker 1: to happen, but they forgot about it. It seemed like 391 00:24:21,690 --> 00:24:27,410 Speaker 1: Joseph would end in a deficit. All these unfair things, betrayal, rejection, 392 00:24:27,650 --> 00:24:32,710 Speaker 1: being lied about, broken promises. Surely his story was over. No, 393 00:24:32,830 --> 00:24:37,100 Speaker 1: people can't stop your destinies. If that betrayal was going 394 00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:40,540 Speaker 1: to keep you from your purpose, God wouldn't have allowed it. 395 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,090 Speaker 1: If the injustice, the person that walked away, the boss 396 00:24:45,130 --> 00:24:48,110 Speaker 1: that did you wrong was going to stop God's plan, 397 00:24:48,670 --> 00:24:52,430 Speaker 1: they would be more powerful than God. No, nothing anyone 398 00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: has done to you, no bad break, no disappointment, no 399 00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:59,700 Speaker 1: betrayal has stopped what God has in store for you. 400 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: It wasn't fair. It was painful. It shouldn't have happened. Yes, 401 00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:09,300 Speaker 1: but God saw it and payback is coming. He's going 402 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: to settle your account. After 13 years, all the odds 403 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: were against Joseph. One day the Pharaoh sent word for him. 404 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,090 Speaker 1: He interpreted the Pharaoh's dream and became the prime minister 405 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:26,609 Speaker 1: of Egypt. It happened suddenly. Joseph woke up that morning 406 00:25:26,770 --> 00:25:30,150 Speaker 1: a slave in prison. That night he went to bed 407 00:25:30,450 --> 00:25:34,810 Speaker 1: second in command of Egypt. What happened? God settled his account. 408 00:25:35,650 --> 00:25:38,709 Speaker 1: You may have been in an unfair situation a long time. 409 00:25:39,290 --> 00:25:41,750 Speaker 1: You feel like it's never going to change. You're tempted 410 00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:45,260 Speaker 1: to lose your passion, give up on your dreams. God 411 00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: has not forgotten about you. He sees your faithfulness. He 412 00:25:49,580 --> 00:25:53,869 Speaker 1: sees you pressing forward. being your best despite what they said, 413 00:25:54,330 --> 00:25:57,619 Speaker 1: despite how they treated you, despite how they made fun. 414 00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: Like with Joseph, he's about to do something unusual, uncommon, 415 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:08,070 Speaker 1: out of the ordinary. Suddenly you're vindicated. Suddenly you're promoted. 416 00:26:08,730 --> 00:26:12,060 Speaker 1: Suddenly you meet the right person or suddenly people that 417 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: are trying to stop you are moved out of the way. 418 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 1: Your crooked place is made straight. You're thrust where you 419 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: can't go on your own. What is that? The power 420 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:25,870 Speaker 1: of the most high settling your account. You may be 421 00:26:25,990 --> 00:26:30,070 Speaker 1: in a deficit now. Life hasn't been fair. People left 422 00:26:30,109 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: you out. Family member turned on you. The storm set 423 00:26:33,460 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: you back. Stay in peace. Your time is coming. God 424 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,540 Speaker 1: is going to make it up to you. Like with Jacob, 425 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,100 Speaker 1: when Laban was unfair, God knows how to make the 426 00:26:44,140 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: street and spotted animals. What belongs to you is on 427 00:26:48,510 --> 00:26:51,149 Speaker 1: the way. You don't have to go after it. It's 428 00:26:51,190 --> 00:26:54,790 Speaker 1: going to come to you. I believe and declare payback 429 00:26:54,869 --> 00:27:01,740 Speaker 1: is coming. Vindication is coming. Restoration, healing, the right people, breakthroughs. 430 00:27:02,140 --> 00:27:05,770 Speaker 1: God is about to settle your account in Jesus' name. 431 00:27:06,109 --> 00:27:08,350 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen today? 432 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:12,770 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 433 00:27:12,850 --> 00:27:15,470 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 434 00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:21,010 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 435 00:27:21,070 --> 00:27:24,690 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 436 00:27:25,869 --> 00:27:28,110 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 437 00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:31,310 Speaker 1: born again. I'd love to send you some free information 438 00:27:31,390 --> 00:27:33,470 Speaker 1: on your new walk with the Lord. Just text the 439 00:27:33,530 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: number on the screen or go to the website. I 440 00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:39,980 Speaker 1: hope you'll get into a good Bible-based church and keep 441 00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:51,050 Speaker 1: God first place. A few years ago, I stood in 442 00:27:51,090 --> 00:27:54,750 Speaker 1: a forest of giant redwoods, trees hundreds of feet tall 443 00:27:54,810 --> 00:27:58,580 Speaker 1: and thousands of years old. I remember thinking every one 444 00:27:58,619 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: of them started as a single seed, something you could 445 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: hold in your hand. but I was amazed at what 446 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: they had become. That's not just true of trees. It's 447 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,790 Speaker 1: true of you. There are seeds God has already placed 448 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:13,489 Speaker 1: in you that are waiting to come to life. You 449 00:28:13,510 --> 00:28:16,710 Speaker 1: haven't seen all that you can become. I'd love to 450 00:28:16,730 --> 00:28:20,550 Speaker 1: send you my new 90-day devotional called Super Bloom. It's 451 00:28:20,609 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: designed to help you water what God has already planted 452 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,100 Speaker 1: in your life. 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