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It's always 44 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 5: great to come. 45 00:01:59,160 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 4: Into your home. 46 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 5: We love you and we know God has great things 47 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 5: in store for each one of you. If you're ever 48 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 5: in our area, please stop buy and be a part 49 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 5: of one of our services. 50 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 51 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and again thanks 52 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 5: for coming out today. And I like to start with 53 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 5: something funny each week. And I heard about this man. 54 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 5: He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family. All 55 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 5: of a sudden, his mother in law died. He went 56 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 5: to make arrangements to get her body back home, and 57 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 5: the consulate said it had cost five thousand dollars to 58 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 5: have her shift and one hundred and fifty dollars to 59 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 5: have her buried right there in Jerusalem. After deep thought, 60 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 5: he told the consulate he wanted to have her body shift. 61 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 5: The consulate said, well, boy, you must have really loved 62 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 5: your mother in law. 63 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 4: He said, no, it's not so much that. 64 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 5: I just remember a case here many years ago where 65 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 5: they buried somebody and on the third day he arose, 66 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 5: and I can't take that chance. 67 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 4: All right now, I'm blessed to have a great mother 68 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 4: in law. You to ful annointed fun Hold up your Bible, 69 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 70 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 5: I am what it says, I am, I have what 71 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 72 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 5: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 73 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 74 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. 75 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 76 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 4: bless you. 77 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about God's hedge 78 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 5: of protection. We hear so much in the news about 79 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 5: terrorist threats and violence in schools, and how cities are 80 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 5: becoming less and less safe. Just recently I saw a 81 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 5: big report on gain violence and how it was spreading 82 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 5: across the nation. I read an article that talked about 83 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 5: how dangerous the freeways are and how many people are 84 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 5: being hurt in accidents. If we're not careful, we'll go 85 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 5: through life in fear instead of faith. But the scripture 86 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 5: taught talks about how God has placed a hedge of 87 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 5: protection around his children. It is a barrier that cannot 88 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 5: be broken without God's permission. That's why in the Book 89 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: of Job, Satan had to ask permission to test Job. 90 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,239 Speaker 5: He wanted to, but he said God, I can't touch 91 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 5: him or his family, his property, his business, because you've 92 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 5: got this hedge all around him. 93 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 4: It'll help you to stay in. 94 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 5: Faith if you'll realize as long as you do like 95 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 5: job and do your best to honor God, then you 96 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 5: too have a hedge of protection that cannot be penetrated 97 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,239 Speaker 5: without God's permission. It is not subject to a terrorist attack, 98 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: to a drunk driver, to a crazy accident. 99 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 4: It's subject to the most high God. You remember the 100 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 4: rapper mc Hammer. He used to have a popular song 101 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 4: that said, can't touch this, can't touch this. Well, that's 102 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 4: the way you are to the enemy. Can't touch you, 103 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 4: can't touch you. 104 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 5: When you realize the creator of the universe is watching 105 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 5: over you, you won't go around worried thinking, Oh, it's 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 5: so dangerous, I'm afraid to drive on the freeways. Crime 107 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 5: is so bad. No, You'll say, like David, I will 108 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 5: fear no evil. I will fear no accident, I will 109 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 5: fear no crime, I will fear. 110 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: No terrorist attack. 111 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 5: I'm not worried about what someone can or cannot do 112 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: to me. 113 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 4: The Lord is my protector. 114 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 5: The Lord is my shield, my strong power, my defender, 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 5: my fortress. 116 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: Whom shall we be afraid? 117 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 5: So on one in the message translation says, your guardian 118 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 5: God is right at your side to protect you, shielding 119 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 5: you from every evil. He guards you when you leave 120 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 5: and guard you when you return. He guards you now, 121 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 5: and he will guard you always. Friends, there's no reason 122 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 5: to be afraid. There's no reason to go around worried 123 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 5: thinking about what might happen. Your guardian God is watching 124 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,559 Speaker 5: over you. Our son, Jonathan is learning how to drive. 125 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 5: He's fifteen years old and just recently got his learners permit. 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 5: That means that he can drive as long as there's 127 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 5: an adult in the car. I've been riding with him 128 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 5: a lot lately, and I must say that my prayer 129 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 5: life has increased greatly. Jonathan has helped me grow closer 130 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 5: to the Lord. But it's easy to be worried and think, well, 131 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 5: I wonder what's going to happen. A lot of crazy drivers. 132 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 5: I hope he's okay out there now. When we dwell 133 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 5: on fear talk about what might happen, all we're doing 134 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 5: is putting our faith in the fear instead of faith 135 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 5: in Almighty God. Some of you are living way too worried, 136 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 5: worried about your children, worried about your safety, worried about accidents, 137 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 5: worried about not getting sick. Listen, if it's not your 138 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 5: time to go, you're not going to go. The enemy 139 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 5: does not have the power to end your life. God 140 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 5: has you. 141 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 4: In the palm of his hand. Nothing can snatch you 142 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: out of God's hand. 143 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 5: No accident, no drunk driver, no terrorists, no sickness, no 144 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 5: bad break. God controls the whole universe. I know a 145 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 5: police officer. He was responding to a call late one 146 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 5: night for a break in at a home. When he 147 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 5: got to the house, he ran around the back and 148 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 5: a burglar was hiding in the bushes. 149 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 4: This burglar was high on drugs, didn't know what he 150 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 4: was doing. 151 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 5: He stepped out and shot the officer point blank range, 152 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 5: right in the chest. They rushed the officer to the 153 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 5: hospital and took him into surgery. The surgeon discovered that 154 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 5: the bullet missed the main artery in his chest by less. 155 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 4: Than one sixteenth of an inch. 156 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: He told the family afterwards, if he would have been 157 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 5: a fraction over, that. 158 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 4: Bullet would have ended his life. 159 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 5: Come to find out, the bullet hit the man's bag 160 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 5: and it caused it to ever so slightly change the 161 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 5: course of a bullet. What am I saying, as a 162 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 5: child of the Most High God, you have a hedge 163 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 5: of protection that cannot even be penetrated by a bullet. 164 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 5: You have a guardian, you have a defender. Quit worrying 165 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 5: about your safety, Quit worrying about accidents. God said, no 166 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 5: weapon formed against you will ever prosper. And I realized 167 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 5: that we can get out from under God's protection. If 168 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 5: we're not living right, not honoring God, if we're doing 169 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 5: things that are foolish, we can certainly bring trouble on ourselves. 170 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: It's like this man I heard about. 171 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 5: He was driving down the freeway going ninety miles an 172 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 5: hour in a sixty mile an hour zone. His friends said, man, 173 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 5: you need to slow down. This is dangerous. He said, Oh, 174 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: I'm not worried about it. I've got the Angel of 175 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 5: the Lord with me. His friend said, no, the Angel 176 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 5: of the Lord got out at sixty five. But of 177 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 5: course we shouldn't do foolish things. We shouldn't not use 178 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 5: our common sense. The one thing I love about God 179 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 5: is even when we do do dumb things, even when 180 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 5: we don't use common sense, God is so merciful, so 181 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 5: full of loving kindness. Most of the time, he'll still 182 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 5: protect us and keep us from harm. I read about 183 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 5: a young man twenty one years old. He was raised 184 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 5: in church. He knew the right thing to do, But 185 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 5: he started partying, drinking, running with the wrong crowd. The 186 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 5: whole time, his mother back at home was praying and praying. 187 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 5: She would constantly call him and encourage him to get 188 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 5: his life straightened out, but he just wouldn't do it. 189 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 5: One night, after it had way too much to drink, 190 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 5: some of his friends dared him to climb up a 191 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 5: power pole. He was crazy enough to do it. He 192 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 5: climbed up that pole forty feet in the air, as 193 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 5: drunk as can be. When he almost made it to 194 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 5: the top, he lost his footing, slipped and fell As 195 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 5: he began to tumble down backwards toward a certain death. Somehow, 196 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 5: his leather belt caught hold of one of the metal 197 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 5: rods sticking out of the pole, and it acted just 198 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 5: like a harness. 199 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 4: It saved his life. 200 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 5: He was dangling up there in the middle of the night. 201 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 5: The rescuers came and got him down. The newspaper headline said, 202 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 5: pants saved drunk man from falls. That was the mercy 203 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 5: of God leaving that hedge of protection. Parents, all those 204 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 5: prayers you've been praying for your children, it does make 205 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: a difference. They may still be acting foolishly doing crazy things. 206 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 5: Maybe they don't even deserve God's protection, they don't deserve 207 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 5: God's goodness. 208 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 4: But let me tell you, but because. 209 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 5: Of your prayers, because of your faith, because of your goodness, 210 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 5: God will protect. 211 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 4: Them and keep them from harm. 212 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 5: And every day we should get in a habit of 213 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 5: thanking God for his protection. I never leave the house 214 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 5: without saying, Father, thank you that you have a hedge 215 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 5: of protection around me, over my family, over our ministry, 216 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 5: over our property. 217 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: I learned this from my mother. Growing up. 218 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 5: We never went to school without my mother saying Father, 219 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 5: thank you that your angels have charge over my children. 220 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 5: My mother prayed every day that not one of us 221 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 5: five children would ever break a bone. Do you know 222 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 5: we all grew up playing sports, very active, but not 223 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 5: one of us has ever broken a bone. My brother 224 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 5: Paul's knows it's naturally. 225 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 4: That Big song ninety one, If you dwell in the. 226 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 5: Secret place of the Most High, you will abide under 227 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 5: the shadow of the Almighty. 228 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: What does that mean? The secret place? 229 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 5: It means stay close to God, honor him with your 230 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 5: life all through the day. Under your breath you should 231 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,599 Speaker 5: be whispering God, I love you, I need you, I 232 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 5: trusts you God, help me. 233 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 4: To make good decisions today. 234 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 5: When you're close to God, you're in the secret place 235 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: under the shadow of the Almighty. 236 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 4: The next verse. 237 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 5: Says, I will say of the Lord, you are my refuge, 238 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 5: you are my fortress, You are my God. 239 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: In you will I trust. 240 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 5: Then it goes on to list all these great promises 241 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 5: of protection. But what I want you to see is 242 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 5: it's not enough to just dwell in the secret place. 243 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 5: You need to do like the Psalmist and start saying, 244 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 5: of the Lord Father, I want to thank you that 245 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 5: you're my shield, you're my refuge, you're my fortress. Lord, 246 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 5: thank you for this hedge of protection around me and 247 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 5: my family. I have a friend that works in commercial construction. 248 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 5: He's one of our faithful volunteers. I see him here 249 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 5: all the time. He's dwelling in that secret place. His 250 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 5: company builds these big high rises and he's a foreman. 251 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 5: One day he was on the job site, standing right 252 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 5: next to this big crane that they used to lift 253 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 5: the steel beams into place. He needed some equipment back 254 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 5: at the office and he was going to radio them 255 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 5: and asked them to bring it. But when he went 256 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 5: to use his radio, for some reason, it wasn't working, 257 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 5: and that was odd because it had been working just 258 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 5: ten minutes earlier. In fact, it had worked perfectly all 259 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 5: day long. And he finagled with the radio five or 260 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 5: ten minutes. Finally he just gave up started walking back 261 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: toward his truck. He was going to go to the 262 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 5: office and pick up the equipment himself. When he got 263 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: about three hundred yards away, he heard a loud kaboon 264 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 5: sounded like an explosion, literally shook the ground. He looked 265 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 5: back and that massive crane right where he was standing 266 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 5: it toppled over. 267 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 4: There was a big mass of steel, cable, smoke dust 268 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 4: going up in the air. 269 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 5: He would have certainly been killed. What caused his radio 270 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 5: to not work The Angel of the Lord. That was 271 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 5: the hedge of protection God had around him. I was saying, 272 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 5: I'm not finished with your life. I've got something else 273 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 5: for you to do. Well, you say, Joel, If God's 274 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 5: so good, why didn't he stop the crane from toppling 275 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 5: over in the first place. Now, God is not going 276 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 5: to prevent every accident, but he did say, I'll be 277 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 5: your refuge, I'll be your fortress. I'll keep my shield 278 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 5: around you. I was talking to a lady last week, 279 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 5: and she was very upset because somebody ran into her 280 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 5: car on the freeway and it ended up totaling her car. 281 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: She was complaining, didn't understand why that happened. Said, listen, 282 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 5: you'll complaining about the car. I would be thanking God 283 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 5: that I'm still alive. If it had not been for 284 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 5: those angels, if it had not been for that hedge 285 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 5: of protection, she might not even be here. Be grateful. 286 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 5: God's not going to prevent every accident. Think about the 287 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 5: three Hebrew teenagers Shadrack knee jack in a bendigo. They 288 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 5: got thrown into the fiery furnace. God didn't deliver them 289 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 5: from the fire. He took them through the fire. Do 290 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: you remember what the king said, didn't we throw three 291 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 5: men in here bound? I see four men loosed, and 292 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 5: one looks like the sun of the Living God. 293 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 4: They came out without the smell of smoke. It wasn't 294 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 4: their time to go. 295 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 5: God's head of protection can withstand fire, cranes, falling, automobile accidents, gunshots, 296 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 5: even falling off of a power pole. No power can 297 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 5: stand against our God. I was talking to Bishop Jakes 298 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 5: the last time he was here, and he told how 299 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 5: one Sunday morning, as he was about to get dressed 300 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 5: to come to his church, there was a loud explosion 301 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 5: at his house. In fact, the whole back end of 302 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 5: his house was blown apart. In his basement, there were 303 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 5: some big heaters and they didn't have the proper ventilation. 304 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 5: It created this massive explosion. Normally, at that time of morning, 305 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 5: he would have been back there getting dressed, but it 306 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 5: just so happened. A few weeks earlier, he decided to 307 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 5: move the start time of his Sunday morning service from 308 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 5: eight o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the morning. 309 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 4: If he had not. 310 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 5: Moved it an hour later, he would have been in 311 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 5: those rooms that were totally blown apart, and he wouldn't 312 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 5: even be here today. Friends, you have a protector. The 313 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 5: most High God is watching over you. 314 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 4: You're not just. 315 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 5: Going through life on your own hoping that it all 316 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 5: works out. You know, the creator of the universe has 317 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: put this hedge all around you that cannot be penetrated 318 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 5: without God's permission. That means, as long as you're in 319 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 5: the secret place, nothing can accidentally happen to you. Now, 320 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that you'll never have an accident, but 321 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 5: I am saying that accident will not be a surprise 322 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 5: to God. Well, you say, Joel, I don't see a 323 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: lot of this divine protection. 324 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 4: I've had a lot of bad things happen to me. 325 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 5: No, you just don't know all the things that God 326 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 5: has protected you from. 327 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 4: You don't know. 328 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 5: God may have spared your life from an accident driving 329 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 5: over here today, you just didn't know about it. God 330 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 5: may have held back the forces of darkness last week 331 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 5: and kept you from being at the wrong place at 332 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 5: the wrong time. 333 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 4: You just couldn't see it. I'm gonna choose to live 334 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 4: my life in faith. 335 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 5: I'm gonna thank God for what I can see and 336 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 5: thank God for what I can't see. I'm going to 337 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 5: thank him for the times where it's obvious that He's 338 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 5: protected me. And I'm gonna thank him every day for 339 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 5: what didn't happen. Father, Thank you that a car didn't 340 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 5: hit me on the freeway. Thank you that I didn't 341 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 5: get sick last week. Thank you that I didn't get 342 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 5: bad news today. When we have the right perspective, we 343 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 5: can thank God for nothing. I was watching the news 344 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 5: a while back, and a man was on the side 345 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 5: of the freeway changing a flat tire. This police officer 346 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 5: pulled over to help him out, and this was all 347 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 5: caught on video from the dash camera of the police 348 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 5: officer's car. At one point, the man stood up to 349 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 5: come over to talk to the officer, and just as 350 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 5: he did, you can see this huge tire that came 351 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 5: off of an eighteen wheeler going by sixty miles an hour. 352 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 5: It comes into frame and plows through right where he 353 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 5: had been changing the tire. If he had not got 354 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 5: up at that split second to talk to the officer. 355 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 4: That tire would have flattened him out. 356 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 5: There's a lot of things like that where we can 357 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 5: look back and say, Father, thank you for the tire 358 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 5: that didn't hit me, thank you for the wreck that 359 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 5: I didn't have, thank you that my child didn't get 360 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 5: hurt in the football game. Thank you that my daughter 361 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 5: came back safely. 362 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 4: From camp last week. 363 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: The more you thank God for his protection, the more 364 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 5: you brag on God's goodness, the stronger that hedge will become. 365 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 4: And God has all kinds of ways to protect us. 366 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 5: I have a friend he was involved in a situation 367 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 5: that was very big in the press at one time time. 368 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 4: It was the hottest news. 369 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: Story around, and practically every news organization, every reporter was 370 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 5: trying to get to him to get his point of view, 371 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 5: and the press wasn't very favorable toward him, so he 372 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 5: wanted to stay out of it. And for the first 373 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 5: several months after the big incident, he had to travel 374 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 5: back and forth between two cities, and somehow the press 375 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 5: would always get word of when he was going to 376 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 5: be at the airports. All these cameras would be lined up. 377 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 5: But he said, Joel, it was the most amazing thing. 378 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: I would walk right by those cameras and not one 379 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 5: person would recognize me. For three months, the press never 380 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 5: got a shot of him. A reporter even went to 381 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 5: his house knocked on the door. He answered, even at 382 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 5: his own house, the reporter did not recognize him. 383 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 4: He said, it was like God made. 384 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 5: Me invisible to the people that wanted to do me wrong. Friends, 385 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 5: God has all kinds of ways to protect us. God 386 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 5: can make blind eyes see. Plus God can make sea 387 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 5: and eyes become blind. God can cause you to become 388 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 5: invisible to the people they want to do you harm. 389 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 4: I want you to have this sense of security. 390 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 5: You don't have to go through life afraid you've got 391 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 5: a guardian, you've got a protector, you've got a defender. 392 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 5: Right now, every one of you has an invisible. 393 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 4: Shield around you. 394 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 5: You can't see it with your natural eyes, but if 395 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 5: you were to be able to look into that unseen realm, 396 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 5: you would see these mighty. 397 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 4: Angels all around. 398 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 5: They stand like powerful warriors, constantly watching, making sure that 399 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 5: no harm comes near you. That's why it says in Psalms, 400 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 5: don't be afraid of the terror by night, nor from 401 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 5: the dangers during the day. A thousand may fall at 402 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but 403 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 5: it will not come near you. 404 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 4: That means it may get bad all around. 405 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 5: Watch the news and you're gonna see violence and burglaries 406 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 5: and accidents and terrorist threats, on and on. But God 407 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 5: is saying, don't panic, don't be afraid. As my child, 408 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 5: I've got you covered. It may get bad, but my 409 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 5: angels are at work. I've got my shield up. Nothing 410 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 5: can happen without my permission. My promise is, as your 411 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 5: guardian God, I'll watch over you and keep you from heart. 412 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 5: Remember when my father went to be with the Lord. 413 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 5: It's been eleven years now, and I stepped up to 414 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 5: pastor the church. I had never been in the public 415 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 5: eye before, always been behind the scenes, and at one 416 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 5: point there was a lot going on. First off, I 417 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 5: didn't really know if I could do this. Then some 418 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 5: other people were talking. It seemed like from every possible 419 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 5: direction there was opposition and negative things were happening during 420 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 5: that time. One night I had a dream, and in 421 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 5: this dream, I was running through an open field. There 422 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 5: were planes flying very low all around, and they began 423 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 5: dropping bombs right there close to me. It's just like 424 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 5: it's right out of a war movie. I mean, those 425 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 5: bombs weren't fifteen or twenty feet away, and when they 426 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 5: would go off, the noise was deafening. I would just 427 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 5: brace myself and get ready for the shrapnel to hit me. 428 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 5: I knew it was the end, but somehow, every time 429 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 5: the bombs exploded, the shrapnel would miss me. I never 430 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 5: felt anything, even in my dream. I was amazed that 431 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 5: I was still alive now. I ended up running to 432 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 5: this small house, hiding inside in a room, so afraid. 433 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 5: I could hear the soldiers and these people going by 434 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 5: that were trying to get me, and I was praying 435 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 5: and hoping that they wouldn't. 436 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 4: Check that house. 437 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 5: But then my worst nightmare came true. They came bursting 438 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 5: in the room. I was standing right there. They had 439 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 5: their guns drawn. I thought, oh, well, I'm dead. 440 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 4: That's it. 441 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 5: But much to my amazement, they looked at me and 442 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 5: then just turned around and went back out. 443 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 4: It was like I had been invisible to them. 444 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 5: And at that point I woke up from the dream 445 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 5: and I felt a peace like I'd never felt before. 446 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 5: I heard God saying, down in here, Joel, things may 447 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 5: be exploding all around you, but I've got you in 448 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 5: the palm of my head. He said, you keep your 449 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 5: trust in me, and no weapon formed against you will prosper. 450 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 5: And now every time things start to come against me, 451 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 5: I just remind myself what I'm telling you, that I've 452 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 5: got a hedge of protection that the enemy cannot cross. 453 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 5: Instead of being afraid, instead of getting discouraged, instead of 454 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 5: talking about who's trying to make me look bad, who's 455 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 5: trying to harm me? Now my report is I will 456 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 5: say of the Lord. He is my refuge, my fortress, 457 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 5: my strong power, my deliver He is my God. You 458 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 5: talk like that, and fear doesn't have a chance. Not 459 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 5: only that, the scripture says the angels. 460 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 4: Hearken to the voice of the Lord. 461 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 5: That means when you go around speaking words of faith, 462 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 5: when you go out saying Father, thank you that you're 463 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 5: watching over me, thank you that you're taking care of 464 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 5: my children. Father, thank you that you'll help me to 465 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 5: get to work safely today. When you do that, the 466 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 5: angels come to attention. They say among themselves, listen to 467 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 5: what he's saying, listen to what she's declared, and they're 468 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: speaking words of faith. Let's get busy, let's go to work. 469 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 5: The angels. Hearkened to God's word even coming out of 470 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 5: our mouth. 471 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 4: I know this minister. 472 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 5: He was planning a big event overseas at a nation 473 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 5: that was very unstable. This country had a lot of 474 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 5: violence and a lot of uprising in the past. But 475 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 5: the government leaders invited him to come and hold this 476 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 5: massive outdoor crusade where they were expecting several. 477 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 4: Hundred thousand people. 478 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 5: The local leaders had been working on this project for 479 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 5: over a year. 480 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 4: The big week finally came. They had everything. 481 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 5: Ready, the platform in place, the sound, the lighting, hundreds 482 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 5: and hundreds of volunteers and technicians had worked tirelessly getting 483 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 5: it all prepared, not only that his ministry had spent 484 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 5: many thousands of dollars advertising and inviting people to come. 485 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 4: But the night before the big. 486 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 5: Event, it began to rain, and it rained and rained 487 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 5: and rained. The next morning, still raining cats and dogs. 488 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 5: By noon of the next day, the field was totally underwater. 489 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 5: It would be impossible to have the event. Much to 490 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 5: their disappointment, they had to cancel it. The minister flew 491 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 5: back home to the States very discouraged, thinking it was 492 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 5: a big waste of time, energy, and money. But about 493 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 5: two weeks later, when the grounds finally dried out, the 494 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 5: crew was there taking down the equipment and cleaning the grounds, 495 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 5: and one of the workers noticed something interesting in the 496 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 5: middle of the field. The ground was disturbed and he 497 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 5: saw cables and wires and boxes. He called the authorities 498 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 5: over and come to find out someone had buried a 499 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 5: huge bomb in the middle of the field. They were 500 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 5: planning on blowing it up during the event. The authorities 501 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 5: said there was so much firepower it would have wiped 502 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 5: out the whole field, possibly killing hundreds of thousands of people. 503 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 5: The headlines in that paper said floods saved people's lives. 504 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,719 Speaker 5: The true headlines should have bread God saved people's lives. Friends, 505 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 5: we have this hedge of protection. God can cause rain 506 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 5: to protect you. He can cause your cell phone to 507 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 5: not work to move you from danger. God can make 508 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 5: you invisible to people that want to harm you. 509 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 4: God can even. 510 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 5: Use your belt to catch you and break a dangerous fall. 511 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 5: And things may be exploding all around you like I 512 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 5: saw in my dream. But my encouragement is, don't be 513 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 5: afraid because you're in the secret place, because you're honoring God. 514 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 4: He's got you in the. 515 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 5: Palm of his hand. He's saying it's not going to 516 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 5: harm you. There was a fire in Yellowstone National Park. 517 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 5: After the fire, these forest rangers began to go through 518 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 5: the park to get an idea of the damage, and 519 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 5: at one point this ranger saw a dead bird on 520 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 5: the ground with its wings spread out wide, literally petrified 521 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 5: in ashes. It looked very stately, very majestic, almost like 522 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 5: the bird was posing for a picture. Out of curiosity, 523 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 5: the ranger took his stick and he moved the bird. 524 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 5: Much to his surprise, three baby chicks ran out from 525 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 5: under the bird's wings. That mother bird, sensing danger, spread 526 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 5: out her wings to protect her babies. She could have 527 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 5: easily flown away. The mother could have risen above the 528 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 5: fire the smoke, but she refused to abandon her babies. 529 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 5: That's the way our God is. No matter how hot 530 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 5: the fire, no matter how big the trouble, no matter 531 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 5: how hard the difficulty, God will never abandon us. 532 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 4: Saw nine four Or says he will cover you with his. 533 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 5: Feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. I 534 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 5: want you to go out today knowing that you have 535 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 5: this hedge of protection. The most High God has commanded 536 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 5: his angels to watch over you. You are covered underneath his 537 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 5: wings right now. Now, when those thoughts of fear come, 538 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 5: don't dwell on them. Don't go around saying I'm so worried, 539 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 5: I'm so afraid. No, say with the psalmist David, I 540 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 5: will fear no evil, for the Lord is with me. Friends, 541 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 5: you've got a defender. Almighty God has got your back. 542 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,479 Speaker 5: Now get up every morning and activate. 543 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 4: Your faith in this area. 544 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 5: You do it by saying, Father, thank you for your 545 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 5: headge of protection. Thank you that your angels are watching 546 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 5: over my children. Lord, thank you that you're my guardian God, 547 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 5: protecting me. 548 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 4: From all evil. 549 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 5: If you do that, God promises he will guard you 550 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 5: when you come, and guard you when you leave. 551 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 4: He will protect you now, and you will protect you always. 552 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 5: Now I declare every one of you will fulfill your 553 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 5: destiny in peace, in safety, in victory, in Jesus' name. 554 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,479 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say amen? 555 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustine podcast. 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