1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: For God bless you always a joy to come into 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you and we know God has 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: great things in store. If you're ever in our area, 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: stop behind be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in. Thanks again for coming 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: out today. And I like to start with something funny. 13 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: And I heard about this elderly man. He had a 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: serious hearing problem for many years. He went to the 15 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: doctor and was fitted with this new high tech hearing 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: aid to where he could hear once again one hundred percent. 17 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: Went back a month later for a checka. The doctor said, Wow, 18 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: your hearing is perfect. Your family must be so excited 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: that you can hear again. He said, now, I haven't 20 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: told my family yet. I just sit around and listen 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: to the different conversations, and I've changed my will three times. 22 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: All right, hold of your Bible, say it like you 23 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 26 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 27 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 28 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about reminding God 30 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: what he said. One of the most powerful ways to 31 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: pray is to find a promise in the scripture and 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: remind God what he said about you. God you said, 33 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: I'm blessed and cannot be cursed. God you said, with 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: long life, you'd satisfy me. God you said your favor 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: is not for a season, but for a lifetime. When 36 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: you can say, God, you said, all of heaven comes 37 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: to attention. God is faithful to his word now. Isaiah 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: sixty two says put God in remembrance of his promises. 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't say, put God in remembrance of your problems. 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes we use prayer as an excuse to complain God. 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: These people at work are not treating me right. God. 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: These gas prices are so high. I don't know how 43 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it. And God, these children are getting 44 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: on my nerves. I can't take it anymore. No, you 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: don't have to tell God your problems. He already knows 46 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: what you're going through. He knows every need, every concern. 47 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: He knows the number of hair on our head. Sure 48 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: it's okay to be open and honest and tell God 49 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: how you feel, but don't turn that into a self 50 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: pity session. All that's going to do is make you 51 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: more discouraged. If you want to see things change, if 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: you want God to turn it around, instead of complaining, 53 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: find a promise you can stand on. Go to God 54 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: and say, God, you said, when the enemy comes against 55 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: me one way, you would defeat them and cause them 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: to flee seven different ways. Yes, these gas prices are high, 57 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: but I'm not focused on that. God. You said you 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: would supply all of my needs according to your riches. 59 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: You said you are Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, my provider. Yes, 60 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: these people at work are not treating me right, but 61 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: I'm not here to complain. God. You said you will 62 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: be my vindicator. You said you will fight my battles. 63 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: You said, what's meant for my harm? You will turn 64 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: and use to my advantage. When you put God in 65 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: remembrance of his promises, that's what allows God to bring 66 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: them to pass. You may not feel well. The medical 67 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: report doesn't look good. You could easily say, God, I 68 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: don't see how I'm going to make it. I don't 69 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: see how I'm ever going to get well. The report 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: is so bad. No, instead of putting God in remembrance 71 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: of your problems, put God in remembrance of his promises. God, 72 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: you said you would restore health unto me and heal 73 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: me of my wounds. You said I would live and 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,119 Speaker 1: not die. You said what's impossible with men is possible 75 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: with God. When you pray the promises instead of praying 76 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: the problems, you'll not only feel better, it will not 77 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: only change your attitude from a victim to a victor. 78 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: But God's word coming out of your mouth is alive 79 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: and powerful. When God hears his promises, he dispatches angels 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: with the answers, he sets the miracle into motion. He'll 81 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: begin to change things in your favor. And it may 82 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: not happen overnight. But if you'll just stay in faith 83 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: and keep reminding God what he promised you day in 84 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: and day out, instead of complaining, God, you said, instead 85 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: of begging God, you said, instead of describing the circumstances God, 86 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,119 Speaker 1: you said, if you'll get in a habit of saying God, 87 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: you said, then eventually you will see what God said 88 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: come to pass in your life. One day. Instead of 89 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: saying God, you said, you'll be saying God. You did. 90 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: You turned it around. You blessed me, You healed me, 91 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: You favored me, you restored me. You've vindicated me. You 92 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: are true to what you said. Think about as a parent, 93 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: when we promise our children something, we will do everything 94 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: we possibly can to bring that promise to pass. Our daughter, 95 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: Alexandra loves to go to Disney World. We took her 96 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: there when she was just three or four years old, 97 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: and she's been hooked ever since. Now she's twelve years 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: old and we haven't been in some time. About a 99 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: year ago. I was putting her in bed one night. 100 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: She said, Daddy, I really want to go back to 101 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: Disney World. Will you take me sometime. I didn't think 102 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: much about it. I just said in passing, sure, I'll 103 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: take you again. We'll go sometime. She said, you promise, 104 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: said yes, I promise. I didn't know what I was 105 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: getting myself into the next morning, bright and early. Daddy, 106 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: you said, we're going to Disney World? Now when are 107 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: we going? Thought man alive? I just got out of 108 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: bed every other day, Daddy, you said, you said, you said, 109 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: I must have heard that a thousand times. She was 110 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: not about to let me forget that promise. Do you 111 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: know where we're going today? After the service Disney World? 112 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: If we, as earthly parents are that moved when our 113 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: children remind us what we promised, if we feel such 114 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: a strong obligation to respond to the you said, how 115 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: much more will our heavenly father stand behind his word? 116 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: He cannot lie. We can break promises. I could have 117 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: gotten out of that and not been true to my word. 118 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: But God cannot go against his word. All of his 119 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: promises are yes and amen. Some of you today you 120 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: need to find some, you SAIDs Father. You said I 121 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: will lend and not borrow. Remind God of that again 122 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: and again. You may be struggling. Business is slow. You 123 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: don't see how it could work out. Don't go to 124 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: God with that. Take a you said, father. You said 125 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: you would open the windows of heaven. You said my 126 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: cup would run over. You said, whatever I touch will succeed. 127 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: You said you would prosper me even in a desert. 128 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: When you're constantly reminding God what he said, you are 129 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: releasing your faith. You won't have time to complain if 130 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: you'll just stay focused on the you SAIDs You can't 131 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: get down and discourage as long as you have God's 132 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: promises coming out of your mouth. You may have family 133 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: members that are off course, they're not making good decisions. 134 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: Don't go around complaining telling God how bad it is. 135 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: Talking about the problem doesn't make anything better. Begging God 136 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: to help you doesn't get his attention. Now, all through 137 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: the day, Father, you said, as for me and my house, 138 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: we will serve the Lord. You said. The seed of 139 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: the righteous is blessed. You said, My children will be 140 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: mighty in the land Taka, you said, and go to God. 141 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: That's what gets his attention. I talked to a lady 142 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: last week. Her marriage of seventeen years is coming to 143 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: an end. She was devastated. The man left for someone else, 144 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: and her whole world looked like it was falling apart. 145 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: And it's easy to get depressed and fall into self 146 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: pity in not have any hope for the future. But 147 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: I told her what I'm telling you. You've got to 148 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: find some you said. Father, you said you would give 149 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: me beauty for ashes. God you said you would pay 150 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: me back double for the unfair things that have happened. 151 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: God you said my end would be better than my beginning. 152 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: You said, all things are going to work together for 153 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: my good. When you're tempted to fall into self pity, 154 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: just turn it around and declare a You said you 155 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: attempted to have a sour attitude, tempted to complain. Let 156 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: that be a reminder God, you said. All through the day, 157 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: we should be putting God in remembrance of his promises. 158 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: Just like Alexandra eating breakfast out of the Blue. Daddy 159 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: you said, we're going to Disney World. When are we going? 160 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: I don't know Alexandra yet, but Daddy you said I 161 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: would tell her. Alexandra, I know I said it. You've 162 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: reminded me four hundred and fifty times today. We are 163 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: going to Disney World, not because I want to, but 164 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: so she will leave me alone. The rest of this 165 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: fasts says, put God in remembrance of his promises, Keep 166 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: not silent, give him no rest till it comes to pass. 167 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: That's what Alexandra did. She's an expert. She gave me 168 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: no rest. She kept not silent. Some of you today, 169 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: you're standing on a promise. You've got to you said. 170 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: But the problem is you're too passive. You can't remind 171 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: God one time and think that's good enough. It says, 172 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: keep not silent, give him no rest. That means you 173 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: have to be persistent. You've got to show God you 174 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: mean business. Not nagging, not begging God, but in faith, 175 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: go to God and remind him over and over what 176 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: he promised you. When you wake up in the morning 177 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: and those thoughts come saying you're never going to get well, 178 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: never going to accomplish your dreams, never get out of debt, 179 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: no kicking to gear. Father, you said, the moment I 180 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: pray the tide of the battle terms taking a shower, God, 181 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: you said, I'm more than a conquer Driving to work, God, 182 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: you said, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but 183 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: you deliver me out of them all at the office 184 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: under your breath, God, you said, you hold victory in 185 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: store for the upright. Driving home, God you said, you 186 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: go before me and make my crooked places straight. She's 187 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: not enough to do it one time, and think you're done, Joel, 188 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: I did this back in January. I did it thirty 189 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: seven years ago. No, you got to be persistent, it says, 190 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: keep not silent. Another way you could put this is 191 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: you have to be a pest when it comes to 192 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: reminding God what he promised you, not begging, not demanding, 193 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: but relentless. If Alexandra had not been so persistent, we 194 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't be going today. I told her we would. But 195 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: if she hadn't reminded me, if it wasn't a big deal, 196 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: I would have never brought it up. I don't really 197 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: want to travel. I travel all the time. I don't 198 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: want to go wait in lines. I'd rather stay at 199 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: home and relax. But the problem is I gave her 200 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: my word and she put me in remembrance, not once, 201 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: but again and again and again. If she would have 202 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: just done it a few times over the year, talked 203 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: her out of it, but she had a made up mind. 204 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: She wasn't going to take no for an answer. She 205 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: knew I would not go back on my word. Some 206 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: of you would see your life go to a new 207 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: level if you had stop being so passive and start 208 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: reminding God what he said about your family, about your career, 209 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: about your health, about your finances, about your future. Not once, 210 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: but again and again and again. Jesus told a parable 211 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: in the scripture about an unfair, unjust judge. This man 212 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: neither feared God nor respected people. One day, this widow 213 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: woman came to him and said, Judge, I have a problem. 214 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: This man is bothering me. I need you to make 215 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: him leave me alone. I need protection. In other words, 216 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: she was saying, I have a promise from the government. 217 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: The law is on my side. Judge. I'm asking you 218 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: to enforce the law, make him leave me alone. This 219 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: judge didn't give her the time of day, didn't pay 220 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: any attention to her. He said, I'm not going to 221 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: rule on your case. Don't bother me with that. Just 222 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: leave my courtroom. She left, but she didn't get discouraged. 223 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: She knew the law was on her side. She kept 224 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: going back day after day, week after week. Every time 225 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: the judge walked in his courtroom, that woman was there 226 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: making her case. Judge enforced this law. It's my right, 227 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: it's on my side. Finally, she wore the judge down. 228 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: The judge said, lady, I'm going to help you, not 229 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: because I want to not because I like you. I'm 230 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: going to do it just so you will leave me alone. 231 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: One translation says, because of your shameless persistence. That's the 232 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: way we need to be when it comes to reminding 233 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: God what he said. The good news is God is 234 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: not like this judge. God is for us. God is 235 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: on our side. But if we're going to see his 236 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: promises come to pass, we have to have this shameless persistence. 237 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: Some promises you may have to stand on for a year, 238 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: or five years, or twenty years, whatever the case. Like this, lady, 239 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: you've got to have a made up mind. You're not 240 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: going to keep silent. You know what belongs to you. 241 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: Like Alexandra reminded me again and again, You've got to 242 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: keep reminding God over and over and over until that 243 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: promise comes to pass. I like what my sister Lisa did. 244 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: She and her husband had been trying to have a 245 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: baby for six years with no success. Lisa wrote a 246 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: contract between her and God. She listed on a piece 247 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: of paper all the promises that she was standing on 248 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: concerning having a baby. She made it like a legal contract. 249 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: She even signed the bottom of it, and she had 250 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: Kevin sign the bottom of it. Isaiah forty one says, 251 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: present your case before God, make your arguments, bring forth 252 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: your proof. Lisa wrote at the top, God, Kevin and 253 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: I are presenting our case to you. Our case is 254 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: based on your word. God. You said in Genesis one 255 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: twenty eight to be fruitful and multiplied. God, how can 256 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: we do that unless you help us. God. You said 257 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: in Psalm one twelve our children would be mighty in 258 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: the land. God, how can that be unless you give 259 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: us children? God. You said in Psalm thirteen that you 260 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: make the bearing woman a happy mother of children. How 261 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: can that be God, unless you bless us with children. God. 262 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: We've done all we know how to do. Now we're 263 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: presenting our case based on your word, knowing that you 264 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: are faithful and true to what you said. And she 265 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: took that contract, that piece of paper filled with scriptures, 266 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: and she placed it on her bath through mirror to 267 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: where she could see it again and again, week after week, 268 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: month after month. She just kept reminding God what he 269 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: had promised. About two years later, God blessed them with twins, 270 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: and today they have three beautiful children. God is faithful 271 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: to his word. My question is are you presenting your case? 272 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: Do you have any proof? Have you done like Lisa 273 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: and found the promises where you can say, God, you 274 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: said you'd make me a happy mother of children. God 275 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: you said you'd restore what the enemy is stolen. God 276 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: you said you'd give me the desires of my heart 277 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: if you'll present your case before God. The good news 278 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: is Jesus is called our advocate. Another word for advocate 279 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: is lawyer. In the courtroom of heaven, imagine Jesus is 280 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: our lawyer. God is the judge. As long as you 281 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: present your case based on God's word, you cannot lose. 282 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: He will be faithful and true to his word. And 283 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: it would do good for all of us to make 284 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: a list, like Lisa, of the promises that we're standing on. 285 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: Put it up in your bathroom mirror somewhere where you'll 286 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: see it often all through the day, week after week. 287 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: Just keep reminding God what he promised you. When those 288 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: thoughts come telling you that you're never going to rise higher, 289 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: you're seeing your best days. No, present your case. God, 290 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: you said, the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. 291 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: God you said, the glory of the latter house will 292 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: be greater than the glory of the former house. God, 293 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: my case is not based on what I feel. It's 294 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: not based on the economy. It's not based on a 295 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: medical report, it's not based on what somebody said about me. 296 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: My case is based solely on your word. And I 297 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: know you cannot lie what you say you will do. 298 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: That's what it means to present your case before God. 299 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: But sometimes, especially when it's difficult, instead of presenting our case, 300 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: we plead our case. God, Please, you got to help me. God. 301 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: I went to church last weekend. God, I'm a good person. 302 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: I volunteered at the shelter. God, I'm begging you to 303 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: do something. The problem with that is you don't have 304 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: any proof. You're not taking any evidence. You're just describing 305 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: to God how you feel. You're just describing all the circumstances. 306 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: But if you're going to present your case like you 307 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: would go into a court of law, you've got to 308 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: be prepared. You don't just walk in and say, Judge, 309 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: I need some help. No, you take documents, you take evidence, 310 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,239 Speaker 1: You've done your research. In the same way when you 311 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: go into the court of heaven, so to speak, you've 312 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: got to remind God what the contract says. God, you 313 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: said no weapon formed against me will prosper Here's my evidence, 314 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: Isaiah fifty four seventeen. God, you said you're a very 315 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: present help in my time of trouble. Here's my evidence. 316 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: Psalm forty six to one. God you said, the strength 317 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: of the wicked is being cut off, but the power 318 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: of the godly is being increased. Here's my evidence, Psalm 319 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,719 Speaker 1: seventy five to ten. When you go to God with 320 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 1: evidence with what he said, that's a powerful case. That's 321 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: an unbeatable case. And some of you are busy pleading 322 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: your case. But if you'd switch over and start presenting 323 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: your case, you would see God begin to change things 324 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: in your favor. I know a lady that for several 325 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: years was at odds with her teenage daughter. She used 326 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: to come for prayer all the time, and she was 327 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: always upset and discouraged, and I would do my best 328 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: to cheer her up and try to convince her to 329 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: keep believing. But more than coming for prayer, seemed like 330 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: she just came to want to complain about what God 331 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: wasn't doing. I shared with her this principle. Instead of 332 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: complaining to God, you need to remind God what he 333 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: promised you now. I gave her the scripture. In Proverbs 334 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: thirty one, it says children will rise up and call 335 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: their mother blessed. At that time, this daughter was calling 336 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: her mother every name except blessed. The mother took it 337 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: to heart. She would go through the day all the time. Father, 338 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: you said, my children will rise up and call me blessed. 339 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: When the daughter was disrespectful, instead of complaining like she 340 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: used to, she would say, no, Father, you said, my 341 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: daughter will call me blessed. She found other promises. God, 342 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: you said, children are a gift from God to be enjoyed. 343 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: She presented her case, made her arguments, brought forth her proof. Now, 344 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: about three years later, that young lady had a total 345 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: change of heart. Today, the mother and daughter are best friends. 346 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: She's as kind and respectful as can be. They do 347 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: everything together, including come to church together. The mother told 348 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: me just recently, Joel, Now when I say my children 349 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: will rise up and call me blessed, I don't say 350 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: it by faith anymore. It's become a reality. God has 351 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: brought that promise to pass. That's what God wants to 352 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: do in all of our lives. In First Chronicles, chapter seventeen, 353 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: God made David a promise that seemed almost impossible. David 354 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: didn't come from an influential family. He wasn't the strongest, 355 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 1: the most talented. He was just an ordinary person. Yet 356 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: God said to him, one of your descendants will always 357 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: be on the throne of Israel. Your dynasty will never 358 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: come to an end. David was overwhelmed. He said, God, 359 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: I'm just a shepherd boy. You're talking to me like 360 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: I'm somebody great. He could have easily dismissed that promise, 361 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: let it go in one ear and out the other. 362 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: But instead of talking to himself out of it, David's 363 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: attitude was God, God, if you're bold enough to promise it, 364 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: then I'm bold enough to believe it. He got in 365 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: agreement with God. I can imagine when times got tough, 366 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: enemies were coming against him, it looked like he would 367 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: be defeated. He would go back and remind God of 368 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: that promise. God, you said I would always be on 369 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: the throne. You said my dynasty would never come to 370 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: an end. Instead of pleading his case, he just kept 371 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: presenting his case with God, you said today that promise 372 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: is still being fulfilled. When we read the scripture, sometimes 373 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: we see promises like David that look impossible. It says 374 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: we will lend and not borrow, but in the natural 375 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: we don't see how that could happen. Or it says 376 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 1: we're going to live healthy and strong. Maybe the medical 377 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: report says just the opposite. We have the choice. We 378 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: can either take hold of those promises and present them 379 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: to God, reminding him again and again, keeping not silent, 380 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: knowing that he will bring them to pass, or we 381 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: can talk ourselves out of it and tell God all 382 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: the reasons why it's not going to happen. Now, let's 383 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 1: be people like David that say, God, if you're bold 384 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: enough to promise it, we're bold enough to believe it. 385 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: In other words, God, if you say I'm blessed, then 386 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: when I come to you, I'm not going to remind 387 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: you of all my problems and how slow business is. No, 388 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: the words I'm going to bring you are your words. 389 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm blessed, I'm the head. I'm not to tell I 390 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: am victorious. It may seem impossible, but instead of telling 391 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: God why you can't be successful, why don't you go 392 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: to God With Ephesians three twenty, God, you said you 393 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: would do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond in my life. 394 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: Are you pleading your case or are you presenting your case? 395 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: Reminding God what he promised you. There's an amazing promise 396 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: in Genesis twelve two that God makes to all of 397 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: us as this seed of Abraham. God says, I will 398 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: make your name great. One translation says I will make 399 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 1: your name distinguished. That's a great promise to remind God. 400 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: I have a friend that comes from a family that 401 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: has a very bad reputation. Their name was anything but distinguished. 402 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: They were known for crime, drugs, illegal activity. Many of 403 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: his relatives had been in prison. This had gone back 404 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: for three or four generations. As a young man, he 405 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: gave his life to Christ and he headed down a 406 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: better path, and he was doing his best to overcome 407 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: all this negative baggage. But it seemed like this dark 408 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: cloud followed him everywhere he went. When people found out 409 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: his last name, especially in his community, they would treat 410 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: him differently, try to not have anything to do with them. 411 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: It was like he wore this badge of dishonor. I 412 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: told him that you need to remind God what he 413 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: promised you. Every day. You need to say God, you 414 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: said you'd make my name great. You said if I'd 415 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: honor you you would honor me. Instead of pleading his case, saying, God, 416 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: this is not fair. Why was I born into this family? 417 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: Why do I have to deal with this bad reputation. No, 418 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: he started presenting his case. God, you said you would 419 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: make my name distinguished. He went on to become a 420 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,239 Speaker 1: very successful coach, and several months ago he brought me 421 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: a picture of himself receiving an award. He was chosen 422 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: as the coach of the year in his school district. 423 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,239 Speaker 1: In that school lobby, there's a plaque of all the 424 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 1: coaches of the year, and each year they add a 425 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: new coach to it. He pointed to the top it 426 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: said Coach of the Year and under it, in big 427 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: bold letters, the plaque read distinguished honorees. There was his name. 428 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: He smiled and said, Joel, God has made my name distinguished. Friends, 429 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: God is a faithful God. Don't plead your case. Don't 430 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: tell God why you can't be successful, why you can't 431 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: get well while you'll never get out of debt. No, 432 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: present your case. Remind God what he said about you. 433 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: Make a list of the promises that you're standing on. 434 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: When you go to the courtroom of heaven, so to speak, 435 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: take some evidence. Bring your proof. God, you said, I'm 436 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: blessed and cannot be cursed like Lisa. God you said 437 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: you'd make me the happy mother of children. God you 438 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: said you would restore what the enemy has stolen. Don't 439 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: keep silent. Remind God again and again, not nagging, not begging. God. No, 440 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: go to him in faith with a You said, if 441 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: you will put God in remembrance of his promises and 442 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: not put him in remembrance of your problems, then God 443 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,479 Speaker 1: will be faithful to his word what he promised he 444 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: will do. You will rise higher, overcoming obstacles, defeating enemies, 445 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: accomplishing dreams. I believe in declare You're going to become 446 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: everything God's created you to be. You're going to have 447 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: everything God intended for you to have in Jesus' name. 448 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say amen? We never 449 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 450 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 451 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 452 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 453 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: Lord and savior. Friends, if you've prayed that simple prayer, 454 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again get in a good 455 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: Bible based church, keep God first place. He's going to 456 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: take you places that you've never dreamed of. 457 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,400 Speaker 3: It's easy to let the day get away from us 458 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 3: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of 459 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 3: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life 460 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 3: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to 461 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 3: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems. But 462 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 3: here's the truth. 463 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: How you start the day can determine what kind of 464 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: day it's going to be. And I'd love to send 465 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: you my devotion three minute mornings start your day the 466 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: blessed way. 467 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 2: Three minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time, but 468 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 2: when you put God first place and get your mind 469 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: going in the right direction, is setting the tone for 470 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 2: a blessed, productive day. 471 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: Is filled with inspiration and encouragement to help you begin 472 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive. 473 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: It's amazing what happens when you take three minutes and 474 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: speak blessings over your life and declaring God's favor. 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