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Is it investment, legal or 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: tax advice. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 5: You can't get too far down, too far off course, 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 5: too many mistakes that God will leave you alone. He'll 35 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 5: come down to where you are. The beauty is He 36 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 5: comes not to condemn you, not to point out all 37 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 5: your mistakes. He comes to lift you, to restore you, 38 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 5: to free you, to. 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: Set you on a new path. 40 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 5: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 42 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 45 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 5: your life. 46 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: God bless you great to have you with us today. 47 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 5: And I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. 48 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 5: We have a daily podcast that you can download. You 49 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 5: can go to our YouTube channel and watch the messages anytime, 50 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 5: or of course, you can follow us on social media. 51 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 5: I'll promise you we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. Thanks 52 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 5: for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out today. 53 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 54 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 5: about this man. He was on vacation in Jerusalem with 55 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 5: his family when his mother in law suddenly died. He 56 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 5: went to make arrangements to get the body back home. 57 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: The consulate said it would cost five thousand dollars to 58 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 5: have the body shipped, but he could have her buried 59 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 5: right there in Jerusalem for just one hundred and fifty dollars. 60 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 5: The man thought about it a moment, said now I'd 61 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 5: like to have her ship. The consulate said, wow, you 62 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: must have really loved your mother in law. He said, no, 63 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: it's not so much that. I just remember a case 64 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 5: here years ago when they buried someone and on the 65 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 5: third day they arose, and I can't take that chance. 66 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: All right, y'all, I got a great mother in law. 67 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 5: Here we go. This is my Bible. I am what 68 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 69 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 70 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 71 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 72 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 73 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about the God 74 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 5: who stoops. We think, if we can live good enough, 75 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 5: then God will bless us. If we can clean ourselves up, 76 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 5: get rid of this bad habit not fail anymore, then 77 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 5: God will show us favor. The problem is we can't 78 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 5: live that way. We all make mistakes, we all have 79 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 5: times we give into temptation, let our emotions take over. 80 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 5: The condemning voice has come, saying you blue, it was 81 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 5: your own fault. God's never going to help you. That's 82 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 5: not the way our God is. When you can't come 83 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 5: up to his level, he says, don't worry, I'll come 84 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 5: down to yours. He's not so high that he won't 85 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 5: come low. And it's good to see him as all powerful, holy, 86 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 5: the creator of the universe. But if you only see 87 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 5: him that way, you'll be intimidated, overwhelmed. I'll never measure up. 88 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 5: You have to see him as the god who stoops. 89 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 5: He comes down to the messy places. He's a god 90 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 5: that will get his hands dirty when you're falling, when 91 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 5: you're broken, when you knew better, but you did it anyway. 92 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 5: You think you're far from God. No, get ready, He's 93 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 5: coming after you. The scripture says, he leaves the ninety 94 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 5: nine sheep and goes after the one sheep that's lost. 95 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 5: He could have stayed with the ninety nine that her 96 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 5: own course, He could have been satisfied. I don't want 97 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: the trouble. That sheep shouldn't have wandered off in the first. 98 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 5: But he goes to messy places. He went to the 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 5: hog pen to get the prodigal sun. He'll go into 100 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 5: a club. He'll go into dysfunction, into failure, into compromise. 101 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 5: You can't get too far down, too far off course, 102 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 5: too many mistakes that God will leave you alone. He'll 103 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 5: come down to where you are. The beauty is he 104 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 5: comes not to condemn you, not to point out all 105 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 5: your mistakes. He comes to lift you, to restore you, 106 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 5: to free you, to set. 107 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 3: You on a new path. 108 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 5: So one thirteen says he stoops down from the heavens 109 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 5: to look at the earth. 110 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: He lifts the poor. 111 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,119 Speaker 5: From the dirt and the needy from the garbage dump. 112 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 5: He sets them among princes. He'll stoop all the way 113 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,119 Speaker 5: to a garbage dump, all the way to the dirt. 114 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 5: Notice what he does. He doesn't just bring you out, 115 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 5: but he honors you. He sets you among princes. He 116 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 5: doesn't hold our mistakes against us. He takes what was 117 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 5: meant for harm and uses it to our advantage. Now 118 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 5: I thank God that he's all powerful. I thank him 119 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 5: that he's holy, But I also thank him that he's 120 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 5: the God who stoops, The God who picks me up 121 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 5: when I fall, The God who shows me mercy when 122 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 5: I get off course. The God who comes to messy 123 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 5: places and rescues me, restores me, sets me in a 124 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 5: place of honor. Where would we be without the God 125 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: who stoops. My father was a teenager growing up during 126 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 5: the Great Depression. 127 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 3: It's very poor. 128 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 5: He knew nothing about God, no future to speak of. 129 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 5: He had to drop out of high school to work 130 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 5: on the farm to help try to keep food on 131 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 5: the table. His parents were good people, but they didn't 132 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 5: have any kind of faith, any kind of spiritual awareness. 133 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 5: Looked like my father would be the same way, just 134 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 5: struggle through life, mediocre. 135 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 3: No purpose. 136 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 5: But it's seventeen years old. He was walking home from 137 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 5: a nightclub at two o'clock in the morning. He looked 138 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 5: up at the stars and for some reason, he began 139 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 5: to think about God, what he was going to do 140 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 5: with his life. He felt this sense of destiny. On 141 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 5: the coffee table at home, there was a family Bible. 142 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 3: He was just there for decoration. They never read it. 143 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 5: He walked in that night he was drawn to it. 144 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 5: He went over it and opened it up. The pages 145 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 5: fell to a picture of Jesus standing at a door 146 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 5: and knocking. The caption read, if you'll open the door, 147 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 5: I'll come in. My father didn't understand religion, didn't understand theology, 148 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 5: but he did understand opening a door. The next day 149 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 5: he went to church for the first time with a friend. 150 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 5: The end of the service, the pastor invited people to 151 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 5: the altar that wanted to receive Christ. My father wouldn't go. 152 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 5: He was too afraid. His friend said, John, if you'll go, 153 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 5: i'll go with you. My father walked down the aisle 154 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 5: gave his life to Christ. He went on to become 155 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 5: a minister, started Lakewood and did great things with his life. 156 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 5: Why did he feel that way coming home from the nightclub? 157 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 5: What was that the God who stoops? Sometimes we say 158 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: we found God. The truth is God wasn't lost. We 159 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: didn't find him. He found us. He chose you before 160 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 5: you could choose him. Now. I love the fact that 161 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 5: you can never get so low that God won't come 162 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 5: down and pick you up. You're not too far off course. 163 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 5: You haven't failed too many times, you haven't had too 164 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 5: many bad breaks. 165 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 3: God is coming to you right now. 166 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 5: He's breathing on your life in a new way, with 167 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 5: fresh vision, fresh passion. 168 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: New doors are going to open. 169 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 5: The greatness God put in you is about to come out. 170 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 5: What He's destined for you to accomplish will come to pass. Now. 171 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 5: Don't write yourself off, and don't write anyone else off. 172 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 5: Don't give up on your child. Don't quit praying it 173 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 5: for that loved one. The Psalmist said, God, wherever I go, 174 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: I can't get away from your presence. If I go 175 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 5: up to the heavens, you are there. If I go 176 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 5: down to the depths of the ocean, You're still there. 177 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 5: There is no depth that God won't stoop to to 178 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: free you to restore your family member, to bring your 179 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 5: child back home. This is what happened with Saul in 180 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 5: the scripture. He was the biggest enemy of the church. 181 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 5: He was very educated and influential leader, but he was 182 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 5: against believers. He went around having them arrested and put 183 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 5: in prison. It looked like he would be the last 184 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 5: person that God would have anything to do with. He 185 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 5: was creating habit, making the disciples miserable. But God loves 186 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 5: to redeem people that we think are not redeemable. He 187 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 5: loves to take people that look too far gone, not 188 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: a chance, and make them into a chosen vessel, bring 189 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 5: them into purpose and destiny. On his way to arrest believers, 190 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 5: Saul had led her in hand from the council permission 191 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 5: to put them in jail. Suddenly, a bright light shine 192 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 5: down from heaven knocked Saul off his horse. A voice 193 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 5: boomed out, Saul, why do you persecute me? 194 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: He said, who are you? Lord? 195 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 5: The voice said, I am Jesus. God was saying, you're 196 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 5: against me now, but that's not your purpose, that's not 197 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 5: who I created you to be. I love you too 198 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: much to let you miss your destiny. And even though 199 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 5: I'm a God that sits high. Even though I'm all powerful, 200 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 5: I'll stoop low to get you into your calling. God 201 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 5: will go to great links to bring you into your destiny. 202 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 5: You may feel like you've missed it, you made too 203 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 5: many mistakes, you're too far off course. The good news 204 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 5: is we serve a God who stoops, the God that 205 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,599 Speaker 5: will reach down to redeem, to restore, to set you 206 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 5: among princes. He's not going to just bring you out. 207 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 5: He's going to honor you, promote you, give you in influence, 208 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 5: cause you to shine. 209 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 3: That day was a turning point for Saul. 210 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 5: He became the apostle Paul and went on to write 211 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 5: over half of the New Testament. One verse he wrote 212 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 5: in Romans talks about the grace that God freely gives us. 213 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 5: If anyone understood grace, it would have been Paul. The 214 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 5: word he used for freely in the original language is promiscuous, 215 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 5: meaning that God's grace will go to anyone. If someone 216 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 5: is promiscuous, they're unrestrained, they're loose. That's the way God's 217 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 5: grace is. It's not looking for perfect people. You can 218 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 5: be struggling with an addiction and grace will come looking 219 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 5: for you. You can be working in the wrong kind 220 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 5: of place, and Grace will come knocking at your door. 221 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: You can be dishonest, manipulative, and Grace will show up 222 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 5: at your house. You can be discouraged, thinking you've messed 223 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 5: up too many times, you brought the trouble on yourself. 224 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 5: Like the prodigal son, Grace will come into the hogpen. 225 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 5: You can't get so low that God. 226 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 3: Won't stoop down. 227 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 5: His grace is unrestrained. It doesn't have limitations. It will 228 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 5: go after anyone. See, we look at people and make 229 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 5: judgments based on how we were raised and how we 230 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 5: see things. We think God wouldn't have anything to do 231 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 5: with them. They're not living right. They party too much. 232 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 5: He's too dishonest. Her dress was too short, they used 233 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 5: bad language, they come from a different religion. The longer 234 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 5: I live, the more I realize God will save who 235 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 5: he wants to save. He'll stoop down to people that 236 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 5: don't have a good reputation, just as zach Kiss. He 237 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 5: was dishonest, he cheated people. Everyone knew he wasn't trustworthy, 238 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 5: Yet Jesus called him out of a huge group of people, 239 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 5: said I want to go to your house for dinner. 240 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 3: The religious leaders. 241 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 5: The priests, the council members couldn't understand it. Why would 242 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 5: Jesus go to this guy's house. There were a lot 243 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 5: of fine, upstanding people in the crowd. Zachias was a 244 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 5: notorious sinner. It's because they knew God as being all powerful, holy, righteous, 245 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 5: but they didn't know him as the God who stoops. 246 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 5: If you only know him as this majestic creator of 247 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 5: the universe, then you can be judgmental write people off. 248 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 5: But when you realize even though he sits high, he 249 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 5: stoops low. He doesn't disqualify people because they're off course. 250 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 5: Now he knows they're a saul. There is Zachias. He 251 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 5: comes down to redeem, to restore, to set among princes. 252 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 5: I was at one of our events several years ago, 253 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 5: and afterwards I was meeting people. This young man came 254 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 5: through the line and I could smell marijuana. 255 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 3: It was very strong. 256 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 5: This was before it was legal anywhere. My first thought was, man, 257 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 5: this is a night of. 258 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: Hope, a night of dope. 259 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 5: After a couple of minutes, I started feeling really good too. 260 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: But it's easy to judge people. Why do they do that? 261 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 5: Why does she go with him? Why isn't he more disciplined. 262 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 5: But when you know God as a God who stoops, 263 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 5: a God that comes down to lift people, that his 264 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 5: grace is promiscuous, he goes to anyone, then you can 265 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 5: be a lifter. You can be a healer, you can 266 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 5: be a restorer. Where would you be without the mercy 267 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 5: of God? What if God had not stooped down brought 268 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 5: my father into his purpose? 269 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 3: Where would I be? 270 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 5: How many times has God stooped down to you shown 271 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 5: you mercy when you didn't deserve it, got you out 272 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 5: of a problem that you got yourself into, lifted you 273 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 5: out of the garbage, so to speak. 274 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: It would be one thing if God did it. 275 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 5: Condemning, judging, berating. But God doesn't say a word. He 276 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 5: doesn't find fault. Taught me not to judge other people. 277 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 5: If we walked in their shoes, if we had their 278 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 5: same experiences, we don't know what kind of decisions we 279 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 5: would make. Since God stooped down for you, why don't 280 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 5: you stoop down for someone else? You are never more 281 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: like God than when you're helping the hurting, restoring the broken, 282 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 5: lifting the falling. There's enough judgment in our world today, 283 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,359 Speaker 5: there's enough criticism, fault finding. Let's be lifters, let's be encouragers. 284 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 5: Let's help someone else experience the God who stoops. This 285 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 5: young man told me how he had never been to 286 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 5: church and didn't have much guidance going up. He was 287 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 5: passed from foster home to foster home, gotten into. 288 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 3: Trouble, struggling with substance abuse. 289 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 5: A lot had come against him, But he said, my 290 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 5: girlfriend and I started watching you on television. When I 291 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 5: hear you speak, I feel something on the inside that 292 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 5: I've never felt. I told him that that's your heavenly 293 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 5: father drawing you. That's God saying I have a plan 294 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 5: and purpose for your life. 295 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 3: That's what the psalmist meant. 296 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 5: God stoops down from the heavens and lifts those in 297 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 5: the dirt, sets them among princes. You too may have 298 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 5: gone through disappointments, things. 299 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 3: That were unfair. You couldn't do anything about it. 300 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 5: You never thought you'd be where you are be encouraged today. 301 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: He's a God who stoops. 302 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 5: He comes to the messy places not with judgment, not 303 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 5: with condemnation, but with hope. 304 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 3: With new beginnings, with fresh vision. 305 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 5: God won't let you get in a problem that he 306 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 5: can't get you out of. 307 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 3: You're not too far gone. 308 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 5: Hasn't been too long, You haven't missed your destiny. God 309 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 5: is about to do a new thing. Dreams are coming 310 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: back to life, promises that you've let go of, or 311 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 5: on the way. What God started, he's going to finish. 312 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 5: John chapter eight. The religious leaders caught a woman in 313 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 5: the act of adultery. Jesus was teaching in the synagogue. 314 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 5: They came dragging her in. All this commotion disrupted the meeting. 315 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 5: They threw her on the ground in front of the 316 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 5: whole crowd. She was humiliated, close torn, people shouting insults. 317 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 5: Shame on you, You're a disgrace. Two things I find interesting. 318 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 5: First off, where is the man? If you're called in 319 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 5: the act, that means there were two, But they let 320 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 5: the man off, not this lady. The second thing is 321 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 5: what were the religious leaders doing spying on people, doing surveillance, 322 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 5: hanging out at their house. They should have been focused 323 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 5: on their assignment, on helping others. But some people are 324 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 5: looking to catch you in a mistake, hoping you'll fail. 325 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 5: They're ready to exploit expose any mishap you have. 326 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 3: Don't be like them. 327 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 5: The mercy you show others is the mercy God is 328 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 5: going to show you love. Covers for people. I don't 329 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 5: mean cover wrongdoing. You should cover them with prayer, help 330 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 5: them to heal, help them be restored, They said Jesus, 331 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 5: the law says to Stoner, what do you say that 332 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 5: we should do this? Lady had no defense. She couldn't 333 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 5: say they were wrong. They don't have the right person. 334 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 5: It wasn't me. I didn't do it. She was guilty. 335 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 3: She knew she was wrong. 336 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 5: Lying on the ground, afraid, embarrassed, shaking. 337 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: She had no one to stand up for her. 338 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 5: But the scripture says Jesus stooped to the ground and 339 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 5: wrote in the dust with his finger. 340 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 3: He came down to her level. 341 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 5: He could have stood up taller, got on the platform 342 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 5: to a position of more authority, But he stooped. Everyone 343 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 5: else was standing just he and the woman were looking 344 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 5: eye to eye. I can imagine some of them thought 345 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 5: he was stooping down to pick up a rock and 346 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 5: throw it at the lady. Instead, he stooped down, and 347 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 5: through mercy he said to the crowd, you who are 348 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 5: without sin, go ahead, throw the first stone. Dead silence. 349 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 5: Nobody moved. Finally a man walked out, then another, and 350 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 5: another from the oldest to the youngest. 351 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 3: They all left. The whole time Jesus. 352 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 5: Was stooping down writing in the dirt that was signifying 353 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 5: how God will get dirty to rescue you. He's not 354 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 5: a god that just stays behind stained glass windows, or 355 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 5: even a god that just stays into heavens. He's a 356 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 5: God that will stoop down to a hogpen to rescue 357 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 5: the prodigal son. He'll stoop down to the dirt to 358 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 5: restore a lady called into adultery. A God who will 359 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 5: stoop down and say that one last sheep wasn't until 360 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 5: all the men left. Jesus stood up. He said to 361 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 5: the lady woman, where are your accusers? Hasn't anyone accused you? 362 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 5: She looked around and said no one. Lord, he said, 363 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 5: neither do I condemn you. 364 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: Now go and. 365 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 5: Sin no more. Stooping is nothing new to our God. 366 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 5: That's what he did two thousand years ago. He stooped 367 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 5: down from heaven and came to Earth. He stooped down 368 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 5: from being worshiped by angels to being born in a manger. 369 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 3: He stooped down. 370 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 5: To be mocked, betrayed, beaten, and even crucified. He didn't 371 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 5: have to He could have said, father, I'll pass on 372 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 5: this assignment, let me stay up here on high. But 373 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 5: for your sake and mine, he said, I'll stoop. I'll 374 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 5: go low, so low that I'll be buried in a grave, 375 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 5: so low the enemy will think that I'm defeated, so 376 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 5: low forces of darkness will have a celebration. The good 377 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,479 Speaker 5: news is he didn't stay stooped. He stooped for a moment, 378 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 5: but he got back up again. He defeated death, hell, 379 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 5: and the grave for you and for me. Now he's 380 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 5: not only the all powerful, resurrected Savior, but he's the 381 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 5: God who stoops. He still comes to messy places. He'll 382 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 5: still meet you where you are. He'll still rescue you 383 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 5: when it's your fault. He'll still defend you when you 384 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 5: knew better. Where would we be without the God who stoops? 385 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 5: When we didn't deserve it, when we couldn't measure up, 386 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 5: we made mistakes, we had no defense. He had every 387 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 5: right to stay on the throng, be the god that 388 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 5: he is. 389 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 3: But in his mercy, he stooped down. 390 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 5: He came after the one lost sheep. Years ago, a 391 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 5: friend of mine received a phone call from his uncle. 392 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 5: He lived in another state. He told my friend there 393 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 5: was a classmate he went to high school with he 394 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 5: hadn't seen in forty years, but he couldn't get him 395 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 5: off his mind. This classmate lived in the city where 396 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 5: my friend lives. It was so strong his uncle felt 397 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 5: like he had to reach out to him, but he 398 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 5: had no number, no contact. His name was very common, 399 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 5: there would be thousands of people with the same name. 400 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 5: But he asked my friend his nephew if he would 401 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 5: try to locate him. He kind of laughed and thought, 402 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 5: there are seven men people in this city. What are 403 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 5: my chances of finding him? The next day, my friend 404 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 5: went to his mailbox. There was an advertisement for a business. 405 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 5: He noticed the man's name was the same his uncle mentioned. 406 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 5: He thought, what do I have to lose? He called 407 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 5: the number, said I know this is odd, but I 408 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 5: have an uncle by the name of so and so, 409 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 5: and I'm wondering if you went to high school with him. 410 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 5: The man couldn't believe it and said that he did. 411 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 5: My friend said, my uncle is very concerned about you. 412 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 5: I wanted to know if there's anything I can pray 413 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 5: with you about. The phone went silent. In a few seconds, 414 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 5: he began to hear the man solve. He said, I'm 415 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 5: out in the woods about to end my life. 416 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 3: He had all the tools to do it. 417 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 5: Everything said up. My friend began to encourage him and 418 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 5: let him know that God still had a plan and 419 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 5: purpose for his life. Men changed his mind, and today 420 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 5: he and his family are back in church. His business 421 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 5: is being blessed more than ever. He's fulfilling his perus. 422 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 5: That's God stooping down. He'll come right where you are, 423 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 5: into the lion's den, into the fiery furnace, into the 424 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 5: accusing voices, into the club, into the hospital, like the 425 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 5: Psalmist said, to lift you out of the dirt, out 426 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 5: of the messy places, and to set you among princes. 427 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 5: And it's good to thank God for promotion and thank 428 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 5: him for favor. But how we should thank him for 429 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,959 Speaker 5: stooping down. Lord, Thank you for getting your hands dirty. 430 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 5: Thank you for coming to the messy places of my life. 431 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 5: Thank you for restoring me when I was broken, redeeming 432 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 5: me when I fell, healing me when I was hurting. 433 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 5: There was a young prophet in the Old Testament named Hoseah. 434 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: He was very well respected. People came from all around 435 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 5: to get his advice. 436 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 3: He was single. He knew God would bring him. 437 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 5: A wife, but it wasn't what he thought. God told 438 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 5: him to marry a young lady named Gomer. She was 439 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 5: a former prostitute, have a good reputation. You can imagine 440 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 5: what Hoseah thought, God, do you know who she is? 441 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 5: I'm a respected prophet. What are people going to think? 442 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 5: He could have talked himself out of it, but he 443 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 5: knew to obey and things started off well. They were 444 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 5: in love, they had a baby. Then things went downhill. 445 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 5: Hoseiah would go out ministering. Gomer slipped back into her 446 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 5: old ways. He was heartbroken. He knew she wasn't being faithful. 447 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 5: To make matters worse, she was the talk of the town. 448 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 5: Everyone knew about Gomer's affairs. One morning, Joseah woke up 449 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 5: and Gomer was gone. She abandoned him and the children. 450 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: I can hear Hoseiah's friend saying, it's about time you 451 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: need to be finished with that woman. She's brought you 452 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 5: nothing but heartache and pain. That sounded good, but deep down, 453 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 5: Hoseiah still loved Gomer. Years later, he overheard the town 454 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 5: gossip saying that Gomer was still alive. She had been 455 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 5: deserted by all the men that said they loved her. 456 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 5: She was about to be sold off as a slave. 457 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says the Lord said to Joseah, go get 458 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 5: your wife and bring her back home. After all the 459 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 5: pain she had caused, all the rejection he would think, 460 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 5: he would say, no way, I'm done. 461 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 3: I'm over it. 462 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 5: But we serve a god who stoops, a God that 463 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 5: comes to the messy places. Hoseah went to the city 464 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 5: and found her in the red light district on the 465 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 5: auction block, about to be sold. She was beaten down, 466 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 5: dirty clothes torn. He got close and whispered Gomer. She 467 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 5: looked up and couldn't believe it. He smiled and said, 468 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 5: don't worry. I'm gonna get you out of here. He 469 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 5: went to the man in charge and said, that's my wife. 470 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 5: I'm taking her with me. He said, you're not taking 471 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 5: her anywhere. She's for sale. You'll have to buy her. 472 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 5: Joseah took his wallet out and gave him fifteen shekels 473 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 5: five barley loaves. He bought back what should have been 474 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 5: already his. Hoseiah is a picture of God. Gomer represents 475 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 5: you and me. We've all made mistakes. We all went 476 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 5: our own way, But God, who is rich in mercy, 477 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 5: when we turned our back on him, he had every 478 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 5: right to walk away, but he didn't turn his back 479 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 5: on us. He stooped down to the messy places, to 480 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 5: where we failed, to where we should have been finished, 481 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 5: and brought us back, not with fifteen shekels. 482 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 3: But with his son. 483 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 5: Now you have to do your part and receive his mercy, 484 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 5: receive his forgiveness. Quit beating yourself up, living guilty, believing 485 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 5: the lies that you've seen your best days. 486 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 3: You could never measure up. You don't have to. 487 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 5: When you can't get up to his level, God stoops 488 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 5: down to yours. He knew we wouldn't perform perfectly. He 489 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 5: knew we'd fail, get knocked down, make mistakes. That's when 490 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 5: the accuser works overtime to convince you it's too late, man, 491 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 5: you missed your chance. You'll never get out of this challenge. No, 492 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 5: you have a defender. You have someone that won't just 493 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 5: stand up for you. He'll stoop down for you. He'll 494 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 5: come down to your level, not with judgment, but with mercy. Well, Joel, 495 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 5: sounds good today, but you don't know where I am. 496 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 3: You don't know what I've done. 497 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: I don't know any of that, But I do know this. 498 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,959 Speaker 5: His grace is promiscuous, it's unrestrained. 499 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 3: It will go to anyone. 500 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 5: God doesn't disqualify, He doesn't write people all. No mistake 501 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 5: you've made is too much for the mercy of God. 502 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 5: Nothing you've done in the past has to keep you 503 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: from the bright future God has in store now. 504 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 3: I believe what. 505 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 5: God promised that He's about to stoop down and lift 506 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 5: you out of low places. Negative situations are about to 507 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 5: turn around. 508 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 3: Addictions are being broken. 509 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 5: Strongholds that have held you back are coming down. Like 510 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 5: with my father. God is to bring you out of 511 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 5: lack and mediocrity into abundance, influence, and purpose. Like the 512 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 5: woman with the accuser. God is freeing you from guilt, 513 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 5: releasing you from condemnation. I believe and declare. 514 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 3: You are redeemed. You are restored. 515 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 5: Your past is not dictating your future. Get ready. New 516 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 5: doors are about to open, new levels of joy, favor, breakthroughs, 517 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, I'd like 518 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 5: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 519 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 5: of your life. Would you pray with me. Just say, 520 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 5: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 521 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 5: I'll make you my Lord and savior. 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