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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 6: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with. 41 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 6: A friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best 42 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 6: in your life. 43 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 44 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 6: It's always a to come into your homes and if 45 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 6: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 46 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 6: a part of one of our services. I promise you 47 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 6: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 48 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 6: much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 49 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 6: out today. I like to start with something funny, and 50 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 6: I heard about this pastor. He was in the lobby 51 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 6: after service greeting people. He saw this man that he 52 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 6: hadn't seen in a long long time, pulled him over 53 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 6: to the side and said, sir, you need to join 54 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 6: the Army of the Lord. Man said, what are you 55 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 6: talking about. I'm in the Army of the Lord. Pastor said, well, 56 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 6: how come I only see you on Christmas and Easter. 57 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 6: He whispered back, I'm in the Secret Service. Hold your 58 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 6: Bible up, say it like you mean it. This is 59 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 6: my Bible. I am what it says. 60 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 4: I am. 61 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 62 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 63 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 64 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 65 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 66 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about blessed by your enemies. 67 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 6: We all know that God can bless us, He can 68 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 6: show us favor, promote us, heal us, but we don't 69 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 6: always realize God can. 70 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 4: Use our enemies to bless us. 71 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 6: And what you may think is a disappointment, a person 72 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 6: that walked away, friend that betrayed you, a coworker that's 73 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 6: trying to make you look bad. You may not like that, 74 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 6: but you couldn't reach your destiny without them. It's all 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 6: a part of God's plan to get you to where 76 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 6: You're supposed to be. 77 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 4: David would only be. 78 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 6: Known as a shepherd boy if it wasn't for Goliath. 79 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 6: Goliath was strategically placed in David's path, not to defeat him, 80 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 6: but to promote him. Without Goliath, David would have never. 81 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: Taken the throne. Don't complain about your enemies. 82 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 6: It may look like a setback, but really it's a 83 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 6: set up for God to get you to your throne. 84 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 6: After all, God could have used King Saul to promote David. 85 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 6: Saul had the authority, he could have moved on Saul's heart, 86 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 6: told him promote that young man. But God chose to 87 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 6: bless David, not through. 88 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 4: His friends, but through his enemies. 89 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 6: And that's why we don't have to play up to people. 90 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 6: Try to convince them to like us. Hopefully they'll give 91 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 6: me a good break. No, God doesn't have to use 92 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 6: your friends. He can use your enemies, your critics, the 93 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 6: ones that are trying to push you down, He can 94 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 6: use them to push you up. And it's interesting, when 95 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 6: David defeated Goliath, you never hear any more about Goliath. 96 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 6: Goliath was created for David's purpose. Part of his destiny 97 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 6: was to establish who David was. And just as God 98 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 6: has divine connections lined up for you, people to encourage you, 99 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 6: push you forward, He's also lined up people that will 100 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 6: try to stop you, discourage you, try to make. 101 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 4: You look bad. 102 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 6: There are Golias ordained to come across your path, and 103 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 6: if you don't understand this principle, you'll get discouraged. 104 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: God, why is this happening to me? 105 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 6: That opposition wasn't meant to stop you, It was meant 106 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 6: to establish you. 107 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 4: When you overcome it, you will. 108 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 6: Not only step into a new level of your destiny, 109 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 6: but everyone around you will see the favor of God 110 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 6: is on your life. In two thousand and two, we 111 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 6: received word that the Houston Rockets basketball team was moving 112 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 6: out of this building and the city was thinking about 113 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 6: selling it. We needed a larger auditorium. When I heard that, 114 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 6: something came alive on the inside. I knew it was 115 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 6: supposed to be ours, and word got out in the 116 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 6: city that we were interested in it, and there was 117 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 6: all kinds of debate as to what should happen to 118 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 6: this building. Now. A friend of mine was at a 119 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 6: business lunching sitting with some high powered executives. One of 120 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 6: these executives, a very influential man, found out that my 121 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 6: friend attends Lakewood. He started talking about the Compact Center 122 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 6: and about how against us he was, and about what 123 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 6: a terrible thing this would be for the city now, 124 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 6: how no church should ever have this building. 125 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 4: On and on. 126 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 6: Some other people at the table joined in kind of laughing, 127 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 6: making fun, talked about how Lakewood didn't have a chance 128 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 6: in the world. 129 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: To get it. 130 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 6: Finally, this executive looked at my friend and said, very sarcastically, 131 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,799 Speaker 6: it will be a cold day in hell before Lakewood 132 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 6: ever gets that building. My friend called me afterward and 133 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 6: told me about the conversation. Said, thanks a lot for 134 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 6: the good news, appreciate that encouragement. But the truth is 135 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 6: that conversation was ordained by the Creator. He was one 136 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 6: of those goliath God had strategically placed in her path. 137 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 4: And when I heard about how against us. He was. 138 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 4: I was already determined, but something rose up in me. 139 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 6: I had a holy determination. I had a new fire, 140 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 6: a new result. And every time things got tough look 141 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 6: like it wasn't gonna work out, I would be tempted 142 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 6: to get discouraged. 143 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 4: I could hear that phrase a cold day in hell. 144 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 6: I'd get my passion right back. Wouldn't take me five seconds. 145 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 6: Sometimes God will put an enemy in your life to 146 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 6: keep you stirred up. He'll allow critics, doubters, discouragers, even 147 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 6: some haters. 148 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 4: So when you feel. 149 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 6: Tired and think you want to give up, you'll keep 150 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 6: pressing forward, shaking it off. Not because you feel like it, 151 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 6: but because you don't want to give your. 152 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 4: Enemies the joy of shitting you defeated, not out of fight, 153 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 4: not out of pride. 154 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 6: It's a holy determination. God uses the negative to keep 155 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 6: skirt up. And that business leader that was so against us, 156 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 6: he doesn't realize it, but God used him more than 157 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 6: he used my friends. He was one of the most 158 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 6: instrumental people in us getting this building. 159 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 4: And the funny thing is he wasn't. 160 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 6: For us, he was against us. God used our enemies 161 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 6: to bless us. If I ever see that man, I 162 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 6: need to buy him dinner McDonald's. Probably some of my enemies. 163 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 6: I feel like I need to write them a check. 164 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 6: If they hadn't have been against me, I wouldn't have 165 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 6: prayed so hard. If they hadn't have made fun I 166 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 6: would have given up sooner. If they hadn't told me 167 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 6: I couldn't do it, didn't have what it takes. I 168 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 6: might have been complacent, settled where I was. It was 169 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 6: their opposition that pushed me forward. 170 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 4: Many times. 171 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 6: God will use your enemies to catapult you to success 172 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 6: more than your friends, David said. God prepares a table 173 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 6: before me in the presence of my enemies. Notice when 174 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 6: God brings you through the opposition, he's not gonna do 175 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 6: it in private. 176 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 4: He's gonna do it where all of those enemies can 177 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 4: see it. 178 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 6: This building is located on the second busiest freeway in 179 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 6: the nation. You can't drive in this city very long 180 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 6: without seeing what God has done. And that man that 181 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 6: was against us, I can only imagine every time he 182 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 6: passes by, something whispers in his ear. It must be 183 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 6: a cold day in hell, because there they are. Maybe 184 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 6: today you're facing some kind of enemy, not just a person. 185 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 4: An enemy in your health, in your finances, in. 186 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 6: A relationship, doesn't look like it's ever going to work out. 187 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 6: Have this new perspective. Right now, God is preparing the table. 188 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 6: The angels are taking the food out of the oven. 189 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 6: Gabriel's putting his finishing touches on that meal. Any moment, 190 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 6: you're gonna hear the dinner bell ringing. God's going to 191 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 6: say it's your time. Here's the table, here's the meal 192 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 6: I prepared for you. It's not gonna be a little 193 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 6: fast food meal hidden over in the corner. 194 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: Nobody notices. 195 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 6: Now God is preparing a table like he did for David, 196 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 6: like he did for us, to where not just all 197 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 6: of your friends see it, but even those enemies, the doubters, 198 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 6: the discouragers, the ones that said you couldn't do it, 199 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 6: They're going to see you blessed, promoted, vindicated, live in 200 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 6: your dreams, in a place of honor, in influence. In 201 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 6: one sense, God used Judas more than he used the 202 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 6: other disciples. Judas was ordained to betray Jesus. That was 203 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 6: his purpose to try to stop him. And it wasn't 204 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 6: just his idea, it was the plan of God. At 205 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 6: the time, it seemed like a bad break. But if 206 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 6: he had not betrayed Jesus, there wouldn't have been a crucifixion. 207 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 6: Without the cross, there wouldn't have been a rest. Without 208 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 6: the resurrection, we wouldn't have redemption, no salvation. And we 209 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 6: celebrate Mary, the mother of Jesus, giving birth in the manger. 210 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 6: We celebrate John baptizing Jesus the dove. 211 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 4: Coming down from heaven. 212 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 6: But the men who betrayed Jesus, the one who sold 213 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 6: him for thirty pieces of silver, was just as critical 214 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 6: a part of his destiny, if not more so than 215 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 6: the others. 216 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 4: What am I. 217 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 6: Saying, don't complain about the person that betrayed you. If 218 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 6: they walked away, they didn't set you back. They set 219 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 6: you up for the fullness of your destiny. If they 220 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 6: lied about you, tried to push you down, overlooked you, 221 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 6: it may not have been fair. But if God allowed it, 222 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 6: he knows how to use it for your good. What 223 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 6: if Jesus would have gotten upset, said God, I'm your son, 224 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 6: How could you let this man betray I mean, he's 225 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 6: one of my disciples. Now, Jesus knew that Judas was 226 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 6: going to betray him, but he didn't try to stop him. 227 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 4: He didn't try to talk him out of it. 228 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 6: He knew that betrayal was a part of his divine destiny. 229 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 6: And too often we fight against everything that doesn't go 230 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 6: our way. Get upset, bitter God, Why is this happening. 231 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 6: The longer I live, the more I realize nothing happens 232 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,359 Speaker 6: by accident, even the opposition. If you'll keep the right attitude, 233 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 6: God will use it to your advantage. I was talking 234 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 6: to a well known minister one time. For over fifty years, 235 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 6: he had gone around the world doing so much good. 236 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 6: Most people were very appreciative. But in his hometown, the 237 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 6: local newspaper was never for him. They were always finding fault. 238 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 6: He could do one hundred things right, they wouldn't report that. 239 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 6: They'd find the one thing they didn't like, make a 240 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 6: big deal out of it. 241 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 4: This went on year after year. He had an interesting perspective. 242 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 6: He said, if it hadn't been for that newspaper, I 243 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 6: would have never accomplished so much. 244 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 4: Thought, what do you mean? 245 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 6: He said, that newspaper not only kept me on my knees, 246 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 6: but it gave me the fuel to keep pressing forward 247 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 6: to prove to them that they were wrong. He went 248 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 6: on to build a beautiful university in that city. Tens 249 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 6: of thousands of young people have attended, and toward the 250 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 6: end of his life, when he was just about done, 251 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 6: all of a sudden, the newspaper had a change of heart. 252 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 6: They wrote this big front page article celebrating everything that 253 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 6: he had done. It was almost like God waited on purpose. 254 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 6: God knew that enemy. Even though my friend didn't like it, 255 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 6: it was making him better. It was keeping him stirred up, 256 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 6: made him more determined, more resilient. Some of the things 257 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 6: that we don't like we're asking God to get rid of. 258 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 6: If he removed them right now, we wouldn't reach our 259 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 6: highest potential. 260 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 4: That opposition is making you stronger. 261 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 6: Those people trying to stop you, the betrayal, the disappointment 262 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 6: that cannot. 263 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 4: Keep you from your destiny. 264 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 6: God has the final say, and if he hasn't removed 265 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,239 Speaker 6: it yet, that means. 266 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 4: He's going to use it for your good. 267 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 6: He strategically places the Goliath, the judases the opposition. Without Goliath, 268 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 6: you can't take your throne. Without Judas, you won't reach 269 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 6: your highest potential. Without the naysayers, you wouldn't become all 270 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 6: you were created to be. In the book of Luke. 271 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 6: There's a familiar story. Four men carried this paralyzed man 272 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 6: to see Jesus. When they arrived at the house was 273 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 6: too crowded that had to take him up on the 274 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 6: roof let him down through the ceiling. At one point, 275 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 6: Jesus said to the paralyzed man, your. 276 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 4: Sins have been forgiven. 277 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 6: Some of the religion leaders were offended. They begin to 278 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 6: murmur under their breast, saying, who does he think he is? 279 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 6: This guy can't forgive sins. Only God can do that. 280 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 6: The scripture says Jesus heard their murmuring. They were trying 281 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 6: to do it quietly under his breath. But Jesus heard 282 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 6: what they were saying. He said to the men, which 283 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 6: is easier for me to say your sins are forgiven? 284 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 4: Or for me to say, rise, take up your bed 285 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 4: and walk. 286 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 6: To prove to them that he was the son of God, 287 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 6: he told the man stand up. The man stood up 288 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 6: perfectly healthy. I'm sure those naysayers when they saw him 289 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 6: standing there, they nearly passed out. Here's my point. If 290 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 6: they had not been murmuring, complaining, criticizing, this man may 291 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 6: not have been healed. Jesus could have just forgiven his 292 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 6: sins and moved on. But because of their murmuring, Jesus 293 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 6: healed the man. So when people are talking about you, 294 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 6: trying to make you look bad, trying to push you down, 295 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 6: don't worry. 296 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 4: God hears them. 297 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 6: They are putting you in position for God to bless 298 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 6: you in a greater way. 299 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 4: You don't have to straighten them out. Don't fight battles 300 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 4: that don't matter. Stay in peace, and like this man, 301 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 4: God will use your enemies to bless you. 302 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 6: Some of the favor that you're seeing, some of the 303 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 6: good breaks you've had. It didn't happen because of you. 304 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 6: It happened because of those people that tried to stop you. 305 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 6: They put you in position for promotion. Now I always 306 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 6: thank God for my friends, but I've learned to thank 307 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 6: God for my enemies as well. Without the murmuring, that 308 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 6: man may not have been healed. Without Goliath, David would 309 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 6: have never taken his throne without Judas, Jesus wouldn't have 310 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 6: resurrected it from the grave. You need to see every enemy, 311 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 6: so to speak, every disappointment, every betrayal in this new light. 312 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 6: It's not sent to defeat you. It's sent to increase you. 313 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 6: A friend of mine told me out in the lobby 314 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 6: a few years back how his business had gone down 315 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 6: to nothing. 316 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 4: He didn't think he could survive. 317 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 6: To make matters worse, one of his main competitors talked 318 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 6: about him on the radio in a very unfavorable light. 319 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 4: They were extremely. 320 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 6: Critical of him, talked about how he wasn't up to part, 321 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 6: that's why his business was going down. It looked like 322 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 6: that would be the final blow to put him under, 323 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 6: but just the opposite happened. 324 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 4: When they mentioned him. It drew new attention to his business. 325 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 6: New clients started calling out of the blue. The business 326 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 6: grew and grew. Today it's stronger than ever. In fact, 327 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 6: he surpassed that competitor that tried to talk him down. 328 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 329 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 6: God can use your critics to promote you. It has 330 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 6: all kinds of ways to get you to where you're 331 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 6: supposed to be. He knows how to take what was 332 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 6: meant for your harm and turn it around and use 333 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 6: it to your advantage. In the early nineteen hundreds, farmers 334 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 6: in Alabama were facing a major challenge. A tiny insect 335 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 6: called the bull weavil had migrated from South America was 336 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 6: now quickly destroying their crops. They tried everything they could 337 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 6: to stop it. They exterminated, using all kinds of chemicals, 338 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 6: even came up with special formulas, still to no avail. Eventually, 339 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 6: all they could do is sit back and watch their 340 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 6: livelihood be eaten away. One day, a farmer had an idea. 341 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 6: He said to his farmer buddies, instead of planting our 342 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 6: normal cotton crops, why don't we try peanuts. They looked 343 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 6: at him like he had lost his mind. 344 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 4: Peanuts. 345 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 6: We can't make a living off of peanuts. Over time, 346 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 6: he talked them into it. They discovered that the bowl 347 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 6: weavil didn't like the taste of peanuts. Their crops took 348 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 6: off like nothing they had ever seen. They made more 349 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 6: money in a few months off of peanuts than they 350 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 6: normally made the whole year off of cotton crops. In fact, 351 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 6: when the bowl weavils finally left, they never did go 352 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 6: back to cotton. They stuck with peanuts. Friends, God works 353 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 6: in mysterious ways. You may be dealing with some bowl 354 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 6: weavils right now. My encouragement, stay in faith. Peanuts are coming. 355 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 6: What you think is a setback is really God setting 356 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 6: you up to do something new don't complain about the 357 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 6: coworker that did you wrong. 358 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: What didn't work out? 359 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 6: You know what that was a bow weavil, something that 360 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 6: looks like it was meant to destroy you, but in 361 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 6: fact God's going to use it to take you to 362 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 6: the next level. That person at worked it's always trying 363 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 6: to push you down and always trying. 364 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 4: To make you look bad. 365 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 6: When you see them this week, have a new attitude. 366 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 6: You're just a bull weavil. You're trying to stop me. 367 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 6: But I know a secret. God's gonna use you to 368 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 6: push me forward. See the scripture says God will make 369 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 6: your enemies your footstool. That means anything that comes against you, 370 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 6: the persecution, the betrayal. 371 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 4: The disappointment. 372 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 6: If you'll stay in faith, instead of being a stumbling 373 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 6: block to take you down, God will use it as 374 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 6: a stepping stone to take you higher. When I was 375 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 6: ten years old, I was playing Little League baseball. I 376 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 6: was very small growing up. In fact, people called me peanut. 377 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 6: I was always the smallest one on the team. I 378 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 6: was in the middle of this important game. The stands 379 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 6: were full, everybody was watching. I stepped out to the 380 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 6: plate to bap when the opposing coach saw how small 381 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 6: I was. He came out of the dugout and started 382 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 6: hollering to his players in the outfield, come in closer, 383 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 6: Come in closer. He was waving both of his arms, 384 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 6: making this big scene. He might as well have said, 385 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 6: this kid is a loser. Look how little he is. 386 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 4: He can't hit, he's not up to part. 387 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 6: And all the stands were watching. I standing there so embarrassed. 388 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 6: I felt like hiding. The outfielders came in right behind 389 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 6: the infield. Nobody was in the outfield. All I could 390 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 6: think of is that coach must have seen my brother. 391 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 4: Paul play before. 392 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 6: But when I saw that, something came all over me. 393 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 6: I thought, he doesn't know who I am. He didn't 394 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 6: breathe life into me. He doesn't determine my destiny. I 395 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 6: am a child of the most High God. I can 396 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 6: do all things through Christ the pitcher, through the ball. 397 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 6: I may have been small, but I swung like I was. 398 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 4: Ten feet tall. I gave it everything I. 399 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 6: Had, and God helped me to connect perfectly with that. 400 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 4: Ball went well over their heads, took two bounces, hit 401 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 4: the back fence. 402 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 6: Nobody was in the outfield. I had an inside the 403 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 6: park home run. Here's what I want you to see. 404 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 6: The next time I got up to bat, the coach 405 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 6: came out with the same fanfare, the same enthusiasm, but 406 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 6: this time he shouted. 407 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 4: Back up, back up, back up. 408 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 6: In the same way. The enemy will come against you 409 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 6: in your thoughts. He'll tell you things like you'll never 410 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 6: get well, you'll never break the addiction, you can't accomplish 411 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 6: your dreams. 412 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 4: You're too small, you don't have what it takes. 413 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 6: You can either believe those lies and let him talk 414 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 6: you into mediocrity, or you can do like I did 415 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 6: as a ten year old boy and say no, I 416 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 6: don't think so. You don't set the limits for my life. 417 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 6: You don't determine my destiny. You didn't give me breath. 418 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 6: I may look small, but I know I'm full of 419 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 6: resurrection power. The same spirit raise Christ from the dead 420 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 6: lives on the. 421 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 4: Inside of us. 422 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 6: When you rise up in faith like that, those enemies 423 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 6: won't defeat you. Those enemies will promote you. You do 424 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 6: that a few times, he'll tell his forces back up, 425 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 6: back up, they're more powerful than they look. Don't mess 426 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 6: with them. They go to Lakewood. They know they're highly favored. 427 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 6: They know they're victories, not victims. 428 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 4: The scripture says, don't. 429 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 6: Be intimidated by your enemies. Don't be intimidated by what 430 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 6: somebody said. Don't be intimidated by a negative medical report. 431 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 4: You and God are a majority. 432 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 6: When Jesus came out of the grave, he took the 433 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 6: keys of. 434 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 4: Death and hell. 435 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 6: He said, all power has been given unto me in 436 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 6: heaven and in earth. 437 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 4: Now I'm giving you that power. You are not weak, 438 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 4: you are not lacking. You are full of can do power. 439 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 4: The greatest force in the universe is on your side. 440 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 6: When the Israelites were in slavery, farro got upset and 441 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 6: decided to make it harder on them. He told their 442 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 6: supervisors to take away their materials, but to force them 443 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 6: to make the same amount of bricks each day. They 444 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 6: took away their straw and sand. Now they had to 445 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 6: go find their supplies on their own, work twice as hard. 446 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 4: It's very unfair, But something interesting happened. The scripture says. 447 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 6: The more Pharaoh afflicted them, the more. 448 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 4: The Israelites multiplied. 449 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,479 Speaker 6: Farroh thought he was stopping them, but in fact he 450 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 6: was increasing them. Sometimes when God wants to promote you, 451 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 6: he doesn't send you a good break, he sends you 452 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 6: an enemy. He'll calls a faarroh, a supervisor to turn 453 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 6: up the heat, make things more difficult. 454 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 4: But don't worry. 455 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 6: The more the opposition, the more you're going to increase. 456 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 6: The truth is we grow in the difficult times. That's 457 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 6: when our character is developed. That's when we discover talent, confidence, 458 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 6: courage that we didn't even know we had, and fro 459 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 6: When he took away those supplies, he was trying to 460 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 6: restrict the people, trying to squeeze them, put them under pressure. 461 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 4: Have you ever been washing your car at home and you. 462 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 6: Have your water hose. You turn the valve on and 463 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 6: the water comes out maybe three or four feet, But 464 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 6: when you really want to spray your car off, you 465 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 6: need it to go further. And if you're like me 466 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 6: and you don't have a nozzle on the end, then 467 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 6: you put your thumb on the end of the hose. 468 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 4: And you restrict the water. 469 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 6: You would think when you restrict it it would come. 470 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 4: Out less, but it's just the opposite. 471 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 6: When you restrict that water, because it's under pressure, it shoots. 472 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 4: Out fifteen or twenty feet. 473 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 6: It goes many times further than when it had no pressure. 474 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 6: In the same way, when the enemy puts you under pressure, 475 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 6: he thinks that's going to stop you. What he doesn't 476 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 6: realize is all that's going to do is cause you 477 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 6: to shoot out further. When you feel restricted, when you 478 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 6: face opposition, don't be discouraged. Get ready to shoot out, 479 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 6: get ready for new levels, get ready for promotion. 480 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 4: That pressure is not going to stop you. It's going 481 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 4: to increase you. 482 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 6: When Jesus was about to be crucified, he stopped by 483 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 6: the garden of gasimine. Literally translated that means the place 484 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 6: of pressing. 485 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 4: It was an olive garden. 486 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 6: The only way you can get the oil out of 487 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 6: the olive. 488 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 4: Is to press it. 489 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 6: Without the pressing, you'll never get the valuable oil. If 490 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 6: you're never under pressure, you never have to say stretch 491 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 6: your faith, endure, persevere. Then you'll never discover the valuable 492 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 6: treasures that God put on the inside. On Friday, they 493 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 6: nailed Jesus to the cross incredible pressure. On Saturday, he 494 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 6: went down to the grave and fought. 495 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 4: The forces of darkness restricted. 496 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 6: But on Sunday morning he came shooting up out of 497 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 6: that grave. Death couldn't hold him down. One message of 498 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 6: the resurrection. God will use your enemies to bless you. 499 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 6: Maybe today you feel restricted, under pressure, like you're being squeezed. 500 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 4: It's Friday. Don't worry. Sunday is coming. You're about to 501 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 4: shoot out. 502 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 6: When you see where God takes you, the favor, the promotion, 503 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 6: the blessing, You're going to look back and say, like 504 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 6: the Psalmist, it was good that I was afflicted. See 505 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 6: if David were here, he was tell you it was 506 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 6: good that Goliath showed up. Jesus would say it was 507 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 6: good that Judas betrayed me. I can tell you it 508 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 6: was good that executive was against us. It may have 509 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 6: been uncomfortable at the time, but one day you'll say, 510 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 6: this enemy didn't defeat me, this enemy promoted me. 511 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 4: Now, stay in faith. God has your back. 512 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 6: He wouldn't have allowed the pressure unless he's going to 513 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 6: work for your good. May feel like Friday right now, 514 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 6: but I believe and declare Sunday is coming. You're about 515 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 6: to shoot out, stronger, healthier, promoted, vindicated, the fullness of 516 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 6: your destiny in Jesus's name. 517 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say him in today? 518 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 519 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 520 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll. 521 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 6: Repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 522 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 6: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 523 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 6: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 524 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 6: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 525 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed. 526 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 527 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 528 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 5: all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com slash give 529 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 5: Hope to give a gift today. 530 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 531 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 6: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast. 532 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 4: To keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying 533 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 4: for you. I know God's best is still ahead. We'll 534 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 4: see you next time.