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I'm going to 41 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 5: push back forces of darkness. I'm going to hide you 42 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 5: from enemies. I'm going to shield you from trouble. 43 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 4: Hi. This is Joel and Victoria. 44 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 5: Thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this time 45 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 5: with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspire. 46 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 6: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 47 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 6: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 49 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. Thanks for letting us come into your homes. 50 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 5: We are praying for you and your family while we 51 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 5: can't gather in person. I hope you'll stay connected with 52 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 5: us throughout the week through social media, our podcast, or 53 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 5: any of our online platforms. If you've never visited our 54 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 5: YouTube channel, it's the easiest and quickest way. 55 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 4: To access all these messages. 56 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 5: But thanks for being with us. Let's get started with 57 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 5: our confession. Say it like you mean it. This is 58 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 59 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 60 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 61 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 62 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 63 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 64 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 5: to you today about the guardian of your soul. 65 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: When we look at all. 66 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 5: That's going on in the world, it's easy to live 67 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 5: worried and afraid. We watch the news and seek conflict 68 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 5: between nations, natural disasters, sicknesses, accidents. If that's not enough, 69 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 5: now we're dealing with this virus. 70 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 4: We think, what if I get sick? 71 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 5: What if my business doesn't make it, What if my 72 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: child has an accident. 73 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 4: All these concerns are valid. 74 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 5: If you were on your own, you would have a 75 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 5: good reason to live worried. But the scripture says you 76 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 5: have turned to your shepherd, the guardian of your soul. 77 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 5: You're not in this by yourself. You have a protector, 78 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 5: a defender, a deliver. The Most High God is the 79 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 5: guardian of your soul. When he breathed life into you, 80 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: he didn't just put you on the earth and say 81 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 5: good luck. 82 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 4: You're on your own. He said, I'm going to guard you. 83 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 4: I'm going to push back forces of darkness to hide 84 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 4: you from enemies. I'm going to shield you from trouble. 85 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 5: Psalm ninety one says God will rescue you from every 86 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 5: trap and protect you from the fatal plague. You don't 87 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 5: have to be afraid of this virus. God has a 88 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 5: shield around you. He knows how to keep harm away, 89 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 5: and if it does come, he knows how to heal you. 90 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 5: He knows how to restore what was taken. He will 91 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 5: rescue you from every trap. The enemy doesn't have the 92 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 5: final say, nothing can snatch you out of God's hands. 93 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 5: Because you've turned to your shepherd. He's protected you from 94 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 5: things you know nothing about. He kept that car from 95 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 5: hitting you. He pushed back that sickness. He thwarted plans 96 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 5: of the enemy, moved people out of the way that 97 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 5: would have. 98 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: Been a bad influence. 99 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 5: He's been guarding your soul since you were born. If 100 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 5: you knew all the things he's already kept you from, 101 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 5: you wouldn't worry about what you're facing now. You would 102 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 5: stay in peace knowing that God has you covered. You're 103 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 5: in the palm of his hand. You're not at the 104 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: mercy of fate, bad luck, dreaded disease. You have a guardian, 105 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 5: a protector, a god who promised he will rescue you 106 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 5: from every trap. When my father was a little toddler, 107 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 5: barely able to walk, he lived on a farm with 108 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 5: his family, and one night he wandered away from everyone 109 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 5: and fell into a fire. 110 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 4: He could have easily been killed, but. 111 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 5: It just so happened someone came walking by and pulled 112 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 5: him out. Another fifteen seconds and he would have lost 113 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 5: his life. That should have stopped his destiny. But there 114 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 5: is a guardian of your soul. There is a God 115 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 5: watching over you that will rescue you from trouble. 116 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 4: He will stop the plan of the enemy. 117 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 5: Psalm one twenty one says, your guardian God is right 118 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 5: by your side to protect you. He guarded you when 119 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 5: you leave, and he guards you when you return. 120 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 4: He guards you now, and he will guard you always. 121 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 5: You can't go anywhere without your guardian God. That's why 122 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 5: we can live from a place of peace, a place 123 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 5: of faith. Even though there's turmoil all around us, people worried, panic, 124 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 5: stay in peace. 125 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 4: It's not a surprise to God. 126 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 5: He didn't say we wouldn't have trouble, we wouldn't have 127 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 5: to face these things. But he did promise he will 128 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 5: rescue you from the trouble. He will keep the fatal 129 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 5: plague from taking you out. You don't have to live 130 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 5: worried about your future, afraid of what could happen. God 131 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: has a hedge of protection around you, a bloodline that 132 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 5: the enemy cannot cross. When the Israelites had been in 133 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: slavery for many years, God told Moses he was going 134 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 5: to bring them out. 135 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 4: The way God did it was. 136 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 5: To send plagues on the Phaiah and his people that 137 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 5: were oppressing them. What's interesting is the Israeli lived next door, 138 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 5: but none of the plagues affected them. God sent swarms 139 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 5: of locusts. They ate up all the Pharaoh's crops, destroyed 140 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 5: their food supply, but right next door, the Israelites crops 141 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 5: were fine. I can imagine some of the locusts started 142 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 5: to fly toward the Israelites land, but when they got close, 143 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 5: just like an electric fence, they suddenly turned around and 144 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 5: left them alone. 145 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 4: This happened with. 146 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: Plague after plague, and God said in Exodus, I will 147 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: make a distinction between my people and Pharo's people. At 148 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 5: one point, all of Pharaoh's livestock, all of his cattle, 149 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 5: suddenly died, but right next door, the Israelites livestock was 150 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 5: perfectly fine. 151 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 4: That's because God put a shield around his people. 152 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 5: Even though the plague was all around them. 153 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: He kept it from harming them. 154 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 5: Like with the Israelites, because you belonged to God, because 155 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 5: you honor him, He's put. 156 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 4: A distinction on you. What will defeat others won't be 157 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 4: able to defeat you. 158 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: When business is going down, you're going to go up. 159 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 5: When others are struggling, you're going to be sorry. That's 160 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 5: why David said, a thousand may fall at my side, 161 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 5: ten thousand at my right hand, but it will not 162 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 5: come near me. David understood this principle that what happened 163 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 5: to others wasn't going to happen to him. 164 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 4: God put a distinction on him. 165 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 5: Now, I don't mean this arrogantly, like we're glad somebody 166 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 5: else has difficulty and not us. I'm talking about living 167 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 5: from a place of faith, knowing that you have an advantage. 168 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 4: God has a shield around you. 169 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 5: Palm ninety one in the message translation says God protects 170 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 5: you from deadly hazards. Even though others succumb all around you, 171 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 5: you will stand untouched. 172 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: You will watch it all from. 173 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 5: A distance because God is your refuse. Evil can't get 174 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 5: close to you. Harm can't get through the door. You 175 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 5: may have some things come to the door, but it's 176 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 5: not going to get in. You're going to come out untouched. 177 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 5: You're going to watch it all from a distance. You 178 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 5: remember the rapper mc Hammer. He had a popular song 179 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 5: called you can't touch this. You need to see yourself 180 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 5: that way when sickness comes. Instead of accepting it thinking 181 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 5: I knew this would happen. 182 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 4: You need to announce to the enemy, you can't touch this. 183 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 5: I am God's property. My body is a temple of 184 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 5: the most High. I will live and not die. 185 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 4: When lack and. 186 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 5: Struggle comes saying you'll never get ahead, just announce you 187 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 5: can't touch this. 188 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 4: The favor of God is on my life. I will 189 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 4: prosper even in a desert. 190 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 5: When your children aren't making good decisions, they're getting off course. 191 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 5: Instead of being depressed thinking what did I do wrong? 192 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 5: You need to remind the enemy you can't touch this. 193 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 5: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 194 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 5: My children will be mighty in the land. You need 195 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 5: to see yourself as. 196 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 4: Untouchable to the enemy. And yes, we all have difficulties. 197 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 5: I'm not saying that you won't have to face sickness, opposition, betrayals. 198 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 5: They may come, but they don't have to stay. You 199 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 5: don't have to answer the door. Don't open it up. 200 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 5: Say I knew you'd show up. Come on in, Let 201 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 5: me get you a cup of coffee. Know when it knocks, 202 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 5: say no, thanks, you're not welcome here. 203 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 4: Don't accept it, don't learn to live with it. 204 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 5: Quit calling it my sickness, my anxiety, my dysfunction, my addiction, 205 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 5: it's not yours. None of it belongs to you. It's 206 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 5: on foreign territory. Your body is a temple of the 207 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 5: Most High God. Sickness doesn't belong in your temple. Depression 208 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 5: doesn't belong in your temple. Fear, addictions, lack does. 209 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 4: It belong there. Stand firm and keep that door closed. 210 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 5: Yes, things may come. I'm not asking you to deny 211 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 5: the facts. Act like you don't have a sickness, but 212 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 5: you don't have to accept it in your mind. Don't 213 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 5: let it become permanent. Think it is always going to 214 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 5: be that way. 215 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 4: See it as temporary. This too shall pass. 216 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 5: I have several friends that have contracted the coronavirus. They 217 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: fought the good fight of faith. Now they've come through it. 218 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 5: When you face a sickness, a bad break, loss, that 219 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 5: doesn't mean you don't have this distinction. 220 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 4: You must not have enough faith, not at all. 221 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 5: The scripture says rain falls on the just and the unjust. 222 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 5: There are times when difficulties come. We're praying, believing, but 223 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: it didn't work out our way. When it rains, don't 224 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 5: get discouraged. Don't give up on your dreams. God knows 225 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 5: what he's doing. If you'll keep the right attitude. That 226 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 5: rain is not going to hinder you. It's going to 227 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 5: cause you to block. The enemy may have meant it 228 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 5: for your harm. The reason God allowed it is so 229 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 5: he can bring. 230 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: You out better than you were before. 231 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 5: Psalm ninety one starts off by saying, if you dwell 232 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 5: in the secret place of the Most High, you will 233 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 5: abide under the shadow of the Almighty. The next verse says, 234 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 5: I will say of the Lord, you are my refuge, 235 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 5: my fortress, and my God. It's significant that the Psalmists 236 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 5: didn't just say I'm going to stay in the secret 237 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 5: place and that will keep me protected. He said, I 238 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 5: will say of the Lord. What you're saying is going 239 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 5: to make a difference whether you see God's protection and 240 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 5: favor like you should. When Joel, I'll probably get this virus. 241 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 5: I always have bad breaks. I don't think my business 242 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: are gonna make it. My children are never gonna do 243 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 5: what's right. 244 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 4: You need to zip that up. 245 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 5: You are opening the door to difficulties. If you're going 246 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 5: to activate this protection. You can't go around talking defeat. 247 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 5: You have to do like the Psalmist and start saying, 248 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 5: of the Lord, Lord, thank you that you're by protector. 249 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're shielding me from every plague, rescuing 250 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 5: me from every trap. 251 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 4: Thank you that I'm going to come out of this untouched. 252 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: The way you're going to see the distinction is by 253 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 5: declaring you're protected and thanking God that there's a hedge 254 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: around you. David had all kinds of opposition. He had 255 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 5: people trying to kill him, armies coming against him. His 256 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 5: own son tried to dethrone him. He could have lived afraid, 257 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 5: complaining God, you anointed me, Why am I having all 258 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 5: these difficulties? Now listen to how David talked Psalm twenty seven. 259 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 5: The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall 260 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 5: I fear? The Lord protects me from danger. Why should 261 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 5: I be afraid? When enemies come against me, they will 262 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 5: stumble and fall. Though an army surrounds me, I will 263 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 5: remain confident. In the time of trouble, God will hide me. 264 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 4: He will place me out of reach. High on a rock. 265 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 4: David knew how to activate this shield. You have to 266 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 4: thank God for it. 267 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 5: You can't go around worried panic and expect to see 268 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 5: this hedge of protection. In one Samuel twenty three, David 269 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 5: was living on the run from King Saul. He had 270 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 5: been good to Saul. He was his armor bearer, served 271 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 5: him faithfully. But Saul was jealous of David. He could 272 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 5: see the favor on his life. He couldn't handle the 273 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 5: thought of someone getting. 274 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 4: More attention than him. 275 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 5: So, even though David had done nothing wrong, Saul was 276 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 5: trying to kill him. He was so obsessed with it 277 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 5: that he chased David again and again. 278 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 4: Through the desert. 279 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 5: Saul had the most skilled warriors, He had people that 280 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 5: were specialists in tracking people. 281 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: Here, David was a shepherd. 282 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 5: He didn't have any special training like Saul's men. Surely 283 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 5: they could find David. Surely they could capture Verse fourteen 284 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 5: says Saul. Honeted David day after day, but God did 285 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 5: not let him be found. God knows how to hide 286 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 5: you from the enemy. He knows how to hide you 287 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 5: from trouble. He can hide you from the virus. He 288 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 5: will place you out of reach from the opposition. Saul 289 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 5: was so frustrated he went back home. Later, some of 290 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: David's men turned on him. They contacted Saul's people and 291 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 5: gave them David's location and all the details of where. 292 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 4: He was hiding. Saul was thrilled. He said, finally someone 293 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 4: has had mercy on me. Well, help me get rid of. 294 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 5: This man that's trying to take my throne. David wasn't 295 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 5: trying to take Saul's place. Saul had disobeyed and not 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 5: done what God told him to do, and now he 297 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 5: was trying to take it out on David. 298 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 4: When you're doing the right. 299 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 5: Thing, people are coming against you, trying to push you out. 300 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 4: Don't worry. That's not your battle. There's a guardian of 301 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 4: your soul. You have a protector, a defender. You don't 302 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 4: have to fight. 303 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 5: Stay on that high road and God will keep you 304 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 5: out of reach. 305 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 4: He will hide you when you need to be hidden. 306 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: He's not going to let. 307 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 5: That adversity stop your purpose. Don't live upset, afraid trying 308 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 5: to pay people back. Let God be your defender. He 309 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 5: knows how to take care of the opposition. Saul told 310 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 5: these men to go back, inspire on David, study his movements, 311 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 5: find out when he eats, when he sleeps, where. 312 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 4: He gets food. 313 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 5: Saul was so determined to catch David he had them 314 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 5: go overboard and do this extensive surveillance. David didn't know 315 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 5: some of his men had betrayed him. He thought he 316 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 5: was in a great hiding place, but he looked up 317 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 5: and saw Saul quickly closing in. This time, he was caught. 318 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 5: There was no way he could escape. Saul was right 319 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 5: on the other side of the mountain with all of 320 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 5: his army. It's a matter of hours before David would 321 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 5: be captured. I can imagine David saying, God, I didn't 322 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 5: see this coming. I never dreamed my own men would 323 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 5: turn on me. 324 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 4: But God, I believe you will rescue me from every trap. 325 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 5: I know, even when trouble surrounds me, you will bring 326 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 5: me safely through. When he could have been panicked giving up, 327 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 5: he kept thanking God for his protection and thanking him 328 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 5: that he would make a way where he didn't see away. 329 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 5: Right when Saul was about to give the command to 330 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 5: make that final push, a man came riding a horse 331 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 5: as fast as he could. He had an urgent message 332 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 5: for King Saul. He handed it to him. It said, hurry home. 333 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 4: The Philistines are attacking our city. 334 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 5: Saul called off the chase, told his men to turn 335 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 5: around and go full speed back home. 336 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 4: God has ways. 337 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 5: To protect you that you've never thought of. He knows 338 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 5: how to distras enemies. 339 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 4: He controls the universe. You don't have to figure out 340 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: how it's going to happen. 341 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 5: All you have to do is believe Lord, Thank you 342 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 5: that you're my protector. Thank you that you're my defender. 343 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're my waymaker. When you realize the 344 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 5: most High God is guarding you, then you can say, 345 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 5: with David, I will fear no evil, not going to 346 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 5: fear this virus, not going to fear this opposition. I'm 347 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: not going to fear my future. You can stay in 348 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 5: peace knowing that the God who created the universe is 349 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 5: the guardian of your soul. Jesus said in Matthew in 350 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 5: the last days, there will be terrible epidemics, earthquakes, famines, 351 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 5: but don't panic or give in to your fears. And 352 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 5: epidemic is a worldwide virus like we're facing today. Didn't 353 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 5: surprise God. He didn't bring you this far to. 354 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 4: Leave you now. 355 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 5: Choose to live from a place of faith, not a 356 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 5: place of fear. 357 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 4: When you're in peace, that's a position of power. 358 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: When you know God is in control, you're going to 359 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 5: be strong, You're going to feel. 360 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: A force sustaining you. 361 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 5: But when you're upset afraid. That's going to drain your energy, 362 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 5: drain your motivation. Your immune system is not going to 363 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 5: be as effective as it should be. 364 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 4: There's a lot of negativity in the world. 365 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 5: People are worried, afraid, panic, and I know the thread 366 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 5: is real, but don't let that get in you. 367 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: A ship doesn't sink because. 368 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 5: Of water around it. It can be in a huge 369 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 5: ocean surrounded by hundreds of miles of water on every side. 370 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 5: Water around it is not a problem. But if that 371 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 5: ship let's what's on the outside get on the inside, 372 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 5: then it's a problem. You can't watch the news all 373 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 5: day and stay afloat. If you constantly take in negative, 374 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 5: you're going to sink. 375 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 4: So to speak. Now, I like to watch the news. 376 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: It's important to stay informed, but after fifteen minutes, I 377 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 5: know what I need. If you leave that television on 378 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 5: all day, it's going to take us six weeks to 379 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,959 Speaker 5: get you out of that pit. Tune it out and 380 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 5: tune in to what God says about you. Don't let 381 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 5: what's on the outside get. 382 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: On the inside. 383 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 5: The scripture says, think on things that are pure, things 384 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: that are wholesome, things that are of a good report. 385 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 5: Find something to watch that's uplifting, something inspiring. 386 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 4: Think on things that will build your faith. 387 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 5: This is not the time to call negative family members 388 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 5: and talk about all the doom and gloom and how 389 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 5: bad it is. That's poisoning your spirit. You are feeding 390 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 5: your inner person by what you're taking in. If you're 391 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 5: only feeding it the negative, it's going to pull you down. 392 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 5: One of the best things you can feed yourself is 393 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 5: what God says about you. 394 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 4: Lord. 395 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 5: Thank you that my latter days will be better than 396 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 5: my former days. Thank you that what you started in 397 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 5: my life you will finish thinking that you are the 398 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 5: guardian of my soul. When I first started ministring back 399 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 5: in nineteen ninety nine, it was all very new to me. 400 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,239 Speaker 5: I had been behind the scenes for seventeen years. I 401 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,479 Speaker 5: was suddenly thrust in front of a lot of people. 402 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 5: I never dreamed the ministry would grow and people would begin. 403 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 4: To watch all over the world. 404 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 5: Well, with the growth and notoriety came opposition and people 405 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 5: that weren't for us. On top of that, I had 406 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 5: the pressure of trying to learn how to minister. I 407 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 5: wasn't sure if I was good at it. At one point, 408 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,719 Speaker 5: it felt overwhelming, seemed like there was opposition from every side. 409 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 5: I wasn't sure how things were going to work out. 410 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 5: One night, I had a dream. It was so vivid 411 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 5: I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was 412 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 5: running through this field as fast as I could. There 413 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 5: were planes flying overhead, very low, dropping bombs all around me. 414 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 5: It was like it was right out of a war movie. 415 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 5: And I could see the bombs falling so close. When 416 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 5: they did, I would brace and just wait for the 417 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 5: shrapnel to hit me. The bomb wouldn't be fifteen feet away. 418 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 5: The explosion was deafening. When it hit, I knew it 419 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,479 Speaker 5: was the end. I was waiting to die. But every time, 420 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 5: somehow the shrapnel would miss me. This happened four or 421 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 5: five times in this dream. I was amazed that I 422 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 5: was still alive. I ended up running to this little house, 423 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 5: and I was hiding in. 424 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 4: This room, very afraid. 425 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 5: These soldiers came passing by, and I could hear them running, 426 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 5: and I was hoping they wouldn't check the house, praying 427 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 5: that they would keep going. Then my worst nightmare came true. 428 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 5: They'd burst in there looking for me. They had their 429 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 5: guns drawn. I was standing right in front of them. 430 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 5: I thought, this is it. They found me, it's the end. 431 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 5: They looked right at me, then turned around and walked out. 432 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 5: It was like I was invisible. When I woke up, 433 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 5: I heard God saying, down in here, Joel. Things may 434 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 5: be exploding all around you, but I have you in 435 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 5: the palm of my hand. You trust in me, and 436 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 5: no weapon formed against you will ever prosper. Now, when 437 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 5: things come against me, I'm tended to be worried afraid. 438 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 5: I just remind myself God is the guardian of my soul. 439 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 5: He has a hedge of protection around you, a bloodline 440 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 5: that the enemy cannot cross. You may feel like bombs 441 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 5: are exploding around you, things that should stop your business, 442 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 5: damage your family, harm your health. 443 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 4: Don't worry. 444 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 5: It's not going to be what it looks like. Those 445 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 5: bombs are not going to take you out. It may 446 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 5: be loud, it seems like you're down. What you can't 447 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 5: see is the guardian of your soul is shielding you. 448 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 4: He's going to rescue you from every trap. 449 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 5: God knows how to make you invisible to the enemy. 450 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 5: The same God that made blind eye see can make 451 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 5: si and is blind. He has all kinds of ways 452 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 5: to protect you. That's what happened in Second Kings, chapter six. 453 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 5: The Syrian army came and surrounded Elijah's house. They were 454 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 5: upset because God kept telling Elijah what the Syrians were 455 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 5: going to do. What they discussed in secret, God revealed 456 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 5: to Elijah that way the Israelites always stayed one step 457 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 5: ahead of them. When the Syrian king found out it 458 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 5: was the prophet Elijah, he was furious. 459 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 4: He sent this huge army to go capture him. 460 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 5: When Elijah saw them coming, he said in verse eighteen, Lord, please. 461 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 4: Make them blind. Elijah went out, said I heard you 462 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 4: looking for Elijah. He's not here. 463 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 5: You're in the wrong city. Follow me and I'll take 464 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 5: you to him. They didn't know it was Elijah. He 465 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 5: led this huge army right to the middle of the 466 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 5: Israelites camp. 467 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 4: Then he prayed. Lord opened their eyes and let them see. 468 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 5: When they realized where they were and how they had 469 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 5: been captured, they nearly passed out. God has ways to 470 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 5: protect you that you've never thought of. He can make 471 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 5: you invisible to that virus, invisible to that person that's 472 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 5: trying to stop you, invisible to the opposition. 473 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 4: You don't have to figure it out. All you have to. 474 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 5: Do is stay in the secret place, Stay close to God. 475 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 5: Keep thinking him that he's protecting you, that he's defending you, 476 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 5: that he's the guardian of your soul. I read about 477 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 5: a small fish called a Moses soul. It's a little 478 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 5: flounder that's found in the Red Sea. Also in those 479 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 5: waters are large sharks. These sharks typically like to eat 480 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: this kind of fish, but in the early seventies, a 481 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 5: group of researchers noticed something fascinating about this little fish. 482 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 5: All the other fish in this same category, the same 483 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 5: size and weight, would be eaten by the shit sharks. 484 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 5: But they discovered the sharks weren't eating this particular Moses salt. 485 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 5: It's because it has a very unique defense system. When 486 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 5: it's in any kind of danger, it naturally secretes poisonous 487 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 5: toxins out of its glands. These toxins literally caused the 488 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 5: shark's jaws to freeze. It showed a picture of this 489 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 5: little fish swimming right in the middle of this shark's mouth. 490 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,479 Speaker 5: This shark had obviously come in for the kill. All 491 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 5: he had to do was bite down and there was dinner. 492 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: The only problem was he couldn't do it. God puts 493 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 5: something in this little fish to protect it. As long 494 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 5: as the shark was close, his jaws were frozen. 495 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 4: Like this small fish. 496 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: God has put something on you that will keep the 497 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 5: enemy from defeating you. What you're up against may seem bigger, stronger, 498 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 5: more powerful. 499 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 4: Don't worry. 500 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 5: It can't touch you. God has a hedge of protection 501 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 5: around you. And the way you release these toxins that 502 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 5: cause the shark's jaws to freeze, so to speak, is 503 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 5: by thanking God. 504 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 4: Every time you say Lord. 505 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're my shield, thank you that you're 506 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 5: by defender, thank you that you're the guardian of my soul, 507 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 5: toxins are released that paralyze the enemy. Now, don't go 508 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 5: around verbalizing your fears. Joel, I'm worried about this virus. 509 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 5: I'm afraid my child's gonna get off course, my business 510 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 5: is gonna go downhill. Negative talk is like bait. It 511 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 5: attracts the enemy. It will make things worse. The way 512 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 5: you activate God's protection. 513 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 4: Is with faith filled words. 514 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 5: Think about this little fish. When he's in the shark's mouth. 515 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 5: His blood pressure doesn't go up. He doesn't go call 516 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 5: nine to one one, he doesn't get depressed and think 517 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 5: this is the end. He just goes about his business. 518 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 5: He knows there's something special about him that God ordained 519 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 5: from the found foundation of the world that he would 520 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 5: be protected from those enemies. So he just rest in 521 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 5: who God made him to be. If you can get 522 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 5: this down in your spirit, that the Most High God 523 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 5: is the guardian of your soul, He's put something on 524 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,719 Speaker 5: you that makes you untouchable to the enemy. 525 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 4: You don't have to go through. 526 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 5: Life worried, afraid, wondering how it's going to work out. 527 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 5: Live from a place of peace, a place of faith, 528 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 5: knowing that your guardian. 529 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 4: God is watching over you. 530 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 5: If you'll do this, I believe and declare what God promised. 531 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 5: He will rescue you from every trap, protect you from 532 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 5: every plague, make you invisible to the enemy because God 533 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 5: is your refuge. Evil can't get close to you, Harm 534 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 5: can't get through the door. You are untouchable in Jesus's name, 535 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 5: And if you receive it, can. 536 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 4: You say amen? Today? 537 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 5: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 538 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 5: Jesus the lord of your life. 539 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 540 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 541 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 5: into my heart. 542 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 4: I make you my lord. And save you. 543 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 544 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 5: born again. 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