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I'm giving it to you because it makes 43 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 6: me happy. He looked at her and said, ma'am, why 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 6: don't you give me twenty dollars and thoroughly enjoy yourself? 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 6: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 46 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 6: I am what it says. I am. I have what 47 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 50 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 51 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 6: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 52 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 6: about beating bitterness. We all go through things that are 53 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 6: not fair. People do us wrong. We didn't get the promotion, 54 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 6: came down with an illness. You can't stop life from 55 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 6: happening to you, but you can choose how you respond. 56 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 6: If you hold on to the hurt, you go around 57 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 6: dwelling on the offense, thinking why did they say that 58 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 6: about me? Why did I lose my loved one? Why 59 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 6: did that friend walk away? Then you're opening the door 60 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 6: to bitterness. When you're bitter, it affects every area of 61 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 6: your life. Bitterness poisons your attitude to where you see 62 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 6: things in a negative light. Bitter people don't have good relationships. 63 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 6: They're easily offended. They'll jump down your throat for the 64 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 6: smallest thing. It's not you, it's the bitterness coming out. 65 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 6: You may have a good reason to be bitter something 66 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 6: was unfair, but holding on to it is only going 67 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 6: to make it worse. It's going to steal your dreams, 68 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 6: rob you of your joy. Bitterness can keep you from 69 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 6: your destiny. Now I know people that are still bitter 70 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 6: over something that happened thirty years ago. Bitter because they 71 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 6: were mistreated growing up, Bitter because a relationship didn't work out. 72 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 6: You have to let it go. God sees what's happening. 73 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 6: He knows what wasn't fair, He knows who walked away, 74 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 6: and he knows how to make it up to you. 75 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 6: He knows how to bring you out better. Let it 76 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 6: go and trust him to be your vindicator. The longer 77 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 6: you hold on, the harder it is to get rid of. 78 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 6: The more you dwell on it, the more you relive it, 79 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 6: the more you let it bother you, the deeper it 80 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 6: gets planted. The key is forgive quickly. Let go of 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 6: things you don't understand quickly. When the questions come up, 82 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 6: why did this happen? This isn't fair when you feel 83 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 6: the bitterness trying to take root. Right, then, God, I'm 84 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 6: turning this over to you. I know you're my vindicator. 85 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 6: I know you'll make my wrongs right. You said you'd 86 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 6: give me beauty for these ashes I found. Bitterness is 87 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 6: always knocking at the door. You didn't get the contract. 88 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 6: Bitterness will come have a chip on your shoulder. That's 89 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 6: not fair. The medical report wasn't what you wanted. Bitterness 90 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 6: will show up. You prayed, you believe what didn't God 91 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 6: answer your prayer. That's bitterness trying to come in at 92 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 6: the office. A coal worker says something to try to 93 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 6: make you look bad in front of people. Just a 94 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 6: little offense, just a small seed. If you ignore it, 95 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 6: no big deal. But if you start dwelling on it, 96 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 6: start thinking of how you can pay them back next 97 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 6: time you see them, you give them the cold shoulder, 98 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 6: then that little seed will begin to take root. Before long, 99 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 6: it will grow and pollute other areas of your life. 100 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 6: That's why it says in Hebrews, make sure that no 101 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 6: root of bitterness springs forth and causes trouble, and many 102 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 6: become contaminated by it. Notice it refers to bitterness as 103 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 6: a root. You can't see a root. It's hidden, it's underground. 104 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 6: But here's the problem. A bitter root produces bitter fruit. 105 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 6: If you have a root of bitterness, it will contaminate 106 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 6: your life. Now. I know a young man that became 107 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 6: disgruntled with his employer. His boss was an older man, 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 6: and he didn't feel like he'd been treated fairly. He 109 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 6: moved on to another state, but over the years he 110 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 6: never let it go. He became more and more offended, 111 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 6: kept talking about it, bringing up all the ways he 112 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 6: wasn't treated right. His boss was good to him, he 113 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 6: was generous and kind. There were just little things. This 114 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 6: young man kept dwelling on, blowing it out of proportion 115 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 6: because he wouldn't let it go. That small offense turned 116 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 6: into a root of bitterness. He used to be happy, 117 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 6: fun to be around. Now he's bitter, souring, has a 118 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 6: chip on his shoulder. It's affecting his relationships, it's affecting 119 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 6: his career. Proverbs says, guard your heart with all diligence, 120 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 6: for out of it flew the issues of life. One 121 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 6: of our most important responsibilities is to keep our heart pure. 122 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 6: Life is too short to live offended. Not forgiving bidder 123 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 6: over what didn't work out. You have to guard your heart. 124 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 6: It's easy to let what's on the outside get on 125 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 6: the inside. It takes discipline to say, I'm not going 126 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 6: to dwell on that offense. I'm not going to go 127 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 6: around feeling sorry for myself because something didn't work out. 128 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 6: You only have so much emotional energy each day. It's 129 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 6: not an unlimited supply. Do you know how much energy 130 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 6: it takes to hold a grudge, to go around offended. 131 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 6: That's wasting valuable energy that you need for your dreams, 132 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 6: for your children, for your destiny. Quit letting what's on 133 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 6: the outside get on the inside. Start guarding your heart. 134 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 6: The apostle Paul had plenty of opportunities to live, he said, 135 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 6: in one place, Alexander the Coppersmith did me great wrong. 136 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 6: But I'm not worried. I know God will pay him back. 137 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 6: That's a mature attitude. Somebody did me great wrong, but 138 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 6: I'm not upset, not bitter, don't have a chip on 139 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 6: my shoulder. I know God is fighting my battles. I 140 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 6: know God will be my vindicator. What's interesting is you 141 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 6: can't see a root, but a root is where the 142 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 6: tree gets life. We see the outside, the leaves, the branches, 143 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 6: but the roots are what's feeding the tree. When your 144 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 6: roots are healthy, positive, hopeful, then that's feeding you encouragement, life, strength, hope. 145 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 6: The problem is if you have bitter roots, you're not 146 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 6: being fed the right things. You wonder why you don't 147 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 6: have any energy, why you don't laugh anymore, why you 148 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 6: don't dream like you used to, It's because those bitter 149 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 6: roots are feeding you bitterness, self pity, anger. That's draining 150 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 6: all the strength, the passion, the joy. They're feeding you 151 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 6: what they are. The good news is you don't have 152 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 6: to live with bitter roots. You need to ask God 153 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 6: to show you what's causing you to be bitter. Maybe 154 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 6: there's somebody you need to forgive. Maybe it's a dream 155 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 6: that didn't work out you're still sour about it. Maybe 156 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 6: it's a mistake you made and you're still beating yourself up. 157 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 6: If you'll be honest with yourself and say, God, help 158 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 6: me to get rid of this root of bitterness. God, 159 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 6: I'm still angry over what happened when I was ten, 160 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 6: still sour over the person that left, still grieving over 161 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 6: my loved one that I lost twelve years ago. God, 162 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 6: I don't want to be bitter. I want my passion back. 163 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 6: I want to love again like I used to. I 164 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 6: want to dream again. God help me to let it 165 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 6: go and move forward. That's the first step to getting 166 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 6: rid of a bitter root. Find out what it is 167 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 6: and ask God to help you. You can't do it 168 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 6: on your own. Ask Him to help you. Forgive the 169 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 6: person that hurt you. Ask him to help you release 170 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 6: the bitterness, the resentment. When you get those contaminants out, 171 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 6: you'll not only feel the weight lift off of you, 172 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 6: but you'll get your joy back. You'll start dreaming again, 173 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 6: and you'll see the new things God has in store. 174 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 6: Years ago, there was a great outbreak of disease in 175 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 6: a small village in Africa. People were being overcome by 176 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 6: nausea and sickness. After a couple of months, it was 177 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 6: so bad people started dying. Word quickly reached the main 178 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 6: city and they sent out experts to try to find 179 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 6: out what the problem was. After several days of testing, 180 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 6: they discovered their water was contaminated. This little village got 181 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 6: its water from a mountain stream. The researchers began to 182 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 6: travel upstream to find out where the problem was. They 183 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 6: traveled for days and days and didn't see anything wrong. 184 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 6: They finally came to the source of the stream. Everything 185 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 6: on the surface looked fine. They decided to send some 186 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 6: divers down to get as close to the source as possible. 187 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 6: Much to their surprise, they found a big mother pig 188 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 6: and all of her piglets were stuck right there at 189 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 6: the source. Somehow, the pigs had fallen in and drowned 190 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 6: and became wedged right at the opening. Now all this 191 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 6: crystal clear water was being contaminated as it flowed past 192 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 6: the dead pigs. All they had to do was removed 193 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 6: the pigs, and once again the water was perfectly fine. 194 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 6: It's the same principle in life. We all have unfair 195 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 6: things that happened, things we don't understand. Too often, instead 196 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 6: of forgiving the people that hurt us, instead of letting 197 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 6: go of the wrong, we've held on to it like 198 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 6: those pigs. It's contaminated our stream. We wonder why we're negative, 199 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 6: why we can't get along in relationships, why we keep 200 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 6: losing our temper. We think this is just who I am. No, 201 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 6: that is not who you are. You were created in 202 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 6: the image of God. He made you to be happy, healthy, whole, secure, 203 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 6: not bitter, angry, resentful. You need to go back and 204 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 6: get rid of what's contaminating your stream. You need to 205 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 6: find those pigs. Forgive the people that did you wrong. 206 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 6: They hurt you once, don't let them continue to hurt you. 207 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 6: They can't stop your destiny unless you allow them to. 208 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 6: You're not forgiving for their sake, You're forgiving for your sake, 209 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 6: so your stream doesn't stay polluted. Quit reliving that dream 210 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 6: that didn't work out, that business, that failed contract that 211 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 6: didn't go through. Let it go. God has another dream. 212 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 6: That was a test. You had to go through those 213 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 6: closed doors before you could come to your open doors. 214 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 6: It may not have been fair, but God saw what happened. 215 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,719 Speaker 6: If you'll get rid of the pigs, if you'll turn 216 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 6: it over to him, start dreaming again, start believing again, 217 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 6: start hoping again. God will pay you back for what 218 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 6: didn't work out. He's going to open doors you never 219 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 6: dreamed would open. He's going to bring people better than 220 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 6: you ever imagine. What's in your future is much greater 221 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 6: than anything you've lost. Now my challenge, don't let a 222 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 6: dead pig keep you from your destiny. Don't let a 223 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 6: bitter root contaminate your life. It's time to move forward. 224 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 6: It's very free when you can let things go. Say God, 225 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 6: they did me wrong, but you're my vindicator. I had 226 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 6: a disappointment, but I know you'll turn what was meant 227 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 6: for my harm and use it to my advantage. I 228 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 6: lost a loved one. Yes I still miss them, but 229 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 6: I'm not going to live bitter the rest of my life. 230 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 6: I know they're with you, and you have a new 231 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 6: beginning for me. That's how you beat bitterness. You guard 232 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 6: your heart. You don't let what's on the outside get 233 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 6: on the inside. In the scripture, a lady named Naomi 234 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 6: had some tough times. She was living in a city 235 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 6: called Moab. She was a widow, her husband had died. 236 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 6: Years later, both of her sons were killed. And sometimes 237 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 6: life doesn't seem fair. You have more than your share 238 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 6: of bad breaks. It's easy to get bitter and give 239 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 6: up on your dreams. But God wouldn't have allowed it 240 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 6: if it was going to keep you from your destiny. 241 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 6: And yes it's difficult, but God promises he will give 242 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 6: you grace for every season. He won't let you go 243 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 6: through more than you can handle. When that bitterness you 244 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 6: have to put your foot down and say no, I'm 245 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 6: not going there. I know God is still in control. 246 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 6: I know his plans for me are for good. What 247 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 6: you're going through may not be good, but God knows 248 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 6: how to bring good out of it. But every thought 249 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 6: will tell you it's never going to get better. You 250 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 6: might as well be bitter. Don't believe those lies. You 251 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 6: wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing in front 252 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 6: of you. He has a purpose for you to fulfill. 253 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 6: Naomi had gone through so much she thought she was done. 254 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 6: She even changed her name. Naomi means my joy. She 255 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 6: changed it tomorrow. Marra means bitter. Now When people called 256 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 6: her Naomi, she would tell them, don't call me that, 257 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 6: call me Marrow. I'm bitter, I'm broken, my dreams are shattered. 258 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 6: Just let me live in my pain. She let the 259 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 6: bitterness get on the inside. Maybe she had a reason. 260 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 6: She had been through a lot of losses. But just 261 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 6: because you've been through loss doesn't mean you're not going 262 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 6: to win again. Does it mean you've seen your best days? 263 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 6: You may have had bad breaks, but don't change your name. 264 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 6: God is not finished with you. The enemy doesn't have 265 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 6: the final say God does. Naomi moved back home to Bethlehem. 266 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 6: Her daughter in law, Ruth, went with her. I can 267 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 6: imagine when her friends saw they came running out. Naomi. 268 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 6: I can't believe it's you, she said. Don't be happy 269 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 6: for me. I went out full, but I'm coming home empty. 270 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 6: She was saying, I went out with my husband, my 271 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 6: two sons, but look now it's just me. Have you 272 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 6: ever gone out full? Big dreams, big goals? But things 273 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 6: didn't work out the way you had planned. The marriage 274 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 6: didn't make it, pregnancy didn't last, contract didn't go through. 275 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 6: Like Naomi, you could easily be bitter. But here's how 276 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 6: merciful God is. Even though Naomi thought she was done, 277 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 6: even though she gave up on her dreams, God said, 278 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 6: in effect, Naomi, you started in joy, and you're going 279 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 6: to finish in joy. You may have changed your name, 280 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 6: but I didn't change your name. You had trouble in Moab, 281 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 6: don't worry. I have a blessing waiting for you in Bethlehem. 282 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 6: What's interesting is, even though Naomi changed her name, the 283 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 6: scripture never refers to her as Morrow. It keeps calling her, Naomi, 284 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 6: have you changed your name? So to speak, tomorrow. Are 285 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 6: you living bitter, negative, thinking about everything that didn't work out. 286 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 6: Do yourself a favor. Get rid of those names you 287 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 6: put on yourself, and go back to being who God 288 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 6: created you to be. God didn't change your name. He 289 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 6: still calls you blessed, prosperous, favored, healthy, strong, victorious. Go 290 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 6: back to your original name. You may have had trouble 291 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 6: in Moabs, so to speak, but get ready. God has 292 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 6: a blessing waiting for you in Bethlehem. Instead of sitting 293 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 6: around bitter, Naomi started helping her daughter in law Ruth. 294 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 6: There was a man Ruth was interested in, and Naomi 295 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 6: started giving her relationship advice. She told Ruth, put on 296 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 6: this perfume, wear this outfit, and go see this man 297 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 6: named Boas. Naomi turned her focus away from her own 298 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 6: problems and started helping somebody else. Her joy began to 299 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 6: come back. When you're tempted to be bitter, one of 300 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 6: the best things you can do is get your mind 301 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 6: off yourself and go be a blessing to others. Ruth 302 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 6: ended up marrying Boas. They had a baby named Obed. 303 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 6: When Naomi saw that little baby, she was so excited. 304 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 6: It was like something breathed new life, new purpose back 305 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 6: into her spirit. The scripture says a son was born 306 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 6: to Naomi, wasn't even her baby, but she took that 307 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 6: little baby and raised him like he was her own. 308 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 6: This once bitter woman was now more fulfilled than ever. 309 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 6: She never dreamed she would be that happy again. God 310 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 6: is saying, my blessing is going to override your bitterness. 311 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 6: My favor is going to make up for your pain. 312 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 6: What God has planned for you cannot be stopped by people, 313 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 6: by bad breaks, by loss, even if you change your name. 314 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 6: God is so merciful, He's still going to do something amazing. 315 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 6: He's still going to get you to where you're supposed 316 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 6: to be. Mark sixteen. Jesus had just been crucified. Mary 317 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 6: Magdalene and another Mary went to the tomb early one 318 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 6: morning to put perfume on his body. They wondered how 319 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 6: they were going to roll the stone away, but when 320 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 6: they arrived, the stone was already moved. They walked in 321 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 6: the tomb saw a young man dressed in white. Was 322 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 6: an angel. They were afraid. He said to them, you're 323 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 6: looking for Jesus, but he is not here. He has risen. 324 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 6: He has gone ahead of you to Galilee. There you 325 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 6: will see him. Notice he is not here, he is there. 326 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 6: The angel was saying, in effect, I know this looks bad. 327 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 6: I know you're hurting. I know you're disappointed. But don't 328 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 6: stay here. Something better is waiting for you there. In 329 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 6: other words, here is the disappointment, Here is the bad 330 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 6: medical report, Here is the dream that didn't work out. 331 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 6: If you stay here, you'll be discouraged. You have to 332 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 6: go there. Sometimes the reason God doesn't comfort us in here, 333 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 6: in the disappointment, is because He doesn't want us to 334 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 6: stay where we are. Yes, the loss is painful, Yes, 335 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 6: the setback wasn't fair. But God is not here. He's 336 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 6: gone ahead. He's waiting for you there. God is not 337 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 6: in your past, in what you lost, in what didn't 338 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 6: work out. He's in your future. Don't get stuck in here, 339 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 6: Move forward into there. There is where vindication is. There 340 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 6: is where new beginnings are. There is where you'll find 341 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 6: your healing. If the two Marys would have stayed at 342 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 6: the tomb in self pity, I can't believe this happened. 343 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 6: They would have never seen the there, they would have 344 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 6: never seen the Lord. Are you living in the here 345 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 6: while God is waiting for you. There are you stuck 346 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 6: in a disappointment, bitter over a bad break, angry over 347 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 6: what didn't work out. It's time to leave here and 348 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 6: go there. There is where God is waiting for you. 349 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 6: There is where the blessing is. The disappointment is simply 350 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 6: a season. It's not the rest of your life. God 351 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 6: has already gone ahead. God has already lined up the 352 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 6: next chapter. Your house was damaged in the storm, that's here. Yes, 353 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 6: that's disappointing. The good news is God has gone ahead. 354 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 6: He's waiting for you there. He has restoration already lined up. 355 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 6: This is what my father had to do. He'd been 356 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 6: pastoring a church for many years and he was very successful, 357 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 6: had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. He was on 358 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 6: the state board for his denomination. On his way up, 359 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 6: my sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 360 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 6: My dad began to search the scriptures in a new way. 361 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 6: He found how God is a healer and how he 362 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 6: came that we might live an abundant, victorious life. He 363 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 6: started sharing that with his congregation, but much to his surprise, 364 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 6: they didn't like his new message of faith, victory and healing. 365 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 6: It didn't fit in their denominational teaching. Back then, people 366 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 6: my father had known for years suddenly turned on him. 367 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 6: Lifelong friends wouldn't speak to my parents anymore. My father 368 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 6: ended up having to lead that church. Was so disappointed. 369 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 6: Never dreamed he'd have to start all over. He could 370 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 6: have been bitter. God, why'd you let this happen? I 371 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 6: was being my best, I was honoring you like Mary. 372 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 6: He was in the here. He didn't understand it, and yes, 373 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 6: the here wasn't fair. But what he couldn't see was 374 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 6: God had already gone ahead. God had already lined up 375 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 6: Lakewood and was waiting for him there. If my father 376 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 6: would have stayed in the here, he would have missed 377 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 6: his destiny. He left that church started Lakewood with ninety people. 378 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 6: That was over fifty years ago. Here we are still 379 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 6: going strong. What am I saying? 380 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: That? 381 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 6: Here is not the end? The disappointment, the loss, the betrayal, 382 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 6: that's temporary. God has already gone ahead. Don't let bitterness 383 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 6: hold you back, don't sit around in self pity. Move 384 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 6: forward into there. There is where God will pay you back. 385 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 6: There is where he'll do more than you can ask 386 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 6: or think. Luke fifteen is the story of the prodigal Son. 387 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 6: This young man took his inheritance and left home. He 388 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 6: wasted all of his money living wild, partying, making poor decisions. 389 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 6: Finally came to his senses and decided to go back home. 390 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 6: His father came running out to meet him and welcomed 391 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 6: him with open arms. He was so glad to have 392 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 6: his son back. He told his staff to go kill 393 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 6: the fatted calf. They were going to have a party. Well. 394 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 6: The older brother was out in the field working when 395 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 6: he heard all the music the dancing. He asked someone 396 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 6: what the celebration was all about. They told him, your 397 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 6: brother has come home. We're having a party to welcome 398 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 6: him back. Verse twenty eight says the older brother became 399 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 6: angry and refused to go in. His father came out 400 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 6: pleaded with him, Come on, son, come in, your brother 401 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 6: is back home. He said, Dad, I've worked for you 402 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 6: all these years, been slaving away. I always do what 403 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 6: you ask, but you've never given me a skinny goat, 404 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 6: and yet you go and kill a fatted calf for 405 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 6: after all he's done. You can hear the bitterness in 406 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 6: his spirit. It's not fair. He haven't treated me right. 407 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 6: I'm not coming into your party. Here's my point. The 408 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 6: party went on without him. His bitterness didn't stop the party. 409 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 6: It just kept him from going into the party. Sometimes 410 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 6: we're holding on to unforgiveness, anger, resentment, thinking that it's 411 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 6: hurting the other person. The truth is, the party is 412 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 6: still going on. It's just hurting us. Are you letting 413 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 6: bitterness keep you out of the party. Are you letting 414 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 6: a disappointment keep you from enjoying today? Why don't you 415 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 6: let it go and come on into the party. Life 416 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 6: is happening, there's a celebration going on. Today is a gift. 417 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 6: Don't let a bad childhood keep you out of the party. 418 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 6: Don't let a divorce a breakup cause you to be 419 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 6: sour and sit on the sidelines. Come into the party. 420 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 6: Start dreaming again, start loving again, start believing again. We 421 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 6: have no guarantee that we're going to be here tomorrow. 422 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 6: Life is fragile. Time is too short to live offended, 423 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 6: bitter in self pity. God knows what you didn't get. 424 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 6: Quit trying to get people to pay you back, and 425 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 6: go to God and he'll make it up to you. 426 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 6: If you'll come into the party, if you'll get rid 427 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 6: of what's contaminating you. I believe and declare you're going 428 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 6: to experience a new sense of freedom, better relationships, greater joy, 429 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 6: clearer vision. I declare that every root of bitterness is 430 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 6: coming out right now. You're going to rise higher, live happier, 431 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 6: and reach the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 432 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 6: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 433 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 434 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 435 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 436 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 6: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 437 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 438 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 439 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,120 Speaker 6: God first place. 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