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It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,319 Speaker 3: Hi, this is. 22 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 4: Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and 23 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 4: thanks for supporting the ministry. 24 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 25 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 27 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 4: your life. 28 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 3: Will God bless you? 29 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 4: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 30 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 4: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 4: a part of one of our services. I promise you 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 4: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 33 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 4: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 4: he decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 4: play golf. 36 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 3: He told his assistant that. 37 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 4: He wasn't feeling well and drove to a golf course 38 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 4: in another city where nobody would know him. He teed 39 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 4: off on the first hole, a huge gust of wind 40 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 4: caught his ball, carried it an extra one hundred yards, 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 4: and dropped it right in the hole for a four 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: hundred and fifty yard. 43 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: Hold in one. 44 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: An angel looked at God and said, what did you 45 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 4: do that for? God smiled and said, who's he going 46 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 4: to tell? Say it like you mean it. 47 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 48 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 4: I am, I have what it says I have, I 49 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do today. 50 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 52 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 53 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 54 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 4: disconnect from discord. We all have people that are trying 55 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 4: to get us riled up. They complain about the company, 56 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: exaggerate problems, spread the latest gossip. They are professional troublemakers. 57 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: If you allow them to draw you in, before long 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 4: you'll be upset, focused on the wrong, bitter over what 59 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: you're getting. But one of the things the scripture says 60 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 4: that God hates is when a person sows discord. That's 61 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 4: someone that's always stirring up trouble, trying to incite you 62 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 4: to unrest. 63 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: You can be perfectly happy, you have a great job, but. 64 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 4: They start planning these seeds of discontentment, things like, hey, 65 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 4: you know you're not really treated right there. 66 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 3: You should be making more money. 67 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 4: Have you noticed how everyone gets promoted accept you. They're 68 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 4: not interested in your well being, They're just trying to 69 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 4: get you stirred up. Paul said in Romans, I urge 70 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: you watch out for those that cause division, stay away 71 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: from them. They're not serving Christ, they're only serving themselves. 72 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 3: Don't let them poison you. 73 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: Don't let that discord get in you. You have to 74 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 4: be careful who you take advice from. Be careful who 75 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 4: you let influence you. Are they healthy, productive, Do they 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 4: have good judgment, clear vision? Or are they discontent bitter 77 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 4: living from a place of offense. Most of the people 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: that are so in discord have issues. 79 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: That they're not dealing with. 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 4: They're jealous of others, that's why they talk bad behind 81 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 4: their backs. Or they've been hurt, they've gone through things 82 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 4: that are not fair. They haven't forgiven, they haven't moved on. 83 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: That's why they see everything from a bitter perspective. Or 84 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 4: they have regrets, they've made mistakes. They're mad at themselves. 85 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 4: They don't want you to be happy. That's why they're 86 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 4: always stirring up the negative. Before you get riled up, 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 4: consider the source. 88 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: Healthy people don't go. 89 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 4: Around stirring up trouble. Secure people don't talk bad behind 90 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 4: other people's back. 91 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 3: They celebrate their success. 92 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 4: Grateful people don't focus on what's wrong. They don't find faults. 93 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 4: They're grateful to be alive. If someone is constantly disgruntled, bitter, jealous, 94 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 4: bringing division. That's a sure sign they're not for you. 95 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 4: Your time is too valuable to let them poison your spirit. 96 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 4: Don't sit there and listen to them gossip about the 97 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 4: friends they're jealous of. 98 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 3: Tell you how you're not being treated right. 99 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 4: This other person would be a much better spouse than 100 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: the one you have now. They are not healthy enough 101 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: to give you good advice. 102 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 3: Be kind, be respectful, but be gone. Don't hang around them. 103 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 4: If God hates when someone sows discord, then I'm going 104 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 4: to distance myself from what God hates because I need 105 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 4: God's blessings. We need his favor. We need him to 106 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 4: open doors that we can't open. Someone says in the Amplified, 107 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: don't sit inactive in the path. 108 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: Of the ungodly. 109 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 4: That means don't go to lunch every day with people 110 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 4: that bad mouth the boss, especially if you work here. 111 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 4: Don't spend an hour on the phone with that friend 112 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: that gossips about all your other friends. 113 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 3: Don't hang out with that colleague that brings. 114 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 4: Out the worst in you, convinces you how bad your 115 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 4: life is. And it's one thing when someone wants to 116 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: correct a problem. There are times we need to talk 117 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 4: about a situation at home at work. 118 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: I'm not saying to not address issues. 119 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 4: If someone brings something up that they're just a troublemaker, 120 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 4: they can do it with right motives and it's helpful. 121 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 4: But that's very different from someone that's just stirring up trouble, 122 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 4: exaggerating the wrong, bringing strife and division. The enemy loves 123 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: when we're divided. He loves when we're fighting in our homes, 124 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 4: intermoil at the office. This coworker's mad at the we're 125 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 4: jealous of this friend, bitter over how we were treated. 126 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: We're playing right into his hand. There's no power when 127 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 4: we're divided. The power comes when we're in unity. 128 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 3: Stay away from troublemakers. 129 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: Keep your distance from people that are stirring you up. 130 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 4: You cannot sit inactive with people that are so in 131 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 4: discontentment and stay in peace and have healthy relationships at 132 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 4: the same time. Proverb says, if you walk with wise men, 133 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: you will become wise, but if you associate with fools, 134 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 4: you'll be foolish. 135 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: You're going to become like the people you're around. If 136 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 3: you're spending time. 137 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 4: With sowers of discord, disgruntle people, fault finders bitter. 138 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 3: Those same qualities are going to rub off on you. 139 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 4: And sometimes the reason we're having difficulties, the reason we 140 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 4: have dysfunction, it's not the enemy, it's the people. 141 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 3: We're choosing to be around. We're listening to the wrong voices. 142 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 4: I've made up my mind. I'm not going to listen 143 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 4: to gossip. I'm not going to let that poison in 144 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,119 Speaker 4: my spirit. Well, can I tell you what I heard 145 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 4: about so and so. It's really juicy. You won't believe 146 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 4: what they did. No thanks, I'm not going to be 147 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 4: a participator with the sower of discord. Your ears are 148 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 4: not garbage cans to fill with a bunch of trash. Well, Joel, 149 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 4: what they're saying is true. You can't hide your head 150 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 4: in the sand. Yes, but ask yourself, what is it 151 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 4: going to benefit you? What purpose is it going to 152 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: serve for you to know that? If it's only to 153 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 4: have a bad opinion of them, then. 154 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 3: You don't need to hear it. 155 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 4: The scripture says love covers a fault, love covers a weakness. 156 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 3: Is it covering or is it exposing? If it's just 157 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 3: exposing showing. 158 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 4: Their faults, then it's not from me I'm gonna keep 159 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: my heart pure. I'm not going to be a part 160 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: of sowing discord, of making somebody else look bad. 161 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 3: Proverb sixteen says. 162 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 4: A person that constantly stirs up trouble will suddenly be destroyed. 163 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean you'll lose your life, but your dreams won't 164 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 4: come to pass, you won't have good relationships, you'll miss 165 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 4: your destiny. That's why Paul you such strong language. I 166 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 4: urge you stay away from those that cause division, he 167 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 4: was saying, I implore you, I challenge you. 168 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 3: He knew it would keep us from becoming what we 169 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 3: were created to be. 170 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 4: And sometimes it's just subtle things that can plant these 171 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 4: seeds of discontentment. A friend comes up says, my husband 172 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 4: bought me this beautiful bracelet for my birthday. 173 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 3: What did your husband get you? 174 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 4: You don't tell them, but all you got was a 175 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 4: small box of chocolates. 176 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: On seal from Walmart. 177 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: She goes on to say, he brings me breakfast in 178 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 4: bed every morning. 179 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: He sends me fresh flowers every week. 180 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 4: He writes poetry and takes me on picnics by the lake. 181 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 3: If you keep dwelling on that. 182 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 4: Thoughts, you're gonna tell you you're at a disadvantage. It's 183 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 4: time to trade that old goat. I mean that husband 184 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 4: in he's not treating you right. You don't have to 185 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 4: put up with all of this. Don't compare your life 186 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 4: to anyone. 187 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: Else's run your race. 188 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 4: I'll admit I'm not the most romantic person in the world, 189 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 4: but I remind Victoria, you didn't marry Romeo, you marry Jolio. 190 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 3: That's corny. 191 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 4: If you make the mistake of comparing your situation, you're 192 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 4: going to be disgruntled because there will always be somebody 193 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 4: that's ahead of you, somebody that has it better, somebody 194 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: that makes it look like you're at a disadvantage. But 195 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 4: can I tell you somebody has it worse. Somebody would 196 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 4: gladly take that husband. Somebody would love to have the 197 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: wife that you've gotten sour with. They'd love to have 198 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 4: your job. Don't let people talk you into being disgruntled sour. 199 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 4: You got to put your foot down and say I 200 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 4: will not let these seeds of discontentment take root in 201 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 4: my life. I will not let this poison my spirit. 202 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: I am grateful for what I have. I'm blessed to 203 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 4: have a job. I'm blessed to have a spouse. I'm 204 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: blessed to be alive. If you don't stay on the offensive, 205 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 4: subtle things. 206 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 3: Can sour you. 207 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 4: You can be coming to Lakewood, happy, enjoying the services, 208 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: and a friend says, do you really like parking that 209 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 4: far away? Don't you think the service is a little 210 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 4: too long? That music was a little too loud? I 211 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 4: mean I came last week. I didn't get anything out 212 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 4: of the message when Dr polspo You've been volunteering there 213 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: for years. When was the last time they told you 214 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 4: thank you? It's been that long. Do you really think 215 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 4: they appreciate you and you're still there? You know what 216 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 4: that is a sower of discord, someone trying to get 217 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 4: you stirred up so you see your. 218 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 3: Situation in a negative light. Don't take that bait. 219 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: In junior high I played on the basketball team and 220 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 4: one game I was on the bench and a good 221 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: friend of mine was sitting next to me. I'd known 222 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 4: him my whole life, and I knew I could get 223 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 4: him riled up. I didn't mean anything wrong. I just 224 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: kind of bored and wanted to have fun. So when 225 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 4: the referee called a foul on our team, I turned 226 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 4: to him and said that was a terrible call. I 227 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 4: can't believe that was a foul. You need to say something, 228 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 4: he shouted, Come. 229 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: On, ref, open your eyes. 230 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: I couldn't believe he shouted that loud, and I thought, 231 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 4: if he's this gullible, I'll try something more. The next foul, 232 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 4: I nudged him and. 233 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 3: Said that was ridiculous. He shouted, all my goodness, ref, 234 00:12:58,559 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 3: this is terrible. 235 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 4: I kept hagging him on. Tell him I've never seen 236 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 4: anything so unfair. 237 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 3: This is not right. Got him all worked up. 238 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 4: The next foul, he jumped up off the bench, took 239 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 4: a couple of steps onto the court and started shouting 240 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 4: at the reft Our coach looked at him like he 241 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 4: had lost his mind. 242 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 3: He said, son, what in the world are you doing. 243 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 3: Go to the locker room. My friend looked at me. 244 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 3: I kept looking straight ahead, as in this and as 245 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 3: can be in a few minutes. 246 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 4: I was in the game, playing having fun while he 247 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 4: was stuck in the locker room. 248 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 3: That's what happens in life. 249 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 4: We let people get us riled up, talked into being discontent, 250 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 4: arguing with someone having a bad attitude. Because we're sour, 251 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 4: our relationships suffer. We don't get the promotion. Nobody wants 252 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 4: to be around us. The people that provoked us, they're 253 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 4: still enjoying the game. Are you letting someone get you 254 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 4: stirred up, causing you to be jealous, offended, disgruntled. Recognize 255 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 4: what's happening. They're so in discord into your life. Don't 256 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 4: sit inactive with people that bring out the worst. Stay 257 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 4: away from those that are causing division, convincing you of 258 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 4: everything wrong with your spouse, with your job, with your life. 259 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 4: Don't let their poison cause you to make decisions where 260 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 4: you get sent to the locker room. 261 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 3: Numbers, Chapter sixteen. 262 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: A man named Cora was disgruntled with Moses. He didn't 263 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 4: like that Moses was the leader, that he was getting 264 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 4: all the credit. He conspired with two other men to 265 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 4: start a rebellion against Moses. They rounded up two hundred 266 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 4: and fifty people. He said in verse three, Moses, you've 267 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 4: gone too far. Everyone in Israel has been set apart 268 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 4: for the Lord. What right do you have to act 269 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 4: like you're better than all of us? 270 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 3: He was questioning. 271 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 4: Moses' leadership, whether God had called him. The truth is 272 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 4: Cora was jealous of Moses. He had seen the favor 273 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 4: on his life. He went to these other leaders and 274 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 4: started so in discord. Hey, Moses is not that hot. 275 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 4: He's just trying to take all the credit. You should 276 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 4: be up there, I should be up there. 277 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 3: This is not right. 278 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 4: There's nothing God dislikes anymore than people that bring division. 279 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 4: If there's something you don't like about your job, your boss, 280 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: your friends, your church, the right thing to do is 281 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 4: to go to the people in charge and express your concerns. 282 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 4: The wrong thing to do is to talk bad behind 283 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 4: their backs, stir up trouble, try to exaggerate things that 284 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 4: you don't like, try to get other people on board. 285 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 3: At some point, a coral will come to you. 286 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 4: Bad mouth the boss, complain about the company, talk about a. 287 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 3: Friend they're jealous of. 288 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 4: A sower of discord is not happy unless they contaminate others. 289 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 4: Don't sit there inactive. 290 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: You have to be bold and say no, thanks, this 291 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 3: is not for me. 292 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 4: Cora ended up talking two hundred and fifty men into 293 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 4: being discontent. I could understand if Moses was arrogant, domineering, rude. 294 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 3: But he was just the opposite. 295 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 4: The scripture says he was the most humble man in 296 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 4: all the earth. He wasn't trying to take the credit. 297 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 4: He said to Kora, you're not revolting against me, You're 298 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 4: revolting against God. When people are jealous of you, they 299 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 4: try to discredit you, make you look bad. 300 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 3: You don't have to fight that battle. 301 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 4: They may think they're coming against you, they don't realize 302 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 4: they're coming against the God who put the. 303 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: Blessing in favor on you. 304 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 4: Moses told Kora that the next day God would show 305 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 4: them who was in charge. 306 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 3: He instructed Cora to. 307 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 4: Bring the two one hundred and fifty liters and they 308 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: would meet. 309 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 3: Verse nineteen says that Corus stirred. 310 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: Up the entire community against Moses. It's amazing how quickly 311 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 4: disunity can spread. If you're not going to let that 312 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 4: discord get in you, you have to go against the grain. 313 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 4: The whole city turned against Moses. 314 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 3: It all started. 315 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 4: Because one man was disgruntled. The next morning, Moses went 316 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: to Coorra's tenth. The two men that conspired with them 317 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 4: lived next door. They were all standing outside with their families. 318 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 4: Moses said in verse twenty eight, by this you will 319 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 4: know that the Lord has sent me to do the 320 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 4: things I've done. While he was still speaking, the ground 321 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 4: opened up. An earthquake swallowed those three men, all their families, 322 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 4: their tents, their belongings, then closed back up. The two 323 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 4: hundred and fifty men that had joined the revolt. 324 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 3: They took off running. I don't blame them. 325 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 4: Suddenly a bolt of lightning wipe them all out. God 326 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 4: doesn't play around when it comes to stirring up trouble. 327 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 4: Make sure you're not letting poison get in. You disconnect 328 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 4: from any discord. You have a destiny to fulfill. There's 329 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 4: nothing the enemy would love anymore than for you to 330 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 4: go around discontent, distracted, mad at people, feeling short changed. 331 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 4: And some of that may be valid. Maybe people hurt you, 332 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 4: they did. 333 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 3: You wrong, So you have to let God be your vindicator. 334 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 3: Let God bite your battles. 335 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: If you're hanging around people that are so in division, 336 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 4: there's a good chance you're going to start bringing division. 337 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 4: The problem is when you go to chorusicide, you step 338 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 4: out of God's protection. God is against a troublemaker, he's 339 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 4: against a soler of discord, hell bearer. And even if 340 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 4: what you know is true, the right thing to do 341 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 4: is to cover it, not going around stirring up more trouble. 342 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 4: The Book of Genesis talks about how when Noah got 343 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 4: off the ark, he went to his. 344 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 3: Tent and got drunk. 345 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 4: He'd been on the arc forty days while it rained, 346 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 4: plus an additional one hundred and fifty days while the 347 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 4: water receded. Somebody said, if you had been cramped up 348 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 4: with all of your relatives for one hundred and ninety days, 349 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 4: you'd get drunk too. Noah was lying on the ground 350 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 4: outside his tent, totally naked, passed out from being drunk. 351 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 4: His youngest son, Ham went to the tent, saw his 352 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 4: father with no clothes. Instead of covering him, instead of 353 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 4: keeping it to himself, he went out and started telling people. 354 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 4: I can imagine him saying to his brothers, You'll never 355 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 4: believe what I saw. Dad's making a fool of himself. 356 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 4: He's drunk, he's naked. He could have downplayed it, but 357 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 4: he tried to get others stirred up. His two brothers 358 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 4: didn't take the bait. Their attitude was, we're not going 359 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 4: to be drawn into discord, to gossiping. 360 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 3: To making people look bad. 361 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 4: Even though it was true, they didn't get on board 362 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 4: with bringing division, spreading the negative. 363 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 3: They went to Noah's tent. 364 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 4: When they saw their father lying there with no clothes on, 365 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 4: they turned around and walked in backwards. 366 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 3: They refused to look at him. 367 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 4: They got a blanket and covered him up. What if 368 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 4: we had that kind of attitude When we hear something juicy, 369 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: it's true, we have every right to say it, but 370 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 4: instead of exposing it, we cover it up. 371 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 3: We don't tell anyone. We don't go around announcing what 372 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 3: we saw. 373 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 4: When you cover a person's faults, you're on God's side. 374 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 4: When you expose their faults use what you know to 375 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 4: discredit them, you're on the wrong side. 376 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 3: God said, touch not my anointed. Noah was drunk, but 377 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 3: he was still anointed. 378 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 4: People can make mistakes, have weaknesses, but they're still anointed. 379 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 3: I'm not going to touch God's anointed. 380 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, they're off course, they're not honoring God, maybe not, 381 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 4: but they're still made in the image of God. 382 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 3: When you come against them, you're come in against the 383 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 3: God who created them. 384 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 4: When Noah woke up and found out what happened how 385 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 4: his youngest son exposed him, his two other sons covered him. 386 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 4: He said to him, the youngest your children and grandchildren 387 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: will always struggle. 388 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: There will be hardships on. 389 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 4: Your descendants because you dishonored me, he said to the 390 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 4: other two sons. Because you covered me, because you didn't 391 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: spread the negative. 392 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: Your descendants will always be blessed. 393 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,959 Speaker 4: They will rule over cities, their land will increase, They 394 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 4: will always have favor. God does not take it lightly 395 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 4: when people stir up trouble. If you're tempted to gossip 396 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 4: talk about somebody, keep the negative going. 397 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 3: Don't fall into that trap. 398 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 4: If you'll cover it like these two sons, you and 399 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 4: your family will see blessings in favor. This is where Moses' 400 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 4: sister Miriam got into trouble. Moses married a Cushite woman, 401 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 4: a foreigner. 402 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 3: Miriam didn't like this new wife. 403 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 4: She started talking behind Moses' back, criticizing him. I can 404 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 4: hear her telling their brother Aaron, this foreigner. Yeah, she's nice, 405 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 4: but she's not one of us. I think she's just 406 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 4: after Moses' money. She's just waiting for the movie royalties. 407 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 4: From the Ten Commandments, it's easy to have an opinion 408 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 4: about everything. 409 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 3: Tell people what we think we would do. 410 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 4: Here's a key that will make your life much more peaceful. 411 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 3: Mind your own business. 412 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 4: Who they marry, what they drive, how they spend their money, 413 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 4: none of our business. While Miriam was criticizing Moses, suddenly 414 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 4: her skin became full of leprosy. That seems kind of extreme, 415 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 4: just for talking about her family. That's how much God 416 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 4: doesn't like when we so discord. He knows how harmful 417 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 4: strife and division is. Moses prayed for Miriam, and her 418 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 4: skin went back to normal. Paul said, in first Thessalonians, 419 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: make it your ambition to live a quiet life and 420 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: to mind your own affairs. He was saying, don't be 421 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 4: a busybody where you have to try to know everything. 422 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 3: Mind your own business. 423 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 4: Really, some things we shouldn't have an opinion, and if 424 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 4: we do, we should keep it. 425 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 3: To ourselves unless they ask. 426 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 4: It's hard enough to run our own life, don't try 427 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 4: to run somebody else's. Second Samuel, chapter twenty, David had 428 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 4: a man criticizing him, trying to make him look bad. 429 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 4: So in Discord, verse one says a trouble maker named 430 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 4: Sheba said, David, we will have nothing to do with you. 431 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: Come on, men of Israel, let's go home. 432 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: That day, everyone left David, except the tribe of Judah. 433 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 4: The truth is we all have some troublemakers. You can't 434 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 4: live very long without either having people try to stir 435 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 4: you into discontentment or people try to stir others against you. 436 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 4: It's easy to try to straighten out. The troublemakers get 437 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 4: baited into conflict. That's their goal, to get you distracted 438 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 4: where you're fighting battles that you're not supposed to fight. 439 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 3: You can't stop. 440 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 4: People from so in discord, but you can stop from 441 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 4: getting in you. You don't have to get upset. They 442 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 4: can't stop your destiny. People can't overrule the plan God 443 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 4: laid out for your life. If you'll stay on the 444 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 4: high road, God will take care of your troublemakers. He 445 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 4: will silence the people that are trying to discredit you. 446 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: It says in Psalms, the trap the enemy set for you, 447 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 4: they will fall in themselves. But David got all riled up. 448 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 4: He didn't like this man Sheba. He was going to 449 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 4: do something about it. He told his men in verse six, 450 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 4: this trouble maker Sheba is going to harm us. Quick 451 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 4: take the troops and chase after him. Here David had 452 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 4: defeated powerful armies. He had brought down experienced military leaders. 453 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 4: Now he's chasing after this one man, Sheba, thinking that 454 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 4: he's going to stop him. When you get riled up, 455 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 4: let what somebody says, get on the inside. It's easy 456 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 4: to lose perspective and start fighting battles that don't matter. 457 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 4: David's men chased after Sheba. He ran to this city 458 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 4: and barricaded himself behind the walls. David's men started tearing 459 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 4: the wall down. Lady came out and said, why are 460 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 4: you destroying our city? 461 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 3: What do you want? 462 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 4: They said, all we want is a man named Sheba. 463 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 4: She said fine. In a little while, Sheba's lifeless body 464 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 4: was thrown over the wall. God was showing us he 465 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 4: will deal with your troublemakers. He will take care of 466 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 4: the people that are spreading negative things. Now, don't do 467 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 4: like David, get all worked up, think you have to 468 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 4: pay them back. 469 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 3: Stay in peace. God sees what's happening. 470 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 4: He is not going to let a sower of discord 471 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 4: continue to succeed. 472 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 3: The good news is you don't have to fight. That's 473 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 3: not your battle. 474 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to disconnect from any discord, Stay away. 475 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 3: From people that are bringing division. 476 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 4: Don't sit inactive with those that are keeping you stirred. 477 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 5: Up. 478 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 4: You can't let those seeds of discontentment take root. You 479 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 4: have a destiny to fulfill. Now pay attention to who 480 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 4: you're letting speak into your life. Don't go on chorus side, 481 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 4: stay on God's side. If you'll do this, I believe 482 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 4: and declare, Like with David, God is about to defeat. 483 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 3: Some troublemakers for you. 484 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 4: He's about to turn some negative situations around, vindicate you, 485 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 4: promote you, and take you to new levels of. 486 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: Your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 487 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 3: can you say amen? Today? 488 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 4: But I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 489 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 4: Jesus the. 490 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 3: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 491 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 492 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. 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