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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: the ministry. 36 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 37 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: your life. 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 4: Oh God bless you. It's joy to come into your home. 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 5: and be a part of one of our services. I'll 43 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 5: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 44 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 5: thanks so much for tuning in and thank you again 45 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 5: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 46 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 5: and I heard about these three men a Baptist, a Catholic, 47 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 5: and a Charismatic. 48 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 4: They died on the same day and went to heaven. 49 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: Saint Peter met him at the gates and said, I'm sorry, men, 50 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: your rooms are not available yet. 51 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 4: He didn't know what to do. 52 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 5: And he decided to call Satan and see if he 53 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 5: would keep them for a little while. 54 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: Satan reluctantly agreed. A few hours later, Satan called back said, Peter, 55 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: you've got to come get these guys. 56 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: The Baptist man is saving everybody, Catholic man is forgiving everybody, 57 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: and the Charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. 58 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 59 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 62 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 5: taught word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 63 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 64 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:12,119 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 65 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 5: to you today about no more excuses. It's easy to 66 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 5: come up with a reason why we can't accomplish a dream, 67 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 5: why we can't be happy, why we can't overcome a problem. 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 5: Excuses are a dime a dozen. We think I've got 69 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 5: an excuse. 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 4: To be sour. 71 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 5: Traffic was bad, my boss was rude, a coworker left 72 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: me out. I've got an excuse to be offended. These 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 5: people hurt me, they didn't keep their word, they betrayed me. 74 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: Or I've got an excuse to settle where I am. 75 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: I had a bad childhood, I lost a loved one, 76 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 5: went through a breakup. And as long as you're making excuses, 77 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 5: you will justify staying where you are. Excuses give us 78 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 5: permission to settle for less in God's best, and you 79 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 5: can find an excuse about anything. 80 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 4: When my nephew, Matthew. 81 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 5: Was about four years old, he was out walking through 82 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 5: the woods with my father down this trail and they 83 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 5: came upon this big grandaddy long legged spider on the ground. 84 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 5: Matt was about to stomp it with his shoe. My 85 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 5: father said, Matt, don't do that. We're out here where 86 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 5: he lives. He didn't do anything wrong. Let's leave him alone. 87 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 5: Matt contemplated it for a little while. He wasn't fully convinced, 88 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 5: but he finally turned and walked off. He got about 89 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 5: fifteen steps away. He turned around, ran back and smashed 90 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 5: that spider as hard as he could with his foot. 91 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 4: My dad said, Matt, why'd you do that? 92 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 5: He looked UPHI and said, Granddaddy, the devil made me 93 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 5: do it. It's easy to find an excuse. I can't 94 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 5: lose this weight. My metabolism is too slow. One man said, 95 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 5: My metabolism is not slow. 96 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 4: It's in a coma. I can't break this addiction. Body 97 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 4: in my family has it. 98 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,239 Speaker 5: It's in my genes. It's been passed down to me. Yes, 99 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 5: it may be in your genes. But the good news 100 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 5: is you can turn off those genes. You have the 101 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 5: power to overcome it. But the only way it's going 102 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 5: to happen is if you get rid of the excuses. 103 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 5: As long as you're blaming the past, blaming a neighbor, 104 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 5: blaming the traffic, the weather, then you're going to get stuck. 105 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to throw out the excuses. It may 106 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 5: be a valid excuse, it wasn't fair. You went through 107 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 5: a disappointment, a sickness, a betrayal. But you have to 108 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 5: draw the line in the sand and say, I refuse 109 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 5: to live my life with a chip on my shoulder. 110 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: Angry, upset, with no passion. 111 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: If you'll get rid of the excuses, God will be 112 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 5: your vindicator. 113 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: God will pay you back for the unfair things. 114 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 5: This is your year to step up to a new level, 115 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 5: to see God's favor in a new way. 116 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 4: Now have this attitude. 117 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 5: No more excuses, no excuses to be unhappy. This day 118 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 5: is a gift from God. I'm going to enjoy it 119 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 5: in spite of what's going on. 120 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 4: No excuses to settle. 121 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 5: For mediocrity, give up on my dreams. I'm pursuing my goals, 122 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 5: overcoming obstacles, breaking these bad habits. 123 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 4: Or how about no excuses. 124 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 5: To go around feeling inferior. I know who I am, 125 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 5: a child of the Most High God. Well, Joel, I 126 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 5: don't think I could accomplish my goals. 127 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 4: I'm not that talented. 128 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 5: I don't really have the connections. I didn't get what 129 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 5: my friends got. They have the looks, the personality, the 130 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 5: good breaks. Here's the key. If you didn't get it, 131 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: then you don't need it. You have exactly what you need. 132 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 5: If you needed what they had, God would have given. 133 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 4: It to you. 134 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 5: Now quit comparing yourself and start running your own race. 135 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 4: You are annoying to be you. 136 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 5: Nobody can beat you at being you. You are fully loaded, 137 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 5: totally equipped, uniquely designed for the race that's been laid 138 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 5: out for you. 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 4: I get rid of those excuses I'm too tall, too sure, 140 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 4: too old, wrong nationality. 141 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 5: You have been fearfully and wonderfully made step up to 142 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 5: who you were created to be. When my father went 143 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 5: to be with the Lord, I knew I was supposed 144 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 5: to step up and pasture the church. 145 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: But all these excuses flooded my mind. I don't have 146 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 4: the training, I've never ministered before. 147 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 5: My personality is too laid back, my voice is not 148 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 5: strong enough. 149 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 4: If I would have held. 150 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 5: On to those excuses, I wouldn't be standing here today. 151 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 5: Any time God is about to take you to a 152 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 5: new level, there will be excuses you have to first 153 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 5: get rid of. 154 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 4: Before you see promotion. 155 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 5: You have to get rid of that excuse I'm not qualified, 156 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 5: I'm not that talented. 157 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 4: I can't do that. 158 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 5: Before you break the addiction, get rid of the excuse 159 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 5: I've had. 160 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 4: It too long, I'm not disciplined enough. 161 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 5: Before you meet the person of your dreams, you have 162 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 5: to get rid of the excuse. 163 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 4: I'm not that attractive. I don't have a good personality. 164 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 5: Friends, God wants to do something new in your life. 165 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 5: He wants to take you to a new level of 166 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 5: your destiny? Are you allowing excuses to hold you back? 167 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 5: When I stepped up and started ministering, I would write 168 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 5: out all my sermons by hand. I would have twenty 169 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 5: pages of notes scribbled here and there all over the desk. 170 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 5: On Saturday, I would try to put them all together 171 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 5: and hope that somehow it made sense. Now, a couple 172 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 5: of months in, Victoria came and said, Joel, you're wasting 173 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 5: so much time writing this all out by hand. You 174 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 5: need to get a computer and start typing it. That 175 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 5: way you can cut and pace, move it around and 176 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 5: be so much easier here. Well, I had taken typing 177 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 5: in high school, but I hadn't typed in twenty years. 178 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 5: I reached into my excuse bag and I pulled a 179 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 5: couple hours. I said, Victoria, I can't do that. I 180 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 5: don't know how to type. I would saying, in effect, 181 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 5: I'm limited. I'm not up to par I can't learn 182 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 5: anything new. She looked at me and said, Joel, you 183 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 5: are thirty six years old. 184 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 4: You can do anything you put your mind to. 185 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 5: We're going to get a computer and you're going to 186 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 5: start typing out these messages. She didn't ask me, she 187 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 5: told me. All I could say was just ma'am. But 188 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 5: sometimes you need someone to speak the truth in love 189 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 5: to you. Maybe you're coasting like I was, thinking that 190 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 5: you can't step up, you've reached your limits. No, you 191 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 5: have gifts and talents on the inside that you've not 192 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 5: tapped into. I'm telling you, like Victoria told me, no 193 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 5: ifs and but it's time to. 194 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 4: Lose the excuse bag. Step up to a new level. 195 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 5: Start learning something new, Start training for that next program, 196 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 5: Start taking. 197 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 4: On more responsibility. 198 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 5: Or how about start writing that book, Start writing those songs, 199 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 5: start developing that business plan. You have potential lying dormant 200 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 5: on the inside right now. Its seeds of greatness. The 201 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 5: enemy would love to use excuses to keep it from 202 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 5: ever coming out. You got to stir up what God 203 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 5: put on the inside. Quit telling yourself what you can't do, 204 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 5: how you don't have the discipline, the training and the education. 205 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 4: You have everything you need. You are well able. God 206 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 4: has already put it in you. 207 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 5: Now. I started typing my messages on the computer, and 208 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 5: it was like night and day difference. A couple of weeks, 209 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 5: it all came back. I remembered how to type, saved 210 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 5: me hours every week since I've typed seven books, hundreds 211 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 5: of messages. I'm so glad I had that idea. If 212 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 5: you've heard that saying you can't teach an old dog 213 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 5: new tricks, but I've learned it depends on what kind 214 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 5: of dog you have. If your dog thinks I'm limited, 215 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 5: I'm lacking, I can't learn anything new, then that dog 216 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 5: will get stuck. But if you have a dog that 217 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 5: says I'm well able, I'm equipped, empowered, nothing's too hard 218 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 5: for me. That dog will learn new tricks. My message 219 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 5: make sure you're the right kind of dog. Are you 220 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 5: stuck doing something the old fashioned way, because like I did, 221 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 5: you think you don't have the talent, the know how, 222 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 5: the ability to step into the new. Quit discounting yourself. 223 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 5: You have what you need to live in this generation. 224 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 4: Quit shrinking back. 225 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 5: Don't let those excuses can vince you that you are lacking. 226 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 5: You're too old, too young, not up to speed, not 227 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 5: up to par. God put in you what you need 228 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 5: for this day. This is your time to shine. Get 229 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: rid of those limiting excuses. And stay open for new ideas, 230 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 5: new ways to do things. Thing I love about my 231 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 5: mom She's eighty one years old. She sends us kids 232 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 5: group text all through the day. Most of them make sense, 233 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 5: but I love the fact that she's not intimidated to 234 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 5: learn something new. I'm just praying she doesn't discover Instagram. 235 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 5: But seriously, when we keep making excuses, they become a crutch. 236 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 5: That way we can justify while we're not where we're 237 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 5: supposed to be. 238 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 4: Well, they hurt me, they did me wrong. 239 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 5: Now I have to use this self pity crutch to 240 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 5: hobble along. 241 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 4: I've got a reason to be this way. 242 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 5: Or my friend is talented, they got the looks, the personality, 243 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 5: So I've got to use this inferior crutch, this not 244 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 5: up to par crutch. Or I made some mistakes in life, 245 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 5: didn't raise my kids right, blew my relationship. That's why 246 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 5: I'm using this regret crutch, This not up to par crutch. 247 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 5: Every time you make an excuse, it's slowing you down, 248 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 5: it's causing you to hobble. And the tragedy is some 249 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: people spend their whole. 250 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 4: Life on crutches. Don't let that be you. 251 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 5: If you'll get rid of the excuses, believe that you 252 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 5: have what it takes, trust God to make your wrongs right. 253 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 5: Then instead of hobbling barely getting by, you'll keep stepping 254 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 5: into new levels of your destiny. That's what a young 255 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 5: lady did named Wilma. She was born prematurely back in 256 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 5: the nineteen forties, the twentieth of twenty two children. When 257 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 5: she was four years old, she developed polio in her 258 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 5: left leg. It shriveled up so badly the doctors told 259 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 5: her parents she would probably never walk again. When other 260 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 5: kids were out playing and having fun, she was at home, 261 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 5: not able to walk. 262 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 4: She spent two years bedridden. She could have thought, Hey, 263 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 4: this is my lot in life. 264 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 5: I've had a bad break, got a good reason to 265 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 5: settle where I am. No, Wilma had this no excuses mentality. 266 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 5: A caring doctor made her a special leg brace and 267 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: a shoe. Against all odds, she learned how to walk 268 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 5: at eleven years of age without her parents knowing it. 269 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 5: She started taking off the brace, going out and playing 270 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 5: with the other kids. She developed a great passion for running. 271 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 5: Some days she'd go out and run for hours at 272 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 5: a time. One day, a coach from Tennessee State University 273 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 5: noticed how much she loved to run and how fast 274 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 5: she was. He invited her to try out for the team. 275 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 5: She not only made that team, but it's sixteen years old. 276 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 5: She qualified for the nineteen fifty six Olympics went on 277 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 5: to win a bronze medal. Four years later, in the 278 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 5: nineteen sixty Olympics, Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals went on. 279 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: To become a national hero. 280 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 5: That's what happens when you don't let self pity become 281 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 5: a crutch. You don't sit around thinking about what you 282 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 5: didn't get, how you don't measure up. You'll beat the odds. 283 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: God will get you to where you're supposed to be. 284 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 4: We've all had bad breaks, things we don't understand. 285 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 5: But if that was going to keep you from your destiny, 286 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 5: God would have never permitted it. 287 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 4: Don't let it become a crutch. 288 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 5: Don't use it as an excuse to settle where you are. 289 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 5: Do like Wilma, stir up what God's put on the inside. 290 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 4: You'll go places that you'd never dreamed. 291 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 5: In the scripture, there was a man that had been 292 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 5: blind since his birth. Some people ask Jesus why was 293 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 5: he born this way. Whose fault was it his or 294 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 5: his parents? They wanted somebody to blame, an excuse, a reason. 295 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 5: Jesus said to them, it's nobody's fault. He was born 296 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 5: this way so that the goodness of God might be 297 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 5: displayed in his life. Jesus touched his eyes and instantly 298 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 5: he could see when you have a bad break, a disadvantage, 299 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 5: don't get stuck looking for someone or something to blame. 300 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 5: You're not always going to understand why things happen in life. 301 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 5: But if you'll stay in faith, it won't work against you, 302 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 5: it will work for you. 303 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 4: God will use it to show out in your life. 304 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 5: But like these people, it's easy to want to blame 305 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 5: the parents. 306 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 4: It's their fault. 307 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 5: That's why he's blind. Blame the man, Blame the neighbor, 308 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 5: Blame a friend. All that's going to do is give 309 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 5: you a reason to feel sorry for yourself. Before long 310 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 5: you'll have that crutch. But nothing that's happened to you 311 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 5: is a sup to God. You have to take the 312 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 5: hand you've been dealt and make the most of it. 313 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 5: May not have been fair, but God is fair. He 314 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 5: is a god of justice. He sees every wrong that's 315 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 5: been done to you, every hurt, every disadvantage, And if 316 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 5: you won't let it become an excuse to get bitter, 317 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 5: to have a chip on your shoulder, then God said, 318 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 5: he'll take that wrong and he'll turn it around and 319 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 5: use it to your advantage. He will pay you back 320 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 5: for the unfair things. See, people can't stop your destiny. 321 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 5: What they said about you, what they did to you, 322 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 5: how they tried to make you feel, doesn't. 323 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 4: Have to affect you. 324 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 5: The only power that has over you is the power 325 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 5: that you give it. If you sit around nursing your wounds, 326 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 5: thinking about the wrong, about how bad it was, that's 327 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 5: going to become a. 328 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 4: Crutch that will hold you back. 329 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 5: But if you'll let it go, God will fight your 330 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 5: bad pay God will be your vindicator. 331 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 4: We see this principle in the life of Joseph. 332 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 5: He went through one unfair situation after another. His brothers 333 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 5: betrayed him and sold him into slavery. He could have 334 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 5: become bitter, thought I've got a good excuse to live. 335 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: My life angry. 336 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 5: He was lied about, falsely accused, and put in prison, 337 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 5: another excuse to have a chip on his shoulder. He 338 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 5: spent years in that prison for something that he didn't do. 339 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 5: He could have come up with an excuse after excuse 340 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 5: to settle where he was, but Joseph knew those excuses 341 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 5: would become crutches that would keep him from his destiny. 342 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 5: He had this no excuse mentality. He kept shaking off 343 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 5: the disappointments, overlooking the offenses, doing the right thing when 344 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 5: the wrong thing was happening. In the end, he came 345 00:18:54,800 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 5: out vindicated, promoted in a place of honor, prestige, influence. 346 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 5: You may have had some bad breaks, things you don't understand, 347 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 5: but don't get stuck looking back, reliving the negative. 348 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 4: That is a distraction. 349 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 5: If you'll do like Joseph and keep moving forward, taking 350 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 5: the high road, doing the right thing, God will get 351 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 5: you to where you're supposed to be. No bad break 352 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 5: can stop you. A disadvantage, and injustice, God has the 353 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 5: final sack. Well, you say, Joel, they hurt me, they 354 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 5: did me wrong. I say this respectfully. Everybody's been hurt. 355 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 5: You have to get over it. Well, they left me out, 356 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 5: everybody's been left out. They lied about me, everybody's been 357 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 5: lied about. It's not worth missing your destiny over I'm 358 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 5: not saying what they did was Okay. What I'm saying 359 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 5: is it doesn't have to control the rest of your life. 360 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 5: It would be easy to live the chip on your 361 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 5: shoulder thinking about how wrong it is. Before long you'll 362 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 5: have that crutch that will cause you to hobble when 363 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 5: God created you to run. You've got to draw the 364 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 5: line in the sand, say that's it. 365 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 4: No more excuses. 366 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 5: Can't do anything about the past, but I can do 367 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 5: something about right now. I Am going to live my 368 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 5: life in faith, trust in God to make it up 369 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 5: to me. Friends, this day is a gift. Once we 370 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 5: live it, we can never get it back. Life is 371 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 5: too short to waste another day angry, offended in self pity. 372 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 5: Like Joseph, you may have had a rough start, but 373 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 5: you don't have to have a rough finish. God wants 374 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 5: to pay you back. He wants to give you beauty 375 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 5: for the ashes, double for the injustice. 376 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 4: Now realize it's not always easy to get over it. 377 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 5: It's not necessarily easy to move forward. 378 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 379 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 5: The pain of life it go is less than the 380 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 5: pain of holding. 381 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: On and missing your destiny. 382 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 5: In the Scripture, it tells us to be imitators of Christ. 383 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 5: His life should be our example, and. 384 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 4: If we're going to be like Jesus, that. 385 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: Means we're going to have people come against us, try 386 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 5: to make us look bad. It means we're going to 387 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 5: be misunderstood and criticized. We're going to have a garden 388 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 5: of gasimine or times we feel alone and abandon and yes, 389 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: we may even have a Judas. People that betray us 390 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 5: turn their back and walk away. It's interesting when Judas 391 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 5: came with the soldiers to betray Jesus, Jesus said to him, friend, 392 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 5: what have you come here to do. Jesus knew he 393 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 5: was going to betray him, but he's still called him friend. 394 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 5: His attitude was, I've already gotten over what you're about 395 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 5: to do. Your poor choice is not going to steal 396 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 5: my joy nor stop my destiny. My father has the 397 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 5: final say, and it may get a little rough, but 398 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: I know in the end, I'm gonna come out wearing 399 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 5: that victor's crown. If we will do like Jesus and 400 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 5: not get bitter when unfair things happen, trust our father 401 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 5: to make it up to us. At some point we 402 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 5: two will be wearing the victor's crown. Like Joseph, You'll 403 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 5: come out vindicated, promoted in a place of honor and influence. 404 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 4: John chapter five. There's the story about a crippled man. 405 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 5: He'd been lying at the pool of Bethesda for thirty 406 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 5: eight years, and every once in a while an angel 407 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 5: would come by and move the water. 408 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 4: The first person in would be healed. 409 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 5: The amplified version describes this man's condition as a deep 410 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: seated lingering disorder. 411 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 4: What is a lingering disorder? It's not just physical. 412 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 5: But when we stay focused on negative things of the past, 413 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 5: we keep making. 414 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 4: Excuses and not move forward. 415 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 5: Those lingering disorders can keep us from our destiny. And 416 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 5: one day Jesus came by and saw the man lying there. 417 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 5: It was obvious that he was crippled. Jesus knew the 418 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 5: reason he was by the pool was to try to 419 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 5: get well, but he asked him what seemed to be 420 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 5: a strange question. He said to the man, do you 421 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 5: want to get well? One version says, are you serious 422 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 5: about getting well? By the way this man responded, it 423 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 5: shows us why he'd been that way so long. He said, yes, 424 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 5: but I don't have anybody to help me. I'm at 425 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 5: a disadvantage. I'm all at loan. You see my legs. 426 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 5: When the Angel comes, everybody gets in in front of me. 427 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 4: He made excuse after excuse. 428 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 5: He'd use those excuses so long they had become a crutch. 429 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 5: Now I love the way. Jesus answered back. He didn't 430 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 5: respond to the man's sad story. He didn't say why 431 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 5: I feel sorry for you. You've had a rough life. 432 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 5: He looked him in the eyes and said an effect, 433 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 5: if you're serious about getting well, if you're serious about 434 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 5: moving forward. 435 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 4: Then pick up your bed, get up, and be on 436 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 4: your way. 437 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,959 Speaker 5: He spoke faith over the man for the first time. 438 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 5: When that man heard that, something came alive. 439 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 4: On the inside. He thought, you mean I don't have 440 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 4: to keep making excuses. 441 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 5: You mean I don't have to just sit here and 442 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 5: wait for something to change. I can make something happen. 443 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 5: This man got up, took up his bed, He walked 444 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 5: out of their healthy in heart. I wonder how many 445 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 5: things we would get out of defeat, depression, bad habits 446 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 5: if we would just quit feeling sorry for ourselves, quit 447 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 5: making excuses, and start moving forward. God is asking us today, 448 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 5: would he asked this man, are you serious. 449 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 4: About getting well? 450 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 5: Are you serious about overcoming that addiction? About finishing school 451 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 5: about moving past that disappointment. 452 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 4: Then there's something you have to do. 453 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 5: Get up on the inside, in your attitude, in your thoughts, 454 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 5: in your countenance, in how you talk. In other words, 455 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 5: shake off the self pity, quit reliving the negative. You're 456 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 5: waiting on God. But God is waiting on you. If 457 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 5: you will get up, take up your bed, so to speak, 458 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 5: start moving forward, that's when you'll see things begin to 459 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 5: change in your favor. God said in Isaiah forty two, 460 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 5: the former things have come to pass, and new things 461 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 5: I now declare sing a new song. 462 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 4: Unto the Lord. 463 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 5: God is saying, the things you've been struggling with are 464 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 5: coming to an end. The discouragement, the loneliness, the bad breaks, 465 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 5: the depression. God is about to put a stop to it. 466 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 5: He's going to do a new thing. But there is 467 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 5: one requirement. The last part of this verse is the 468 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 5: whole key. If you want to see the negative end 469 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 5: and God do a new thing, then you have to 470 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 5: sing a new song. You can't keep singing that all 471 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 5: song of who hurt me? And I've been by this 472 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 5: pool thirty eight years. I'm never gonna get well. No, 473 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 5: throw out that song of self pity, get rid of 474 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 5: that song of defeat. Erase that song of it's never 475 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 5: going to work out, Start singing a song of victory. 476 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,479 Speaker 5: I may have had some bad breaks, but I know 477 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 5: this is my due season. 478 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 4: Year. 479 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 5: Things are changing in my favor. I am armed with 480 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 5: strength for this battle. I will overcome this illness. 481 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 4: I will break this bad habit. I will finish school. 482 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 4: I will live healthy, whole, victorious. 483 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 5: If you want to see the new you've got to 484 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 5: start singing the new song. 485 00:26:58,480 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 4: In other words, no. 486 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 5: More sad songs, no more talking about who hurts you, 487 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 5: what didn't work out. God knows everything you've been through. 488 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 5: You don't have to constantly remind him. If you'll lose 489 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 5: the sad song and start singing a new song, God 490 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 5: will turn your mourning into dancing. He'll take the setback 491 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 5: and use it as a set up to take you 492 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 5: somewhere greater. But I wonder how many of us today, 493 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,239 Speaker 5: like this man, have these lingering disorders. We went through 494 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 5: a hurt, a disappointment. Instead of letting it go moving forward, 495 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 5: trusting God, we started making excuses. 496 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 4: Now it's gone on year after year. 497 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 5: The good news is, if you'll get rid of the excuses, 498 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 5: it's just a matter of time before. 499 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 4: Those lingering disorders will leave. 500 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: That's when God will show up and begin to turn 501 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 5: things around. 502 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 4: Is there something you need to get over today? 503 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 5: Childhood that wasn't so great, a friend that betrayed you, 504 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 5: a business that didn't make it. Now you're using it 505 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 5: as a crutch to stay where you are. 506 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 4: Why don't you make this decision with me? No more excuses. 507 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 4: You can't do anything about the past, but you can 508 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 4: do something about your future. And because you. 509 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 5: Have this new psalm, I believe and declare that things 510 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 5: that have held you back are coming to an end. 511 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 5: God is doing a new thing. You're going to see 512 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 5: beauty for those ashes. You're going to overcome the illness, 513 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 5: see new relationships, new opportunities, a new level of your destiny. 514 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, I believe it. 515 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 5: And if you receive it, can you say amen? 516 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 4: Today? 517 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 518 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 519 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 520 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 521 00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 522 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 523 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 5: got born again, Get in a good Bible based church. 524 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 525 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 5: that you've never dreamed. 526 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 527 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 528 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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