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Well, God bless you always a joy to 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 5: come into your home. We love you, and if you're 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 5: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 44 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 45 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 5: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 46 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 5: for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 47 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny. And I heard 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 5: about this teenager. You've just gotten his driver's license. You 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 5: ask his dad about borrowing the car, and his dad said, son, 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 5: I'll make a. 51 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 4: Deal with you. 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 5: If you'll bring your grades up, read your Bible every day, 53 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 5: and cut your hair, I'll let you borrow the car. 54 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 5: Month later, he came back and asked about it. Dad said, well, son, 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 5: you've brought your grades up, you've been reading your Bible, 56 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 5: but you still haven't cut your hair. He said, well, Dad, 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 5: I've been thinking about it. Moses had long hair, Samson 58 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 5: had long hair, even Jesus had long hair. Dad said yes, Son, 59 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 5: and they walked everywhere they went. Hold up your Bible. 60 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 61 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 5: I am what it says. 62 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 4: I am. 63 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about remembering the good. Our 69 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 5: memory is very powerful. You can be driving in your car, 70 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, you remember a tender moment with 71 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 5: your child, a hug, a kiss. 72 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: Could have been five years ago, something funny. 73 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,839 Speaker 5: That they did, But when you remember it, it'll bring 74 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 5: a smile to your face. You'll start to feel those 75 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 5: same emotions, joy and warmth, just like it was happening again. 76 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 5: On the other hand, you can be enjoying the day. 77 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 5: Everything's going great, but then you start to remember a 78 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: sad event where you weren't treated right, somebody did you wrong, 79 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 5: you went through a loss. Before long, you'll be down 80 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 5: and discouraged. What made you sad, dwelling on wrong memories? 81 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 4: What made you happy? Dwelling on right memories? And it's interesting. 82 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 5: Our mind will naturally gravitate toward the negative. A study 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 5: showed how positive and negative memories are handled by different 84 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 5: parts of the brain. A negative memory takes up more space, 85 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 5: there's more to process. Because of this, we will remember 86 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 5: the negative more than the positive. The example they used 87 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 5: is a person will remember losing fifty dollars more than 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 5: they will remember gaining fifty dollars. The negative carries more weight. 89 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: It has a greater impact than the positive. I can 90 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 5: walk off this platform and one hundred people tell me Joel, 91 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 5: that was good today. I really enjoyed it. But then 92 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 5: one person can say I didn't get anything out of it. 93 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 5: Didn't make sense to me. In the old days, that's 94 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 5: all I'd think about. That one negative comment would play 95 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 5: over and over. 96 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 4: That's how it's in. 97 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 5: Our brain takes up more space. Knowing this, we have 98 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 5: to be proactive. When the negative memories come back to 99 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 5: the movie screen of your mind. 100 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 4: Many people pull up a. 101 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 5: Chair, get some popcorn, watch them all over again. Can't 102 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 5: believe they hurt me. 103 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 4: That was so unfair. Why do I have all these 104 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 4: bad breaks? 105 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 5: Now here's my message. That's not the only channel. There's 106 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 5: another movie playing. It's not your defeats, your failures, your disappointments. 107 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 5: It's a channel filled with your accomplishments, your victories, the 108 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 5: things you've done right, the times you were promoted, you 109 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 5: met the right person, you bought the new house, your 110 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 5: child was born healthy. Instead of staying on that negative channel, 111 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 5: you got to switch over to your victory channel. You're 112 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 5: not going to move forward into the new things God 113 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 5: has in store. If you're always replaying. 114 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: The negative things that have happened to you. 115 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 5: We've all been through disappointments, set backs, and bad breaks, 116 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 5: those memories will play the most often. The good news 117 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 5: is you have the remote control. Just because the memory 118 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 5: comes up doesn't mean you have. 119 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 4: To watch it. Learn to change the channel. 120 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 5: A couple of years after my father went to be 121 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 5: with the Lord, I was over at my mother's house 122 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 5: to pick something up and nobody else was home. As 123 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 5: I was walking through the den, I begin to immediately 124 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 5: see the night that my father died. 125 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 4: He'd had a heart attack in that room. 126 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 5: I could see him lying on the floor, and when 127 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 5: I arrived, the paramedics were trying to get his heart restarted. 128 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 5: That whole night started to replay in my mind, and 129 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 5: I started to feel those same type of emotions. I 130 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: did just what I'm asking you to do. I said, no, thanks, 131 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 5: I'm not going there. I'm not going to relive that 132 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 5: night and get all down and discourage. 133 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 4: I simply changed the channel. 134 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 5: I started remembering all the great times I'd had with 135 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 5: my father. I remember the times that we laughed and 136 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 5: had fun, the times we had traveled the world. I 137 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 5: remember the times where he used to come over to 138 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 5: our house and play with our little son Jonathan. There 139 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 5: was another channel. I just had to switch over to it. 140 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 5: Some of you need to start changing the channel. You're 141 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 5: reliving all your hurts, disappointments, bad breaks. As long as 142 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 5: you're replaying that, you're never going to really heal. It's 143 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 5: like a scab that's starting to get better, but if 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: you keep picking at it, it has to start all 145 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 5: over again. Emotional wounds are the same way. If you're 146 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 5: always reliving your hurts, watching them on the movie screen 147 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 5: of your mind, talking about it, telling your friends, that's 148 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 5: just reopening the wound. 149 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 4: You have to change the channel. 150 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 5: May be difficult. They have had a lot of unfair 151 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 5: things happen. But when you look back over your life, 152 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 5: can you find at least one time where God's done 153 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 5: something good for you? Can you remember at least one 154 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 5: time where it was the hand of God promoting you, 155 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 5: protecting you, healing you. 156 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 4: Then switch over to that channel, get your mind going 157 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 4: in a new direction. 158 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 5: Reporter asked me not long ago, what my biggest regret 159 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 5: was my biggest failure. I don't mean to sound arrogant, 160 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 5: but I don't remember my biggest regret. 161 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 4: I'm not dwelling on that channel. I don't go there. 162 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 5: Sure we all make mistakes, we all do things we 163 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 5: wish we'd done differently, but that is not supposed to 164 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 5: be on the forefront of our minds. You're supposed to 165 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 5: remember what you've done right, the times you've succeeded your victories, 166 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 5: the times you overcame the temptation, the times you went 167 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 5: out of your way to be kind to a stranger. 168 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 5: The reason some people are not happy is they remember 169 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 5: every mistake they've made since nineteen twenty seven. They got 170 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 5: a running record. The enemy doesn't have to accuse them, 171 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 5: they do it for him. 172 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 4: Do yourself a big favor. 173 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 5: Change the channel. Quit dwelling on how you don't measure up. 174 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 5: And you should have spent more time with your children 175 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,119 Speaker 5: growing up. And you should have been stronger, more disciplined, 176 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 5: resisted that temptation. No, you may have fallen, but dwell 177 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 5: on the fact that you got back up again. 178 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 4: You're here today. 179 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 5: You may have made a poor choice, but dwell on 180 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 5: the fact that you've made a lot of great choices. 181 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: You may have some weaknesses, but dwell on the fact 182 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 5: that you have a whole lot of strengths. Quit focusing 183 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 5: on what's wrong with you and start focusing on what's. 184 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: Right with you. 185 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 5: You're not going to become everything God's created you to 186 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 5: be if you're against yourself. You have to retrain your mind, 187 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 5: be disciplined about what you allow yourself to dwell on. 188 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 5: Those negative memories take up the most space. Those movies 189 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 5: are going to play the most often. Recognize what's happening 190 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 5: and learned to change that channel. Several years ago, I 191 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: was playing basketball with our son Jonathan. 192 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 4: We've done this for. 193 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 5: Many years, one on one, him versus me. This day, 194 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 5: for the first time, he beat me fair and square, 195 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 5: fifteen to fourteen. I gave him a high five and 196 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 5: then told him he was grounded. But during the game, 197 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 5: at one point he went around me and was about 198 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 5: to go up for a shot, and I timed it 199 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 5: just right. I came out of nowhere and I blocked 200 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 5: his shot. I mean I swatted the ball away over 201 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 5: into the bushes. I felt like a professional. A couple 202 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 5: of days later, we were playing up at the gym 203 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 5: some friends. Jonathan said, Dad, tell everybody about what. 204 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 4: Happened the other night. 205 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 5: I said, oh yeah, Jonathan, went up for a shot. 206 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 4: I timed it just perfect. 207 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 5: I went He said, no, Dad, I meant tell him 208 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 5: about how I beat you for the first time. The 209 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 5: funny thing is I didn't remember my defeat. 210 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,479 Speaker 4: I remembered my victory. 211 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 5: First thing that came to my mind was not how 212 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 5: I'd lost the game, but something that I'd done right. 213 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 5: It's because I've trained my mind to remember the good. 214 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 5: You know, some people won the game, but they remember 215 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 5: every mistake they made. They never feel good about themselves. 216 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 5: They never did it good enough. 217 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 4: It's all in how. 218 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: We've trained our mind. It depends on what channel we're watching. 219 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 5: I cannot find one place in the scripture where it 220 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 5: tells us to remember our defeats, remember our failures, remember 221 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 5: our hurts. No, it says again and again, to remember 222 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 5: the great things. 223 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 4: God has done. 224 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 5: In other words, stay on your victory channel. Remember how 225 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 5: God gave you that promotion even though you weren't the 226 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 5: most qualified. Remember how God brought your child back on 227 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 5: the right course when it looked pretty bad. Remember when 228 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 5: you went through that loss. You should have had a 229 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 5: nervous breakdown, but you felt a supernatural strength. And here 230 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 5: you are today, better than ever. 231 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 4: The Psalm has put it this way. 232 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 5: I recall the many miracles God has done for me. 233 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 5: I cannot stop thinking about them. They are constantly in 234 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 5: my thoughts. Notice they're supposed to be constantly in our mind. 235 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 4: The mistake we make too often. 236 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 5: Is we remember what we should be forgetting our hurts, 237 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 5: our failures, our disappointments, and we forget what we should 238 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 5: be remembering our victories, our accomplishments, the times God's brought 239 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 5: us through. In the Old Testament, God commanded them to 240 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 5: have certain festivals, certain celebrations. One of the main reasons 241 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 5: is so they would remember what God had done. Several 242 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 5: times a year, they all stopped what they were doing, 243 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 5: come together, and they would celebrate how God brought them 244 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 5: out of slavery, how God defeated this enemy, how God 245 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 5: protected them over here they were required to remember. Now 246 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 5: the place talks about how they put out memorial stones. 247 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 5: These were big boulders we might call them historical markers 248 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 5: today that reminded them of specific victories. Every time they 249 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 5: walked by, they'd say, Oh, yeah, that stone is for 250 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 5: when God brought us out of slavery. That stone is 251 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 5: for when God healed my child. That stone is for 252 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 5: when God provided for our needs, these memorial stones helped 253 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 5: it to stay fresh in their memory. In the same way, 254 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 5: every one of us should have our own memorial stones. 255 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 5: When you look back over your life, you should remember 256 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 5: not the times you failed, you went through a breakup, 257 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 5: your boss did you. 258 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 4: Wrong, the business went down. 259 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 5: Remembering what you should be forgetting switch over to the 260 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 5: other channel. Remember when you were lonely and God brought 261 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 5: somebody great into your life. Remember when the medical report 262 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 5: said it was impossible, but God supernaturally healed you. Remember 263 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 5: when it was dark you didn't think you'd have another 264 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 5: happy day, but God not only turned it around, he 265 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 5: gave you beauty for. 266 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 4: Ashes, joy for morning. 267 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 5: All of us should have our memorial stones out. Last 268 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 5: Tuesday was the thirty one year anniversary that my mother 269 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 5: was healed from terminal cancer. 270 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 4: Thirty one years ago. 271 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 5: The doctors told her she had a few weeks to live, 272 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 5: but another year just went by. 273 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 4: She's still healthy in hole. That's a memorial stone. 274 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 5: I remember December first, two thousand and three, when Mayor 275 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 5: Lee Brown handed us the key to this beautiful facility. 276 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 5: This building is a memorial stone. I still thank God 277 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 5: for I remember when I walked into a jewelry store 278 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 5: and saw Victoria for the first time. God answered her prayer. 279 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 5: I mean God answered my prayer. I still thank God 280 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 5: for that. I remember when my dad died. I didn't 281 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 5: think I could minister, never done this before, but God 282 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 5: gave me. 283 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 4: The grace to step up and pastor the church. I 284 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: put out a memorial stone. 285 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 5: My question, do you have any memorial stones out in 286 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 5: your own life? What you are remembering will determine what 287 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 5: kind of life you're going to live. 288 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: If you're remembering all your defeats. 289 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 5: Your failures, your hurts, it's going to cause you to 290 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 5: be stuck in a rut. If you could just change 291 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 5: what you're remembering, start remembering your victories, that can cause 292 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 5: you to go to a new level. 293 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: You may be in a tough time, you're facing. 294 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 5: An obstacle, but when you remember the right things, you 295 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 5: won't be saying, oh, man, this is gonna be the 296 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: end of me. I'm never gonna get out. No, you'll 297 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 5: be saying, God, you did it. 298 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 4: For me once. I know you'll do it for me again. God. 299 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 5: I've seen your goodness in the past, I know I'll. 300 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 4: See it in the future. 301 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 5: This is what David did when he was about to 302 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 5: face Goliath, a giant nearly twice his size. He could 303 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 5: have focused on how big Goliath was, how Goliath had 304 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 5: more training, more equipment, more experience. 305 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: That would have just made him discouraged. 306 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 5: The scripture says David remembered how he had killed a 307 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 5: lion and a bear with his own hands. 308 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 4: What was he doing remembering his victories. 309 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 5: He could have remembered how his brothers mistreated him, tried 310 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: to make him feel small, or how his father had 311 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: disrespected him. There were a lot of things in David's 312 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 5: past negative, like in all of our lives. But David 313 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 5: understood this principle dwelling on your defeats, your failures, your hurts. 314 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 5: That causes you to stay stuck in a rut. He 315 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 5: chose in dead to dwell on his victories. He not 316 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 5: only overcame that obstacle, but many others. He became everything 317 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 5: that God created him to be. You may be up 318 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 5: against a giant today. The way you're going to overcome 319 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 5: is just like David, not going around thinking, oh, this 320 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 5: is impossible, it's never going to work out. 321 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 4: No, All through the day, start. 322 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 5: Remembering your victories, Go over your memorial stones. Lord, I 323 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 5: remember that time when all the odds were against me, 324 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 5: but you made a way. 325 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 4: God. 326 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 5: I remember how you protected me, blessed me, promoted me, 327 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 5: vindicated me, made my wrongs right. Recall your victories, remembering 328 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 5: the good things God has done. 329 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 4: That's what helps you to stay strong. 330 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 5: It would do us all good on a regular basis, 331 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 5: just like God required the Israelites to go back over 332 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 5: one by one the major victories in our life, the 333 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 5: major successes. You say, Joe, I don't have anything big 334 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 5: like you. God didn't heal my family member of cancer. 335 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 5: I didn't get a big facility. Maybe not, but God 336 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 5: has done something great for every one of us. Remember 337 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 5: the day your child was born healthy. 338 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 4: That was the goodness of God. That was a miracle. 339 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 5: Remember when God gave you that job. That was his 340 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 5: hand of favor. Remember when God spared your life from 341 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 5: that accident. Now the split second and you would have 342 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 5: been harmed. That was His angels watching over you. Remember 343 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 5: that person God brought into your life you fell in 344 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 5: love and got married. That wasn't a coincidence. That was 345 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 5: the goodness of God. Keep your memorial stones out, go 346 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 5: over them on a regular basis. I really believe some 347 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 5: of you. If you'd spend the same amount of time 348 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 5: dwelling on your victories as you do your disappointments, you 349 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 5: see your life go to a whole new level. I 350 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 5: love how in the Old Testament they celebrated their victories. 351 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 5: Every year we had a party, singing, dancing, a festival. 352 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 5: Imagine somebody comes over to your house. You're having a 353 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 5: big party. The music is going, everybody's having fun. They 354 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 5: ask you, what kind of party is this? Wedding party, 355 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 5: birthday party, super Bowl party? You tell them no, we're 356 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 5: celebrating what God has done. Five years ago, God spared 357 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 5: my life from an accident. 358 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 4: Or ten years ago I got free from this addiction. 359 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 5: We're celebrating me being sober for ten years, or maybe 360 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 5: thirty one years ago. 361 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 4: God healed my mother of cancer. 362 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 5: We're taking time to thank God for the great things 363 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 5: that he's done. When you develop this habit of remembering 364 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 5: the good not only affects your personality, how you carry yourself, 365 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 5: your attitude, but it will effect the way you pray. 366 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 4: It won't be God, Please, I need healing. 367 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 5: God. 368 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 4: I'm sick. I need a miracle. God, you gotta bless me. 369 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 5: No, you'll say, Lord, I want want to thank you 370 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 5: for how you've healed me in the past. Lord, I 371 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 5: want to thank you for how you've taken care of 372 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 5: me through the years. God, I know if you did 373 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 5: it once, I just want to. 374 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 4: Thank in advance that you'll do it again. 375 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 5: See if you're just praying for your needs, God, I 376 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 5: need this, I need that, you'll probably end up discouraged. 377 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 5: But when you thank God for what he's already done, 378 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 5: when you remember your victories, how he's promoted you, protected you, 379 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 5: healed you. By the time you're done praying, you'll be 380 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 5: all fired up. You'll be strong, you'll be confident. You 381 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 5: know that answer is on the way. Think about the Israelites. 382 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 5: God supernaturally brought them out of slavery. God sent plague 383 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 5: after pledge on their enemies. They were living next door, 384 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 5: but none of those plagues ever affected them. They came 385 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 5: to a dead end at the Red Sea, looked like 386 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 5: it was over. Pharaoh and the army changed their mind 387 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 5: coming after them. 388 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 4: So you know the story. 389 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 5: God supernaturally part of the sea that went through on 390 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 5: dry ground. God gave them water out of a rock. 391 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 5: He brought them food, out in the desert. They had 392 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 5: seen again and again. 393 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 4: God's incredible miracles. 394 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 5: Yet in spite of all of this, they never made 395 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 5: it into the Promised Land. Psalm seventy eight tells us 396 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 5: one reason why. It says they forgot about all the 397 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 5: amazing miracles God had done for them and their ancestors. 398 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: When you forget what you should. 399 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 5: Be remembering, it can keep you out of your promised land. 400 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 5: They got discouraged, started complaining. Here they had seen God 401 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 5: do the impossible again and again, but because they forgot 402 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 5: about it, they got worried negative afraid they missed out 403 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 5: on God's best? Are you forgetting what God has done 404 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 5: in your life? Have you let something that was once 405 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 5: a mirror become ordinary? Doesn't excite you anymore? You don't 406 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 5: thank God for it? Now when you look back over 407 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 5: your life, remember what it took to get you to 408 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 5: where you are. 409 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 4: Big things and even little things. 410 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 5: The next time you're tempted to think my problem's too big, Joel, 411 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 5: I'll never. 412 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 4: Accomplish my dreams. 413 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: No, go back and remember all the red seas God 414 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 5: has parted for you. 415 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 4: Remember all the enemies God's defeated for you. 416 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 5: Remember the times God has shown your favor, shown your mercy, 417 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,719 Speaker 5: restored you. Every one of us can look back and 418 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 5: see the hand of God in our life, just like 419 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 5: the Israelites. You can say, like me, God has opened 420 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 5: doors for you that should have never opened on their own. 421 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 5: God has helped you accomplished what you could have never 422 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 5: accomplished on your own. God has brought us through difficulties 423 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 5: that at one time seemed totally impossible. If we're going 424 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 5: to stay encouraged and step into the new doors and 425 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 5: see God turn the negative around, one of the keys 426 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 5: is you can't forget what God has already done. In fact, 427 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 5: the scripture says we should tell our children and our grandchildren. 428 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 5: We should pass down stories of God's goodness. That's why 429 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 5: I never get tired of telling how God gave us 430 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 5: this beautiful facility, how God healed my mother of cancer, 431 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 5: and how God gave me the courage and ability. 432 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 4: To step up and pastor of the church. I'm not 433 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 4: bragging on me. I'm bragging on what God has done. 434 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 4: I can say with David, so can you Where would. 435 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 5: We be without the goodness of God? Don't keep it 436 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 5: to yourself. Tell your children, your grandchildren, how many times 437 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 5: did I hear my father tell his story. How he 438 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 5: was coming home from a nightclub two o'clock in the morning, 439 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 5: seventeen years of age, no purpose, no direction in life. 440 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 5: He looked up at the stars and he began to 441 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 5: think about his life and his eternal destiny. 442 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 4: Walked in his house. 443 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 5: On the table in the den was the family Bible, 444 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 5: just there for decoration. His family knew nothing about God. 445 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 5: They weren't religious people. My father felt drawn to it, 446 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 5: went over and opened it. Just so happened. It fell 447 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: open to a picture of Jesus standing at a door 448 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 5: and knocking. The caption read, if you open the door, 449 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 5: I will come in. My father didn't understand religion or theology, 450 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 5: but he could understand opening a door. The next day 451 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 5: he went to church with a friend of his and 452 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 5: gave his life to Christ. Without that night, we wouldn't 453 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 5: be sitting here today. 454 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 4: Wasn't a coincidence. It was the mercy of God. 455 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 5: Don't forget what it took to get you to where 456 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 5: you are. 457 00:24:58,960 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 4: You didn't get. 458 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,239 Speaker 5: Here just in your own strength, your own education, your 459 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 5: own talent. There were a lot of miracles along the way, 460 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 5: not only in your life, but in the people that 461 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 5: came before you, the people that raised you. If you'll 462 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 5: look closely, you'll see God's goodness all through your family life. 463 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 5: You should not only remember it, but tell it to 464 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 5: your children, your grandchildren, pass it down to the next generation. 465 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 4: I've learned the more you brag on God's. 466 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 5: Goodness, the more of his goodness you will see. 467 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 4: It's interesting. 468 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 5: In the Old Testament we hear a lot about the 469 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 5: staff that people would carry around with them. It wasn't 470 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 5: just a walking stick, not just something to keep wild 471 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 5: animals away. It was more significant than that. Back in 472 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: those days, they were a nomadic people. That meant they're 473 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 5: always on the move. Of course, they didn't have computers 474 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 5: files paper like we have today. One of the main 475 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 5: ways they kept important records, important dates was to etch 476 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 5: it on their staff. 477 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 4: That was their personal record. 478 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 5: On this date, we defeated the Amalekites on this date, 479 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 5: my son was born. On this date, God brought water 480 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 5: out of a rock. Their staff was literally their personal 481 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 5: record of their history with God. When Moses part of 482 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 5: the Red Sea, what did he do? He held up 483 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 5: his staff. He was saying, in a fact, Lord, we 484 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 5: thank you for all the things you've done in our 485 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 5: past Lord, we remember. 486 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 4: How you have delivered us time and time again. 487 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 5: They were remembering the great things God had done. Even David, 488 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 5: when he went out to face Goliath, he didn't just 489 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 5: take his slingshot. The scripture says, he took his staff. 490 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 5: No doubt he had etched on it. On this date, 491 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 5: I killed a bear with my own hands. On this date, 492 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 5: I killed a lion. On this date, the prophet Samuel 493 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 5: anointed me the next king of Israel. Can imagine just 494 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 5: before he fought Goliath, he ran back over and looked 495 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: at his staff one more time, read over it, just 496 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 5: to give him that final boost. Then he went out, knowing, God, 497 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 5: you did it for me back then. I know you'll 498 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 5: do it for me again. Some of you today you 499 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 5: need to get your staff out. You're up against a 500 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 5: big challenge. Your dreams look impossible. Instead of going around 501 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 5: thinking it's never going to work out, no, start dwelling 502 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 5: on your victories. 503 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 4: Start thinking about the times you've killed the lion and 504 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 4: the bear in your own life, so to speak. 505 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 5: Recall all the times God has promoted you, put you 506 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 5: at the right place, healed a family member, made away 507 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 5: when you didn't see a way don't forget about what 508 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 5: God has done on a regular basis. Go back over 509 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 5: your memorial stones. That's the equivalent of holding your staff up. 510 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 5: When those negative memories come back up and they come 511 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 5: to all of us hurts, failures, appointments. 512 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 4: The trick of the enemy. 513 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 5: Is to keep you so focused on that that you 514 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 5: get stuck in a rut. No, remember that is not 515 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 5: the only channel. Get your remote control out and switch 516 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 5: over to your victory channel. Get your mind going in 517 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 5: the right direction, and your life will go in the 518 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 5: right direction. 519 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 4: If you'll develop this habit of remembering the. 520 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 5: Good, your accomplishments, your victories, the times God's brought you through, 521 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 5: then you will have the faith, the courage, and the 522 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 5: confidence to step in to the amazing future God has 523 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 5: in store. 524 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, just like. 525 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 5: David, you will defeat every enemy, You will overcome every obstacle, 526 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 5: and you will become everything God's created you to be. 527 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 4: Amen, He receive it today. 528 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 5: We never liked you pose our God's task without giving 529 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make. 530 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. 531 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord Jesus, I 532 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 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