1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: again for coming out today. And I like to start 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about this cat and 12 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: mouse that died on the same day and went to heaven. 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: After a few weeks, Peter saw the mouse and asked 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: him how he liked it. He said, Oh, it's great, 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: but it's so big. I would love to get some 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: roller skates. Peter said, no problem, got him some roller skates. 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: A few weeks later, Peter saw the cat ask him 18 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: how he liked it. He said, Oh, it's fantastic. And 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: discovered the meals on wheels. Hold up your Bible, say 21 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 24 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 28 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: dropped but not forgotten. We all go through situations where 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: life is not fair. I met a man last week. 30 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: He had just been laid off after twenty five years 31 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: with the same company. He felt betrayed, alone, forgotten, like 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: he'd been dropped a friend of mine. His father was 33 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: killed in an accident when he was two years old. Now, 34 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: all through school, he used to think, why does everybody 35 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: else have a dad but I don't. There was an 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: emptiness on the inside, dropped as a little boy. Sometimes 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: other people's poor choices have a negative effect on us. 38 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: Maybe you were raised in an unhealthy environment. Now you're 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: still struggling with the same addictions, same depression, same anger. 40 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: It keeps getting passed down. Some people have been mistreated, 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: taken advantage of. Now they have to deal with guilt, shame, 42 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: feeling like they don't measure up. It wasn't even their fault. 43 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: Somebody else dropped them. I've learned you can't live very 44 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: long without being dropped. Dropped by an illness, dropped by divorce, 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: drop by a friend that turns on you. It's easy 46 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: to get discouraged and think, man, this is my lot 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: in life. It's never going to change now. You may 48 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: have been dropped, but the good news is God knows 49 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: how to pick you back up. David said, God lifted 50 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: me out of the pit and set my feet up 51 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: on a rock. David had been dropped by rejection, dropped 52 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: by people coming against him, dropped by his own mistakes 53 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: and fell. But God said, in effect, David, don't worry. 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: That drop is not the end. That bad break, that 55 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: person that hurts you, that addiction, that sickness is not 56 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: the end of your story. You may have been dropped, 57 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: but you need to get ready. God is about to 58 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: lift you. He's about to set you on a higher place. 59 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: He's going to take you where you could not go 60 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: on your own, to a new level with new opportunities, 61 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: new friendships, new joy, new health, new fulfillment. You're not 62 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: going to come out the same way the scripture talks 63 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: about how God will pay us back double for the 64 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: unfair things that have happened. When you go through a disappointment, 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: when you get dropped, don't get bitter, don't get discouraged. 66 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: Get ready for double, Get ready for increase, Get ready 67 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: for favor, Get ready for new levels. Friends, God has 68 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: not forgotten about you. He has seen every tear you've shed, 69 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: every hurt, every lonely every person that's done you wrong. 70 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: God is a god of justice. He told the Israelites 71 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: when they were in slavery, being mistreated taking advantage of 72 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: I am coming down to deliver you. He was saying, 73 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: I'm coming down to pick you back up. I'm coming 74 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: down to bring justice. Notice what causes God to get 75 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: off the throne. What causes the creator of the universe 76 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: to stop what he's doing and take action. It's when 77 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: he sees you being mistreated. When God sees that injustice, 78 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't sit back and say, well, too bad. No, 79 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: he says, that's my son, that's my daughter, my most 80 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: prized possession. They've been dropped. Now I got to get 81 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: up and do something about it. When God goes to 82 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: work all the forces of Darkness cannot stop him. People 83 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: can't stop him. Bad breaks can't stop him. Sickness can't 84 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: stop him. God will make your wrongs right. He'll pay 85 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: you back for the trouble. He'll get you to where 86 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be. But the truth is, we all 87 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: get dropped in life, and it's easy to feel alone, forgotten, 88 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: like you don't matter. But don't believe those lies. God 89 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: said in Isaiah, I will not forget you. I have 90 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: carved you into the palm of my hand. Every time 91 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: God opens his hand, he sees your name. He's reminded 92 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: of you. You may have had some bad breaks, some 93 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: closed doors, some people come against you, but God has 94 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: not forgotten about your dreams. He has not forgotten about 95 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: the promises that he's given you. He didn't forget about 96 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: that baby you want to have, that husband or wife 97 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 1: you've been praying about, that wholeness, that healing, that freedom 98 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: that you need stay in faith. Life happens to all 99 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: of us. You may get dropped, but remember it's only temporary. 100 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: God sees it. He's not only going to lift you 101 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: back up, but he's going to set you on a 102 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: higher place. You're going to come out better off than 103 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: you were before. This is what happened to a young 104 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: man in the scripture named maphibis Chef. He was the 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan. He 106 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: was born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne. 107 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: His future was very bright, and as a child, he 108 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: was being raised by loving nurses, people that treated him 109 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: with great kindness made sure to meet his every need. 110 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: They knew they were dealing with the future king. But 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: when he was five years old, his father and his grandfather, 112 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: King Saul, were both killed in a battle. News messengers 113 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: rushed to Maphibischef's house to tell them the terrible news 114 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: and to inform them that the army was on their 115 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: way to try to wipe out all of King Saul's relatives. 116 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: A nurse picked up little maphibis Chef in a great panic, 117 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: took off running out of the house as fast as 118 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: she could. She was trying to save his life. She 119 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: had good intentions trying to help the young boy, but 120 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: on the way down the stairs she tripped and dropped 121 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: malphibis Chef. Both of his legs were broken. He became 122 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: crippled and could never walk again. Here mamphibis Chef had 123 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: not done anything wrong, wasn't his fault. Yet he's having 124 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: to pay the price for somebody else's mistake. Doesn't seem fair. 125 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: Sometimes in life, well meaning people can drop you. They 126 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: didn't mean to hurt you. They made a mistake and 127 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: said some things that they shouldn't have, or they worked 128 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: all the time struggling to make ends meet. They weren't 129 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: there when you really needed them. Perhaps they had bad 130 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: habits addictions passed down to them. Now they're passing them 131 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: on down to you. They weren't bad people. They had 132 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: our best interest at heart. But like this nurse, they 133 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: dropped us. We can become crippled with low self esteem, 134 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: crippled with addictions, crippled with depression. Even though my fibis 135 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: Chef was the grandson of the king, even though he 136 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: had royalty in his blood, he ended up living in 137 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: a place called Lodo Bar that was one of the poorest, 138 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: most run down cities of that day. Year after year 139 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: went by. I'm sure he thought nobody remembers me. I 140 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: used to be somebody important, somebody that was respected. I 141 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: used to be excited about my future. I had big dreams. 142 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: But look at me. Now, I'm a crippled I can't 143 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: even walk. I'm living in the slums. Nobody cares about me. 144 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: I don't have any friends, and it wasn't even my fault. 145 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: Somebody else dropped me. He felt alone, forgotten, like it 146 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: would never change. But here's the beauty. Nothing goes unnoticed 147 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: with our God. God saw his father killed and take 148 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: in a way at a young age. God saw the 149 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: well meaning nurse drop him. God saw his once normal 150 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: legs that could run and jump and play instantly becoming crippled. 151 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: God saw the despair, the poverty, the lack that he 152 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: was living in. God didn't say, well, the Phibish chef, 153 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: you sure got some bad breaks. You need to find 154 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: you a more surefooted nurse next time. She really missed 155 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: your life. Up now, God said, my Phibish chef, I 156 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: have not forgotten about you. I've got you carved into 157 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: the palm of my hand. You're always on my mind. 158 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: And yes you may have been dropped, but that bad 159 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: break is not the end. I am a god of justice. 160 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: I am going to pay you back for what has happened. 161 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: One day, King David was on the throne of Israel, 162 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: sitting in the palace, minding his own business, when all 163 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he felt this desire to be good 164 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: to some of Saul's relatives. Now this is unusual because 165 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: all was the one that tried to kill David. He 166 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: was the one that chased David through the wilderness and 167 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: made his life miserable. Yet David said in Second Samuel nine, 168 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: is there anyone left from the house of Saul that 169 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: I might show kindness to? Why would David want to 170 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: be kind of one of his enemies. That was God 171 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: whispering in David's ear, giving him a desire to be 172 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: good to someone that had been dropped. God can make 173 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: things happen that you could never make happen on your own. 174 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: You may say, Joe, I'm stuck. I've had these bad breaks. 175 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: I'll never accomplish my dreams, never get out of this mess, 176 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: never be fulfilled. No, you need to get ready. Your 177 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: time is coming. God is about to whisper in somebody's 178 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: ear to be good to you. You didn't deserve it, 179 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: you couldn't earn it. But for no reason, somebody gives 180 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: you a good break. Somebody offers you the job, somebody 181 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: gives you the contract, somebody steps up and solves the 182 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: problem for you. Don't get discouraged. Justice is coming, Restoration 183 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: is coming, New beginnings are on their way. When David 184 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: asked if any of Saul's relatives were still alive, one 185 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: of his assistants said, we've searched and searched. There's only 186 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: one grandson left. It's the son of Jonathan. His name 187 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: is Maphibis Chef. But he's crippled. He can't even walk. David, 188 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: no use wasting your time with him. He's never going 189 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: to amount to anything. They tried to talk David out 190 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: of it. David said, no, you go find him right 191 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: now and bring him to the palace. Well, Mamphibis Chef 192 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: was living in hiding in exile, hoping that nobody knew 193 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: that he was related to King Saul. After all, Sau 194 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: had not treated David right. Imagine what the people thought 195 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: when they saw these officials from the palace wearing their 196 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: royal uniforms, show up in Loadabar and start searching through 197 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: the slums for this crippled man named Maphibis Chef. The 198 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: whole city was stirring, buzzing with excitement. Word finally reached 199 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: Maphibis Chef that people were there from the palace. He asked, 200 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: what in the world are they doing here in Lodobar 201 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: of all places. They said, Maphibis Chef, they're looking for you. 202 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: His heart skipped a beat. He thought, oh man, my 203 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: luck is run out. They finally found me. They're gonna 204 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: get rid of me. The officials came bursting in, said, ma, 205 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: Phibis Chef, get up and come with us. You're being 206 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: summoned by the king. The problem is Maphibis Chef couldn't walk. 207 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: They had to carry him to the palace. They traveled 208 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: hour after hour, finally arrived and told King David that 209 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: he was there. David went out to meet Maphibas chef. 210 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: He was expecting to see someone that looked like King Saul, 211 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: his grandfather. Saul stood head and shoulders above the rest. 212 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: Saul looked like a king. He had a presence that 213 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: commanded respect. Saul walked like he was royalty. Here's his grandson. 214 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: Now David is expecting some kind of resemblance. But when 215 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: David opens the door and sees Maphibius Chef on the ground, frail, 216 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: emaciated legs, shriveled up, hair not combed, closed, dirty, David 217 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: said to his assistant, are you sure this is the 218 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: grandson of the king. Are you sure this man is royalty? 219 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: They said, yes, Sir, we are certain. David looks at him, 220 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: says Maphibis Chef, what happened to you? Maphibis Chef wouldn't 221 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: look at David. He was too insecure, too afraid, too embarrassed, 222 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: he said, King David. When I was five years old 223 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: and my father and grandfather were killed, somebody dropped me 224 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: and my life has never been the same. That could 225 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: have been the end of the story. David thought, well, 226 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 1: too bad for you. You should have seen how your 227 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: grandfather treated me. I don't feel sorry for you one bit. 228 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: You're getting what your family deserved. Mapibis Chef is there 229 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: on the ground, afraid, trembling, thinking that it's the end. 230 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: David smiles and says, Mamphibis Chef, don't worry. I'm not 231 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: going to harm you. I'm going to be good to 232 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: you from now on. You're not going to live in 233 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: Lodo Bar. You're going to live in the palace with me. 234 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you all the land that belonged 235 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: to your grandfather, King Saul. You're not going to go 236 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: out and have to work it and farm the land. 237 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you a full staff to farm 238 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: the land for you and give you the profits. They'll 239 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,359 Speaker 1: do all the work and you'll reap all the benefits. 240 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: Last thing, maphibis Chef. Every night you will always sit 241 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: at my table and have done or with me, not 242 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: with my staff, not with my military leaders. You know 243 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: you have a permanent seat at the King's table. Maybe today, 244 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: like Maphibuis Chef, you feel like you've been dropped, had 245 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: a bad break, a loss, weren't treated right. It'd be 246 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: easy to settle there, be discouraged. Not expect anything good, 247 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: nor you need to get ready. You're about to be 248 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: summoned to the palace. God is about to pay you back, 249 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: not just what should have been yours. God is going 250 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: to give you what belonged to your forefathers. It's going 251 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: to be far and beyond favor. You didn't have to 252 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: work for it. It's just the goodness of God paying 253 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: you back, bringing justice. And you may not see how 254 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: it can happen. But God has the right people he 255 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: can speak to about you. He's softening the right hearts. 256 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: God's going to pay you back for an unfair childhood. 257 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: Pay you back for the person that did you wrong. 258 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: Pay you back for that baby you couldn't have. Don't 259 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: sit around in self pity. There's a seat at the 260 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: King's table waiting for you. God has already prepared it. 261 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: It has your name on it. It's a seat of favor, 262 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: a seat of healing, a seat of restoration, a seat 263 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: of increase. Friends, you have royal blood in your veins. 264 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: The Most High God breathed his life into you. He 265 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: has destined you to live in the palace. That means 266 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: a place of blessing, a place of wholeness, a place 267 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: of honor, a place of victory. Now, don't settle for 268 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: lodo bar. Don't get comfortable surviving enduring barely getting by. Well, Joel, 269 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of bad breaks. My life hasn't 270 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: turned out the way I thought. That may be true, 271 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: but that didn't change who you are. You're still royalty, 272 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: you still have that crown of favor, you still have 273 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: the DNA of Almighty God. Get this down in your spirit. 274 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: It's payback time. People may have tried to push you down, 275 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: but God's about to push you back up. Circumstances may 276 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: have dropped you. But God is called the glory and 277 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: the lifter of our head. There's about to be some lifting, 278 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: some things that you could not make happen, the favor 279 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: of God opening up new doors, causing people to be 280 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: good to you, paying you back for that injustice. What's 281 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: interesting is Maphibashef never did get healed. He continued to 282 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 1: be a cripple the rest of his life. And it 283 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: could have seemed like this story doesn't have a good ending. 284 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: But I've learned that if God doesn't remove the difficulty, 285 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: if he doesn't totally turn it around, God will make 286 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: it up to you. You may have lost a loved one. 287 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: You can't bring that person back, but God can make 288 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: the rest of your life so rewarding, so fulfilling, that 289 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,479 Speaker 1: it will help take away that pain. Or perhaps somebody 290 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: walked out of a relationship, broke your heart, did you wrong. 291 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: God can bring somebody new into your life that is 292 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: so loving, so kind, so good looking, so well off. 293 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: You don't even miss that old goat that left you, 294 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: I mean that person that left you. God knows how 295 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: to pay you back. The phibis Chef never walked again, 296 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: but sitting at the King's table every night, having people 297 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: wait on him, bring his food, farm his land, give 298 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: him the prophets. For some reason, I don't think he 299 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: ever complained. All he could say was, Lord, thank you 300 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: for remembering me, Thank you for your favor, thank you 301 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: for your mercy. When God overwhelms you with his goodness, 302 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: when he brings you out with double you won't complain 303 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: about who hurts you and what didn't work out and 304 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: how unfair it was. You'll be so amazed that God 305 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: remembered you and promoted you and had people to carry you. 306 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: Would you couldn't go on your own like Mamphibi chef. 307 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: All you'll be able to do is thank God for 308 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: his goodness in your life. My sister Lisa, her husband Kevin. 309 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: They tried for many years to have a baby with 310 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: no success, and Lisa went through all the fertility treatments 311 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: and had a couple surgeries even but still no baby. Finally, 312 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: the doctors told her that she would never be able 313 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: to have a child. Other people have had that same 314 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 1: negative report, but against all odds, they've had a baby. Anyway, 315 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: We've all seen God make a way where there was 316 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: no way. But for Lisa and Kevin, it didn't happen. 317 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: Lisa could have felt like she had been dropped infertility. 318 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: But God is a god of justice, like Mamphibis Chef. 319 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: If it doesn't turn out your way, God will make 320 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: it up to you. One day, out of the blue, 321 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: Lisa received a phone call from a lady we know 322 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: in another state that runs a ministry that helps teenage girls. 323 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: This lady said, Lisa and Kevin, I've got a young 324 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: lady about to give birth to twins. Something told me 325 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: that I should call you to see if you would 326 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: be interested in adopting these babies. When Lisa and Kevin 327 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: heard that something leaped on the inside, they knew those 328 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: babies were supposed to be theirs. They ended up adopting 329 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: them a few years later adopted a baby boy. Today 330 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: they have three amazing teenage children as happy as can be. 331 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: Lisa said, here's how good God is. I have three 332 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: children and I never had to get pregnant one time. 333 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: God will make it up to you. Maphibus Chef was 334 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: summoned to the palace, but he couldn't get there on 335 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: his own. He had to be carried to the palace 336 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: Each night at dinner, he couldn't get to his seat 337 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: by himself. He had to be carried to his seat. 338 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: You may think, Joel, I'm never going to accomplish my dreams. 339 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: I'm crippled. I've got this sickness, this addiction, this depression 340 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: that I'm dealing with. No, when you can't get there 341 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: on your own, God will always have somebody there to 342 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: carry you. You're not alone, you're not forgotten. God has 343 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 1: you in the palm of his hand. And God is 344 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: not looking down at you because you're still crippled, so 345 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: to speak. You're still struggling with some issues. God saw 346 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: the times you've been dropped. You didn't go down by yourself, 347 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: and you're not going to come up by yourself. God 348 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: has already lined up the right people to carry you, 349 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: to encourage you, to help you do what you could 350 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: not do on your own. When Jesus was carrying the 351 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: cross on his way to be crucified, he was so weak, 352 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: so exhausted. He fell down under the weight of the cross. 353 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: He couldn't carry it anymore. There was a man named 354 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: Simon that just so happened to be there. He picked 355 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: up the cross and carried it the rest of the 356 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: way for Jesus. The point is you don't have to 357 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: be strong all of the time. Even Jesus fell down 358 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: under the weight of the cross. The good news is 359 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: there will always be a Simon there for you, somebody 360 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 1: to help you, somebody to encourage you, somebody to get 361 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: you to where you're supposed to be. On the cross, 362 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: even Jesus felt alone, forgotten. He was so stressed that 363 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: he swept great drops of blood. At one point he 364 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,719 Speaker 1: cried out, my God, why have you forsaken me? He 365 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: was saying, God, I've been dropped. It looked like the end, 366 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: but the enemy never has the final say God does. 367 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: Three days later, Jesus was sitting at the King's table, 368 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: the victor, not the Victimy friends, God is a god 369 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: of justice. When you don't have the strength to move 370 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: forward on your own, don't worry. God will have angels 371 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: to carry you. God is not going to let you 372 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: stay lodobar. He's going to keep working, moving, restoring, speaking 373 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: to the right people until he gets you to your 374 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: seat at the king's table. Dinner is not complete without 375 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: you there. You may have been dropped, had bad breaks, 376 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: you feel broken, crippled, but today you're being summoned to 377 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: the table. We need your presence, We need your gifts. 378 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: We need your smile, your joy, your laughter. Not pushed down, 379 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: not half hearted. No, this is a new day, Isaiah said, 380 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: God will give you the oil of gladness instead of mourning, 381 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: a crown of beauty instead of ashes, a garment of 382 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: praise instead of a spirit of heaviness. There's too much 383 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: heaviness in our world. People are letting circumstances and the 384 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: stress of life push them down. I believe today as 385 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: God is breathing new hope into your heart. The gladness 386 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: is coming and the man is leaving. The heaviness is going, 387 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: and joy is on its way. Your life is going 388 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: to be filled with a new laughter. The scripture calls 389 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: it joy unspeakable, full of glory. Years ago, there was 390 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: a young man in South Korea that was dying from tuberculosis. 391 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: One lung had already collapsed. As he lay on his 392 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: bed at home waiting to die, he was in so 393 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: much pain that he started calling out to his different gods. 394 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: One by one. He cried out to this God, please 395 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: come and help me. No answer. He called out to 396 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: another God, please want you help me. Still not an answer, 397 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: again and again and again. Finally, in desperation, he said, 398 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: if there's any God up there anywhere, I don't ask 399 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: you to heal me. I just ask you to show 400 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: me how to die. He was alone, felt forgotten, dropped 401 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: by life threatening illness, no fault of his own. You 402 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't think that God would have anything to do with him. 403 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: He wasn't a believer. He doesn't come from our same faith. 404 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: But the scripture says, call on the name of the Lord, 405 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: and he will answer you. It doesn't say call if 406 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: you come to church, Call if you know the scripture, 407 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: Call if you live the right kind of life. No, 408 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: anyone is welcome to call. There's a seat at the 409 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: King's table waiting for you. A few hours later, a 410 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: young college student walking through his neighborhood felt what she 411 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: described as an inexplainable love drawing her to that house. 412 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: She went over and knocked on the door. His mother answered. 413 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: The young lady said, I know this is odd. You 414 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: don't know me, but is there anything that I can 415 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: pray with you about? His mother began to weep, told 416 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: how her son was on his death bed in the 417 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: back bedroom. The young lady went back and prayed for 418 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: her son, and that day he gave his life to Christ. 419 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: Long story short, God healed him. He went on to 420 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: become doctor David Yungi Cho, the pastor of the largest 421 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 1: church in the world there in South Korea. Fringe. God 422 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: has not forgotten about you. You may be dealing with 423 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: an illness, a loss, a bad break. You feel like 424 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: life has dropped you. You need to get ready. God 425 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: is about to lift you back up, not bring you 426 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: out the same. He's going to set you on a 427 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: higher place, bring you out better off than you were before. 428 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: It's payback time. God is about to make some things 429 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: up to you. He's already spoken to the right people 430 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: to confine you with healing, with encouragement, with blessing. Like 431 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: Maphibus Chef, I believe in declare, you're coming into the palace, 432 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: the place of healing, the place of blessing, the place 433 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: of abundance. You will take your seat at the King's 434 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: table and become everything God's created you to be. In Jesus' name. 435 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: If you receive, can you say him in today? We 436 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 437 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 438 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 439 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 440 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 441 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 442 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 443 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 444 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 2: It's a new year, an opportunity for a fresh start. 445 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 2: It's a new year, time to forget the struggles of 446 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 2: the past and make room for new blessings. 447 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: It's a new year. 448 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 2: The perfect time to build expectation and faith for an 449 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: amazing new season. 450 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to 451 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: start afresh and anew to let go of negative things 452 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: of the past and to get ready for the new 453 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: things God has in store. Every January we create a 454 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: new devotional calendar. When you start off each day in faith, 455 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: grateful for what God has done, making positive declarations over 456 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: your future, you're setting the tone for a blessed day 457 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: and a victorious year. This devotional calendar will help you 458 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: get your mind going in the right direction so you 459 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: can live in faith expecting the goodness of God. 460 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 461 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 2: of any amount this first month of the year, we 462 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 2: would like to send you a copy of our brand 463 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 2: new twenty twenty five three hundred and sixty five day 464 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: devotional calendar. Using this devotional calendar is as easy as one, 465 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 2: two three. One wake up with an expectancy in your heart. 466 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 2: Two reflect on the daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. 467 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 2: Three capture the Lord's promises to you on journaling lines 468 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: for writing and reflection. 469 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: This is going to be one of your best years. 470 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: Our twenty twenty five devotional calendar is going to help 471 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: you stay in faith and see the goodness of God 472 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: in ways you've never seen. Victoria and I pray for 473 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: you and your family every day, and thank you so 474 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: much for your prayer and support. Your generosity is impacting 475 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: lives around the world. 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But until we meet 482 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: again met, the Lord bless you and keep you, may 483 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: show you his favor and watch over you. 484 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 485 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 2: five devotional Calendar today, Visit joelostein dot com or call 486 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: us toll free