1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdieck. I'm the pastor of Elevation 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Church and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: see God is moving in your life. Enjoy the message. Well, 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: we're going to get to the message in just a moment, 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: but I wanted to make sure you knew about Elevation Nights. 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: It's going to be amazing eight cities October twenty sixth 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: through November fourth. You got to go to Elevation Nights 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: dot com to see if we're coming to a city 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: near you. It's going to be me, Elevation Worship, a 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: few friends, and you. I want to see you there. 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: I want to see you and everybody that you know there. 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: Go to Elevation Nights dot com. I can't wait to 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: see you soon. Here's the message. Hey, family, it's an 16 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: honor and a privilege to be with you all today. 17 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: And Elevation is family and I have been family of 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: this house for quite some time. And love your pastors 19 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: very dearly. Me and Jen hot Hold, Pastors Steven and 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: Pastor Holly to the highest regard and kind of the 21 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: honor and a privilege to watch and have seen what 22 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: God has done through their yes. And I was talking 23 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: to Pastor chunks in the back. And I've been family 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: with Elevation so long. I can remember a series that 25 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: Pastor started a long time ago called Dominate. And I'm 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: from one hundred and forty three miles north of Charlotte, 27 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: little city called Creede, or North Carolina, and I would 28 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: take off on Sundays from my church sometimes and sneak 29 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: in the back door Elevation just to see what was 30 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: going on. And this is pretty early on. This is 31 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: when Elevation was in Providence, and I think, I don't 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: even think Pastor had herod then, he just had a 33 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: gold tee. And my sister, little sister, she was staying 34 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: here in Charlotte, going to you and see Charlotte, and 35 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: she was in the middle of transitioning from one church 36 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: to looking for another church. And I snuck in the 37 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: back of Elevation and Pastor was in this series and 38 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: he was encouraging people in the middle of this campaign 39 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: do whatever you gotta do to show into what God 40 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: is doing in Elevation Church. And I'll never forget it. 41 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: He said, I want for those of you that are 42 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: too young and have money to give sell your video 43 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: game consoles and bring that money to the House of God. 44 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: And I left it service to day and I called 45 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: my sister. I said, I found your church. I found 46 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: your church. I said, any pastor that's bold enough to 47 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: step out in faith the way this pastor is bold 48 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: enough to step out in faith, and you need to 49 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: get planted in that church. And she's been here, she's 50 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: been playing at her and her husband and and any 51 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: time I have family or someone that is transitioning from 52 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: either creed Moor or Jacksonville, Florida to Charlotte, I say, hey, 53 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta go to Elevation Church. That's family. 54 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: They don't ask no question. They said, okay, I'm going. 55 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: And some honored to be with family today. They tell 56 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: me I can act like this is my house. And 57 00:03:52,080 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna preach like I'm home. You go, all right, 58 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: I only know one way to do it, and that's 59 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: what everything I got. Amen. So I want us to 60 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: go to Judges Chapter twenty. Judges Chapter twenty. We're gonna 61 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: look at verse fourteen. I'm gonna read this passage of scripture, 62 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna pray. Then we're gonna unpack. It 63 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: is that, alright? And you get the Judges Chapter twenty 64 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: say I'm there, you're not there. Say wait on me, 65 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: wait on me, wait on me. I'll wait on you. 66 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: I'll wait on you a little bit. I wanna welcome 67 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: everybody that's tuning in online, and for those that are 68 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: at our other locations, we are grateful for you and 69 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:58,119 Speaker 1: grateful that you would join us today. Judges Chapter twenty, 70 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: beginning at verse fourteen and says, but the children of 71 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibea, 72 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: to go out to battle against the children of Israel. 73 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: The children of Benjamin were numbered at the time out 74 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: of the city's twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, 75 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: besides the inhabitants of Gibea, which were numbered seven hundred 76 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: chosen men. And among all these people there were seven 77 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: hundred chosen men left handed. Everyone could sling stones at 78 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: an hair bread and not miss. Among all the people 79 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: there were seven hundred chosen left handed men. Every one 80 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: of them could sling stones at a hair breath and 81 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: not miss. Let's pray thembly Father, we thank you. You're 82 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: so good to us. Lord and God. We know that 83 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: you are here in this moment with us, and so 84 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,799 Speaker 1: we ask that you would do what only you can do, God, 85 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: and that's to transform us, change us, rearrange whatever it 86 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: is you want to do. God, we thank you God 87 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: that from this moment we would leave differently than how 88 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: we enter it. And so God, before anything happens, we 89 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: give you the praise. And God, we say, whatever you 90 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: want to do, have your way in us in Jesus 91 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: saying we pray. Come on, all you that agree, give 92 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: God a big amen and amen, Amen, you can take 93 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: your seats. I want to talk to you for a 94 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: moment from the subject matter the miracle in the Mismatch, 95 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: the mirror cool in the Mismatch. I'm a big sports fan. 96 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: Any sports fans listen to me right now. I particularly 97 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: love basketball, and as I mentioned, I'm from a city 98 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: that's one hundred and forty three miles north of Charlotte 99 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: called Creebe or North Carolina, and we're on the outskirts 100 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: of the Triangle, and we know basketball. If you know 101 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: anything about the Triangle, you know there's a little rivalry 102 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: that's been going on for some time between a big 103 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: school called UNC and a little school called Duke. There 104 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: may be some that are listening to me and say, 105 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: I wonder who his team is, And I would say, 106 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: I'm on the Lord's side. You know, when he created 107 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: the heavens and the earth, he decided to ain't the 108 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: sky come on? You know what I'm gonna he painted 109 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: in Carolina blue. I don't know how you can call 110 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: yourself a follower of Jesus and like the devil. I 111 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: believe you lose a little annoying thing if you're a 112 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: Duke fan. I remember twenty seventeen. I was looking for 113 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: Carolina game, and the Carolina game finished, and then at 114 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: the end of the Carolina game on the particular challenge 115 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: that I was watching, the commentators came on. They said, 116 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna interrupt this game and take you to another 117 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: basketball game between Arkansas and Minnesota. I said, Arkansas, Minnesota, 118 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: YA gonna interrupt Carolina for Arkansas and Minnesota. So they 119 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: turn to their partner channel and they pick up in 120 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:25,479 Speaker 1: the third quarter. I'm saying, watching Arkansas, man, what I mean, no, 121 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: no disrespect, but this is twenty seventeen Arkansas. That this 122 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: saint the twenty twenty NCAA Tournament, Arkansas. This is twenty 123 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: seventeen Arkansas. Respectfully, there's no comparison to you and C. 124 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: So I'm saying, watching this game, why in the world 125 00:09:53,559 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: have they interrupted the Lord's School and put Arkansas and Minnesota? 126 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: And the commentators begin to talk. They say, this is 127 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: something that you have to see. Arkansas has lost six 128 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: players and now they only have seven players active that's 129 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: able to play. This is at the end of the 130 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: third quarter. So I'm like, Okay, here's why they are 131 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: on my television. They only got seven players. It's gonna 132 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: get real interesting. Two minutes goes by, two of the 133 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: seven file out. They got five players left. They continue 134 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: to play. Four more minutes of fight breaks out. They 135 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: lose two more players, so they have three players left 136 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: compared to Minnesota's twelve, and the coach calls the time 137 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: out and he gets them in a huddle, and I 138 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: would imagine if I'm this coach, I'm asking the team, hey, 139 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:17,719 Speaker 1: do y'all want to continue to play? The odds are 140 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: not faring well against us by all means. This is 141 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: a mismatch, and they came to the conclusion that we 142 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: still want to play. I said, Schutz, if they gonna play, 143 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch. The only reason I was watching was 144 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: because it was a mismatch. I wouldn't watch no Arkansas 145 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: Minnesota game no other time. The only reason they were 146 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: on my television was because it was a mismatch. ESPN 147 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: go carry no Minnesota Arkansas game. The only reason they 148 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: were being televised across the world was because there was 149 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: a mismatch, and what we were seeing unfolding happened was 150 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: a miracle in the middle of a mismatch. They continue 151 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: to play, they continue to go on, and a couple 152 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: other guys getting fouled trouble and they end up being 153 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: with three players left, and two of the players got 154 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: four fives, and somehow, some way, Arkansas wins the game 155 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: with three players. I don't know if you've seen any 156 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: modern day miracles, but I encourage you to go back 157 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: on YouTube and take a little stroll down memory lane 158 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: of twenty seventeen and watch this game between Arkansas and Minnesota. 159 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: The only reason people still search it out is because 160 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: there was a miracle that had in the middle of 161 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: a mismatch and I came to tell somebody today. I 162 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: don't know what it may look like. I don't know 163 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: what you may be up against. I don't know what 164 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: the enemy may be screaming at you. But I came 165 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: to tell you today, no matter what it looks like, 166 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a miracle in the middle of a mismatch. 167 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,119 Speaker 1: And say, anybody listening to me right now that believes 168 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: come Hell or how water, I believe God is still 169 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: good and beside him, there is no one else I 170 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: need a miracle in the middle of a mismatch. This 171 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: is where we find ourselves in Judges, chapter twenty, verse sixteen, 172 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: when the Bible describes a group of seven hundred men 173 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: who are left handed. I love that the Bible is 174 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: so intentional with the words, because it describes how many men, 175 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: and it also describes that they are left handed. Now, 176 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: when I was looking at this, I said, why does 177 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: the Bible describe these men? It's just left handed. And 178 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: the Bible makes no mistakes. And so if there's something 179 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: that you don't quite understand, you got to do a 180 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: little digging. For As I begin to dig through this, 181 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: I came across an article that was written by theologian 182 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: that said they were left handed because they were no 183 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: longer right handed. They were left handed because somewhere along 184 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: the road of battle and warfare they lost a part 185 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: of their right hand. And then I thought about it. 186 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: Benjamin literally means son of my right hand. These men 187 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: fighting in the tribe of Benjamin don't have a right 188 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: hand on. So what do you do when what you're 189 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: known for you no longer? Have you fight for who 190 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: you're becoming? What do you do when what you used 191 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: to do you can no longer? Do you have to 192 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: fight for who you're becoming? What do you do when 193 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: what people used to know you as you no longer are? 194 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: You have to fight for who you are becoming? And 195 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: the Bible says that these seven hundred men are left 196 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: handed because they're no longer right handed. And I've come 197 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: to understand and learn the seeds of your miracle are 198 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: often sown in the soil of adversity. The seed for 199 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: the miracle that you need, in the miracle that you've 200 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: been praying for and believing God for, is often sown 201 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: in the soil of adversity. You can't choose how you 202 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: get wounded, but you can choose how you heal listen 203 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: to me, These seven hundred men had to come to 204 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: the conclusion that I am not what has happened to me, 205 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: And I wonder, is there anybody listening to me right 206 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: now that says my condition is not my conclusion. I 207 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: know you've been wounded. I know you've been hurt. I 208 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: know you've been left away and put to the side, 209 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: but you still got some fight left in you. I 210 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of chaos going on around you, 211 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: and I know every time we turn on the news 212 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: that's something else going on. But you still got some 213 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: fight left on the inside of you. I wonder is 214 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: there anybody listening to me that hasn't mind made up? 215 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: No matter what's happening to me, I still got some 216 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: fight left in me. If that sue, I need to 217 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: sell y y'all sit down and I'll see y'all make 218 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 1: me nervous when you stand. There's seven hundred million are 219 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: left handed because they're no longer right handed. They understand 220 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: now we have to make a decision, which brings me 221 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: to point num on one. Everyone has a battle. I 222 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: don't care what you look like, I don't care what 223 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: your background is. I don't care what you got in 224 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: your bank account. Everyone has a battle. I don't care 225 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: how good you act like you got your stuff together. 226 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: I don't care where you sit in church. I don't 227 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 1: care what you drive, I don't care the house that 228 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: you walk into every day. Everybody has a battle. And 229 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: listen to me. If you are not careful, you will 230 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: let how you got wounded determine where you're headed. And 231 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: you have to have your mind made up that no 232 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: matter what has happened to me, I still will fight 233 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: for what I believe in. Okay, can we be honest? 234 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes we get tired of fighting. Oh man, has it 235 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: in the last two years been tiring? Your long clock 236 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: goes off in the morning, You look at the time 237 00:18:51,640 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: and you're surprised I'm still here. The last year and 238 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: a half have been so long that scientists and historians say, 239 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: compound it, the last year and a half have been 240 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: equivalent to the last ten years, and all of us 241 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: have something that they call pandemic brain, which means what 242 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: we normally would retain hearing one time for two weeks, 243 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: we can't hearing one time for forty five minutes. They 244 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: compare it to being in the middle of an emergency 245 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: and first responders screaming at you the same instructions over 246 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: and over again, because first responders understand, in the middle 247 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: of a crisis, your mind can only process so much, 248 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: so they repeat what they're saying over and over and 249 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: over again until you follow the instructions that they're screaming. 250 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: Historians and scientists believe that's where we are right now. 251 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: And you think life is normal, but you feel tired. See, 252 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: sometimes your body processes things before your mind does. And 253 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: if we'd all be honest, we come to point some 254 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: places in this battle where we get tired. I believe 255 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: these seven hundred men had a decision to make Bible 256 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: says that they were left handed because they were no 257 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: longer right handed. They had been wounded in warfare. All 258 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: of us have been wounded somewhere, somehow, some way, and 259 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: if you're not careful, we'll try to heal our own 260 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: wounds instead of going back to the person that created 261 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: us in the first place. Let me help you with 262 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 1: this truth. You can't fix yourself because you didn't make yourself. 263 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: So if you can't fix yourself, you have to return 264 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: to the person that made you. Because there's a warranty 265 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,479 Speaker 1: on your life that says, if something is broken or missing, 266 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: if you return to the manufacturer, he'll fix you. And 267 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: I'm so glad I don't have to worry about fixing 268 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: the broken pieces in my life. All I have to 269 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: do is return to the maker. And when I return 270 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: back to his feet, he says, after I get finished 271 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: with you, I'll send you back out. They keep on fighting. 272 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: Is there anybody grateful that even in the middle of battle, 273 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: even in the middle of warfare, even when you're tired, 274 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: God puts a new battle in your back and says 275 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: you can live to fight another day. I know you 276 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: may be tired, I know you may be ready to quick, 277 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: but there's still someone fight left in you. Everyone has 278 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: a battle. Struggle human is the proof that you have 279 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: not been overtaken by your enemy. You say, I'm still fighting, 280 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: pastor I'm struggling man, and I will say good. He said, Well, 281 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: that don't make no sense. Yes it does, because struggle 282 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: is proof that the enemy has not overtaken you. The 283 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: minute that there's no struggle in you is the minute 284 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: the enemy wins. But as long as you're still fighting 285 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: for it means that the enemy has not overtaken you 286 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: by what you're struggling in. See, it's scars that are 287 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: the proof that what tried to kill you did not 288 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: overcome you. Here man, I can't remember all the good 289 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: moments in my life. As a matter of fact, I 290 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: was sharing with my wife not too long ago, going 291 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: down the line of our anniversaries. I can't remember what 292 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: you got me. I can't remember where we went. I 293 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: can't remember all those little details, but I can remember 294 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: all of the good moments that we had that were 295 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: significant on the other side of pain. Right when you 296 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: look at your body, I guarantee you every single scar 297 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: that you have, you can pinpoint the story that goes 298 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: behind it, because scars have story, and every scar is 299 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: proof that what tried to kill you didn't overcome you. Struggle, 300 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: that's the proof that you have not been overtaken by 301 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: your enemy. See. Everyone wants to be victorious, but no 302 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: one wants to fight the enemy. See it's the enemy 303 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: that reveals the champion on the inside of you. Can 304 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: you imagine a basketball game if there's only offense, teen 305 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 1: people out there just shooting the ball. Can you imagine 306 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: a football game and there's no defense, everybody just tossing 307 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: it to each other. Everybody just running around just looking 308 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: like chickens with their hair cut off. Can you imagine 309 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: a sporting event if there's no adversary. See, it's the 310 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: enemy that reveals the champion on the inside of you. 311 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: The only way you can get the victory that you 312 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: deserve and that belongs to you is go through what 313 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: it is that you may be going through. And I 314 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: know it gets tough, and i know it gets difficult, 315 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: but I'm telling you struggle the proof that you have 316 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: not been overtaken by your enemy, Which brings me to 317 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:20,360 Speaker 1: point number two. You got choices. These seven hundred men 318 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: had choices. They had to choose to stay in the fight. See, 319 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: in military, now you get wounded to this level, you 320 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: don't have a choice, you get discharged. When these seven 321 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: hundred men were fighting, they had choices. One of the 322 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: things that I've learned is we're born looking like our parents, 323 00:25:53,000 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: but we die looking like our choices. One hundred men 324 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: had a choice to make whether I'm going to go 325 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: back home with my wounds or whether I'm going to 326 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: wrap up this wound and continue to fight for what 327 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 1: it is I'm believing in. You got choices. See you 328 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: make choices, but then choices make you. These seven hundred 329 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: men were hand picked because they could not pick their hand. 330 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: These seven hundred men were chosen because they had a choice. 331 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: And it says that they could hit or horse's hair 332 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: with the sleeve and a rock, which tells me not 333 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: only did they decide to stay in the fight, but 334 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: they decided to use what they had left to be 335 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: better at what it was that they were believing for 336 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: than who it was that they were known for. They 337 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 1: had a choice whether they wanted to return home or 338 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: get good at what they had left. How many times 339 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: did it take them throwing a rock with a sling 340 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: to hit a horse's hair thirty to forty yards away? 341 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 1: How many missus did it take for them to be 342 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: known as those that were good at slinging a slingshot 343 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: with the rock to hit a hair on the string 344 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: of a tree with a rock tied to the bottom 345 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 1: of it from thirty to forty yards away? Did you 346 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: know how far forty yards is their quarterbacks that can't 347 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: throw forty yards? And you telling me these seven hundred 348 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: men perfected their cry for what they had left good 349 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: enough to take a rock in a swing and hit 350 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 1: on horse hair thirty or forty yards away. Some of 351 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 1: y'all can't see the hair in your hand right now, 352 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: And these men had the ability to hit a horse 353 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: hair three to the forty yards away. How many times 354 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: did they have to swing the sling to determine if 355 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: they were good or not. I can't imagine that they 356 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: had choices. I can imagine that things got tough. I 357 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: can imagine the wounds that they were dealing with were 358 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: severe enough for them to have a good excuse to 359 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: stay home. But they didn't stop fighting. And I came 360 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: to tell somebody, right now, if you can fight for it, 361 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: you'll fight to keep it. They had their mind made 362 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: up that what has happened to me my condition will 363 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: not be my conclusion, and they didn't stop fighting. I 364 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: can remember watching some highlights. My father's favorite after lead, 365 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: Muhammad Ali, and he would go out and he would 366 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: do all these press runs and he'd be talking trash. 367 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: One particular press run was for the Rumbling the Jungle. 368 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: When they were doing this, I was watching. My dad 369 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: had his chest poked out. Son watched this and Muhammad 370 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: Ali's talking trash, and they get to the fight and 371 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: the fight is going on, and the fight goes longer 372 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: than expected. And at the end of the fight, after 373 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: the fight was over, you could see Muhammad Ali kind 374 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: of tearing up crying. I remember asking my dad why 375 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: is he crying? And he said, well, son, he had 376 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: just been through some stuff. He had been through some pain, 377 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: he'd been through some obstacles, he had been through some trials, 378 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: and he knows it's a privilege to fight. And I 379 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: came to tell somebody today, it's a privilege to fight. 380 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what you're believing God for, but if 381 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: you can fight for it, you'll fight to keep it. 382 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: I can imagine these seven hundred men had to make 383 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: a choice whether I'm gonna stay in the fight or 384 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: whether I'm gonna utilize my wound as an excuse to 385 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: go back to where I came from. But it says 386 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: that these seven hundred men made up in their mind, 387 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: I'm not going back from where I came from. I'm 388 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: gonna persevere and go for it because I believe that 389 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: there's more on the other side. I know you may 390 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: be through some stuff, but you got the mentality I'm 391 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: still gonna fight. I know you've had to overcome some obstacles. 392 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,479 Speaker 1: But I believe you're in this moment in time right 393 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: now because you had your mind made up. I'm gonna 394 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: stay in the fight. Come on, look at somebody and 395 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: tell them you got choices. See, you run from something, 396 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: you'll find yourself running from everything. If you can run 397 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: from something, you'll find yourself running from everything. They didn't quit. 398 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: It got tough, but they didn't quit. It got hard, 399 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: but they didn't quit. It got severe, but they didn't quit. 400 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: They lost a limb, but they didn't quit. And I wonder, 401 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: is that anybody listening to me right now that your 402 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,959 Speaker 1: mentality is no matter how hard it gets, I'm not 403 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: gonna quit. No matter what the enemy or the adversary 404 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: may be streaming at me, I'm not gonna quit. I've 405 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: been through a lot, and I've been through over and 406 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: I've been under the thing. But I'm not gonna quit 407 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: in what I may be going through. There's some things 408 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: that you got to fight for to understand the importance 409 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: of See, there's some battles that God fights for you. 410 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:18,959 Speaker 1: But then there's some battles God fights through you. And 411 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, if you can fight for it, you'll 412 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: fight to keep it. Don't quit. God has not brought 413 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: you this far to bring you this far. He desires 414 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: for you to keep going to see what it is 415 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: He has in store for you. And if you give 416 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: up now, you'll fall short of receiving the miracle that 417 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: you need. He understands it seems like it's a mismatch, 418 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: but you have something that other people aren't expecting, and 419 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: that's him. Oh, you got a low card that nobody 420 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: else can see, and that's him. You got an ace 421 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: in the back pocket that no one else is counting on, 422 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: and that's him. I'm telling you you've come too far 423 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: to quit now. I know you may be bleeding, I 424 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: know you may be missing what it is that you've lost. 425 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: I know the season that you're coming out of was 426 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: severe and painful. But you can't quit right now, because 427 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: if you quit right now, you miss the miracle has 428 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: for you in the next There's a miracle in mismatch. 429 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: Guess what. There would be no miracle if it wasn't 430 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: a mismatch. We all want progress, but one of the 431 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: things that we have to understand is progress ain't pretty. 432 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: We all want to advance, but we don't want to 433 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: put in the work it takes to advance. Everybody shouts 434 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: and screams for a miracle, but we failed to unders standing. 435 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: In order to receive the miracle, we got to go 436 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: through adversity. What is it that God is rooting you 437 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: on to keep fighting in so you can receive the 438 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: miracle He has in store for you. Some of you 439 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: are right there and you're about to quit, and this 440 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: crazy man came to tell you you can't quit now. 441 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: You've come too far to stop here. God has brought 442 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,839 Speaker 1: you too far for you to abandon all that He's done. 443 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: It's time for you to lean in and press forward 444 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: to see what's on the other side of the struggle. 445 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: If you quit now, imagine the face of your enemy. See. 446 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 1: I'm too stubborn to quit. I don't want to give 447 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: the enemy the gratitude to see what I look like. 448 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: Stopping premature of what God has called me to walk 449 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: into me See I understand this. Any season you stop 450 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:19,240 Speaker 1: or walk into prematurely is a season that will always 451 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: arrive too small. If you can stay the course, God 452 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: has something in store for you greater than what you're 453 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: going through. And let me paint this picture for you. 454 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: The thought of victory is far sweeter than the memory 455 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: of struggle. The seven hundred million had to get beyond 456 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: living in yesterday and focus on what they had right here, 457 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: right now. And one of the things that I'm finding 458 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,799 Speaker 1: that we're missing is that we often hear how to 459 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: stewart our time. We often hear how to stewart our finances, 460 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: we often hear how to stewart our relationships, but very 461 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: few times do we hear how to stewart pain. And 462 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: so when pain enters into our life, we think that 463 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: God has abandoned and forsaken us, when in fact, God 464 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 1: can utilize the pain to propel us into the season 465 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: of life he desires for us to be in. And 466 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: quite possibly some of us are in the season of 467 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: tension and pain because God desires to use it to 468 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 1: get some glory out of it. And I refuse to 469 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 1: go through any pain without that pain prosting me. Is 470 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: there anybody listening to me right now that says I 471 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 1: ain't coming this far, I ain't been through what I've 472 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: been through. I'm not going through the pain I'm going 473 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,280 Speaker 1: through for it to leave me the same. This pain 474 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna prest for me. I feel like preaching right now. 475 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: Is there anybody that got their mind may love? Yet 476 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: this pain it's gonna press for me, This pain it's 477 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:00,120 Speaker 1: gonna propel me. This pain is gonna push me, and 478 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be the same on the other side 479 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: a pain, you got choices to make. I know you're tired. 480 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 1: I know you feel like throwing in the tower. I 481 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 1: know you think it's over, but I came to tell 482 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: you it's not over until you quit, and it's not 483 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 1: over until you're throwing the towel. And God says, I'm 484 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 1: not finished, so you're not finished. I'm not done, So 485 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: you're not done. I still got victory for you if 486 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 1: you can receive it, and say, anybody willing to reach 487 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: out and grab what it is that God has for you, 488 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,239 Speaker 1: hear me when I tell you this. Oftentimes God will 489 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: put the victory within your reach, but he won't put 490 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: it in your hand. You got to reach for what 491 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: it is that God has for you. And if you 492 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: can mushed up the strip, So reach out for what 493 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: it is He has for you. God say it's surance. 494 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: And I'm wonder say, anybody listen to me that believe 495 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: victory is mine? Come on, y'all, take a seat. I 496 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 1: got a few more minutes. It's the work. Got a 497 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: few more minutes. You got choices. You gotta have your 498 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: mind made up. I choose to fight. I love the 499 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: scripture that says, this is the day that the Lord 500 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 1: has made. I choose to rejoice, being made glad in it. 501 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: I know things may be going on in your life, 502 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: but you got a choice. I know that may be 503 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 1: hell and chaots going on around you, but you got 504 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: a choice. I know your kids may be acting crazy, 505 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: but you got a choice. I know your spouse act 506 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,280 Speaker 1: like they done lost their mind, but you got a choice. 507 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: So wake up in the morning and say, this is 508 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: the day that the Lord has made. I choose to 509 00:38:52,160 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: rejoice and be made glad in it. Somebody shot, I choose. 510 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: I know you've been through a lot, but you still believe. 511 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: I know the enemy through his best shot, but you 512 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,439 Speaker 1: still believe. I know it seems like there's so much 513 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: going on around you, but you still believe. And as 514 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: long as you can hold on to what you believe, 515 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: you can grab a hold of the victory that God 516 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: has for you. Is there anybody in here that says, 517 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:29,760 Speaker 1: I still believe, still believe. Listen to me. The past 518 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:37,000 Speaker 1: is in your hand, but the victory is in your hand. 519 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:44,319 Speaker 1: What happened to you is in your head. But what 520 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,240 Speaker 1: God desires for you to walk in is in your hand. 521 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: These men were hand picked because they couldn't pick their hand, 522 00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: but they played with the hand they were dealt. You 523 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,160 Speaker 1: may not be able to choose your hand, but you 524 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,200 Speaker 1: have to have your mind made up. I'm gonna play 525 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: with the hand I've been dealt. My hand may not 526 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: look as good as a person sitting beside me. I 527 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: may not have the same cause a person sitting in 528 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 1: front of me has. I may not have the same 529 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: abilities that the person sitting on the other side of 530 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,399 Speaker 1: me has, But I'm gonna play with the hand I've 531 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: been dealt. I did not get hand picked because I 532 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: could tick my hand. I was hand picked because I 533 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 1: couldn't choose. And I'm telling you there's certain battles you 534 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: can't choose. But God has chosen for you. And the 535 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: thing of it is is if He brought you to 536 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:39,919 Speaker 1: the battle, he'll bring you through the battle. Somebody's south 537 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:47,399 Speaker 1: there's a miracle in the mismatch. Most people don't make 538 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:55,879 Speaker 1: it until the season that they're supposed to because they quit. 539 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: Why at the point of receiving what it is that 540 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:07,239 Speaker 1: God has in store for them. I just want to 541 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: tell you you've come too far to stop here. Yeah, 542 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: you got to pick up what you have left and 543 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,880 Speaker 1: keep pushing forward. Point number three is this, and then 544 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:28,759 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get out your way. You have to be 545 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:34,879 Speaker 1: determined to be better with what you got left rather 546 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:40,919 Speaker 1: than with what you lost. See, if you live from 547 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,720 Speaker 1: a memory more than you do your dreams, you will fail. 548 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,279 Speaker 1: If you live more from what was than what is 549 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: and what will be, you will fail. You have to 550 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: be better with what you have left than what you lost. 551 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 1: I can remember wanting to be good at backsketball and 552 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 1: my dad taking me outside to the goal and he 553 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,799 Speaker 1: would tie my right hand behind my back. I said, 554 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 1: what you're doing this for? He said, because I want 555 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: to strengthen the areas that you're weak in. So if 556 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: I see you touch the ball with your right hand, 557 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pop it. I said, you go popping. I'm 558 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 1: gonna popping because I don't want you touching the ball 559 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 1: with what you're already good at. I said, well, what 560 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 1: am I gonna do. He said, you're gonna dribble. What's 561 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: your left hand? And this is what I want you 562 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: to do. I want you to driven the ball and 563 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 1: don't stop until I tell you to stop dribbling. I said, 564 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,399 Speaker 1: but I can't dribble with my left hand. He said, 565 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 1: I know. That's why I'm telling you to dribble with it. 566 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,000 Speaker 1: The only way you're gonna get good at doing something 567 00:42:55,080 --> 00:43:00,880 Speaker 1: you're not good at if by doing it. I said, okay. 568 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,520 Speaker 1: He says, to put your right hand behind your back, 569 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,239 Speaker 1: all right, tyler, rope around me. I'm like, what in 570 00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:10,239 Speaker 1: the world, what kind of country hood teaching is this? 571 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:18,879 Speaker 1: I didn't say that to him. I thought it though. 572 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:25,640 Speaker 1: My dad was six four, about two sixty five, country strong. 573 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,400 Speaker 1: He played no games. I couldn't say much, but I 574 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: thought it. He said, Now, dribble, dribbling, dribbling, dribble and 575 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,360 Speaker 1: dribble and dribbling, dribble and dribble and dribble and dribbling 576 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: ball some and say go get it, pick it up, dribble, dribble, 577 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,319 Speaker 1: drib driri. He said, Now what I want you to do. 578 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 1: I want you to shoot the ball. I take it, 579 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 1: fummel it around. I shoot it, and he blocking like, what, 580 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:10,359 Speaker 1: my man, I'm like four feet You got my right 581 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:15,680 Speaker 1: hand tied behind my back. I'm dribbling with a hand 582 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:19,600 Speaker 1: I ain't never used. He said something to me that 583 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: stuck with me. He said, do you think your opponent 584 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:34,759 Speaker 1: it's gonna care about your weakness? Wow? You have to 585 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:40,280 Speaker 1: be better with what you have left than what you lost. 586 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 1: And I know you've lost a lot, but you have 587 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,040 Speaker 1: to have your mind made up that with what I 588 00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:51,440 Speaker 1: have left, I will be better with than what I 589 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,759 Speaker 1: have lost. And your mentality has to be with the 590 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,080 Speaker 1: weapon that I have now. If I can win with this, 591 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: God you will give me the weapon I need for next. 592 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,920 Speaker 1: I know you have been through some things. I know 593 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,240 Speaker 1: you have been over some things. I know it seems 594 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 1: like life has put you under some things. But if 595 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,879 Speaker 1: you can win with the weapon you have now, God 596 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,920 Speaker 1: will give you the weapon you need for your next. 597 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,240 Speaker 1: You have to be better with what you have left 598 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:22,600 Speaker 1: then what it is that you've lost. Here's seven hundred men. 599 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:31,279 Speaker 1: They've lost a lot, they've endured a lot, they've been 600 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:37,960 Speaker 1: counted a lot. But their mentality is I will be 601 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:44,200 Speaker 1: better with what I have left more than what I 602 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:50,680 Speaker 1: have lost. See, God is the only person that can 603 00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:57,680 Speaker 1: turn your pain into your power. Is it possible that 604 00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:01,319 Speaker 1: we would have never read about these seven hundred men 605 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:06,640 Speaker 1: if they kept both arms? Is it possible that we 606 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 1: would never have made mention of these seven hundred chosen 607 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:13,279 Speaker 1: left handed men if they had never been through warfare 608 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,759 Speaker 1: and battle and overcome some things. Is it possible that 609 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,799 Speaker 1: the only reason they are mentioned in the Bible is 610 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: because God had in mind to take their pain and 611 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:28,319 Speaker 1: turn it into their power. And there's some of you 612 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:34,880 Speaker 1: that are asking God, why am I going through what 613 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm going through? Bring me out of it, God, Remove 614 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,680 Speaker 1: it from my life. God, I don't want to deal 615 00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: with it no more. God. And God is saying, I'm 616 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:57,280 Speaker 1: gonna get glory out of this. The only way people 617 00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:00,360 Speaker 1: will know that I am God in your life life 618 00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:04,200 Speaker 1: is when they see the miracle that happened because of 619 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,200 Speaker 1: the mismatch. See if you still have the ability to 620 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,960 Speaker 1: use both of your arms, that's not a mismatch. But 621 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,160 Speaker 1: he says, I'm gonna do something in your life. What 622 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,279 Speaker 1: people understand and know, if it had not been for God, 623 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:17,520 Speaker 1: you would have been trapped and caught. And the thing 624 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 1: that was trying to overcome you. If it had not 625 00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:21,920 Speaker 1: been for God, you would have been stuck it and 626 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,839 Speaker 1: there in the water. If it had not been for God, 627 00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,959 Speaker 1: you would have remained the same. But because of God, 628 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:32,719 Speaker 1: there was actually a miracle that happened in the mismatch. 629 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,000 Speaker 1: It's a miracle in the mismatch. And I know it's 630 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,920 Speaker 1: not pretty, and I know getting wound and it's not popular, 631 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,319 Speaker 1: and I know that you go through some things and 632 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,080 Speaker 1: no one knows what you go through. But I'm telling you, 633 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,799 Speaker 1: if it had not been for the mismatch, there would 634 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:55,879 Speaker 1: be no miracle. If it had not been for the pain, 635 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,560 Speaker 1: there would be no promotion. If it had not been 636 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,520 Speaker 1: for me being poured I get to pain, that would 637 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:09,799 Speaker 1: be no propelling for I may not have liked the 638 00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:14,239 Speaker 1: pain in the moment, but in hindsight, I'm thankful for 639 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:19,680 Speaker 1: the pain that I've endured and overcome because the pain 640 00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:24,960 Speaker 1: held a promise, And in the promise, God said, I'll 641 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,799 Speaker 1: never leave you, nor will I forsake you. I'll be 642 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,160 Speaker 1: with you to the very end of all time. And 643 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:36,640 Speaker 1: I wonder, say anybody great fault that God didn't leave 644 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,360 Speaker 1: you in the pain, but he pushed you out, and 645 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:50,439 Speaker 1: he says, that's a prime that's waiting on you. I said, 646 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:57,800 Speaker 1: miracle in the mismatch. And if you can keep fighting, 647 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:03,080 Speaker 1: God says, I got a victory waiting for you. If 648 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,919 Speaker 1: you can keep pushing, God says, I got victory waiting. 649 00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,000 Speaker 1: But if you can keep going, God says, I got 650 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,719 Speaker 1: something so great in store for you. The half has 651 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,719 Speaker 1: not been told. And I'm so grateful that we serve 652 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,800 Speaker 1: a God that is able to keep us from falling. 653 00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:23,160 Speaker 1: And so as much as you may not like it 654 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:32,040 Speaker 1: right now, thank God for the pain, because pain is 655 00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:38,200 Speaker 1: an indicator that you're still alive. Oh, you didn't quit 656 00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:41,560 Speaker 1: when things got tough. You didn't give up when things 657 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,360 Speaker 1: got hard. You didn't throw in the towel. And it 658 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,799 Speaker 1: say like there was no way you was gonna win. 659 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,439 Speaker 1: But you endure the pain. And God said, they cut 660 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:58,279 Speaker 1: you endured. I got something in store for you, and 661 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,520 Speaker 1: I know you don't feel like it, but if you 662 00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: can see victory, God said Ashore. I was looking at 663 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,240 Speaker 1: the Olympics and I was listening to one of the runners, 664 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,960 Speaker 1: and the runner said, I was running and I got tired, 665 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:17,080 Speaker 1: but I could see the finish line. And because I 666 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,800 Speaker 1: could see victory. It gave me the strength I needed 667 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,640 Speaker 1: to keep on running a little bit farther. And I 668 00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,879 Speaker 1: know you may be in pain right now. But if 669 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,200 Speaker 1: it can't see the three, he said, oh, get it 670 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,480 Speaker 1: a stress, So right on a little father. Ain't anybody 671 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,920 Speaker 1: right now? You got your mind made out. I can't 672 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,720 Speaker 1: see the three. Come on with those hands and open 673 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:44,040 Speaker 1: up your mouth and come on tell God. I said, 674 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:49,160 Speaker 1: come on, tell God. I said, come on, tell God. 675 00:50:49,280 --> 00:51:05,680 Speaker 1: I said. She said, fuck, come on, sid toun same 676 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:37,880 Speaker 1: with you. Fuck, come on, you say with the scene. 677 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:59,920 Speaker 1: See Yeah, for a moment, I'm gonna talk to those 678 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:05,759 Speaker 1: those who are wounded and you are in need of 679 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:10,600 Speaker 1: a miracle. If that's true, I just want you to 680 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,920 Speaker 1: stretch those hands up. If you're watching online, I just 681 00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,399 Speaker 1: want you to put that in the chat. I need 682 00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:33,480 Speaker 1: a miracle. I need You've been chosen for the battle 683 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: that you are fighting because God can trust you with trouble. 684 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:50,479 Speaker 1: Did you hear what I said? I said, because God 685 00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:56,520 Speaker 1: can trust you with trouble. I know some of you 686 00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:02,279 Speaker 1: are in a troubling situation. God is saying, they won't 687 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:06,200 Speaker 1: turn their back on me. I can trust them with trouble. 688 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,360 Speaker 1: And for those of you that are listening to me 689 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:11,840 Speaker 1: and watching online, my question is, in the middle of 690 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:16,160 Speaker 1: this troubling situation, can God trust you? Can he trust 691 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,600 Speaker 1: you to return back to him with the issues, with 692 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,279 Speaker 1: the broken pieces, with the wounds, with the things that 693 00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:26,239 Speaker 1: you have that are open right now for him to heal. 694 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,920 Speaker 1: Come on, if you need a miracle, distress those hands. 695 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,280 Speaker 1: For those of you watching online and you're not driving, 696 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,000 Speaker 1: I just want you to lift your hands right now. 697 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,960 Speaker 1: I love the soslemon because it says you take what 698 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:59,480 Speaker 1: the enemy meant for evil and you turn it see 699 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:04,120 Speaker 1: the enemy out that he won. He threw his best shot. 700 00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,120 Speaker 1: He thought that he was going to take your mind. 701 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:09,640 Speaker 1: He thought that he was going to steal your family. 702 00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,400 Speaker 1: He thought that by you losing your job, you was 703 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,400 Speaker 1: going to give up. He thought, surely, if that doesn't happen, 704 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,839 Speaker 1: I'll cause this thing to wipe them out. But I'm 705 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,360 Speaker 1: telling you what he couldn't touch was your ability to believe. 706 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:36,879 Speaker 1: And although this situation in season is troubling, God trust you, 707 00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,920 Speaker 1: and I'm believing right now that He's going to provide 708 00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:45,560 Speaker 1: the miracle you need in the middle of a mismatch, 709 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:53,000 Speaker 1: And so Lord Jesus, we thank you that you can 710 00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:58,759 Speaker 1: do what only you can do. And so God, we 711 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,400 Speaker 1: asked that you would provide the miracle that we need 712 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:07,799 Speaker 1: in the timing that you want us to receive it. 713 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:13,960 Speaker 1: And so God, we receive what it is that you 714 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:19,200 Speaker 1: are releasing to us, the healing that we need, the 715 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,920 Speaker 1: victory that we need, the breakthrough that we need, the 716 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,319 Speaker 1: miracle that we need. God, we thank you that you 717 00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:35,160 Speaker 1: can heal these wounds because you are a healer. God. 718 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,640 Speaker 1: There's no one that has ever touched this earth that 719 00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:46,080 Speaker 1: has not been wounded, even your son Isaiah chapter fifty three, 720 00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:49,520 Speaker 1: verse five. It says you were wounded for our transgressions, 721 00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:54,719 Speaker 1: and you were bruised for our iniquities. And God, you 722 00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,360 Speaker 1: understanding that you would get wounded, you understanding that you 723 00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:01,880 Speaker 1: would get bruised, understanding that you would get pierced, You 724 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,919 Speaker 1: understanding that you would get whipped and knelt to a cross, 725 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,120 Speaker 1: still had in your mind to stay on the front 726 00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:09,160 Speaker 1: line and fight the battle that you had to fight. 727 00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,600 Speaker 1: And you God, showing us what it means to not quit. 728 00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:15,160 Speaker 1: You got showing what it means to not give up. 729 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:17,319 Speaker 1: You got showing what it means not to throw in 730 00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,160 Speaker 1: the towel. And so God we rest in what it 731 00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:22,520 Speaker 1: is that you have done for us. And God we 732 00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,480 Speaker 1: acknowledge today that we are weak, and your word says 733 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,840 Speaker 1: that when we are weak, that's when you are strong. 734 00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,120 Speaker 1: And so God we rest in the shrift that you 735 00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,960 Speaker 1: have for us. And God we say victory is mine 736 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:35,400 Speaker 1: because we can see it in the name of Jesus. 737 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,080 Speaker 1: And we declare that as long as we can see it, 738 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,879 Speaker 1: we can receive it. And so God, we say we're 739 00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:43,760 Speaker 1: gonna receive the victory. We say we're going to receive 740 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:48,240 Speaker 1: the victory. We say, victory is mine is a name 741 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,360 Speaker 1: of sees Us. Come on, give God a son of prayer. 742 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,040 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. Special thanks to those of 743 00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,279 Speaker 1: you who give generously to this ministry is because view 744 00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:03,279 Speaker 1: that this ministry is possible. You can click the link 745 00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:07,160 Speaker 1: in the description to give now or visit Elevationchurch dot 746 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:10,600 Speaker 1: org slash podcast for more information and if you enjoyed 747 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,640 Speaker 1: the podcast, you can subscribe. You can share it with 748 00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:15,960 Speaker 1: your friends. You can click the share button, take a 749 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,520 Speaker 1: screenshot and share it on your social stories and tag 750 00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:21,480 Speaker 1: us at Elevation Church. 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