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Thanks for listening to our 28 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 29 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 30 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 31 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 32 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. It's always a joy 33 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: to come into your homes, and if you're ever in 34 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: our area, please stop by and be a part of 35 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 36 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 2: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 37 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 2: and thank you again for coming out. I like to 38 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: start with something funny each week. And one day Adam 39 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: said to God, God, why did you make Eve so beautiful? 40 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: God said, so you would love her? He said, well, God, 41 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: why'd you give her such long flowing hair? God said 42 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: the same thing, so you would love her. Well, God, 43 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: why did you give her such a good? Figure? Said again, 44 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: so you would love her. Adam said, all right, God, 45 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: you made her so beautiful, so attractive. Why'd you make 46 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: her so dumb? God said Adam, that's easy, so she 47 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: would love you. Come on say it like you mean it. 48 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 49 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,679 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 50 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 51 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 52 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 53 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 54 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about I'm still standing. We 55 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: all go through difficulties and things we don't understand, and 56 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 2: it's easy to get discouraged and think why am I 57 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: having these problems? But being a person of faith doesn't 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: exempt us from difficulties. The scripture says rain falls on 59 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 2: the just and the unjust. No matter how good of 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: a person you are, no matter how much you honor God, 61 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: you're going to have some rain. Men said to me 62 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: last week in the lobby, Joel, I'm having more problems 63 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: than my neighbor down the street that doesn't have anything 64 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: to do with God. Jesus told a parable about this, 65 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: where a wise man built his house up on the 66 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 2: rock he honored God. Another man built his house on 67 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: the sand he didn't. The winds blew, the rains descended, 68 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: and beat upon the houses. What's interesting is the same 69 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: storm came to both people, the just and the unjust. 70 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: If the story ended right there, you would think doesn't 71 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: make a difference. To honor God, same thing happens to me, 72 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 2: that happens to everybody else. Built my house on the rock, 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 2: Yet I'm on this storm, got a bad medical report, child, 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: got off course, lost my biggest client. No, that's not 75 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 2: the end of the story. If you judge it too soon, 76 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: it may seem like it doesn't make a difference. Jesus 77 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: went on to tell the man that built his house 78 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: on the rock, when the storm was over, his house 79 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: was still standing. The men that built on the sand 80 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: his house had washed away. Here's the difference. When you 81 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: honor God. The storms may come, but you have a 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 2: promise that others don't have. When it's all said and done, 83 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 2: you'll still be standing. And in difficult times you have 84 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: to remind yourself this is not the end. My house 85 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: is built upon the rock. The enemy doesn't have the 86 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 2: final say. God does, and he says, when it's all over, 87 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: I'll still be standing. You may get knocked down, but 88 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: you won't get knocked out. You may suffer a setback, 89 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 2: have to go through a few things, but don't get discouraged, 90 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 2: don't get bitter. It's just life. It rains on all 91 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 2: of us. The promise God gives us is, if you'll 92 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: stay in faith, when the smoke clears and the dust settles, 93 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: you will not be the victim. You will be the victor. 94 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 2: You will still be standing. All of us can look 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: back at things that should have defeated us. That divorce, 96 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: that bad break, should have given you a nervous breakdown. 97 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: But look at you. You're still standing, happy, hold restore 98 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: that addiction, that party and lifestyle should have killed you. 99 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: But because of your praying mother, you're still standing, clean, sober, free. 100 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: That sickness should have been the end. The medical report 101 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: said you were done, but God said, I've got another report. 102 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 2: It's not over. You're still standing. Or maybe you lost 103 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 2: a loved one, didn't think you could go on, thought 104 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: you had seen your best days. But God breathed new 105 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: life into you, lifted you out of the pit, put 106 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: a new song in your heart, and here you are today, 107 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: still standing. When you go through some things, you see 108 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: the goodness of God. You see him lift you, restore, you, 109 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 2: promote you healed you. When you have this history with God, 110 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 2: remembering what he's done, you don't get discouraged by every difficulty. 111 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 2: You don't fall apart because of a disappointment. You don't 112 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 2: get upset because people are talking about you. You know, 113 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 2: God brought you through in the past, and he's going 114 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: to bring you through in the future. About a year 115 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: after I took over from my father as pastor of 116 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: the church back in nineteen ninety nine, I got word 117 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: that one of our longtime members was going to leave 118 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: the church. These were people that I'd grown up with. 119 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: I was young and doing my best, and last thing 120 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 2: I wanted was to lose people. When I heard this, 121 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: my first thought was, oh, man, can't believe this is happening. 122 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: It's tempted to get down and discouraged. But then something 123 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 2: rose up in me. I thought to myself, I made 124 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 2: it through the death of my father. I made it 125 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 2: through one of my darkest hours. I can make it 126 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 2: through them leaving. I thought I made it through my 127 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 2: mother having terminal cancer. I made it through a three 128 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: and a half year lawsuit to get this facility. I 129 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 2: made it through critics and they sayers telling me I 130 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: couldn't minister. I made it through my own thoughts telling 131 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: me I wasn't qualified. If I can make it through that, 132 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: I can make it without them being here. 133 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 4: I heard. 134 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,239 Speaker 2: I heard God say, right down in here, Joel, don't worry. 135 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: They may leave, but I'm not going to leave. When 136 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: it's all said and done, just like all those other times, 137 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 2: you'll still be standing strong. You may be in a 138 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 2: difficult time right now, you need to look back and 139 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 2: remember what God has done for you. Remember how He's 140 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: made away when you didn't see a way. Remember how 141 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: he's opened doors that should have never opened. Remember how 142 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: he put you at the right place at the right time, 143 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: promoted you, healed you, restored you. If he did it 144 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: for you once, he can do it for you again. 145 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: Your house is built upon the rock. You have this 146 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 2: promise that no matter what comes your way, when the 147 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: storm is over, when the trouble has passed, when the 148 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: opposition has ceased, one thing you can count on, you'll 149 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: still be standing. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 150 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: The same power that raised Christ from the dead, lives 151 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 2: on the inside of you. You may get knocked down, 152 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: but you're not gonna stay down. There's something in your 153 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: DNA that says, get back up again. That's not where 154 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: you belong. You're a child of the most High God. 155 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: We had a hurricane here in Houston a few years ago, 156 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: and there were all kinds of trees blown down. Huge 157 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: oak trees four or five feet in diameter. They were 158 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: no match for the one hundred mile an hour winds. 159 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: Pine trees well over one hundred feet tall lay in 160 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 2: yard after yard. Big trees, small trees, pines, oaks, magnolias, elms. 161 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: None of them could withstand the hurricane force winds. There 162 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 2: was only one type of tree that I noticed wasn't 163 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: blown down. It was the palm tree. It's because God 164 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: designed the palm to withstand the storm. Unlike most other trees, 165 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: the palm is able to bend so it doesn't break. 166 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 2: There's a certain kind of palm that can bend over 167 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: to where it's almost touching the ground during a hurricane. 168 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: It may stay that way for five or six hours. 169 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: Looks like it's over, looks like it's done. I can 170 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 2: imagine the hurricane huffing, puffing, saying, I may not be 171 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: able to break you like the oaks or the pines, 172 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 2: but at least I can keep you all bent over. 173 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: At least I can keep you from ever standing up again. 174 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 2: The hurricane thinks it's winning the battle, but in a 175 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: few hours, when it runs out of strength, when the 176 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: winds die back down, you know what happens. The palm 177 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: tree stands right back up to where it was again. 178 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 3: Why is that? 179 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 2: Because God put bounce back in the palm tree. It 180 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: may get pushed over, but it's only temporary, just a 181 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: matter of time before it stands right back up. Psalm 182 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 2: ninety two to twelve says the righteous will flourish like 183 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: a palm tree. It could have said we'd flourish like 184 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: an oak tree, be big and strong and have wide branches. 185 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 2: Could have said we'd flourish like a pine tree, be 186 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: tall and impressive and be able to see for miles. 187 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: But the reason God said we would flourish like a 188 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: palm is because God knew we would face difficulties. He 189 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: knew there would be things in life to try to 190 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 2: push us down and keep us from our destinies. So 191 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 2: God said, I'm gonna make you like a palm. I'm 192 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: going to put bounce back on the inside. You may 193 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: go through a season where the winds are blowing, a 194 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: season of loss, of disappointment, a season of dealing with 195 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: an illness. But don't get discouraged. It's only temporary. At 196 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: some point, those winds will stop blowing and the bounce 197 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,719 Speaker 2: back put in you by your creator will cause you 198 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 2: to straighten right back up to where you were before. 199 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 2: Don't believe the lies that is permanent. You'll never get well, 200 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: you'll never overcome that addiction, you'll never get out of 201 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 2: that legal problem. No, your house is built upon the rock. 202 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: You may be a little bent over now, you may 203 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 2: have some difficulties, but when that storm passes, be encouraged. 204 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: You're going to stand right back up to where you 205 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: were before. What's interesting is when the palm tree is 206 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 2: bent over because of the hurricane. You would think that's 207 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 2: damaging the tree and making it weaker, but research shows 208 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 2: it's just the opposite. When the tree is being pushed 209 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: and stretched by the strong winds, it's strengthening its root 210 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 2: system and giving it opportunities for new growth. After the storm, 211 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 2: when the palm tree stands right back up, it's actually 212 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: stronger than it was before. When you get through that storm, 213 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: when you straighten back up, you're not going to be 214 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: the same. You're going to be stronger, healthier, wiser, better off, 215 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 2: ready for new growth. God never brings you out the same. 216 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: He makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble. What's 217 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. 218 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: That difficulty is not going to defeat you. It's going 219 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 2: to promote you. It's not going to break you. It's 220 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 2: going to strengthen you. You're not only going to still 221 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 2: be standing, You're going to be standing stronger than ever. 222 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: I have a friend that's had cancer three times. It's 223 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 2: been going on the last ten years, and couple of 224 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: times it looked like he was done. But I've never 225 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 2: once seen him down. I've never heard him complain. He 226 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: knows God has him in the palm of his hand. 227 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 2: He knows the number of his days God will fulfill. 228 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: In other words, he's got his house built upon the rock. 229 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 2: And every time it looks like he's done, somehow, like 230 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: that palm tree, he bounces back. Last time the cancer 231 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: came back, the doctors told him they were going to 232 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,959 Speaker 2: harvest his white blood cells. He took chemotherapy, and he 233 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: asked them how many they needed. They gave him a number. 234 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: He said, doctor I'm gonna give you twice what you're 235 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: asking for. Every day he would thank God that he 236 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 2: was getting better. He saw himself healthy and whole, went 237 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 2: out in exercise, did everything that he could. Two months later, 238 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: went back to the hospital. The doctor said, you're a 239 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: man of your word. You've given us more than twice 240 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 2: what we asked for. Today he's totally cancer free. Beat 241 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 2: the cancer for the third time. Here's what I'm saying. 242 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: No matter how hard those winds blow, they cannot uproot you. 243 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 2: They cannot topple you, they cannot break you. Sickness doesn't 244 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: determine your destiny. God does. He's the one that breathed 245 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 2: life into you. He made your body. If it's not 246 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 2: your time to go, you're not going to go. God 247 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 2: has the final say, and he said, no weapon formed 248 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: against you will prosper. He said, many are the affliction 249 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of 250 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 2: them all. He said, a good man may fall seven times, 251 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: but the Lord will raise him up. There's the bounce back. Now, 252 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 2: you've got to get in agreement with God. Don't have 253 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: a weak, defeated mentality. Oh Joe, why did this happen 254 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 2: to me? I don't understand it. I can tell you 255 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 2: why it happened. Because you're alive. It rains on everyone. 256 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: The good news is because you're the righteous, you have 257 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: something in you that the unrighteous doesn't have, Like that 258 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 2: palm tree. There's bounce back in your spirit. No matter 259 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 2: how hard those winds blow, they cannot defeat you. If 260 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: you'll stay in faith, you'll be able to say, like 261 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: my friend, I'm still standing. Sickness had me down for 262 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 2: a little while, but I came right back up still standing. 263 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: Went through a slow season at work, had a bad break, 264 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: but it didn't defeat me. It promoted me. I came 265 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 2: out stronger. I'm still standing. Or maybe I had a 266 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 2: breakup in a relationship. Somebody walked out on me, broke 267 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: my heart. Didn't think I'd ever be happy again. But 268 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: look what the Lord has done, brought somebody better into 269 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: my life. I'm still standing, stronger than ever. Met a 270 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 2: young couple that moved here from New Orleans. They lost 271 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 2: everything during Hurricane Katrina. The house that they had worked 272 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: so hard for was washed away, lost their possessions, their furniture, 273 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: their car. They made it out only with the clothes 274 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 2: on their back. A bus dropped them off at the 275 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 2: Houston Astrodome, and when I met them here at Lakewood, 276 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: it's like they were numb. Their whole world had fallen apart. 277 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: The men's company, the people he worked for, had closed down. 278 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 2: He no longer had a job. I told them what 279 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 2: I'm telling you. You may be down, but it's temporary. 280 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 2: There's bounce back in your spirit. When it's all said 281 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: and done, you'll still be standing strong. Week after week 282 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: they kept coming to Lakewood, hearing about how we are 283 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: victors and not victims, and about how God will pay 284 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: you back for the unfair things that have happened. A 285 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 2: couple of years later, they brought me pictures in the 286 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 2: lobby of the new home they had just moved into 287 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 2: in New Orleans. They had an older home, but here 288 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: they have a brand new home. The man told how 289 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 2: he has a better job with better benefits, his kids 290 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: are in better school, on and on. That's what happens 291 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: when your house is built upon the rock. It doesn't 292 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: prevent difficulties. You may have some storms, you may go 293 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 2: through some bad breaks, but because of the bounce back 294 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: in your spirit, when it's all over, you'll still be 295 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 2: standing not the same but increased, promoted, better off than 296 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 2: you were before. Isaiah said, when the enemy comes in 297 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: like a flood. That means when you feel overwhelmed. You 298 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 2: lost your house in the hurricane, you got a bad 299 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: medical report, a friend, did you wrong in a business deal. 300 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 2: What does God do sit back and think too bad? 301 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 2: Told you it's gonna rain, told your life was going 302 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 2: to be difficult. Now, when the enemy comes in like 303 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 2: a flood, God raises up a barrier. In other words, 304 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 2: that injustice, that bad break, that sickness, it gets God's attention. 305 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 2: He doesn't sit back, He goes to work. It's like 306 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: as a parent, if you see anything bothering your child, 307 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: if someone or something is giving them a hard time, 308 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 2: you don't think twice. You stop what you're doing and 309 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 2: immediately go to help. One time, when our son Jonathan 310 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: was a little boy, maybe about two years old, we 311 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 2: were at the grocery store together and I had walked 312 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 2: down to the end of the aisle to get something. 313 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 2: He stayed there at the cart and I could still 314 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 2: see him, but he was about forty feet away. He 315 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 2: started pulling things off the bottom shelf, a few boxes 316 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 2: of cereal. No big deal. I was gonna clean it up. 317 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 2: But this lady came around the corner that worked there 318 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 2: and got very upset that he was making a mess. 319 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 2: She started jumping down his throat, saying, listen to here, 320 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 2: young man, you need to learn to keep your hands 321 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 2: to yourself, and you cannot make this mess in my store. 322 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 2: On and on and when I heard that, something rolls 323 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,719 Speaker 2: up on the inside of me. I don't know if 324 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: it was God or the devil, but it helt good. 325 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 2: I'm the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I'll do anything 326 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 2: in the world for you. But if you mess with 327 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 2: my children, you gotta fight on your hands. That's the 328 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 2: way it is with our heavenly father. When the enemy 329 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 2: comes in like a flood, God steps up and says, hey, 330 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 2: wait a minute, you're messing with the wrong person. That's 331 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 2: my son, that's my daughter. If you're gonna mess with them, 332 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 2: you're gonna have to first mess with me. Who am I? 333 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 2: I am the all powerful creator of the universe. When 334 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 2: God said, let there be light, light came at one 335 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 2: hundred and eighty six thousand miles. A second, God says, 336 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 2: to your enemies, you want some of this, go ahead 337 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: and make my dad you got to realize in the 338 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 2: tough times, you're not alone. You've got somebody fighting for you. 339 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 2: The Most High God has got your back. Now you've 340 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: got to get your fire back. You can't go through 341 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 2: life focused on who hurt you and what didn't work 342 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 2: out and how unfair it is. That's gonna keep you down. 343 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 2: Shake off that weak, defeated mentality and have a warrior mentality. 344 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 2: A warrior doesn't complain about opposition. On the contrary, a 345 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: warrior likes a good fight. It fires him up. This 346 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: is what David did in the scripture. He suffered a 347 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 2: major setback. While he and his men were out protecting 348 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 2: the borders of Israel, doing the right thing, fulfilling their purpose, 349 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 2: it began to rain. These bandits came in and attacked 350 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: their home city of Ziglag, burned down their houses, stole 351 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: their possessions, kidnapped their wives and child. When he and 352 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 2: his six hundred men returned home and saw the smoke 353 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 2: billowing in the distance, finally realized that was their home city. 354 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 2: The scripture says, they wept until they could not weep anymore. 355 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 2: It was the worst day of their lives. It looked 356 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 2: like it was over looked like they were done. It 357 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 2: would have stayed that way if it had not been 358 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 2: for David. He did something that we all must do 359 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 2: if we're going to see the bounce back. Instead of 360 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 2: staying in the ashes focusing on how bad life had 361 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: treated him, that warrior spirit began to rise up. He thought, Hey, 362 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 2: I may be down, this may be my worst defeat 363 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 2: so far, but this is not the end of my story. 364 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: I am the righteous. I've got bounced back in my spirit. 365 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: My house is built upon the rock. I have the 366 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 2: promise when it's all over, I'll still be standing. He 367 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 2: started encouraging himself, reminding him who he was and whose 368 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,479 Speaker 2: he was. He told his men, get up, dry your tears, 369 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: get your equipment. We're going to go get what belongs 370 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: to us. They went out, not only attacked and defeated 371 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 2: the enemy, but they got all their possessions back. They 372 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: got their wives and children back. The scripture says they 373 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: recovered all. David's greatest defeat turned into one of his 374 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: greatest victories. We all face unfair situations, things that seem 375 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: like they're going to bury us. But if you will 376 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 2: have this warrior mentality and go after what belongs to you, 377 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 2: the enemy won't have the last laugh you will. He 378 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 2: may hit you with his best shot, but his best 379 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 2: will never be enough. The forces that are for you 380 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: are greater than the forces that are against you. Like David, 381 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: you may be down right now. It may be raining 382 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 2: in your life, but because your house is built upon 383 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 2: the rock, because you are the righteous, there's bounce back 384 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 2: in your spirit. When it's all said and done, you're 385 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 2: still going to be standing. A few weeks ago, I 386 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 2: was at home lifting weights by myself. I was lying 387 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 2: on a bench doing the bench press. I was using 388 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 2: a barbell free weights. It wasn't a machine, and this 389 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 2: was my last set. I was going to do five repetitions. 390 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 2: It was a very heavy weight for me. I did 391 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 2: number one, two, three, everything fine, just like normal. But 392 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,959 Speaker 2: on rep number four it was very hard. Could barely 393 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 2: get it up. I thought, okay, I'm gonna go ahead 394 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: and try number five, but I don't know if I 395 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 2: could do it. I pushed number five and got about 396 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: halfway up and got stuck. I pushed and pushed and pushed, 397 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 2: gave it everything I had, but it wouldn't budge. I 398 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 2: couldn't do it. I went to set the weight down 399 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 2: on the safety rails I have on each side so 400 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: I could get out from under it. The only problem 401 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: was Jonathan was home from college and he had moved 402 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: the safety rails lower when he was working. I forgot 403 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: to check. 404 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 4: Then. 405 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 2: Now I've got all this weight on my chest and 406 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 2: I'm totally out of energy. I couldn't shake it off 407 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 2: to one side or the other. There were clamps on 408 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 2: the end of the barbells at times before I've rolled 409 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 2: it down my chest to my stomach, but I couldn't 410 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 2: do it with this heavy weight. My first thought was 411 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 2: how long can I keep this weight off of me 412 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 2: before it crushes me? And I thought probably about a 413 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 2: minute or two. My next thought was, you've already wasted 414 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 2: thirty seconds. As I sat there contemplating what I should do, 415 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 2: something rose up in me and said, Joel, you are 416 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 2: not going to let this weight crush you. You are 417 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: not going to let your family come in here and 418 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: find you squashed. This is not the end of your story. 419 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 2: You're too young to die, you got too much in 420 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:57,719 Speaker 2: you to die. You're too good looking to die. Crazy 421 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 2: thoughts come when you're about to die. I pushed on 422 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 2: this right side with all of my might. The left 423 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 2: side caught the lower safety rail and I scooted about 424 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 2: an inch. I rested a few seconds and pushed again 425 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 2: on that right side, scooted another inch, and another and another. 426 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 2: Eventually I was able to get my shoulder out from 427 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 2: the bench, then my chest out, and finally I fell 428 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 2: to the ground and that bar bill was caught by 429 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 2: the lower rail. Here's my point. When you're in a 430 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 2: tough time, you can't sit around thinking about the bad 431 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 2: break and how unfair it was. And I can't believe 432 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 2: I got this sickness, can't believe they left me, can't 433 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 2: believe this weight is on me. You can either let 434 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 2: that sickness crush you. You can let that defeat, that 435 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 2: bad break, that disappointment finish you off, die under the 436 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 2: weight of it. Or you can have this warrior mentality 437 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 2: and do what you've got to do. Push, scoot, stretch, squirm, wiggle, refocus, 438 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 2: get your second wind and beat it. I got up 439 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 2: off the grind. My chest was a little scraped and 440 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 2: my back was a little bruised, but at least I 441 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: was still alive. I looked at that way, said you 442 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 2: didn't defeat me. I'm still standing. The scripture puts it 443 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 2: this way, God has armed you with strength for every battle. 444 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 2: I found, the more difficult the battle, the more strength 445 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 2: you'll have. Your strength will always match what you're up against. 446 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 2: When I think about how I got out from under 447 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 2: that weight, I don't know how I did it. I 448 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 2: was totally out of energy. I'd used all my strength 449 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 2: for that fifth rep. I could have said, God, please 450 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 2: just take this off of me. It's gonna kill me. 451 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 2: God said no, Joel, push one more time and watch 452 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 2: what will happen. I pushed and discovered strength that I 453 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 2: didn't know I had. Are you letting something defeat you 454 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 2: because you don't think you have the strength to overcome 455 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: the strength to deal with that financial problem, that sickness, 456 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: that child, this off course. If you'll have this war 457 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 2: your mentality and do what you can do, God will 458 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: help you do what you cannot do. I saw on 459 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 2: the news just last week this man came up to 460 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 2: a car on the freeway that had crashed. There was 461 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 2: a person trapped on the inside. The car caught on fire. 462 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 2: This man about my size went over to the doorframe 463 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 2: and somehow ripped the door away from the car so 464 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: the person could get out. They showed a picture of 465 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 2: this bent steel frame, looked like something you'd see in 466 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: the movies from a superhero. Asked the man how he 467 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 2: did it. He said, I don't know. I just pulled 468 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: as hard as I could. When you do what you've 469 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 2: got to do, you'll discover a strength that you didn't 470 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 2: know you had. Friends, you are not weak, You're not defeated. 471 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 2: You're a warrior. You've got resurrection power on the inside. 472 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 2: You may be down right now. Those winds may be blowing, 473 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 2: but like that palm tree, you're about to come back 474 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: up again. You're not gonna stay thet You're not gonna 475 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: be the same. You're gonna be stronger, healthier, better off. 476 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 2: This is a new day. Things are changing in your favor. 477 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 2: God's done it in the past. He's going to do 478 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 2: it again in the future. You need to get ready. 479 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 2: A bounce back is coming. You're going to bounce back 480 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 2: from sickness, bounce back from loss, bounce back from bad breaks, 481 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 2: bounce back from debt. Those winds cannot uproot you. They 482 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 2: don't have the final say God does. Because your house 483 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 2: is built upon the rock. No matter what comes against you. 484 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 2: I believe and declare when it's all said and done, 485 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 2: you will not be the victim. You will be the victor. 486 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 2: You will still be standing in Jesus's name. If you 487 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: receive it, can just say him in today. We never 488 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 2: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 489 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 2: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 490 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 2: pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of 491 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 2: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 492 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 2: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 493 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 494 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 2: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 495 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 496 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 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