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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 3: come into your homes. If you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, 42 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: right here at Lakewood, and we'd love to have you sometime. 43 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 44 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 3: about this lady that was stopped at a intersection. A 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: man came up asking for money. She dug in her 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 3: purse and found a dollar bill. She rolled down her 47 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 3: window said sir, I'm not giving you this because you 48 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: deserve it. I'm giving it to you because it makes 49 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 3: me happy. He looked at her and said, ma'am, why 50 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: don't you give me twenty dollars and thoroughly enjoy yourself? 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 52 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 53 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 56 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 58 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 3: about eating bitterness. We all go through things that are 59 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: not fair. People do us wrong. We didn't get the promotion, 60 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 3: came down with an illness. You can't stop life from 61 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 3: happening to you, but you can choose how you respond. 62 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 3: And if you hold on to the hurt, you go 63 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 3: around dwelling on the offense, thinking why did they say 64 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 3: that about me? Why did I lose my loved one. 65 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 3: Why did that friend walk away? Then you're opening the 66 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 3: door to bitterness. When you're bitter, it affects every area 67 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: of your life. Bitterness poisons your attitude to where you 68 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: see things in a negative light. Bitter people don't have 69 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 3: good relationships. They're easily offended. They'll jump down your throat 70 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 3: for the smallest thing. It's not you, it's the bitterness 71 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: coming out. And you may have a good reason to 72 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: be bitter something was unfair, but holding onto it is 73 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 3: only going to make it worse. It's going to steal 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 3: your dreams, rob you of your joy. Bitterness can keep 75 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: you from your destiny. Now I know people that are 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 3: still bitter over something that happened thirty years ago, Bitter 77 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: because they were mistreated growing up, Bitter because a relationship 78 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 3: didn't work out. You have to let it go. God 79 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: sees what's happening. He knows what wasn't fair, he knows 80 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 3: who walked away, and he knows how to make it 81 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: up to you. He knows how to bring you out better. 82 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: Let it go and trust him to be your vindicator. 83 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 3: The longer you hold on, the harder it is to 84 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 3: get rid of. The more you dwell on it. The 85 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: more you relive it, the more you let it bother you, 86 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: the deeper it gets planted. The key is forgive quickly. 87 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 3: Let go of things you don't understand, quickly when the 88 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 3: questions come up, why did this happen? This isn't fair? 89 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: When you feel the bitterness trying to take root, right, 90 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 3: then God turning this over to you. I know you're 91 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 3: my vindicator. I know you'll make my wrongs right. You 92 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 3: said you'd give me beauty for these ashes. I've found. 93 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 3: Bitterness is always knocking at the door. You didn't get 94 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 3: the contract. Bitterness will come have a chip on your shoulder. 95 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 3: That's not fair. The medical report wasn't what you wanted. 96 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: Bitterness will show up. You prayed, you believe, Why didn't 97 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 3: God answer your prayer? That's bitterness trying to come in 98 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 3: at the office. A coal worker says something to try 99 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: to make you look bad in front of people. Just 100 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 3: a little offense, just a small seed. If you ignore it, 101 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: no big deal. But if you start dwelling on it, 102 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 3: start thinking of how you can pay them back next 103 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 3: time you see them, you give them the cold shoulder, 104 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 3: then that little seed will begin to take root. Before long, 105 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: it will grow and pollute other areas of your life. 106 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 3: That's why it says in Hebrews, make sure that no 107 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 3: root of bitlitterness springs forth and causes trouble, and many 108 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: become contaminated by it. Notice it refers to bitterness as 109 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 3: a root. You can't see a root. It's hidden, it's underground. 110 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 3: But here's the problem. A bitter root produces bitter fruit. 111 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 3: If you have a root of bitterness, it will contaminate 112 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: your life. Now. I know a young man that became 113 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 3: disgruntled with his employer. His boss was an older man, 114 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 3: and he didn't feel like he'd been treated fairly. He 115 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 3: moved on to another state, but over the years he 116 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 3: never let it go. He became more and more offended, 117 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: kept talking about it, bringing up all the ways he 118 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 3: wasn't treated right. His boss was good to him, he 119 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 3: was generous and kind. There were just little things. This 120 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: young man kept dwelling on, blowing it out of proportion 121 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 3: because he wouldn't let it go. That small offense turned 122 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 3: into a root of bitterness. He used to be happy, 123 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: fun to be around. Now he's bitter. Souring has a 124 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 3: chip on his shoulder. It's affecting his relationships. It's affecting 125 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: his career. Proverbs says, guard your heart with all diligence, 126 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: for out of it flew the issues of life. One 127 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: of our most important responsibilities is to keep our heart pure. 128 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 3: Life is too short to live offended, not forgiving bitter 129 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: over what didn't work out. You have to guard your heart. 130 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 3: It's easy to let what's on the outside get on 131 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: the inside. It takes discipline to say, I'm not going 132 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 3: to dwell on that offense. I'm not going to go 133 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 3: around feeling sorry for myself because something didn't work out. 134 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: You only have so much emotional energy each day. It's 135 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 3: not an unlimited supply. Do you know how much energy 136 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 3: it takes to hold a grudge, To go around defended, 137 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 3: that's wasting valuable energy that you need for your dreams, 138 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 3: for your children, for your destiny. Quit letting what's on 139 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: the outside get on the inside. Start guarding your heart. 140 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: The apostle Paul had plenty of opportunities to live offended. 141 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 3: He said, in one place, Alexander the Coppersmith did me 142 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 3: great wrong. But I'm not worried. I know God will 143 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 3: pay him back. That's a mature attitude. Somebody did me 144 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 3: great wrong, But I'm not upset, not bitter, don't have 145 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 3: a chip on my shoulder. I know God is fighting 146 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 3: my battles. I know God will be my vindicator. What's 147 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 3: interesting is you can't see a root, but a root 148 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 3: is where the tree gets life. We see the outside, 149 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 3: the leaves, the branches, but the roots are what's feeding 150 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 3: the tree. When your roots are healthy, positive, hopeful, then 151 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: that's feeding you encouragement, life, strength, hop The problem is 152 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 3: if you have bitter roots, you're not being fed the 153 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: right things. You wonder why you don't have any energy, 154 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 3: why you don't laugh anymore, why you don't dream like 155 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 3: you used to, It's because those bitter roots are feeding 156 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 3: you bitterness, self pity, anger. That's draining all the strength, 157 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 3: the passion, the joy. They're feeding you what they are. 158 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: The good news is you don't have to live with 159 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 3: bitter roots. You need to ask God to show you 160 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 3: what's causing you to be bitter. Maybe there's somebody you 161 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 3: need to forgive. Maybe it's a dream that didn't work 162 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 3: out you're still sour about it. Maybe it's a mistake 163 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: you made and you're still beating yourself up. If you'll 164 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 3: be honest, with yourself and say, God, help me to 165 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 3: get rid of this root of bitterness. God, I'm still 166 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 3: angry over what happened when I was ten, still the 167 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 3: person that left, Still grieving over my loved one that 168 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 3: I lost twelve years ago. God, I don't want to 169 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 3: be bitter. I want my passion back. I want to 170 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 3: love again like I used to. I want to dream again. 171 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 3: God help me to let it go and move forward. 172 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: That's the first step to getting rid of a bitter root. 173 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 3: Find out what it is and ask God to help you. 174 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 3: You can't do it on your own. Ask him to 175 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: help you forgive the person that hurt you. Ask him 176 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: to help you release the bitterness, the resentment. When you 177 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 3: get those contaminants out, you'll not only feel the weight 178 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 3: lift off of you, but you'll get your joy back. 179 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: You'll start dreaming again, and you'll see the new things 180 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 3: God has in store. Years ago, there was a great 181 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 3: outbreak of disease in a small village in Africa. People 182 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: were being overcome by nausea and sickness. After a couple 183 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 3: of months, it was so bad people started dying. Word 184 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 3: quickly reached the main city in They sent out experts 185 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 3: to try to find out what the problem was. After 186 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 3: several days of testing, they discovered their water was contaminated. 187 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 3: This little village got its water from a mountain stream. 188 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 3: The researchers began to travel upstream to find out where 189 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: the problem was. They traveled for days and days and 190 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 3: didn't see anything wrong. They finally came to the source 191 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 3: of the stream. Everything on the surface looked fine. They 192 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: decided to send some divers down to get as close 193 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 3: to the source as possible. Much to their surprise, they 194 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: found a big mother pig and all of her piglets 195 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: were stuck right there at the source. Somehow, the pigs 196 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 3: had fallen in and drowned and became wedged right at 197 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 3: the opening. Now all this crystal clear water was being 198 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 3: contaminated as it flowed past the day and pigs. All 199 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 3: they had to do was remove the pigs, and once 200 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 3: again the water was perfectly fine. It's the same principle 201 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: in life. We all have unfair things that happen, things 202 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 3: we don't understand. Too often, Instead of forgiving the people 203 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 3: that hurt us, instead of letting go of the wrong, 204 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 3: we've held on to it like those pigs. It's contaminated 205 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 3: our stream We wonder why we're negative, why we can't 206 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 3: get along in relationships, why we keep losing our temper. 207 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 3: We think this is just who I am. No, that 208 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 3: is not who you are. You were created in the 209 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 3: image of God. He made you to be happy, healthy, whole, secure, 210 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 3: not bitter, angry, resentful. You need to go back and 211 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 3: get rid of what's contaminating your stream. You need to 212 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: find those pigs. Forgive the people that did you wrong. 213 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 3: They hurt you once, don't let them cont you to 214 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 3: hurt you. They can't stop your destiny unless you allow 215 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: them to. You're not forgiving for their sake, You're forgiving 216 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 3: for your sake. So your stream doesn't stay polluted. Quit 217 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 3: reliving that dream that didn't work out, that business that failed, 218 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 3: the contract that didn't go through. Let it go. God 219 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: has another dream. That was a test. You had to 220 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: go through those closed doors before you could come to 221 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 3: your open doors. It may not have been fair, but 222 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 3: God saw what happened. If you'll get rid of the pigs, 223 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 3: if you'll turn it over to him, start dreaming again, 224 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 3: start believing again, start hoping again. God will pay you 225 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: back for what didn't work out. He's going to open 226 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 3: doors you never dreamed would open. He's going to bring 227 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: people better than you ever imagine. What's in your future 228 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 3: is much greater than anything you've lost. Now my challenge, 229 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 3: don't let a dead pig keep you from your destiny. 230 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 3: Don't let a bitter root contaminate your life. It's time 231 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 3: to move forward. It's very freeing when you can let 232 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 3: things go. Say God, they did me wrong, but you're 233 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 3: my vindicator. I had a disappointment, but I know you'll 234 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 3: turn what was meant for my harm and use it 235 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: to my advantage. I lost a loved one, Yes I 236 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: still miss them, but I'm not going to live bitter 237 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 3: the rest of my life. I know they're with you, 238 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 3: and you have a new beginning for me. That's how 239 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 3: you beat bitterness. You guard your heart. You don't let 240 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 3: what's on the outside get on the inside. In the scripture, 241 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 3: a lady named Naomi had some tough times. She was 242 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: living in a city called Moab. She was a widow, 243 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: her husband had died years later, both of her sons 244 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 3: were killed, and sometimes life doesn't seem fair. You have 245 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 3: more than your share of bad breaks. It's easy to 246 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 3: get bitter, give up on your dreams, but God wouldn't 247 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 3: have allowed it if it was going to keep you 248 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 3: from your destiny. Yes, it's difficult, but God promises he 249 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: will give you grace for every season. He won't let 250 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 3: you go through more than you can handle. When that 251 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 3: bitterness comes, you have to put your foot down and 252 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: say no, I'm not going there. I know God is 253 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: still in control. I know his plans for me are 254 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 3: for good. What you're going through may not be good, 255 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 3: but God knows how to bring good out of it. 256 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 3: But every thought will tell it's never going to get better. 257 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: You might as well be better. Don't believe those lies. 258 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 3: You wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing in 259 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 3: front of you. He has a purpose for you to fulfill. 260 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 3: Naomi had gone through so much she thought she was done. 261 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: She even changed her name. Naomi means my joy. She 262 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: changed it tomorrow Marra means bitter. Now when people called 263 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 3: her Naomi, she would tell them, don't call me that, 264 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 3: call me Morrow. I'm bitter, I'm broken, my dreams are shattered. 265 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 3: Just let me live in my pain. She let the 266 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 3: bitterness get on the inside. Maybe she had a reason, 267 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: she'd been through a lot of losses, but just because 268 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 3: you've been through. Loss doesn't mean you're not going to 269 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 3: win again. Does it mean you've seen your best days? 270 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: You may have had bad breaks, but don't change your name. 271 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: God is not finished with you. The enemy doesn't have 272 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 3: the final say, God does. Naomi moved back home to Bethlehem. 273 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 3: Her daughter in law, Ruth, went with her. I can 274 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 3: imagine when her friends saw. They came running out Naomi. 275 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 3: I can't believe it's you, she said. Don't be happy 276 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: for me. I went out full, but I'm coming home empty. 277 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 3: She was saying. I went out with my husband, my 278 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: two sons, but look now it's just me. Have you 279 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 3: ever gone out full? Big dreams, big goals? But things 280 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 3: didn't work out the way you had planned. The marriage 281 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 3: didn't make it, pregnancy didn't last, contract didn't go through. 282 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 3: Like Naomi, you could easily be bitter. But here's how 283 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 3: merciful God is. Even though Naomi thought she was done, 284 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: even though she gave up on her dreams, God said, 285 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: in effect, Naomi, you started in joy and you're going 286 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 3: to finish in joy. You may have changed your name, 287 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 3: but I didn't change your name. You had trouble in Moab. 288 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 3: Don't worry. I have a blessing waiting for you in Bethlehem. 289 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 3: What's interesting is even though Naomi changed her name, the 290 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 3: scripture never refers to her as Morrow. It keeps calling 291 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 3: her Naomi. Have you changed your name so to speak, tomorrow? 292 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 3: Are you living bitter? Negative, thinking about everything that didn't 293 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 3: work out? Yourself a favor? Get rid of those names 294 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: you put on yourself and go back to being who 295 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 3: God created you to be. God didn't change your name. 296 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 3: He still calls you blessed, prosperous, favored, healthy, strong, victorious. 297 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: Go back to your original name. You may have had 298 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 3: trouble in Moabs, so to speak, but get ready. God 299 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 3: has a blessing waiting for you in Bethlehem. Instead of 300 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: sitting around bitter, Naomi started helping her daughter in law, Ruth. 301 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: There was a man Ruth was interested in, and Naomi 302 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 3: started giving her relationship advice. She told Ruth, put on 303 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 3: this perfume, wear this outfit, and go see this man 304 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 3: named Boaz. Naomi turned her focus away from her own 305 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 3: problems and started helping somebody else. Her joy began to 306 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: come back. When you're tempted to be bitter, one of 307 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: the best things you can do is get your mind 308 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 3: off yourself and go be a blessing to others. Ruth 309 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 3: ended up marrying bo Asthma. They had a baby named Obed. 310 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 3: When Naomi saw that little baby, she was so excited. 311 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 3: It was like something breathed new life, new purpose back 312 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 3: into her spirit. The scripture says a son was born 313 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: to Naomi. Wasn't even her baby, but she took that 314 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 3: little baby and raised him like he was her own. 315 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 3: This once bitter woman was now more fulfilled than ever. 316 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 3: She never dreamed she would be that happy again. God 317 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 3: is saying, my blessing is going to override your bitterness. 318 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 3: My favor is going to make up for your pain 319 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 3: what God has planned for You cannot be stopped by people, 320 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 3: by bad breaks, by loss, Even if you change your name. 321 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 3: God is so merciful, He's still going to do something 322 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 3: to make He's still going to get you to where 323 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 3: you're supposed to be. Mark sixteen. Jesus had just been crucified. 324 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 3: Mary Magdalene and another Mary went to the tomb early 325 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: one morning to put perfume on his body. They wondered 326 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 3: how they were going to roll the stone away, but 327 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 3: when they arrived, the stone was already moved. They walked 328 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 3: in the tomb, saw a young man dressed in white. 329 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 3: Was an angel. They were afraid. He said to them, 330 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 3: you're looking for Jesus, but he is not here. He 331 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: has risen. He has gone ahead of you to Galilee. 332 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 3: There you will see him. Notice he is not here. 333 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 3: He is there. The angel was saying, in effect, I 334 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 3: know this looks bad. I know you're hurting. I know 335 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: you're disappointed, but don't stay here. Something better is waiting 336 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 3: for you there. In other words, here is the disappointment, 337 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: Here is the bad medical report, Here is the dream 338 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 3: that didn't work out. If you stay here, you'll be discouraged. 339 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 3: You have to go there. Sometimes the reason God doesn't 340 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 3: comfort us in the here, in the disappointment, is because 341 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: he doesn't want us to stay where we are. Yes, 342 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 3: the loss is painful, Yes, the setback wasn't fair. But 343 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 3: God is not here. He's gone ahead. He's waiting for 344 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,719 Speaker 3: you there. God is not in your past, in what 345 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 3: you lost, in what didn't work out. He's in your future. 346 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 3: Don't get stuck in here. Move forward in the There. 347 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 3: There is where vindication is. There is where new beginnings are. 348 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 3: There is where you'll find your healing. If the two 349 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 3: Marys would have stayed at the tomb in self pity, 350 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 3: I can't believe this happened. They would have never seen 351 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: the there. They would have never seen the Lord. Are 352 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 3: you living in the here while God is waiting for you? 353 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 6: There? 354 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 3: Are you stuck in a disappointment, bitter over a bad break, 355 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 3: angry over what didn't work out? It's time to leave 356 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 3: here and go there. There is where God is waiting 357 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 3: for you. There is where the blessing is. The disappointment 358 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 3: is simply a season. It's not the rest of your life. 359 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 3: God has already gone ahead. God has already lined up 360 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: the next chapter. Your house was damaged in the storm, 361 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 3: that's here. Yes, that's disappointing. The good news is God 362 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 3: is gone ahead. He's waiting for you there. He has 363 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 3: restoration already lined up. This is what my father had 364 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 3: to do. He'd been pastoring a church for many years, 365 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 3: and he was very successful and just built a beautiful 366 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 3: new sanctuary. He was on the state board for his denomination. 367 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: On his way up, my sister Lisa was born with 368 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 3: something like cerebral My dad began to search the scriptures 369 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: in a new way. He found how God is a healer, 370 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 3: and how he came that we might live an abundant, 371 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 3: victorious life. He started sharing that with his congregation, but 372 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 3: much to his surprise, they didn't like his new message 373 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 3: of faith, victory and healing. It didn't fit in their 374 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 3: denominational teaching. Back then, people my father had known for 375 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 3: years suddenly turned on him. Lifelong friends wouldn't speak to 376 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 3: my parents anymore. My father ended up having to lead 377 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 3: that church. Was so disappointed. Never dreamed he'd have to 378 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 3: start all over. He could have been bitter, God, why'd 379 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 3: you let this happen? I was being my best I 380 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 3: was honoring you like Mary. He was in the here. 381 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 3: He didn't understand it, and yes, the here wasn't fair. 382 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 3: But what he couldn't see was God had already gone 383 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: ot head. God had already lined up Lakewood and was 384 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 3: waiting for him there. If my father would have stayed 385 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 3: in the here, he would have missed his destiny. He 386 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 3: left that church started Lakewood with ninety people. That was 387 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 3: over fifty years ago, and here we are still going strong. 388 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: What am I saying? 389 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 6: That? 390 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 3: Here is not the end? The disappointment, the loss, the betrayal, 391 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 3: that's temporary. God has already gone ahead. Don't let bitterness 392 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 3: hold you back. Don't sit around in self pity, Move 393 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 3: forward into there. There is where God will pay you back. 394 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 3: There is where he'll do more than you can ask 395 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 3: or think. Luke fifteen is the story of the prodigal son. 396 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 3: This young man took his inheritance and left home. He 397 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 3: wasted all of his money, living wild, partying, making poor decisions. 398 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 3: Finally came to his senses and decided to go back home. 399 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 3: His father came running out to meet him and welcomed 400 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 3: him with open arms. He was so glad to have 401 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: his son back. He told his staff to go kill 402 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 3: the fatted calf. They were going to have a party. Well, 403 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: the older brother was out in the field working when 404 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: he heard all the music the dancing. He asked someone 405 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 3: what the celebration was all about. They told him, your 406 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 3: brother has come home. We're having a party to welcome 407 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 3: him back. Verse twenty eight says the older brother became 408 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 3: angry and refused to go in. His father came out 409 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 3: pleaded with him, come on, son, come in, your brother 410 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 3: is back home. He said, Dad, I've worked for you 411 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:50,239 Speaker 3: all these years, been slaving away. I always do what 412 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 3: you ask but you've never given me a skinny goat, 413 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 3: and yet you go and kill a fattied calf for 414 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 3: after all he's done. You can hear the bitterness in 415 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 3: his spirit. It's not fair. Heven't treated me right. I'm 416 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 3: not coming into your party. Here's my point. The party 417 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 3: went on without him. His bitterness didn't stop the party. 418 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 3: It just kept him from going into the party. Sometimes 419 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 3: we're holding on to unforgiveness, anger, resentment, thinking that it's 420 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 3: hurting the other person. The truth is, the party is 421 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 3: still going on. It's just hurting us. Are you letting 422 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 3: bitterness keep you out of the party? Are you letting 423 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 3: a disappointment keep you from enjoying today? Why don't you 424 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 3: let it go and come on into the party. Life 425 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 3: is happening, there's a celebration going on. Today is a gift. 426 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 3: Don't let a bad childhood keep you out of the party. 427 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 3: Don't let a divorce a breakup cause you to be 428 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 3: sour and sit on the sidelines. Come into the party. 429 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 3: Start dreaming again, start loving again, start believing again. We 430 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 3: have no guarantee that we're going to be here tomorrow. 431 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 3: Life is fragile, time is too short to live offended, 432 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 3: bitter in self pity. God knows what you didn't get. 433 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 3: Quit trying to get people to pay you back, and 434 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 3: go to God and he'll make it up to you. 435 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 3: If you'll come into the party, if you'll get rid 436 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 3: of what's contaminating you. I believe and declare you're going 437 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 3: to experience a new sense of freedom, better relationships, greater joy, 438 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 3: clearer vision. I declare that every root of bitterness is 439 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 3: coming out right now. You're going to rise higher, live happier, 440 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 3: and reach the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 441 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 3: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today 442 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 443 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 444 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, Come 445 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 3: into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 446 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 3: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 447 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 3: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 448 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 3: gone first place. 449 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustine podcast. 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