1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 2: for supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 2: an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. God bless you. 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you. I hope you'll stay 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: our YouTube channel, social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: I let to start with something funny and I heard 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: about these two brothers. They were known for being very dishonest, 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: having no integrity. They were very wealthy. One of them died. 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: His brother said to the pastor, I'll make a deal 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: with you. If you'll say at the funeral that my 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: brother was a saint, I'll make a large donation to 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: your church. 16 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: The pastor agreed, and the man made the donation. 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: At the funeral, the pastor said this man was dishonest, 18 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: he cheated, lied, stole, but compared to his brother, he 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: was a saying say it like you mean it. This 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says I am, 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, I can do 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: what it says I can do today. I will be 23 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 26 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about let it go. We 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: all go through disappointments and things that are not fair, 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: and it's easy to hold on to the hurts and 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 2: think about what they. 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Said and relive the offense. 31 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: We get up in the morning, it's the first thing 32 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: that comes to mind. We don't realize how much that's 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: affecting us, souring our attitude, draining our energy, limiting our creativity. 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 2: If you're going to fulfill your destiny, you have to 35 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 2: get good at letting things go. Jesus said offenses will come. 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: He didn't say they might come if you're a good person. 37 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: If you're nice, nobody. 38 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: Will do you wrong. 39 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: He said, disappointments will come, betrayals, things that are not 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 2: fair will come. How you deal with these offenses, how 41 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: you handle the hurts, will determine whether you move forward 42 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: and see the new things God has in store, or 43 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: whether you get stuck bitter over what didn't work out. 44 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: I've heard it said if you don't heal from emotional wounds, 45 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: you will bleed on people that had nothing to do 46 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 2: with it. How many people are living wounded over how 47 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: they were raised, a friend that walked away, business partner 48 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: that cheated them. 49 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: Instead of letting it. 50 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 2: Go, they replay it in their mind. We live all 51 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: the hurts. They wonder why they don't have good relationships. 52 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: It's because they have inhaled. They're living out of a 53 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: wounded place. God brings a new person, somebody great, but 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: they're so insecure they don't feel valuable, attractive. This new 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: person has to keep them fixed, go overboard, to make 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: sure they know how great they are. 57 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: The problem is that's not sustainable. 58 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: Until you get well, until you let go of what 59 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: didn't work out, not carry the hurt. That wound is 60 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: going to hinder you wherever you go. If you're still 61 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: wounded over a position, you're lost. You'll go to that 62 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: new company defensive on edge, not friendly. You're treating them 63 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: based on what you've been through, but they had nothing 64 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: to do with it. It's much more freeing when you 65 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: learn to let things go it wasn't fair, that's okay. 66 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: God will be your vindicator. He'll take care of who 67 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: did you wrong. It's not your job to pay people back. 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: They hurt you once, don't let them continue to hurt you. 69 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: Be holding on to it. You lost a loved one. 70 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: I know that's painful, and it's okay to go through 71 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: a season of mourning, but you can't hold onto the hurt. 72 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: Living in mourning is going to keep the new doors 73 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: from opening. 74 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: You have to heal so you. 75 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: Can see the new relationships, the new opportunities. In the scripture, 76 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: Peter asked Jesus how often he should forgive someone that 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: did him wrong. It's funny because Peter was known to 78 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 2: be offensive. He's the one that cursed out the young lady. 79 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: When Jesus was arrested, he cut off a soldier's ear. 80 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: Defending Jesus, he said, Jesus, should I forgive them seven times? 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: The Jewish law said three times. He more than doubled it. 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: He thought, Jesus, I'm growing, I'm come a long way. 83 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: Jesus said Peter, seven is good, but I want you 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 2: to forgive them seventy time seven. It wasn't really about 85 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: the number. Jesus was showing us a principle. He was saying, 86 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 2: I want you to live in a continual process of forgiveness, 87 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: not something you do every once in a while, but 88 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 2: on a daily basis. Forgiveness should be a part of 89 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: our life. He was setting a system in place so 90 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: we wouldn't hold on to the hurts, offenses, disappointments. He 91 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: knew that practically every day we would have these opportunities, 92 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 2: and the quicker you let things go, the easier it is. 93 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: In the Lord's prayer, Jesus told us to pray, give 94 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 2: trespasses as we forgive others. He was saying every day 96 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: we should be ready to forgive. Doesn't have to be 97 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: big things. That man that cuts you off in traffic, 98 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: let it go. Don't let that sour your day. Your 99 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: time is valuable. That's a distraction trying to get you 100 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: off course, offended over something that doesn't matter. That clerk 101 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,239 Speaker 2: that's rude to you at the grocery store, just smile 102 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: and move on. I've learned life is full of wounded people, 103 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 2: people that haven't dealt with the negative things in their past. 104 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: At times, they'll be disrespectful, they'll say things they shouldn't do, 105 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,239 Speaker 2: things that are hurtful. You can't stop the offense from coming, 106 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 2: but you can keep it from getting down in you. 107 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: How much time are you offended, bitter, holding a grudge. 108 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: How much more could you accomplish if you would start 109 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: letting things go? How much better relationships would you have 110 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: if you would get emotionally healthy, if you would let 111 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: go of what people said, forgive the person that did 112 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 2: you wrong, quit reliving the hurts. This is where David 113 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: in the scripture excelled. He was an expert at letting 114 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 2: things go. As a teenager, his father didn't really believe 115 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: in him. He looked down on David, didn't affirm him. 116 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: When the prophet Samuel came to his father's house to 117 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: choose one of the sons as the next king of Israel, 118 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: his father didn't call David in from the shepherd's fields. 119 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 2: He thought he was too small, too young, not that talented. 120 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: He didn't give him a chance. It was only after 121 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 2: Samuel didn't Chow was one of the other sons that 122 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: David was called in. 123 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: David could have lived bitter chip on his shoulder. 124 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: He felt the sting of rejection from his own family. 125 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: His brothers made fun of him when David took them 126 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: lunch out on the battlefield, his oldest brother, in front 127 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: of all the soldiers, tried to belittle him, said, David, 128 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: what are you doing here? What'd you do with those 129 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of? He 130 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 2: was condescending, sarcastic. David could have been upset, offended, But 131 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: the scripture says David turned and walked away. He knew 132 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: the importance of letting things go. Had David not done this, 133 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 2: he would have never seen Goliath. Had he stayed there 134 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: and tried to straighten out his brother, we wouldn't be 135 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 2: talking about him. And the truth is, David's father wasn't fair, 136 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: that wasn't right to leave him out in the fields. 137 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: His brothers were demeaning, belittling. But you can't make people 138 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: do what's right. It's a test. Are you holding onto 139 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 2: the offense, let the betrayal, what they said, how they 140 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: treated you cause you to be sour wake up thinking 141 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 2: about it, or are you going to let it go 142 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: and move forward into your destiny. There's a Goliath waiting 143 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: for you, a new level, past the offense, past the rejection, 144 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: past what they said. My prayer is that we will 145 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: do like David and live with this perpetual forgiveness. That 146 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: will develop a habit. 147 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Of forgiving daily. 148 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: When offenses come, they bounce off of us like water 149 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 2: off of a duck's back. Family member doesn't believe in you. 150 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: That's unfortunate, but that's not going to. 151 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: Keep you from doing great things. 152 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 2: Coworker tries to make it look bad, embarrass you. Most 153 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: people would be upset, start a fight, pay them back. 154 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: But you're a David. 155 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 2: You recognize that's a distraction. You let it go, knowing 156 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: that God will take care of you your enemies. One 157 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: way God vindicates you is he promotes you in the 158 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: presence of your enemies. He doesn't do it in private, 159 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 2: but in public, so that those that left you out, 160 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: discounted you, tried to make you feel small, they will 161 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: see you promoted, honored in a position of greater influence. 162 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: When David defeated Goliath, the whole army was in awe, 163 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: The city was cheering. Even the Philistines the opposition couldn't 164 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 2: believe what David had done. God knows how to lift 165 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: you up when people try to push you down. 166 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: Don't let that offense in. 167 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 2: Start letting things go quickly don't think about. 168 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: It a week and then you'll do it. 169 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 2: You won't have to get over so many emotional wounds 170 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 2: if you don't let the offense in in the first place. 171 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: If David would have woken up each morning thought about 172 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: his father mistreated him, why did he leave me out, 173 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: how his brothers were demeaning That bitterness, the anger, the 174 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 2: self pity would have stopped his destiny. When the offense 175 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: comes up, don't go there. Keep your mind on the positive. 176 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 2: Think on things that are good, wholesome, uplifting. It's not 177 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 2: doing anything productive to think about something negative that was 178 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: said about you. Relive how the person walked away, rehearse 179 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: all the pain, go back over all the sorrow that's. 180 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: Going to keep you from healing. 181 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: Let it go. That's in the past. God saw what happened, 182 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 2: he heard what they said. He knows what you lost. 183 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 2: If you will let it go, he'll make it up 184 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: to you. He'll give you beauty for those ashes. 185 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: A friend of mine grew up in a single parent home. 186 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 2: At five years old, his father walked out of his 187 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: life and wouldn't have anything to do with him. As 188 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 2: a little boy, he longed to see his dad, but 189 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 2: he wouldn't return the mother's call. 190 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: In his teens, he would send. 191 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: Letters to his father Birthday card, Happy Father's Day. He 192 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 2: wanted his father's approval so badly, just to know that 193 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: he cared, but he never heard a word. He felt 194 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 2: the rejection. Thoughts told him he wasn't good enough, there 195 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 2: was something wrong with him. But he didn't go there. 196 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 2: He didn't let the bitterness in the self pity. He 197 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 2: said what the Psalmist said, even if my mother and 198 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 199 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 2: own child. When you live in a state of perpetual forgiveness, 200 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: it's amazing how despite the injustice, despite how unfair it is, 201 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 2: you'll still be happy. 202 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: You'll still enjoy your life, You'll still do great things. 203 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 2: When he was in his thirties, his father finally agreed 204 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 2: to see him. He was so excited it was a 205 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 2: dream come true. He flew to another city, knocked on 206 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 2: the door. A lady answered and said, I'm sorry, your 207 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: father has changed his mind. 208 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: He's not going to see you. 209 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: I thought he would be devilish, stated he said, Joeb, 210 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: it didn't really bother me. I had already prepared If. 211 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: He wouldn't see me. 212 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: I was going to let it go and move on. 213 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: It has not stopped this young man. He has four 214 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 2: beautiful children, he's happily married, very successful. I would have 215 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: never known he didn't have an amazing childhood. When you 216 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: learn to let things go, disappointments can't stop you. Unfair people, 217 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 2: how you were raised, bad breaks, you'll keep rising higher 218 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 2: seeing the goodness of God. I've met other people that 219 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 2: have been through things like my friend. They're bitter, angry, 220 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: chip on their shoulder, stuck in life. 221 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: What's the difference. They hold on to everything. 222 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 2: You can't stop it from coming, but you can keep 223 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: the poison from getting on the inside. When you bury 224 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: negative emotions, they never die. You can't bottle up the anger, 225 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 2: the hurt, the betrayal and think that's it's not going 226 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: to affect you. Joel, I can't forgive them. You don't 227 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 2: know what they did. I can't let it go. They 228 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 2: hurt me too badly. You're not doing it for their sake. 229 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: You're doing it for your sake. That poison is contaminating 230 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: your life. When you release it, you'll step into new 231 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 2: levels of freedom, joy, and victory. There was a professional 232 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 2: boxer back in the nineteen nineties, and he was known 233 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: for his aggressiveness in the ring. He fought with such 234 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 2: anger and viciousness, almost like he was out of control. 235 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: For years, he was the middleweight champion of the world, 236 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 2: very successful. After one fight, a reporter asked him why 237 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 2: he fought with such aggression, how he could be that driven. 238 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 2: The reporter was expecting a standard answer, like I'm just 239 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: very competitive and I love the box But he told 240 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 2: the reason he fought with such anger, such hostility was 241 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: because his father was abusive. 242 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: He mistreated his. 243 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 2: Mother, fought with her. Their home was very violent. He 244 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: told this son how he would never amount to anything, 245 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 2: and ten years old, the father abandoned the family never 246 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 2: saw him again. He said, when I step in the ring, 247 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: I picture my father's face on my opponent. Now I 248 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 2: have so much hatred toward him, I just explode. I 249 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: thought about the difference between my friend and this foxer. 250 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 2: Both had betrayals, both had rejection. But one is living, healthy, 251 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 2: great children, being blessed. The other is angry, violent, bitter. 252 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: The difference is one learned to let things go, the 253 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: others chose to hold on. And yes, this boxer had 254 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 2: success on the outside, but if you're poisoned on the inside, 255 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 2: it's going to spoil every victory. Is there something you 256 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: need to let go of? Bitterness? Anger, how someone treated you, 257 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: what didn't work out. Don't do like him and let 258 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: that poison the rest of your life. It wasn't right 259 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 2: what they did, but you're forgiving so you can be free. 260 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: You're letting it go so you can see the beauty. 261 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 2: For ashes. Years ago, there was this toxic waste that 262 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 2: needed to be discarded, but nobody knew what to do 263 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: with it. They had never had to get rid of 264 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: something that dangerous and that toxic. After studying it, getting 265 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: different opinions, a company built these big metal containers like 266 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 2: you see on a ship, and they. 267 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: Put the toxic waste in it. They went to great 268 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: links to. 269 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: Make sure it was sealed very tightly and wouldn't get out. 270 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: Then they buried these containers deep in the ground. They 271 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: were so relieved they finally got rid of it. They 272 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: thought they were done, but forty years later the containers 273 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 2: started leaking. It was contaminating the soil, water, air. People 274 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: had to move away. The problem was the waste was 275 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: too toxic to bury there are some things you can't bury. 276 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 2: You can't bury anger and think it's not going to 277 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 2: affect you. You can't bury bitterness and not have it 278 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 2: leak out. You can't bury hatred, rejection. That's too toxic. 279 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 2: That poison, at some point will contaminate not just your dreams, 280 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: your attitude, your vision, but it will affect the people 281 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: around you. Best thing you can do is to get 282 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: that toxic waste out of you. Let it go. You 283 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: have to give it to God. God. I forgive them 284 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 2: for what they did. I let go of the hurts, 285 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: what I lost, what I didn't get. 286 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: I trust you to make it up to me. 287 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 2: This company never dreamed years later they would be dealing 288 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 2: with the same problem, but this time it would be worse. 289 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: If they had disposed of it properly the first time, 290 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: they wouldn't have this difficulty. When you bury negative feelings, 291 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: they never die. Like toxic waste. They're going to resurface 292 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: through your attitudo through your relationships. The good news is 293 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 2: it's not too late to do something about it. You 294 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: don't have to live with that contamination on the inside. 295 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: Let it go. Forgive the person that hurt you, Forgive 296 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 2: the parent for what they didn't give you. Let go 297 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 2: of the disappointment, the dream that didn't work out. Let 298 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 2: go of the guilt, the shame, the regret, the remorse. 299 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 2: You can't keep that bottled up, and reach your potential. 300 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 2: David went to the palace to work as one of 301 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 2: King Saul's armor bearing Saul was proud of David, loved 302 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: him like a son, but over time Saul became jealous 303 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 2: of David. He could see the anointing in favor on 304 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 2: David's life. Instead of being happy for him, he wanted 305 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 2: to get rid of him. While David was playing the 306 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: heart for Saul, trying to make Saul feel better, saw 307 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 2: through his spirit David and barely missed him. David had 308 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 2: to flee for his life. He had done nothing but 309 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 2: good for Saul, honored him, served him, but in return, 310 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 2: Saul tried to kill him. David spent months living on 311 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: the run, hiding in caves with Saul and his men 312 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: chasing after him. At one point, David could have killed Saul. 313 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 2: He snuck up on Saul and his men while they 314 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 2: were sleeping, but he wouldn't harm him. Despite David being 315 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: good to Saul never changed his mind. He wouldn't have 316 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 2: him back in the palace. Several years later, Saul was 317 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 2: killed in. 318 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: A battle, David was made the king. 319 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 2: When David heard that Saul was gone, you would think 320 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: he would be so happy, so relieved. Finally, this man 321 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 2: that made his life miserable cost him heartache, where he 322 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: couldn't pursue his dreams was no longer there. Surely David 323 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 2: would call his men together, have a big party. But 324 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 2: the scripture says David wept when he learned Saul was killed. 325 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: He wrote a song honoring him, saying, how beloved and 326 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: how gracious was Saul. No wonder David rose so high 327 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 2: he learned to let things go. Can you imagine writing 328 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 2: a song about your biggest enemy, the one that tried 329 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: to keep you down, about how beloved they are. A 330 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: key to David's success is he didn't let the toxins 331 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 2: get on the inside. He didn't bury the things that 332 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 2: weren't fair, the anger, the hurt, the injustice. He turned 333 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 2: it over to God. Even years later, he was sitting 334 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 2: in the palace, the greatest leader of that day, maybe 335 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 2: of any day, having conquered all kinds of territory. See 336 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 2: God's favor in great ways. He said to his staff, 337 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: is there anyone still alive from the house of Saul 338 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 2: that I can bless? He still had no bitterness towards Saul. 339 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: He's still being good to a man that wasn't good 340 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: to him. Who knows where God will take you. If 341 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 2: you'll just let things go when you have every right 342 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 2: to be angry, bitter, hold on to the hurt they 343 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: left you. You lost someone valuable. I'm not saying it's easy, 344 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 2: but it's more difficult to deal with the toxins on 345 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 2: the inside than it is to let things go. It's 346 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 2: not always easy to forgive, but it's harder to deal 347 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 2: with the poison of unforgiveness. It's not easy to move 348 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 2: forward after a disappointment, but it's harder to stay stuck 349 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 2: in defeat in mediocrity. Coach Rudy tom Janovich was the 350 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame coach of the Houston Rockets and also 351 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 2: a great professional basketball player himself. When he was twenty 352 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 2: five years old, in the middle of a game, a 353 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 2: fight broke out between two players. Rudy ran over to 354 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 2: break them off. One of the players turned and threw 355 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 2: a punch without looking as hard as he could just 356 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 2: so happened. Rudy was running up full speed. The punch 357 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 2: hit him square in the face. It became known as 358 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: the punch Heard around the world. Fractured his all, broke 359 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 2: his nose and cheek bones. He had spinal fluid leaking out, 360 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 2: almost took his life. Months later, while he was recovering, 361 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: he was asked about the men that hit him and 362 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 2: what he thought. Everyone was waiting his response. Surely he'd 363 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 2: be angry, bitter, this is not right. Rudy didn't miss 364 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 2: a beat. He told how he had already forgiven him, 365 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 2: that he wasn't angry or upset. 366 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: The reporters were puzzled. They said, this. 367 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 2: Man almost ended your life. He put you through all 368 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: this pain. How could you possibly forgive him? Rudy said, 369 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: I knew the only way I could move forward was 370 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 2: to let it go. I didn't forgive just for his sake. 371 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 2: I did it so that I could be free. Maybe 372 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: you've had bad breaks, you weren't treated right, wasn't fair. 373 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 2: I'm not asking you to do the other person a favor. 374 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to do yourself a favor. Forgive so 375 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 2: you can be free, Forgive so you can reach your 376 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 2: POTENTI forgive so you can see the beauty for ashes. 377 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: Don't bury the toxins. 378 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: Don't bury what they did. Those negative feelings are alive. 379 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 2: They can't be contained. You have to give it to God. 380 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: Trust him to make it up to you. 381 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: You weren't created to live with poisons weighing you down, 382 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: contamidating your vision. You will arise so much higher if 383 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 2: you'll get free from that. David had another great disappointment. 384 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 2: His newborn baby became very sick. He went home and 385 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 2: prayed and fasted, asked God to. 386 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: Heal his child. 387 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 2: For seven days, he wouldn't eat, he didn't see anyone. 388 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 2: He was consumed with this baby, believing that God would 389 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: give him a miracle. Unfortunately, the baby died. His men 390 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 2: were so concerned that when they told David that he 391 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 2: might fall apart, they didn't know what to do. David 392 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 2: overheard and asked what was wrong. When he found out 393 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 2: the baby died, he got up off the floe. The 394 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 2: scripture says he went home, washed his face, dressed in 395 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: new clothes. 396 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: Then he went to the table and ate a meal. 397 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 2: His men were so surprised, they said David, when the 398 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 2: baby was alive, you were so distraught. 399 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: But now that the baby is gone, you seem like 400 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: you're fine. 401 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: David said, I cannot bring the baby back, but one 402 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 2: day I. 403 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: Can go to be where he is. 404 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: David could have been better. God, why didn't you answer 405 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 2: my prayer? God, I've served you. I did the right 406 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 2: thing when Saul was chasing me. I've tried to honor you, 407 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 2: and now this happened. No, David knew to let it go. 408 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 2: I don't understand it. It wasn't fair. But God, you're 409 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 2: still on the throne. I know you still have good 410 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 2: things in store for me. There's a lot in life 411 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 2: we're not going to understand. You can't get caught up 412 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 2: in the wise. Part of faith is trusting when it 413 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 2: doesn't make sense. A year later, David's wife had another baby. 414 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 2: They named him Solomon. He became the king after David, 415 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: the heir to the throne and the wisest man that 416 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 2: ever lived. Had David stayed in despair, had he not 417 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 2: washed his face, let go of the disappointment, he would 418 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 2: have never seen the king that was coming. In difficult times, 419 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 2: when you don't understand, you could be bitter. If you'll 420 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: just let it go and keep trusting God. Like David, 421 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: You'll give birth to a king, something greater than what 422 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 2: you've imagined, something where you don't think about what you've lost. 423 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: I heard a story about an eagle. 424 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 2: It swooped down and picked up a mole off the ground, 425 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 2: grabbed it with his talons, and held it close to 426 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 2: its chest. This was unusual because an eagle. 427 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: Wouldn't normally pick up a mole. They eat fish and 428 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: other things. 429 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: As the eagle was flying holding this mole so close, 430 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 2: it began to get tired, started getting weaker, flew lower 431 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 2: and lower, finally had to land on the ground. The 432 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: eagle lost all of its strength, fell over, and died. 433 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 2: The little mole scurried away unharmed. It's very puzzling. A 434 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: veterinarian discovered that the mole had very suddenly bit into 435 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 2: the eagle's chest. 436 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: The eagle couldn't feel it, but. 437 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: It punctured the eagle's heart and caused it to lose 438 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 2: blood pressure and eventually passed. Are you holding on to 439 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 2: something that you don't realize is killing you? Anger, bitterness, guilt, shame. 440 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 2: That's draining the life out of you. That's taken your joy, 441 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 2: your peace, your creativity. How much higher could you fly? 442 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 2: How much further could you go? If you got rid 443 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 2: of these things that you're not supposed to be carrying? 444 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 2: Today can be a turning point. You know what's more 445 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 2: powerful than negative emotions? A decision When you let it go, 446 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 2: when you wash your face, when you say, like Rudy, 447 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 2: t I forgive, then you're moving toward the king that's 448 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 2: in your future. You may have buried some toxins, You 449 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 2: may be carrying some things that you shouldn't. 450 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: That's okay, you can release them right now. This is 451 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: your time to be free. 452 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about 453 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 2: to soar to new heights. New doors are about to open, 454 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 2: new friendships, healing, restoration, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 455 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 2: in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you 456 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 2: say amen? Today? I'd like to give you an opportunity 457 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 2: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 458 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 459 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 460 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 461 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 462 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 2: born again. Love to send you some new information on 463 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 2: your walk with the Lord. Just text the number on 464 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 2: the screen. I hope you'll get into a good Bible 465 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 2: based church and keep God first place. 466 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 3: God has put a specific dream in your heart. Maybe 467 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 3: it's a dream for a better career, a blessing that 468 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 3: enables you to bless others, to be in a healthy, 469 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 3: loving relationship, to launch your own business or ministry endeavor. 470 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 3: We all have dreams, but sometimes setbacks and opposition can 471 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 3: rob us of our dreams. So how do you make 472 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 3: your dreams a reality? 473 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 2: One way you know it's a God given dream is 474 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: you can't accomplish it on your own. 475 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: We never thought. 476 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 2: We'd be having church in a former basketball arena, but 477 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 2: this is what can happen when you take the limits 478 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: off of God. 479 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 4: When you believe what God put in your heart, that's 480 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 4: when He steps in and makes ways where you never 481 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: saw ways. 482 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 2: And I'd love to send you my newest book, It's 483 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 2: Time to Dream Again. It do'll help you to hold 484 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 2: on to what God promised and now get discouraged by 485 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 2: how impossible it looks or how long it's taken. You 486 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 2: are closer than you think. God's working behind the scenes 487 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 2: right now. 488 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: Stay in faith. 489 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 2: You're going to see the greatness of God bring your 490 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 2: dreams to pass. 491 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 492 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 3: of any amount to the ministry this month, Joel and 493 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this dream releasing, life 494 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 3: affirming book, It's Time to Dream Again. You might sense 495 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 3: that your dreams have been buried, but with this book, 496 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 3: you'll see that they are actually a hidden treasure just 497 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 3: waiting to be uncovered and come to life. God's plan 498 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 3: for you is significant. His dreams for you are beyond 499 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: what you could imagine. Don't wait another day. It's time 500 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 3: to dream again. 501 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 4: This book will help you gain a fresh perspective for 502 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 4: your dreams and to believe for everything God has put 503 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 4: in your heart. 504 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day. 505 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. Your 506 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 2: generosity is making a difference around the world. Remember you 507 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 2: can watch the service is live online every Sunday, download 508 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 2: the daily podcast or our YouTube channel. Listen on Serious XM. 509 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: We will keep you encouraged and inspired. But until we 510 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 2: meet again, may the Lord bless you and keep you. 511 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of It's Time to 512 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 3: dream again Today, visit joelostein dot com or call eight 513 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 3: eight eight five six seven Joel