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Your encouragement will help others 40 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 5: to be inspired and encouraged. Enjoy the message. 41 00:01:47,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 4: Now, God bless you. 42 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 5: Thanks for being with us today. If you're ever in 43 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 5: our area, please stop by and be a part of 44 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 5: one of our services. Neither are the finest people in 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 5: all of Houston, Texas right here at Lakewood, but I'll 46 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 5: promise you we will make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny and I heard 48 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: about this older lady. She came to church one Sunday morning, 49 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 5: and a friendly usher met her at the back door 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 5: and asked her where she wanted to sit. She said, 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 5: I want to sit on the very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, 52 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 5: you don't want to sit there. Our pastor is very boring. 53 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 5: He'll put you to sleep. Let me find you another seat. 54 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 5: She looked appalled. She said, sir, do you know who 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 5: I am? He said no, ma'am. She said, I am 56 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment. He 57 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 5: finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who 58 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 5: I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, say 59 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 60 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 5: am what it says. 61 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:57,839 Speaker 4: I am. 62 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 65 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 67 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about recognizing God's goodness. When 68 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 5: you look back over your life, you can see the 69 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 5: faithfulness of God times where he made away where you 70 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 5: didn't see away. He opened a door and a dream 71 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 5: came to pass. You were at the right place. You 72 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 5: met that person and fell in love. Even when you 73 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 5: made mistakes, he showed you mercying, coveraging, brought you out 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 5: and here you are, blessed and moving forward. You didn't 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 5: get to where you are by yourself. Wasn't just your talent, 76 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: wasn't just good breaks. It was the hand of God. 77 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 5: He's been working behind the scenes in your life, pushing 78 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 5: back forces of darkness, lining up the breaks that you need. 79 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 5: Even before you were born in your family line, God 80 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 5: was orchestrating things in your favor. A grandmother that always 81 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 5: prayed for you, She spoke faith into you and told 82 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: you what you could become. That wasn't a coincidence. That 83 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 5: was the goodness of God putting the right people in 84 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 5: your life. Or maybe a great great grandfather that you 85 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 5: never met. But he lived a life of integrity, He gave, 86 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 5: he served because he honored God. He put you in 87 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 5: a position to be blessed. God has been working on 88 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 5: your behalf for generations. Some of the favor that you're 89 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: seeing didn't have anything to do with you. You stepped 90 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 5: into opportunity, good breaks, promotion because of those who went 91 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 5: before you. Other people worked harder, but they didn't get 92 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 5: the position. They were more talented. I had more experience, 93 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 5: but the door didn't open. Your reaping from what your 94 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 5: relatives sowed, seeds of favor that didn't start with you. 95 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 5: Salm one five says they harvested what others planted. Someone 96 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 5: in your family line made it easier on you. They 97 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 5: made sacrifices, They got up early, They went the extra 98 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: mile to do the right thing. They may have never 99 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 5: seen the fullness of what they were believing for, but 100 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 5: God never lets a seed be sown without a harvest. 101 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 5: They sowed it so you could benefit. That's what the 102 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 5: scripture says. You will live in houses that you didn't build. 103 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 5: You will reap from vineyards that you didn't plant. It's 104 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 5: talking about generational blessings. I know I'm reaping from the 105 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 5: seeds that my parents and grandparents have sown. My grandmother 106 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 5: on my father's side of the family made ten cents 107 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 5: an hour washing people's clothes. During the Great Depression, she 108 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 5: worked twelve hours, made a dollar twenty a day. She 109 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 5: never really had much, but God is faithful. Those seeds 110 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 5: didn't go unharvested, And some of the abundance that I'm 111 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 5: seeing today is not so much what I've done, it's 112 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 5: simply where God put me in my family line. I'm 113 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 5: reaping what she sowed. It didn't happen in her generation, 114 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 5: but it happened in my generation. That's why I take 115 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 5: time every day to say, God, I recognize your goodness. 116 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: I know I didn't get here by myself. You chose 117 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 5: to bless me, you chose to show me mercy. It's 118 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 5: easy to think, well, Joel, I'm successful because I'm talented. 119 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 5: I'm blessed because I'm wise, I'm smart, I'm a hard worker. 120 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: Let me ask you where did you get that talent? 121 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 5: It came from your in heaven. Where did you get 122 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 5: the wisdom? Where did you get the funds to go 123 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 5: to school? How could your parents afford it? Why did 124 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 5: the scholarship go through? Why did the loan go through? 125 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 5: Because God favored you. He chose you to succeed, He 126 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 5: chose you to go further than those before you. You 127 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 5: could have been born generations back. Perhaps when your family 128 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 5: struggled and made sacrifices, didn't see the increase that you're seeing. 129 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 5: You are living in the day they dreamed about. In 130 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 5: one sense, it didn't have anything to do with you. 131 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 5: It's just the hand of God putting you here at 132 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 5: this time where you can reap what others have sown. 133 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 5: My father was raised in a family that didn't know 134 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 5: anything about God. They were good people, but they just 135 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 5: didn't have any kind of faith. For several generations back 136 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 5: as far as we can see, it was the same thing. 137 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 5: This could have continued on been passed down to me 138 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 5: and my children. But God, in his mercy, put a 139 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: man by the name of Sam Martin in my father's life. 140 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 5: They were friends growing up in high school. Sam would 141 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 5: get there early and write scripture verses on the chalkboard. 142 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 5: My dad was so embarrassed he tried to distance himself. 143 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 5: Sam was determined. He kept talking to my father about 144 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 5: the Lord. Didn't seem like he is doing any good 145 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: because my dad wouldn't listen. But you never know when 146 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 5: a seed is going to take root. You don't have 147 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 5: to convict people. The Holy Spirit is the one that convicts. 148 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 3: You. 149 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 5: Just keep sowing the seed, and at the right time, 150 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 5: when the soil of their heart is softened, the seed 151 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 5: will take root. A seed can live for years. You 152 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 5: may not see anything happening your loved ones, with your friends, 153 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 5: no sign of them changing. Don't worry. The seed is 154 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 5: still alive. When my father was seventeen years old, one night, 155 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 5: at two o'clock in the morning, he was walking home 156 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 5: from a nightclub. He looked up at the stars and 157 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: began to think about his destiny and what he would 158 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 5: do with his life. He didn't know anything about religion, 159 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 5: but he could feel God was drawing him that night. 160 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 5: The next morning, he called his friend Sam said he 161 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 5: wanted to go to church with him. They sat on 162 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 5: the very back road. The end of the service, the 163 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 5: pastor invited people to the front to receive Christ. My 164 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 5: father wouldn't go. He was too afraid. Sam leaned over 165 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 5: and said, John, if you'll go, I'll go with you. 166 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 5: My father stood up and walked down the aisle with 167 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 5: his friend Sam Martin. His life was never the same. 168 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 5: I often think about where would I be without Sam Martin. 169 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 5: What if God had not put him in my father's path. 170 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 5: I wouldn't be up here, I wouldn't be married to Victim, 171 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 5: wouldn't have my children. Many times, when I'm praying I 172 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 5: say Lord, thank you for Sam Martin, thank you for 173 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 5: putting him in our life. I recognize that your goodness. 174 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 5: If you knew all the things God has been orchestrating 175 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 5: behind the scenes to get you where you are, people, promotion, protection, opportunities, 176 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 5: you would be amazed. If this one person had not 177 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 5: been at the right place and interacted with someone in 178 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 5: your family, you wouldn't be here today. God's been thinking 179 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 5: about you long before. 180 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 4: You got here. 181 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 5: The scripture says, God chose you before you could choose him. 182 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 5: You didn't get here on your own. The creator of 183 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 5: the universe chose you. When I think about all that 184 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 5: God has done, the things I know about and the 185 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 5: things I don't know about, I can't keep it to myself. 186 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 5: I have to say, Lord, thank you for your goodness. 187 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 5: I recognize your favor in my life. As you've heard today, 188 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 5: my parents founded Lakewood on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine, 189 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 5: sixty years ago, with ninety people in an old Rundown 190 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 5: feed store. They cleaned out the building and borrowed some 191 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 5: old wood pews. Didn't look like much, but the scripture says, 192 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 5: don't despise the day of small beginnings. Don't get discouraged 193 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 5: because where you are is much smaller than what's in 194 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 5: your heart. As a young man, my father knew one 195 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 5: day he would pastor a church with thousands. But you 196 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 5: have to be faithful with the small before God will 197 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 5: trust you with much. That's a time of testing, a 198 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 5: time of proving. It's easy to think, well, Joel, when 199 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 5: I see some growth, when I get some good breaks, 200 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 5: then I'll give it my all. No, you have to 201 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 5: give it your all. Right where you are, God is watching. 202 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 5: He sees what's not growing. He sees when you're in 203 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 5: a feed store and others are in a nice building. 204 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 5: Stay faithful. Your time is coming. Sometimes now, when I 205 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 5: pull up to the Compact Center and I see this 206 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: huge building on the freeway with all the people, I 207 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 5: feel a tear running down my cheek. It's because I 208 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 5: remember where I came from. My mind flashes back to 209 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 5: the feed store as a little boy, sitting on the 210 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 5: front row with the ninety people watching my father minister. 211 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 5: I think about my grandmother that made ten cents an hour, 212 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 5: my grandfather that worked at the factory all those years, 213 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 5: And when I realized how far God has brought us, 214 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 5: how he's opened doors I never dreamed would open how 215 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 5: He's taken us further than we ever imagine. I can't 216 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 5: help but say, Lord, thank you for what you've done 217 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 5: in my life. Thank you for taking me further than 218 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 5: I could go on my own. When you look back 219 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 5: over your life and see the faithfulness of God, the 220 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 5: times he protected you, promoted you, healed you, favored, you 221 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 5: don't take it for granted. It wasn't a lucky break, 222 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,599 Speaker 5: It wasn't an accident. That was the goodness of God. 223 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 5: In Deuteronomy chapter eight, God told the Israelites he was 224 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: bringing them into the Promised Land. It described it as 225 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 5: a land of abundance, flowing with streams and rivers. The 226 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 5: clusters of grapes were so large it took two people 227 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 5: to carry. There was so much iron and copper in 228 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 5: the ground it was as common as stone. After promising 229 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 5: all this increase and favor, God gave them a warning. 230 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 5: He said, in verse eleven, beware that in your plenty 231 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 5: you do not forget the Lord your God. For when 232 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 5: you have become full and prosperous, when you have built 233 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 5: nice houses, when your gold and silver has multiplied, do 234 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 5: not forget the Lord your God. Rescued you out of slavery. 235 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 5: Do not forget he led you through the wilderness with 236 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 5: poisonous snakes. Do not forget he gave your water out 237 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 5: of the rock. He fed you with manna, which your 238 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 5: father's knew not. God was saying in today's language, when 239 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 5: your business takes off, when your health turns around, when 240 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 5: you have that baby I promised when you get the 241 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 5: compact center, don't let it become so common that you 242 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 5: don't recognize it was my goodness that you don't take 243 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 5: time to thank me for what I've done in one 244 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 5: area of our lives. We're all in the Promised Land. 245 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 5: We've seen God do amazing things. Free you from an addiction, 246 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 5: give your healthy children, Bless you in your career. You 247 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 5: know it was God's favor at the time, you were 248 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 5: so grateful. My challenge is, don't lose that sense of awe. 249 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 5: Live with that amazement at what God has done. Go 250 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 5: back over the times where He made a way, protected you, 251 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 5: opened that door that shouldn't have opened. If you don't 252 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 5: remember what God has done, then it's easy to start 253 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 5: taking the credit and think we got here by ourselves. 254 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 5: We did it in our own power. The problem with 255 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 5: forgetting is that God won't share his glory. He'll take 256 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 5: it incredible places, he'll open amazing doors. But if you 257 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 5: don't recognize it's his goodness, the same God that opened 258 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 5: the door can close the door. That's why God gave 259 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: them such a strong warning. He said, I am taking 260 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 5: you into a land where you will lack nothing. You 261 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 5: will have beautiful houses, businesses that are blessed, resources more 262 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 5: than you could imagine. My only requirement is that you 263 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 5: don't forget. It was my favor that brought you here. 264 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 5: It was my angels protecting you in the desert. It 265 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 5: was my power keeping enemies from defeating you. I was 266 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 5: the one that pushed back the red sea. I was 267 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 5: the one that gave your water out of the rock. 268 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 5: I was the one that brought you in to this 269 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: land of abundance. That's why I never get tired of 270 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 5: thanking God for what He's done in my life. You 271 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 5: hear it all the time. Lord, thank you for giving 272 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 5: us the compact center. I realized we didn't get this 273 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 5: in our own strength. This is the hand of God. Lord, 274 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 5: Thank you for healing my mother from terminal cancer back 275 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 5: in nineteen eighty one. Well, Joel. That was almost forty 276 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 5: years ago. Yeah, but I'm not gonna forget. I'm gonna 277 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: keep thanking God, Lord, thank you for leading me into 278 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 5: that jewelry store where I met Victoria for the first 279 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 5: Thank you that she couldn't keep her hands off of me. 280 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 5: That was a lie, but that wasn't a coincidence. That 281 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 5: was God directed my steps, the same God that led 282 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 5: the Israelites through the desert and didn't let poisonous snakes 283 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 5: harm them. Think about all the times God has protected 284 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 5: you on the freeway that car swerved at the last 285 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 5: moment barely missed you. That wasn't a lucky break. That 286 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 5: was His angels protecting you. You weren't next in line, 287 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 5: but somehow you got the promotion. Then another good break, 288 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 5: and another, and now you're living at a level you 289 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 5: never dreamed. Like me, you've seen God show out in 290 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 5: your life. You have some compact centers, family members that 291 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 5: God's healed, a person you met that changed your life 292 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 5: for the better. Have you forgotten what God has done? 293 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 5: Have you convinced yourself it was just vain? It would 294 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 5: have happened no matter what. That's what causes blessings not 295 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 5: to last. It's like this man I heard about. He 296 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 5: pulled into a crowded parking lot and he couldn't find 297 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 5: a parking space anywhere. He prayed, God, please help me 298 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: to find a place to park. He pulled around the 299 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 5: next aisle right on queue. This car up front backed out. 300 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 5: He said, never mind, God, I found one. Sometimes we 301 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 5: have short memories. We forget. God is the one that 302 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 5: opened the door. He's the one that caused that college 303 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 5: to accept you. He's the reason your company chose you 304 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 5: over somebody else. Here's the reason your health turned around. Sure, 305 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 5: the medicine help, but God is the healer. Don't forget 306 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 5: about all the prayers he's answered for you. Take time 307 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 5: to acknowledge his goodness. Not only are you thanking him, 308 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 5: but you're reminding yourself. I didn't get here by myself. 309 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: You're keeping the right perspective, giving God the credit. This 310 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 5: is where King Nebeka Nezzar in the scripture got off course. 311 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 5: He said in Daniel chapter four, how great is our God? 312 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 5: How mighty are his wonders? His kingdom is everlasting. He 313 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 5: started off good, giving God the credit, talking about his power, 314 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 5: and God continued to increase him. But somewhere along the 315 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 5: way he started taking the credit. He forgot it was 316 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 5: God who was giving him the power to succeed. And 317 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 5: in verse twenty nine, he looked out over the city 318 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 5: and said, is this not the great Babylon that I 319 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 5: have built by my might and by my power for 320 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 5: the honor of my glory and my majesty. Listen to 321 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 5: all the minds my might, my power, my glory, my majesty. 322 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 5: His attitude was, I'm something great. The problem is we 323 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 5: weren't creat to contain glory. We were created to give 324 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 5: God glory. God will show you his favor as long 325 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 5: as you let that glory flow through you and back 326 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 5: up to Him. But the moment you start keeping the glory, 327 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 5: that's when the favor is going to stop. As Nebukanezzar 328 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 5: was up there bragging to everybody about how great he was. 329 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 5: First thirty one says, while he was still speaking, a 330 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 5: voice came down from heaven and said, neber Canezzar, this 331 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 5: day you have lost the kingdom. Why is that? God 332 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 5: won't share the glory. If you're going to keep it, 333 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 5: he'll step away. But when you're constantly bragging on God's goodness, 334 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 5: thanking him for what he's done, giving him the honor, 335 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 5: you're going to continue to rise higher. The scripture says, 336 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 5: God opposes the proud, but gives favor to the humble. 337 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 5: When you humble yourself and say, God, I know it 338 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: was your goodness that got to me to where I am. 339 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 5: It was your mercy that brought me out of these mistakes. 340 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 5: It was your power that kept these enemies from defeating me. 341 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 5: It was your favor that opened these doors. God, I 342 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 5: recognize your goodness. When you give God the credit, he'll 343 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 5: take your places that you've never dreamed. When I have 344 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 5: friends come to see this building, first thing I always 345 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 5: tell them is, look what the Lord has done. When 346 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 5: I see my mom healthy in whole still after all 347 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 5: these years, Look what the Lord has done. When I 348 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 5: see our son Jonathan up here ministry. Now I didn't 349 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 5: even think I would be a minister. Now my son 350 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 5: is a minister. It's three generations. Look what the Lord 351 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 5: has done. That's the goodness of God. What has he 352 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 5: done in your life? Are you recognizing it? Are you 353 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 5: living amazed filled with gratitude? Or you let it become common. 354 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 5: Don't forget how he freed you from that addiction, how 355 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 5: he brought the right person across your path, how he 356 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 5: led you through the desert. Times you were discouraged, he 357 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 5: made away, He brought you out. He gave your water 358 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 5: out of the rock he provided when you didn't see 359 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 5: how Remember how he delivered you from a few pharaohs, 360 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 5: people and circumstances that had to in bondage. If you're 361 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 5: going to continue to go further, you have to remember 362 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 5: it is the Lord your God that got you to 363 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 5: where you are, and it is the Lord your God 364 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 5: that's going to keep you going. Thank him for the 365 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 5: doors he opened, and thank him for the doors he closed. 366 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: Thank him for the people that stood with you, and 367 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 5: thank him for those that walked away. You may not 368 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 5: have liked it, but they weren't a part of your destiny. 369 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 5: You didn't need them to become who you were created 370 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 5: to be. Verse sixteen says he fed you with manna, 371 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 5: which your fathers knew. Not. God is going to do 372 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 5: things for you that your parents never saw. My father 373 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 5: dreamed of building a twenty thousand seat auditorium. He said 374 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 5: even one time that we were going to purchase the 375 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 5: Compact Center. He had this in his spirit, but it 376 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 5: never came to pass in his lifetime. God put it 377 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 5: in his spirit for his children. God has things in 378 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 5: your future that your parents and those that went before 379 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: you couldn't even fathom, favor that your fathers knew. Not 380 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 5: I say this in humility, but if my father were 381 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 5: here now, he would be amazed, not just at me 382 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 5: being up here, but at the growth the influence. God 383 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 5: has done things for me that he never experienced. My 384 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 5: father used to call me sometimes so excited. He would 385 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 5: tell me the income for the ministry that week. The 386 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 5: giving was a certain amount. My father came out of poverty, 387 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 5: never was raised with marchins. He was so in awe 388 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 5: and so filled with gratitude he'd have to share it 389 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 5: with someone else. As amazing as that was, what we 390 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 5: see now is more than ten times what my father 391 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 5: would call me about. He couldn't even fathom this. That's 392 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 5: the way God is. He's going to increase you in 393 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 5: ways that your parents never saw. Influence, income, creativity, opportunities, resources. 394 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 5: It says he fed you with manna. The word mana 395 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 5: means what is it? They had never seen it before. 396 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 5: It was bread that formed on the ground out there 397 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 5: in the desert. God has some manna for you. He 398 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 5: has some of these what is it things where you 399 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 5: think I didn't see this coming. I never dreamed I'd 400 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 5: be running this business, handling these resources, living in this high. 401 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 5: You may not see how it can happen. Don't worry. 402 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 5: God has the manna. He has things that you've never seen, 403 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 5: doors that have never opened, someone you've never met, influence 404 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 5: at new levels. Get ready. Things are about to shift 405 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 5: in your favor. Unexpected opportunity, unexpected promotion, unexpected breakthroughs. God 406 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 5: is preparing the manner right now. He's getting things ready 407 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 5: to show out in your life. What he's done in 408 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 5: your past is going to pel in comparison to what 409 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 5: he's about to do. Now here's the key. When you 410 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 5: see the manna favor that you've never seen, always remember 411 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 5: it is the Lord, your God that's causing you to increase. 412 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 5: He's the one that's giving you the power to live 413 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 5: an abundant, victorious life. Now, as we celebrate sixty years 414 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 5: here at Lakewood, I can sum up how I feel 415 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 5: with one phrase to God, be the glory. Let him 416 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 5: increase and let us decrease. God, may we make your 417 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 5: name famous. Let us shine brighter. Let us take new ground. 418 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 5: Let us affect the culture in a greater way. God, 419 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 5: we commit we will always remember where you brought us from. 420 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 5: We remember how you've defeated giants that were much bigger, 421 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 5: how you didn't stop all the opposition, but you blessed 422 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 5: us because of it. God, we remember how you sustained 423 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 5: us for sixty years. May generations to come be still 424 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 5: be telling of your goodness from this very building. May 425 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 5: it be a continuous lighthouse of hope. What's interesting is 426 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 5: after King nebucha Nezar lost the kingdom because he thought 427 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 5: he had done it all in his own strength, he 428 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 5: changed his mind. He realized God had given him the 429 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 5: favor that God was promoting him. He humbled himself. Here's 430 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 5: how amazing God is. He's so merciful. He put Nebukanezzar 431 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 5: back in power. Verse thirty seven says, now, I Nebkaneszar, 432 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:18,239 Speaker 5: give praise and honor to the King of Heaven. A 433 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 5: few verses earlier he was saying my glory, my honor. 434 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 5: Now he was saying, I praise the King of Heaven. 435 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 5: Instead of taking the glory, he started giving God the glory. 436 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 5: When he did, God gave him another chance. I wonder 437 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 5: if there are areas in your life like him. You 438 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 5: think you've done it in your own strength, and it's 439 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 5: limiting how high you can go. If you will start 440 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 5: recognizing God's favor, thanking him for what he's done, giving 441 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 5: him the honor, then God will open new doors and 442 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 5: take you further. He won't share the glory, but when 443 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 5: you're quick to give him the glory, there's no limit 444 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 5: to how high you will go. I'm asking you to 445 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 5: recognize God's goodness in your life. Remember how he led 446 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 5: you through the desert, brought you through those difficulties. How 447 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 5: you met the right person. Wasn't a lucky break. That 448 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 5: was the Lord, your God. He's been working in your 449 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 5: life even generations back. Why don't you get up every 450 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 5: morning and say Lord, thank you for your goodness. If 451 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 5: you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're about to 452 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 5: see some manna, influence, opportunities, creativity, income that you've never 453 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 5: seen Like Neba Canezzar. God is going to give you 454 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 5: back what you lost. Your latter days will be better 455 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 5: than your former days in Jesus' name, And if you 456 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 5: receive it, can you say him in today? But I'd 457 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 458 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 5: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 459 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 5: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 460 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 5: make you my Lord and savior. 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