1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,239 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: great to be with you today, and I hope you'll 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: stay connected with us during the week through our daily 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can come 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: visit us in person. We'd love to have you be 10 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. So I'd like 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: to start with something funny. And in Texas we're known 12 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: for everything being bigger. There was this Texan farmer that 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: loved to brag about the size of his ranch. He 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: was in England and met this English farmer and he 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: asked him how big his ranch was, knowing that he'd 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: probably ask about his. The Englishman said, my ranch is 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: thirty five acres. How big is yours? The Texan said, well, 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: let's just put it this way. If I got in 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: my truck at sunrise and started driving across my property 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: at sunset, still be on my ranch. The Englishman said, yeah, 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: I used to have a truck like that. No bragging 22 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: around here. Here we go, y'all. This is my Bible. 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: about grace for Gsemone. The word Gsemone means a place 30 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: of pressing. It was an olive garden in Jerusalem. Workers 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: would put olives into a press. They were squeezed and 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: under that pressure the oil would come out. You couldn't 33 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: have the valuable olive oil without the pressing. It's not 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: a coincidence that before Jesus went to the cross, before 35 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: he rose from the dead, he had to go through 36 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: the garden of Gosimone. That's where he was so overwhelmed 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: and so distressed knowing what he was about to face, 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: that he swept great drops of blood. He said, my 39 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: soul is in agony, even to the point of death. 40 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: He had this season of suffering that he had to endure. 41 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: He could have given up, said father, I'm done here. 42 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: This is too much. He could have called angels to 43 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: come rescue him, but he made this decision. Father, not 44 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: my will, but you will be done. He passed the tesk, 45 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: and we celebrate the resurrections, but the real victory was 46 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: won in Gysimine. That's where he refused to give up. 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: He didn't get bitter because people betrayed him, didn't get 48 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: discouraged because disciples fell asleep, didn't live frustrated because the 49 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: plan wasn't fair. He was squeezed, he was pressured, he 50 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: was uncomfortable, but he endured the suffering, knowing that the 51 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: joy that was coming, real victory is not one in public. 52 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: It's one in private. It's what you do in Gasimone 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: when you're taking the treatment. The child's off course, when 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: your dream is delayed. Paul said in Philippians, I want 55 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: to know him in the power of his resurrection and 56 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: the fellowship of his suffering. You can't have a resurrection 57 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: without some suffering. You have to have a strong will, 58 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: a made up mind, not a weak mentality, but a 59 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: warrior mentality. I am in this for the long haul. 60 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: I will not give up. Start complaining, blaming, doubting. I 61 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: know on the other side of this suffering is the 62 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: power of the resurrection, Peter said, after you have suffered 63 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: a little while, you will come out established. The suffering 64 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: is not permanent. The squeezing, the pressing is not how 65 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: your story ends. Gassimone, It's just one stops. It's just 66 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: a season. It's designed for you to pass through it 67 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: so you can come into the power, the fullness, the 68 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: abundance that God has in store. But the enemy would 69 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: lie for us to get stuck in gsemine. Why did 70 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: this door closed? Why is this taking so long? Why 71 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: did my child get off course? You can't reach your 72 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: destiny without being pressured, squeezed, thoughts telling you that it's 73 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: never going to work out. God has forgotten about you. 74 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: The fact that you feel the pressure, that's a sign 75 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: that a resurrection is coming. You wouldn't be in Gaseimone 76 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: if you weren't close to something amazing, not ordinary, but supernatural. 77 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: Doors opening you never dream would open, business tracking you down, 78 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: the right people showing up, healing from what looks impossible. 79 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: When you're in a place of pressing, don't let it 80 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: squeeze your faith out Squeeze your hope, squeeze your dreams. 81 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: Turn it around and let it. Squeeze the doubt out. God. 82 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: I don't see away, but I know you're making away. 83 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: Squeeze the bitterness out. God. They hurt me, but I 84 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: know you're my vindicator. Squeeze the discouragement out. I lost 85 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: this loved one, But God, I know you have beauty 86 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: for these ashes. I can't promise you that you'll never 87 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: have a gaseimone, never feel pressured, overwhelmed, betrayed. But I 88 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: can promise you there is grace for every Gasemone. The 89 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: apostle Paul had what he called a thorn in his flesh, 90 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: something that he couldn't get rid of. Three times he prayed, God, 91 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: take this away, get me out of gasemone. I'm uncomfortable. 92 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: He couldn't pray it away, God said Paul, My grace 93 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: is sufficient for you. God won't let you go into 94 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: that pressure without giving you what you need to handle it. 95 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: Quit telling yourself. I can't take this anymore, Joel, I 96 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: can't raise these kids. I can't deal with this sickness. 97 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: These coworkers are driving me crazy. You're defeating yourself when 98 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: you're being squeezed. You have to talk to yourself the 99 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: right way. I can handle this. I am strong in 100 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: the Lord. I can do all things through Christ. In 101 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: one sense, it was easy for Jesus to heal the 102 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: blind man, easy to turn water into wine, easy to 103 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: raise Lazarus from the dead. But now Jesus was in Gosemone. 104 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: He was so distressed that he fell to the ground, 105 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: overwhelmed by pressure. You don't get to choose the road 106 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: you travel. Sometimes God will take you to a gsemone 107 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: down a path that's uncomfortable. There's pressure, adversity. You didn't 108 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: choose it. We like the favor, the blessing, the good times. 109 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: This battle chose you. And Jesus already knew the outcome. 110 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: He already knew he would rise again, be seated next 111 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: to his father. He knew the end. But in the middle, 112 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 1: the pressure was so great he still questioned. He said, Father, 113 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: if you're willing take this bitter cup from me? Three 114 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: times he prayed that, but the heavens were silent. God 115 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: never answered. He didn't hear a voice boom out like 116 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: when he is being baptized. Sirn I'm pleased with you. 117 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: Keep going strong. It's all gonna work out. He heard 118 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: from his father in the good times, but in Gasemone, 119 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: the most difficult time in his life. Not a word, 120 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: But God being silent doesn't mean that he's not there. 121 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: That's a test. That's when you have to show God 122 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna trust him even when you don't hear him. 123 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna keep believing even though nothing is changing. When 124 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: Heaven is silent, you need to go back to what 125 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: God already promised you. God, I'm in Gasemone dealing with 126 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,119 Speaker 1: this illness. But Lord, you said, you're Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, 127 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: my healer. Lord, I thank you you're restoring health back 128 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: into me. God, I'm suffering from this child that's breaking 129 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: my heart. But God, you said, as for me and 130 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: my house, we will serve the Lord. Jesus said, Father, 131 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: if he can take this cup from me, nevertheless, not 132 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: my will, but let your will be done. It's okay 133 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: to ask God to take something away, but you need 134 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: to add the nevertheless. God, if it doesn't happen my way, 135 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna complain, live better, give up on my dreams. 136 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stand strong, endure knowing that this season of 137 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: suffering is leading to a resurrection, to a new level 138 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: of my destiny. God wouldn't have let you go to 139 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: Gasimone if he didn't have something amazing in front of you. 140 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: There are levels of favor and blessing you can only 141 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: see by going through a season of pressing, a season 142 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: of suffering. Gasimone is not the enemy. It's designed by God. 143 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: It's a strategic place to launch you to the power 144 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: of the resurrection, to see favor that you've never imagined. 145 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: But here's the key. Before you see public victory, you 146 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: have to win the private victory before you see your resurrection. 147 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: You have to pass the test in gsemone. Had Jesus said, Father, 148 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: take this bitter cup from me because I'm bitter. I'm 149 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: not putting up with this suffering. It's too much, he 150 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't have seen the resurrection. He wouldn't be seated on 151 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: the right hand of the Father. Are you missing favor 152 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: increase because you're stuff in gsemone, Bitter over what didn't 153 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: work out, upset over the door that closed, angry over 154 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: who left you. Try a different approach. If you win 155 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: the battle in gsemone, pass that test, you will see 156 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: what God is up to This is not the time 157 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: to be sour. This is the time to say, I 158 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: may not like it, but God, I trust, I know 159 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: your plans for me are for good. You wouldn't have 160 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: brought me into gaseimone if I wasn't on the verge 161 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: of a resurrection, a breakthrough, a new level of my destiny. 162 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: When Jesus prayed that third time, the scripture says, angels 163 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: came and strengthened him. When you have an attitude of 164 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: faith in times of suffering, you don't complain in the pressing. 165 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: You're trusting God when the heavens are silent when you're squeezed. 166 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: Instead of being sour, you're thanking him that he's working. 167 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: That's when angels are going to show up. You'll feel 168 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: a supernatural strength to endure when you should be overwhelmed, 169 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: a power to keep moving forward when you should be stuck, 170 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: a courage to believe when you should be doubting. That's 171 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: how you pass the test. You can't pray away gasimone. 172 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: Jesus asked his father to remove this bitter cup. Father, 173 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: get me out of this suffering, this pressure. God didn't say, 174 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: all right, I'll remove it. I'll change my plan. Gasimine 175 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: is a setup that suffering is leading to a resurrection, 176 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: to something supernatural. We see this in the life of 177 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: David seventeen years old, a teenager out taking care of 178 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: his father's sheep, when the prophet Samuel showed up and 179 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: chose him over all of his brothers as the next 180 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: king of Israel. A destiny moment. David heard Goliath taunting 181 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: the Israelites. They were all afraid. He went out with 182 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: a slingshot and a few stones and defeated this giant. 183 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: Overnight he became a national hero. Another destiny moment, he 184 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: was invited by King Saul to come to the palace 185 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: and serve as his armor bearer. He went from no 186 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: one knowing him to this influential position the favor of God. 187 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: Everything was going great, one good break after another. Then 188 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: King Saul became jealous of David tried to kill him. 189 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: Here David was honoring Saul be in his best, but 190 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: David came in to a gasimine, a time of pressing, 191 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: a time of squeezing. He had to flee for his life. 192 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: He lived out in the desert in caves, in hiding 193 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: on the run. Wasn't fair. He hadn't done anything wrong. 194 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: David could have become bitter, God, where are you? Why 195 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: did you let this happen? But he understood this principle 196 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: that the suffering was a set up. It was a 197 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: sign that a resurrection was coming. David kept doing the 198 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: right thing. At one point he could have killed Saul. 199 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: He and his men snuck up on Saul while he 200 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: was sleeping. David wouldn't do it. He knew God had 201 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: anointed Saul. He wouldn't touch him. Even though David was suffering, 202 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: He took the high road and did the right thing. 203 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't long after that this Saul was killed in 204 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: a battle and David was made keen. And on the 205 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: way to your destiny, there will be these moments of 206 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: favor God opening doors, bringing right people, causing you to excel. 207 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:14,479 Speaker 1: But there will also be some gasimonies, sometimes oppressing, squeezing. 208 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: How you handle gasimone will determine whether you get stuck 209 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: there or whether you come into the resurrection. It's easy 210 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 1: to get bitter when people do us wrong, upset over 211 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: the medical report, sour over the contract that we lost. 212 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: But when you understand gasimony is strategic, it's necessary for 213 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: you to go to the next level. You can't have 214 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: a resurrection without a gosimony. You have to pass the test. 215 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: Here's the key in the pressure. Any of us can 216 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: do the right thing when it's easy, when Samuel's anointing us, 217 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: when we're defeating Eliah, when Saul's calling us into the palace. 218 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: That doesn't take much faith. The test comes when it's 219 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: not fair, when people betrayed you, the medical report's not good, 220 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: business went down, you're in gasemone. That's when many people 221 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: give up. Blame God. I can't take this pressure. Don't 222 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: get stuck in gasimone. It was never designed to be 223 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: permanent for you to live there. It's a temporary season. 224 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: If you'll pass the test in private, then you'll come 225 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: into public victory. And sometimes we're waiting for God to 226 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: change things. Joel, when I get through this suffering, then 227 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: I'll have a good attitude when the pressure is not 228 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: so much, when these people quit doing me wrong. God, 229 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: if you'll take this bitter cup from me, then I'll 230 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: start believing again. No, add the second part of the prayer. Nevertheless, 231 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: not my will, but let your will be done. You're saying, God, 232 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: I know your grace is sufficient. So I'm going to 233 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: keep being my best right where I am. I'm gonna 234 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: have a smile when I could be discouraged. I'm gonna 235 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: have a song of praise when I could be complaining. 236 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep thanking you that things are turning in 237 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: my favor when I don't see any sign of it. God, 238 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be good to people who are not being 239 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: good to me. When you know God in the fellowship 240 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: of his suffering, like the scripture says, then you're going 241 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: to know him in the power of his resurrection. You 242 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: may be in gysemine. Now God's been good to you, 243 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: You've seen his blessing, but you're in a time of pressing, squeezing. 244 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,359 Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable. People have come against you, straining your finances. 245 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: A child has an illness. You're on a road that 246 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: you didn't choose, facing things you don't understand. God sees 247 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: what you're dealing with. He knows who did you wrong, 248 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: what wasn't fair. When he's not removing the pressure, that 249 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: means you have the grace to withstand, to endure, to overcome. 250 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: You may not be able to pray it away, but 251 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: when you say God, I trust you. I'm not giving 252 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: up on my dreams. I'm not backing down on what 253 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: you promised. I'm going to stand strong knowing that you're 254 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: in control. That this season of suffering is a sign 255 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: that a resurrection is coming. That's what allows the creator 256 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: of the universe to go to work. That's when angels 257 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: are dispatched with healing, favor and breakthroughs. Don't get stuck 258 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: in Gsemone. That's not your destiny. Earlier that evening, Jesus 259 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: had dinner with the twelve Disciples. We called it the 260 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: Last Suffering. He prayed over them, told them what he 261 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: was going to go through, and wash their feet. He 262 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: left that night with Peter, James, and John and they 263 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: went to the garden of Gsemone. Jesus felt so overwhelmed 264 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: he asked them to stay up and pray for him. 265 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: He went over by himself and fell on the ground, 266 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: prayed that God would take this up from him if 267 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: he could a little while. He went back to check 268 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: on his disciples, hoping to get some encouragement. He looked 269 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: over and they were asleep. He woke them up and said, 270 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: come on, guys, couldn't you stay up for an hour 271 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 1: and pray for me. This is the most critical time 272 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: of my life. He's kind of frustrated. He asked them again, 273 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: even more emphatically, please stay awake and pray for me. 274 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: He thought for sure they got the message, and he 275 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: went off for a little while and prayed, and came 276 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: back a little later, same thing. They were sound asleep. 277 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: Sometimes when you need people the most, they're not there 278 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: for you. There's a temptation to think, man if I 279 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: had them, then I could get through this, then I 280 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: could overcome. But the fact is, when you're in gyseimine, 281 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 1: it's between you and God. You don't need other people. 282 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: If someone's always rescuing you, praying for you, keeping your 283 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: cheered up, that's gonna limit your growth. God will wean 284 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: you away from people so you'll have to depend on him. 285 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: He wants to hear your prayer. You have a direct 286 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: line to him. He's always listening. Jesus woke the disciples 287 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: up again and asked them to pray, and he went 288 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: away and came back. The third time they had fallen asleep. 289 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: This time he didn't try to wake them up. He 290 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,719 Speaker 1: didn't try to convince them to pray. He looked at 291 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: them and said sleep on. He came to a point 292 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: where he didn't let it bother him anymore. He could 293 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: have kept waking them up being frustrated. Instead, he accepted 294 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: that he wasn't going to have their support and that 295 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: was okay. He knew he didn't need them to fulfill 296 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: his destiny. When things don't turn out the way you thought, 297 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: friends you were counting on weren't there for you. You 298 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: didn't get that promotion you deserve. The medical report hasn't improved. 299 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: You've done all you can. You prayed, you believed, you 300 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: worked hard, and instead of letting that frustrate you, you 301 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: need to say, like Jesus, sleep on, You're not gonna 302 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: bother me anymore. I'm not gonna try to control things 303 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: I can't control. I'm not gonna lose sleep over who's 304 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: not supporting me over what didn't work out. I know 305 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: God is on the throne, He's fighting my battles. He 306 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: will get me to where I'm supposed to be. Real 307 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: victory is not when God does everything you like, changes 308 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 1: all the negative circumstances, fixes all the people that get 309 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: on your nerves. Real victory is when all that happens, 310 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: but it doesn't bother you anymore. You've grown to the 311 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: point where you don't have to have all that to 312 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: be happy. You content while God is working right where 313 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: you are, knowing that He's given you grace not just 314 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: for the good times, but grace for Gosimine. When there's pressure, 315 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: people that fall asleep, doors that don't open, your attitude 316 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: is I'm going to enjoy my life despite what was 317 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: coming against me. Yes, there's a lot of pressure, but 318 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm still going to give God praise. Yes, I'm on 319 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: the road I didn't choose, but I know God is 320 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: ordering my steps. I wouldn't be in this season of 321 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: suffering unless a resurrection was coming. Well, Joel, I'm disappointed 322 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: because these people weren't there for me. They let me down. 323 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: People can't stop your purpose. If they weren't there for you, 324 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: you didn't need them. If they walked away, they weren't 325 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: a part of your destiny. If they were supposed to 326 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: be there, they couldn't leave. If they weren't supposed to, 327 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: they couldn't stay. Quit begging them to come back, Tell 328 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 1: them to sleep on. God has someone better for you, 329 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: someone that you can't get rid of. Someone that loves you, 330 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: that admires you, that sees you as the gifts from 331 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: God that you are, that promotion you didn't get. How 332 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: long are you going to be sour over that? Tell 333 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: it to sleep on. It's a test. God has a 334 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: better position, that medical report that hasn't changed. You've done 335 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: all you can, quit worrying, quit living frustrated. Tell it 336 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: to sleep on. One of the best things I've learned 337 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: is to not fight everything I don't like. Fight the 338 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: closed doors, fight the person that did you wrong, fight 339 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: the delays. We end up living in a fighting mode 340 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: where we're always frustrated. Two words can save you a 341 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: lot of heartache. Sleep on. God, you're in control. I'm 342 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: going to do my best and trust you to get 343 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: me to where I'm supposed to be. After the third 344 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: time Jesus found his disciples asleep, something rose up in him. 345 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: He said, we have to leave right now. My time 346 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: has come. They walked out of the garden and there 347 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: was Judas looking for him. The principle is you can't 348 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: stay in gysemite and reach your destiny. It's a place 349 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: that you're supposed to pass through. At some point. You 350 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: have to rise up and say, like Jesus, I'm done 351 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: being bitter over who left me. I'm done living upset 352 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: over what I didn't get, angry over the company that 353 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:21,479 Speaker 1: hurt me, disappointed by who fell asleep, sour over this 354 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: road that I didn't choose. I'm leaving excuses, leaving frustration, 355 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: leaving self pity, leaving guilt. You have to get out 356 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: of Gasimine. The enemy would love for you to get 357 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: stuck there, stuck in blame, stuck in who hurt you, 358 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: stuck in a bad childhood. This is a new day. 359 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: Yes it was hard, Yes, they fell asleep, they betrayed you. 360 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: You're on a road you didn't choose. Can I tell 361 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: you none of that stopped your destiny. All Gaseimine did 362 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: was get you prepared for the next level. That pressure 363 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: caused you to develop more muscles, greater trust, greater faith, 364 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: greater resilience. The enemy thought it would squeeze your faith out, 365 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: but it backfired. It squeezed out the doubt, the bitterness, 366 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: the uncertainty. Now you're stronger, bolder, ready for the new 367 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: things God has in story. You went through the suffering. 368 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: Now you're prepared for the power of the resurrection. I 369 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: can imagine when Satan saw Jesus in the garden of Gasimone, 370 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: his hands in his face, great distress, sweating drops of blood, saying, Father, 371 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: take this bitter cup from me. He thought he'd won. 372 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: Looked like a picture of defeat, like Jesus was giving up. 373 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: But don't judge the rest of your life by season 374 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: in Gsemone. God wouldn't have let you go in if 375 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: he wasn't going to bring you out better. He's up 376 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: to something. The next morning, Jesus went to the cross 377 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,959 Speaker 1: and they crucified him. Looked like it was over. But 378 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: on the third day he came out of the grave. 379 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: He said, I am he that lives. I was dead, Behold, 380 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm alive forevermore. All that suffering was a setup for 381 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: a resurrection. That time of distress in the garden, that 382 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: place of pressure. It wasn't random, It wasn't just a 383 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: bad break. It was all a part of God's plan 384 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: that would launch Jesus into his purpose. Early that Sunday morning, 385 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: Mary Magdalene rushed to the tomb to check on Jesus. 386 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: The stone had been rolled away, but Jesus wasn't there, 387 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: and she was weeping and confused, wondering who took his body. 388 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: She heard a voice asking, why are you crying? Who 389 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: are you looking for? She glanced back and thought it 390 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: was the gardener. She said, sir, if you've taken him, 391 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: please tell me where he is. Jesus said to her Mary. 392 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: Immediately she recognized him. She went back and told the 393 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: disciples that he was alive. And it's interesting that Jesus 394 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: was dressed as a gardener when he arose. He could 395 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: addressed as a carpenter, as a rabbi, as a king, 396 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: but he chose a gardener. Maybe he was showing us 397 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: the significance of the garden of Gasimone. Perhaps he was saying, 398 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: I made it through my garden. Stay in faith. I'm 399 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: gonna help you make it through yours. The last place 400 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: Jesus appeared before he ascended to heaven was on the 401 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 1: Mount of Olives. That's where Gasemone is located. A few 402 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: days earlier, he was there suffering in agony, great distress. 403 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: Now he's at that very place, victorious with the keys 404 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: of death in hell, not suffering but reigning. Not in agony, 405 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: but in victory, not great distress, but in all power. Yes, 406 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: you may go through some gosemones. But like Jesus, you're 407 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: gonna go back to that very place with great victory, 408 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: great faith, great courage. The enemy doesn't have the final 409 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: say God does. He's ordering your steps in those times 410 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: of pressing. Keep reminding yourself. It's a set up that 411 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: suffering is a sign that a resurrection is coming. Now. 412 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: Quit being frustrated over the disappointments. Who left you what 413 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: you can't control. Tell it to sleep on. You don't 414 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: need that for your destiny. You keep doing the right 415 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: thing when it's hard. You are passing the test. God 416 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: sees your faithfulness. He has angels coming to strengthen you. 417 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: I believe and declare you're about to see the power 418 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: of the resurrection. Because you won the victory in private, 419 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: You're about to see a public victory, favor, promotion, healing, vindication, 420 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. And if 421 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 422 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 423 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, 424 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 425 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: make you my lord and Savior. If you prayed that 426 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 427 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: to send you some free information on your new walk 428 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 1: with the Lord. 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