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It's a joy to come into your 42 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 4: homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop 43 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 4: by and be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny and I heard 46 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 4: about this archaeologist in New York. He duged down ten 47 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 4: feet and found traces of copper wiring dating back one 48 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 4: hundred years. He concluded New Yorkers had a telephone network 49 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 4: over one hundred years ago. Not to be outdone, an 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 4: archaeologist from California duged down twenty feet found copper wiring 51 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 4: dating back two hundred years. He concluded Californians had a 52 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: massive communication network one hundred years earlier than New Yorkers. 53 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 4: Upon hearing this bubba from Texas dug down thirty feet 54 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 4: on his farm and found absolutely nothing. He concluded three 55 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: hundred years ago, Texans had already gone wireless. Say it 56 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 57 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 58 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 59 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 60 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 61 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 63 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 4: not feigning in your mind. We all face opposition and 64 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 4: things that come against us. It's easy to get discouraged 65 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 4: and give up on what we're believing for. Sometimes we 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 4: feel alone, like nobody knows what we're going through, nobody 67 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 4: is supporting us. We get weary and faint in our mind. 68 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 4: But in the Book of Hebrews, it talks about the 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 4: heroes of faith and all the amazing things they accomplished. 70 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 4: It wasn't easy. They endured hardships, they were mistreated, They 71 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: had plenty of opportunities to give up, but they stayed 72 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 4: faithful and fulfilled their purpose. Elb says, seeing that we 73 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 4: are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let 74 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 4: us run the race that's set before us. This passage 75 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 4: paints the picture of a huge stadium up in heaven 76 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 4: with a race taking place. The people in the grand 77 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: stands are the saints of old, the great cloud of witnesses. 78 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 4: These heroes of faith are looking down at us, cheering 79 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: us on. You are not running alone. All of Heaven 80 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 4: is rooting for you. Not just the heroes of faith, 81 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 4: but your loved ones that have gone before you, relatives 82 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 4: that you've never met, great great great grandmothers, grandfathers. They're 83 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: watching you right now, saying you go, boy, you go girl. 84 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 4: Life may be tough, but you've got what it takes. 85 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 4: We believe in you. When you're tempted to faint in 86 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 4: your mind, you need to buy faith. Look up and 87 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 4: see them cheering you on. I can see David saying 88 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 4: that giant may look big, that obstacle may look impossible. 89 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 4: I know how you feel, but can I tell you 90 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 4: God can do the impossible. You may not think you 91 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 4: have what you need. All I had was a slingshop 92 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 4: and a few stones. People told me I wasn't qualified, 93 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 4: I didn't have the experience. My family tried to talk 94 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 4: me out of it. My brothers made fun of me. 95 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 4: But despite all the opposition, God breathed on me and 96 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 4: I became a giant killer, staying courage, you can defeat 97 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 4: your giants. David is cheering you on. He's saying, the 98 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: giant may be big, but our God is bigger. Don't 99 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 4: faint in your mind. Maybe you're facing an illness. You 100 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 4: don't see how you can get well. It's been years. 101 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 4: You're tempted to settle where you are and think that's 102 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 4: your lot in life. I hear a young lady in 103 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 4: the grand stands saying, don't lose hope. I was sick 104 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 4: for eighteen years. I couldn't stand up. I was bent 105 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 4: over with pain. The doctors couldn't help me. I tried everything, 106 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 4: but it didn't work out. Just when I thought it 107 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 4: was permanent, I went to the temple one day. Out 108 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 4: of a huge crowd of people, Jesus called my name. 109 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 4: He said, woman, you are free from this sickness. Immediately 110 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 4: I could stand up. All the pain left. From that 111 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 4: day forward, I could walk, I could run. I was 112 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 4: perfectly well. Now, nobody else may be encouraging you. Every 113 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 4: other voice may be negative, telling you how you're not 114 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 4: going to get better. You feel alone, isolated. Look up, 115 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 4: this lady is saying God did it for me, he 116 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 4: can do it for you. She's cheering you on. Moses 117 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: is up in those grand stands right now, looting for us. 118 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 4: He's saying, you may have made mistakes, you may have 119 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 4: blown it. So did I. I thought I missed my destiny. 120 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 4: I thought I was done. But in eighty years old, 121 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 4: God showed up in a burning bush. He said, Moses, 122 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 4: it's not too late. I haven't forgotten about you. It's 123 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 4: time to deliver the Israelites. After all those years where 124 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 4: I felt like a failure, guilty, condemned God, still used 125 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 4: me to fulfill my purpose. You may be sitting on 126 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 4: the sidelines of life, feeling disqualified, guilty. Moses is saying, 127 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 4: get back in the game. God's mercy is bigger than 128 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 4: those mistakes. You can still become who you were created 129 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 4: to be. People may write you off, but God never 130 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 4: writes you off. You hear those voices telling you you've 131 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 4: blown it, you missed your chance. That means you're listening 132 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 4: to the wrong voices. You have to understand you have 133 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 4: home field advantage. In the grand stands of heaven where 134 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 4: you're running. Everyone is for you. The saints of old, 135 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 4: your loved ones, in the stands, your relatives. They're not 136 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: condemning you, thinking boy, I knew they couldn't get it right, 137 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 4: they'd never do anything good. That means you're in the 138 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 4: wrong stadium. The enemy has a stadium filled with accusers, condemners, discouragers. 139 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 4: Don't go there. That's the opponent stadium. Your game is 140 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: being played on the home field. Everyone in these stands 141 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 4: is pulling for you. The scripture says, look up for 142 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: your redemption Draws nine. When you're tempted to get discouraged, 143 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 4: look up and hear the cheers from the heavenly Saints. 144 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 4: When you know someone is cheering for you, it gives 145 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 4: you an edge. You can run a little faster, jump 146 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 4: a little higher, withstand a little more pressure. The sticks 147 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 4: even showed in basketball, having the home court advantage results 148 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: in fifteen extra points for the home team. The court 149 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: is the same size, the rules are the same. Technically 150 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 4: nothing is different, but there's something intangible that gives you 151 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 4: an advantage. If you played sports, when you know your 152 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: parents are in the stands, or you have friends there 153 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 4: cheering you on, that gives you an extra boost. My 154 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 4: father traveled a lot when I was growing up, and 155 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: he couldn't attend many of my basketball games. But I 156 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 4: remember this one game. I was in the seventh grade. 157 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 4: The game was about to start, and I saw my 158 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 4: father come walking in the gym. I didn't know he 159 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 4: was coming. I was pleasantly surprised. For some reason. That day, 160 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: my father decided to wear shorts. He had not worn 161 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 4: shorts his whole life. His legs were whiter than the 162 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 4: glory of God. They were people. Not only that, he 163 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 4: didn't have any tennis shoes, so he wore his black 164 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 4: dress shoes with black socks I didn't tell anyone we 165 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 4: were related, but knowing my father was there, I played harder. 166 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 4: I scored more points. They say white men can't jump. 167 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 4: That day, I got in the air. I did things 168 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 4: that even surprised me, all because I knew someone was 169 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 4: watching me, someone was cheering for me. I wanted to 170 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,239 Speaker 4: make them proud. Even now, when I'm tempted to get discouraged, 171 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: tempted to think an obstacle is too big, I just 172 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 4: imagine that my father is still watching me. He's in 173 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 4: the grand stands of saying, come on, Joel. I lived 174 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 4: in my day. This is your day. Show them what 175 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: you have. Be strong, take big steps, pray bowl prayers, 176 00:10:55,679 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 4: shine brightly. There are people in heaven right now cheering 177 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: you on, relatives that have gone before you. They're rooting 178 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 4: for you, saying, do something great, make us proud. Run 179 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: with purpose. When those voices whisper you're alone, it doesn't matter. 180 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 4: Just settle where you are by faith. You need to 181 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 4: hear your loved ones cheering you on. My grandfather on 182 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 4: my mother's side of the family had a rough childhood. 183 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 4: His mother died when he was five. Three years later, 184 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 4: his father came home from working out in the woods 185 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 4: with a terrible pain in his side. They took him 186 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 4: by horse and buggy to a hospital four hours away. 187 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 4: The middle of the night, my grandfather received a telegram 188 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 4: saying that his father had died. The next day, he 189 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 4: and his uncle went to the train station to pick 190 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: up his body. Now I can imagine what was going 191 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 4: through my grandfather's mind as an eight year old little 192 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 4: boy riding a horse with his father in a casket 193 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 4: behind him, wondering who would take care of him, where 194 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 4: we would he live, so uncertain of his future. Nobody 195 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 4: really wanted my grandfather. He was passed from house to house. 196 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 4: His uncle made him live out in the barn, didn't 197 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 4: treat him like his own child. Grandaddy left home at 198 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 4: sixteen and joined a bridge game. Eventually he got a 199 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 4: job at a refinery. He worked for Humbled Oil now 200 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 4: Exxon for forty years. He never missed a day of work. 201 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 4: He was faithful, He endured hardships, He overcame injustice. At Exxon, 202 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 4: they had a program where you could take part of 203 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 4: your salary in stock. All of his friends took their 204 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 4: whole salary in cash spent it each week, but Grandaddy 205 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 4: took the stock option and never touched it. The most 206 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: he ever made was fourteen thousand dollars a year, but 207 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: when he retired, the dividends from his stock each year 208 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 4: year were four times more than he ever made. He 209 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 4: would come up to the old church and do odd jobs. 210 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 4: I would see him under the portable buildings, fixing the plumbing. 211 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 4: He built his own house for twenty six hundred dollars 212 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 4: and lived there for sixty years. I think about how 213 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 4: my grandfather made it with so much less than I have. 214 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 4: He didn't have a good childhood, didn't have parents to 215 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 4: guide him, he didn't have an education. Yet he overcame 216 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 4: all these obstacles and still went on to fulfill his 217 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: purpose and leave our family better than it was before. 218 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 4: If my grandfather could make it through all that he 219 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 4: went through, surely I can make it through what comes 220 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 4: against me. Our ancestors, our relatives. They made it without electricity, 221 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 4: without automobiles, without medical treatments that we have, without Netflix, 222 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 4: If they didn't faint in their if they made sacrifices 223 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 4: to put us ahead, surely we can do it. Well. 224 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 4: I'm irritated because my cell phone dropped a call. They 225 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 4: would ask, what's a cell phone, You mean you can 226 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 4: talk to people like that. Traffic was bad, I got 227 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 4: stuck sitting in my car. They'd ask, what's a car? 228 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 4: You mean you can travel in comfort? Are you complaining 229 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 4: about things that they would have dreamed to have in 230 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 4: comparison to what they've been through? Most of what we 231 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 4: face our light afflictions. Some of you had relatives that 232 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: suffered great injustice because of their nationality, because of the 233 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 4: color of their skin. They were mistreated, as seen as 234 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 4: second class, not valued, not respected. They endured all that 235 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: hardship without getting bitter, working in the fields with no pay. 236 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 4: They didn't complain while they suffered. They say hymns. They 237 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 4: didn't have freedom, but it didn't stop their praise. They 238 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 4: didn't live defeated. They kept thanking God, knowing that he 239 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 4: was in control and that justice was coming. We are 240 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 4: living in the day they dreamed about. They went through 241 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 4: too much for you to settle where you are. They 242 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 4: sacrificed too greatly for you to give up on what 243 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 4: God put in your heart. They're up in those grand 244 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 4: stands watching you, saying, run, baby, run. That's why we 245 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 4: worked so that you could excel, so that you could 246 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 4: write that book, so that you could teach that class, 247 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 4: so that you could start that business, so that you 248 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 4: could own your company, so you could go further. If 249 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: you don't do it for yourself, do it for those 250 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 4: that went before you. They handed you the baton. All 251 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 4: the sacrifices they've made have put us further down the road. 252 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 4: The way we honored their legs sees is to go further, 253 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 4: to dream bigger, to take new grounds. And sure, life 254 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 4: can be difficult, but it's nothing compared to what they endured. 255 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 4: With what my grandfather went through, With what I've seen 256 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 4: my parents sacrifice, I feel too responsible to settle where 257 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 4: I am, to just rest and what they accomplished, to 258 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 4: just go as far as they did. We're supposed to 259 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 4: leave our families better off than they were before. Hebrews 260 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 4: eleven says, all these heroes of faith, the saints of old, 261 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 4: even though they did their best, none of them receive 262 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 4: all that God promised. They didn't see the fullness of 263 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 4: what God had in store. But since Jesus has come, 264 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 4: we are the generation under the New Covenant. We're living 265 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 4: in a better day. We are seeing the fulfillment of 266 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 4: what they only dreamed about. How this should stir us up, 267 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 4: to stay passionate, to believe big, to take new ground. 268 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 4: It's easy to let these light afflictions discourage us. Somebody's 269 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 4: talking about us, trouble at work. We didn't get the contract. 270 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 4: Quit letting those light things keep you from running with purpose. 271 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 4: When life gets tough, look up and listen up. You'll 272 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 4: hear your loved ones cheering you on. You'll hear the 273 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 4: saints of old saying this is your day. Stay strong, 274 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 4: you are well able. My father was raised during the 275 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 4: Great Depression. He grew up with no money, no opportunity. 276 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 4: He didn't have a car. He had to hitchhike. He 277 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 4: kept taking steps of faith, and God opened bigger doors 278 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 4: one church where he pastored. After years of building it 279 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 4: and sewing into the people, some of them didn't like 280 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 4: his new message of faith in victory and they asked 281 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 4: him to leave. He was heartbroken. It wasn't fair, but 282 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 4: he didn't complain. He and my mother went out and 283 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 4: started Lakewood. They didn't have a big building, they didn't 284 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 4: have a former compact center. They found an old Rundown 285 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 4: feed store, had holes in the floor, dirty, smelly. Compared 286 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 4: to my father, compared to my grandfather, I have it 287 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 4: so much easier. Yes, I faced opposition, but nobody's asked 288 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 4: me to leave the church. If you're thinking about it, 289 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 4: forget it. My father worked too hard. My grandfather sacrificed 290 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 4: too much for me to get discouraged and settle where 291 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 4: I am. The last ten years of my father's life, 292 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 4: he didn't feel healthy. Many Sundays he would come to 293 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 4: church dizzy from the blood pressure medicine that he took. 294 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 4: He hadn't slept the night before, and I would always 295 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 4: go see him before the service, and Daddy, do you 296 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 4: want to break today? We can find somebody else to minister. 297 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 4: That never entered his mind. He preached whether he felt 298 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 4: like it or not. When he went to be with 299 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 4: the Lord and I took over, he put me forty 300 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 4: years down the road. He left us that eight thousand 301 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 4: seat auditorium debt free. When we needed to make an 302 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 4: initial payment to secure the Compact center, the money was 303 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 4: in the bank. I thought, thank you, Daddy. If he 304 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 4: could do it in his day, not feeling well, not 305 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 4: having resources, growing up, not having people support him, how 306 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 4: much more should I be able to do in the 307 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 4: same way your relatives have sacrificed greatly for you to 308 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: be where you are. They endured hardships, worked when they 309 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 4: didn't feel like it, overcame things that should have stopped them. 310 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 4: They paid a high price. Now do your part and 311 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 4: honor them by taking new ground. Our attitude should be. 312 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 4: I am not going to let these light afflictions stop me. 313 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 4: I am not going to live passive and just coast 314 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 4: on what's been passed down to me. I'm gonna stretch 315 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 4: to new levels. I'm gonna make my loved ones proud, well, Joel, 316 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 4: I don't come from a godly heritage. My relatives, my parents, 317 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 4: they didn't believe. You wouldn't be where you are if 318 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 4: somebody in your family line didn't honor God. None of 319 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 4: us got to where we are on our own. Somebody 320 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 4: prayed for you. Somebody made sacrifices. Somebody lived a life 321 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 4: of integrity. It may have been a great great great 322 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 4: grandfather you never met, but he gave, he served, he 323 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 4: helped others, He mentored young men, or a grandmother that 324 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 4: lived a hundred years ago. You never heard her name, 325 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 4: but she prayed for her family line. She taught Sunday school. 326 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 4: She was an example to those young ladies. Now you're 327 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 4: reaping from the seeds they've sown. You didn't get here 328 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 4: by accident. In the scripture, God showed favor to one 329 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 4: of David's relatives three hundred and five years after David 330 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 4: was gone. His relative made a mistake, he was in trouble. 331 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 4: God said, in effect, I'm gonna show you mercy. I'm 332 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 4: going to turn this around, not for your sake, but 333 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 4: for your relative, David's sake. I realize I'm reaping a 334 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 4: harvest from seeds that I didn't plan. I'm blessed because 335 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 4: my grandfather honored God. I'm where i am in part 336 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 4: because my parents kept God in first place. There are 337 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 4: people that you've never met that have made your life easier. 338 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 4: They put you further down the road. Now they're cheering 339 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 4: you on. The way you honor them is by going further, 340 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 4: by taking new ground. Think of these heroes of faith. 341 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: They didn't have a Bible like we do today. They 342 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 4: didn't have promises in writing to stand on like we can. 343 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 4: They didn't know how how it was all going to 344 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 4: turn out. Yet they chose to believe. They made it 345 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 4: through the desert without a podcast encouraging them, without a 346 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 4: grocery store. They made it to the Promised Land without GPS, 347 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 4: without SIRI, without airplanes. They did it without the conveniences 348 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 4: that we have. Imagine what you and I can do. 349 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 4: This is our day to set a new standard. Here's 350 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 4: the key. The heroes of faith are not just in 351 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 4: the Bible. I am looking at heroes of faith. If 352 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 4: the Bible was written today, your name could be in there. 353 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 4: You've overcome obstacles that look too big, like David. You've 354 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 4: defeated giants like the lady that was healed after eighteen years. 355 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 4: Some of you. God has healed you and given you 356 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 4: your life back. My mother would be in the heroes 357 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: of faith. Cancer said that she was done in nineteen 358 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 4: eighty one. Medical science that she didn't have a chance, 359 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 4: But God said, I have the final say you will 360 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 4: live and not die. She's a living example of God's goodness. 361 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 4: My challenge to you is become a hero of faith. 362 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 4: Do something great, leave your mark, let your talent shine. 363 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 4: Overcome what seems impossible. You may not see how it 364 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 4: can happen, but you have generations cheering you on. You 365 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 4: have saints that you've read about. Thought how amazing they are, 366 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 4: How faithful, how dedicated. Those same saints are calling your name, saying, 367 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 4: dream big, keep stretching, keep believing. We want to read 368 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 4: about you. Imagine every morning if you received a personal 369 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 4: text from Abraham, from David, from Moses, Ruth, Esther, and Noah. 370 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 4: When you woke up there was a message from them 371 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 4: saying how they believe in you, how you are well able. 372 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: That would do something to you. It put a spring 373 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 4: in your step. It would cause you to have more confidence. 374 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 4: Those people carry some weight. I've received a few texts 375 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 4: from some influential people, but if Abraham were to text me, 376 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 4: I would run tell Victoria, you're not gonna believe it. 377 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 4: I just got a text from Abraham. What he said? 378 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 4: He said he believes in me, that he's cheering me. 379 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 4: All that would help me to do better that day. 380 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 4: I wouldn't get discouraged because I had opposition. I wouldn't 381 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 4: give up because I had a setback. Can I tell 382 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 4: you it's not just Abraham. All of Heaven is cheering 383 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 4: for you. The grand stands are packed with people who 384 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 4: believe in you, people that have been where you are 385 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 4: and made it through. You may feel like you're surrounded 386 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 4: by opposition, everything has come against you. I see Elisha 387 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 4: step out of the grand stands and say, been there 388 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 4: done that? One night, this enemy army surrounded me and 389 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:07,199 Speaker 4: my assistant, tens of thousands of horses and chariots. My 390 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 4: assistant panic, He thought we were done. But when I 391 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 4: looked out through my eyes of faith, I could see 392 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 4: a vast host of the heavenly armies surrounding all those 393 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 4: enemy forces. Elisha would tell you stay in faith. That 394 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 4: addiction may look like it has you surrounded. The truth 395 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 4: is God has it surrounded. That sickness, the debt, the 396 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 4: depression may be surrounding you. But Elisha is cheering you on, saying, 397 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 4: don't worry. God is surrounding what's surrounding you. Maybe you 398 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 4: prayed for God to turn a situation around, but it 399 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 4: didn't happen. Thoughts tell you it's too late, it's never 400 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 4: going to work out. Why didn't God answer your prayers. 401 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 4: I see three men step out of the grand stands 402 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 4: of heaven. Their names are Shadracked, knee Jack in a Bendigo. 403 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 4: They say, we know how you feel. We wouldn't bow 404 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 4: down to the King's golden idol. He told us he 405 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 4: was going to throw us into a fiery furnace. We prayed, 406 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 4: We asked God to deliver us. We didn't want to 407 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 4: go into the furnace. But God didn't answer our prayer 408 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 4: the way we wanted. We were tempted to get upset 409 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 4: to complain. Instead, we decided to trust him. We told 410 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 4: the king, even if God doesn't deliver us, we're still 411 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 4: not going to bow down. And when he threw us 412 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 4: into the furnace, the funny thing is, the fire didn't 413 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 4: burn us. It only burned off the cords that were 414 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 4: holding us back. In the middle of the fire, out 415 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 4: of nowhere, the son of the Living God showed up. 416 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 4: Their encouragement is, you may be in the fire, stay 417 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 4: in faith. You are fire proof. That fire is not 418 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 4: going to harm you. God is right there with you. 419 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 4: Keep believing. Keep you're in the right thing. Like them, 420 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 4: You're going to come out without the smell of smoke. 421 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 4: Are you feigning in your mind? Giving up on a dream, 422 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 4: talking yourself out of doing something great? God is saying, 423 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 4: get your passion back. Your relatives, the saints of old, 424 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 4: they've gone through too much for you to settle where 425 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 4: you are. When you're tempted to get discouraged. Look up 426 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 4: and listen up. All of Heaven is cheering for you. 427 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: In that stadium. There are signs with your picture on them, 428 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 4: people calling your name, saying run, baby, Run. Make your 429 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 4: loved ones proud. God has ordained that every generation increase. 430 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 4: They did great things with what they had, but let's 431 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 4: honor them by going further. Let's leave this generation better 432 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 4: than it was before. If you'll do this, I believe 433 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 4: and declare you're not going to just be cheered on 434 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 4: by heroes of faith. You're going to become a hero 435 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 4: of faith. You're going to rise high, accomplish dreams, and 436 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 4: leave your mark on this generation in Jesus' name. And 437 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 4: if you receive it, can you say, men, today, I'd 438 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 439 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 440 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 441 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 4: make you my lord and savior. If you prayed that 442 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 443 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church, and keep God first place. Victorian. 444 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 4: I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 445 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 446 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 5: This month, Jewel and Victoria would like to send you 447 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new audio devotional, Fueled by Faith, 448 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 5: Seven Keys to Your Victory. In this new devotional, you 449 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 5: will hear seven fifteen minute messages that will encourage and 450 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 5: empower you to experience a life of faith and victory. 451 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 5: Discover how to live full of hope, filled with peace, 452 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 5: and fueled by faith. 453 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 7: We all have times where we face difficulties, but God 454 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 7: wants you to keep your hope alive and your faith strong. 455 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 7: He's right there with you in the midst of every battle. 456 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 7: What was meant for your harm, He's going to turn 457 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 7: around for your good Right now. 458 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 4: God is working behind the scenes arranging things in your favor. 459 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 4: Request this resource. 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