1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: We are praying for you and your family for God's 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,159 Speaker 2: very best. I like to start with something funny, and 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: I heard about this minister. He was driving down the 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: road when he got pulled over by a policeman. The 11 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: officer came up to the window and smelled alcohol. He 12 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: saw a thermost and said, sir, what are you drinking. 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: The minister said, just water. Officer, he asked to see 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: the thermost. He took one sniff and said, it smells 15 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: like wine to me. The minister said, what do you know? 16 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: Jesus did it again? Come on, hold up your Bible, 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 22 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 24 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: about you have the cure. One of the challenges we 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: face with this coronavirus is there are no antibodies. We've 26 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 2: never seen this strain of virus, so there is no 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: remedy yet. Researchers are working tirelessly to develop a vaccine. 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: Most reports say it's going to take about a year 29 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: or more. Without a cure, we're at the mercy of 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: the virus. A friend of mine is a physician that 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: specializes in infectious disease. He said there are diseases that 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: he treated thirty years ago that he doesn't see today 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: because we found the antidote. Because vaccines and antibodies were developed. 34 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: What used to harm us doesn't harm us anymore. Once 35 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: you have the cure, you don't have to be afraid 36 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: of the disease. But what about these viruses that you 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: can't see with the microscope? Guilt, fear, depression, addictions. Some 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 2: viruses you can't treat with a physical vaccine. There are 39 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: poisons that can infect our thinking, our self esteem. If 40 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: we only had an antidote, to deal with the guilt 41 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: from our past mistakes, the times we failed didn't make 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 2: good decisions. Now we go around in regrets, down on ourselves. 43 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: If we only had the cure for the hurts, the disappointments, 44 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: the unfair childhood, Now we're tempted to live bitter, insecure, 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 2: no passion. The good news is two thousand years ago 46 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: the antidote was developed for everything that will come against you. 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: Not by leading scientists, not by team of researchers, but 48 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: by the son of the living God. When Jesus went 49 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: to the cross, he took on our guilt, our shame, 50 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: our failures. He not only we bore our sins, but 51 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: he took our sicknesses. Before he was crucified, he was 52 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: beaten with thirty nine stripes on his back. Studies tell 53 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: us there are thirty nine major categories of disease. He 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: took one stripe for each one. That's why it says 55 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: by his stripes you were healed. We are not at 56 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: the mercy of fear, depression, addictions. We have the cure. 57 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 2: The most tied God is breathing in our direction. Him 58 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: being for you is more than the world being against you. 59 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: Don't let the fear, the guilt, the depression hold you down. 60 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: Take the antidote. Father, Thank you that I am forgiven, 61 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: I am redeemed, I am free, I am healthy and whole. 62 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: When thoughts tell you you're just average, there's nothing special 63 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: about you. If you dwell on that poison, it will 64 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: infect your thinking. You have to take your medicine. I 65 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: am fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm wearing a crown of favor. 66 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: I have royal blood flowing through my veins. Proverb says 67 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 2: God's word is like a medicine. When you meditate on it, 68 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: it brings healing and woldness. When thoughts whisper, you'll always 69 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: struggle in your finances. This slowdown is going to ruin 70 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: your business. Don't let that virus take root. Father, Thank 71 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: you that the economy is not my source, but you 72 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: are my source. You said you would prosper me even 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 2: in the desert. You have the cure. Now make sure 74 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: that you're taking your medicine. One time, the Israelites had 75 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: turned against God and they started worshiping idols. They ended 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: up exiled from their own land and brought into captivity 77 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: in Babylon. It was their own fault. They had brought 78 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: the trouble on themselves. The prophet Jeremiah was very discouraged. 79 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 2: He asked, is there no bomb in Gilead? Is there 80 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: no physician that can help us? He was saying, God, 81 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: is there no cure? Is there no rem from this 82 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: virus that we've let infect us? He likened it to 83 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: being bit by poisonous snakes. The truth is, we've all 84 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,679 Speaker 2: been bitten by something, bitten by guilt, bitten by fear, 85 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: bitten by rejection. How do we deal with the venom? 86 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: How do we get rid of the poison and not 87 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: let it stop our destiny? I read about how they 88 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 2: develop anti venom for snake bites years ago. After much research, 89 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 2: scientists took some of the poisonous venom from the snake 90 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 2: and injected it into horses. The horse would naturally develop 91 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: antibodies that they could then remove and use it as 92 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 2: serum for someone that was bitten by a snake. But 93 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: over time they realized the anti venom from the blood 94 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: of horses wasn't working fast enough in people. Many were 95 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: losing their lives. They needed an anti venom that was 96 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: more powerful, more affected. They tested many animals and finally 97 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 2: discovered that the blood of a lamb produced the most 98 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: effective anti venom, unlike the blood of a horse. When 99 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 2: the sheep was injected with the poisonous venom, the antibodies 100 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 2: it created weren't much faster in people and produced a 101 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: much stronger and more powerful anti venom. A few years ago, 102 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: they discovered that sheep in South Australia produced some of 103 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: the most effective antibody than anywhere in the world. It's 104 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: because those sheep are in a pristine environment where they 105 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: are free from disease that typically affect other sheep. And 106 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: the fact that these sheep are so healthy and have 107 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: such pure blood that's why they create the most powerful 108 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: anti venom. Think back to the Garden of Eden. That's 109 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 2: the first time we see a poisonous snake. The enemy 110 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: is called a serpent. He bit Adam and Eve, not physically, 111 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: but in their thinking. He deceived them and they became poisoned. 112 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: They ate the forbidden fruit. They did wrong and opened 113 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: the door to trouble. All of a sudden, they were afraid. 114 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: They realized they were naked. They ran and hid. Fear 115 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: came in, guilt, shame, heartache. God had to come up 116 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: with a plan to deal with the venom that had 117 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 2: poisoned mankind. He needed to create an anti venom, but 118 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 2: it had to be something incredibly powerful. That meant it 119 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: had to come from the purest blood, the most effective source. 120 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: God didn't choose the blood of a horse. He didn't 121 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: choose the blood of a goat. He didn't choose the 122 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: blood of another animal. This time, he chose the blood 123 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: of his only son. The first time John the Baptist 124 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: saw Jesus, he said, behold the lamb of God who 125 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: takes away the sin of the world. Jesus wasn't just 126 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: any lamb. He was the sinless, spotless lamb of God. 127 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: That's why his anti venom is more powerful than any 128 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: poison that comes against you. The enemy will try to 129 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: poison you with doubt. It's never going to work out. 130 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: Poison you with fear. What if you catch that virus, 131 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 2: poison you with insecurity. You're not good enough. Nobody wants 132 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 2: to be around you. That poison cannot keep you from 133 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: your destiny. It is no match for the anti venom 134 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: created by the most High God. Now quit telling yourself 135 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 2: you've made too many mistakes, living guilty, condemned, Take your antibody. Father, 136 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: Thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. 137 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: Thank you that what you started in my life you 138 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: will finish. You have to receive God's mercy and move forward. 139 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 2: You can't reach your destiny if you're always looking back. 140 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 2: Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. He knew 141 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: every mistake you would make, every failure. You can still 142 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 2: get to where you're supposed to be, but you have 143 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 2: to shake off the guilt and move ahead. When you're 144 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: dealing with fear, depression, anxiety, don't just accept it. Think 145 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 2: I'll always struggle in this area. Take your medicine. Father, 146 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: Thank you that I am free. I have the mind 147 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 2: of Christ. I have peace that passes understanding. Lies will 148 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 2: tell you what you're dealing with is permanent. There's no solution. 149 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: You'll never get well, never break the addiction. Just say 150 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 2: no thanks. I know the blood of the lamb is 151 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 2: more powerful than the venom of any snake. Yes, there 152 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: are times that we get bit. Things happen we didn't 153 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: see coming, but you have to remind yourself. God is 154 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: not up in heaven looking for a cure, hoping that 155 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: virus doesn't defeat you, trying to figure out what he's 156 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 2: going to do. He's already created the cure two thousand 157 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: years ago. He defeated the enemy once and for all. 158 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 2: The scripture says he rendered him powerless. One version says 159 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 2: he brought him to naught. Naught means zero. The enemy 160 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 2: has no power over you. He can't keep you from 161 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 2: your purpose. The only way he can stop you is 162 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: if you start believing his lies. God's not going to 163 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: bless you. Look at the mistakes you've made. You'll never 164 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 2: accomplish your dreams. You've had too many bad breaks. Don't 165 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 2: let that poison keep you from the awesome future God 166 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: has in store. Start taking the anti venom. God hasn't 167 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 2: brought you this far to leave you. Just because you 168 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: don't see away doesn't mean God doesn't have a way 169 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: Right now. He's working behind the scenes in your life. 170 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 2: You wouldn't be alive if he didn't have something amazing 171 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: in front of you. Why do you think the enemy's 172 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 2: trying to stop you. He doesn't bother people that are 173 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: not a threat. He wouldn't waste his time on you 174 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: if he didn't know you were a world changer, a 175 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: history maker, that you have seeds of greatness. He knows 176 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: God is a to open doors bigger than you've dreamed. 177 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 2: You're about to step into new levels of your destiny. Now, 178 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 2: don't be surprised if you get a few snake bites, 179 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: so to speak. A friend walks away, the company doesn't 180 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 2: need you anymore, and unexpected illness, that poison can cause 181 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: you to get infected, live worried, give up on your dreams. 182 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: Or you can take that anti venom God. I know 183 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: you're still on the throne. I know no weapon formed 184 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: against me is going to prosper. I'm not going to 185 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 2: just come out. I'm going to come out better than 186 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 2: I was before. There was a young lady that lost 187 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 2: her father to an illness. They were very close and 188 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: spent a lot of time together. She was so devastated 189 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 2: and so heartbroken. She had been bit so to speak, 190 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 2: by something she never saw coming. She could have become bitter, 191 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 2: sour let that poison the rest of her life, but 192 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 2: she believed God was still in control. It wasn't easy, 193 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 2: but she kept moving forward. When you go through loss 194 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: and things that kind of knocked the wind out of you, 195 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 2: it's tempting to give up on life. Think you've seen 196 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: your best days. That's when you have to dig down 197 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 2: deep and say, Father, thank you that you have beauty 198 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: for these ashes, you said, weeping indoors for a night, 199 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 2: but joy comes in the morning. Lord, thank you that 200 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: there are good days up ahead. Every day you make 201 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 2: this choice to stay in faith, to have a good 202 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 2: attitude when it's not fair to believe when nothing is improving. 203 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 2: You can't see it. 204 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: But God is working. 205 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 2: Behind the scenes. He's making things happen that you couldn't 206 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: make happen as a part of the healing process. Every day, 207 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: this young lady texted her father's number and told what 208 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: went on that day and what she was feeling. It 209 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 2: was her way of staying close to her father. She 210 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: told him how she had overcome cancer, how she had 211 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: finished college and graduated with honors. Now just the good things. 212 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: She texted about the boyfriend that broke her heart, some 213 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: of the other challenges she had faced. All the while, 214 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 2: she thought she was doing this just to help her heal, 215 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: to help her move forward. But on the fourth anniversary 216 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 2: of her father's death, the young lady received a response 217 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 2: from the number she had been texting. She thought it 218 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: was no longer working, but the text said, my name 219 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 2: is Brad. Three years ago I lost my daughter in 220 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 2: a car accident. Your text every day have been what's 221 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: keeping me going. He went on to tell her how 222 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 2: proud he was of her, how proud her father would be. 223 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,479 Speaker 2: The young lady said that was her sign that everything 224 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: was okay, that she could let her father rest in peace. Today, 225 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 2: she's moving forward and doing great things. When life throws 226 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 2: us occurred, it's easy to take the venom, go around poisoned, 227 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 2: put the chip on her shoulder. If you'll keep moving forward, 228 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 2: God will give you a beauty. Beauty for those ashes. 229 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 2: He didn't bring you this far to leave you that loss, 230 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: the disappointment, the bad break didn't stop his plan. He 231 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 2: has you in the palm of his hand. There are 232 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: great days up ahead. Don't let that poison stay in you. 233 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: Take the anti venom. Believe that God is in control 234 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: and that your latter days will be better than your 235 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: former days. In numbers twenty one, the Israelites were in 236 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: the desert, headed toward the promised land. God had given 237 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: them victory over different armies parted the Red Sea, freed 238 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: them from slavery, but they got tired of traveling through 239 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 2: the desert, they begin to complain and be disgruntled. They said, Moses, 240 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 2: there's nothing good to eat out here. We can't stand 241 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: this manna anymore. Why did you bring us to the 242 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: desert to die. Let's just go back to Egypt and 243 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: be slaves again. They started talking bad about Moses, stirring 244 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: up trouble. The scripture says, poisonous snakes came into their camp, 245 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 2: and many of them were bitten and died. And after 246 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: all God has done for us, when we're tempted to complain, 247 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: be discontent. That's shaky ground here. God was giving them 248 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: manna each morning, supernaturally providing food in the desert, but 249 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 2: they were finding fault. The next verse says they came 250 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: running back to Moses and said, Moses, we have sinned. 251 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: It's funny how quickly their attitude changed. Trouble has a 252 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: way of helping us have the right perspective. They went 253 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 2: on to say, Moses, please pray that God will take 254 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: away these snakes. One moment they were talking bad about Moses, 255 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 2: the next moment they were asking him to pray for them. 256 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: If you're going to be a leader, if God's going 257 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: to trust you with influence, sometimes you have to pray 258 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: for people who were criticizing you the day before. You 259 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: have to be good to someone that doesn't deserve your goodness. 260 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: I'm sure Moses was tempted to say, yeah, I would 261 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: love to pray for you. God, send more snakes. God 262 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: get rid of the rest of them. If you're going 263 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: to pass this test, you have to swallow your pride 264 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: and do the right thing, even though they don't deserve it. 265 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: It's interesting what God told Moses to do. He said, 266 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 2: make a bronze snake, put it up on a pole, 267 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 2: and everyone that looks up at that snake will be healed. 268 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: Why would he choose a snake, that's what they were 269 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 2: trying to get rid of. You would think God would 270 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: say make a bronze down, or make a bronze ark 271 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 2: of the covenant. But God took the very thing that 272 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: was the problem and turned it into the solution. That's 273 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 2: what the scripture says. What the enemy meant for harm, 274 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: God turns to your advantage. The snakes didn't stop biting them. 275 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: They weren't free from trouble. But from then on, anyone 276 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: who looked up at that bronze snake was healed. Years later, 277 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: Jesus was talking to Nicodemus. He said in John chapter three, 278 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 2: just as Moses lifted up the snake on a pole 279 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 2: in the wilderness, so I, the son of Man, will 280 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 2: be lifted up on a pole, and everyone that looks 281 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: up and believes in me will have eternal life. Moses 282 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: having the bronze snake on a pole was foreshadowing Jesus 283 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 2: dying on the cross. But the snake represents evil, Jesus 284 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 2: represents good. How could that be? Paul said in Second Corinthians, 285 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 2: Jesus became sin for us so that we could become 286 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: the righteousness of God. He became what he wasn't so 287 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 2: we could become who we were created to be. On 288 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 2: that cross, Jesus took all of our failures, all of 289 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: our shame, our guilt. Now whoever looks up to the 290 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 2: sun and believes in him will live. My question is, 291 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 2: what are you looking at your circumstances? How big the 292 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: problem is? This virus has me so worried. You need 293 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 2: to look up. There's healing when you look up. There's 294 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 2: freedom when you look up. There's victory. When you look up. 295 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 2: There's salvation when you look up. Don't go through life 296 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 2: looking down, thinking, this problem is too big, it's never 297 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 2: going to work out. I've been through too much. Get 298 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 2: a new perspective. The forces that are for you are 299 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: greater than the forces that are against you. You may 300 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 2: have been bitten by mistakes, bitten by divorce, bitten by hurts, 301 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: but that is not how your story ends. That poison 302 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 2: doesn't have the final say. God is saying, look up, 303 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 2: you haven't seen your best days. Healing is coming, promotion 304 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 2: is coming, The right people are coming. Well, Joel sounds good, 305 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 2: but I've made a lot of mistakes. Join the crowd. 306 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 2: We all have. Look up. There's forgives. Look up, there's mercy. 307 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 2: Look up, there's another chance. Look up. There's a God 308 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: that doesn't give up on you. The scripture says, the 309 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 2: calling on your life is irrevocable. Well, I've gone through loss, 310 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 2: I've had bad breaks, my relationship didn't work out. Look up, 311 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: there are new beginnings. Look up. There are divine connections. 312 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 2: Look up, there is beauty for those ashes. After Jesus 313 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 2: was crucified, two women went to the tomb early Easter 314 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 2: morning to anoint his body. They noticed the huge stone 315 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 2: to the entrance was rolled away they were puzzled. They 316 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 2: went in and saw a young man wearing a bright 317 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 2: white robe sitting next to where the body should be. 318 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 2: They didn't realize he was an angel. They stood there 319 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 2: in awe, knowing something special was happening. The angel said, 320 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: don't be amazed. You're looking for Jesus. He's not here. 321 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 2: He has risen. The angel was saying, in effect, you 322 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 2: have good intentions, but you're looking too low. You're looking 323 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 2: from a natural point of view. You need to look up. 324 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: What God is going to do in your life is 325 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 2: not going to be ordinary. It's not going to happen 326 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 2: like it happened for your relatives, those that you grew 327 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: up with. You're going to stand out. You're going to 328 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 2: break molds. You're going to set new standards. Where God 329 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: has taking you. No one in your family has gone now. 330 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 2: Don't have a small vision. Don't go around looking low, 331 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 2: thinking you've reached your limits. God is about to do 332 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 2: a new thing, something that you haven't seen. He's going 333 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 2: to open doors you never dream would open, take your 334 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: places that you couldn't go on your own. In Acts, 335 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 2: chapter twenty eight, the apostle Paul was a prisoner en 336 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 2: route to Rome to stand before Caesar. The boat he 337 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: was sailing on encountered a huge storm and broke apart. 338 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 2: He and the crew grabbed pieces of the boat and 339 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 2: swam to the shore. They were on a small island 340 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 2: named Malta. When Paul went to gather wood to build 341 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 2: a fire, a poisonous snake bit his arm. Here, Paul 342 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: had just survived a shipwrecked justified the odds now. The 343 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: first thing that happened was this venomous viper lashed to 344 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 2: his arm and released the poison. Paul didn't panic, he 345 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 2: didn't fall apart. He simply shook the snake off and 346 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 2: went about his business. Well, the local people knew exactly 347 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: what was going to happen. They had seen this again 348 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 2: and again. Paul was going to swell up, get sick, 349 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 2: and suddenly die. They thought, too bad, he'll be gone 350 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 2: in a little while. An hour went by, he was fine, 351 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 2: two hours nothing wrong, eight hours still healthy. First six says. 352 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: When they waited a long time and saw that no 353 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 2: harm came to him, they decided Paul was a god. 354 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 2: They weren't far off. He was a son of God. 355 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: And yes, there will be times we get bit in life. 356 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 2: Bit by sickness, bit by divorce, bit by loss. Things 357 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 2: happen we didn't see coming. But like with Paul, that 358 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 2: poison is not going to have any effect on you. 359 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: You have the anti venom. What stops others is not 360 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 2: going to stop you. The Most High God is pushing 361 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 2: back forces of darkness. He's ordering your steps, making crooked 362 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: places straight. What He's purpose for your life will come 363 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: to pass. The scripture says God destroyed the works of 364 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 2: the enemy. That were destroyed in the original language means 365 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 2: to not have its intended purpose. When the snake bites 366 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: and releases that venom, its purpose is to take you out. 367 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: You should swell up, get sick, and die like everyone else. 368 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 2: But because God destroyed the works of the enemy, it's 369 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: not going to have its intended purpose. The sickness came 370 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: to my mother in nineteen eighty one. Its purpose was 371 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 2: to end her life, but it didn't have its intended purpose. 372 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 2: God has the final say nothing can snatch you out 373 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 2: of his hands. When my father went to be with 374 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, the enemy intended for 375 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 2: Lakewood to go down, fade away, have no more impact. 376 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: But that loss didn't have its intended purpose. God had 377 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 2: another plan that we would expand reach more people, have 378 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 2: greater influence. Don't get discouraged when negative things come. We 379 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 2: can't pray away all the difficulties. But when you realize 380 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 2: it's not going to have its intended purpose, then you 381 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: can stay in faith. The divorce, that betrayal, that slow 382 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 2: down in the economy should sour your life, but it's 383 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 2: not going to be what it looks like. People are 384 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 2: going to look at you like they did Paul, and think, 385 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 2: how are they thriving when they should be surviving. How 386 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 2: is she so blessed after going through that rough childhood? 387 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: How is he still so strong, happy, successful after that 388 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 2: bad break in his business. It's because what the enemy's 389 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: sent to stop you is not going to have its 390 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 2: intended purpose. When that snake bites, don't panic, don't fall apart. 391 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 2: Just shake it off and keep moving forward. Keep thanking 392 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: God that he's fighting your battles. Keep thanking him that 393 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 2: what was meant for harm, he's turning to your advantage. 394 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 2: I read something interesting about a honey bee. It's one 395 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: of the few bees that when it stings, it leaves 396 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 2: its stinger. It just has one sting and then it's done. 397 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 2: The next time it goes to sting, there's nothing there. 398 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: It's like having a gun with one bullet a boxer 399 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: with one punch. You better make it count because that's 400 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 2: your only chance. Two thousand years ago, the enemy came 401 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 2: against Jesus. What he didn't realize is like that honey bee, 402 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: he only had one chance. He did his best to 403 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 2: defeat Jesus. He was crucified on the cross. Jesus breathed 404 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 2: his last breath and died. It looked like the stem 405 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 2: was successful. Satan was rejoicing, thinking he had won. But 406 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 2: on the third day Jesus came out of the grave. 407 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: He said, I was dead, but I'm alive forevermore, and 408 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: I have the keys to death and hell. The good 409 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: news is the enemy doesn't have his stinger anymore. He 410 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: tried his best, but his best was not enough. That's 411 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 2: why Paul said, O death, where is your steam, oh grave, 412 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: where is your victory? We can live from a place 413 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: of faith knowing that God has removed the stinger from 414 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: the enemy. He has rendered him powerless. What he brings 415 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 2: against you is you're not going to have its intended purpose. 416 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 2: The blood of the lamb is greater than any poison 417 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 2: that's trying to stop you. Now put your shoulders back, 418 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 2: hold your head up high. The most powerful force in 419 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 2: the universe is breathing in your direction. Friends, you have 420 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 2: the cure. Now get up every morning, take your medicine, 421 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 2: dwell on what God says about you. If you'll do this, 422 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 2: I believe and declare chains that have held you back 423 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 2: are being broken. Favor is coming, healing is coming, promotion 424 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 2: is coming, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. Well, 425 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 426 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 427 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 428 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 2: into my heart. 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