1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: Will God bless you? It is always our joy to 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: come into your homes. We love you. We know God 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: has great things in store. 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: He rewards people that seek after Him and I believe 10 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 2: that's you and you here as well. And if you're 11 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: ever in our area, come by and see us. I 12 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 13 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: thanks for tuning in today. I like to start with 14 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: something funny each week, and I heard about these three ministers. 15 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: They were out in a boat fishing one day, and 16 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 2: one of them said, we never get to let our 17 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 2: hair down. Let's each tell the area that we struggle 18 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 2: in the most, our greatest sin, so we can pray 19 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: for each other. The first minister said, well, I hate 20 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: to admit this, but I got a big problem with gambling. 21 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: Sometimes I sneak out at night go gamble. The second 22 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: minister said, I've got a big problem with cheating. I 23 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: hardly ever pay my taxes. The third minister just sat 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: there quietly. They waited and waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: They said, listen, we are not leaving till you tell 26 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: us your greatest sin. He said, all right, my greatest 27 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: struggle is with gossiping, and I can't wait. 28 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: To get off this boat. All rid. Hold up your bible, 29 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. 30 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 31 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 32 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 34 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 35 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 36 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how God remembers you. 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: It's easy in life to feel forgotten, or at least 38 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: to feel insignificant, like our hopes and dreams don't really matter. 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: We all go through seasons where we're not seeing any progress, 40 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: no new doors opening, no breaks are coming our way, 41 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 2: just more the same month after month, even year after year, 42 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 2: and so often we lose our enthusiasm, We get discouraged, 43 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 2: and we dragged through life, thinking nobody is interested. 44 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: This is never gonna change. 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: Had a man tell me recently, Joel, I've been praying 46 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: about a situation for years, but I don't see anything happening. 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: What was he saying? I feel forgotten. 48 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: Another lady told how she had been in an abusive relationship. 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 2: She was so beaten down she couldn't even look at me. 50 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 2: With her head down, she. 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: Said, I don't feel like I matter anymore. Let me 52 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: ask you. Have you ever felt forgotten? 53 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: Have you ever prayed and prayed but it seemed like 54 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: God was on vacation. Have you ever had those seasons 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: when everybody around you is being blessed, but you're not 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: seeing any good breaks seems like you've been left out. 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 2: Or maybe you're in a relationship, you're married, but you 58 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: feel all alone. You have a smile on the outside, 59 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: but on the inside you're empty. Nobody knows, and it 60 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: seems like nobody cares. It's easy to feel forgotten, but 61 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: there's a great promise. In Isaiah forty nine point fifteen, 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: God said, I will never forget you. I have carved 63 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: you into the palm. 64 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: Of my hand. 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: The good news today is you are not forgotten. You 66 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: may have had that sickness for years. Looks like it's 67 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: never gonna change. But God knows every lonely night. He 68 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: sees every tear you've ever shed. 69 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: He's got you carved into the palm of his hand. 70 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: You are not forgotten. 71 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: Maybe you have a dream in your heart, but every 72 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 2: time you try, seems like one door after another closes. 73 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: Looks like it's never gonna have, looks like it's over. 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: But no, God has not forgotten about you. In fact, 75 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: even right now, he's working in your life, arranging the 76 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: right people, the right breaks, the right opportunities, and at 77 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: just the right time in your due season, you're going 78 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: to see that dream come to fulfillment. Maybe you're a parent, 79 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: you're raising your children. You're making all kinds of sacrifices 80 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: so their dreams can come to pass. But know this, 81 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: God has not forgotten about your dreams. He has not 82 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: forgotten about the goals that you put on hold so 83 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: your children can go further. 84 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: He sees those sacrifices. 85 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: He's saying, I'm not only going to help your children succeed, 86 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: but I'm going to help you fulfill the desires of 87 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: your own heart. I want you to get your hopes 88 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 2: up today. Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. 89 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: People may forget you, but God will never forget about you. 90 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 2: People may do you wrong, people may betray you, people 91 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: may leave you. 92 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 1: When you need them the most. 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 2: But God is the friend that sticks closer than a brother. 94 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: And when life deals you a tough blow when you pray, 95 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: but the heavens are silent when it's taken longer than 96 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: you think, you need to yourself of this promise. God 97 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 2: has not forgotten about me. He is not forgotten about 98 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: my hopes and dreams. He's not forgotten about the unfair 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 2: things I've been through. He's promised he'll pay me back double. 100 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 2: He's not forgotten about my years of sacrificing, my years 101 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: of giving, my. 102 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:19,679 Speaker 1: Years of serving. 103 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: All those seeds that you've suwn. It's just a matter 104 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: of time before you reap your harvest. You remember that 105 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 2: famous song by Nat King Cold Unforgettable. That's what I'm 106 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: saying today. You are unforgettable to our God. 107 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: You matter to him. He has carved you into the 108 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: palm of his hand. 109 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 2: When God looks at you, all he can say is, 110 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 2: that's my masterpiece. That child makes me proud. That young 111 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: person brings a smile to my face. That single parent mom, 112 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: she brings joy to my spirit. Our attitude should be 113 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: I am not going to drag through life negative, defeated, 114 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: feeling alone, left out For God, I know God remembers me. 115 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: I talked to a lady one time. 116 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: She was here in town for cancer treatment there at 117 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: the medical center. She was from a smaller city and 118 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 2: she was very nervous about the treatment to begin with, 119 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: and she was nervous about being in a large city 120 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: all by herself. She was going to have to be 121 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: here for at least three months. In the first couple 122 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 2: of weeks, she felt so alone, nobody to talk to, 123 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: like she had been forgotten, and her dream was to 124 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: come to one of our services. She always watches us 125 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: on television, but she didn't know anybody. 126 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: She didn't have a ride. 127 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 2: Also, she had special medical needs that made it even 128 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 2: more difficult to travel. But one day in the cafeteria 129 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 2: line there at the hospital, she overheard the couple behind 130 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: her talking about how they come out to Lakewood each weekend, 131 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 2: and just in passing, she said, boy, I sure like 132 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 2: watching it on television. That couple said, how about this, 133 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: We'll come by and pick you up. 134 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: This Sunday and bring you to a service. That was 135 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: a dream come true. She was thrilled they brought her. 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: She told how when she walked in all she could 137 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: do is weep and weep. The greeters gave her a 138 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: hug at the door, and when they found out she 139 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: was a visitor, they brought her. 140 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: Down and sat her on the very front row. 141 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: She was so excited, she told me afterwards, Joel, I 142 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: got to sit right by your brother Paul. 143 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: I apologized. 144 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: She said, you're right, he's not near as good looking 145 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: as you are. She didn't say that, but I know 146 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: she was thinking that. 147 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: But what was. 148 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: That God remembering her, having the right people at the 149 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: right place, letting her know she was not forgotten. Here's 150 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 2: how laquid people are. They said, we'll come by and 151 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: get you every Sunday as long as you're in town. 152 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: For three months, she attended our services. Friends, you are 153 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: not forgotten. I think about Joseph. He was betrayed by 154 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 2: his brothers, he was falsely accused by a lady him 155 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: spent thirteen years in prison for something he didn't do. 156 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: I'm sure he must have felt God's forgotten about me. 157 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: Look how my life has turned out. I thought I 158 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 2: had a dream, thought I had a promise. I must 159 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: have been wrong. No, those times when things aren't going 160 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: our way, those are seasons of testing. 161 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: What are we made of? 162 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: What kind of attitude are we gonna have? Are we 163 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: gonna get negative, bitter blame God? Or are we going 164 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: to stay in faith knowing that God has us in 165 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: the palm of his hand. Joseph had a gift of 166 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: interpreting dreams, and one day in the prison, he interpreted 167 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: the dream of one of his cellmates. He told Pharaoh's 168 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: butler that this butler was going to get out in 169 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: three days time. He said, listen, I've done you a 170 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 2: favor by interpreted in this dream. Do me a favor 171 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: when you get out, tell Pharah about me. Sure enough, 172 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 2: the butler got out three days later. But wouldn't you 173 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: know it, he forgot all about Joseph. Sometimes the people 174 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: that owe you the most will forget about you the quickest. 175 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: But don't worry. Don't get discouraged. 176 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: Just because they forgot about you, does it mean God 177 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 2: forgot about you. It wasn't long after that that Joseph 178 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: got out. He got promoted. I love what he said, 179 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 2: what was meant for my harm? 180 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: God's used to my advantage. 181 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: When you in those difficulties, doesn't look like it's ever 182 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: going to change. Keep reminding yourself. God has not forgotten 183 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: about me. Several years ago, our little niece, Savannah was 184 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: spending the weekend with us. Little Savannah was probably about 185 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: seven years old at that time. This is my sister 186 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 2: April's daughter. And on Sundays, Victoria and I take different 187 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: cars to church. I come a little bit earlier, and 188 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,839 Speaker 2: in the middle of the song service. I leaned over 189 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: to Victoria and said, where is Savannah sitting? She said, 190 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 2: I don't know where did you put her? I said, 191 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 2: I didn't put her anywhere. I didn't bring her. 192 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: You brought her. 193 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 2: Her eyes got real big. She said, no, Joe, I 194 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 2: thought you brought her. 195 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: My heart sunk. 196 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: We left my little niece at home all by herself. 197 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 2: My mind began to raise all these crazy thoughts. I 198 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 2: just watched the movie the week before home alone. I 199 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: didn't know if she was there hollering and screaming. I 200 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: didn't know if she had left and gone to the neighbors. 201 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 2: I didn't know she'd be scarred for life. Here I'm 202 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 2: in the middle of a service, trying to look spiritual, 203 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 2: trying up here holy on the inside, I'm in a 204 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 2: total panic. 205 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: I can already see the headlines. 206 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: Pastor arrested, leaving child home alone. We didn't know whether 207 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: we should call the police or what We were at 208 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 2: the other campus thirty minutes away from our home, and 209 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 2: we finally got in touch with my brother in law, Kevin. 210 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 2: He lives close and he ran to my house as 211 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 2: quickly as possible. When he got there, there was little 212 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 2: Savannah sitting at the back door, just as peaceful as 213 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: can be, had a smile on her face, not the 214 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: least bit worried, not the least bit upset. First thing 215 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: she said to Kevin was I knew you would remember me. 216 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 2: She was saying, I knew it's just a matter of 217 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 2: time before somebody showed up. I asked her later, Savannah, 218 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 2: weren't you worried, weren't you afraid? 219 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: Weren't you upset? She said, no, Uncle Jojo, my mother 220 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: has left me before. I thought, that's where I get 221 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: it from April. 222 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 2: But I thought, if we could just have that same 223 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: kind of child like faith when we feel alone, when 224 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: we feel forgotten, when. 225 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: Things aren't going our way. 226 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: Instead of getting negative bitter into self pity, no, shake 227 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 2: that off and say, like little Savannah, I'm not worried. 228 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 2: I know God remembers me. I know it's just a 229 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: matter of time before he shows up and turns it around. 230 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: That phrase God remembers you is found seventy three times 231 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: in the scripture. It doesn't just mean that God doesn't 232 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 2: forget about you. It's more significant than that. When God 233 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 2: remembers you, it means he's gonna overwhelm you with his favor. 234 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: He is going to surprise you with his goodness. When 235 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 2: God remembers you, it means he is going to show 236 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 2: up and show out like you've never seen before. That's 237 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 2: what happened to a young lady in the Bible. Her 238 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 2: name was Rachel. She wanted to have a child so badly. 239 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: She tried and tried, but just couldn't conceive. Her wound 240 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: was barren, and back in those days, a woman was 241 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: really looked down on if she couldn't give her husband 242 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: a child. It was like it not only brought shame 243 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: to her, but it brought shame to her husband. Year 244 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 2: after year went by, and Rachel felt so alone, so empty, 245 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: like she was less than she was supposed to be. 246 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: To make matters worse, her sister Leah kept having baby 247 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: after baby. It was like rubbing salt in the wound. 248 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 2: But one day something happened that turned everything around. The 249 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: scripture says that God remembered Rachel. Isn't it interesting? It 250 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 2: doesn't say that Rachel remembered God. And of course it's 251 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 2: good when we reach out to God when we remember him, 252 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 2: but it's even more significant when God remembers you. God 253 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 2: is so merciful when we don't feel like we have 254 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: any more strength to believe, when we prayed so much, 255 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: we can't pray any longer. When we've gotten so discouraged, 256 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 2: we just give up on the promise and think it's 257 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 2: not meant to be. 258 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: That's exactly where Rachel was. But notice what happened. 259 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: God remembered her and answered her plea and gave her 260 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 2: a child. Friends, when God remembers you, it doesn't matter 261 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 2: how long it's been that way, it doesn't matter how 262 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 2: impossible it looks. God is going to turn it around. 263 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 2: You may feel like Rachel today, alone, forgotten, empty. Maybe 264 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 2: you've given up on a dream, you've already accepted the 265 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: fact that you're never going to be able to have 266 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 2: a child, You're never going to go back to college 267 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 2: like you wanted to, You're never going to be successful. 268 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: In your finances, in your marriage. You've written it off. 269 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 2: But understand, just because you write it off doesn't mean 270 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 2: God writes it off. God remembers not only you. He 271 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 2: remembers the dream he put on the inside. He remembers 272 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: the goals, the promises, your deepest desires. You may have 273 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: already said I'll just forget about it, but God says, no, no, no, 274 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: I remember it. I'm the one that put the dream 275 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: in you, and I still have a way to bring 276 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: it to pass. 277 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: I heard about this lady. She was about to lose 278 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: her house. 279 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 2: She had been laid off and couldn't make her payments, 280 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 2: and eventually it was foreclosed on and now the bank 281 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 2: was about to put it up for auction. She had 282 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: already accepted the fact that it was over, that that 283 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 2: chapter in her life was through. She was doing her 284 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 2: best to deal with it, but down deep, she was 285 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 2: very heartbroken. That's where she had raised her children. She 286 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 2: was a single parent mother, and I'm sure she felt 287 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 2: kind of like Rachel alone, forgotten, like nobody really cares, 288 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 2: and just to get some kind of closure, she went 289 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: to the auction where they were selling off these homes, 290 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 2: including her own. 291 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: While she was there, all. 292 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: She could do is weep and weep, seeing her house 293 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: up there on the docket to be auctioned off. And 294 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: while she was weeping, a lady close by noticed something 295 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 2: was wrong, came up and asked her what was going on, 296 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 2: and she explained how she had lost her job and 297 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 2: now her home was about to be solved. The lady 298 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: asked which home was it. 299 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: She pointed to it. 300 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: When it came time for this home to be auctioned off, 301 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 2: the lady bid on it, and bid on it and. 302 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: Bid on it. 303 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 2: She eventually won the bid, and now she owned the 304 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: house of her new friend. She turned to her and said, 305 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 2: I came here to buy my son a house, but 306 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: I realize now God sent me here to buy your 307 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: house and I want to give it back to you. 308 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: Think about this. That lady came in their heart broken. 309 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: She was expecting to say goodbye to see it gone, 310 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 2: but God had other plans. He made a way when 311 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 2: it looked like there was no way. What was that God? 312 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: Remembering her. 313 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 2: Some of you today you have written off dreams, You've 314 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: given up on promises that you know God's put in 315 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: your heart. God is saying he has not forgotten about you. 316 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 2: He still has a way to turn that situation around. 317 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: Even if you were to lose your house you don't know, 318 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 2: God can send somebody to buy it and give it 319 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: back to you. 320 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: He can bring you a new house. If you were 321 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,479 Speaker 1: to lose your job. 322 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: God can give you a better job with better benefits, 323 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: making better money. If somebody were to walk out of 324 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 2: your life, God can bring somebody better into your life. 325 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: God remembers you. 326 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 2: He remembers the dreams he's placed on the inside. He 327 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: remembers the destiny you were created for. He remembers the 328 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: assignment you've been given. People may try to push you down. 329 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: Sometimes our circumstances will make us feel like we're alone 330 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: and forgotten, But all through the day we should go 331 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 2: around saying, Father, thank you that you're remembering me. You're 332 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 2: remembering your promises, You're remembering my dreams, You're. 333 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: Remembering my destiny. 334 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 2: I know this man that was out taking a height 335 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 2: through the woods and he got caught in a terrible snowstorm. 336 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: And this man was a good person. 337 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: He was nice and kind, but he didn't really give 338 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 2: God the time of day. He's just living his own life, 339 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 2: doing his own thing. Then this storm, it got so 340 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: bad that he lost all sense of direction. It was 341 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 2: quickly getting dark. He wasn't an experienced hiker. He didn't 342 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: have the proper gear. He was just out trying to 343 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 2: get some exercise, and he knew he couldn't survive out 344 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: there all night in the cold. He begin to get 345 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: disoriented and sleepy, common conditions when your body starts to 346 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 2: shut down because of the cold. 347 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: He saw this small crevice. 348 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 2: In some rocks, and he went over and laid down. 349 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 2: He woke up the next morning as warm as toast. 350 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 2: When he regained consciousness, much to his surprise, there was 351 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 2: this huge, shaggy dog that had come in there and 352 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 2: curled up next to him. That dog acted just like 353 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 2: a heater. He didn't know where the dog had come from. 354 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 2: There was no dog there the night before. But if 355 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: it had not been for that shaggy dog, he wouldn't 356 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 2: be alive today. Now that gentleman is outspoken about his faith, 357 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 2: he has a ministry of his own everywhere. 358 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 1: He goes, he tells people what God. 359 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: Has done for him. Friends, God knows your purpose. He 360 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 2: knows what you were put here to do. And even 361 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: when people don't give God the time of day, even 362 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 2: when they just lived for themselves, God has not forgotten 363 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 2: the destiny he created them for. I think about a 364 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 2: young man in South Korea. He was dying. He had tuberculosis. 365 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 2: One of his lungs had collapsed. As he laid in 366 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 2: his bed at home in so much pain, just waiting 367 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: to die, he began to call out to his different gods. 368 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 1: One by one. He cried out to this God, please 369 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: help me. 370 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 2: There was no answer. He called out to another god 371 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: the same thing, and again and again and again. Finally, 372 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 2: in desperation, he said, if there's any God up there anywhere, 373 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 2: I don't ask you to heal me. I just ask 374 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 2: you to show me how to die. He was afraid 375 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: to die. 376 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: A few hours. 377 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 2: Later, a young college student walking through the neighborhood felt 378 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 2: what she called an unexplainable love drawing her to his house. 379 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: She went up to the door, not even knowing really 380 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: what she was doing. 381 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: A lady answered, she said, I know this sounds very 382 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: very odd, but is there anything I can pray with 383 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 2: you about. 384 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: It was the mother. 385 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: She began to weep and weep she said, yes, my 386 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: son is on his deathbed. That lady went in she 387 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: prayed for the young man, and that day that young 388 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 2: man gave. 389 00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: His life to Christ. 390 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: To make a long story short, God supernaturally healed him, 391 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 2: and today, many years later, he is the pastor of 392 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 2: the largest church in the world. Doctor Paul jungi Cho 393 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 2: has over five hundred thousand people in his church in 394 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: South Korea. 395 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: What am I saying? 396 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: God has not forgotten about you. He knows the calling 397 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: on your life. He knows what you were put here for, 398 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: and you need to do everything you can in the natural. 399 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 2: But what you cannot do, God is going to supernaturally arrange. 400 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: I'm sure that young man felt alone and forgotten in 401 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: all that pain and all that suffering. But what he 402 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 2: didn't realize was there was a creator that knew him 403 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: before he was ever born, a God that had already 404 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 2: purposed that he touched thousands. Sickness tried to stop him, 405 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: but sickness is not too big for our God. 406 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: What is it that you think God cannot do? 407 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 2: Do you have a family member, a relative that you 408 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: think is too far gone. You have a coworker, a friend, 409 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 2: a neighbor that you think is just too sarcastic, too cynical, 410 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,719 Speaker 2: too much of a partier. No, God has not written 411 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 2: them off. God remembers them. And when God remembers supernatural. 412 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: Things are going to happen. 413 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 2: I want to breathe new life into your faith today. 414 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 2: You may be here like that young man, feel like 415 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 2: you'll never get well, you'll never get over that sickness. 416 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 2: But know we serve a God that is not limited 417 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 2: to the natural. You have an assignment, You have a 418 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 2: destiny to fulfill. And no matter how bad it looks 419 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: in the natural, no matter how many obstacles are in 420 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 2: your path, God has not forgotten about you. He is 421 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 2: not going to take away his calling on your life. 422 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: You may be living far below where you're supposed. 423 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 2: To, You may be far away from where you know 424 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: in your heart God wants you, but you might as 425 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 2: well get ready because the most High God is not 426 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 2: going to write you off. And when God remembers you, 427 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 2: all the forces of darkness cannot keep you from fulfilling 428 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 2: your purpose. Sickness can't stop it, a disappointment can't stop it. 429 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: Another person can't stop it. 430 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 2: God said He's going to lift you out of the pit, 431 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 2: set your feet on a rock, and put a new. 432 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: Song in your heart. 433 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 2: You need to get your fire back and start expecting 434 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 2: to fulfill the. 435 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: Dreams that you once had. 436 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 2: It may look like those dreams have died, but God 437 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 2: can resurrect dead dreams. Those promises may have been pushed 438 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 2: down by disappointment, by an unfair situation, by sickness, but 439 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 2: God has not forgotten about you. And when the most 440 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 2: high remembers, there is nothing that can keep you. 441 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: From your destiny. 442 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 2: There was a little girl born into a very dysfunctional home. 443 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: She was abused and neglected. There was no consistency in 444 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 2: this family. She'd never really felt what true love was 445 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: all about, and in the natural, all the odds were 446 00:22:59,280 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: against her. 447 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: Didn't look like she would ever amount to much. It 448 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: got so bad as a young girl she asked. 449 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: The authorities if she could be removed from her own home. 450 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: The judge studied it all, and he had her place 451 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 2: in foster care. This young lady felt alone, confused, and forgotten. 452 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 2: Several months later, she agreed to be a part of 453 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 2: a special program. She would be adopted by a single 454 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,719 Speaker 2: parent mom. Living in a small community dedicated to helping 455 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 2: other foster care children, she began to excel in school. 456 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 2: She became an honor student, a leader that the other 457 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: children looked up to. One day, she was invited, along 458 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 2: with the other leaders that ran the foster care community there, 459 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: to be. 460 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: On a national talk show. 461 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 2: On this program, the host asked her what her dreams 462 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 2: and goals. 463 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: For the future were. 464 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 2: This young lady said, my dream is to one day 465 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 2: go to Harvard University so I can help others like 466 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 2: so many people have helped me. A few days later, 467 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,880 Speaker 2: she got a call from out of state. The lady said, 468 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 2: I saw you on the program this week. I have 469 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 2: a question for you. Would you accept a scholarship to 470 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 2: Yale University instead? The young lady agreed. Today she's headed 471 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 2: to Yelle. What am I saying? No matter who's tried 472 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 2: to push you down, no matter how many unfair things 473 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 2: you've been through, God has not forgotten about you. He said, 474 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: he would be a father to the fatherless. When people 475 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 2: do you wrong, your heavenly father will defend you. 476 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 1: When you need a good break. 477 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: Your heavenly father will show you favor when it looks impossible, 478 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: your heavenly father will make a way where it looked 479 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 2: like there was no way. Doctor Bill Henson was the 480 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: pastor of the Methodist church here in town for years, 481 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: good friend of our family. He told how when his 482 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 2: children were younger, he went out to pick up the 483 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 2: newspaper one morning and he saw baby owl lying on 484 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 2: the ground. His kids ran out to look at it, 485 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 2: and they wanted to pick it up and hold it, 486 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 2: but he cautioned them not to until he found out 487 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 2: more about the little owl. He called a friend of his, 488 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 2: a local veterinarian. He asked about how you should take 489 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: care of it and any information on the owl, and 490 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: the veterinarian said, sometimes the strong winds can blow the 491 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 2: owl out of the nest, or sometimes the owl is 492 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 2: just over confident and tries to fly before it's able. 493 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: But he said, in any case, it's good you didn't 494 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 2: try to pick it up. 495 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: Doctor Henson said, why's that? 496 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 2: He said, because if you go out and look up 497 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 2: in the trees, there's a good chance you will see 498 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: a mama owl looking down closely watching that baby owl. 499 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 2: So of course they ran out there as fast as 500 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 2: they could. They looked up and sure enough, in the 501 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: top of this pine tree, there was a large mama 502 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: owl with these huge eyes staring directly down at them, 503 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 2: just like she was ready to swoop in and protect 504 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 2: that little baby. She's just standing on guard at attention. 505 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 2: The veterinarian went on to say, even if it means 506 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: giving her own life, if something were to try to 507 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 2: harm that baby owl, she would do everything she could 508 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: to protect it. And the good news is, just like 509 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 2: that mama awl, your heavenly father is looking down right now, 510 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 2: closely watching over you. Sometimes in life you may feel 511 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: like the strong winds have knocked you down. At times, 512 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: you may feel like you're alone and forgotten. But if 513 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 2: you can just remember to look up, you'll see those 514 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 2: heavenly eyes looking back down at you. You'll see those 515 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 2: eyes of love, those eyes of compassion, just waiting to rescue, 516 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: to protect, to defend. Now, I want you to have 517 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 2: this confidence today that no matter where you are in life, 518 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 2: no matter what comes against you, you are not alone. 519 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: You are not forgotten. God remembers you. He remembers the 520 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 2: dreams he's put on the inside. He remembers the promises 521 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 2: you're holding on too. He remembers the sacrifices you've made, 522 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 2: you are unforgiveable to our God. When God remembers you, 523 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: just like Rachel, supernatural things are gonna happen. The dark 524 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 2: clouds are gonna give way to the sunshine. The bar 525 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 2: and womb is gonna conceive. The shaggy dog is gonna 526 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 2: keep you warm. Who knows one phone call may lead 527 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 2: you to a major university. If you'll stir your faith 528 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 2: up and believe that God is watching over you, believe 529 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 2: that nothing can keep you from your destiny, then you're 530 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 2: gonna see God show up and show out in amazing ways. 531 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 2: He is gonna give you favor to accomplish your dreams. 532 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 2: He is gonna supernaturally heal your body. You're gonna overcome 533 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 2: every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and live that life of 534 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: victory he has in story. 535 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: Amen, do you receive it today? Well? 536 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 537 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 538 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 539 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 540 00:27:59,160 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: you my lord and. 541 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: Friends. 542 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 2: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 543 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 2: born again, Get in a good Bible based church, keep 544 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: God first place. 545 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: He's gonna take your places you've never dreamed of. 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