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Thanks for listening to 38 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. It's a joy to come 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 44 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: please stop by and be a part of one of 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: at home. I like to start with something funny, and 47 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: I heard about this archaeologist in New York. He dug 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: down ten feet and found traces of copper wiring dating 49 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: back one hundred years. He concluded New Yorkers had a 50 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: telephone network over one hundred years ago. Not to be outdone, 51 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 2: an archaeologist from California dug down twenty feet found copper 52 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: wiring dating back two hundred years. He concluded Californians had 53 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 2: a massive communication network one hundred years earlier than New Yorkers. 54 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: Upon hearing this, Bubba from Texas dug down thirty feet 55 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: on his farm and found absolutely nothing. He concluded three 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: hundred years ago, Texans had already gone wireless. Say it 57 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my I am what 58 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 59 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 60 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 61 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 62 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 63 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about not feigning 64 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: in your mind. We all face opposition and things that 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: come against us. It's easy to get discouraged and give 66 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: up on what we're believing. For Sometimes we feel alone, 67 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: like nobody knows what we're going through, nobody is supporting us. 68 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: We get weary and faint in our mind. But in 69 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: the Book of Hebrews, it talks about the heroes of 70 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: faith and all the amazing things they accomplished. It wasn't easy. 71 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: They endured hardships, they were mistreated, They had plenty of 72 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: opportunities to give up, but they stayed faithful in full 73 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: filled their purpose. In chapter twelve, says, seeing that we 74 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let 75 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: us run the race that's set before us. This passage 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: paints the picture of a huge stadium up in heaven 77 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: with a race taking place. The people in the grand 78 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: stands are the saints of old, the great cloud of witnesses, 79 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 2: These heroes of faith are looking down at us, cheering 80 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 2: us on. You are not running alone. All of Heaven 81 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: is rooting for you. Not just the heroes of faith, 82 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: but your loved ones that have gone before you, relatives 83 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: that you've never met, great great great grandmothers, grandfathers. They're 84 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: watching you right now, saying you go, boy, you go, girl. 85 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: Life may be tough, but you've got what it takes. 86 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: We believe in you. When you're tempted to faint in 87 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 2: your mind, you need to buy faith. Look up and 88 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: see them cheering you on. I can see David saying 89 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 2: that giant may look big, that obstacle may look impossible. 90 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: I know how you feel, but can I tell you 91 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: God can do the impossible. You may not think you 92 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: have what you need. All I had was a slingshop 93 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 2: and a few stones. People told me I wasn't qualified, 94 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: I didn't have the experience. My family tried to talk 95 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 2: me out of it. My brothers made fun of me. 96 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 2: But despite all the opposition, God breathed on me and 97 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: I became a giant killer, staying courage, you can defeat 98 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 2: your giants. David is cheering you on. He's saying, the 99 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,679 Speaker 2: giant may be big, but our God is bigger. Don't 100 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 2: faint in your mind. Maybe you're facing an illness. You 101 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: don't see how you can get well. It's been years. 102 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: You're attempted to settle where you are and think that's 103 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: your lot in life. I hear a young lady in 104 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: the grand stands saying, don't lose hope. I was sick 105 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: for eighteen years. I couldn't stand up. I was bent 106 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 2: over with pain. The doctors couldn't help me. I tried everything, 107 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: but it didn't work out. Just when I thought it 108 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: was permanent, I went to the temple one day. Out 109 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: of a huge crowd of people, Jesus called my name. 110 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: He said, woman, you are free from this sickness. Immediately 111 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: I could stand up. All the pain left. From that 112 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 2: day forward, I could walk, I could run. I was 113 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: perfectly well. Now, nobody else may be encouraging you. Every 114 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: other voice may be negative, telling you how you're not 115 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: going to get better. You feel alone, isolated. Look up, 116 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 2: this lady is saying God did it for me, he 117 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: can do it for you. She's cheering you on. Moses 118 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 2: is up in those grand stands right now, rooting for us. 119 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: He's saying, you may have made mistakes, you may have 120 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: blown it. So did I. I thought I missed my destiny. 121 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 2: I thought I was done. But at eighty years old, 122 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: God showed up in a burning bush. He said, Moses, 123 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: it's not too late. I haven't forgotten about you. It's 124 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: time to deliver the Israelites. After all those years where 125 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 2: I felt like a failure, guilty, condemned, God still used 126 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: me to fulfill my purpose. You may be sitting on 127 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 2: the sidelines of life feeling disqualified, guilty. Moses is saying, 128 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 2: get back in the game. God's mercy is bigger than 129 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: those mistakes. You can still become who you were created 130 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: to be. People may write you off, but God never 131 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: writes you off. You hear those voices telling you you've 132 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,239 Speaker 2: blown it, you missed your chance. That means you're listening 133 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: to the wrong voices. You have to understand you have 134 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: home field advantage. In the grand stands of heaven where 135 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: you're running. Everyone is for you. The saints of old, 136 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: your loved ones, in the stands, your relatives. They're not 137 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: condemning you, thinking boy, I knew they couldn't get it right, 138 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: they'd never do anything good. That means you're in the 139 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: wrong stadium. The enemy has a stadium filled with accusers, condemners, discouragers. 140 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: Don't go there. That's the opponent stadium. Your game is 141 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: being played on the home field. Everyone in these stands 142 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 2: is pulling for you. The scripture says, look up for 143 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: your redemption. Draws nine. When you're at tempted to get discouraged. 144 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 2: Look up and hear the cheers from the heavenly Saints. 145 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: When you know someone is cheering for you, it gives 146 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: you an edge. You can run a little faster, jump 147 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: a little higher with stand and a little more pressure. 148 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: Statistics even showed in basketball, having the home court advantage 149 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 2: results in fifteen extra points for the home team. The 150 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 2: court is the same size, the rules are the same. 151 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 2: Technically nothing is different, but there's something intangible that gives 152 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,599 Speaker 2: you an advantage. If you played sports, when you know 153 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 2: your parents are in the stands, or you have friends 154 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: there cheering you on, that gives you an extra boost. 155 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 2: My father traveled a lot when I was growing up, 156 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 2: and he couldn't attend many of my basketball games. But 157 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: I remember this one game. I was in the seventh grade. 158 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 2: The game was about to start and I saw my 159 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: father come walking in the gym. I didn't know he 160 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: was coming. I was pleasantly surprised. For some reason, that day, 161 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: my father decided to wear shorts. He had not worn 162 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 2: shorts his whole life. His legs were whiter than the 163 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: glory of God. They were blinding people. Not only that 164 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: he didn't have any tennis shoes, so he wore his 165 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: black dress shoes with black socks. I didn't tell anyone 166 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 2: we were related, but knowing my father was there, I 167 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: played harder. I scored more points. They say white men 168 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 2: can't jump. That day, I got in the air. I 169 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 2: did things that even surprised me, all because I knew 170 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: someone was watching me, someone was cheering for me. I 171 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 2: wanted to make them proud. Even now, when I'm tempted 172 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: to get discouraged, tempted to think an obstacle is too big, 173 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: I just imagine that my father is still watching me. 174 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: He's in the grand stands of having saying, come on, Joel, 175 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 2: I lived in my day. This is your day. Show 176 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: them what you have. Be strong, take big steps. Pray 177 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: bowl prayers, shine brightly. There are people in heaven right 178 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 2: now cheering you on, relatives that have gone before you. 179 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 2: They're rooting for you, saying, do something great, make us proud. 180 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: Run with purpose. When those voices whisper you're alone, it 181 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: doesn't matter. Just settle where you are by faith. You 182 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: need to hear your loved ones cheering you on. My 183 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 2: grandfather on my mother's side of the family had a 184 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 2: rough childhood his mother died when he was five. Three 185 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 2: years later, his father came home from working out in 186 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 2: the woods with a terrible pain in his side. They 187 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 2: took him by horse and buggy to a hospital four 188 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 2: hours away. The middle of the night, my grandfather received 189 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: a telegram saying that his father had died. The next day, 190 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 2: he and his uncle went to the train station to 191 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 2: pick up his body. I can imagine what was going 192 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 2: through my grandfather's mind as an eight year old little 193 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 2: riding a horse with his father in a casket behind him, 194 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 2: wondering who would take care of him, where we would 195 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: he live, so uncertain of his future. Nobody really wanted 196 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 2: my grandfather. He was passed from house to house. His 197 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: uncle made him live out in the barn, didn't treat 198 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 2: him like his own child. Grandaddy left home at sixteen 199 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 2: and joined a bridge game. Eventually he got a job 200 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: at a refinery. He worked for Humbled Oil now Exxon 201 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: for forty years. He never missed a day of work. 202 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: He was faithful, He endured hardships. He overcame injustice. At Exxon, 203 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: they had a program where you could take part of 204 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: your salary in stock. All of his friends took their 205 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: whole sali in cash spent it each week, but Grandaddy 206 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 2: took the stock option and never touched it. The most 207 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 2: he ever made was fourteen thousand dollars a year, but 208 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 2: when he retired, the dividends from his stock each year 209 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: were four times more than he ever made. He would 210 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: come up to the old church and do odd jobs. 211 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: I would see him under the portable buildings, fixing the plumbing. 212 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: He built his own house for twenty six hundred dollars 213 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: and lived there for sixty years. I think about how 214 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 2: my grandfather made it with so much less than I have. 215 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: He didn't have a good childhood, didn't have parents to 216 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 2: guide him, he didn't have an education. Yet he overcame 217 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 2: all these obstacles and still went on to fulfill his 218 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 2: purpose and leave our family better than it was before. 219 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 2: If my grandfather could make it through all that he 220 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 2: went through, surely I can make it through what comes 221 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: against me. Our ancestors are relatives. They made it without electricity, 222 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: without automobiles, without medical treatments that we have, without netfling. 223 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 2: If they didn't fade in their mind, if they made 224 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 2: sacrifices to put us ahead, surely we can do it well. 225 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 2: I'm irritated because my cell phone dropped a call. They 226 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 2: would ask, what's a cell phone? You mean you can 227 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: talk to people like that? Traffic was bad, I got 228 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: stuck sitting in my car. They'd ask, what's a car? 229 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: You mean you can travel in comfort? Are you complaining 230 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 2: about things that they would have dreamed to have in 231 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: comparison to what they've been through. Most of what we 232 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 2: face are light afflictions. Some of you had relatives that 233 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 2: suffered great injustice because of their nationality, because of the 234 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 2: color of their skin. They were mistreated, as seen as 235 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 2: second class, not valued, not respected. They endured all that 236 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: hardship without getting better, working in the fields with no pay. 237 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: They didn't complain while they suffered. They sang hymns. They 238 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 2: didn't have freedom, but it didn't stop their praise. They 239 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: didn't live defeated. They kept thanking God, knowing that he 240 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: was in control and that justice was coming. We are 241 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: living in the day they dreamed about. They went through 242 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: too much for you to settle where you are. They 243 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 2: sacrifice too greatly for you to give up on what 244 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: God put in your heart. They're up in those grand 245 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 2: stands watching you, saying, run, baby, Run, That's why we 246 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 2: worked so that you could excel, so that you could 247 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: write that book, so that you could teach that class, 248 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 2: so that you could start that business, so that you 249 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: could own your company, so you could go further. If 250 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: you don't do it for yourself, do it for those 251 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: that went before you. They handed you the baton. All 252 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: the sacrifices they've made have put us further down the road. 253 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: The way we honor their legacies is to go further, 254 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 2: to dream bigger, to take new ground. And sure life 255 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 2: can be difficult, but it's nothing compared to what they endured. 256 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: With what my grandfather went through, with what I've seen 257 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: my parents sacrifice, I feel too responsible to settle where 258 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: I am, to just rest in what they accomplished, to 259 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: just go as far as they did. We're supposed to 260 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 2: leave our families better off than they were before. Hebrews 261 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: eleven says, all these heroes of faith, the saints of old, 262 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 2: even though they did their best, none of them receive 263 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 2: all that God promised. They didn't see the fullness of 264 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 2: what God had in store. But since Jesus has come, 265 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 2: we are the generation under the New Covenant. We're living 266 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 2: in a better day. We are seeing the fulfillment of 267 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 2: what they only dreamed about. Stir us up to stay passionate, 268 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: to believe big, to take new ground. It's easy to 269 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: let these light afflictions discourage us. Somebody's talking about us, 270 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 2: trouble at work. We didn't get the contract. Quit letting 271 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 2: those light things keep you from running with purpose. When 272 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: life gets tough, look up and listen out. You'll hear 273 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: your loved ones cheering you on. You'll hear the saints 274 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 2: of old saying this is your day. Stay strong, you 275 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 2: are well able. My father was raised during the Great Depression. 276 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 2: He grew up with no money, no opportunity. He didn't 277 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 2: have a car. He had to hitchhike. He kept taking 278 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 2: steps of faith, and God opened bigger doors one church 279 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 2: where he pastored. After years of building it and sewing 280 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 2: into the people, some of them didn't like his new 281 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 2: message of faith and victory, and they asked him to leave. 282 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 2: He was heartbroken. It wasn't fair, but he didn't complain. 283 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 2: He and my mother went out and started Lakewood. They 284 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 2: didn't have a big building, they didn't have a formal 285 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 2: compact center. They found an old Rundown feed store had 286 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 2: holes in the floor, dirty, smelly. Compared to my father, 287 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 2: Compared to my grandfather, I have it so much easier. Yes, 288 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 2: I faced opposition, but nobody's asked me to leave the church. 289 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 2: If you're thinking about it, forget it. My father worked 290 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: too hard. My grandfather sacrificed too much for me to 291 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 2: get discouraged and settle where I am. The last ten 292 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: years of my father's life, he didn't feel healthy. Many 293 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 2: sundays he would come to church dizzy from the blood 294 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: pressure medicine that he took. He hadn't slept the night before, 295 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 2: and I would always go see him before the service, 296 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 2: and I, Dad, it do you want to break today? 297 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: We can find somebody else to minister. That never entered 298 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 2: his mind. He preached whether he felt like it or not. 299 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 2: When he went to be with the Lord and I 300 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 2: took over, he put me forty years down the road. 301 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 2: He left us that eight thousand seat auditorium debt free. 302 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: When we needed to make an initial payment to secure 303 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: the Compact center, the money was in the bank. I thought, 304 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 2: thank you, Daddy. If he could do it in his day, 305 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 2: not feeling well, not having resources going up, not having 306 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: people support him, how much more should I be able 307 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 2: to do in the same way. Your relatives have sacrificed 308 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: greatly for you to be where you are. They endured hardships, 309 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 2: worked when they didn't feel like it, overcame things that 310 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 2: should have stopped them. They paid a high price. Now 311 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: do your part and honor them by taking new ground. 312 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 2: Our attitude should be I am not going to let 313 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: these lie affliction stop me. I am not going to 314 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 2: live passive and just coast on what's been passed down 315 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: to me. I'm gonna stretch to new levels. I'm gonna 316 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 2: make my loved ones proud well, Joel, I don't come 317 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 2: from a godly heritage. My relatives, my parents, they didn't believe. 318 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 2: You wouldn't be where you are if somebody in your 319 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 2: family line didn't honor God. None of us got to 320 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 2: where we are on our own. Somebody prayed for you, 321 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 2: Somebody made sacrifices, somebody lived a life of integrity. It 322 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 2: may have been a great great great grandfather you never met, 323 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 2: but he gave, he served, he helped others, He mentored 324 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 2: young men, or a grandmother that lived a hundred years ago. 325 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 2: You never heard her name, but she prayed for her 326 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: family line. She taught Sunday School. She was an example 327 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: to those young ladies. Now you're reaping from the seeds 328 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 2: they've sown. You didn't get here by accident. In the scripture, 329 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 2: God showed favor to one of David's relatives three hundred 330 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 2: and five years after David was gone. His relative made 331 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 2: a mistake, he was in trouble. God said, in effect, 332 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 2: I'm gonna show you mercy. I'm going to turn this around, 333 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 2: not for your sake, but for your relative, David's sake. 334 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: I realize I'm reaping a harvest from seeds that I 335 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 2: didn't plan. I'm blessed because my grandfather honored God. I'm 336 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 2: where i am in part because my parents kept God 337 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 2: first place. There are people that you've never met that 338 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: have made your life easier. They put you further down 339 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 2: the road. Now they're cheering you on. The way you 340 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 2: honor them is by going further, by taking new ground. 341 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 2: Think of these heroes of faith. They didn't have a 342 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 2: Bible like we do today. They didn't have promises in 343 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 2: writing to stand on like we can. They didn't know 344 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 2: how it was all going to turn out, yet they 345 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 2: chose to believe. They made it through the desert without 346 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 2: a podcast encouraging them, without a grocery store. They made 347 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: it to the Promised Land without GPS, without Siri, without airplanes. 348 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 2: They did it without the conveniences that we have. Imagine 349 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 2: what you and I can do. This is our day 350 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: to set a new standard. Here's the key. The heroes 351 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: of faith are not just in the Bible. I am 352 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 2: looking at heroes of faith. If the Bible was written today, 353 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 2: your name could be in there. You've overcome obstacles that 354 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 2: look too big, like David. You've defeated giants like the 355 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 2: lady that was healed after eighteen years some of you. 356 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 2: God has healed you and given you your life back. 357 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: My mother would be in the heroes of faith. Cancer 358 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 2: said that she was done in nineteen eighty one. Medical 359 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: science said she didn't have a chance. But God said, 360 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 2: I have the final say you will live and not die. 361 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: She's a living example of God's goodness. My challenge to 362 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 2: you is become a hero of faith. Do something great, 363 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: leave your mark, let your talent shine. Overcome what seems impossible. 364 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 2: You may not see how it can happen, but you 365 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: have generations cheering you on. You have saints that you've 366 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: read about thought, how amazing they are, how faithful, how dedicated. 367 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 2: Those same saints are calling your name, saying, dream big, 368 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 2: keep stretching, keep believing. We want to read about you. 369 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 2: Imagine every morning if you received a personal text from Abraham, 370 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 2: from David, from Moses, Ruth, Esther, and Noah, when you 371 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 2: woke up there was a message from them saying how 372 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 2: they believe you, how you were well able. That would 373 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 2: do something to you. It put a spring in your step. 374 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 2: It would cause you to have more confidence. Those people 375 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 2: carry some weight. I've received a few texts from some 376 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 2: influential people, but if Abraham were to text me, I 377 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 2: would run tell Victoria, you're not gonna believe it. I 378 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 2: just got a text from Abraham. What he said? He 379 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 2: said he believes in me, that he's cheering me. All 380 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 2: that would help me to do better that day. I 381 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 2: wouldn't get discouraged because I had opposition. I wouldn't give 382 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 2: up because I had a setback. Can I tell you 383 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: it's not just Abraham. All of Heaven is cheering for you. 384 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 2: The grand stands are packed with people who believe in you, 385 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 2: people that have been where you are and made it through. 386 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 2: You may feel like you're surrounded by opposition. Everything has 387 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 2: come against you. I see Elisha step out of the 388 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 2: grand stands and say, been there done that? One night, 389 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: this enemy army surrounded me and my assistant, tens of 390 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 2: thousands of horses and chariots. My assistant panic, He thought 391 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 2: we were done. But when I looked out through my 392 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 2: eyes of faith, I could see a vast host of 393 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 2: the heavenly armies surrounding all those enemy forces. Elisha would 394 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: tell you stay in faith. That addiction may look like 395 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 2: it has you surrounded. The truth is God has it 396 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 2: surrounded That. Sickness, the debt, the depression may be surrounding you, 397 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 2: But Elisha is cheering you on, saying, don't worry. God 398 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: is surrounding what's surrounding you. Maybe you prayed for God 399 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 2: to turn a situation around, but it didn't happen. Thoughts 400 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 2: tell you it's too late, it's never going to work out. 401 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: Why didn't God answer your prayers? I see three men 402 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: step out of the grand stands of heaven. Their names 403 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 2: are Shadrak, Nie Jack, and a Bendigo. They say, we 404 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: know how you feel. We wouldn't bow down to the 405 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: King's golden idol. He told us he was going to 406 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 2: throw us into a fiery furnace. We prayed, We asked 407 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 2: God to deliver us. We didn't want to go into 408 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 2: the furnace. But God didn't answer our prayer the way 409 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: we wanted. We were tempted to get upset to complain. Instead, 410 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 2: we decided to trust him. We told the king, even 411 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 2: if God doesn't deliver us, we're still not going to 412 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 2: bow down. And when he threw us into the furnace, 413 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 2: the funny thing is, the fire didn't burn us. It 414 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 2: only burned off the cords that were holding us back. 415 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 2: In the middle of the fire, out of nowhere, the 416 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 2: son of the Living God showed up. Their encouragement is 417 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 2: you may be in the fire, stay in faith. You 418 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 2: are fireproof. That fire is not going to harm you. 419 00:26:58,880 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: God is right there. 420 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 5: Thank you. 421 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 2: Keep believing, keep doing the right thing. Like them, You're 422 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 2: going to come out without the smell of smoke. Are 423 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 2: you feigning in your mind? Giving up on a dream, 424 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: talking yourself out of doing something great? God is saying, 425 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 2: get your passion back. Your relatives, the saints of old, 426 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 2: they've gone through too much for you to settle where 427 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 2: you are When you're tempted to get discouraged. Look up 428 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 2: and listen up. All of Heaven is cheering for you. 429 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 2: In that stadium. There are signs with your picture on them, 430 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 2: people calling your name, saying run, baby, run. Make your 431 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 2: loved ones proud. God has ordained that every generation increase. 432 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 2: They did great things with what they had, but let's 433 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 2: honor them by going further. Let's leave this generation better 434 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 2: than it was before. If you'll do this, I believe 435 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 2: and declare you're not going to just be cheered on 436 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 2: by heroes of faith. You're going to become a thank 437 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 2: you of faith. You're going to rise higher, accomplash dreams, 438 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 2: and leave your mark on this generation in Jesus' name. 439 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 2: And if you receive it, can you say, men, today, 440 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 441 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 442 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 443 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 444 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 445 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: born again. 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