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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you always. Our joy to 39 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 4: come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 4: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: our services. I'll promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 4: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in and 43 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: thank you again for coming out today. And I like 44 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 4: to start with something funny and I heard about this lady. 45 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 4: She was on an airplane leading her Bible. The man 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 4: next to her said, you don't believe all that stuff 47 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 4: in there, do you? She said, of course I do. 48 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 4: It's the Bible. He said, well, what about that guy 49 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 4: that got swallowed by the well? She said, you mean Jonah. Yes, 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 4: I believe that too. He said, well, how could he 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 4: possibly live that long inside of a fish? She thought 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 4: about it in a moment that I don't know. When 53 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 4: I get to heaven, I'll have to ask him. He said, sarcastically, 54 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 4: What if he's not in heaven? She said, then you'll 55 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 4: have to ask him. Hold up your Bible, say it 56 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 57 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 58 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 59 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God oldly confess. 60 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 61 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 62 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about just remember 63 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 4: when you look back over your life, some of the 64 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 4: things you faced at the time, you didn't think you 65 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 4: could make it through. The obstacle was so large, the breakup, 66 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 4: purchase so badly, the medical report was so negative. You 67 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 4: didn't see away. But God turned it around. He gave 68 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 4: you strength when you didn't think you could go on. 69 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 4: He brought the right person when you thought you'd always 70 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 4: be lonely. He promoted you, gave you that good break. 71 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 4: Things fell into place. Now you're further along than you 72 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 4: ever imagine. Wasn't a lucky break, wasn't a coincidence. It 73 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 4: was the hand of God. You should have been stuck, addicted, broke, depressed, lonely, 74 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 4: but God made a way. When you didn't see away. 75 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 4: You can say, like me, I didn't get here by myself. 76 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 4: Wasn't just my good luck, my hard work, my talent, 77 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 4: It was the favor of God. He made things happen 78 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: that I could never make happen on my own. But 79 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 4: none of us like difficulties. If we had a choice, 80 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 4: we wouldn't go through them. But those challenges not only 81 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 4: prepared you for your future. But now you have a 82 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 4: history with God. When you're in a tough time you 83 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 4: don't see a way out, instead of being discouraged negative, 84 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 4: you can go back and remember how God turned your 85 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 4: health around. Remember how he gave you that baby when 86 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 4: the specialist said you couldn't have a child. Remember how 87 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 4: He brought you out of that trouble that you got 88 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 4: yourself in. When you remember how God has protected you, 89 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: promoted you, healed you, restored you, faith will rise in 90 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 4: your heart. Instead of thinking I'll never get out of 91 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 4: this problem, You'll know God did it for me once, 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 4: he'll do it for me again. He made a way 93 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 4: in the past, I know he's gonna make a way 94 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 4: in the future. Don't complain about the problem. It's not random. 95 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 4: You're going to need that victory in the future. God 96 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: has taken you from glory to glory. When you come 97 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 4: through this challenge, that victory will be the fuel you 98 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 4: use that gets you to the next level of glory. 99 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 4: This is what happened with the Israelites. They were up 100 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 4: against huge armies. People that were stronger, had more equipment, 101 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 4: more skill. The Israelites had just come out of slavery. 102 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 4: They had no military training, no weapons. They were just 103 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 4: trying to survive out in the desert, and they were 104 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 4: headed toward the Promised Land. But they had all these 105 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 4: enemies to overcome. They were very discouraged, didn't know how 106 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: they could do it, and God said to them in 107 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: Deuteronomy seven. You may think, how how can we conquer 108 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 4: these nations that are much stronger than us, But don't 109 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 4: be afraid. Just remember what God did to Pharaoh. You 110 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 4: saw with your own eyes the miraculous signs and the 111 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 4: amazing power God used to bring you out. God was saying, 112 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 4: when it looks impossible, you don't see a way out. 113 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 4: The way to stay encouraged, the way to keep your 114 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 4: hopes up is just remember what God has done. Like 115 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 4: the Israelites, every one of you has seen with your 116 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 4: own eyes times where God made away. You thought you 117 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 4: were stuck, but God opened the door, caused somebody to 118 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 4: be good to you, or you lost a loved one. 119 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: You didn't think you'd ever be happy again, but God 120 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 4: lifted you out of that pit. He turned your mourning 121 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 4: into dancing. When you face tough times, your dream looks impossible, 122 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 4: every voice says it's never going to happen. Just remember, 123 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 4: go back and replay your victories. Relive the times God 124 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 4: made away. Remember how He put you at the right 125 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: place and you met that person and fell in love. 126 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 4: Remember how He spared your life from that accident. Remember 127 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 4: how the medical report said you shouldn't be here, but 128 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 4: here you are alive, strong and health fill. If you're 129 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: going to overcome those obstacles, you're going to reach your 130 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 4: highest potential. You have to learn to just remember when 131 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: you're constantly thinking about God's goodness, how He's protected you, vindicated, 132 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 4: you promoted you. Not only will faith rise in your heart, 133 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 4: but it's that attitude of expectancy that allows God to 134 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 4: do great things. And on a regular basis, we should 135 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 4: go back over the major victories in our life. Remember 136 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 4: the day your children were born. That was a great miracle. 137 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: Remember how God gave you that job, protected you, how 138 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 4: you met the right person, developed this habit of remembering 139 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 4: what God has done. I remember in my early twenties 140 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 4: walking into a jewelry store to buy a battery for 141 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 4: my watch, minding my own business, and outwalked the most 142 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 4: beautiful girl I'd ever seen. It was Victoria. We ended 143 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 4: up dating for a year and a half and she 144 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 4: couldn't keep her hands off of me, so we got married. 145 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 4: At least that's the way I remember it. But I 146 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 4: recognize that wasn't a coincidence, that wasn't a lucky break. 147 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 4: That was God directing my steps, putting me at the 148 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 4: right place at the right time. And when I think 149 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 4: about that, it reminds me how God is in control 150 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 4: of my life. If he was directing my steps back then, 151 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 4: I know he's directed my steps right now. The Apostle 152 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 4: Paul talks about in the Scripture the mercies of God, 153 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 4: not singular but plural. Now every one of us has 154 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 4: experienced some of these mercies. Walking into the jewelry store 155 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 4: that day, that was one of the mercies of God. 156 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 4: When I was first married, I was driving on the 157 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 4: freeway during a big rainstorm. I lost control of my 158 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 4: car and started spinning around and around, crossing the different 159 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 4: lanes of the freeway. At one point I looked up 160 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 4: and this eighteen wheeler was coming right at me. I 161 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 4: was going the wrong direction. We were so close I 162 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: felt like I could touch his front grill. Now, I thought, boy, 163 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 4: that's it. I'm done. All I could say was Jesus, 164 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 4: when you're in trouble, you don't have to pray long. 165 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 4: Some of you would have said something else, but we 166 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 4: want to talk about that. Somehow, that big truck missed me. 167 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 4: The driver pulled over. He came up to my window 168 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 4: his eyes were this big. He said, I can't believe 169 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 4: I didn't run over you. But at the last second, 170 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 4: a big gust of wind blew my tree into the 171 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 4: other lane. He said, it was the wind. I know 172 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 4: it was the mercies of God. When our son Jonathan 173 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 4: was a little boy, less than a year old, we 174 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 4: were on a boat with some friends and he was 175 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 4: in the baby carrier and we'd sit it on the 176 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 4: bench there in the boat. As we were traveling along, 177 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 4: something whispered to Victoria, go hold on to your son. 178 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 4: She walked over and held on to the baby carrier. 179 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: About thirty seconds later, the boat hit a huge wave. 180 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 4: Everything that wasn't tied down went flying overboard. He too, 181 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: would have been thrown into the water if not for 182 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 4: the mercies of God. Many of you you can say, 183 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 4: like me, you wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for 184 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 4: God's mercy. Some of the things you've done, the crowd 185 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 4: you used to run with, the drugs, the alcohol, that 186 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 4: should have taken you out. But God showed you some 187 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 4: of his mercies, not one, but again and again. Maybe 188 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 4: you shouldn't have that position that you're in. You weren't 189 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 4: the most qualified, but the mercies of God gave it 190 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 4: to you. Or perhaps that sickness said it was going 191 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 4: to be the end, but the mercies of God said, 192 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 4: this is not your time. When you recognize what God 193 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 4: has done, you don't take for granted that all through 194 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 4: your life it's been his hand getting you to where 195 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: you are. Then it's easy to honor God. It's easy 196 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: to be grateful, it's easy to serve, to give to 197 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: help others. You realize where you are in life is 198 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 4: because of the mercies of God. You know you're driving 199 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: a mercy car, you're living in a mercy house, you're 200 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 4: working at a mercy job. You didn't just marry over 201 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 4: your head. You married mercy. Maybe you should have had 202 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:57,239 Speaker 4: a nervous breakdown, but Mercy showed up. You should be depressed, 203 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 4: but mercy turns you around. You could be in prison, 204 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 4: but Mercy kept you out, or you tried to take 205 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 4: your life. Mercy kept you alive. Mercy gave you that baby. 206 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 4: Mercy gave you that idea. Mercy opened that door. Don't 207 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 4: take it for granted. Keep it on the forefront of 208 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 4: your mind. You're not just lucky. You don't just keep 209 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: beating the odds it's the mercies of God. In fact, 210 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 4: the reason you're still hearing, the reason that truck couldn't 211 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 4: run over you, the reason those drugs couldn't kill you, 212 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 4: the reason the sickness couldn't take you out, is because 213 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 4: God has a destiny for you to fulfill. He has 214 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 4: an assignment for you to accomplish. His mercies are never 215 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 4: going to give up on you. His calling is irrevocable. 216 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 4: He chose you before you could choose him. You might 217 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: as well recognize you're a marked man, a marked woman. 218 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 4: The creator of the universe has his hand on your life. 219 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 4: The sooner you render your will to his, the better 220 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 4: off you're going to be. You're not giving up anything. 221 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 4: You're gaining purpose, destiny, a life that He's designed, a 222 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 4: life more rewarding than you ever imagined. David said, if 223 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 4: it had not been for the goodness of God, where 224 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: would I be? He was saying, in effect, if God 225 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 4: had not shown me some of these mercies, I wouldn't 226 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 4: have defeated Goliath. I wouldn't have been able to outlast 227 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 4: King Saul trying to kill me in the desert without 228 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 4: the mercies of God, or I wouldn't have been restored 229 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 4: after my mistake with Bathsheba, without God's mercy. A young 230 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 4: man told me how he's had a serious drug problem 231 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 4: for many years. The other day, he was out partying 232 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 4: with some friends and accidentally he got all these different 233 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 4: kinds of drugs mixed up. He took so many that 234 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 4: his friends begin to panic. They thought for sure he 235 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 4: would pass out and have convulsions. But those drugs had 236 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: no effect on him. It was like they had lost 237 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 4: all their power. He said, Joel, I came to church 238 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 4: today because I'm one lucky guy. I told him what 239 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 4: I'm telling you. It's a lot more than luck. It's 240 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 4: the mercies of God. Psal one nine says from my 241 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 4: earliest youth, my enemies have persecuted me, but they have 242 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 4: never been able to finish me off. Sometimes you need 243 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: to just thank God that you're still here. Cancer couldn't 244 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 4: finish you off. Depression couldn't finish you off. That divorce, 245 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 4: the legal problem, the bankruptcy couldn't finish you off. The 246 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 4: person talking about you, the caters, the critics, the naysayers. 247 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 4: They tried to push you down, make you look bad. 248 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 4: They did their best, but their best was not enough. 249 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 4: You're still standing. You're still strong, you still got a smile. 250 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 4: They couldn't finish you off. You got knocked down, but 251 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 4: you got back up again. You had a setback, a breakup, 252 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 4: but you're still in the game. You went through a loss, 253 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 4: but you didn't get better. You kept moving forward. That 254 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 4: setback could not finish you off. My father, when he 255 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: was a little boy, fell into a large fire. That 256 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 4: fire should have taken his life, but the fire could 257 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 4: not finish him off. He was raised during the Great 258 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 4: Depression with nothing, but poverty could not finish him off. 259 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: His first marriage as a young man didn't make it. 260 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 4: He was told he could never be in ministry, but 261 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 4: divorce couldn't finish him off. Years later, some people turned 262 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 4: on him, ask him to leave his church. But betrayal 263 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 4: couldn't finish him off. He had high blood pressure most 264 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 4: of his life. That couldn't finish him off. Had to 265 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 4: raise my brother Paul, that came very very close. What 266 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 4: am I saying? God has the final say. People can't 267 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 4: finish you all a bad break, betrayal, rejection, sickness. When 268 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: the enemy comes in like a flood. The scripture says 269 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 4: God raises up a barrier. God will put a stop 270 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 4: to it. The forces that are for you are greater 271 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 4: than the forces that are against you. You may be 272 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 4: in a difficult time, don't get discouraged. Just remember the 273 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 4: red seas God's parted in your life. Remember how God's 274 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 4: delivered you from the Pharaoh, so to speak, how he 275 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 4: snatched you out of that harmful situation, how he closed 276 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 4: that door that would have been a big mistake, how 277 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 4: he blessed you with that position. You have a history 278 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 4: with God. You've seen his mercies not once, but again 279 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 4: and again showing out in your life. You need to 280 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 4: announce to that cancer. You can't finish me off. The 281 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 4: God who spoke worlds into existence, breathed his life into me. 282 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 4: He controls the number of my days. Announce to that depression, fear, anxiety. 283 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 4: You're not going to finish me off. God promised I 284 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 4: will finish my course with joy. Or that person at 285 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 4: the office is trying to push you down, make you 286 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 4: look bad, don't get discouraged. They don't control your destiny. 287 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 4: They can't stop God's plan for your life. When those 288 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 4: negative thoughts come telling you this sickness is going to 289 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 4: sink you, this legal problem, this depression, it's going to 290 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 4: be the end. Just answer back. You don't realize who 291 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 4: you're dealing with. I am a child of the Most 292 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 4: High God. You cannot finish me off. God is called 293 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 4: the author and the finisher of our faith. What he 294 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 4: started in your life, he will finish. Not a bad break, 295 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 4: not a disappointment, not a sickness. God is the finisher. 296 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 4: In the scripture, Saul was one of the greatest enemies 297 00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 4: of the Church. He was headed toward Damascus to persecute believers. 298 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 4: He had permission from the courts to arrest any followers 299 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: of Christ. He was on his mission, had papers in hand, 300 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 4: when suddenly a bright light shone down from heaven. It 301 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 4: was so strong that it knocked him off his horse. 302 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 4: He fell flat on his back and couldn't see. The 303 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 4: believers in Damascus had this powerful enemy coming toward them. 304 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: He was going to cause them heartache and pain. It 305 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 4: looked inevitable, but in a split second, God stopped it. 306 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 4: There are times you knew nothing about but something was 307 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 4: coming your way, a bad break, an accident, a sickness. 308 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 4: It was already en route. It should have finished you off, 309 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 4: but God said no, I don't think so that's my son, 310 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 4: that's my daughter. He put a stop to it. That 311 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 4: eighteen wheeler should have finished me off, but God stopped 312 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 4: the truck. Some of these things you knew nothing about. 313 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 4: But God stop the cancer, stop the betrayal, stop the rejection. 314 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 4: It was all behind the scenes. That's the mercies of God. 315 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 4: And sometimes you need to thank God for what didn't happen, 316 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,959 Speaker 4: thanking for the enemies he stopped that you knew nothing about. Well, 317 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 4: you said, Joel, this sounds good today, it's encouraging. But 318 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 4: I've had a lot of bad breaks, gone through a 319 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 4: lot of disappointments. I didn't get the promotion I worked 320 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 4: hard for. This person walked out in my life. Here's 321 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 4: the problem. You're remembering the wrong things. I can't find 322 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 4: one place in the scripture where we're supposed to remember 323 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 4: our defeats, remember our failures, remember our bad breaks. Well, 324 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 4: this company laid me off twenty seven years ago. It 325 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 4: wasn't right. Can I tell you respectfully, it's time to 326 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 4: get over it. Quit thinking about it, quit talking about it, 327 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 4: quit reliving it. All that's doing is depressing yourself. You're 328 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 4: making yourself defeated. Has God done anything good for you 329 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 4: in the last twenty seven years, have you seen one promotion, 330 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 4: one healing, one sign of his favor. If you will 331 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 4: start remembering your victories, the times God healed you, the 332 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 4: times he promoted you, the times he stopped the accident, 333 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: the times he turned the problem around. When you're remembering 334 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 4: the right things, you're going to move forward in faith. 335 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 4: You'll see more of God's favor. David said in Psalm 336 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 4: thirty four, let all who are discouraged take heart. He 337 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 4: goes on to tell how to do it. The next 338 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 4: verse says, come, let's talk about God's goodness. I prayed 339 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 4: and the Lord answered my prayer. He was saying, when 340 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 4: you're discouraged, when you don't see a way out come, 341 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 4: and let's talk not about your problems, not about what 342 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 4: didn't work out. No, let's talk about God's greatness. Let's 343 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 4: talk about your answered prayers. Let's talk about the red 344 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: seas that have been parted. What you're saved in. Your 345 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 4: tough times will make you or break you. If you 346 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 4: go around saying I'll never get out of this problem. 347 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 4: It's just too big. You'll get stuck. But if you'll 348 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 4: turn it around and say, God, I want to thank 349 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 4: you for your greatness in my life. Thank you for 350 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 4: giving me this job. Lord, Thank you for freeing me 351 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 4: from this addiction. When you're always talking about God's goodness, 352 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 4: you won't be down and discouraged. You'll have a spring 353 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 4: in your step, a smile on your face. You'll know 354 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 4: God's done it for you in the past, He'll do 355 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 4: it again for you in the future. A friend of 356 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 4: mine is a big fisherman. In his house he has 357 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 4: all these impressive fish mounted on the walls, a large 358 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 4: swordfish over his fireplace, a blue marlin hanging on the 359 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 4: wall next to his television. In his family room, there's 360 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 4: this big hammer head shark must have been ten feet 361 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 4: long up there on the wall like a trophy. The 362 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 4: first time I went there, we spent over it hour 363 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 4: just going through the house taking in all those impressive fish. 364 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 4: He told me how he caught them, what kind of 365 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 4: bait he used? That blue marlin took him over two 366 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 4: hours to struggle and reel that in. But what's interesting 367 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 4: is over the years he's caught a lot of small fish, trout, flounder, 368 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 4: smaller things, but none of them were up on the walls. 369 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 4: He only mounted the large fish. The small ones were fine, 370 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 4: they had value. You can eat them, but they weren't mountable. 371 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 4: In the same way, God has done many great things 372 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 4: for us. He provides our daily needs. He gives us strength, 373 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 4: gives us wisdom, protects us. We're all thankful, We're grateful 374 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 4: for his goodness. But God wants to do some things 375 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 4: in your life that are mountable, some things that are 376 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,479 Speaker 4: so big, so impressive. You can hang them on your walls, 377 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 4: so to speak, when people come over, when they see 378 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 4: you have something to point at. This is what God 379 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: did in my life. You know what this building is, 380 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: the former Compact Center. It's mountable. People driving on the 381 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 4: freeway that used to be a sports arena now it's 382 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 4: Lakewood Church. They're saying, look what God has done. My 383 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 4: mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a few 384 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 4: weeks to live. Today, thirty four years later, she's still alive, 385 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 4: healthy and strong. Everywhere she goes she has something to 386 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 4: talk about, something impressive, something out of the ordinary, a 387 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 4: trophy of God's goodness. All of you can look back 388 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 4: and see times where God did something unusual. Maybe you 389 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 4: shouldn't be living in that house that you're in. You 390 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 4: didn't have the funds but things fell into place. You 391 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 4: know it was the hand of God. That's mountable. Perhaps 392 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 4: you struggled with an addiction, you were off course, but 393 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 4: today you're healthy, you're clean, free, You're being a blessing 394 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 4: to others like my mother. You are a living testimony. 395 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 4: You don't have to go look for a miracle. You 396 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 4: are a miracle. When you need to be encouraged, just 397 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 4: go look at yourself in the mirror. You shouldn't be 398 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 4: where you are. Perhaps you should still be struggling, addicted, angry, depressed, lonely. 399 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 4: But God, in his mercy, showed up and said, I 400 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 4: don't think so. When it looked impossible, he stopped it. 401 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 4: He's given you something to talk about. You're a trophy 402 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 4: of God's goodness. Now here's the key. Don't let what 403 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: once was a miracle become ordinary. Don't lose the awe 404 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 4: of what God has done. Like my friend, when I 405 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 4: went to his house, he couldn't wait to show off 406 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 4: all those impressive fish that he had caught. Everywhere you go, 407 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 4: talk about God's goodness, not bragging on yourself, but bragging 408 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 4: on what God has done. I heard my father probably 409 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 4: a thousand times, tell how he gave his life to Christ. 410 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 4: It happened when he was seventeen, but at seventy five 411 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 4: he was still telling it like it had happened yesterday. 412 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 4: He never lost the amazement. When you constantly think about 413 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: what God has done, you relive your miracles. You're always 414 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 4: in awe of His goodness. Then you are putting yourself 415 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 4: in position for God to do something more amazing. God 416 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 4: wants to give you some new things to mount. Get 417 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 4: ready for favor that you haven't seen, opportunity, influence, promotion. 418 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 4: He has something out of the ordinary, something impressive, a 419 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 4: new level come in your way. One time, the disciples 420 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 4: were on a boat. They had just seen Jesus take 421 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 4: five loaves of bread and two fish. When he prayed 422 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,479 Speaker 4: over it, that multiplied and fed over five thousand people 423 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 4: at the end of that day. He told the these 424 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 4: disciples to gather up the leftovers, get in the boat, 425 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,239 Speaker 4: and cross to the other side. Now it was the 426 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 4: middle of the night. The waves were very big, the 427 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 4: winds so strong. They were concerned for their safety. When 428 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 4: they saw Jesus walking on the water, at first they 429 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 4: thought he was a ghost. They finally recognized him invited 430 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 4: him into their boat. When he did, the winds and 431 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 4: waves calmed down immediately. They were relieved that they were okay. 432 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 4: But the scripture gives us insight into why they were 433 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 4: so worried. It says they didn't consider the miracle of 434 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,719 Speaker 4: the loaves. They were so stressed out, wondering if they 435 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 4: were going to make it to the other side, when 436 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 4: earlier that day they had seen with their own eyes 437 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 4: one of the greatest miracles ever recorded. If they would 438 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 4: have just remembered what God did earlier that day, if 439 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 4: they would have just considered the miracle, then they would 440 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 4: have stayed in faith, would have been fine, knowing that 441 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 4: everything was going to be okay. What's interesting is they 442 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 4: were obedient. They did what Jesus asked, They were faithful. 443 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 4: Where they missed it is they forgot what God had done. 444 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 4: Are you doing what they did? Letting your circumstances, a 445 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 4: medical report, a financial situation cause you to live worried, 446 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 4: stressed out. Why don't you start considering your miracles? Look 447 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 4: back over your life, remember that time God showed up 448 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 4: and suddenly turned it around. Look up on your wall 449 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 4: and relive some of those mountable things God has done. 450 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 4: How are you going to defeat the Pharaohs in your life? 451 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 4: How are you going to overcome those large obstacles? God 452 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: is saying to you what he said to the Israelites. 453 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 4: Just remember you have a history with God. Every victory 454 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 4: he's given you wasn't just for that time. It was 455 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 4: so you could go back and use that as fuel 456 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 4: to bid your faith. You may be low on faith. 457 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 4: You need to go back and get some fuel. It's 458 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 4: in your past victories. Don't talk about your problems, talk 459 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 4: about the greatness of God. Remember the enemy cannot finish 460 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 4: you off. God has the final Say now I believe 461 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 4: and declare if you will, just remember God is about 462 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 4: to show out in your life. He's going to give 463 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 4: you something new to mount. You're going to rise higher, 464 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 4: accomplish your dreams, and reach the fullness of your destiny. 465 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, we never like to close our broadcast 466 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 4: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 467 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, 468 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins, Come into my heart, wash 469 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 4: me clean. I make you my Lord and savior. 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