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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you always a joy to 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: come into your homes, And if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in and 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: thank you again for coming out today. And I like 44 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 3: to start with something funny and I heard about this man. 45 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 3: He was walking up to a country store and there 46 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: was a little boy sitting on the front porch with 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 3: a huge dog next to him. The man said, son, 48 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 3: does your dog bite? He said, no, sir, my dog 49 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: doesn't bite. He reached down to pet him, and the 50 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: dog took about half of his arm off. He pulled 51 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: it back and said, son, I thought you said your 52 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: dog didn't bite. The little boy said, that's not my dog. 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: Hold your bible up, say it like you mean it. 54 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 55 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 56 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 57 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 3: talked the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 58 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 59 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 60 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about you can handle it. 61 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 3: Nothing that comes your way in life is too much 62 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 3: for you. God promised he will never let us face 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 3: more than we can bear. And we all go through challenges, disappointments, 64 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: unfair situations, and it's easy to let it overwhelm us 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 3: to where we think this is too much. I can't 66 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 3: deal with this illness. I can't handle this difficult child. 67 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 3: I can't take this traffic. It's driving me crazy. This 68 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 3: relationship issue, it's going to be the end of me. No, 69 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 3: God would not have allowed it if you couldn't handle it. 70 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: But as long as you're telling yourself it's too much, 71 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 3: then you'll talk yourself out of it. You've got to 72 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: get in agreement with God. You are not weak. You 73 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: are full of can do power. The same spirit that 74 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. Now. 75 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 3: All through the day, whether you're stuck in traffic or 76 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: facing a major disappointment, your attitude should be I can 77 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: handle it. I can handle this grouchy boss. I can 78 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: handle this difficult child. I can handle these people talking 79 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: about me. I can handle the Texans not winning. You 80 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 3: can't have a weak, defeated mentality. You got to have 81 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 3: a warrior mentality. This is what Joseph did. He was 82 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 3: betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit, spent years 83 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 3: in prison for something that he didn't do. But he 84 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 3: didn't get depressed, he didn't start complaining. His attitude was 85 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 3: I can handle it. God is still on the throne. 86 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 3: He wouldn't have allowed it unless he had a purpose 87 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 3: for it. So I'm going to stay in faith and 88 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 3: keep being my best. In the end, he was made 89 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 3: second in charge over all of Egypt. Listen, no person 90 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: can keep you from your destiny. No bad break, no disappointment, 91 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 3: no sickness. My mother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer 92 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 3: in nineteen eighty one. Given a few weeks to live, 93 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: she could have fallen apart and thought, God, it's not 94 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 3: fair served you all these years. I don't understand it. No, 95 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 3: her attitude was, I can handle it. I'm not a victim. 96 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 3: I'm a victor. Nothing can snatch me out of God's hands. 97 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 3: This week, you know, we're celebrating her eightieth birthday. Still 98 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: strong and healthy, full of joy, full of peace. My father, 99 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 3: back in the nineteen fifties, he was the pastor of 100 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 3: a large denominational church. His future looked very bright. That 101 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: just built a beautiful new sanctuary. But through a series 102 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 3: of events, my dad had to leave that church. Was 103 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: a major setback, a big disappointment. He'd given years of 104 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 3: his life there. But Daddy didn't sit around nursing his wounds. 105 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 3: His attitude was, I can handle it. I know when 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: one door closes God always opens up another door. He 107 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 3: and my mother went out and launched Lakewood Church, and 108 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 3: here we are still going strong. Paul put it this 109 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 3: way Philippians four thirteen. I have strength for all things 110 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: through Christ who empowers me. Listen to his declaration. I 111 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 3: am ready for anything. I am equal to anything through 112 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 3: Him who infuses strengthen to me. I like that. I'm 113 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 3: ready for and equal to anything. He was saying. The 114 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 3: enemy may hit me with his best shot, but it 115 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 3: won't stop me. I'm more than a conqueror. Paul knew 116 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 3: what he was talking about. He had been shipwrecked, spent 117 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 3: the night on an open sea, gone days without food, 118 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: He was falsely accused, beaten with rods, thrown into prison. 119 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 3: If anyone had a right, at least in the natural, 120 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 3: to be negative, bitter complain, it would have been Paul. 121 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 3: But he understood this principle. His attitude was I can 122 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 3: handle it. I am ready for and equal to it. 123 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: Why because Almighty Gone, the creator of the universe, has 124 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: infused me with strength. He has equipped me, empowered me, 125 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: anointed me, crowned me with favor, put royal blood in 126 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 3: my veins. Call me to reign in life as a 127 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: king in difficult times. Like Paul, you've got to talk 128 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: to yourself the right way. If you don't talk to yourself, 129 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: your thoughts will talk to you. They'll tell you it's 130 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 3: too much, it's never gonna change, it's not fair. If 131 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 3: God loved you, he would have never let this happen. Now, 132 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 3: the scripture says rain falls on the just and the unjust. 133 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: Just because we're a person of faith, that doesn't exempt 134 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 3: us from difficulties. Jesus told a parable about this where 135 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 3: one person built their house on a rock. They honored God. 136 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 3: Another person built their house on the sand. They didn't. 137 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: What's interesting is the same storm came to both people. 138 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: The wind, the rain fell on both houses. The difference 139 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 3: is when you honor God. The storm may come, but 140 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: when it's all said and done, you'll still be standing. 141 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 3: The other house built on the sand was washed away. 142 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 3: The enemy may hit you with his best shot, but 143 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 3: because your house is built on the rock, his best 144 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 3: will never be enough. When the storm is over, you'll 145 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: not only come through it, but you'll come out stronger, increase, promoted, 146 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 3: better than you were before. Now you've got to do 147 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 3: like Paul, shake off a victim mentality and have a 148 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: victor mentality. You're not a weakling. You're not lacking. The 149 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: most powerful force in the universe is breathing in your 150 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 3: direction every morning. You need to remind yourself I am 151 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 3: ready for and equal to anything that comes by way. 152 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: I am full of can do power. Listen, that sickness 153 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 3: is no match for you. That relation issue is not 154 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 3: going to keep you from your destiny. The loss of 155 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 3: that loved one did not stop God's plan for your life. 156 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: Don't let it overwhelm you. You can handle it. You've 157 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,599 Speaker 3: been armed with strength. When you have this warrior mentality, 158 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 3: this attitude of faith. Knowing that you've been equipped and empowered, 159 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 3: then all the forces of darkness cannot stop you. Isaiah said, 160 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 3: take hold of his strength when you make this declaration, 161 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 3: I can handle it. That's not just being positive. You're 162 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: taking hold of strength. When you say it, you're getting stronger. 163 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 3: That's why the scripture says, let the weak say I 164 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 3: am strong. If you're always talking about the problem, I 165 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: can't stand this job, and this professor is so difficult. 166 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 3: I'll never pass his course. My loved one didn't make it. 167 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 3: I don't know what I'm going to do. All that's 168 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 3: doing is draining you. When you talk, strength is leaving, energy, 169 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 3: is leaving, creativity is leaving quit letting those things overwhelm you. 170 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 3: You are not a victim. You are a victor. If 171 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 3: it came your way, you can handle it. You are 172 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 3: ready for it and equal to it. And if you'll 173 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 3: stay in agreement with God, he will take what's meant 174 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 3: for your harm and he will use it to your advantage. 175 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 3: That difficulty won't defeat you, it will promote you. I 176 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: read about this businessman. He had worked for a large 177 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 3: home improvement company for over thirty years. They had retail 178 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: stores all over the country, and he had helped build 179 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 3: it from the ground up. But one day they had 180 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 3: this corporate restructuring. They decided that they no longer needed him, 181 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: and of course he was disappointed. It didn't seem fair. 182 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 3: But instead of sitting around nursing his wounds thinking about 183 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 3: what he lost, he had the attitude, I can handle 184 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 3: It is not going to defeat me. It's going to 185 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 3: promote me. In difficult times. You have to remind yourself 186 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: that that is not a surprise to God. God is 187 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 3: not up in the heavens scratching his head said, Oh, man, 188 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 3: he got laid off. That messed everything up. Oh she 189 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 3: got diagnosed with cancer. Joseph got thrown into a pitch. 190 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 3: Joel lost his father. Now what am I going to do? Now? 191 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: God knows the end from the beginning. He has already 192 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 3: written every day of your life in his book. The 193 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 3: good news is if you'll stay in faith, your book 194 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 3: ends in victory. This executive, instead of looking for another job, 195 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 3: he got a couple of his friends and they started 196 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: their own company. They called it the Home Depot. It's 197 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: become one of the largest, most successful home improvement stores 198 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: in the world. What am I saying? That difficulty is 199 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 3: not meant to defeat you, It's meant to promote you. 200 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: A setback is simply a set up for a greater comeback. Well, Joeli, 201 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 3: it's so hard, and I don't understand it. It doesn't 202 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 3: seem fair. You're talking yourself into defeat. If it came 203 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 3: your way, you can handle it. Start talking to yourself 204 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 3: a new way. I'm well able, I'm equipped, I'm empowered, 205 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 3: I'm ready for anything. The fact is God is not 206 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 3: going to deliver us from every difficulty. He's not going 207 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 3: to keep us from every challenge. If he did, we 208 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: would never grow. The scripture says our faith is tried 209 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 3: in the fire of affliction. When you're in a tough time, 210 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 3: that's an opportunity to show God what you're made of. 211 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 3: Anybody can get negative, bitter, blame God, lose their passion. 212 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 3: That's easy. But if you want to pass the test, 213 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 3: if you want God to take you to a new level, 214 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 3: you cannot be a weakling. You've got to be a warrior. 215 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 3: Dig your heels in and say, like hall, I can 216 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 3: handle it, I'm ready for it, I'm equal to it. 217 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 3: I know God is still on the throne. He's fighting 218 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 3: my battles, and on the other side of this difficulty 219 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 3: is a new level of my destiny. Colossians three twelve 220 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: says God has given us the power to endure whatever 221 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 3: comes our way with a good attitude. Maybe at the 222 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 3: office you're not being treated fairly. It's one thing to 223 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 3: go to work negative discourage, complaining, bad mouthing the boss. 224 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 3: That doesn't take any faith. But if you want to 225 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 3: pass the test, you've got to go to work with 226 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 3: a smile on your face, with a good attitude, being 227 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 3: good to people, doing more than you have to at 228 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 3: your house. Maybe your spouse is not treating you the 229 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 3: way they should. It's easy to think I'm gonna treat 230 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 3: him the way he's treating me. These kids are disrespectful. 231 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna give them the time of day. But 232 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 3: if you want a pass, that's the test. You've got 233 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 3: to be good to people even when they're not being 234 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: good to you. You've got to do the right thing 235 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 3: when the wrong thing is happening. See it as an 236 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 3: opportunity to grow. Every time you do the right thing, 237 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: a blessing will follow. When you take the high road, 238 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: there will always be a reward. Too often, the mistake 239 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: we make is we're constantly telling ourselves it's not fair, 240 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 3: it's not right. When they change, we didn't improves, Then 241 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 3: I'll have a better attitude. Now you've got to make 242 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 3: the first move. You do your part, and God will 243 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 3: do his part. Quit worrying about God changing another person, 244 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 3: and first allow God to change you. Is there something 245 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 3: you're letting overwhelm you? You think it's too much? Why 246 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 3: don't you get up every morning and make this simple 247 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: declaration God, I want to thank you that I can 248 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 3: handle anything that comes my way. Today. I can handle 249 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 3: a difficult boss. I can handle getting stuck in traffic. 250 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: I can handle my plans not working out. Lord, thank 251 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 3: you that I'll have a good attitude wherever I am. 252 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 3: You have to decide before you leave the house that 253 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 3: nothing that comes your way is going to upset you. 254 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 3: Decide ahead of time. A friend of mine was going 255 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 3: to have her family over for dinner on Christmas Eve, 256 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 3: and then they were going to her in laws for 257 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: a Christmas Day lunch, and she was in charge of 258 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: bringing desserts for both parties, and she's a very organized, 259 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 3: very detailed person. A couple of weeks before Christmas, she 260 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 3: called her favorite bakery where she had ordered desserts many 261 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: times before, and she ordered seven pies, two pecan, two pumpkin, 262 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 3: and three lemon Moraine. And she had to work Christmas 263 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 3: Eve on the morning, but in the afternoon she was 264 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 3: going to drive with her mother to the bakery and 265 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 3: pick up the pies. But that day a snowstorm unexpectedly 266 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 3: came in. The roads were very difficult to travel. The 267 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: whole city was frozen over, and she and her mom 268 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 3: braved the bad weather and they finally made it to 269 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 3: the bakery just before they closed on Christmas even. She 270 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 3: walked up to the counter, gave the young man her 271 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: receipt and said, I'm here to pick up my seven pies. 272 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: He said, I'm sorry, ma'am, we don't have any more pies. 273 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 3: She said, that's impossible. I've ordered these two weeks ago. 274 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 3: I've got to have these pies for my Christmas dinners. 275 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 3: He said again, I'm sorry. The weather was so bad 276 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 3: we didn't think anybody else would come in, so we've 277 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 3: sold all the pies. She was very upset. She started 278 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 3: telling her mother how wrong that was, how she was 279 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: going to call the owner, and how that was ruining 280 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,359 Speaker 3: her Christmas. 281 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 6: On and on. 282 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 3: Another customer had come in and she overheard everything that 283 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: was going on. This lady walked up to my friend 284 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 3: with a big smile and said, Hey, it's Christmas. Why 285 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 3: are you so upset. I'm going to pray that you 286 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: find your desserts. My friend rolled her eyes and thought, lady, 287 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 3: I don't need prayer, I need pies. She thanked her 288 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 3: for praying and got back in the car, and her 289 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 3: mother said, why don't we call this other bakery? It 290 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 3: was a cross town. Daughter said, oh, mom, we'll never 291 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 3: get across town. In this bad weather. Plus, they're not 292 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 3: going to have any pies left laid. On Christmas Eve, 293 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 3: she finally talked her daughter into calling. She called the bakery. 294 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 3: I asked if they had any pies, and the lady said, 295 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: let me check. She came back on the line and said, 296 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 3: all we have left are seven pies, two pecan, too pumpkin, 297 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 3: three lemon moraine. Friends, God is in complete control. You 298 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 3: don't have to get upset when things don't go your way. 299 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 3: You have the power to remain calm. You can handle 300 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: any situation. Quit letting little things steal your joy. Every 301 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 3: day is a gift from God. Life is too short 302 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 3: to live it negative, offended, bitter discourage, Start passing the test. 303 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 3: Start believing that God is directing your steps. Believe that 304 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 3: He's in control of your life. Believe that he has 305 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 3: solutions to problems that you haven't even had. If you 306 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 3: will stay calm and stay in faith, God promised that 307 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 3: all things will work out for your good. Hey, you, 308 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 3: says Jolize in that same type situation, but it didn't 309 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 3: have a good end. They didn't have any pies left. Well, 310 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 3: maybe God's trying to help you lose some weight. You 311 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 3: can handle it. I read something interesting about a spider. 312 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 3: We've all seen how a spider spins a web in 313 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 3: order to catch another insect. That web is filled with 314 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 3: a sticky substance, so when another insect comes in contact 315 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 3: with it, it not only gets tangled in the web, 316 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 3: but it actually gets stuck. Have you ever thought about 317 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 3: if the web is so sticky, how can the spider 318 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,479 Speaker 3: that's spinning the web walk across it and not get stuck. 319 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 3: Seems like he would get trapped in his own web. 320 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 3: But the way God made the spider is its body 321 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 3: releases a special oil that flows down to the legs. 322 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 3: That way it can just slide across the web. You 323 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 3: could say the spider doesn't get stuck because of the 324 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 3: anointing that's on its life. In the same way God 325 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 3: has put an anointing on your life. It's like oil 326 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 3: that causes things not to stick. When you walk in 327 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: your anointing knowing that you can handle anything that comes 328 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 3: your way, then things that should bring you down won't 329 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 3: be able to You get laid off. It wasn't fair. 330 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 3: You should be discouraged, you should be upset, but you 331 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 3: stay in faith and you end up with a better job. 332 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 3: A relationship comes to an end, you should be better, 333 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 3: should be discouraged, but you keep moving forward and God 334 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 3: opens up a new door. At the office. People are 335 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 3: playing politics, talking behind your back. You should try to 336 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 3: get even, you should try to pay them back. But 337 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 3: because of this anointing, it just slides right off of you. 338 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 3: Many of you can say, like me, how did I 339 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: make it through the loss of my father? How did 340 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 3: you make it through that slow season at work? How 341 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: did you make it through that illness, that breakup? It's 342 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 3: because of the anointing God put on your life. He 343 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 3: gave you strength when you didn't think you could go on. 344 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 3: He gave you joy when you should have been discouraged. 345 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 3: He made a way when it looked impossible. Now we 346 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 3: can all say, with David, where would we be without 347 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 3: the goodness of God. Bottom line, God has infused strength 348 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 3: into you. He has equipped you and empowered you. You 349 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: are ready for and equal to anything that comes your way. Now, 350 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 3: when you face difficulties, remind yourself, I am anointed for this. 351 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna fall apart. I'm not gonna start complaining. 352 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 3: I can handle it. I know God is still on 353 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 3: the throne he's fighting my battles. And if God before me, 354 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 3: who dare be against me? Another friend of mine, he's 355 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 3: had cancer three times. I've never once heard him complain. 356 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 3: I've never seen him depressed. We used to play basketball together. 357 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 3: Nobody even knew anything was wrong. He doesn't have a weak, defeated, 358 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 3: poor old me mentality. He's got a warrior mentality. He 359 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 3: knows he can handle it. He's anointed for it now. 360 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: A couple of years ago, the cancer came back for 361 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 3: the third time. The doctors told him they were going 362 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 3: to harvest his white blood cells before he took chemo, 363 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 3: then they could use them to help restore his immune 364 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: system after the treatment. He asked the doctors how many 365 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: of these cells they needed. They gave him a number. 366 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 3: He said, I'm gonna give you twice what you need 367 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 3: for the next couple of months. All through the day, 368 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 3: he'd go around saying, Father, thank you that my white 369 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 3: blood cells are multiplying, they're getting stronger, increasing, they'll do 370 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 3: exactly what you've created them to do. What was he 371 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 3: doing talking to himself? Taking hold of that strength, went 372 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 3: back to the doctors. They said, you're a man of 373 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: your word. You've given us four times the amount that 374 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: we were hoping for. He took that treatment and today 375 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 3: he's totally cancer free, healthy and strong. But Philippians one 376 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 3: eight says, do not be intimidated by your enemies. Don't 377 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 3: be intimidated by that cancer. It's no match for you. 378 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 3: Sickness cannot keep you from your destiny. God has you 379 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: in the palm of his hand. Nothing can snatch you away. 380 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: If it's not your time to go, you're not going 381 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 3: to go. Don't be intimidated by that financial problem. Don't 382 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 3: be intimidated by what somebody said about you. There is 383 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: an anointing on your life that seals you, protects you, 384 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 3: enables you, empowers you. God has infused you with strength. 385 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 3: The scripture calls it can do power. I was at 386 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 3: the beach one time when our children were much smaller. 387 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: Alexandra was maybe three years old and Jonathan about six. 388 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 3: We were having a good time playing in the sand 389 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 3: making castles when this little yellow bumblebee came and landed 390 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 3: right beside Alexandra. She took off running afraid, and I 391 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 3: simply swatted the bee out of the way. We went 392 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 3: back to playing. About thirty seconds later, that bumblebee was 393 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 3: right back, flying all around. My kids started screaming, Daddy, 394 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 3: get him, get him. I got my towel and I 395 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 3: knocked him down to the sand, thought I'll show him 396 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 3: whose boss. About a minute later, there he was again, 397 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 3: buzzing all around, flying by our head. This time I 398 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 3: got my twey. I not only knocked him down to 399 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 3: the sand, but I got my tennis hue and I 400 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 3: squashed him in the sand as hard as I possibly could. 401 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 3: I was tired of dealing with him. We went back 402 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 3: to playing. A couple minutes later, I looked over just 403 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 3: to make sure he was still dead. I couldn't believe it. 404 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 3: I saw one wing start to move. I saw this 405 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 3: other wing come up out of the sand. I thought, 406 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: this is the bumblebee from hell. He started walking across 407 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 3: the sand like he was dazed, and I was amazed 408 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 3: not only that he was alive, but that he could 409 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 3: get back up again. About that time, he started flying 410 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 3: off away from me. Just when I thought he learned 411 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 3: his lesson don't mess with me, he turned around and 412 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 3: came right back and buzzed by my head like three 413 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 3: or four times. I had to dodge to get out 414 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 3: of the way. It's just like he is saying, ha 415 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 3: ha ha. You couldn't kill me, Alexander Saidaddy, killing for 416 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 3: good this time, I said no, Alexandra, this bumblebee deserves 417 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 3: to live. I'm a thousand times bigger than him, and 418 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: I still couldn't keep him down. That's the way you 419 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 3: need to see yourself. No matter how big that enemy looks, 420 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:20,479 Speaker 3: no matter how powerful it may seem, there is a 421 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 3: force in you that is more powerful than any opposition. 422 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 3: Greater is he that's in you than anything that comes 423 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 3: against you. And if you'll just be like that bumblebee, 424 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 3: refuse to give up, refuse to fall into self pity, 425 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 3: refuse to let it overwhelm you. Instead, have this attitude. 426 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 3: I'm ready for and equal to anything that comes my way. 427 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 3: I've been anointed with can do power. I am armed 428 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 3: with strength for this battle. When you have this warrior mentality, 429 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 3: this I can handle it attitude. All the forces of 430 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 3: darkness cannot keep you from your destiny, but some of you, 431 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 3: you've all. He decided, Joel, I can't handle this sickness anymore. 432 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 3: I can't handle this problem at work. I can't handle 433 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 3: taking care of my elderly parents in my family too, 434 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 3: now quit telling yourself it's too much. Those negative, defeated 435 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 3: thoughts are draining your energy. You wouldn't be there if 436 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 3: you couldn't handle it. God wouldn't have allowed it if 437 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 3: you weren't ready for it and equal to it. You're 438 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 3: anointed for it, and when you press past what's coming 439 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 3: against you on the other side of that difficulty is 440 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 3: a new level of your destiny. I heard about this 441 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 3: wealthy man. He was known for being very eccentric, very 442 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: far out. One night, he was having a big party 443 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 3: at his house. In his backyard, his swimming pool was 444 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 3: filled with sharks and alligators. He announced to all the guests, 445 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 3: anyone who will swim across my pool, I'll give you 446 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 3: anything that you want. In a few minutes, there was 447 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 3: a big splo. He looked over and this man was 448 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 3: swimming ninety to nothing, dodging the alligators, maneuvering his way 449 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 3: around the sharks as frantic as can be. He made 450 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: it to the other side just in the nicicotime, jumped out, 451 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 3: totally panicked. The wealthy man came over and said, I 452 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 3: can't believe it. You're the bravest person I've ever met. Now, 453 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 3: what do you want me to give you. The man said, 454 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 3: what I want more than anything else is the name 455 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 3: of the person that just pushed me in. Here's my point. 456 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 3: Sometimes in life it feels like we got pushed in. 457 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 3: We weren't expecting it. Bad medical reporter relationship didn't make it. 458 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 3: A business goes down. It may be a surprise to us, 459 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 3: but it is not a surprise to God. If you 460 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 3: get pushed in, don't sit around nursing your wounds. Do 461 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 3: like this man. Just go for it. Just keep being 462 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 3: your best, keep honoring God, keep doing what you know 463 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 3: you're supposed to do. God has already given you the strength, 464 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 3: the wisdom, the favor, the determination not only to make 465 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 3: it through, but to come out better than you were before. 466 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 3: Remember that difficulty is not going to defeat you. It's 467 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 3: going to promote you. You can handle it. Take hold 468 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 3: of this strength. Get up every morning, remind yourself I'm 469 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 3: ready for and equal to anything that comes my way. 470 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 3: And if you will do this, God promises he will 471 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 3: infuse strength into you. I believe and declare you will 472 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 3: overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and become everything God's 473 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 3: created you to be. In Jesus's name, if you receive it. 474 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 3: Can you say it men today or we never like 475 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 3: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 476 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 3: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 477 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 3: with me? 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