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Well, God bless you, 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: and thanks for letting us come into your homes. And 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be 30 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 3: a part of one of our services. I promise you 31 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 3: it will make you feel right at home. But thanks 32 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 3: so much for tuning in and thank you again for 33 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: coming out. I'd like to start with something funny and 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 3: heard about this pastor. He was raising funds for a 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: new auditorium. He said to the congregation, anyone who will 36 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: give a thousand dollars can pick out the next three hymns. 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: This little old lady in the back raised her hand, said, Pastor, 38 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: I'll do it. He was so excited, said thank you 39 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: so so much. Now, which three hymns would you like? 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: She looked over the congregation said I'll take him and 41 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 3: him and him hold up your Bible. Say it like 42 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 43 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 3: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 44 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 45 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 47 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 48 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about the King 49 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 3: is looking for you. Life has a way of pushing 50 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: our dreams down. We can make mistakes and get off course. 51 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 3: We're not where we thought we'd be, and it's easy 52 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 3: to live guilty, condemned down on ourselves. Sometimes it wasn't 53 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: our fault. Another person because of what they've done put 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: us at a disadvantage. It left hurts and scars. Now 55 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 3: it's affecting our self image, our sense of confidence, and 56 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 3: too often we go through life nursing our wounds, blaming 57 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: other people, sitting on the sidelines, making excuses. But nothing 58 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: that's happened to you is a surprise to God. He 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 3: saw every injustice, every bad break. He knew every mistake 60 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: we would ever make. God is not in the condemning business. 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: He's in the restoration business. He wants to put you 62 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 3: back on the right path so you could still become 63 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 3: who you were created to be. And you may be 64 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 3: on the sidelines thinking, look what I've been through, I've 65 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: had these bad breaks. I'm stuck in life. Can I 66 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: tell you the King is looking for you. The God 67 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: who created the universe is about to pick you back up, 68 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: breathe new life into your dreams, and propel you towards 69 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: your destiny. This is what happened to a young boy 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 3: in the scripture named ma fibis Chef. He was the 71 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 3: grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan David's 72 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: best friend. He was born into royalty, destined to one 73 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 3: day take the throne. His future looked so bright, but 74 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 3: at the age of five, everything changed. Both his father 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 3: and his grandfather were killed in a battle on the 76 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: same day. After that, enemy army finished off King Saul 77 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: and his men, They turned toward the city and were 78 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 3: going to wipe out all of Saul's family. When word 79 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 3: reached back at home, Maphibischeff's nurse grabbed him as fast 80 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: as she could took off running, trying to hide him 81 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 3: spare his life, But as she was going down some stairs, 82 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 3: she lost her footing tripped and fell. Maphibischeff hit the 83 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: ground so hard that he broke both legs and became crippled. 84 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: He would never walk again. Sometimes in life, well many 85 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 3: people can hurt us. The nurse was trying to do 86 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: the right thing. She had good intentions, but she tripped. 87 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 3: Her mistake cost him his mobility. Life is not always fair, 88 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 3: Like mphibis Chef. Somebody may have put you at a disadvantage. 89 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: They didn't mean to, They would take it back if 90 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 3: they could, but they tripped. And now you struggle with addictions, 91 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: with bad habits, with things that were passed down, or 92 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: they weren't there to protect you when you needed them 93 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: the most. Now you struggle with your self worth, with 94 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: your sense of value. They tripped, but we have to 95 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 3: pay for their mistakemphibis Chef became lame in both of 96 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 3: his feet. If we're honest, all of us have some 97 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 3: area of lameness to overcome something that could hold us back. 98 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 3: It's easy to make excuses, especially when it wasn't our fault. Joel. 99 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 3: If they hadn't have tripped, if they would have raised 100 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: me better, if my loved one wouldn't have died, if 101 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: that coach would have treated me fairly. We can blame 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 3: the past, blame how we were raised, blame what we 103 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 3: didn't get. But all making excuses will do is keep 104 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 3: you from your destiny. You have to take the hand 105 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 3: you've been dealt and make the most of it. It 106 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 3: may not have been fair, but God knows how to 107 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 3: turn it and use it to your advantage. Too many people, though, 108 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: go through life nursing their wounds, always thinking about what 109 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: they didn't get. If Mama would have given me this, 110 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 3: if Daddy would have been there for me, if they 111 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: would have supported me, they would have encouraged me. Most 112 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: of the time, the reason Mama and Daddy didn't give 113 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 3: it is because they didn't have it to give. Nobody 114 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 3: gave it to them. The problem with blaming others is 115 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 3: the people you're blaming are blaming the people that raise them, 116 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 3: and they're blaming the people that raise them. Why don't 117 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: you rise up and put an end to that negative cycle. 118 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 3: You can be the difference maker. You can be the 119 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 3: one to set another new standard for your family. In 120 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: an instant, Maphibischeff's whole world turned upside down. Not only 121 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 3: lost his father and grandfather, not only would he no 122 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 3: longer take the throne, but he was crippled. He couldn't walk. 123 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: How was he going to make a living, how was 124 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 3: he going to take care of himself. He ended up 125 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: living in exile, in hiding in a place called Lodobar 126 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: that was one of the poorest, most run down cities 127 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: of that day. Lodobar means without pasture. There was no greenery, 128 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: no trees. You couldn't grow anything there. It was a wasteland. 129 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: Here Maphibischef is the grandson of the king. He has 130 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 3: royalty in his blood, but he's living in the slums, 131 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: barely surviving. Here's the key. Your location doesn't change your identity. 132 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 3: Maphibaschef was living in Lodobar, but he was still royalty. 133 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: Other people may not have seen it. He could have 134 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: thought nothing special about me anymore, but none of that 135 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 3: changed who he really was. See our son Jonathan is 136 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 3: an Ostine in the church and an Ostine outside of church, 137 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 3: and osteine on a mountain, and ostein in a valley, 138 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 3: and ostein in Houston, and ostein in Lodibar. His location 139 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 3: doesn't change who he is. In the same way, when 140 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: you gave your life to Christ, you were born into 141 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: a royal family. The Most High God breathed his life 142 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 3: into you. He put a crown of favor on your head. 143 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 3: The scripture says, He's made us kings and priests unto him. 144 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 3: You may kind of feel like you're living in Lodobar today, 145 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: things coming against you, circumstances you don't like. Let me 146 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 3: encourage you. Nothing that's happened to you has changed your identity. 147 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 3: No person that did you wrong, no bad break, no 148 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 3: mistake you've made, has changed your name. You are still 149 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: a child of the Most High God. You still have 150 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: royal blood flowing through your veins. You may be in Lodibar, 151 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 3: but don't let Lodobar get in you. That's where you are, 152 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 3: That's not who you are. Maphibischef thought he was stuck. 153 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 3: Practically speaking, he couldn't get out. He had no family, 154 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 3: nobody to help him. It looked like that was his 155 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 3: lot in life. Years later, King David was on the throne. 156 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 3: One night in the palace. He began thinking about all 157 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 3: God had done, reminiscing about old times, and he remembered 158 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 3: his good friend Jonathan, how much he loved him. All 159 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: of a sudden, he had a desire to be good 160 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 3: to Jonathan's family. He asked his staff if anyone was 161 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 3: still alive from the House of Saul. They said, the 162 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 3: only one we think is alive is Jonathan's youngest son. 163 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 3: His name is Maphibischef, but he's crippled and he's living 164 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 3: in Lodobar. David said, get him right now and bring 165 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: him to the palace. I can imagine a dozen of 166 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 3: David's top military officers take off to Lodibar. When they arrive, 167 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: it's big news. The whole city is buzzing. Everybody's talking 168 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 3: of all places. The king has sent men into Loudabar, 169 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 3: the slums, the outcast. One of the officials asked sternly, 170 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 3: where is mamphibis Chef. They point them in the right direction. 171 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,359 Speaker 3: Maphibis Chef, here's this firm knocking on the door, makeshift 172 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 3: slum door, and he's afraid and thinks who could that be? 173 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 3: He scoots over on the ground and barely opens it. 174 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 3: They ask, are you Mamphibis Chef. He answers cautiously, yes, 175 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 3: I am. The guard says, come with us. The king 176 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 3: is looking for you. His heart sinks. He thinks, all great, 177 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 3: they finally found me. Now I'm as good as dead, 178 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 3: he said. I'm sorry. I can't come. I can't walk. 179 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: Don't you see, I'm crippled. God said, don't worry, We're 180 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 3: gonna carry you. 181 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 4: Now. 182 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 3: He's really worried, thinking this king wants me so badly 183 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: that he sent people to the slums to not only 184 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 3: find me, but now they're gonna carry me to the palace. 185 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: I must really be in trouble. Jesus told a parable 186 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 3: about a shepherd that had one hundred sheep. If one 187 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 3: of those sheep went astray, the shepherd would leave the 188 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: ninety nine to go look for the one. He would 189 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 3: search and search night and day, high and low. He 190 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: wouldn't return until he found that one lost sheep. When 191 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 3: life has pushed you down, somebody tripped and put you 192 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 3: at a disadvantage, or maybe you've made a mistake, you're 193 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: off course. You don't think you could ever reach your 194 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: destiny in the natural. That may be true. But the 195 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 3: good news is the shepherd has left the ninety nine 196 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 3: and he's coming after you. You know why, because your 197 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 3: home is not lodobar. Living addicted is not your home. 198 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 3: Living depressed, angry in self pity, always in lack that's 199 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 3: not where you belong. People around you may be that way, 200 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: but there's something different about you. You are royalty. You 201 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 3: have the DNA of Almighty God. And even when you 202 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 3: can't get there by yourself, God is so good He'll 203 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 3: have somebody to carry you, somebody to help you do 204 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 3: what you could not do on your own, a friend, 205 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 3: a neighbor, even a stranger. He's looking for you. Here's 206 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 3: the thing about God. He's not going to give up 207 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 3: on you until he sees you in your rightful place. 208 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 3: He doesn't just try once or twice. He's going to 209 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 3: keep looking, keep pursuing, keep calling. He loves you too 210 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 3: much to leave you alone. He knows who you really are. 211 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 3: He's the one that breathed life into you. Maphibischeff finally 212 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 3: arrived at the palace. The guard set him in the 213 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 3: entryway and notified King David. He was nervous, afraid, worried. 214 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 3: He asked the guard, are you sure he sent for me? Yes, 215 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 3: we're sure. Well, does he know there's something wrong with me? 216 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 3: Does he know I'm crippled that I can't walk? Yes, 217 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 3: he knows that. He's confused, thinking, why would he send 218 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 3: for me? What do I have to offer him. The 219 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 3: only thing that makes sense is he's going to pay 220 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 3: me back for what my grandfather tried to do to him. 221 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 3: He had heard how again and again his grandfather, King Saul, 222 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 3: had tried to kill David. About that time, the door opens, 223 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 3: the guard comes to attention. It's the moment he's dreaded. 224 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 3: David comes walking in. Maphibischeff falls flat on his face, 225 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: laying prostrate to show respect. David sees him shaking there. 226 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 3: He says, Mafibis Chef, don't be afraid. I didn't come 227 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 3: to harm you. I brought you here to be good 228 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 3: to you, to restore you all the land that belonged 229 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: to your father, Jonathan, and all the land that belonged 230 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 3: to your grandfather, King Saul. I am giving it back 231 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 3: to you. Not only that, from this time forward, every 232 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: night you will eat dinner at my table with my family. 233 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 3: If that wasn't enough, he said, Mafibis Chef, look around 234 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 3: at all these people that are helping me. The guards 235 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 3: that brought you here, the staff that's waiting on us, 236 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: these assistants that are at my command now, they all 237 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 3: work for you as well. They will farm your land. 238 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 3: They will do the work and bring you the profits. 239 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 3: Mafibis Chef was overwhelmed. He thought to himself, you mean 240 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 3: you didn't bring me here to to tell me what 241 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:06,239 Speaker 3: a failure I am, to criticize me, from my brokenness, 242 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 3: from my lameness. But all that time you were looking 243 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: for me was to restore me, to heal me, to 244 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 3: bless me, to make me feel whole again. That's the 245 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: kind of God we serve. Sometimes when we hear the 246 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: King is looking for us, we think, man, I'm hiding. 247 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 3: I don't want God to find me. I got a 248 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 3: lot of weaknesses. Joel, I'm not where I should be 249 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 3: in life. I feel bad enough about myself. I don't 250 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: need somebody else condemning me. This is where we get 251 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 3: religion mixed up with who God really is. Religion religion 252 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 3: can make God hard and mean and angry, like God's 253 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 3: waiting for you to make a mistake, like He's ready 254 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 3: to push you down even further. But God is not 255 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: looking for you to condemn you. He's not looking for 256 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 3: you to judge you, looking for you to restore you. 257 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 3: He wants to give you back all that belongs to you, 258 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 3: the joy, the peace, the honor, the freedom, the abundance, 259 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: the victory. He wants to pay you back for the 260 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: unfair things that have happened. He's not going to push 261 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 3: you down, tell you how bad you are. Why are 262 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: you limping? Why are you broken? Why are you still 263 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 3: struggling in that area? The Psalmist said, God heals the 264 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 3: broken hearted, He binds up their wounds. Jesus said he 265 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 3: came to set at liberty those who were bruised. When 266 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 3: you've been bruised by life, when you're hurt, it's easy 267 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: to get stuck in lodobar, feel sorry for yourself, give 268 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 3: up on your dreams. God is looking for you to 269 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: bring you out of Lodobar, to heal your hurts, to 270 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 3: make you feel whole again. Well, Joel, this sounds good, 271 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 3: But Maphibis Chef was crippled because somebody else tripped. That's 272 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: why God restored him. I'm crippled because of my own 273 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 3: poor choices. I blew it. I can't expect God to 274 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 3: be good to me. This is what mercy is all about. 275 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 3: God doesn't give us what we deserve, or none of 276 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 3: us would have had a chance. Like Mphibishai, we think, 277 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 3: does God know what's wrong with me? Does he know 278 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 3: my failures? Did he know my weakness? Is what I'm 279 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 3: struggling with the good news God knows it all, and 280 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 3: he still loves you. He still wants to be good 281 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 3: to you. God doesn't write us off when we get 282 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 3: off course. He doesn't disqualify us, just the opposite. He 283 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 3: comes looking for you. I've heard it said when you 284 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 3: make a mistake, God doesn't love you the same. He 285 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 3: loves you a little bit more. He turns up the intensity. 286 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 3: He's not going to leave you alone until he sees 287 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 3: you completely restored. We see this principle in the parable 288 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 3: of the prodigal son. The young man asked his father 289 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 3: his inheritance, He left home and wasted it all, partying, 290 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 3: living while making poor choices. He ended up living in 291 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 3: the hogpen, having to eat hog food that was lodobar 292 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 3: so to speak, couldn't get any worse than that. But 293 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 3: unlike maphibus chef, this was his own fault. He had 294 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 3: nobody to blame except himself. And sitting in the hogpen, depressed, lonely, bitter, 295 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 3: the accuser kept bombarding his mind, saying, too bad, you 296 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 3: blew it. You had your chance. You'll never be happy again. 297 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 3: His mind was filled with condemning thoughts, but down in 298 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: his spirit he heard something whispering. Your father is looking 299 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 3: for you. He'll take you back, He'll give you your position. 300 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 3: He's longing to see you. His spirit was saying, come 301 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 3: back home, but his mind was saying, are you crazy. 302 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 3: Your father's never gonna have anything to do with you. 303 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 3: You don't deserve it. He finally got his nerve up 304 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 3: and said, that's it. I'm not staying in this hogpen. 305 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 3: I'm not living in Lodo Bar anymore. This is not 306 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 3: who I am. My father has servants that live better 307 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 3: than me. I'm gonna go back home. When he got 308 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: close to the house, his father saw him from a 309 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: great distance, took off running toward his son, and he 310 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 3: hugged him. The son hung his head in shame. He said, Dad, 311 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 3: I'm a failure. I blew it. I don't deserve to 312 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 3: be called your son. I was just kind of hoping 313 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 3: that you'd hire me back as one of your servants. 314 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 3: His father looked at him and said, what are you 315 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:46,479 Speaker 3: talking about. You're my son. Nothing you've done has changed 316 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 3: your name. Living in that hogpen didn't change your identity, 317 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 3: changed how you smell, But we can take care of that. 318 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 3: He told his staff, go get the best robe and 319 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 3: put it on my son. One translation says, a robe 320 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 3: of honor. Here's a god that's been living in the hogpen, 321 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 3: but now he's about to get a robe of honor. 322 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 3: That doesn't make sense. This is what mercy is all about. 323 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 3: It doesn't make sense. We don't deserve it. It's just 324 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 3: the goodness of God. Think about this. The whole time 325 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 3: the son was in the hogpen, the father had a 326 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 3: robe of honor waiting for him. How long are you 327 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 3: going to let accusing voices keep you from your robe 328 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 3: of honor? How long are you going to stay in 329 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 3: lodo bar when there's a seat waiting for you at 330 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 3: the king's table. Why don't you rise up like this 331 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 3: young man say, today is a new day. I'm getting 332 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: rid of the guilt, the condemnation, the self pity. I'm 333 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 3: done blaming others, blaming my past. I'm going to step 334 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 3: into the freedom, the wholeness, the victory God has in store. 335 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 3: The father not only gave his son the robe of honor, 336 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: but he got a ring out and put it on 337 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 3: his son's finger. The ring represented his authority. In other words, 338 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 3: the sun was restored back to who he was before 339 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 3: he left. It's one thing to come back, but to 340 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 3: have a negative marked by your name. Don't give him 341 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 3: any benefits, no ring for him. You remember what he 342 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 3: did all that time in the hogpen, made our family 343 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: look bad. That's not the way God is. He not 344 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 3: only restores, but he makes your whole. You may feel 345 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 3: like you're off course today, sitting on the sidelines, thinking, Joel, 346 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 3: I'm just glad to be in Lodabar the way I've lived. No, 347 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 3: lodo Bar is not your home. The King is looking 348 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 3: for you. He has a robe of honor, he has 349 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 3: a ring of authority. Don't let the condemning voices convince 350 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 3: you that you've blown it too badly. Well, look at you. 351 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 3: You're still limping, you're still struggling, you're still broken. You 352 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 3: don't deserve it. It's not because of who you are. It's 353 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 3: because of whose you are. Your name hasn't changed. You're 354 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 3: still a child of the Most High God. You belong 355 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,239 Speaker 3: in the palace. When my father was very young, he 356 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 3: got married, and unfortunately that marriage didn't work out, and 357 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 3: he was devastated. He resigned from his church. The denominational 358 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 3: leaders told him he would never pastor again. He thought 359 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 3: his days of ministry were over. But people don't determine 360 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 3: your destiny. God does. People will write y'all, judge you, 361 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 3: condemn you. But God is not in the condemning business. 362 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 3: He's in the restoration business. The scripture says God's calling 363 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 3: for your life is irrevocable. That means God doesn't change 364 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 3: his mind. We may make mistakes, people may trip put 365 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 3: us at a disadvantage, but that does not stop God's plan. 366 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 3: My dad got out of the ministry for two years. 367 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 3: He started selling insurance. The whole time he was miserable. 368 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 3: One day, like Maphibus chef, the King came looking for him. 369 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 3: He had to shake off the guilt, the condemnation. Every 370 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 3: voice said, you're a failure. You don't deserve it. God's 371 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 3: never gonna use you. His attitude was, now, I'm not 372 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 3: staying in lodobar. I know God's mercy is bigger than 373 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 3: this mistake. God not only brought him to the palace, 374 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 3: so to speak, but God restored what belonged to him. 375 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 3: He got back in the ministry and pastored Lakewood for 376 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 3: forty years. Met my mom. They were married for fifty 377 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 3: four years. What am I saying? Don't let other people 378 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 3: convince you to settle in Lodibar. You may have a limp. 379 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 3: Things didn't turn out the way you thought. You went 380 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 3: through a disappointment. That's all right. God wants to restore 381 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 3: you back to your rightful position, not a second best life, 382 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 3: not this is good enough. He wants you to become 383 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 3: everything you were created to be. Now you have to 384 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 3: get in agreement with God. Mephibascheff could have said, no, 385 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 3: I'm not going to the palace. You're gonna have to 386 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 3: drag me there. He'd have gone bitter, angry, chip on 387 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 3: his shoulder complaining. David would have said, man, take him away. 388 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 3: I'm not going to have anything to do with him. 389 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 3: He went in humility, knowing that he was at David's mercy. 390 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 3: When you humble yourself and say God, I know I 391 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 3: don't deserve this, I've blown it. But God, I believe 392 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 3: you are full of mercy, that you can still get 393 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 3: me to where I'm supposed to be. That's when God 394 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 3: will raise you back up put your own path toward 395 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,360 Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny. Years ago, my father went 396 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 3: to a meeting at a friend of ours church across town. 397 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 3: He arrived late, so he sat in the back. In 398 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 3: a few minutes, this young man came in that looked 399 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 3: very troubled, very distraught. After the meeting, my father was 400 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 3: planning on talking to him to incur him, maybe pray 401 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 3: with him. But in the middle of the service, this 402 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 3: young man got up and walked out. My dad felt 403 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 3: so strongly about it he got up and went after him. 404 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 3: He searched and searched through the lobbies and couldn't find him. 405 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 3: Went out in the parking lot and looked and look, 406 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: walked around the building, still couldn't find him. Just when 407 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 3: he was about to give up, he decided to check 408 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: a restroom. He walked in. There were people there and 409 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 3: he couldn't see their faces, so he stood over by 410 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 3: the sinks. In a few seconds, this young man walked 411 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: around the corner. His eyes got so big when he 412 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 3: saw my father. My dad said, I don't mean to 413 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 3: get in your business. I know you don't know me, 414 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,959 Speaker 3: but God has a great plan for your life. You 415 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 3: are extremely valuable to him. Tears begin to come down 416 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 3: his cheeks. He said, my life is so messed up. 417 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 3: I'm addicted to so many drugs. I don't think I 418 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 3: could take it anymore. He'd planned on coming to church 419 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 3: that one last time that night, going back and taking 420 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 3: so many pills just to end it. He told later 421 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 3: how he saw my father sitting down the road from him, 422 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 3: and he especially noticed the shoes that he was wearing. 423 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 3: He said, when I got up to leave, I saw 424 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 3: you coming after me. Now did all I could to 425 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 3: get away, but everywhere I went I saw those shoes 426 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 3: following me. What was happening? The King was looking for him. 427 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 3: You can run, but you can't get away from God. 428 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 3: He'll keep pursuing you, even if he has to find 429 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: you in a restroom, find you in a club, find 430 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 3: you getting high, find you living in lodobar. He knows 431 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 3: where you are, and he's not going to give up 432 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 3: until he sees you in the palace where you belong, 433 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 3: where you're restored, where you're fulfilling your purpose. That night 434 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 3: was a turning point in his life. He got free 435 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 3: from the drugs. He went on to become the pastor 436 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 3: of a church. Today. That young man is with us 437 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 3: on the front row. Over forty years later, past Real 438 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 3: Dangle living so shirt they've touched people all over the world. 439 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 3: Maybe today you think you're too far gone, made too 440 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 3: many mistakes, been through too much. Can I tell you 441 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 3: the King is looking for you, not to condemn you, 442 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 3: but to restore you, to bless you, to push you 443 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 3: into your purpose. Life may have thrown you some curves. 444 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 3: You're not where you thought you'd be, But remember your 445 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 3: location doesn't change your identity. No matter where you are, 446 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 3: you're still a child of the most High God. He 447 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 3: has a robe of honor, a ring of authority. There's 448 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 3: a seat waiting for you at the King's table. And 449 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 3: the great thing about God is even when you can't 450 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 3: get there by yourself, he'll have somebody to carry you. 451 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 3: And just like David decided to be good to Maphibis Chef, 452 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 3: I believe and declare people are going to start being 453 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 3: good to you, favor that you didn't deserve, falling into place, 454 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 3: You're coming out of brokenness into wholeness, out of Lodobar, 455 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 3: into the palace, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. 456 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 3: If you receive it today, can you say amen. 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