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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 4: Well God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,279 Speaker 4: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 4: stop buy be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 4: I likes to start with something funny and heard about 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 4: this man named Bubba. He lived way out in the 34 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 4: country and there was this stray dog that kept showing 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 4: up at his house. His wife said, Bubba, you have 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 4: to put the dog in the truck and take him 37 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 4: out to the woods and drop him off. That's where 38 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 4: he lives. Bubba drove him a mile down the road, 39 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 4: dropped him off. When he came back home, the dog 40 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: was walked up the driveway practically beat him back. He 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 4: did the same thing. It happened again. His wife said, Bubba, 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 4: you have to take him way out drive him around 43 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 4: in circles get him all mixed up. Bubba drove him 44 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 4: an hour away crisscross country roads he had never driven 45 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 4: down before, and dropped the dog off. Two hours later, 46 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 4: Bubba called his wife from the truck and said, did 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 4: that dog make it back home? She said, yeah, here 48 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 4: he comes walking up. He said, do me a favor. 49 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 4: Put him on the line. I need directions. Say it 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 51 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 52 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll 54 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 55 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 56 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 57 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 4: you have a defender. We all have people that come 58 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 4: against us, make negative comments, trying to discredit us or 59 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: belittle us. Human nature is to get in there and 60 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 4: try to straighten them out, prove to them how they're wrong. 61 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 4: We think we have to defend ourselves, after all, that's 62 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 4: our reputation. But the problem with this approach is as 63 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 4: soon as you get one person straightened out, three more 64 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: will pop up. There will always be somebody that's against you, 65 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: somebody that's trying to make you look bad. If you're 66 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: constantly trying to defend yourself, you'll get distracted fighting battles 67 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: that you were never supposed to fight. It's easy to 68 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 4: get baited into conflict thinking did you see what they 69 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 4: said about me on social media? I'm going to show 70 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 4: them who they're missing with. Do you know how much 71 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 4: energy it takes to try to pay somebody back or 72 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 4: to try to prove to them that you really are 73 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 4: a nice person. You are spending emotional energy that you 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 4: need for your for your goals. Here's the key. You 75 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: don't have to defend yourself. God said he will defend you. 76 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: He will protect your reputation. Quit worrying about the chatter, 77 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 4: the negative comments. Those are all distractions. That's the enemy 78 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 4: trying to debate you off course, so you'll waste your 79 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 4: time and energy involved in battles that don't matter. Well, Joel, 80 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 4: I'm upset because I'm a good person. What they're saying 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 4: about me is not true. Doesn't matter how good you are, 82 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 4: how loving, kind, upstanding, somebody's not going to like you. 83 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 4: Somebody's going to try to discredit you. It happened with Jesus. 84 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 4: When he was on this earth. He went around, healing 85 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 4: the sick, lifting the fallen, encouraging those that were down. 86 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 4: He did nothing but good. But he was falsely accused. 87 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 4: He was misunderstood. How did he defend himself? How did 88 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 4: he protect his reputation? Says in Firs Peter. Even though 89 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 4: he had never sinned or done any wrong, he did 90 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 4: not retaliate when he was insulted, when he suffered, he 91 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 4: didn't threaten to get even He left his case in 92 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 4: the hands of God. I wonder how much more peace 93 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 4: you would have, how much more you would enjoy your life, 94 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 4: if you would start leaving your cases in the hands 95 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 4: of God. We spend too much time trying to defend ourselves, 96 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 4: trying to prove to people who we are worried about 97 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 4: what they think. Why don't you put your reputation in 98 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 4: God's hands. I can assure you God can vindicate you 99 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 4: better than you can vindicate yourself. You don't have to retaliate, 100 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 4: you don't have to try to pay people back convince 101 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 4: them to change their mind. The truth is some people 102 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 4: are never going to be for you, no matter what 103 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 4: you do. They're not going to like you. Their intent 104 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 4: on misunderstanding you. They don't want to see your point 105 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: of view, they don't want to give you the benefit 106 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 4: of the doubt. Now, don't go the next five years 107 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 4: frustrated because they're negative towards you, engaged in a battle 108 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 4: that you're not supposed to be engaged in. It's time 109 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 4: to leave that case in the hands of God. Quit 110 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: worrying about what they think, Quit reading what they say 111 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 4: about you on social media. Quit getting all riled up 112 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 4: thinking about how you can retaliate, how you can pay 113 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 4: them back. As long as you're defending yourself, then the 114 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 4: true defender, the most High God, will step back. He'll 115 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 4: let you do it your way. But when we make 116 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 4: this decision, God, I'm turning this over to you. I'm 117 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 4: not going to spend my life worried about what somebody's saying, 118 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 4: wasting my energy trying to change their mind, upset because 119 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 4: they don't like me. God, I know you're my defender. 120 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 4: I know you're fighting my battles. That's when the creator 121 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: of the universe will go to work. When people try 122 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 4: to push you down, God will lift you up. When 123 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 4: they try to make you look bad, He'll turn it 124 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 4: around and cause you to look good. He'll cause you 125 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 4: to shine. This is what happened in the scripture to Mordecai. 126 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: He was a good man, doing the right thing, honoring God. 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 4: But a man named Hayman didn't like him. Mordecai was 128 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 4: a Jew. He wouldn't bow down to Hayman and follow 129 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 4: the traditions of his people. So Hayman was constantly trying 130 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 4: to discredit Mordecai, push him down, make him look bad. 131 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 4: Mordecai didn't get upset, he didn't try to pay him back. 132 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: He understood this principle that he had a defender. He 133 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 4: left that case in the hands of God, and in 134 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 4: the natural Haman had an advantage. He worked for the 135 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: king in the palace, had a prestigious influential position. What 136 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 4: could Mordecai ever do. But one night this king couldn't sleep. 137 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 4: He asked his assistant to bring him one of the 138 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 4: books that had the city's history recorded in it. It 139 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 4: just so happened the king read about a good deed 140 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 4: that Mordecai had done. The king was so impressed the 141 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 4: next morning he called Hayman in. He said, Hayman, what 142 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 4: do you think we should do to honor a man 143 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 4: that's done a good deed and serve the king with excellence. Well, 144 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 4: Hayman was so self centered he thought the king was 145 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 4: talking about himself, so he played it up big. He said, King, 146 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 4: I think we should put a royal robe on this man, 147 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 4: have a big parade, march him up and down the streets, 148 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 4: announcing what a great man he is. The king said Hayman, 149 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 4: I love that idea. Now go find Mordecai and do 150 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 4: just what you said. You march him up and down 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 4: the streets, and you announced how great he is. What 152 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: am I saying? God knows how to protect your reputation. 153 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 4: Why don't you put that case in his hands. Quit 154 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: spending all your time trying to defend yourself. You have 155 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 4: a defender. God can do it better than you. He 156 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 4: knows how to bring justice. He knows how to vindicate you. 157 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 4: This is what Jesus did. He was disrespected. They called 158 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 4: him a fraud, a cheat, an impostor. But the scripture 159 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 4: says he made himself of no reputation. That means he 160 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: didn't worry about his reputation. He knew he would be misunderstood. 161 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 4: He knew people would be negative critical fine fault. He 162 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 4: didn't waste his time trying to prove to his critics 163 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 4: that he was the son of God. He didn't go 164 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: around upset because religious leaders didn't believe in him. He 165 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 4: just kept running his race, being his best, trusting his 166 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 4: father to settle his cases. If you'll consume with what 167 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: other people think, why won't they respect me. I've got 168 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 4: to convince them to believe in me. Then you'll get 169 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 4: distracted and miss your destiny. Why don't you let your 170 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 4: defender go to work. God said he will fight your battles. 171 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 4: He will take care of your critics. God will deal 172 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 4: with those coworkers that are spreading rumors about you. He'll 173 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 4: take care of that friend that's trying to make you 174 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 4: look bad. God knows how to settle your case. David 175 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 4: put it this way, Psal, I'm sixty nine. Those who 176 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 4: hate me without a cause are too many to count. 177 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 4: They attack me with lies, They make fun of me. 178 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 4: I am the favorite town gossip. It's the same way today. 179 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 4: People can dislike you without a cause. They don't even 180 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 4: know you. They just pass you by at the office. 181 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 4: They've never been to lunch with you, never heard your 182 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: story It'd be one thing if they knew you and 183 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 4: didn't like you, But they judge you from a distance. 184 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 4: They don't like you because you're happy, because you're successful, 185 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 4: because you're talented, because you're a different nationality. Life with David, 186 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 4: they'll attack you behind your back and try to be 187 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 4: little discredit you. These are tests that we all must pass. 188 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 4: Are you going to get offended and try to straighten 189 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 4: them out? Are you going to take that bait and 190 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 4: get involved in a battle that you're not supposed to fight? 191 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 4: Stay on the high road. They don't control your destiny. 192 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 4: They're a distraction, trying to lure you off course, to 193 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: get involved in something that's not between you and your destiny. 194 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 4: One of the best things we can learn to do 195 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 4: is ignore it. Don't pay it any attention. That's how 196 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 4: you leave it in the hands of God. And this 197 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 4: is what David did. He went on to say, they 198 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 4: hate me, they attack me, they make fun of me. 199 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 4: But I keep right on praying to you. He was saying, 200 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: I don't give at the time of day, I just 201 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 4: keep on praising. Well, Joel, what they're saying is not true. 202 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 4: What if they tarnish my reputation I'm asking you to 203 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 4: put your reputation in God's hands. He said that he 204 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 4: would protect it. The more successful you are, the higher 205 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: you go, more people will come against you. Like with David, 206 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 4: talk about you without a cause. Everybody loved you until 207 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: you got that promotion, until you moved into that new house, 208 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 4: till you married that beautiful girl. Now the critics have 209 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: come out of the woodwork. You have to let your 210 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 4: defender go to work. You have to be still and 211 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 4: know that he is God. It's easy to get all 212 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 4: stirred up thinking about how you can pay them back. 213 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 4: What the best strategy is to get even Can I 214 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 4: tell you what it is? Be still, leave that case 215 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 4: in God's hands. God said in Jeremiah, I will defend you. 216 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 4: I will be your lawyer. I will take on your case. 217 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 4: Years ago, Victoria and I were in a legal situation. 218 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 4: Somebody accused us of something we didn't do. We knew 219 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 4: we were in the right, but they filed a lawsuit 220 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 4: and we had to go to court. We hired the 221 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 4: best attorney we could possibly find. We didn't want somebody average, 222 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 4: middle of the pack. We wanted somebody to represent us 223 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 4: that was exceptional, that had a great track record, a 224 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 4: lot of experience, very skilled. We found a man that 225 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 4: was just that, and we went to court Victoria and 226 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 4: I didn't have to get up and argue our case, 227 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 4: try to prove to the other side we were right, 228 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 4: convince them of our innocence. We just sat back and 229 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 4: let our attorney do all the work. He argued for us. 230 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 4: He objected when he heard something he didn't like. He 231 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 4: rebutted the other testimony. He was our defender. We had 232 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 4: done our part, given our deposition. Now it was in 233 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 4: his hands. It was our case, but it was his battle. 234 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 4: We didn't have to fight. Our job was to be 235 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 4: still while he defended us. We rested, we stayed in peace. 236 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: In a few days, it was all over ruled in 237 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 4: our favor. Here's what I'm saying. You have a defender, 238 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 4: not somebody that's average, not somebody that's mediocre. The most 239 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 4: high God is representing you. He said, I will be 240 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 4: your lawyer. I will plead your case. I will take 241 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 4: on those battles. Now, I had a great attorney here 242 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 4: in the city, but can you imagine having the creator 243 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 4: of the universe defending you. You don't have to try 244 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 4: to prove to people who you are and worry night 245 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 4: and day about your reputation. You can stay in peace. 246 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 4: You can relax knowing that it's not your battle. It's 247 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 4: your case. But the battle is the Lord's. The battle 248 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 4: belongs to your defender. Can I tell you he's never 249 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 4: lost a case. Instead of living worried, stressed out, why 250 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 4: don't you sit back and let your defender do his job? Numbers, 251 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 4: Chapter twelve, Moses's sister and brother started speaking against Moses. 252 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 4: Miriam and Aaron. They didn't like the wife that Moses 253 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 4: had chosen. He married somebody from a different nationality. I 254 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 4: can hear them telling people, why do you marry her? 255 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 4: That wasn't right. He should have known better. On and on, 256 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 4: stirring up trouble, trying to make Moses look bad. Verse 257 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 4: two says the Lord heard what they were saying. When 258 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 4: people are talking about you, don't worry. God hears it. 259 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 4: You may not even know it's happening, but God, it's happening. 260 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 4: He's your defender. Goes on to say, the anger of 261 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 4: the Lord blazed against Miriam and Aaron. Why was God 262 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 4: so mad? Had they killed someone, lied, cheated, committed adultery? 263 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 4: Now it was because they had spoken against the reputation 264 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 4: of one of his children. Instantly, Miriam's skin was white 265 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 4: with leprosy. God takes it seriously when somebody tries to 266 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 4: discredit you, belittle you. You don't have to get upset. 267 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 4: God sees what's happening. He doesn't sit idly by and thay, God, 268 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 4: too bad, they're just ruining their reputation. 269 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 5: No. 270 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 4: God goes to work. He knows how to get people's attention, 271 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: and sometimes he'll cause them to be quiet, change their mind. 272 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 4: Other times he'll let them keep talking and just keep 273 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 4: promoting you. The more they talk, the higher you'll go. 274 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 4: They think they're hurting you, The truth is they're helping you. 275 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 4: God is paying you back for what they're saying by 276 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 4: taking you to new levels. That's what the scripture says. 277 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 4: God will prepare a table before you in the presence 278 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: of your enemies, the very ones that tried to disrespect you, 279 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 4: hold you down. They will see you in a position 280 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 4: of honor, promoted, respected, with greater influence. That's your defender 281 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 4: at work. I talked to a gentleman here in the 282 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 4: lobby a while back, and he was very upset because 283 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 4: his boss was against him. Was always trying to hold 284 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 4: him down. I told this man what I'm telling you 285 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 4: that God is your defender. People can't keep you from 286 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 4: your destiny. Don't live frustrated trying to straighten your boss out. 287 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 4: Just keep being your best. You're not working under people, 288 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 4: You're working under God. Leave that case in his hands. 289 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 4: This man went back to the office with a new attitude. 290 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 4: On several occasions he should have been promoted, but because 291 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 4: of this unfair boss, he got passed over. Well, one day, 292 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 4: the CEO of the whole company was in town. This 293 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 4: man had to make a presentation. The CEO was very 294 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 4: impressed with his work. About a year later, a position 295 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 4: came available that should have gone to his boss, but 296 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 4: this CEO bypassed the boss and offered the position to 297 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: this man. Now instead of having to work for this boss, 298 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 4: it's hard to get along with unfair. The tables have turned. 299 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 4: The boss is working for him. God knows how to 300 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: settle your case. He knows how to protect your reputation. 301 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 4: It says in Psalms, touch not my anointed, You are 302 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 4: His anointed. You may be in a situation where there's disrespect, 303 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 4: people pushing you down, trying to hold you back, and 304 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 4: it's been that way a long time. You don't think 305 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: it's ever going to change. Get ready, Your time is coming. 306 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 4: God has heard every negative word spoken against you. He's 307 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 4: seen every person that's tried to hold you back, like 308 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 4: with this man. Vindication is on the way, Promotion is coming. 309 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 4: New levels are coming. God is going to make things 310 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 4: happen that you could never make happen. He's preparing that 311 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 4: table right now in the presence of your enemies. He's 312 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 4: going to settle that case. Now. Quit living frustrated, trying 313 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 4: to win somebody over that's never going to be for 314 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: you. Your goal shouldn't be to try to change somebody's mind 315 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,959 Speaker 4: convince them to like you. Take this in the right sense. 316 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 4: Some people are sent to dislike you. Judas was sent 317 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 4: to betray Jesus. If Saul had not disliked David, David 318 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 4: would have never taken the throne. Everybody's not supposed to 319 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 4: be for you. You. You may be trying to win somebody 320 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 4: over that's never going to be one over. Let God 321 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 4: be your defender. You don't have to try to pay 322 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 4: them back. Get even. Like with Moses, God will take 323 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 4: care of your critics. You're not the judge. You don't 324 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 4: have to straighten people out. Just run your race with purpose, 325 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 4: with integrity, with joy, and let the negative bounce off 326 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 4: of you. See sometimes we think, oh, Joe, if I 327 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 4: could just get this person to stop talking about me, 328 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 4: then I could be happy again. Then I could enjoy 329 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 4: my life again. I don't mean to be negative, but 330 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 4: somebody's always going to be talking about you. Somebody's always 331 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 4: going to be jealous, trying to discredit you. The good 332 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 4: news is that's not your battle. You don't have to 333 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: defend yourself. You have a defender. How much freer could 334 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 4: you live if you would start leaving those cases in 335 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 4: the hands of God, not fighting battles that you're not 336 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 4: support fight, not worried about your reputation all the time, 337 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 4: instead trusting God to protect your reputation. I can tell 338 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 4: you this firsthand because being in the public eye you 339 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,479 Speaker 4: have a lot of critics. The more influence you have, 340 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 4: the more exposure, the more of the negative that comes 341 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 4: as well. But the truth is, I never think about 342 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 4: the critics. I'm happy, I enjoy my life. I'm grateful 343 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 4: to be alive. See, I've learned this principle that I 344 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 4: have a defender, and as long as you're honoring God 345 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 4: being your best, no person can stop you, no group, 346 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 4: no organization. Promotion doesn't come from people. He comes from 347 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: the Lord. It's interesting when Jesus was here, the people 348 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 4: who were the most against him were the religious people. 349 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 4: But Jesus didn't try to convince them to change their mind. 350 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 4: He didn't spend hours arguing doctrine. He ignored his critics 351 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: ran his race. One time, they criticized Jesus for healing 352 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 4: a man on the Sabbath. He did the right thing, 353 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 4: but they said he did it on the wrong day. 354 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 4: Some people, no matter what you do, are not going 355 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 4: to be for you. You have to accept the fact that 356 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 4: not everyone is going to accept you. Not everyone is 357 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 4: going to like you or understand you. If you're going 358 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 4: to reach your highest potential, you have to be comfortable 359 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 4: being controversial. If you want everybody to like you, you'll 360 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 4: get stuck. Jesus was the most controversial person that's ever lived. 361 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 4: Two thousand years later, people are still arguing about him. 362 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: He had more critics than anyone, but the scripture says 363 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 4: he answered his critics not a word. He didn't waste 364 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 4: his time trying to convince people who he was. How 365 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 4: much time are you spending worried about what they're saying, 366 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 4: upset because what they wrote about you on social media, 367 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 4: trying to pay that friend back for making you look bad. 368 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 4: You don't have time for all that pettiness. It's a distraction. 369 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 4: It's not between you and your destiny. Let it go 370 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 4: in one ear and out the other, and use that 371 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 4: energy to move toward your God given dreams. You don't 372 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 4: have enough energy to answer your critics and fulfill your purpose. 373 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 4: At the same time, whatever you're spending trying to pay 374 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 4: people back, trying to prove to them you really are 375 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 4: a nice person. That's emotional energy you're not going to 376 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 4: have for the fullness of your destiny. Nehemiah understood this 377 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 4: principle in the scripture. He was up on a hill 378 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 4: rebuilding the walls around Jerusalem. There were two people at 379 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 4: the bottom of the mountain, Sandballot and Tobias. They didn't 380 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 4: want the wall rebuilt, so they were constantly yelling insults 381 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 4: at Nehemiah, bait him into conflict, making fun of him, 382 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 4: saying things like, Neemiah, if a little fox walked on 383 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,959 Speaker 4: that wall, it would fall down. You don't know what 384 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 4: you're doing. You're not a builder. Day and night they 385 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 4: kept pestering him, and I'm sure Namiah was tempted to 386 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 4: go down there and give them a piece of his mind. 387 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 4: But he was smart enough to realize they were a distraction. 388 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 4: What they said didn't affect his destiny. Their critical words 389 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 4: didn't make the wall any weaker. They were trying to 390 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 4: deceive him into losing focus so he would get involved 391 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 4: in something that wasn't important. The truth is, we all 392 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 4: have sand balants and tobiases. Most of the people that 393 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 4: come against us are simply distractions. The negative comments, the disrespect, 394 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 4: the insult those are bait trying to lure us off. 395 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 4: Course of faith is not to try to straighten them out. 396 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 4: The real fight is to keep your focus, not get 397 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 4: distracted and entangled in things that don't matter. If Neemiah 398 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 4: would have come down off the wall with all of 399 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 4: his men spend a few days dealing with sand ballet 400 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 4: Tobias all their people, he may have won the battle, 401 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 4: but the wall wouldn't have been any further along. You 402 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 4: have to ask yourself, if I engage in this conflict, 403 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 4: if I prove my point, if I win them over. 404 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 4: Am I going to be any further toward my destiny? 405 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 4: Or have I just fed my ego? Have I just 406 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 4: made my flesh feel good? Stay on the high road. 407 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 4: Your time is too valuable, your destiny too important, your 408 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 4: assignment too great to get involved in battles that don't matter. 409 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 4: There will always be sand ballots, yelling, insults, always be 410 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 4: tobias as trying to get under your skin, agitate you 411 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: don't worry. You have a defender, Be still and know 412 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 4: that he is God. Let him fight those battles. God 413 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 4: will take care of your critics. It's interesting when knee 414 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 4: Amiah was rebuilding the wall, he was up on the mountain, 415 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 4: the critics were down at the bottom. The principle is 416 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 4: any time you start answering your critics, you have to 417 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 4: go down. When you start defending yourself trying to prove 418 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 4: to people who you are, you're leaving the high place 419 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 4: and going down to their level. When you realize you 420 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 4: have a defender, when you know God will fight your battles, 421 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 4: then you'll do like Jesus and not answer your critics. 422 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 4: You'll do like Nhemiah and stay on the mountain so 423 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 4: you can focus on what's really important. Maybe today you 424 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 4: need to go back up on that mountain. The critics 425 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 4: will always be there, people that don't understand you, people 426 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 4: that are never going to be for you. I'm asking 427 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 4: you to let God be your defender, put your reputation 428 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 4: in his hands. God has already lined up the right 429 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 4: people who will be for you, the right people who 430 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 4: will celebrate you and help push you into your purpose. 431 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 4: Here's the whole key. Don't waste your time trying to 432 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 4: convince the wrong people. Just run your race, keep honoring 433 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 4: God being your best. If you'll do this, I believe 434 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 4: and declare God is about to settle your cases right now. 435 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 4: He's preparing that table in the presence of your enemies. 436 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 4: He's going to vindicate you, promote you, and take you 437 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 4: into the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name. If 438 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 4: you receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to 439 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 4: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 440 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 4: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 441 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 442 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 4: make you my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 443 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 444 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 445 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 4: Victoria and I will be right back to speak a 446 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 4: blessing over you. 447 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 448 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 6: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 449 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 6: a copy of Joel's new three message series, Anchored to Hope. 450 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 7: When you're anchored to hope, you're not moved by your circumstances, 451 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 7: are worried because things aren't changing as fast as you'd like. 452 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 7: You have your trust, your confidence, your hope in the Lord. 453 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 7: You know he'll get you to where you need to be. 454 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 4: Your best days are not behind you, They're still out 455 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 4: in front of you. 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This ministry changed my life. 466 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. Thanks for partnering with us. 467 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 4: We appreciate your prayers, your generosity. It's making a difference 468 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 4: around the world. Know that Victoria and I are praying 469 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 4: for you and your family. We believe you're going to 470 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 4: reach your dreams, overcome any obstacles that are holding you back, 471 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 4: and not only that, but that you'll go places that 472 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 4: you've never even imagined. No God has you in the 473 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 4: palm of his hand. He's breathing in your direction right 474 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 4: now until we meet again. Know that you're blessed. 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