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Your 39 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 4: encouragement will help others to be inspired and encouraged. 40 00:01:45,800 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 5: Enjoy the message now. 41 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's to come into your homes 42 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 4: and if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. 43 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 4: Be a part of one of our services. I promise 44 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 4: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like 45 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 46 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 4: elderly couple that had been married for over sixty years, 47 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 4: never had an argument, never had a crossword. They were 48 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 4: at a church function. Someone asked them the secret of 49 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 4: their success. The man told how he always treated his 50 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 4: wife with respect, and how he took her on trips 51 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 4: around the world. He said, in fact, for our twenty 52 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 4: fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. Everyone 53 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 4: politely applauded. Someone said, what'd you do for your fiftieth 54 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 4: wedding anniversary? He said, I went back and picked her up. 55 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. Mind is alert, my heart 60 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 4: is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 62 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 4: about don't be defined by your mistakes. We can all 63 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 4: look back and see times where we gave in to temptation, 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 4: We let our guard down and compromised. We were sloppy 65 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 4: and didn't handle the situation the way we should. It's 66 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: easy to be defined by one moment in life, by divorce, 67 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 4: by business. It didn't make it by how we raised 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: our children. The enemy is called the accuser. He would 69 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 4: love to convince you to let that one mistake, that 70 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 4: one season, to cause you to live down on yourself, 71 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 4: not be passionate about your dreams. But that mistake didn't 72 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 4: stop God's plan. You may have failed, but you are 73 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: not a failure. That was a moment in your life. 74 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 4: That was one season. It doesn't determine your future. Don't 75 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 4: let that mistake define who you are. If you go 76 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 4: around wearing negative labels divorced, addicted, failled, compromised, it will 77 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: keep you from the fullness of what God has in store. 78 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 4: If you're a baseball fan, you may remember the name 79 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 4: Bill Buckner. He was a star player for the Boston 80 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 4: Red Sox for many years. He had more hits than 81 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams. One season he won the 82 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 4: batting title had the highest batting average in all of baseball. 83 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 4: He was a great teammate, a leader in the clubhouse. 84 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 4: But in nineteen eighty six, during the World Series, he 85 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 4: went to field a slow rolling ground ball and missed it. 86 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 4: It went right between his legs and the other team 87 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 4: scored and tied the game. That opponent went on to 88 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 4: win the World Series. The fans were so upset Ronald 89 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 4: they never let him live it down. He became known 90 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 4: as the player that missed the groundball. Despite his illustrious career, 91 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 4: despite all of his hits, all the runs he scored, 92 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 4: they didn't remember any of that. All they remembered was 93 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 4: that one bad play, that one mistake. Bill Buckner passed 94 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 4: away earlier this year, thirty three years after that game. 95 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 4: The first line in the National Associated Press article was 96 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 4: Bill Buckner, a star hitter who became known for making 97 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 4: one of the most infamous plays in baseball. People will 98 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 4: try to define you by your mistakes. They'll try to 99 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 4: stick labels on you. Reminds you of all the times 100 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 4: you failed, the times you compromised, the times you didn't 101 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 4: measure up. Sadly, some people will choose to remember your 102 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 4: failures more than your victories, Like with Bill. Despite all 103 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 4: the good you do, despite the time you make sacrifices 104 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 4: to help others, you're honoring God. But when you make 105 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 4: one mistake, when you go through one bad season, don't 106 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: be surprised if people don't try to convince you to 107 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 4: live condemned like you're washed up. Well, God's not gonna 108 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 4: bless you. You missed the ground ball he went through 109 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 4: the divorce you gave into temptation. Just sit on the sidelines. No, 110 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 4: don't let people label you. They don't determine your destiny. 111 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 4: They cannot stop what God has ordained for your life. 112 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 4: The only one that can stop you is you. If 113 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 4: you let your mistakes define you, if you wear labels 114 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 4: that people stick on you, if you believe the lies 115 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 4: from the accuser, that will keep you from your destiny. 116 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 4: And when someone keeps bringing up your past mistakes trying 117 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 4: to get you to live condemned, they may not realize it, 118 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 4: but they're working for the accuser. The enemy uses people. 119 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 4: You can't stop them from putting labels on you, but 120 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: you can take them right off. I am not defined 121 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 4: by my mistakes. I'm defined by what God says about me. 122 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 4: I'm forgiven, I'm redeemed. My past is over, my mistakes 123 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 4: are behind me. My failures are in my yesterday, and 124 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 4: you know what, I'm not bringing them into today. God's 125 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 4: mercy is new every morning. Receive that mercy and move forward. 126 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 4: What about the failure, It's in the past. What about 127 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 4: the mistake, It's covered by mercy. What about the divorce, 128 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 4: the compromise, the times I've blown it, That's over and done. 129 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 4: Life is too short to let what happened in the 130 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 4: past to keep you from the great things God has 131 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: in your future. After Jesus was crucis and rose from 132 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 4: the dead, he appeared to some of the disciples as 133 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 4: they were meeting in a room. Thomas wasn't there that day. 134 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 4: They went out afterwards and found him. They thought Thomas 135 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 4: would be excited to know that they had seen the Lord. 136 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 4: Thomas wasn't buying it. He said, unless I see him 137 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: with my own eyes, unless I feel the nail prints 138 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 4: in his hands, I'm not going to believe. Eight days later, 139 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 4: all the disciples were in a room. Jesus came walking 140 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 4: through the door. He went right up to Thomas, held 141 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 4: out his hands and said, see the nail, Prince, feel 142 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 4: the scars in my side. Thomas fell on his knees 143 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 4: and said, Lord, I believe. What's interesting is Thomas doubted 144 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 4: that one time. But he's become known as doubting Thomas. 145 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 4: People have stuck their labels on him. You would think 146 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 4: that he had doubted his whole life, that he was 147 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 4: always questioning his faith. But this was just eight days 148 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 4: of his life. It's easy to judge people by one mistake. 149 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 4: It's easy to let one failure define who you are. 150 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: If Thomas would have worn that label doubter failure, he 151 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: would have missed his purpose. And we hear a lot 152 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 4: about doubting Thomas. What we don't hear much about is 153 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 4: Thomas is the one that took the gospel to India. 154 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 4: It's believed that he took the message of Christ further 155 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 4: than any disciple. I've been to India many times with 156 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 4: my father. It seems like every other believer is named Thomas. 157 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 4: He made a great impact with his life. We call 158 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 4: him doubting Thomas. You know what God calls him, believing Thomas. Forgiven, Thomas, 159 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 4: anointed Thomas, favored Thomas in the same way. God is 160 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 4: not judging you by one mistake, by one bad season. 161 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 4: Why are you beating yourself up? Why are you wearing 162 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 4: labels that people have stuck on you? Why have you 163 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 4: settled where you are? There is an incredible future awaiting you. 164 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 4: You haven't made too many mistakes, you haven't missed your chance. 165 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 4: If you'll Remove the labels that are telling you everything 166 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 4: you're not, how you've blown it. You doubted, you failed, 167 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 4: that's in the past. That doesn't have to stop you. 168 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 4: The enemy would love for you to go through life 169 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 4: living condemned, wearing negative labels, doubter, failure, divorce, unworthy. Do 170 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 4: yourself a favor. Take off those labels and put on 171 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 4: what God says about you forgiven, redeemed, blessed, qualified, victorious. 172 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 4: Sometimes we make mistakes with good intentions. Bill Buckner wasn't 173 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 4: trying to miss the ground ball. He wasn't being undisciplined 174 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 4: slacking off. He was being his best and still missed it. 175 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 4: You may have done your best, but the relationship didn't 176 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 4: make it. You gave it your all, but the business 177 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 4: didn't succeed. Like Thomas, your heart is right, you love God, 178 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: but you didn't handle the situation the proper way, and 179 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 4: now it sets you back. This is what happened to 180 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 4: Moses as a young man. God gave him the dream 181 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 4: that he would deliver the Israelites out of slavery. He 182 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 4: knew he was supposed to do it, but he got 183 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 4: in a hurry and did it out of God's timing. 184 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 4: He saw a Hebrew slave being mistreated by an Egyptian supervisor. 185 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 4: He didn't think anyone was watching, and he killed the supervisor. 186 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 4: Moses wasn't trying to make a mistake, He wasn't being defiant. 187 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: He just made a bad choice. He had to flee 188 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 4: for his life. He spent forty years on the backside 189 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: of the desert in hiding. It looked like that one 190 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 4: mistake stopped his destiny, that that one bad choice disqualified him. 191 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure in the desert, thoughts told him, Moses, You're 192 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 4: a failure. What were you thinking? Why are you so impatient? 193 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 4: You blew it. He was wearing all these negative labels. 194 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 4: He thought that mistake would define him. The good news 195 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 4: is God doesn't judge us by one mistake, or by 196 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: two mistakes, or for some of us, by ten thousand mistakes. 197 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 4: God's calling on your life is irrevocable. He doesn't change 198 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 4: his mind. Moses had given up, He had accepted that 199 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 4: he would never accomplish his dream. But God doesn't give up. 200 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 4: You may have counted yourself out, God has already counted 201 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: you in. He chose you before you could choose him. 202 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 4: That mistake is not who you are it's what you did. 203 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 4: It didn't cancel your destiny. That one bad season doesn't 204 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: determine the rest of your life. Forty years later, when 205 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: Moses was eighty years old, God came to him and said, now, Moses, 206 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: it's time go deliver my people. I can imagine Moses 207 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 4: nearly passed out. God, are you sure you mean after 208 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 4: I failed, after I blew it, after I was impatient, 209 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 4: You're still going to use me. Here's the key. God 210 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 4: doesn't define us by our mistakes. He refines us by 211 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: our mistakes. He will take those failures and those wrong 212 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 4: turns and use it to do a work in us. 213 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 4: The scripture says Moses became the most humble man in 214 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 4: all the earth, out in the desert. He learned to 215 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 4: be patient. He learned to trust God in a new way. 216 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 4: If you'll keep the right attitude, God will use your 217 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 4: failures to get you prepared for where he's taking you in. 218 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 4: Like Moses, you may have blown it. You feel like 219 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: you're out in the desert, convinced that you've seen your 220 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 4: best days. No, get ready, your time is coming. God 221 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 4: is about to do a new thing. That relationship that 222 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 4: didn't work out, that's not how your story ends. God 223 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 4: has someone else coming, someone better than you've imagined. That 224 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 4: addiction that you're struggling with. It is not your destiny. 225 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 4: That is a season, not a lifetime. Don't let it 226 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 4: become permanent. Take off that label that says addicted. Put 227 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 4: on some new labels, free, whole, restored. My father was 228 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 4: married at an early age, and unfortunately the marriage didn't 229 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 4: work out. He had to resign from his church. Denominational 230 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: leaders told him that he had never pastor again. He 231 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 4: didn't know any better. He put their labels on him failure, 232 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 4: washed up, unqualified. He didn't get into the marriage thinking 233 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 4: it was going to fail. He had good intentions, but 234 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 4: sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we thought. That's 235 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 4: when the enemy goes to work over time trying to 236 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 4: convince you to let that mistake define who you are. 237 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 4: My father took the bait. He lived condemned, ashamed, embarrassed. 238 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 4: He thought that mistake would define the rest of his life. 239 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 4: So he got out of the ministry and started selling insurance. 240 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 4: One day he learned what I'm telling you, that our 241 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 4: failures don't cancel God's plan. God has already taken into 242 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 4: account every mistake we would ever make. My father took 243 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 4: off the negative labels. He stopped seeing himself as washed 244 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 4: up and started seeing himself as forgiven, as redeemed, as 245 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 4: a child of the most high. He got his passion 246 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 4: back and got back in the ministry, started pastoring a church, 247 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 4: eventually met my mother. They fell in love and were 248 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 4: married for almost fifty years. Daddy pastored Lakewood for forty years. 249 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 4: It would have never happened if he had let that 250 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 4: mistake define who he was. If he would have gone 251 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: around wearing negative labels down on himself, he would have 252 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 4: missed his purpose. You may have made mistakes, but you 253 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 4: have to learn to forgive yourself. Quit beating yourself up 254 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: over what didn't work out. Sometimes we can forgive others 255 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: easier than we can forgive ourselves. People tell me, Joel, 256 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: I didn't raise my children right. I blew my marriage, 257 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 4: wasted years of my life on drugs. That's in the past. 258 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 4: You can't change what's behind you, but you can do 259 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 4: something about what's in front of you. Mercy is bigger 260 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 4: than any mistake that you've made. He can still get 261 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 4: you to where you're supposed to be, but you have 262 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 4: to do something important forgive yourself. Quit dwelling on everything 263 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 4: you've done wrong, how you should have been more disciplined, 264 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 4: how you didn't control your temper the moment you ask 265 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: God to forgive you, he forgave you. Not only that, 266 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 4: he doesn't remember your mistakes. Why don't you quit remembering 267 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 4: what God has forgotten. Quit replaying your failures, Quit reliving 268 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 4: your mistakes, thinking of the times that you didn't measure up. 269 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 4: That's just making you more guilty, more condemned. When Jesus 270 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 4: was about to be crucified, he told Peter that he 271 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 4: would deny him. Three times before the rooster crowed that night, 272 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 4: Peter said, not me, Lord, I'm your main disciple. I'll 273 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 4: never let you down. Later that evening, Peter did exactly 274 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 4: what Jesus said. What's interesting is Jesus already knew that 275 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 4: Peter was going to fail. He already knew he was 276 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 4: going to blow it, but he chose them as his disciple. Anyway. 277 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 4: You would think God would choose people more disciplined, more faithful, 278 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 4: more committed. But God knows we're not perfect, he knows 279 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 4: we're going to make mistakes. Peter was so down on himself, 280 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 4: so ashamed. The scripture says he went out and wept 281 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 4: bitter tears. Was it long after that that Jesus was crucified. 282 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 4: Peter never had the chance to tell him that he 283 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 4: was sorry. He had to live with this guilt, this heaviness. 284 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 4: Two ladies went to the tomb to check on Jesus's body. 285 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 4: An angel appeared said, don't be afraid. Jesus has risen. 286 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 4: Now go tell his disciples and Peter that he is alive. 287 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 4: Of all the people God could have mentioned at that 288 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 4: critical time, the only one he specifically pointed out was Peter. 289 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 4: God was showing us I don't define you by your mistakes. 290 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 4: I don't cancel your destiny because you failed. Fifty days later, 291 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 4: the church was about to be birthed. They needed someone 292 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 4: to give the inaugural address, someone to speak at this 293 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: historic event. I can imagine the disciples talking, Matthew, you 294 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 4: should do it. You're a great speaker. You would be good. John, 295 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 4: you should do it. You're very powerful. Then someone spoke 296 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: up and said, no, Peter, it's supposed to be you. 297 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 4: I remember Jesus said you are Peter, and upon this 298 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 4: rock I will build my church. All the disciples chimed in. Yes, Peter, 299 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 4: you're definitely the one. He said, There's no way. Fifty 300 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 4: days ago, I denied him. I blew it. I failed. 301 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 4: I'm ashamed. It was my worst moment. He was wearing 302 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 4: all these labels telling him that he had missed his destiny. 303 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 4: Just as he is about to walk away, condemned, guilty, 304 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 4: something rose up on the inside. He said, Hey, wait 305 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 4: a minute, I'm not defined by my mistakes. One bad 306 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 4: night doesn't cancel what God has ordained for me. He 307 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 4: stood up and spoke to the crowd. Three thousand people 308 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 4: came to know the Lord. Maybe you two have failed. 309 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 4: The good news is God already knew it was going 310 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 4: to happen. It didn't stop your destiny. You're still going 311 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 4: to accomplish your dream. You're still going to have a 312 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 4: happy family. You're still going to meet the right person. 313 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 4: Now do your part. Take off the negative labels. Quit 314 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 4: dwelling on what you don't deserve. How many times you've 315 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: blown it. God is saved. Get back in the game. 316 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 4: If Peter can stand up fifty days after he denied 317 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 4: Christ and start the church, then you too can still 318 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 4: become all you were created to be. Matthew Chapter three 319 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 4: Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. When he came 320 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 4: up out of the water, this voice boomed out announcing 321 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: that he was the son of God. It was a 322 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 4: significant moment. Jesus ministry was about to begin. You would 323 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 4: think Jesus would go back to Galilee where all the 324 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 4: people were start teaching and healing. But right after this 325 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 4: first public endorsement, right after this sign of God's favor, 326 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 4: the scripture says Jesus was led by the spirit into 327 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 4: the desert to be tempted for forty days. If you 328 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 4: would have seen Jesus out in the desert, you could 329 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 4: have thought, I just saw him come out out of 330 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 4: this glorious moment. I just heard the voice saying he 331 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 4: was the son of God. What's he doing out here? 332 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 4: This is a mistake, He's off course. Sometimes what we 333 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,959 Speaker 4: think is a mistake is really the hand of God. 334 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 4: It doesn't say the enemy led him into the desert. 335 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 4: It says the Spirit led him into the desert. There 336 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: will be times God takes you into things you don't understand. 337 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 4: Feels like a failure. The door closed, the person walked away, 338 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 4: the contract didn't go through. You could be down on 339 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 4: yourself thinking, God, I was being my best. What did 340 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 4: I do wrong? How do you know that wasn't the 341 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 4: spirit leading you out there. Some doors are supposed to close, 342 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 4: Some people are supposed to walk away. Some opportunities are 343 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 4: not supposed to last. On the way to our destiny 344 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 4: life with Jesus, God will lead us into a desert experience, 345 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 4: into something that doesn't make sense. And if we let 346 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 4: what seems like a failure define us, then we will 347 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 4: miss what God really had in mind. As soon as 348 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 4: Jesus passed the test, after those forty days, he came 349 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 4: out of the desert and started his ministry. What looked 350 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: like a failure, what looked like he was off course, 351 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 4: was really leading him to a new level of his destiny. 352 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 4: Quit being discouraged over what didn't work out. You did 353 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 4: your best, but the business didn't make it feels like 354 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 4: a failure. Now that's not how your story ends. God 355 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 4: led you into the desert because he has something much 356 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 4: bigger in your future. He had to close that door 357 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 4: to get you to the fullness of what He has 358 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 4: in store. Every silent season is not the enemy. Every 359 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 4: desert experience is not a bad thing. You don't know 360 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 4: what God is up to. When we go through what 361 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: seemed like a failure, it's easy to think, Joe, I 362 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 4: don't have God's favor now, nothing's working out. No, stay 363 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 4: in faith. You're on the verge of a new level. 364 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 4: God's about to take you where you've never been. Now, 365 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 4: keep passing these tests. Other people may judge you by 366 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 4: where you are. Look down on you. Think you're finished. Man, 367 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 4: you're in the desert. You're way off course. Don't pay 368 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 4: any attention. God has the final say. They may discount 369 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 4: you now, but your time is coming. They will see 370 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 4: you promoted, honored in a position of greater favor. A 371 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 4: friend of mine pastor to church for thirty years, very successful. 372 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 4: He poured his heart and soul into it, and he 373 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 4: saw God's blessings and favor. But a few years back 374 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 4: things begin to go downhill. So he started working harder 375 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 4: than ever. He would meet with men in their home 376 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 4: at night and started a six am prayer meeting. Did 377 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 4: everything he could to keep it going, but instead of increasing, 378 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 4: it kept decreasing. Eventually he saw the writing on the 379 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 4: wall and had to turn it over to another group. 380 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 4: They came and brought their own members and started afresh 381 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 4: and anew. After thirty years, he left there feeling like 382 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 4: a failure. They didn't give him a going away party, 383 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 4: Nobody said thank you. Some of his peers looked down 384 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 4: on him, saw him as a quitter. Why didn't you 385 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 4: stick with it? Why didn't you push through it? He 386 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 4: felt shame and embarrassment. All those years of work, had 387 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 4: nothing really to show for it. He thought his legacy 388 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 4: would continue, But this new group came in, changed the 389 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 4: name of the church, basically just bought the building. He 390 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 4: couldn't understand it. After such a long season of favor, 391 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 4: How could it come to an end so abruptly. He 392 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 4: was certain that was the end to me, closing the door. 393 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 4: The truth is, it was the spirit leading him into 394 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 4: the desert. It was God taking him through a silent season, 395 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 4: not to leave him there, but to increase him, to 396 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 4: take him somewhere that he had never been. A couple 397 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 4: of years later, he had the opportunity to work with 398 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 4: another ministry. Today, he's impacting more people in a week 399 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 4: than he would in a whole year at his church. 400 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 4: He and his wife never dreamed they see this much 401 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 4: influence in favor. Some of the same peers that look 402 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 4: down on him, made fun of him. Now they want 403 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 4: him to come and help their church. They're celebrating what 404 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 4: he's doing. Maybe what you think is a failure is 405 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 4: really just a desert experience. It's all a part of 406 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 4: God's plan to get you to where you've never dreamed. 407 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 4: You think you've missed it. Why did this door closed? 408 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 4: Why did these people walk away? What did I do wrong? Nothing? 409 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 4: It's God leading you. On the other side of that 410 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 4: silent season is a new level. Don't judge your future 411 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 4: by where you are in the desert. You can't let 412 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 4: what you don't understand, what doesn't make sense cause you 413 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 4: to get better sour give up on your dreams. Nor 414 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 4: keep doing the right thing, keep being good to people, 415 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 4: keep honoring God, and like my friend, you're going to 416 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 4: come into something more than you've imagined. When you look back, 417 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 4: you will realize it wasn't the enemy stopping me. It 418 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 4: was the spirit leading me. It was God taking me 419 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 4: through a silent season so he could launch me further 420 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: than I call it possible. My challenge today, don't let 421 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 4: what you've been through tain't the rest of your life. 422 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 423 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 4: keep you from your purpose, whether you brought the tray 424 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 4: on yourself or whether the spirit led you into the desert. 425 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 4: One thing I can assure you, God is not finished 426 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 4: with you. Your mistakes did not cancel your destiny. You 427 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,239 Speaker 4: wouldn't be alive if there wasn't something awesome in your future. Now, 428 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 4: why don't you take off all the negative labels and 429 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 4: put on some new labels forgiven, redeemed child of the 430 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 4: Most High God. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 431 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 4: despite your mistakes, despite your failures, despite your doubts, you 432 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 4: are still going to leave your mark and become who 433 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 4: you were created to be. Right now, Guilt is leaving, 434 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 4: discouragement is leaving, favor is coming, promotion is coming, breakthroughs 435 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 4: are coming, healing is coming. The fullness of your destiny 436 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 4: in Jesus' name, and if you receive it. Can you 437 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 4: say amen? Today? I'd like to give you an opportunity 438 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 4: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 439 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 4: pray with me? 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