1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through a 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. Not I'd 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny. And one day Adam 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: was feeling very lonely and God said, Adam, I'm gonna 13 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: make you a companion. It's gonna be called a woman. 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: This person will cook for you, wash your clothes, she'll 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: bear your children, never ask you to get up in 16 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: the middle of the night. She will always agree with you. 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: If you do have a disagreement, she'll be the first 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: to admit she was wrong. Adam said, wow, God, well, 19 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: will a woman like this cost? God said an arm 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: and a leg? Adam said, what can I get for riv? 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: And the rest is history? All right, y'all say it 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 24 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 25 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll 26 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: progress under pressure. We all have times when we feel pressure. 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: We're dealing with a health issue, or people have done 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: us wrong, a door closer in our dream. There's pressure 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: that comes from raising children, and pressure to pay bills, 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 1: pressure from a conflict at work. If we don't handle 34 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: it the right way, pressure will cause us to get 35 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: stuck and live worried, feeling overwhelmed. But if you're going 36 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: to reach your destiny, you have to learn how to 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: make progress under pressure, to keep moving forward despite opposition 38 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: and despite uncertainty, and despite being misunderstood. You can't control 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: everything that happens on the outside traffic, a cranky coworker, 40 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: a health issue, but you can control what happens in you. 41 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: And often we think, once I get through this tough season, 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: then I'll get my joy back. Once these people quit 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: talking about me, or my boss gives me credit when 44 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: I get out from under this pressure, then don't have 45 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: a good attitude. But if you're waiting for the pressure 46 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: to subside, you're going to be waiting your whole life. 47 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for us to become paralyzed by 48 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: the pressure. We're so focused on what's come against us. 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: We put everything on a hold, waiting for the pressure 50 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: to go away. Then we'll move forward. But the pressure 51 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: is a sign that something amazing is coming. You wouldn't 52 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: be facing pressure if you didn't have something significant in you. 53 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: This is not the time to get discouraged strength back. 54 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: This is the time to say I've come too far 55 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: to stop now. This may be difficult, but I know 56 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: I'm armed with strength for this battle. Greater is he 57 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: that's in me than what's coming against me. You cannot 58 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: only handle the pressure, but you can thrive in that pressure. 59 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: God gives you grace for every season. The more pressure, 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: the more strength you'll have. The more difficult the more determination, 61 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: the more adversity, the more favor you can turn that 62 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: pressure into power. Pressure is what turns a black piece 63 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: of cold into a diamond. If you'll have the right 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: attitude instead of stopping you, that pressure will propel you. 65 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: But it's not enough to just endure it. All right, Joel, 66 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 1: I'll try to withstand it. Be in a defensive mode, 67 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: weak and worried, will stand strong. Put your shoulders back, 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: keep shining despite the trouble, Keep taking steps of faith 69 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: despite than they sayers, Keep believing despite the doubt. When 70 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: you can make progress under pressure, you can't be stopped. 71 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: See God is not only using the pressure to refine you, 72 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: to develop your character, but that pressure is leading to 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: your purpose. You can't reach your potential without pressure. Airplanes 74 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: take off against the wind. You would think they would 75 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: want the wind blowing with them to make it easier, 76 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: but to lift off, they need resistance. None of us 77 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: like pressure, but pressure is necessary. You need resistance to 78 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: rise higher and soar to the levels God is destined 79 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: for you. Are you letting pressure paralyze you, cause you 80 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: to shrink back, live worried, or you letting that pressure 81 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: propel you getting up each morning knowing that you are 82 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: well able, that you can hand anything that comes your way. 83 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: If the pressure was too much, God wouldn't have allowed it. 84 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: The fact that you have big pressure that tells me 85 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: you're a big persons. God doesn't give big assignments to 86 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: small people. You have great opposition, then you have a 87 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: great destiny. Now do your part and keep making progress 88 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: under pressure, doing the right thing when you don't feel 89 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: like it, being your best when you're not getting the credit, 90 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: having a good attitude when you could be complaining. You 91 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: feel that pressure. Instead of letting it weaken, you turn 92 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: it into power. Lord, I thank you that I'm strong, 93 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm anointed, I'm equipped that you being for me is 94 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: more than what's trying to stop me. Nobody faced more 95 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: pressure than the apostle Paul. He used to be called Saul. 96 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: He was the greatest enemy of the Church, constantly threatening believers, 97 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: having them arrested and put in jail. But on the 98 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: road to Damascus he was suddenly converted and became a 99 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: follower of Christ. The problem was none of the believers 100 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: would accept him. They weren't sure that he had really 101 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: changed for fourteen years, they wouldn't have anything to do 102 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: with him. He was misunderstood and judged by his past. 103 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: But instead of living frustrated waiting for people to accept him, 104 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: he went out to the non Jewish people the Gentiles 105 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: and shared the message of Christ year after year with 106 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: no support from the disciples, nobody believing in him. You 107 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: may be where Paul was, misunderstood by people. They don't 108 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: give you the credit, look down on you. You could 109 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: easily slack all live bitter do like Paul. Keep shining 110 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: despite who's not for you. Keep being your best, despite 111 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: who doesn't give you the credit. You're not working under people, 112 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: You're working under God. He's keeping the records. You don't 113 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 1: need their approval, You have al Mighty God's approval. Acts 114 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: twenty one Paul was in the temple sharing his faith, 115 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: and these people got upset and started stirring up trouble, 116 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: falsely accusing him, saying that he was trying to start 117 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: a riot. All these lies and rumors, and before long, 118 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: this angry mob started attacking Paul and beating him, and 119 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: they dragged him out of the temple were about to 120 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: kill him. At the time, Paul was put in prison 121 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: for share in his faith. The deepest dungeon is hands 122 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,239 Speaker 1: and feet in chains. Imagine the pressure he was under. 123 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: He could have been overwhelmed. This is two muths. This 124 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: is not fair. But at midnight sitting in that dungeon, 125 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: he wasn't complaining, he wasn't bitter. He was singing praises 126 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: to God, thanking him for his goodness. What you do 127 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: in your times of pressure will determine whether you get 128 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: stuck there or you see God show up and do 129 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: what you can't do. When you have a song of 130 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: praise and you're declaring his greatness, thanking him for what 131 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: he's promised, that pressure will turn into power. You will 132 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: overcome what should stop you. You'll defeat giants that were 133 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: much bigger, outlast opposition much greater. While Paul was singing 134 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: praises at midnight, there was a great earthquake. The prison 135 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: doors flung open, the change came off his feet. He 136 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: walked out a free man. But sitting in that prison 137 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: could have been the end of Paul's story. The pressure 138 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: got to him. Couldn't handle it. No, Paul had this 139 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: never give up mentality. He knew God wouldn't have let 140 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: him get in that pressure if he couldn't handle it. 141 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: And we can all have a good attitude when things 142 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: are going our way. People are for us. The family's 143 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: healthy business is prospering. That's no problem. The real test 144 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: is what do you do when pressure comes? How do 145 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: you respond when people do you wrong? The medical report 146 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: wasn't good, set back in your business. How you deal 147 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: with pressure will either cause you to shrink back and 148 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: be overwhelmed, or you can do like Paul and keep 149 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: singing praises in the prison, keep doing the right thing 150 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: despite being misunderstood, keep taking those steps of faith despite 151 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: the opposition. See. I'd love to tell you the pressure 152 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: is going to go away, then you can take new ground. 153 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: But the fact is, before you see new levels of 154 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: your destiny, there will be new levels of pressure forces 155 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: trying to convince you that is too much. You can't 156 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: accomplish your dream. You're not gonna get well. Just settle 157 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: where you are. No, keep pressing forward, keep declaring the promises, 158 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 1: keep thanking God that he's working. The pressure is a 159 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: sign that's something amazing is in front of you. When 160 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: my father went to be with Lord, that was the 161 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: biggest challenge I'd ever faced. I knew I was supposed 162 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,719 Speaker 1: to pasture the church, but all these thoughts told me, Joe, 163 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: you're not qualified, you don't have the experience. Nobody's gonna 164 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: listen to you. I could have become paralyzed by the pressure, 165 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: shrunk back, played it safe. But I took that step 166 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: of faith. I discovered that God will never let you 167 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: face pressure that you can't handle. It may feel like 168 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: it's too much, but by faith you have to take 169 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: hold of His strength. When I did, I felt a power, 170 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: an anointing, a favor to do what I had never done. 171 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: And the truth is the pressure didn't go away, but 172 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: God sustained me In the pressure. Those lives will come. 173 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: It's too much you can't handle, it's over your head. 174 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: That's the enemy doing what he does best, trying to 175 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: use the pressure to intimidate, overcome to where you shrink back, 176 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: miss your destiny. Do like Paul, be bold, be determined, 177 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: and move forward under pressure. And That's what I've had 178 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: to do. I've seen God's favor, but it hasn't come 179 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: without pressure. It was pressure. When my mother was diagnosed 180 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: with terminal liver cancer, felt overwhelming, no way out. We 181 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: could have given up and succumbed to the negative report, 182 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: but we chose to believe another report that God was 183 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: restoring health back unto her. We believed despite the doubt 184 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: that was bombarding our mind. When you can make progress 185 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: under pressure. That's when God can do miracles. There was 186 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: pressure when that property was sold out from under us 187 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: and we couldn't build a new auditorium. There was pressure 188 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: when we were one council member short for the Compact 189 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: Center Vogue. There was pressure when a company filed a 190 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. There 191 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: was pressure when I married Victoria that one. There was 192 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: There was pressure when we had to raise funds to 193 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: renovate this place one hundred million dollars. There was pressure 194 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: dealing with the critics, and they sayers, what am I saying? 195 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: If you run from the pressure, You're gonna run from 196 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: your destiny. If you let the stress and worry and 197 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: can't do it thoughts overwhelm you, then you'll shrink back 198 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: and miss the greatness that God put in you. You 199 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: have to do it afraid, go forward when thoughts are 200 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: telling you there's no way, it's too much, it's never 201 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: gonna change. Those are all lies to keep you from 202 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: your purpose. And this is what happened with the Israelites. 203 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: They wandered in the desert for forty years because they 204 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: didn't handle pressure the right way. They complained, it's too hot. 205 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: What are we gonna eat out here? Moses? Why did 206 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: you bring us in the desert to die? Yes there 207 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: was pressure, Yes it seemed overwhelming. But they had seen 208 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: God part the red sea. They had seen him drown 209 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: their enemies, give them manna each morning for breakfast and 210 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: bring water out of a rock. They saw God protect, provide, 211 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 1: and make ways. But they had a short memory. They 212 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: gave him to doubt, fear, and intimidation. When you feel 213 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: that pressure is thoughts telling it's never gonna work out, 214 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: Shrink back, live defeated. You need to look back and 215 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: see what God has done in your life. Look at 216 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: the times you were outnumbered, but he made a way. 217 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: You should have been harmed. But he kept that car 218 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: from hitting you. He opened doors you couldn't open. He 219 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: kept your child out of trouble. He has not brought 220 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you. That pressure is a 221 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: sign that a new level of your destiny is coming. 222 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: Now do your part and keep making progress under pressure. 223 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: Don't wait for it to go away. Face that pressure 224 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: with faith. God. This may be too much of me, 225 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: but I know it's not too much for you. There's 226 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: nothing that can stop what you purpose for my life. 227 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: Get your mind going in the right direction. If you 228 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: think weak thoughts, you're gonna have a weak life. If 229 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: you think defeated thoughts can't do it, then that pressure 230 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: is going to overwhelm. You think victory thoughts, Think well 231 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: able thoughts, think more than conquer thoughts. What's interesting is 232 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: the children of the Israelites, the ones that wandered in 233 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: the desert, they had children out there. When they grew up. 234 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: They had a different mindset than their parents. They faced 235 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: the same pressure, same giants, same opposition, but their attitude 236 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: was we are well able. Their parents came to the 237 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: promised land, said the giants are too big. These children said, 238 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: we will defeat them. They're no match for us. The 239 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: parents saw the walls of Jericho year after year. Man, 240 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: we'll never get around them. These children said, these walls 241 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: can come down. God has promised us that, Lamb, don't 242 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: let the pressure keep you out of your promised land. Yes, 243 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: there will be giants, red seas, chariots chasing you. There 244 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: will be times you don't think you have the provision, 245 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: the experience, the talent, all these pressure points where you 246 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: could shrink back and feel overwhelmed. That's when faith has 247 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: to kick in. You can turn that pressure into power. 248 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: This is what David did. He looked at Goliath and said, 249 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: this day I will defeat you and feed your head 250 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: to the birds of the air. You can imagine the 251 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: incredible pressure he fell. Goliath was twice his size. King 252 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: Saul said, David, you're just a boy. All he had 253 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: was a slingshot. Every thought said, you don't have a chance. 254 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:57,119 Speaker 1: You're gonna get hurt. Despite the pressure, David ran toward Goliath, 255 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: slung that rock, defeated what everyone told him was impossible. 256 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: If you'll move forward despite the pressure, You're going to 257 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: see some giants come down. God's going to do things 258 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: that make you an example of his goodness where other 259 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: people can see his favor on your life. Goliath was 260 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: this huge enemy, but really he was a huge platform. 261 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: God used Goliath to display his favor on David. What 262 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: looks like a big problem is really a big platform. 263 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: That big challenge is really a big stage. God is 264 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: getting ready to show out in your life. He's going 265 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: to use that obstacle to establish you, give you new 266 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: levels of influence, favor, and respect. See King Saul disrespected David. 267 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: He said, you're just a boy saw him as inferior. 268 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: But when he defeated Goliath, Saul said, why don't you 269 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: come work for me? Why don't you come lead my army. 270 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: People may call you a boy now, but don't worry. 271 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: When God shows up, they'll call your boss. They'll call 272 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: you a giant killer. They'll call you a history maker, 273 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: they'll call your mighty hero. Now, don't let the pressure 274 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: talk you out of what God put in your heart. Sure, 275 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: at times you're gonna feel overwhelmed, intimidated, outnumbered, You're right 276 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: where you're supposed to be. That's where Paul was sitting 277 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: in prison, falsely accused in Chaine. All this pressure. What 278 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: did he do? Sing praises God. I know you're still 279 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: on the throne. I know you're fighting my battles. That's 280 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: what causes the most high God to go to work. 281 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: Not when we welt with pressure, live overwhelming. Joe, I 282 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,479 Speaker 1: got these people at work. They're against men, dealing with 283 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: this bad medical report, had to set back in my finance. 284 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: I don't see how it can work out when you're 285 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: under pressure. It's very important what you're saying. Don't go 286 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: around talking about how big the giant is. I don't 287 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: see how I can get past this illness. And I'm 288 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: so in debt. We'll never get ahead. There's not a chance. 289 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: That's not only weakening your faith, but you're inviting the negative. 290 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: David said, magnify the Lord with me. He didn't say, 291 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: magnify the problem, talk about the bad braind call your 292 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: friends and discuss who hurt you. That's magnifying the wrong thing. 293 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: Heard about this man. He saw a guy over on 294 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 1: the ledge of a bridge about to jump. He was 295 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: so distraught and so despondent. And this man ran over 296 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: as fast as he could and said, please, please, don't jump. 297 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: Don't jump, It's gonna be okay. Just tell me your problems. 298 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: He sat down next to the man. He began to 299 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: tell his problems, and he went on and on and on. 300 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 1: Two hours later they both jumped. But when were under pressure, 301 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: it's easy to magnify the problem, make it bigger in 302 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: our mind, blow it out of proportion. Try a better approach. 303 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: Magnify our God. Lord. I thank you that you created 304 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: the universe, you flung stars into space, and Father, you 305 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: have me in the palm of your hand. I know 306 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: your plans for me are for good. That You've ordered 307 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: my steps that you will get me to where I'm 308 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: supposed to be. As you keep magnifying God, you're gonna 309 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: see him do what only he can do. The Apostle 310 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: Paul was on a ship headed toward Rome, and God 311 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: told him he would stand before Caesar. But there was 312 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: this huge storm, and for fourteen days they didn't see 313 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: the sun nor the stars. All this pressure, the boat 314 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: rocking and reeling, thoughts whispering, You're not gonna make it. 315 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: This looks so bad. In the midst of that pressure, 316 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: I can hear Paul saying some of the scriptures that 317 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: he would later write. Thanks to me, to God, who 318 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: always causes me to triumph. All things are working for 319 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: good because I love you Lord, no defeat, no intimidation, 320 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: but a victorious attitude. Well, the boat ran aground and 321 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: broke apart, and now Paul found himself in the water 322 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: and shipwrecked, trying to survive and swimming to the shore. 323 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: Finally made it to the land. So relieved, and he 324 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: went down to pick up a stick to make a fire. 325 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: A poisonous snake bit his arm. Most of us would think, man, 326 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: how could he get any worse? He started off rejected 327 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: and misunderstood, and beaten by a mob, put in prison, shipwreck, 328 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: now bitten by this snake. You know what Paul did. 329 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: He shook it off. He didn't pay any attention to 330 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: the snake. He had seen God's faithfulness so many times. 331 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: His attitude was, snake, you can't stop me. You may 332 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: think you're poisonous, but no weapon formed against me will prosper. 333 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: My God has the final saying. When you're under pressure, 334 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: sometimes the best thing you can do is just shake 335 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: it off. Shake off doubt, shake off the worry, shake 336 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: off what they said. Like Paul, you look back over 337 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: your life and you can see the faithfulness of God. 338 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: You know He has not brought you this far to 339 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: leave you. That the enemy wouldn't be trying to poison 340 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: you if you didn't have something amazing in your future. 341 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: Paul made it to Rome, and he was put in prison, 342 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: and now he was an old man, looked like he 343 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: was finished. Surely now he'd be discouraged, have a sad song. Now. 344 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: His attitude was, you may have taken my freedom, but 345 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 1: you have not taken my pen. These walls may keep 346 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: me from coming out, but they cannot keep what I'm 347 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: writing from going out. Paul wrote many of the books 348 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: in the New Testament in prison, under pressure, not in 349 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: a good environment, people against him. That's where he wrote, 350 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. I am more 351 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: than a conqueror. In a prison cell, he could have 352 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: been writing, God, where are you? I didn't think it 353 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: in like this. No, he's speaking victory, fulfilling his purpose, 354 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: still making progress under pressure. He summed it up in 355 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: Second Corinthians four. He wrote, we are pressed on every 356 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 1: side by trouble, but we are not crushed and broken. 357 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. 358 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We 359 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: get knocked down, but we get back up again and 360 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: keep going. You may be where Paul was, pressed on 361 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: every side. A lot coming against you today, perplexed, not 362 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: sure what to do, hunted down, forces trying to stop you. 363 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: That's the problem. But always follow it up with the promise. 364 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: You are not crushed and broken. God is fighting for you. 365 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: You don't give up and quit. You have can do power. 366 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 1: You are not abandoned. God never leaves you. He's the 367 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: fourth man in the fire. Yes, we get knocked down, 368 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: but we get back up and keep going. Now, I'm 369 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: not telling you today that you're not gonna have pressure, 370 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: but I am telling you it doesn't have to stop you. 371 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: You have the most powerful force in the universe on 372 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: your side. That pressure is a sign that you're headed 373 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: toward the great things God has for you. Make sure 374 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: you're magnifying the right thing, not the problem, not the betrayal, 375 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: not the sickness. Magnify your God, the Great. I am 376 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: Jehovah Rafa, the Lord, our healer, el Shada, the God 377 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: who is more than enough. Paul went on to say, 378 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: these light afflictions are temporary. You can get to the 379 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: point where, like Paul, whatever comes against you is light. 380 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: You're not moved by the pressure. The trouble doesn't discourage you. 381 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: Then naysayers don't offend you. The bad report doesn't take 382 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: your joy, The giant doesn't scare you. You see it 383 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: as a light affliction. You know that you and God 384 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: are a majority, that He wouldn't have allowed it if 385 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: you couldn't handle it. When Jesus was about to be crucified, 386 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: he went to the garden of Gysemone one night to pray. 387 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: Gassimone means the place of pressing. It's where they pressed 388 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: olives and made olive oil. It Jesus was under so 389 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: much pressure that he sweat drops of blood. His capillaries 390 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: burst and the blood flowed. He asked his disciples to 391 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: stay up and pray for him, but they fell asleep, 392 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: and he was in so much agony that he fell down. 393 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: He said, Father, if you can take this cup from 394 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: me but not my will, let your will be done. 395 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: At that point, angels came and strengthened him got up, 396 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,479 Speaker 1: and he told his disciples that they could continue to sleep, 397 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: but he was going to go and fulfill his destiny. 398 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: His greatest place of pressure is what gave birth to 399 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: his greatest power. He was then crucified and rose from 400 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: the dead. We don't like the pressure, but that's what 401 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: gives birth to power. If you'll handle the pressure the 402 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 1: right way, you'll come out with something you would have 403 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: never had without the trouble, without the adversity, greater power, 404 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: greater favor, opportunity that you've never seen. And it's interesting 405 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: that the disciples fell asleep. Jesus asked for their help. 406 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: He wanted their support, their encouragement, but when he needed 407 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: them the most, they let him down. There are some 408 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: battles that you have to fight alone. People that you 409 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: were counting on won't be there, friends not available, co 410 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: workers busy. This is between just you and God. If 411 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: you'll dig down deep and say, God, this is difficult. 412 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: I'm sweating. I don't see how, but I believe that 413 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: you have a way. I know you're fighting my battles 414 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: that you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 415 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: That's when the angels will come. You'll feel a supernatural 416 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 1: strength to keep moving forward. You'll see God do what 417 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: only he can do. How are you handling pressure? Are 418 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: you letting it overwhelm you take your joy cause you 419 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: to shrink back. Try a new approach. Turn that pressure 420 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 1: into power. Keep making progress despite what's coming against you, 421 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: doing the right thing when it's hard, taking steps of faith. 422 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: The reason that pressure is great is because great favor 423 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: is coming, Great healing is coming, great opportunity. Don't run 424 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: from the pressure. You can handle it. God wouldn't have 425 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: allowed it if you weren't well able. Like Paul, you 426 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: may feel pressure on every side. I believe and declare 427 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: you will not be crushed. You will not be broken, 428 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: You will not be shaken. Things are about to shift 429 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: in your favor. Supernatural strength, doors opening breakthroughs, healing, the 430 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you 431 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give 432 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 433 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 434 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 435 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 436 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. 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