1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're gonna have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: week through a daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: I'd like to start with something funny. And one day 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: Adam was feeling very lonely, and God said, Adam, I'm 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: gonna make you a companion. It's gonna be called a woman. 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: This person will cook for you, wash your clothes, she'll 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: bear your children, never ask you to get up in 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: the middle of the night. She will always agree with you. 16 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: If you do have a disagreement, she'll be the first 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: to admit she was wrong. Adam said, wow, God, well, 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: will a woman like this cost? God said an arm 19 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: and a leg? Adam said, what can I get for 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: a rib? And the rest is history? All right, y'all 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 24 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 26 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: about progress under pressure. We all have times when we 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: feel pressure. We're dealing with a health issue, or people 30 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: have done us wrong, a door closer in our dream. 31 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: There's pressure that comes from raising children, pressure to pay bills, 32 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: and pressure from a conflict at work. If we don't 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: handle it the right way, pressure will cause us to 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: get stuck and live worried, feeling overwhelmed. But if you're 35 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: going to reach your destiny, you have to learn how 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: to make progress under pressure, to keep moving forward despite 37 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: opposition and despite uncertainty, and despite being misunderstood. You can't 38 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: control everything that happens on the outside traffic, a cranky coworker, 39 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: a health issue, but you can control what happens in you. 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: And often we think, once I get through this tough season, 41 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: then I'll get my joy back it once these people 42 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: quit talking about me or my boss gives me credit 43 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: when I get out from under this pressure, then don't 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: have a good attitude. But if you're waiting for the 45 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: pressure to subside, you're going to be waiting your whole life. 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for us to become paralyzed by 47 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: the pressure. We're so focused on what's come against us. 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: We put everything on a hold, waiting for the pressure 49 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: to go away. Then we'll move forward. But the pressure 50 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: is a sign that something amazing is coming. You wouldn't 51 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: be facing pressure if you didn't have something significant in you. 52 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: This is not the time to get discouraged strength back. 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: This is the time to say I've come too far 54 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: to stop now. This may be difficult, but I know 55 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: I'm armed with strength for this battle. Greater is he 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: that's in me than what's coming against me. You cannot 57 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: only handle the pressure, but you can thrive in that pressure. 58 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: God gives you grace for every season. The more pressure, 59 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: the more strength you'll have. The more difficult the more determination, 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: the more adversity, the more favor you can turn that 61 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: pressure into power. Pressure is what turns a black piece 62 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: of cold into a diamond. If you'll have the right attitude, 63 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: instead of stopping you. That pressure will propel you. But 64 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: it's not enough to just endure it. All right, Joel, 65 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: I'll try to withstand it. Be in a defensive mode, 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: weak and worried. Well, stand strong, put your shoulders back, 67 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: keep shining despite the trouble, Keep taking steps of faith 68 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: despite the they sayers, keep believing despite the doubt. When 69 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: you can make progress under pressure, you can't be stopped. 70 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: See God is not only using the pressure to refine you, 71 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: to develop your character, but that pressure is leading to 72 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: your purpose. You can't reach your potential without pressure. Airplanes 73 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: take off against the wind. You would think they would 74 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: want the wind blowing with them to make it easier, 75 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: but to lift off, they need resistance. None of us 76 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: like pressure, but pressure is necessary. You need resistance to 77 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: rise higher and soar to the levels God is destined 78 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: for you. Are you letting pressure paralyze you, cause you 79 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: to shrink back, live worry, orre you letting that pressure 80 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: propel you? Getting up each morning knowing that you are 81 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: well a that you can handle anything that comes your way. 82 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: If the pressure was too much, God wouldn't have allowed it. 83 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: And the fact that you have big pressure that tells me. 84 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: You're a big persons. God doesn't give big assignments to 85 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: small people. You have great opposition, then you have a 86 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: great destiny. Now do your part and keep making progress 87 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: under pressure, doing the right thing when you don't feel 88 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: like it, being your best when you're not getting the credit, 89 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: having the good attitude when you could be complaining. You 90 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: feel that pressure. Instead of letting it weaken, you turn 91 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: it into power. Lord, I thank you that I'm strong, 92 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: I'm anointed, I'm equipped. That you being for me is 93 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: more than what's trying to stop me. Nobody faced more 94 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: pressure than the apostle Paul. He used to be called Saul. 95 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: He was the greatest enemy of the Church, constantly threatening believers, 96 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: having them arrested and put in jail. But on the 97 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: road to Damascus he was suddenly converted and became a 98 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: follower of Christ. The problem was none of the believers 99 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: would accept him. They weren't sure that he had really changed. 100 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: For fourteen years, they wouldn't have anything to do with him. 101 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: He was misunderstood and judged by his past. But instead 102 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: of living frustrated waiting for people to accept him, he 103 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: went out to the non Jewish people, the Gentiles, and 104 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: shared the message of Christ year after year with no 105 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: support from the disciples, nobody believing in him. You may 106 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: be where Paul was misunderstood by people. They don't give 107 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: you the credit, look down on you. You could easily 108 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: slack all live bitter do like Paul. Keep shining despite 109 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: who's not for you. Keep being your best, despite who 110 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: doesn't give you the credit. You're not working under people, 111 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: You're working under God. He's keeping the records. You don't 112 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: need their approval. You have Almighty God's approval. Acts twenty one, 113 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: Paul was in the temple sharing his faith, and these 114 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: people got upset and started stirring up trouble, falsely accusing him, 115 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: saying that he was trying to start a riot. All 116 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: these lies and rumors, and before long, this angry mob 117 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: started attacking Paul and beating him, and they dragged him 118 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: out of the temple, were about to kill him. An 119 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: at the time Paul was put in prison for share 120 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: in his faith. The deepest dungeon is hands and feet 121 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: in chains. Imagine the pressure he was under. He could 122 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: have been overwhelmed. This is two months. This is not fair. 123 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: But at midnight, sitting in that dungeon, He wasn't complaining, 124 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: he wasn't bitter. He was singing praises to God, thanking 125 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: him for his goodness. What you do in your times 126 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: of pressure will determine whether you get stuck there or 127 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: or you see God show up and do what you 128 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: can't do. When you have a song of praise and 129 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: you're declaring his greatness, thanking him for what he's promised, 130 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: that pressure will turn into power. You will overcome what 131 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: should stop you. You'll defeat giants that were much bigger, 132 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: outlast opposition much greater. While Paul was singing praises at midnight, 133 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,679 Speaker 1: there was a great earthquake. The prison doors flung open, 134 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: the chains came off his feet. He walked out a 135 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: free man. But sitting in that prison could have been 136 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: the end of Paul's story. The pressure got to him. 137 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: Couldn't handle it. No, Paul had this never give up mentality. 138 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: He knew God wouldn't have let him get in that 139 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: pressure if he couldn't handle it. And we can all 140 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: have a good attitude when things are going our way 141 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: and people are for us. The family's healthy business is prospering, 142 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: that's no problem. The real test is what do you 143 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: do when pressure comes. How do you respond when people 144 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: do you wrong? The medical report wasn't good, set back 145 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: in your business. How you deal with pressure will either 146 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: cause you to shrink back and be overwhelmed, or you 147 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: can do like Paul and keep singing praises in the prison, 148 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: keep doing the right thing despite being misunderstood, Keep taking 149 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: those steps of faith despite the opposition. See. I'd love 150 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: to tell you the pressure is going to go away, 151 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: then you can take new ground. But the fact is, 152 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: before you see new levels of your destiny, there will 153 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: be new levels of pressure forces trying to convince you 154 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: that is too much. You can't accomplish your dream. You're 155 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: not gonna get well. Just settle where you are. No, 156 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: keep pressing forward, keep declaring the promises, Keep thanking God 157 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: that he's working. The pressure is a sign that's something 158 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: amazing is in front of you. When my father went 159 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: to be with the Lord, that was the biggest challenge 160 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: I'd ever faced. I knew I was supposed to pastor 161 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: the church, but all these thoughts told me, Joe, you're 162 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: not qualified, you don't have the experience, nobody's going to 163 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: listen to you. I could have become paralyzed by the pressure, 164 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: shrump back, played it safe, but I took that step 165 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: of faith. I discovered that God will never let you 166 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: face pressure that you can't handle. It may feel like 167 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: it's too much, but by faith you have to take 168 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: hold of His strength. When I did, I felt a power, 169 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: an anointing, a favor to do what I had never done. 170 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: And the truth is the pressure didn't go away, but 171 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: God sustained me. In the pressure. Those lives will come. 172 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: It's too much you can't handle, it's over your head. 173 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: That's the enemy doing what he does best, trying to 174 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: use the pressure to intimidate, overcome to where you shrink 175 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: back and miss your destiny. Do like Paul, be bold, 176 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: be determined, and move forward under pressure. And That's what 177 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: I've had to do. I've seen God's favor, but it 178 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: hasn't come without pressure. It was pressure. When my mother 179 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, felt overwhelming, no way out. 180 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: We could have given up and succumbed to the negative report, 181 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: but we chose to believe another report that God was 182 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: restoring health back unto her. We believed despite the doubt 183 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: that was bombarding our mind. When you can make progress 184 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: under pressure, that's when God can do miracles. There was 185 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: pressure when that property was sold out from under us 186 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: and we couldn't build a new auditorium. There was pressure 187 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: when we were one council member short for the Compact 188 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: Center vote. There was pressure when a company filed a 189 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. There 190 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: was pressure when I married Victoria. I mean not that one. 191 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: There was There was pressure when we had to raise 192 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: funds to renovate this place one hundred million dollars. There 193 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: was pressure dealing with the critics, and they sayers, what 194 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: am I saying? If you run from the pressure, you're 195 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: gonna run from your destiny. If you let the stress 196 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,719 Speaker 1: and worry and can't do it thoughts overwhelm you, then 197 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: you'll shrink back and miss the greatness that God put 198 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: in you. You have to do it afraid, go forward 199 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: when thoughts are telling you there's no way, it's too much, 200 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: it's never gonna change. Those are all lies to keep 201 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: you from your purpose. And this is what happened with 202 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: the Israelites. They wandered in the desert for forty years 203 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: because they didn't handle pressure the right way. They complained, 204 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: it's too hot, What are we gonna eat out here? Moses? 205 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: Why did you bring us in the desert to die? Yes, 206 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: there was pressure, Yes it seemed overwhelmed. But they had 207 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: seen God part the red sea. They had seen him 208 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: drown their enemies, give them manna each morning for breakfast 209 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: and bring water out of a rock. They saw God protect, provide, 210 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: and make ways. But they had a short memory. They 211 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: gave him to doubt, fear, and intimidation. When you feel 212 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: that pressure is thoughts telling it's never gonna work out, 213 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: Shrink back, live defeated. You need to look back and 214 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: see what God has done in your life. Look at 215 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: the times you were outnumbered, but He made a way. 216 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: You should have been harmed, but he kept that car 217 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: from hitting you. He opened doors you couldn't open. He 218 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: kept your child out of trouble. He has not brought 219 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you. That pressure is a 220 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: sign that a new level of your destiny is coming. 221 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: Now do your part and keep making progress under pressure. 222 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: Don't wait for it to go away. Face that pressure 223 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: with faith. God. This may be too much for me, 224 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: but I know it's not too much for you. There's 225 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: nothing that can stop what you purpose for my life. 226 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: Get your mind going in the right direction. If you 227 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: think weak thoughts, you're gonna have a weak life. If 228 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: you think defeated thoughts can't do it, then that pressure 229 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: is gonna overwhelm. You think victory thoughts, think well able thoughts, 230 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: think more than conquer thoughts. What's interesting is the children 231 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: of the Israelites, the ones that wandered in the desert, 232 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: they had children out there. When they grew up. They 233 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: had a different mindset than their parents. They faced the 234 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: same pressure, same giants, same opposition, but their attitude was 235 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: we are well able. Their parents came to the promised land, 236 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: said the giants are too big. These children said, we 237 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: will defeat them. They're no match for us. The parents 238 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: saw the walls of Jericho year after year. Man, we'll 239 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: never get around them. These children said, these walls can 240 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: come down. God has promised us that, Lamb. Don't let 241 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: the pressure keep you out of your promised LAMB. Yes, 242 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: there will be giants, red seas, chariots chasing you. There 243 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,359 Speaker 1: will be times you don't think you have the provision, 244 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: the experience, the talent, all these pressure points where you 245 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: could shrink back and feel overwhelmed. That's when faith has 246 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: to kick in. You can turn that pressure into power. 247 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: This is what David did. He looked at Goliath and said, 248 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: this day I will defeat you and feed your head 249 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: to the birds of the air. You can imagine the 250 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: incredible pressure he felt. Goliath was twice his size. King 251 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: Sauw said, David, you're just a boy. All he had 252 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: was a slingshot. Every thought said, you don't have a chance. 253 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna get hurt. Despite the pressure, David ran toward Goliath, 254 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: slung that raw, defeated what everyone told him was impossible. 255 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: If you'll move forward despite the pressure, You're going to 256 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: see some giants come down. God's going to do things 257 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: that make you an example of his goodness where other 258 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: people can see his favor on your life. Goliath was 259 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: this huge enemy, but really he was a huge platform. 260 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: God used Goliath to display his favor on David. What 261 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: looks like a big problem is really a big platform. 262 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: That big challenge is really a big stage. God is 263 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: getting ready to show out in your life. He's going 264 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: to use that obstacle to establish you, give you new 265 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: levels of influence, favor, and respect. See King Saul disrespected David. 266 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: He said, you're just a boy saw him as inferior. 267 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: But when he defeated Goliath, Saul said, why don't you 268 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: come work for me? Why don't you come lead my army. 269 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: People may call you a boy now, but don't worry. 270 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: When God shows up, they'll call your boss. They'll call 271 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,959 Speaker 1: you a giant killer. They'll call you a history maker, 272 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: they'll call your mighty hero. Now, don't let the pressure 273 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: talk you out of what God put in your heart. Sure, 274 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: at times you're gonna feel overwhelmed, intimidated, outnumbered, You're right 275 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: where you're supposed to be. That's where Paul was sitting 276 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: in prison, falsely accused in change all this pressure. What 277 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: did he do? Sing praises God. I know you're still 278 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: on the throne. I know you're fighting my battles. That's 279 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: what causes the most high God to go to work, 280 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: not when we wilt with pressure, live overwhelming. Joe, I 281 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: got these people at work. They're against men dealing with 282 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: this bad medical report. Had to set back in my finance. 283 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: I want to see how it can work out when 284 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: you're under pressure. It's very important what you're saying. Don't 285 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: go around talking about how big the giant is. I 286 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: don't see how I can get past this illness. And 287 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: I'm so in debt. We'll never get ahead. There's not 288 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: a chance. That's not only weakening your faith, but you're 289 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: inviting the negative. David said, magnify the Lord with me. 290 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: He didn't say, magnify the problem. Talk about the bad Brad, 291 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: call your friends and discuss who hurt you. That's magnifying 292 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: the wrong thing. Heard about this man. He saw a 293 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: guy over on the ledge of a bridge about to jump. 294 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: He was so distraught and so despondent. And this man 295 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: ran over as fast as he could and said, please, please, 296 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: don't jump. Don't jump, It's gonna be okay. Just tell 297 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: me your problems. He sat down next to the man. 298 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: He began to tell his problems, and he went on 299 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: and on and on. Two hours later they both jumped. 300 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 1: But when we're under pressure, it's easy to magnify the problem, 301 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: make it bigger in our mind, blow out of proportion. 302 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: Try a better approach. Magnify our God. Lord. I thank 303 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: you that you created the universe, you flung stars into space, 304 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: and Father, you have me in the palm of your hand. 305 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: I know your plans for me are for good. That 306 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: You've ordered my steps that you will get me to 307 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: where I'm supposed to be. As you keep magnifying God, 308 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna see him do what only he can do. 309 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: The Apostle Paul was on a ship headed toward Rome, 310 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: and God told him he would stand before Caesar. But 311 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,479 Speaker 1: there was this huge storm, and for fourteen days they 312 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: didn't see the sun nor the stars. All this pressure, 313 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: the boat rocking and reeling, thoughts whispering, You're not gonna 314 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: make it. This looks so bad. In the midst of 315 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: that pressure, I can hear Paul saying some of the 316 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: scriptures that he would later write, Thanks me to God, 317 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: who always causes me to triumph. All things are working 318 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: for good because I love you Lord, no defeat, no intimidation, 319 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: but a victorious attitude. Well, the boat ran aground and 320 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: broke apart, and now Paul found himself in the water 321 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: and shipwrecked, trying to survive and swimming to the shore. 322 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: Finally made it to the land. So relieved, and he 323 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: went down to pick up a stick to make a fire. 324 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: A poisonous snake bit his arm. Most of us would think, man, 325 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: how could he get any worse? He started off rejected 326 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: and misunderstood, and beaten by a mob, put in prison, shipwreck, 327 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: now bitten by this snake. You know what Paul did. 328 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: He shook it off. He didn't pay any attention to 329 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: the snake. He had seen God's faithfulness so many times. 330 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: His attitude was, snake, you can't stop me. You may 331 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: think you're poisonous, but no weapon formed against me will prosper. 332 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: My God has the final saying. When you're under pressure, 333 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: sometimes the best thing you can do is just shake 334 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: it off. Shake off the doubt, shake off the worry, 335 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: shake off what they said. Like Paul, you look back 336 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: over your life and you can see the faithfulness of God. 337 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: You know He has not brought you this far to 338 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: leave you. That the enemy wouldn't be trying to poison 339 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: you if you didn't have something amazing in your future. 340 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: Paul made it to Rome, and he was put in prison, 341 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: and now he was an old man, looked like he 342 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: was finished. Surely now he'd be discouraged, have a sad song. 343 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 2: Now. 344 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: His attitude was, you may have taken my freedom, but 345 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: you have not taken my pen. These walls may keep 346 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: me from coming out, but they cannot keep what I'm 347 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: writing from going out. Paul wrote many of the books 348 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: in the New Testament in prison, under pressure, not in 349 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: a good environment, people against him. That's where he wrote, 350 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. I am more 351 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: than a conqueror in a prison cell. He could have 352 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: been right in God, where are you? I didn't think 353 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: it in like this. No, he's speaking victory, fulfilling his purpose, 354 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: still making progress under pressure. He summed it up in 355 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: Second Corinthians four. He wrote, we are pressed on every 356 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: side by trouble, but we are not crushed and broken. 357 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. 358 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,479 Speaker 1: We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We 359 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: get knocked down, but we get back up again and 360 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: keep going. You may be where Paul was, pressed on 361 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: every side. A lot coming against you today, perplexed, not 362 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 1: sure what to do, hunted down, forces trying to stop you. 363 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: That's the problem. But always follow it up with the promise. 364 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: You are not crushed and broken. God is fighting for 365 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: you. You don't give up and quit. You have can do power. 366 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: You are not abandoned. God never leaves you. He's the 367 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 1: fourth man in the fire. Yes, we get knocked down, 368 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: but we get back up and keep going. Now, I'm 369 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: not telling you today that you're not going to have pressure, 370 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: but I am telling you it doesn't have to stop you. 371 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: You have the most powerful force in the universe on 372 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: your side. That pressure is a sign that you're headed 373 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: towards the great things God has for you. Make sure 374 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: you're magnifying the right thing, not the problem, not the betrayal, 375 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: not the sickness. Magnify your God, the Great. I am 376 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: Jehovah Rafa, the Lord, our healer, el shady, the God 377 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: who is more than enough. Paul went on to say, 378 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: these light afflictions are temporary. You can get to the 379 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: point where, like Paul, whatever comes against you is light. 380 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: You're not moved by the pressure. The trouble doesn't discourage you. 381 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: Then they sayers don't offend you. The bad report doesn't 382 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: take your joy, the giant doesn't scare you. You see 383 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,239 Speaker 1: it as a light affliction. You know that you and 384 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: God are a majority, that He wouldn't have allowed it 385 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: if you couldn't handle it. When Jesus was about to 386 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: be crucified, he went to the garden of gysemone one 387 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: night to praying gassimone means the place of pressing. It's 388 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: where they pressed olives and made olive oil him. Jesus 389 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: was under so much pressure that he sweat drops of blood. 390 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: His capillaries burst and the blood flowed. He asked his 391 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: disciples to stay up and pray for him, but they 392 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: fell asleep, and he was in so much agony that 393 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: he fell down. He said, Father, if you can take 394 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: this cup from me, but not my will, let your 395 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: will be done. At that point, angels came and strengthened him. 396 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: Got up, and he told his disciples that they could 397 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: continue to sleep, but he was going to go and 398 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: fulfill his destiny. His greatest place of pressure is what 399 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: gave birth to his greatest power. He was then crucified 400 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: and rose from the dead. We don't like the pressure, 401 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: but that's what gives birth to power. If you'll handle 402 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: the pressure the right way, you'll come out with something 403 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: you would have never had without the trouble, without the adversity. 404 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: Greater power, greater favor, opportunity that you've never seen. And 405 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: it's interesting that the disciples fell asleep. Jesus asked for 406 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: their help. He wanted their support, their encouragement, but when 407 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: he needed them the most. They let him down. There 408 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: are some battles that you have to fight alone. People 409 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: that you were counting on won't be there, friends not available, 410 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: co workers busy. This is between just you and God. 411 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: If you'll dig down deep and say, God, this is difficult. 412 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: I'm sweating. I don't see how, but I believe that 413 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: you have a way. I know you're fighting my battles 414 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 1: that you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 415 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: That's when the angels will come. You'll feel a supernatural 416 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: strength to keep moving forward. You'll see God do what 417 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: only he can do. How are you handling pressure? Are 418 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: you letting it overwhelm you take your joy cause you 419 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: to shrink back. Try a new approach. Turn that pressure 420 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: into power. Keep making progress despite what's coming against you, 421 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: doing the right thing when it's hard, taking steps of faith. 422 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: The reason that pressure is great is because great favor 423 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: is coming, Great healing is coming, great opportunity. Don't run 424 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: from the pressure. You can handle it. God wouldn't have 425 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: allowed it if you weren't well able. Like Paul, you 426 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: may feel pressure on every side. I believe and declare 427 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: you will not be crushed. You will not be broken. 428 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: You will not be shaken. Things are about to shift 429 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: in your favor. Supernatural strength, doors opening, breakthroughs, healing, the 430 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you 431 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give 432 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 433 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 434 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 435 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 436 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 437 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 438 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 439 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: to the website. 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