1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Say God bless you. It's a joy to be with you. 7 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, please stop by. I'll 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: about these three sisters, ages ninety six, ninety four, and 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: ninety two that lived together. 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: One day, the ninety six. 13 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: Year old draws a bath, She puts one foot in 14 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 2: and stops. She hollers, downstairs, I can't remember if I was. 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: Getting in or getting out. 16 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: The ninety four year old said, this second, I'll come 17 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: up and help you. She gets halfway up the stairs 18 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: and stops. She says, I can't remember if I was 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: going up or coming down. The ninety two year old 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: shook her head and said, boy, I hope I never 21 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: get that. 22 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: Forgetful. She knocked on wood for good luck. 23 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 2: Then she said, hey on, I'll come help both of 24 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: you as soon as I see who's at the door. Yeah, 25 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 2: that's going to be none of us. In Jesus' name, 26 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: say it like you mean it. 27 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 28 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 2: I am. I have what it says I have. I 29 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: can do what it says I can do. Today I 30 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 31 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 32 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 33 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about overcoming weariness. 34 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: As we go through life, one challenge we all have 35 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 2: to face is with weariness. 36 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: It's easy to get tired. 37 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: Weary means to lose your sense of pleasure, to not 38 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: feel the enjoyment that you should. You can be raising 39 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: great children because you're weary, you're. 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: Not enjoying them. You can have the job of your dreams. 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: You worked hard to get it, but now weariness has 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: set in, not passionate about it anymore. Sometimes, because the 43 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: battle is taking longer than we thought, we become weary. 44 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: Talk to a lady recently. She was in town at M. D. 45 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: Anderson the cancer Hospital, hoping that this would be her 46 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 2: last round of treatment. 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: She found out she. 48 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: Has to take it for six more months. She's very disappointed. 49 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: She said, I don't think I can deal with this 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 2: anymore when the difficulty is lasting longer than expected. We're 51 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: working hard but not seeing increase. We're believing for the baby, 52 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: but year after year goes by, we're still not pregnant. 53 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: Weariness will come. 54 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: If the enemy can't take you out all at once, 55 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 2: his next strategy is to try to wear you down. 56 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 2: Many people are suffering from battle fatigue. They've been standing 57 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: a long time, trying to break the addiction, believing for 58 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 2: the promotion, praying for that family member, but hasn't happened yet. 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: They never dreamed. 60 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 2: They'd still be single, still be dealing with the illness, 61 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 2: still be trying to get the loan. 62 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: Now they're tired. 63 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: Paul said, ngulations, don't get weary in well doing. God 64 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: knew weariness would come, or he wouldn't tell us not 65 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 2: to get weary. 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: He said, don't be weary in well doing. 67 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: That means you're doing the right thing, but not seeing 68 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: right results. Does it seem like it's making a difference. 69 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: Let me encourage you. Your time is coming, Your due 70 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: season is. 71 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: On the way. 72 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: Don't let time talk you out of it. Don't let 73 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: discouragement cause you to give up. Don't let negative thoughts 74 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: convince you to settle where you are. Your mind will 75 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: give you good excuses, things like I'm too tired to 76 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: fight this addiction, I'm too tired to believe from my marriage, 77 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: too tired to stretch to the next level, been doing 78 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: it so long. If you dwell on those thoughts, you 79 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: will allow weariness in. You'll become more tired, more weary, 80 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: more discouraged, more negative. Weariness cannot automatically come. You have 81 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: to open the door when thoughts tell you it's never 82 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: going to work out, it's. 83 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 1: Been too long. 84 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: Just say no, thanks. I know my time is coming. 85 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: I know God is still on the throne. I am 86 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 2: strong in the Lord. I've been armed with strength for 87 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: this battle. The Psalmist tells us to take hold of 88 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: God's strength. This is what David did. He was doing 89 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: the right thing, but the wrong thing kept happening to him. 90 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: Year after year. 91 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 2: His family looked down on him and treated him like 92 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: he was second class. 93 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: He could have been sour upset. 94 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: Instead, he kept taking care of his father's sheep, doing 95 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: it with a good attitude. 96 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: Being a person of excellence. How could he keep. 97 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 3: Standing strong, go through the day. 98 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: I can hear David under his breath, reminding himself, don't get. 99 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: Weary in well doing. 100 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 2: When he was being good to King Saul, playing the 101 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 2: heart for him, trying to make him feel better, saw 102 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: through a spear and tried to kill David, David could 103 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 2: have been frustrated, thought, God, what's the use I'm doing 104 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: the right thing. 105 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: This man tries to take my life. 106 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 2: Instead, he kept telling himself, David, don't get weary in 107 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: well doing. 108 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: He understood this principle. 109 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: When you give in to weariness, you lose your strength. 110 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: When you start thinking it's not fair. It's been so long, 111 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: it's never going to work out. 112 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: The energy you need to move into your destiny is 113 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 2: being drained out. I'm not asking you to never feel weariness. 114 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: It will come. 115 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 3: I'm asking you to not allow it in. 116 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: When you're weary, you won't have the passion, the determination, 117 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: the courage to fight the good fight of faith. 118 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: Don't let battle. 119 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: Fatigue keep you from your victory. 120 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: Don't let weariness stop your dream from coming to pass. 121 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: You are closer than you think. 122 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: When it's the most difficult, you face the greatest temptation 123 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: to settle. That means the victory is near, the promotion, 124 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 2: the healing, the breakthrough. 125 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: Is about to show up. 126 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: See the prophet Samuel had anointed David to be the 127 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: next king. 128 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: When he was a teenager. 129 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: Thirteen years had gone by, there was no sign of 130 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: it happening. One day, David and six hundred of his 131 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 2: men returned from a battle and found their city had been. 132 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: Attacked and destroyed. 133 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 2: All their possessions were burned, their families were kidnapped. It 134 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: was the worst defeat of David's life, his darkest hour. 135 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 2: The scripture says they wept until they could not weep anymore. 136 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 3: David was depressed, discouraged. 137 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 2: I'm sure he was tempted to thank God, this is 138 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: the final straw. I've been doing the right thing for years. 139 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: I can't take it anymore. 140 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: I'm done. 141 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: He could have given up, and that would have been 142 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: the end of his story. 143 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: He would have never taken the throne. 144 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 2: But when David was tired, when he felt like throwing 145 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: in the towel, he did. 146 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: Something that we all must do. 147 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 2: He dug his heels in and said, I've come too 148 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 2: far to stop now. The scripture says David encouraged himself 149 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 2: in the Lord, his God. 150 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: He made this decision. 151 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm not allowing this weariness in. I'm gonna stir my 152 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: faith back up. While the other men were weeping, discouraged, complaining, 153 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 2: I can hear David saying, I'm strong in the Lord, 154 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 2: I'm anointed, I'm well able. The forces that are for 155 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 2: me are greater than the forces that are against me. 156 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: You can talk yourself into defeat, or you can talk 157 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: yourself into victory. You can talk yourself into weakness, or 158 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 2: you can talk yourself into strength. 159 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: When you speak to. 160 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 2: Yourself the right way, courage comes, determination comes, vision comes. 161 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 2: Every time you say this is too hard, strength is leaving. 162 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: I can't do this anymore. You're getting weaker. I'm so disappointed. 163 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: I can't believe this happen. 164 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: You're inviting discouragement. When you say I am well able, 165 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: you're inviting strength. I can do all things through Christ. 166 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: You're inviting favor. You may feel tired, but don't verbalize it. 167 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 2: Don't give life to it by speaking it out. The 168 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 2: scripture says, let the weak say I am strong. Does 169 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 2: it say let the weak talk about the weakness. Let 170 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 2: the sick talk about the sickness. 171 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: Let the disappointed talk about the bad break. No, turn 172 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: it around. 173 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 2: Yes, this is tough, but I'm strong in the Lord. 174 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: I know God is fighting my battles. He always causes 175 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: me to try umph. That's what it means to take 176 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: hold of his strength. Isaiah put it this way. If 177 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 2: you'll wait on the Lord, God will renew your strength. 178 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 2: You will mount up with wings like eagles. You will 179 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: run and not be weary. You will walk and not faint. 180 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: Now wait on the Lord. 181 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: Does it mean to sit back, passive? Idle? 182 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: Okay, God, I'm tired, I'm worn out. Do your thing, 183 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: renew my strength. That word weait, in one translation, says 184 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: those who look for God's goodness, who expect his favor, 185 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: who long for his blessing. 186 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: Waiting is supposed to be active. Lord. 187 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 2: Thank you that you're turning this situation around. Thank you 188 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 2: that you're bigger than this cancer, stronger than these opponents. 189 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 3: Lord, thank you for bringing my dreams to pass. 190 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: You want sore with the eagles. 191 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: If you're negative in your thinking, you won't ron and 192 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 2: not be weary. If you're focused on your problems and 193 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: how impossible it is, what causes your strength to be renewed. 194 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: Is when you live with this. 195 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 2: Expectancy, You have this hope that God is working in 196 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: your life. This knowing that he's in control, that he 197 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: can open doors that no man can shut, that he 198 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 2: will get you to where you're supposed to be. When 199 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: you get your mind going in the right direction, God 200 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: will give you rest. You don't have to go through 201 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 2: life weary. Nothing that's happened to you has stopped God's 202 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: plan for your life. Like David, it may be taken 203 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 2: a long time, you may have had some setbacks, but 204 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 2: God is still on the throne. 205 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 3: He knows how to gets you to your destiny. 206 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 2: David not only stirred himself up, he got his men 207 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: stirred back up. They went out and attacked the enemy 208 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 2: and recovered everything that had been stolen. Three days later, 209 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 2: King Saul was killed in a battle and David took 210 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 2: the throne. 211 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: That was some. 212 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: Thirteen years after he had been anointed to be the 213 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 2: next king. My point is David was closest to seeing 214 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: the promise come to pass when. 215 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 3: He faced his greatest challenge. 216 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: When it seems like everything's coming against you, it's taking 217 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: a long time now, you have this new problem. 218 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: The medical report wasn't good. 219 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 2: Business went down, the situation at work intensified. 220 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: Stay encouraged. 221 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 2: That's a sign that the victory is near. Things are 222 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: about to turn around. The breakthrough is on the way. 223 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 2: Don't get weary. In well doing may not happen overnight. 224 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: You have to do like. 225 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: David and be in it for the long haul. 226 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: Those thirteen years David waited for the promise, he had 227 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 2: to deal with battle fatigue. Don't you know, thoughts told him, David, 228 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 2: it's never going to happen. 229 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: You wouldn't have these challenges if you were going to 230 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: take the throne. 231 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 2: Weariness came knocking at his door again and again. The 232 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 2: reason he saw the promise fulfilled was not because he 233 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 2: never felt weary, not because he was superhuman. He was 234 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 2: never tempted to be tired and discouraged. It was because 235 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: he didn't allow. 236 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: The weariness in. 237 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: When you've been in a battle a long time, you 238 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 2: have to especially be on guard. 239 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 1: It's easy to. 240 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 2: Get discouraged and think I'm tired of standing strong, I'm 241 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 2: tired of fighting this illness. I'm tired of believing for 242 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 2: my dreams. When you feel that weariness. Instead of giving in, 243 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 2: learn to look up and say, God, I'm asking. 244 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: You to renew my strength. When you do, you'll feel 245 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: strength coming to you. 246 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 2: God will breathe new life back in to your spirit. 247 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: You may be tired today. 248 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: You've been dealing with the challenge in your health, a 249 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: relationship in your finances for years. 250 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: You used to believe. 251 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 2: That you would overcome, but now you're worn down. You 252 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 2: don't think it's ever going to happen. 253 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: Let me encourage you. What God promised. 254 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 3: He's still going to bring to pass. 255 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: You may have given up, but God has not given up. 256 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 2: He has your healing, your breakthrough, your promotion. 257 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: To right people. Now do your part, get your passion. 258 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 2: Back, start taking hold of his strength. Don't allow that 259 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: weariness in the enemy wouldn't be fighting you so hard 260 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: unless he. 261 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 3: Knew you were close to your victory. 262 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 2: He couldn't take you out, so he's trying to wear 263 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: you out. Get your weary discourage. Don't fall into that trap. 264 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 2: All through the day. Lord, thank you that you're renewing 265 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 2: my strength. Thank you that I will soar like the eagles. 266 00:13:58,559 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 2: Thank you that I am. 267 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: Strong the Lord. That battle may be taken a long time. 268 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: But I believe right now, strength is coming into you, 269 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: Hope is coming into you. God is filling you with 270 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: fresh courage, determination, vision. 271 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 2: You will run and not be weary. You will walk 272 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 2: and not fame. That's what happened to a friend of mine. 273 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: He was diagnosed with cancer of the brain. The doctors 274 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: only gave him six months to live. It was the 275 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 2: worst kind of brain cancer you can have. He had 276 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 2: surgery to remove the tumor that was successful, but another 277 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 2: one came back. He's been taking all the treatment. He's 278 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: changed his diet and very disciplined about what he eats. 279 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: He made it past six months and another, and another 280 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: and another. 281 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Every time I. 282 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 2: See him, he's upbeat, still has his sense of humor. 283 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 3: It's full of faith, full of resolved. 284 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: You wouldn't know anything is wrong. 285 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: He's coming up on three years since the diagnosis. The 286 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 2: other day they took a new brain scan and could 287 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: not find any sign of a tumor. 288 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: He has a very prestigious. 289 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: Doctor, one of the leaders in that field in all 290 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 2: of the world. This doctor asked my friend if he 291 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 2: would go to a support group for people that. 292 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: Have brain cancer. 293 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: My friend said, doctor, I don't really feel like I 294 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: need to go. 295 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: I'm fine. 296 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: The doctor said, I'm not asking you to go for 297 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 2: your sake. 298 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to go for. 299 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 2: Other people's sake, so they can see someone who's beaten 300 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: the odds. 301 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: He wanted him to. 302 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 2: Go as an example, to be a source. 303 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: Of encouragement to others. 304 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 2: But over these last three years, he's had plenty of 305 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 2: times where. 306 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: He's tempted to get weary. 307 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: The initial diagnosis, of course, was devastating. Never thought he'd 308 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: be dealing with brain cancer. It went away once, but 309 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: came back a second time, had to have another operation. 310 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: He could have thought, I can't deal with this anymore. 311 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: It just wasn't meant to be. But he didn't allow 312 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: the weariness in. He kept praying, believing, doing what he could. 313 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: Because he didn't get weary, and well doing God caused 314 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 2: him to mount up with wings like eagles. 315 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: He became an exception. 316 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: That's what happens when you don't give in to battle fatigue. 317 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 2: You may be in a situation like my friend that 318 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 2: looks impossible. You could easily let that overwhelm you, but 319 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: God has given. 320 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: You strength for that battle. 321 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 2: He said, you would never face something you couldn't handle. 322 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: Quit telling yourself it's too much, and start. 323 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 3: Taking hold of His strength. 324 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: That cancer is no match for you. That legal problem, 325 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: that situation in your finances may look like it's permanent, 326 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: but it's just a matter of time before God turns 327 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 2: it around. Don't let weariness talk you out of it. 328 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 2: Maybe taken a long time, but like David, the promise 329 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 2: is on the way. If you'll stay in faith, God 330 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 2: will not only renew your strength, he'll renew your health, 331 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 2: renew your marriage, renew your business. He'll make a way 332 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: where you don't see your way. First Kings, chapter eighteen. 333 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: The prophet Elijah had just called down fire from heaven 334 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: and defeated four hundred and fifty of. 335 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 1: The false prophets that worshiped the God Bail. They were 336 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: all killed. 337 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 2: It was a great victory in Elijah's life. But there 338 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 2: was a lady that lived there by the name of Jezebel. 339 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 2: When she heard what happened to her four hundred and 340 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 2: fifty false. 341 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 3: Prophets, she was furious. 342 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 2: She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 343 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 2: you by this time tomorrow, I'm going to take my 344 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 2: own life. Elijah was so afraid he took off running. 345 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: He ran for a full day into the desert. He 346 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 2: ended up sitting under a juniper tree. He was so 347 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 2: depressed he prayed that he would die. He said, God, 348 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: I'm done. I've had enough. 349 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 3: Take my life. 350 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 2: Here's this incredible man of faith, one of the great 351 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: heroes in the Bible. He's seeing God bring a child 352 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: back to life. A few days earlier, he outran a chariot. 353 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 2: He just called down fire from heaven, a great miracle. 354 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 2: But now, because one angry woman is after him, he 355 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 2: doesn't want to live. There's a deeper message there, but 356 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: I'm smart enough to leave it alone. He's laying under 357 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 2: this tree, depressed, discouraged, doesn't. 358 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: Want to go on. 359 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 2: An angel appears under him and wakes him up. Usually 360 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: when an angel shows up in the scripture, it's to 361 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 2: do something supernatural, to open prison doors, to close the 362 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: mouths of hume Relianes, to part red seas. But this 363 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: angel did something interesting. He said, Elijah, wake up and eat. 364 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: Elijah looked over. 365 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: There was bread. 366 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 2: Cooking on hot coals and a jar of water. Elijah 367 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 2: ate the bread and drank the water. Went back to sleep. 368 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 2: A few hours later, the angel woke him up again 369 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 2: said the same thing, Get up and eat. He ate 370 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: and drank some more, the scripture says, being strengthened by 371 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 2: that food, he traveled forty days. 372 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: To his next assignment. His whole attitude had changed. 373 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 2: Why was Elijah discouraged, depressed, not wanting to go on 374 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 2: Because he was tired, He was worn out, he was hungry. 375 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: He didn't need a miracle, He just needed some sleep. 376 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 2: Sometimes when we're weary, it's not a spiritual problem, it's 377 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 2: a physical problem. He had just ran twenty four hours 378 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: to try to get away from Jesseh. 379 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: He just needed some rest, just needed a good meal. 380 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 2: In other words, the angel didn't wake him up and say, 381 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: be free from your weariness, be healed from this depression. 382 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 3: He said, eat this food, drink this water. 383 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: He was saying, Elijah, take care of yourself, get back 384 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 2: in balance. Too often we're fighting battles in our mind, 385 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 2: no passion. Discouraged, not because of the enemy, but because 386 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 2: of how we're taking care of ourselves. You are a 387 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 2: three part being physical, spiritual, and emotional. You have to 388 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 2: take care of all three parts. You can pray twenty 389 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 2: four hours a day, but you. 390 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: Won't feel well. Physically. Your body needs to be cared for. 391 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: You can go to the gym, work out five hours 392 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 2: a day, seven days a week, but if you're not 393 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 2: taking time for your spiritual and emotional side, you're not 394 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 2: going to be your best. Living balanced is the key. 395 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: You can't stay up all night and not get the 396 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 2: proper sleep and expect to feel good the next day. 397 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: You won't have the passion you need, the creativity. You 398 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: won't make good decisions. And some people are praying for 399 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 2: a miracle. They're discouraged, they have no energy. But if 400 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: the angel showed up, he would say the same thing 401 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 2: he said to Elijah. Get some sleep, start eating better, 402 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 2: take care of your physical body. 403 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: You can't drink twenty. 404 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: Five cups of coffee a day, eat sugar all the time. 405 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: And expect to feel good. 406 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 2: I read where one of the causes of depression is 407 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 2: simply not getting enough sleep. 408 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 3: What am I saying? Pay attention to practical things. 409 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 2: You can't go against natural laws and expect God to 410 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 2: bless you. Your body is the house you live in. 411 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 2: The Scripture calls it the temple of the Holy Spirit. 412 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to take care of your temple. Don't 413 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: put junk in your temple, your spirit, the real You 414 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 2: cannot live on this earth without your body. We need 415 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 2: you here a long time. Don't have your life cut 416 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 2: short because you're. 417 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: Not taking care of what God has given you. 418 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 2: And it's easy to work all the time, get up early, 419 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 2: stay up late, always thinking about the business, thinking about. 420 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: What we have to do next. 421 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 2: But being a workaholic is doing yourself a disservice. Your 422 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 2: mind needs a break, your body needs to relax. That's 423 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 2: why in the Old Testament God required them. 424 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: To take a sabbath. They didn't have a choice. 425 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 2: One day a week. They couldn't even pick up a stick. 426 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: They had to rest. 427 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 2: Even when God created the universe on the seventh day, 428 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: he rested. 429 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: He didn't have to. He's God. He was showing us 430 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: this principle. 431 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 2: David said, God leads me by the still waters. He 432 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: makes me lie down in green pastures. That wording is interesting, 433 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: he makes me lie down. 434 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: This implies if you. 435 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 2: Don't take care of yourself, if you live overworked, run down, 436 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 2: stressed out, you don't get enough sleep, you don't eat right, Eventually, 437 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: that's going. 438 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: To catch up to you. 439 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 2: If you don't take time to lie down in green pastures. 440 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 2: God will make you lie down in green pastures. You'll 441 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 2: probably come to a point. 442 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: Where you have to rest. 443 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 2: What I'm saying, don't wear yourself out to where God 444 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: has to make you slow down. Too many times we 445 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: end up unhealthy. We can't do what we used to do, 446 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 2: not because the enemy, but because we are not taking 447 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 2: care of our temple. 448 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: You need recreation. You need to laugh, You need to 449 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,120 Speaker 1: have fun. Laughter is like a medicine. 450 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 2: Laughter releases stress, causes you to have more energy. My 451 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: personality type is I'm a hard worker. I'm driven, I'm determined. 452 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 2: I like to accomplish things, and we have a lot 453 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 2: going on here. I could think about the ministry twenty 454 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 2: four hours a day, but I've learned if I don't 455 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 2: exercise during the week I'm not going to be my best. 456 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: Up here on the weekends. 457 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 2: If I don't take time for recreation, ride bikes with 458 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 2: my family, play basketball, I'm not going to function at 459 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 2: my highest level. You will be your most productive, your 460 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: most effective, not when you're working all the time, but 461 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 2: when you're balanced physically, spiritually, and emotionally. 462 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: If you neglect one area. 463 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: It will limit what you can accomplish. 464 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,360 Speaker 2: And a lot of people are good at taking care 465 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 2: of the physical, good at taking care of the emotional, 466 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 2: but they don't take care of the spiritual. 467 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: There's no connection to God. 468 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: Your life will be more rewarding, more fulfilling when you're 469 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: in relationship with your creator. God breathed his life into you. 470 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: He knows what your purpose is. He knows what you 471 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 2: can accomplish. When you make him a part of your life, 472 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 2: you will go further than you can and just your 473 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 2: own ability, your own talent, The scripture says, if you'll 474 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 2: put God first, he will crown your efforts with success. 475 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: His favor on your life will take you where your. 476 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: Talent could not take you. 477 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 2: If you're going to reach your highest potential, make your 478 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 2: spiritual life a priority. When you get up each morning, 479 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 2: take time to thank God for the day. Don't just 480 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 2: rush out of the house all stressed out. Start the 481 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 2: day off with a grateful attitude all through the day. 482 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: Meditate on His promises. Keep your mind filled with thoughts 483 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 2: of hope, faith, thoughts of victory. 484 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: Friends, you don't have to go through life weary. 485 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 2: Maybe today you need to make an adjustment, a practical 486 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 2: thing like Elijah, taking better care of yourself, or maybe 487 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 2: an adjustment in your attitude in how. 488 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: You're seeing things. 489 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 2: You've been dealing with a challenge for a long time. 490 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 2: Now you're suffering from battle fatigue. 491 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 1: You don't think you can go on. This is a 492 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: new day. 493 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 2: God is breathing new life back into your spirit. Dare 494 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 2: to take hold of his strength, get your passion back. 495 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: When you feel weak. 496 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 3: Start declaring I am strong. 497 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare. 498 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 2: You will run and not be weary. God is renewing 499 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 2: your strength so you can soar like the eagles. Health 500 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 2: is coming, courage is coming, Freshness is coming in Jesus' name, 501 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: and if you receive it today, can you say amen? 502 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 503 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. 504 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: What'd you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 505 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 506 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 507 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 2: If you pray that simple prayer, we believe you got 508 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 509 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 2: keep God. 510 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: In first place. 511 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: It's easy to feel stuck in life, wondering why things 512 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: aren't changing, and worrying if it'll ever happen, but there's 513 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 2: a better way to wait. I'd love to send you 514 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 2: my new resource called Pray It Forward. This book is 515 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 2: a collection of prayers and promises from the Scripture to 516 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 2: help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith and while 517 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 2: you're waiting, it's important to keep your mind filled with 518 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 2: hope and expectancy. When you pray in faith, believe in 519 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 2: what God promised. That's what moves the hands of God, 520 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 2: and that's when you'll see doors open and healing begins 521 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: to come, breakthroughs. 522 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: In your family. Don't let doubt hold you back. Pray 523 00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: it Forward. 524 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 4: Of saying thank you for your gift of any amount, 525 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 4: we'd love to send you a copy of Pray It Forward. 526 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 4: Guided prayers for faith and breakthrough, inspired by real life 527 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,719 Speaker 4: answered prayers. Pray It Forward will help you speak God's 528 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 4: promises over your life and over the people you love, 529 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 4: trusting that when you ask in faith, God is already 530 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 4: at work preparing victory ahead of you. You can take 531 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 4: these prayers and scriptures and pray them forward. They'll build 532 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,719 Speaker 4: a momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles and 533 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 4: into the promises God has spoken over your life. As 534 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 4: you meditate on these truths, you won't be tossed back 535 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 4: and forth by finances, health challenges, or relationship struggles. Instead, 536 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 4: you'll be able to boldly pray with faith that is 537 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 4: immovable and strong, and you'll be filled with peace, assurance, 538 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 4: and joy. Don't let circumstances control your future. Pray the 539 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 4: truth of God's word forward and faith, and watch the 540 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 4: mountains in your life begin to move. 541 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 2: When you pray the promises what God has spoken over 542 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 2: your life. Those are powerful prayers and that's when God 543 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 2: shows up and does what only he can do. 544 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being with us between. 545 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: I pray for you and your family every day, and 546 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 2: we appreciate your prayer and support. Your generosity helps us 547 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 2: take this message of hope to people around the world. Now, 548 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 2: special thank you to our champion of Hope partners for 549 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 2: all you do to make the ministry possible. If you're 550 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 2: not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one. But 551 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 2: until we meet again Meid the Lord bless you and 552 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 2: keep you. 553 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of Pray It Forward 554 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 4: Guided Prayers for Faith and Breakthrough, available this month by 555 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 4: simply visiting us at joeloasting dot com or call eight 556 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 4: eight eight five six seven Joel. 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