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It's always a joy 42 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: to come into yours and if you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 44 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you will make you feel right 45 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: at home, but thanks so much for tuning in, and 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: thank you again for coming out today. And I like 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 3: to start with something funny. And I heard about this 48 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: lady that died. She was standing at the pearly gates 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: and Saint Peter said, you can't come in yet. You 50 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 3: have to correctly spell a word. She said what word? 51 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: He said, any word. So she spelled the word love, 52 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: l ovee. He said, welcome to heaven. Then Peter asked 53 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 3: her if she would take his place for a moment. 54 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 3: He instructed her if anybody should come up, just to 55 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: follow the same procedure. She agreed. In a few minutes, 56 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: she sees her ex husband walking up. She can't believe it. 57 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: She says, what are you doing here? He said, I 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: just had a heart attack. Did I really make it 59 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: to heaven? She said, not yet. You have to correctly 60 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 3: spell a word. He said what word. There was a 61 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 3: long pause, and she said, Checklislovakia. Hold up your bible. 62 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 63 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 64 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 66 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 67 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 68 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 69 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 3: about doing business in deep waters. If you're going to 70 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays, critics, 71 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 3: and a lot of people get discouraged. Think why is 72 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 3: this happening to me. It's because you're taking new ground, 73 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: because you're making progress. And the scripture says they that 74 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 3: go down to the sea to do business in deep waters, 75 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 3: they will see the wonders of God. When you're in 76 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 3: these deep waters, you're not pray God, please don't let 77 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: me face anything big. Now you realize when you have 78 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: big dreams, you're going to have big challenges. If you 79 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 3: were an average person, then you would have average problems. 80 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 3: But here's the key. You're not average. You're not in 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: the shallow waters. God puts seeds of greatness in you. 82 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 3: He's destined you to leave your mark on this generation. 83 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: You cannot expect ordinary problems. You're a history maker, you're 84 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 3: a world changer. Well, why are these people talking about 85 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: me at work? Why are they trying to make me 86 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 3: look bad? Listen, They don't talk about average people. They 87 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 3: talk about extraordinary people. Take it as a compliment. It 88 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: goes with the territory. Every time I try to move forward, 89 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: I face major challenges. It's because you're a major person 90 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 3: and you have a major destiny. The enemy would leave 91 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 3: you alone if you weren't a major threat. He wouldn't 92 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: bother you if you didn't have something amazing in your future. 93 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 3: Because you're an extraordinary person, you will face extraordinary challenges. 94 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 3: The good news is we serve an extraordinary God. He 95 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 3: can get you to where you're supposed to be. When 96 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 3: you're in the deep waters, you're not wasting your time 97 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 3: trying to convince everyone to like you. Win over all 98 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: your critics, prove to your family members that you really are. Okay, 99 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 3: let me give you a newsflash. Everybody is not going 100 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 3: to like you. Everybody is not going to understand you. 101 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 3: Your friends may not celebrate your success. Your relatives may 102 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 3: find fault, your coworkers may get jealous. Shake it off 103 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 3: and run your race. You're doing business in deep waters. 104 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 3: You don't have time to go over in the shallow waters. 105 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: For all that pettiness, you're a history maker. You cannot 106 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 3: please every person and please God at the same time. 107 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 3: You'll either have a few people upset with you, or 108 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 3: you'll have God upset with you. I've learned if you'll 109 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 3: please God, he'll take care of your critics. Well, Joel, 110 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 3: they said something about me. I'm going to go straighten 111 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: them out now. If that battle is not between you 112 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: and your God given destiny, it is simply a distraction. 113 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,559 Speaker 3: You're not supposed to engage in every battle. You only 114 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 3: have so much emotional energy each day. If you're spending 115 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 3: that energy thinking about how you can pay somebody back 116 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 3: calling a friend, can you believe what they said, You're 117 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: not going to have the energy you need for your 118 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 3: own dreams. Don't fight battles that don't matter. You've got 119 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 3: to be selective in how you spend your time. We 120 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 3: all love our family, but some family members you have 121 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 3: to love them from a distance. Some relatives once a 122 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: year at the family reunion is good enough. Go give 123 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: him a big hug, tell him how much you love them. 124 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: Ask God for forgiveness for lying later. But you can't 125 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: spend all week with Uncle Charlie, or he'll pull you 126 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: into the shallow waters, get you off course. You love 127 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: Aunt myrtle, but if you spend too much time with her, 128 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 3: you're going to be negative, critical, fighting battles that don't matter. 129 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 3: Learn to love them from a distance, and you have 130 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: to accept the fact that some people are never going 131 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you 132 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 3: don't need their approval to fulfill your destiny. Don't get 133 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: lured over into the shallow waters trying to prove to 134 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: them who you are. The apostle. Paul had people that 135 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,559 Speaker 3: were trying to tell him his dreams wouldn't come to pass, 136 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 3: tell him what he couldn't do, what he didn't have. 137 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 3: He didn't try to straighten them out. He didn't try 138 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: to win over all of his critics. He said in 139 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 3: Romans three, does their unbelief make the promise of God 140 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 3: of no effect in my life? He was saying, in effect, 141 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 3: So what if they don't believe God didn't put the 142 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 3: promise in them. He put the promise in me. That's 143 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 3: the attitude we should have always, respectfully, what if they 144 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: don't accept me? So what if they're talking about me, 145 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 3: trying to discredit me. I'm not going to lose any 146 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: sleep over it. I'm not going to waste my time 147 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: trying to prove to them who I am. Now, I'm 148 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 3: going to stay in the deep waters and do what 149 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: God has called me to do. That's when you're going 150 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 3: to see the wonders of God. When Billy Graham went 151 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: to England for the first time over fifty years ago, 152 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 3: the press was very negative. They said, we don't want 153 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 3: your religion, We don't need another minister. One reporter said, 154 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 3: how can you even justify coming over here on a 155 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 3: big ocean liner, a big ship. When Jesus rode a 156 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: donkey everywhere he went. Billy Graham said, if you'll find 157 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 3: me a donkey that can walk on water, I'll buy 158 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 3: it in a minute. Stay in the deep waters. They'll 159 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 3: always be people trying to pull you into the shallow waters. Criticize, fine, fault, discredit, 160 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 3: don't waste your time with that. Set your face like 161 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 3: a flint and run your own race. First Samuel, chapter ten, 162 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 3: Saul was chosen to be the next king of Israel. 163 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 3: Samuel called him up in front of all the people, 164 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: anointed his head, and said he's our next leader. Most 165 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: of the people were happy for Saul and congratulated him. 166 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 3: But when Saul got back home, some of his longtime 167 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 3: friends didn't like Samuel's choice. They begin to laugh, make fun, 168 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 3: ridicule Saul's not gonna be our king. Saul doesn't have 169 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: what it takes. The truth is they were jealous of Saul. 170 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 3: They were so insecure, so intimidated, they tried to push 171 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 3: him down so that they would look bigger. Remember this, 172 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: when someone belittle Jew, they are being little. Small minded 173 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: people won't celebrate you. Small minded pre people will be jealous, criticized, 174 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 3: fine fault, gossip, try to make you look bad. Don't 175 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 3: ever fight battles with small minded people. Your destiny is 176 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 3: too great to be distracted by someone that's small. They're 177 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 3: not going where God has taken you. In verse twenty seven, 178 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 3: it says they despise Saul and refuse to give him gifts. 179 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,479 Speaker 3: What if he do? But Saul ignored them. One translation 180 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 3: says he paid them no mind my encouragement. Pay no 181 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 3: mind to jealous people. Pay no mind to people that 182 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 3: don't celebrate you. Pay no mind to people that try 183 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 3: to make you feel small. They don't control your des 184 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 3: God does. They are distractions to try to lure you 185 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: into the shallow waters, to keep you from God's best 186 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 3: Your assignment is too important. Your time is too valuable 187 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 3: to be distracted by negative, critical, jealous, small minded people. 188 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 3: If you listen to what they're saying about you, that 189 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 3: poison will get on the inside and you'll start fighting 190 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 3: a battle that you were never supposed to fight. Isaiah 191 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 3: fifty four says, no weapon formed against you will prosper. 192 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 3: Every tongue raised in judgment you will show to be 193 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 3: in the wrong. When you're in the deep waters, there 194 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 3: will be some challenges, attacks, people talking. There may be 195 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 3: some tongues raised against you right now, but don't worry. 196 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 3: It's not going to hold you back because you're honoring God, 197 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 3: trusting him. In the deep waters, God says, you'll see 198 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: his wonders. That means his protection, his vindication, his favor. 199 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 3: When I first started ministering in nineteen ninety nine, this 200 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 3: was all very new to me. Spent seventeen years behind 201 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 3: the scenes, and suddenly I was thrust in front of 202 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 3: a lot of people. I wasn't sure I could do this, 203 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: and at one point it felt overwhelmed me. Some people 204 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 3: were talking, he's not as good as his father, and 205 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: I felt the pressure of learning how to minister. It 206 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 3: seemed like on every side. There was opposition and negative 207 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: things happening. I said, God, I've taken this step of faith. 208 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 3: I'm in the deep waters. Sink or swim. God, here 209 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 3: I am. You're gonna have to help me. One night, 210 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 3: during that time, I had a dream was so vivid 211 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 3: I remember it like it was yesterday. Then this dream, 212 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: I was running through a large open field. There were 213 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 3: planes flying very low overhead, dropping bombs all around me, 214 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 3: just like out of a war movie. When bomb would 215 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 3: hit fifteen or twenty feet away from me, I would 216 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 3: brace myself and wait for the shrapnel to hit me. 217 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 3: I knew I was dead. I knew it was over. 218 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 3: The explosion was deafening, but for some reason, every time 219 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 3: the shrapnel never would hit me. This happened four or 220 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 3: five times, and even in my dream, I was amazed 221 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 3: that I was still alive. 222 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: Now. 223 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 3: I ended up running to this little house, hiding inside, 224 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 3: very afraid. I could hear the soldiers running by looking 225 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 3: for me, and I was praying that they wouldn't check 226 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 3: that house, hoping that they wouldn't come inside. Then my 227 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 3: worst nightmare came true. They came bursting in the door, 228 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 3: had their guns drawn. I was standing right in front 229 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 3: of them. I thought, that's it. I'm dead. They found me. 230 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: They looked at me for a couple of seconds, and 231 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 3: then turned around and walked out. It was like I 232 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 3: had become invisible to them, and I immediately woke up 233 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 3: wide awake. I could hear God saying down in here 234 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: so strongly, Joel. Things may be exploding all around you, 235 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 3: but I've got you in the palm of my hand. 236 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 3: You keep your trust in me, and no weapon formed 237 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 3: against you will prosper. Now, when things come against me, 238 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 3: I remind myself that God has a hedge of protection 239 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: around us that the enemy cannot cross. Instead of complaining 240 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: about how big the obstacle is, how somebody's talking about 241 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 3: you will come back to that place of peace. If 242 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: God be for you, who dare be against you? God said, 243 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: when the enemy comes against you, one way, he would 244 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways. 245 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 3: You may be up against a big challenge today, but 246 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 3: that tells me you have a big destiny. The size 247 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 3: of your problem is an indication of the size of 248 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: your future. David had a big destiny. What did God 249 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 3: do send him a big problem? But without Goliath? David 250 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 3: would still be known as a shepherd boy. That difficulty 251 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: was not sent to defeat you. It was sent to 252 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,359 Speaker 3: promote you. The Israelites were being mistreated by their captors. 253 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 3: The scripture says, the more they oppressed them, the more 254 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 3: the Israelites multiplied. The more they tried to push them down, 255 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: the higher God took them. That's the way God is. 256 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 3: If you'll stay in faith, God will make the enemy 257 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 3: pay for bringing that trouble into your life. You'll not 258 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 3: only come out, you'll come out stronger, increased, promoted, multiplied. 259 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: The more people try to make you look bad, the 260 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 3: better God will make you look. God said he would 261 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 3: prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies. 262 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 3: That means the ones that tried to push you down, 263 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 3: played politics, left you out, cheated you. God will make 264 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 3: sure they see you promoted, elevated, increased, in a position 265 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: of honor. In the scripture, Hayman tried to discredit Mordecai. 266 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 3: He lied about him and told the king how bad 267 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 3: Mordecai was and how he should be removed, on and on. 268 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 3: Mordecai didn't try to get even, didn't try to straighten 269 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 3: him out. He stayed in the deep waters, just kept 270 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 3: honoring God, being his best. In the end, the king 271 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 3: had Haman put a royal robe on Mordecai, marching through 272 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: the city streets saying, look how great Mordecai is. The 273 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 3: more someone or something tries to push you down, don't worry. 274 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 3: God's in control, the more you will be multiplied. Instead 275 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 3: of being discouraged by opposition, you can be encouraged by it. 276 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 3: Knowing on the other side of that difficulty is a 277 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 3: new level of your destiny. The enemy always fights us 278 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: the hardest when we are close to our victory. When 279 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: you're tempted to get discouraged, sour, go back to the 280 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 3: shower waters. It's never gonna work out. It's been too long. 281 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 3: That's when you have to dig your heels in and say, 282 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 3: I've come too far to stop now. My God is 283 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 3: still on the throne fighting my battles. I'm not only 284 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 3: coming out, I'm coming out better off than I was before. 285 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 3: When I was in Africa, a safari guide told how 286 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 3: when a gazelle or wilderbeast is pregnant and very close 287 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 3: to giving birth, a lion will stalk that animal day 288 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 3: after day. The lion will follow that pregnant mother around 289 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 3: waiting for her to go into labor. When the mother 290 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: goes into labor, the lion knows it's an easy target. 291 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 3: They can't fight back, so the lion will attack and 292 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 3: kill not only the mother, but the baby as well. 293 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 3: In the same way, when you are close to giving 294 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 3: birth to your dreams, you will face your greatest attacks. 295 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 3: The enemy waits till you're close to the breakthrough, close 296 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 3: to the healing host of the promotion. When you're about 297 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 3: to step into a new level of your destiny. Don't 298 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 3: be surprised if you hit a setback. That's a sure 299 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 3: sign you're about to give birth to what God has 300 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 3: placed in your heart. The good news is the forces 301 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 3: that are for you are greater than the forces that 302 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 3: are against you. Your destiny cannot be stopped by bad breaks, 303 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 3: by opposition by people, nor by all the forces of darkness. 304 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 3: God has the final say. When you stay in agreement 305 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 3: with him, he will get you to where you're supposed 306 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 3: to be. You may be up against that big challenge 307 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: that tells me you need to get ready. You're about 308 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 3: to give birth. You're about to see a promise come 309 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 3: to pass. You're about to see that child, turn around. 310 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 3: You're about to meet the person of your dreams. This 311 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 3: is not the time to get discourage and think, oh 312 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 3: it's taken so long. No, Now, more than ever, you 313 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 3: need to have the attitude. I am in it to 314 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 3: win it. I am not going to let this bad break, 315 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 3: this unfair situation, this disappointments, still my dreams. I'm going 316 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 3: to give birth to everything God's placed in my heart. 317 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 3: I know some of you have had more than your 318 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 3: share of unfair situations. Maybe you lost a loved one, 319 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 3: her relationship didn't work out, perhaps a child has caused 320 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 3: you a lot of heartache and pain. But know this, 321 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 3: nothing that you've been through has been wasted. Every struggle, 322 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 3: every wrong, every sleepless night has deposited something on the inside. 323 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 3: It's made you stronger, It's helped develop your character. You 324 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 3: are not defined by your past. You are prepared by 325 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 3: your past. It is put you in position for the 326 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 3: new thing God is about to do. Zachariah said, if 327 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 3: you will be a prisoner of hope, God will restore 328 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 3: double back to you. God wants to give you beauty 329 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 3: for the ashes. You got to do your part and 330 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 3: get your hopes up, get your fireback, start believing, start dreaming. 331 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 3: That's not just being positive, that's releasing your faith. There 332 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 3: was a lady in the Old Testament, an Israelite woman. 333 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 3: She did just the opposite. She was about to give 334 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 3: birth to a baby. She heard that the ark of 335 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: the Covenant had been stolen. This is where God lived 336 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: back then. It was a big deal, and she was 337 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 3: so distraught, so upset, that when her baby was born, 338 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 3: she named her son Ichabod. Ichabod means the glory has departed. 339 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 3: Notice she named her future based on what had happened 340 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 3: in the past. She could have just as easily named 341 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 3: him the Glory will return. She could have named him 342 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 3: what Zachariah said, double the Glory is coming. But she 343 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 3: was so caught up in what she'd been through, the disappointment, 344 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 3: the heartache, that it tamed her whole future. So often 345 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 3: we do the same thing. We're focused on what we lost, 346 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 3: how unfair it was. We don't think it's gonna change. No, 347 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 3: don't ever name your future based on a negative past. 348 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 3: In other words, I'm going around thinking, well, Joel didn't 349 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 3: get any good breaks last year. I'm sure it's going 350 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 3: to be the same struggle loneliness, depression, sickness, people not 351 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 3: treating me right. No, get that Ichabod spirit off of you. 352 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: This is a new day. God is doing a new thing. 353 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 3: The enemies you've seen in the past you will see 354 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 3: no more. God has shifted things in your favor. What's 355 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 3: meant for your harm? God is turning to your advantage. 356 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 3: Here's what you should name your future blessed, prosperous, victorious, healthy, strong, talented, 357 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 3: well able. You may be in a difficult season, your 358 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 3: attitude should be this is only temporary. I know it's 359 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: just a matter of time before it turns around. May 360 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 3: seem like you're stuck, could never rise any higher. But 361 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 3: don't go around speaking defeat. Well, I've reached my limits. 362 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 3: I don't have the connections, I don't have the funds. No, 363 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 3: name your future by saying God's face is smiling down 364 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 3: on me. He's opening new doors of opportunity. He's putting 365 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 3: me at the right place at the right time. My 366 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 3: greatest victories are not behind me, They're still out in 367 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 3: front of me. That's calling in favor, Increase, blessing. When 368 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 3: you think about your future, there should be an excitement 369 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 3: and expectancy. You're looking for God's goodness, not dragging around thinking, 370 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 3: Oh it's so hard, why is it taking so long. No, 371 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 3: all through the day, something good is going to happen 372 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 3: to me. Blessings are chasing me down. Favor is in 373 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 3: my future. This is what David did. He went through 374 00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: plenty of bad breaks, disappointment, heartache, but he didn't name 375 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 3: his future based on his past. He said, I am 376 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 3: confident I will see the goodness of God in the 377 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 3: land of the living. That's my prayer for you, that 378 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 3: you will be confident that your best days are still 379 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 3: up ahead, Confident that God has shifted things in your favor. 380 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: Confident that your dreams will come to pass. Isaiah put 381 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 3: it this way, Arise and shine, for the glory of 382 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: the Lord is upon you. It doesn't say the glory 383 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 3: is going to come on you one day, maybe next year, 384 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 3: if business fix up, maybe in the future, if you 385 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 3: get that good break. No, it says the glory of 386 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 3: the Lord is already on you. That word glory in 387 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 3: the original language implies God's favor, God's splendor, and God's 388 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 3: honor is heavy on you. There's an emphasis on heavy. 389 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 3: Remember the old days, hippies used to say heavy man, heavy. 390 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 3: Let me tell you, because you're honoring God, you are 391 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 3: heavy with favor. You are dripping with God's goodness. See, 392 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 3: we're not supposed to be heavy with trials, heavy with difficulties, 393 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 3: weighted down with worry you. No, the only thing that's 394 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 3: supposed to be heavy on you is God's favor. When 395 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 3: you get up in the morning, have the right perspective, 396 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 3: you have an advantage. God has put something on you 397 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 3: that causes you to stand out in the crowd. It 398 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 3: causes opportunity, good breaks, healing, the right people to track 399 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 3: you down. You are not a lightweight. You are heavy 400 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 3: with God's favor. I talked to a lady in the 401 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 3: lobby a couple of years ago. She asked me to 402 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 3: sign her Bible. It's one of the bibles that we 403 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 3: give away to graduates. She looked to be in her 404 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 3: early fifties, and I asked her if it was for 405 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 3: her son or her daughter. She smiled and said, no, 406 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 3: it's for me. I just graduated from college. She told 407 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 3: how she was the first one in her family for 408 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 3: as far back as she could see, to ever graduate 409 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,959 Speaker 3: from college. There was a lot of mediocrity and dysfunction 410 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 3: in her family. She always wanted to go, always had 411 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 3: the desire, but anytime she tried, something held her back, 412 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 3: and at the age of forty, it looked like it 413 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 3: was too late. She had children to raise, couldn't get 414 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 3: off work, didn't have the extra finances. All the odds 415 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 3: were against her. Most people would have given up, thought, well, 416 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 3: too bad. Not this lady. She kept believing, kept praying, 417 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 3: knowing that she was heavy with God's favor. One day, 418 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 3: her employer unexpectedly called her in and said, we heard 419 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 3: you want to go to college. We've decided that we 420 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 3: will pay for your tuition. Plus we will let you 421 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 3: take off of work and go to class whenever you 422 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 3: need to. That's heavy favor. One thing to have a 423 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 3: free tuition, but she basically got paid to go to college. 424 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 3: She not only got her bachelor's degree, she got her 425 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 3: master's degree. Friends, this is your time, this is your moment. 426 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 3: You are heavy with favor. The prophet Joel said, Wake 427 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 3: up the mighty men, Wake up the mighty women. That's 428 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 3: who I'm speaking to today. God has equipped you, empowered you, 429 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 3: and anointed you. No weapon formed against you can prosper Now. 430 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 3: Pain no mind to the people that are trying to 431 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 3: discourage you. God didn't put the promise in them. He 432 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 3: put the promise in you. What God started in your life, 433 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 3: he will finish you. May be in a difficult season, 434 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 3: just keep on shining. Like the Israelites. The more difficult 435 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 3: it is, the more God is going to multiply you. You're 436 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 3: not going to come out the same, You're gonna come 437 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 3: out increased, promoted, better than you were before. Last week 438 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 3: would have been my father's ninety second birthday. My dad 439 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: went to be with the Lord in nineteen ninety nine 440 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 3: at the age of seventy seven. I was reflecting back 441 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 3: over the last fourteen years and thinking about all the 442 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 3: things God has done in my life. Never dreamed I 443 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 3: would be here today, never thought I could minister, never 444 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 3: imagine we would have the former Compact Center as our church. 445 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 3: God has done more than I could even ask or think. 446 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 3: I have seen his wonders. But the truth is I'm 447 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 3: not the most talented, not the most dynamic. But one 448 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 3: thing I'm good at is staying in the deep waters, 449 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 3: not letting things bother me, not fighting battles that don't matter, 450 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 3: not naming my future based on the past, believing that 451 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:55,199 Speaker 3: I'm heavy with favor simple things. But when you honor 452 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 3: God like that, he will make more out of your 453 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 3: life than you ever imagined. I'm asking you to stay 454 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 3: in the deep waters. Shake off the discouragement, shake off 455 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,719 Speaker 3: the offense, shake off little dreams. Believe that you're heavy 456 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 3: with favor. Believe that your best days are still out 457 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 3: in front of you. If you will stay in the 458 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,719 Speaker 3: deep waters, I'm a living testimony. You will see the 459 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 3: wonders of God. God will open doors that no man 460 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 3: can shut. God will take you where you could not 461 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 3: go on your own. He'll fight your battles, He'll make 462 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 3: your wrongs right. I believe in declare you will overcome 463 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,719 Speaker 3: every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and become everything that God's 464 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 3: created you to be. In Jesus's name, if you receive it, 465 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 3: can you say it in today? We never like to 466 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 3: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 467 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: Jesus the lord of your life. 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