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We love you, We know God has 44 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 5: great things in store, And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 46 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 5: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 47 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 5: feel right at home. And thanks so much for tuning in. 48 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 5: And again thank you for coming out today. And I 49 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 5: like to start with something funny each week. And I 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: heard about this minister. He was finishing up a fiery 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 5: sermon on self control. He said, with great passion, if 52 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 5: I had all the beer in the world, I would 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 5: take it and throw it in the river with a 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 5: greater fervor. If I had all the wine in the world, 55 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 5: I'd throw it in the river, almost. 56 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 4: To the top of his lungs. 57 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 5: If I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd 58 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 5: throw it in the river. 59 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: He sat down. 60 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 5: Song leader God up said for a closing song, let's 61 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 5: sing him three sixty five. 62 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 4: Shall we gather at the river? 63 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 2: All right? 64 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 5: Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 65 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 66 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 67 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 68 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 69 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 70 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 71 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about holding on to your peace. 72 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 5: We all have opportunities to get upset, live stressed out. 73 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 5: The storms of life come to every person. The scripture says, 74 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 5: the rain falls. 75 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 4: On the just and the unjust. 76 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 5: No matter how good of a person you are, you're 77 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 5: going to have some rain. 78 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 4: Can't pray away every difficulty. 79 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 5: Now, a lot of times we're using our faith to 80 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 5: try to control our circumstances. But I've found it's better 81 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 5: to use my faith to try to control myself in 82 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 5: the midst of those circumstances. I know if I can 83 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 5: just remain stable in the storms of life, if I 84 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 5: can just stay in peace, that's what allows God to 85 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 5: change things. God never said that we wouldn't have difficulties, 86 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 5: but he did promise we could have peace in the 87 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 5: midst of the storms. When you face adversities, one of 88 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: the most powerful things you can do is simply stay calm. 89 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 5: When you are at peace, you are proving to God 90 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 5: that you trust in By your actions. You're saying God, 91 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 5: I know you're still on the throne. I know you're 92 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 5: bigger than this problem. I've been through several hurricanes. The 93 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 5: storm can be huge eighty or ninety miles wide. The 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 5: winds blow in one hundred and twenty miles an hour, 95 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: knocking down trees, telephone poles, blowing the roofs off of houses, all. 96 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 4: Kinds of damage. 97 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 5: But do you know, right in the center, there's something 98 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 5: called the eye of the storm. In the eye, it's 99 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 5: just as calm and peaceful as can be. 100 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 4: The winds, the rain, the damage. 101 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 5: It can be all around you, and if you went 102 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 5: out a few miles it could be dangerous. But if 103 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 5: you stay in the eye, everything will be okay. Same 104 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 5: principle in life. The storm may be raging your health, 105 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 5: your finances, your family. You could easily be torn apart. 106 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: But in the center of that storm there is a 107 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 5: place you can enter where you can find rest. God 108 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 5: may not deliver us from every storm, but if we 109 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 5: can learn to stay in the eye, we can have 110 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 5: peace right in the middle of it. Some of you 111 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 5: are facing major challenges right now. You're constantly wrestling with 112 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 5: that problem. You're so worried you can't really sleep good 113 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 5: at night. You're trying to fix this person, trying to 114 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 5: pay somebody back that did you wrong, trying to pray 115 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 5: long enough to show God you mean business. 116 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 4: You're all wrought up. 117 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 5: But the scripture says those who have believed enter into 118 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 5: the rest of God. If you want God to take 119 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 5: care of that problem, you've got to come back to. 120 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 4: That place of peace. That's what shows you're really belie 121 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 4: And here's the key. 122 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 5: You may be in the storm, but don't let the 123 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 5: storm get in you. In other words, somebody may be 124 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 5: aggravating you, somebody may be trying to get on your nerves. Listen, 125 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 5: don't let that get on the inside. Don't give away 126 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 5: your power. That's just what they want. Just shake it 127 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 5: off and move on. Maybe a situation in your health, 128 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 5: your family, your finances, you could easily worry about that 129 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 5: night and day. 130 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 4: No, just do your best and then trust God to 131 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 4: do the rest. You can't stop. 132 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 5: Every storm, but you can keep it from getting on 133 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 5: the inside. I think about Daniel. He was thrown into 134 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 5: the lions den. He didn't get upset. He didn't stay 135 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 5: up all night praying, rebuking, begging God please. 136 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 4: Help me, please protect me. He just stayed in peace. 137 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 5: I can imagine he walked into the lions den, laid down, 138 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 5: went to sleep right in the middle of the storm. 139 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 5: His attitude was, God, I know you're still on the throne, 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 5: and if I die tonight, I'll come to heaven and 141 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 5: be with you. 142 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 4: But if it's not my time. 143 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 5: To go, I know all the forces of darkness cannot 144 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 5: take me. So I'm just gonna relax, keep my peace, 145 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 5: get some sleep, and enjoy my life. He was in 146 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: the storm, but he didn't let the storm get in him. 147 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 5: He remained stable. That's what allows God to work. But 148 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 5: when we're worried, living, stressed out, and fighting against everything, 149 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 5: we tie the hands of Almighty God. One time, the 150 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 5: people of Israel had just come out of slavery. 151 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 4: They were headed toward the. 152 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 5: Promised Land, so happy, finally free, But then Pharaoh changed 153 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 5: his mind and came chasing after them. They came to 154 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 5: the dead end at the Red Sea. They had nowhere 155 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 5: to go. It looked impossible, and instead of staying in faith, 156 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 5: knowing that God had delivered them before and he would 157 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 5: do it again, they got all upset started come plum 158 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 5: and God afraid, Moses, why did you bring us out 159 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 5: here to die? 160 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: Look what you've gotten us into. Moses. 161 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 5: See, they were in the storm, but they made the 162 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 5: mistake of letting the storm get in them. Moses knew 163 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 5: he had to get them out of that negative mentality 164 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: or they would be defeated. He said in Exodus fourteen thirteen, 165 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 5: stand still and you will see the deliverance of the Lord. 166 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 5: He went on to say, the Lord will fight for 167 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 5: you if you hold your peace and remain at rest. 168 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 5: That's a powerful principle. God will fight your battles if 169 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 5: you'll stay calm and remain in peace. This is what 170 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 5: a friend of mine did. He was a mechanic at 171 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 5: one of these big diesel shops where they work on 172 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 5: eighteen wheelers. 173 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 4: For years there, he wasn't treated right. They made fun 174 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 4: of him. 175 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 5: They thought he was stiff because he wouldn't go party 176 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 5: with them after work. Year after year. He had to 177 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 5: put up with their ridicule, injustice, sarcasm. They treated him 178 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 5: like he was second class, like he was inferior. The 179 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 5: truth is he was the top producing mechanic seven years 180 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 5: in a row, but he had never once had a raise, 181 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 5: a promotion, any kind of bonus. It was because his 182 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 5: supervisor didn't like him. He could have easily lived stressed out, angry, 183 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 5: chip on his shoulder, But I told him what I'm 184 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 5: telling you don't lose your peace. Don't let those people 185 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 5: get on your nerves. You're not working under them, You're 186 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 5: working under God. 187 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 4: He just shook it off and kept being his best. 188 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 5: It was bad all around him, but he found the 189 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 5: eye of the storm where he knew God was in 190 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 5: complete control. One day, the owner of this business, out 191 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 5: of the blue called him. He had never met this man. 192 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 5: The owner wasn't involved in the day to day operations. 193 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: The owner told how he wanted to retire and he 194 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 5: was looking for someone to sell the company to, and 195 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 5: he offered it to this man. This man said, I 196 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 5: don't have the money to buy your business. 197 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 4: I'm just an employee. 198 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 5: The owner said, you don't need the money. I'm going 199 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 5: to loan it to you. Long story short. He took 200 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: the offer, and today he owns that company. It's very successful, 201 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 5: has nearly eighty employees. He said, Joel, it's funny. They 202 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 5: used to call me names, but now they call me boss. 203 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 5: When you stay in peace, God will not only fight 204 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 5: your battles, but he will pay you back for the 205 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 5: enemy bringing that trouble into your life. Now I've learned 206 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 5: some people are just peace stealers. They feel like it's 207 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 5: their calling in life to aggravate you, try to make 208 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 5: you look bad and tell you what you can't do. 209 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 5: They'll try to bait you into an argument to get 210 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 5: you upset, annoyed, frustrated. Listen, don't take their bait. They're 211 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 5: not worth you losing your peace over. They may think 212 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 5: they're getting the best of you, but in the end, 213 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 5: because of what they've done, God will take you higher. 214 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 5: They think they're pushing you down, but because you stayed 215 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 5: in peace, what they're really doing is. 216 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 4: Pushing you up. 217 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 5: Had a young man tell me last week how the 218 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 5: people it is company treat him like he's nothing. They 219 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 5: talk down to him constantly. They act like he can't 220 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 5: do anything right. His self esteem was down to nothing. 221 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 5: I said, listen, they're just peace stealers. You are not 222 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 5: who they say you are. You are who God says 223 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 5: you are. And if you will stay in peace and 224 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 5: just keep being your best, God will promote you in 225 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 5: front of them. God said he would prepare a table 226 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 5: before us in the presence of our enemies. That means 227 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 5: God will elevate you so that all those that tried 228 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: to keep you down will clearly see it. Like this, mechanic. 229 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 5: God will put you on display. There will be no 230 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 5: doubt about it. They will clearly see you promoted successful, 231 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 5: a victor and not a victim. Now, quit trying to 232 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 5: win over some body that's never going to like you. 233 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 5: Some people don't want. 234 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 4: To be at peace with you. 235 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 5: You've got to come to the place where you can say, 236 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 5: I'm at peace with you not being at peace with me. 237 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 5: In other words, I don't need your approval to feel 238 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 5: good about myself. I don't need to be in your 239 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 5: group to enjoy my life. I'm at peace with you 240 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 5: not liking me. I'm at peace with you even trying 241 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 5: to make me look bad, because I know a secret. 242 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 5: When I remain at rest, the creator of the universe 243 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 5: will show up to fight my battles. He'll be my vindicator. 244 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 5: He'll get me to where I'm supposed to be friends. 245 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 5: God has seen every wrong that's been done to you, 246 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 5: He's seen every unfair situation. He told the people of Israel, 247 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 5: I have seen your affliction. I have seen how badly 248 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 5: you were treated those four hundred and thirty years that 249 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 5: you were in slavery. God went on to say, I 250 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 5: have come down to deliver you. When God brought them out. 251 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 5: They didn't come out empty handed. God made their enemies 252 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 5: give them their gold, their silver, everything they asked for. 253 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 5: Somebody may have done you wrong, and you could easily 254 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 5: live bitter and angry and spend your life trying to 255 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 5: pay them back and trying to prove to them who 256 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: you are. Now, if you will let God do it 257 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 5: his way, he'll pay you back with much more than 258 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 5: you lost. He'll make it up to you in a 259 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 5: much greater way. Remember when our daughter Alexandra was about 260 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 5: three or four years old, I just bought her an 261 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 5: ice cream cone. We walked out of the store and 262 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 5: we saw some friends there on the sidewalk and started 263 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 5: visiting with them. And there were some kids out here playing, 264 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 5: and Alexandra went over there and a bunch of them. 265 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 4: They all had their ice cream cones. 266 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 5: As we were talking, I noticed out of the corner 267 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 5: of my eye, this one little boy was playing. 268 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 4: Very rough with everybody. 269 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 5: I thought to myself, now, he's got to be careful. 270 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,719 Speaker 5: That's my little girl over there, and I don't want 271 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 5: her to get hurt. But sure enough, and he didn't 272 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 5: mean to hit her very hard, and Alexandra fell down 273 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 5: and lost her ice cream cone. He began to laugh 274 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 5: and laugh and make fun of her because now she 275 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 5: was the only one that didn't have that ice cream. 276 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 5: Alexandra headed straight toward me. She was as serious as 277 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 5: could be, all business. She said, Daddy, come on, let's 278 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 5: go get another one. She knew that I would make 279 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 5: things right, and normally I would get her one scoop. 280 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 5: But I said, Alexandra, I'm gonna get you three scoops, 281 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 5: so you'll have more than everybody else. She went out 282 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 5: of that store and went and found that little boy 283 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 5: and started waving that ice cream cone. 284 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 4: Just like she was saying, Look what you did. 285 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 5: You caused me to get three times what I had before. 286 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 4: See, he meant it for harm, I minute for good. 287 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 4: That's the way our heavenly father is. Somebody may have 288 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 4: done you wrong. 289 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 5: But if you will stay in peace, if you will 290 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 5: stay on that high road, God will make sure that 291 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 5: you come out with more than you had before. He's 292 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 5: not going to give you a single scoop. He's going 293 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 5: to give you one of those triple scoops. I know 294 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 5: this man. He's an executive with this big oil company. 295 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 5: He had a very good position, worked there for over 296 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 5: twenty five years. One day the company sold and they 297 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 5: had this corporate restructuring and they was told that they 298 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 5: didn't need him anymore. He had all this seniority and 299 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 5: he'd been very loyal, but they just cut him loose. 300 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 5: He's a faithful member here at Lakewood. He serves as 301 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 5: one of our volunteers. I wondered how this was going 302 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 5: to affect him. Was he going to be upset, discouraged, angry, 303 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: drop out of church, bitter. No, you couldn't even tell 304 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 5: anything was wrong. Every service there with a smile, serving, giving, 305 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 5: helping others, week after week, month after month. Six months later, 306 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 5: after he'd lost that job, he said, Joel, I just 307 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 5: got a new position. Is closer to my home, I 308 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 5: don't have to travel, has better benefits, and I'm going 309 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 5: to be making just about twice what I was making before. Friends, 310 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 5: if you will stay in peace, God will pay you back. 311 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 5: And it's one thing to come through a trial with 312 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 5: everybody praying for you, everybody. 313 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 4: Cheering your own. That's great. We need people to. 314 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: Encourage us, but I believe it's a greater testimony to 315 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 5: come through a trial and nobody even knew you went 316 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: through it. You're so consistent, so stable, You've got so 317 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 5: much peace. 318 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 4: Nobody could even tell anything was wrong. 319 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 5: No matter what comes our way, our attitude should be 320 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: I know God is in control and everything is going 321 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 5: to be all right. You need to let that phrase 322 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 5: sink down into your spirit. Everything is going to be 323 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 5: all right. Somebody says, well, I heard they're laying off 324 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 5: people at your company. Yes, that's true, but I know 325 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 5: Jehovah Jirah is still on the throne. 326 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 4: Everything's going to be all right. 327 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: Well, your child chair is acting up, yes, But as 328 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 5: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 329 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 5: Everything's going to be all right. Well I heard you 330 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 5: got a bad report from the doctor. Yes, but I've 331 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 5: got another report. It says that God is restoring health back. 332 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 5: Unto me, Everything's gonna be all right. If you will 333 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 5: meditate on that simple phrase, no matter how big the challenge, 334 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 5: it'll help you to stay calm. And some of you 335 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 5: have been wrestling with the situation month after month in 336 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 5: your mind, worried, anxious, uptight. God is saying, be still 337 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 5: and know that I am God. Get your peace back, 338 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 5: get your joy back. It may look dark and gloomy, 339 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 5: but right above those dark clouds, the sun is shining. 340 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 4: God has you in the palm of his hand. Now 341 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 4: turn it over to him. Quit worrying about it. Everything 342 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 4: is going to be all right. See. 343 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 5: Sometimes God doesn't deliver us from the storm, he will 344 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 5: take us through the storm. There are two kinds of faith, 345 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 5: of delivering faith and the sustaining faith. Delivering faith is 346 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 5: when God instantly turns it around. Of course we all 347 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 5: like that, but most of the time God gives us 348 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 5: sustaining faith. That's when we have the grace to walk 349 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 5: through the difficulty. And if you don't understand this, you'll 350 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 5: try to pray away every challenge, try to fight against 351 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: everything that you don't like. You'll end up frustrated. This 352 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 5: is why I love Joseph. Even though it wasn't fair, 353 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 5: he didn't fight it. He embraced it. He kept being 354 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 5: his best, stayed in peace. 355 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 4: God brought him out on top. That's that sustaining faith. 356 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 5: The three Hebrew teenagers, Shadrak, Mejak, and Abdigo, they were 357 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 5: told they had to bow down to the king's golden 358 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 5: idol or they would be thrown into the fiery furnace. 359 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 5: They said, no, King, We're not going to bow down. 360 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 5: We know our God will deliver us. Their attitude was, 361 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 5: we're not worried about it. We have inside information. We know, 362 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 5: so everything is gonna be all right. Notice they didn't 363 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 5: fight it. They weren't upset, they weren't complaining. They were 364 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 5: at peace. They knew nothing could happen without God's permission. 365 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 5: The guards threw them into the fiery furnace, and you 366 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 5: know the story, they came out without the smell of smoke. 367 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,360 Speaker 5: God didn't deliver them from the fire, He took them 368 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 5: through the fire. If you're going to stay in peace, 369 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 5: you have to let God do it his way, because 370 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 5: if you're only going to be happy, if it happens 371 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 5: your way on your timetable, you're probably going to end 372 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 5: up frustrated. Because God's ways are not always our ways. 373 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 5: His timetable may not line up with our timetable. But 374 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 5: I found God's way is much better than my way. 375 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 5: It may take a little longer, I may have to 376 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 5: stretch and go through some difficulties, but when it's all 377 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 5: set and done, you're gonna come out promoted, increased, elevated, restored, 378 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,479 Speaker 5: better off than you were before. The scripture talks about 379 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 5: how when you've been through the fire, through the flood, 380 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 5: through the famine, then you need to get ready. The 381 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 5: fourth f is favor. God is about to turn it around. 382 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 5: He's about to amaze you with his goodness. I know 383 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 5: this young couple. They were on their honeymoon riding horses 384 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 5: on the beach, and they were with a group of 385 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 5: eight or ten riders and having a great time. But 386 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 5: then at one point the lady's horse got spooked, reared. 387 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 4: Up, and bucked her off. She didn't get hurt, she 388 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 4: was okay. 389 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 5: But when she fell, she flung her arms and unfortunately, 390 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 5: her brand new diamond wedding ring flung off into the sand. 391 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 5: And this is right where the waves were washing up 392 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 5: on the ocean. Of course, they all got off and 393 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 5: started looking for it. But hour after hour and nobody 394 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 5: could find it. It seemed impossible finding a ring out there, 395 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 5: and plus it could have washed out back to the ocean. 396 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 5: They went back to their hotel room, very discouraged and depressed. 397 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 5: Later that evening, the young lady was sitting there discouraged, 398 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 5: and she had a change of heart. She thought, I'm 399 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 5: not going to let the loss of this wedding room 400 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 5: ruin my honeymoon. I'm not going to let this be 401 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 5: my main memory. And she simply said, God, I'm turning 402 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 5: it over to you. I'm not going to worry about 403 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 5: it anymore. I know you're in control. She quit fighting it. 404 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 5: She came back to that place of peace, she would saying, 405 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 5: in effect, everything is going to be all right. Three 406 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 5: days later, she and her husband were out taking a 407 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 5: walk on the beach, enjoying a beautiful sunset. She stepped 408 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 5: on something hard. Thought it was a rock, a seashell. 409 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 4: She looked down. Wouldn't you know it? 410 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 5: It was her diamond wedding ring. It had washed back 411 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 5: up on the ocean. What are the chances of that? Friends, 412 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 5: God is in complete control. When you remain at rest, 413 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 5: God will do for you what you could not do 414 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 5: for yourself. You may be in the fire, but remember 415 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 5: favor is coming. You may be in a famine, but 416 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 5: if you'll hold your peace, favor is headed your way. 417 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 5: Perhaps even like Joseph, you're in a situation where you're 418 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 5: not being treated right. But if you will just stay calm, 419 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 5: I can assure you something good is coming. Favor is coming, 420 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 5: Vindication is coming, breakthroughs are coming. Weeping may endure for 421 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 5: a night, but joy is coming in the morning. 422 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 4: Be still and know that he is God. 423 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 5: This is what I had to do when my father 424 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord. All these thoughts were 425 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 5: bombarding my mind. It's never gonna work out. Church is 426 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 5: gonna go down to nothing, Joey, you can't step up 427 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 5: and pasture. You don't have what it takes. Thoughts of fear, worry, anxiety. 428 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 5: In my imagination, I could see every worst case scenario, 429 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 5: the church, you know, just being boarded up, nobody coming, 430 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 5: a big embarrassment. My emotions were telling me you should 431 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 5: be upset, distraught. This is gonna be really, really bad. 432 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 5: I was in the storm, but I did just what 433 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to do. I didn't let the storm 434 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 5: get in me. I came back to that place of 435 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 5: peace and said, God, I know you're still on the throne. 436 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: I know my father going to be with the Lord 437 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 5: is not a surprise to you. And you said no 438 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 5: weapon formed against me would prosper. You said I can 439 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 5: do all things through Christ. 440 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 4: You said that. 441 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 5: I've been armed with strength for every battle. So Father, 442 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 5: I just want to thank you that I'm not going 443 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 5: to just come out. I'm going to come out better 444 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 5: off than I was before I was in the fire. 445 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 5: It was a difficulty, but I can tell you God 446 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 5: brought me out with favor. He promoted me, he increased me. 447 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 5: He's taking me places that I've never dreamed of. Some 448 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 5: of you today are in the fire right now. You're 449 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 5: in a difficult time. You could easily live angry, upset, bitter, worried, frustrated. No, 450 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 5: come back to that place of peace. God has favor 451 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 5: in your future. He already has the solution. Isaiah said, 452 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 5: in quietness and in stillness shall be your strength. You're 453 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 5: going to have a greater strength when you get quiet, 454 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 5: when you're at peace, When you're calm, you think better, 455 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 5: you make better decisions. You're going to feel better and 456 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 5: have more energy. You're not going to just endure life. 457 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 5: That's when you'll enjoy life. Well, you say, Joel, I'm 458 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 5: stressed because my child's acting up. I'm worried because my 459 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 5: finances are low. I'm uptight because my health situation. 460 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 4: Doesn't look good. 461 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 5: Now, I'm not doubting that you're in a storm. I'm 462 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 5: simply asking you to come into the. 463 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 4: Eye of the storm. Believe that God has you in 464 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 4: the palm of his hand. 465 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 5: Believe that right now God is fighting your battles. Believe 466 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 5: that God's gonna take what was meant for your harm 467 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 5: and use it for your good friends. Life is too 468 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 5: short to live uptight, frustrated, worried, shape. 469 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 4: That off and come back to the place peace. 470 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 5: One time the Disciples were in a boat and out 471 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 5: on the lake a great storm arose. The winds were blowing, 472 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 5: the waves were crashing. God so bad they thought the 473 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 5: boat was going to capsize. They thought it was over, 474 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 5: and they were very upset, very afraid. 475 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 4: The whole time. Jesus was underneath in the boat asleep. 476 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 5: They finally said, somebody, go wake up Jesus, or we're 477 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 5: going to die. Jesus got up, spoke to the storm, 478 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 5: everything calmed down. The scripture describes Jesus as the Word 479 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 5: made flesh. You could say the disciples in this storm, 480 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 5: they woke up the Word in your storm. If you 481 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 5: want to see God's favor, if you want to see 482 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 5: God turn it around instead of complaining, instead of worrying, 483 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 5: you too. 484 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: Are going to have to wake up the Word. 485 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 5: You've got to start speaking victory to that storm. 486 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 4: If you don't talk to the storm. The storm will 487 00:25:59,119 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 4: talk to you. 488 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 5: It'll tell you you're not gonna make it. The enemy's 489 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 5: too big. You're never gonna. 490 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 4: Get well, nor wake up the word. Father. 491 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 5: You said, when the enemy comes against me like a flood, 492 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 5: you would raise up a barrier. You said, you are 493 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 5: my light and my salvation. 494 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: Whom shall I fear? 495 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 5: You said that I will live and not die. 496 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 4: Some of you. 497 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 5: If you would start waking up the word, your storm 498 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 5: would calm down. If you would start declaring what God 499 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 5: said about you, you would not only have more peace, 500 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 5: but God's word coming out of your mouth is alive 501 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 5: and active. When you speak God's word, all of Heaven 502 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 5: comes to attention, the angels go to work, Favor is released, 503 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 5: and in a storm. 504 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 4: You can't be passive. 505 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 5: If the disciples would have waited much longer, they might 506 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 5: not have fulfilled their destiny. You can't just sit back 507 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 5: and let negative thoughts play in your mind all day long. 508 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 4: It's too bad. 509 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 5: You're never gonna make it. It's never gonna change. No, 510 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 5: get on the offensive. Your declaration be. I may be 511 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: in the fire, but I know favor is coming. I 512 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 5: may be infamine, but I know increase is headed My way. 513 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 4: I may be in the flood, but I know. 514 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 5: Breakthroughs are in my future. Friends, you can have peace 515 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 5: in the midst of the storm. I'm asking us today 516 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 5: to hold on to our peace. It may be bad 517 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 5: all around, but you've got to find the eye of 518 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 5: the storm, find that place of rest. That's when God 519 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 5: says he will fight your battles. He will make your 520 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 5: wrongs right now. 521 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 4: Quit letting other people upset you. Shake that off and 522 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 4: let God be your vindicator. 523 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 5: Remember, God doesn't deliver us from every storm. He may 524 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 5: take us through it. Don't fight it. Embrace where you are, 525 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 5: Stay calm. That's how you prove to God that you're 526 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 5: trusting Him in those storms. Wake up the word, declare 527 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 5: what God says about your situation. If you will be 528 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 5: still and know that He is God, I can assure 529 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 5: you everything is gonna be all right. 530 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 4: Just like with Joseph. 531 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 5: God will bring you out just like the mechanic. God 532 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 5: will vindicate you, just like the girl in the ring. 533 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 5: God will give you favor just like the Hebrew teenagers. 534 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 4: You'll come out without the smell of smoke. 535 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 5: And I believe and declare you will overcome every obstacle, 536 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 5: defeat every enemy, accomplish every God given dream. You're gonna 537 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 5: see no eye has seen, heard or imagine. Blessings come 538 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 5: in your way in Jesus' name. 539 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 4: Amen, do you receive that today? 540 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 5: Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 541 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 542 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 543 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 544 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 545 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 546 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 5: got born again. 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