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I 45 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 6: like to start with something funny and I heard about 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 6: this couple that lived out in the country. They had 47 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 6: been married fifty years and never had an argument, not one. 48 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 6: Somebody asked the secret of their success. The men explained. 49 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 6: As they were leaving the church going on their honeymoon, 50 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 6: the wife's horse refused to go. She got off, looked 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 6: the horse in the eyes and said, that's one. He 52 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 6: went a little further, stopped again. She got off, looked 53 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 6: the horse in the eyes and said that's two. He 54 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 6: went a little more, stopped a third time. This time 55 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 6: she got off, pulled her revolver out and shot the 56 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 6: horse dead. Her husband said, what in the world are 57 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,839 Speaker 6: you doing. You can't just shoot a horse. She looked 58 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 6: at him and said, honey, that's one, all right. That 59 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 6: is not advice, that's a joke. Here we go. This 60 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 6: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 61 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 62 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 63 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 64 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 65 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 66 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about by this. I know 67 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 6: we've all come through challenges and difficulties that should have 68 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 6: stopped us. The problem seemed too big, The obstacle looked insurmountable. 69 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 6: Somehow we made it through. We've seen doors open that 70 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 6: shouldn't have opened, Promotion that we didn't deserve. People for 71 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 6: no reason went out of their way to be good 72 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 6: to us. That wasn't luck. It wasn't just a good break. 73 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 6: That was the hand of God pushing back forces of darkness, 74 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 6: protecting us, healing us, promoting us. David said in Psalm 75 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 6: forty one. By this, I know the Lord is on 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 6: my side. He has not let my enemies triumph over me. 77 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 6: When David looked at where he was and thought about 78 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 6: what it took to get there, the rejection being left 79 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 6: out by his father, King Saul, trying to kill him, 80 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 6: people slandering him, he recognized the whole time it was 81 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 6: God behind the scenes, fighting his battles, not letting those 82 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 6: enemies defeat him. It gave him a confidence of boldness. 83 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 6: He knew the Lord was on his side. All of 84 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 6: us have some of these. By this, I know that 85 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 6: sickness could have been the end. But by the grace 86 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 6: of God, you're still here, healthy and home. You can 87 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 6: look back and say, like David, by this, I know 88 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 6: the Lord is on my side. He didn't let that 89 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 6: sickness defeat me or the divorce. The breakup could have 90 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 6: left you sou bitter, lonely. But God not only restored you, 91 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 6: he brought somebody new, somebody better than you've imagined. Now 92 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 6: you're a happy, whole, loving life. You can say, by this, 93 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 6: I know the Lord is on my side. He turned 94 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 6: my mourning into dancing. A young lady showed me pictures 95 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 6: of a car she was driving. Somebody pulled in front 96 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 6: of her on the freeway. She lost control of her car. 97 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 6: It flipped over and rolled three times. There was nothing 98 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 6: left of the car. Didn't look like anyway someone could survive. 99 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 6: She smiled and said, Joel, I came out without one scratch, 100 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 6: without one bruise. The police couldn't believe it when they 101 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 6: saw the car. They were expecting a fatality. They had 102 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 6: to use the jaws of life to get her out. 103 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 6: An officer said, you were one very lucky young lady. 104 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 6: That wasn't luck, that was the goodness of God. Those 105 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 6: were angels protecting her, keeping her from dashing her foot 106 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 6: against a stone. Now, she can look back and say, 107 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 6: by this, I know the Lord is on my side. 108 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 6: The things that should have stopped you, the people that 109 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 6: came against you, the accidents, the rejection, the tough childhood, 110 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 6: the addiction that was passed down. Other people were defeated, 111 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 6: other people got knocked down. But look at you. You're 112 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 6: still standing, You're still blessed, you're still victorious, you're still happy. 113 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 6: Just the fact that you're here. That's a sign the 114 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 6: Lord is on your side. When you look back and 115 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 6: see how you outlasted the opposition, how you raised that 116 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 6: child on your own, how you put yourself through college, 117 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 6: how you broke the addiction, rose out of the dysfunction, 118 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 6: how you came through the cancer treatment, how you encouraged 119 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 6: yourself when nobody else was around. Other people would have 120 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 6: given up, others would have complained, been discouraged, missed their destiny. 121 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 6: But not you. You're still going strong. When you know the 122 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 6: Lord is on your side, it gives you a boldness, 123 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 6: a confidence. You don't fall apart when you face opposition. 124 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 6: Your attitude is you are messing with the wrong person. 125 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 6: I may look ordinary, but I have a secret. The 126 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 6: most High God, the creator of the universe is on 127 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 6: my side. How do you know He didn't let your 128 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 6: enemies triumph over you. You didn't make it through all those 129 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 6: challenges on your own. That was God fighting your battles, 130 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 6: breathing in your direction. You didn't break that addiction by yourself. 131 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,119 Speaker 6: You may have done your part, but it was God 132 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 6: keeping it from stopping your purpose. You didn't meet that 133 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 6: person that you fell in love with by accident. Wasn't 134 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 6: a coincidence that they came across your path. She could 135 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 6: have been five minutes later and you've never seen her. 136 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 6: He could have changed his mind, done something different that day. 137 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 6: God ordered your steps, and now you're blessed with someone 138 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 6: to love and every challenge God has brought you through. 139 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 6: Those victories were designed as fuel for your faith. So 140 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 6: when you face new challenges, you can look back and say, God, 141 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 6: you did it for me back then. I know you'll 142 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 6: do it for me now. You have a history with God. 143 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 6: You've seen him make a way where you didn't see away. 144 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 6: You've seen him have you at the right place at 145 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 6: the right time when you've made mistakes. You've seen him 146 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 6: show you mercy, turn it around when you didn't deserve it. 147 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 6: Big and small. We've all seen the hand of God. 148 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 6: When you're tempted to get discouraged and think the problem 149 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 6: is too big, it'll never change, you'll never get well, 150 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 6: never meet the right place person, you need to go 151 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 6: back and get some fuel. Remember what God has done. 152 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 6: Think about the times he's shown out in your life. 153 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 6: When you go back over your history and see how 154 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 6: God has never left you, how he kept you from 155 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 6: the accident, brought the right person, led you to that 156 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 6: house where things fell into place. Then when thoughts whisper 157 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 6: it's not going to work out. This is as good 158 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 6: as it gets. Just smile and say I'm sorry you're 159 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 6: too late. I have a history with God. I've already 160 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 6: seen his goodness. I've already seen him turn my child around, 161 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 6: already seen him heal my loved one. I've seen him 162 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 6: promote me, take me where I couldn't go. I've seen 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 6: him bring me through lass and give me beauty for ashes. 164 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 6: When you look back at your history, it will give 165 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 6: you fuel for your destiny. Genesis twenty four, Abraham was 166 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 6: old and close to death. He told his assistant to 167 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 6: travel back to his hometown to find his son, Isaac, 168 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 6: a wife they were living in Canaan. Abraham wanted Isaac 169 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 6: to marry someone from his original home. This assistant felt 170 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 6: all the pressure. He thought, how am I going to 171 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 6: know if it's the right girl. He said to Abraham, 172 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 6: I'll go, but what if I can't find a young 173 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 6: lady that will come back with me? Abraham said in 174 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 6: verse thirty nine, you will find the right one, for 175 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 6: the Lord in whose presence I have walked will send 176 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 6: his angel with you and make your mission successful. Abraham 177 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 6: was saying, don't worry. I have a history with God. 178 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 6: I've seen his faithfulness down through the years. He gave 179 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 6: my wife and I a baby when we were way 180 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 6: too old. He provided a ram in the bush when 181 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 6: I needed a sacrifice. He showed me mercy when I 182 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 6: made a mistake and had a baby out of wedlock. 183 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 6: He's seen God's goodness again and again. It gave him 184 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 6: a confidence. He said it with boldness. It will happen. 185 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 6: I have walked with God. When you look back over 186 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 6: your life, you will see these times like with Abraham, 187 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 6: where God brought a promise to pass that seemed impossible. 188 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 6: He made a way when you didn't see that way. 189 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 6: He brought your child out of trouble. Now they're doing 190 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 6: great things. When you think about the faithfulness of God, 191 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 6: it'll give you a confidence. You'll say it will happen. 192 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 6: My children will be mighty in the land. I will 193 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 6: live and not die, I will lend and not borrow. 194 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 6: I will fulfill my destiny. How can you be so 195 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 6: sure you have a history with God. You didn't get 196 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 6: here by yourself. God was directing your steps behind the scenes. 197 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 6: You couldn't see it. But God was pushing back up position. 198 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 6: He was favoring you. He was dealing with those enemies. 199 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 6: That's why they couldn't defeat you. That's why you had 200 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 6: a baby when the expert said you couldn't have one. 201 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 6: That's why that company called and offered you the position. 202 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 6: You didn't go after it. It came after you. That 203 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 6: wasn't good luck. That was a good God. Instead of 204 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 6: wondering if it's going to work out, living stressed over 205 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 6: your finances, worried about your children, have a new attitude. 206 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 6: The Lord in whose presence I have walked, the Lord 207 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 6: who has defeated my enemies, the Lord who has restored 208 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 6: and vindicated me, the Lord who has promoted and prospered me. 209 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 6: He will make my mission successful. God has not brought 210 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 6: you this far to leave you. He's defeated enemies for 211 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 6: you in the past. The good news is he's still 212 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 6: on the throne. He's going to do it again in 213 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 6: the future. Think about all the circumstances that could have 214 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 6: brought you down. Look at all the people that could 215 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 6: have held you back. They told you what you couldn't become, 216 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 6: tried to discourage you, push you down, but you just 217 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 6: kept on keeping on. Now they're nowhere to be found. 218 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 6: You're still going strong. By this, you can know the 219 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 6: Lord is on your side. You could have been discouraged, 220 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 6: you could have believed what they said. But God didn't 221 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 6: let their negative report take root. He didn't let their 222 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 6: prophecy come to pass. Instead, he spoke new words into 223 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 6: your spirit. No weapon formed against you will prosper. He said. 224 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 6: When the enemy comes against you one way, he will 225 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 6: defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways. 226 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 6: When we were trying to acquire this place, the former 227 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 6: Compact Center, the company we were up against was the 228 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 6: largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real estate company. It 229 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 6: was David Verse Goliath in the natural. We didn't have 230 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 6: a chance, but I've learned you and God are a majority. 231 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 6: He can make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 232 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 6: We needed ten votes from the city council members, but 233 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 6: we only had nine. The night before the final vote, 234 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 6: a young Jewish council member that had been against us 235 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 6: two years suddenly changed his mind and voted for us, 236 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 6: and we got the building. We couldn't believe it. We 237 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 6: were so thrilled. I asked him afterwards what happened. He 238 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 6: explained how he received a phone call out of the 239 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 6: blue from an older Jewish woman that he hadn't spoken 240 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 6: to in over twenty years, but he always had great 241 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 6: respect for her. She told him in no uncertain terms 242 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 6: he was to vote for Lakewood having the compact center. 243 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 6: That lady that I have never met, is why he 244 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 6: changed his mind. I couldn't have made that happen. Now, 245 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 6: every time I see this place, I can say by this, 246 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 6: I know the Lord is on my side. He didn't 247 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 6: let those enemies defeed us. This building is a testimony 248 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 6: of God's goodness. It's a reminder that he's fighting our battles, 249 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 6: that he's bigger than what we're facing. Look back over 250 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 6: your life, remember what God has done. That's fuel for 251 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 6: your faith. You have a history with God, but too 252 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 6: often we forget the good things. We remember the hurts, 253 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 6: the disappointments, the mistakes. But look at where you are now. 254 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 6: If it had not been for the goodness of God, 255 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 6: you wouldn't be here. Some people that have gone through 256 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 6: what you've been through, they didn't make it. They gave up, 257 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 6: God discouraged living, defeated. Not you, God shined his fevor 258 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,359 Speaker 6: on you. God has been keeping enemies from defeating you 259 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 6: your whole life. He was guarding and protecting you, even 260 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 6: when you didn't realize it. There are enemies that you've 261 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 6: never seen because God kept them out of your path. 262 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 6: When my father was a toddler, he fell into a fire. 263 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 6: He could have easily been killed. Another few seconds and 264 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 6: he would lost his life. Someone just so happened to 265 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 6: be right there to pull him out. The enemy has 266 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 6: been trying to take you out since you were a baby. 267 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 6: He knows you're a person of destiny. He knows you 268 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 6: have seeds of greatness. He knows you've been crowned with favor. 269 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 6: So he's been working overtime to try to silence your voice. 270 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 6: Stop your gifts, limit your potential, keep you from reaching 271 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 6: your destiny. But those forces have not been able to 272 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 6: stop you. It's because you have a protector. You have 273 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 6: a defender that's watching over you. He never sleeps. He's 274 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 6: pushing back darkness. He's keeping those forces from taking your life. 275 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 6: David said, A thousand may fall at your side, ten 276 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 6: thousand at your right hand, but it will not come 277 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 6: near you. God has his angels standing guard over you. 278 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 6: The fact that you're here, alive and healthy. By this, 279 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 6: you can know the Lord is on your side. When 280 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 6: I see my mother diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen 281 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 6: eighty one, thirty seven years later, still healthy and strong, 282 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 6: By this, I know the Lord is on my side. 283 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 6: He didn't let that sickness take her life. When I 284 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 6: stepped up to pastor the church, when my father went 285 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 6: to be with the Lord, I didn't think I could 286 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 6: do this. I didn't have the training, the experience. But 287 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 6: God brought gifts out of me that I didn't know 288 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 6: I had. He's promoted me, taking me further than I've imagined, 289 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 6: helped me to outlast the opposition. By this, I know 290 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 6: the Lord is on my side. He didn't let those 291 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 6: enemies defeat me. When I see Victorian, look at how 292 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 6: beautiful she is. By this, I know the Lord is 293 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 6: on my side. On the other hand, when I look 294 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 6: at my brother Paul, by this, I know the Lord 295 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 6: is on my side. The scripture says, taste and see 296 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 6: that the Lord is good. I don't know about you, 297 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 6: but I've tasted God's goodness. I've seen his favor, his blessings, 298 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 6: his mercy, his vindication, his abundance. In the battle for 299 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 6: the Compact Center, there were a few people that didn't 300 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 6: want us to have the building. One of the main 301 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 6: business leaders, a very respected influential man, was at a 302 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 6: luncheon with a friend of mine. He said to everyone 303 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 6: at the table, it will be a cold day in 304 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 6: hell before Lakewood gets the Compact Center, said it very sarcastically. 305 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 6: Everyone laughed. Of course, he didn't know my friend was there. 306 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,479 Speaker 6: And when he told me what the men said, it 307 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 6: didn't discourage me. It was just the opposite. It made 308 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 6: me more determined. I prayed harder, I stood stronger. You 309 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 6: can't have a big testimony without having a big test 310 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 6: and sometimes God will send you a big jerk, I mean, 311 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 6: a big enemy. Stay in pay they cannot stop your destiny. 312 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 6: They don't know it, but God is going to use 313 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 6: them for fuel. 314 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 3: Now. 315 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 6: I can imagine now, when he drives by the building, 316 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 6: or he flips through the channel and sees my smiling face, 317 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 6: he must think it's a cold day in hell, because 318 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 6: here we are. The scripture says, don't gloat over your enemies, 319 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 6: but it's hard. He went from being opposition to be 320 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 6: in fuel. Now, when I face other giants, I think 321 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 6: about him. He couldn't stop us. He thought we were 322 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 6: a lightweight. What he couldn't see was behind the scenes, 323 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 6: we had a heavyweight, the most high, God fighting our battles. 324 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 6: When I'm tempted to get discouraged, I go back over 325 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 6: my history. I think about how God brought my father 326 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 6: out of poverty. Had no money, no education, no future 327 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 6: to speak of. But at seventeen years of age, he 328 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 6: gave his life to Christ, the first one in his family. 329 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 6: That wasn't a lucky break. That was God choosing my 330 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 6: father before he could choose him. If it had not 331 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 6: been for the goodness of God in my father's life, 332 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 6: I wouldn't be standing here. I think about how God 333 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 6: protected me on the freeway when I lost control of 334 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 6: my car. I was in my early twenties. It's reigning 335 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 6: really hard. I hit the center guardrail, spun back around 336 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 6: five lanes of traffic. At one point I was going 337 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 6: the wrong direction. I looked up and an eighteen wheeler 338 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 6: was coming right at me. I felt like I could 339 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 6: reach out and touch his front grill. He was so close. 340 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 6: All I had time to say was Jesus. The scripture says, 341 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 6: call on the name of the Lord, and you will 342 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 6: be saved. You don't have to pray long. When you 343 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 6: say Jesus, Heaven and earth comes to attention. The next 344 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 6: thing I knew, I was on the shoulder on the 345 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 6: side of the freeway, stopped. The eighteen wheeler pulled over. 346 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 6: The driver got out, came to my window. He said, boy, 347 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 6: you must be living right right. When I was about 348 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 6: to hit you, I braced myself, but a huge gust 349 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 6: of wind blew me into the other lane, and somehow 350 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 6: I miss you, he said, somehow, But I know it 351 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,479 Speaker 6: was someone. He thought. It was a good break. I 352 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 6: know it was the hand of God. By this, I 353 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 6: know the Lord is on my side, and let the 354 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 6: accident take my life. What has God done for you. You 355 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 6: have some of these. By this, I know those victories 356 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 6: were not just to protect you, to heal you, to 357 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 6: promote you. They're fuel so when you face new challenges, 358 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 6: obstacles that look too big, if you'll go back and 359 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 6: remember what God has done, that's what gives you the faith, 360 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 6: the confidence, the knowing that He's in control, that he 361 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 6: has you in the palm of his hand, that what's 362 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 6: trying to stop you doesn't have a chance. The enemy 363 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 6: may do his best, his best will never be enough. 364 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 6: God has a hedge of protection around you. His forces 365 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 6: are greater than the forces that are trying to stop you. 366 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 6: Don't live worried, afraid. Go back over your history. When 367 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 6: you start thanking God for what he's done, you'll feel 368 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 6: faith rise in your hearts. You'll know He did it 369 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 6: for you back then, he'll do it for you today. 370 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 6: This is where the Israelites missed it. God supernaturally brought 371 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 6: them out of slavery. He sent plagues on their enemies. 372 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 6: When Pharaoh changed his mind came chasing them. The Israelites 373 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 6: were at a dead end at the Red Sea, had 374 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 6: nowhere to go. God simply parted the Red Sea. They 375 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 6: went through on dry ground out in the desert. God 376 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 6: brought them water out of a rock. He gave them 377 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 6: manna bread to eat. Each morning was one miracle after another. 378 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 6: But when they arrived at the Promised Land and saw 379 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 6: how big the people were, instead of using what God 380 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 6: had done as fuel, instead of saying, by this, we 381 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 6: know the Lord is on our side, Psalm seventy eight says, 382 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 6: they forgot the amazing miracles God had done. They got discouraged, 383 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 6: started complaining, saying, Moses, they're too big, Let's just go 384 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 6: back to being slaves. Here. They had a great history 385 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 6: with God. He had done amazing things. Their problem was 386 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 6: they didn't remember them. Instead of going into the Promised Land, 387 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 6: they wandered in the desert for forty years. Are you 388 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 6: living worried thinking a problem is too big. Perhaps you're 389 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 6: doing like they did. You've forgotten what God has done. 390 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 6: You're out of fuel. Your faith needs to be re energized. 391 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 6: One way you do that is by going back over you. 392 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 6: By this, I knows the times God made away, the 393 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 6: times he protected you, the times he opened that door. 394 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 6: When you start dwelling on the goodness of God in 395 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 6: your own life, not what He did for your neighbor. 396 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 6: It's great that God parted the Red Sea for the Israelites, 397 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 6: but how about the red seas God's parted for you, 398 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 6: the times he made something happen that seems impossible. That's 399 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 6: your fuel, your personal history. If you'll start thanking God 400 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 6: for those things, you'll get that spring back in your step. 401 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 6: You'll live with this confidence. By this, I know the 402 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 6: Lord is on my side. I talked to a man 403 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 6: that has struggled with addictions for twenty seven years. He 404 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 6: was an executive, had a great job, a happy family. 405 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 6: Drugs and alcohol ruined his life. He lost his marriage, 406 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 6: lost his job. He was so depressed he didn't want 407 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 6: to live. At the lowest point, he turned the television 408 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,959 Speaker 6: on and I was talking about how God is bigger 409 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 6: than addictions, how one touch of his favor can turn 410 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 6: situations around. All of a sudden, he felt the warmness 411 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 6: starting at his head, flowing down to his feet. He said, 412 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 6: for the first time in years, he felt hopeful. He 413 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 6: got down on his knees and said, God can't do 414 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 6: this on my own, help me to change. That moment 415 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 6: was a turning point. Never went back to the drugs, 416 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 6: never touched the alcohol again. That was nine years ago. 417 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 6: He's been sober ever since he and his wife had divorced. 418 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 6: They remarried. He's back with his family. Now he can say, 419 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 6: like David, by this, I know the Lord is on 420 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 6: my side. Now I think, I hope, I'm praying, I'm 421 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 6: believing God is going to do some things in your future. 422 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 6: Where you know he is on your side, there would 423 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 6: be no doubt. Maybe, like him, you couldn't break the addiction. 424 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 6: Suddenly you're free. You were told you couldn't have children. 425 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 6: Now you have a healthy baby. You weren't even looking. 426 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 6: Somebody amazing came into your life. The opposition was bigger 427 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 6: and stronger. But the Compact Center came to you, the 428 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 6: contract came to you, the business came to you. You 429 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 6: couldn't have made it happen. You were at your limits. 430 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 6: But the Red Sea Party. Get ready, You're about to 431 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 6: know the Lord is on your side. What he's done 432 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 6: in the past is going to peale in comparison to 433 00:26:58,640 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 6: what he's about to do. 434 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 7: Now. 435 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 6: Don't be surprised when you face giants bigger than you've 436 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 6: ever faced, bigger opposition, that's a sign you're headed to 437 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 6: a new level. You'll be tempted to worry, feel overwhelmed. 438 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 6: You need to go back and get your fuel. Remember 439 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 6: what God has done. Thank him for the red seas 440 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 6: he's parted. Thank him for the giants you've defeated. Thank 441 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 6: him for the times he's made away. You didn't get 442 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 6: to where you are on your own. There are things 443 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 6: that should have stopped you. You can say, like David, 444 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 6: by this, I know the Lord is on my side. 445 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 6: The cancer didn't defeat me, the divorce didn't stop my destiny. 446 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 6: The accident didn't take my life. You have a history 447 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 6: with God. He's done it in the past. He's going 448 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 6: to do it in the future. He was fighting your 449 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 6: battles back then. Can I encourage you He's fighting your 450 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 6: battles right now. I believe and declare You're about to 451 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 6: take new ground. Giants much more bigger are about to 452 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 6: come tumbling down. God is going to show out in 453 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 6: your life in a new way. By this, you will 454 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 6: know the Lord is on your side. In Jesus' name, 455 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 6: if you receive it, Can you say, then today I'd 456 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 6: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 457 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 6: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just 458 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 6: say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into 459 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 6: my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. If 460 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 6: you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 461 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 6: Get in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 462 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 6: Be torn. 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