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That's Facet dot com. 32 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 4: This add a sponsored by Facet. Facet Wealth in Corporated 33 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 4: is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 4: offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 35 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 4: legal or tax advice. 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 37 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 38 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 39 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 3: come into your homes and if you're ever in a area, 43 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: please stop by be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 46 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: about this man. He was the only Protestant in a 47 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 3: large Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors 48 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: were eating cold fish, he was in his backyard grilling 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: a steak. They couldn't stand the temptation and decided to 50 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 3: try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed. A 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 3: priest came over sprinkled water on his head, said, you 52 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but 53 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: now you're a Catholic. The next year, on the first 54 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 3: Friday of Lent, they smelled the same smell. They rushed 55 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 3: his house. He was in his backyard sprinkling water over 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 3: his steak, saying, you were born a cow, you raised 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: a cow, but now you're a fish. Say it like 58 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 59 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: it says, I am. I have what it says I have, 60 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 3: do what it says I can do. Today I will 61 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 3: be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 63 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 3: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 64 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: want to talk to you today about knowing that you 65 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: are loved. When Victoria and I had been dating for 66 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: about nine months, a friend of mine called me secretly. 67 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 3: She said, Joel, I just talked to Victoria. Don't tell 68 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: her that I called, but she told me she thinks 69 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: she loves you. And my friend was so excited. She 70 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 3: was waiting for me to join in the excitement. But 71 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: I had a problem with two words. She thinks if 72 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: she thinks she loves me, that means maybe she does, 73 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 3: maybe she doesn't. She's still trying to figure it out. 74 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 3: It could go either way, she thinks. Didn't give me 75 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: any confidence at all. In fact, it made me think 76 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: I need to perform better, I need to do more, 77 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: try to be good enough. She thinks put me under 78 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 3: more pressure. Eventually, I'm happy to say Victoria came to 79 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 3: her senses and she went from I think to I 80 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 3: know that was over thirty years ago. But when you 81 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: know somebody loves you, it puts you at ease. You 82 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 3: don't have to try to perform, impress, be good enough. 83 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 3: You can relax, be yourself. You're comfortable, you're secure. But 84 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 3: a lot of people live with this. I think he 85 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: loves me mentality. When it comes to God, they base 86 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 3: it on their performance. I went to church last week, 87 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 3: I did good. I think he loves me. I volunteered 88 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: at the hospital. I was kind of my neighbor. I 89 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 3: resisted temptation. I earned his love. The problem with this 90 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: approach is when we make mistakes, we get off course, 91 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 3: we don't perform perfectly. We think God goes and find 92 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: somebody else to love. After all, if you don't love me, 93 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 3: human nature says, I'm not going to love you back. 94 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: But God is not like people. People can love you conditionally. 95 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: If you do right, perform right, treat me right, then 96 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 3: I'll love you. But if you let me down, I'll 97 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 3: go find somebody else. When we make mistakes, God doesn't 98 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 3: change his mind. You can run away from God. Instead 99 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 3: of turning the other way, God will come running towards you. 100 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 3: Quit trying to earn this love. There's nothing you can 101 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 3: do to make God love you anymore or any less. 102 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 3: It's a gift. Just receive it by faith. Sometimes we're 103 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 3: trying to clean ourselves up. Get good enough, then we'll 104 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: believe God really loves us. Take the pressure off. God 105 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 3: loves you right now. He loved you when you were wrong. 106 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: He loved you when you were off course, Paul said, 107 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 3: nothing can separate us from the love of God. You 108 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 3: are a marked man, a marked woman. God put his 109 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 3: love on you. Now you are permanently loved. The Psalm 110 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: is said, if I go down to the depths of 111 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 3: the ocean, God, you are there. If I go way 112 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 3: up into the heavens, God, you are still there. You 113 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 3: can't get away from this love. Well, Joel, I'm an atheist. 114 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 3: I don't believe in God. He still loves you. I've 115 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 3: made mistakes, I've had a rough pass. Nothing you've done 116 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 3: has changed God's love. I have an addiction. I still 117 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 3: struggle with my temper. That didn't cancel this law. The 118 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 3: scripture talks about the great love, wherewith God loved us. 119 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 3: It wasn't a little love, and I think love a 120 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 3: conditional love. It was a great love. And we think 121 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 3: about how much we love God. But what's more profound 122 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: is how much God loves you. Before you were formed 123 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: in your mother's wound, God knew you. He took time 124 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 3: to plan out all of your days. He knows your 125 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 3: thoughts before you think them. He knows your words before 126 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: you speak them. Jesus said, the hair on your head 127 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 3: are all numbered. Now, I love Victoria, but I have 128 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 3: never taken time to number her hairs. Number doesn't mean 129 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 3: there are fifty four thousand, six hundred and twenty three 130 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: that's counted. Numbered means this is hair number twenty one thousand, 131 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: two hundred and thirty eight. Every time you take a shower, 132 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 3: every time we lose a hair, God has to renumber. 133 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: There was a popular book turned into a movie a 134 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 3: few years ago. It was called He's Just Not That 135 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: into You. It was about guys not really liking a girl. 136 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 3: Can I tell you God is just the opposite. He's 137 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: way into you. If he's taken the time to number 138 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: your hairs, to know your thoughts, to plan out all 139 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 3: of your days, do you really think there's anything you 140 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 3: can do to cause him to stop loving you? But 141 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 3: how God must feel when we go around thinking I 142 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 3: think he loves me, I think I'm good enough, I 143 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 3: think I haven't done too much wrong. Get rid of 144 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 3: the I think mentality and start having and I know mentality. 145 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 3: It's very freeing when you can say I know God 146 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 3: loves me, I know I'm the apple of his eye. 147 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 3: I know he's smiling down on me. Voices will whisper 148 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 3: not you. You've made mistakes, you lost your temper, You're 149 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: not religious enough. God doesn't love you because you're religious, 150 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 3: or good enough, or come from a certain family. He 151 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: loves you because you are his child. He breathed his 152 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 3: life into you. When you receive this love, you live 153 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 3: with a confidence. When you go from I think to 154 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: I know you trying to earn it, quit trying to 155 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 3: be good enough. You'll live secure knowing that your heavenly 156 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 3: Father loves you. In the Bible, the Book of John 157 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 3: was written by the disciple John. What's interesting is he 158 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 3: never referred to himself as John when he talked about himself. 159 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 3: Instead of using his name, he said the disciple whom 160 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 3: Jesus loved. In John thirteen, he wrote, the disciple whom 161 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 3: Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus. He could have 162 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 3: just written John was sitting next to Jesus. When Matthew, Mark, 163 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 3: and Luke wrote their books their accounts of the Gospel, 164 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 3: they referred to themselves using their own name. Can you 165 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 3: imagine if they would have read John's account, they would 166 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 3: have thought, who does John think he is describing himself 167 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 3: as the one Jesus loved. Jesus loved us all the 168 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 3: nerve of that God. But John had an incredible confidence 169 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 3: in how much he loved God, but in how much 170 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 3: God loved him. Four times he referred to himself as 171 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 3: the disciple whom Jesus loved. You would think, all right, John, 172 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 3: we got it the first time. We heard aloud and clear. 173 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: You think you're the one he loves. You don't have 174 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: to keep telling us. But in chapter nineteen he wrote again, 175 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 3: when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom Jesus loved. 176 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 3: Now you know Jesus loved his mother. In fact, he 177 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 3: probably loved his mother more than he loved John. But 178 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: John didn't take the time to tell us how much 179 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 3: he loved his mother. He just reiterated the fact he 180 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: was the one Jesus loved. Now you can fault him 181 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: for it, but I have to give him credit. He 182 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 3: knew how much he was loved. Two chapters later, John wrote, 183 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 3: the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter. It's funny 184 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 3: he didn't say. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to 185 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 3: the other disciple whom Jesus loved. You could take this 186 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 3: as being arrogant, self centered, but John was showing us 187 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 3: the confidence he had and how much he knew God 188 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 3: loved him. When you can do like John, maybe not 189 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: announce it to everybody, don't put it on your business card, 190 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 3: but in your heart, I'm the one that he loves you. 191 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 3: Wake up in the morning, Good morning, Lord, it's the 192 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: one that you love. All through the day, Lord, I 193 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 3: love you, and I know I'm the one you love. 194 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 3: When Lazarus was very sick and close to death, his 195 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 3: two sisters Mary and Martha sent a note to their 196 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 3: good friend Jesus asking him to come and pray for Lazarus. 197 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 3: Jesus was in another city. The note didn't say, Jesus, 198 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 3: we're begging you please come pray for Lazarus. Jesus, you 199 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 3: know Lazarus is a good man, you know how much 200 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: he loves you. Instead, the note read, Jesus, the one 201 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 3: you love is sick. They didn't tell Jesus how much 202 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: Lazarus loved him. They thought it would be more persuasive, 203 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 3: more effective, to remind Jesus how much he loved Lazarus. 204 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 3: Sometimes we're trying to convince God that we love him. God. 205 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 3: I went to church last week. God, I bit my 206 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 3: tongue at the office when I felt like telling them off. God, 207 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 3: I've been performing perfectly. Would you please help me? Why 208 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 3: don't you do like Mary and Martha and say Lord, 209 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 3: the one you love needs healing, the one you love 210 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 3: is lonely, the one you love has a child that's 211 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 3: off course. What moves God is not just your love 212 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 3: for him, but recognizing his love for you. It pleases 213 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 3: God when you know you are dearly loved. That's why 214 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 3: the scripture says, come boldly to the throne, don't go 215 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 3: like a weak worm of the dust. If my son 216 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 3: came up to me, half embarrassed, ashamed, head down, Dad, 217 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 3: I hate to bother you. I know you're busy. I 218 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 3: don't deserve it. It's just little old me. But Dad, 219 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 3: I'm just begging you. Would you help me in this area? 220 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 3: I wouldn't feel sorry for him. I would feel bad 221 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: about myself as a father. I would think, what have 222 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 3: I done wrong? My son comes to me so inferior, 223 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 3: feeling unworthy, begging me for a little help. It's not 224 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: my lack of love for my son. I'd give him 225 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: the world. It's his lack of knowing how much he 226 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 3: is loved. Now, I'm happy to say my children don't 227 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 3: feel that way. They know how much they're loved, and 228 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 3: they're not afraid to ask. When our daughter Alexandra was 229 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 3: ten years old, she was going out to eat with 230 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 3: her cousins and they were about to go ice skating. 231 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: She came up to me in the den and said, Dad, 232 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: can I have twenty dollars to go out to eat 233 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 3: and go ice skating? I said sure, go back and 234 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: get it off my bathroom counter where I keep my keys. 235 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 3: She gave me a kiss and said thank you. Then 236 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 3: she turned and started walking toward the garage the wrong way. 237 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 3: I said, wait a minute, aren't you going to go 238 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 3: get the money? She smiled and said, already got it. 239 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 3: She said I knew you would say yes. That made 240 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: me feel good as a father. She knows how much 241 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 3: I love her. She's not living with an I think mentality. 242 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: I hope he loves me. If I perform good enough, 243 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: he'll love me. She has no doubt my father loves me. 244 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: What if we felt that same way about our heavenly father. 245 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 3: You want to make God smile, You want to make 246 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 3: his day. Start approaching him like you know he loves you, 247 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 3: you know he's for you, you know he's longing to 248 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 3: be good to you. It doesn't bring God any pleasure 249 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 3: for us to go around insecure, unworthy, beating ourselves up 250 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 3: for past mistakes. Shake that all, and start going boldly 251 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 3: to the throne. Our daughter, Alexandra is in college now. 252 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 3: She called Victoria a few months ago and told how 253 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 3: their sorority was having the Big Mother Daughter weekend. Wanted 254 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: to make sure that Victoria could come. She gave Victoria 255 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 3: the dates. It just so happened it was this weekend. 256 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 3: Victoria said, Oh, Alexandra, we have a night of hope 257 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 3: that Friday night. Plus Dad and I are supposed to 258 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 3: speak at Lakewood that weekend, and Dad really doesn't like 259 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 3: me to miss. Alexandra said, Oh, Mom, don't worry. I'll 260 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 3: call Dad. He'll do anything that I ask. She called, 261 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 3: and you notice they're not here. You know why Alexandra 262 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 3: can have that boldness. She knows she's the one I love. 263 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 3: She knows she's my prize possession. She knows I'll go 264 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: out of my way to be good to her. She's 265 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 3: my child. Now I'll be good to your child. I'll 266 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 3: be kind, loving, generous, But let's be honest. If it's 267 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 3: between your child and my child, I'm gonna choose my child. 268 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 3: That's my daughter. She's my favorite. That's the way God 269 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 3: feels about you. You're his child. Can I tell you 270 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: a secret? Don't tell anyone, keep it confidential. You're his favorite. 271 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 3: You're the one that he loves. I've heard it said 272 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 3: God has no favorites. I think that's wrong. God has 273 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 3: all favorites. You're his favorite. You're his favorite. You're his favorite. 274 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 3: You're his favorite. God has the amazing ability to trade 275 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 3: us all like we're his favorite. He's not like people. 276 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 3: He doesn't have to pick and choose. He has unlimited love. 277 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 3: He doesn't just show love, he doesn't just express love. 278 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 3: He is love. That's not what he does, it's who 279 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: he is. When you start seeing yourself as his favorite, 280 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 3: you'll go to him with confidence. You'll pray bold prayers. 281 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 3: You'll ask him for your dreams. You'll believe your health 282 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: to turn around. You'll expect new doors to open, not 283 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 3: because of who you are, but because of who your 284 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 3: father is. You know he'll go out of his way 285 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 3: to be good to you. I grew up with five siblings. 286 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 3: My sister April is the youngest. She always felt like 287 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 3: she was the favorite of the family. The truth is, 288 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 3: my parents had more resources when she came along. My 289 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 3: older brother, Paul is forty seven years older than April, 290 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 3: I mean twelve years older than April. From a young age, 291 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 3: April started telling us all that she was our parent's favorite. 292 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 3: Now that never bothered me because I knew she wasn't 293 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 3: I was, But she's been doing this so long now. 294 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 3: When my mother sends us kids a group text, it 295 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 3: lists our names at the top, Paul, Lisa, Tamra, Joel 296 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 3: instead of April. It says favorite. I had my mother's 297 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: cell phone one time. Under the contacts, she has April 298 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 3: stored as favorite. Now that's not right. I can imagine 299 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 3: if God had a cell phone, you would be stored 300 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 3: under favorite, not Joseph Rodriguez favorite, Rodriguez favorite, Smith favorite, 301 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: Edward favorite, Rebecca. We're all his favorite. You're the one 302 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 3: that he loves well, not me, Joel. You don't know 303 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 3: the mistakes I've made. You don't know the past I've lived. 304 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: When I clean myself up, I know God will love 305 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: me a lot more. Nothing you can do will make 306 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 3: God love you anymore. You might as well believe you're 307 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 3: his favorite right now now. He may not be pleased 308 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 3: with all your behavior, but that doesn't change his love 309 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: for you. When we go around guilty, beating ourselves up, 310 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 3: that doesn't help you to do better. It pushes you down, 311 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 3: causes you to struggle more. But when you receive God's 312 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 3: love and no, despite your shortcomings, He's still proud of you. 313 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 3: He still says you're amazing. He still calls you a masterpiece. 314 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 3: That's what lifts your spirit. That's what gives you the 315 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 3: strength to do better and to break those chains that 316 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 3: are holding you back. Luke, Chapter nineteen. There's the story 317 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 3: of Zachius. He was a tax collector. Back in those days, 318 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 3: they were known for being dishonest, for cheating people. They 319 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 3: were very disliked, even hated. Zachias was the chief tax collector. 320 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 3: He was especially despised, looked down on by everyone, not 321 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 3: just figuratively, but even physically. He was very short. One day, 322 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 3: Jesus came passing through their town, and words spread quickly. 323 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 3: Everyone went out to try to get a glimpse of Jesus, 324 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 3: including Zachias. It was so crowded, so many throngs of people. 325 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 3: Zachias couldn't see anything. He was too short. Rather than 326 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: give up, he decided to climb up in a tree. 327 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 3: He got in perfect position, had a great viewpoint. In 328 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 3: a few minutes, Jesus came walking down the street. I 329 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 3: can imagine Zacheus was in awe. He had heard how 330 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 3: Jesus had healed the sick, opened blind eyes, cured the lepers. 331 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: Now Jesus was passing right in front of him. It 332 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: was an amazing moment. Hundreds of people were trying to 333 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 3: touch Jesus get his attention. All of a sudden, in 334 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 3: the midst of the commotion, Jesus stopped. Everyone froze, thinking 335 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 3: why is he stopping? They got quiet. He's going to 336 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 3: say something. Jesus turned and looked up in the tree. 337 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 3: Time stopped for Zacheus. Every eye was focused on him. 338 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 3: Zacheus knew he was hated, He knew he had cheated, 339 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 3: done people wrong. He was waiting for Jesus to let 340 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 3: him have it. But Jesus said, Zacheus, come down from 341 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 3: the tree. I want to go to your house and 342 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 3: have dinner. At that moment, I believe Zachias felt something 343 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 3: that he had never felt. Something on the inside said Zachius, 344 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 3: you're the one that he loves. Out of all the 345 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 3: people there that day, no doubt there were rabbis, elders 346 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 3: in the synagogue, respected leaders. Jesus could have gone to 347 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 3: dinner with any of them, but he was making this point, 348 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 3: you don't have to have it altogether for God to 349 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 3: love you. You don't have to clean yourself up. Then 350 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 3: you can come down out of the tree. Then you 351 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: can go to dinner. That was the case, none of 352 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 3: us would have had a chance. What's interesting is the 353 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 3: name Zakias means pure one. I doubt if anyone in 354 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 3: that crowd ever called him Zachius, they probably called him fraud, crook, cheater. 355 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 3: One version says they called him scum. Jesus could have 356 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 3: looked up in the tree and said, hey, you come down, 357 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 3: Hey mister, hey sir, or somebody get that guy from me. 358 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 3: But on purpose, Jesus said, Zachius, pure one, come down, 359 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 3: I want to go to your house for dinner. The 360 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 3: religious leaders nearly passed out. They said, why would he 361 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 3: go to dinner with such a notorious sinner. We don't 362 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 3: see people the way God sees them. We look at 363 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 3: their behavior, how perfectly they perform. God looks beyond all that. 364 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 3: They saw a notorious sinner. God saw the one that 365 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 3: he loved. You may have made mistakes, like Zachieus, you 366 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: got off course. You know you're not where you should be. 367 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 3: But if Jesus came passing by today, he wouldn't say, hey, Joel, 368 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 3: come on, man, let's go to lunch. You got that 369 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 3: big church. Hey, sister, do right. You hadn't made a 370 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 3: mistake in thirty three years. I'm proud of you. Let's 371 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 3: go get something to eat. He would pass by all 372 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 3: the people that looked like they have it together. He 373 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 3: would come to you. You're the one that he loves. 374 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 3: You may be up in the tree trying to hide 375 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 3: dealing with issues. Can I tell you we all have issues. 376 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 3: God is saying, come down, pure one, come down, forgiven child, 377 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 3: come down, redeemed daughter, come down, favorite one. Jesus point 378 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 3: in choosing zach is over all. The other quote good 379 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 3: people was to let us know your performance doesn't determine 380 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 3: God's love for you. Well, Joel, if I can break 381 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 3: this bad habit, if I can stop this addiction, I 382 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 3: know he'll love me a lot more. He will be 383 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: more pleased with your behavior. Your life will go better. 384 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 3: But that doesn't affect God's love for you. He's calling 385 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 3: you pure one right now. Will you receive this love? 386 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 3: Will you come down and go to dinner, so to speak? 387 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 3: Or are you going to stay up in that tree 388 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 3: and let condemning voices convince you that you're all washed up? 389 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: You have to shape that off and say it. By faith, Lord, 390 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 3: I believe I'm the one you love. I believe despite 391 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 3: my failures, despite my mistakes, you still have a great 392 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 3: plan for my life. First, John fourth says this is 393 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 3: real love, not that we loved God, but that He 394 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 3: loved us and sin his son as a sacrifice for 395 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 3: our sins. Real love is not our love for God, 396 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 3: it's God's love for us. When we try to perform 397 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: to gain this love, the problem is will never measure up. 398 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 3: There will always be something we can't do right, some 399 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 3: reason we can't feel good about ourselves. Why don't you 400 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 3: take the pressure off and receive real love, God's love 401 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 3: for you. That's what the lady had to do. In 402 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 3: John chapter eight, the religious leaders brought her to Jesus. 403 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 3: She was caught in the act of adultery. They threw 404 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: at his feet. Said, the law says stoner. What do 405 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 3: you say we should do? Jesus said, you that are 406 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 3: without sin, throw the first stone. They all left, from 407 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 3: the oldest to the youngest. Jesus asked the woman, where 408 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 3: are your accusers? Hasn't anyone condemned you? She said no. Man, Lord, 409 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 3: he said, neither do I condemn you. Go and sin 410 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 3: no more. He didn't say, go and sin no more. 411 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 3: Then I won't condemn you. Change your ways, get your 412 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 3: act together, quit giving in to the temptation. Then I'll 413 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 3: love you. Then all be for you. Just the opposite, 414 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 3: he said, I don't condemn you. First before he talked 415 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 3: about her behavior, Before he addressed the issues, Jesus wanted 416 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 3: to make sure she knew she was the one that 417 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: he loved. When she felt this real love, when she 418 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 3: realized the one person that could have condemned her wouldn't 419 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 3: do it, I believe something happened on the inside. She 420 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 3: walked out of there a changed woman. But sometimes religion 421 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 3: tells us clean yourself up, then God will love you. 422 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 3: Do right, perform correctly. If not, God won't have anything 423 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 3: to do with you. That's not real love. That's conditional love. 424 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 3: If you do good enough, if you measure up, then 425 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 3: God will help you. Real love is not about your performance, 426 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 3: what you do or don't do. It's about what God 427 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 3: has already done. It's not based on how much you 428 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 3: love God. It's based on how much God loves you. 429 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 3: When my brother Paul was a little boy, before any 430 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 3: of us siblings were born, my parents would put him 431 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 3: in his bed at night, and then they would go 432 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 3: get in their own bed. Their rooms were just a 433 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: few feet apart down a short hallway. My father would 434 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 3: always say good night Paul, and Paul would answer back, 435 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 3: good night Daddy, good night mother. One night, for some reason, 436 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 3: Paul was a little afraid. A couple of minutes after 437 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 3: they had said their good nights, Paul said, Daddy, are 438 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 3: you still in there? My father said, yes, Paul, I'm 439 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 3: still here. Was quiet for a few seconds. Then Paul asked, Daddy, 440 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 3: is your face turned toward me. My father says, yes, Paul, 441 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 3: my face is turned toward you. Somehow, it made Paul 442 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 3: feel better just knowing that his father's face was turned 443 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 3: toward him. Can I tell you today your heavenly father's 444 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 3: face is turned towards you. You're the one that he loves. 445 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 3: You're his favorite child. He's not counting your mistakes against you. 446 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 3: He's calling you pure one. My challenge is received this 447 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 3: love all through the day. Lord. Thank you that I'm 448 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 3: the one you love. Thank you that your face is 449 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 3: turned toward me. Remember real love. It's not about your 450 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 3: love for God. It's recognizing the great love God has 451 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 3: for you. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 452 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 3: you're going to live confident, secure, overcoming obstacles, rising higher 453 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 3: and becoming everything He's created you to be in Jesus' name. 454 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 3: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today 455 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 456 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 457 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 458 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 3: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 459 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 3: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 460 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,479 Speaker 3: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 461 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 3: keep God first place. 462 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 463 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 464 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 5: all over the world. Visit Jolustein dot com slash give 465 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 5: hope to give a gift today. 466 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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