1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Now, God bless you. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes. We 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: love you, and if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: again for coming out today. I like to start with 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: something funny and I heard about this teenager. You've just 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: gotten his driver's license. You ask his dad about borrowing 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: the car. His dad said, son, I'll make a deal 15 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: with you. If you'll bring your grades up, read your 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Bible every day, and cut your hair, I'll let you 17 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: borrow the car. Month later, he came back and asked 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: about it. Dad said, well, son, you've brought your grades up, 19 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: you've been reading your Bible, but you still haven't cut 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: your hair. He said, well, Dad, I've been thinking about it. 21 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: Had long hair. Samson had long hair even Jesus had 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: long hair. Dad said yes, son, and they walked everywhere 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: they went. Hold up your Bible, say it like you 24 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: I am. I have what it says I have. I 26 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: can do what it says I can do. Today I 27 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 28 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 29 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 30 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about remembering the good. 31 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: Our memory is very powerful. You can be driving in 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,919 Speaker 1: your car, all of a sudden you remember a tender 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: moment with your child, a hug, a kiss, could have 34 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: been five years ago, something funny that they did. But 35 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: when you remember it, it'll bring a smile to your face. 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: You'll start to feel those same emotions, joy and warmth, 37 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: just like it was happening again. On the other hand, 38 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: you can be enjoy in the day, everything's going great, 39 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: but then you start to remember a sad event where 40 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 1: you weren't treated right, somebody did you wrong, you went 41 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: through a laws. Before long, you'll be down and discouraged. 42 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: What made you sad? Dwelling on wrong memories, what made 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: you happy? Dwelling on right memories, and it's interesting our 44 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 1: mind will naturally gravitate toward the negative. A study showed 45 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: how positive and negative memories are handled by different parts 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: of the brain. A negative memory takes up more space, 47 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: there's more to process. Because of this, we will remember 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: the negative more than the positive. The example they used 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: is a person will remember losing fifty dollars more than 50 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: they will remember gaining fifty dollars. The negative carries more weight, 51 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: It has a greater impact than the positive. I can 52 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: walk up off this platform and one hundred people tell me, Joel, 53 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: that was good today. I really enjoyed it. But then 54 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: one person can say I didn't get anything out of it. 55 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: Didn't make sense to me. In the old days, that's 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: all I'd think about. That one negative comment would play 57 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: over and over. That's how it stored in. Our brain 58 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: takes up more space. Knowing this, we have to be proactive. 59 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: When the negative memories come back to the movie screen 60 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: of your mind. Many people pull up a chair, get 61 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: some popcorn, watch them all over again. Can't believe they 62 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: hurt me. That was so unfair. Why do I have 63 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: all these bad breaks? Now here's my message. That's not 64 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: the only channel. There's another movie playing. It's not your defeats, 65 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: your failures, your disappointments. It's a channel filled with your accomplishments, 66 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: your victories, the things you've done right, the times you 67 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: were promoted, you met the right person, you bought the 68 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: new house, your child was born healthy. Instead of staying 69 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: on that negative channel, you got to switch over to 70 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: your victory channel. You're not going to move forward into 71 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: the new things God has in store if you're always 72 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: replaying the negative things that have happened to you. We've 73 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: all been through disappointments, set backs, and bad breaks. Those 74 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: memories will play the most often. The good news is 75 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: you have the remote control. Just because the memory comes 76 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: up doesn't mean you have to watch it. Learn to 77 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: change the channel. A couple of years after my father 78 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: went to be with the Lord, I was over at 79 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: my mother's house to pick something up and nobody else 80 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: was home. As I was walking through the den, I 81 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: begin to immediately see the night that my father died. 82 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: He'd had a heart attack in that room. I could 83 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: see him lying on the floor, and when I arrived 84 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: the pyramid. We're trying to get his heart restarted. That 85 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: whole night started to replay in my mind, and I 86 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: started to feel those same type of emotions. I did 87 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: just what I'm asking you to do. I said, no, thanks, 88 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: I'm not going there. I'm not going to relive that 89 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: night and get all down and discourage. I simply changed 90 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: the channel. I started remembering all the great times I'd 91 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: had with my father. I remember the times that we 92 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: laughed and had fun, the times we had traveled the world. 93 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: I remember the times where he used to come over 94 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: to our house and play with our little son Jonathan. 95 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: There was another channel. I just had to switch over 96 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: to it. Some of you need to start changing the channel. 97 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: You're reliving all your hurts, disappointments, bad breaks. As long 98 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: as you're replaying that, you're never going to really heal. 99 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: It's like a scab that's starting to get better, but 100 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: if you keep picking at it, it has to start 101 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: all over again. Emotional wounds are the same way. If 102 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: you're always reliving your hurts, watching them on the movie 103 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: screen of your mind, talking about it, telling your friends, 104 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: that's just reopening the wound. You have to change the channel. 105 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: May be difficult. You may have had a lot of 106 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: unfair things happen. But when you look back over your life, 107 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: can you find at least one time where God's done 108 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: something good for you? Can you remember at least one 109 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: time where it was the hand of God promoting you, 110 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: protecting you, healing you. Then switch over to that channel, 111 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: get your mind going in a new direction. Reporter asked 112 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: me not long ago, what my biggest regret was my 113 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: biggest failure. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I 114 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: don't remember my biggest regret. I'm not dwelling on that channel. 115 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't go there. Sure we all make mistakes, we 116 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: all do things we wish we have done differently, but 117 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: that is not supposed to be on the forefront of 118 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: our minds. You're supposed to remember what you've done right, 119 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: the times you've succeeded your victories, the times you overcame 120 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: the temptation, the times you went out of your way 121 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: to be kind to a stranger. The reason some people 122 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: are not happy is they remember every mistake they've made 123 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: since nineteen twenty seven. They got a running record. The 124 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: enemy doesn't have to accuse them, they do it for him. 125 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: Do yourself a big favor, change the channel. Quit dwelling 126 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: on how you don't measure up, and you should have 127 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: spent more time with your children growing up, and you 128 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: should have been stronger, more disciplined, resisted that temptation. No, 129 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: you may have fallen, but dwell on the fact that 130 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: you got back up again. You're here today. You may 131 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: have made a poor choice, but dwell on the fact 132 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: that you've made a lot of great choices. You may 133 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: have some weaknesses, but dwell on the fact that you 134 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: have a whole lot of strengths. Quit focusing on what's 135 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: wrong with you and start focusing on what's right with you. 136 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: You're not going to become everything God's created you to 137 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: be if you're against yourself. You have to retrain your mind, 138 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: be disciplined about what you allow yourself to dwell on. 139 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: Those negative memories take up the most space. Those movies 140 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: are going to play the most often. Recognize what's happening, 141 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: and learn to change that channel. Several years ago, I 142 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: was playing basketball with our son Jonathan. We've done this 143 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: for many years, one on one him versus me. This day, 144 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: for the first time, he beat me fair and square, 145 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: fifteen to fourteen. I gave him a high five and 146 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: then told him he was grounded. But during the game, 147 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: at one point he went around me and was about 148 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: to go up for a shot, and I timed it 149 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: just right. I came out of nowhere and I blocked 150 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: his shot. I mean, I swatted the ball away over 151 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: into the bushes. I felt like a professional. A couple 152 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: of days later, we were playing up at the gym 153 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: some friends. Jonathan said, Dad, tell everybody about what happened 154 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: the other night. I said, oh, yeah, Jonathan went up 155 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: for a shot a time that just perfect. I went 156 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: He said, no, Dad, I meant tell him about how 157 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: I beat you for the first time. The funny thing 158 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: is I didn't remember my defeat. I remembered my victory. 159 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: First thing that came to my mind was not how 160 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: I lost the game, but something that I'd done right. 161 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: It's because I've trained my mind to remember the good. 162 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: You know, some people won the game, but they remember 163 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: every mistake they made. They never feel good about themselves. 164 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: They never did it good enough. It's all in how 165 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: we've trained our mind. It depends on what channel we're watching. 166 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: I cannot find one place in the scripture where it 167 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: tells us to remember our defeats. Remember our remember our hurts. No, 168 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: it says again and again, to remember the great things 169 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: God has done. In other words, stay on your victory channel. 170 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: Remember how God gave you that promotion even though you 171 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: weren't the most qualified. Remember how God brought your child 172 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: back on the right course when it looked pretty bad. 173 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: Remember when you went through that loss. You should have 174 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: had a nervous breakdown, but you felt a supernatural strength. 175 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: And here you are today, better than ever. The Psalm 176 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: has put it this way. I recall the many miracles 177 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: God has done for me. I cannot stop thinking about them. 178 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: They are constantly in my thoughts. Notice they're supposed to 179 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: be constantly in our mind. The mistake we make too 180 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: often is we remember what we should be forgetting our hurts, 181 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: our failures, our disappointments, and we forget what we should 182 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: be remembering our victories, our accomplishments, the times God's brought 183 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: us through. In the Old Testament, God commanded them to 184 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: have certain festivals, certain celebrations. One of the main reasons 185 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: is so they would remember what God had done. Several 186 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: times a year, they'd all stop what they were doing, 187 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: come together, and they would celebrate how God brought them 188 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: out of slavery, how God defeated this enemy, how God 189 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: protected them over here they were required to remember. Now 190 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: the place talks about how they put out memorial stones. 191 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: These were big boulders we might call them historical markers 192 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: today that reminded them of specific victories. Every time they 193 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: walked by, they say, Oh, yeah, that stone is for 194 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: when God brought us out of slavery. That stone is 195 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: for when God healed my child. That stone is for 196 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: when God provided for our needs. These memorial stones helped 197 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: it to stay fresh in their memory. In the same way. 198 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: Every one of us should have our own memorial stones. 199 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: When you look back over your life, you should remember 200 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: not the times you failed. You went through a breakup, 201 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: your boss did you wrong, the business went down. That's 202 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: remembering what you should be forgetting switch over to the 203 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: other channel. Remember when you were lonely and God brought 204 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: somebody great into your life. Remember when the medical report 205 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: said it was impossible, but God supernaturally healed you. Remember 206 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: when it was dark you didn't think you'd have another 207 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: happy day, but God not only turned it around, he 208 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: gave you beauty for ashes, joy for morning. All of 209 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: us should have our memorial stones out. Last Tuesday was 210 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: the thirty one year anniversary that my mother was healed 211 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: from terminal cancer. Thirty one years ago. The doctors told 212 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: her she had a few weeks to live, but another 213 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: year just went by. She's still healthy in hole. That's 214 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: a memorial stone. I remember December first, two thousand and three, 215 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: when Mayor Lee Brown handed us the key to this 216 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: beautiful facility. This building is a memorial stone. I still 217 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: thank God for it. I remember when I walked into 218 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: a jewelry store and saw Victoria for the first time. 219 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: God answered her prayer. I mean, God answered my prayer. 220 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: I still thank God for that. I remember when my 221 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: dad died. I didn't think I could minister, never done 222 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: this before, but God gave me the grace to step 223 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: up and pastor the church. I put out a memorial stone. 224 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: My question, do you have any memorial stones out in 225 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: your own life? What you are remembering will determine what 226 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: kind of life you're going to live. If you're remembering 227 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: all your defeats, your failures, your hurts, it's going to 228 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: cause you to be stuff in a rut. If you 229 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: could just change what you're remembering, start remembering your victories 230 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: that can cause you to go to a new level. 231 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 1: You may be in a tough time, you're facing an obstacle, 232 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: but when you remember the right things, you won't be saying, oh, man, 233 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: this is gonna be the end of me. I'm never 234 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: gonna get out. No, you'll be saying, God, you did 235 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: it for me once. I know you'll do it for 236 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: me again. God. I've seen your goodness in the past, 237 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: I know i'll see it in the future. This is 238 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,239 Speaker 1: what David did when he was about to face Goliath, 239 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: a giant nearly twice his size. He could have focused 240 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: on how big Goliath was, how Goliath had more training, 241 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: more equipment, more experience. That would have just made him discouraged. 242 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: The scripture says David remembered how he had killed a 243 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: lion and a bear with his own hands. What was 244 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: he doing remembering his victories. He could have remembered how 245 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: his brothers mistreated him, tried to make him feel small, 246 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: or how his father had disrespected him. There were a 247 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: lot of things in David's past negative, like in all 248 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: of our lives, but David understood this principle dwelling on 249 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: your defeats, your failures, your hurts. That causes you to 250 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: stay stuck in a rut. He chose instead to dwell 251 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: on his victories. He not only overcame that obstacle, but 252 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: many others. He became everything that God created him to be. 253 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: You may be up against a giant today. The way 254 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: you're going to overcome is just like David, not going 255 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: around thinking, Ah, this is impossible. It's never going to 256 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: work out. No, all through the day, start remembering your victories. 257 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: Go over your memorial stones. Lord. I remember that time 258 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: when all the odds were against me, but you made 259 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: a way God. I remember how you protected me, blessed me, 260 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: promoted me, vindicated me, made my wrongs right. Recall your victories, 261 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: remembering the good things God has done. That's what helps 262 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: you to stay strong. It would do us all good 263 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: on a regular basis, just like God required the Israelites 264 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: to go back over one by one the major victories 265 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: in our life, the major successes. You said, Joe, I 266 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: don't have anything big like you. God didn't heal my 267 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: family member of cancer. I didn't get a big facility. 268 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: Maybe not, but God has done something great for every 269 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: one of us. Remember the day your child was born healthy, 270 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: That was the goodness of God. That was a miracle. 271 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: Remember when God gave you that job, That was his 272 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: hand of favor. Remember when God spared your life from 273 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: that accident. Now the split second and you would have 274 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: been harmed. That was his angels watching over you. Remember 275 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: that person God brought into your life, you fell in 276 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: love and got married. That wasn't a coincidence. That was 277 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: the goodness of God. Keep your memorial stones out, go 278 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: over them on a regular basis. I really believe some 279 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 1: of you. If you'd spend the same amount of time 280 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: dwelling on your victories as you do your disappointments, you 281 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: see your life go to a whole new level. I 282 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: love how in the Old Testament they celebrated their victories 283 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: every year. I mean they had a party, singing, dancing, 284 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: a festival. Imagine somebody comes over to your house. You're 285 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: having a big party. The music is going, everybody's having fun. 286 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: They ask you, what kind of party is this? Wedding party, 287 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: birthday party, super Bowl party. You tell them, no, we're 288 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: celebrating what God has done. Five years ago, God spared 289 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 1: my life from an accident, or ten years ago, I 290 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: got free from this addiction. We're celebrating me being sober 291 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: for ten years, or maybe thirty one years ago. God 292 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: healed my mother of cancer. We're taking time to thank 293 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: God for the great things that he's done. When you 294 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: develop this habit of remembering the good not only affects 295 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: your personality, how you carry yourself, your attitude, but it'll 296 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,719 Speaker 1: affect the way you pray. It won't be God, Please, 297 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: I need healing. God, I'm sick. I need a miracle. God, 298 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: you gotta bless me. No, you'll say, Lord, I want 299 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: to thank you for how you've healed me in the past. Lord, 300 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: I want to thank you for how you've taken care 301 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: of me through the years. God, I know if you 302 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: did it once. I just want to think in advance 303 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: that you'll do it again. See if you're just praying 304 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: for your needs, God, I need this, I need that. 305 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: You'll probably end up discouraged. But when you thank God 306 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: for what he's already done, when you remember your victories, 307 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: how He's promoted you, protected you, healed you. By the 308 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: time you're done praying, you'll be all fired up. You'll 309 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: be strong, you'll be confident. You know that answer is 310 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: on the way. Think about the Israelites. God supernaturally brought 311 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: them out of slavery. God sent plague after plague on 312 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: their enemies they were living next door, but none of 313 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: those plagues ever affected them. They came to a dead 314 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: end at the Red Sea, looked like it was over. 315 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: Pharaoh and the army changed their mind coming after them. 316 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: So you know the story. God supernaturally parted the sea 317 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: that went through on dry ground. God gave them water 318 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: out of a rock. He brought them food out in 319 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: the desert. They had seen again and again God's incredible miracles. 320 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: Yet in spite of all of this, they never made 321 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: it into the Promised Land. Psalm seventy eight tells us 322 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: one reason why. It says they forgot about all the 323 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: amazing miracles God had done for them and their ancestors. 324 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: When you forget what you should be remembering, it can 325 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: keep you out of your promised land. They got discouraged 326 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: started complaining. Here they had seen God do the impossible 327 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: again and again, but because they forgot about it, they 328 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: got worried negative afraid they missed out on God's best. 329 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: Are you forgetting what God has done in your life? 330 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: Have you let something that was once a miracle become 331 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:25,239 Speaker 1: ordinary doesn't excite you anymore. You don't thank God for it. Now, 332 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: when you look back over your life, remember what it 333 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: took to get you to where you are. Big things 334 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 1: and even little things. The next time you're tempted to 335 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: think my problem's too big, Joel, I'll never accomplish my dreams. No, 336 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: go back and remember all the red seas God has 337 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: parted for you. Remember all the enemies God's defeated for you. 338 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: Remember the times God has shown your favor, shown your mercy, 339 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: restored you. Every one of us can look back and 340 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: see the hand of God in our life. Just like 341 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: the Israelites. You can say, like me, God has opened 342 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: doors for you that should have never opened on their own. 343 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: God has helped you accomplished what you could have never 344 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 1: accomplished on your own. God has brought us through difficulties 345 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: that at one time seemed totally impossible. If we're going 346 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: to stay encouraged and step into the new doors and 347 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: see God turn the negative around, one of the keys 348 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: is you can't forget what God has already done. In fact, 349 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: the scripture says we should tell our children and our grandchildren. 350 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: We should pass down stories of God's goodness. That's why 351 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: I never get tired of telling how God gave us 352 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: this beautiful facility, how God healed my mother of cancer, 353 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: how God gave me the courage and ability to step 354 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: up and pastor of the church. I'm not bragging on me. 355 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: I'm bragging on what God has done. I can say 356 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: with David, so can you. Where would we be without 357 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: the goodness of God? Don't keep it to yourself. Tell 358 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: your children, your grandchildren. How many times did I hear 359 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: my father tell his story How he was coming home 360 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: from a nightclub, two o'clock in the morning, seventeen years 361 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: of age, no purpose, no direction in life. He looked 362 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: up at the stars and he began to think about 363 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 1: his life and his eternal destiny. Walked in his house. 364 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: On the table in the den was the family Bible, 365 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: just there for decoration. His family knew nothing about God. 366 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: They weren't religious people. My father felt drawn to it, 367 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: went over and opened it. Just so happened. It fell 368 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: open to a picture of Jesus standing at a door 369 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: and knocking. The caption read, if you open the door, 370 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: I will come in. My father didn't understand religion or theology, 371 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: but he could understand opening a door. The next day 372 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: he went to church with a friend of his and 373 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: gave his life to Christ. Without that night, we wouldn't 374 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: be sitting here today. Wasn't a coincidence. It was the 375 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: mercy of God. Don't forget what it took to get 376 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: you to where you are. You didn't get here just 377 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: in your own strength, your own education, your own talent. 378 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: There were a lot of miracles along the way, not 379 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: only in your life, but in the people that came 380 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: before you, the people that raised you. If you'll look closely, 381 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: you'll see God's goodness all through your family line. You 382 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: should not only remember it, but tell it to your children, 383 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: your grandchildren, pass it down to the next generation. I've 384 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: learned the more you brag on God's goodness, the more 385 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: of his goodness you will see. It's interesting. In the 386 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: Old Testament we hear a lot about the staff that 387 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: people would carry around with them. It wasn't just a 388 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: walking stick, not just something to get keep wild animals away. 389 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: Was more significant than that. Back in those days, they 390 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: were a nomadic people. That meant they're always on the move. 391 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: Of course, they didn't have computers files paper like we 392 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: have today. One of the main ways they kept important records, 393 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: important dates was to etch it on their staff. That 394 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: was their personal record. On this date, we defeated the Amalekites. 395 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: On this date, my son was born. On this date, 396 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: God brought water out of a rock. Their staff was 397 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: literally their personal record of their history with God. When 398 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: Moses part of the Red Sea, what did he do? 399 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: He held up his staff. He was saying, in e fact, Lord, 400 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: we thank you for all the things you've done in 401 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: our past. Lord, we remember how you have delivered us 402 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: time and time again. They were remembering the great things 403 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: God had done. Even David, when he went out to 404 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: face Goliath, he didn't just take his slingshot. The scripture says, 405 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: he took his staff. No doubt he had etched on it. 406 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: On this date, I killed a bear with my own hands. 407 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: On this date, I killed a lion. On this date, 408 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: the prophet Samuel anointed me the next king of Israel. 409 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: Can imagine just before he fought Goliath, he ran back 410 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: over and looked at his staff one more time, read 411 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 1: over it, just to give him that final boost. Then 412 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: he went out, knowing, God, you did it for me 413 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: back then, I know you'll do it for me again. 414 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: Some of you today, you need to get your staff out. 415 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: You're up against a big challenge. Your dreams look impossible. 416 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 1: Instead of going around thinking it's never going to work out, No, 417 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: start dwelling on your victories. Start thinking about the times 418 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: you've killed the lion and the bear in your own life, 419 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: so to speak. Recall all the times God has promoted you, 420 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: put you at the right place, family member made away 421 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: when you didn't see a way. Don't forget about what 422 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: God has done on a regular basis. Go back over 423 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: your memorial stones. That's the equivalent of holding your staff up. 424 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: When those negative memories come back up and they come 425 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: to all of us hurts, failures, disappointments. The trick of 426 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: the enemy is to keep you so focused on that 427 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: that you get stuck in a rut. No, remember that 428 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 1: is not the only channel. Get your remote control out 429 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: and switch over to your victory channel. Get your mind 430 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: going in the right direction, and your life will go 431 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: in the right direction. If you'll develop this habit of 432 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: remembering the good, your accomplishments, your victories, the times God's 433 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: brought you through, then you will have the faith, the courage, 434 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: and the confidence to step in to the amazing future 435 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: God has in store. I believe in declare, just like David, 436 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: you will defeat every enemy, You will overcome every obstacle, 437 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: and you will become everything God's created you to be. Amen, 438 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: He receive it today. We never like to courage our 439 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: God Christ without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 440 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 441 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 442 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 443 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: if you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 444 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 445 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: God first place. He's gonna take your places that you've 446 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: never dreamed of. 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