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We are praying for you and your family. 44 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 4: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 45 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 4: You can download our podcast and listen to the messages 46 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 4: anytime or go to our YouTube channel, but thanks for two. Today. 47 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 48 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 4: about this cat and mouse that died on the same 49 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: day and went to heaven. After a few weeks, Peter 50 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 4: saw the mouse and ask how he liked it. He said, Oh, 51 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 4: it's great, but it's so big. I wish I could 52 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 4: get a pair of roller skates. Peter said, no problem, 53 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 4: got him some skates. A few weeks later, Peter saw 54 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 4: the cat and ask him how he liked it. He said, Oh, 55 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 4: it's fantastic. And just when I thought it couldn't get 56 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 4: any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. Say it 57 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 58 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 4: what it says. I am. I have what it says 59 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 60 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 61 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 62 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 63 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 64 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: special strength is coming. We all have times in life 65 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 4: that we feel tired. We've been doing our best, standing strong, 66 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 4: but it's been so long, nothing has changed. Now we're fatigued. 67 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 4: We don't feel like we have the strength to raise 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 4: the children, the strength to fight the illness, the strength 69 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 4: to pursue our dreams. A woman I know has struggled 70 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 4: with depression for many years. She's always been so strong, 71 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: so determined. But I saw her recently and she was 72 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 4: very discouraged. She said, I don't have any fight left 73 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 4: in me. I can't do it anymore. Sometimes we see 74 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 4: that as a lack of faith. But God doesn't expect 75 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 4: you to be strong all the time. He understands there 76 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 4: will be times that we get weary. We don't feel 77 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 4: like we can go on. We prayed, we believed, but 78 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 4: nothing has changed. Now the weight of what we're facing 79 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 4: has left us exhausted. The good news is God doesn't 80 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 4: fault us for feeling weak. He doesn't say, what's wrong 81 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 4: with you? You need to have more faith. The scripture says, 82 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 4: when you are weak, he is strong. When you feel overwhelmed, 83 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 4: like you can't go on, he comes in and gives 84 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: you special strength, strength that you didn't get on your own, 85 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 4: strength to move forward when you should be stuck, strength 86 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 4: to overcome the addiction, strength to outlast the opposition. You 87 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 4: may feel weak today, fatigued, that is not your destiny. 88 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 4: You are going to run and not be weary. You're 89 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 4: going to walk and not faint. There's going to be 90 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 4: a strength that's not natural, but supernatural. This is what 91 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 4: happened with Elijah. There had been a three and a 92 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 4: half year drought in some area. Without rain, the Israelites 93 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 4: were going to perish. There was no food, no way 94 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: to grow crops. Elijah went on top of Mount Carmel 95 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 4: and begin to pray for rain, but nothing happened. He 96 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 4: prayed again and again had his assistant go out and 97 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 4: check the weather look for clouds. Still not Finally, on 98 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 4: the seventh time, they saw a small cloud start to 99 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: form in the sky, and Elijah told King Ahab that 100 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 4: he better get in his chariot and quickly leave because 101 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 4: there was about to be a huge downpour. The scripture 102 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 4: says the Lord gave Elijah special strength, and he outran 103 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 4: the king's chariot to Jezreel. Jezreel wasn't just next door, 104 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 4: It was a twenty mile journey. A horse can run 105 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 4: twice as fast as an average man. A man can 106 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 4: only sustain that top speed for a short distance. On 107 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 4: top of this, I'm sure Elijah was tired, being in 108 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 4: the famine, not having the proper food. How could he 109 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 4: outrun a chariot. That's not possible. God gave him special strength. 110 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 4: You may look at what you're up against think I 111 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 4: don't have the strength, the stamina, the endurance, the fortitude. 112 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 4: Maybe years ago when I was at the top of 113 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 4: my but now I'm tired. No, get ready, special strength 114 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 4: is headed your way. When you have special strength, you're 115 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 4: going to outrun some chariots. You're going to overcome what 116 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 4: looks impossible. You're going to accomplish dreams that seem too 117 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 4: far gone. Jezrael was known as the city of chariots. 118 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 4: It had a vast fleet of these powerful vehicles. They 119 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 4: could move swiftly into battle. They gave the people of 120 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: Jezreel an incredible advantage. Enemies knew not to come against Jezreel. 121 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 4: It's significant that Elijah outran a chariot. These chariots represented power, speed, 122 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 4: the ability to dominate with force. I can imagine Elijah's 123 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: standing before King Ahab as A have sat in his big, 124 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 4: impressive state of the art chariot A have had his 125 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 4: drivers up front, his staff in the back. Elijah looked 126 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 4: up to King Ahab said, in effect, you have this 127 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 4: powerful army. You command a vast fleet of chariots pulled 128 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 4: by these fast, strong horses. I don't have your equipment. 129 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 4: I don't have your horses. I don't even have a chariot. 130 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 4: But I'm not worried. I don't need what you have. 131 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to outrun you to Jezreel. I can hear 132 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: Ahab laughing, saying, what are you talking about, Elijah. These 133 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 4: are the fastest horses of our day. These are the 134 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: most skilled driver. This chariot just won the JD Powers 135 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 4: Chariot of the Year. You can't outrun me. They took 136 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 4: off the scripture says the whole way twenty miles. Elijah 137 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 4: ran ahead of the chariot. When Ahab got to Jezreel. 138 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 4: I can see Elijah with his feet up, drinking a 139 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 4: glass of tea, saying, Ahab, what took you so long? 140 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 4: When God gives you special strength, You're going to accomplish 141 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: things you never dreamed you could accomplish. You're going to 142 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 4: overcome opposition that's more powerful, that has more resources. You 143 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: may not be up against a chariot, but when you 144 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 4: look at that cancer, it seems so much bigger that addiction, 145 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 4: the trouble at work, the slow down in your business. 146 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 4: You don't see how you're going to make it. The 147 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 4: difficulty is discouraging enough. But on top of that, you're tired. 148 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 4: You've been standing strong, but the famine, the lack of 149 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 4: things changing, has worn you down. There's no way you 150 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 4: can outrun this chariot. In your own strength. You can't. 151 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 4: But right now God is breathing special strength into you. 152 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 4: Like Elijah. You're going to have the endurance, the stamina, 153 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 4: the fortitude to do what you can't do on your own. 154 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 4: You may think, how can I raise these children take 155 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 4: care of my elderly parents at the same time, how 156 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 4: can I make it through this treatment? How can I 157 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 4: overcome this anxiety? When you are weak, he is strong. Now, 158 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 4: get ready to outrun some chariots. God has not brought 159 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: you this far to live you, Isaiah said. God gives 160 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 4: strength to the weary. He increases the power of the week. 161 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 4: You may be weary today, the good news strength is coming. 162 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 4: Maybe you feel weak, you're worn down by everything that's 163 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 4: going on, the pandemic, the unrest, the uncertainty. God is saying, 164 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 4: I'm about to increase your power. I'm about to make 165 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 4: you stronger. It's not something you have to muster up. 166 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 4: You don't have to make it happen. It's the hand 167 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 4: of God lifting you, empowering you, re energizing you, causing 168 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 4: you to outrun cheriots, giving you special strength that means 169 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 4: strength to outlast, strength to try again, strength to step 170 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 4: up to a new level. When I look back over 171 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 4: my life, I can see these times where God gave 172 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 4: me special strength. When my father went to be with 173 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 4: the Lord, that should have overwhelmed me, caused me to 174 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 4: lose my passion, not be able to move forward. But 175 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 4: I felt a power rising up in me that I 176 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 4: had never felt. A strength, a courage, a determination, a 177 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: stamina that wasn't just me being strong. That was God 178 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 4: giving me special strength. God is not going to let 179 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 4: you miss your destiny. He's not going to let you 180 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 4: stay overwhelmed. You may feel that way at times, but 181 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 4: that is not how your story ends. You're going to 182 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 4: feel a strength that pushes you forward, a power to 183 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 4: do what you couldn't do before. When we were trying 184 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 4: to acquire the Compact Center. It was a three year process. 185 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 4: After we won the city council vote, a company filed 186 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 4: a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. 187 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 4: They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real 188 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 4: estate business. It was David versus Goliath. And at first 189 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 4: I was passionate. I prayed, I believed I stood strong. 190 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 4: But week after week went by, month after month, nothing changed. 191 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 4: One year, two years, I started to get weary. Battle 192 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 4: fatigue begin to set in. Not that we aren't strong, 193 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 4: we just get tired of fighting. I thought, they're so 194 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 4: much bigger than us, they have many more resources. They 195 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 4: can drag this out for years. God understands that we 196 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 4: can get tired. He understands that life can wear us down. 197 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 4: That's why he said, I will give strength to the weary. 198 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 4: I will increase the power of the week. Don't beat 199 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 4: yourself up for feeling weary. Don't be down on yourself 200 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 4: because you're not strong all the time. You're human. God's 201 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 4: not faulting you. He's saying, when you're weak, I'm going 202 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 4: to step in. I'm going to make you strong. I'm 203 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 4: going to give you power to outrun the chariot. Joel 204 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: I've been weary a long time. I've been exhausted. I 205 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 4: don't see anything changing. Your time is coming. You wouldn't 206 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 4: be hearing this if special st wasn't on the way. 207 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 4: God hasn't forgotten about you. He sees what you're going through. 208 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 4: He sees the lonely nights, the struggles, all those times 209 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 4: you've gone the extra mile. He's about to increase your strength. 210 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 4: The opposition may not change yet, but you're going to 211 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 4: have a new passion, a new fire to stand strong 212 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,119 Speaker 4: and outlast what's trying to stop you. At one point, 213 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 4: when I didn't think I could go on, it looked 214 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 4: like the lawsuit would never resolve. All of a sudden, 215 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 4: it was like God gave me a second wind. I 216 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 4: had a determination that I didn't have before. It wasn't 217 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 4: something I did. It was God giving strength to the wearing. 218 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 4: It wasn't long after that that the company suddenly dropped 219 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 4: the lawsuit and the building was ours. Like Elijah, we 220 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 4: outran the chariot. We defeated something much bigger, much more powerful. 221 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 4: How did that happen? God gave us special strength. The 222 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 4: scripture says, some trust in chariots, some trust in horses. 223 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 4: But we trust in the name of the Lord, our God, 224 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 4: God is going to get you to where you're supposed 225 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,839 Speaker 4: to be. The night before Jesus was to be crucified, 226 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 4: he went to the garden of Gasimone to pray. He 227 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 4: knew the pain and the suffering he would face. Even 228 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 4: though he's God, he was also human. He could feel 229 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 4: what we felt. He got tired. There were times he 230 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 4: was weary, fatigued, and felt lonely. In that garden, he 231 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 4: was so discouraged and so overcome with emotion that he 232 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 4: sweat drops of blood. He told the disciples, my soul 233 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 4: is overwhelmed with sorrow. Here. Jesus is the son of God, 234 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 4: Yet he felt overwhelmed, like he couldn't go on. You 235 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 4: would think God would say, come on, you need to 236 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 4: be stronger, you need to toughen up. But God understands 237 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 4: life can be overwhelmed. There are times we feel weary, tired, distressed. 238 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean we don't have enough. Faith doesn't mean that 239 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 4: we're not strong enough. When Jesus felt so overwhelmed, when 240 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,239 Speaker 4: it looked like he wasn't going to fulfill his destiny, 241 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: the scripture says God send an angel to strengthen him. 242 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 4: You may be tired today, tired of believing for your dreams, 243 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 4: tired of trying to make your marriage work, tired of 244 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 4: raising those children. God sees what you're going through. He 245 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: feels the weight of what you're carrying. He's not going 246 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 4: to leave you there. He has angels come in your 247 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 4: way to strengthen you, to encourage you, to lift you. 248 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 4: Thoughts will try to convince you that you're not strong enough, 249 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 4: You need more faith. Look at you, tired, discouraged, letting 250 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: that problem overcome. You don't believe those lies. Jesus, in 251 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 4: his human body, felt weak. He felt discouraged. He didn't 252 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 4: know if he could go on. God sees you being 253 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 4: your best, raising the children, fighting that addiction, facing that illness. 254 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 4: When you run out of strength, don't worry. Angels are coming. 255 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 4: Help is on the way. You're going to feel strength 256 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: that you didn't have, joy when you could be discouraged, 257 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 4: hope when you should be depressed. You're going to have 258 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 4: the power to endure, the favor to overcome, the determination 259 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 4: to outlast. It's not because of your own efforts. It's 260 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 4: the angels ministering to you. Before Elijah outran the chariot. 261 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 4: He called down fire from heaven and defeated four hundred 262 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 4: of the false prophets that worshiped the god Vail. When 263 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 4: King Ahab's wife Jezebel heard about it, she was furious. 264 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 4: She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 265 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: you by this time tomorrow, I will take my own life. 266 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 4: Elijah was so afraid he took off running into the desert. 267 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 4: He ended up sitting under a tree, so exhausted, so 268 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 4: overwhelmed that he didn't want to live. He said, God, 269 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 4: I've had enough. I'm done. Take me home. Here. He 270 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 4: had just called down fire from heaven, he had just 271 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 4: outran a chariot. He had seen God's goodness and favor, 272 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 4: But he got tired. When we're tired, we can lose 273 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 4: our perspective, problems getting magnified. The sickness looks bigger. We 274 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 4: think the trouble at work will never resolve. We feel overwhelmed, 275 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 4: like we can't go on. But the beauty of our 276 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 4: God is he understands what we're going through. He knows 277 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 4: life can be overwhelming. He knows it's difficult to get 278 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 4: out of the garden of Gasimine on your own and 279 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 4: Elijah was under this tree in the desert, depressed, not 280 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 4: wanting to live. This could be the end of his story. 281 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 4: But what happened. An angel showed up, just like in 282 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 4: the garden, while Elijah was sleeping. This angel cooked him food. 283 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: He woke Elijah up and told him to eat. Elijah 284 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 4: looked up and saw freshly baked bread. He thought he 285 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 4: was dreaming. He ate and went back to sleep. The 286 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 4: scripture says the angel woke him up for a second 287 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 4: time and said eat some more. Elijah ate the food. 288 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 4: Now he had the strength to make a forty day journey. 289 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 4: His whole attitude changed. He got his fireback, he got 290 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 4: his passion back. He realized God was still on the throne, 291 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 4: that he was bigger than what he was facing. Elijah 292 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 4: went on to fulfill his destiny. What I want you 293 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 4: to see is when you are weak, God is going 294 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 4: to strengthen you. When you can't go on, Angels are 295 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 4: going to show up and make things happen that you 296 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 4: couldn't make happen. I love how the angel didn't just 297 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 4: help Elijah find food. He didn't just lead him to 298 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 4: an animal where he could hunt, lead him to water. 299 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 4: The angel not only brought the food to Elijah, but 300 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 4: he cooked the food. God is not going to just 301 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: help you get stronger, but he's going to cook some 302 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 4: food for you. He's going to bring blessings, increase favor, 303 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: healing that he's already prepared. It's going to be easier 304 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 4: than you thought, and it's going to happen quicker than 305 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 4: you think. Martin Luther King Junior told how in the 306 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 4: height of the civil rights movement, when so much was 307 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 4: coming against him, he felt overwhelmed. He didn't know if 308 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 4: he could go on to make matters worse. One evening, 309 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 4: in the middle of the night, the phone rang. When 310 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 4: he answered, there was an angry voice telling him how 311 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 4: he wasn't wanted in that town, how he was going 312 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: to be harmed if he didn't leave. King was so 313 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 4: distressed that he couldn't go back to sleep. He began 314 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 4: to pace the floor. Exhausted, he tried to think of 315 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 4: a way he could quietly bow out of leading the 316 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 4: movement without appearing to be a coward. Feeling overwhelmed, all 317 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 4: of his courage gone, he said, God, I'm here taking 318 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 4: a stand for what I believe is right, but I'm 319 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 4: afraid I'm at the end of my ability. I have 320 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 4: nothing left to give. I cannot continue on. Martin Luther 321 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 4: King said, at that moment he felt the hand of God, 322 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 4: a divine presence, something that he had never felt before, 323 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 4: strengthening him, encouraging him, breathing new life into his spirit. 324 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 4: What was that a ministering angel. God is not going 325 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,479 Speaker 4: to let you give up. He's not going to let 326 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 4: you get so discouraged that you can't become who you 327 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 4: were created to be. You may feel that way at times. 328 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 4: The task looks too big, the opposition too strong, the 329 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 4: dream is taken too long. You don't have the strength. 330 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 4: Don't worry. Angels are on the way. You're about to 331 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 4: feel a strength that you've never felt, power that you've 332 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 4: never had. God is about to lift you. He's breathing 333 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 4: victory into your spirit. Encouragement, hope, not just strength, but 334 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 4: special strength. Strength that causes you to outrun a chariot, 335 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 4: strength to overcome the sickness, strength to outlast what's trying 336 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 4: to stop you, strength to accomplish what God put in 337 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 4: your heart. When Jesus was about to be crucified, the 338 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 4: custom in that day was the person had to carry 339 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 4: their own cross. Jesus was so exhausted. He had not 340 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 4: slept the night before, He'd gone through much suffering and pain. 341 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 4: He did his best. He was as strong as he could, 342 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 4: but he fell down under the weight of the cross. 343 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: God could have given him the strength to carry it 344 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 4: the whole way. He could have given him a second 345 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 4: wind to finish the journey and not look weak and 346 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 4: not fall down. But God was sending this message, you 347 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 4: don't have to be strong all the time. It's okay 348 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 4: to feel overwhelmed. It's okay to say, like Martin Luther King, 349 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: we don't think I can do this. Sometimes the weight 350 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 4: of what we're carrying gets heavy. We think this child 351 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 4: is too hard to raise. I can't stay in this marriage. 352 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 4: I can't deal with this sickness. I'm lonely, I'm hurting. 353 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 4: Voices will try to condemn us. You don't have enough faith. 354 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 4: You need to be stronger. God's not going to help you. 355 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 4: You're too weak. Don't believe those lies. Even Jesus couldn't 356 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 4: carry the weight of his own cross. What's interesting is 357 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 4: when he fell down, God didn't leave him there. He 358 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 4: sent a man by the name of Simon to come 359 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 4: across his path and carry the cross for Jesus. When 360 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 4: you're down, when you're discouraged, God is not going to 361 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 4: leave you there. He'll always have someone to help lift 362 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 4: you back up, someone to encourage you, someone to help 363 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 4: you carry the load that you can't carry. If it's 364 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 4: not an angel, God will send a person. There will 365 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 4: be a Simon there for you. One time Moses was 366 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 4: up on a hill. Joshua and the Israelites were in 367 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 4: the valley below fighting the Amalekites. Moses held his rod 368 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 4: up in the air. As long as his rod was up, 369 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 4: the Israelites were winning. When he put it down, the 370 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 4: Amalekites would prevail. The battle kept going longer and longer. 371 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 4: The problem was Moses got tired. He couldn't hold his 372 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 4: hands up that long. God didn't say, Moses, you should 373 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 4: be stronger, You should have more endurance, more stamina. God 374 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 4: sent two men, Erin and her They stood on each 375 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 4: side of Moses and held his hands up for him. 376 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 4: God has the right people that will be there to 377 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 4: help hold up your hands. God knows we're going to 378 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: get tired. He knows there will be times that we 379 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 4: don't have the strength on our own to do what 380 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 4: we need to do. He doesn't fault us, he doesn't 381 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 4: cancel our destiny. He sends the right people and Erin 382 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 4: and Her to lift our hands. A few years after 383 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 4: I became pastor, everything was growing. We were seeing great 384 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 4: favor God's blessing. But at the same time, there were 385 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 4: people that didn't understand us, and at one point it 386 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 4: seemed like things were coming against us from the left 387 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 4: and the right. I had never had any opposition. I thought, 388 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 4: all we're doing is giving people hope and letting them 389 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 4: know that God is good. Didn't make sense to me 390 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 4: why people would be against that. I was concerned about 391 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 4: how it was going to work out, and thoughts told 392 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 4: me that we weren't going to last, and these other 393 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 4: voices were too strong. I was tempted to live, worried, discouraged, afraid. 394 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: One afternoon, I was walking through the lobby of the church, 395 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 4: about to get on the elevator when the doors opened, 396 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 4: an older lady stepped out that I've known all my life. 397 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 4: She used to take care of me in the nursery. 398 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 4: I hadn't seen her in years. I always knew that 399 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 4: she prayed for me every time I would see her 400 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 4: growing up. She would smile and say, Joel, you know 401 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: I'm praying for you. I thought, yes, I know, You've 402 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 4: told me four hundred times. I gave her a big hug. 403 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 4: She said, Joel, I can't believe I ran into you. 404 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 4: I was going to send you a note. When I 405 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: was praying for you this morning, I heard God saying, 406 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 4: whatever you're worried about is going to be fine. The people, 407 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 4: the opposition is not going to last. When she said that, 408 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 4: it was like a weight was lifted off of me. 409 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 4: I walked away from there, strong, confident, re energized. Two 410 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 4: minutes earlier and I would have missed her two minutes later, 411 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 4: she'd have been gone. God knows how to bring the 412 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 4: Simons across your path, people that will encourage you and 413 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: help lift you back up. Before Jesus was crucified, he 414 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 4: went up a high mountain with Peter James and John. 415 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 4: Jesus appearance changed. His face shined like the sun, his 416 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 4: clothing became dazzling white. It's known as the Mount of Transfiguration. Suddenly, 417 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 4: Moses and Elijah appeared and started talking with Jesus. It's 418 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 4: interesting that those two were chosen. There were other great 419 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 4: heroes of faith Abraham, David, Joseph. Jesus was about to 420 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 4: face all this hardship and suffering, go through things that 421 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 4: were very difficult, things that could be overwhelming and exhausting. 422 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 4: Maybe Elijah was there because, even though he had performed 423 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 4: great miracles, even though he'd called down fire from heaven, 424 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 4: raised a little boy from the dead, at one point 425 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 4: he was too exhausted to carry on, too weary to 426 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 4: move forward. Then God sent angels to strengthen him. I 427 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 4: don't know what the conversation was, but maybe Elijah encouraged 428 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 4: Jesus that God would give him special strength to make 429 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 4: it through, that angels would be there to minister to him. 430 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 4: Maybe Moses reminded Jesus how when he was too tired 431 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 4: to hold up his hands, when he was fatigued and 432 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 4: couldn't do it any longer, God sent people to hold 433 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 4: his hands up for him, to lift him when he fell, 434 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 4: to help him carry the weight of the cross. Maybe 435 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 4: God has you hearing this to remind you when you 436 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 4: face these times where you feel fatigued, overwhelmed, like you 437 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 4: don't have the strength to go on, That's okay. Jesus 438 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 4: felt overwhelmed. Moses, Elijah, they didn't think they could go on. 439 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 4: God is going to have angels to strengthen you. The 440 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 4: right people are going to show up. God is not 441 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 4: going to let you miss your destiny. He gives strength 442 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 4: to the weary, not condemnation, Not why aren't you stronger? 443 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: Take the pressure off. Even Jesus fell down under the 444 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 4: weight of the cross. Sometimes your cross is too heavy 445 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 4: to carry by yourself. Like Jesus, you may fall down, 446 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 4: but God will always have a simon there, someone to 447 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 4: help you carry it. Perhaps today you don't feel like 448 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 4: you have the strength to move forward, the strength to 449 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 4: fight the illness, the strength to raise your children. Remember 450 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 4: when you are weak, He is strong. I believe right 451 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 4: now God is breathing special strength into you. That burden 452 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 4: that's weighed you down is being lifted. This is a 453 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 4: turning point. God is re energizing you with fresh passion, 454 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 4: fresh vision. You will run and not be weary. You 455 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 4: will walk and not faint. Like Elijah, You're about to 456 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 4: outrun some chariots. You're going to think, where did I 457 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 4: get this energy, this power, this ability. It's God giving 458 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 4: you special strength. I believe and declare you are strong, 459 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 4: you are victorious, you are well able. You're going to 460 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 4: accomplish dreams bigger than you imagine, overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable, 461 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 4: and reach the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, 462 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 463 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 464 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 465 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 466 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 467 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 4: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 468 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 4: on your new walk with the Lord. Just text the 469 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 4: number on the screen, we'll get it to you. I 470 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 4: hope you'll get into a good Bible based church and 471 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 4: keep God first place. Victoria and I'll be right back 472 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 4: to speak a blessing over you. Thanks so much for 473 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 4: listening to today's message. 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