1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Will God bless 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: you such a joy to come into your homes. We 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: love you, and if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: stop buying and be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in and thank you again 11 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: for coming out today. And I like to start with 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: something funny and I heard about this man. He was 13 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood, and every 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: Friday during Lent, while his neighbors were eating cold fish, 15 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: he was grilling a steak in the backyard. They couldn't 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: stand the temptation and decided to try to convert him 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: to Catholicism. He finally agreed. The priest sprinkled water over him, 18 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: said you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, 19 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: now you're a Catholic. The next year, on the first 20 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Friday of lent. They smelled the same smell in the air. 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: They rushed to his house. He was in the backyard 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: sprinkling water over his steak, saying, you were born a cow, 23 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish. 24 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: Hold your bible up, Say it like you mean it. 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 29 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about it's under your feet. 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: How we see our difficulties, very often will determine whether 33 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: or not we get out of them. When we face 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: challenges and things come against us, it's easy to get 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: overwhelmed and start thinking this is never going to work out. 36 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: I'll just have to learn to live with it. Many 37 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: people settle for mediocrity, but First Corinthians fifteen says God 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: has put all things under our feet. If you're going 39 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: to live in victory, you have to see every sickness, 40 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: every obstacle, every temptation as being under your feet. It's 41 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: no match for you. It's not going to keep you 42 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: from your destiny. It's already defeated. It's just a matter 43 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: of time before you walk it out. But if you 44 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: see it being too big, I'll never break this addiction. 45 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: My child will never straighten up. This sickness is going 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: to be the end of me. That's going to cause 47 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: you to feel weak, discouraged, intimidated. It's going to attract fear, worry, doubt. 48 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: That kind of thinking not only pushes you down, but 49 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: it stops God from working. You've got to change your perspective. 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: That addiction is not going to dog you your whole life. 51 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: It's under your feet. That depression that's been in your 52 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: family for years, it's not going to get passed to 53 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: the next generation. It's under your feet. You're going to 54 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: put a stop to it. That struggle, lack, barely getting 55 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: by is not going to keep you from being blessed. 56 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: It's under your feet. It's just a matter of time 57 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: before you break through to a new level. Now, you've 58 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: got to shake off the lives that are telling you 59 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: it's too big. It's been this way too long. It's 60 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: never going to change. No, this is a new day. 61 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: God is saying, every enemy, every sickness, every obstacle, it's 62 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: not going to defeat you. It's going to promote you. 63 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: It was meant to be a stumbling block to keep 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: you down. God's going to use it as a stepping 65 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: stone to take you higher. Keep the right perspective. It's 66 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: under your feet. This is what David did. He faced 67 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: all kinds of enemies. He said in Psalm fifty nine, 68 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: I will look down in triumph on all of my enemies. 69 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: Notice not some of my enemies, all of my enemies. 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: What am I going to do? Look down? Why? Because 71 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: they're under my feet. Now you may be facing situations 72 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: that don't feel like they're under your feet. The sickness 73 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: looks big, the financial difficulty seems impossible. Perhaps you've struggled 74 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: with the addiction for years. But you can't go by 75 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: what you see. You've got to go by what you know. 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: We walk by faith and not by sight. In the natural, 77 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: it may look huge, But when you talk to those 78 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: obstacles like David, by faith, you need to look down. See, 79 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: when you talk to God, we should look up. You 80 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: look up to give God praise you look up to 81 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: ask God for help. But when you talk to sickness, 82 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: look down. It's under your feet. Look down to talk 83 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: to depression, you look down to talk to fear. I've 84 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: heard it said, if you want to say something to 85 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: the enemy, write it on the bottom of your shoes, 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: because he's under your feet. Sometimes, when there's a big 87 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: boxing match the day before, the two fighters will come 88 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: out at a press conference and they'll stand toe to 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: toe with their faces just two or three inches apart, 90 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: and they'll look each other in the eye and just 91 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: stand there and stare and stare, trying to intimidate each other. 92 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: They're saying, I'm bigger, stronger, tougher, meaner, You're not going 93 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: to defeat me. Well, when you face an enemy, something 94 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: that's trying to keep you from your destiny, a sickness, 95 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: a bad habit, an unfair situation, unlike those two fighters, 96 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: you don't stand toe to toe to look that enemy 97 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: in the eye. That enemy is not at your level. 98 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: It may have a big bark, it may seem tough 99 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: and big, like you can't defeat it. Know, the truth is, 100 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: it's no match for you. For you to look that 101 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: enemy in the eye, you need to look down under 102 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: your feet. You are more than a conquer Greater is 103 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: he that's in you than he that comes against you. 104 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: The enemy has limited power. God has all power. If 105 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: God be for you, who dare be against you? Quit 106 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: telling yourself I'll always struggle in this area. I'll never 107 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: lose this weight, I'll never get out of debt. No 108 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: change your perspective. You are not weak, defeated, inferior. You 109 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: are full of can do power. The same spirit that 110 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. 111 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: Now some of you need to start putting some things 112 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: under your feet. God said, I have given you power 113 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: to tread on all the power of the enemy. Think 114 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: of that word tread. One translation says to trample. If 115 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: you will see these obstacles as being under your feet, 116 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: as being already defeated, then a new boldness will rise 117 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: up your faith will activate God's power in a new way. 118 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: I know this lady. She was diagnosed with cancer, and 119 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: she's in her early thirties and has always been as 120 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: healthy as can be in when she got this news 121 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: with such a shock to her. Normally she's very outgoing 122 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: and happy. But my whole personality had changed. She got 123 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: very depressed. All she thought about was how bad it 124 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: was and how she might not make it. Instead of 125 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: looking down at the cancer, she was looking up to it. 126 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: She had made it huge in her mind. The first 127 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: place we lose the victory is in our own thinking. 128 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: If you see the obstacle as being too big, it 129 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: will keep you defeated. That's why when David faced Goliath, 130 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: even though Goliath was practically twice his size, much bigger, stronger, 131 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: had more experience, more equipment, the first thing David said was, Hey, Goliath, 132 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: I will defeat you and feed your head to the 133 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: birds of the air. That's one of those enemies David 134 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: looked down on by faith. He saw it as being smaller. 135 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: If David would have just looked at it in the 136 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: natural and thought about how much bigger, how much more experience, 137 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: he would have never had the courage to face Goliath. 138 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: David understood this, prince. He knew how to see his 139 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: enemies as being under his feet. Now, I told this 140 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: young lady, you've got to change your perspective. You've got 141 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: to start looking down at that cancer in the natural. 142 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: It may be huge, but switch over to your eyes 143 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: of faith. You and God are a majority. Was never 144 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: meant to be a stumbling block. It was meant to 145 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: be a stepping stone. You got to shake off the 146 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: self pity and like David, put on a new attitude. Cancer. 147 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: You will not defeat me. You are under my feet. 148 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: I will fulfill my destiny. I will live out my 149 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: days in good health. I am a victor and not 150 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: a victim. She changed her outlook, she got her fire back, 151 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: her passion back, and she started fighting the good fight 152 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: of faith. Today she is four years cancer free. She's 153 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: so happy. A couple of years ago she got married. 154 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: It wasn't a stumbling block. It ended up being a 155 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: stepping stone. But had she not seen the obstacle as 156 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: being under her feet, I don't believe it would have 157 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: turned out that way. Because if we let life overwhelm us, 158 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: we go around worried, stressed out in self pity. That 159 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: not only affects us mentally, it affects us physically. It 160 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: weakens our immune system. It won't fight off sickness and 161 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: disease the way God created it too. The scripture says, 162 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: the joy of the Lord is your strength. Joy is 163 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: an emotion, and yet it creates something physical. It creates strength. 164 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: When you're in tough times, you've got to shake off 165 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: the worry, shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointment, 166 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: get your joy back. Have the right perspective. That enemy, 167 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: that sickness, that obstacle, it is under your feet. It's 168 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: not going to defeat you. It's going to promote you. 169 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: Second Samuel twenty two to forty says, you have armed 170 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: me with strength for the battle. You have put my 171 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: enemies under my feet. God knows every battle that you 172 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: will ever face, every temptation, every obstacle. He has not 173 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: only put it under your feet, but he's armed you 174 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: with strength for that battle. He's already equipped. You. Quit 175 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,599 Speaker 1: telling yourself this is too much, I can't handle it. No, 176 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: the greatest force in the universe is breathing in your direction. 177 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: Tap into that power. Start declaring, I am well able, 178 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. I am strong 179 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: in the Lord. When you do that, something's happening on 180 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: the inside. You're getting stronger. Your immune system will work better, 181 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: You'll have more energy, You'll make better decisions. We've all 182 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: been to the post office before and seen the sign 183 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: on the wall of the ten most wanted under their pictures. 184 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 1: It says armed and dangerous. Let me tell you, if 185 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: the enemy had a post office, your picture would be 186 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: up there. You are not a weakling. You are bad 187 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: to the bone. You are a child out of the 188 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: most hied God he has infused can do power into you. 189 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: You gotta start seeing yourself as being armed and dangerous. 190 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: When we get out of bed in the morning, first 191 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: thing we should do is power up, get our minds 192 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: going in the right direction. Remind yourself, I'm ready for 193 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: this day. I'm equipped, I'm empowered. I've got my armor on, 194 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: got my shoes of peace. Not going to get upset, 195 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: not going to let people steal my joy, not going 196 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: to fight battles that aren't between me and my destiny. 197 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: Got my helmet of salvation. I know I'm forgiven, I'm redeemed. 198 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: I'm approved by Almighty God. I've been handpicked by the 199 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: creator of the universe. Got my shield of faith. I'm 200 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: expecting great things. I'm expecting to have an amazing twenty twelve. 201 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: Got my sword of the Spirit, speaking God's word. I 202 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: know every enemy is under my feet. I've been armed 203 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 1: strength for this battle. What are we doing? Powering up, 204 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: getting prepared for a blessed, victorious, faithfilled day. I know 205 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: some of you are up against things that could easily 206 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: steal your joy. Maybe a challenge in a relationship, child 207 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: not doing right, unfair situation at work. You could live stressed, uptight, 208 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: not sleep at night, no, all through the day, especially 209 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: when you're tempted to worry. You need to remind yourself 210 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: this is under my feet. God is in control. It 211 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: is not going to keep me from my destiny. Come 212 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: back to that place of peace. Psalm one ten says 213 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: God will make your enemies your footstool. What do you 214 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: do with the footstool? You put your feet up on it. 215 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: It indicates a position of rest. When we face difficulties. 216 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: Too often we take matters into our own hands. We 217 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: get all worked up. We think they did me wrong, 218 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay them, backing them out, or the medical 219 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: report's not good, and we can't sleep at night. We're 220 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: so uptight, so stressed out. No, if you want God 221 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: to make your enemy your footstool, you have to be 222 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: still and know that he is God. When you're living 223 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: upset and trying to force things to happen, God is 224 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: going to step back and let you do it on 225 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: your own. It takes faith to say, God, I know 226 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: you're fighting my battles. I know you'll make my wrongs right. 227 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: You promise it would work out for my good. So 228 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep my joy and stay in peace. When 229 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: you put your feet up, so to speak, and rest, 230 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: God will take those things that seem like they're over you, 231 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: those things that are holding you back, and he'll bring 232 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: them under your feet. He'll turn them around and make 233 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: that enemy your footstool. When something's a footstool, you could 234 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: say it serves you, it makes life easier. That's the 235 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: way God is. When you stay in peace, God will 236 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: take what's meant for harm and he'll use it to 237 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: your advantage. Let's make it practical. Maybe at work this 238 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: week or at the job site, somebody is not treating 239 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: you right, playing politics, not giving you the credit you deserve. 240 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: Don't get upset. Just keep being your best each day. 241 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: Stay on that high road. Your job is not to 242 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: straighten people out. Your job is to stay in peace. 243 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: When you're in peace, God's fighting your battles. When you're 244 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: at rest, God will make your enemies your footstools. This 245 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: is what happened with Joseph. He was betrayed by his brothers, 246 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: falsely accused by Potterphar's wife, went to prison for something 247 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: that he didn't do. Joseph didn't get upset, he didn't 248 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: try to pay people back, didn't hold a grudge. He 249 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: stayed in peace, stayed on the high road, and God 250 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: turned it all around. The people that did Joseph wrong 251 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: ended up working for him. His brothers, the same ones 252 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: that betrayed him, came back and out low before him. 253 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Because he stayed in peace, God made his enemies his footstool. 254 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: Here's what I've learned. God can vindicate you better than 255 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: you can vindicate yourself. If you will let God do 256 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: it his way, it'll be bigger, sweeter, more rewarding, more honoring. 257 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: God can take the very people that are trying to 258 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: push you down, the people that are trying to make 259 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: you look bad. He can use them to promote you. 260 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: In the scripture, Haman tried to push down Mordecai, tried 261 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: to make Mordecai look bad, disrespected him, didn't give him 262 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: the time of day. But one day the king told 263 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: Haman to get a royal robe and put it on 264 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: Mordecai and march him up and down through the streets, 265 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: announcing to everyone what a great man Mordecai was. Think 266 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: about it. Of all the people the king could have 267 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: chosen to do that, it just so happened he chose 268 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: Haman to honor Mordecai, the very one that was trying 269 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: to make him look bad. That's what happens when you 270 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: let God do it his way. That boss at the 271 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: office that's not giving you credit, don't worry about it. 272 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: You're not working under people, You're working under God. God 273 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: is keeping all the records you don't know. Instead of 274 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: you working for that boss, one day that boss may 275 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: be working for you. Stay in peace. God can make 276 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: your enemies your footstools. Now, to all of our staff members, 277 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: ignore what you just heard. I have a friend. He 278 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: worked for this company for many, many years, and he 279 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: always gave it his best. But for some reason, the 280 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: owner of the company didn't like him. Even though the 281 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: young man was bright and talented. He wouldn't take his opinion, 282 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't really give him the time of day. But this 283 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: young man liked Joseph. He didn't get bitter, he didn't 284 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: try to prove to everyone who he was. He just 285 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: stayed on the high road, kept being his best day 286 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: after day. Eventually this boss let him go. He fired him. 287 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: This young man went out and started his own real 288 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 1: estate company and became extremely successful. He never thought much 289 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: more about his former boss. Didn't have any ill will 290 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: toward him at all. But God is a god of justice. 291 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: He doesn't forget what you're owed. You may let it go, 292 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: but God doesn't let it go. He's gonna make sure 293 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: you get exactly what you deserve. Several years later, his 294 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: former boss was downsizing the company and needed a new 295 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: building to move into. It just so happened the building 296 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: that the boss really wanted was owned by this young man. 297 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: When he walked in there and saw the young man 298 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: he fired, knew that he was the owner and had 299 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: to negotiate with him, he nearly passed out. Now this 300 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: boss treated him with the utmost respect. He listened to 301 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: every word that he said. Long story short, Today, that 302 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: former boss is paying rent to the young man he 303 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: wants fired. That's God brings justice. That's God making your 304 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: enemies your footstool. Stay in peace. God's got your back. 305 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: David said it this way, Psalm twenty three. God will 306 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies. 307 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: That means God will not only make your wrongs right, 308 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: but God will bless you in front of your enemies. 309 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: God could promote you anywhere, but he'll give you honor, recognition, 310 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: favor in front of the people that tried to pull 311 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: you down. That person is lying about you, tried to 312 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: keep you from rising higher. Don't worry about it. One 313 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: day they will see you receiving the credit that you deserve. 314 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: When people are talking about you, maybe somebody's spreading gossip. 315 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: Just imagine the angels just went to the grocery store. 316 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: God just turned the oven on. He's getting your dinner prepared. 317 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: It's not going to be just you. There's going to 318 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: be some onlookers. Those people that tried to push you down, 319 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: they're watching you get promoted. They said you don't have 320 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: what it takes. They're watching you accomplish your dreams. They 321 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't give you the time of day. Now they're trying 322 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: to rent a facility from you. Stay in peace. God's 323 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: got your covered. All these things that come against us 324 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: to try to get us upset. People talking gossips, spreading rumors, 325 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: not giving you respect. Those are all distractions. That's the 326 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: enemy trying to lure us off course, get us bent 327 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: out of shape, waste valuable time and energy on something 328 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: that doesn't really matter. Don't give that the time of day. 329 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: That's not a battle you're supposed to fight. Stay on 330 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: the high road, and God will bring it under your feet. 331 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: He'll make those enemies your footstool. When you're tempted to worry, 332 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: you're tempted to get upset, just imagine yourself leaning back 333 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: in a big, comfortable chair, putting your feet up and 334 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: resting them on top of that problem. You're saying, God, 335 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: it's under my feet. I know you're income when you're 336 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: in peace. It's a position of power when you're at rest, 337 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: God's fighting your battles. I know a man that was 338 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: trying to get his wife to the United States. He's 339 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: an American citizen, but his wife is not. She lives 340 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: in Europe and he's been trying to get this visa 341 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: and the proper paperwork lined up. He went to the 342 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: government office and the man working behind the counter was 343 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,959 Speaker 1: very rude to him, wouldn't give him any help at all. 344 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: He made it very confusing, very complicated. Several weeks later, 345 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: this man had his paperwork filled out and not to rise. 346 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: And he went back, and the man was just as rude. 347 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: The other authorities had told him it probably takes six 348 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: months to get this visa. This man said, no, no, 349 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: it's going to take at least five years. We're all 350 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: backed up. We're not gonna get to your paperwork for 351 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: a long time. This man was very frustrated. It's even 352 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: tempted to give him a piece of his mind, but 353 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: instead he just kept his cool, reminded himself that it 354 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: was under his feet. By faith, he could see God 355 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: sitting the dinner table. Several weeks later, he got a 356 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: call back from this man telling him that his visa 357 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: was ready. He was so shocked. He was amazed. It 358 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: was a miracle. He went to him and said, I 359 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: thought you said it would be five years. The men 360 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: said it should have been. But ever since I met you, 361 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: I can't get you off my mind. I wake up 362 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: thinking about you, I eat lunch thinking about you. I 363 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: go to bed thinking about you. You're making my life miserable. 364 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: Take this visa and go, friends. God knows how to 365 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: apply pressure. God knows how to make somebody uncomfortable. You 366 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: don't have to fight the battle. You still on the 367 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: high road, and watch God make your enemies your footstools. 368 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: Isaiah put it this way, no weapon formed against you 369 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: will prosper. Doesn't say that we won't have difficulties, never 370 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: have a problem. That's not reality. It says challenges will come. 371 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: People may talk, you may get a negative medical report, 372 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: a family member may get off course. God said, the 373 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: problem may form, but you can stay in peace knowing 374 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: that it's not going to prosper against you. Because you're 375 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: His child, because you're in the secret place of the 376 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: Most High. God has a hedge of protection around you 377 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: that the enemy cannot cross, a hedge of mercy, a 378 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: hedge of favor. No person, no sickness, no trouble, no 379 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 1: disability can stop God's plan for your life. All the 380 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. When 381 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: you face these challenges and you at tempted to worry, 382 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: you need to remind yourself this problem may have formed, 383 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: but I have a promise from Almighty God it is 384 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: not going to prosper. In other words, they may be 385 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: talking about me, trying to make me look bad. I'm 386 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: not worried about it. I know God's my vindicator. He'll 387 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: take care of them. My child may be running with 388 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: the wrong crowd. That's all right. I know it's not permanent. 389 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: It's temporary. As for me and my house, we will 390 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: serve the Lord. This medical report may not look good, 391 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: but I know God made my body. He's got me 392 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: in the palm of his hand. Nothing can snatch me away. 393 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 1: I was reading about these researchers that were studying Alzheimer's disease. 394 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: They took these older people that had died and they 395 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: studied their brains, both people that had the disease and 396 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: people that didn't have it. They found that many people 397 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: had lesions on their brains that technically qualified them as 398 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: having Alzheimer's. What was interesting is when they were alive, 399 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: they never showed any signs of it. Their mind was clear, 400 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: their reasoning was good, their memory was sharp. In other words, 401 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: scientifically they had Alzheimer's, but the symptoms never showed up. 402 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: The common denominator is they were positive, they were hopeful, 403 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: and they stayed productive. That's what Isaiah said. Just because 404 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: the problem forms doesn't mean it has to prosper. We 405 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: may have things come against us because of genetics, things 406 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: that have been passed down. The good news is God 407 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: has the final say. God can override it, so stay 408 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: in faith. That's what happened with our friend Ramiro. He 409 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 1: was born with no ears. The doctors told his parents 410 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: he's never going to be able to hear, never going 411 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: to be able to speak. The problem had formed in 412 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: the natural. It didn't look good, but thank God, we 413 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: serve a supernatural God. Ramiro has parents that believe it 414 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: doesn't have to prosper. They didn't sit around in self pity, 415 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: thinking poor old us. No, they knew they were armed 416 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: with strength of that battle. They knew that situation was 417 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: under their feet. They prayed, they believed declared God's favor. 418 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: When he was just a few months old, the doctors 419 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: discovered that he had a very tiny start of an 420 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: ear drum. These incredibly gifted doctors performed surgery. They created 421 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: new ears and helped to correct the problem. One of 422 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: his main doctors is here today, doctor Aguilar. He's a 423 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: member of Lakewood Church. He's one of the ones that 424 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: performed at surgery. Ramiro got better, had more surgeries, got 425 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: better and better. Today Ramiro cannot only hear, not only speak, 426 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: but he can sing. He helps to lead worship for 427 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: our young adults. You heard him on American Idol singing 428 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: an amazing grace. My chains are gone in front of 429 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: millions and millions of people. Friends, whatever you're facing, it 430 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: is under your feet. It is not permanent, it's temporary. 431 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: The power that is for you is greater than any 432 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: power that comes against you. Keep the right perspectives. You 433 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: and God are a majority. You are armed and dangerous. 434 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: The problem may have formed, but it is not going 435 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: to prosper Now. Some of you today need to start 436 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: putting things under your feet. You're letting that problem worry 437 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: you and keep you up at night. God is saying, 438 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: I'll fight your battles, but you've got to give them 439 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: to me. Come back to that place of peace. Don't 440 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: let people circumstances get you upset. Somebody may not be 441 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: doing your right. Let God be your vindicator. He knows 442 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: how to make your wrongs right. Remember when you talk 443 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: to that sickness, that obstacle, that depression as an act 444 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: of faith, do like David and look down. It's no 445 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: match for you. And if you will see these obstacles 446 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: as being under your feet, God promises He'll make your 447 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: enemies your footstool. Instead of being a stumbling block, it'll 448 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: be a stepping stone. I believe and declare like Ramiro, 449 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: nothing will keep you from your destiny. You will overcome 450 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and become everything God's created 451 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: you to be. Ave it Today, we never like to 452 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 453 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 454 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 455 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 456 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 457 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 458 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take your places that 459 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of. 460 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 2: What if every plan you set, every habit you formed, 461 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 2: and every decision you made became a pathway to see 462 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 2: God move in your life. 463 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: We all have hopes and dreams, things we're believing for. 464 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: When you start the year in faith expecting God's goodness, 465 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: you are setting the tone for a blessed new year. 466 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: And we'd love to send you our twenty twenty six 467 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: Faith for Today planner you can write down your dreams 468 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: and galls, and plus use it for your everyday activities 469 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: and reminders. It's important to feed your faith on a 470 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: daily basis. This planner it's not just a calendar. It's 471 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: filled with scriptures and inspiration to help you stay encouraged 472 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: and keep believing for what God has put in your heart. 473 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six is your year to see the goodness 474 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: of God in greater ways, let go of what didn't 475 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: work out, and get ready for the new things God 476 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: has in store. 477 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 478 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 479 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 2: you a copy of the twenty twenty six Faith for 480 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 2: Today Planner. Each month features a fresh theme of encouragement, 481 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 2: a guiding scripture to stand on, room to write your goals, prayers, 482 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 2: and vision space for faith steps. Because faith isn't passive, 483 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: it's active. A monthly QR code linking to a message 484 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: or video to keep your spirit lifted. With a twenty 485 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 2: twenty six Faith for Today Planner, you'll be reminded that 486 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 2: living by faith makes room for God to do what 487 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 2: only He can do. Break through in your business, God's 488 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 2: healing touch. 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As we 497 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: finish this year, I hope you'll consider making a special 498 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: year in gift to help keep the ministry strong. We 499 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: so appreciate all the Champion of Hope partners for your 500 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: monthly support. We wish you and your family a very 501 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: merry Christmas. Until we see you next time, May the 502 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: Lord bless you and keep you. 503 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 504 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 2: six Faith for Today's Planner at Joelostein dot com or 505 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for a 506 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: special year end gift. 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