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It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 22 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 4: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 24 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 4: blessing and share it with a friend. 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 26 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 5: your life. 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: Well, God, bless you. Thank you so much for tuning 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 3: in today. We love you and we know God has 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 3: great things in store. And if you're ever in our area, 30 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 3: please stop buy and be a part of one of 31 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, and 33 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 3: thank you again for coming out. I like to start 34 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: with something funny, and I heard about this hill billy family. 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 3: They had never left their small town, never watched television, 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: never listen to the radio, and they decided to take 37 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: a vacation to New York City. The first day, the 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: father took his son to see a famous skyscraper, and 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: they were so impressed. They were especially intrigued by the elevator. 40 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 3: They didn't even know what it was. This very old 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: woman walked up and punched the button. The walls opened up. 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: She stepped into a room, and then the walls closed 43 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 3: back up. They sat there contemplating what they had just seen. 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: About that time, the walls opened backed up and outstepped 45 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: a beautiful twenty four year old woman. Almost in disbelief. 46 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 3: The son said, Dad, what just happened? The dad said, 47 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: I don't know, son, but go get your mother. Hold 48 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: up your bible. Say it like you mean it. This 49 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 51 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 52 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 3: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 53 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 54 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about how God will cause 56 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 3: you to remain. The word remained means to be fixed, immovable, 57 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 3: not affected by circumstances. In life, we all have ups 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 3: and downs. There are seasons that are more difficult than others, 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 3: seasons of testing, trials, temptation, where our character is being developed. 60 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 3: We're proven to God what we're made of. You may 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 3: be dealing with the boss that's hard to get along 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 3: with raising a difficult child, or perhaps just when you 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 3: thought you would get ahead, you had an unexpected crisis 64 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 3: and now you had to start all over. It's like 65 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: you took two steps forward and then three steps backwards. 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: If we're not careful, we'll think that all of life 67 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: is going to be this way up and then down, 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: like a roller coaster. Everything may be fine now, but 69 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: don't get your hopes up. It's not going to last. 70 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: Something else is going to go wrong now. God wants 71 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: to bring us to a place of stability where we 72 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: cannot be moved. Jesus said in John fifteen, I am divine. 73 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: You are the branches. If you abide in Me, you 74 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: will bear much fruit, and your fruit will remain. God 75 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 3: is saying, if you'll just keep abiding in me, keep 76 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: being your best, keep being faithful, giving, loving, serving, then 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 3: you will come to a place where life is not 78 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 3: all ups and downs. One good break and two bad breaks. No, 79 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: God will cause you to remain. In other words, God 80 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: won't let you go backwards. He won't let you be defeated. 81 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 3: The attacks may come, but God has you fixed. You 82 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: are stable. You were established. At one time you would 83 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: have gone in reverse. But because you've been faithful, year 84 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 3: after year, you had a setback, but you didn't get discouraged. 85 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 3: People were talking about you, but you stayed on the 86 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: high road. Your plans didn't work out, but you gave 87 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: God praise anyway because you pass this test. It's like 88 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 3: you hit this tipping point where God says, all right, 89 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 3: you've done your part. You've abided in me. Now I'm 90 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: gonna do my part. I'm gonna set you on high. 91 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna take you out of the enemy's reach. I'm 92 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 3: gonna hide you under my wings. I'm gonna make you immovable, unshakable, untouchable. 93 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 3: And yes, the enemy may do his best, but his 94 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 3: best will never be enough. God has the final say. 95 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 3: And when God says I want you to remain, all 96 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 3: the forces of darkness cannot bring you down. No sickness, 97 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 3: no person, no bad break, no injustice, no company will 98 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: be able to take you backwards. You've come into this 99 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 3: new season where the creator of the universe says, no 100 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 3: more roller coaster rides for you, no more two steps 101 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 3: forward and three steps backwards. I'm establishing you, I'm setting 102 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 3: you on high. I'm gonna cause you to remain. This 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 3: is what happened to Joseph as a young man. He 104 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: was wearing the coat of many colors. He had God's favor. 105 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: He was up. Then his jealous brothers threw him into 106 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 3: a He went down. He was sold into slavery and 107 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: went to work for a man named Potiphar. He came 108 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: back up. Potterphar's wife lied about him and had him 109 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 3: put in prison. He went back down. He was good 110 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 3: to the people in prison. Pharaoh put him in charge 111 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: over all of Egypt. He came back up again. Year 112 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 3: after year. It was up and down. Good break, bad break, 113 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 3: promotion sat back. But Joseph understood this principle the whole time. 114 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: He just kept a biding. He didn't get bitter, he 115 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 3: didn't start saying, God, why is this happening to me? 116 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 3: He just kept passing the test. One day he hit 117 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 3: that tipping point where God said, all right, Joseph, you've 118 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: done your part. You've proven that you're going to be faithful. 119 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do my part. I'm gonna cause you to remain. 120 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 3: And we talk a lot about the ups and downs 121 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 3: that Joseph went through, how he kept a good attitude 122 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: during tough times, and that's important. But what I want 123 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: us to see today is Joseph came to a place 124 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: where he never went back down again. God established him, 125 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 3: God set him on high, the same God that brought 126 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 3: you up can keep you up. Don't get set in 127 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: your thinking that life's going to be all ups and downs, 128 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 3: one good break and one bad break. No, keep abiding, 129 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: keep being faithful, and you too are going to come 130 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 3: to that place where God not only lifts you up, 131 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: but God's going to keep you up. Think about Job. 132 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 3: He went through a lot of heart aching turmoil. He 133 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: had set backs in his health, in his finances, in 134 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 3: his family. He practically lost everything. Job's the poster child 135 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: for a difficult, unfair life. You hear people talking about 136 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 3: poor old Job. But what we don't always realize is 137 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: that that difficulty didn't spread out over Job's entire lifetime, 138 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: didn't last year after year. Most experts agree that that 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 3: trouble lasted for a period of nine months, less than 140 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 3: a year. And when it was over and Job came 141 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 3: out with twice what he had before. You never read 142 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 3: about Job going through made your heartache and trouble like that. Again, 143 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 3: here's the key in the difficulty. Job didn't get bitter, 144 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: He didn't start complaining. He just kept abiding. He stayed 145 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: in faith. One day God said, all right, Job, you 146 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 3: passed the test. I let the enemy do his best, 147 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 3: but you've proven that you will be faithful. Now I'm 148 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 3: gonna take you out of the enemy's reach. That kind 149 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: of heartache and pain is over. I'm gonna set you 150 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 3: in a place where you remain, where you cannot be touched. 151 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 3: You too, may have had a lot of ups and 152 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 3: downs in life, struggles and finances, difficulties in a relationship. 153 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 3: Maybe you battled with depression. These difficulties have lasted year 154 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: after year, and you're thinking, is it ever gonna get easier? 155 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 3: Is it ever gonna change? Am I ever going to 156 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: see a breakthrough? The answer is yes, because you keep 157 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 3: abiding in Him. Just like Job, just like Joseph, You're 158 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 3: going to come in to promotion, to restoration, to vindication 159 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: where God not only lifts you up, but God's going 160 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 3: to keep you up. When I took over from my 161 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 3: parents twelve years ago, at first it was very difficult. 162 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: I had never ministered before, and it was a struggle 163 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 3: to prepare a message and to learn how to get 164 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 3: up and speak in front of people. Then the church 165 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: began to grow. We needed a larger facility. We set 166 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: out on our three year journey to try to acquire 167 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 3: this place, the former Compact Center. It was up and down, 168 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 3: a victory and a defeat. Just when we thought we 169 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 3: had won the battle, a company filed another lawsuit to 170 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 3: try to keep us from moving in. We had to 171 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: start all over. With the growth came more notoriety, more 172 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 3: people were watching. That's both a blessing and to burden 173 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: means there's more scrutiny, more criticism, more people examining every decision. 174 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 3: The the first ten years or so, I was just 175 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 3: fighting the good fight, growing, stretching, doing my best to 176 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: stay above water. It was a struggle. But about two 177 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 3: years ago I remember it like yesterday. I felt this 178 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 3: weight lift off of me. It wasn't anything bad. It 179 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 3: was just an underlying pressure of what's gonna happen next? 180 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 3: Is it gonna work out? Are the funds going to 181 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: come in? What are people saying? That all lifted off 182 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 3: of me. It was like I stepped into a place 183 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 3: where God said, all right, Joel, you've been faithful, You've 184 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: passed the test. Yes you've had ups and downs, people 185 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 3: for you and against you, But I'm bringing you into 186 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 3: a place of stability where you are out of the 187 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: enemy's reach, where you cannot go backwards. David said in 188 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 3: Psalm twenty seven. In the day of trouble. God will 189 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 3: hide me in his shelter. He will set me out 190 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 3: of reach, high up on rock. And if you'll just 191 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 3: keep being faithful, you will come to the place where 192 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 3: God will make you untouchable, invisible to the enemy. He 193 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:08,479 Speaker 3: will hide you away. You'll have a strength, a confidence, 194 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: a rest, a knowing greater than you've ever had before. 195 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: Challengings may come your way, but you're not worried about it. 196 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: You know it can't touch you. No weapon formed against 197 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 3: you can prosper. People may be talking trying to make 198 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 3: you look bad, but you don't give it the time 199 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: of day. You know your future is too bright to 200 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 3: be distracted. You know they don't control your destiny. God does. 201 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 3: So you just keep on being your best, walking in integrity, 202 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 3: stall on that high road, and Almighty God will establish you. 203 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 3: Doesn't mean that we won't have challenges, and certainly attacks 204 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 3: will come, but it's no big deal. We know that 205 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: God will take care of our enemies. Many of you 206 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 3: today are about to come into this place where God 207 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 3: is going to cause you to remain. Because you keep 208 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 3: abiding in Him, you're not going to have to face 209 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 3: the same struggle that have dogged you year after year. 210 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 3: You're not going to have to deal with the same 211 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 3: challenges that have held you back for so long. The sickness, 212 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 3: the depression, the addiction, the barely getting by the bad breaks. No, 213 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 3: it's a new day. God is saying to you what 214 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: he said to Moses and Exodus fourteen thirteen. The enemy 215 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 3: that you see today, you will see no more. That addiction, 216 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 3: that addiction that sidetracks you for so long, is about 217 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 3: to be broken. You will see it no more. That sickness, 218 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: that depression that you thought would never go away, is 219 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 3: about to come to an end. You will see it 220 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: no more. That legal problem, that conflict is not going 221 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 3: to last forever. You need to look at the enemies 222 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: in your life, the things that are holding your back, 223 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 3: the struggle, the lack, the unfair circumstances, and instead of thinking, 224 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 3: oh man, it's never going to change, just more the same. No, 225 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 3: have a new perspective, look at those challenges and say 226 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 3: goodbye so long. The creator of the universe is setting 227 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 3: me on high, He's making me untouchable. He's taking me 228 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 3: out of the enemy's reach. Have that attitude. I will 229 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 3: see you no more. It goes on to say you 230 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 3: won't have to lift one finger in your defense for 231 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: the Lord, your God will fight for you. I have 232 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 3: a friend that struggled with an addiction for a long time. 233 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 3: For many years in high school, he got mixed up 234 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 3: with the wrong crowd, and some twenty years later he 235 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 3: was still addicted. He's a good man, has a good 236 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 3: famili He's gone through a lot of counseling, different treatment 237 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 3: centers with no success. I prayed for him here at 238 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 3: the altar several times. He could have easily just given up, thought, well, 239 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 3: this is just my lot in life. It's never going 240 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 3: to change. Very often we settled for less than God's best. 241 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 3: When it's not happening on our timetable and we don't 242 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 3: see anything changing, it's easy to get complacent and to 243 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 3: quit believing, to quit trying. Not this young man, he 244 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: was determined, made up mine and even though he would fall, 245 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 3: he would get back up again and again. About two 246 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 3: years ago he told me how after being addicted for 247 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 3: twenty one years now he's totally free. I congratulated him 248 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: and I asked him how he did it. I thought 249 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 3: maybe he went through some kind of special treatment program, 250 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: but he said, Joel, I didn't do anything new. In fact, 251 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 3: I can't really put my finger on it. It's just 252 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 3: like something broke on the inside. All of a sudden, 253 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 3: I didn't have the desire anymore. I had a strength 254 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 3: that I'd never felt. What's interesting is in years past, 255 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 3: he could stop for two or three weeks, but then 256 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 3: he would crave that drug so strongly he would always 257 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 3: go back to it. He couldn't resist the temptation. But 258 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: he said, this time, I'm not even tempted by it anymore. 259 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 3: It's not even a struggle. That's God establishing him. That's 260 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 3: God taking him out of the enemy's reach. You may fall, 261 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: you may have some setbacks, but if you'll just keep 262 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: getting back up one day, the God that helped you 263 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 3: up is going to keep you up. You're going to 264 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 3: hit that tipping point where God's going to cause you 265 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: to remain. You may have enemies that you've dealt with 266 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 3: and they've held you back for a long time, But 267 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: the good news is those enemies are not permanent. That 268 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 3: addiction is not going to defeat you. All of your 269 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 3: life is coming to an end. That struggle that barely 270 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 3: getting by, never having enough, that lack is not going 271 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: to dog you all of your days. Don't accept it 272 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 3: as the norm. You keep abiding, and it's just a 273 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 3: matter of time. God promises one day you will see 274 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 3: that enemy no more. I know a young lady. She's 275 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 3: a single parent, mother, and really sharp girl. And she's 276 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 3: got her college degree and she's working hard and raising 277 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 3: her family, doing her best to provide a living. But 278 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 3: she's always struggled in her finances. The end of every month, 279 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 3: she would barely have enough to pay her bills. She 280 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: told how she wanted to take her children on vacation, 281 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 3: but every time she saved up extra funds, something would 282 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 3: break that would have to be fixed. It was like 283 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 3: she just couldn't get ahead. But again, she didn't get discouraged, 284 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 3: she didn't start complaining. She just kept being faithful, kept 285 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 3: being productive, kept honoring God. She's one of our faithful volunteers. 286 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: I see her here all the time, giving, serving, helping others. 287 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 3: What she doing abiding, God says, when you abide in Me, 288 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 3: you will bear much fruit. Not only that your fruit 289 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 3: will remain. That means not temporary favor, but permanent favor. 290 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 3: Not a season of blessing, but a lifetime of blessing. 291 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: Because you keep abiding in him. God won't let you 292 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 3: live a life of constant struggle. Now, about four years ago, 293 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 3: her supervisor at work unexpectedly took an early retirement and 294 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: she was given that position. With that position came an 295 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 3: incredible increase in her salary. She was very grateful. About 296 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: a month ago she told me how one of the 297 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 3: vice presidents of their company suddenly resigned and she was 298 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 3: given that position. She said, Joel, now I'm making more 299 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 3: than ten times what I made when I first started. Today, 300 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 3: she doesn't live under that constant pressure. She has more 301 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: than enough. She can take vacations whenever she wants to. 302 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 3: Plus she supports another single parent family. That's what God 303 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 3: wants to do for you. He wants to set you 304 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 3: on high. You may be in tough times, you may 305 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 3: be struggling, but don't let that spirit of lack get 306 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 3: on the inside. That is not who you are. You're 307 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 3: a child of the most High God. God has much 308 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 3: fruit for you to bear. He is an abundance in 309 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 3: store for you. And if you will be your best 310 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 3: right where you are and be faithful with what you have, 311 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 3: then you're going to come in not to a temporary season, 312 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 3: but to a permanent place where that enemy of life 313 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 3: you will see no more. It won't be up and down, 314 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 3: barely get by. You need to wave goodbye to those days. 315 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 3: It says in Deuteronomy. God is bringing you into a 316 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 3: good land, a land with no shortage, where you will 317 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 3: lack nothing. You may have some lack in your life 318 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 3: right now, but the good news is that's not where 319 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 3: you're staying. God's bringing you into a land with no lack, 320 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 3: with no shortage, no defeat, no mediocrity, where you will 321 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 3: have more than enough, where you can be a blessing 322 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 3: to others. Not two steps forward, three steps backwards. No, 323 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 3: God's going to lift you up and he's going to 324 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 3: keep you up. He's going to cause you to remain friends. 325 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 3: God controls the whole universe. Like with this young lady. 326 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 3: God can move somebody out of the way so that 327 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,479 Speaker 3: you can have that position. Quit worrying about who's in 328 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: front of you. God knows how to get you to 329 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 3: where he wants you to be. Promotion doesn't come from people. 330 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 3: Promotion comes from the Lord. I know this man who's 331 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 3: kind of up because his boss was really against him. 332 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 3: He was always trying to make him look bad and 333 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 3: would never give him any kind of credit, any kind 334 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: of recognition. The truth is his boss was jealous of him. 335 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: He was afraid he might get promoted over him. But 336 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 3: this man just kept being his best, working under God, 337 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: not working under people. Several promotions that he should have received. 338 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 3: Because of this unfair boss and his tainted views toward him, 339 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 3: he was passed over. One day, the CEO of the 340 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 3: large corporation was in town and this man had to 341 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 3: make a sales presentation. The CEO was very impressed with 342 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 3: his work. About a year later, a position became available 343 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 3: that should have gone to his boss, but the CEO 344 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: bypassed his boss and called him directly and offered him 345 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 3: the position. Today, instead of having to work for the 346 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 3: unfair boss, the tables have turned. The boss is working 347 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 3: for him. One touch of God's favor and you'll go 348 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 3: from the back to the front, from the tail to 349 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 3: the head, from the employee to the employer. Keep abiding, 350 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 3: keep being faithful, stay on that high road, and you 351 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 3: won't have to lift one finger in your defense. For 352 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 3: the Lord will fight your battles. God will make your 353 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 3: wrongs right. God will get you to where he wants 354 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 3: you to be. And God knows not only how to 355 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 3: lift you up, God knows how to keep you up. 356 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: This is what happened to a man in the scripture 357 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 3: by the name of Hezekiah. This enemy was coming against him, 358 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 3: causing him all kinds of trouble, trying to keep him 359 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 3: from his destiny. But again Hezekiah didn't get all upset 360 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: and worried and complaining. He just kept abiding, kept being faithful, 361 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 3: kept passing the test. In Second King's nineteen God said Hezekiah, 362 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 3: I myself will come against this enemy. He will receive 363 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 3: word that he's needed at home, and I will cause 364 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 3: him to want to return, and he will be defeated. 365 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 3: Notice when you abide in him, the creator of the universe. 366 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 3: Verse says, I myself will come against your enemies. I 367 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 3: myself will come against that sickness. I myself will come 368 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 3: against those that oppose you. It says God caused his 369 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 3: enemy to want to do something. God can cause that 370 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 3: unfair bass to take in early retirement. God can cause 371 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 3: that neighbor that's given you so much trouble to decide 372 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 3: to pack up and move to another subdivision. 373 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 4: Not mind. 374 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 3: Lord. God can cause that classmate that's saying derogatory things 375 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: about you to suddenly be transferred to another school. God 376 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 3: is in complete control, not just of your life. God 377 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 3: is even in control of your enemies. And yes there 378 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: may be a few ups and downs. But what I 379 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: want us to get in our spirit today is God 380 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 3: is bringing you into a place where he's going to 381 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 3: set you on high, where he's going to take care 382 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 3: of your enemies. When it's all said and done, you 383 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 3: will never be the victim. He will always cause you 384 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: to be the victory. Receive that into your spirit now. 385 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 3: I know some of you you've been doing the right 386 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: thing for a long time, faithful, year after year, but 387 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: you haven't seen much progress, and not much is going 388 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 3: your way. Let me encourage you. Your time is coming. 389 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 3: God sees every right decision, every sacrifice, every injustice, and 390 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 3: at some point you will come out of the test 391 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 3: and into the reward. Scripture talks about it. If you 392 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 3: just keep doing the right thing, then payday is coming. Now. 393 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 3: You can't get stuck in a rut thinking it's never 394 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 3: going to change. If you accept the fact that life 395 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 3: is always going to be ups and downs, you get 396 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,239 Speaker 3: negative and bitter. It will limit what God can do 397 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 3: in your life. You may have some bad breaks, but 398 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 3: he got to learn to just shake it off. Like 399 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 3: this man I heard about. He was going skydiving for 400 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 3: his first time. The instructor said, there's only three things 401 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 3: you need to remember. Number one, when you jump, pull 402 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 3: the ripcord for your parachute. Number two, if it doesn't open, 403 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 3: pull the emergency ripcord. And number three, the truck will 404 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: be there to pick you up when you land. He 405 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 3: jumped out of the plane so excited, and he pulled 406 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 3: the first ripcord and the parachute didn't open. He frantically 407 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 3: pulled his emergency ripcord, and that parachute didn't open. He said, 408 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 3: all great, and with my luck, the truck probably won't 409 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 3: even be there to pick me up. But when we 410 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 3: have bad breaks, it's easy to expect more of the same. 411 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 3: You've got to learn to just shake that off. Things 412 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 3: may come against you, but it's not over until God 413 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 3: says it's over. Our attitude should be. I may be down, 414 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 3: but I'm coming up. This difficulty didn't come to stay, 415 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 3: it came to pass. It's not my final destination. God's 416 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 3: bringing me into a good land. I know one day, 417 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: this difficulty I will see no More. Second Chronicles, chapter fourteen. 418 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: There was a king named Asa. It talks about how 419 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 3: King Asa did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight. 420 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 3: He removed all of the idols, and he encouraged the 421 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 3: people to worship God. He lived by example a life 422 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 3: of faith and integrity and honored God with his life. 423 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 3: Up to that point, the people of Judah had fought 424 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 3: battle after battle. They were constantly on edge, struggling, working, 425 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 3: fighting off this enemy and then another. But when King 426 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: Aesa took over and honored God in a greater way, 427 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 3: and God rid of the things that were displeasing. The 428 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 3: scripture says that no one tried to make war against 429 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 3: King Aesa, for the Lord was giving him rest from 430 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 3: his enemies. When you put God first place, and like 431 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 3: King Asa, you get rid of anything that's displeasing, wrong attitude, 432 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 3: wrong friends, bad habits. If you will honor God with 433 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 3: your life, you will come to a place where God 434 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 3: will give you rest from your enemies. It says no 435 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 3: one came against him. Some of you have struggled in 436 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 3: your finances for many years, but received this into your spirit. 437 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 3: God is going to give you rest from that enemy 438 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 3: of lack because you've abided in him. God has much 439 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: fruit come in your way. He has an abundance in story. 440 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 3: You may have struggled with the sickness for a long time. 441 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 3: You've just learned to live with that pain. But take 442 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 3: heart today God is saying he is going to give 443 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: you rest from that enemy. It is not permanent. Don't 444 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 3: believe those lies that are telling you. I'm never going 445 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 3: to get better, I'm never going to get well, I'll 446 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 3: never overcome this problem. Know, the creator of the universe 447 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 3: is going to give you rest from everything that's holding 448 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 3: you back. Let me declare it. Rest from depression, Rest 449 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: from sickness and disease, Rest from addictions in bad habits, 450 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 3: Rest from poverty and lack. You need to get up 451 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 3: every day and say, Father, thank you that this sickness 452 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 3: is not going to defeat me. You're giving me rest. Father, 453 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 3: thank you that these addictions are not going to ruin 454 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 3: my life. You're giving me rest. Lord, thank you that 455 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 3: this legal problem, this conflict, is not going to last forever. 456 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 3: You promise to give me rest. The scripture says his 457 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 3: yoke is easy and his burden is light. God doesn't 458 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 3: want you to go through life constantly struggling, always burdened down, 459 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 3: fighting against something. Yes, you may have seasons that are 460 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 3: more difficult. Well, you have to really stand strong. But 461 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 3: don't settle there and accept that as the way it's 462 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 3: always going to be. No, God is bringing you into 463 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 3: a good land, a land with no shortage. Not two 464 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 3: steps forward and three steps backwards. No, keep it by 465 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 3: it and keep being faithful. And you're going to hit 466 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 3: that tipping point where God says, all right, that's enough, 467 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 3: they passed the test. That's my son, that's my daughter. 468 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 3: I'm gonna cause him to remain. God's not only going 469 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 3: to lift you up, He's going to keep you up. 470 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 3: He's going to make you immovable, untouchable to the enemy. 471 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 3: I know some of you have struggled in a certain 472 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 3: area for a long time. But remember what God said 473 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,239 Speaker 3: to Moses. He's saying it to you. The enemy you 474 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 3: see today, you will see no more. God is doing 475 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 3: a new thing. I believe even right now, chains are 476 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 3: being loosed and bondages are being broken. Setbacks are going 477 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 3: to turn around to be in comebacks. If you'll just 478 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 3: keep abiding in him, You're not going to have to 479 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 3: lift one finger in your defense. God is going to 480 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 3: give you rest from your enemies. He's going to set 481 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 3: you on high. I believe and declare you will fulfill 482 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 3: your destiny and you will become everything that God's created 483 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 3: you to be. Amen. Do you receive it today? But 484 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 3: we never like to close our broadcast without giving you 485 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 486 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 487 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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