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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help leu's continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit Joelostin dot com slash give Hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 5: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 5: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny. I heard about 37 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 6: this mom. 38 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 5: She was cooking breakfast for her two young boys. Ryan 39 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 5: was five and Kevin was three. 40 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 6: They begin to. 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 5: Argue over who should get the first pancake. She saw 42 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 5: this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said, boys, boys, 43 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 5: if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother 44 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 5: have the first pancake. Ryan turned to his younger brother 45 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 5: and said, Okay, Kevin, you be Jesus. Say it like 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 47 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 48 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 50 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 51 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about keep your seat. 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 5: In the Old Testament, the priest had to go into 54 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 5: the temple at certain times a year and make sacrifices 55 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 5: for the people's sins. That's how they had forgiveness. It 56 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 5: was all based off of works. There were no chairs 57 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 5: in the tabernacle, no reason or seats. The priests couldn't 58 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 5: sit down. They lived under constant pressure. Their work was 59 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 5: never done. Another sacrifice was always required. But when Jesus 60 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 5: was crucified, he said on the cross, it is finished. 61 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 5: He was talking about the old way of having to 62 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 5: constantly work for God's goodness. The scripture says he sat 63 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 5: down at the right hand of the Father. Him sitting 64 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 5: is a picture of rest under the Old Covenant. The 65 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 5: priests were constantly working, trying to cover the sins, trying 66 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 5: to be good enough, trying to make things happen under 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: the New Covenant. Jesus is sitting and resting. Here's the beauty, 68 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 5: Paul said in Ephesians. We are seated with Christ in 69 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 5: heavenly places. There is a seat of rest that belongs 70 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 5: to you. You don't have to go through life wrought 71 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 5: up on the inside, worried about your finances, trying to 72 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 5: make a family member do what's right, Frustrated because a 73 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: dream hasn't come to pass. 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 6: Do yourself a favor. 75 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 5: Take your seat, enter into this rest. When you live seated, 76 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 5: you're in peace. You may have problems, but you know 77 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 5: God is fighting your battles. People may have done you wrong, 78 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 5: You're not trying to pay them back. You know God 79 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 5: is your vindicator. He'll make your wrongs right. You're struggling 80 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 5: with an illness. The medical report doesn't look good. You 81 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 5: could go around upset worried. Instead you stay seated. You 82 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 5: know God has you in the palm of his hand. 83 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 6: You know the number of your days he will fulfill. 84 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 5: David said, though I am surrounded by trouble, my heart 85 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 5: will know no fear, for the Lord will bring me 86 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 5: safely through. He was saying, even though everything has come 87 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 5: against me, I should be worried and upset, but I 88 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 5: know a secret. 89 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 6: The battle is not mine, the. 90 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 5: Battle is the Lord's. So I'm going to take my seat. 91 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: But when you try to make everything happen in your 92 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 5: own strength, pay people back, fix this problem. Live worried 93 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 5: about a child. When you stand up, God steps back. 94 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 5: As long as you're. 95 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 6: Working, he'll rest. 96 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 5: But when you sit down, God will stand up, so 97 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 5: to speak, he'll go to work. That's why he told 98 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 5: the Israelites again and again, be still, and you will 99 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 5: see the deliverance of the Lord. He was saying, take 100 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 5: your seat. 101 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 6: I've got this. I'm bigger than what you're facing. 102 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 5: This doesn't mean that we don't do anything. We sit back, 103 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 5: passive all day long. We should be responsible. We have 104 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 5: to pray, believe, dream, but do it from a place 105 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 5: of rest. You can work hard with a rest on 106 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 5: the inside, knowing that you're doing your best. 107 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 6: And God will get you to where you're supposed to be. 108 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 5: Not working hard, frustrated thinking when am I going to. 109 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 6: Get good breaks? Why isn't this changing? 110 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 5: Everybody's passing me up. Don't take your seat. Work from 111 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 5: a place of rest, knowing that God's fever is on 112 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 5: your life, that He's breathing in your direction, that goodness 113 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 5: and mercy are chasing you down. Inner rest is just 114 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 5: as important as outer rest. Your physical body may rest, 115 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 5: but if your mind never rest. If you live wrought 116 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 5: up on the inside, fighting everything you don't like, that's 117 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 5: going to wear you out, even things we should stand against, 118 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 5: an addiction, a sickness, dysfunction. If you're always in fight mode, 119 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 5: pressured thinking, I've got to change this, constantly working, it's 120 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 5: going to drain your joy, drain your energy. You're living 121 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 5: under the old covenant under works. If I can work 122 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 5: hard enough, if I can make myself change, if I 123 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 5: can make this problem go away. Your heart is right, 124 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 5: but your approach is wrong. Why don't you approach it 125 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 5: from a place of rest. God, I can't change this. 126 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 6: On my own. I need your help. 127 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 5: I'm going to be my best and God, I know 128 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 5: you're the potter and i'm the clay. In your time 129 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 5: and in your way, you will help me to change. 130 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 5: Instead of doing doing, doing the right attitude is done, done. 131 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 6: Done, it is finished. 132 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 5: God has already defeated every enemy. He's already planned out 133 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 5: your days for good. Now take your seat. Live from 134 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 5: a place of rest, a place of peace, a place 135 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 5: of trust. When I first started ministering, I would get 136 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 5: so nervous. I knew I was supposed to step up 137 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 5: and pasture the church, but I dreaded having to get 138 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 5: up in front of people. All through the week, I'd 139 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 5: have to fight these thoughts. What if I don't know 140 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 5: what to say? What if nobody comes, What if people 141 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 5: don't listen to me. When I would finish message on 142 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 5: a Sunday morning, for about thirty minutes, I would be 143 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 5: so relieved and so grateful. Then I would start thinking 144 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 5: about the next week. What am I gonna say next Sunday? 145 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 5: What if I can't come up with anything. After about 146 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 5: six months, I thought, I am not living like this anymore. 147 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 5: I'm going to take my seat. If I had not 148 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 5: made that decision, I wouldn't have made it to forty 149 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 5: years old. You weren't created to carry those heavy burdens, 150 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 5: weighted down with worry, stress, frustration. This is the reason 151 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 5: some people have health issues. They can't sleep at night, 152 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 5: they have digested problems. How blood pressure it's because there's 153 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 5: no inner rest. They haven't learned how to take their 154 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 5: seat on the inside. They're constantly worried about their child, 155 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 5: trying to figure everything out, frustrated because it's taken so long. 156 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 5: The psalm is said, be still and know that he 157 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 5: is God. This infers if you're not still, if you're 158 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 5: not seated, you won't really know that he is God. 159 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 5: You won't see his favor, his blessings, his goodness like 160 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 5: you should when things come against you. Like with me, 161 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 5: it's easy to let your mind constantly play all. 162 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 6: The what ifs. What if it doesn't work out. 163 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 5: What if the report isn't good, what if they don't change. Remember, 164 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 5: when you're working, God is resting. If you'll start resting, 165 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 5: turning that over to God, then he'll start working. He 166 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 5: sees what's happening. He knows how big the challenge is. 167 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 5: He knows who did you wrong. The good news is 168 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 5: he already has the solution. He's not going to just 169 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 5: bring you out. He's going to make the enemy pay 170 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 5: and bring you out better than you were before. Now 171 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 5: do your part. Take your seat. Quit trying to figure 172 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 5: everything out. Some situationations there is no logical solution. 173 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 6: You have to turn your mind off in one sense. 174 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 5: The scripture says, lean not to your own understanding, and 175 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 5: it's okay to say God, I don't see how this 176 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 5: can work out. I don't see a way, but don't 177 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: stop there. Follow it up with but I know you 178 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 5: have a way. 179 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 6: I know this is not a surprise to you. 180 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 5: You had the solution before I had the problem. So 181 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 5: I'm not going to worry. I'm going to live from 182 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 5: a place of peace. David said, God will make your 183 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 5: enemies your footstools. A footstool, of course, is something you 184 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 5: put your feet upon. It's another picture of rest. God 185 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 5: could have said he would make our enemies like grass 186 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 5: so we could walk on them, or like sand. So 187 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 5: it's sought. God used footstools to remind us to stay 188 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 5: at rest. When you face challenges, things you don't understand, 189 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 5: things that are not fair, one of the first things 190 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 5: you need to do is put your feet up, come 191 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 5: back to a place of peace. You have to do 192 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 5: this by faith, because every voice will tell you why 193 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 5: it's not going to work out. You're not going to 194 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 5: get well. You saw the diagnosis. Your family will never 195 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 5: be restored. There's too much strife. That's the enemy trying 196 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 5: to deceive you in the standing up. He'll do everything 197 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 5: he can to keep you from staying seated. He knows 198 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 5: when you're seated in peace, trusting God, he doesn't have 199 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 5: a chance. When you live from a place of rest, 200 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 5: all the forces of darkness cannot stop you. God has 201 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 5: the final say. It may have been meant for your harm, 202 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 5: but God is going to turn it into a footstool, 203 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 5: not just a place of rest, but instead of being 204 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 5: a stumbling block to stop you, it's going to become 205 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 5: a stepping stone to take you to the next level. 206 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 5: It says in Hebrew's labor to in in to the 207 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 5: rest of God. That sounds like a contradiction, labor to rest, 208 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 5: But God used the word labor because he knew it's going. 209 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 6: To take work to stay seated. 210 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 5: It's easy to stand up, it's easy to be offended, 211 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 5: try to pay people back. 212 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 6: It's easy to live worried, discouraged by problems. 213 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 5: That's why it says labor to enter His rest is 214 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 5: going to take effort. And this is one of the 215 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 5: few times that God tells us to work, and it 216 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 5: doesn't say work to straighten out your neighbor. Work to 217 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 5: make the problem go away, he said, work to stay seated. 218 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 5: Maybe you're trying to break an addiction. Yes, you have 219 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 5: to be disciplined, you have to be determined. But if 220 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 5: there's a war going on on the inside where you're 221 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 5: upset with yourself, frustrated because you're not further along trying 222 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 5: to force it to happen in your own strength, you're 223 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 5: not tapping into the grace that's a available today. You're 224 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: like that priest that had to make a sacrifice again 225 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:09,119 Speaker 5: and again. No, you're under the new Covenant. Christ defeated 226 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 5: every enemy. The price has already been paid. You are 227 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 5: not working to get the victory. You are working from victory. 228 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 5: When you know that you've already won. There's a rest. 229 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 5: You don't live worried, you don't lose sleep at night. 230 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 5: You know the outcome. God said, He always causes you 231 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 5: to try umph and it may not turn out every 232 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 5: time the way you thought or on your timetable. 233 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 6: But God's ways are better than our ways. This is 234 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 6: what trust is all about. 235 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 5: What I'm saying is when you live from a place 236 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 5: of peace, you'll not only enjoy your life more, but 237 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 5: God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 238 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 5: My parents started Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 239 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 5: For about thirteen years, the church didn't really grow. They 240 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 5: had less than two one hundred people. My father had 241 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 5: much bigger things in his heart. At seventeen years of age, 242 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,599 Speaker 5: he knew one day he was going to pastor a 243 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 5: church with thousands, but he wasn't seeing any of that. 244 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 5: His friends would come by and say, John, what are 245 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 5: you doing out here? Still pastoring this little church. They 246 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 5: meant well, but sometimes your friends can be discouraging. They 247 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 5: were saying, John, why don't you stand up, Why don't 248 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 5: you make something happen? Why don't you do it in 249 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 5: your own strength. My father's attitude was, I'm going to 250 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 5: keep doing what I know God asked me to do. 251 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 5: I'm not going to be frustrated because it's not growing. 252 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 5: I'm not going to slack off because it hasn't turned 253 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: out my way. 254 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 6: I'm going to keep my seat. 255 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 5: He lived from this place of rest, knowing that God 256 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,239 Speaker 5: is in control, that God. 257 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 6: Is keeping the records. 258 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 5: These are tests that we have to pass. One of 259 00:14:55,160 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 5: them is being faithful when nothing is changing right thing, 260 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 5: when it's not growing. It's easy to get frustrated. God, 261 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 5: I've got bigger things in me. Why isn't it changing? No, 262 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:13,479 Speaker 5: keep your seat. God is watching you. He sees your faithfulness. 263 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 5: He sees you doing the right thing when it's hard, 264 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 5: and at the appointed time in your due season. God 265 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 5: is going to catapult you further than you can imagine. 266 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 5: You are not falling behind. You are being prepared. God 267 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 5: is getting you ready. Everything you went through deposited something 268 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 5: on the inside. The delays made you stronger. The fact 269 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 5: that you're not as far along as you would like 270 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 5: that was ordained by God. Those people that didn't support you, 271 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 5: the people that walked away, you could have become bitter. Instead, 272 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 5: you stayed seated. You kept your peace. Now get ready. 273 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 5: Your time is coming. God has something bigger than you think, 274 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 5: more rewarding than you can imagine. He's going to exceed 275 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 5: your expectations. That's what happened to my father. He ended 276 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: up pastoring a church with thousands and thousands. But sometimes 277 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 5: the reason we're frustrated is we're trying to change things 278 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 5: that only God can change. You can't make people do 279 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 5: what's right. You can pray for them, you can encourage them, 280 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 5: but they have their own free will. Don't let them 281 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 5: steal your joy. You are not responsible for other people's happiness. 282 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 5: You cannot keep everyone in your life happy. You are 283 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 5: responsible for your own happiness. And I don't mean to 284 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 5: live selfishly, but sometimes we take on a false sense 285 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 5: of responsibility. We think we have to keep all of 286 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 5: our neighbors happy, all of our co workers happy, all 287 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 5: of our friends, all of our family. 288 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 6: I've learned some people don't want to be happy. They 289 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 6: just want your attention. 290 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 5: They want you to cater to them and come run 291 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 5: and every time they call. If you don't, they'll try 292 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 5: to make you feel guilty for not meeting all your demands. 293 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 5: What they really want is to control you. Don't fall 294 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 5: into that trap. Be nice, be kind, but don't be 295 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 5: a doormat. You have a destiny to fulfill, you have 296 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 5: an assignment. It's very easy to let people cause us 297 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 5: to stand up, lose our peace, live frustrated, no sit, 298 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 5: back down, stay at rest. I had to learn this 299 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 5: lesson because I always felt responsible to keep everyone around 300 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 5: me happy. It was easy when I was young, had 301 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 5: a few friends, a few family members, But as I 302 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 5: got older and had more family, more friends, cousins, relatives, colleagues, neighbors. 303 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 5: I ended up spending half my time putting out fires, 304 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 5: calming this one down, cheering this one up, running over 305 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 5: here so this one wouldn't be offended. One day I 306 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 5: realized I can't become who I'm created to be if 307 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 5: I'm trying to please everybody around me. I had to 308 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 5: draw that line in the sand and say I'm sitting down, 309 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 5: I'm staying in peace now. I'm not going to let 310 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 5: people who won't take responsibility for their own happiness make 311 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 5: me feel guilty and try to control me. And I'm 312 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 5: a nice person. I sound mean, but I'm not. I 313 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 5: will go the extra mile. But some people are high maintenance. 314 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 5: They will drain all the life, the energy, the goodwill 315 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: out of you if you allow them to. 316 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 6: They are not being. 317 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 5: Disciplined to manage their own life, their own emotions. They'll 318 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 5: expect you to keep them fixed. But you cannot fulfill 319 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 5: your destiny. You can't accomplish your assignment unless you put 320 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 5: up some boundaries and not let people pull you out 321 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 5: of rest, make you feel guilty, get your upset like 322 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 5: you have to keep them happy. That is a co 323 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 5: dependent relationship. They can't be happy without you. That's not healthy. 324 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 5: Be nice, but be firm. You have to labor to 325 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 5: enter into this rest. God wouldn't have said labor if 326 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 5: it wasn't going to be uncomfortable at times. 327 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 6: I know you're like me. 328 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 5: You don't want to hurt people's feelings, but you are 329 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 5: not doing them a favor by catering to them. You 330 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 5: are enabling their dysfunction, and that's keeping you from moving forward. 331 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 5: They have to set some boundaries. I'm not going to 332 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 5: come run and every time they call, I'm not gonna 333 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 5: change my plans and not spend time with my family 334 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 5: to go help them for the four hundredth time this month. 335 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 5: Some people are alarmist every time they call it to 336 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 5: a major crisis. A major emergency is gonna be dealt 337 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 5: with right then. I don't know about you, but I 338 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 5: have enough drama in my own life. I don't need 339 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 5: somebody else's drama. Drama, Queen, call my brother Paul, He'll. 340 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 6: Help you out. 341 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 5: Years ago, I had this friend I went to high 342 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 5: school with. We played basketball together, and he's a fine 343 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 5: young man. I enjoyed being around him, but he started 344 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 5: becoming overly dependent on me. I had to call him, 345 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 5: I had to tell him what all of our friends 346 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 5: were doing. I always had to go pick him up. 347 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: I felt pressured. I was young, didn't know any better. 348 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 5: I did it, but he got married. I got married 349 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 5: and I didn't have the time like I had before. 350 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 5: He couldn't understand it. He would get upset. I tried 351 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,239 Speaker 5: to keep him happy. I'd go see him, Let's go 352 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 5: play basketball, let's hang out. 353 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 6: It was never enough. He'd call back again. 354 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 5: Upset got to the point where when I saw his 355 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,719 Speaker 5: name on my phone, I didn't want to answer it. 356 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 5: I felt guilty, so I did, but he'd tell me 357 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 5: all the reasons why I wasn't being a good friend. 358 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 6: One day I learned what I'm telling you. 359 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 5: I am not responsible to keep everyone around me happy. 360 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 5: And I was nine, But I stopped answering his call. 361 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 5: And the funny thing is I didn't feel guilty. 362 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 6: I felt good about it. 363 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 5: I knew he was pulling me out of rest. There 364 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 5: are some people you cannot stay seated with them in 365 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 5: your life. If you don't make an adjustment, you'll be 366 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 5: frustrated for the next twenty years. Be respectful, but put 367 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 5: up some boundaries. Well, Joel, what if they get upset, 368 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 5: What if they don't want to be my friend? Say 369 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 5: thank you Jesus, they did you a favor. 370 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 6: Here's the bottom line. 371 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 5: When you get to heaven, you are not going to 372 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 5: answer to people about what you did with your life, 373 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 5: how you spent your time, how you used your gifts. 374 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 6: You're going to answer to God. 375 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 5: Your destiny is too important to let people control you. 376 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 5: There are a lot of things in life that we 377 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 5: can't change. We can't make people do what's right. We 378 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 5: can't make ourselves get well necessarily, we can't make a 379 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 5: dream come to pass. But we can change our approach. 380 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 5: We can choose to not let these things upset us. 381 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 5: We can make this decision to take our seats. Somebody 382 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 5: cuts you off in traffic. It's tempting to stand up, 383 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 5: tempting to get upset. Let me show them, let me 384 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 5: blow my horn. They've already moved on, They're already in. 385 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 6: The next lane. 386 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 5: You might as well sit back down. Don't let a 387 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 5: stranger pull you out of rest. It's not hurting them, 388 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 5: it's souring your day. A lot of these things are 389 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 5: simply test. Are we going to keep letting the same 390 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 5: things upset us. The same people get on our nerves, 391 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 5: the same delays sour our life. My message today is 392 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 5: very simple, stay seated. This is a freeing way to live. 393 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 5: When you know that God is in control, that nothing 394 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 5: can happen without his permission, and that He is directing 395 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 5: your steps. Takes the pressure off. You can live calm 396 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 5: in peace, not fighting everything you don't like. Have a disappointment, 397 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 5: the medical report is not good. I'm not going to worry. 398 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 5: I'm staying seated. God is my healer. You have a 399 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 5: set back in your finances, you lose a big client. 400 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 5: Every voice will say, be worried, be upset. 401 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 6: That's not fair. 402 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 5: If you'll listen, you'll hear the still small voice saying, 403 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 5: stay seated. God's working behind the scenes. Payback is coming, 404 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 5: Abundance is on the way. I wonder how much more 405 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 5: we'd enjoy life if we would learn to live from 406 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 5: this place of rest. 407 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 6: In the Scripture, it compares a believer. 408 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 5: To an eagle, and it's interesting how an egle handles challenges. 409 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 5: A crow is one of the eagle's biggest pest. 410 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 6: When the eagle is flying. 411 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 5: The crow will come up right behind it and pester it. 412 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 6: Do things to annoy it. 413 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 5: Even though the eagle is much bigger, it can't turn 414 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 5: as fast as the crow, and so instead of fighting 415 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 5: the crow getting upset trying to defend itself well, the 416 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 5: eagle will simply stretch out its eight foot wingspan, catch 417 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 5: the winds, and rise higher and higher. And eagle can 418 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 5: fly at heights that no other birds can fly. At 419 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 5: some point, the crow will have to fall away. He 420 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 5: can't breathe at that altitude. In the same way, we 421 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 5: all have some crows in life. 422 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 6: Some chickens and turkeys too. 423 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 5: People that want to irritate us get on our nerves 424 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 5: and do things to try to bait us into conflict. 425 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 5: It's easy to get upset try to straighten every crow out, 426 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 5: but remember you're an eagle. You can go up higher, 427 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:46,239 Speaker 5: You can fly where the crows cannot fly. But if 428 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 5: you stay down at their level, try to straighten out 429 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 5: every crow and get involved in conflicts that don't matter, 430 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 5: that will keep you from your destiny. The crows, the chickens, 431 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 5: the turkeys, they are simply distractions. When an egle faces 432 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 5: a storm there's bad weather in its path, it doesn't 433 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 5: bury its head and try to force his way through it. 434 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 6: Fight the winds, fight the rain, fight the thunder. 435 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 5: Again, it catches the thermal winds and goes up higher 436 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 5: until it's above all the turmoil. Like the eagle. 437 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 6: We all face storms, we all have difficulties. 438 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 5: The key is to rise above all the turboil. You 439 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 5: don't have to fight your way through it. Don't let 440 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 5: it get on the inside. Remain at rest, stay seated, 441 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 5: and God will fight your battles. Too often we're fighting 442 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 5: when we should be resting. 443 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 6: We're standing when we should be sitting. And yes, I 444 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 6: know we have to stand strong. 445 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: I'm talking about in your spirit, even when it's stormy 446 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 5: all around you, things happening that you don't understand. You 447 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: need to have a rest knowing that God is still 448 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 5: on the throne, that He is bigger than anything you're facing. 449 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 5: When you're an eagle, when you've learned to rise above 450 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 5: the challenges, you'll be at peace when you could be upset. 451 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 5: You'll have a smile when you could be discouraged. You're 452 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 5: showing God that you trust him. 453 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 6: You're taking your seat. 454 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 5: Sometimes after a long day, I'll be standing in my 455 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 5: kitchen talking to Victoria and our children, and we can 456 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 5: talk for a long time, and at some point I'll 457 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 5: tell them I have to go get off my feet. 458 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 5: I know when I'm done, when I need to sit 459 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 5: down and relax. Maybe today you need to get off 460 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 5: your feet. You're living worried about your health and stressed 461 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 5: over your finances, upset because that child still hasn't changed. 462 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 5: Why don't you. 463 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 6: Come back to a place of peace. 464 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 5: God hasn't all figured out those enemies you're concerned about. 465 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 5: Those obstacles, They're not going to stop you. They're going 466 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 5: to become a footstool. And instead of laboring to try 467 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 5: to fix everything, I'm asking you to labor to enter 468 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 5: this rest created to carry the heavy burdens. There is 469 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 5: a seat of rest that has your name on it. 470 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 5: You may have been standing for a long time, but 471 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 5: God is saying take your seat. Live from a place 472 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 5: of rest, work hard, do your best, but on the inside, 473 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 5: stay in peace. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 474 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 5: You're not only going to enjoy life more, but God's 475 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 5: going to bring dreams to pass. Problems are about to 476 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 5: turn around, health, wholeness, favor, victory, the fullness of your destiny. 477 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name. If you receive it. 478 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 5: Can you say amen? Today, I'd like to give you 479 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 480 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 481 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 482 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 6: Come into my heart. 483 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 5: I'll make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 484 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 485 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 5: Get in a good Bible based church, keep God first place, Victor, 486 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 5: and I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. Asa. 487 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 4: Thank you for your support of our ministry. This month, 488 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 4: Joel and Victoria would like to send you a copy 489 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 4: of Joel's news series Five Ways to Live Amazed. You 490 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 4: will discover that there is no limit to God's favor, 491 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 4: God's goodness, and God's blessings in your life. 492 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 7: God has things in store for you that you've never imagined. 493 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 7: He can take you where you can't go on your own. 494 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 7: You may think you've reached your limits, but if you'll 495 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 7: keep honoring God, He's going to amaze you with his goodness. 496 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 5: God's dream for your life is much bigger than your own. 497 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 5: Request this resource. It will lift your faith and help 498 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 5: you believe for an amazing year. 499 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 4: Request your copy of five ways to live Amazed today 500 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 4: at Joel Loustin dot com or call eight eight eight 501 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 4: five six seven Joel. 502 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 8: Eleven years ago, we were trying to add another child 503 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 8: to our family. We soon found out that my wife 504 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 8: had some medical issues. What we've learned through this ministry 505 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 8: is that God, the God of the impossible. Not only 506 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 8: is my wife healed and we were able to add 507 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 8: a little baby girl to our family, but just recently 508 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 8: we've added a baby boy. 509 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 5: Your support is changing lives. Thanks so much for your prayer, 510 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 5: for your generosity and being a part of the ministry. 511 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 5: Special thank you to all of our Champion of Whole 512 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 5: partners for all you do to make. 513 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 6: The ministry possible. 514 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 5: And be sure to stay connected with us on social 515 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 5: media through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, download our podcast. We'd love 516 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 5: to inspire you all through the week and help you 517 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 5: keep your thoughts going in. 518 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 6: The right direction. 519 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 5: Victoria and I pray for you and your families every day, 520 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 5: and we believe you're going to see God's best in 521 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 5: your life overcoming problems, and that God's going to exceed 522 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 5: your expectations in twenty eighteen. 523 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 6: Be a believer and not a doubter. God's got you 524 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 6: in the palm of. 525 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 5: His hand until we see you next time. Remember you're 526 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 5: not average, You're not ordinary. 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