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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 38 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 5: you always a joy to come into your homes. We 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 5: love you, And if you're ever in our area, I 40 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 5: hope you'll stop by and be a part of one 41 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 5: of our services. I give you a personal invitation. I 42 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 5: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. These 43 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 5: are the finest people in all of Houston, right here 44 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 5: at Lakewood, so come sea. Sometimes I like to start 45 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 5: each week with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. 46 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: He was raising money for a new auditorium, and he 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 5: told the congregation anyone that will give one thousand dollars 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 5: can pick out the next three hymns. Little old lady 49 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 5: in the back stood up and said, Pastor, I'll do it. 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 5: He was so excited. He said, that's great. Now, which 51 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 5: three hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation 52 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 5: said I'll take him and him and him. All right, 53 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 5: hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 54 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 55 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 56 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 57 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 58 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 59 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 60 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about how you can have 61 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 5: the last laugh. We all go through situations where we're 62 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 5: not being treated fairly. Maybe somebody's talking behind our back 63 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 5: trying to make us look bad, or we were overlooked 64 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 5: for a promotion, perhaps even cheated in a business deal. 65 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 5: I talked to a young man that was being made 66 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 5: fun of at school, who was constantly being ridiculed and 67 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 5: given a hard time because he wasn't in a certain group. 68 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 5: Another lady told how she was looked down on at 69 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 5: work and not given the credit she deserved because she 70 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 5: wouldn't go to lunch each day and gossip and complain 71 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 5: with the rest of the coworkers. They thought she was 72 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 5: too good for them. Didn't have anything to do with that. 73 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 5: She just didn't want the poison to go on the inside. 74 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 5: When we're being mistreated, somebody on purpose is trying to 75 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 5: make us look bad, on purpose, talking behind our back. 76 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 5: The natural thing to do is get in there, defend ourselves, 77 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 5: set the record straight. If you talk about me, I'm 78 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 5: gonna talk about you. You stab me in the back, 79 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 5: you better watch out. Who can play at that game. 80 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 5: Your time is coming. Human nature wants to get revenge. 81 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 5: We like to get even. But the scripture says vengeance 82 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 5: is mine, says the Lord. That means God will make 83 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 5: your wrongs right. God wants to pay you back for 84 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 5: every unfair thing that's happened. He is a god of justice. 85 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 5: People may be making light of you, not giving your credit, 86 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 5: you deserve treating you poorly. Bottom line is this, God 87 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 5: wants you to have the last laugh. Here's how it 88 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 5: can happen. Romans twelve nineteen says, never avenge yourself, but 89 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 5: leave the way open for God. Notice you can either 90 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 5: avenge yourself or you can let God be your avenger. 91 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 5: But you cannot have it both ways. You take matters 92 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 5: into your own hands, and you're always trying to get 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 5: even and pay people back, prove to them that you're 94 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 5: right and they're wrong. Then God's going to step back 95 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 5: and say you go ahead, you do it your way, 96 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 5: you don't need my help. But on the other hand, 97 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 5: if we can learn to stay on the high road, 98 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 5: and no matter how great the opportunity to make somebody 99 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 5: look bad, no matter how much we want to pay 100 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 5: them back, we rule over our emotions and say no, 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 5: I'm going to let God be my avenger. I'm going 102 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 5: to trust God to bring justice into my life. When 103 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 5: you do that, that's when God will show up and say, 104 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 5: all right, let me go to work. I remember one time, 105 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 5: many years ago, my father received a letter from another 106 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 5: minister that was very mean, very critical, very hurtful. He 107 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 5: accused my father of things that were totally false, no 108 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 5: truth to them whatsoever. And when my father read it, 109 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 5: he was not only extremely hurt, but he was a 110 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 5: little angry. He thought to himself, I'm going to give 111 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 5: this guy a peace of my mind. He sat down 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,559 Speaker 5: and wrote back the meanest, ugliest letter he possibly could. 113 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 5: He said, brother, you don't know what you're talking about. 114 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 5: How dare you accuse me of these things? He sealed it, 115 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 5: walked to the end of the driveway, put it in 116 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 5: the mailbox, and mailed it. In a few minutes, he 117 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,799 Speaker 5: heard a voice right down in here saying, you got even, 118 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 5: didn't you. Daddy said, yeah, God, even you feel better, 119 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 5: don't you? Yeah? Feel better? You paid him back, didn't you? 120 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: Yeah? 121 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 5: Paid him back. Then the voice said, you sure did. 122 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: You paid him back? Evil for evil. My father gulped. 123 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 5: He could feel that conviction. He knew it was God 124 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 5: speaking to him. He realized he didn't respond the right way. 125 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: He went back to the mailbox, got the letter out, 126 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: tore it up. He never sent it, never said another 127 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 5: word about it. You know what he was doing choosing 128 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 5: to let God be his avenger. He was choosing to 129 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 5: let God make his wrongs right. Sixteen years later, my 130 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 5: father received a call from the man. He was weeping 131 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 5: and weeping. He said, Pastor ostein that letter I sent you, 132 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 5: it was so wrong. I feel so bad. Can you 133 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 5: forgive me? Friends, God knows how to bring justice in 134 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 5: your life. It may not happen overnight, but it will happen. 135 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 5: God knows every person that's done you wrong. He sees 136 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 5: every time you've been hurt. He's keeping the records. If 137 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 5: we can just learn to stay on the high road 138 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 5: and not waste our time trying to pay people back, 139 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 5: trying to get even, then God promises he will be 140 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: our vindicator. And I don't believe we would be here 141 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 5: today if my father had not learned how to pass 142 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 5: those kinds of tests. God will only release favor and 143 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 5: promotion in our lives when he knows our character can 144 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 5: handle it. If you get upset every time somebody does 145 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 5: you wrong and you live your life trying to vindicate yourself, 146 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: that you're not going to get to where God wants 147 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 5: you to be. And it's interesting. In the scripture, David 148 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 5: was anointed to be king many years before he ever 149 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: took the throne. He had to go through a period 150 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: of testing during this time, King Saul was trying to 151 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 5: kill him. Was very unfair. David had done nothing but 152 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 5: good for Saul, but Saul had turned it around, and 153 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 5: at one point David had an opportunity to end Saul's life. 154 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 5: He could have put an end to his frustration and misery. 155 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 5: But do you know David would not do it. He said, Saul, 156 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 5: may the Lord avenge me of the wrongs you have done, 157 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 5: but my hands will not touch you. No wonder. David 158 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 5: was a champion, no wonder, he was promoted. He knew 159 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 5: how to let God be his avenger. Now I wonder 160 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 5: how many people just like David have been anointed to 161 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 5: do something great in life, to be in a position 162 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 5: of leadership, a place of honor, fulfill their God given dreams. 163 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: But the problem is they never pass the test. They're 164 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: always trying to pay back the Sauls in their life. 165 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 5: They don't realize the saws. That is, the people that 166 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 5: on purpose do you wrong, The people that are constantly 167 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 5: criticizing they are simply distractions. That is a trap to 168 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 5: try to get you to lose focus, where you spend 169 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 5: all your time and energy trying to pay them back 170 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 5: when you should be using your time and energy to 171 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 5: move forward into your God given destiny, and understand you 172 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 5: cannot avenge yourself like God can avenge you. You may 173 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 5: think you can, but God's ways are bigger and better 174 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 5: than our own. God can take those people that are 175 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 5: making fun of you right now and use them to 176 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 5: be the people that promote you, instead of having to 177 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 5: work for that boss that's always putting you down, never 178 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 5: giving you any credit. You don't know when God vindicates you, 179 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 5: that boss may be working for you. That person that 180 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: won't give you the time of day, never listen to 181 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 5: your opinion. When God avenges you, they'll hang on every 182 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 5: word you say. They'll do whatever they can to spend 183 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 5: time with you. They may be laughing now, but when 184 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 5: God brings justice, you're gonna have the last laugh. Now, 185 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 5: our attitude should be this may not be fair, they're 186 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 5: not treating me right, but I'm not taking matters into 187 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 5: my own hands. I'm gonna let God be my avenger. 188 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: Now. 189 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 5: I know when God vindicates me, I'm gonna come out 190 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 5: smelling like a rose. You may look down on me now, 191 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 5: but one day you'll look up to me. You may 192 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 5: not give me the time of day. Now, but one 193 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 5: day you'll wish you had my time. I may not 194 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 5: have much today, but one day you'll wish you had 195 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 5: what I have. I love the way David put it, 196 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 5: Psalm twenty three, Verse five. God prepares a table before 197 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 5: us in the presence of our enemies. That means God 198 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: will not only avenge you, he'll not only make your 199 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 5: wrongs right, but he will bless you in front of 200 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 5: your enemies. He could promote you anywhere, but he'll promote 201 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 5: you in front of the people that we're trying to 202 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 5: make you look bad. He'll give you favor on a 203 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 5: recognition in front of the people that we're trying to 204 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 5: bring you down. That person that stabbed you in the back, 205 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 5: betrayed you, tried to keep you from rising higher. Don't 206 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 5: worry about it. One day they'll be watching you receive 207 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 5: the credit you deserved. When people talk about me, I 208 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 5: don't get discouraged. I know God just sent the angels 209 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 5: to the grocery store. Somebody lies about you, No big deal. 210 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 5: I can see Gabriel setting the table, somebody spreading rumor, 211 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 5: somebody criticizing. I'm not upset. I know God just turned 212 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: the oven on. I'm getting ready for my meal. Not alone, 213 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 5: not by myself, not with just my friends. There's going 214 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 5: to be some onlookers. There's going to be a few 215 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 5: people that can smell the food, they can see the 216 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 5: beautiful table, they can hear the laughter. But this time 217 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 5: they're not a part of the party. You're having the 218 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 5: last laugh. They're watching you enjoy what God has prepared. 219 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 5: In other words, they're seeing you be promoted. They said 220 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 5: you'd never meet anyone, but they're watching you get married. 221 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 5: They said you don't have what it takes, but they're 222 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 5: watching you accomplish your dreams. They said you'd never get 223 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 5: out of the hospital, but they're watching you walk out, 224 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 5: healthy and home. They said you're too slow, too small, 225 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 5: not talented enough, but they're watching you receive honor stepping 226 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 5: into that winter circle. You need to get ready. Many 227 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 5: of you have done the right thing. You have overlooked offenses, 228 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 5: you've shaken off negative words. You've blessed your enemies. You 229 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 5: need to know today your dinner is almost ready. The 230 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 5: food is cooked, the table is set. It's just a 231 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 5: matter of time till you step up to the plate. 232 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 5: What am I saying? Don't get discouraged, Just keep doing 233 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 5: the right thing. I've learned. If the enemy can't stop 234 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 5: your dinner, he'll try to sour your party. He already 235 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 5: knows God's gonna vindicate you. He knows you're going to 236 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 5: have the last he can see the table is set, 237 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 5: but he'll do everything he can to try to steal 238 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 5: your joy. Convince it's never gonna work out. You're never 239 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 5: gonna be vindicated. Now, just keep shaking that off. Any moment, 240 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 5: you're gonna hear the dinner bell ringing. Those people that 241 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 5: are hindering you, trying to bring you down, they're gonna 242 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 5: see you stepping into a new level. They're gonna see 243 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 5: God's favor and goodness in your life in a greater way. 244 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 5: I was talking to a gentleman that was a mechanic 245 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 5: at a big diesel shop. He told how for years 246 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 5: he was treated unfairly there. It's a very negative environment, 247 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 5: who were constantly making fun of him. They thought he 248 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 5: was kind of stiff because he wouldn't go party with 249 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 5: them after work, and year after year he had to 250 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 5: put up with this injustice, this ridicule, and he was 251 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 5: one of the top producers, one of the best mechanics 252 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 5: at that company. But in seven years he had never 253 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 5: had a promotion, a raise, a bonus, nothing, because his 254 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 5: supervisor didn't like him. He could have easily gone around 255 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 5: with the chip on his shoulder negative discouraged. But no, 256 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 5: he understood this principle. He knew God was his vindicator. 257 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 5: He knew the food was being prepared, the table was set. 258 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: In any moment, God was going to bring justice. One day, 259 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 5: out of the blue, the owner of the company called him. 260 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 5: He had never met the man before. The owner wasn't 261 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 5: involved in the day to day operations. For some reason, 262 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 5: he called this man and talked about how he wanted 263 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 5: to get out of the business, and he offered to 264 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 5: sell the company to this man. Men said, I don't 265 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 5: have bunny to buy your company. The owner said, you 266 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: don't need money. I'm going to loan it to you. 267 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 5: Long story short, he took the offer, and today that 268 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 5: man owns the company free and clear. What happened, His 269 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 5: dinner was served Now those people that used to make 270 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 5: fun of him, that don't make fun of him anymore. 271 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 5: Instead of instead of calling him names, they called him boss. 272 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 5: What is 's at God's serving him dinner in the 273 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 5: presence of his enemies. God promoted him right in front 274 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 5: of the people that were doing him wrong. They used 275 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 5: to look down on him, Now they look up to him. 276 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 5: They used to blow him off and not give him 277 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 5: the time of day. Now they have to make an 278 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 5: appointment if they want to see him. Friends, God knows 279 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 5: how to avenge. 280 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: You. 281 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 5: Don't take matters into your own hands. If you'll let 282 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 5: God be your vindicator, he'll not only bring justice, but 283 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 5: he will promote you right in front of the people 284 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 5: that were trying to make you look bad, says in 285 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 5: proverb sixteen. When God approves your life, your enemies will 286 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: end up shaking your hand. I met a man in 287 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 5: the lobby not long ago. He said, Joel, I was 288 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 5: your biggest critic. I was always talking about you, blogging 289 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 5: against you, and I came to one of your services 290 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: to find something else to criticize. But I liked it 291 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: so much I came back the next week. That's been 292 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 5: six months. I hadn't missed a service yet. Now I'm 293 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 5: your biggest supporter. He reached out and shook my hand. 294 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 5: That's God causing your enemies to shake your hand. You 295 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 5: may have people right now that you're at odds with 296 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 5: somebody at work that won't speak to you, perhaps a 297 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 5: family member that's gotten bitter towards end. Even though you're 298 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 5: doing your best to be kind and respectful, they're just 299 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 5: the opposite. The more kind you are, the more hateful 300 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 5: they are. You have pure motives, you want to do 301 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 5: what's right, but they're always twisting your intentions. It'd be 302 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 5: easy for you to get bitter. Say fine, if you 303 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 5: want to treat me like that, I'll treat you like that. 304 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 5: See if I'm ever nice to you again. Now, don't 305 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 5: sink down to their level. Just keep doing the right thing. 306 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 5: God is a god of justice. He knows how to 307 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 5: change people's hearts. It may be a week, it may 308 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 5: be a year, it may be twenty five years, but 309 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 5: God promises one day they're going to reach out and 310 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 5: shake your hand. One day they're going to give you 311 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 5: the respect that you deserve. I know a friend that 312 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: worked for this company, and he always gave it one 313 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 5: hundred percent. It's got a great attitude, but the owner 314 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 5: of this company had something against him, never treated him fairly. 315 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,439 Speaker 5: Even though this young man is very talented, very bright, 316 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 5: he would never take his opinion, never given the time 317 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 5: of day, just kind of dismissed him as inferior. This 318 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 5: young man never got better. He didn't try to prove 319 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 5: to everybody who he was. He just kept being his 320 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 5: best day in and day out, and eventually this owner 321 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 5: unjustly fired him. He let him go for no reason. 322 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 5: The young man went out on his own and started 323 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 5: his own real estate company and became extremely successful. He 324 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,239 Speaker 5: never thought much more about his former boss, how he 325 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 5: wasn't treated right. He had totally let it go, didn't 326 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 5: have any ill will toward anyone. But God is a 327 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 5: god of justice. He never forgets what you are owed. 328 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 5: You may let it go, but God doesn't let it go. 329 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 5: He's gonna make sure you get everything you deserve. Several 330 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 5: years later, his former boss, the one that treated him 331 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 5: so bad, he was downsizing his company. He needed a 332 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: new building to put his business in, and it just 333 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 5: so happened he wanted to rent the building that this 334 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 5: young man owned. When he walked in and saw his 335 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 5: former employee, the one that he fired as the owner, 336 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 5: he nearly passed out. This time, he hung on every 337 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 5: word he said. He treated him with respect and honor. 338 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 5: He valued his opinion. He ended up renting that facility 339 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 5: and today he pays rent to the young man he 340 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 5: unjustly fired. That's God causing your enemies to have to 341 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 5: shake your hands. That's God giving you the last laugh. 342 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 5: I think about the people that didn't want us to 343 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 5: have this facility. Some of them made fun, mocked, ridiculed, 344 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 5: we don't want a church down there. Of all things, 345 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 5: on and on. They did whatever they could to stop us. 346 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 5: But unders and no person can stand against our God. 347 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 5: No obstacle is too big, no enemy is too powerful. 348 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 5: What God has ordained cannot be stopped by people, by 349 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 5: the economy, by governments, by injustice. God always has the 350 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 5: final say. And now when the critics and naysayers drive 351 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 5: up and down the freeway and see our beautiful facility, 352 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 5: you know what that is. God's serving us dinner in 353 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 5: the presence of our enemies. God wants to promote you. 354 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 5: Not in private, not alone, not just with your supporters. 355 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 5: God wants to promote you in front of your opponents. 356 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 5: Part of His justice is vindicating you. So the people 357 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 5: that said you would fail, see you succeed. The people 358 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 5: that said you don't have what it takes, see you 359 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 5: accomplish in your dreams. I remember when my father died 360 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 5: and I first started ministering. Ninety nine percent of the 361 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 5: people were totally for me, totally encouraging. But there were 362 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 5: certain people that told being around about way they didn't 363 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 5: think I would make a good minister. I was too 364 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 5: much of this, too much of that. Really, they wanted 365 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 5: someone else to take over. And some of these people 366 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 5: I'd known for a long long time, I thought they 367 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 5: were my friends. I thought they would surely support me 368 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 5: and encourage me. After all, it was hard enough going 369 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 5: through the loss of my father and stepping up trying 370 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 5: to do something new. The last thing I needed were 371 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 5: people that I thought were on my side trying to 372 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 5: pull me down. From time to time, I heard reports 373 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 5: that they were talking and trying to stir things up. 374 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 5: But I made a decision early on that I was 375 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 5: going to stay on the high road. I said, God, 376 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 5: they're talking about me, but I'm not gonna talk about them. 377 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna try to defend myself, and I'm certainly 378 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 5: not going to change and try to fit into their mold. 379 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 5: I'm just gonna be who you created me to be. 380 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 5: And today, ten years later, I can say God has 381 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 5: brought justice into my life. Now I don't say this 382 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 5: arrogantly in any sense. But God has given me the 383 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 5: last laugh. They said that, They said that I didn't 384 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 5: have what it takes, but God knew otherwise. They said 385 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 5: I was too much of this or not enough of that, 386 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 5: but I knew God didn't make a mistake when he 387 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 5: created me. Now, I didn't have their approval, but I 388 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 5: had God's approval, and that's all that really matters. 389 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 4: Now. 390 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 5: Practically, every time they turned the television on, at least 391 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 5: on Sunday, they can't help but see me. Some of 392 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 5: you are watching right now. I can see you. They 393 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 5: may flip it off to another station, but you don't know. 394 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 5: I may be on that station next. What am I saying? 395 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 5: We don't have to defend ourselves. We don't have to 396 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 5: have everybody's approval. If you'll stay on the high road 397 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 5: and let God be your vindicator, he'll not only give 398 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 5: you the last laugh, but he'll put an exclamation point 399 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 5: on it. He'll promote you in front of your critics. 400 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 5: He'll give you honor and favor in front of the 401 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 5: people that said you didn't have what it takes. And yes, 402 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 5: they may continue to talk bad about you, but all 403 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 5: they're really doing is preparing the way for God to 404 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: bless you more. The more they talk, the more God 405 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 5: sends the angels to the grocery store, the bigger meal 406 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 5: he prepares. Somebody lies about you. Just imagine God just 407 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 5: turned the oven on. Somebody is spreading rumors, betrays you. 408 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 5: Gabriel just left to the grocery store. Instead of being 409 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 5: discouraged by it, you should be encouraged knowing that part 410 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 5: of God's vindication is to not only bring you out, 411 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 5: but to bring you out promoted, increased in front of 412 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 5: your opponents. I was talking to a minister the other day. 413 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 5: He's an older man now. For fifty or sixty years, 414 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 5: he went all over the world doing so much good. 415 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 5: Everywhere he went people received him and loved him so much. 416 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 5: But in his own hometown, the local newspaper did not 417 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 5: like him at all. They were always finding something wrong. 418 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 5: He could do one hundred things right, they wouldn't report 419 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 5: on that. They'd find the one thing he did wrong 420 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 5: and make a big deal about it. This went on 421 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 5: year after year. He had an interesting perspective. He said, 422 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 5: if it had not been for that newspaper, I would 423 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 5: not have accomplished so much. They not only kept me 424 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 5: on my knees. They not only gave me fuel to 425 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 5: prove them wrong, but their critical spirit that injustice, put 426 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 5: me in a position to receive God's favor in a 427 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 5: greater way. He went on to build a big university 428 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 5: in that town. Thousands of young people have attended. It 429 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 5: seemed like the least likely place for him to be blessed, 430 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 5: the least likely place for him to accomplish his dreams, 431 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 5: where he had the most opposition, the most criticism. But no, 432 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 5: God says, that's where I prepare the table. That's where 433 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 5: I want to increase you. That's where I want to 434 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 5: show you unuse your favor. Not necessarily just in front 435 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 5: of all your supporters, all the people that celebrate you, 436 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 5: But God wants to promote you in the presence of 437 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 5: your enemies. Here's what this means. Practically, at work, somebody 438 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 5: is doing you wrong. You just thank God if you'd 439 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 5: give me another job. These people are against me. Now understand, 440 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 5: you don't have to leave there to be blessed. God 441 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 5: wants to bless you right where you are. He wants 442 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 5: to promote you, not only in spite of the opposition. 443 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 5: He wants to promote you in front of the opposition. 444 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 5: That's the way God brings justice, That's how he vindicates us. 445 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 5: One time in the scripture, there was a great famine 446 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 5: in the land, no water, no food, month after month, 447 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 5: and Isaac was about to pack up and move to 448 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 5: another place. But God said, no, Isaac, I don't want 449 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 5: you to live there. I'm gonna bless you right where 450 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 5: you are. And so Isaac went out and planted his fields. 451 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 5: The Philistines, the people that lived there, they already didn't 452 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 5: like Isaac, they already were jealous of him. This just 453 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 5: added fuel to their fire. I can imagine them making 454 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 5: fun of him, mocking him, ridiculing Isaac. What in the 455 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 5: world are you doing? Are you a fool? Planning and 456 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 5: a time of famine, nothing's gonna grow, there's no water. 457 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 5: I'm sure he was the laughing stock of the community. 458 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 5: But Isaac understood this principle. He didn't get in there 459 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 5: and try to prove his point, try to set them straight. 460 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 5: He just stayed in peace. In fact, his name means laughter. 461 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 5: I can imagine the more they made fun, the more 462 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 5: they criticized, the more he stayed full of join just 463 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 5: said God, I thank you that you're still on the throne, 464 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 5: that you're gonna bring the promise to pass, that you're 465 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 5: gonna give me this harvest. Several months later, all the 466 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 5: people that were mocking and criticizing, they were standing there 467 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,479 Speaker 5: looking at his fields, scratching their heads. They couldn't believe it. 468 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 5: The scripture says he received one hundred times more than 469 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 5: he planted right there in the midst of the famine. 470 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 5: His critics were dumbfounded, thinking, how does this guy get 471 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 5: a harvest with no water? Friends, God specializes in blessing 472 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 5: you in front of your enemies. Some of you are 473 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 5: trying to run away from a situation that's difficult. Somebody's 474 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 5: trying to make you look bad, talking behind your back. 475 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 5: I want you to have a new perspective. You do 476 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: not have to leave there in order to be blessed. 477 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 5: God wants to bless you right where you are. Part 478 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 5: of His vindication is promoting you so the opposition can 479 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 5: see it. Our attitude should be. They may be laughing now, 480 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 5: it may not be fair, but I'm not the least 481 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 5: bit worried. I know their injustice is preparing the way 482 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 5: for God to promote me. They meant it to hold 483 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 5: me down, but God's going to use it to thrust 484 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 5: me forward. You'd be discouraged. I should be trying to 485 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 5: get even. But I know better. I know a secret. 486 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 5: In fact, I can hear something in the distance. It 487 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 5: sounds like a dinner bell is ringing. Not only that, 488 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 5: I can smell something, I believe I can smell the 489 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 5: pot ROAs, the corn bread, the chiladas, the fahdahs, the 490 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 5: bluebell ice stream. What is that God preparing the dinner? 491 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 5: And know this, when you are served, there's gonna be 492 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 5: some onlookers, the critics, the naysayers, the opposition, the backbiters, 493 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 5: the backstabbers, the ones that were jealous, the ones that 494 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 5: said you'd never make it, the ones that said you 495 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 5: don't have what it takes. You can be assured God 496 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 5: will make sure they have a clear view of your table. 497 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 5: He'll make sure they see you being promoted, you being honored, 498 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 5: you accomplish in your dreams. So what's my encouragement today? 499 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 5: Let God be your avenger. Let God make your wrongs right. 500 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 5: Either he can do it or you can do it. 501 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 5: And if you let him do it, you'll always come 502 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 5: out better. He'll even cause your enemies to end up 503 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 5: shaking your hand. They may be laughing right now, but 504 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 5: know this, God is a faithful God. In the end, 505 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 5: You're gonna have the last laugh. God's gonna bring justice 506 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 5: into your life. Amen, do you receive it today? 507 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: Well? 508 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 509 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 510 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 511 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 512 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you've prayed that 513 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 514 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 5: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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