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We 39 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 6: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 40 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 6: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes. 41 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 4: We love you. 42 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 6: We know that God has good things in store for you, 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 6: and that's why we come with a message of hope 44 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 6: each week. If you're ever in our area, I hope 45 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 6: you'll stop by and see us. I promise you will 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 6: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 47 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 6: for tuning in today, and I'd like to get started 48 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 6: each week with something funny, so listen to this one. 49 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 4: A blonde lady was speeding down the. 50 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 6: Road and she was pulled over by a female police 51 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 6: officer that was also blonde. 52 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 4: She asked to see the lady's driver's license. 53 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 6: She dug and dug through her purse, getting more and 54 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 6: more agitated. 55 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: Finally, she asked, what does it look like. 56 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 6: The policewoman said, it's square, and it has your picture 57 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 6: on it. The driver finally found a square mirror, looked 58 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 6: at it, saw her picture, and handed it to the officer. 59 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 6: The blonde officer looked at the mirror and shook her head. 60 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 6: She handed it back and said, all right, you can go. 61 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 4: I didn't realize you were a police officer. 62 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 6: All right, somebody give me a ride home today. 63 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 4: Hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 64 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 6: Ready, This is my vie A. I am what it 65 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 6: says I am. I have what it says I have. 66 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 6: I can do what it says I can do. Today 67 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 6: I'll be taught the word of God. I boldly confess 68 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 6: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 69 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 6: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 70 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about the importance 71 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 6: of staying in peace and not being controlled by your circumstances. 72 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 4: And so many people. 73 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,839 Speaker 6: Are always trying to get rid of their problems. 74 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 4: And then they're going to be happy, then they're going 75 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 4: to start enjoying their lives. 76 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 6: But really, God wants us to learn to have peace 77 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 6: in the midst of the storms. He wants us to 78 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 6: have peace even when things aren't going our way. 79 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 4: Our boss isn't treating us right, we. 80 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 6: Didn't get the promotion we wanted, our child isn't doing 81 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 6: what he should. If we make the mistake of basing 82 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 6: our peace on our circumstances, will never experience God's best 83 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 6: because the fact is there will always be something to 84 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 6: upset us. You're never gonna get rid of all the 85 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,279 Speaker 6: people in your life. 86 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 4: That aggravates you. 87 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 6: You're never gonna come to a point where you don't 88 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 6: have challenges and you don't have real good opportunities to 89 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 6: get discouraged. We have to change our approach to life. 90 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 6: People may not change, circumstances may not change. 91 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 4: So we're gonna have to change now. 92 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 6: Like what the apostle Paul said he'd been through all 93 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 6: kinds of shipwrecks and heartache, and people had done unfair 94 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 6: things to him. But he said, in spite of all 95 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 6: these things, we are more than conquers. 96 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 4: That's the kind of attitude we need to have. 97 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 6: See, don't use your faith to try to get rid 98 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 6: of all your problems. Use your faith to remain calm 99 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 6: in the midst of your problems. One time Jesus was 100 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 6: on a boat asleep, and all of a sudden, this 101 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 6: huge storm arose. The winds were so strong they were 102 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 6: batting the boat back and forth, and the disciples got 103 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 6: all upset and all afraid, and they finally ran back 104 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 6: there said Jesus, get up, we're about to die. 105 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 4: We're about to perish. 106 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 6: And Jesus got up, and he simply spoke to the storm. 107 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 6: He said, peace be still, and all of a sudden 108 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 6: there was a great calm. And the reason Jesus was 109 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 6: able to bring peace to that situation was because he 110 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 6: had peace. 111 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 4: On the inside. 112 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 6: He was in the storm, but he didn't let the 113 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 6: storm get in here. And if you get upset and 114 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 6: frustrated every time things don't go your way, then you 115 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 6: can't bring peace to that situation. And really peace is 116 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 6: not the absence of trouble. Peace is not the absence 117 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 6: of enemies. You can have trouble and conflict all around 118 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 6: you on the outside, but real peace is to know 119 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 6: how to not let it get on the inside. And 120 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 6: some of you today you're all upset and worried your 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 6: child's not doing right, or maybe there's a situation at 122 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 6: work that's just so unfair, and you're letting that just 123 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 6: keep you stirred up on the inside. 124 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 4: Day after day. 125 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 6: It's just weighing you down, draining your joy, draining your energy, 126 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 6: draining your enthusiasm. The whole problem is you've let the 127 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 6: storm get on the inside. You've got to make some 128 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 6: changes quite allowing those things to upset you. Learn to 129 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 6: turn that situation over to God. Don't let the storm 130 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,119 Speaker 6: get in you. Life's too short to live it that way. 131 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 6: The Bible talks about how we should enter into the 132 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 6: rest of God. That's a place where we know that 133 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 6: God is in control. We know God is fighting our 134 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 6: battles for us, and we know when it's all said 135 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 6: and done, God has promised he's going to cause all 136 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 6: things to work together for our good. And that's why 137 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 6: we can stay in peace that's why we can have 138 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 6: a smile on our face even though things aren't going 139 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 6: our way. God is in control. And if God be 140 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 6: for us, who dare even be against us? But understand, 141 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 6: until you get back to this place of peace, God 142 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 6: can't really work in your life because God works where 143 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 6: there's an attitude of faith and expectancy, not when we're 144 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 6: upset and worried and going around all discouraged and really, 145 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 6: practically every day we're going to have opportunity to lose 146 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 6: our peace. Somebody is rude to you on the phone, 147 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 6: you want to just jump back down their throat. 148 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 4: No, I'm gonna stay at peace. I'm not gonna allow 149 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 4: him to upset me. Or the boss doesn't give you 150 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 4: the credit you deserve. 151 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 6: You didn't get the big promotion you were really hoping for, 152 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 6: But that's okay. I know God's in control. I know 153 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 6: God has something better in store. Well, Joel, I'm upset 154 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 6: because this man walked out of our relationship. 155 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: That's just not fair. Now hold your peace. 156 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 6: If you'll stay calm, if you'll stay at rest, God 157 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 6: will bring somebody better into your life. He'll take what 158 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 6: the enemy meant for evil and turn it all around. 159 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 4: And use it for your advantage. 160 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 6: But you've got to do your part and hold your peace. 161 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 6: Don't live life upset, worried and frustrate it. Sometimes we 162 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 6: lose our peace over things we can't change. And you 163 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 6: can't change the traffic in the morning. You might as 164 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 6: well just sit there and enjoy it. Just stay calm. 165 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 6: You can't make your husband or your wife, or your 166 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 6: boss or your neighbor do what's right. 167 00:07:58,640 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: Only God can. 168 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 6: You might as well start enjoying your life while God 169 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 6: is in the process of changing things. I know one time, 170 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 6: Victoria and nine our kids, we were going on vacation 171 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 6: to Branson, Missouri. It was around Christmas time, so the 172 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 6: airports were very crowded. We had to change planes in Memphis. 173 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 6: We didn't have a very long layover. We got off 174 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 6: the plane and our kids were real hungry, so we 175 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 6: stopped at a little Hamburger stand real quick to get 176 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 6: them something to eat, and then we took off toward 177 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 6: the gate. 178 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 4: And I mean it was a long way. 179 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 6: We had to catch a couple shuttle buses and then 180 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 6: we ran the rest of the way. And when I 181 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 6: got to the gate, I noticed the plane was still here, 182 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 6: but the main door at the jetway was closed, and 183 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 6: so I went up to that counter and I did 184 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 6: everything I could to try to get on that plane. 185 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 6: I prayed for God's favor, I smiled real. 186 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 4: Big, and I was as friendly as I could be. 187 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 4: But none of that worked. 188 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 6: I thought, Man, I don't want to sit in this 189 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 6: airport for three or four hours waiting for the next flight. 190 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 6: And I could feel myself starting to get stressed. And 191 00:08:58,520 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 6: I had to make a choice right then. 192 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 4: There was I gonna keep my peace or was I 193 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 4: gonna give it away? I kept about half of it. 194 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 6: When we finally got to Branson A little later, I 195 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 6: got off the plane and this older couple came up 196 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 6: to me and she said, I hate to bother you, 197 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 6: but I gotta tell you, I really love you. I 198 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 6: listened to you all the time, and I just enjoy 199 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 6: it so much. 200 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 4: On and on she went. 201 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 6: I started to feel a little better, started to get 202 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 6: my joy back, but I noticed her husband that whole 203 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 6: time was looking at me, like, who in the world 204 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 6: is this guy? And this lady just went on and on, 205 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 6: and as I was finally leaving, I overheard her saying, oh, honey, 206 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 6: you know who he is. He's the guy that sings 207 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 6: my achy breaky heart. I thought it was gonna be 208 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 6: one of those days. But see, we got to learn 209 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 6: to just keep our peace even when people don't know who. 210 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 4: We are, even when things don't go our way, even. 211 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 6: When we get caught in traffic, even when our plans 212 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 6: don't work out. Let me ask you, how do you 213 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 6: know that's not where God wants you to be? How 214 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 6: do you know God is not protecting you from an accident? 215 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 6: I love the scripture in Proverbs. It says, since the 216 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 6: Lord is directing our steps, why do we try to 217 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 6: figure out everything that happens along the way. 218 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: Now, just go with the flow. 219 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 6: Quit worrying about things you can't change, learn to turn 220 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 6: the situation completely over to God. 221 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 4: He is in control of your life. 222 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 6: And really, one of the greatest ways that we can 223 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 6: show God that we're trusting him is by simply remaining calm, 224 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 6: Not by how much we pray, not by how many 225 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 6: times we come to church. That's all great, But what's 226 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 6: going on in you when you get to that point 227 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 6: where the storm is raging and people are treating you unfair. 228 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 6: Maybe you've got a bad report from the doctor, and 229 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 6: in the natural You should be discouraged, you should be 230 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 6: all upset, but instead you've got a smile on your face. 231 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 4: You've still got that spring in your step. You're at peace. 232 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 6: What you're really saying is God, I trust you. I 233 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 6: know you're bigger than this sickness. I know you're bigger 234 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 6: than this marriage trouble. I know you're bigger than my enemies. 235 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 6: When you hold your peace and remain at rest, that's 236 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 6: when God can fight your battles for you. 237 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: And really, God wants us to be stable. 238 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 6: Don't be the type of person that's up when your 239 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 6: circumstances are up. 240 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: And down when they're down. 241 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 6: If you live like that, the enemy will control you 242 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 6: your whole lifetime. 243 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 4: Have some stability. 244 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 6: We've got to learn to stay at peace. If we 245 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 6: get the promotion, and we're at peace. If we don't 246 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 6: get the promotion, we're calm if traffic's good, and we're 247 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 6: still calm if traffic's all back up. We're in a 248 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 6: good mood when people are treating us fair, and we're 249 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 6: in a good mood even when life is a little 250 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 6: bit unfair. We need to be the type of person 251 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 6: that's very difficult for us to lose our peace. Well, 252 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 6: somebody's talking about you. They're saying critical things. That's okay. 253 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 6: I know God is in control. I know God will 254 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 6: fight my battles for me. Well aren't you going to 255 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 6: at least respond back? Aren't you gonna at least set 256 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 6: the record straight? 257 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 4: No? 258 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 6: I know God will be my vindicator. I know God 259 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 6: will make my wrongs right. Or maybe I heard you 260 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 6: got a bad report from the doctor. I'm sure you're 261 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 6: all upset. No, I'm not upset. 262 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 4: I'm at peace. 263 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 6: I know the number of my days God has promised 264 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 6: he will fulfill. I know my life is in the 265 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 6: palm of God's hands. Well I heard you up against 266 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 6: some big enemies. Yes, that's true, but I'm not worried. 267 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 6: I know my God is bigger. I know no men 268 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 6: can stand against my God. With men, it may be impossible, 269 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 6: but I know with God all things are possible. 270 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 4: See. 271 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 6: One of the greatest ways we can show God that 272 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 6: we're trusting him, it's just by simply remaining calm. And 273 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 6: so often when trouble comes, first thing we do is rebuke, 274 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 6: and we resist, and we get ourselves all worn out 275 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 6: and all in a frenzy, but really just staying at 276 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 6: peace in the midst of the. 277 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 4: Storm is spiritual warfare. 278 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 6: When the enemy hits you with his best shot, and 279 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 6: in the natural you should get a little discourage, you 280 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 6: should start complaining it like everybody else. But instead you 281 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 6: just stay happy anyway. You don't get bitter, you don't 282 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 6: blame God, you don't try to go pay somebody back. 283 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 6: You're at peace when you do that. God will always 284 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 6: cause you to come out ahead. The other day, I 285 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 6: was waiting in my car for this parking spot. This 286 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 6: man was just about to pull out, and I was 287 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 6: sitting there with my blinker on. I've been there a 288 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 6: long time and it was very obvious I was going 289 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 6: to pull into this spot. 290 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 4: But when he backed out, I got. 291 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 6: Blocked for a couple of seconds, and so this other 292 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 6: car just pulled right in there and beat me to it. 293 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 4: And I couldn't believe it. I'd been there a long time, 294 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 4: and there was. 295 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 6: No doubt in my mind that guy had been watching 296 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 6: me wait for this spot. And I had to make 297 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 6: a decision. Was I gonna lose my peace or was 298 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 6: I just gonna stay calm and overlook it? Was I 299 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 6: gonna get upset or was I gonna sew it as 300 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 6: a seed and trust God to make it up to 301 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 6: me and understand. In the natural, I wanted to blow 302 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 6: my horn and let him know what I thought, and 303 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 6: the natural I wanted to let him go on inside 304 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 6: and I just go let a little. 305 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 4: Air out of each child. 306 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 6: But I finally decided, you know what, this is not 307 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 6: worth losing my peace over. I'm just gonna bless him 308 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,119 Speaker 6: and move on. And some of you today, you're allowing 309 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 6: people to steal your peace. Every time they do a 310 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 6: certain thing. It's just like clockwork. 311 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 4: You get all wrought. 312 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 6: Up on the inside. Well, that's not right. They aggravate me. 313 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 6: They shouldn't do that. No, quite allowing them to control you. 314 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 6: Every time you get upset, you're playing right into the 315 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 6: enemy's hands. And you know what, they may not ever change. 316 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 6: I hope they do. But my point is we have 317 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 6: to change now. I've discovered God is more interested in 318 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 6: changing me than he is in changing my circumstances. And 319 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 6: if I will just work with God and not allow 320 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 6: these things to upset me, be moldable and pliable, then 321 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 6: God will begin to change my circumstances. But we've got 322 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 6: to sew a seed first by doing the right thing, 323 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 6: and sometimes we have to do the right thing a 324 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 6: long time before we see right results. You've got to 325 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 6: learn to overlook these offenses. You've got to go the 326 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 6: extra mile to keep the peace in your life. Understand, 327 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 6: there's always gonna be people around you that are able 328 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 6: to aggravate you if you allow them, and you cannot 329 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 6: just pray them away. Even if they did leave, God 330 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 6: would probably send two more people to replace them. 331 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 4: You got to learn to overcome that. Maybe at your 332 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 4: office people are. 333 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 6: Gossiping about you, talking behind your back, or maybe somebody 334 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 6: is just real condescending to you. They just kind of 335 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 6: irritate you. They get on your nerves. It's like they 336 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 6: pester you, and in the natural, you want to get 337 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: in there and argue. You want to get in there 338 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 6: and set the record straight. Well you know what, I'm 339 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 6: gonna tell you what I think. But no, if you'll 340 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 6: just hold your peace, if you'll be the bigger person 341 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 6: and take the high road, learn to overlook a few things, then. 342 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 4: That allows God to fight your battles for you. 343 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 6: Now, all through the scripture, it compares us to an eagle, 344 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 6: and it's interesting. 345 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 4: What the eagle does? You know? 346 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 6: The eagle has some pest, and one of its biggest 347 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 6: pests is a crow. He's always squawking, always causing him trouble. 348 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: And the truth is, we all have a few crows 349 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 6: in our lives, probably have a few chickens and a 350 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 6: few turkeys as well. By that, I mean that's his 351 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 6: people that can rub us the wrong way, people that 352 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 6: can irritate us if we allow them. 353 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 4: But we need to take a lesson from the eagle. 354 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 6: When the eagle is out flying, often a crow will 355 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 6: come up right behind him and start to pester him, 356 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 6: just to aggravate him and annoy him. And although the 357 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 6: eagle is much larger, it cannot turn very quickly. In 358 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 6: other words, it cannot out maneuver the crow. And so 359 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 6: what the eagle does to get rid of his pest 360 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 6: is he just stretches out his seven or eight foot wingspan, 361 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 6: and he catches some of the thermal currents, and he rises. 362 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 4: Up higher and higher and higher. 363 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 6: And eventually he gets into an altitude that no other 364 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 6: bird can live. 365 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: That crow can't even breathe up there. 366 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 6: There's been eagles spotted as high as twenty thousand feet 367 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 6: up there with the jets fly. The point is if 368 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 6: you want to get rid of your pest, You've got. 369 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 4: To come up higher. Don't ever sink down to their level. 370 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 4: Don't ever sink down to their level. 371 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 6: Don't try to argue, don't try to pay somebody back, 372 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 6: don't give them the cold shoulder. Be the bigger person. 373 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 6: Overlook their faults, walk in love. Learn to even bless 374 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 6: your enemies. Somebody's talking about you, somebody's doing you wrong, 375 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,959 Speaker 6: Just bless them and move on anyway. Let me tell you, 376 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 6: in the long run, crows can hang with eagles. You 377 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 6: do that and you'll rise above all that jump. As 378 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 6: I said, we all have some crows in our lives. 379 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 6: That's people that are going to always talk, try to 380 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 6: stir up trouble, try to be critical. 381 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 4: But don't you dare sink down to their level. 382 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 6: You are an eagle. You've been made in the image 383 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 6: of Almighty God. Learn to live above your circumstances. Rise 384 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 6: above the petty politics at the office. Don't let people 385 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 6: pull you into strife and division and get you all upset. 386 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 4: Gossiping. 387 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 6: Hell, Joel, they're talking about me. I'm gonna show them now. 388 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 6: You gotta hold your peace. You gotta be the bigger person. 389 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 6: Learn to rise above that. Always remember the turkeys, the chickens, 390 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 6: the crows. They cannot live at the altitude you. 391 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 4: Were designed to live in. Why don't you put your. 392 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 6: Wings out and begin to som God is in complete 393 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 6: control of your life. He's promised if you will just 394 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 6: remain at rest, he'll make your wrongs right. 395 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 4: He'll bring justice into your life. Man, what a freeing 396 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: way this is to live. 397 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 6: We don't have to worry, we don't have to try 398 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 6: to pay somebody back. We don't have to be controlled 399 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 6: by every little circumstance. We can just do like the 400 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 6: eagle and rise up above it. You know, I've never 401 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 6: seen an eagle pecking around in the chicken coop with 402 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 6: a bunch of chickens. A egle lives in the high places, 403 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 6: and Ego lives up there where he's close to God. 404 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 6: Another interesting thing about an eagle is when he comes 405 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 6: to the storm, he doesn't go through the storm. He 406 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 6: doesn't just bury his head and say, oh, here it 407 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 6: comes again. I gotta fight these winds. This lighting's going 408 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 6: to be terrible. I'll probably never make it out. 409 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 4: The eagle doesn't go through the storm once again. 410 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 6: He just puts his wings out and catches a little 411 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,239 Speaker 6: more wind, and he rises above it. He'll go up 412 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 6: higher and higher and higher until he's completely above all 413 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 6: that turmoil. And that eagle is not the least bit 414 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 6: concerned about the storm he's facing. 415 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 4: He doesn't get upset. 416 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 6: He knows he has a way out, and that way 417 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 6: is to come up higher. And I'm sure he probably 418 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 6: could fight his way through the storm, struggle and fight, 419 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 6: and come out of that half dead, all beat up. 420 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 6: But what a shame for him to live that way 421 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 6: when God's given him the ability to rise above it. 422 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 6: The fact is that's what many of us do. God 423 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 6: has given us his peace. He's told us to cast 424 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 6: our cares on him. He said, if we'll just remain 425 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 6: at rest, he'll fight our battles for us. But so 426 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 6: often we live worried and upset. We let people steal 427 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 6: our joy, We get bent out of shape if our 428 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 6: plans don't exactly work, or maybe we're frustrated because our 429 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 6: boss or our husband or wife is not doing what 430 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 6: we want. 431 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 4: Them to do. But no, you can't change that. 432 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 6: Learn to rise above it, turn that situation over to God. 433 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 6: Some of you spent ten or fifteen years being frustrated. 434 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 6: You're really not enjoying your life like God wants you to. 435 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 4: Why don't you. 436 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 6: Make a decision today that you're gonna get your peace back, 437 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 6: that you're not gonna allow all these things to upset 438 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 6: you and bother you anymore. 439 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 4: Learn to rise above that. 440 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 6: See, the crow has to flap his wings ninety to 441 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 6: nothing just to fly. 442 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 4: He's always got to be working. 443 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 6: But an eagle, all he's got to do is catch 444 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 6: the right wind currents and he'll soar. Doesn't have to 445 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 6: be like the crow, working and working all the time. 446 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 6: He just got to put his wings out and learn 447 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 6: how to rest. He learns how to let the winds 448 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 6: carry him. If you're always frustrated, trying to fix everything 449 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 6: in your life and trying to straighten this person out 450 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 6: for what they said about you, and worried about your 451 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 6: health and worried about your finances, you're being just like 452 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 6: that crow. You're working and working, flapping and flapping. But 453 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 6: friends of my message today is life doesn't have to 454 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 6: be that way. Why don't you enter into God's rest, 455 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 6: Why don't you learn to trust him. He's in complete 456 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 6: control of your life. He said he had never leave 457 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 6: you nor forsake you. He said, he'd be the friend 458 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 6: that sticks closer than a brother. 459 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 4: Now. 460 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 6: I know some of you are going through some difficult times, 461 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 6: but you need to know God can make a way out, 462 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 6: and if you can just get back to peace, then 463 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 6: God can even do the impossible in your life. 464 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 4: I think about the children of Israel. 465 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 6: One time, they were facing what seemed to be an 466 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 6: impossible situation. God had just delivered them out of slavery 467 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 6: in Egypt. Pharaoh had let them go, and now they 468 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 6: were on their way to the Promised Land. But all 469 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 6: of a sudden, Pharaoh changed his mind, and he and 470 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 6: the Egyptian army came chasing after them, and the children 471 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 6: of Israel ended up at a dead end at the 472 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 6: Red Sea. 473 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 4: And the first thing they did when they face that 474 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: trouble is what many of us do today. They lost 475 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 4: their peace. 476 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 6: Upset, they started complaining, they started blaming other people. They said, Moses, 477 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 6: why did you bring us out here in the wilderness 478 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 6: to die? Weren't there enough grades in Egypt? Now look 479 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 6: at us, we don't even have a chance. And Moses 480 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 6: knew if God was gonna work in that situation, he 481 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 6: had to get them calm he had to get their 482 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 6: peace back. And so he said to them there in 483 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 6: Exodus fourteen, verse thirteen, and I imagine he probably said 484 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 6: it sternly. He said, stand still, and you will see 485 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 6: the deliverance of the Lord. He was saying, in effect, 486 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 6: if you want God to turn this around, you're gonna 487 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 6: have to quit worrying. You're gonna have to quit complaining. 488 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 6: You've got to quit living all upset. Be still and 489 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 6: know he is your God. Now next verse he went 490 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,719 Speaker 6: on to say, for the Lord will fight this battle 491 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 6: for you, but you shall hold your peace and remain 492 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 6: at rest. Notice what we have to do if we 493 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 6: want God to work in our lives, we got to 494 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 6: hold our peace. 495 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 4: And remain at rest. 496 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 6: And you too may be in what seems to be 497 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 6: possible situation in your life, in your health, in your finances, 498 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 6: in your marriage, in your business, and you say, that's 499 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 6: why I'm so stressed out today, that's why I'm so upset. 500 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 6: But I believe God is saying the same thing to 501 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 6: you that he said to these people many years ago. 502 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 6: Get your peace back, Remain at rest. Being upset, being worried, 503 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 6: being negative, that's only gonna make matters worse. And you 504 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 6: need to know that God is a supernatural God and that. 505 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 4: Situation is subject to change. 506 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 6: It may look impossible in the natural, but just like 507 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 6: God supernaturally parted the Red Sea for these people, God 508 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 6: can supernaturally make a way out in your own life. 509 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 6: You say, well, George, I don't see how my. 510 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,479 Speaker 4: Business could ever make it. 511 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 6: I don't see how I'm ever gonna get married, or 512 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 6: I don't see how I could ever get out of 513 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 6: these problems. 514 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 4: It's just too bad. 515 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 6: Well, the scripture talks about the things that we see 516 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 6: with our natural eyes are only temporary. 517 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 4: That means they are subject to change. 518 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 6: And all it takes is one touch of God's favor 519 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 6: in a slit second. God can turn any situation around suddenly. 520 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 6: God can prosper your business. God can give you one idea. 521 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 6: He can give you one new account that'd cause your 522 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 6: business to take off. You single people, God can suddenly 523 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 6: bring somebody into your life that you really love. He 524 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 6: can cause you to be at the right place at 525 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 6: the right time. Any situation. God can suddenly turn it 526 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 6: around split second of time. I remember when we were 527 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 6: trying to get the Compact Center. There were so many 528 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 6: times where I was just tempted to think, man, this 529 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 6: is never gonna work out. We just have too many 530 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 6: odds against us. And I'd have to catch myself and say, no, 531 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 6: I am not gonna worry about this. I'm not gonna 532 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 6: give up. I'm just gonna stay in peace and keep believing. 533 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 6: And I knew as long as I was at rest, 534 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 6: then God could work in that situation. And even after 535 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 6: we signed the agreement with the city to lease it, 536 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 6: you know, a company filed a lawsuit to try to 537 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 6: keep us from moving in, and our attorneys told us 538 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 6: there was no guarantee that we would win, and even 539 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 6: if we did, it could have been tied up in 540 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 6: the legal system for five or ten years. And I thought, man, 541 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 6: I've already presented this to the church. Many of them 542 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 6: have given money. What are we gonna do if we lose? 543 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 6: What am I gonna do if we win? And the 544 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,239 Speaker 6: building's got to sit there vacant for five or ten 545 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 6: years waiting for the outcome. And I was so tempted 546 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 6: to get worried, so tempted to lose my peace. I 547 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 6: just had to keep telling myself every day, Joel, keep 548 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,719 Speaker 6: your peace. It's all in God's hands. And We had 549 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 6: been in that legal battle for over a year and 550 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 6: a half, and our council said, these people will never 551 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 6: settle with you. Don't even think about it. They've got 552 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 6: too much riding on it. Do you know, just a 553 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 6: few weeks before the big trial, one night, I'll never 554 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 6: forget it. I was out riding my bicycle and I 555 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 6: got a call saying that the other side wanted to 556 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 6: sit down and talk. And our attorneys said, oh, it's 557 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 6: just a ploy, it's just a distraction. 558 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 4: Don't get your hopes up. People do this all the time. 559 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 6: But no, do you know, in less than forty eight hours, 560 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 6: we had not only reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit, 561 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 6: but that company had agreed to lease us nearly nine 562 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 6: thousand covered parking spaces there at the Compact Center. As 563 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 6: most of you know, we'll be moving in in just 564 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 6: a little while. But my point is all that took 565 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 6: was one touch of God's favor. And in the same 566 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 6: way God can suddenly turn any situation around in your life, 567 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 6: in your marriage, in your child, in your finances, in 568 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 6: your health, in your business. But I believe the whole 569 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 6: key is we have to hold our peace and remain 570 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 6: at rest. Well, let me ask you, are there things 571 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 6: in your life that you're worrying about, things that are 572 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 6: weighing you down, things that you're allowing to steal your peace? 573 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 6: Why don't you make a decision today that you're gonna 574 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 6: turn it over to God and really enter into his rest. 575 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 6: You're not gonna worry about it anymore. You're not gonna 576 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 6: let those people steal your joy. You're not gonna give 577 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 6: up on the dreams God's placed in your heart. And 578 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 6: some of you need to get a new perspective. You 579 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 6: need to get a fresh, new outlook. Maybe you've been 580 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 6: in a difficult situation for a long time and it 581 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 6: just doesn't look like it's gonna get any better. The 582 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 6: storm is raging, you're discourage. It looks so gloomy. 583 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 4: You need to do like that eagle and begin to 584 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 4: rise up higher. 585 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 6: There have been times I've been on an airplane about 586 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 6: to take off and the skies are so gray outside. 587 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 6: It's just overcast and really kind of depressing looking. But 588 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 6: then we take off and we begin to go through 589 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 6: the clouds, and finally we break through all the gloom 590 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 6: and despair and low and behold, the sun is up. 591 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 6: There shining brighter than ever. The skies are blue. You 592 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 6: can tell the air is crystal clear. See the sun 593 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 6: was shining the whole time. I just had to get 594 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 6: a higher perspective in order to see it. And you 595 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 6: need to know the clouds in your life are only temporary. 596 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 6: It may look dark and gloomy, but you can rest 597 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 6: assured the sun is. 598 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 4: Up there, shining brighter than ever. 599 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 6: One of the best things you can say to yourself 600 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 6: when you're tempted to get discouraged, is. 601 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 4: Now, this too shall pass. It is not gonna last forever. 602 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 6: Those clouds are gonna blow out one day and imost 603 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 6: see the goodness of God again in my life. I 604 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 6: almost see this situation turn around. Friends, get a higher's perspective. 605 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 6: God is on your side. There's nothing too difficult for him. 606 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 6: My prayer today is that you'd lay aside everything that's 607 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 6: weighing you down. Big things are little things, and that 608 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 6: you live your life free from worry, free from frustration, 609 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 6: free from discouragement, knowing that God is in complete control. 610 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 6: And when life gets tough and things don't go your way, 611 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 6: don't be a crow, don't be a chicken. Be the 612 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 6: eagle God made you to be. Learn to put your 613 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 6: wings out and rise above it. 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