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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Jiell Loustine Podcast. Help let's continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope. 31 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 5: To give a gift today. 32 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 6: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 6: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 6: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 6: about these three men, a Baptist, a Catholic, and a Charismatic. 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 6: They died on the same day and went to heaven. 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 6: Saint Peter met them at the Pearly gates and said, 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 6: I'm sorry, men, your rooms are not available. Yet didn't 41 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 6: know what to do with them, he decided to ask 42 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 6: Satan if he would keep them for a little while, 43 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 6: and Satan reluctantly agreed. A few hours later, Satan called 44 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 6: back to Peter, You've got to come get these guys. 45 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 6: The Baptist man is saving everyone, the Catholic man is 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 6: forgiving everyone, and the Charismatic has already raised enough money 47 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 6: for air conditioning. Say it like you mean it. This 48 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 6: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 49 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 50 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 51 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 52 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 53 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 54 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about healed through humility. We 55 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 6: all have times where we know we're supposed to do something, 56 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 6: but it doesn't seem fair. To forgive that person that 57 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 6: did you wrong, be kind to a neighbor that's not 58 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 6: treating you right. Volunteer at the hospital. Even though nobody 59 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 6: is saying thank you, everything on the inside will say 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 6: I'm not forgiving them. It was their fault. They need 61 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 6: to ask me for forgiveness. I'm not working on that 62 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 6: small project, serving in the nursery I'm more qualified than that. 63 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 6: But if you're going to reach your highest potential, you 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,559 Speaker 6: have to humble yourself and do things you may not understand. 65 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 6: We see this in the scripture with Peter. He'd been 66 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 6: out fishing all night and caught nothing. Early the next morning, 67 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 6: as he was coming in about to put his boat away, 68 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 6: Jesus said to him, launch out into the deep, and 69 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 6: you will catch a great haul of fish. Peter could 70 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 6: have said, Jesus, I love you, but you're a teacher. 71 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 6: You need to stick with your profession. I'm a fisherman, 72 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 6: I have years of training. He could have let pride 73 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 6: talk him out of it, thought I'm an expert. I 74 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 6: know what I'm doing. Instead, he humbled himself and said, Jesus, 75 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 6: if you say launch out, it doesn't make sense to me. 76 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 6: But I trust you you know what's best, So I'm 77 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 6: going to take this step of faith. When he did, 78 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 6: he caught so many fish that his net began to break. 79 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 6: His promotion was in his humility. When you swallow your 80 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 6: pride and say this may not make sense, but I'm 81 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 6: going to do what God's asking me to do. I'm 82 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 6: going to humble myself and be good to this person 83 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 6: that did me wrong. I'm going to be my best 84 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 6: at work, even though nobody's given me credit. When you 85 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 6: walk in humility, you will see the great haul of 86 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 6: fish like Peter, your promotion, your healing, your breakthrough. It's 87 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 6: in your humility. The scripture says Jesus humbled himself and 88 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 6: became obedient. It doesn't say he was obedient because he 89 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 6: was so strong willed, so righteous that he always did 90 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 6: the right thing. Even Jesus had to humble himself. It 91 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 6: takes humility to walk in obedience. Without humility, Jesus could 92 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 6: have thought, I'm the son of God. I don't have 93 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 6: to put up with these insults. I'm not going to 94 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 6: the cross. It was his humility that kept him from 95 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 6: retaliating from the people that did him wrong. His humility 96 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 6: is why he could hang on a cross and say, Father, 97 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 6: forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. And there 98 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 6: are times God asks us to do things that seem hard. 99 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 6: Your flesh will rise up and tell you all the 100 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 6: reasons why you should put the boat away and not 101 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 6: go back out, why you should tell them off and 102 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 6: not bite your tongue. This is when you have to 103 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 6: do like Jesus, humble yourself so you can become obede. 104 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 6: You have to put your pride down and say no, 105 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 6: I'm not going to be offended because they left me out. 106 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 6: I'm not going to be too proud to ask for forgiveness, 107 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 6: to say I'm sorry, to admit that I was wrong. 108 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 6: When we don't have humility, we think we're always right, 109 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 6: we'll be stubborn, hard to get along with. Our relationships 110 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 6: will be much better if we'll humble ourselves and let 111 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 6: somebody else be right. Honor them by letting them have 112 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 6: their way. When Victoria and I were first married, she 113 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 6: didn't like me to go into the kitchen while she 114 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 6: was cooking after I worked out and wash my hands. 115 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 6: She didn't want my sweat to be around the food. 116 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 6: The problem was when I came in from the outside. 117 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 6: The kitchen sink was the most convenient sink. It was 118 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 6: right there in my path. I didn't want to walk 119 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 6: to the back. This was too easy, and for a 120 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 6: long time I'd running there and washed my hands real 121 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 6: quickly and hoped that she didn't see me. And she 122 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 6: never harped on me, but I knew she didn't like it. 123 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 6: I reasoned it out thought, it's not hurting anything. I'm 124 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 6: careful not to drip anywhere. And besides, this is my 125 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 6: house too. I don't feel like walking to the back here. 126 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 6: I just played ninety minutes of basketball, running up and 127 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 6: down the court, and I came home and didn't want 128 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 6: to walk thirty more feet to the back. Pride causes 129 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 6: us to make lame excuses, to be stubborn, only see 130 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 6: things our way. One day I went in there to 131 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 6: wash my hands, and I heard something down in here say, Joel, 132 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 6: when are you going to start honoring your wife by 133 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 6: doing what she's asking you to do. I thought that 134 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 6: couldn't be God. It's never gone when we don't like it. 135 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 6: But there may be things that you don't feel like 136 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 6: are right. You don't think you should have to do them. 137 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 6: One way you can honor God is by honoring the 138 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 6: people in your life. Well, I shouldn't have to walk 139 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 6: to the back. I shouldn't have to clean up the 140 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 6: mess they made. I shouldn't have to sit in this 141 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 6: section where the ushers asked me to sit. God is saying, 142 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 6: will you do it for me? Will you walk to 143 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 6: the back for me? Will you clean the mess up 144 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 6: for me? Will you'll overlook the offense for me. Do 145 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 6: it under God. When you honor God, he will always 146 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 6: honor you. A few years later, we built a new house. 147 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 6: I put a sink right at my back door. The 148 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 6: first time Victoria went in there to wash your hands, 149 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 6: I said, don't even think about using my sink. But 150 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 6: I wonder how much better our relationships would be if 151 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 6: we'd start walking in humility, honoring the other person, letting 152 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 6: them have their way, not always having to be right. 153 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 6: I know this couple. They argued for years over the 154 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 6: best way to get out of the neighborhood. There were 155 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 6: two mentes. The husband thought it was this way, the 156 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 6: wife thought it was the other. Practically every time they 157 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 6: drove out, it was a point of contention in this couple. 158 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 6: They were great people, but the pride began to tear 159 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 6: their relationship apart. And one day they heard me speaking 160 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 6: on this subject, and they both made the decision to 161 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 6: put their pride away, to quit argueing over petty things, 162 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 6: to start treating each other with respect. They told me 163 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 6: how that message saved their marriage. I believe other relationships 164 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 6: would be saved if we would start walking in humility, 165 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 6: honoring God by honoring the other person. The healing for 166 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 6: your relationship is in your humility. It's when you humble 167 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 6: yourself and do your part to get along well. Joel, 168 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 6: when he starts treating me better, then I'll treat him better. 169 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 6: You have to make the first move. Your humility can 170 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 6: start the healing. When they see you taking the high road, 171 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 6: not being stubborn, not being offended, not having to have 172 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 6: your way, that's when things will begin to change. The 173 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 6: scripture says, it's the little foxes that spoil the vines. 174 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 6: If I would have kept washing my hands in the 175 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 6: kitchen sink year after year, that disrespect would have grown. 176 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 6: The dishonor would have become bigger. Before long, these little 177 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 6: things are tearing families apart. I'm asking you to swallow 178 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 6: your pride and start walking in humility. What can you 179 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 6: do to get along better with people? What can you 180 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 6: do to strengthen your relationships? Not what can somebody else do. 181 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 6: You can't make them change, but if you'll change, if 182 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 6: you'll start treating them with respect, doing what you can 183 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 6: to honor them, being kind, serving them those seeds you're sowing, 184 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 6: they'll come back to you. As little foxes can spoil 185 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 6: the vine. Little acts of kindness can make a big difference. 186 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 6: When Victoria saw me start going to the back to 187 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 6: wash my hands, she had to check the kitchen sink 188 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 6: to make sure something wasn't wrong. When she realized I 189 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 6: was doing it just to honor her, just because she asked, 190 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 6: our relationship went to a new level. She started cooking 191 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 6: me better TV dinners. Little things can make a big difference. 192 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 6: That didn't help my relationship at all, but the first 193 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 6: fifteen years or so of our marriage, before we had help, 194 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 6: Victoria never filled her car up with gas. Anytime that 195 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 6: I saw it was low, I'd make sure to take 196 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 6: it up and fill it up for her. Little acts 197 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 6: of kindness help hold things together. How much better would 198 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 6: our relationships be if we'd put down our pride, not 199 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 6: have to be right all the time, not keeping score. 200 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 6: If you do this, I'm gonna do that, trying to 201 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 6: one up each other Instead, what if we spent that 202 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 6: same energy honoring each other, believing the best overlooking offenses. 203 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 6: The healing is in your humility, not in having your way, 204 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 6: not in getting even, not in holding a grudge. I 205 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 6: have a friend, when he was in his twenties, he 206 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 6: had a disagreement with his father turned into a big argument. 207 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 6: He left the house very angry and didn't speak to 208 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 6: his father for over thirty years. Wouldn't have anything to 209 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 6: do with him. This young man's life was a constant struggle. 210 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 6: He couldn't get ahead, never got any good breaks. Lived 211 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 6: in a small apartment with his family. One day, he 212 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 6: learned through his sister that his father was in the hospital. 213 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 6: He knew he had to make things right. He put 214 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 6: his pride down and drove four hours to the hospital. 215 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 6: He went in to see his father for the first 216 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 6: time in years. They both wept and wept. He said, Dad, 217 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 6: I'm sorry, it was my fault. Please forgive me. He 218 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 6: started honoring his father. It wasn't long after that that 219 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 6: this young man received a promotion at work that he 220 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 6: had been trying to get for over ten years. He 221 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 6: didn't know how he could send his child to college, 222 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 6: but this child unexpectedly received a full scholarship. After years 223 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 6: of living in a small apartment, they were able to 224 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 6: purchase their first home. One thing after another began to 225 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 6: fall into place. What am I saying the promotion was 226 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 6: in his humility when he made the decision to humble 227 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 6: himself to forgive his father, to let go of the wrongs. 228 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 6: That's when the favor came on his life. Pride keeps 229 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 6: us from rising higher, even though his father was wrong. 230 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 6: When you walk in humility, you can be the bigger person. 231 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 6: You can forgive people, you can show them mercy, you 232 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 6: can start the healing when you humble yourself. That's what 233 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 6: gives you the power to become obedient. But as long 234 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 6: as we allow pride in, we make excuses. It's not right. 235 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 6: They hurt me. It was their fault. That all may 236 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 6: be true, but holding on to it is not going 237 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 6: to make it better. If you'll let it go and 238 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 6: move forward, God will make it up to you. You'll 239 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 6: see his favor in new ways. Teco Kings, Chapter five. 240 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 6: There was a captain in the Syrian army named Naeman. 241 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 6: He was a very powerful man, influential, well respected. He 242 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 6: had just helped the Syrians defeat the Israelites. Everything was 243 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 6: going great, except he had leprosy. He had captured a 244 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 6: young lady from Israel and brought her back as his maid. 245 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 6: I can imagine everyone didn't know that he had leprosy. 246 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 6: He would keep his armor on, try to hide it 247 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 6: from people. But this young maid lived in his house. 248 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 6: When she saw how devastating the leprosy was, she was 249 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 6: very concerned. She finally got her nerve up and said, sir, 250 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 6: there's a prophet in Israel where I'm from, named Elisha. 251 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 6: If you'll go see him, he'll pray for you, and 252 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 6: I know our God will heal you. Naemon could have thought, 253 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 6: who are you to tell me what to do. I'm 254 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 6: a captain, I answered to the king in my country, 255 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 6: and now you a slave, a teenager, a woman. You're 256 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 6: telling me to go back to the nation. I just 257 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 6: defeated and asked them for help. I don't think so. 258 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 6: Naemon could have been offended. He could have dismissed it, 259 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 6: turned her away. But something down in here said she 260 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 6: knows what she's taught talking about. Naeman told the King 261 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 6: of Syria what the maid said. The king wrote a 262 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 6: letter to the King of Israel on Naeman's behalf. Naeman 263 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 6: headed out toward Israel, the land he had just conquered. 264 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 6: Think of the humility this took. He had to take 265 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 6: the advice from a maid and be willing to go 266 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 6: to another country and admit he needed help. If he'd 267 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 6: have been too proud. He would have stayed at home. 268 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 6: And sometime, your answer won't come from people that look 269 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 6: like you, people that come from your same culture, people 270 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 6: that you're used to. You're going to have to do 271 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 6: like Naeman and get out of your comfort zone and 272 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 6: be willing to listen to somebody, maybe like this maid, 273 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 6: this under you, that doesn't have the training, the experience. 274 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 6: The key is to treat everyone with respect, value every 275 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 6: person's opinion. If Naemon would have dismissed his maid, he 276 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 6: would have missed his miracle. Don't judge the people God 277 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 6: put in your life by the outside, by titles, by position, 278 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 6: by wealth, deciding who's important, who you're going to listen to. 279 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 6: God uses everyone. Naemon arrived in Israel with his horses, 280 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 6: his chariots. It was a huge entourage, a big deal. 281 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 6: He handed the letter to the King of Israel. The 282 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 6: king was upset. He said, am I, God, do you 283 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 6: think I can heal you? Why are you asking me 284 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 6: for help? The prophet Elishah heard about it and said 285 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 6: send him to me. Naeman traveled to Elisha's house a 286 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 6: great distance, knocked on the door and the assistant answered. 287 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 6: He said, I'm Naeman. I'm here to see Elisha. The 288 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 6: assistant said, yes, I know, but he's busy, so he 289 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 6: sent me. Naemon was used to dealing with heads of nations. 290 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 6: He gave advice to the King of Syria. I'm sure, 291 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 6: he thought, does Elisha know who I am? Does he 292 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 6: realize how far I've traveled? The assistant told him. Elisha said, 293 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 6: if you'll go wash in the Jordan river seven times, 294 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 6: you'll be healed. Look at all these times Naeman had 295 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 6: to put down his pride. A young maid told him 296 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 6: what to do. The king wouldn't see him. Elisha was 297 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 6: too busy. Now he has to wash in a dirty river. 298 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 6: These were tests on the way to your miracle. There 299 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 6: will be plenty of opportunities to let pride talk you 300 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 6: out of it. It may not happen the way you 301 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 6: think through the people you think. Stay open, don't put 302 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 6: God in a box. Don't start writing people off because 303 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 6: they don't look like you. They don't live in your neighborhood, 304 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 6: they don't attend your church. God likes to do unusual things. 305 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 6: Naemon almost talked himself out of it. He had done 306 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 6: well up to this point, but when he was told 307 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 6: go washing the Jordan river. That was the straw that 308 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 6: broke the camel's back. He said, no way, that's a 309 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 6: dirty river. There are much better rivers over in Syria. 310 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 6: Let's go back home. He turned to leave when the 311 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 6: scripture says his servant spoke up. Notice again, not a peer, 312 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 6: not the prophet, not the king, another underling, somebody he 313 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 6: normally wouldn't pay attention to. The servant said, Naeman, if 314 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 6: he would have asked you to do something hard, you 315 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 6: would do it. Why don't you do this easy thing. 316 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 6: Naeman went to the river washed one time, nothing happened, 317 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 6: twice nothing, three times nothing. He looked at his skin 318 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 6: and thought, if it was going to work, surely i'd 319 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 6: be getting better by now. He was tempted to get discouraged, 320 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 6: but he just kept washing. Five times nothing, six times nothing. 321 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 6: Imagine the humility washing in your enemy's dirty river again 322 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,479 Speaker 6: and again. Every voice said, Namen, you look like a fool. 323 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 6: You're wasting your time. But on the seventh time, when 324 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 6: he came up out of that water, his skin was 325 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 6: as clear as a baby. He was completely healed. God 326 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 6: was showing us the healing was in the humility. When 327 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 6: you humble yourself and do what God's asking you to do, 328 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 6: even when it doesn't make sense. Forgive the person that 329 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 6: did you wrong, be kind to the coworker that betrayed you. 330 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 6: Take it vice from someone that's not on your normal circles. 331 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 6: As you pass these tests, things will begin to change. 332 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 6: The blessing is in the obedience. The way to be 333 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 6: obedient is to walk in humility, because without humility we'll 334 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 6: make excuses. I'm not going to listen to the maid. 335 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 6: What does she know. I'm not going to do this 336 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 6: simple thing washing a river, serving the children's ministry. I 337 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 6: want to be on the platform. No, do what God 338 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 6: is asking you to do. Don't overanalyze it, don't reason 339 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 6: it out. Just do it well, Joel, I've been doing 340 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 6: it for a long time, but nothing is changing. You're 341 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 6: right where Nihelman was the first six times nothing happened, 342 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 6: but that didn't mean something was wrong. You're right on schedule. 343 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 6: The good news is you're about to come up from 344 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 6: your seventh dip where suddenly healing comes, Suddenly you're promoting, 345 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 6: Suddenly you see that breakthrough. Keep doing the right thing. 346 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 6: You're close to your seventh time. This is what my 347 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 6: father did. He'd been pastoring a denominational church for many years. 348 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 6: He was very successful. They had seen great growth and 349 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 6: just built a beautiful new auditorium. But in nineteen fifty 350 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 6: nine he felt something stirring on the inside. He knew 351 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 6: he was supposed to leave that church and launch out 352 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 6: on his own, but the only building he could find 353 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 6: was an abandoned feed store. He could have thought, God, 354 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 6: you had me leave my big, prestigious church to come 355 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 6: down to this old feed store. I had thousands of 356 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 6: members and now I have ninety members. That doesn't make sense. 357 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 6: But God's ways are not our ways. My father had 358 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 6: to put his pride down. For thirteen years, Lakewood hardly grew, 359 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 6: had less than two hundred members, a fraction of what 360 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 6: my father had before. Friends would come by, John, what 361 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 6: are you doing still pastoring this small church. My dad 362 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 6: didn't get discouraged. He kept being his best, serving those 363 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 6: ninety people, doing what he knew God put in his heart. 364 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,719 Speaker 6: The scripture says, when you humble yourself under the mighty 365 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 6: hand of God in due to tail time, he will 366 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 6: exalt you when you walk in humility. There is a 367 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 6: due time. God has already established where he will catapult 368 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 6: you ahead a due time where he will thrust you 369 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 6: to the next level. When you come up out of 370 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 6: your seventh dip, when it's your due time, all the 371 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 6: forces of darkness cannot stop you. When God is ready 372 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 6: to exalt you, you'll be exalted. In nineteen seventy two, 373 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 6: thirteen years after my father started Lakewood, he came in 374 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 6: to his due time. It was like somebody opened a fawcet. 375 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 6: People started coming from all over the city. Lakewood grew 376 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 6: to a church of thousands. If my father was here, 377 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 6: he would tell you the promotion was in the humility. 378 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 6: He had to be willing to do things that didn't 379 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 6: make sense to pastor ninety people for years when he 380 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 6: had been pastoring thousands. God knows what he's doing. He 381 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 6: knows how to get you to the next level. Like Nayeman. 382 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 6: He knows how to cure the leprosy. But it may 383 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 6: not be the way you thought with the people you 384 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 6: thought on the timetable you thought. But if you'll keep 385 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 6: walking in humility, being obedient like my father, you will 386 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 6: come in to your due time where God does more 387 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 6: than you can ask or think. In the story of 388 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 6: the Prodigal Son, The young man left home and wasted 389 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 6: his inheritance, living wild, partying, making poor choices. He finally 390 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 6: ran out of money ended up working in a hog 391 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 6: pen feeding hogs. There was a famine in the land, 392 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 6: and he had to eat the hog food to survive. 393 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 6: He was miserable, depressed, dirty, and it was nobody's fault 394 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 6: except his own. One day, sitting in the hog pen, 395 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 6: he thought to himself, the employees at my father's house, 396 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 6: they live better than I do. I should go back home. 397 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 6: Something came alive on the inside, a spark of hope. 398 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 6: He was excited. Then he thought, what am I talking about. 399 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 6: I can't go back and let people see me like this. 400 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 6: I'll look like a fool. I can't admit that I 401 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 6: made a mistake. Pride rose up and tried to keep 402 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 6: him from going back home, But the scripture says when 403 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 6: he came to himself, he said, I will arise and 404 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 6: go back to my father's house. He came to the 405 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 6: point where he humbled himself. He was willing to admit 406 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 6: I've made a mistake, I've done wrong. It put his 407 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 6: pride down and headed toward his house. His father was 408 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 6: watching for him. Came running out, gave him a hog 409 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 6: and said, kill the fatted calf. My son has come 410 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 6: back home. Are you letting pride keep you out of 411 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 6: the father's house worried about what people will think your image? 412 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 6: Can I tell you we've all blown it, made mistakes, 413 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:05,239 Speaker 6: gotten off course. Don't let pride hold you back. The 414 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 6: new beginning is in your humility. When you do like 415 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 6: this young man and say God, I admit I've done wrong. 416 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 6: I'm not where I should be, but I'm ready to 417 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 6: come back home. God will receive you with open arms. 418 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 6: That is the first step to getting out of the hogpen. 419 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 6: You don't have to be perfect. God is not looking 420 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 6: at your performance. He's looking at your heart. Well, Joel, 421 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 6: I don't have it all together, None of us do. 422 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 6: It's in our weaknesses. God's power shows up the greatest. 423 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 6: When you come to God with humility and ask for help, 424 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 6: He'll not only receive you, but like he did for 425 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 6: the prodigal Sun, he'll put a ring on your finger 426 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 6: signifying your authority. He'll give your royal robe signifying his favor, 427 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 6: and he'll say let's have a party. He'll celebrate you 428 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 6: and take you further than you ever imagine. Friends, the 429 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 6: new beginning, the promotion, the healing. It's in your humility. 430 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 6: I'm asking us to put our pride down and start 431 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 6: doing what God is asking you to do. Maybe he's 432 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 6: asking you to forgive, or to treat people better, or 433 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 6: like my father, to take a step of faith. Whatever 434 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 6: it is, don't talk yourself out of it. May not 435 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 6: seem fair, you may not understand it. But if you'll 436 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 6: put your pride down and do it anyway, you are 437 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 6: setting yourself up for a due time. And I believe 438 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 6: and declare because you're humbling yourself, God is about to 439 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 6: exalt you. Like Nayeman. You're going to come up out 440 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 6: of your seventh dip where suddenly healing comes, promotion, vindication, freedom, abundance, 441 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 6: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, And if 442 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 6: you receive it, can you say man today, I'd like 443 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 6: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 444 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 6: of your life. Would you pray with me? Say Lord Jesus, 445 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 6: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 446 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 6: make you my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 447 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 6: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 448 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 6: in a good Bible based church and keep God first place. Victorian, 449 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 6: I'll be right back to speak a blessing over you. 450 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 451 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria, I w'd like to send 452 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 4: you a copy of Jewel's inspirational new series, Living Above 453 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 4: and Beyond. This resource will inspire you to believe that 454 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 4: God has a new level of blessing in store for you. 455 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 7: You were made in the image of God to do 456 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 7: great things, to accomplish goals, to overcome obstacles, and to 457 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 7: leave your mark. 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