1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jorlan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,479 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: Have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Oh God 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: bless you. It is always a joy to come into 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 2: your homes. We come with good news. We know God 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: loves you. 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I like to start with something funny each week. 15 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: I heard about this groom during the wedding rehearsal. 16 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: He said to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. 17 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: If you'll change my wedding vows and leave out all 18 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: the love, honor and obey stuff, I'll give you one 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: hundred dollars. 20 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: He pressed one hundred dollars. 21 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: Into the minister's hands and he walked away with a smile. 22 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said, do 23 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: you promise to bow down before your wife to. 24 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: Take her breakfast? 25 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: In bed every day to fulfill her every wish. He 26 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: gulped in astonishment. Finally, in a weak voice, he said, 27 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: I do. Then he leaned forward and said, hey, I 28 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: thought we had a deal. The minister handed him his 29 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: money back and said, your wife made me a much 30 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: better offer. 31 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: All right, hought up your bible. Say it like you 32 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 33 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 2: says I am. 34 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 35 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 36 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 37 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 38 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 39 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about divine protection and not 40 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: living in fear. 41 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 2: We hear so much about the terror threats. 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: And violence in our schools, and how our cities are 43 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: becoming less safe. If you watch the news very long, 44 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: you'll see all kinds of troubling things, shootings, accidents, kidnappings, 45 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: And it's so easy to go around in fear rather 46 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: than faith. Worried about our children, worried about driving on 47 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: the freeways, worried about our protection. One reason we worry 48 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: one reason we give into fear is we have forgotten 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: that we are not alone. The moment you were born, 50 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: God assigned an angel to watch over you. He has 51 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: signed one of his powerful warriors to guard you, to 52 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: protect you, to defend you. You have a secret agent 53 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: with you wherever you go. That's what it says in 54 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: Psalm ninety one. If we dwell in the secret place 55 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: of the Most High, then we can rest under the 56 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: shadow of the Almighty. That means if we keep God 57 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: first place, if we do our best to please him, 58 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: then we will always have his supernatural protection. Verse eleven 59 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: goes on to say he will command his angels to 60 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: watch over us. One translation says to a company to preserve. 61 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: And to defend in all of our ways. We are 62 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: not alone. 63 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: We have angels around us everywhere we go. Well, what 64 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: angels do? They are called messengers of God. All through 65 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: the Bible, we see how an angel appeared and gave 66 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: a person wisdom, gave them instruction, told them what to do. 67 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: We see how they delivered people from danger, closed the 68 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: mouths of lions, opened up prison doors. Angels are the 69 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: ones that carry out God's commands. 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: The Book of Daniel, it. 71 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: Says when he prayed, God immediately dispatched the angel with 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: the answer to his prayer. And if we could see 73 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: into the unseen realm, we'd see all these powerful, worrying 74 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: angels at work on our behalf. I'm convinced if we 75 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: really understood what was going on around us, we'd have 76 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: a lot more peace. 77 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: We wouldn't worry so much. 78 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: A lot of times in pictures we see angels as 79 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: these little, chubby, dainty creatures floating through the air, little 80 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: wings playing the heart. 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: But really that's not what the angels look like. 82 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: If you study the scriptures, it describes them as incredibly strong, 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: powerful warriors. In fact, almost every time they appeared to 84 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: someone in the Bible, first thing they said was hey, 85 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: don't be afraid. 86 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: They had to calm the person down. 87 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: It's because they are an intimidating sight. They are majestic looking, 88 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: clothed in armor. They got their sword drawn, they got 89 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: their shield. They are constantly on guard, carrying out God's commands. 90 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: You think about a president, a world leader. They have 91 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: the secret Service. They're like hawks. They watch him everywhere 92 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: he goes, everything he does. They're constantly making sure that 93 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: he's okay, he's got the Secret Service protecting him. But 94 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: you and I have secret ai Agians assigned by Almighty God. 95 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: These angels not only do they protect and defend. 96 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: But they are here to assist us as well. 97 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes angels can appear and we don't realize it. They 98 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: can show up in the form of a person. I 99 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: heard one man say, I'm married to an angel. She's 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: always up in the air about something. The scripture tells 101 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: us we can entertain angels without even realizing it. In 102 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: other words, they can look just like another person. Now 103 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: I'm convinced we've gotten breaks before. People have gone out 104 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: of their way to help us. Things have changed in 105 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: our favor. 106 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 2: We didn't even realize it was the angel of the Lord. 107 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: I heard a fascinating story about a well respected neurologist. 108 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: This was years ago, and one night, after a long 109 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: day at the office, he had gone to bed. A 110 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: few minutes there was a knock on his door. He 111 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: opened it and there was a small girl. She was 112 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: up there, set and crying, and she told how her 113 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: mother was very ill and desperately needed his help. And 114 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: although it was a cold, snowy night he was very tired, 115 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: he couldn't turn her down. 116 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: He followed the young lady home. 117 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: He discovered that her mother had a serious case of pneumonia. 118 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: He made arrangements to get her to the hospital and 119 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: have her treated. As the mother was leaving, he complimented 120 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: her on her daughter's intelligence, her daughter's determination. The lady 121 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: looked at him very strangely and said, what are you 122 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: talking about. My daughter passed away over a month ago. 123 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: The doctor was totally confused. The lady added, you can 124 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: check the closet, her shoes, her coat, It's still in there. 125 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: The doctor opened the closet up and he found the 126 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: exact pair of shoes, the exact coat the little girl 127 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: had been wearing. Not only that, it was perfectly dry, 128 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: didn't have any snow, any rain. 129 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: Well, what was that? I believe that could. 130 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: Have been the Angel of the Lord dressed as her daughter. 131 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: That was God dispatching an angel to take care of 132 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: one of his children. 133 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: God is watching over you. He has commanded his angels to. 134 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: Take care of you, to guard you, to assist you. 135 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: How many times have things gone our way? We didn't 136 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: even realize it was the hand of God. It was 137 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: the Angel of the Lord. In the early nineteen nineties, 138 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: Victoria and I were building a home. We were contracting 139 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: it ourselves. We didn't have a builder, so we were 140 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: totally responsible. We'd go by and check on it real often. 141 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: One Sunday afternoon, around five, we decided to run by. 142 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: In driving down the street, we could see smoke coming. 143 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: From the house. 144 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: Men. We were alarmed and we pulled in there quickly, 145 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: and we saw our neighbor inside putting out a fire. 146 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: Evidently an extension court had shorted out and caught fire, 147 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: and the house was in the framing stage. All that lumber, 148 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: you can imagine how quickly it would have burned up. 149 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: And we didn't know our neighbor very well, but we ask. 150 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: Him what happened. 151 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: He said he was at home and a man knocked 152 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: on the door and said there's a fire next door. 153 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: He ran over to put it out, but he said 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: when I went back to talk to him, I went 155 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: back to thank him. Just a minute or two later, 156 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: he was nowhere to be found. He said, it was 157 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: the strangest thing. He was here one moment and gone 158 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: the next. And I know that could have been just 159 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: somebody driving down the road that God caused to be 160 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: at the right place at the right time. But it 161 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: also could have been the angel of the Lord keeping 162 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: us from a whole lot of heartache and pain. My 163 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: point is today is that God is watching over you. 164 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 2: Don't live in fear. 165 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: Don't go around worried about your children, worried about your safety. 166 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: Be wise, use common sense, and then just believe. When 167 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: you drive to work, Father, thank you that your angels 168 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: are going before me, making the crooked places straight. Father, 169 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: thank you that your angels are protecting my children. 170 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: School today, learn to stay in faith, not in fear. 171 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: When we get afraid and we start worrying and start complaining, 172 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: all this does is limit God from really working. And 173 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: this is why many people are not seeing God's blessings 174 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: in favor and even God's protection like they should. The 175 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: scripture says the angels hearken unto the voice of the Lord. 176 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: That means they respond to God's word. And when you 177 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: go around saying Father, thank you that your angels are 178 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: protecting me, you just gave those angels permission to defend you. 179 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: And I know growing up we never left the house 180 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: without my mother praying Psalm ninety one over us. Father, 181 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: thank you that your angels are watching over my children. 182 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: Every morning before we went to school. My mother even said, Father, 183 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: thank you that my children will never break a bone. 184 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: And do you know she raised five children. We were 185 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: all very active. We all played sports, and only my 186 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: brother Paul, just kidding, not one of us, even to 187 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: this day have we ever broken a bone in our body. 188 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: And I believe it was in part because my mother 189 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: got her words lined up with God's word. That's when 190 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: God dispatches the angels to bring it to pass. No 191 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: telling how many times I was playing football or playing 192 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: baseball and my angel moved somebody out of the way, 193 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: Thank God, especially if they were bigger than me. My 194 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: angel softened a hard fall kept me from getting hurt. 195 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: That's what happens when we believe. I remember one time 196 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: when I was nine or ten years old, I fell 197 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: down real hard playing football, and I bent my little 198 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: finger over right here at the knuckle. 199 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: It was going just like that. 200 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: Now. I got up and looked at it and thought, men, 201 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: that's weird. 202 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: Now. 203 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: I took this hen and I poppet right back into place. 204 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: I never missed a beat, went right back on playing, 205 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 1: never broken a bone, but my feet is a little crooked. 206 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: The scripture says the Angel of the Lord camps round 207 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: about those that fear him. We need to get in 208 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: a habit of thanking God every day for his protection. 209 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: When you send your children to school tomorrow, in your imagination, 210 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: just picture these huge, powerful warriors standing right beside them, 211 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: going with them everywhere they go. When you go to 212 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: bed at night, Father, thank you that your angels are 213 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: watching over us while we sleep. That'll help you to 214 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: rest in peace. Even driving on the freeway, just like 215 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: the President has those F sixteen fighter jets wherever he goes, 216 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 1: just picture a couple of huge angels going before you, 217 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: guarding you, slowing down another car, moving you a little here, 218 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: moving you there, keeping you safe and sound. Some of 219 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: you by the way you drive, your angels having to 220 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: work over time. It's like that minister I told you about. 221 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: He was driving down the road and he looked down. 222 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: He veered off, went through a ditch and crashed into 223 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: a telephone pole. The man behind him pulled over and 224 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: ran up to him and said, sir, are you okay. 225 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: The minister said, yes, I'm fine. 226 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: The Angel of the Lord is with me. 227 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: The man shook his head and said, you better let. 228 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 2: Him ride with me. 229 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: You're about to kill him, but learn to thank God 230 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: for his protection. I remember my little sister April, when 231 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: she first got her driver's license. She was stopped at 232 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: a stop sign and there was a big truck next tour. 233 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: They were on the feeder road. They were both going 234 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: this way and they were waiting for the cars to 235 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: clear out. They had to ride away, and this truck 236 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: next tour pulled forward, and when he did, April thought, well, 237 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: if he's going, I can go because he's kind of 238 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: blocking me. The problem is the truck slammed on its brakes. 239 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,239 Speaker 1: He didn't see a big. 240 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 2: Dump truck coming. Well, April didn't have time to stop. 241 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: She kept going, and that dump truck hit her little 242 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: car right behind the driver's seat and smashed it to pieces. 243 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: Had she been a split second later, it would have 244 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: crushed her as well. Another foot or two and she 245 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be here today. I know that wasn't a coincidence. 246 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: That was the Angel of the Lord guarding her, protecting her, 247 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: rescuing her. Well, you say, Joel, if that was an angel, 248 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: why didn't he stop the dump truck altogether? Why didn't 249 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: he keep the accident from happening at all. Now, God 250 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: is not going to deliver us from every adversity. I'm 251 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: not saying we're going to have a trouble free life 252 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: and never have anything to deal with. 253 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: But I am saying, if you will stay in faith, 254 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: God will put a shield around you. 255 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: He'll put a hedge of protection, and he'll make sure 256 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: you don't leave this earth. 257 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 2: He'll make sure you don't go home until it's your 258 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 2: time to go home. 259 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: And I know people that have gone to be with 260 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: the Lord sooner than I would have liked. You probably 261 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: know people that have been taken away in accidents. 262 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 2: But I still believe this God is in complete control, 263 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 2: and if he wants you to be here, you're going 264 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: to be here. 265 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: If your time is not up, all the forces of 266 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: darkness cannot. 267 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: Take you away. Stay in stay in courage. 268 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: Thank God every day that he has you in the 269 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: palm of his hand. Thank him every day that no 270 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: weapon formed against you will ever prosper. 271 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: Thank Him that those angels are guarding. 272 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: And protecting you and your family. See, when you belong 273 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: to Christ, there is a bloodline that the enemy cannot cross. 274 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: In the Old Testament, they put the blood over the doorpost. 275 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 2: The death angel had to pass on by. He had 276 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 2: no power. 277 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: But today, when you put the blood over you and 278 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: your family, the forces of darkness have no power over you. 279 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: Those that are for you are greater than those that 280 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: are against you. One angel in the Old Testament killed 281 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five. 282 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: Thousand of the enemies of God. 283 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: All over this building right now, there are thousands of 284 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: these powerful angelic beings guarding, protecting, assisting you and I. 285 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 2: Why don't you get your peace back? 286 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: Why don't you quit worrying about your future and worrying 287 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: about your children. God has commanded his angels to watch 288 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: over you. In Hebrews one fourteen, it says that angels 289 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: are ministering spirits. 290 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: That simply means they're. 291 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: Here to assist us, to help us, even in small things. 292 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: I remember my grandmother told how one day she was 293 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: carrying a couple bags of groceries into her house. She 294 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: was older in life, not quite as strong as she 295 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: used to be, and she couldn't get the back door opened. 296 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: It was a screen door with one of those automatic closures, 297 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: and she was struggling and struggling, trying not to drop 298 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: the groceries, And finally she got her. 299 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: Elbow in the door and had it open maybe three. 300 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: Or four inches, And she said, all of a sudden, 301 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: the door opened up on its own. She thought one 302 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: of her neighbors had come up behind her and opened 303 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: it for her. So she went to the kitchen table, 304 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: quickly set the groceries down, and came right back out 305 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: to thank that person. Not ten or fifteen seconds later, 306 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: she told my father John, it was the strangest thing. 307 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: I looked up and down the street. Nobody was around. 308 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you, that door opened up on its own, 309 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: and I realized that. 310 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 2: Could have been a coincidence. 311 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: It could have been something odd with the closing mechanism 312 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: up top. But I'm also bold enough to believe it 313 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: could have been the angel of the Lord assisting her. 314 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: God is concerned about smaller things. Well, Joel, that was 315 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: just a coincidence. I'm sure the wind just caught the 316 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: door just right. Well, it may have been, But I 317 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: like what somebody said. I never had any coincidences until 318 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: I started believing. In other words, if you'll be a 319 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: believer and not a doubter, you'll have a whole lot 320 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: more quote coincidences. Now, I don't know about you, but 321 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe God's watching over me. 322 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 2: I'm gonna believe God is guarding me. 323 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe that he's protecting me, that he's assisting me. 324 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: That's what the angels have been a sign to do. 325 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: And of course we don't pray to angels. We certainly 326 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: don't worship angels. They are simply messengers to carry out 327 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: God's will. 328 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: We should always give all. 329 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: Praise and glory to God alone. But angels hearken to 330 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: the voice of the Lord. That means they listen and 331 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: obey what God says. When you're in a tough situation, 332 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: learn to speak God's word. 333 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 2: When you speak his word. 334 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: You activate those angels. That's what they respond to. Maybe 335 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: you're about to make a big. 336 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 2: Presentation to some clients at the office. 337 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: You need God's favor. Well, don't go around saying I'm 338 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: so nervous. These people are probably not going to like me. 339 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: I'm not a very good speaker. No, when you need 340 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: God's favor, just learn to say, Father, you promise that 341 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: you would surround me with favor like a shield. You said, 342 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: no good thing would you withhold? 343 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 2: When I walk up rightly? 344 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: You said, I can do all things through Christ, who 345 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: strengthens me. So I thank you right now that you 346 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: are opening up doors that no. 347 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 2: Man can shut. 348 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: When you do that, the angels go to work. They 349 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: respond to God's word. When you speak it, it's just 350 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: like God's speaking it sending your children to school. You 351 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: want to activate those angels. Father, you promised when we 352 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: stayed under the shadow of the Almighty, we wouldn't even 353 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: dash our foot against a stone. So I thank you 354 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: for protecting my children today. That activates the angels. That's 355 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: what they respond to God's word. This is why it's 356 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: so important to not go around speaking negative things over 357 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: you and your family. You can cancel out what God's 358 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: trying to do. Well, Joel, I never get any good breaks. 359 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: And I had a friend that prayed for protection. He 360 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: got run over by a truck. Just my luck, It'll 361 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: probably happen to me. No change what you're saying, your 362 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: negative thing. Do you realize the angels are listening to you. 363 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 1: When they hear that kind of talk, they go sitting there, 364 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: lazy boy, they go take a break. The only thing 365 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 1: they respond to is God's word. That's why all through 366 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: the day we should be saying, Father, thank you that 367 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: you are a shield unto me. Thank you that you 368 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: are fighting my battles for me. Thank you that I 369 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: am blessed and I cannot be cursed. I'm above only 370 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: I'll never be beneath. You talk like that, and the 371 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: angels perk up. It gets their attention. They say, hey, 372 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: do you hear God's word. We've been commanded to protect, 373 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: to assist, to rescue. 374 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: Let's go to work. 375 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: See God's word coming out of our mouth releases supernatural power. 376 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 2: Don't fall into that old trap. 377 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: Well, I'm so concerned about my children, so much going 378 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: on at school. I just hope they don't fall into 379 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: the wrong crowd. Now, when you do that, you're activating 380 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: the negative. The way to activate God's power is to say, God, 381 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: I declare as for me and my house, we will 382 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: serve the Lord. You said the seed of the righteous 383 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: would be mighty on the earth. So I thank you 384 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: that my children are blessed. I think you that they'll 385 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: choose good friends and that they will fulfill their destiny. 386 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: When you talk like that, the angels go to work. 387 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: That activates God's power. I can imagine God saying to them, 388 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: do you hear what they're saying, make sure their child 389 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: doesn't run with the wrong crowd. I've got to back 390 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: up my word. So those angels go to work guarding 391 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: your child. A bad influence is coming down the hallway 392 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: at school, the angel says, hey, let's move him over here, 393 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: speed him up here, slow him down over there. Constantly 394 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: at work guarding, protecting, assisting. Now, I believe one of 395 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: the reasons we don't see more of this is we're 396 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: talking the wrong way. Well, Joel, I got some loved 397 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: ones over in Iraq. It's so dangerous over there. I'm 398 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: just so worried they're not gonna make it back home. Now, 399 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: you got to quit talking like that, Quit thinking like that. 400 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: When you're tempted to worry, when you're tempted to be negative, 401 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: learn to just turn it around. Father, thank you that 402 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: you have my loved one in the palm of your hand, 403 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: and you said no man can snatch him away. 404 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 2: You said you would be. 405 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: Our shield, our fortress, our tower of safety. You said 406 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: the number of our days you would fulfill. So, Father, 407 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: my trust, my confidence, my hope, it's in you, the 408 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: true and the Living God. When you do that, the 409 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 1: angels go to work, and I want you to have 410 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: a greater peace today. I want you to quit worrying 411 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: about everything and just learn to relax and. 412 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 2: Really enjoy your life. 413 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: I had a mother tell me last week, Joel, I'm 414 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: almost too afraid to send my children to school. But 415 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: we have to get out of that fearful mindset. God 416 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: is in control, His angels are watching over your children. 417 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 1: And it's good to use common sense. It's good to 418 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: do what you can, but at some point we have 419 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: to trust God to do what we can. Now our 420 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: attitude should be God, my life is in your hands. Now. 421 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: I believe, because I'm under the shadow of the Almighty, 422 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: that you are protecting and guarding our family. 423 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 2: Everywhere we go today. 424 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: That's all we can do, commit our lives into God's 425 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: hands and then go out in faith, knowing that God 426 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: is in control, knowing that he will do what we 427 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: can't do. I heard a story about a young lady 428 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: late at night. She was leaving class and walking through 429 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: the parking lot to her car. Was very dark and 430 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: not many people around, and all of a sudden, these 431 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: three men stepped out. They had been hiding behind some cars. 432 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: They were about forty or fifty feet away. 433 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 2: And her heart just froze. She didn't know what to do. 434 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: She wanted to turn and run, but she knew she 435 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: didn't have a chance, and so she just stood there 436 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: and prayed underneath her breath. 437 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 2: The men continued. 438 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 1: Coming toward her, and even though in the natural she 439 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: was afraid, she told how deep down on the inside 440 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: she had this overwhelming peace. 441 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 2: Something kept telling her everything is going to be okay. 442 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: And when those men got just ten or fifteen feet away, 443 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: suddenly they stopped. Their eyes got real big. Terror came 444 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: across their face. They started backing up, very slowly, very carefully. 445 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: Finally they turned around and took off running. She knew 446 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: that God had supernaturally protected her, but she didn't really 447 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: know what had happened. In a few days, they caught 448 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: one of those men and he admitted that they were 449 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: going to harm her, they were going to assault her. 450 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: But when they got up close to her, he said, 451 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: this huge warrior appeared. 452 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 2: I'll never forget. 453 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: He used the word warrior, and he went on to 454 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: describe it. He said it stood over ten feet tall, 455 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: and he talked about its physique and how its arms 456 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: and legs and chest were rippling with muscles, and how 457 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: its face was radiating with so much light you could 458 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: hardly even look at it. 459 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 2: He described how. 460 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: Its sword was drawn, looked to be over six feet 461 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: in length. He had a sword here, a shield here, 462 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: And he was standing right over that young lady. 463 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 2: She only came up to his waist. But it was 464 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 2: like the Ai was saying, come on, make my day. 465 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: I dare you to touch her. 466 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: I dare you to lay a finger on her. Friends, 467 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 2: you are not alone. 468 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: You too have these powerful warring angels surrounding you everywhere 469 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: you go. And in our times of danger, when we 470 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: don't know what to do, we can stay in peace, 471 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: knowing that we have God's supernatural protection. 472 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 2: About a month ago, there. 473 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: Was a story on the news about a teenage girl. 474 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: She had driven her car into some high water on 475 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: a flooded streak. It was during one of the real 476 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: bad rains in another city, and she ended up stranded 477 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: in the car and the water was rising so fast 478 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: in just a few minutes, it was at the top 479 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: of her hood. Now she couldn't open the door, the 480 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: pressure was too much. She had not rolled the windows 481 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: down they were electric. Now she couldn't get them down. 482 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: And on top of this, she didn't know how to swim. 483 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: It was heartbreaking to watch. They were showing it on 484 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: the news. And this one man swam out there and 485 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: he did his best. He tried and tried to break 486 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: that window open, struggled and struggled, but. 487 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 2: The current was just too strong. He couldn't do it. 488 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: And the car was just slowly floating down the road. 489 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: And in just a few seconds, it seemed like slow motion, 490 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: the front of the car tilted forward and then the 491 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: whole thing went underwater, and my heart sunk. I thought, man, 492 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: this young lady is not going to make it. About 493 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: that time, another man jumped in the water and swam 494 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: over there like he was superman. Somehow he found the 495 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: car underwater and he went to work. Ten or fifteen 496 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: seconds later, you could see the young girl's arm coming 497 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: up out of the water, and I thought to myself, 498 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: being the great man of faith that I am, how 499 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: in the world did he get that window open it 500 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: A few seconds later he pulled her whole body out, 501 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: helped her to the shore, and she was perfectly fine, 502 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: walked off on her own two feet. And if that 503 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: wasn't amazing enough, a few minutes later, a wrecker pulled 504 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: a her out of the water, and much to their surprise, 505 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: they discover that the window was not rolled down, none 506 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: of the other windows were broken, the doors had not 507 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: been open. The newscaster was sitting there dumbfounded. He said, 508 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: I don't know you figure that one out. I can 509 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: tell you what it was. It was the angel of 510 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: the Lord rescuing her, guarding her, protecting her. 511 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 2: If God warns you out, he will get you out. 512 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 2: He doesn't have to have an open window. 513 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: He can part a red seas, he can close the 514 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: mouths of lines. He'll be with you in that fiery furnace. Friends, 515 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: those that are for us are greater than those that 516 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: are against us. 517 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 2: When the enemy comes in like. 518 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: A flood, God will raise up a barrier. Now, I 519 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: want your faith to be started. 520 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 2: You are not alone. 521 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: You've got these powerful warriors all around you. 522 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 2: Don't live in fear. 523 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: Don't activate the negative by speaking negative, thinking negative. Activate 524 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: those angels by speaking God's word. Thank him every day 525 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: that he's got you in the palm of his hand. 526 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 1: Thank him that he is watching over you and your children. 527 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: If you do this, God promises you won't even dash 528 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: your foot against the stone, because you're under the shadow 529 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: of the Almighty. You'll have his supernatural protection. His angels 530 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: will watch over you, and I know you'll live the 531 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: life of victory. 532 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 2: God has his story. Amen, do you receive it today? 533 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: I know you do. We never like to close on 534 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 535 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 1: lord of your life. 536 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 537 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 538 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. 539 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 540 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 541 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 542 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 543 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am. 544 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, I can do. 545 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: This is the first Bible that my parents gave me 546 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: I was six years old. They taught me the importance 547 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: of believing what God says about you and letting that 548 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: determine your self image, and how through the Scripture you 549 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: can learn to handle challenges and pursue your dreams. 550 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 2: Some people tell me. 551 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: That the Bible's not practical for them, how they don't 552 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: understand it We've created a new resource called how to 553 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: Read Your Bible and Enjoy It. It provides twelve distinct 554 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: lenses that will help you see the Bible with fresh eyes, 555 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: so you can discover the hidden treasures that increase your faith, 556 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: practical truths. 557 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: That will help you in your everyday life. 558 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: When you tap into the power of God's Word, there's 559 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: no limit to where He'll take you. 560 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 561 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry this month, Joel would 562 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 3: like to send you this inspiring new resource. Sometimes reading 563 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 3: the Bible can feel confusing, out of touch, or even 564 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 3: produce more fear than faith. But now with this new resource, 565 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 3: how to Read your Bible and Enjoy It, it will 566 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 3: make the Word of God come alive in new ways. 567 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 3: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible. 568 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 3: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the 569 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,719 Speaker 3: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the 570 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 3: right way to approach God's Word, it will ignite renewed 571 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 3: passion in your life. 572 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings 573 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: life and victory. This has a great Bible reading plan 574 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book, it'll help you enjoy reading 575 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of 576 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your 577 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: family every day, and we appreciate your. 578 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 2: Prayers and support. 579 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 580 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have 581 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: a new Joel Osting Television network twenty four hours a day, 582 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: and of course SYRIXXM as well. Until we see you 583 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you. 584 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of How to Read 585 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 3: Your Bible and Enjoy It today. 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