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I believe God has amazing things in your future. 39 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 5: I hope you enjoy This message would encourage us today 40 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 5: about remembering, remembering the good, remembering. 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 4: The things that are helpful to us. 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 5: You see so many times in life, there's no negative 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 5: things that happen to us. 44 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 4: Maybe a bad childhood, maybe a. 45 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 5: Divorce, some negative words had been spoken in your life, 46 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 5: and those are the things we don't want to remember. 47 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 5: We want to remember what is beneficial and what is good. 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 5: Have you ever been mowing the lawn or maybe washing 49 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 5: the dishes, driving down the street, and all of a sudden, 50 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 5: a memory from the past hits your thoughts. Man, it 51 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 5: came out of nowhere, or maybe something that had happened 52 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 5: two weeks ago at work just kind of runs right 53 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 5: into your thought life and it makes you feel sad 54 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 5: or lonely depressed. Maybe those negative thoughts make you even 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: feel fear for a moment, fear of what would happen 56 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 5: in the future. 57 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 4: You see, that's what negative thoughts do to our life. 58 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: They stop us. 59 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 5: They're intended to cause us to pause, to not walk 60 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 5: in faith in victory. So that's why I want to 61 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 5: encourage us so much to remember. We're remembering, let's remember 62 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 5: the good. The apostles wrote many times in the New Testament. 63 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 5: They wrote things like this, I am writing to remind you. 64 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 5: I am writing to remind you again. Paul put this, 65 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 5: put it this way, he said, I never get tired 66 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 5: of reminding you. In second Peter said this, he says, 67 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 5: I'm writing you two letters, two letters to remind you. 68 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 4: You see, they knew the power in remembering the right thing. 69 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 5: They knew that it could transform your life when you 70 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 5: remembered what God has said and when you remember what 71 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 5: God has done. 72 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 4: See, we need to remember. 73 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 5: It's easy to put our minds on autopilot, but we 74 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 5: have to know that there's transforming power and it's worth 75 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 5: using our time and energy to focus on what we're 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 5: Remember the Old Testament, God commanded his people, the children 77 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 5: of Israel. He commanded them to take time out from 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 5: their busy schedules several times a year to celebrate festivals. 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 4: He called them times of remembrance. 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 5: See, he wanted them to stop to celebrate what he 81 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 5: had done. 82 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 4: Now, can I. 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 5: Tell you this wasn't a suggestion by God. It wasn't 84 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 5: something that was optional. God required them to take time 85 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 5: to stop and remember the miracles, how he parted the 86 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 5: Red sea, how he brought water out of the rock, 87 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 5: how Manna came down from heaven. He wanted them to pause. 88 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 4: And remember the wonders that He had done, the marvelous 89 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 4: deeds that he had performed. You know why he wanted 90 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 4: them to do that because they are a lot like 91 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 4: us today. 92 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 5: They get busy doing life, and sometimes when we're so 93 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 5: busy doing life, we have a tendency to forget. 94 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 4: And in that busyness, and in. 95 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 5: Those struggles, and in those places of trying to make 96 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 5: things happen, we find ourself thinking, if I don't make 97 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 5: this happen, it's not gonna happen. I gotta get this done, 98 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 5: I gotta do this, I gotta do that. And we struggle, 99 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 5: and we struggle, and we forget. We forget who's in control, 100 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 5: We forget who we can depend on. We forget who 101 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: can do things that we can't do. We forget the 102 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 5: miracles that God has. 103 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: Done in our life. 104 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 5: So often we forget what we should remember, our victories, 105 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 5: our success, the good times. You see, some people feel 106 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 5: guilty if they're having fun. Sometimes we remember what we 107 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 5: should forget, the pain, the heartache, the loneliness. You see, 108 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 5: we can't allow the things of the past to control 109 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 5: our life. God doesn't remember those past mistakes. He doesn't 110 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 5: even remember the things that people spoke into your life. 111 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 5: All he knows is he wants you to move forward today. 112 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 5: He wants you to remember the good, remember what He 113 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 5: has done. See, when we don't use the power of 114 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 5: remembrance for our favor, then it weakens our life. Let's 115 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 5: remember the good so that we can strengthen our life. 116 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 5: We need to choose to rewrite our history. Now you say, 117 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 5: how do you do that? These things really happen in victoria. 118 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 5: You're saying I should be in denial. No, I'm not 119 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 5: saying you should be in denial. I'm saying you should 120 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 5: choose your pieces to create your God's story. You create 121 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 5: your God's story. You don't have to let your past 122 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 5: create the story and the history for you. God has 123 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 5: already done away with your past. The only way not 124 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 5: to let that past be the past is to not 125 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 5: live in the past. 126 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 4: You say, you can't live in the past. 127 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 5: If you want to get away from your past, you 128 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 5: have to understand today is your future. The past is 129 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 5: the past, but today. 130 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 4: Is your future. What are you going to remember? What 131 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 4: story are you creating for your life? 132 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 5: See the Psalmas said, I remember what the Lord has done, 133 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: I remember his marvelous works. Why because he had to 134 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: bring something that was from the past, which was a miracle, 135 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 5: how God had helped him before. He had to bring 136 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 5: it into the future so that he could get through 137 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 5: the difficult time he was going through, so he could 138 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 5: get through any doubt or any unbelief that was trying 139 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 5: to stop him. 140 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 4: See that's our choice today. We can either take a 141 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 4: peace of the God's. 142 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 5: Story and bring it into our future, or we can 143 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 5: take a piece of something that's not going to help us, 144 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 5: that God's already taken care of and bring it into 145 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 5: our future. 146 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 4: See what are you remembering? Is so very important today. 147 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 5: The Bible records how God also told his people to 148 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 5: put down memorial stones, stones of remembrance. 149 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 4: He said, put these stones down so you can remember the. 150 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 5: Specific victories that I have given you, the things that 151 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 5: I helped you with. See these were so that they 152 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 5: could remember as they passed by as they lived their life. 153 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 5: They put down these memorial stones not only for themselves, 154 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: but God said, I want you to put these down 155 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 5: for future generations. 156 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 4: I want them to see how I work in your life. 157 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 4: Do you have any memorial stones? Do you have some 158 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: things in your life? 159 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 5: Because I can tell you this today, you wouldn't be 160 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 5: sitting here if God hadn't done great things in your life. 161 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: You have memorial stone, you have victories. 162 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: You know, maybe there's a job that you're going to 163 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 5: every single day, and you can certainly say, God, I 164 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 5: wouldn't have this. 165 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 4: Job if it wasn't for you. 166 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 5: Maybe you've had student loans that you've been paying on 167 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 5: for a long time and it's been difficult and it's 168 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 5: been rough, but you finally got them paid off. Maybe 169 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 5: your car is a big old memorial stone and you're saying, God, 170 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 5: thank you for this car. This is my memorial stone 171 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 5: of your goodness, of your mercy, and your favorite in 172 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: my life. See, when we look around, we can see 173 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 5: these places and spaces in our life that God brought 174 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 5: us victory, brought us success. That's why he wants us 175 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 5: to remember the good things. He wants us to move 176 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 5: them forward and create our God's story. The mayor of Houston, 177 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 5: Sylvester Turner, tells us storyorry about how his father died 178 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 5: when he was thirteen years old, and how his mother 179 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 5: raised nine children all by herself. And he tells about 180 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 5: how she brought them to church and raised them in church, 181 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: and how it was very important to her that they 182 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 5: got in school, and so she made sure they were 183 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 5: in school because an education was very important to her. 184 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 4: He tells how it was rough, times. 185 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 5: Were tough, they couldn't always have what they wanted or 186 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 5: even sometimes what. 187 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 4: They needed, he said. 188 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 5: But the thing I remember about my mother is this, 189 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 5: She never complained. She never told me how hard it was. 190 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 5: She always said this, Sylvester, Tomorrow will be a better 191 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 5: day than today. Tomorrow will be a better day than today. 192 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 5: You know, Sylvester Turner is a Harvard grad. When he 193 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 5: became mayor of the city, he gave his inaugural address, 194 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 5: and this is what he said. 195 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 4: He said, today is evident what. 196 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 5: My mom always said was very true. Tomorrow will be 197 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 5: better than today. You see, Sylvester's mother laid down a 198 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 5: memorial stone of faith to her children. You see, with 199 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 5: her words and with her actions, she erected God's goodness 200 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 5: in their life. 201 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 4: She laid down a memorial stone. 202 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 5: Of hope for his future that he always remembered. You see, 203 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 5: oftentimes we want to tell our children how hard it 204 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 5: is and why they can't have this, and how they 205 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 5: shouldn't do that because they may end up like this. 206 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 5: But can I suggest to us today that we begin 207 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 5: to bring those God pieces and lay them at the 208 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 5: feet of our children. 209 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 4: Let's create a God's story for their future. 210 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 5: Let's tell them how God got you through and how 211 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 5: He's going to get them through. 212 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 4: You see, those stones won't create stepping stones for their future. 213 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 4: We need direct some memorial stones. 214 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 5: We need to remember what we're remembering. Bring your God's 215 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: story forward so that it'll energize and infuse your life. 216 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 4: You see, when. 217 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 5: You tell the next generation of the deeds of the 218 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 5: Lord and his mighty power, it makes a difference in 219 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 5: your family line. 220 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: It makes a difference for your future. Remembering God keeps 221 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 4: us hopeful. 222 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 5: And it encourages us, and it shapes our thoughts and 223 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 5: prepares us for the faith to allow God. 224 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 4: To bring those good things in our life. Amen. 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