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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a. 37 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: Friends, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you always a joy to 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 4: come into your home, and we love you and we 40 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: believe you're going to have a blessed, prosperous year. God 41 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: honors the people that honor Him. If you're ever in 42 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 4: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you will 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home, but thanks for tuning in, 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 4: thanks for coming out today. I like to start with 46 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 4: something funny. And one day up in heaven, God told 47 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 4: the men, I want you to form two lines. One 48 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 4: line for the men who were the head of the house, 49 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 4: and the other line for the men who let the 50 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 4: women be the head of the house. The line where 51 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 4: the woman ran the house was one hundred miles long. 52 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 4: There was only one man in the other line. God said, men, 53 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 4: I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head, 54 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 4: but you let your wife dominate you. Only one man 55 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: stood up to make me proud. He turned to him 56 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 4: and said, son, tell him how you managed to be 57 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 4: the only one in this line. The man looked confused 58 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 4: and said, I don't know. My wife told me to 59 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 4: stand here. All right, hought up your bible. Say it 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: like you mean it this, he says, my Bible. I 61 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 4: am what it says. 62 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 6: I am. 63 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about living and overcoming life 69 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: of victory. Every person has challenges and setbacks. We all 70 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 4: have things that come against us. But God never created 71 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 4: us to be overcome. He created us to be the overcomer, 72 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 4: and our attitude toward our problems is what's really important. 73 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 4: What do we do when a situation is not working out? 74 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 4: It's going on month after month. It's tempting to get sour, 75 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: to start expecting the worst. Or what if we get 76 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: a negative medical report or a child gets into trouble 77 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 4: and our mind starts going ninety to nothing, playing out 78 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 4: all the terrible scenarios. It's easy to get down and discouraged. 79 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 4: If we go around thinking it's never going to work out, 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: it's never going to get better. That limits what God 81 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: can do. But when we face difficulties and we dig 82 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 4: our heels in knowing that God is bigger than our 83 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 4: problems and that he already has a way out, and 84 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 4: we fight the good fight of faith, that's what allows 85 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 4: God to show up and turn negative situations around. And 86 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: the scripture says here in Isaiah fifty four seventeen, no 87 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 4: weapon formed against you will prosper. This is your heritage 88 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 4: as children of the Lord. Notice, you have a heritage, 89 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 4: you have rights and privileges because you belong to Christ. 90 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 4: When you chose him, God put a bloodline around you 91 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 4: that the enemy cannot cross. As long as you're keeping 92 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 4: him first place. You have a hedge of protection, a 93 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 4: hedge of favor, a hedge of mercy. It's surrounding you 94 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: like a shield. Difficulties come, and at times it looks 95 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 4: like it's never going to get better. God is saying, 96 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 4: because you're his child, because you honor him, even though 97 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 4: that problem has formed, in the end, it is not 98 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 4: going to prosper. When it's all said and done, it's 99 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 4: not going to harm you. God is going to turn 100 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 4: it around and use it to your advantage. But it 101 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 4: doesn't say that if we stay in faith and we 102 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 4: do our best, we'll never have a problem. Now, life 103 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 4: is full of difficulties. The promise God is making us 104 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 4: here is when things do come against us. If our 105 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 4: child gets into trouble, if we get a negative medical report, 106 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 4: if people are talking behind our back. God says, the 107 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: problem may form. You can't stop it from happening. But 108 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 4: because your in covenant relationship with him, you can stay 109 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 4: in peace knowing that it is not going to prosper. 110 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 4: This is a part of your heritage. The mistake we 111 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 4: make so often is we don't know who we are. 112 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 4: We don't know what really belongs to us. So when 113 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 4: a problem arises, we get down. We go around complaining, 114 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 4: expecting the worst. All that does is stop God from working. 115 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 4: You have to be in faith in order to activate 116 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 4: God's promises. When difficulties come and you're tempted to get upset, 117 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 4: you need to remind yourself this is not going to prosper. 118 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 4: They may be talking about me. It may look bad, 119 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 4: but I know God is my vindicator. He'll take care 120 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: of them. My child may be on the wrong path, 121 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 4: he's running with the wrong crowd, but let me tell you, 122 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 4: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 123 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 4: Or the medical report about me may look kind of discouraging, 124 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 4: but I'm not worried. I know God has me in 125 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 4: the palm of his hand. I know God created my 126 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 4: body and he said with long life he would satisfy me. 127 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 4: You have to keep reminding yourself. This problem didn't come 128 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 4: to stay, it came to pass. It may have formed. 129 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: I can't stop it from coming, but I don't have 130 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 4: to get work. I know God is still on the throne, 131 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: and he's promised it is not going to prosper. I 132 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 4: love to think about how God is in control of everything. 133 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: He's even in control of our enemies. You remember the 134 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 4: story of Job. He had all kinds of adversity, all 135 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: kinds of tough times, but those difficulties were not a 136 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 4: surprise to God. That didn't catch God off guard. The 137 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 4: scripture says the enemy had to ask permission before he 138 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 4: could touch Job. He couldn't bring one thing against him 139 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 4: without God allowing him to. So when we face problems, 140 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: there's a real peace when we understand God is in 141 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 4: complete control, not just of me and my circumstances, but 142 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: God is even in control of my enemies. That means 143 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 4: there's no person that can keep you down, no sickness 144 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 4: too great, no trouble, no calamity that can keep you 145 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 4: from ultimately living in victory. We are in a fixed fight. 146 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 4: The outcome has already been determined. God always causes us 147 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: to triumph. He had the solution before we ever had 148 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 4: the problem. God had a way out before we even 149 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 4: encountered the difficulty. He has it all arranged. I may 150 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 4: not understand the theology of it all. Sometimes it may 151 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 4: not seem fair and we wonder why something has happened, 152 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 4: But bottom line is this, God is still on the 153 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 4: throne and he has promised if we will stay in faith, 154 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: no weapon formed against us is ever going to prosper. 155 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 4: And some of you right now, you're in difficult times 156 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 4: and you've just about convinced yourself that it's never going 157 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 4: to get better, it's never going to work out. But 158 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 4: if you could only see right up ahead, God has 159 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 4: great things in front of you. Instead of dragging around 160 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 4: thinking I'll never get out of this mess, you need 161 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 4: to have the attitude this is my heritage. I'm a 162 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 4: child of the Most High God. This problem may have formed, 163 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 4: but it is not going to prosper. If God be 164 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 4: for me, who dare even be against me? We have 165 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 4: to have this attitude of faith. We got to know 166 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 4: deep down in here that ultimately it's going to work 167 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 4: out for our advantage. It may take a month, or 168 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 4: a year or twenty years, but when it's all said 169 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 4: and done, God has promised you're gonna come out of 170 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: it better off than you were before. And sometimes we're 171 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: having problems because we're doing something wrong. We're making poor choices, 172 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 4: But other times we're having difficulties because we're doing something right. 173 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 4: When you're determined to fulfill your God given destiny, you're 174 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 4: taking steps to improve your life and make a difference 175 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 4: in your family, in your community. Don't be surprised if 176 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: you face opposition. The enemy is not going to just 177 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: roll out the red carpet and let you fulfill your 178 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 4: God given destiny. When you face difficulties, don't automatically assume 179 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 4: I must be doing something wrong, get all down and discourage. No, 180 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 4: it could be very well that you're doing something right. 181 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 4: So Paul said this, a wide door of opportunity is 182 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 4: open for me. And there are many adversaries. I found 183 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 4: any time we try to go forward in life, anytime 184 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 4: you try to make progress, there will be opposition. I 185 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 4: remember when we signed the lease for this place, the 186 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 4: former Compact Center, after working on it for over three years. 187 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 4: It was a great day of victory. But immediately at 188 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: that same time, a large company filed a lawsuit against 189 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 4: the city to try to keep us from moving in. 190 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 4: This company is the largest taxpayer in Texas. They're a 191 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 4: huge organization and they wanted to build big office towers 192 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 4: here and in the natural. It didn't look like we 193 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 4: had a chance. We were tempted to think, maybe this 194 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 4: isn't the right move for us. I mean, everything's coming 195 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 4: against us. We couldn't celebrate the victory. Twenty four hours 196 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 4: before we had another major obstacle in our path. We 197 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 4: had to do just what I'm asking you to do. 198 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 4: We had to shake that off and say, no, this 199 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 4: is our heritage. God, you promised even though this problem 200 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 4: has formed, it is not going to prosper. We stayed 201 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 4: in faith month after month when it looked impossible. We 202 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 4: just kept believing. When we didn't see anything happening. We 203 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 4: kept reminding ourselves that God was working behind the scenes. 204 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 4: When it looked like they had the upper hand, we'd say, Father, 205 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 4: we thank you that you're in control, even of our enemies. 206 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 4: A year and a half later, we got a phone 207 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: call out of the blue from the other side saying 208 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 4: they wanted to talk. Long story short, God supernaturally turned 209 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 4: it around, worked it out in our favor. Here we 210 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 4: are today. But what am I saying, don't get discouraged 211 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 4: by opposition, don't give up on your dreams because things 212 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 4: are coming against you, and it's taking a long time. 213 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 4: Stay in faith. It's not over until God says it's over. 214 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 4: And the good news is God is still on the throne, 215 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 4: and even when it looks impossible, God can still make 216 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 4: a way. And the fact is the difficult times are 217 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 4: times of testing. That's when we're showing God what we're 218 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 4: made of. That's when our character is being developed. Anybody 219 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 4: can get discouraged, anybody can give up and quit believing. 220 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 4: But if you're going to become everything that God's created 221 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 4: you to be, you've got to have a deep resolve. 222 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 4: You can't be moved by every criticism, every disappointment, every 223 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 4: unfair situation. You got to make up your mind. You 224 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 4: are in it for the long haul. If it takes 225 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 4: a year, or five years or thirty years, you're going 226 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,599 Speaker 4: to stick with it and see your dreams come to pass. 227 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 4: And even when we make mistakes, even when we bring 228 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 4: trouble on ourselves, God is so merciful He'll still bring 229 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 4: us out. I think about Jonah. God told him to 230 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 4: go to a certain city, but he didn't want to go, 231 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 4: and he went in just the opposite direction. He totally disobeyed. 232 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: He got on a big ship and they got into 233 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 4: a storm. They ended up throwing Jonah overboard. He should 234 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 4: have drowned, he should have been killed. It would have 235 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 4: been his own fault, his own poor choices. But God 236 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 4: is so good. He had a well sitting there waiting 237 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 4: for him. Jonah was swallowed by that well. He spent 238 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 4: three days in the belly of the fish. The problem 239 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 4: had definitely formed, but thank God, it still was not 240 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 4: going to prosper. The scripture says in the New Testament, 241 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 4: as Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 242 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 4: three days, so will the Son of God be in 243 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 4: the heart of the earth for three days. God not 244 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 4: only turned that around for Jonah and gave him another chance, 245 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 4: but God used Jonah as an example to show how 246 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 4: prophecy would be fulfilled. In other words, even when Jonah 247 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 4: went wrong, God turned it around and still made it right. 248 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 4: You may have made poor choices. You don't feel like 249 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 4: you deserve God's goodness. You think you're supposed to suffer 250 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 4: through life, just endure that problem and just kind of 251 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 4: barely make it through. But friends, this is what mercy 252 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 4: is all about. We've all made mistakes, we've all made 253 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 4: choices like Jonah, But that doesn't change our heritage. God 254 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 4: doesn't kick us out of the kingdom because we're not perfect. 255 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 4: You are still the apple of God's eye. You are 256 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 4: still his most prized possession. You know how you activate 257 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 4: God's promises by believing. You need to shake off the 258 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 4: guilt and condemnation. Put your shoulders back and say, I 259 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 4: refuse to live below my privileges. I may not be perfect, 260 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: but I am forgiven. I may have made mistakes, but 261 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: God knows my heart is to please him. Even though 262 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: I may have brought this trouble on myself, I will 263 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 4: stay in faith and expect God to turn it around. 264 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 4: You say, Joel, you don't know the mistakes I've made. 265 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: You don't know the things that are coming against me. 266 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: You don't know how in debt I am. I may 267 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 4: not know any of that, but I do know our God, 268 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 4: and he's bigger than anything that you're facing. He can 269 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 4: turn any situation around. One angel in the Old Testament 270 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 4: destroyed one hundred and eighty thousand of the enemies of God, 271 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 4: and right now there's a whole army of the most 272 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 4: powerful forces in the universe that are backing you up. 273 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 4: When you release your faith by believing, by expecting, by 274 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 4: calling on the name of the Lord, all the forces 275 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: of heaven come to attention. Not because of how perfect 276 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 4: we've lived. It's not because of who we are. It's 277 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 4: because of whose we are, children of the Most High God. 278 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: I read a story about a little bear, little baby cub. 279 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 4: He was out in the woods playing one day, just 280 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 4: having a great time, and all of a sudden, this 281 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 4: huge lion approached from a distance and started slowly walking 282 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 4: toward him. The little cub was terrified. He couldn't even move. 283 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 4: He just stood there, staring at the lion. When that 284 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 4: line got about twenty feet away, just when he was 285 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 4: about to attack, suddenly the line froze in its tracks. 286 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 4: He started backing up, and eventually he turned around and 287 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 4: ran away. The little cub thought to himself, I must 288 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 4: be pretty powerful. I must look pretty impressive to scare 289 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 4: away a big lion like that. What the cub didn't 290 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 4: realize was Mama Bear had walked up behind the cub. 291 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 4: The line wasn't afraid of the cub, it was afraid 292 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: of who was backing him up. We all know don't 293 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 4: mess with Mama, but we need to realize who's backing 294 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 4: us up. The creator of the universe is on our side, 295 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 4: the God who spoke the worlds into existence. He's called 296 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 4: the Great. I am, He's saying today, I am everything 297 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 4: you need. I am your strength. I am your wisdom. 298 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 4: I am your protection. I am your provider. I am 299 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 4: your waymaker. I am your problem solver. I am your 300 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: dream giver. I am your victory. David put it this 301 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 4: way and saw one thirty eight. Though I am surrounded 302 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 4: by troubles, you will bring me safely through. Your fist 303 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 4: is cleansed against my enemies. Your power will save me. 304 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 4: Some of you feel like David. You're surrounded by all 305 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 4: kinds of difficulties. You're tempted to just settle right where 306 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 4: you are, but you need to get your fireback, get 307 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 4: your enthusiasm back. Even though that problem may have formed, 308 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 4: even though it looks impossible, you need to start declaring 309 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 4: all through the day. This problem is not going to 310 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 4: prosper God is bringing me safely through His fists are 311 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 4: cleansed against my enemies. You've got to have an attitude 312 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: of faith. Now I've learned to not get discouraged by opposition. 313 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 4: Don't get discouraged when you have difficulties when everything comes 314 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 4: against you very often, that's because God has something great 315 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 4: in store. You think about the three Hebrew teenagers, Chadrack, Mejiak, 316 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 4: and abed Nego. They refuse to bow down to the 317 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: king's golden idol. He got so furious he had them 318 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: heat up the furnace seven times hotter than normal. That's 319 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,959 Speaker 4: what happens when you're close to a great victory. The 320 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 4: fire gets turned up, people start talking about you. Unfair 321 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 4: situations come, You get past one obstacle and something else 322 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 4: pops up. Why is that the enemy knows you're close 323 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 4: to your victory? And this is when many people give 324 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 4: up and get sour, quit coming to church, go around complaining. 325 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 4: Why is that they don't know who they are? They 326 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 4: don't know their heritage. The scripture says, when the enemy 327 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 4: comes in like a flood, the spirit of God will 328 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: be there to raise up a barrier. And part of 329 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 4: our privileges as children of the most time is when 330 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 4: problems come, when life feels overwhelming. God has promised he 331 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 4: will always be right there to show up and to 332 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 4: safely bring us through. Now, I love the fact about 333 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 4: these three teenage boys. They weren't panicked. They weren't full 334 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: of anxiety. They were in peace. It's because they understood 335 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 4: this principle. They knew God was still on the throne. 336 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 4: They knew he was still in control, and nothing was 337 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 4: going to happen to them that was not a part 338 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 4: of God's plan. Those officials tied them up and threw 339 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 4: them into the furnace seven times hotter than normal. In 340 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 4: a few minutes. The king came to check on them. 341 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 4: He was confused. He said, didn't we throw three men 342 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 4: in here bound? I see four men loosed, and one 343 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 4: looks like the son of the Living God. The scripture 344 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 4: says God brought them through the fire without even having 345 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 4: the smell of smoke. You may feel like you're in 346 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 4: the fire today. The heat's being turned up. Everything's coming 347 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 4: against you. Let me encourage you. It's because there's something 348 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 4: great in store. When the heat gets turned up, it 349 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 4: means you're very close to your breakthrough. If you will 350 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 4: stay in faith, God will do for you what he 351 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 4: did for them. He'll bring you through the fire without 352 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: even having the smell of smoke. This can sound kind 353 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 4: of odd, but you can get to the point where 354 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 4: when opposition comes and difficulties arise, instead of being discouraged 355 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 4: by it, you're encouraged by it. You just turn it 356 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: around and say, God's taken me to new levels. I 357 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 4: know favor, increased promotion must be on their way. I 358 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 4: like the way the Message translation puts this passage in Isaiah. 359 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 4: If anyone attacks you, nothing will come of it. I 360 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 4: create the blacksmith that fires up his forge, and nothing 361 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 4: that can harm you has ever been forged. What's God saying. 362 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 4: He's in complete control, and there's nothing that's ever been 363 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 4: created that He's not bigger than No problem too large, 364 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 4: no sickness too great, no enemy too powerful. So when 365 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 4: difficulties come your way, don't get discouraged, don't go around complaining, 366 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 4: expecting the worst. God has you in the palm of 367 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 4: his hand. Some of you right now are so concerned 368 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 4: about a situation. But if you will come back to 369 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 4: that place of peace, if you'll get back to that 370 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 4: place of faith, God is saying nothing is going to 371 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 4: come of that. He always causes you to triumph. When 372 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 4: I look back over my own life, I can see 373 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 4: how every obstacle, every adversity, God has always brought me 374 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 4: safely through. Even with the death of my father probably 375 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 4: the most difficult thing that I'd ever faced. God gave 376 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 4: me a peace that only he could give. I felt 377 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 4: a strength and a resolve like I'd never had before. 378 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 4: What is that. It's a part of our heritage. It's 379 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 4: what belongs to us as children of Almighty God. God 380 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 4: goes on to say, I will see to it that 381 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 4: everything will work out for the best. This is what 382 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 4: you can expect as my children. Notice what are we 383 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 4: as supposed to be expecting in times of difficulty? Oh man, 384 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 4: this is never going to work out. My family's never 385 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: going to be restored. Lord, I don't think I'm gonna 386 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 4: have a very good year this year. Joel, No, get 387 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 4: in agreement with God. Start expecting God to change things 388 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 4: in your favor. Start expecting him to show up and 389 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 4: fight your battles for you when difficulties come my way. 390 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 4: I like to quote the Psalms. God, you said, you 391 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 4: oppose those that oppose me. You said, the trap the 392 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 4: enemy sept for me, they would fall in themselves. You said, 393 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 4: touch not. You're anointed, And God, I know you've anointed me. 394 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 4: And even though this problem has formed, I believe it 395 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 4: is not going to prosper even though it looks impossible. 396 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 4: I know you can do the impossible. So I'm not 397 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 4: gonna sit around worried in defeat. I'm gonna stay in 398 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 4: faith and keep believing that my best days are still 399 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 4: out in front of me. We have to have an 400 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 4: attitude of an overcomer, says in Psalm ninety one. If 401 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 4: we dwell in the secret place of the Most High, 402 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 4: we will abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Then 403 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 4: it goes on to list all these promises, all these 404 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 4: benefits we can expect if we stay in the secret place, 405 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 4: no harm will come near your dwelling. God will command 406 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 4: his angels to watch after you. It says. God will 407 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 4: guard you, he will protect you, he will rescue you, 408 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,239 Speaker 4: he will show you his favor, on and on. But 409 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 4: the whole key is to stay in the secret place. 410 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 4: What does that mean? Stay close to God, keep him 411 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 4: first place in your life all through the day. Acknowledge 412 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 4: Him when you get up in the morning, Think him 413 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 4: that you're alive and healthy. Drive into work, Meditate on 414 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 4: his promises. When you have an important decision to make, 415 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 4: take time to get quiet and ask God for his help. 416 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 4: Learn to be still and listen to that still small voice. 417 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 4: When you live a life of excellence and integrity that 418 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 4: honors God, you're in the secret Place. That's when you 419 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 4: can expect God's favor, his blessing, his protection, his victory 420 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 4: as law. As we're in the secret Place, we're connected 421 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 4: to a supply line that will never run dry. When 422 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 4: we're under the shadow of the Almighty, we have a 423 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 4: hedge of protection, a hedge of favor that's constantly surrounding us. 424 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 4: It'll give you a tremendous advantage. David understood what it 425 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 4: meant to stay in the Secret Place when he went 426 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 4: out to face Goliath. It's interesting he never called Goliath 427 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 4: a giant. Everyone around him did, his brothers, King Saul. 428 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 4: They were all talking about his size and how powerful 429 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 4: he was. But David didn't acknowledge any of that. He 430 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 4: didn't want to give him any extra credit. He said, 431 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 4: who is this uncircumcised philistine? He was saying, this man 432 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 4: is not in covenant relationship with our God. He's not 433 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 4: living in the secret Place. He doesn't have the advantages 434 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 4: that we have. David's attitude was, I know who I am, 435 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 4: A child of a most tie. I've got a hedge 436 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 4: of protection of me. I know when I call on 437 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 4: the name of the Lord, all the forces of heaven 438 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 4: are backing me up. David knew it wasn't the size 439 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 4: of the enemy that matters. It's the size of our God, 440 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 4: and he is all powerful, and in our times of 441 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: difficulty is extremely important. What we're saying when we're in 442 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 4: the secret place. It goes on to say, I will 443 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 4: say of the Lord. He is my refuge, my fortress, 444 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 4: my God in him, will I trust. Notice it doesn't 445 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 4: say we should say of our problems. Don't go around 446 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 4: saying all my arthritis is really acting up. No, it's 447 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 4: not your arthritis. Don't take ownership of it all, my child, 448 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 4: he's really doing bad. No, don't talk about the size 449 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 4: of your problem. Talk about the size of your God. 450 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: David looked at Goliath and said, this day I will 451 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 4: defeat you and feed your head to the birds of 452 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 4: the air. He was saying, you may be big, but 453 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 4: I know my God is bigger. David reached down and 454 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 4: picked up five smooth stones. Somebody said, if he was 455 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 4: so confident, he had so much faith, why didn't he 456 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 4: just get one stone? Now, David was smart. He knew 457 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 4: Goliath had four brothers. He came prepared. I want us 458 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 4: to have the right attitude concerning the things that come 459 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 4: against us. It may be difficult, but God never promised 460 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 4: us a problem free life. The key is in the 461 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 4: tough times when difficulties arise. Don't expect it to defeat you. 462 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 4: Don't expect the worst. Keep reminding yourself this problem may 463 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 4: have formed, but it is not going to prosper I 464 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 4: read an article about scientists that were researching Alzheimer's disease, 465 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: and he took these older people that had died, both 466 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 4: people that had the disease and people that didn't have it, 467 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 4: and they carefully studied their brains, and they found that 468 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 4: many people had lesions on their brains that technically qualified 469 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 4: them as having Alzheimer's. But the interesting thing is when 470 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 4: these people were alive, they didn't show any signs of 471 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 4: the disease. In other words, medically and scientifically, they had Alzheimer's, 472 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 4: but the symptoms never showed up. Their minds were sharp, 473 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 4: their memory was clear, their reasoning was excellent. The common 474 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 4: denominator they found in these people was that they were positive, 475 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 4: They were hopeful, and they stayed productive. Really that's what 476 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 4: I'm talking about. Just because of problem forms doesn't mean 477 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 4: it has to prosper. I don't know about you, but 478 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 4: I won't believe that no matter what happens to my 479 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 4: physical body, God can override it. After all, he's the 480 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 4: one that created us. We may have things, we may 481 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 4: have things that formed because of our natural genetics, our 482 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 4: natural heritage. But if we'll stay in faith, we can 483 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 4: tap into our spiritual heritage, and the spiritual always overrides 484 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 4: the natural. Psalm ninety one goes on to say, if 485 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 4: you will stay in the Secret Place, God will honor you. 486 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 4: He will set you on high and give you a 487 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 4: long satisfied life. That's my prayer for each one of you, 488 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 4: that you will overcome every obstacle, that you will defeat 489 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 4: every enemy, and that you will live a long satisfied life. Now, 490 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 4: I know some of you have had more than your 491 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 4: share of difficulties, but you need to get a fresh 492 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 4: vision for your life. You need to start seeing yourself 493 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 4: set on high. The forces that are for you are 494 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 4: greater than the forces that are against you. Because you're 495 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 4: living in the Secret Place, you have an advantage. Almighty 496 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 4: God is on your side right now. He's protecting you 497 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 4: right now. He's going before you, making crooked places straight. 498 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 4: His favor is surrounding you like a shield. That problem 499 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 4: may have formed, but I declare it by faith, it 500 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 4: is not going to prosper. In the end. You're going 501 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 4: to come out better off than you were before. You 502 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 4: need to start saying of the Lord. He is my provider, 503 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 4: he is my protector, he is my wisdom, he is 504 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 4: my strength, he is my victory. Let me speak it 505 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 4: over each one of you. I declare it by faith. 506 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 4: You will overcome every obstacle. You will defeat every enemy, 507 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 4: every dream, every desire that God's placed in your heart, 508 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 4: It will come to pass. You walk in divine health. 509 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 4: You have the favor of God. Whatever you touch will 510 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 4: prosper as for you and your family. You will serve 511 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 4: the Lord. I declare in the name of Jesus, you 512 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 4: will see God honor you. He will set you on high, 513 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 4: and you will live a long satisfied life. If you 514 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 4: receive it, Can you say amen? We never like to 515 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 516 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 4: Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 517 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 518 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 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