1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: I hope you and your family are having a great summer. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Victorian are praying for you, believing for God's very best 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: in your life, and it's always my pleasure to be 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: able to share a message with you. I hope you're 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired today. Well, God bless you. It is 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: always our joy to come into your homes. We love you. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: We know God has great things in store. He rewards 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: people that seek after Him and I believe that's you 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: and you here as well. And if you're ever in 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: our area, come by and see us. I promise you 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: tuning in today. I like to start with something funny 13 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: each week. And I heard about these three ministers. They 14 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: were out in a boat fishing one day, and one 15 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: of them said, we never get to let our hair down. 16 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: Let's each tell the area that we struggle in the most, 17 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: our greatest sin, so we can pray for each other. 18 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: The first minister said, well, I hate to admit this, 19 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: but I got a big problem with gambling. Sometimes I 20 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: sneak out at night and go gamble. The second minister said, 21 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: I've got a big problem with cheating. I hardly pay 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: my taxes. The third minister just sat there quietly. They 23 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: waited and waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. They said, listen, 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: we are not leaving till you tell us your greatest sin. 25 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: He said, all right, My greatest struggle is with gossiping. 26 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: And I can't wait to get off this boat. All right, 27 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 29 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about how God remembers you. 35 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: It's easy in life to feel forgotten, or at least 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: to feel insignificant, like our hopes and dreams don't really matter. 37 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: We all go through seasons where we're not seeing any progress. 38 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: No new doors are opening, no breaks are coming our way, 39 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: just more the same month after month, even year after year, 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: and so often we lose our enthusiasm, We get discouraged, 41 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: and we dragged through life thinking nobody's interested. This is 42 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: never gonna change. Had a man tell me recently, Joel, 43 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: I've been praying about a situation for years, but I 44 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: don't see anything happening. What was he saying? I feel forgotten. 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: Another lady told how she had been in an abusive relationship. 46 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: She was so beaten down she couldn't even look at 47 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: me with her head down, she said, I don't feel 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: like I matter anymore. Let me ask you, have you 49 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: ever felt forgotten? Have you ever prayed and prayed but 50 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: it seemed like God was on vacation. Have you ever 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: had those seasons when everybody around you is being blessed, 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: but you're not seeing any good breaks seems like you've 53 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: been left out, or maybe you're in a relationship. You're married, 54 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: but you feel all alone. You have a smile on 55 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: the out side, but on the inside you're empty. Nobody knows, 56 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: and it seems like nobody cares. It's easy to feel forgotten, 57 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: but there's a great promise. In Isaiah forty nine point fifteen, 58 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: God said, I will never forget you. I have carved 59 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: you into the palm of my hand. The good news 60 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: today is you are not forgotten. You may have had 61 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: that sickness for years. Looks like it's never gonna change. 62 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: But God knows every lonely night. He sees every tear 63 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: you've ever shed. He's got you carved into the palm 64 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: of his hand. You are not forgotten. Maybe you have 65 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: a dream in your heart, but every time you try, 66 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: seems like one door after another closes, looks like it's 67 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: never gonna have, looks like it's over. But no, God 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: has not forgotten about you. In fact, even right now, 69 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: he's working in your life, arranging the right people, the 70 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: right breaks, the right opportunities, and at just the right 71 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: time in your due season, you're going to see that 72 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: dream come to fulfillment. Maybe you're a parent, you're raising 73 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: your children, You're making all kinds of sacrifices so their 74 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 1: dreams can come to pass. But know this, God has 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: not forgotten about your dreams. He is not forgotten about 76 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: the golds that you put on hold so your children 77 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: can go further. He sees those sacrifices. He's saying, I'm 78 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: not only going to help your children succeed, but I'm 79 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: going to help you fulfill the desires of your own heart. Now, 80 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: I want you to get your hopes up today. Put 81 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: your shoulders back, hold your head up high. People may 82 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: forget you, but God will never forget about you. People 83 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: may do you wrong, people may betray you, people may 84 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: leave you when you need them the most. But God 85 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: is the friend that sticks closer than a brother. And 86 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 1: when life deals you a tough blow, when you pray, 87 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: but the heavens are silent when it's taken longer than 88 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: you think. You need to remind yourself of this promise. 89 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: God has not forgotten about me. He is not forgotten 90 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: about my hopes and dreams. He's not forgotten about the 91 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: unfair things I've been through. He's promised he'll pay me 92 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: back double. He's not forgotten about my years of sacrificing, 93 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: my years of giving, my years of serving. All those 94 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: seeds that you've sown, It's just a matter of time 95 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: before you reap your harvest. You remember that famous song 96 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: by Nat King Cold Unforgettable. That's what I'm saying today. 97 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: You are unforgettable to our God. You matter to him. 98 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: He has carved you into the palm of his hand. 99 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: When God looks at you, all he can say is 100 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: that's my masterpiece. That child makes me proud. That young 101 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: person brings a smile to my face. That single parent mom, 102 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: she brings joy to my spirit. Our attitude should be 103 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: I am not going to drag through life negative, defeated, 104 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: feeling alone, left out, forgotten. I know God remembers me. 105 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: I talked to a lady one time. She was here 106 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: in town for cancer treatment there at the medical center. 107 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: She was from a smaller city, and she was very 108 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: nervous about the treatment to begin with, and she was 109 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: nervous about being in a large city all by herself. 110 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: She was going to have to be here for at 111 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: least three months. In the first couple of weeks, she 112 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: felt so alone, nobody to talk to, like she had 113 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: been forgotten, and her dream was to come to one 114 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: of our services. She always watches us on television, but 115 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: she didn't know anybody. She didn't have a ride. Also, 116 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: she had special medical needs that made it even more 117 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: difficult to travel. But one day in the cafeteria line 118 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: there at the hospital, she overheard the couple behind her 119 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: talking about how they come out to Lakewood each weekend, 120 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: and just in passing, she said, boy, I sure like 121 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: watching it on television. That couple said, how about this, 122 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: We'll come by and pick you up this Sunday and 123 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: bring you to a service. That was a dream come true. 124 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: She was thrilled they brought her. She told how when 125 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: she walked in, all she could do is weep and weep. 126 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: The greeters gave her a hug at the door, and 127 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: when they found out she was a visitor, they brought 128 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: her down and sat her on the very front row. 129 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: She was so excited, she told me afterwards, Joel, I 130 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: got to sit right by your brother Paul. I apologized. 131 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: She said, you're right, he's not near as good looking 132 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: as you are. She didn't say that, but I know 133 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: she was thinking it. But what was that God remembering her, 134 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: having the right people at the right place, letting her 135 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: know she was not forgotten. Here's how laquid people are. 136 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: They said, we'll come by and get you every Sunday 137 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: as long as you're in town. For three months, she 138 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: attended our services. Friends, you are not forgotten. I think 139 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: about Joseph, betrayed by his brothers. He was falsely accused 140 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: by a lady him spent thirteen years in prison for 141 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: something he didn't do. I'm sure he must have felt 142 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: God's forgotten about me. Look how my life has turned out. 143 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: I thought I had a dream, thought I had a promise. 144 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: I must have been wrong. No, those times when things 145 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: aren't going our way, those are seasons of testing. What 146 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: are we made of? What kind of attitude are we 147 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: gonna have? Are we gonna get negative, bitter blame God? 148 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: Or are we going to stay in faith knowing that 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: God has us in the palm of his hand. Joseph 150 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: had a gift of interpreting dreams, and one day in 151 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: the prison, he interpreted the dream of one of his cellmates. 152 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: He told Pharaoh's butler that this butler was going to 153 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: get out in three days time. He said, listen, I've 154 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: done you a favor by interpreted in this dream. Do 155 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: me a favor when you get out, tell Pharah about me. 156 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: Sure enough, the butler got out three days later. But 157 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't you know it, he forgot all about Joseph. And 158 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: sometimes the people that owe you the most will forget 159 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: about you the quickest. But don't worry, don't get discouraged. 160 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: Just because they forgot about you doesn't mean God forgot 161 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: about you. It wasn't long after that that Joseph got out. 162 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: He got promoted. I love what he said, what was 163 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: meant for my heart? God's used to my advantage. When 164 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: you're in those difficulties, doesn't look like it's ever going 165 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: to change. Keep reminding yourself. God has not forgotten about me. 166 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: Several years ago, our little niece, Savannah was spending the 167 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: weekend with us. Little Savannah was probably about seven years 168 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: old at that time. This is my sister April's daughter. 169 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: And on Sundays, Victoria and I take different cars to church. 170 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: I come a little bit earlier, and in the middle 171 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: of the song service. I leaned over to Victoria and said, 172 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: where is Savannah sitting? She said, I don't know where 173 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: you put her. I said, I didn't put her anywhere. 174 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: I didn't bring her. You brought her. Her eyes got 175 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: real big. She said, no, Joel, I thought you brought her. 176 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: My heart sunk. We left my little niece at home 177 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: all by herself. My mind began to raise all these 178 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: crazy thoughts. I just watched the movie the week before 179 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: home alone. I didn't know if she was there hollering 180 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: and screaming. I didn't know if she'd left and gone 181 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: to the neighbors. I didn't know she'd be scarred for life. Here. 182 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm in the middle of a service, trying to look spiritual, 183 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: trying up here holy. On the inside, I'm in a 184 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: total panic. I can already see the headlines. Pastor arrested, 185 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: leaving child home alone. We didn't know whether we should 186 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 1: call the police or what We were at the other 187 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: campus thirty minutes away from our home, and we finally 188 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: got in touch with my brother in law, Kevin. He 189 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: lives close and he ran to my house as quickly 190 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: as possible. When he got there, there was little Savannah 191 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: sitting at the back door, just as peaceful as can be, 192 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: had a smile on her face, not the least bit worried, 193 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: not the least bit upset. First thing she said to 194 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: Kevin was I knew you would remember me. She was saying, 195 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: I knew it's just a matter of time before somebody 196 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: showed up. I asked her later, Savannah, weren't you worried, 197 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: weren't you afraid? Weren't you upset? She said, no, Uncle Jojo, 198 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: my mother has left me before. I thought, that's where 199 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: I get it from April. But I thought, if we 200 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: could just have that same kind of childlike faith when 201 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: we feel alone, when we feel forgotten when things aren't 202 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: going our way. Instead of getting negative bitter into self pity, no, 203 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: shake that off and say, like little Savannah, I'm not worried. 204 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: I know God remembers me. I know it's just a 205 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: matter of time before he shows up and turns it around. 206 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: That phrase God remembers you is found seventy three times 207 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: in the scripture. It doesn't just mean that God doesn't 208 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: forget about you. It's more significant than that. When God 209 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: remembers you, it means he's going to overwhelm you with 210 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,239 Speaker 1: his favor. He is going to surprise you with his goodness. 211 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: When God remembers you, it means he is going to 212 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: show up and show out like you've never seen before. 213 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: That's what happened to a young lady in the Bible. 214 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: Her name was Rachel. She wanted to have a child 215 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: so badly. She tried and tried, but just couldn't conceive. 216 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: Her womb was barn and back in those days, a 217 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: woman was really looked down on if she couldn't give 218 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: her husband a child. It was like it not only 219 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: brought shame to her, but it brought shame to her husband. 220 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: Year after year went by and Rachel felt so alone, 221 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: so empty, like she was less than she was supposed 222 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: to be. To make matters worse, her sister Leah kept 223 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: having baby after baby. It was like rubbing salt in 224 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: the wound. But one day something happened that turned out 225 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: everything around. The scripture says that God remembered Rachel. Isn't 226 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: it interesting? It doesn't say that Rachel remembered God. And 227 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: of course it's good when we reach out to God 228 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: when we remember him, but it's even more significant when 229 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: God remembers you. God is so merciful when we don't 230 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: feel like we have any more strength to believe, when 231 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: we prayed so much, we can't pray any longer. When 232 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: we've gotten so discouraged, we just give up on the 233 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: promise and think it's not meant to be. That's exactly 234 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: where Rachel was. But notice what happened. God remembered her 235 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: and answered her plea and gave her a child. Friends, 236 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: when God remembers you, it doesn't matter how long it's 237 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: been that way, It doesn't matter how impossible it looks. 238 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: God is going to turn it around. You may feel 239 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: like Rachel today, alone, forgotten, empty. Maybe you've given up 240 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: on a dream You've already accepted the fact that you're 241 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: never going to be able to have a child, You're 242 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: never going to go back to college like you wanted to, 243 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: You're never going to be successful in your finances, in 244 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: your marriage. You've written it off. But understand, just because 245 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: you write it off doesn't mean God writes it off. 246 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: God remembers not only you. He remembers the dream he 247 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: put on the inside. He remembers the goals, the promises, 248 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: your deepest desires. You may have already said I'll just 249 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: forget about it, but God says, no, no, no, I 250 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: remember it. I'm the one that put the dream in you, 251 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: and I still have a way to bring it to pass. 252 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: I heard about this lady. She was about to lose 253 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: her house. She had been laid off and couldn't make 254 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: her payments, and eventually it was foreclosed on, and now 255 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: the bank was about to put it up for auction. 256 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: She had already accepted the fact that it was over, 257 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: that that chapter in her life was through. She was 258 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: doing her best to deal with it, but down deep, 259 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: she was very heartbroken. That's where she had raised her children. 260 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: She was a single parent mother, and I'm sure she 261 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: felt kind of like Rachel alone, forgotten, like nobody really cares, 262 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: and just to get some kind of closure, she went 263 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: to the auction where they were selling off these homes, 264 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: including her own. While she was there, all she could 265 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: do is weep and weep, seeing her house up there 266 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: on the docket to be auctioned off. And while she 267 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: was weeping, a lady close by noticed something was wrong, 268 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: came up and asked her what was going on, and 269 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: she explained how she had lost her job and now 270 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: her home was about to be sold. The lady asked 271 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: which home was it. She pointed to it. When it 272 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: came time for this home to be auctioned off, the 273 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: lady bid on it, and bid on it and bid 274 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: on it. She eventually won the bid, and now she 275 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: owned the house of her new friend. She turned to 276 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: her and said, I came here to buy my son 277 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: a house, but I realize now God sent me here 278 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: to buy your house and I want to give it 279 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: back to you. Think about this. That lady came in 280 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: their heart broken. She was expecting to say goodbye, expecting 281 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: to see it gone. But God had other plans. He 282 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: made a way when it looked like there was no way. 283 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: What was that God remembering her Some of you today 284 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: you have written off dreams, You've given up on promises 285 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: that you know God's put in your heart. God is 286 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: saying he has not forgotten about you. He still has 287 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: a way to turn that situation around. Even if you 288 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: were to lose your house you don't know, God can 289 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: send somebody to buy it and give it back to you. 290 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: He can bring you a new house. If you were 291 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: to lose your job, God can give you a better 292 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: job with better benefits, making better money. If somebody were 293 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: to walk out of your life, God can bring somebody 294 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: better into your life. God remembers you. He remembers the 295 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: dreams he's placed on the inside. He remembers the destiny 296 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: you were created for. He remembers the assignment you've been doing. 297 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: People may try to push you down. Sometimes our circumstances 298 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: will make us feel like we're alone and forgotten. But 299 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: all through the day we should go around saying, Father, 300 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: thank you that you're remembering me. You're remembering your promises, 301 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: You're remembering my dreams, You're remembering my destiny. I know 302 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: this man that was out taking a height through the 303 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: woods and he got caught in a terrible snowstorm. And 304 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: this man was a good person. He was nice and kind, 305 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: but he didn't really give God the time of day. 306 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: He's just living his own life, doing his own thing. 307 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: Then this storm, it got so bad that he lost 308 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: all sense of direction. It was quickly getting dark. He 309 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: wasn't an experienced hiker. He didn't have the proper gear. 310 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: He was just out trying to get some exercise, and 311 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: he knew he couldn't survive out there all night in 312 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: the cold. He begin to get disoriented and sleepy, common 313 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: conditions when your body starts to shut down. The cause 314 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: of the cold. He saw this small crevice in some rocks, 315 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: and he went over and laid down. He woke up 316 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: the next morning as warm as toast. When he regained consciousness, 317 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: much to his surprise, there was this huge, shaggy dog 318 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: that had come in there and curled up next to him. 319 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: That dog acted just like a heater. He didn't know 320 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: where the dog had come from. There was no dog 321 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: there the night before. But if it had not been 322 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: for that shaggy dog, he wouldn't be alive today. Now 323 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: that gentleman is outspoken about his faith, he has a 324 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: ministry of his own. Everywhere he goes, he tells people 325 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: what God has done for him. Friends, God knows your purpose. 326 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: He knows what you were put here to do. And 327 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: even when people don't give God the time of day, 328 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 1: even when they just lived for themselves, God has not 329 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: forgotten the destiny he created them for. I think about 330 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: a young man in South Korea. He was dying. He 331 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: had tuberculosis. One of his lung had collapsed. As he 332 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: laid in his bed at home in so much pain, 333 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: just waiting to die, he began to call out to 334 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: his different gods. One by one. He cried out to 335 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: this God, please help me. There was no answer. He 336 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: called out to another god the same thing, and again 337 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: and again and again. Finally, in desperation, he said, if 338 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: there's any God up there anywhere, I don't ask you 339 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: to heal me. I just ask you to show me 340 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: how to die. He was afraid to die. A few 341 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: hours later, a young college student walking through the neighborhood 342 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: felt what she called an unexplainable love drawing her to 343 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: his house. She went up to the door, not even 344 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: knowing really what she was doing. A lady answered, she said, 345 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: I know this sounds very, very odd. But is there 346 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: anything I can pray with you about? It was the mother. 347 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: She began to weep, and weep she said, yes, my 348 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: son is on his death bed. That lady went in 349 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: she prayed for the young man, and that day that 350 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: young man gave his life to Christ. To make a 351 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: long story short, God supernaturally healed him, and today, many 352 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: years later, he is the pastor of the largest church 353 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: in the world. Doctor Paul jungi Cho has over five 354 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: hundred thousand people in his church in South Korea. What 355 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: am I saying? God has not forgotten about you. He 356 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: knows the calling on your life. He knows what you 357 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: were put here for, and you need to do everything 358 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: you can in the natural. But what you cannot do, 359 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: God is going to supernaturally arrange. I'm sure that young 360 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: man felt alone and forgotten and all that pain and 361 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: all that suffering. But what he didn't realize was there 362 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: was a creator that knew him before he was ever born, 363 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: a God that had already purposed that he touched thousands. 364 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: Sickness tried to stop him, but sickness is not too 365 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: big for God. What is it that you think God 366 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: cannot do? Do you have a family member a relative 367 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: that you think is too far gone. Do you have 368 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: a coworker, a friend, a neighbor that you think is 369 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: just too sarcastic, too cynical, too much of a partier. No, 370 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: God has not written them off. God remembers them. And 371 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,239 Speaker 1: when God remembers supernatural things are going to happen. Now 372 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: I want to breathe new life into your faith today. 373 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: You may be here like that young man, feel like 374 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: you'll never get well, you'll never get over that sickness. 375 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: But know we serve a God that is not limited 376 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 1: to the natural. You have an assignment, You have a 377 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: destiny to fulfill. And no matter how bad it looks 378 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 1: in the natural, no matter how many obstacles are in 379 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: your path, God has not forgotten about you. He is 380 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: not going to take away his calling on your life. 381 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: You may be living far below where you're supposed to, 382 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: You may be far away from where you know in 383 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: your heart God wants you, but you might as well 384 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: get ready because the most High God is not going 385 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: to write you off. And when God remembers you, all 386 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: the forces of darkness cannot keep you from fulfilling your purpose. 387 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,959 Speaker 1: Sickness can't stop it. A disappointment can't stop it. Another 388 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: person can't stop it. God said he's going to lift 389 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: you out of the pit, set your feet on a rock, 390 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: and put a new song in your heart. You need 391 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: to get your fire back and start expecting to fulfill 392 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,719 Speaker 1: the dreams that you once had. It may look like 393 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: those dreams have died, but God can resurrect dead dreams. 394 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: Those promises may have been pushed down by disappointment, by 395 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: an unfair situation, by sickness, but God has not forgotten 396 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: about you. And when the most high remembers, there is 397 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: nothing that can keep you from your destiny. There was 398 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: a little girl born into a very dysfunctional home. She 399 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: was abused and neglected. There was no consistency in this family. 400 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: She'd never really felt what true love was all about, 401 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: and in the natural, all the odds were against her. 402 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: Didn't look like she would ever amount to much. It 403 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: got so bad as a young girl she asked the 404 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: authorities if she could be removed from her own home. 405 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: The judge studied it all, and he had her place 406 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: in foster care. This young lady felt alone, confused, and forgotten. 407 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: Several months later, she agreed to be a part of 408 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: a special program. She would be adopted by a single 409 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: parent mom living in a small community dedicated to helping 410 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: other foster care children. She began to excel in school. 411 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 1: She became an honor student, a leader that the other 412 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 1: children looked up to, and one day she was invited, 413 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: along with the other leaders that ran the foster care 414 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: community there, to be on a national talk show. On 415 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: this program, the host asked her what her dreams and 416 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: goals for the future were. This young lady said, my 417 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: dream is to one day go to Harvard University so 418 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: I can help others like so many people have helped me. 419 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: A few days later, she got a call from out 420 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: of state. The lady said, I saw y'all on the 421 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: program this week. I have a question for you. Would 422 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: you accept a scholarship to Yale University instead? The young 423 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 1: lady agreed. Today she's headed to Yale. What am I saying? 424 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: No matter who's tried to push you down, no matter 425 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: how many unfair things you've been through, God has not 426 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: forgotten about you. He said, he would be a father 427 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: to the fatherless. When people do you wrong, your heavenly 428 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: father will defend you when you need a good break. 429 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: Your heavenly father will show you favor when it looks impossible. 430 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 1: Your heavenly father will make a way where it looked 431 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: like there was no way. Doctor Bill Henson was the 432 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: pastor of the Methodist church here in town for years, 433 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: good friend of our family. He told how when his 434 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: children younger, he went out to pick up the newspaper 435 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: one morning and he saw a baby owl lying on 436 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: the ground. His kids ran out to look at it, 437 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 1: and they wanted to pick it up and hold it, 438 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: but he cautioned them not to until he found out 439 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: more about the little owl. He called a friend of his, 440 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: a local veterinarian. He asked about how you should take 441 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,479 Speaker 1: care of it and any information on the owl, and 442 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: the veterinarian said, sometimes the strong winds can blow the 443 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: owl out of the nest, or sometimes the owl is 444 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: just over confident and tries to fly before it's able. 445 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: But he said, in any case, it's good you didn't 446 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: try to pick it up. Doctor Henson said, why's that? 447 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: He said, because if you go out and look up 448 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: in the trees, there's a good chance you will see 449 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: a mama owl looking down closely watching that baby owl. 450 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: So of course they ran out there as fast as 451 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: they could. They looked up, and sure enough, in the 452 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: top of this pine tree, there was a large mama 453 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: owl with these huge eyes staring directly down at them, 454 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: just like she was ready to swoop in and protect 455 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: that little baby. She's just standing on guard, at attention. 456 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: The veterinarian went on to say, even if it means 457 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: giving her own life, if something were to try to 458 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: harm that baby owl, she would do everything she could 459 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: to protect it. And the good news is, just like 460 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: that mama owl, your heavenly father is looking down right now, 461 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: closely watching over you. Sometimes in life you may feel 462 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 1: like the strong winds have knocked you down. At times, 463 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,959 Speaker 1: you may feel like you're alone and forgotten. But if 464 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: you can just remember to look up, you'll see those 465 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: heavenly eyes looking back down at you. You'll see those 466 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: eyes of love, those eyes of compassion, just waiting to rescue, 467 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,239 Speaker 1: to protect, to defend. Now, I want you to have 468 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: this confidence today that no matter where you are in life, 469 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: no matter what comes against you, you are not alone. 470 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: You are not forgotten. God remembers you, He remembers the 471 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: dreams he's put on the inside. He remembers the promises 472 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: you're holding on to. He remembers the sacrifices you've made. 473 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: You are unforgettable to our God. When God remembers you, 474 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: just like Rachel, supernatural things are gonna happen. The dark 475 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: clouds are gonna give way to the sunshine. The bar 476 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: and womb is gonna conceive. The shaggy dog is gonna 477 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: keep you warm. Who knows one phone call may lead 478 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: you to a major university. If you'll stir your faith 479 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: up and believe that God is watching over you, believe 480 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: that nothing can keep you from your destiny, then you're 481 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: gonna see God show up and show out in amazing ways. 482 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: He is gonna give you favor to accomplish your dreams. 483 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: He is gonna supernaturally heal your body. You're gonna overcome 484 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and live that life of 485 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive it today? Well? 486 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 487 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 488 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 489 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 490 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: you my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 491 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: simple prayer. We believe you got born again. Get in 492 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 493 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 1: going to take your places you've never dreamed of. It's 494 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: easy in life to wear labels, mistakes we've made and 495 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: what people have said, disappointments we faced. 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