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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help let's continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to be with you. 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 6: If you're ever in our area, please stop by. I'll 34 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 6: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. I'd 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 6: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 36 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 6: these three sisters ages ninety six, ninety four, ninety two 37 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 6: that live together. One day, the ninety six year old 38 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 6: draws a bath, She puts one foot in and stops. 39 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 6: She hollers downstairs, I can't remember if I was getting 40 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 6: in or getting out. The ninety four year old said, 41 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 6: this second, I'll come up and help you. She gets 42 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 6: halfway up. 43 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 5: The stairs and stops. 44 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 6: She says I can't remember if I was going up 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 6: or coming down. The ninety two year old shook her 46 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 6: head and said, boy, I hope I never get that. 47 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 5: Forgetful. She knocked on wood for good luck. 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 6: Then she said, hang on, I'll come help both of 49 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 6: you as soon as I see who's at the door. 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 6: That's going to be none of us. In Jesus' name, 51 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 6: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 52 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 6: I am what it says. I am. I have what 53 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 55 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 56 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 57 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 6: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 58 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 6: about overcoming weariness. As we go through life, one challenge 59 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 6: we all have to face is with weariness. It's easy 60 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 6: to get tired. Weary means to lose your sense of pleasure, 61 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 6: to not feel the enjoyment that you should. You can 62 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 6: be raising great children because you're weary, you're not enjoying them. 63 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 6: You can have the job of your dreams. You worked 64 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 6: hard to get it. But now weariness has set in. 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 6: And you're not passionate about it anymore. Sometimes, because the 66 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 6: battle is taken longer than we thought, we become weary. 67 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 6: Talk to a lady recently. She was in town at M. D. Anderson, 68 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 6: the cancer Hospital, hoping that this would be her last 69 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 6: round of treatment. She found out she has to take 70 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 6: it for six more months. She's very disappointed, she said, 71 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 6: I don't think I can deal with this anymore. When 72 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 6: the difficulty is lasting longer than expected. We're working hard 73 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 6: but not seeing increase. We're believing for the baby, but 74 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 6: year after year goes by, we're still not pregnant. Weariness 75 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 6: will come. If the enemy can't take you out all 76 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 6: at once, his next strategy is to try to wear 77 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 6: you down. Many people are suffering from battle fatigue. They've 78 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 6: been standing a long time, trying to break the addiction, 79 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 6: believing for the promotion, praying for that family member, but 80 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 6: hasn't happened yet. 81 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: They never dreamed. 82 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 6: They'd still be single, still be dealing with the illness, 83 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 6: still be trying to get the loan. 84 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 5: Now they're tired, Paul said. 85 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 6: Inglatians don't get weary in well doing. God knew weariness 86 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 6: would come, or he wouldn't. 87 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 5: Tell us not to get weary. 88 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 6: He said, don't be weary in well. Doing that means 89 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 6: you're doing the right thing, but not seeing right results, 90 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 6: does it seem like it's making a difference. 91 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 5: Let me encourage you. 92 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 6: Your time is coming, your due season is on the way. 93 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 6: Don't let time talk out of it. Don't let discouragement 94 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 6: cause you to give up. Don't let negative thoughts convince 95 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 6: you to settle where you are. Your mind will give 96 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 6: you good excuses, things like I'm too tired to fight 97 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 6: this addiction, I'm too tired to believe for my marriage, 98 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 6: too tired to stretch to the next level, been doing 99 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 6: it so long. If you dwell on those thoughts, you 100 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 6: will allow weariness in. You'll become more tired, more weary, 101 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 6: more discouraged, more negative. Weariness cannot automatically come. You have 102 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 6: to open the door when thoughts tell you it's never 103 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 6: going to work out, it's been too long, Just say no, thanks. 104 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 6: I know my time is coming. I know God is 105 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 6: still on the throne. I am strong in the Lord. 106 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 6: I've been armed with strength for this battle. The Psalmist 107 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 6: tells us to take. 108 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 5: Hold of God's strength. This is what David did. 109 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 6: He was doing the right thing, but the wrong thing 110 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 6: kept happening to him. Year after year. His family looked 111 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 6: down on him and treated him like he was second class. 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 6: He could have been sour, upset. Instead, he kept taking 113 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 6: care of his father's sheep, doing it with a good attitude, 114 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 6: being a person of excellence. How could he keep standing 115 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 6: strong all through the day. I can hear David under 116 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 6: his breath, reminding himself, don't get weary in well doing. 117 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 6: When he was being good to King Saul, playing the 118 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 6: heart for him, trying to make him feel better, saw 119 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 6: through a spear and. 120 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 5: Tried to kill David. 121 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 6: David could have been frustrated, thought, God, what's the use 122 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 6: I'm doing the right thing. 123 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 5: This man tries to take my life. 124 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 6: Instead, he kept telling himself, David, don't get weary in 125 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 6: well doing. 126 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 5: He understood this principle. 127 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 6: When you give into weariness, you lose your strength when 128 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 6: you start thinking. 129 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 5: It's not fair. 130 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 6: It's been so long I've going to work out. The 131 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 6: energy you need to move into your destiny is being 132 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 6: drained out. I'm not asking you to never feel weariness. 133 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 5: It will come. 134 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to not allow it in. 135 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 5: When you're weary, you won't. 136 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 6: Have the passion, the determination, the courage to fight the 137 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 6: good fight of faith. Don't let battle fatigue keep you 138 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 6: from your victory. Don't let weariness stop your dream from 139 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 6: coming to pass. 140 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 5: You are closer than you think. 141 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 6: When it's the most difficult, you face the greatest temptation 142 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 6: to settle. That means the victory is near, the promotion, 143 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 6: the healing, the breakthrough is about to show up. See 144 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 6: the prophet Samuel had anointed David to be the next 145 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 6: king when he was a teenager. Thirteen years had gone by, 146 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 6: there was no sign of it happening. 147 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 5: One day, David and six. 148 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 6: Hundred of his men returned from a battle and found 149 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 6: their sins had. 150 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 5: Been attacked and destroyed. 151 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 6: All their possessions were burned, their families were kidnapped. 152 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 5: It was the worst. 153 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 6: Defeat of David's life, his darkest hour. The scripture says 154 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 6: they wept until they could not weep anymore. David was depressed, discouraged. 155 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 6: I'm sure he was tempted to thank God, this is 156 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 6: the final straw. I've been doing the right thing for years. 157 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 6: I can't take it anymore. 158 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 5: I'm done. 159 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 6: He could have given up, and that would have been 160 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 6: the end of his story, he would have never taken 161 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 6: the throne. But when David was tired, when he felt 162 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 6: like throwing in the towel, he did. 163 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 5: Something that we all must do. 164 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 6: He dug his heels in and said, I've come too 165 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 6: far to stop now. The scripture says David encouraged himself 166 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 6: in the Lord, his God. 167 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 5: He made this decision. 168 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 6: I'm not allowing this weariness in. I'm going to stir 169 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 6: my faith back up. While the other men were weeping, discouraged, complaining, 170 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 6: I can hear David saying, I'm strong in the Lord, 171 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 6: I'm anointed, I'm well able. The forces that are for 172 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 6: me are greater than the forces that are against me. 173 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 6: You can talk yourself into defeat, or you can talk 174 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 6: yourself into victory. You can talk yourself into weakness, or 175 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 6: you can talk yourself into strength. When you speak to 176 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 6: yourself the right way, courage comes, determination comes, vision comes. 177 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 6: Every time you say this is too hard, strength is leaving. 178 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 5: I can't do this anymore. You're getting weaker. I'm so disappointed. 179 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 5: I can't believe this happen. 180 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 6: You're inviting discouragement when you say I am well able, 181 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 6: You're inviting strength. I can do all things through Christ. 182 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 6: You're inviting favor. You may feel tired, but don't verbalize it. 183 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 6: Don't give life to it by. 184 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 5: Speaking it out. 185 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 6: The scripture says, let the weak say I am strong? 186 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 6: Does it say let the weak talk about the weakness. 187 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 6: Let the sick talk about the sickness. Let the disappointed 188 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 6: talk about the bad break No. 189 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 5: Turn it around. 190 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 6: Yes, this is tough, but I am strong in the Lord. 191 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 6: I know God is fighting my battles. He always causes 192 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 6: me to try umph. That's what it means to take 193 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 6: hold of his strength. Isaiah put it this way. If 194 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 6: you'll wait on the Lord, God will renew your strength. 195 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 6: You will mount up with wings like eagles. You will 196 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 6: run and not be weary. You will walk and not faint. 197 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 6: Now wait on the Lord. Does it mean to sit back, passive? 198 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 5: Idle? 199 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 6: Okay, God, I'm tired, I'm worn out. Do your thing, 200 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 6: renew my strength. That word weait in one translation, says 201 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 6: those who look for God's goodness, who expect his favor, who. 202 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 5: Long for his blessing. 203 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 6: Waiting is supposed to be active. Lord, Thank you that 204 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 6: you're turning this situation around. Thank you that you're bigger 205 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 6: than this cancer, stronger than these opponents. Lord, thank you 206 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 6: for bringing my dreams to pass. You want soar with 207 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 6: the eagles. If you're negative in your thinking, you want 208 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 6: ron and not be weary. If you're focused on your 209 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 6: problems and how impossible it is. What causes your strength 210 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 6: to be renewed is when you live with this expectancy. 211 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 6: You have this hope that God is working in your life, 212 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 6: this knowing that he's in control, that he can open 213 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 6: doors that no man can shut, that he will get 214 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 6: you to where you're. 215 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 5: Supposed to be. 216 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 6: When you get your mind going in the right direction, 217 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 6: God will give you rest. You don't have to go 218 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 6: through life weary. Nothing that's happened to you has stopped 219 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 6: God's plan for your life. Like David, it may be 220 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 6: taken along long time, you may have had some setbacks, 221 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 6: but God. 222 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 5: Is still on the throne. He knows how to get 223 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 5: you to your destiny. 224 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 6: David not only stirred himself up, he got his men 225 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 6: stirred back up. 226 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 5: They went out and attacked the. 227 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 6: Enemy and recovered everything that had been stolen. Three days later, 228 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 6: King Saul was killed in a battle, and David took 229 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 6: the throne that was some thirteen years after he had 230 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 6: been anointed to be the next king. My point is 231 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 6: David was closest to seeing the promise come to pass when. 232 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 5: He faced his greatest challenge. 233 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 6: When it seems like everything's coming against you, it's taking 234 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 6: a long time. 235 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: Now you have this new problem. The medical report wasn't good. 236 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 6: Business went down, the situation at work intensified. 237 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 5: Stay encouraged. 238 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 6: That's a sign that the victory is near. Things are 239 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 6: about to turn around. The breakthrough is on the way. 240 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:04,359 Speaker 6: Don't get weary. In well doing may not happen overnight. 241 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 6: You have to do like David and be in it 242 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 6: for the long haul. Those thirteen years David waited for 243 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 6: the promise, he had to deal with battle fatigue. Don't 244 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 6: you know, Thoughts told him, David, it's never going to happen. 245 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 5: You wouldn't have these challenges if you were going to 246 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 5: take the throne. 247 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 6: Weariness came knocking at his door again and again. The 248 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 6: reason he saw the promise fulfilled was not because he 249 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 6: never felt weary, not because he was superhuman. He was 250 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 6: never tempted to be tired and discouraged. It was because 251 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 6: he didn't allow the weariness in When you've been in 252 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 6: a battle a long time. 253 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 5: You have to especially be on guard. 254 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 6: It's easy to get discouraged and think I'm tired of 255 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 6: standing strong, I'm tired of fighting this illness. I'm tired 256 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 6: of believing for my dreams. When you feel that weariness, 257 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 6: instead of giving in, learn to look up and say, God, 258 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to renew my strength. When you do, 259 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 6: you'll feel strength coming to you. God will breathe new 260 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 6: life back into your spirit. You may be tired today, 261 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 6: you've been dealing with a challenge in your health, a 262 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 6: relationship in your finances for years. You used to believe 263 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 6: that you would overcome, but now you're worn down. You 264 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 6: don't think it's ever going to happen. 265 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 5: Let me encourage you. What God promised. 266 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 6: He's still going to bring to pass. You may have 267 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 6: given up, but God has not given up. He has 268 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 6: your healing, your breakthrough, your promotion to right people. Now 269 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 6: do your pardon, get your passion back, start taking hold 270 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 6: of his strength. Don't allow that weariness in the enemy 271 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 6: wouldn't be fighting you so hard unless he knew you 272 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 6: were close to your victory. He couldn't take you out, 273 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 6: so he's trying to bar you out, get you weary, discourage, 274 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 6: don't fall into that trap. 275 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 5: All through the day. 276 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 6: Lord, thank you that you're renewing my strength. Thank you 277 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 6: that I will soar like the eagles. Thank you that 278 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 6: I am strong in the Lord. That battle may be 279 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 6: taken a long time, but I believe right now strength 280 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 6: is coming into you. Hope is coming into you. God 281 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 6: is filling you with fresh courage, determination, vision. You will 282 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 6: run and not be weary. You will walk and not fame. 283 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 6: That's what happened to a friend of mine. He was 284 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 6: diagnosed with cancer of the brain. The doctors only gave 285 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 6: him six months to live. It was the worst kind 286 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 6: of brain cancer you can have. He had surgery to 287 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 6: remove the tumor that was successful, but another one came back. 288 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 5: He's been taking all the treatment. 289 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 6: He's changed his diet and very disciplined about what he eats. 290 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 6: He made it past six months and another and another 291 00:15:59,120 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 6: and another. 292 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 5: Every time I. 293 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 6: See him, he's upbeat, still has his sense of humor. 294 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 6: It's full of faith, full of resolved. 295 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 5: You wouldn't know anything is wrong. 296 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 6: He's coming up on three years since the diagnosis. The 297 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 6: other day they took a new brain scan and could 298 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 6: not find any sign of a tumor. He has a 299 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 6: very prestigious doctor, one of the leaders in that field 300 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 6: in all of the world, and this doctor asked my 301 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 6: friend if he would go to a support group for. 302 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 5: People that have brain cancer. 303 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 6: My friend said, doctor, I don't really feel like I 304 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 6: need to go. 305 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 5: I'm fine. 306 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 6: The doctor said, I'm not asking you to go for 307 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 6: your sake. 308 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to go for. 309 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 6: Other people's sake, so they can see someone who's beaten 310 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 6: the odds. 311 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 5: He wanted him to go. 312 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 6: As an example, to be a source of encouragement to others. 313 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 6: But over these last three years, he's had plenty of 314 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 6: times where. 315 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 5: He's tempted to get weary. 316 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 6: The initial diagnosis, of course, was devastating. Never thought he'd 317 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 6: be dealing with brain cancer. It went away once, but 318 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 6: came back a second time, had to have another operation. 319 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 6: He could have thought, I can't deal with this anymore. 320 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 6: It just wasn't meant to be. But he didn't allow 321 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 6: the weariness in. He kept praying, believing, doing what he could. 322 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 6: Because he didn't get weary and well doing God caused 323 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 6: him to mount up with wings like eagles. 324 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 5: He became an. 325 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 6: Exception that's what happens when you don't give in to 326 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 6: battle fatigue. You may be in a situation like my friend, 327 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 6: that looks impossible. You could easily let that overwhelm you. 328 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 6: But God has given. 329 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 5: You strength for that battle. 330 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 6: He said you would never face something you couldn't handle. 331 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 6: Quit telling yourself it's too much and start taking hold 332 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 6: of His strength. That cancer is no match for you. 333 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 6: That legal problem, that situation in your finances may look 334 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 6: like it's permanent, but it's just a matter of time 335 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 6: before God turns it around. Don't let weariness talk you 336 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 6: out of it. May be taking a long time, but 337 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 6: like David, the promise is on the way. If you'll 338 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 6: stay in faith, God will not only renew your strength, 339 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 6: He'll renew your health, renew your marriage, renew your business. 340 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 5: He'll make a way where you don't see away. First Kings, 341 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 5: Chapter eighteen. 342 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 6: The prophet Elijah had just called down fire from heaven 343 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 6: and defeated four hundred and fifty of the. 344 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 5: False prophets that worshiped the God Bail. They were all killed. 345 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 6: It was a great victory in Elijah's life. But there 346 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 6: was a lady that lived there by. 347 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 5: The name of Jezebel. 348 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 6: When she heard what happened to her four hundred and 349 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 6: fifty false. 350 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 5: Prophets, she was furious. 351 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 6: She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 352 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 6: you by this time tomorrow, I'm going to take my 353 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 6: own life. Elijah was so afraid he took off running. 354 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 6: He ran for a full day into the desert. He 355 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 6: ended up sitting under a juniper tree. He was so 356 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 6: depressed he prayed that he would die. He said, God, 357 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 6: I'm done. 358 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 5: I've had enough. Take my life. 359 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 6: Here's this incredible man of faith, one of the great 360 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 6: heroes in the Bible. He's seeing God bring a child 361 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 6: back to life. A few days earlier, he outran a cheeriot. 362 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 6: He just called down fire from heaven, a great miracle. 363 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 6: But now because one angry woman is after him, he 364 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 6: doesn't want to live. There's a deeper message there, but 365 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 6: I'm smart enough to leave it alone. He's laying under 366 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 6: this tree, depressed, discouraged, doesn't want to go on. An 367 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 6: angel appears under him and wakes him up. Usually when 368 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 6: an angel shows up in the scripture, it's to do 369 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 6: something supernatural, to open prison doors, to close the mouths 370 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 6: of hungry lions, to part red seas. But this angel 371 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 6: did something interesting. He said, Elijah, wake up and eat. 372 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 6: Elijah looked over. There was read cooking on hot coals 373 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 6: and a jar of water. Elijah ate the bread and 374 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 6: drank the water. Went back to sleep. A few hours later, 375 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 6: the angel woke him up again said the same thing, 376 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 6: Get up and eat. 377 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 5: He ate and drank some more. 378 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 6: The scripture says, being strengthened by that food, he traveled forty. 379 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 5: Days to his next assignment. His whole attitude had changed. 380 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 6: While was Elijah discouraged, depressed, not wanting to go on 381 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 6: because he was tired. He was worn out, he was hungry. 382 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 6: He didn't need a miracle. 383 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 5: He just needed some sleep. 384 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 6: Sometimes when we're weary, it's not a spiritual problem, it's 385 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 6: a physical problem. He had just ran twenty four hours 386 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 6: to try to get away from Jezebel. He just needed 387 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 6: some rest, just needed a good meal. In other words, 388 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 6: the angel didn't wake him up and say, be free 389 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 6: from your weariness, be healed from this depression. 390 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 5: He said, eat this food, drink this water. 391 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 6: He was saying, Elijah, take care of yourself, get back 392 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 6: in balance. Too often we're fighting battles in our mind. 393 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 5: No passion. 394 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 6: Discouraged not because of the enemy, but because of how 395 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 6: we're taking care of ourselves. 396 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 5: You are a three part being. 397 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 6: Physical, spiritual, and emotional. You have to take care of 398 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 6: all three parts. You can pray twenty four hours a day, 399 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 6: but you won't feel well physically. Your body needs to 400 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 6: be cared for. You can go to the gym, work 401 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 6: out five hours a day, seven days a week, but 402 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 6: if you're not taking time for your spiritual and emotional side, 403 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 6: you're not going to be your best. 404 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 5: Living balanced is the key. 405 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 6: You can't stay up all night and not get the 406 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 6: proper sleep and expect to feel good the next day. 407 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 6: You won't have the passion you need, the creativity. You 408 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 6: won't make good decisions. And some people are praying for 409 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 6: a miracle. They're discouraged, they have no energy. But if 410 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 6: the angel showed up, he would say the same thing he. 411 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:28,719 Speaker 5: Said to Elijah. 412 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 6: Get some sleep, start eating better, take care of your 413 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 6: physical body. 414 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 5: You can't drink. 415 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 6: Twenty five cups of coffee a day, eat sugar all 416 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 6: the time and expect to feel good. I read where 417 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 6: one of the causes of depression is simply not getting 418 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 6: enough sleep. 419 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 5: What am I saying pay attention to practical things. 420 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 6: You can't go against natural laws and expect God to 421 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 6: bless you. Your body is the house you live in. 422 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 6: Calls it the temple of the Holy Spirit. I'm asking 423 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 6: you to take care of your temple. Don't put junk 424 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 6: in your temple. Your spirit the real You cannot live 425 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 6: on this earth without your body. 426 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,719 Speaker 5: We need you here a long time. 427 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 6: Don't have your life cut short because you're not taking care. 428 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 5: Of what God has given you. 429 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 6: And it's easy to work all the time, get up early, 430 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 6: stay up late, always thinking about the business, thinking about. 431 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 5: What we have to do next. 432 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 6: But being a workaholic is doing yourself a disservice. Your 433 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 6: mind needs a break, your body needs to relax. That's 434 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 6: why in the Old Testament God required them. 435 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 5: To take a sabbath. They didn't have a choice. One 436 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 5: day a week. They couldn't even pick up a stick. 437 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 5: They had to rest. 438 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 6: Even when God created the universe, on the seventh day, 439 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 6: he rested. 440 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 5: He didn't have to. 441 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 6: He's gone God. He was showing us this principle. David said, 442 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 6: God leads me by the still waters. He makes me 443 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 6: lie down in green pastures. That wording is interesting. He 444 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 6: makes me lie down. This implies if you don't take 445 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 6: care of yourself, If you live overworked, run down, stressed out, 446 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 6: you don't get enough sleep, you don't eat right. 447 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 5: Eventually that's going to catch up to you. 448 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 6: If you don't take time to lie down in green pastures, 449 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 6: God will make you lie down in green pastures. You'll 450 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 6: probably come to a point where you have to rest. 451 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 6: What I'm saying, don't wear yourself out to where God 452 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 6: has to make you slow down. Too many times we 453 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 6: end up unhealthy. We can't do what we used to do, 454 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 6: not because the enemy, but because we are not taking 455 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 6: care of our temple. You need recreation. You need to 456 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 6: laugh to have fun. 457 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 5: Laughter is like a medicine. 458 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 6: Laughter releases stress, causes you to have more energy. My 459 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 6: personality type is I'm a hard worker. I'm driven, I'm determined. 460 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 6: I like to accomplish things, and we have a lot 461 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 6: going on here. I could think about the ministry twenty 462 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 6: four hours a day, but I've learned if I don't 463 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 6: exercise during the week, I'm not going to be my 464 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 6: best up here on the weekends. If I don't take 465 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 6: time for recreation, ride bikes with my family, play basketball, 466 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 6: I'm not going to function at my highest level. You 467 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 6: will be your most productive, your most effective, not when 468 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 6: you're working all the time, but when you're balanced physically, spiritually, 469 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 6: and emotionally. If you neglect one area, it will limit 470 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 6: what you can accomplish. And a lot of people are 471 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 6: good at taking care of the physical, good at taking 472 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 6: care of the emotional, but they don't take care of 473 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 6: the spirit. There's no connection to God. Your life will 474 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 6: be more rewarding, more fulfilling when you're in relationship with 475 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 6: your creator. 476 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 5: God breathed his life into you. He knows what your 477 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 5: purpose is. He knows what you can accomplish. 478 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 6: When you make him a part of your life, you 479 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 6: will go further than you. 480 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 5: Can in just your own ability, your own talent. 481 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 6: The scripture says, if you'll put God first, he will 482 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 6: crown your efforts with success. His favor on your life 483 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 6: will take you where your talent could not take you. 484 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 6: If you're going to reach your highest potential, make. 485 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 5: Your spiritual life a priority. 486 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 6: When you get up each morning, take time to thank 487 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 6: God for the day. Don't just rush out of the 488 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 6: house all stressed out. Start the day off with a 489 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 6: grateful attitude all through the day. Meditate on his promises. 490 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 6: Keep your mind fit with thoughts of hope, faith, thoughts 491 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 6: of victory. Friends, you don't have to go through life weary. 492 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 6: Maybe today you need to make an adjustment, a practical 493 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 6: thing like Elijah, taking better care of yourself, or maybe 494 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 6: an adjustment in your attitude in how you're seeing things. 495 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 6: You've been dealing with a challenge for a long time. 496 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 6: Now you're suffering from battle fatigue. 497 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 5: You don't think you can go on. This is a 498 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 5: new day. 499 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 6: God is breathing new life back into your spirit. 500 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 5: Dare to take hold. 501 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 6: Of his strength, get your passion back. When you feel weak, 502 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 6: start declaring I am strong. If you'll do this, I 503 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 6: believe and declare. 504 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 5: You will run and not be weary. 505 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 6: God is renewing your strength so you can soar like 506 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 6: the eagles. Health is coming, courage is coming, Freshness is 507 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,360 Speaker 6: coming in Jesus' name, and if you receive it. 508 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 5: Today, can you say amen? 509 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 510 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 511 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 512 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and Savior. 513 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 514 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 515 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 6: keep God first place. Victorian, I will be right back 516 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 6: to speak a blessing over you. 517 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 518 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 519 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's new series, Three Keys to Being Free. 520 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 4: In this inspiring series, you'll discover how to one forgive 521 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 4: yourself and others, two keep your peace and enjoy God's rest, 522 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: and three move forward in faith and into your destiny. 523 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 7: We weren't created to live with addictions, depression, or guilt 524 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 7: from past mistakes. God wants you to break free from 525 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 7: everything that's holding you back. There may be obstacles in 526 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 7: your past, but the forces that are for you are 527 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 7: greater than the forces that are against you. 528 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 6: This is your time to step up into a new 529 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 6: level of freedom. Request this resource. It will inspire you 530 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 6: to believe with the victorious life that belongs to you. 531 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 4: Request your copy of Three Keys to Being Free today 532 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 4: at Joeloustein dot com or call eight eight eight five 533 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 4: sixty seven. 534 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 8: Joel. 535 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 9: Ten years ago, I was messing with drugs and having 536 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 9: severe panic attacks. But through this ministry and Joel's message 537 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 9: of hope, I discover that God's a God of new beginnings. 538 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 9: It's been ten years and I haven't had a panic 539 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 9: attack since today. I'm married, I have two beautiful children. 540 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 9: I feel God's peace. This ministry changed my life. 541 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 6: Your support is changing lives. Thanks for partnering with us. 542 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 6: We appreciate your prayer, your generosity. Special thank you to 543 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 6: our Champion of Hope partners for all you do to 544 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 6: take this message around the world. Victoria and I pray 545 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 6: for you and your family every day. We'll believe in 546 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,719 Speaker 6: tw seventeen is going to be an amazing year in 547 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 6: your life. Until we meet again, know that you're not average, 548 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 6: You're not mediocre. 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