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If you're ever in our area, please 45 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 4: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 48 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 4: again for coming out today. I'd like to start with 49 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 4: something funny. And one day this young man was talking 50 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: to God and he said, God, what's a million years 51 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 4: like to you? God says, Son, to me, a million 52 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: years is like one second. He said, well, God, what's 53 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: a million dollars like to you? He said, Son, A 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 4: million dollars to me is like one penny to you. 55 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 4: Thought about it a moment. He finally got up his courage. 56 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 4: He said, God, would you give me a penny? God 57 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 4: said sure, just a second. Hold up your Bible. Say 58 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 59 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 4: am what it says. I am. I have what it 60 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 61 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 62 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 63 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 64 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 65 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 4: the valley of blessing. We all go through difficult times 66 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 4: in life and things that we don't understand and when 67 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 4: we're in the valley, it's easy to get discouraged and 68 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 4: think that it'll never get better. Too often we lose 69 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 4: our passion. But the scripture talks about the valley of blessing. 70 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 4: That seems like a contradiction. We think I can't be 71 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 4: in the valley and be blessed in the valley. I'm 72 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 4: discouraged dealing with this health issue. These people at work 73 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 4: won't treat me right. We see the valley as being negative. 74 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 4: As soon as I get out of this situation, I'll 75 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 4: have a better attitude. But I've learned God doesn't always 76 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: remove the valley. He'll bless you in the valley. David said, 77 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: God prepares a table before me in the presence of 78 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 4: my enemies. Doesn't say God will remove all my enemies, 79 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: eliminate everything this bothered me. Then't prepare the table. No, 80 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: in the midst of the trouble, in the midst of 81 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 4: the adversity, he prepares the table. He doesn't have to 82 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 4: deliver you from it. He can deliver you in it. 83 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 4: One time in the scripture, Isaac was in a great famine. 84 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 4: Nobody's crops could grow. Land was dry and hard, no water, 85 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 4: But he went out and planted his fields. In the 86 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 4: same year, he received a one hundredfold return. God didn't 87 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 4: have to deliver him from the famine. He blessed him 88 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 4: in the midst of the famine. You may be in 89 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 4: a valley right now, fighting a battle in your health, 90 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 4: in your finances, in a legal situation. God knows how 91 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 4: to turn that battlefield into your blessing field. Don't complain 92 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 4: about the valley. There's a blessing in that valley. It 93 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 4: wasn't sent to harm you, It was sent to increase. 94 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 4: You need to get ready. It's not going to stay 95 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 4: a valley of defeat. It's about to turn to a 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 4: valley of victory. What you think is a valley of disappointment, loss, heartache, 97 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 4: God is going to turn to a valley of new beginnings, 98 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 4: a valley of greater fulfillment. Or perhaps you're in a 99 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 4: valley of sickness. You could easily be discouraged and settle 100 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: where you are. Take heart, it's only temporary. It's going 101 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 4: to turn to a valley of health, a valley of 102 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 4: greater strength. God has you in the palm of his hand. 103 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 4: He promised the number of your days He will fulfill 104 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 4: don't be fooled by the valley. Like Isaac, it's about 105 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 4: to turn to a valley of breakthroughs, a valley of abundance, 106 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 4: a valley of victory. It's a valley of blessing. This 107 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 4: is what happened in the scripture to the people of Judah. 108 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 4: They were surrounded by three major armies who were quickly 109 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 4: closing in on them. In the natural, they didn't have 110 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 4: a chain. They were out numbered ten to one. Jehosiphat 111 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 4: the king, he called everyone together to pray. All these 112 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 4: people stood before him, husbands, wives, little children. You can 113 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 4: imagine how worried, how concerned their lives were on the line. 114 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 4: Jehosaphat looked up to the heavens. He said, God, we 115 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 4: don't know what to do, but our eyes are upon 116 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 4: you when you're in the valley. It's okay to be honest. God, 117 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: I don't see how it could ever get out. I 118 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 4: don't see how it could get well, how my family 119 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 4: could be restored. That's fine, but don't stop there. Do 120 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 4: like he did. God, I don't see away, but my 121 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 4: eyes are upon you. I know you still have a way. 122 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 4: I know nothing's too difficult for you. After he finished praying. 123 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 4: A young man spoke up and said, this is what 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 4: the Lord says. Don't be discouraged by these mighty armies. 125 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 4: For the battle is not yours. The battle is the Lord's. 126 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 4: You may be facing big enemies today God is saying 127 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 4: the same thing. Quit letting it upset you, Quit losing 128 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: your peace. It's not your battle, it's the Lord's battle. 129 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 4: God went on to instruct them that the next day 130 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 4: they were to walk toward their enemies. He said, you 131 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 4: won't even need to fight, just take your positions. Then 132 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 4: stand still and watch the Lord's victory. King Jehosaphat did 133 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 4: something interesting. He put the musicians out in front, the 134 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 4: singers and the praisers. With every step as they walked 135 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 4: toward their enemies, they saying the Lord is good and 136 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 4: his mercy endures forever. Notice in the valley, they weren't complaining. 137 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 4: They weren't saying we'll never get out. This problem's too big. 138 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 4: Why does this happen to us? No, they were singing praises. 139 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 4: They were talking about the greatness of their God. They 140 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: were speaking faith into their future. What you're saying in 141 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 4: the valley is extremely important. If you go around saying, 142 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 4: I'm never gonna get out Joel, I've got all these problems. 143 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 4: I always get these bad breaks. Then you're going to 144 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 4: get stuck. But when you start talking about how great 145 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 4: your God is, how no weapon formed against you will prosper, 146 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: how this problem didn't come to stay, it came to pass. 147 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 4: I can do all things through Christ. I am more 148 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 4: than a conquer When you start talking like that, that's 149 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: when God will show up and make things happen that 150 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 4: you could never make happen. When these enemy armies hurt 151 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 4: all the singing, the shouting, the commotion, they got confused 152 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 4: and begin to fight among themselves. They ended up killing 153 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 4: each other. When the people of Judah arrived, their enemies 154 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: were already defeated. They didn't have to lift one finger 155 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: in their defense. Just like God promised, stand still and 156 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 4: He will fight your battles. These enemy armies left so 157 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 4: many supplies, so much equipment, valuables, clothing, that it took 158 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 4: the people of Judah three days to collect it all. 159 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 4: On the fourth day, the scripture says, they stood in 160 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 4: the valley of Blessing and thanked God for what he 161 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 4: had done. Isn't it interesting in the place where they 162 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 4: had their greatest battles, their most powerful enemies. God didn't 163 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 4: call that the valley of opposition, the valley of struggle, 164 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 4: the valley of heartache. He called it the valley of blessing. 165 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 4: When you face tough times, have this new perspective. That 166 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: is not the valley of defeat. That's the valley of victory. 167 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 4: That's not a valley to hold you back. It's a 168 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 4: valley of promotion. It's not a valley of sickness. It's 169 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 4: a valley of restoration. Maybe like the people of Judah, 170 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 4: what you're facing looks insurmountable, doesn't look good. You lost 171 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: your biggest client, your child won't do what's right. Those 172 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 4: enemies may look big, but one touch of God's favor 173 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 4: can turn it all around. Don't get discouraged. God has 174 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 4: not brought you this far to leave you. Every voice 175 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 4: may tell you that's a valley of defeat. You're never 176 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 4: going to get out, never accomplish your dreams. The good 177 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 4: news is you don't have to get out of the valley. 178 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 4: God can bless you in the valley. The enemy may 179 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 4: have meant it for your harm, but he doesn't have 180 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 4: the final say. God does he says, stand still, and 181 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 4: I'm going to show you my goodness. Stay in faith, 182 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 4: and I'm going to turn that battlefield into your blessing field. 183 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 4: What should have defeated you is going to increase you. 184 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 4: You're going to come out better. I love the fact 185 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 4: it took them three days to gather up all the spoils. 186 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: Would have been a great victory if God had just 187 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 4: defeated their enemies spared their lives. But God never brings 188 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 4: you out the same. He makes the enemy pay for 189 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 4: bringing that trouble into your life. And sometimes we're just 190 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 4: hoping to make it through the valley. God help me 191 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 4: make it through this dry season at work. But God 192 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 4: says no, I'm gonna turn that valley into a valley 193 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 4: of abundance. If you're a football fan, you probably know 194 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 4: who Tony Dungee is one of the great coaches of 195 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 4: our day. After playing in the league many years, in 196 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 4: nineteen ninety six, he got his first job as a 197 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team. He 198 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: was so excited. Was a dream come true. He told 199 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 4: me how he didn't know anyone in that organization, didn't 200 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 4: have any special inside contacts, but out of several qualified candidates, 201 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 4: they chose him. He knew it was the hand of 202 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 4: God opening that door. And for six years everything was 203 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 4: going good. They were making progress, winning more games. But 204 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 4: one day, unexpectedly he was fired. They let him go. 205 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 4: He thought, God, I know you gave me this job. 206 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 4: I know this was your plan. I don't understand why 207 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: this has happened to me. He was in the valley. 208 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 4: Didn't make sense, but he didn't start complaining. He didn't 209 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 4: get bitter. He understood this principle that there's a blessing 210 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 4: in every valley. David said in Psalm twenty three, the 211 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: Lord is my shepherd. He leads me by the still waters, 212 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: leads me to the green pastures. We like that part 213 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 4: of the passage, but a little later it says, though 214 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 4: I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. 215 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 4: He was saying, the same God that leads you to 216 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 4: the green pastures and the still waters sometimes will lead 217 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 4: you to the valley. You may not understand it, but 218 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 4: if it wasn't going to work for your good, God 219 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 4: would have never allowed it. When you face tough times, 220 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: you have to remind yourself God would not be leading 221 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 4: you to that valley. If that's all there was, loss, defeat, 222 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 4: too bad, you're done. No, there's a purpose for that valley, 223 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: not to hinder you, but to help you, not to 224 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 4: hold you back, but to push you forward. Not to 225 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 4: weaken you, but to make you stronger. Now the key 226 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 4: is our attitude in the valley. If Jehosaphat would have thought, God, 227 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 4: I've served you all these years, I've done my best, 228 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 4: and now look, these enemies are going to wipe us out. 229 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 4: That's just not right. If he'd have been negative, bitter, discouraged, 230 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 4: he would have never seen this valley of blessing. Most 231 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 4: likely he would have been captured or even killed. Proverb says, 232 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 4: the steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord. 233 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 4: When you encounter a valley, sometimes it's not because you've 234 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: done it anything wrong. It's because you're doing something right. 235 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 4: God is ready to promote you. But the way he's 236 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: going to do it is by taking you through the 237 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 4: valley of blessing. We think, God, if you're gonna bless me, 238 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 4: don't take me down, take me up. You want to 239 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 4: promote me, don't let me lose my job. But God's 240 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 4: ways are not our ways. They are much bigger. His 241 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 4: plan is better than our plan. What I'm saying, don't 242 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 4: fight your valleys, stay encouraged. Every closed door, every bad break, 243 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 4: everything that didn't work out. That valley was not a 244 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 4: surprise to God. It's an opportunity for you to go 245 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 4: to a higher level. God is directing your steps when 246 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 4: you're on the mountaintops, and he's directing your steps even 247 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 4: when you're in the valley. And I'm not saying to 248 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: accept defeat, settle for mediocrity. This is God's plan. Now, 249 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 4: I'm saying, when you go through a valley, and we 250 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 4: all do, when a door closes, you get a bad 251 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 4: medical report, don't get bitter, don't live with a chip 252 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 4: on your shoulder. Start expecting new doors to open, new opportunities, 253 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 4: new friendships. God wouldn't have led you there if it 254 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 4: wasn't going to work for your good. There's a blessing 255 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 4: in that valley. And of course, coach Dungee, he was 256 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 4: disappointed that he lost his job, but he didn't sit 257 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 4: around talking about how bad life had treated him. He 258 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 4: started thanking God that new doors were going to open. 259 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 4: He knew the same God that opened the door in 260 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 4: Tampa Bay had now closed that door. The same God 261 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: that had directed his steps and gave him favor to 262 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 4: get that job, had now directed his steps away from 263 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 4: what he thought was his dream job. He was in 264 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: the valley. Not long after that, he received a phone 265 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 4: call from the Indianapolis Colts football organization. They said, we're 266 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 4: looking for a new head coach. Would you be interested. 267 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: They had a good quarterback named Peyton Manning. He said, 268 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: I think so. He took that job, and coach Dungee 269 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 4: went on to have incredible success coaching the Colts. They 270 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 4: won the Super Bowl, had many other winning seasons. God 271 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 4: turned that valley into a valley of victory. Here's the thing. 272 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 4: Had God never closed that door, he may not have 273 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 4: ever won the Super Bowl. Don't fight your valleys. They're 274 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 4: leading you to your greatest victories. In the valleys, we 275 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 4: always gain something. We may not like it, but we 276 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 4: gain experience, We gain endurance. Our character is being developed. 277 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 4: With every victory comes a new level of confidence, something 278 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 4: that you'll need later on to go to a higher level. 279 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 4: The valleys are getting us prepared. God knows what's in 280 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 4: your future. He knows what you're going to need when 281 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: you're going to need it. Everything happens for a reason. 282 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 4: A challenge you face today may not make sense, you 283 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: may not understand it, but fifteen years from now, because 284 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 4: it deposited something in you, you'll be prepared for what 285 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 4: you face. God doesn't do anything randomly. He's specific, He's detailed. 286 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 4: If the valley wasn't necessary, you wouldn't be there. If 287 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 4: that set back, that disappointment wasn't going to add anything 288 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 4: to your life, God would have never allowed it. Now, 289 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 4: don't try to figure out why it happened. That will 290 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 4: only confuse you. Just stay in faith, trust God that 291 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 4: he knows what's best, and you can be certain everything 292 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 4: that comes your way in life, somehow, some way, God 293 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 4: is eventually going to work that to your advantage. When 294 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,719 Speaker 4: David was a teenager, he went out to face Goliath 295 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 4: in the valley of Elah. Wasn't a coincidence that he 296 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: was in the valley? We see this principle. Goliath, of course, 297 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: was much bigger, stronger, had more experience. It looked impossible 298 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 4: like David didn't have a chance, But again we see 299 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 4: God turn a valley of defeat into a valley of blessing. 300 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 4: David took his slingshot and he knocked Goliath out. David 301 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 4: didn't have a sword, so he went over and got 302 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 4: Goliath's sword and finished him off. David came out of 303 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: that valley not only with more experience, more confidence, more respect, 304 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 4: but he came out with the sword of Goliath. Fast forward, 305 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 4: years later, David was on the run from King Saul. 306 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 4: Saul was jealous of David and trying to kill him. 307 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 4: David had to leave in such a hurry that he 308 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 4: didn't have time to get his sword. He had no 309 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 4: way to protect himself. He ran to the next city, 310 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: went to the temple, saw some people that he knew. 311 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 4: He told them he was on assignment for the king, 312 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 4: asked if they had a sword he could borrow. They said, David, 313 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 4: all we have is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine 314 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 4: whom you killed in the valley. Notice, something that had 315 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 4: happened in the valley was now instrumental to David reaching 316 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 4: the next level of his destiny. Had he not gained 317 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 4: the sword in the valley, he would have gotten stuck. French, 318 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 4: God has it all figured out. The valley you faced 319 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 4: today may not be for today, it may be for 320 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 4: years down the road. But if you didn't learn what 321 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 4: you needed to learn. Gain what you needed to gain, 322 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 4: you wouldn't be prepared for the new levels. Don't complain 323 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 4: about the valley. There's a blessing in that valley. Later on, 324 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 4: you're going to use the experience, the confidence that sword, 325 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 4: so to speak, will be waiting for you. A few 326 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 4: years after Victoria and I were married, we moved into 327 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 4: a new house and we sold our old house. One 328 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 4: day there was a knock on the door. This policeman 329 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 4: was standing there. My heart started beating so fast. He 330 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 4: smiled and handed me some papers and he said, kind 331 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 4: of lightly, somebody must really not like you. I thought, 332 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 4: what do you mean, What is this? He said, you've 333 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 4: been named in a lawsuit. Well, the people that bought 334 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 4: our house were suing over the plumbing. They not only 335 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 4: sued us, but they sued the builder, the architect, real 336 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,959 Speaker 4: estate agent, the plumber, everybody they could think of. And 337 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 4: we knew we weren't at fault. We didn't build a 338 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 4: house and the plumbing had worked for us. But for 339 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 4: those six months while we were in a lawsuit, I 340 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 4: was sick to my stomach. I was so worried. At 341 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 4: twenty six years old, I thought that was the worst 342 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 4: thing that could ever happen to me. In a few weeks, 343 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 4: I was going to have to give my deposition in 344 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 4: front of a lawyer and tell them what had happened. 345 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: I studied, I prepared, found all my documents. I was 346 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 4: so nervous, went and gave my deposition. When I was finished, 347 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 4: I was so nauseated that I couldn't drive home. Had 348 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: to have somebody come and pick me up. That seemed 349 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 4: like the biggest waste of time and energy to me, 350 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 4: so much unnecessary heartache, stress. I didn't see how anything 351 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 4: productive could ever come out of that. But in every 352 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,239 Speaker 4: valley you're gaining something. You may not realize it, but 353 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 4: there's a purpose. Thirteen years later, we just acquired this place, 354 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 4: the former Compact Center. A company filed a lawsuit to 355 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 4: try to keep us from moving in. Now I wasn't 356 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 4: dealing with a small plumbing problem. I was dealing with 357 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 4: something that was critical to my destiny. When I went 358 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 4: to give my deposition in front of a battery of 359 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 4: high powered attorneys, I wasn't the least bit nervous. I 360 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 4: was conveident, I was prepared. I had experience, I had 361 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 4: been there before. I knew exactly what to expect. Like David, 362 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 4: that sword was waiting for me. There was a purpose 363 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 4: for that valley thirteen years earlier. I didn't see it 364 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 4: at the time. I let it stress me out. Still 365 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 4: my joy now realize it was a valley of blessing. 366 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: Now I've learned nothing happens by accident. There's no use 367 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 4: getting upset and letting it sour your life. Stand still 368 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 4: and you will see the victory. One day, you will 369 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 4: look back and see what God was up to. You'll say, 370 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 4: like I did, Lord, thank you for that valley. If 371 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 4: I hadn't learned what I needed to learn, I wouldn't 372 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 4: be prepared. Or like Coach Dungee, Lord, thank you for 373 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: closing that door. Or I would have never won the 374 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 4: Super Bowl. Friends, God knows what he's doing. Every valley 375 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 4: has a blessing. There's something to push you forward, something 376 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 4: that will be instrumental in you reaching the next level 377 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 4: of your destiny. Now I don't complain about my valleys anymore. 378 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 4: I understand this new perspective. This valley wouldn't be here 379 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 4: unless it was paring me for something greater, unless I 380 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 4: was gaining something that I'm going to need later on. 381 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 4: I've heard the saying trouble is inevitable, but misery is optional. 382 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 4: We're all going to go through valleys, have things we 383 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 4: don't understand. Trouble is inevitable, but it's up to us 384 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 4: whether or not we get stressed out and let it 385 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 4: sour the rest of our life. It's like this man 386 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 4: I heard about. He was walking through the neighborhood when 387 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 4: he got bitten by a dog. He was so upset 388 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 4: he went to the doctor. They ran some tests. The 389 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 4: doctor said, sir, I'm sorry, but this dog has rabies. 390 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 4: We're going to have to give you some shots now. 391 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: He was really upset. The doctor walked out of the 392 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: room to get some equipment, came back in. He noticed 393 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 4: the man was making out a list. He thought he 394 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 4: was writing out his will. The doctor kind of laughed, said, sir, 395 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 4: is not that bad. You're not going to die. The 396 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 4: men said, this is not my will. This is a 397 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: list of all the people that I'm going to bite. 398 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 4: What am I saying? When you go through a valley, 399 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 4: when you go through things you don't understand, don't go 400 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 4: around biting people. Don't let it sury the rest of 401 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 4: your life. Remind yourself that is not going to work 402 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 4: against you, is going to work for you. One day 403 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 4: you're going to look back like I did and say, 404 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 4: what I thought was a valley of defeat, I realize 405 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 4: now it was a valley of blessing. One Kings, Chapter twenty. 406 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 4: The Israelites had just defeated the army of Ben Haydad 407 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 4: on the top of this mountain. One of his assistants 408 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 4: said to him, the Israelites God is the god of 409 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 4: the hills. That's why they were stronger than us. But 410 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 4: if we fight them in the valleys, we will certainly 411 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 4: defeat them. One version says in the low Places. The 412 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 4: next spring, Ben Haydad attacked the Israelites, but this time 413 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 4: in the valley. God said to the Israelites. They think 414 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 4: I'm just the God of the mountains and not the 415 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 4: God of the valleys. I will help you defeat them, 416 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 4: to show them that I am the God of both. 417 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 4: When we're on the mountain getting good breaks see in favor, 418 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 4: we know God is with us. Life is good. Sometimes 419 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 4: when we're in the valley, we think, God, where are you? 420 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 4: Why did this happen to me? Will I ever get 421 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,959 Speaker 4: out of this trouble? Will I ever get well, be encouraged. 422 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 4: He's not just the god of the mountains. He's the 423 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 4: God of the valleys. David said, he's a very present 424 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 4: help in times of trouble. When you're in the valley, 425 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 4: God is not far away. He's right there with you, 426 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 4: a very present health. Paul Maty four says, when you 427 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 4: go through the valley of Weeping, it will become a 428 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 4: place of refreshing, where pools of blessing collect after the rain. 429 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 4: On the way of your destiny, there'll be some valleys 430 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 4: you'll probably shed some tears, have things you don't stand. 431 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 4: But God doesn't waste anything. This is saying God collects 432 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 4: every tear that you've shed. He used those same tears 433 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 4: to refresh you. They will become pools of blessing. When 434 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 4: David was thirty seven years old, he was about to 435 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 4: step into the fullness of his destiny. He had just 436 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,479 Speaker 4: received his third and final anointing. He found himself at 437 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 4: the valley of Reffian Ruffium means giants. Some twenty years 438 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 4: earlier he had killed Goliath in that valley, but now 439 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 4: he not only faced one Goliath, he faced a valley 440 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 4: of Goliath. The principle the closer you are to your destiny, 441 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 4: the greater the opposition. It may overcome one challenge, that's good, 442 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 4: but don't be surprised if you face a bigger challenge. 443 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 4: That means you're getting closer to your destiny. David and 444 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: his men went out full of faith, full of courage, 445 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 4: and defeated the Philistines. The scripture says that day Hed 446 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 4: rename the valley. Instead of calling it the Valley of giants, 447 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 4: the Valley of refium, he renamed it vow Parism. That 448 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 4: means the God of the breakthrough. When you face situations 449 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 4: that seem impossible, you need to do like David, rename 450 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 4: that valley. This is not the valley of debt, struggle, lack. 451 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 4: I'm renaming it the Valley of abundance, the Valley of promotion, 452 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 4: the Valley of increase. This is not the valley of cancer, 453 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 4: heart disease, kidney failure. I'm renaming it the Valley of health, 454 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 4: the Valley of wholeness, the Valley of victory. Or this 455 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 4: may look like the valley of loneliness, loss, disappointment, but 456 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 4: I'm renaming it the Valley of breakthroughs, the Valley of victory. 457 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 4: It's the valley of blessing. Friends, if you'll start renaming 458 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 4: your valleys, what was meant to stop you will instead 459 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 4: promote you. The reason you're facing the opposition is because, 460 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 4: just like David, you're about to step into a new 461 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. Don't complain about the valley. Have 462 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 4: this new perspective. There's a blessing in that valley. Get 463 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 4: your passion back, get your fire back. The forces that 464 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: are for you are greater than the forces that are 465 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 4: against you. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 466 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 4: God is going to turn every valley you face in 467 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 4: life to a valley of victory, a valley of health, 468 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 4: a valley of abundance, a valley of blessing in Jesus' name, 469 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 4: And if you receive it, can you say it then? 470 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 4: Today we never like to close our broadcast without giving 471 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 472 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 473 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 474 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 475 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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