1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: about this young man. He was a huge football fan. 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: He bought two tickets to the Super Bowl months ahead 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: of time, not realizing it was going to be on 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: the same day as his wedding. He had paid a 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: couple thousand dollars for each of the tickets. So we 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: put an ad on Facebook seeing if anyone wanted to 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: go in his place. He said, it will be at 18 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: three o'clock First Baptist Church and her name is Tiffany. No, 19 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: don't do that, y'all. Here we go. This is my Bible. 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: I am what it says, I am, I have what 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: about let them walk. We all have people that God 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: brings across our path that are there for a lifetime. 28 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: Our spouse, children, friends that we cherish. They're loyal, stick 29 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: with us through thick and thin. But not every relationship 30 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: is designed to last forever. There are seasons, and sometimes 31 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: a good season will come to an end. Who you 32 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: needed to raise your children may not be the same 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: ones you need when they're grown and gone. Other times, 34 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: God is it's taking you higher, you growing. The people 35 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: that have been with you can't go where you're going, 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: so doors will close. One of the hardest things for 37 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: us is to let people go. You have to recognize 38 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: when their part in your story is over doesn't mean 39 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: you can't still be friends, but it's not going to 40 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: be the same if not. We try to hold onto 41 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: things that God is finished with. When that season is over, 42 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: there's no grace for it. There's this tensions they want 43 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: to lead, but we don't want them to go and 44 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: how it's a struggle, a strain trying to force it 45 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: to work. But when someone wants to walk away, you 46 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: have to learn to let them walk. We spend too 47 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: much time trying to convince people to stay in. We 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: have to play up to them, manipulate. Why aren't they calling? 49 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: Am I not good enough? I hope they come by. 50 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor, Move on with your life. Don't 51 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: waste another minute trying to convince someone to love you. 52 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: Call you, come see you. You are a gift. You 53 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: are a treasure, a prized possession. If someone doesn't recognize 54 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: your value, they don't treat you like the masterpiece that 55 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: you are, with respect, with honor, that's a sign that 56 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: season has changed. You have to move forward. God has 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: already ordained divine connections for you. People that can't live 58 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: without you, people that love being with you, can't wait 59 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: to see you. And sometimes the reason we're not seeing 60 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: these people is we're holding on to the wrong people. 61 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: Quit chasten someone that doesn't want to be with you, 62 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: letting them control you, manipulate you, hoping that you'll gain 63 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: their approval. Then they'll let you in their friend group. 64 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: Here's the problem. If you do convince them come your friend. 65 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: How you started that relationship is how you're going to 66 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: have to maintain it. It's going to be a constant 67 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: struggle to keep performing, manipulating connithing. Solomon said, unless the 68 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: Lord builds the house, we labor in vain. If you'll 69 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: let God bring your relationships and trust him with who 70 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: comes into your life, then it's not a struggle. You 71 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: can be who you are. You don't live trying to 72 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: force people to like you, lower your standards to be accepted. 73 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: Someone doesn't want to be in your life, it's no 74 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: big deal. You let them go, and it doesn't mean 75 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: that they're a bad person. Something's wrong with them. They're 76 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: just not right for you at this time. Maybe they 77 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: were fine for a season, but this is a new season. 78 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: And the scripture talks about how God is our doorkeeper. 79 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: He opens and closes doors in our life. When God 80 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: closes a door, nothing you can do to keep that 81 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: door open. You can strive and strain, try to talk 82 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: people into staying perform better. That's laboring in vain. All 83 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: that's going to do is wear you out, frustrate you, 84 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: cause you to get bitter, Try a new approach and 85 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: let them go. If people can walk away from you, 86 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: they're not a part of your destiny, don't take it personally. 87 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 1: Don't get offended, be critical. God is ordering your steps. 88 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: The people He's ordained to be in your life cannot leave. 89 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: You can't get rid of them. They love you no 90 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: matter what. They accept you with no makeup, no coffee. 91 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: They come when you don't call. They show up when 92 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: you didn't ask. They laugh with you, cry with you. 93 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: They don't judge you. You never have to think about performing, manipulating, hoping. 94 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: They like you. They're a divine connection. God ordained them 95 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: to be there. Now that's the opposite is true. The 96 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: people that are not supposed to be in your life 97 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: cannot stay. It's not up to them. God has closed 98 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: that door. No matter how hard you try, how much 99 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: you serve, give play up to, it's not going to change. 100 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: Take the pressure off. Quit trying to win someone over 101 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: that's not supposed to be there. We hear that phrase 102 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: they ghosted me, men, they just disappeared. They didn't call, 103 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: they didn't respond. They may have ghosted you, but sometimes 104 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: it's the Holy ghost shutting that door. They don't even 105 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: know why. It's because God is your doorkeeper. He knows 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: who's good for you and who's not, who has the 107 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: right motives, and who's just there for what you can 108 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: do for them. He knows who will add value and 109 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: move you further into your destiny, and who is a distraction, 110 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: a dead end there to get you. Of course, bottom line, 111 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: if someone doesn't want to be your friend, don't waste 112 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: another second trying to convince them. If you have to 113 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: perform to stay in a relationship, it's always a struggle. 114 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: You don't feel like you measure up. They're not for you. 115 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: That's laboring in vain. Let God build your house. Trust 116 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: him to bring the right people. Now here's the key. 117 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: You have to be at peace with who walks away, 118 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: a peace with those who don't accept you. Recognize when 119 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: their part in your story is over. You don't have 120 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: to get bitter, live offended. God is the one behind 121 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: the scenes, opening and closing doors. And that friend may 122 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: have been great for ten years, then the season changed, 123 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: they're not around, or that person walked out on you, 124 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: broke your heart. I know that's painful, but you have 125 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: to realize if they left you, you didn't need them. 126 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: If you needed them for your purpose, for your assignment, 127 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: they would still be there. The scripture says that God 128 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: will never leave us or forsake us. If they walked out, 129 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: ghosted you, betrayed you, and you needed them, that would 130 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: mean God was forsaking you. You can draw the conclusion 131 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: if they walked away, their part in your story was over. 132 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: If they don't want to be your friend, you don't 133 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: need them. If they don't value you make you feel 134 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: like you have something to offer, they're not for you. 135 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: You have to move on. Quit trying to talk people 136 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: into staying that don't want to stay. Let them walk. 137 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: Jesus told his disciples when you go into a city, 138 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: if they don't accept the message of the good news, 139 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: they're not for you and they don't want you to 140 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: be there. He didn't say, man, you got to work harder, 141 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: spend more time, try to convince them. No, he said, 142 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: shake the dust off your feet and go on to 143 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: the next city. He was saying, don't waste your time 144 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: trying to win people over that are not a part 145 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: of your destiny. Someone doesn't want to be with you, 146 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: they don't like you, they don't validate you. Shake the 147 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: dust off and move on. Accept that they're not a 148 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: part of your story. If they can walk away, you 149 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: have to let them walk. If you try to convince them, 150 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: it's going to be a constant source of frustration. And yes, 151 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: God can change their mind. If they're supposed to be there, 152 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: He'll turn things around. But you're not supposed to live 153 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: trying to talk people into liking you, being your friend, 154 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: hoping they call. God created you in his own image. 155 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. He's already 156 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: lined up people that recognize your value, people that love 157 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: being with you. Here's a lady in the scripture named Naomi. 158 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: Her husband passed away and she became a widow at 159 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: a young age. Ten years later, both of her grown 160 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: sons were killed. She was so heartbroken she decided to 161 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: move back to her hometown of Bethlehem. She told her 162 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: two daughters in law, Ruth and Orpah, that they should 163 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: move back to their homes as well, and going with 164 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: their lives. The three of them packed up their belongings 165 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: and headed out on the road toward Judah. They came 166 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: to an intersection and stopped. Naomi said, this is where 167 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: we part ways. You both go that way, and I'm 168 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 1: going to go on to Bethlehem. The scripture says Orpa 169 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: kissed Naomi goodbye and headed down the road. Orpa was 170 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: a good person. She loved Naomi, but now she was leaving. 171 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: Naomi could have been upset, thought, man, after all I 172 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: did for her, She's leaving me in my darkest time 173 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: when I need her the most. Oh Naomi understood this 174 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: was a new season, that things had changed, that it 175 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 1: was okay for her to walk away. She was at 176 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: peace with who left. She accepted Orpah not being a 177 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: part of her life in the same way without being 178 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: critical and bitter toward her. We like to hold on 179 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: to people and stay here, meet my needs, keep it 180 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: the same. It's a mark of maturity. To let people 181 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: walk away takes trust. You're saying, God, I know you're 182 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: my doorkeeper. You're opening and closing the doors of relationships 183 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: in my life. The other daughter in law, Ruth, was 184 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: just the opposite. Naomi tried to get her to leave. 185 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: She said, Ruth, there's no future going with me, nothing 186 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: in Bethlehem for you. You deserve more for your life. 187 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: She gave her best speech. Every opportunity to leave with 188 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: no guilt. But Ruth said in verse sixteen, Naomi, I 189 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: can't leave. I will go wherever you go live. Wherever 190 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: you live, your people will be my people. Your God 191 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: will be my God. May the Lord punish me if 192 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: I allow anything to separate us. How could one daughter 193 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: in law leave so easily the other want to stay? 194 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: They both loved their mother in law, but Ruth sensed 195 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: that her destiny was tied to Naomi. She felt this 196 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: connection that was stronger than her own family. She watched 197 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: her sister in law Orpa, walk away, but something in 198 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: her said, you have to stay. In life, you'll have 199 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: a lot of orpus people that leave. They're good people, 200 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: but the season is over. Things change. They're busy, distracted. 201 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: You have to let them go. Be at peace with 202 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: who left. Don't fault them, don't get critical. God is 203 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: closing the door. They're an orpah. They were instrumental in 204 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: your life for a season. They were necessary, but now 205 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: their part in your story is over. The good news 206 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: is God will always give you a Ruth, someone you 207 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: can't get rid of. They stick with you through thick 208 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: and thin. They know their destiny is tied to you. 209 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: But sometimes we try to convince the orpus to stay, 210 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: spending time and energy and got to manipulate, perform or 211 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: beloved Naomi, but she laughed. People can love you and leave. 212 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: If they walk away, they're not a bad person. God 213 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: shut the door. That season ended. But when it's a ruth, 214 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: there's nothing you can do to convince them to go. 215 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: When you understand this, it takes the pressure off. You're 216 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: not frustrated over who laughed, bitter over that person that 217 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: ghosted you, and strive to get that coworker to accept you. 218 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: That's laboring in vain. Let God bring your relationships. Trust 219 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: him with your open and closed doors. If someone leaves, 220 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: do light, Naomi, kiss them goodbye, not bitter, angry man. 221 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: They never call me back. Why won't they invite me 222 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: to their group? You're not supposed to be there. You 223 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: can't open a door that God has closed, and you 224 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: can't close a door that God is open. They can't 225 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: leave when God has purposed it. If they walked away, 226 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: they were supposed to go. If they didn't stay, you 227 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: didn't need them. Kiss them goodbye and move on. The 228 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: mistake we make sometimes is instead of kissing them goodbye, 229 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: we kick them goodbye. Good riddance, Get out of here. 230 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: I didn't like you anyway. Talk bad, critical, live offended. 231 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: They may have done you wrong, betrayed you, left you out. 232 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: God is your vindicator. He'll take care of who hurts you. 233 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: But if you let that bitterness get on the inside, 234 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: it's going to poison your next relationship. You have to 235 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: be at peace with who left. You have to accept 236 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: who walked away as a part of God's plan. Yes, 237 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: it was painful, it wasn't fair, but God wouldn't have 238 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: allowed it if it wasn't moving you towards your destiny. 239 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes he closed his doors. We don't understand. He takes 240 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: the orphus out of our life. People we were counting on, 241 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: friends we were used to. But He always has a ruth. 242 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: He always has the right people, destiny connections. The late 243 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: nineteen fifties, my father was pastoring a successful church. It 244 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: just built a beautiful new sanctuary and the future looked 245 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: so bright. My sister Lisa was born with something like 246 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: cerebral pausing. The doctors told my parents that she'd probably 247 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: never be able to walk or feed herself. My father 248 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: went away for a few days to read the scripture 249 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: like he had never read it before. He saw how 250 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: Jesus went around healing people, doing miracles, and how would 251 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: you believe all things are possible? He was taught in 252 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: seminary back then that miracles only happened in Bible days. 253 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: He came back to his church with a new fire, 254 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: and he shared this message of faith and victory. He 255 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: thought everyone would be excited, but it was just the opposite. 256 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: It didn't fit into their traditions. Things got so contentious 257 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: and so divisive that my parents were forced out of 258 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: the church. They had to resign. My mother was twenty 259 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: six years old. She had lifelong friends that never spoke 260 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: to her again. People she had known for years, gone 261 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: to school with, raised children with, done life together. Now 262 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: they walked away. Wouldn't have anything to do with her. 263 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: Mother is about to be ninety one years old. I 264 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: have never heard her say one negative thing about those people. 265 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 1: Never heard her complain about them, belittle them. Sure it 266 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: was hurtful. She felt the sting of rejection being misunderstood. 267 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: Some of them talked about her and my father. She 268 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: could have tried to defend herself, convince them to change 269 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: their mind, keep them on her side. She understood this principle. 270 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: If people can walk away, you have to let them walk. 271 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: If they leave you accept it as a part of 272 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: your destiny. Don't spend your life trying to change people's 273 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: minds and win them over, convince them to approve you. 274 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: Like Naomi, you have to kiss them goodbye, not bitter. 275 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: I'll show you I'm gonna make you look bad. Leave 276 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: it in God's hands. When you're at peace with who 277 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: walked away, you're passing the test. That's when you'll see 278 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: the new things God is doing. My parents went out 279 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: and started Lakewood Mother's Day nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 280 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: The critics said it would never last, but here we 281 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: are today, sixty five years later and still going strong. 282 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: The fact is my parents couldn't have fulfilled their destiny 283 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: at that church. It was a limited environment. Or if 284 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: I had to walk away, those people had to misunderstand 285 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: my parents, They had to reject them. It was painful, 286 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: but it was God closing the door. And you're not 287 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: always going to understand what God is doing and why 288 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: this person treated you this way. You've been good to them, 289 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: but they left you out, said things that weren't true. 290 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: Leave it in God's hands. Don't spend all your energy 291 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: trying to convince people to stay. They don't want to stay. 292 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: Some people, no matter what you do, how hard you tried, 293 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: how good you are to them, they're going to find fault, misunderstand. 294 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: Wanna lead, best thing you can do, let them go. 295 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: There's something called the gift of goodbye. We see it 296 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: as a disappointment. Really they're doing you a favor. They 297 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: had to leave so you can see the greater things, 298 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: the levels you couldn't reach with those same people. It 299 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're bad. It's just a new season. God 300 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: is doing a new thing, so Orpah has to go, 301 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: but Ruth will always be there. God is controlling the 302 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: doors in your life, who comes in and out of relationships. 303 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: If Ruth had walked away said like Orpah, I'm out 304 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: of here, I'm going to greener pastures, I'm not saying 305 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: with this old woman. If she had not stuck with Naomi, 306 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: she would have never married Boaz and become the great 307 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: grandmother of King David. Now we understand why she said, 308 00:19:56,359 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: I cannot leave. Maybe I'll come with you, Naol. Maybe 309 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: I'll go home for a few months and then come 310 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: back and see you. The people God has ordained for. 311 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: You cannot walk away. Listen to Ruth's language. May the 312 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: Lord punish me if I allow anything to separate us. 313 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: God will put such a strong desire in those who 314 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: are supposed to stay that they can't leave. Now, quit 315 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: worrying about the orphus man why didn't they stay, or 316 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: thinking you have to work harder, perform better, convince them 317 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: to not leave. That's not your job. Take the pressure off. 318 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: You have a doorkeeper, a God who opens and closes doors, 319 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: a God who moves people out on purpose, and a 320 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: God who causes people to not be able to walk away. 321 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: My part is to honor God, treat people with respect, 322 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: be kind, be loving. But you don't have to beg 323 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: people to stay. You don't have to play up to 324 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: that friend hoping they'll give you the time of day. 325 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: Let that coworker manipulate, talk down, belittle. If not, they 326 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: won't accept you. You don't need them. The sooner you 327 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: let them walk away, the better off you're going to be. 328 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying to be mean and rude and 329 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: treat them the same way. I'm just saying quit depending 330 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: on them for your value, thinking you have to have 331 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: them to reach your destiny. You don't need them to 332 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: feel good about who you are. Let them walk away, 333 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: and God will bring people into your life that see 334 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: you as a masterpiece, people that celebrate who you are, 335 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: that love spending time with you. And I know when 336 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: someone leaves it's hard to be looked down on, betrayed, rejected. 337 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: But what if you knew, like my parents, that it 338 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: had to happen so you could see your lake wood. 339 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: What if you knew God closing the door was to 340 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: take you to greater levels. It was a disappoint but 341 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: in fact, them walking away is a present. They gave 342 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: you the gift of goodbye, and it's very freeing when 343 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: you realize God is your doorkeeper. He's going to have 344 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: the right people for each season of your life. May 345 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: not be who it's always been. I don't mean your spouse, 346 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: your children, they're with you. I'm talking about friends, co workers, 347 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: people you grew up with. Yes, some are long term, 348 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,719 Speaker 1: but some may walk away. You have to be at 349 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: peace with who leaves. Some people they've been playing up 350 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: to people for years, letting them control them, manipulate, live 351 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: under so much pressure, all because they're afraid if they 352 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: don't perform. This person may leave, may not call, may 353 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: not approve. This can save you a lot of heartache. 354 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: Let them walk. They don't want to be your friend. 355 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: It's their loss, not yours. If they don't call, shake 356 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: the dust off and move on. If they ghost, you 357 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: take it as the holygo shutting that door, keeping you 358 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: from that jerk. I mean that person. A few years 359 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: after my father passed, the church was really growing and 360 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 1: we needed a larger auditorium. My father always said that 361 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: he would never move the church. I was young. I 362 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 1: didn't want to rock the boat. But when we got 363 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: word that the Compact Center became available, I knew it 364 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: was supposed to be ours. I didn't announce it, but 365 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: it came out in the news. Ninety nine percent of 366 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: the congregation was completely for it. Everyone's so excited, But 367 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: there was this one man. He would find me after 368 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: every service. Joe. You know, your dad said he wouldn't 369 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: move the church. It's not right to go to that 370 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: other location. And if you go, I'm not going to come. Well, 371 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: my personality is to want everybody to be for it. 372 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: And I said, well, man, let's just pray, let's just wait, 373 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: let's just see what happens, hoping to change his mind, 374 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: convince him to get on board. But after about the 375 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: fortieth time of him telling me it wasn't right, he 376 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna come, something shifted in my spirit. I didn't 377 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: say it, but I thought to myself, I hope you 378 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: don't come. In fact, you're not even invited. A stronghold 379 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 1: was broken in my mind, thinking that if he leaves, 380 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: the world's gonna fall apart. You can't accomplish your dreams. 381 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: Worried about who's gonna walk away, who's gonna accept you? 382 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 1: And I gotta perform play up to them, make them 383 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: like me. That's no way to live. Some people can't 384 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: go where God has taken you. They're good people, they're 385 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: great for a season. But God has ordained you to 386 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: go higher. It's gonna take greater commitment, greater faith, greater consecration. 387 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: So He'll remove certain people that would limit you so 388 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 1: you can fulfill your purpose. John chapter six. Jesus was 389 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: teaching his disciples about commitment, what it meant to be 390 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: a follower of Christ. Some of them didn't understand. Verse 391 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: sixty six says at that point, many of his disciples 392 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: turned away and deserted him. Here Jesus had given his 393 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: life for them. They'd seen him do great miracles, traveled 394 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: with him, eaten together, laughed together. But they walked away. 395 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: Jesus looked at the twelve disciples and said, are you 396 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: going to leave? Two? Peter said Jesus, where would we go? 397 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: You have eternal life. We believe you're the son of God. 398 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: He couldn't get rid of the twelve. What's interesting is 399 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: you never read where Jesus went chasing after the many 400 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: disciples that left that day. He chased after that one 401 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: lost sheep that got off course, but he didn't go 402 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: chasing after people that didn't want to stay. Your destiny 403 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: is not tied to those that left you. God doesn't 404 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: need anything you lost to bless you. Those that walked 405 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: away didn't understand that betrayed. They didn't stop what God 406 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: has for you. Let it go. Quit dwelling on it, 407 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: reliving to her, hoping that you can pay them back, 408 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: or trying to change their mind. God, close that door. 409 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to be at peace with those who 410 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: have walked away. Quit trying to hold on to people 411 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: that don't want to be there. You're not supposed to 412 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: chase people to love you and accept you and believe 413 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: in you. You don't need them. This takes the pressure off. 414 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: No more striving, straining trying to convince people to be 415 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: for you. That's laboring in vain. Trust God to be 416 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: your doorkeeper. Trust him with your relationships. If you'll do this, 417 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: I believe and declare God will bring you divine connections, 418 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: the right people for every season or from may have left, 419 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: but God has some rusts coming for you. People that 420 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: care can not leave. In Jesus' name, and if you 421 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give 422 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 423 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 424 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 425 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 426 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 427 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 428 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 429 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 430 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place. 431 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 2: Sometimes the circumstances of life can be overwhelmingly negative. What 432 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 2: should we do when we experience these kinds of negative 433 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: reports and realities. 434 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: Our life is like a container. It can only hold 435 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: so much. When we allow negative things in, like worry, guilt, 436 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: and unforgiveness. That's taking up space for the good things 437 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 1: that belonged to you. That's why I wrote my book, 438 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: Empty Out the Negative. I'll show you how to get 439 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: rid of what's limiting you so you can live a victorious, 440 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 1: fulfilled life. 441 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 3: When you make room for joy, peace and faith, God 442 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 3: will fill you afresh and anews. 443 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 444 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 2: of any amount to the ministry this month, Joel and 445 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 2: Victoria would like to send you this powerful book, Empty 446 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 2: out the negative, Empty out fear, and replace it with faith. 447 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: My doctor, he said, I went in there and there 448 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: is no cancer in your body. 449 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 2: Empty out a hurt filled childhood, and replace it with confidence. 450 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 2: So I took what Joel said and I physically replaced 451 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 2: them with I am strong, I am worthy. 452 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: I started saying those over and over and over. 453 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: Empty out broken relationships and find renewed love in. 454 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 4: A world that's just so full of so much noise 455 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 4: and negativity and hatred, and just to come and have 456 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 4: so much encouragement filled into you. 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Your generosity 464 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 3: is impacting so many lives. 465 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 466 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious Exam, watch the 467 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: new Joeloastin Network streaming on television. But until we see 468 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: you next week now, the Lord bless you and keep you. 469 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Empty Out the 470 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 2: Negative today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight 471 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 2: eight five six seven Joel