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If you're 43 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 4: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 44 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I'll promise you will 45 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. I like to start 46 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: with something funny. And I heard about this lady that 47 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: died and she was at the pearly gates and Saint 48 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 4: Peter said, you can't come in yet. You have to 49 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: correctly spell a word. She said what word? He said, 50 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 4: any word. So she spelled the word love, l ovee. 51 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 4: He said, welcome to heaven. Then Peter asked her if 52 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 4: she would take his place for just a moment. He 53 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: instructed her if anybody came up, just to follow the 54 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: same procedure. A few minutes, she sees her ex husband 55 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: walking up. She can't believe it, says, what are you 56 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 4: doing here? He said, I just had a heart attack. 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 4: Did I really make it to heaven? She said not yet. 58 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 4: You have to spell a word correctly. He said what word. 59 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 4: There was a long pause, and she said, Czechoslovakia. I 60 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 4: want to talk to you today about emptying out the negative. 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 4: It's easy to go through life holding on to things 62 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: that are weighing us down. Guilt, resentment, doubt, worry. The 63 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 4: problem is when we we allow these things in, they're 64 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 4: taking up space for the good things that should be there. 65 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 4: Imagine your life is like a container. You are created 66 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 4: to be filled with joy, peace, confidence, creativity. But if 67 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 4: you allow worry in, it pushes out the peace. There's 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 4: not space for both. You can't go above one hundred percent. 69 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 4: You have a limited amount of room. If you allow 70 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 4: guilt to take up space, that's space that you don't 71 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 4: have for the confidence you need. And the reason some 72 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: people don't enjoy their lives is because their container, their heart, 73 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 4: is contaminated with so many things. They have ten percent worried, 74 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 4: stressed out over their job, twelve percent bitterness, mad at 75 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: their neighbor, twenty percent guilt beating themselves up for past mistakes, 76 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 4: nine percent jealousy their coworker is more beautiful. They don't 77 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 4: realize seventy percent of their container is negative. They wonder 78 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 4: why they don't have joy, creativity, passion. They only have 79 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: room for thirty percent of what they should have. The 80 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 4: scripture says give no place to the enemy. It's not 81 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 4: just talking about forces of darkness. That means give no 82 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 4: place to guilt, give no place to worry, give no 83 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 4: place to bitterness. It can't come in and automatically take over. 84 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 4: You control what's in your container. You control what you 85 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 4: think about, what you choose to allow in. And we 86 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 4: all have negative emotions and negative feelings. You have to 87 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 4: make the choice. I'm not going to give this jealousy, 88 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 4: this bitterness, this anger valuable space and let it poison 89 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 4: my life. I'm going to protect what I allow in me. 90 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 4: And every morning when we wake up, we need to 91 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 4: empty out anything negative from the day before. Somebody offended 92 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 4: you at work, they didn't treat you right. It's easy 93 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 4: to let that offense stay. Feels good to carry around 94 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 4: a grudge, so you have to be disciplined. Say no, 95 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 4: I am not giving this offense any room. I Am 96 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 4: not going to let it sour my day. They hurt 97 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 4: you once, don't let them continue to hurt you by 98 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 4: holding on to the offense. Being offended is not harming them, 99 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 4: it's harming you. It's taking up space you need for 100 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: the good things that move you towards your destiny. Or 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 4: you wake up in the morning and thoughts of worry come. 102 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 4: How are you going to pay your bills? What if 103 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 4: the medical report's not good, You'll never get out of 104 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 4: this problem. Don't allow that in. Don't make the mistake 105 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 4: of dwelling on it. Just say no, thanks. I know 106 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 4: God's in control. He's got me in the palm of 107 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 4: his hand. He'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 108 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 4: Take inventory of what you're giving space to. Life is 109 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 4: too short to go through it with negative things holding 110 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 4: us down. David said in Psalm one O three. God 111 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 4: fills my life with good things, so I stay young 112 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: and strong. Now I've learned, if you'll empty out the negative, 113 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 4: if you'll make room, God will fill you with good things. 114 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: You empty out the worry, God will fill you with peace. 115 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 4: You empty out the insecurity, negative things people have said 116 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 4: about you. God will fill you with confidence. My question 117 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 4: today is is God trying to fill you with good things? 118 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: But there's no room. Your container is full of worry, regret, bitterness, jealousy. 119 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: Why don't you start emptying that out? Somebody did you wrong. 120 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 4: You could hold on to that bitterness. Instead, God, I 121 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 4: forgive them. I let it go. You didn't just forgive 122 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 4: you made room for God to fill you with good things. 123 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 4: That's when he'll give you beauty for ashes, joy for morning. 124 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,119 Speaker 4: You're in a tough season. The medical report wasn't good. 125 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 4: You should be stressed worried. Instead, God, I trust you. 126 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 4: You said you would restore health back into me. You 127 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 4: just made room for God to fill you with healing. 128 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 4: You empty out the worry. God will give you peace 129 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 4: in the midst of the storm. Perhaps a coworker got 130 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 4: the promotion that you work so hard for, Envy, jealousy 131 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 4: will come. I wish that was me. I'm smarter than 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 4: they are. I don't understand that. Instead of letting that stay, God, 133 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 4: I know you're no respector a person's You did it 134 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 4: for them, I know you can do it for me. 135 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 4: The good news is God doesn't run out of favor. 136 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 4: He doesn't have a limited supply. If you will empty 137 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 4: out the jealousy, then when it's your time to be promoted, 138 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 4: God will open doors that no man can shut. If 139 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 4: somebody got what you wanted, that simply means it wasn't 140 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: supposed to be yours. If they got the promotion, be 141 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 4: happy for them. God has something better for you. If 142 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 4: they got the man you wanted to date, let's make 143 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 4: it real. If they got the girl you were interested in, 144 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: don't be upset. God knows what he's doing. If it 145 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 4: worked out your way, it would be second best. Bottom line, 146 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: what has your name on it is not going to 147 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: go to anyone else. Don't go around bitter with jealousy 148 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 4: and self pity. That will poison your life. Empty it out. 149 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 4: God is in control. He's directing your steps, and at 150 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 4: the right time, what has your name on it will 151 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: show up. God promises, if we will make room, he 152 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 4: will not only fill us with good things, but he 153 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 4: will keep us young and strong. And the reason some 154 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 4: people are not young and strong, and I don't mean 155 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 4: just young physically, but young in their spirit, vibrant, passionate 156 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 4: about life is because they're filled with the negative. Worry 157 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 4: will make you weak. Living stressed out will make you old, 158 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 4: give you wrinkles, take your passion. Being bitter, angry, resentful 159 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: will shorten your life. Proverb says, a relaxed attitude Lengthdin's life. 160 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: You can be eighty years old and young at heart. 161 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: Your spirit never ages. I met a woman in the 162 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 4: lobby a while back. It was her one hundredth birthday. 163 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 4: She was standing there, dressed impeccably beautiful, hardly had any wrinkles, 164 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 4: full of joy, her mind was as sharp as can be. 165 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 4: I asked her what her secret was so I could 166 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 4: tell Victoria. She said, I don't worry. I let things 167 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,599 Speaker 4: go and I laugh a lot. She's lived by this principle. 168 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 4: You know, in one hundred years, she's had trouble. People 169 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: have hurt her, She's made mistakes, life has happened, Offensives 170 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 4: have come, but she hasn't held on to them. She's 171 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 4: kept emptying them out, and like God promised, he's filled 172 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 4: her life with good things, kept her young and strong. 173 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 4: I don't want to get old, grouch, grumpy, fall apart. 174 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 4: I want to stay young, strong, good looking, full of 175 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 4: faith and joy and energy. The way this happens is 176 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 4: give no place to the negative. Get in a habit 177 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: of emptying out the offenses. Empty out the worry you 178 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 4: make a mistake. Empty out the guilt you didn't do 179 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 4: your best. Empty out the regret, do better next time, 180 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 4: nobody gave you credit. Empty out the self pity you 181 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 4: had a bad break, you don't understand it. Empty out 182 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 4: the questions. If you'll get good at emptying out the negative, 183 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 4: you'll be like this lady, strong, young, vibrant, full of faith, 184 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 4: and full of joy. Jesus said, blessed are the pure 185 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 4: in heart. They will see God. That word pure in 186 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 4: the original language is where we get our word cathartic. 187 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 4: It means cleansing, releasing. You have surgery. Sometimes the doctor 188 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 4: will put in a catheter, same root word. It's a 189 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 4: tube that drains out the impurities of the body. You 190 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 4: can't get up to use the facility. That catheter automatically 191 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 4: takes what's not beneficial, the toxins, the infections, the waste, 192 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 4: and flushes them out of the body. The doctor knows 193 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 4: there will be contaminants. He's not alarmed that the body 194 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 4: has waste and infection. He's only alarmed when it's not 195 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 4: being released, when we're holding on to things that should 196 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 4: be flushed out. When God says blessed are the pure 197 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 4: in heart, he's saying you're going to be blessed when 198 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 4: you learn how to release the impurities of life. When 199 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 4: you get in a habit like this catheter of emptying 200 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,239 Speaker 4: out things that will infect you. You know what bitterness 201 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 4: is to our spirit. It's infection. Guilt is infection, worry, doubt, self, pity. 202 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 4: These things are not unusual. Impurities come. You have to 203 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 4: push them out. It's when we hold onto them that 204 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 4: it contaminates our spirit and causes us problems. You weren't 205 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: created to carry around guilt, regret, bitterness, anger that poisons 206 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 4: your life. Well, Joel, I'm bitter because I had a 207 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: bad break. I'm sour because somebody walked out on me. 208 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 4: I say this respectfully. That's simply an impurity. Why don't 209 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 4: you release it so it doesn't infect the rest of 210 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 4: your life. Don't let a disappointment, a divorce, a layoff, 211 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 4: a loss poison your future. Well, Joel, I'm worried about 212 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 4: my health, worried about my finances, worried about my children. 213 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 4: Worry is a part of life. Those thoughts come to us. 214 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 4: All the key is to not hold onto them. Recognize 215 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 4: they're not beneficial, they're not moving you forward. That's an 216 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 4: impurity that wasn't meant to stay. You have to release it. God, 217 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 4: I don't see away, but I know you're still on 218 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 4: the throne. I know you're bigger than this problem. I 219 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,479 Speaker 4: know you're supplying all of my needs. You just released 220 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: the toxin. Are you holding on to infection? To impurities? Angry, jealous, worried, discouraged. 221 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 4: Maybe you had a disappointment, something didn't work out. Imagine 222 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 4: there's an angel that has a delivery with your name 223 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 4: on it. It says beauty for ashes, new beginning, new opportunities, 224 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 4: new friendships. He's in route with one of those good things. 225 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 4: The problem is, if you're holding onto the old, there's 226 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 4: no place for him to deliver it. I wonder how 227 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: many things are in route right now. The Angel is 228 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 4: standing by with our joy, our peace, our confidence, our creativity, 229 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 4: our spouse. But because there's no room, because we're not 230 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 4: releasing the toxins, the anger, the bitterness, the jealousy, the worry, 231 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 4: then he can't deliver those good things. Instead of living blessed, 232 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 4: excited about our future, we become infected. The good news 233 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 4: is you can get rid of that infection. It is 234 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 4: not permanent. If you'll start releasing the regret, the worry, 235 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 4: the bitterness, the anger, then it's just a matter of 236 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 4: time before that angel shows up with your delivery. When 237 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 4: you make room, God promises he will fill your life 238 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 4: with good things. This is what David did. He was 239 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 4: an expert at emptying out the negative. His family looked 240 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 4: down on him, treated him like he was second class. 241 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 4: He could have let that infection take root, lived insecure. Instead, 242 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 4: he let it go in one ear and out the other. 243 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 4: He knew if he held on to it. It would 244 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 4: keep him from his destiny. David went to the palace 245 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 4: served faithfully King Saul. He would play the harp when 246 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 4: Saul was sick to make him feel better. In return, 247 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 4: Saul tried to kill him. Saul was jealous of David 248 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 4: and chased him through the desert, made him his life miserable. 249 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: David could have become bitter, thought what's the use everybody's 250 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 4: against me? Life is not fair. Instead, he kept his 251 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 4: heart pure and emptied out the self pity. Like David, 252 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 4: we all have impurities, infections that come, people come against us. 253 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 4: Our plans don't always work out. It's easy to think, 254 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: why is this happening? It's just life. The scripture says 255 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 4: offenses will come. They're not a problem unless you don't 256 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: know what to do with them. Too many people make 257 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 4: the mistake of hold onto them. They get bitter, live 258 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 4: guilty with the chip on their shoulder. That's going to 259 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: poison your future. You have to release the toxins of life. 260 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 4: You may not be able to keep them from come, 261 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 4: but you can keep them from staying. David had a 262 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 4: pure heart. That means he kept the infections out. It 263 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 4: doesn't mean that he was perfect. David made mistakes. One time, 264 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 4: he committed adultery in had the lady's husband killed. For 265 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 4: one year, he tried to cover it up, swept it 266 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 4: under a rug. He was so overwhelmed with guilt condemnation 267 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 4: that he became sick and weak that poison started to 268 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 4: infect his life. He finally admitted his mistake, he repented, 269 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 4: asked God to forgive him, and things begin to turn around. 270 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 4: Once he got the infection out, then his health was restored. 271 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 4: When you make a mistake, and we all do, don't 272 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 4: run away from God. Don't try to hide it. Go 273 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 4: to God. Repent. That means don't keep doing the same thing, 274 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 4: and then ask for forgiveness. And here's the key you 275 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: have to receive God's mercy. Them is called the accuser 276 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 4: of the brethren. He'll remind you of every mistake you've 277 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 4: made for the last thirty years. And it's easy to 278 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 4: live life in regrets, thinking about what you should have 279 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 4: done differently. And I should have raised my children better, 280 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 4: should have been more faithful in my marriage, I should 281 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 4: have finished college. Don't go through life looking in the 282 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 4: rear view mirror, down on your self, living in regrets. 283 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 4: You can't do anything about the past, but you can 284 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 4: do something about right now. Being against yourself doesn't help 285 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 4: you do better. It pushes you down. The moment you 286 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 4: ask God to forgive you, he forgave you. Why don't 287 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 4: you forgive yourself. Why don't you empty out the guilt? 288 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 4: Why don't you turn off the accusing voices? God doesn't 289 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 4: remember your mistakes anymore. If someone is bringing up the 290 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 4: negative things of your past, it's not God. That's the 291 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 4: accuser trying to deceive you into living condemned. How much 292 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 4: space are you given to guilt, to shame, to regret, 293 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 4: to being against yourself, whatever it is, it's too much. 294 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 4: You need that space for the good things God has 295 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 4: to move you toward your destiny. If you're giving space 296 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 4: to guilt, you will not have the confidence you need 297 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 4: to move forward. That will cause you to fail again. 298 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 4: It's a negative cycle. The only way you can break 299 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 4: it is to rise up and say that's it. I 300 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 4: am done living in the past, focused on my mistakes, 301 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 4: reliving my failures, beating myself up. This is a new day. 302 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 4: I'm emptying out all that infection. I'm gonna receive God's mercy. 303 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 4: You have to do this by faith, because every voice 304 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 4: will tell you you're a hypocrite. God's not gonna forgive you. Look, 305 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 4: what you've done doesn't have anything to do with what 306 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 4: you have or having done. It has to do with 307 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 4: what Jesus has already he done. But Joel, I made 308 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 4: a lot of mistakes. I don't deserve to be blessed. 309 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 4: None of us deserve it. This is what mercy is 310 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 4: all about. That's why it's called the good News. Your 311 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 4: sins have already been forgiven. You don't have to pay 312 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 4: God back for your mistakes. The price has already been paid. 313 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 4: When you fall down, don't stay down, get back up again. 314 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 4: When you accuse of whispers, look at you. You blew 315 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 4: it again. You'll never get it right. Just answer back. Yes, 316 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 4: I know I'm not perfect, but I am forgiven. I 317 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 4: may not be where I should be, but I'm making progress. 318 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 4: I'm moving forward. I'm not where I used to be. 319 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: Don't let guilt poison your future. Empty it out. Sometimes 320 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 4: it's hard to empty out the negative when a person 321 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 4: does us wrong. Human nature wants to hold onto the hurt, 322 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 4: to come bitter, carry around a grudge. Who we think 323 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 4: I'm not going to forgive them. They don't deserve it. 324 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 4: You're not forgiving for their sake, You're forgiving for your sake. 325 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 4: As long as you hold on to the hurt, the anger, 326 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 4: the bitterness, it's not affecting them, it's infecting you. Unforgiveness 327 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 4: is like a poisonous toxin. May feel good to hold 328 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: on to it, but it will contaminate your life. 329 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: Now. 330 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 4: A lot of times, the reason we don't forgive is 331 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 4: because what the other person does was wrong. They were 332 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 4: clearly at fault. But when you forgive, you're not excusing 333 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: their behavior. You're not lessening the offense. You're simply getting 334 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 4: the poison out of you. You have to forgive so 335 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 4: you can be free. Quit looking at it like you're 336 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 4: doing them a favor, You're doing yourself a favor. See, 337 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 4: it takes a lot of emotional energy to hold a grudge, 338 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 4: to live with unforgiveness. You wake up, it's always on 339 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 4: your mind thinking about how they did you wrong. You 340 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 4: may not realize you are spending emotional energy that you 341 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: need for your dreams, for your goals, for your children. 342 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: You won't become all you were created to be if 343 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 4: you are wasting emotional energy on things that don't matter 344 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 4: that unforgiveness is an impurity. Yes, what they did was wrong, 345 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 4: but you have to let it pass, you have to 346 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 4: release it. When you do, you'll not only feel a 347 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 4: new freedom, not only have more energy, but God will 348 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 4: be your vindicator. He will make your wrongs right. You 349 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 4: don't have to pay people back. You're not the judge. 350 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 4: God is. Leave it up to him and he'll vindicate 351 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 4: you better than you could vindicate yourself. This is what 352 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 4: a lady did named Mary Johnson. She was the single 353 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 4: mother of one son. When he was twenty years old, 354 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 4: he was out late one night at a party. This 355 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 4: young man came up that he had never met. His 356 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 4: name was Oshi, He was sixteen years old and had 357 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 4: been drinking. There was an altercation. In the heat of 358 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 4: the moment, Oh, she pulled out a gun and shot 359 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 4: Mary's only son. He was instantly killed. Mary was so 360 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 4: filled with anger and hatred. She told the judge that 361 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 4: sixteen year old boy was an animal and he needed 362 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 4: to be caged. When he was only charged with second 363 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 4: degree murder, Mary was even more angry. She became a recluse, 364 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 4: stayed in her house, wouldn't look at her son's picture. 365 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 4: Ten years passed, she knew it was time to forgive. 366 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 4: She could hear the still small voice telling her to 367 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 4: let it go. She contacted the prison to see if 368 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 4: she could visit Oshe. They said yes, but Oh, she 369 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 4: said no, he wouldn't do it. She kept asking and asking. 370 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 4: Finally he agreed. She showed up at the prison. When 371 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 4: she saw Osh, he came around and gave her a 372 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: big hug and held on to her. They wept and wept. 373 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: Mary said, as I was embracing Oh, I could feel 374 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,719 Speaker 4: hatred and bitterness rising up out of me and leaving 375 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 4: my body. It was so strong that she fell over. Oh. 376 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 4: She had to hold her up. That day, Mary not 377 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 4: only emptied out the unforgiveness, but she found a new son. 378 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 4: Seven years later, Oh. She was released on parole. Didn't 379 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 4: have any place to live. Mary said, you can live 380 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 4: next door to me. She calls him her spiritual son. 381 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 4: Mary started an organization called from Death to Life to 382 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 4: help mothers who have lost children to violence. Now she 383 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 4: and Moshe go out and speak at conferences and schools 384 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 4: about unforgiveness and overcoming loss. Mary said what really helped 385 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 4: her decide to forgive was a poem she heard about 386 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 4: two mothers in heaven that had just become friends. One 387 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 4: mother asked the other, who is your son? She said, 388 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 4: my son is Jesus. I'm Mary. Mary asked who is 389 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 4: your son? She said, my son is Judas. When Mary 390 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 4: Johnson heard how in this point, Mary, the mother of 391 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 4: Christ had befriended the mother of Judas, she knew she 392 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 4: had to reach out to that other family. Now she 393 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 4: helps other mothers do the same thing. Out of your 394 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 4: pain can come your purpose. I saw a lady on 395 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 4: television recently. Several years earlier, her son had been killed 396 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 4: in an accident. They asked her how she was doing it. 397 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 4: She made the statement, you never really get over it, 398 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 4: but you can get past it. She was saying, yes, 399 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 4: it's difficult, Yes there was a season of mourning, but 400 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 4: you don't have to stay in mourning. You don't have 401 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 4: to live bitter. You don't have to get stuck in 402 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 4: grief in depression. You can move forward. When you go 403 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: through a loss, thing happen you don't understand. It's easy 404 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 4: to think I just need to get over this, but 405 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: sometimes that's too strong. It can put more pressure on us. 406 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 4: We think, why do I feel this way? I must 407 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 4: be doing something wrong. Take the pressure off. You don't 408 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 4: have to get over it, just get past it. Just 409 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 4: keep moving forward, taking it one day at a time. 410 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: God said he will never give you something that you 411 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 4: cannot handle. You may not understand why it happened, but 412 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 4: the scripture says God will give us a peace that 413 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 4: passes understanding. You're not going to figure everything out. If 414 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 4: you'll let go of the questions of life, you will 415 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 4: have a peace that goes beyond what you can understand. 416 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 4: Toward the end of Jesus' life, he'd been betrayed by 417 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 4: a disciple, mocked by the soldiers, falsely accused. Now he 418 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 4: was hanging on the cross, wearing a crown of thorns, 419 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 4: about to breathe his last breath. He did something. He 420 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 4: could have just died and went on to heaven. That 421 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 4: was it, But he said, Father, before I go, I 422 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 4: need to take care of one last thing. Forgive them, 423 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 4: for they know not what they do. They didn't ask 424 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 4: for forgiveness, they didn't deserve it. Jesus was saying, in effect, 425 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to lead this earth with anything negative 426 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 4: in me. He was showing us by example how we 427 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 4: should release the toxins release the impurities. I read where 428 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 4: Leonardo da Vinci was painting a portrait of Christ. He 429 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 4: let some small children in the room to watch him paint. 430 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 4: One of them accidentally knocked over the easel. He became 431 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 4: very upset and ushered them out of the room. He 432 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 4: sat back down to finish, but he said he could 433 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 4: not paint the face of Christ with anger in his heart. 434 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 4: That's what happens when we hold onto the negative. It 435 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 4: stifles our creativity. We don't do our best work. It's 436 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 4: because they're infection is slowing us down. Are you allowing 437 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 4: negative things in your container? To reach the fullness of 438 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 4: your destiny? You need to operate at your maximum potential. 439 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 4: If you have a little bitterness, a little guilt, a 440 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 4: little jealousy, a little worry. If you add up all 441 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,479 Speaker 4: the space the little is taking, you're only operating at 442 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 4: a fraction of what you could. I'm asking you to 443 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 4: empty all that out. God is ready to fill your 444 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: life with good things. He wants to keep you young 445 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 4: and strong. Do your part and make room for him. 446 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 4: Every morning. Empty out the guilt, empty out the worry, 447 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: empty out the discouragement. And when the impurities come when 448 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: the infection come, don't let it stay, let it pass 449 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 4: on through. Keep your heart pure. If you do this, 450 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you're going to step up to 451 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 4: a new level with more joy, more peace, more favor, healing, wholeness, 452 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name. I'd like 453 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 454 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, 455 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 456 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. 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