1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: We're believing you guys are going to have a great 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: February and an awesome twenty twenty four. I love how 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: you putting God first place. He sees you taking the time. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us today. We believe this is 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: going to be a great year. 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: Thank you for always being a part of this podcast. 7 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: about this eighty five year old man. He was out 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: fishing one morning. He heard a voice saying, pick me up. 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: He looked around, didn't see anybody. He thought he was dreaming. 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: He heard it again, pick me up. He looked down 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: and saw a frog. He said in amazement, are you 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: talking to me? The frog said yes, pick me up 18 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: and kiss me, and I'll turn into a beautiful bride. 19 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: The man quickly picked him up put him in his 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: front pocket. Frog said, wait a minute, I said, kiss 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: me and I'll turn into a The man said no, thanks. 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: At my age, I'd rather have a talking frog say 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: the good Father. Many of us were raised by fathers 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: that were loving and kind. They guided us and did 32 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: their best to make sure that we had everything that 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: we needed. But no matter how good our father was, 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: people are not perfect. They make mistakes. There are times 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: they can let us down, maybe not give us what 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: we needed. Some fathers they meant well, but they weren't affectionate. 37 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: They never told you that they loved you. They were 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: proud of you, They corrected you, they made sure you 39 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: stayed on the right path, but they didn't express their love. 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: The problem was their father most likely did the same 41 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: thing to them. They never heard I loved you, They 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: never saw it. Modeled. You can't give away what you 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: don't have. Friend of mine in high school, his father 44 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: struggled with alcohol. He was a good man, fun to 45 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: be around until he started drinking. Then he would become 46 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: abusive and violent. More than once, my friend had to 47 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: protect his mother from his father's violent rage. He said 48 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: to me, why can't my dad just be normal? Why 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: do I have to deal with this? He was starting 50 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: to become angry and bitter. Most fathers never planned on 51 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: messing up their children. They didn't set out to make 52 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: it more difficult pass down dysfunction. But like throwing a 53 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: pebble on on a calm lake, their decisions affect those 54 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: around them. You can't help it. You've been impacted by 55 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: the people that raised you. The good news is the 56 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Good Father, your heavenly Father, has taken all this into account. 57 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: He knew who your parents would be, He knew what 58 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: you wouldn't get, he knew what wouldn't be fair. He's 59 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: already designed a plan with this in mind to get 60 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: you to your destiny. You may have been raised around dysfunction, addictions, abuse, poverty, 61 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: but that does not have to stop you. That's where 62 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: you come from, That's not who you are. You are 63 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: a child of the most High God. Your earthly father 64 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: may have fallen short, disappointed you didn't give you what 65 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: you needed, but your heavenly father, the good Father, will 66 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: never let you down. He's the friend that sticks close, sir, 67 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: than a brother. Maybe your earthly father never gave you 68 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: his approval, but the good Father is saying, I'm proud 69 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: of you. I love you. You're my son, you're my daughter. 70 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: People may have tried to push you down, made you 71 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: feel less than, but the good Father is saying you're 72 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: a masterpiece. You're a prize possession. You've been fearfully and 73 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 1: wonderfully made. Now, don't stay focused on what your earthly 74 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: father did or didn't give you. Don't live bitter because 75 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: people put you at a disadvantage. They weren't there for you. 76 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: Start going to the good Father. I know a young man. 77 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: His father left his mother when he was a baby. 78 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: He never heard from him. When he was in his twenties, 79 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: he tracked his father down and found out he lived 80 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: in another state. He called so excited, said Dad, can 81 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: I come see you? His father reluctantly agreed. He had 82 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: this long to be in relationship with his father and 83 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: show him who he had become. He traveled a great distance, 84 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: but when he knocked on the door, the father wouldn't answer. 85 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: He had changed his mind and wouldn't see him. This 86 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: young man was so devastated it was alike a part 87 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: of him died on the inside. Yes, it's painful to 88 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: be rejected by anyone, but especially by your own father. 89 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: When you've been raised in a dysfunctional environment, it's easy 90 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: to become negative and think, God, why was I born 91 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: into this family? Why wasn't my father around? Or why 92 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: was there so much arguing, addictions, abuse? Why didn't these 93 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: people give me what I needed? It may not have 94 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: been fair, but the Good Father has taken that all 95 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: into account. What you wouldn't get, who would hurt you, 96 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: what wouldn't work out. It may seem like it's put 97 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: you at a disadvantage, but that has not stopped God's plan. 98 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: When he laid out the path for your life, he 99 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: took into consideration the pain, the bad breaks, the rejection. 100 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: No matter how wrong it was, no matter who wasn't 101 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: there for you, don't use it as an excuse to 102 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: live bitter, to give up on dreams, to settle for mediocrity. Well, Joel, 103 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: my dad wasn't around like yours was, or my dad 104 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: was harsh and abusive. He didn't treat me right if 105 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: you'll start going to the Good Father, if you'll get 106 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: your approval, your affirmation, your love from him, then despite 107 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: what your earthly father did or didn't do, the Good 108 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: Father will make it up to you. The Good Father 109 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: will pay you back for the injustice. The Good Father 110 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: will help you not only overcome, but he'll show you 111 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: favor that will thrust you years ahead. Jesus said, it 112 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 113 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: The Good Father takes good pleasure in making your wrongs right. 114 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 1: He takes good pleasure in giving you what people could 115 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: not give you. Like this, young man, people may have 116 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: put you at a disadvantage. God is saying, get ready, 117 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: I'm about to make it up to you. I'm going 118 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: to give you more opportunity, more influence, more resources, more 119 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: fulfillment than if it had never happened. A friend of 120 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: mine was raised in an unhealthy environment. Her father wasn't 121 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: in her life, and her mother wasn't stable. She was 122 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: bipolar and struggled with depression. She'd been married multiple times. 123 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: This young lady, as a child, saw things that she 124 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: should have never seen. Boyfriends in and out, fights and 125 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: verbal abuse. She felt alone and afraid. Fifteen years old, 126 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,239 Speaker 1: she left the house and went out on her own. 127 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: All the odds were against her. She could have become 128 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: a statistic passed down the same dysfunction. Psalm sixty eight 129 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: says God will be a father to the fatherless. God 130 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: sees when you don't have someone watching after you, someone 131 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: protecting you. He sees when you've been put in unfair 132 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: situations where you didn't have a choice, you were born 133 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: into it. This young lady had given her life to 134 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: the Lord. At the age of twelve, she made a 135 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: decision that she wasn't going to pass down the same 136 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: dysfunction to her children. She was going to break the 137 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: generational curse in the natural. She didn't have a chance, 138 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: but the good Father, the father to the fatherless, began 139 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: to cause people to be good to her. This man 140 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: went out of his way gave her a job at 141 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: a fast food restaurant. He started watching after her like 142 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: she was his own daughter. This young lady paid her 143 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: way through nursing school. She was hired at the local hospital. 144 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: She met a doctor there. They fell in love and 145 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: got married. Today she's not only extremely blessed, but she's 146 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: raising her children in a loving healthy, faith filled environment. 147 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: The Good Father helped her break the generational curse and 148 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: start a generational blessing. You may have a thousand reasons 149 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to live negative, bitter God, Why did this happen? It 150 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: wasn't fair. God has taken into account everything you didn't get, 151 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: every bad break, every person that did you wrong. If 152 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: you'll do like her and keep moving forward, the Good 153 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: Father will open doors no man can shut. The good 154 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: Father will bring the right people. The Good Father will 155 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: cause you to go where you could not go on 156 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: your own. Joshua Chapter five. The Israelites had just crossed 157 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: the Jordan River. They were camped outside the city of Jericho. 158 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: This was the last obstacle between them and their promised land. 159 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: Their parents had wandered in the desert for forty years. 160 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: They never did make it in, but God was about 161 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: to fulfill his promise and take their children in. But 162 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: there was one last thing the men had to do. 163 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: God told Joshua take a knife and circumcise this new 164 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: generation of Israelites. These men, this new generation, were in 165 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: their twenties and thirties. They were supposed to be circumcised 166 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: when they were eight days old by their fathers, but 167 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: because their fathers didn't do what they were supposed to 168 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: when they were supposed to. Now, these grown men were 169 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: having to be circumcised, not by their fathers. Their fathers 170 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: had passed. God told Joshua to do it. When you 171 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: don't get what you should have as a child, it 172 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: can be much more painful to get as an adult. 173 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: At eight days old, you don't remember it. You cry 174 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: for a little while, and then you're done. But these 175 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: grown men were having to endure pain that could have 176 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: been avoided if their fathers would have carried out their responsibilities. 177 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: You may be dealing with things today that your father 178 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: could have taken care of. If your father would have 179 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: told you that he's proud of you, you wouldn't be 180 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: working three jobs trying to prove to him that you're talented, 181 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: trying to earn his life. Or if your father would 182 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: have paid attention to you, made you feel special, made 183 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: you feel like a princess, you wouldn't go from man 184 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: to man trying to get the approval that your father 185 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: should have given you. These men were all circumcised. They 186 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: had to go through pain because of what their fathers 187 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: didn't do. But when they came to Jerih the last obstacle. 188 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: God didn't tell them to go break through the walls, 189 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: go jump over the walls, go attack the city. God 190 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: knew they were hurting. He knew they were dealing with 191 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: things they shouldn't have had to deal with things that 192 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: weren't their fault. He didn't say, too bad, your parents 193 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: should have obeyed me. Don't get mad at me blame them. No, 194 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: God took their pain into consideration. He told them, all 195 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: I want you to do is march around the walls 196 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: one time and then rest. Do it one time the 197 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: next day, and then rest. This is the only place 198 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: in the scripture where God had them take a city 199 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: by simply walking around the walls. On the seventh day, 200 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: when they marched around, let out that shout. The walls 201 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: came tumbling down. They took the city, made it to 202 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: the promised land. God knows what you didn't get. He 203 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: knows who wasn't there when you needed them. He knows 204 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: who should have been more responsible. The good news is 205 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: God is going to make it easier on you because 206 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: of the people that did you wrong. There are battles 207 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: you won't have to fight, walls, you won't have to 208 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: break down because the Good Father is watching after you. 209 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: He's designed a plan for a wounded man, a wounded 210 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: woman to still take the city, for someone that's been 211 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: through hurts, abuse, dysfunction, to still accomplished dreams, to still 212 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: have great relationships, to still live a blessed, fulfilled life. 213 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: If we're honest, we've all been wounded in some way. 214 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: People do us wrong. Sometimes even good people may not 215 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 1: give us what we needed. Don't get discouraged. God has 216 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: a plan. He had Joshua would do what their fathers 217 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: should have done. The people that should have done it 218 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: for you may not be here, but God has a 219 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: Joshua for you. He's going to send the right people 220 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: to make up for what you didn't get. I talked 221 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: to a man after the service. His father was killed 222 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: in an accident when he was two years old. He said, Joel, 223 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: the reason I listen to you every week is when 224 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: I hear you speak, I feel like my father is 225 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: giving me a hug. I can hear him telling me 226 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. I loved you. Keep going strong 227 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: as God using me as a Joshua. The Good Father 228 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: knows what you didn't get. He's going to send the 229 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: right people to bless you, to encourage you to open 230 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: up a door. It may not have been fair. They 231 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: didn't do what they should have. Don't get bitter. Joshua 232 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: is coming, Help is coming, Ease is coming. The Good 233 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: Father is watching after you. There was a young man 234 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: in a dysfunctional environment. His parents met in rehab. They 235 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: both struggled with the dictions. They weren't in any position 236 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: to have a baby, but this young man came along. 237 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: They saw him as a mistake, an accident. But God 238 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: knew what he was doing before you were formed in 239 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: your mother's wound. God not only knew you, but he 240 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: knew who your parents would be. He knew what family 241 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: you would be born into. He's already come up with 242 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: a plan for you to overcome every obstacle. He's already 243 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: designed a strategy for you to break out of the 244 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: mold and set a new standard. He's already lined up 245 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: your joshuas the right people to help give you what 246 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: you didn't get. This young man never hurt his father, 247 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: say that he loved him, or that he was proud 248 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: of him. In his teens, his father walked out of 249 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: his life when he needed him the most. He was 250 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:58,239 Speaker 1: dealing with abandonment, rejection at eighteen. He was so confused, 251 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: so distraught. He went in to his basement and got 252 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:06,239 Speaker 1: his shotgun out. He was an avid hunter, very experienced 253 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: with guns. He pointed the barrel toward his head, pulled 254 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: the trigger, but the gun didn't go off. He was puzzled, 255 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: couldn't figure it out. He reset everything, double checked it, 256 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: pulled the trigger again, still wouldn't go off. At that moment, 257 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: he felt a presence filled the room with love like 258 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: he had never felt before. He said, it was like 259 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: I could hear God saying to me, You're valuable. I 260 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: need you, I love you. What his earthly father didn't 261 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: give him, he could hear his heavenly Father giving him 262 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: that day, strongholds were broken in his mind like him. 263 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: Maybe you faced abandonment, disappointments, bad breaks, abuse. It doesn't 264 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: have to stop you. You may be wounded. The people 265 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: that should have been empowering you speaking life to you 266 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: did just the opp But God has a plan for 267 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: the wounded to still do great things. People may have 268 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: rejected you, but God has accepted you. They may call 269 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: you a mistake. God calls you a masterpiece. They may 270 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: have left you out. God has not forgotten about you. 271 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: He has you in the palm of his hand. He's 272 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: going to make up for what you didn't get today. 273 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: That young man, he's the pastor of a church in 274 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: another state, doing great things. People can't stop your destiny. 275 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: How you were raised, what family you come from, Who 276 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: did you wrong? God has taken that all into account. 277 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: Don't live with a victim mentality. People may not have 278 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: given you what they should have. But the Good Father, 279 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: the God who knew you before you were born, He's 280 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: not only going to make it up to you, but 281 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: he's going to make the enemy pay and bring you 282 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: out better than if it had never happened. In the scripture, 283 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: there's a young man named Ishmael. He's the child that 284 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: Abraham had out of wedlock with his maid Hagar. God 285 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: promised Abraham and Sarah a baby, but they got in 286 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: a hurry, tried to help God out, and Ishmael was born, 287 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: but he wasn't the promised child. This caused all kinds 288 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: of strife and division. Sarah was mad at Abraham. She 289 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: started treating Hagar badly. Abraham was trying to keep both 290 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: women happy. You know that's impossible. Year after year went 291 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: by with all this dysfunction, Sarah finally had her baby, Isaac, 292 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: the promised child was born. When she had this child, 293 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: she realized she didn't need Hagar anymore, and she didn't 294 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: want Ishmael around. Every time she saw Ishmael, he reminded 295 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: her of Abraham's mistake. Ishmael had to pay the price 296 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: for something he had nothing to do with. Sometimes it's 297 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: not that people don't like you. They don't like who 298 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: you remind them of. They're disrespectful, they're short with you 299 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: because of who your father is, because of a relative. 300 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: They had a fallen out, a break up. Now you're 301 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: caught between the two. And Sarah was so upset she 302 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: told Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away. He wasn't 303 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: going to do it until the Lord came to him 304 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: and said, listen to your wife and do it. I 305 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: can imagine. Ishmael was outside playing with his brother Isaac. 306 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: Then Abraham came over said, Ishmael, come with me. You 307 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: and your mother are going on a trip. Ismael was confused, 308 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 1: thinking that's strange. Abraham sent them out into the desert 309 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: with a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. 310 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: Now Abraham was a wealthy man. He could have sent 311 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: them out with animals, with a large food supply, with help, 312 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: so they could make it at least to the next city. 313 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: But he sent them out basically with a sandwich and 314 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: a bottle of water. Put yourself in Ishmael's shoes. He 315 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: didn't do anything wrong. He didn't choose to be born 316 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: into this dysfunctional family. He couldn't help it that he 317 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: wasn't the promised child. He couldn't change the fact that 318 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: he reminded Sarah of Abraham's mistake, all these things that 319 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: he had no control over. It looked like he had 320 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: been dealt an unfair hand. Like Ishmael, you may have 321 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: come into situations that put you at a disadvantage where 322 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: there was dysfunction, abuse, poverty. You couldn't help it. You 323 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: were born into it. Now you're having to deal with 324 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: consequences from other people's poor choices. Stay encouraged. The good 325 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: Father sees what's happening. God is a god of justice. 326 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: It's not how you start that matters, is how you finish. 327 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: The odds may be against you, but the most High 328 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: God is for you. Ishmael went out into the desert, abandoned, confused, rejected. 329 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: The man he had known it his father, the man 330 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: that had taken care of him, provided for him, suddenly 331 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: turned on him, said I don't want you in my 332 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: life anymore. In a few days, he and his mom 333 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: ran out of food, ran out of water. They were 334 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: about to die. Hagar sent Ishmael over by himself. She 335 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: didn't want to see him starved to death. If this 336 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: was the end of the story, we could try to 337 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: justify it by saying, well, he was Abraham's mistake. He 338 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: wasn't the promised child. That would make sense if God 339 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: wasn't the good Father. Out in the desert alone, forsaken, 340 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: Ishmael began to cry. The scripture says God, God heard 341 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: the cries of Ishmael, not the cries of his mom, 342 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: not the cries of Abraham. God heard the cries of 343 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: this young man born into dysfunction, with all kinds of 344 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: things that he had no control over. What did God say, 345 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: Too bad, Ishmael, You got the wrong family. You came 346 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: one child too soon. Just accept it. God had a 347 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: plan for this young man, He said, Ishmael, I'm going 348 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: to bring out of you a great nation. Even though 349 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: he wasn't the promised child, even though his parents made 350 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: a mess of his life. God said, in effect, Ishmael, 351 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: I've seen all the injustice. I know you've had bad breaks. 352 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: I know people put you at a disadvantage. But don't worry. 353 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to make it up to you. I'm going 354 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: to do something great with your life. I'm going to 355 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: bring a nation out of you. God was showing us 356 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: that even if you have parents it blew it. Even 357 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: if you had people that put you at a disadvantage, addictions, abuse, poverty, 358 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: you had no control. Don't get discouraged. God knows how 359 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: to bring greatness out of a great mess. If you'll 360 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: do like Ishmael and not complain, not give up on 361 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: a dream. Now this is not fair. Instead, go to God. 362 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: If you'll do this the good Father, he'll not only 363 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: hear your call, but he'll make more out of your 364 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: life than you've ever imagined. If Ishmael were standing here today, 365 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: he would tell you may have had bad breaks. Life 366 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: may have dealt you in unfair hand, but it doesn't 367 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: have to stop. You don't live with a victim mentality. 368 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: We can all find some reason to let what's happened 369 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: in the past limit our future. Abraham was the father 370 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: of faith, but he didn't treat his son right. A 371 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: good person may have done you wrong. People are human, 372 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 1: They make mistakes. Why don't you let them off the hook. 373 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: Quit trying to make people pay you back and go 374 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: to God and he'll pay you back. God knows how 375 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: to bring greatness out of dysfunction. That means great relationships, 376 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: great talent, great opportunities, great success. Nineteen seventy three, a 377 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: baby boy was born in Cincinnati to a young African 378 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: American mother and her husband. The relationship was very rocky 379 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: and the father didn't live at home. These parents divorced 380 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 1: when the little boy was four years old. This father 381 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: wasn't involved with his son. He never attended his events. 382 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: In fact, the young man only saw his father four 383 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: times in his life. He wasn't popular in school. He 384 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: was made fun of because of his looks. He had 385 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: a disease that caused him to lose his hair. He 386 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: felt alone and forsaken, but the Good Father was watching 387 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: after him. Even though his earthly father wasn't involved. He 388 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: had an amazing mother. She would take him to church 389 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: every week, pray over him, speak life into his destiny. 390 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: At thirteen years of age, sitting in church, he felt 391 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: the call to preach. At twenty one, he took a 392 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: step of faith and preached his first sermon. Today, twenty 393 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: years later, our own John Gray is speaking to the world, 394 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: touching millions of people. You may have had a rough start, 395 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: the odds are against you. The Good Father sees what's happening. 396 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: He knows what you didn't get. He knows who wasn't 397 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: there for you. He's taken into consideration the hurt, the loneliness, 398 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,239 Speaker 1: the bad breaks. He has a plan not to just 399 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: bring you out, but to bring you out better. Now, 400 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: don't live with the victim mentality. Don't give up on 401 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 1: your dreams. There may be some dysfunction in your past, 402 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: we all have some, But the Good Father has amazing 403 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: things in your future. Now I believe and declare, like Ishmael, 404 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 1: God is going to bring greatness out of a great mess. 405 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: Like the Israelites, He's going to bring down walls easier 406 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: than you thought, And like John, he's going to be 407 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: a father to the fatherless and take you to the 408 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, If you receive it, 409 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: can you say amen, I'd like to give you an 410 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 411 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 412 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 413 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 414 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 415 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Bible based church, Keep God first place. 416 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,239 Speaker 2: Breathtaking that's what you feel when you look out at 417 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 2: majestic mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece, 418 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: but even as you consider his handiwork, you might also 419 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 2: feel bless that, not good enough or not valuable. The 420 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 2: image before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking. 421 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 3: How do you overcome this? 422 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion. 423 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive. 424 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our lie. 425 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God 426 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable. 427 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of yourself, you'll rise higher. 428 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 3: And become who you were created to be. 429 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: We have a new resource that will help you do 430 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: just that it's called you are a Masterpiece. 431 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 3: It's filled with inspiration and encouragement that will remind you who. 432 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: You really are. 433 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 3: Gifted approve. 434 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: It will help you get rid of the wrong self 435 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: image and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created you. 436 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 2: To be as our Thank you for your gift of 437 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 2: any amount to the ministry this month, we want to 438 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: send you Joel's inspiring Newbrook. 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