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It's in 40 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 4: what you have left. Take the hand you bendel and 41 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 4: make the most of it. Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. 42 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 43 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 4: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 44 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 45 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 4: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 46 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 4: Well God, bless you. It's great to be with you today, 47 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 48 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 4: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 49 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start 50 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this man. He 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 4: was the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood, and 52 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors were eating cold fish, 53 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 4: he was grilling a steak in his backyard. They couldn't 54 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: stand the temptation decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. 55 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 4: He finally agreed. A priest came over sprinkled water on him, said, 56 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 4: you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, 57 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 4: but now you're a Catholic. The next year, on the 58 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: first Friday of Lent, they smelled the same smell. They 59 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 4: rushed his house. He was in his backyard sprinkling water 60 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: over his steak. Said you were born a cow, you 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 4: were raised a cow, but now you're a fish. Say 62 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 63 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 4: am what it says I am, I have what it 64 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 65 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 66 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 67 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 68 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 69 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 4: your move. When life's unfair, we all go through disappointments, 70 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 4: things that don't make sense. Friend walked out on you. 71 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 4: Are you were overlooked for a promotion. You came down 72 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 4: with an illness. I talked to a young lady that 73 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 4: grew up in a home filled with abuse. Nobody was 74 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 4: there to guide her. The people that should have been 75 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 4: helping her were doing just the opposite. She didn't understand 76 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 4: why she was raised in such hurt and dysfunction. It's 77 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 4: easy to let what's unfair be an excuse to not 78 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 4: pursue our destiny. Can't be successful. I had a rough childhood. 79 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 4: I'll never be happy. I lost a loved one. Can't 80 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 4: accomplish my dream. Joey, the pandemic slowed me down. Company 81 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 4: let me go. I didn't get the scholarship. Here's the key. 82 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: It's not your fault that you got knocked down, but 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 4: it is your responsibility to get back up. That was wrong, 84 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 4: that they hurt you. That wasn't fair that you went 85 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 4: through the injustice, that wasn't right that they walked away. 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: I'm not lessening what you've been through. I'm not excusing 87 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 4: their behavior, but I am telling you you have to 88 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 4: get back up. Your move when unfair things happen is 89 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 4: to go forward in faith, trusting that God will make 90 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 4: it up to you. Because it's tempting to stay down, 91 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 4: live bitter, give up on your dreams. After all, you 92 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 4: have a good excuse. You may have a reason, but 93 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,559 Speaker 4: you don't have a right. God still has a great 94 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 4: purpose in front of you. He saw what happened, He 95 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 4: saw what they did, who left you out, what you lost. 96 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 4: He said he would pay you back double for the 97 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: unfair things. He said he has beauty for those ashes. 98 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 4: There's something you have to do, though. Can't sit around 99 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 4: in defeat, nursing your wounds. Why did this happen to me? 100 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 4: Don't put a question mark where God has put a period. 101 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 4: Part of faith is trusting when life doesn't make sense. 102 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 4: We're never going to understand everything that happens. You can't 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 4: let one betrayal, one divorce, one bad season soured the 104 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 4: rest of your life. I know it wasn't fair. I 105 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 4: know it was painful. It wasn't your fault. But you 106 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 4: can't stop there. You have a responsibility to get back up. 107 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 4: That means quit reliving the hurts, quit thinking about what 108 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 4: they did, quit believing the lies that you've seen your 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 4: best days. God knows how to make it up to you. 110 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 4: When he sees you moving forward and you could be 111 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 4: sitting in defeat. You're praising when you could be complaining. 112 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 4: You have a smile when you could be depressed. You'll 113 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: being good to someone even though you've been through hurts. 114 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 4: You better get ready. God is going to show out 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 4: in your life. You will see greater favor Because of 116 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 4: the unfair things the enemy minute for harm, God is 117 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 4: going to turn it to your advantage. Men told me 118 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 4: recently about how his business partner didn't keep his word 119 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 4: and left him with all this debt. Now his business 120 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 4: is struggling to make it, and he was so down. 121 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 4: He said, Joe, this man has ruined my credit. It's 122 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 4: damaged my reputation. He took my main clients. He's basically 123 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 4: ruined my life. It's okay to feel hurt, to feel wrong, 124 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 4: to feel violated. God made us with feelings. I'm not 125 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 4: saying you have to be superman, never feel anything. But 126 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 4: if you're going to see the beauty for the ashes, 127 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 4: if you're going to see God pay you bad back 128 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 4: for the wrongs, at some point you have to rule 129 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 4: over those feelings, get your passion back, and start moving forward. 130 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 4: If you use it as an excuse, it will keep 131 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 4: you from your purpose. On the other side of the 132 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: excuse is a new level of your destiny. If that 133 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 4: person that did you wrong could in fact ruin your life, 134 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 4: they would be more powerful than God. That's not possible. 135 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 4: The bad break, the injustice, the lass did not stop 136 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 4: God's plan for your life. Wasn't your fault that you 137 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: got knocked down, but it is your responsibility to get 138 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 4: back up. The way you move forward in faith is 139 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 4: knowing that God is working all things for your good. 140 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 4: May not have been good, it was unfair, it was hurtful, 141 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 4: but God knows how to turn it for your good. 142 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: He's not going to leave your life in a broken place, 143 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 4: in a damaged place, in an unjust place. That may 144 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 4: be the reason you are where you are. That's your explanation, 145 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 4: but don't make it your excuse. Have a new perspective. Yes, 146 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 4: I had some bad breaks, that's why my business is down. 147 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 4: But this is not how my story ends. I went 148 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: through a loss. It was painful, but I know we've 149 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 4: been endors for a night, but joy is coming in 150 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 4: the morning. I had a lot of dysfunction going up, 151 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 4: didn't get off to a good start, but I know 152 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: my latter days will be better than my former days. 153 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. 154 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 155 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: stop your purpose. You may have gone through loss things 156 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 4: that are not fair, but what you need to fulfill 157 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 4: your purpose is not in what you've lost. It's in 158 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: what you have left. Take the hands you've been dell 159 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: and make the most of it. First Samuel, chapter thirty, 160 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 4: David and his men were living in the city of 161 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 4: ziglag they'd been on a mission for several days. When 162 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 4: they were returning home, they noticed smoke billowing in the 163 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 4: air from the direction of Ziglagon. They picked up the pace, 164 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 4: worried that something was wrong. As they got closer, their 165 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 4: worst fears came true, and malachite bandits had come in 166 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 4: and raided the city. They kidnapped all their wives and children, 167 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 4: stole all their possessions, and burned down their houses. It 168 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 4: was the worst defeat that David had ever suffered. Here 169 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 4: he was out doing the right thing, protecting God's people, 170 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 4: and his whole world fell apart. The scripture says he 171 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: and his men wept until they could not weep anymore. 172 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 4: If that wasn't bad enough, David's men were so upset 173 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: they started blaming David. They talked about stoning him. It 174 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: wasn't fair that David was doing the right thing, but 175 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 4: the wrong thing happened. It wasn't fair that his possessions 176 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 4: were stolen, his family was taken, his men were turning 177 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 4: on him. But God doesn't promise us that life will 178 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 4: always be fair. He doesn't say if you do the 179 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 4: right thing, the wrong thing will never happen. Life happens 180 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 4: to us all. It's what we do in these unfair 181 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 4: times that determine whether we get stuck and let it 182 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 4: sour the rest of our lives, or whether we move 183 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: forward and see God make it up to us. David 184 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 4: was at a critical point. He could have been bitter. God, 185 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 4: I don't understand it. How could you let this happen? 186 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 4: If he would have stayed in a defeated mindset. This 187 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 4: would be the last we hear of David. But he 188 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 4: understood this principle. It wasn't his fault that he got 189 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 4: knocked down, he had no control over that, but it 190 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 4: was his responsibility to get back up. He knew if 191 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 4: he stayed in the ashes, reliving his defeat, feeling sorry 192 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 4: for himself, it would keep him from his destiny. And yes, 193 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 4: he had a good explanation for why he was down. 194 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 4: Nobody would have disagree read if he'd have given up 195 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 4: on his dreams, faded off into the sunset. But he 196 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 4: didn't let his explanation become his excuse. I would have 197 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 4: been a great king, but man, we got attacked at Ziglag. 198 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 4: I would have left my mark, but these people did 199 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 4: me wrong. I would have been a hero of faith, 200 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 4: but these unfair things happened to me. No, on the 201 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 4: other side of that excuse is expansion. There's a new 202 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. Are you going to stick with 203 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 4: the excuse or are you going to see the expansion? 204 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 4: It depends on if you take responsibility and get back 205 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 4: up when you get knocked down. Now I know it 206 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: wasn't fair. I know they did you wrong. You don't 207 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: understand it. Leave that all in God's hands. Just do 208 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: your part. Get your passion back, get your faith back, 209 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 4: get your dreams back. This is what made David a champion. 210 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 4: Not that he didn't have injustice, not that he never 211 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: had bad rakes, things that weren't fair, people that did 212 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 4: him wrong. He knew how to get back up. He 213 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 4: dried his tears, he shook off the defeated mindset, told 214 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 4: his men get up, We're going to go attack the enemy. 215 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 4: He didn't stay on the defensive, thinking that he's seen 216 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: his best days. His attitude was, I have a destiny 217 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 4: to fulfill. This bad break didn't stop my purpose. I 218 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: know that God will make it up to me. And 219 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 4: that's how you move forward when it's unfair. Not looking 220 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 4: to people, not hoping your boss will feel sorry for you, 221 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 4: not counting on your friend to make it up to you. 222 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 4: Look up to your creator, Look up to the most High. 223 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: He's the one that has beauty for the ashes. He's 224 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: the one that can bring you out better than you were. 225 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 4: Before David and his men headed out, they didn't know 226 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 4: where the Amalakites were, but along the way they found 227 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 4: a man that was very sick. They gave him food 228 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 4: and and ask who he was. He said he was 229 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 4: a slave of the Amalekites. They had left him behind. 230 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 4: He was too weak to travel. David said, tell me 231 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: where they are and I'll spare your life. He led 232 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 4: them straight to the Amalekites camp. God knows how to 233 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 4: put the right people in your path. He knows how 234 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 4: to get you to where you're supposed to be. The 235 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 4: Amalekites were having a big party celebrating the victory. Sometimes 236 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 4: the enemy celebrates too soon. Don't worry if you see 237 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 4: them celebrating. God is not finished. David and his men attacked. 238 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 4: The scripture says they recovered everything they had lost. All 239 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: their wives and children were unharmed. They got all their 240 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 4: possessions back. Not only that, they gathered up all the 241 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 4: spoils from the Amalekites. That's what happens when you don't 242 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 4: let an injustice, a bad break, a loss, cause you 243 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 4: to get discouraged and settled where you are. What stops 244 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 4: us many times is we have a good reason to 245 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 4: be sour, a good reason to give up on our dreams. 246 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 4: Had a bad childhood person walked away the company let 247 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 4: us go. Wasn't our fault that we got knocked down. 248 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 4: I understand that, But what I'm saying is it is 249 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 4: your responsibility to get back up. We wouldn't be talking 250 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 4: about David if he'd use that bad break as an excuse. 251 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 4: He was honoring God. He was not taking revenge against 252 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: King Saul. He didn't get bitter when his family left 253 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 4: him out. Would have been different if he is slacking off, compromising, 254 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 4: doing whatever he felt like. But he was being his best, 255 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 4: a person of integrity, yet the bottom fell out. That's 256 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 4: a test. Are you going to let it be an 257 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 4: excuse that keeps you from your greatness? Or you're going 258 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 4: to get back up knowing that God is still on 259 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 4: the throne, that he has good plans for you. What 260 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 4: tried to stop you was only setting you up for 261 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 4: something greater. Three days after David's biggest defeat, three days 262 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 4: after he lost everything, he not only recovered at all, 263 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 4: but King Saul was killed in a battle, and David 264 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 4: was made keen. When you face your biggest battles, the 265 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 4: most unfair, unjust, that's a sign that you're close to 266 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: seeing your greatest victories, your biggest accomplishments, your most rewarding relationships. 267 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 4: The enemy always fights you the hardest when he knows 268 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 4: you're close to a new level of your destiny. Now, 269 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 4: don't settle where you are reliving to hert thinking about 270 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 4: what didn't work out. God where were you? God never 271 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 4: left you. He's been right by your side. That's how 272 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 4: you made it through. My question is not was it unfair? 273 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 4: Did they do you wrong? Where you left out? We 274 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 4: all agreed that it wasn't right that you got knocked down. 275 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 4: My question is are you getting back up and see? 276 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 4: It's not your responsibility to fix everything, to straighten them out, 277 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 4: to prove that you're okay. Leave that up to God. 278 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 4: Your part is to simply move forward in faith, not 279 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 4: looking back, not letting excuses keep it from dreaming again, 280 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 4: not bitter over what didn't work out. You know it's 281 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 4: all in God's hands. You trust that He's working all 282 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 4: things for your good. All things means the unfair things, 283 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 4: the things you had no control over. You were doing 284 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 4: the right thing and the wrong thing happen. All things 285 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 4: are the betrayals, the times you were left out, the 286 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 4: times they said something that sets you back. You didn't 287 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 4: get the promotion your family member didn't make It wasn't fair, 288 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 4: it didn't make sense. But you got back up. You're 289 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 4: moving forward. Like with David, You're going to see God 290 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 4: show out in your life. He's going to do something unusual, 291 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 4: out of the ordinary, that catapulted you to a new level. 292 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 4: In the nineteen fifties, my father was pastoring a thriving church. 293 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 4: They just built a beautiful new sanctuary. He was on 294 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 4: the state board for his denomination. His future looked very bright. 295 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 4: Then my sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral 296 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 4: Paul's in The doctors told my parents she would probably 297 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 4: need constant care. My father went to a hotel downtown 298 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 4: for a few days to be alone and study the scripture, 299 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 4: and he told how he took off his denominational glasses 300 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 4: and he read the Bible like he was reading it 301 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 4: for the first time. He saw how Jesus went around 302 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 4: healing people, how he was a god of miracles. He 303 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,719 Speaker 4: came back to his church with his new message of 304 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 4: faith and victory. He thought they would be so excited, 305 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 4: but it was just the opposite. Didn't fit into their tradition. 306 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 4: There was so much divisiveness that my father ended up 307 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 4: having to lead the church. He was devastated. He and 308 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 4: my mother had poured their heart and soul into those 309 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 4: people for years, and now it was all gone. My 310 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: mother had lifelong friends that never spoke to her again. 311 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 4: When you come to these places that are not fair, 312 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 4: it's a critical time. It's easy to get bitter, give 313 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 4: up on life. Let that be excused to never do 314 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 4: anything great. You have to dig down deep, say God, 315 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 4: this is painful, it doesn't make sense, but I know 316 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 4: you're still in control. You wouldn't have allowed it if 317 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 4: you didn't have a purpose for it. Was it my 318 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 4: father's fault that he got knocked down. That was an injustice, 319 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 4: but it was his responsibility to get back up. He 320 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 4: and my mother went out and started Lakewood on Mother's 321 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 4: Day nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. They just come 322 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 4: from this big, beautiful sanctuary. Now they were in an 323 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 4: old Rundown feed store, had holes in the floor, cracks 324 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 4: in the ceiling, beat up chairs. You have to take 325 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 4: the hand you've been dealt and make the most of it. 326 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,959 Speaker 4: Your destiny is not in what you've lost, but in 327 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 4: what you have left. Anything you've lost, you didn't need 328 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 4: to become who you were created to be friendships, people, contracts, opportunities. 329 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 4: If you lost it, don't sweat it. What you have 330 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 4: left is what God is going to use to take 331 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 4: you into your purpose. My parents they lost the big, 332 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 4: prestigious sanctuary. You would think they'd be limited. All they 333 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 4: had was this old feed store. But God will take 334 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 4: what you have left, breathe on it, and it will multiply. 335 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 4: All you may have is five loaves and two fish. 336 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 4: The disciples asked, what is this among so many? But 337 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 4: when God breathes on it, when he favors you, when 338 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 4: he vindicates you, when He what stores you, the little 339 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 4: will become much. New, doors will open, Opportunities will find you. 340 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 4: The right people will show up. God is not limited 341 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 4: by what you lost. You have what you need to flourish, 342 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 4: to blossom, to succeed, to do something awesome. Those ninety members, 343 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 4: over time turned into nine hundred and then nine thousand. 344 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 4: That old feed store was replaced by a larger sanctuary, 345 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 4: then a larger and another larger. People said Lakewood would 346 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 4: never make it. But here we are sixty three years 347 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 4: later in the former compact center. Still go and stall. 348 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 4: Who knows where God is going to take you and 349 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 4: your children, if you'll just get back up again. In 350 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 4: the scripture, God told Samuel to anoint a young man 351 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 4: named Saul to be the first king of Israel. Saul 352 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 4: wasn't trained in leadership. He didn't come from an influential family. 353 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 4: See Samuel taking Saul under his wing and encouraging him, 354 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 4: training him, giving him advice, counsel. He wanted him to 355 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 4: succeed so badly, and Saul started off good, he was 356 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 4: making the right decisions. Over time, he got off course, 357 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 4: started compromising, and he lost the kingdom. God told Samuel, 358 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 4: I regret that I ever made Saul king. You can 359 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 4: imagine how Samuel must have felt. He had poured his 360 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 4: time and energy into Saul. Now it seemed like it 361 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 4: was all a waste. He was so focused on what 362 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 4: he had lost, what didn't work out, wondering why Saul 363 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 4: didn't do better. God said to Samuel, how long are 364 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 4: you going to mourn over Saul? Like Samuel, you may 365 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 4: have done your best. You gave it your heart and soul, 366 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 4: but you didn't get the position. The relationship didn't make it, 367 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 4: the business didn't succeed. God is saying to you, how 368 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: long are you going to mourn? Over what you lost, 369 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 4: over what didn't work out, over what wasn't fair. God 370 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 4: told Samuel, fill your horn with oil and be on 371 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 4: your way, for I had chosen another king for you 372 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 4: to anoint. God was saying, Samuel, you're focused on what 373 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 4: you've lost. Yes, it wasn't fair, it wasn't your fault, 374 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 4: but your destiny is not in what you lost, it's 375 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 4: in what you have left. It's significant that after King 376 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 4: Saul was rejected after Samuel's first choice didn't work out, 377 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 4: his next choice would be David, the greatest king that 378 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 4: ever lived. If you'll stop mourning over what you've lost, 379 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 4: then like Samuel, you'll come into something greater, something better, 380 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 4: something more fulfilling than you've ever imagined. My friend Dan 381 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: was one of my baseball coaches growing up in such 382 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 4: a fine man. I was good friends with his son, Danny. 383 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 4: When we were in our late teens, Dan's wife of 384 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 4: many years was diagnosed with a serious illness. We all 385 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 4: prayed and believed, we stood in faith, but she went 386 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord. Den was devastated. They had 387 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 4: been married for many years, had several beautiful children. She 388 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 4: was the love of his life and it didn't seem 389 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: fair that she was taken at such a young age. 390 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 4: Wasn't Den's fault that he got knocked down. They're good people, 391 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 4: they love God, they help others. But when we go 392 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 4: through loss, it is our responsibility to get back up. Yes, 393 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 4: there's a time for mourning, but you can't let a 394 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 4: season of mourning turn into a lifetime of mourning. Den 395 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 4: was retired from the phone company, and instead of sitting 396 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 4: around the house depressed thinking about what he'd lost, he 397 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 4: would go to the funerals where my father was doing 398 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 4: the ceremony. Nobody asked him to. He didn't know the people, 399 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 4: but his attitude was I've been through what you're going through. 400 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 4: I can encourage you. I can let you know that 401 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 4: you're going to make it. He got knocked down, but 402 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 4: he didn't stay down. My father noticed him at all 403 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 4: the funerals. He asked Dan to come on staff and 404 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 4: lead the comfort ministry that helps those that are going 405 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 4: through laws. A few years later, Dan met a beautiful 406 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 4: young lady named Shirley. They've been happily married for many years. 407 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 4: Seeing God's blessing and favor still serving here at Lakewood. 408 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 4: I can't promise you that you won't get knocked down 409 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 4: in life, that there won't be times when it's not fair. 410 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 4: But I can promise you, if you'll get back up, 411 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 4: God will give you beauty for the ashes. He will 412 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 4: pay you back for the wrongs. When David was a teenager, 413 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 4: the prophet Samuel came to his house to anoint one 414 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 4: of Jesse's sons as the next king of Israel. His father, Jesse, 415 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 4: didn't call David in from the shepherd's fields. He thought 416 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,719 Speaker 4: David was too young, not talented enough. David had to 417 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 4: deal with rejection, betrayal, ridiculed. Even after Samuel anointed him, 418 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 4: David went back to the shepherd's fields. She never read 419 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 4: where David complained he slacked off, talked badly about his father. 420 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 4: He kept being his best when no one was watching. 421 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 4: Wasn't fair that his own father didn't believe in him. 422 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 4: Wasn't fair that his brothers made fun of him when 423 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 4: he took them lunch on the battlefield. Wasn't fair that 424 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 4: he was left out in the shepherd's fields. But David 425 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 4: understood this principle. He just kept getting back up, doing 426 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 4: the right thing. He knew. No person, no bad break, 427 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 4: no injustice, could keep him from his destiny. King Saul 428 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 4: suffered from bouts of depression, and his staff told him 429 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 4: that when these attacks came, he needed someone to play music. 430 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 4: It would help him feel better. Saul agreed and asked 431 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 4: them to find someone. They said, we know a young 432 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 4: man named David. He's the son of Jesse. He's excellent 433 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 4: in playing the heart and the scripture says that Saul 434 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 4: sent a message to Jesse saying, send me your son, 435 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 4: David the Shepherd. He didn't send it to David. He 436 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 4: sent it to Jesse, the very one that left him out, 437 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 4: the very one that discounted him. People may overlook you, 438 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 4: but God sees you. They may push you down, but 439 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 4: God will lift you up. They may leave you out, 440 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 4: but God will call you. In. Imagine Jesse here in 441 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 4: a knock on his door. He answers in his officials 442 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 4: standing before him from the palace, dressed in royal uniforms, horses, 443 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 4: chariots outside. Jesse thinks, what in the world are they 444 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 4: doing at my house? Did I do something wrong? Am 445 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 4: I in trouble? The official says, the King wants your 446 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 4: son David to come work for him in the palace. 447 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 4: Jesse nearly passed out. He thought, David, the one I 448 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 4: didn't think would amount to much. God knows how to 449 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 4: vindicate you. He knows how to make up for the wrongs. 450 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 4: Someone may have put you at a disadvantage, but people 451 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 4: don't have the final say. Don't let an excuse keep 452 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 4: you from going to the palace. They never give me credit, 453 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 4: they overlooked me, they did me wrong. They can't stop 454 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: your destiny. Quit mourning over what you've lost. Who wasn't 455 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 4: for you, what wasn't fair. God sees it, He knows 456 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 4: what's happening. If you'll move forward in faith, the right 457 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 4: people will come looking for you. Opportunity will come tracking 458 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 4: you down. Promotion will come knocking on your door. It's 459 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 4: not your fault that they weren't for you. It's not 460 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 4: your fault that you had bad breaks. But it is 461 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 4: your responsibility to get back up. What you've been through 462 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 4: may be your explanation as to why you are where 463 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,199 Speaker 4: you are, but don't let it be your excuse to 464 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 4: stay where you are. This is a new day. God 465 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 4: is doing a new thing. He's about to pay you 466 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 4: back for what was. He's about to open doors you 467 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 4: never dreamed would open. The best part of your life 468 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 4: is still in front of you. Now here's the key. 469 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 4: The enemy would love for you to get stuck focused 470 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 4: on your hurts, what they did, what you didn't get. 471 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 4: Don't fall into that trap. Your move when life is 472 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 4: unfair is to go forward in faith, knowing that God 473 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 4: is still on the throne, that He's going to work 474 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 4: it all out for your good. If you'll do this, 475 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, like with David, God is going 476 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 4: to promote you in front of people to try to 477 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 4: hold you back. Like with my father, out of that 478 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 4: rejection is going to come new levels of your destiny. 479 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 4: Like with Samuel. Saul may not have worked out, but 480 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 4: it's going to open the door to David to something 481 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 4: better than you've imagined. In Jesus' name, and if you 482 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 4: receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to give 483 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 484 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 485 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 486 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 4: you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 487 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. 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