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Well, God bless you, and thanks for 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.919 letting us come into your homes. We are praying for 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.200 you and your family. I hope you'll stay connected with 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.960 us throughout the week through our social media, our podcast, 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.960 or any of our online platforms. If you've never visited 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.600 our YouTube channel, it's the easiest way to access all 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.320 these messages. We want to keep you inspired and encouraged. 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.200 But thanks for tuning in. I like to start with 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.800 something funny, and a friend of mine told me that 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.919 during this coronavirus shutdown, he's been stuck in his house 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:49.640 so long he's already been through thirty two books. I said, wow, 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:53.280 that's amazing. He said, yeah, it's been a lot of coloring. 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.840 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.760 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.320 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.280 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:09.520 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.560 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:17.320 name God bless you. I want to talk to you 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:21.720 today about rebooting. When you have new software or new 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.760 programs for your computer, most of the time it requires 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:30.120 a reboot. Rebooting can be inconvenient. You have to shut 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.079 the computer down for a while, you can't use it, 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:37.280 everything's on pause. But once the reboot is done, the 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.760 computer operates on a new level. It can do things 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:45.040 it couldn't do before. It has better speed, more capability, 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:49.720 optimum performance. None of this would have been possible without 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.880 the reboot. In a sense, that's what's happening to us today. 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.560 We're going through a reboot. The world has been put 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.840 on pause with this virus. We can't go to work 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.960 like normal. We can't do what we used to do. 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.840 We're in this waiting period. The good news is the 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.480 reboot means God is doing a new thing. He has 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:16.800 new software that he wants to download, new ideas, new opportunities, 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.920 new perspectives. He's getting you prepared to go where you've 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:25.159 never been, to accomplish dreams that you didn't think were possible. 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:29.520 The key is you can't go back to business as usual. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.600 Don't go back to doing everything the same way. If 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.680 you're not open for change. Then the reboot is not 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.839 going to work. You need to reevaluate how you're spending 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.680 your time. Are you making the most of life, pursuing 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:48.680 your dreams, fulfilling your purpose or are you just going 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.960 through the day not excited, stuck on a job where 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:56.080 you're not fulfilled. This is the time to make adjustments. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:05:00.440 Stay open for something new. What God did tem years 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.240 ago was good for them, but it may not be 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:07.800 good for now. He has new software. There are new dreams, 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.960 new friendships, new ways of doing things. Don't get stuck 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.640 in the old. God has freshness. He wants you to 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:20.400 come out of this rebooting with new mindsets, with clear vision, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:27.560 with better productivity. It's time to refocus, realign. Ask yourself, 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:31.600 what's working in my life? What's bearing fruit? What am 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.520 I excited about? What causes me to get up in 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.320 the morning with a spring in my stuff? Sometimes the 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.680 reason we're not passionate, the reason we're not as effective 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:46.080 as we should be, is we're still operating on old software. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.839 You have to get out of your comfort zone and 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:53.719 stretch to a new level. It may mean starting that business, 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.080 trying new things on the job, or different ways of 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.800 doing things in your personal life. Look for new open 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.120 doors and be willing to walk away from doors that 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:08.039 are closing, things that are stagnant. It's easy to get 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.800 comfortable not want to rock the boat, but being complacent 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.680 will keep us from our destiny. When God is moving 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.320 us forward and we try to stay where we are, 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.200 There's no grace for the old. The favor is on 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:26.080 the new, the blessing, the increase, the ease. It's waiting 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:30.440 for you at your next assignment. The scripture says, where 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:34.159 the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, not 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.800 where the spirit of the Lord was. Are you stuck 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.239 in where God was still doing things the same way 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.200 you did years ago? When Joel, I know God blessed 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:49.359 me with this position. God blessed me with this house. Yes, 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.920 it's good that you recognize it was God's favor. All 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:58.320 I'm saying is God has new favor, new ideas, new dreams, 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:03.200 new businesses, new life. God wants you to be more productive, 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:09.440 more effective, have more influence, handle more resources. This reboot 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:13.960 means new software is coming. You may be doing good, 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.880 you know God has blessed you, but don't let good 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.200 keep you from the best. God has taken you from 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:24.920 glory to glory, from victory to victory. With each level 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:30.680 of glory, it usually requires new software, new thinking, new perspectives, 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.600 new ways of doing things. When Moses was leading the 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.800 Israelites through the desert towards the Promised Land, they came 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.720 to a place where they were very thirsty and didn't 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.840 have any water to drink. Nothing within miles. God told 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.760 Moses to gather the people around this big rock. He 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.040 wanted them to all be watching. Moses was to take 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.960 his staff and strike the rock. When he did, water 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.800 came flowing out of the rock in the middle of 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:03.600 the desert. They suddenly had this stream of fresh spring water. 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.600 Moses and all of the people were so thankful. It 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.280 was a great miracle. Years later, they were in the 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:15.720 same situation in the desert, nothing to drink. God told 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:20.160 Moses to gather everyone around this rock. Same problem as before, 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:25.440 same instruction so far. But then God told Moses something different. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.200 Instead of striking the rock, this time, I want you 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:33.840 to speak to the rock. God had new software, a 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:37.720 new way of doing things. The problem was Moses was 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.760 stuck in the old When he saw the rock, he 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.480 took his staff and thought this work before I know 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:47.120 it'll work again. He struck the rock instead of speaking 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:51.400 to it. Water did come out. But God said, because 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.640 you didn't obey, because you didn't step into the new, 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:58.120 you and all of these people will never enter the 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:02.520 Promised Land. One thing God was showing us is just 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:06.600 because something happened one way doesn't mean that's the way 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.800 it's always going to happen. Stay open for something new, 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.920 be willing to change. Yes, God blessed you one way 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:18.160 in the past, but God is doing a new thing. 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.440 If you're going to make it into your promised land, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.720 if you're going to see blessings increase favor, you can't 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.000 keep striking the rock. You can't keep doing the same 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.520 thing the same way. What made you successful five years 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:37.760 ago may not keep you successful. You're doing the same thing. 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:38.280 You know. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.960 God bless you, he favored you. But now it's a 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:46.720 new season. You're in a reboot. He's loading some new software, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.480 he's lining up new opportunities. He's taken you to a 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:55.760 new level. It's going to require new thinking, new attitudes, 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.640 new obedience, new commitment. But it's tempting to do like 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.520 Moses and keep striking the rock because it worked before. 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.079 We've seen God's favor in the past, We've seen him 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.480 bless us where we were. The problem is God is 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.920 not in the past. He's doing a new thing. The 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.120 new thing may not look like the old thing, may 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.240 not happen the same way in the same time with 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.520 the same people. I've heard it said, if you don't innovate, 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.760 you will evaporate. You can't rely on what got you 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.440 to where you are to keep you where you are. 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:36.280 The world is changing. You have to stay open for 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:41.440 new ideas, new ways of doing things. Examine your life, 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.800 what's effective, what's causing you to grow, what's moving you 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:50.320 toward your purpose. One reason Moses didn't make it into 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:54.360 the Promised Land is he was operating on old software. 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.400 He had good intentions, but he wasn't sensitive to the 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.640 new things God was doing. When God told him to 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:04.959 speak to the rock, I can imagine it hardly even 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.680 registered he thought, we're out of water. There's a rock, 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.560 been there, done this. When you've seen God bless you 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.240 in the past, he's given you a good job, promoted you, 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.920 open up doors. It's easy to think I've got this, 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:24.320 just go on autopilot, but you have to stay sensitive 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.160 what worked in the past may not work in the future. 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.520 God has new software to take you to new places, 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.800 to new levels, and the old software was good for 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:40.320 that time, but yesterday's software won't take you into the future. 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:46.520 God has in store yesterday's attitudes, yesterday's ideas, yesterday's ways 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:50.360 of doing things. Are you striking the rock or are 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.880 you speaking to the rock? Are you open for change, 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:58.640 trying new things, being innovative, accepting the new software, or 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:02.240 you stuck in what worked in the past, comfortable not 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:06.040 wanting to stretch, doing what you've always done. I had 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:09.400 an iPhone that was six years old. At least twice 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.120 a year, I would get a notice on my phone 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.800 saying that a software upgrade was available and it would 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:19.120 be downloaded on my phone that night. The truth is 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.640 my phone was working fine. I had no problems, no complaints. 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:28.760 But the manufacturer is constantly making improvements that make the 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:33.200 phone more effective, hold more data, take better pictures. The 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:37.360 new software is keeping the phone up to date. It's 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.360 the same way with God. He didn't create you and 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.280 say Okay, you're done. You're all you're going to be. 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:49.679 He's constantly upgrading our software, giving us new ideas. New abilities, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:54.200 new perspectives. Now it's up to us to take the download. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:59.000 On my phone, it says, to receive this update. Press yes, 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.400 my phone's fine. I'm happy with it. I don't need 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:07.320 the update. I wonder how many of us are not 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:12.080 taking the new software. We're satisfied with the old, stuck 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.640 in what was. We don't want to be inconvenienced. Have 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.440 to get out of our comfort zones. No, it's time 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.559 to step up into the new things God has doing. 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.680 Press yes to that new attitude. Yes to the new 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:30.200 way you see yourself. Yes to that new talent, new opportunities, 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:34.160 new vision. God wants to take you where you've never been, 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.840 bring talent out that you didn't know you had, give 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:43.080 you wisdom and ideas, creativity in greater ways. He's updating 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:47.120 your software. Now get in agreement with him and receive it. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.520 Start trying new things. There to take some steps of faith. 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.240 The only thing that's holding some people back is they're 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:59.360 running off of old software. They're stuck in what was 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.240 to keep things going that have no anointing on them. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.600 This is a new day. It's time to make some changes. 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.680 Don't come out of this reboot and go back to 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:15.000 normal doing everything the same way. Let go of what's 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:19.120 not working and step into the new favor, new friendships, 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.680 new ways of doing things. There was a couple that 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.040 was recently married. The young man noticed that when his 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.680 wife cooked a ham, she always cut the ends of 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.680 the ham off. He thought that was strange and asked 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.880 why she did it. She said, my mother made the 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.040 best ham in all the world, and she always cut 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:42.080 the ends off. He asked why her mother did it. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.200 She said, I have no idea. He called the mother 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.360 and said, I noticed that my wife cuts the ends 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.120 of the ham off. She said, she does it because 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.920 you always did. Can you tell me why you did it? 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.800 The mother said, my mother made the best ham in 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.840 all the world, and she always cut the ends off. 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:05.040 He called the grandmother and said, your daughter and granddaughter 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.360 cut the ends off the hand because you always did. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.280 Can you tell me why you did it? The grandmother said, yes, 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:18.080 it's simple, because my pan was too small. Sometimes we're 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:22.560 stuck in traditions and old mindsets that have been passed down. 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:27.000 That's why it's important to reevaluate why you do something, 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.520 why you feel limited, why you don't think you can 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.840 run that company, why you can't live in that nice house. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.320 Why you can't break that addiction? Could it be that 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:41.720 your software is contaminated. You're letting what's been passed down 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:46.080 set the limits for your life. God is rebooting you. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:50.400 Those viruses that have held you back are being cleared out. 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.920 Now you need to receive this new software. You have 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:58.920 been fearfully and wonderfully made. You are crowned with favor. 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.640 You have seen of greatness. You are full of can 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:06.440 do power. You will lend and not borrow. You will 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.600 set new standards and go where no one in your 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.760 family has gone. They may have cut the ends of 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.480 the ham offf The good news is you have a 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:19.040 bigger frying pan. That was okay for their day, but 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.720 this is a new day. God is doing a new 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:27.800 thing now. Don't let old mindsets, limitations that were passed down, addictions, 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.320 mediocrity keep you from stepping up to who you were 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:35.840 created to be. When Jesus was crucified the veil of 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:40.520 the temple, this huge curtain was torn from top to bottom. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.120 Behind the veil was the Holy of Holies. That's where 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.160 the ark of the Covenant was, that housed the presence 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.360 of God. No one was allowed to go in there 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.920 except the priest, and then only once a year. Was 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.960 a very sacred place. When the veil was torn, that 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.800 signified that God moved out of the temple and he 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.640 moved into us. We are the temple that God lives in. 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.920 From that time on, the people didn't have to make 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:12.800 sacrifices to cover their sins like they did all through 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.080 the Old Testament. The only way to get forgiveness back 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:20.399 then was to sacrifice animals. But when Christ died, he 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.120 became the sacrifice for our sins once and for all. 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.639 He started this new covenant, not built on the blood 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.359 of animals, but on the blood of our savior. What's 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:35.480 interesting is not long after the veil was torn, the 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:39.320 temple was reopened and people went right back to making 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:43.520 sacrifices for their sins. I can imagine they sewed up 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.439 the veil, got it back to what they were used to. 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.640 They thought, We've always had to pay for our sins. 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:53.919 We've always made these sacrifices. We've seen our grandparents do it, 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:58.760 our ancestors. God was giving them a reboot. He was 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:02.080 changing the way things had been done for hundreds of years. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.600 The scripture says, they entered a better covenant built on 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:10.560 better promises. The problem was some people wouldn't accept the 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.919 new way. They were so stuck in what was in 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:18.600 their tradition they continued doing something that had no favor, 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:23.440 no blessing, no benefit. I wonder if there are areas 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.959 that we're sowing up the veil. God is doing a 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.800 new thing, but we keep going back to the old. 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:34.040 Stuck in tradition, cutting the ends of the ham, Stuck 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:38.399 in limited thinking, believing we can't rise higher, or stuck 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.560 in old ways of doing things, trying to keep things 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.479 going that are not producing any fruit. When God is 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.840 done with something, you have to move on step into 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:52.200 the new way, the better way, the more effective way. 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.200 That's where the favor is. That's where you're going to 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.240 see God take you where you couldn't go on your own. 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:03.000 In the early night teen hundreds farmers in Alabama were 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:07.320 facing a major challenge. A small insect called the bowl 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:11.879 weevil had migrated from South America and was quickly destroying 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.160 their crops. They tried everything to get rid of it, 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:19.879 exterminated with all kinds of chemicals pesticides, but nothing worked. 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.600 All they could do was watch their livelihood be slowly 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:28.520 eaten away. But God never closes a door without opening 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:32.280 another door. When you go through a reboot, a season 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:36.880 of paws where something is not working, instead of being discouraged, 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:40.440 look for the new thing God is doing. One of 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:44.520 these farmers had an idea. Instead of planting the normal 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:48.560 cotton crops that they knew wouldn't survive, he decided to 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:52.560 plant peanuts. The other farmers thought he had lost his mind. 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.560 They said, we'll never make a living off of peanuts. 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:59.920 Cotton is all we've ever grown. He eventually convinced them. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:04.720 They planted peanuts. They discovered the bowl weebel didn't like 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:08.639 the taste of peanuts. Their crops took off like nothing 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.879 they had ever seen. They made more money off of 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:15.520 peanuts in a month than they normally would make all 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:18.800 year long off of cotton. In fact, even when the 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:22.680 bowl weebles left, they didn't go back to their cotton crops. 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.520 They stuck with peanuts. You may have some bowl weebles 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:30.239 bothering you right now, Stay encouraged. There are peanuts in 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:34.080 your future. I know people that have lost their income 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.880 because of the virus. They've lost hours, lost their position, 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.080 that is not a surprise to God. What you think 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:46.199 is a setback is really setting you up for something better. 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:51.240 See sometimes God shuts a door to force us to change. 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.120 He doesn't give us a choice. He knows we wouldn't 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.560 do it on our own, so he has to push 0:20:56.680 --> 0:21:01.080 us into our destiny. Don't fight the things you don't understand. 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:05.480 God is up to something. He's the one ordering your steps. 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:09.160 The enemy didn't come in and suddenly take over. God 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.960 is still in control. It may not make sense right now, 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:16.520 but he's working all things for your good. You're not 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.159 going to just come out, You're going to come out better. 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:22.720 But I love the fact that the bul weavil didn't 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:26.440 like the taste of peanuts. That tells me, no matter 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:30.120 how bad it gets, God always has something in your 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:34.240 future that the enemy cannot touch. He has some way 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.840 to prosper you, some way to heal you, some way 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:41.440 to restore you, some way to bring your dreams to pass. 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:45.400 And even when it looks impossible, when things aren't working out, 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:49.960 remind yourself. These bul weavils may be causing me problems, 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:53.800 but they can't touch my harvest. They can't stop what 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:58.320 belongs to me. God has the final say, he said, 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:01.960 no weapon formed again, you will prosper. He said, even 0:22:02.000 --> 0:22:05.399 in famine, you will have more than enough. Dare to 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:10.760 trust him. The scripture says everything serves his plan. If 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.840 it had not been for the bull weavil, the farmers 0:22:13.960 --> 0:22:16.840 would have never tried peanuts. They would have stuck with 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:20.440 their regular crops, missing out on the abundance that could 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:24.879 have been theirs. And sometimes God will stop provision in 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:28.840 one area because he's about to do something much bigger 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:32.680 in another area. When the Israelites were in the desert, 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:36.359 they had manna every morning for years, something like bread 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:39.359 to eat. But one morning the man of quit coming. 0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:42.639 From then on there was no more manna. It was 0:22:42.720 --> 0:22:46.480 because they were about to enter the promised land. They 0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:50.320 were about to see provision like they'd never seen. Clusters 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:53.119 of grape so large that it took two people to 0:22:53.200 --> 0:22:57.200 carry them. But here's the key. If those farmers had 0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:00.639 not been willing to try something new, they had sown 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:04.040 the veil, gone back to planting cotton, stayed where it 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.480 was comfortable, where it was familiar, they would have never 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:11.399 seen the abundance that God had in store. You have 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:15.280 to stay open for change, don't get set in your ways, 0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:18.639 thinking it's always going to happen the way it's happened before. 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:23.040 When you reboot your computer, one thing it does is 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:26.439 gets rid of the viruses and the bugs that have 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:30.800 contaminated the software. Sometimes I'll go a month or two 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:34.399 at home and not reboot my computer. I notice it 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:37.960 starts to slow down. The files weren't opened properly, some 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:41.000 of the features quit working. Finally, I have to stop 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:45.000 take the time to reboot it. Once it's rebooted, it's 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:49.080 all back to normal. Everything's functioning properly, just like the 0:23:49.119 --> 0:23:54.120 manufacturer designed it to in the same way. Over time, 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:59.840 we can get viruses that are slowing us down, bad attitudes, unforgiveness, 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:04.920 limited thinking, insecurity. This reboot that we're in now is 0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:08.639 an opportunity to get rid of these things, things that 0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:13.240 are hindering our growth, stopping our potential. In some area, 0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:16.560 we can all come up higher. Don't do like the 0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:19.440 people with the veil and go back to what's comfortable, 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:23.439 what's familiar. If you go back to business as usual, 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:28.080 you'll miss the new things that God is doing. Ask yourself, 0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:31.400 where do I need to change? What can I do 0:24:31.480 --> 0:24:36.359 differently to make me more effective, more productive, more passionate, 0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:41.320 more loving, more generous. Maybe that means don't go back 0:24:41.320 --> 0:24:46.440 to unforgiveness, holding a grudge, living bitter. Don't go back 0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:49.800 to being late to work, slacking all, not giving it 0:24:49.880 --> 0:24:52.919 your best. Don't come out of this reboot and go 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:57.040 back to being sarcastic, disrespectful, hard to get along with. 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:01.000 That may be how it's been, that's what's familiar. But 0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:05.000 God is downloading new software. If you're going to come 0:25:05.000 --> 0:25:08.320