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See terms and conditions at 34 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: UNEs dot co. 35 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 36 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 6: the ministry. 38 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 39 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 6: your life, and. 42 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 7: I'm dread you. 43 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 6: It is always our joy to come into your homes 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 6: each week, and we come with good news. We know 45 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 6: God rewards people that seek after Him and I believe 46 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 6: that's you today, or you wouldn't be tuned in. But 47 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 6: thank you, And if you're ever in our area, I 48 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 6: hope that you'll stop by and see us. I promise 49 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 6: you will make you feel right at home. But thanks 50 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 6: again for watching today. 51 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: Now. 52 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 6: I like to get started each week with something kind 53 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 6: of funny, so listen to this one. A man was 54 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 6: out walking through the woods with his friend when suddenly 55 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 6: they came upon a huge, grizzly bear. They both frozen 56 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 6: their tracks as the bear stared intently at them. They 57 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 6: contemplated what they should do. Finally, the men said, I 58 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 6: think we should run. The friend replied, are you crazy? 59 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 6: We could never outrun a bear. The man answered back, 60 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 6: I know that. I don't have to outrun the bear. 61 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 6: I just have to outrun you. All right, Hold up 62 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 6: your bible, let's say it like you any ready. 63 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 8: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 8: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 8: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 8: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 8: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 68 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 8: the same. 69 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 6: I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living 70 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 6: seed of the Word of God. 71 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 4: I'll never be the same, never, never, never, I'll never 72 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 4: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 73 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about the importance 74 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 6: of being fruitful and productive right where you are. 75 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 4: A lot of. 76 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 6: Times we think, as soon as I get out of 77 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 6: this situation, then I'm gonna be happy. As soon as 78 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 6: I get a better job, then I'll start working hard. 79 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 6: As soon as I get over this sickness, then I'll 80 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 6: cheer up, then I'll have a good attitude. But really, 81 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 6: God wants us to learn to become fruitful and productive, 82 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 6: not when we get out of all of our afflictions. 83 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 6: He wants us to be fruitful in the midst of 84 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 6: our afflictions. He wants us to have a good attitude 85 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 6: and do the right thing even when the wrong things 86 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 6: happening to us. He wants us to keep coming to 87 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 6: church even though our other family members won't come. He 88 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 6: wants us to be a blessing to others even when 89 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 6: no one is being a blessing to us. See, we 90 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 6: have to be faithful in the wilderness if we're ever 91 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 6: gonna make it into our promised land. 92 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 4: And human nature likes to make excuses. 93 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 6: Well, Joel, I'll do it as soon as I get 94 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 6: out of these problems, or as soon as my back 95 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 6: quits hurting, as soon as my child straightens up. 96 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: Now you've got it backwards. 97 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 6: If you want things to change, you've got to sew 98 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 6: a seed by doing the right thing. 99 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 4: First. 100 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,559 Speaker 6: You've got to pass that test. Well, this company doesn't 101 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 6: pay me enough. I'm not gonna work hard around here. No, 102 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,119 Speaker 6: and you're not working under man, you're working under God. 103 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 4: He's keeping the records. 104 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 6: If you'll do the right thing, even though the wrong 105 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 6: thing may be happening to you, then you are sowing 106 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 6: a seed for God to bring you up higher. I 107 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 6: read about this young man in his mid twenties. He 108 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 6: was born with a terminal lung disorder. He couldn't breathe 109 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 6: fully on his own, and so he had to carry 110 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 6: around this oxygen tank wherever he went. He was constantly 111 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 6: in and out of the hospitals to any kind of germs, 112 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 6: and so he's always developing these respiratory infections. And in 113 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 6: the natural it seemed like he had a good reason 114 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 6: to live life with a chip on his shoulder. Seemed 115 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 6: like he had a good reason to be sour. But no, 116 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 6: this young man was different. In spite of his affliction, 117 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 6: he was productive. He never went down and got a 118 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 6: handicapped sticker for his car. 119 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 4: He didn't want that kind of image in front of him. 120 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 6: He never sat around feeling sorry for himself, saying why 121 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 6: God me. 122 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 4: No, he went out and got a good job. 123 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 6: He excelled at that position, got promotion after promotion. He 124 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 6: was very involved in his church, active in the youth ministry. 125 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 6: He was a giver, a worker, and everywhere he went 126 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 6: he left that place better off than they were before. See, 127 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 6: in the middle of his affliction, he was fruitful in 128 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 6: spite of that adversity. He just kept on being productive. 129 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 6: And do you know, one day he got a call 130 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 6: from the hospital and they said, we've got good news. 131 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 6: We've got some new lung waiting for you. He had 132 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 6: that transplant. It was successful, and today he doesn't need 133 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 6: that oxygen tank anymore. He can breathe a deep breath 134 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 6: of air, just like you and I can. He's living 135 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 6: a normal, healthy life. But he could have so easily 136 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 6: had the attitude. As soon as I get free from 137 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 6: this disease, then I'm gonna start being good to people. 138 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 6: As soon as I get my transplant, as soon as 139 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 6: God heals me, then I'll get to work. Then I'll 140 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 6: start using my gifts and talents but right now it's 141 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 6: just too difficult. I've just got too many obstacles. No, 142 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 6: he had that victory mentality and not that victim mentality. 143 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: And no matter what. 144 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 6: Comes against you, you need to make up your mind 145 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 6: that it's not gonna stop you from being your very best. 146 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 6: It's not gonna stop you from coming to church, it's 147 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 6: not gonna stop you from working hard, it's not gonna 148 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 6: stop you from enjoying your life. Friends, we have to 149 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 6: be determined. We need to dig our heels in and 150 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 6: say it doesn't matter what it looks like. 151 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna have a good attitude. 152 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 6: I'm gonna be fruit I'm will be productive right here 153 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 6: in the middle of my adversity. That's the seed we're 154 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 6: sowing for God to change things. See, don't fall into 155 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 6: that trap of thinking, well, I'm not gonna work hard 156 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 6: at my office because nobody appreciates me. I don't ever 157 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 6: get any of the credit. But when I get that 158 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 6: new job I'm really praying about, then I'm gonna give 159 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 6: it my best. Then I'm gonna get to work on time. 160 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 6: Then I'm gonna start developing my skills. Now take this 161 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 6: in the right sense, But there's a good chance, you'll 162 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 6: never get that new position. You have to pass the 163 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 6: test right where you are. If we're not faithful in 164 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 6: the little things, how can God trust us in the 165 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 6: bigger things. 166 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 4: If it's your. 167 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 6: Job to sweep the floors every day, you need to 168 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 6: sweep those floors with all of your might. Young people, 169 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 6: if you're making minimum wage flipping hamburgers, don't be sloppy, 170 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 6: don't be lazy, don't do it half hearted. 171 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 4: Do it with excellence. 172 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 6: If we're not faithful in what seems to be the 173 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 6: insignificant areas, then we'll never rise much higher. 174 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 4: I've discovered if you don't. 175 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 6: Have a good attitude making minimum wage, most likely you're 176 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 6: not gonna have a good attitude as a CEO of 177 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 6: that company. You've got to be faithful right where you are. 178 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 6: In your marriage, maybe your spouse is not everything you 179 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 6: would want them to be. Maybe there's some things that 180 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 6: are not fair. He doesn't spend much time with you, 181 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 6: or he doesn't communicate very well, and you're tempted to think, well, 182 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 6: I'm just gonna go do my own thing. I'm gonna 183 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 6: give him a taste of his own medicine. When he changes, 184 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 6: then I'll start treating him better. Now, why don't you 185 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 6: be the bigger person. Why don't you sow a seed 186 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 6: by being kind to him even though he doesn't deserve it. 187 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 6: Why don't you sow a seed by doing your best 188 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 6: to keep the peace in your marriage. If you'll just 189 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 6: keep being fruitful and productive in spite of that affliction, 190 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 6: then God will begin to turn things around. Well, you say, Joel, 191 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 6: it's just not fair. You don't know what I've been through. 192 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 6: I've got this sickness, or at work, they're just not 193 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 6: treating me right. Realize it may not be fair, But 194 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 6: all I'm saying is living life negative and bitter, going 195 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 6: around with a chip on your shoulder, always trying to 196 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 6: pay somebody back. All that's gonna do is poison your 197 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 6: own life. You may have been dealt a tough hand 198 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 6: to deal with, maybe you've been through some big disappointments, 199 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 6: or even right now, there's things in your life that 200 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 6: you know are just not right, and it's very tempting 201 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 6: to get discouraged. 202 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: It's very easy to. 203 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 6: Get complacent and kind of just sit back and say, 204 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 6: you know, what's the use? This is never going to change. No, 205 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 6: my message to you today is you have got to 206 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 6: keep being your very best right where you are. You 207 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 6: have to keep being faithful even if nobody else sees it. 208 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 6: You need to know God sees it. He's the one 209 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 6: that's in control. He's the one that brings promotion. The 210 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 6: scripture says God lifts up one and he brings down another. 211 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 6: If you can just keep a good attitude in the 212 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 6: middle of that adversity, if you can keep a smile 213 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 6: on your face and keep being good to people even 214 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 6: though they're not being good to you, let me tell you, 215 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 6: in the long run, you will always come out ahead, 216 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 6: no ifs ends or butts. In the long run, you're 217 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 6: gonna prosper, You're gonna be happy, You're gonna see your 218 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 6: dreams begin to come to pass. I think about Joseph. 219 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 6: Nobody had more unfair things happened than he did. His 220 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 6: brothers were so jealous of him they threw him into 221 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 6: that pit, and eventually they ended up selling him as 222 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 6: a slave in Egypt, and Joseph spent thirteen years in 223 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 6: prison for something that he didn't do. But really the 224 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 6: lesson we can learn from Joseph's life. 225 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 4: Is that he didn't get better. 226 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 6: He didn't get angry, and he didn't just sit back 227 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 6: and say, Okay, God, when you get me out of 228 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 6: all of this, then I'll start using my gifts and talents. 229 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 4: God. 230 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 6: When I feel a little better, then I'll show these 231 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 6: people what I've really got. 232 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 8: No. 233 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 4: Right there, in the middle of his affliction, he was 234 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: productive and fruitful. He wasn't lazy. 235 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 6: He didn't show up late and have a what can 236 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 6: I get by with attitude? 237 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: He gave it his very best. 238 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 6: In every place they put him, he got promoted, even 239 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 6: when he was in prison. He was so sharp, so organized, 240 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 6: so skilled. They put him in charge of that whole prison. 241 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 6: One day he had some interaction with Pherah. 242 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 4: He interpreted a. 243 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 6: Dream for him, and finally Pharaoh said, what's this guy 244 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 6: doing in prison. He's smarter than anybody I've got. Bring 245 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 6: him out here to me. 246 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 4: I'm gonna use him as my right hand man. 247 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 6: That's what happens when you stay fruitful and productive in 248 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 6: the midst of your adversity, God will promote you. He'll 249 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 6: take what the enemy means for evil, and he'll turn 250 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 6: it around and use it to your advantage. After all 251 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 6: this was over, Joseph had two sons. I think it's significant. 252 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 6: He named one son Ephraim, which means to prosper, to be. 253 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 4: Fruitful, to be productive. 254 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 6: He gave him this name because God helped him to 255 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 6: be prosperous in the middle of his affliction. 256 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 4: He named the other. 257 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 6: Son Manassa, which means to cause, to forget, And he 258 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 6: gave him this name because God helped him to forget. 259 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 4: The painful memories of his past. 260 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 6: And if you're ever gonna have a Manassa in your life, 261 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 6: you have to have an ephriom. In other words, if 262 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 6: you want God to remove the pains of the past, 263 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 6: you've got to be fruitful and. 264 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 4: Productive right where you are. 265 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 6: You've got to just keep passing that test, just be 266 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 6: faithful day in and day out. Then God will remove 267 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 6: those painful memories. You may be here today and you're 268 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 6: very upset over a relationship that didn't work out, and 269 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 6: you're thinking, man, Joel, I could never really be happy again. 270 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 6: But no, listen, God can bless you in such a 271 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 6: way that you don't even think about all you've been through. 272 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 6: He can bring somebody new into your life, so great, 273 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 6: so good looking, so godly, so fun to be around, 274 00:12:55,320 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 6: and so rich that you don't even think about that 275 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 6: old goat that walked out on you. I'm sure Joseph, 276 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 6: after he was put in charge of all the affairs 277 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 6: of Egypt, he didn't. 278 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 4: Dwell on all that he had been through. 279 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 6: God erased those painful memories. In fact, when his brothers 280 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 6: came back many years later, the same ones that threw 281 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 6: him into that pit, he wasn't mad at them. He 282 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 6: didn't try to get even. He said, no, I'm not 283 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 6: worried about this in the least bit. That's all over 284 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 6: and done. I'm moving on with my life. That's what 285 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 6: God wants to do for each one of us. And 286 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 6: things may not be perfect in your life, but really 287 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 6: my message is you've got to start being your very 288 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 6: best right where you are. Quit waiting for God to 289 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 6: change things. You've got to sow that seed. 290 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 4: Why don't you be good to the people in your 291 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 4: life today? 292 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 6: Your family, your friends, your coworkers, your neighbors. Don't wait 293 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 6: for some big break. Don't wait till you win the lottery. 294 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 6: Then you'll go to be good to somebody. No, be 295 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 6: good to somebody right now, you said, Joel, I need 296 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 6: the money more than they do. 297 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 4: No, you need to get some seed in the ground. 298 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 6: Even if you don't have money, you can find something 299 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 6: else to give. Give a smile, give an encouraging word, 300 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 6: Give somebody a ride, Go visit somebody in the hospital, 301 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 6: Go mow somebody's lawn. 302 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 4: Do something to. 303 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 6: Be fruitful right where you are. See, in your time 304 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 6: of need, you've got to learn to sew a seed. 305 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 6: You got to get your mind off of yourself. Quit 306 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 6: thinking about your problems and how unfair it was, and 307 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 6: what's wrong in your life, and instead start thinking about 308 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 6: how you can be a blessing to somebody. There's nothing 309 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 6: any worse than living a self centered life. Nothing will 310 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 6: steal our joy anymore than getting up every morning and 311 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 6: only having ourselves on our mind. My problems, my heartache, 312 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 6: my pain. God, when are you gonna turn this around? 313 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 4: God? What are you gonna start blessing me? 314 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 6: Now? Quit thinking about how you can be blessed, and 315 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 6: start thinking about how you can be a blessing. If 316 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 6: you will make it your business to make somebody else's day, 317 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 6: God will always make your own name. I've learned that 318 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 6: if I can just focus on meeting other people's needs, 319 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 6: God will always meet my own needs. And some of 320 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 6: you are waiting for your ship to come in. But 321 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 6: the problem is you haven't sent one out. You got 322 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 6: to go out and start being a blessing. Start being productive, 323 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 6: Start being fruitful right where you are, and don't complain 324 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 6: about what you don't have. Learn to thank God for 325 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 6: what you do have. You may have all kinds of 326 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 6: odds against you to die. 327 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 4: You may have been. 328 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 6: Dealt one of those unfair hands, but you've got to 329 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 6: take what God has given you and make the very 330 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 6: most out of it. Life has dealt you a lemon. 331 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 6: You gotta make lemonade. You may be like that young 332 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 6: man you got a serious problem, but even then, don't 333 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 6: allow that to cause you. 334 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 4: To sit back in self pity. 335 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 6: Do what you can if you can't get out of bed, 336 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 6: Encourage the nurse when she comes in, pick up the phone, 337 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 6: and be a blessing to somebody. 338 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 4: Sow that seed. 339 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 6: Always remember you are not a victim. You are a victor. 340 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 6: God always causes you to tryumph in your times of adversity. 341 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: Don't you dare sit. 342 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 6: Around thinking about your problems. Get your mind off of yourself. 343 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 6: The more you think about your problems, the bigger they become. 344 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 6: I heard somebody say, if you owned an apartment complex 345 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 6: and you rented out eighty percent of those apartments to 346 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 6: drug dealers and thieves and cheaters, and then you rented 347 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 6: the other twenty percent. 348 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 4: To normal law abiding citizens. 349 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 6: Well, after a few months, the drug dealers and cheaters 350 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 6: are going to run off all the normal good people. 351 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 4: And it's the same way in our minds. 352 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 6: If you spend all your time thinking about your problems 353 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 6: and all the disappointments you've been through and how unfair 354 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 6: your life is, well after a while, all those negative 355 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 6: thoughts are going to run off any positive thoughts You'll 356 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 6: go through life to feed it into pressed think it. 357 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: Man, life's a bummer for me. Nothing good ever happens. Now. 358 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 6: Quit renting out space in your mind to your problems. 359 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 4: Quit dwelling on the negative. 360 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 6: Only rent space to thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, 361 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 6: thoughts of victory. When you're in those tough times and 362 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 6: you're tempted to get discouraged, you just gotta dwell on 363 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 6: the fact. No, all things work together for my good 364 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 6: Because I love the Lord. God is taking this adversity, 365 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 6: and like Joseph, He's gonna use it to my advantage. 366 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 6: He's gonna take this stumbling block and use it as 367 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 6: a stepping stone for greater things. Our attitude should be 368 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 6: I'm excited about my future. I know good things are 369 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 6: in store. I know no weapon formed against me is 370 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 6: ever gonna prosper. And then go out each day and 371 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 6: in spite of your obstacles, be good to somebody. Be 372 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 6: productive anyway, you say, Joel, I just work in a 373 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 6: real negative environment. These people just don't treat me right well, 374 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 6: So accede anyway, Get there early, work hard, have a 375 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 6: smile on your face. Be an encouragement to others. Well, Joel, 376 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 6: everybody at my office is always late. Everybody goofs off 377 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 6: when the boss is gone. Everybody's kind of lazy. No, listen, 378 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 6: you're not everybody. You're a cut up above. Be the 379 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 6: person of excellence. God's made you to be. Learn to 380 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 6: do what's right, whether anybody's watching you or not. 381 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: Take that high road. 382 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 6: Treat people with respect even though they really don't deserve it. 383 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 6: Be kind even though they're talking about you. If you 384 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 6: will stay on the high road and just be fruitful 385 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 6: even in the midst of that affliction, then God can 386 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 6: bring you. 387 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 4: Out of that affliction. 388 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 6: We have to pass the test I think it about 389 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 6: my sister Lisa. One time, she went through a great 390 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 6: disappointment in her life when she was in her early twenties. 391 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 4: Her marriage didn't work out, and. 392 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 6: It was a very unfair situation, very hurtful, and she 393 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 6: was devastated. 394 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 4: She never dreamed she'd be facing that kind of challenge. 395 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 6: And for several months, Lisa would hardly even eat, she'd 396 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 6: barely sleep at night. 397 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 4: She thought, she is having a nervous breakdown, and. 398 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 6: Of course, as our family, we did our best to 399 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,239 Speaker 6: encourage her, but it seemed like she was in this 400 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 6: dark hole that we just couldn't get her out of it. 401 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 6: And she told how one day God spoke to her, 402 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 6: not out loud, but write down in here, and he said, Lisa, 403 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 6: you can either sit around in self pity for the 404 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 6: rest of your life and sink deeper and deeper into 405 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 6: this pit, or you can rise up and do something 406 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 6: about it. And she made a decision that very day 407 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 6: that she wasn't going to waste another minute being depressed 408 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 6: and defeated in her time of affliction, in her time 409 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 6: of need. 410 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 4: You know what she did, she sowed deceed. 411 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 6: She started a class here every Tuesday night called the 412 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 6: healing Center for marriages. She began to encourage other people 413 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 6: that were struggling in their marriages, other people that were 414 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 6: believing for their mates to return, and every week she 415 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 6: gave it her very best. She encouraged them, she shared 416 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 6: the scriptures, and over the years they saw so many 417 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 6: marriages restored. But see, Lisa didn't sit around waiting for 418 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 6: God to change things in her affliction. She got productive, 419 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 6: she got fruitful, and she used the very thing the 420 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 6: enemy came against her. 421 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 4: With to help others. 422 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 6: She so deceed in that same area, and I mean 423 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 6: she was faithful. 424 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: There were times where she would not go. 425 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 6: On vacation with us as a family because she did 426 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 6: not want to miss teaching that class. 427 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 4: See, she had her ephriom. 428 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 6: She was productive in spite of the affliction, and sure enough, 429 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 6: God removed the pains of her past. One day she 430 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 6: met a young man many years later named Kevin, and 431 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 6: they fell in love and got married, and today they 432 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 6: have three beautiful children. They're as happy as they could 433 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 6: possibly be. But I believe a real key in Lisa's 434 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 6: victory was the fact that she got productive and fruitful in. 435 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 4: Spite of that adversity. 436 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 6: She could still be sitting here today, negative, bitter, blaming God. 437 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 4: But no, she's so to seed. 438 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 6: She did the right thing even though the wrong thing 439 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 6: happened to her. She didn't rent out a bunch of 440 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 6: space in her mind to her problems. 441 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 4: She didn't stay focused on the negative. 442 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 6: She knew as she helped other people in need, God 443 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 6: would meet her own needs. You may be here today 444 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 6: and you too have been through a big disappointment, or 445 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 6: maybe you're in a situation right now that's it's not 446 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 6: really fair, But I challenge you to don't sit around 447 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 6: feeling sorry for yourself. You've got to do like Lisa 448 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 6: and rise up out of that. And one of the 449 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 6: best things you can do is go help somebody else 450 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 6: in need. The Bible says God turned the captivity of 451 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 6: job when he prayed for his friends. Isn't it interesting 452 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 6: Job didn't get healed when he prayed for himself. Nothing 453 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 6: wrong with that, that's great, But if you really want 454 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 6: to get God's attention in your time of need, go 455 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 6: be a blessing to somebody else. I remember my mother 456 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 6: when she was fighting that cancer in nineteen eighty one. 457 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 6: Instead of coming home and just going to bed depressed 458 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 6: and defeated. 459 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 4: You know what she did. 460 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 6: She went down to the church and prayed for other 461 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 6: people that were sick. The truth is, my mother needed 462 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 6: prayer more than any of them. But she was so 463 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 6: in a seed, and so often we get it backwards. 464 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 6: We say, God, as soon as you turn this around, 465 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 6: then I'll start being good to people. Then I'll get 466 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 6: my family back in church, then I'll have a good attitude. 467 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 6: But no, if you want God to intervene in your life, 468 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 6: if you want him to remove the pains of the past, 469 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 6: You've got to first. 470 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 4: Be fruitful right where you are. 471 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 6: I know some of you today you have a real 472 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 6: good reason to be unhappy. There are a lot of 473 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 6: things in your life that could drag you down. But 474 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 6: I'm challenging you to just make that decision that you're. 475 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 4: Gonna be happy right where you are. 476 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 6: You're gonna do like Joseph and be good to people 477 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 6: anyway in that time of need. You got to just 478 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 6: keep sowing that seed. I think about David. He was 479 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 6: the youngest of seven brothers and he got stuck with 480 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 6: the job of taking care of his father's sheep. Now, 481 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 6: I'm sure it was kind of lonely and kind of 482 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 6: boring out there in the shepherd's fields, all by himself. 483 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 4: I mean here, he's a young man. 484 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 6: He's got big dreams in his heart, and his future 485 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 6: as far as he can see though, is just to. 486 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 4: Keep taking care of these sheep. 487 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 6: But see, David possess the same quality that Joseph had. 488 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 6: He didn't sit around thinking about his problems and thinking 489 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 6: about how unfair his life was. He just prospered where 490 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 6: he was. He just flourished right in that situation. He 491 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 6: wasn't lazy. 492 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 4: He didn't do it with a half hearted effort. He 493 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 4: gave it his very best. He had that excellent spirit. 494 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 6: And I can imagine during the day, as his sheep 495 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 6: were out grazing, he'd get his slingshot and he'd practice 496 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 6: and practice. Maybe he'd set up a target down the way, 497 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 6: and with rock after rock, he'd see how many times. 498 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 4: He could hit that. He did that day after day. 499 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 6: He became more and more skilled with that slingshot. When 500 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 6: a wild animal would come along and try to get 501 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 6: one of his sheep, if he didn't take care of 502 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 6: it with his bare hands, he'd get that slingshot out 503 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 6: and just nail it time and time again, and. 504 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: Think about it. 505 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 6: Nobody was watching him, nobody was making him do what's right. 506 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: He did it because he had an excellent spirit. 507 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 6: He was faithful even out there in the wilderness. And 508 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 6: the truth is, David had plenty of opportunities to have 509 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 6: a chip on his shoulder, had plenty of opportunities to 510 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 6: be sour. You remember when the prophet Samuel came to 511 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 6: David's father's house and he was going to choose one 512 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 6: of the brothers to be the next king of Israel. Well, 513 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 6: they didn't even bother to come get David out of 514 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 6: the shepherd's fields. They just left him out there. In 515 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 6: their mind, he wasn't even in the running. They thought, oh, 516 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 6: that's just David. He's young, he's never going to mount 517 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 6: to anything. Don't even waste your time going out there. 518 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 6: You can imagine how you would feel if your own 519 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 6: family didn't respect you enough to give you a chance. 520 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 6: But still, David, he just kept passing the test. He 521 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 6: kept his head held high. He knew God was in control. 522 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 4: He knew if he kept doing the right thing. 523 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 6: His due season would come. The good news is when 524 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 6: God is ready to promote you, no man can stop you, 525 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 6: no person can leave you out no circumstance can keep 526 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 6: you down. When God says it's time, then it's time. 527 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 6: And the Bible says the there were several hundred men 528 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 6: from the Israeli army that could use their slingshot and 529 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 6: hit a small stick over one hundred meters away. But 530 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 6: isn't it interesting God didn't choose any of them. 531 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 4: He chose a shepherd boy. 532 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 6: David wasn't trained in the elite academy with the rest 533 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 6: of those sharpshooters. 534 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 4: He was trained out in. 535 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 6: The lonely shepherd's fields all those times, day after day, 536 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 6: year after year, practicing, training, using that slingshot to nail 537 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 6: those wild animals. And David never knew he was going 538 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 6: to face Goliath one day. But see, God knew what 539 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 6: if he had been lazy, What if he had a 540 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 6: sour attitude and thought, man, why did I get stuck 541 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 6: out here? 542 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 4: Life's not fair? 543 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 6: No, he just kept being productive in spite of that adversity. 544 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 6: He kept developing his skills even though he wasn't getting 545 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 6: his way. 546 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,479 Speaker 4: And you know the story. 547 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 6: He went out and faced Goliath. People mocked and laughed. 548 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 6: They said, all this is going to be a big joke. 549 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 6: But really, David had the last laugh. And you may 550 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 6: not REALI, but Goliath was wearing a full. 551 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 4: Suit of body armor. 552 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 6: He only had one unprotected spot, and it was on 553 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 6: his forehead. Right here was the only vulnerable place on 554 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 6: his whole body. Had David not been skilled, he wouldn't 555 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 6: have had a chance. Had he not learned the art 556 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 6: of slinging that stone with perfection, we wouldn't be talking 557 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 6: about him today because let me tell you, God didn't 558 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 6: throw the rock for him. God didn't tell him, you know, 559 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 6: just cause it to supernaturally hit at the right spot. 560 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 4: No, David paid the price. 561 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 6: David developed his talents, He was faithful in the wilderness, 562 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 6: and when it came time for him to come into 563 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 6: the Promised Land, he was ready. 564 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 4: He was prepared. 565 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 6: Let me ask you today, what are you doing with 566 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 6: what God has given you? Are you making the most 567 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 6: of it? Are you developing your skills? Are you faithful 568 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 6: at the office? Are you being the best mother you 569 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 6: can possibly be? Maybe all you have is the equivalent 570 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 6: of a few small stones. Like David, you just feel 571 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 6: like you're taking care of a few sheep. Let me 572 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 6: tell you, if you'll be faithful right where you are 573 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,640 Speaker 6: and do it to the best of your ability. Then 574 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 6: when God is looking for someone to promote, when he's 575 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 6: looking for someone to slay a giant, you'll be ready, 576 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 6: and like David, God can thrust you to a whole 577 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 6: new level of victory in your life. But understand our attitudes, 578 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 6: how we respond in the tough times, how we treat 579 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 6: people when we're not being treated right. 580 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 4: These are character builders. 581 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 6: We have to pass these tests if we're ever going 582 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 6: to come up higher. So let me challenge again today. 583 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 6: You'll never forget the pains of the past unless you first. 584 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 4: Get fruitful and productive right where you are. Well, what 585 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: are you up against? Don't run from it, don't live 586 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 4: life bitter, have a. 587 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 6: Good attitude, put a smile on your face, and make 588 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 6: a decision with me that you're going to be the 589 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 6: best that you can possibly be right where you are. 590 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 6: The truth is we all face disappointments, we all have 591 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 6: unfair things happen. But don't sit back feeling sorry sorry 592 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 6: for yourself. Go out and be a blessing to somebody else. 593 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 6: Learn to sow the seed in your time of need. 594 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 6: You can let your tests become your testimony. If you 595 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 6: do that, I can promise you this God will take 596 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 6: you places that you've never dreamed of. You'll rise higher 597 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 6: and higher, You'll overcome every giant in your life, and 598 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 6: you'll experience the victorious life God has in store for you. 599 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 4: Amen. How many of you receive it today? 600 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 6: I know you do, and we never like your close 601 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 6: on broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 602 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. 603 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 604 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 605 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 6: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 606 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 6: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 607 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 608 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 6: God first place. 609 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 610 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help 611 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 5: Let's continue to share the message of hope with those 612 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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