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It's great to be with 43 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 4: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 44 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 4: during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 45 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 4: social media, and you can come visit us in person. 46 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 4: We'd love to have you a part of one of 47 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: our services. And I'd like to start with something funny. 48 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 4: And I heard about this man. He was in his 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: bathroom and he went over to the scales to weigh himself, 50 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 4: and his wife was over in the corner watching, And 51 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 4: he's a really large man. And when he stepped on 52 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 4: he sucked in his stomach as much as he possibly could, 53 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 4: and he held his breath, and his wife kind of 54 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 4: laughed and said, honey, that's not going to help anything. 55 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 4: He said, sure it is. That's the only way I 56 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 4: can see the numbers. Say it like you mean it. 57 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 58 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 60 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 61 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 62 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 63 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about the God of another chance. 64 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 4: We all have opportunities that we've missed, times that we failed. 65 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 4: We had something important. We knew God's calling was on 66 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 4: our life, and he'd given us a dream a great 67 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 4: spouse to love, the door open for college. But we 68 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: let distractions and compromise and other people cause us to 69 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 4: get off course. We look back now and think, what 70 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: could I have become if I'd been more disciplined, if 71 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 4: I'd controlled my temper, if I'd just finished school, if 72 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 4: I'd have forgiven that person. It's easy to live in 73 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 4: regrets and think our life is limited because of our 74 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 4: past choices. We knew better, if we'd only done better. 75 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 4: The good news is God has taken into account every 76 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 4: mistake you would ever make. He's already calculated the times 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 4: you'd fail, times you'd shrink back, the times you would compromise. 78 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: That should stop your destiny, it should keep us from 79 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 4: our purpose. But we serve the God of another chance. 80 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 4: He's full of mercy when we don't deserve it. It 81 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 4: was our own fault. He could say, too bad, you 82 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 4: blew it, I'm done with you, But he steps in 83 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: and says, I've got you covered. I'm gonna give you 84 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: another chance, another chance to have a great relationship, another 85 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 4: chance to accomplish your dream, another chance to step into 86 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 4: your purpose. It's not too late, you haven't made too 87 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 4: many mistakes. God's calling is still on your life. He 88 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: never changes his mind. He doesn't disqualify you. Now, don't 89 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 4: disqualify yourself. See the enemy is called the accuser. He'll 90 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 4: remind you of every mistake you'd ever made. He'd love 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 4: for you to live down on yourself, thinking you don't 92 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 4: deserve anything good. He'll whisper You had God's blessing, but 93 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: you squandered it. You had his favor, but you mishandled 94 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 4: your marriage, didn't treat it with respect. You mishandled your dream. 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 4: You got distracted and compromised. You mishandled your talent potential. 96 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: You weren't focused. You didn't develop what you know is 97 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 4: in you. That may all be true, But what he 98 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 4: doesn't tell you is there's another chance coming. That God's 99 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 4: mercy is bigger than your mistakes. That God doesn't give 100 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 4: up on you because you mishandled what he gave you. 101 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 4: He has another opportunity so you can prove to him 102 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 4: who you really are. You're not defined by your mistakes. 103 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 4: You're prepared by your mistakes. Every failure can teach you something. 104 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 4: Don't live in regrets. Learn from your mistakes, get the 105 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: lesson out of it, so you don't keep repeating it. 106 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 4: When Moses was leading the Israelites toward the Promised Land, 107 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 4: God told him to go on top of Mount Sinai 108 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 4: and he was going to speak to him. Moses was 109 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 4: up there for forty days. At one point there was 110 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: a great cloud that encompassed the mountain in a huge 111 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 4: lightning and thunderstorm. That's when God gave Moses the Ten Commandment. 112 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 4: These two stone tablets, where the hand of God inscribed 113 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 4: instructions for the Israelites, was a powerful, holy, majestic moment. 114 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 4: I can imagine just seeing two pieces of stone and 115 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 4: suddenly these letters began to be written. I'm sure Moses 116 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 4: was standing there in awe, amazed at what he was seeing. Well, 117 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 4: the cloud passed by and the thunder stopped, and Moses 118 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 4: went back down the mountain. As he got closer, he 119 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 4: focused in and saw a gold calf the people had made. 120 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 4: They were dancing, partying, worshiping this idol. He couldn't believe it. 121 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 4: He'd just been gone for forty days and the people 122 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 4: had already turned away from Jehovah. When he got to 123 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 4: the bottom, he was so angry and so frustrated. He 124 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 4: raised up these two stone tablets, something sacred that God 125 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 4: had given him, something amazing he had been entrusted with. 126 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 4: But in his anger, he threw the tablets down and 127 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 4: they smashed into pieces on the ground. I can imagine 128 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: God thinking, Moses, I just gave you something incredibly valuable, 129 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 4: one of a kind, something that I've never done, and 130 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 4: you threw it down. You let your anger, your frustration, 131 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 4: throw away the priceless gift that I gave you. It's 132 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 4: easy to judge Moses and think, man, how could he 133 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 4: mishandle something that important? How could he throw away a 134 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 4: one of a kind gift like that? But how many 135 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: of us have mishandled something incredibly valuable that God has 136 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 4: given us. Maybe not stone tablets with his writing, but 137 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 4: we mishandled a relationship. We let anger and our pride 138 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: having to be right tear us apart. We mishandled the 139 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 4: position God gave us. We weren't focused, We didn't give 140 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 4: it our full effort, like we threw it away. Or 141 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 4: how about the calling on our life? We knew God 142 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: had destined us to set a new standard for our family, 143 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 4: to break negative cycles, to come out of lack and defeat. 144 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: But we gave in to the compromise, we hung around 145 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 4: the wrong people, we didn't take it seriously. The truth is, 146 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 4: we've all mismanaged some things. We've all let anger, disappointments, 147 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 4: self pity cause us to not value the gifts God 148 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 4: had given us. And it's interesting that Moses was frustrated 149 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 4: because other people wouldn't do what's right. He threw down 150 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 4: this priceless gift because the Israelites were compromising and giving 151 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 4: into temptation. Sometimes we can let what others are doing, 152 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 4: how society is acting, the division, the dysfunction around us, 153 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 4: to cause us to become angry and bitter, where we 154 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 4: mishandle what God has given us. You can't make everyone 155 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 4: do what's right. You can't make the culture live according 156 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 4: to God's word. Yes, we're gonna be bright lights. We're 157 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: gonna do what we can, but don't throw down what 158 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 4: God has entrusted you with because of all the chaos 159 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 4: around you. Protect your gift, protect your family, protect your integrity, 160 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: protect your holiness, protect your peace. It's easy to mishandle 161 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 4: the tablets. Live frustrated, angry, mad at people, divisive. That's 162 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 4: the trick of the enemy to try to get you 163 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: to smash what God has given you. God could have said, Moses, 164 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 4: you threw down something sacred. Is that how you're going 165 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 4: to treat what I've given you? Then fine, I'm done 166 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 4: with you. If God gave us what we deserve, Moses 167 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 4: would have been done. But here's how good God is. 168 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 4: Moses asked for forgiveness. He prayed for the people for 169 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 4: their compromise. God said to him in Deuteronomy chapter ten, 170 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 4: prepare two stone tablets like the first ones. Go back 171 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: up on the mountain, and I will write the same 172 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 4: words that were on the ones you smashed. Think of 173 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 4: the mercy of God. That wasn't a loaf of manna 174 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 4: that Moses threw down, wasn't his walking stick. This was 175 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 4: a one of a kind gift that God had given him. 176 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 4: God said, in effect, Moses, I know you blew it. 177 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 4: You let your anger get the best of you. You 178 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 4: smashed something sacred. You mishandled something priceless. But if you'll 179 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 4: go back up that mountain, I'll give it to you again. 180 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 4: He's the god of another chance. You may have mishandled 181 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 4: some things, missed opportunities, had relationships sour, mismanaged the blessing 182 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 4: and favor on your life. God is saying to you 183 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 4: what he said to Moses. If you'll go back up 184 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 4: that mountain, if you'll start believing again, God is going 185 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 4: to give you back what you thought was done, what 186 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: was broken, what you messed up, what you mishandled. God 187 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 4: has another chance coming. You may have thrown it down, 188 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 4: but he knows how to put it back together. Your anger, 189 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 4: the compromise, the frustration, may have set you back, but 190 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 4: God is waiting for you up on the mountain. Don't 191 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 4: let guilt keep you from going back up. Don't let 192 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 4: regrets what you should have done, what you smashed, convince 193 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 4: you that it's too late. It's never going to happen. Now. 194 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 4: God is saying, meet me on the mountain. That means 195 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 4: quit thinking these low thoughts, defeated thoughts, guilty thoughts, seen 196 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 4: my best day's thoughts. If you'll come up higher, God 197 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 4: is going to fix what you smashed. He's going to 198 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 4: restore what you threw down. He's going to give you 199 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 4: another chance at what you mishandled. I can hear Moses saying, God, 200 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 4: are you sure you want me to go back up 201 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 4: on the mountain You saw me throw down the tablets. 202 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 4: You saw them shatter into pieces. You saw my anger 203 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 4: get the best of me. It was my fault, I said, Moses. 204 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 4: That's what my mercy is all about. I don't give 205 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 4: up on you. I don't write you off. I give 206 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 4: you another chance to become who I've created you to be. 207 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: Life with Moses, there's another chance waiting for you. But 208 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 4: how many of us won't go back up the mountain. 209 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 4: We're down on ourselves. Look what I've done. I mishandled 210 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 4: the relationship with my children. Now we're at odds. I 211 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 4: mishandled my gifts. I didn't pay attention in school, didn't 212 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: put forth effort at work. I mishandled the calling on 213 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 4: my life. I used to be close to God, used 214 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: to read my Bible and pray. I used to keep 215 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 4: in first place, But I've drifted away. It's not too late. 216 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 4: God is waiting for you up on the mountain. He 217 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: has another chance. He's going to write those same words 218 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: that were on the first tablet you smashed. Not a 219 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 4: water down version, not almost as good. No, you can 220 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 4: still reach the fullness of your death to me. I 221 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 4: talked to this mother, she and her daughter had always 222 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 4: been the best of friends. They loved being together, but 223 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 4: when the daughter got into her late teens, they started 224 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: having conflict, just contentious, and the mother didn't like some 225 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 4: of the choices the daughter was making, and she was 226 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 4: constantly riding her. She would get upset and say things 227 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 4: she shouldn't and make hurtful comments, and their relationship came 228 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 4: to an end. The daughter moved out and they didn't 229 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 4: speak to each other anymore. The mother felt so heavy 230 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 4: and so heartbroken. She loved her daughter more than the world, 231 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 4: but she knew she didn't handle things like she should. 232 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 4: She let her emotions get the best of her. She 233 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 4: carried all this guilt, living in regrets, thinking, look what 234 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 4: you've done. You're a terrible mother. You've ruined the very 235 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 4: thing you love the most. Now your daughter won't even 236 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 4: see you. Like those sacred tablets, our relationships are sacred. 237 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 4: God gives us people in life to love. Don't treat 238 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 4: them like they're ordinary, just common. They're a priceless gift 239 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 4: from God. He entrusted you with his most valuable possession, 240 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: not a stone tablet, but someone he made in his 241 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 4: own image, someone he calls a masterpiece. Don't throw around 242 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 4: hurtful words, say things that wound and degrade and make 243 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 4: them not feel valuable. Use your words to lift, to encourage, 244 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 4: to push people forward and not set them back. When 245 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: we recognize something is sacred, we should treat it with 246 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 4: more respect. But this is the mistake. Moses made those 247 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 4: tablets with the fingerprints of God. That wasn't common, that 248 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 4: was one of a kind. You would think Moses would 249 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 4: be super cautious, extra careful to make sure they weren't damaged. Sometimes, 250 00:14:55,360 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 4: like Moses, we mishandled the sacred. We let pressure. Stress 251 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 4: caused us to let our guard down and not treat 252 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 4: people the way we should. Several years went by this 253 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 4: mother and daughter hadn't spoken to each other, and the 254 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: mother was praying and believing. She knew that God could restore, 255 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: but there wasn't any sign of it. One day, I 256 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 4: was having a book signing in Chicago. The mother and 257 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 4: daughter showed up at the bookstore. They didn't know it, 258 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 4: but they had both been watching us on television. When 259 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 4: they saw each other in line, something supernatural happened. All 260 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 4: the hurt, the bitterness, the anger was suddenly washed away. 261 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 4: Their hearts were filled afresh and anew with love, with joy, 262 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 4: with friendship. They came up to the table weeping with 263 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: tears of joy. The mother said, I never thought I 264 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 4: would see this day. I never dreamed I would feel 265 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 4: what I feel today. They're back to being the best 266 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 4: of friends, just like they were before. But maybe you've 267 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 4: mishandled a relationship, mishandled your fine ans, mishandled your dream. 268 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 4: God is not holding your faults against you. Moses threw 269 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 4: down the ten Commandment's in anger. He couldn't pick them 270 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 4: up and dust them off. They shattered. It looked permanent, 271 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 4: no way that could ever happen again. Like this mother, 272 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 4: we all have times where it looks like this relationship 273 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 4: is done. Too much water under the bridge, or or 274 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 4: I blew that position, Joel, I shattered that dream. I 275 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 4: wasn't disciplined growing up. I missed my opportunity. No, God 276 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 4: is going to give you another chance. He's going to 277 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 4: write the same words that were on the last tablets, 278 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: what he originally purposed for your life. You may have 279 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 4: mishandled it in some way, but the mercy of God 280 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: has you covered. Go back up that mountain. God's about 281 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 4: to rewrite what you threw away. He's about to restore 282 00:16:54,880 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 4: something sacred, something priceless, something you should have handled more carefully. 283 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 4: What you shattered, he's going to put back together. There 284 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 4: was a lady in the scripture named Hannah. She had 285 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 4: been praying for years to have a baby. She told God, 286 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 4: if you'll give me a child, i'll take him to 287 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 4: the temple and dedicate him to you. She finally had 288 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: a son that she named Samuel. He was twelve years 289 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 4: old living in the temple serving the priest Eli. One night, 290 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 4: while Samuel was sleeping, he heard a voice saying Samuel. 291 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 4: Samuel got up and ran into Eli's room. Yes, sir, 292 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 4: what do you need? Eli said, I didn't call you. 293 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 4: I don't need anything. Samuel went back to bed. He 294 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 4: heard it again. Samuel jumped up, ran back to Eli's room. 295 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 4: Same thing, I didn't call you happened a third time. 296 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 4: This time, when he came into Eli's room, Eli realized 297 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 4: what was happening. He said, Samuel, the next time you 298 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 4: hear that voice, answer back, yes, Lord, your servant is listening. 299 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 4: Went to bed. In a few minutes, he heard the 300 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 4: voice called in his name. This time, he stayed there 301 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 4: and said, Lord, I'm listening. God spoke to him and 302 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 4: told him what was going to happen and gave him 303 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 4: instruction for his life. But what if God would have thought, Samuel, 304 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 4: I called you the first time, but you didn't recognize 305 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 4: my voice. I had something great to tell you, is important, 306 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: But too bad you missed out. You No, our God 307 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 4: is the god who calls back. You may have missed 308 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: it the first time. You didn't obey. You were too busy, 309 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 4: that's okay. You missed it the second time, you were 310 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 4: off course, compromising, that's all right. You missed it the 311 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 4: third time. Usually it's three strikes and you're out. But 312 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 4: not with our God. He called back the fourth time. 313 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 4: Then Samuel recognized his voice. Then he obeyed. But if 314 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 4: Samuel would have missed it the fourth time, God would 315 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 4: have called the fifth time, the sixth time, the twentieth time. 316 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 4: Some of you, God's on call number six, two hundred 317 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 4: and thirty three. God is not going to give up 318 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: on you. 319 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 6: He's gonna keep calling you back, giving you opportunities to 320 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 6: step into your purpose, to break negative cycles, to set 321 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,959 Speaker 6: new standards, to accomplish your dream. 322 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 4: Maybe you didn't answer the first time, the second time, 323 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 4: the third time. Neither did Samuel. He's a great prophet. 324 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 4: Quit beating yourself up. Quit thinking you're disqualified. Another chance 325 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 4: is coming. He's the God who calls back. A few 326 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 4: years ago, this person I grew up with wanted me 327 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 4: to be a part of his event. He called the 328 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: office and asked to talk with me about it, and 329 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 4: I knew I didn't have time. It was on the 330 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 4: weekend we have services, and asked them to tell him, 331 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 4: very respectfully, that I couldn't do it. I thought that 332 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 4: would solve it, but somehow he got my cell number. 333 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 4: He kept calling and calling. I just let it go 334 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 4: to voicemail, so I have a hard time saying no 335 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 4: when I wouldn't answer. He started having other friends that 336 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 4: we know call me. He calls so much I ended 337 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 4: up saying, yes, I'll do your stinking event. I'll do 338 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 4: your great event. That's the way God is. He's not 339 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 4: going to quit calling you ignore him. He'll call back. 340 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 4: You say you won't do it. He'll call back, you 341 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 4: say you're too busy. He'll call again. He's going to 342 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 4: keep giving you opportunities to become who you were created 343 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 4: to be. Now, maybe the reason you're not answering the 344 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 4: call is like Samuel, you don't recognize his voice. You 345 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 4: have all these other voices telling you what to do 346 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 4: and where to go and who to be. But there 347 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 4: is a still small voice inside. That's your creator speaking 348 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 4: to you. That's the voice of your heavenly Father. Sometimes 349 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 4: with all the noise and distractions and opinions, that voice 350 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 4: can be drowned out. You have to be still and listen. 351 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 4: God knows what's best for you. The reason he keeps 352 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 4: falling is he has something amazing in your future. When 353 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 4: you answer that call, you'll step into purpose, peace fulfillment 354 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 4: that you've never known. Next time you hear that voice, 355 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 4: instead of ignoring it, instead of pushing it down, say 356 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 4: like Samuel, yes Lord, I'm listening. Show me what you 357 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 4: want me to do. A friend of mine went to 358 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 4: a concert where this famous jazz drummer was performing. Seventy 359 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 4: five years old and very well known in the music world. 360 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 4: Now we're into the concert, he started playing and singing 361 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 4: amazing Grace. He normally didn't do that for some reason, 362 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 4: this night he did. He got halfway through and couldn't 363 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 4: remember the words. He asked if anyone in the audience 364 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 4: knew it, and would come up and sing it. My 365 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 4: friend raised his hand and they brought him up on 366 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 4: the stage and he began to sing Amazing Grace. He 367 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 4: looked back and this man had tears welling up in 368 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 4: his eyes. He was so moved he asked my friend 369 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 4: to come backstage after the concert. What my friend didn't 370 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 4: know was this man's father was a minister. As a 371 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 4: little boy, he was raised in church, but at five 372 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 4: years old, his father left him and all of his siblings. 373 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 4: He was so hurt and so angry. He determined to 374 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 4: never have anything to do with God. For seventy years, 375 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 4: he had ignored the call, wouldn't listen to anything about faith. 376 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 4: All that time. He had a praying mother back home, 377 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 4: believing one day he would come back. My friend knew 378 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 4: nothing about this, but he looked him in the eyes 379 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 4: and he said, sir, God's calling is still on your life. 380 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 4: You need to return to the faith you had as 381 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 4: a little boy. He began to weep and weep. That night. 382 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 4: After seventy years, he finally answered the call gave his 383 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 4: life to Christ. But here's my point. You would think 384 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 4: at some point God would quit calling. You've had so 385 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 4: many chances, You've ignored me so many times. I'm done 386 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 4: with you. No, He's the God who keeps calling back, 387 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 4: the God who gives you another chance. He's calling you today. 388 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: You may have ignored him, you put it off, you 389 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 4: don't think you deserve it, or you're angry at the past. 390 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 4: What didn't work out? Who did you wrong? God is 391 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 4: the one who's going to heal the hurts. He's the 392 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 4: one who has beauty for the ashes. People may have 393 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 4: done you wrong, but God knows how to make it right. 394 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 4: What's happened in your past has not stopped the great 395 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 4: plan that God has for you. Think about Samson. In 396 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 4: the scripture, his birth was prophesied. An angel appeared to 397 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 4: his mother said that she was going to have a 398 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: baby that would be a deliverer. There was this calling 399 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 4: on his life even before he was born. Samson grew 400 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:01,719 Speaker 4: up with this incredible strength. He was trapped inside the city, 401 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 4: was surrounded by high walls. The gates were locked. Looked 402 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 4: like he would be captured, But in the middle of 403 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 4: the night he went out to the city gates, these 404 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 4: huge iron entrances. He ripped them out of the ground, 405 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 4: put them on his shoulders, and carried them up the hill. 406 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 4: He couldn't be contained. He had something unusual, something sacred. 407 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 4: He knew it wasn't common. He knew God's hand was 408 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 4: on him. But he got sloppy. He started hanging around 409 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 4: the wrong people. They tried to figure out the secret 410 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 4: of his strength, and instead of protecting what God had 411 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 4: entrusted and with valuing that gift, he let his guard down. 412 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 4: He started telling riddles to the enemies, playing with them, 413 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 4: seeing if they could figure out the source of his strength. 414 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: And it's significant that he used riddles. That's showing us 415 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 4: that he didn't take seriously what God had given him. 416 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 4: He was playing with his talent, playing with his potential, 417 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 4: playing with his strength. If you don't see that as valuable, 418 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 4: then you'll end up mishandling. Moses, in his anger, threw 419 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 4: down the ten Commandment. Sampson encompromised, threw down his potential. Well, 420 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 4: the Philistines figured it out and cut his hair. He 421 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: lost all of his power. They not only captured him, 422 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 4: but they gouged out his eyes. They bound him in chains. 423 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: This once powerful man prophesied to do great things supernatural 424 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 4: favor on his life. Now he's blind, chained and grinding 425 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 4: at the mill. It's nobody's fault except his own. He 426 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 4: had the strength, but he squandered it. He had the favor, 427 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 4: but he mishandled it. What do you do when you 428 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 4: brought the trouble on yourself. You had the stone tablets, 429 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 4: but you threw them down. You had the strength, the marriage, 430 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 4: the position, the children. God gave you something sacred, but 431 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 4: you let it slip. God could have said to Samson, 432 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 4: you're getting what you deserve. Man, I should have found 433 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 4: someone more discipline that wouldn't compromise. I'm done with you. No, 434 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 4: God never writes you off. He's gonna call back again 435 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 4: and again. The Philistines were having this big party celebrating 436 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 4: their victory. They brought Samson out to make fun of him. 437 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 4: Look like that's how his life would end, in defeat, 438 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 4: in shame. But the scripture says, the spirit of God 439 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 4: came on Samson one more time. Look at the mercy 440 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 4: of God. After he squandered his strength, mishandled his calling, 441 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 4: walked away from what he was prophesied to. Do you 442 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: mean God would give him another chance. That's the God 443 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: we serve, the God who calls you back when you 444 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 4: don't deserve it the god who rewrites what you threw away. 445 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 4: As they were making fun of Samson, he felt this 446 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 4: supernatural strength come on. Like before. He pushed over these 447 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 4: two large pillars that were holding up the building. It 448 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 4: came crashing down. He defeated more Philistines in his death 449 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 4: than he did his whole life. Like Sampson, you may 450 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 4: have misandled some things. You think if I could do 451 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 4: it over, I'd make better choices. I'd treat my spouse better, 452 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 4: I'd be more focused. I wouldn't let my emotions cause 453 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 4: me to throw down the sacred in my life. You 454 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 4: don't have to live in regrets. God's going to give 455 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 4: you another chance, another chance for that relationship to flourish, 456 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 4: another chance to accomplish your dream, another chance to answer 457 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 4: the call on your life. It's not too late. You 458 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 4: may have missed the other times. That's okay. He's calling 459 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: back today. You wouldn't be hearing this if he wasn't 460 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 4: about to do something amazing in your life. Now you 461 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 4: have to do your part and go back up that mountain. 462 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 4: Quit living guilty thinking you've blown it too many times. 463 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 4: Nothing you've done has stopped your purpose. Another chance is coming. 464 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 4: I believe in declare life with Moses. God's about to 465 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 4: rewrite what you shatter Like Sampson, His fear is gonna 466 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 4: come on you one more time. New doors, opening relationships, 467 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 4: restore dreams, coming to pass the fullness of your destiny 468 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 4: in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, can you 469 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 4: say amen? I want to give you an opportunity to 470 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 4: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 471 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, 472 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 473 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 474 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 4: born again. We'd love to send you some new information 475 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 4: on your walk with the Lord. You can text the 476 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: number on the screen or go to the website. 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