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Well, 40 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: God bless you. It is always our joy to come 41 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 4: into your homes. We love you. We know God has 42 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: great things in store. He rewards people that seek after 43 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: Him and I believe that's you and you here as well. 44 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 4: And if you're ever in our area, come by and 45 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: see us. I promise you we'll make you feel right 46 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 4: at home. But thanks for tuning in today. I like 47 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 4: to start with something funny each week. And I heard 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 4: about these three ministers. They were out in a boat 49 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 4: fishing one day, and one of them said, we never 50 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 4: get to let our hair down. Let's each tell the 51 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 4: area that we struggle in the most, our greatest sin, 52 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 4: so we can pray for each other. The first minister said, well, 53 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 4: I hate to admit this, but I got a big 54 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 4: problem with gambling. Sometimes I sneak out at night go gamble. 55 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 4: The second minister said, I've got a big problem with cheating. 56 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 4: I hardly ever pay my taxes. The third minister just 57 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 4: sat there quietly. They waited and waited and waited. He 58 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 4: wouldn't budge. They said, listen, we are not leaving till 59 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 4: you tell us your greatest sin. He said, all right, 60 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 4: my greatest struggle is with gossiping, and. 61 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 5: I can't wait to get off this boat. 62 00:02:58,639 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 6: All rid. 63 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 64 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 65 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 68 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 70 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about how God remembers you. 71 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 4: It's easy in life to feel forgotten, or at least 72 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 4: to feel insignificant, like our hopes and dreams don't really matter. 73 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 4: We all go through seasons where we're not seeing any progress, 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: No new doors are opening, no breaks are coming our way, 75 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 4: just more the same month after month, even year after year, 76 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: and so often we lose our enthusiasm, we get discouraged, 77 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: and we drag through life thinking nobody's interested. 78 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 5: This is never going to change. 79 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 4: Had a man tell me recently, Joel, I've been praying 80 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 4: about a situ situation for years, but I don't see 81 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: anything happening. What was he saying? I feel forgotten? Another 82 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 4: lady told how she had been in an abusive relationship. 83 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 4: She was so beaten down she couldn't even look at 84 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 4: me with her head down, she said, I don't feel 85 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 4: like I matter anymore. Let me ask you, have you 86 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 4: ever felt forgotten? Have you ever prayed and prayed but 87 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 4: it seemed like God was on vacation. Have you ever 88 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 4: had those seasons when everybody around you is being blessed, 89 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: but you're not seeing any good breaks. 90 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 5: Seems like you've been left out. Or maybe you're. 91 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 4: In a relationship, you're married, but you feel all alone. 92 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 4: You have a smile on the outside, but on the 93 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 4: inside you're empty. Nobody knows, and it seems like nobody cares. 94 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 4: It's easy to feel forgotten, but there's a great promise 95 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 4: In Isaiah forty nine point fifteen, God said, I will 96 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 4: never forget you. I have carved you into the palm 97 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 4: of my hand. What news today is you are not forgotten. 98 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 4: You may have had that sickness for years, looks like 99 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 4: it's never going to change. But God knows every lonely night, 100 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 4: he sees every tear you've ever shed. 101 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 5: He's got your. 102 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 4: Carved into the palm of his hand. You are not forgotten. 103 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 4: Maybe you have a dream in your heart, but every 104 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 4: time you try, seems like one door after another closes. 105 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 4: Looks like it's never gonna have, looks like it's over. 106 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 4: But no, God has not forgotten about you. In fact, 107 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 4: even right now, he's working in your life, arranging the 108 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 4: right people, the right breaks, the right opportunities, and at 109 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 4: just the right time in your due season, You're going 110 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 4: to see that dream come to fulfillment. Maybe you're a parent, 111 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 4: you're raising your children, You're making all kinds of sacrifices 112 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: so their dreams can come to pass. But know this, 113 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 4: God has not forgotten about your dreams. He has not 114 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 4: forgotten about the goals that you put on hold. Your 115 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 4: children can go further. He sees those sacrifices. He's saying, 116 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 4: I'm not only going to help your children succeed, but 117 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: I'm going to help you fulfill the desires of your 118 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 4: own heart. Now, I want you to get your hopes 119 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 4: up today. Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. 120 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 4: People may forget you, but God will never forget about you. 121 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 4: People may do you wrong, people may betray you, people 122 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 4: may leave you when you need them the most. But 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 4: God is the friend that sticks closer than a brother. 124 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 4: And when life deals you a tough blow, when you pray, 125 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 4: but the heavens are silent when it's taken longer than 126 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 4: you think, you need to remind yourself of this promise. 127 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 4: God has not forgotten about me. He is not forgotten 128 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: about my hopes and dreams. He's not forgotten about the 129 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 4: unfair things I've been through. 130 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 5: He's promised he'll pay me back double. 131 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 4: He's not forgotten about my years of sacrificing, my years 132 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 4: of giving, my years of serving, all those seeds that 133 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 4: you've suwn. It's just a matter of time before you 134 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 4: reap your harvest. You remember that famous song by Nat 135 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 4: King Cold, Unforgettable. That's what I'm saying today. You are 136 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 4: unforgettable to our God. 137 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 5: You matter to him. 138 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 4: He has carved you into the palm of his hand. 139 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 4: When God looks at you, all he can say is 140 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: that's my masterpiece. That child makes me proud. That young 141 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 4: person brings a smile to my face. That single parent mom, 142 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 4: she brings joy to my spirit. Our attitude should be. 143 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 4: I am not going to drag through life negative, defeated, 144 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 4: feeling alone, left out, forgotten. I know God remembers me. 145 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 4: I talked to a lady one time. She was here 146 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,679 Speaker 4: in town for cancer treatment there at the medical center. 147 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 4: She was from a smaller city, and she was very 148 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 4: nervous about the treatment to begin with, and she was 149 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 4: nervous about being in a large city all by herself. 150 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 5: She was gonna have to be here for at least 151 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 5: three months. 152 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 4: In the first couple of weeks, she felt so alone, 153 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 4: nobody to talk to, like she had been forgotten, and 154 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 4: her dream was to come to one of our services. 155 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 4: She always watches us on television, but she didn't know anybody. 156 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: She didn't have a ride. Also, she had. 157 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 4: Special medical needs that made it even more difficult to travel. 158 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 4: But one day in the cafeteria line there at the hospital, 159 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 4: she overheard the couple behind her talking about how they 160 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 4: come out to Lakewood each weekend, and just in passing, 161 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: she said, boy, I sure like watching it on television. 162 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 4: That couple said, how about this, We'll come by and 163 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 4: pick you up this Sunday and bring you to a service. 164 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 4: That was a dream come true. She was thrilled they 165 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: brought her. She told how when she walked in all 166 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 4: she could do is weep and weep. The greeters gave 167 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 4: her a hug at the door, and when they found 168 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 4: out she was a visitor, they brought her down. 169 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 5: And sat her on the very front row. 170 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 4: She was so excited, she told me afterwards, Joel, I 171 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 4: got to sit right by your brother. Paul. I apologized. 172 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 4: She said, you're right, he's not near as good looking 173 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 4: as you are. She didn't say that, but I know 174 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 4: she was thinking that. But what was that God remembering her, 175 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 4: having the right people at the right place, letting her 176 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 4: know she was not forgotten. 177 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 5: Here's how laquid people are. 178 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 4: They said, we'll come by and get you every Sunday 179 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 4: as long as you're in town. For three months, she 180 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 4: attended our services. Friends, you are not forgotten. I think 181 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 4: about Joseph. He was betrayed by his brothers, he was 182 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 4: falsely accused by a lady, spent thirteen years in prison 183 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 4: for something he didn't do. I'm sure he must have 184 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 4: felt God's forgotten about me. Look how my life has 185 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 4: turned out. I thought I had a dream, thought I 186 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 4: had a promise. 187 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 5: I must have been wrong. 188 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 4: No, those times when things aren't going our way, those 189 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 4: are seasons of testing. 190 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 5: What are we made of? 191 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 4: What kind of attitude are we gonna have? Are we 192 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 4: gonna get negative, bitter, blame God? Or are we going 193 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 4: to stay in faith knowing that God has us in 194 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: the palm of his hand. Joseph had a gift of 195 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 4: interpreting dreams, and one day in the prison he interpreted 196 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 4: the dream of one of his cellmates. He told Pharah's 197 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 4: butler that this butler was going to get out in 198 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 4: three days time. He said, listen, I've done you a 199 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: favor by interpreted in this dream. Do me a favor 200 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 4: when you get out, tell Pharaoh about me. Sure enough, 201 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 4: the butler got out three days later. But wouldn't you 202 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 4: know it, he forgot all about Joseph. And sometimes the 203 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 4: people that owe you the most will forget about you 204 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 4: the quickest. But don't worry. 205 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,359 Speaker 5: Don't get discouraged. 206 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 4: Just because they forgot about you, does it mean God 207 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 4: forgot about you. It wasn't long after that that Joseph 208 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 4: got out, he got promoted. I love what he said. 209 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: What was it from my hearm? God used to my advantage? 210 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 4: When you in those difficulties, doesn't look like it's ever 211 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 4: going to change, keep reminding yourself. God has not forgotten 212 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 4: about me. Several years ago, our little niece Savannah was 213 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 4: spending the weekend with us. Little Savannah was probably about 214 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 4: seven years old at that time. This is my sister 215 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 4: April's daughter. And on Sundays, Victoria and I take different 216 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: cars to church. I come a little bit earlier, and 217 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 4: in the middle of the song service. I leaned over 218 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 4: to Victoria and said, where is Savannah sitting? She said, 219 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 4: I don't know Where did you put her? I said, 220 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 4: I didn't put her anywhere. I didn't bring her. 221 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 5: You brought her. Her eyes got real big. She said, no, Joel, I. 222 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 4: Thought you brought her. My heart sunk. We left my 223 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 4: little niece at home all by herself. My mind began 224 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 4: to raise all these crazy thoughts. I just watched the 225 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 4: movie the week before, home alone. I didn't know if 226 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 4: she was there hollering and screaming. I didn't know if 227 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 4: she had left and gone to the neigh I didn't 228 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 4: know she'd be scarred for life. Here I'm in the 229 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 4: middle of a service, trying to look spiritual, trying up 230 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 4: here holy on the inside, I'm in a total panic. 231 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 4: I can already see the headlines. Pastor arrested, leaving child 232 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 4: home alone. We didn't know whether we should call the 233 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 4: police or what we were at the other campus thirty 234 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 4: minutes away from our home, and we finally got in 235 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 4: touch with my brother in law, Kevin. He lives close, 236 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 4: and he ran to my house as quickly as possible. 237 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 4: When he got there, there was little Savannah sitting at 238 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 4: the back door, just as peaceful as can be, had 239 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: a smile on her face, not the least bit worried, 240 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 4: not the least bit upset. First thing she said to 241 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 4: Kevin was I knew you would remember me. She was saying, 242 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 4: I knew it's just a matter of time before somebody 243 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 4: showed up. I asked her later, Savannah, weren't you worried? 244 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 4: Weren't you afraid? Weren't you upset? She said, no, Uncle Jojo, 245 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 4: my mother has left me before. I thought, that's where 246 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 4: I get it from April. But I thought, if we 247 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 4: could just have that same kind of childlike faith when 248 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 4: we feel alone, when we feel forgotten, when things aren't 249 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 4: going our way, Instead of getting negative, bitter into self pity, no, 250 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 4: shake that off and say, like little Savannah, I'm not worried. 251 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 5: I know God remembers me. I know it's just a. 252 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 4: Matter of time before he shows up and turns it around. 253 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 4: That phrase God remembers you is found seventy three times 254 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 4: in the scripture. It doesn't just mean that God doesn't 255 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 4: forget about you. It's more significant than that. When God 256 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 4: remembers you, it means he's going to overwhelm you with 257 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 4: his favor. He is going to surprise you with his goodness. 258 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 4: When God remembers you, it means he is going to 259 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 4: show up and show out like you've never seen before. 260 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 4: That's what happened to a young lady in the Bible. 261 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 5: Her name was Rachel. 262 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 4: She wanted to have a child so badly. She tried 263 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 4: and tried, but just couldn't conceive. Her wound was burn 264 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 4: and back in those days, a woman was really looked 265 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 4: down on if she couldn't give. 266 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 5: Her husband a child. 267 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 4: It was like it not only brought shame to her, 268 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 4: but it brought shame to her husband. Year after year 269 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 4: went by and Rachel felt so alone, so empty, like 270 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 4: she was less than she was supposed to be. 271 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 5: To make matters worse, her sister Leah. 272 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: Kept having baby after baby. It was like rubbing salt 273 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 4: in the wound. But one day something happened that turned 274 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 4: everything around. The scripture says that God remembered Rachel. Isn't 275 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 4: it interesting It doesn't say that Rachel remembered God. And 276 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 4: of course it's good when we reach out to God 277 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 4: when we remember him, but it's even more significant when 278 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 4: God remembers you. God is so merciful when we don't 279 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 4: feel like we have any more strength to believe, when 280 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 4: we prayed so much, we can't pray any longer. When 281 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 4: we've gotten so discouraged, we just give up on the 282 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: promise and think it's not meant to be. That's exactly 283 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 4: where Rachel was. But notice what happened. God remembered her 284 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 4: and answered her plea and gave her a child. Friends, 285 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 4: when God remembers you, it doesn't matter how long it's 286 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 4: been that way, doesn't matter how impossible it looks. God 287 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 4: is going to turn it around. You may feel like 288 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 4: Rachel today, alone, forgotten, empty. Maybe you've given up on 289 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 4: a dream. You've already accepted the fact that you're never 290 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 4: going to be able to have a child. 291 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 5: You're never going to. 292 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: Go back to college like you wanted to, you're never 293 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: going to be successful in your finances, in your marriage. 294 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 4: You've written it off. But understand, just because you write 295 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: it off doesn't mean God writes it off. God remembers 296 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 4: not only you, He remembers the dream he put on 297 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 4: the inside. He remembers the goals, the promises, your deepest desires. 298 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: You may have already said I'll just forget about it, 299 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 4: but God says, no, no, no, I remember it. I'm 300 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 4: the one that put the dream in you, and I 301 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 4: still have a way to bring it to pass. I 302 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 4: heard about this lady. 303 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 5: She was about to lose her house. 304 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 4: She had been laid off and couldn't make her payments, 305 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 4: and eventually it was foreclosed on, and now the bank 306 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 4: was about to put it up for auction. She had 307 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 4: already accepted the fact that it was over, that that 308 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 4: chapter in her life was through. She was doing her 309 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 4: best to deal with it, but down deep, she was 310 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 4: very heartbroken. That's where she had raised her children. She 311 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 4: was a single parent mother, and I'm sure she felt 312 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 4: kind of like Rachel, alone, forgotten, like nobody really cares, 313 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: and just to get some kind of closure, she went 314 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 4: to the auction where they were selling off these homes, 315 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 4: including her own. While she was there, all she could 316 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 4: do is weep and weep, seeing her house up there 317 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 4: on the docket to be auctioned off. And while she 318 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 4: was weeping, a lady close by noticed something was wrong, 319 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: came up and ask her what was going on, and 320 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 4: she explained how she had lost her job and now 321 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 4: her home was about to be solved. 322 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 5: The lady asked which home was it, she pointed to it. 323 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 4: When it came time for this home to be auctioned off, 324 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: the lady bid on it, and bid on it, and 325 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 4: bid on it. She eventually won the bid, and now 326 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 4: she owned the house of her new friend. She turned 327 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 4: to her and said, I came here to buy my 328 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 4: son a house, but I realize now God sent me here. 329 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 5: To buy your house and I want to give it 330 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 5: back to you. 331 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 4: Think about this. That lady came in their heart broken. 332 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 4: She was expecting to say goodbye, expecting to see it gone. 333 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 4: But God had other plans. He made a way when 334 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 4: it looked like there was no way. What was that 335 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 4: God remembering her. Some of you today you have written 336 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: off dreams, You've given up on promises that you know 337 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 4: God's put in your heart. But God is saying he 338 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 4: has not forgotten about you. He still has a way 339 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 4: to turn that situation around. 340 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 5: Even if you were to. 341 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 4: Lose your house you don't know, God can send somebody 342 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: to buy it and give it back to you. 343 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 5: He can bring you a new house. 344 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 4: If you were to lose your job, God can give 345 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 4: you a better job with better benefits, making better money. 346 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 4: If somebody were to walk out of your life, God 347 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 4: can bring somebody better into your life. God remembers you, 348 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 4: He remembers the dreams. He's placed on the inside. He 349 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 4: remembers the destiny you were created for. He remembers the 350 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 4: assignment you've been given. People may try to push you down. 351 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: Sometimes our circumstances will make us feel like we're alone 352 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 4: and forgotten. But all through the day we should go 353 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 4: around saying, Father, thank you. 354 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 5: That you're remembering me. 355 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 4: You're remembering your promises, you're remembering my dreams, you're remembering 356 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 4: my destiny. I know this man that was out taking 357 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 4: a height through the woods and he got caught in 358 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 4: a terrible snowstorm. Man was a good person. He was 359 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 4: nice and kind, but he didn't really give God the 360 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 4: time of day. He's just living his own life, doing 361 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: his own thing. Then this storm, it got so bad 362 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 4: that he lost all sense of direction. It was quickly 363 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 4: getting dark. He wasn't an experienced hiker. He didn't have 364 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 4: the proper gear. He was just out trying to get 365 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 4: some exercise, and he knew he couldn't survive out there 366 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 4: all night in the cold. He began to get disoriented 367 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 4: and sleepy, common conditions when your body starts to shut 368 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: down because. 369 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 5: Of the cold. 370 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 4: He saw this small crevice in some rocks and he 371 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 4: went over and laid down. He woke up the next 372 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 4: morning as warm as toast. When he regained consciousness, much 373 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 4: to his surprise, there was this huge, shaggy dog that 374 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 4: had come in there and curled up next to him. 375 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 4: That dog acted just like a heater. He didn't know 376 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 4: where the dog had come from. There was no dog 377 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 4: there the night before. But if it had not been 378 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 4: for that shaggy dog, he wouldn't be alive today. Now 379 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,239 Speaker 4: that gentleman is outspoken about his faith, he has a 380 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 4: ministry of his own. Everywhere he goes, he tells people 381 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 4: what God has. 382 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 5: Done for him. 383 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 4: Friends, God knows your purpose. He knows what you were 384 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 4: put here to do. And even when people don't give 385 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 4: God the time of day, even when they just live 386 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 4: for themselves, God has not forgotten the destiny He created 387 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 4: them for. 388 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 5: I think about a young man in South Korea. He 389 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 5: was dying. He had tuberculosis. 390 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 4: One of his lungs had collapsed. As he laid in 391 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: his bed at home in so much pain, just waiting 392 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 4: to die, he began to call out to his different gods. 393 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 5: One by one. 394 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 4: He cried out to this God, please help me. There 395 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: was no answer. He called out to another God the 396 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 4: same thing, and again and again and again. Finally, in desperation, 397 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 4: he said, if there's any God up there anywhere, I 398 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 4: don't ask you to heal me. I just ask you 399 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 4: to show me how to die. He was afraid to die. 400 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 4: A few hours later, a young college student walking through 401 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 4: the neighborhood felt what she called an unexplainable love drawing 402 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 4: her to his house. She went up to the door, 403 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 4: not even knowing really what she was doing. A lady answered, 404 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 4: she said, I know this sounds very, very odd, but 405 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 4: is there anything I can pray with you about? 406 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 5: It was the mother. 407 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 4: She began to weep and weep she said, yes, my 408 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 4: son is on his deathbed. 409 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 5: That lady went in. 410 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 4: She prayed for the young man, and that day that 411 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 4: young man gave his life to Christ. To make a 412 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 4: long story short, God supernaturally healed him, and today, many 413 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 4: years later, he is the pastor of the largest. 414 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 5: Church in the world. 415 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 4: Doctor Paul Jungi Cho has over five hundred thousand people 416 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 4: in his church in South Korea. What am I saying? 417 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 4: God has not forgotten about you. He knows the calling 418 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 4: on your life. He knows what you were put here for, 419 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 4: and you need to do everything you can in the natural, 420 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 4: but what you cannot do, God is going to supernaturally arrange. 421 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 4: I'm sure that young man felt alone and forgotten and 422 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 4: all that pain and all that suffering. But what he 423 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 4: didn't realize was there was a creator that knew him 424 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 4: before he was ever born, a God that had already 425 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 4: purposed that he touched thousands. Sickness tried to stop him. 426 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 4: But sickness is not too big for our God. What 427 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 4: is it that you think. 428 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 5: God cannot do? 429 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 4: Do you have a family member, a relative that you 430 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 4: think is too far gone. Do you have a coworker, 431 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 4: a friend, a neighbor that you think is just too sarcastic, 432 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 4: too cynical, too much of a partier. No, God has 433 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 4: not written them off. God remembers them. And when God 434 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 4: remembers supernatural things are going to happen. I want to 435 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 4: breathe new life into your faith today. You may be 436 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 4: here like that young man, feel like you'll never get well, 437 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 4: you'll never get over that sickness. But no, we serve 438 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 4: a God that is not limited to the natural. You 439 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 4: have an assignment, you have a destiny to fulfill, and 440 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 4: no matter how bad it looks in the natural. No 441 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 4: matter how many obstacles are in your path, God has 442 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 4: not forgotten about you. He is not going to take 443 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 4: away his calling on your life. You may be living 444 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 4: far below where you're supposed to, You may be far 445 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 4: away from where you know in your heart God wants you, 446 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 4: but you might as well get ready because the Most 447 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 4: High God is not going to write you off. And 448 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 4: when God remembers you, all the forces of darkness cannot 449 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 4: keep you from fulfilling your purpose. Sickness can't stop it, 450 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 4: a disappointment can't stop it. Another person can't stop it. 451 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 4: God said He's going to lift you out of the pit, 452 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 4: set your feet on a rock, and put a new 453 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 4: song in your heart. You need to get your fireback 454 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 4: and start expecting to fulfill. 455 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 5: The dreams that you once had. 456 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 4: It may look like those dreams have died, but God 457 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 4: can resurrect dead dreams. Those promises may have been pushed 458 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 4: down by disappointment, by an unfair situation, by sickness, but 459 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 4: God has not forgotten about you. And when the Most 460 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 4: High remembers there is nothing that can keep you from 461 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 4: your destiny. There was a little girl born into a 462 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: very dysfunctional home. She was abused and neglected. There was 463 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 4: no consistency in this family. She'd never really felt what 464 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 4: true love was all about, and in the natural, all 465 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 4: the odds were against her. Didn't look like she would 466 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 4: ever amount to much. It got so bad as a 467 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 4: young girl she asked the authorities if she could be 468 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 4: removed from her own home. The judge studied it all, 469 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: and he had her place in foster care. This young 470 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: lady felt alone, confused, and forgotten. Several months later, she 471 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 4: agreed to be a part of a special program. She 472 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 4: would be adopted by a single parent mom living in 473 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 4: a small community dedicated to helping other foster care children. 474 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 4: She began to excel in school. She became an honor student, 475 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 4: a leader that the other children looked up to. One day, 476 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 4: she was invited, along with the other leaders that ran 477 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 4: the foster care community there, to be on a national 478 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 4: talk show. On this program, the host asked her, what 479 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 4: are dreams and goals for the future were This young 480 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 4: lady said, my dream is to one day go to 481 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 4: Harvard University so I can help others like so many 482 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 4: people have helped me. A few days later, she got 483 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 4: a call from out of state the lady said, I 484 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 4: saw y'all on the program this week. 485 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 5: I have a question for you. 486 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 4: Would you accept a scholarship to Yale University instead? The 487 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 4: young lady agreed, today she's headed to Yale. 488 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 5: What am I saying? 489 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 4: No matter who's tried to push you down, no matter 490 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 4: how many unfair things you've been through, God has not 491 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: forgotten about you. He said, he would be a father 492 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: to the fatherless. When people do you wrong, Your heavenly 493 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 4: father will defend you when you need a good break. 494 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 4: Your heavenly father will show you favor when it looks impossible. 495 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 4: Your heavenly father will make a way where it looked 496 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 4: like there was no way. Doctor Bill Henson was the 497 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 4: pastor of the Methodist church here in town for years, 498 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 4: good friend of our family. He told how when his 499 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 4: children were younger, he went out to pick up the 500 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 4: newspaper one morning and he saw a baby owl lying 501 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 4: on the ground. His kids ran out to look at it, 502 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 4: and they wanted to pick it up and hold it, 503 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 4: but he cautioned them not to until he found out 504 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 4: more about the little owl. He called a friend of his, 505 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 4: a local veterinarian. He asked about how you should take 506 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 4: care of it and any information on the owl. And 507 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 4: the veterinarian said, sometimes the strong winds can blow the 508 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 4: owl out of the neck, or sometimes the owl is 509 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,719 Speaker 4: just over confident and tries to fly before it's able. 510 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: But he said, in any case, it's good you didn't 511 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 4: try to pick it up. 512 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 5: Doctor Henson said, why's that. 513 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 4: He said, because if you go out and look up 514 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 4: in the trees, there's a good chance you will see 515 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 4: a mama owl looking down closely watching that baby owl. 516 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 4: So of course they ran out there as fast as 517 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: they could. They looked up, and sure enough, in the 518 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 4: top of this pine tree, there was a large mama 519 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 4: owl with these huge eyes staring directly down at them, 520 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 4: just like she was ready to swoop in and protect 521 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 4: that little baby. She's just standing on guard at attention. 522 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 4: The veterinarian went on to say, even if it means 523 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 4: giving her own life, if something were to try to 524 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 4: harm that baby owl, she would do everything she could 525 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 4: to protect it. And the good news is, just like 526 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 4: that mama owl, your heavenly father is looking down right now, 527 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 4: closely watching over you. Sometimes in life you may feel 528 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 4: like this strong winds have knocked you down. At times 529 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 4: you may feel like you're alone and forgotten. But if 530 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: you can just remember to look up, you'll see those 531 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 4: heavenly eyes looking right back down at you. You'll see 532 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,719 Speaker 4: those eyes of love, those eyes of compassion, just waiting 533 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 4: to rescue, to protect, to defend. Now, I want you 534 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 4: to have this confidence today that no matter where you 535 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 4: are in life, no matter what comes against you, you 536 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 4: are not alone. You are not forgotten. God remembers you. 537 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 4: He remembers the dreams he's put on the inside. He 538 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 4: remembers the promises you're holding on too, He remembers the 539 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 4: sacrifices you've made. You are unforgettable to our God. When 540 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 4: God remembers you, just like Rachel, supernatural things are gonna happen. 541 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 4: The dark clouds are gonna give way to the sunshine. 542 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 4: The bar and womb is gonna conceive. The shaggy dog 543 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 4: is going to keep you warm. Who knows one phone 544 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 4: call may lead you to a major university. 545 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 5: And if you'll start your. 546 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 4: Faith up and believe that God is watching over you, 547 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 4: believe that nothing can keep you from your destiny, then 548 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 4: you're gonna see God show up and show out in 549 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 4: amazing ways. He is gonna give you favor to accomplish 550 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 4: your dreams. He's gonna supernaturally heal your body. You're gonna 551 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 4: overcome every obstacle, defeed every enemy, and live that life 552 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 4: of victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive 553 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 4: it today? 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