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It helps keep the 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:45.280 ministry going. 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:56.960 Enjoy the message. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.440 Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.040 into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.080 please stop buy and be a part of one of 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.840 our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.200 at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, and 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.920 thank you again for coming out today. And I like 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.400 to start with something funny and I heard about this 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.160 man that died and went to heaven. Saint Peter escorted 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:23.240 him down this long hallway filled with clocks. The hens 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.720 on the clocks were all moving at different speeds. Peter 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:30.480 explained that every person has a clock. When they send 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.040 the clock ticks. The man saw a clock barely moving. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.480 It's Billy Graham's clock. There was another clock creeping along 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:41.359 Mother Teresa's clock. He said, curiously, can I see my clock? 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.240 Peter said, yeah, we keep yours in the office and 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:48.920 use it as a fan. Hold up your Bible, say 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.760 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.160 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.640 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.760 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:04.400 I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:08.240 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.639 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:15.440 remember your dream. All of us have things that we're 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:19.520 believing for, something that we want to accomplish. Deep down, 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.200 we know it's a part of our destiny. We can 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:25.760 feel it so strongly. But then we hit some setbacks. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.600 We didn't get the promotion, the medical report wasn't good, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.040 or a relationship didn't work out. Life has a way 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:39.160 of pushing our dreams down. They can become buried under discouragement, 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:44.040 buried under past mistakes. There are dreams buried under divorce, 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:49.200 buried under low self esteem. It's easy to settle for mediocrity, 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:54.400 even though we have all this potential buried on the inside. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:58.000 But just because you gave up doesn't mean God gave up. 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.040 Your dream may be married. The good news is it's 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.960 still alive. It's not too late to see it come 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.360 to pass. And we've all been through disappointments and set 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:12.520 backs and life happens. But instead of remembering the hurt, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.520 the pain, what didn't work out. The key to reaching 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:18.360 your destiny is you have. 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:23.760 To remember your dream. Remember what God promised you, Remember 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.080 what He whispered to you in the middle of the night. 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.200 The scripture calls it the secret petitions of our heart, 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.280 things you haven't told anybody about. 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:37.159 It may seem possible. Every voice tells you it's not 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.440 going to happen. You've been pushing it down. But God 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.880 is saying what I promised you, I'm still going to do. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.320 I spoke it to you. It may not have happened yet, 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.479 but I am true to my word. It is on 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.560 the way if you'll do your part and start believing again, 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.080 get your passion back. God is going to resurrect what 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.479 you thought was dead, dreams that you're giving up on. 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.880 You tried, it didn't work out. It's been so long. 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:09.120 They're going to suddenly come back to life. Problems that 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:13.359 looked permanent going to suddenly turn around what should have 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.080 taken years. God's going to do in a fraction of 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.120 the time. He hasn't changed his mind. He has the 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.440 final say. Now, don't let circumstances talk you out of it. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.760 You may not understand why a business didn't make it, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.000 why a person walked away, why you came down with 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.800 an illness. You were doing the right thing, but the 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.480 wrong thing happened. It's all a part of the process. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.719 Every disappointment, every delay, every closed door, it's not just 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.240 a set back. It's a setup for God to get 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.159 you to where you're supposed to be. It may be 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:54.000 taken a long time, may look impossible. All it takes 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.279 is one touch of God's favor. What are you remembering 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.039 the hurt, the pain? What didn't work out, Turn it 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:05.359 around and remember your dream. What is God put in 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:08.680 your heart? What did you used to be excited about? 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.919 Now you think it's been too long, it's too big, 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:15.360 it's not possible. You don't think you could write the book, 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.800 finish school, see your marriage restored, start the business. No, 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.440 get your passion back. You have not missed your opportunity. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.360 You have not had too many bad breaks. You're not lacking. 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.640 You didn't get short changed. When God breathed life into you, 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:37.240 he put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.719 People can't stop you bad breaks, disappointments lost. The most 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.520 High God is on your side. You have royal blood 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.280 flowing through your veins. There are seeds of greatness in 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:53.880 you right now, dreams so big that you can accomplish 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.560 them on your own. It's going to take you connecting 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:01.599 with your creator. Believe that you're a person of destiny, 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.080 that he's directing your steps. That if he before you, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.960 who dare be against you? When we go through opposition 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:13.320 these challenging times, we don't have to fall apart. God 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:17.480 controls the whole universe. He won't allow anything to happen 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.080 unless he knows how to bring good out of it. 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:22.800 But you have to do your part and keep your 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:26.480 faith stirred up. The enemy would love to deceive you 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:30.000 into burying your dream, thinking that it's never going to 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.880 work out. Don't believe those lies. It's not too late 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.280 to become all that you were created to be. And 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:41.200 every time you remember your dream, every time you say Lord, 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.320 thank you for bringing it to pass, you're removing some dirt. 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.200 You're digging it back out. Maybe you've struggled with an 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.560 illness for a long time. Early on you believed you 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.680 could get well, but now it's been years and you're 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:58.520 just learning to live with it. What's happened is your healing, 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.800 your breakthrough, your freedom has gotten buried. It's still in you, 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.920 it's still alive. If you'll start believing again, God can 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.800 bring it to pass instead of thinking, well, it's never 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.120 gonna work out. I've had so many bad medical reports. 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.720 That's putting more dirt on it, that's burying it deeper. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.200 Why don't you get your shovel out and start removing 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.480 some of that dirt. How do you do that? Lord, 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.240 Thank you that you're restoring health back into me. Think 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.560 you that the number of my days. You will fulfilled. 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.080 Think you that don't getting stronger, healthier if you'll keep 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.360 talking thinking like that, that dream that's been buried is 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.520 going to come back to life. This is what allows 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:42.400 God to do great things. God is moved by our faith. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.360 He's not moved by our discouragement, by our complaining, by 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.280 our self pity. Joel, I'm never going to meet the 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.960 right person. I've been hurt too many times. You're remembering 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.480 the wrong thing. As long as you remember the hurt, 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.840 you're going to get stuck. Turn it around. Start remembering 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:03.760 you Father, Thank you that you have a divine connection. 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.679 Come in my way, somebody perfect for me, better than 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.960 I ever imagine. Instead of I'll never be in management. 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.719 I'll never get the promotion this company. They don't even 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.720 like me. You're putting more dirt on your dream. You're 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.280 burying it deeper. Get your shovel and start digging that 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.400 dream out. Some of you have done this so long. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.400 You need a back hole, you need some heavy equipment. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.240 That dream is way deep, but you can dig it out. 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:33.160 You can bring it back to life. It starts in 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:36.560 our thinking, in what you're believing, in what you're saying. 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:37.800 No more. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.760 It's never gonna happen. I'll never break this addiction. I'll 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.559 never live in a nice house, I'll never finish college. No, 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.640 I'm surrounded by God's favor. Blessings are chasing me down 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:52.480 because I delight myself and the Lord God. You promised 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.080 you would give me the desires of my heart. Whatever 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.600 God's put on the inside, no matter how long it's been, 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.480 no matter how impossible it looks, I'm asking you to 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:07.320 stir it up. You have to get in agreement with God. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.960 He's the giver of all dreams. He's the one that 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:15.760 put the desires in you. You may need to get alone, 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:20.080 in your quiet time, search your heart. Say God, anything 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.320 I've push down, anything I've given up on, showed me 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.600 what it is. God, don't let me die with any 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:31.600 dreams still buried on the inside. This is what Caleb did. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.920 He and his friend Joshua went and spied out the 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.800 promised land. They came back and told Moses, we are 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.400 well able to take the land, let us go in 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.160 at once. But the other ten spies came back and 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.600 said just the opposite. They talked Moses out of it. 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:53.840 The Israelites became afraid and some two million people, even 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.560 though they were camped right next door. They turned around 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.320 and that group never did make it into the Promised Land. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:06.200 Now I can imagine that Caleb was disappointed, discouraged. He 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.200 knew they were supposed to go in. God put the 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.800 dream in his heart, and it looked like somebody else 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.360 caused his dreams to get buried, caused him to miss 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.280 his destiny. And a lot of people could have settled 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.480 there and thought too bad it didn't work out, But 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:25.800 not Caleb. The true mark of a champion is even 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:29.080 though some dirt gets thrown on your dream, instead of 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.880 letting it get buried, you keep shaking it off. You 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:36.520 keep moving forward, You keep looking for new opportunities. Forty 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.880 five years later, at the age of eighty five, Caleb 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:45.040 could still feel that dream stirring on the inside. He 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:49.160 wasn't sitting around feeling sorry for himself, saying God, if 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.719 only those people would have done right back then. No, 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.920 he went back to that same mountain, that same place 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.480 the others refused to go in, and at eighty five 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:04.520 he said, God, give me this same mountain. What significant 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.400 is that mountain had five giants living on it. There 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.520 were other mountains with less opposition. That would have been 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.800 much easier. I can hear a friends say, come on, Caleb, 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.360 you're eighty five, let's go take this easy mountain. He said, no, thanks. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.800 I'm not going to settle for mediocrity when I know 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.240 God has placed greatness in me. I want that same mountain. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:29.160 That's the dream that's been stirring in my spirit all 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:33.319 these years. At eighty five, he went out and conquered 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.040 the mountain, saw the dream come to pass. Have you 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:41.360 allowed any dreams to get buried in you? At one time, 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.800 you believed you could do something great. You believed you 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.800 could lead the company in sales. You believed you could 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.360 break that addiction. It's been a long time, had some 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.600 bad breaks. Wasn't all your fault? You could easily settle 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.280 where you are. Nobody would fault you. God sent me 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:03.680 to a new fire. On the inside, that dream is 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.360 still alive. You may have tried a year ago, five 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:12.040 years ago, or forty years ago, didn't work out. Nobody 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.800 was there to help you. God is saying to you 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.800 what he said to Caleb, go back and try again. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.760 This is your time, This is your moment. Your destiny 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.920 is calling out to you. You have to be like Caleb. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:30.000 You can't have a week defeated, give up spirit. I'll 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.400 take the easy way out. I'll settle for second best. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.000 I don't want to put forth the effort. If you 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.040 don't stir it up, you can miss who you were 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.280 created to be. You may have been knocked down, but 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.680 you got to get back up again and said, God, 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.000 give me this same mountain. I don't want a substitute. 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.160 I don't want second best. God. I'm going after what 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.880 you placed in my heart. If you will remember your 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.640 dream like that, God will help you to accomplish what 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.640 you didn't accomplish. Early on, I saw a report about 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.360 this man. He was raised in a very disfunctional environment 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:10.280 in government housing, very low income. His father was not 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.840 a part of his life. His mother, a teenager, was 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.160 never around. From the time he was a little boy, 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.760 he had a dream to become a writer. He went 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.720 to school, but there was no structure in his house, 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:28.080 no guidance. At fifteen, he dropped out of school. He 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.680 had never learned how to read or write. He was 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.600 so embarrassed by it he started drinking, trying to numb 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:39.320 the pain. For thirty five years, All he did was 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.120 hang out on the streets and drink with his buddies. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:46.560 One day, something rose up in him like fire on 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:50.280 the inside. He told his buddies, this is the last 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.600 time you will ever see me take another drink of alcohol. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.160 I am fed up living like this. They laughed and said, 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:00.440 yeah right. But that day was a turning point. He 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:04.400 was instantly set free from the alcohol. He never touched 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.320 it again. Fifty one years old, he went back to 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:12.120 school and learned how to write god Is diploma. He 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:17.480 was so proud. He started writing poetry. He was very eloquent, 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:23.320 very talented. That dream had been buried under dysfunction, under addictions, 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:27.040 but it was still alive. At one point he entered 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:31.400 this very prestigious national writing contest and he won the 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:36.720 grand prize first place. Today, at seventy five, he continues writing, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:41.280 inspiring others, letting them know that it's never too late 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:45.400 to accomplish your dreams. What am I saying? What you 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.920 gave up on God, didn't give up on what you 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:52.280 wanted to do earlier in life. Just because it didn't 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:57.000 work out doesn't mean that it went away. It's still 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:01.720 in you, Jeremiah said, your word Oh Lord, is like 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.960 fire shut up in my bones. I believe there are 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:10.080 some dreams shut up in you like fire. You're going 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.720 to feel your destiny calling out. May not have happened 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:17.440 the first time. The loan didn't go through, you didn't 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.600 get chosen for the part, the medical report wasn't good. 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.320 That's okay. This is a new day. What God started, 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.840 he's going to finish. You may have missed some opportunities, 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.440 but God knows how to make up for lost time. 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.400 He's going to give you another chance. He said in 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:39.040 the Book of Joel, I will restore the years that 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:43.400 have been stolen. You may have lost years because somebody 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.720 else puts you at a disadvantage, or years because of 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.160 your own choices. God knows how to make up for it. 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.720 He's still going to get you to where you're supposed 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:57.160 to be. This is what happened to Joseph in the scripture. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.440 God gave him a dream that one day he would 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.440 rule a nation. In this dream, he saw his brothers 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.720 bowing down before him. Joseph should have used more wisdom 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.720 and not told his brothers that part of the dream. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.399 Certain things you should keep to yourself. Some people can't 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:20.119 handle what God's put in you. They won't celebrate you. 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:24.400 They'll be jealous, fine, fault, be critical. One day, Joseph 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.720 went to see his ten brothers. When he walked up, 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:33.040 one of them said, sarcastically, here comes the dreamer. They 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:37.399 weren't upset because he was their father's favorite child. They 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.800 weren't upset because he was wearing a coat of many colors, 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:45.040 a coat that represents favor. They were upset because he 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:49.399 had a dream. They were offended because he was determined 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.000 to break out of the mold, to do something great, 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.360 to leave his mark. They would have been fine if 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:59.200 he was content to be average, to accept the status quo. 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.159 But when you stir up what God has put on 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:06.280 the inside, believe that you have seeds of greatness. Believe 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:09.920 that you can overcome that illness, break the addiction, pay 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.480 your house off, be blessed in spite of past mistakes. 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:18.440 Let me warn you, everybody will not celebrate you when 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.760 you have a dream. You're going to have some detractors. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.760 People will get jealous, try to make you look bad, 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.479 try to talk you out of it, say things like 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.960 you really think you can get that promotion? You don't 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.879 have the experience the talent. I don't think so. You 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.600 really think you're still going to get married. You've tried 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.600 three times, hadn't happened. Wet, you're getting kind of old. 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.600 Let that go in one ear and out the other. 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:50.600 People don't determine your destiny. God does. The critics, the naysayers, 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:55.080 the detractors. They cannot stop your dream. They may do 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.480 something that puts you at a disadvantage, but God knows 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.919 how to take what's meant for harm and use it 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:05.600 for your good. Joseph's own brothers tried to push his 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:11.040 dream down. I say this respectfully, but sometimes your relatives 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:15.760 won't celebrate you. Sometimes the people closest to you will 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:20.560 be the least supportive. Don't get distracted fighting battles that 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.640 don't matter, trying to prove to them who you are, 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:27.040 trying to convince them how they should be for you. 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.600 You don't need their approval. You have Almighty God's approval. 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:35.640 Let it go and run your race. What stirs them 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:39.920 up is the fact that you're moving forward pursuing your destiny. 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.919 They would love to convince you to keep your dream 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:46.560 buried so you don't rise higher and make them look bad. 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:50.680 They don't realize God has put dreams in them. If 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:53.400 they would stir it up, they could fulfill their purpose. 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:58.520 Successful people people that have a dream don't waste their 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:02.280 valuable time looking at what everybody else is doing. They're 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:04.840 too busy focused on what God has put in their 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:10.719 own heart. Bottom line, the enemy targets people who have 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:16.840 a dream. He'll use opposition, discouragement, delays, jealousy, everything he 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.919 can to try to convince you to bury that dream. 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.280 If you're going to reach your highest potential, you have 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:25.760 to make up your mind that you are in it 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:28.760 for the long haul. You're not going to let people 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:33.520 talk you out of it. Circumstances discourage you, Delays cause 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:37.000 you to give up, critical people cause you to get distracted. 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:40.200 You're going to stay focused on your goal. And here's 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:44.119 the key. You wouldn't be having that opposition if you 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.760 didn't have something great in you. If your dream wasn't 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.920 alive and on track, right on schedule to come to pass, 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:55.320 you wouldn't have so many things coming against you. But 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.160 when the enemy looks at you, he says, oh no, 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:02.679 here comes another dreamer. Here comes another person full of faith, 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:07.240 believing that they have seeds of greatness, not moved by 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:11.360 their circumstances, not upset because they have a delay. They're 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:15.320 a dreamer. They know they have the favor of God. 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:19.720 They know because they believe all things are possible. They 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:22.280 know God can make a way when they don't see 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:26.560 away friends. When you're a dreamer, you're dangerous to the enemy. 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:29.920 You give him a nervous breakdown. He knows you're headed 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.200 to a new level. He knows you're coming into overflow. 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.560 He knows you're going to set a new standard for 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:40.159 your family. And here's the most important thing. He knows 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:43.520 there's nothing he can do to stop you. The forces 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:46.240 that are for you are greater than the forces that 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:50.760 are against you. But he will work over time trying 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:53.879 to convince us to settle, to give up, to stay 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:57.480 where we are. You have to remember this principle. When 0:21:57.560 --> 0:22:01.679 negative things happen, that's not stop your destiny. That's a 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.240 sign that you're on your way to your destiny. Every delay, 0:22:05.400 --> 0:22:09.000 the setbacks, the disappointment, that didn't stop your dream, it's 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:13.080 all a part of the process. Joseph's brothers they were 0:22:13.200 --> 0:22:16.400 jealous of him. They threw him into a pit. They 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:18.600 were going to leave him there to die, but they 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:22.480 saw this caravan coming by. They ended up selling him 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:26.800 as a slave to an influential man named Potiphar. Year 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.600 after year, Joseph worked for Potterphar, kept a good attitude, 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:34.159 kept being his best. But one bad thing after another 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:38.920 happened to Joseph. Potterphar's wife lied about him, falsely accused him. 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:41.560 He was put in prison for something he didn't do. 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:46.200 He spent years there. One night, this pharaoh had a dream. 0:22:46.520 --> 0:22:49.840 He didn't understand what it meant. Joseph was able to 0:22:49.960 --> 0:22:53.679 interpret that dream. Pharah was so impressed with him he 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:56.639 brought Joseph out of prison and put him in charge 0:22:56.640 --> 0:22:59.679 of the whole nation, just like Joseph had seen in 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:04.320 his own Years later, there was a great famine in 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:08.040 the land. People were desperate, trying to survive, trying to 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:11.639 find food. Joseph was in charge of the food supply, 0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:16.359 one of the most important positions of that day. His brothers, 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.920 the same ones that threw him into a pit. They 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.360 traveled a long distance and showed up at the palace 0:23:23.600 --> 0:23:27.679 looking for food. They were right before him, bowing down, 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:33.400 but they didn't recognize who Joseph was. You can imagine 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:37.159 this is a very dramatic moment for Joseph. These are 0:23:37.200 --> 0:23:40.240 the brothers that betrayed him. These are the brothers that 0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:43.480 caused him all the heartache and pain. You would think 0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:47.919 Joseph would be angry, bitter, vindictive. This was his chance 0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:52.160 to pay them back. But the scripture says when Joseph 0:23:52.280 --> 0:23:57.280 saw his brothers, he remembered his dream. He didn't remember 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:01.639 the hurt, he didn't remember the betrayal, the lonely nights, 0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:05.960 the times he was confused. He remembered the promise. He 0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:09.600 remembered what God had spoken to him. Now, all these 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:13.439 bad breaks, it looked like Joseph missed his destiny. The 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:18.440 whole time, God was directing his steps, leading him, guiding him. 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:21.080 It was all a part of the process to get 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.440