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Oh God, bless you. 41 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 4: It is a joy to come into your homes. We 42 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 4: love you. We know God has great things in store 43 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: for each one of you. And if you're ever in 44 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by and be a part of 45 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we'll have a 46 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 4: good time and we'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 4: But thanks for tuning in again, thanks for coming out today. 48 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 4: And I like to start with something funny. And I 49 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 4: heard about this pastor. He decided to skip church one 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 4: Sunday and go play golf. He told his assistant he 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 4: wasn't feeling well, and he drove to another city a 52 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 4: golf course there so nobody would know him. He teed 53 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 4: off on the first hole. All of a sudden, a 54 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 4: huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an 55 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 4: extra hundred yards, and blew it right into the hole 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 4: for a four hundred and twenty yard hole in one. 57 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 4: An angel looked at God and said, what'd you do 58 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: that for? God smiled and said, who's he going to tell? 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: All right, hold up your bible, say it like you 60 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 61 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 62 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 63 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess 64 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 4: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 65 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 4: never be the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. 66 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about how you 67 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 4: have come back power. We all face situations that seem 68 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 4: like they could bury us. The loss of a loved one, 69 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 4: bad news concerning our health, a divorce. Those negative thoughts 70 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 4: bombard our minds, telling us it's over. You've seen your 71 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 4: best days. That setback is going to taint your future. 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 4: That layoff is going to ruin your career, That illness 73 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 4: is always going to limit you. It's easy to feel 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: like we've been buried. But what's interesting is the only 75 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: difference between being buried and being planted is the expectancy 76 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 4: of what's going to happen next. When you put a 77 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 4: seaed in the ground, you don't say I'm burying this seed. 78 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 4: You say I'm planting this seed because you know it's 79 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 4: coming back. Not long ago, one of our rabbits died. 80 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 4: I didn't say I'm planting this rabbit. I buried the rabbit. 81 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 4: I knew it wasn't coming back. If it did, I 82 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: sure didn't want to be around. We all face difficulties, 83 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 4: but you have the seed of Almighty God on the inside. 84 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 4: He breathed his life into you. And when you go 85 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 4: through disappointments, you're in tough times. You may feel like 86 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 4: you've been buried, but the fact is you've simply been planted. 87 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: That means you're coming back, and you're not only gonna 88 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: come back, you're gonna come back better, increased, stronger. What 89 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 4: was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. 90 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 4: You go in as a seed, but because of the 91 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 4: life of God, you come out blossomed, producing even more fruit. 92 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: Jesus talked about this in John twelve twenty four. He said, 93 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 4: unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and 94 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: is planted, it will not produce fruit. You can have 95 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: a seed on your shelf for a lifetime, it will 96 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 4: never become what it was created to be until you 97 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 4: put it in the ground. Its potential will never be 98 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 4: fully realized until it's planted. As long as it's up 99 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 4: on the shelf where it's comfortable, doesn't have to stretch, 100 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 4: doesn't have to deal with any adversities, that potential will 101 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: remain locked up dormant on the inside. Only after it's 102 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 4: been planted and it goes through the process of germination, 103 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 4: the outer shell breaks off, the new growth springs forth. 104 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 4: That's when it will blossom and produce more fruit. And 105 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 4: I'm sure if you were to ask the seed, it 106 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: would say, I don't want to be planted. It's lonely 107 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 4: in the dirt by myself. It's dark, it's uncomfortable. It 108 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 4: feels like it's been buried. Can't see any light, people 109 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 4: walking on top of it. The truth is it's not buried. 110 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: It's only planted. When it's in the ground. In that 111 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 4: dark time, something supernatural begins to happen. Although the dirt's 112 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 4: hundreds of times more powerful, possibly thousands of times heavier, 113 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 4: it cannot hold the seed in. I can imagine the 114 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 4: dirt when it feels something sturry. It says to the 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 4: little seed, what do you think you're doing. You can't 116 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: get out. I'm much more powerful than you. The little 117 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 4: seed says, no, no, no, I know a secret. I'm 118 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 4: not buried. I'm planted. I may be down right now, 119 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 4: but it's temporary. I'm coming back. I've got the life 120 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 4: of God in me. The dirt says, what are you 121 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 4: talking about. You're nothing compared to me. You don't have 122 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 4: a chance. Something in that seed rises up even stronger 123 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 4: and says, no, you cannot keep me down. I've got 124 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 4: comeback power in my DNA. I will rise again. Sure enough, 125 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 4: one day that little seed breaks the surface of the earth. 126 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 4: It smiles and says, I told you I was coming out. 127 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 4: It's no longer buried, no longer hidden and alone, no 128 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: longer has people walking on top of it. It's got 129 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 4: a new beginning. Its potential is being realized as time 130 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 4: goes by. Instead of being a little seed buried in 131 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 4: the ground, grows into a beautiful plant producing all kinds 132 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 4: of bright, colorful flowers. What happened. It went through the 133 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 4: process of being planted, had to go through some dark times, 134 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 4: some lonely nights, had to push some dirt out of 135 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 4: the way. It seemed like it would never see bright days, 136 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 4: but it just kept pressing forward and eventually it became 137 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 4: everything God created it to be. You need to get 138 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 4: this deep down in your spirit today. No matter what 139 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 4: comes against you in life, you are not buried. You 140 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 4: are planted. You may feel like, even now that you've 141 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: got some dirt on top of you, you're in a 142 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: tough time. Something was unfair, doesn't look like it's ever 143 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 4: gonna change. But if you can just keep shaking off 144 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 4: the dirt, shaking off the self pity, shaking off the 145 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 4: lies that are telling you it's over, You're done. Then 146 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 4: you too, like that little seed, will begin to feel 147 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 4: the life of God spring forth. The same power that 148 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 4: raised Christ from the dead is on the inside of 149 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 4: each one of you. That sickness will tell you can't 150 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 4: push me out of the way. I'm much bigger than you. 151 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 4: I've got you buried. Don't believe that lie. Just say, 152 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: like the seed, I'm coming back. I may be laying 153 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 4: in the hospital right now, but this sickness is only temporary. 154 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 4: This chemo may have taken my strength, my energy, my hair, 155 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 4: but know this today, I've got comeback power. This is 156 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 4: not the end, It's only the beginning. Or this addiction 157 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: it may have kept me back for a long time, 158 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 4: have my full potential from being realized. But I'm not 159 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 4: staying here. I know my chains have been gone. I 160 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 4: know whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, I'm 161 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 4: moving the dirt out and I'm coming back. Or how 162 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 4: about this business may be slow, I may have lost 163 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 4: my biggest account, but I know I'm not buried. I'm planted. 164 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 4: I know God's got another victory in my future. I 165 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 4: know my best days are still out in front of me. 166 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 4: I want you to have this new vision today. God 167 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 4: will not let you go through more than you can handle. 168 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 4: If you have a big challenge today, that just means 169 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: you have a big destiny. Extraordinary people face extraordinary difficulties. 170 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 4: But the good news is we serve an extraordinary God. 171 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: He has you in the palm of his hand. In 172 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 4: those tough times, you got to draw the line in 173 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: the sand, make a declaration. This difficulty is not going 174 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 4: to bury me. This loss, this disappointments, this injustice is 175 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 4: not gonna cause me to give up on my dreams. 176 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 4: I refuse to live in self pity. I know I 177 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 4: am a seed. That means I cannot be buried. I 178 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 4: can only be planted. Now. I may be down, but 179 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 4: it's only temporary. I know I'm not only coming back, 180 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: I'm gonna come back better off than I was before. 181 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 4: I heard a story about a farmer that had an 182 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 4: old mule that had fallen into an empty well. It 183 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 4: was about forty or fifty feet deep, and the farmer 184 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 4: was so disappointed. He really loved this old mule, but 185 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 4: when he surveyed the situation, he realized it was almost 186 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 4: gonna be impossible to rescue him. The well was very 187 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 4: narrow and he was crammed at the bottom. He figured 188 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 4: the mule was probably already seriously injured. As much as 189 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 4: he didn't want to, he decided the mule nor the 190 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 4: well was worth saving. So he was just gonna fill 191 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 4: the well in with dirt and bury the old mule. 192 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 4: He called some friends to help, and they begin shovel 193 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 4: the dirt in, one shovelful at a time. And when 194 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 4: that old mule felt the dirt hit his back and 195 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 4: he realized what they were about to do. Instead of 196 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 4: having a pity party, thinking too bad for me, he 197 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 4: decided every time he felt the dirt on his back 198 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 4: he would shake it off and step up, shake it 199 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 4: off and step up, time after time, no matter how 200 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 4: he felt, no matter how tired he got, he kept 201 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: shaking it off and stepping up, shaking off and stepping up. Finally, 202 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 4: after two or three hours of doing that, he was 203 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 4: able to step over the wall of the well and 204 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 4: walk out triumphantly to freedom it. What's interesting is the 205 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 4: dirt that was meant to bury him actually saved his life. 206 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 4: I'm asking you today, when you feel the dirt hit 207 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 4: your back when life treats you unfair, when you go 208 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 4: through disappointments, don't let it bury you. Shake it off 209 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 4: and step up. When the going gets tough, the tough 210 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 4: have to get going. The same dirt that's trying to 211 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 4: bury you can be the very dirt God will use 212 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 4: to promote you. Your attitude should be. I may be down, 213 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 4: but I'm not staying down. This difficulty was meant to 214 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 4: destroy me, It was meant to harm me, but I 215 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 4: know better. God's gonna use it to my advantage. He's 216 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 4: gonna use it to increase me. Do you know the 217 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: only difference between a piece of black coal and a 218 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 4: priceless diamond is the amount of pressure that is endured. 219 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 4: How you handle your adversities will make you or break you. 220 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 4: If you get bitter and lose your enthusiasm, you will 221 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: allow the difficulties of life to bury you. They can 222 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 4: keep you from your God given destiny. But if you 223 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 4: will choose to shake it off and step up, that 224 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 4: means you keep pressing forward with a smile on your face. 225 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 4: You know that God is in complete control, so you 226 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 4: do the right thing even though the wrong things happening. 227 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 4: Instead of complaining you've got a report of victory. You 228 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 4: go around saying, this problem is not going to defeat me. 229 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 4: It didn't come to stay, it came to pass. I 230 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 4: have strength for everything I need. I'm equipped, empowered, anointed, 231 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: I am more than a conquer When you do that, 232 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 4: the seed of victory that is in your DNA will 233 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 4: begin to release and help you push the dirt out 234 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,599 Speaker 4: of the way, and you will blossom into the fullness 235 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 4: of what God created you to be. You'll go from 236 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 4: a piece of coal to a priceless diamond. That's what 237 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 4: this one young lady did. She was raised in a 238 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 4: very difficult environment. Her father died when she was six 239 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 4: years old, and not long after that, her mother had 240 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 4: to go on dialysis. While other young ladies were out 241 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 4: doing cheerleading and playing with their friends, she was at 242 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 4: home taking care of her mother, helping to run the 243 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: kidney machines. At twelve years old, she was the one 244 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 4: that went grocery shopping. She cooked the family, She took 245 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 4: care of the little brother, got him dressed and ready 246 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 4: for school. She even wrote the checks for the mom 247 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: to pay the bills each month. It looked like she 248 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 4: was buried. Looked like that disadvantage would keep her from 249 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 4: her destiny. But understand, just because you didn't get the 250 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 4: same breaks or the same opportunities as somebody else doesn't 251 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 4: mean God doesn't still have something great in your future. 252 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 4: This young lady knew she wasn't buried, she was planted. 253 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: Yes it was difficult, Yes it was unfortunate, but she 254 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 4: just kept shaking it off and stepping up. In spite 255 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 4: of the difficulty. She excelled in school. She got a 256 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 4: full scholarship to college. She went on to get her 257 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 4: master's degree. Today she's extremely successful, She's happily married, has 258 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 4: three beautiful children. She said Joel, I didn't really have 259 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 4: the chance to have a childhood. I grew up so fast. 260 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: But I can truly say God has restored those years 261 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 4: and paid me back for doing the right thing. I 262 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 4: am happier and more fulfilled than I ever dreamed I 263 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 4: could ever be. What happened. Instead of having the victim mentality, 264 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 4: she had a victor mentality. God not only brought her out, 265 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 4: but she saw her life blossom into the fullness of 266 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 4: what God had in store. And I've discovered sometimes the 267 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 4: things that we get discouraged about are the very things 268 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 4: God is going to use to promote us. God doesn't 269 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 4: send the storms, but he uses the storms. He will 270 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 4: not allow a trial to come into your life unless 271 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 4: He has a purpose for it. When you're in difficult times, 272 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 4: know that that challenge was not sent to destroy you. 273 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 4: It was sent to promote you, to increase you, to 274 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: strengthen you. You may not see how right now, but God 275 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 4: has a way. Just like that little seed. God uses 276 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: adversities to bring potential out of us that we didn't 277 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 4: even know we had. That's what happened to me when 278 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord in nineteen 279 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 4: ninety nine. In a sense, I felt like I had 280 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 4: been buried outside of Victoria. My father was my best friend. 281 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 4: I'd worked with him closely here at the ministry for 282 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: seventeen years. We traveled all over the world. When he died, 283 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 4: it seemed like the wind that was taken out of 284 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 4: my cell. It was a struggle making some of the adjustments, 285 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 4: but one thing that really helped me was down deep, 286 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 4: I knew this thing is not going to bury me. 287 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 4: It's planting me, and somehow, some way, God's going to 288 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 4: use it to my good. There were days where it 289 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 4: didn't look like anything would ever work out. I had 290 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 4: to do like David and just keep encouraging myself. I said, God, 291 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 4: I know you're still on the throne. This loss is 292 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 4: not a surprise to you. But you still have something 293 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 4: great in my future. God is faithful. He not only 294 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 4: brought me through that dark time, but that's when I 295 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 4: discovered potential in me that I didn't even know I had. 296 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 4: I didn't know I could get up here in minister. 297 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 4: The loss of my father is when my seed really blossomed. 298 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 4: It was meant to destroy me, but God used it 299 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 4: to increase me. When you're in those dark times and 300 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: you feel like you've been buried, maybe you've been through 301 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 4: some kind of loss, and you don't see anything bright 302 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 4: in your future, feels like people are walking on top 303 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 4: of you. Remember there is a process taking place like 304 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 4: that little seed. New growth is springing forth, new talent, 305 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 4: new determination, new opportunities, new friendships. God is birthing something 306 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 4: in you greater than you are right now. You have 307 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 4: to keep reminding yourself. God is still on the throne. 308 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 4: This is not the end, It's only the beginning. I've 309 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 4: got comeback power in my DNA friends don't live your 310 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 4: life with a chip on your shoulder. Don't go around 311 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 4: dwelling on your disappointments on what didn't work out. Bitterness 312 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: will keep your seed from taking root. Self pity will 313 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 4: hinder your growth. Condemnation and feeling like you don't deserve 314 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 4: God's goodness will limit how high you can go. Why 315 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 4: don't you shake that off and step up over into faith? 316 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 4: Understand the only difference between being buried and being planted 317 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 4: is what you expect. If you expect that difficulty to 318 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 4: be the end of you and you give up on 319 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 4: your dreams, then even though you're a seed with the 320 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 4: life of Almighty God, even though God's already planned your 321 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: come back, because of your own thinking, it won't happen. 322 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 4: And I've seen people that have gone through incredible challenges, 323 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 4: but right in the middle, they've got a smile on 324 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 4: their face. They're hoping, believing, expecting. You know what they're saying, God, 325 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 4: I know I'm not buried, I'm planted, and I can't 326 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 4: wait to see what you're going to do next. I 327 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 4: can't wait to see the new doors you're gonna open, 328 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 4: the new friends I'm gonna meet, the new opportunities, I'm 329 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 4: gonna encounter. If you'll stay in faith like that, your 330 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 4: difficulties will lead you to a new fullness. You'll see 331 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 4: God blossom your life in ways you've never even imagined. 332 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 4: This is what happened to Job. He went through a 333 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 4: nine month season when everything that could go wrong did. 334 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 4: He lost his business, lost his health, lost his family. 335 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 4: It looked like he was buried, looked like God wasn't 336 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 4: even concerned about him. It got so bad his wife said, 337 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 4: Job just cursed God and die. She was saying, Job, 338 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 4: it's over, You're done, Just give up. It's funny sometimes 339 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 4: the people that should be encouraging us or doing just 340 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 4: the opposite. Don't let anyone talk you out of your dreams. 341 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 4: Don't let someone convince you that you've been buried. Don't 342 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 4: listen to the news report so long that you just 343 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 4: plan on having a defeated down year. No, no matter 344 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 4: what comes your way, it is not a surprise to God. 345 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 4: It was not sent to bury you. It was sent 346 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 4: to increase you. You may not see how right now, 347 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 4: but God has a way. If you stay in faith, 348 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 4: He's gonna bring some kind of good out of it. 349 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 4: Job was down, but Job was not out. If you 350 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 4: read the end of the story, it tells us that 351 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 4: Job came out with twice what he had before. He 352 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 4: had twice, the livestock twice, the joy twice, the peace twice, 353 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 4: the victory. God gave him double for that trouble. When 354 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 4: you're in tough times and everything that could go wrong, 355 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 4: does you got to dig your heels in and just 356 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 4: say this attack was meant to destroy me. But I've 357 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 4: got inside information. It cannot bury me. It's only planting me. 358 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 4: And I'm not only gonna come out, I'm gonna come 359 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 4: out like Job, which twice what I had before. The 360 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 4: scripture talks about in James how we should wait for 361 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 4: God's promise, says, like a farmer waits for his harvest. 362 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 4: I've never seen a farmer plant a crop and then 363 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 4: worry night and day as to whether it's gonna come up. 364 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 4: He doesn't lose sleep at night, say, oh, please pray 365 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 4: that my corn's gonna take root. Please pray that I'm 366 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 4: gonna have a harvest. No, he waits with a knowing, 367 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 4: with a confidence. In fact, he doesn't necessarily hope that 368 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 4: it happens. He doesn't even have to believe that it's 369 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 4: gonna happen. He takes it one step further. He knows 370 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 4: that his harvest is on its way. He's seen it 371 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 4: happen time and time again. And really it's not enough 372 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 4: to just hope that your situation turns around, Joel. I 373 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 4: hope I get well, or I hope my child straightens up, 374 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 4: or I sure hope I make it through this slow 375 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 4: time at the office. It doesn't look good. No, start 376 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 4: waiting like a farmer. Wait with a knowing, Wait with 377 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 4: a confidence. Not if it's gonna happen, but when it's 378 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 4: gonna happen. Just like that armor, he has planted, he's watered, 379 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 4: he's fertilized. Now he waits with the knowing. Well, you 380 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 4: have stood on God's promises. You have praised, you have believed, 381 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 4: you have watered your seed with your praises. Now it's 382 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 4: time to come over into this knowing. It's time to 383 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 4: come into an unshakable confidence. Somebody ask you, you still 384 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 4: think you're gonna get out of debt with the economy 385 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 4: as bad as it is. Tell him, I don't think so. 386 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 4: I know so it's just a matter of time. Well, 387 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 4: you still think that your child is gonna straighten up. 388 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 4: He's as wild as can be. No, I don't think so. 389 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 4: I know. So as for me and my house, we 390 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 4: will serve the Lord. Well, you really think you're gonna 391 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 4: get well? I've never seen you look so bad. They 392 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: must be related to Job's wife. You tell him, I 393 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 4: don't think I'm gonna get well. I know I'm gonna 394 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 4: get well. God is restoring health unto me. How about 395 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 4: this one, You really think you're gonna get married? You've 396 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 4: been single so long. I don't think so. I know. 397 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 4: So God's bringing the right person into my life. He's 398 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 4: bringing me divine connections. You've got to have an unshakable confidence. 399 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 4: Just like you know the sun's gonna come up in 400 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 4: the morning, you know God's gonna bring about his promises. 401 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 4: It may happen this afternoon, it may happen tomorrow, next week, 402 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 4: next year, or twenty years from now, but you know that, 403 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 4: you know that, you know, just like that farmer, that 404 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 4: your harvest is on its way. You've seen God do 405 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 4: it in the past, and you know he's gonna do 406 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 4: it again in your future. It goes on to say 407 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 4: that we should wait like Job. Isn't it interesting that, 408 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 4: of all the people God could have chosen. He chose 409 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 4: Job as the example. I believe it's significant Job was 410 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 4: the one that received double God is saying, while you're 411 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 4: waiting for his promises, when the business is slow, when 412 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 4: the medical report doesn't look good, don't just expect to 413 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 4: come out the same. Don't expect to just survive it. 414 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,719 Speaker 4: Expect to come out better off than you were before. 415 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 4: Expect to come out like job, with twice what you have. 416 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 4: In other words, get a bigger vision. Think about when 417 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 4: you put a seed in the ground, it never comes 418 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 4: up and just gives you one more seed. It doesn't 419 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 4: come up equal. If you plant an apple seed, it 420 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 4: grows up into a big tree. It gives you many 421 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 4: more apples. It's multiplied over and over. That's what this 422 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 4: is saying. We should wait with a confidence, with a 423 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: knowing that I'm not only coming out, but I'm going 424 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 4: to come out multiplied, increase, in full, blossoming. I know 425 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 4: you may have some difficulties, but don't talk about your problems, 426 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 4: talk about your God. The scripture says, let God arise, 427 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 4: and his enemies will be scattered. When you let God 428 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 4: arise in your life and you go out with this 429 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 4: unshakable confidence. You're waiting for your harvest like that farmer, 430 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 4: and it is going to be better than expected. You 431 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,479 Speaker 4: know down deep. No difficulty can defeat you, No person 432 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 4: can keep you from your destiny. Every setback is only temporary. 433 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 4: Instead of complaining, you're saying, I can't wait to see 434 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 4: what God's gonna do. When you let God arise, you 435 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 4: might as well get ready. Your enemies will be scattered, 436 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 4: enemies of sickness, enemies of debt, enemies of depression, enemies 437 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 4: of disappointment. Let me ask you today, what are you 438 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 4: letting a rise? What are you lifting up? Oh, Joel 439 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 4: minutes hard. I lost a lot of money in the 440 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 4: stock market. My health doesn't look good. Somebody walked out 441 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 4: of my relationship. No, you're letting the wrong things arise. 442 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 4: That's defeed, discouragement, self pity. You need to turn it around. 443 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 4: Say God is still in control. Somebody may have walked 444 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 4: out of a relationship, but I know God's gonna bring 445 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 4: me somebody better. I may be hurting right now, but 446 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 4: I know God is the restore of my soul. He's 447 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 4: giving me beauty for my ashes. Mail lost money in 448 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 4: the stock market, but I'm not worried. I know God 449 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 4: is my provider. He's supplying all of my needs. Somebody 450 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 4: may have cheated me in a business deal, No big deal. 451 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 4: God's my vindicator. He'll make my wrongs right. He's fighting 452 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 4: my battles. I'm not buried. I know I'm planted. When 453 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 4: you let God arise, you can't stay defeated. Your enemies 454 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 4: will be scattered. I was thinking about Moses as a 455 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 4: young man. He had a desire to deliver the people 456 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 4: of Israel. But he got out of God's timing and 457 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 4: he killed a man. He had to run for his life. 458 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 4: He spent forty years on the back side of the desert. 459 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 4: Looked like he was buried, looked like his dreams would 460 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 4: never come to pass. The truth is he wasn't buried. 461 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 4: He was simply planted. He was coming back. Those dreams 462 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 4: were still alive. During all those years out there in 463 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 4: the wilderness. He didn't get bitter, he didn't get discouraged. 464 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 4: He knew God was still in control. One day, when 465 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 4: he was eighty years old, God God came and said, Moses, 466 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 4: it's time for you come back. It's time for you 467 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 4: to blossom. I've got an assignment for you. Do you 468 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 4: know the latter part of Moses' life was much greater 469 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 4: than the first part. Some of you today kind of 470 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 4: feel like Moses, like you've made too many mistakes. Joel, 471 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 4: this sounds good, but I've missed so many opportunities. Listen, 472 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 4: God wants the rest of your life to be the 473 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 4: most fulfilling, the most rewarding. Those dreams that you once had, 474 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: they didn't die. They're still alive on the inside. You 475 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 4: may have made poor choices, but it didn't bury you. 476 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 4: It planted you. That means God has already arranged your comeback. 477 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 4: Now you've got to do your part and get your 478 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 4: fire back. Quit living condemned. Quit listening to the accuser 479 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 4: reminding you of everything that you've done wrong. God knew 480 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 4: every mistake you'd ever make. The moment you ask him 481 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 4: for forgiveness, he forgave you. The good news is he 482 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 4: didn't cancel your destiny and give away your assignment. You 483 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 4: need to dig your heels in and say that's it. 484 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 4: I'm not living condemned anymore. If God gave Moses another chance, 485 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 4: he'll give me another chance. This is a new day. 486 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 4: I'm putting on a new attitude I know I've not 487 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 4: been buried. I've been planted. Friends, you have come back 488 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 4: power in your DNA. You've been created to overcome every obstacle, 489 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,239 Speaker 4: to rise above every challenge. I want you to have 490 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 4: this confidence that no matter what comes against you, it 491 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 4: cannot defeat you. As long as you're letting God arise, 492 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 4: your enemies will be scattered. That same dirt that's trying 493 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 4: to bury you can be the dirt God's gonna use 494 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 4: to promote you. Learn to shake it off and step up. 495 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 4: Remember in the tough times, that loss, that disappointment, that 496 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: injustice is not the end. It's a new beginning. Put 497 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 4: your shoulders back, hold your head a pie. Dare to 498 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: declare I'm coming back and I'm coming back better. If 499 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 4: you do that, then you're going to come out like 500 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,479 Speaker 4: job with twice what you had before. Those difficulties are 501 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 4: gonna give way to new growth, new potential, new talent, 502 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 4: new friendships, new opportunities, new vision. You're gonna see God 503 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,959 Speaker 4: blossom your life in ways that you've never even dreamed of. Amen, 504 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 4: do you receive that today? We never like to close 505 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 4: our godcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 506 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 507 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 508 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and save you. Friends. 509 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 510 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 511 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 4: God first place. He's gonna take your places you've never 512 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 4: dreamed of. 513 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Julus Deine podcast. 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