GOD BLESS YOU,
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US TODAY. I KNOW GOD HAS
AMAZING THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE.
I HOPE YOU'LL STAY CONNECTED
WITH US ALL THROUGH THE
WEEK.
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AND LISTEN TO THE MESSAGES
ANYTIME.
OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR YOUTUBE
CHANNEL, BUT THANKS FOR
TUNING IN TODAY.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY.
I HEARD ABOUT THIS PASTOR.
HE WAS IN THE LOBBY AFTER
SERVICE GREETING PEOPLE.
HE SAW A MAN THAT HE HADN'T
SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
HE PULLED HIM ASIDE AND
SAID, "SIR, YOU NEED TO JOIN
THE ARMY OF THE LORD."
THE MAN SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
I'M IN THE ARMY OF THE
LORD."
THE PASTOR SAID, "WELL HOW
COME I ONLY SEE YOU ON
EASTER AND CHRISTMAS?"
THE MAN WHISPERED BACK, "I'M
IN THE SECRET SERVICE."
ALL RIGHT, SAY IT LIKE YOU
MEAN IT.
THIS IS MY BIBLE.
I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN
DO.
TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE
WORD OF GOD.
I BOLDLY CONFESS: MY MIND IS
ALERT.
MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IN
JESUS' NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT REMEMBER WHAT GOD
SAID.
WE ALL HAVE PROMISES GOD HAS
PUT IN OUR HEART, THINGS WE
KNOW HE'S SPOKEN TO US.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO
ACCOMPLISH A DREAM, SEE A
PROBLEM TURN AROUND, BEAT
THE ADDICTION, MEET THE
RIGHT PERSON.
AT ONE TIME, WE KNEW IT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE WERE PRAYING, BELIEVING,
PASSIONATE.
BUT WHEN IT'S TAKING LONGER
THAN WE THOUGHT.
WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH
DISAPPOINTMENTS, AND PEOPLE
DIDN'T COME THROUGH AND THE
MEDICAL REPORT ISN'T
IMPROVING, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
START TO PLAY LOUDER AND
LOUDER.
"IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK
OUT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO
GET WELL, YOU'LL NEVER SEE
YOUR FAMILY RESTORED."
TOO OFTEN WE LET THOSE
THOUGHTS DROWN OUT WHAT GOD
HAS SPOKEN TO US.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN
FAITH, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
WHAT GOD SAID.
GO BACK TO THE PROMISES, GO
BACK TO THAT TIME HE
WHISPERED TO YOU IN THE
NIGHT.
START THANKING HIM FOR WHAT
HE TOLD YOU, START DECLARING
FAVOR, VICTORY, HEALING.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR FAITH
STIRRED UP, KEEP THOSE
PROMISES ON THE FOREFRONT OF
YOUR MIND.
GOD IS FAITHFUL.
HE DOESN'T TELL YOU
SOMETHING AND THEN NOT DO
IT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "ALL OF
HIS PROMISES ARE YES AND
AMEN."
IT MAY NOT HAPPEN ON OUR
TIMETABLE OR THE WAY WE
THINK BUT WHAT GOD PROMISED
IS ON THE WAY.
IT'S EASY TO BELIEVE WHEN
THINGS ARE GOING OUR WAY.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE
PROMISE WON'T COME TO PASS
WITHOUT A TEST.
WHEN YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
IT'S TAKING SO LONG AND WHY
THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T KEEP
THEIR WORD.
YOU'LL BE TEMPTED TO LIVE
FRUSTRATED, LIVE WORRIED,
AFRAID.
RECOGNIZE THAT'S A TEST.
THE ENEMY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO FORGET WHAT GOD PROMISED.
HE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO GET SO
CAUGHT UP IN WHAT'S NOT
HAPPENING, SO FOCUSED ON HOW
YOUR CHILD ISN'T DOING
RIGHT.
RIGHT WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU
WERE GETTING AHEAD THE
PANDEMIC HIT.
NOW THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN
HAVE A GOOD YEAR.
NO REMEMBER WHAT GOD SAID.
EVEN IN FAMINE YOU WILL HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH.
WHATEVER YOU TOUCH WILL
PROSPER AND SUCCEED.
THE ECONOMY IS NOT YOUR
SOURCE, GOD IS YOUR SOURCE.
YOU'RE CONNECTED TO A SUPPLY
LINE THAT WILL NEVER RUN
DRY.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
TRYING TO STEAL THE SEED OF
GOD'S WORD OUT OF YOUR
HEART.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU KEEP THAT
SEED WATERED, YOU KEEP
THANKING GOD FOR WHAT HE
PROMISED, YOU KEEP TALKING
LIKE IT'S ON THE WAY, YOU'RE
CONSTANTLY MEDITATING ON
WHAT HE SAID, THEN YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THE
FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
HE'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN THAT YOU COULDN'T
MAKE HAPPEN.
JESUS SAID IN JOHN 11, "DID
NOT I TELL YOU, IF YOU
BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE THE
GLORY OF GOD."
YOU MAY BE FACING A
SICKNESS, YOU'RE SO WORRIED,
STRESSED OUT.
GOD IS SAYING, "DID NOT I
TELL YOU, I WILL RESTORE
HEALTH UNTO YOU.
DID NOT I TELL YOU, BY MY
STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED.
DID NOT I TELL YOU, THE
NUMBER OF YOUR DAYS I WILL
FULFILL."
WHY DON'T YOU START THANKING
GOD FOR WHAT HE TOLD YOU
INSTEAD OF LETTING THE
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS PLAY?
THE REASON WE'RE DISCOURAGED
MANY TIMES IS WE'VE
FORGOTTEN WHAT GOD SAID.
IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.
GO BACK TO HIS PROMISES, GO
BACK TO WHAT HE WHISPERED TO
YOU IN THE NIGHT.
START REMEMBERING WHAT HE
HAS SPOKEN OVER YOU.
REPLAYING THAT OVER AND
OVER.
AS YOU DWELL ON THOSE
PROMISES, FEAR HAS TO LEAVE;
DOUBT AND WORRY CANNOT STAY,
FAITH WILL RISE IN YOUR
HEART.
MAYBE YOUR CHILD IS OFF
COURSE, RUNNING WITH THE
WRONG CROWD.
YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, THINKING
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO
CHANGE.
GOD IS SAYING, "DID NOT I
TELL YOU THAT AS FOR YOU AND
YOUR HOUSE YOU WILL SERVE
THE LORD.
DID NOT I TELL YOU THAT YOUR
CHILDREN WILL BE MIGHTY IN
THE LAND."
WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TEMPTED
TO WORRY, TURN IT AROUND.
"LORD THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
SAID, THAT MY CHILDREN WILL
FULFILL THEIR DESTINY."
THERE'S A BATTLE TAKING
PLACE IN OUR MIND.
THE ENEMY COMES AGAINST US
WITH THOUGHTS, THOUGHTS OF
DOUBT, FEAR, WORRY.
HIS GOAL IS TO KEEP YOUR
MIND SO FILLED WITH ALL THE
NEGATIVE, THAT YOU'RE SO
PREOCCUPIED WITH WHAT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK OUT, HOW YOU
CAN'T BREAK THE ADDICTION,
HOW YOU'LL NEVER MEET THE
RIGHT PERSON, THAT YOU NEVER
THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD
PROMISED YOU.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF
YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.
WHEN WORRY COMES, DON'T GO
ON AUTOPILOT, DON'T JUST LET
IT PLAY, STAY ON THE
OFFENSIVE.
ON PURPOSE REMEMBER WHAT GOD
SAID.
THANK HIM THAT HE'S MAKING A
WAY WHERE YOU DON'T SEE A
WAY, THANK HIM THAT HE
ALWAYS CAUSES YOU TO
TRIUMPH.
THANK HIM THAT WHAT WAS
MEANT FOR HARM, HE'S TURNING
TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
THANK HIM THAT HE'S TAKING
YOU FROM GLORY TO GLORY,
FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY.
A YOUNG LADY I KNOW WENT
THROUGH A BREAKUP IN A
RELATIONSHIP.
SHE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
THE PERSON SHE WOULD MARRY.
SHE WAS SO DISCOURAGED, SO
DOWN ON LIFE, DOWN ON
HERSELF.
WE ALL GO THROUGH
DISAPPOINTMENTS, LOSS,
THINGS THAT ARE NOT FAIR.
IF WE STAY FOCUSED ON THE
HURTS, "GOD, WHY DID THIS
HAPPEN?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,"
THAT'S GOING TO KEEP US
WEIGHED DOWN AND WE'LL MISS
THE NEW THINGS GOD HAS IN
STORE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, BUT
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS SHIFT
IN YOUR THINKING.
QUIT DWELLING ON THE HURTS
AND START DWELLING ON WHAT
GOD PROMISED YOU.
GOD IS SAYING, "DID NOT I
TELL YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU
BEAUTY FOR THOSE ASHES.
DID NOT I TELL YOU, WEEPING
ENDURES FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY
COMES IN THE MORNING.
DID NOT I TELL YOU, THAT I
WILL PAY YOU BACK DOUBLE FOR
THE UNFAIR THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED?"
GOD HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF
HIS HAND.
HE HAS NOT BROUGHT YOU THIS
FAR TO LEAVE YOU.
THAT LOSS, THE BREAKUP, YES
IT'S PAINFUL, BUT IT DIDN'T
STOP YOUR DESTINY.
GOD HAS A NEW BEGINNING,
HE'S ABOUT TO OPEN NEW
DOORS, BRING NEW
RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR BEST
DAYS.
THE REASON THE ENEMY IS
FIGHTING YOU IS HE KNOWS
THERE'S SOMETHING AMAZING IN
YOUR FUTURE.
YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF
SEEING BLESSING, FAVOR,
INFLUENCE, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER
SEEN.
NOW DON'T LET THOSE NEGATIVE
THOUGHTS KEEP YOU WHERE YOU
ARE.
START REMEMBERING WHAT GOD
SAID.
IN THE SCRIPTURE, WHEN JOB
WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL
THIS LOSS AND HEARTACHE.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD SEEN
HIS BEST DAYS, EVERYTHING
HAD GONE WRONG.
GOD SAID TO HIM, "I WILL YET
FILL YOUR MOUTH WITH
LAUGHTER AND YOUR LIPS WITH
SHOUTS OF JOY."
THIS WAS IN CHAPTER EIGHT,
THINGS DIDN'T TURN AROUND
UNTIL CHAPTER 42.
I CAN IMAGINE JOB SITTING IN
THE ASHES, DISCOURAGED,
THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT HAD
GONE WRONG.
HE WAS TEMPTED TO FEEL SORRY
FOR HIMSELF, GIVE UP ON
LIFE, BUT THEN HE REMEMBERED
WHAT GOD PROMISED.
HE'S GOING TO FILL MY MOUTH
WITH LAUGHTER.
I CAN HEAR HIM SAYING, "LORD
THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO
DREAM AGAIN, I'M GOING TO
LAUGH AGAIN, I'M GOING TO
LOVE AGAIN."
WHEN HE COULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLAINING, RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DIFFICULTY, HE
LOOKED UP AND SAID, "I KNOW
MY REDEEMER LIVES."
HE WAS SAYING, "I KNOW GOD
IS STILL ON THE THRONE, I
KNOW HE'S BIGGER THAN THIS
ADVERSITY, I KNOW MY LATTER
DAYS WILL BE BETTER THAN MY
FORMER DAYS."
HE KEPT REMEMBERING WHAT GOD
SAID, NOT WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SAID, NOT WHAT
HIS EMOTIONS SAID, NOT WHAT
THE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS SAID.
WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR MIND ON
WHAT GOD PROMISED, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE HIM SHOW OUT IN
YOUR LIFE.
WHEN THAT TEST WAS OVER, JOB
CAME OUT WITH TWICE WHAT HE
HAD BEFORE.
YOU MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH
LOSS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, THAT
IS NOT HOW YOUR STORY ENDS.
IT MAY BE PAINFUL NOW,
YOU'RE HURTING, GOD SEES IT.
HE'S NOT ONLY GOING TO HELP
YOU THROUGH, BUT HE'S GOING
TO FILL YOUR MOUTH WITH
LAUGHTER.
THERE'S GREAT JOY IN YOUR
FUTURE, THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY HEADED YOUR WAY, NEW
RELATIONSHIPS, FAVOR LIKE
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
NOW DON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP
OF COMPLAINING, LIVING IN
SELF-PITY, THINKING IT'S ALL
DOWNHILL FROM HERE.
YOU'RE REMEMBERING THE WRONG
THINGS, START REMEMBERING
WHAT GOD SAID.
THAT THERE IS BEAUTY FOR
THOSE ASHES.
THAT DOUBLE IS COMING,
DOUBLE THE JOY, DOUBLE THE
PEACE, DOUBLE THE RESOURCES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST
COME OUT, GOD SAYS YOU'RE
GOING TO COME OUT BETTER.
STRONGER, HEALTHIER,
HAPPIER, MORE FULFILLED.
NOW DO LIKE JOB AND KEEP
THANKING GOD FOR WHAT HE
SAID.
KEEP DECLARING, "MY REDEEMER
LIVES."
ALL THROUGH THE DAY IN YOUR
THOUGHTS, "FATHER THANK YOU
THAT YOUR PLANS FOR ME ARE
FOR GOOD.
THANK YOU THAT YOU WILL FILL
MY MOUTH WITH LAUGHTER
AGAIN."
WHEN YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE,
IT'S SO IMPORTANT WHAT
YOU'RE ALLOWING TO PLAY IN
YOUR MIND.
THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU ALL
THE REASONS IT'S NOT GOING
TO WORK OUT.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL TELL
YOU HOW YOU'LL NEVER BREAK
THE ADDICTION, YOU CAN'T
START THAT BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO WHAT
GOD SAID, NOT WHAT PEOPLE
SAID.
NO DISRESPECT, BUT NOT WHAT
THE EXPERTS SAID, NOT WHAT
YOUR MIND SAYS, NOT HOW YOU
FEEL, BUT TO WHAT GOD
PROMISED.
MAYBE YOU'RE DISCOURAGED
OVER HOW LONG YOUR DREAM IS
TAKING, HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT
LOOKS.
GOD IS SAYING, "DID NOT I
TELL YOU WHAT I STARTED I
WILL FINISH.
DID NOT I TELL YOU, IF YOU
DELIGHT YOURSELF IN ME, I
WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF
YOUR HEART."
THE MEDICAL REPORT WASN'T
GOOD, NOW YOU'RE UPSET.
"DID NOT I TELL YOU NO
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU
WILL PROSPER."
PEOPLE AT THE OFFICE ARE
PLAYING POLITICS, TRYING TO
PUSH YOU DOWN, THEY HAVE
MORE INFLUENCE, MORE
SENIORITY.
"DID NOT I TELL YOU WHEN THE
ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD,
I WILL RAISE UP A BARRIER.
DID NOT I TELL YOU I WILL
FIGHT YOUR BATTLES FOR YOU.
DID NOT I TELL YOU I AM
PREPARING A TABLE BEFORE YOU
IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR
ENEMIES."
WHEN YOU REMEMBER WHAT GOD
SAID YOU WON'T BE WORRIED,
YOU'LL HAVE PEACE IN THE
MIDST OF THE STORM.
YOU'LL HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE
FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU'LL HAVE THE COURAGE TO
DEFEAT GIANTS, THE ENDURANCE
TO OUTLAST OPPOSITION, THE
FAVOR TO ACCOMPLISH MORE
THAN YOU THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
IT WAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING,
JESUS HAD JUST BEEN
CRUCIFIED AND RISEN FROM THE
DEAD.
THREE WOMEN WENT TO THE TOMB
TO CARE FOR JESUS' BODY.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY
NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY.
THEY LOOKED IN AND JESUS'
BODY WAS GONE.
THEY WERE SO DISTRAUGHT.
AS THEY SAT THERE WEEPING,
NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO,
SUDDENLY TWO MEN APPEARED TO
THEM.
THEY WERE ANGELS.
THEY WERE WEARING BRIGHT
ROBES; SO BRILLIANT,
RADIATING SUCH LIGHT, THESE
WOMEN COULD HARDLY LOOK AT
THEM.
THEY WERE TERRIFIED.
THE ANGELS SAID, "WHY ARE
YOU LOOKING IN A TOMB FOR
SOMEONE THAT'S ALIVE.
JESUS IS NOT HERE.
HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD."
I CAN IMAGINE HOW THESE
LADIES WERE SITTING THERE IN
AWE, TRYING TO TAKE IT ALL
IN.
THE ANGEL WENT ON TO SAY,
"DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT HE
TOLD YOU IN GALILEE, THAT HE
WOULD BE BETRAYED AND
CRUCIFIED, THEN ON THE THIRD
DAY HE WOULD RISE FROM THE
DEAD?"
THE NEXT VERSE SAYS, "THEY
REMEMBERED WHAT JESUS SAID,
AND THEY RUSHED BACK TO TELL
THE DISCIPLES."
THESE WOMEN CAME TO THE TOMB
DISCOURAGED, DEPRESSED,
DEFEATED, THEY WENT BACK
HOME EXCITED, PASSIONATE,
FULL OF FAITH, FULL OF HOPE,
THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO TELL
THE OTHER DISCIPLES.
WHEN YOU REMEMBER WHAT GOD
SAYS IT WILL CHANGE YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE DWELLING
ON THE NEGATIVE, WHAT DIDN'T
WORK OUT, HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT
IS, THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU
DISCOURAGED.
GOD IS SAYING TO YOU WHAT
THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM,
"DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT I
TOLD YOU?
DON'T YOU REMEMBER THAT I
SAID YOU WILL LEND AND NOT
BORROW?
DON'T YOU REMEMBER I SAID MY
MERCY IS BIGGER THAN YOUR
MISTAKES?"
GOD HAS YOU HEARING THIS FOR
ONE REASON, SO YOU'LL
REMEMBER WHAT HE'S PROMISED
YOU.
YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO WHAT
GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU, GO
BACK TO THAT DREAM HE GAVE
YOU IN THE NIGHT, GO BACK TO
THAT PROMISE THAT HE
WHISPERED IN YOUR SPIRIT.
YOU HAVE TO STIR IT UP.
GET YOUR PASSION BACK.
GET YOUR HOPES UP.
START TALKING LIKE IT'S ON
THE WAY.
START THANKING GOD THAT
IT'S COMING.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THESE
LADIES WERE PERPLEXED,
OVERWHELMED, CONFUSED.
THEIR WORLD HAD BEEN TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN.
UNDER ALL THE PRESSURE, WITH
ALL THE STRESS OF LOSING
THEIR FRIEND, THEY FORGOT
WHAT JESUS HAD TOLD THEM.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS HE
TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, NOT TWENTY YEARS
EARLIER.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, IT'S
BEEN A LONG TIME, THEY
FORGOT.
JESUS TOLD THEM JUST A FEW
DAYS BEFORE, BUT WHEN THEY
CAME UNDER THE PRESSURE,
WHEN THEY FELT OVERWHELMED
THEY FORGOT WHAT HE SAID.
THAT'S THE TIME YOU HAVE TO
BE ON GUARD.
WHEN LIFE IS STRESSFUL, YOU
HAVE A SETBACK IN YOUR
FINANCES, YOU'RE STRUGGLING
WITH DEPRESSION, DON'T LET
THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
DROWN OUT WHAT GOD PROMISED.
MAYBE YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE
NOW.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS LEFT MANY
PEOPLE ANXIOUS, WORRIED,
THINKING, "WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH MY FINANCES?
WHAT ABOUT MY CHILDREN?"
THINGS ARE PUT ON HOLD.
IT'S EASY TO FORGET WHAT GOD
PROMISED.
LIKE THAT ANGEL, I'M SAYING,
REMEMBER WHAT GOD TOLD YOU.
YOU MAY FEEL ALONE, BUT HE
SAID, "I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU.
I'LL STICK CLOSER THAN A
BROTHER."
YOUR BUSINESS SLOWED DOWN,
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
HE SAID, "I'LL MAKE STREAMS
IN THE DESERT.
I'LL SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
ACCORDING TO MY RICHES."
THAT ANXIETY, THE
DEPRESSION, THE ADDICTION
SEEMS PERMANENT.
HE SAID, "THE ENEMIES YOU
SEE TODAY YOU WILL SEE NO
MORE.
HE SAID GREATER IS HE THAT'S
IN YOU THAN WHAT'S TRYING TO
STOP YOU.
HE SAID WHOM THE SON SETS
FREE IS FREE INDEED."
ARE YOU REMEMBERING WHAT HE
SAID?
OR HAVE YOU LET THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TROUBLE,
THE STRESS CAUSE YOU TO
DWELL ON THE NEGATIVE, THINK
ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT GOING TO
WORK OUT.
WHEN WE'RE UNDER PRESSURE
THE MISTAKE WE MAKE MANY
TIMES IS WE GO BY WHAT WE
SEE INSTEAD OF BY WHAT GOD
SAID.
"WELL, JOEL LOOK AT THIS
MEDICAL REPORT, LOOK AT MY
FINANCES, LOOK AT HOW BIG
THESE OBSTACLES ARE."
AS LONG AS YOU GO BY WHAT
YOU SEE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
WORRIED AND STRESSED.
YOU HAVE TO START GOING BY
WHAT GOD SAID.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, WHAT
HE SAID WILL OVERRIDE WHAT
YOU SEE.
WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AND I
STEPPED UP TO PASTOR THE
CHURCH, WHAT I SAW WHEN I
LOOKED IN THE MIRROR WAS
SOMEONE THAT WAS
INEXPERIENCED, INTIMIDATED,
UNQUALIFIED.
THOUGHTS TOLD ME THAT NOBODY
WOULD LISTEN TO ME, THAT I
WAS GOING TO GET UP THERE
AND FAIL.
I WAS TEMPTED TO LIVE
WORRIED, SHRINK BACK, BUT I
DID WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO
DO.
I DIDN'T GO BY WHAT I SAW, I
WENT BY WHAT GOD SAID.
I FELT WEAK, BUT I
REMEMBERED THAT GOD SAID, "I
AM STRONG IN THE LORD."
I DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO
IT, BUT I REMEMBERED WHAT
GOD SAID, "I CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST."
I HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT
DIDN'T WANT ME TO SUCCEED,
SOME CRITICS THAT HAD LARGE
FOLLOWINGS, IT LOOKED LIKE
THEY WOULD DISCREDIT ME,
HOLD ME DOWN, BUT I
REMEMBERED WHAT GOD SAID,
"THAT PROMOTION DOESN'T COME
FROM PEOPLE, IT COMES FROM
THE LORD."
PEOPLE DON'T DETERMINE YOUR
DESTINY.
THEY CANNOT STOP THE CALLING
ON YOUR LIFE.
THEY MAY LOOK BIGGER, MORE
POWERFUL, MORE INFLUENTIAL.
DON'T GO BY WHAT YOU SEE, GO
BY WHAT GOD SAYS.
HE SAYS, "YOU'RE A GIANT
KILLER.
HE SAYS YOU'RE MORE THAN A
CONQUEROR.
HE SAYS THE TRAP THE ENEMIES
SET FOR YOU, THEY WILL FALL
IN THEMSELVES."
IN MATTHEW 14 JESUS TOLD THE
DISCIPLES TO GET IN THE BOAT
AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE LAKE.
HE WAS GOING TO MEET THEM
THERE.
THE DISCIPLES STARTED ROWING
THAT WAY, EVERYTHING WAS
GOING FINE UNTIL THE WINDS
PICKED UP.
THE WAVES GOT ROUGH.
NOW THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO
MAKE IT HOUR AFTER HOUR.
AT THREE IN THE MORNING THEY
LOOKED UP AND THIS FIGURE
CAME WALKING ON THE WATER.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GHOST.
THEY WERE SO AFRAID, THE
SCRIPTURE SAYS, "THEY
SCREAMED IN TERROR."
THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
JESUS TOLD THEM IT WAS HIM.
PETER WAS NOT ONLY
ASTONISHED, HE WAS INSPIRED.
HE SAID, "LORD IF THAT'S
REALLY YOU, TELL ME TO COME
TO YOU BY WALKING ON THE
WATER."
JESUS SAID, "ALRIGHT PETER,
YOU CAN COME; YOU TOO CAN
WALK ON THE WATER."
PETER CLIMBED OVER THE SIDE
OF THE BOAT AND STEPPED INTO
THE WATER BUT HIS FEET
DIDN'T GO DOWN.
HE STARTED WALKING ON TOP OF
THE WATER, DEFYING THE ODDS.
I CAN IMAGINE HOW AMAZED HE
WAS, HOW IN AWE.
HE TOOK STEP AFTER STEP,
LOOKING AT JESUS, MARVELING
AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT THEN HE BEGAN TO LOOK
AROUND AT THE WAVES.
HE LOOKED AT HOW STRONG THE
WIND WAS AND HOW THE BOAT
WAS ROCKING AND HOW HE WAS
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WATER.
SUDDENLY HE BEGAN TO SINK.
HE CRIED OUT, "LORD, PLEASE
SAVE ME."
JESUS REACHED DOWN AND
HELPED HIM BACK INTO THE
BOAT.
AS LONG AS PETER WAS FOCUSED
ON WHAT JESUS SAID, "WALK ON
THE WATER, COME HERE WITH
ME," HE WAS FINE.
BUT WHEN HE STARTED FOCUSING
ON WHAT HE SAW, THE WINDS,
THE WAVES, HE BEGAN TO
DOUBT, BE AFRAID AND THINK,
"I CAN'T DO THIS."
IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE IN
LIFE.
IF YOU STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT
YOU SEE, YOU CAN GET TALKED
OUT OF YOUR DREAMS.
IF YOU'RE FOCUSED ON HOW BIG
THE OBSTACLES ARE, HOW THE
MEDICAL REPORT IS NOT GOOD
AND HOW YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT
OF DEBT, THEN YOU'LL BE
LIMITED.
YOU HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED ON
WHAT GOD SAID.
WHEN YOU FOCUS ON WHAT HE
PROMISED, YOU'LL WALK ON
WATER.
YOU'LL GO PLACES YOU
COULDN'T GO ON YOUR OWN.
YOU'LL OVERCOME OBSTACLES
THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER.
THE WINDS, THE WAVES ARE A
TEST.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET
DISTRACTED AND START
FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE?
"THIS PROBLEM IS TOO BIG,
THIS ADDICTION SEEMS
PERMANENT, I DON'T HAVE THE
FINANCES TO GO TO COLLEGE,
I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD."
THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO
SINK.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR
FOCUS FROM WHAT YOU SEE TO
WHAT GOD SAID.
YOU HAVE TO WALK BY FAITH
AND NOT BY SIGHT.
WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST MAY
SEEM IMPOSSIBLE BUT GOD
CREATED YOU TO WALK ON
WATER.
HE CREATED YOU TO DEFY THE
ODDS.
HE CREATED YOU TO GO FURTHER
THAN PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN GO.
HE CREATED YOU TO DEFEAT
GIANTS.
HE CREATED YOU TO BEAT THE
CANCER.
HE CREATED YOU TO ACQUIRE
COMPAQ CENTERS.
YES IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, YES
YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE THE TALENT, YOU MAY BE
AFRAID, THAT'S OKAY.
THE KEY IS DON'T FOCUS ON
WHAT YOU SEE, FOCUS ON WHAT
GOD SAID.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO FUEL
YOUR FAITH.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE FAR AND BEYOND FAVOR,
FAVOR THAT CATAPULTS YOU
AHEAD.
GOD TOLD NEHEMIAH THAT HE
WAS TO REBUILD THE WALLS OF
JERUSALEM.
NEHEMIAH WASN'T A BUILDER,
HE WAS A CUPBEARER TO THE
KING, LIVING A THOUSAND
MILES AWAY.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES, THE STAFF, THE
INFLUENCE.
BUT GOD NEVER ASKS YOU TO DO
SOMETHING AND THEN DOESN'T
GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO
IT.
GOD WAS SAYING TO NEHEMIAH,
"YOU'RE GOING TO WALK ON
WATER, YOU'RE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING OVER YOUR HEAD,
SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT
QUALIFIED FOR, SOMETHING
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
CONNECTIONS, THE
EXPERIENCE."
NEHEMIAH COULD HAVE LOOKED
AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
THOUGHT, "GOD, YOU HAVE THE
WRONG PERSON, I'LL NEVER
ACCOMPLISH THIS DREAM."
BUT NEHEMIAH UNDERSTOOD THIS
PRINCIPLE.
HE DIDN'T GO BY WHAT HE SAW,
HE WENT BY WHAT GOD SAID.
WHEN YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH,
GOD WILL OPEN DOORS THAT NO
PERSON CAN SHUT.
HE'LL BRING THE RIGHT
PEOPLE.
HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE
HAPPEN.
GOD GAVE NEHEMIAH FAVOR WITH
THE KING.
THE KING NOT ONLY LET HIM
HAVE THE TIME OFF, WHICH WAS
UNPRECEDENTED BUT THE KING
GAVE HIM A LETTER REQUIRING
PEOPLE TO GIVE HIM THE
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES HE
NEEDED.
IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN YEARS
BUT NEHEMIAH REBUILT THE
WALL IN JUST FIFTY TWO DAYS.
GOD HAS SOME THINGS IN YOUR
FUTURE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
WALK ON WATER.
YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO OVERCOME
WHAT LOOKS INSURMOUNTABLE.
NOW DO YOUR PART, DON'T
FOCUS ON THE WINDS, THE
WAVES, THE IMPOSSIBILITIES.
THAT'S GOING TO TALK YOU OUT
OF IT.
FOCUS ON WHAT GOD SAID.
LET HIS PROMISES PLAY IN
YOUR MIND OVER AND OVER.
THAT DREAM THAT HE PUT IN
YOUR HEART, EVERY DAY THANK
HIM FOR IT.
THOSE SECRET THINGS HE
WHISPERED TO YOU IN THE
NIGHT, DARE TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY'RE ON THE WAY.
A FRIEND OF MINE KNEW AN
OLDER GENTLEMAN THAT WAS A
FIGHTER PILOT IN WORLD WAR
2.
HE NOT ONLY FLEW MISSIONS
BUT HE WAS A FLIGHT TRAINER.
HE WOULD TRAIN THESE YOUNG
MEN, MANY OF THEM ONLY
EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HOW TO
FLY PLANES.
BEFORE HE EVER TOOK THEM UP
IN THE AIR, THEY SPENT HOURS
GOING OVER THE INSTRUMENTS,
LEARNING WHAT THEY DID, WHAT
CAUSED THE PLANE TO
FUNCTION.
HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE
OF ALWAYS FLYING THE PLANE
BY THE INSTRUMENTS, NOT BY
WHAT THEY SAW.
THEY SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS
ON THE GROUND IN FLIGHT
SIMULATORS, FLYING PLANES
STRICTLY BY THE INSTRUMENTS.
AFTER ONE YOUNG PILOT
COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, HE
TOOK HIM UP IN THE AIR.
THE PILOT WAS DOING GREAT,
EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTHLY,
JUST LIKE HIS TRAINING.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, A STORM
SUDDENLY AROSE.
THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN BAD
WEATHER.
DARK CLOUDS, THE PLANE
STARTED BOUNCING AROUND.
IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT
THEY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THIS YOUNG PILOT PANICKED.
INSTEAD OF GOING BY HIS
INSTRUMENTS AND FOLLOWING
HIS TRAINING, HE LOOKED
AROUND AT ALL THE CLOUDS,
THE RAIN, HE FELT THE PLANE
SHAKING.
HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND
CONFUSED.
HE COULDN'T TELL IF HE WAS
GAINING ALTITUDE OR LOSING
ALTITUDE.
HE KEPT STRAINING OUT THE
WINDOW TO TRY TO GET SOME
KIND OF VISUAL SIGN AS TO
WHICH DIRECTION TO GO.
FINALLY THE FLIGHT
INSTRUCTOR, TOOK A BLANKET
THAT WAS USED TO COVER THE
WINDSHIELD WHEN THE PLANE
WAS STORED, AND HE CLIPPED
IT IN PLACE.
NOW THE YOUNG PILOT COULDN'T
SEE ANYTHING.
HE HAD NO CHOICE EXCEPT TO
GO BY THE INSTRUMENTS.
IN A FEW MINUTES THEY CAME
OUT OF THE STORM AND
EVENTUALLY LANDED THE PLANE
SAFELY.
SOMETIMES LIKE THIS YOUNG
PILOT, WE KNOW WHAT GOD
PROMISED US, WE HAVE THE
INSTRUMENTS.
WE DO GOOD ON THE GROUND.
WE QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE, WE
BELIEVE BUT WHEN THE STORM
HITS, WE START LOOKING AT
THE CLOUDS, THE WINDS.
IT'S BUMPY, WE DON'T SEE A
WAY.
TOO OFTEN WE PANIC, LIVE
WORRIED, BUT YOU HAVE TO
COME BACK TO THE
INSTRUMENTS.
YOU CAN'T GO BY WHAT YOU SEE
OR YOU'LL GET DISCOURAGED.
YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING
EXCEPT DARK CLOUDS.
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S
NO VISIBILITY.
NO SIGN OF HOW IT'S GOING TO
WORK OUT.
GO BACK TO YOUR INSTRUMENTS.
REMEMBER WHAT GOD PROMISED
YOU.
THERE'S NOT A STORM YOU'RE
FACING THAT'S A SURPRISE TO
GOD.
THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM YOU'RE
IN THAT HE CAN'T GET YOU OUT
OF.
BUT WHEN WE'RE UNDER
PRESSURE, WHEN LIFE GETS
STRESSFUL IT'S EASY TO FOCUS
ON THE WRONG THINGS.
ARE YOU LOOKING OUT THE
WINDOW, FOCUSED ON THE STORM
OR ARE YOU FOCUSED ON WHAT
GOD PROMISED YOU?
HE'S SPOKEN DREAMS TO YOUR
HEART.
HE'S WHISPERED THINGS TO YOU
IN THE NIGHT.
THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO DROWN
THEM OUT WITH NEGATIVE
THOUGHTS AND NEGATIVE
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY ARE
STILL ALIVE.
WHAT GOD STARTED HE'S GOING
TO FINISH.
NOW DO YOUR PART AND
REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID.
KEEP DECLARING WHAT HE
PROMISED, KEEP THANKING HIM
FOR IT.
IF YOU'LL DO THIS I BELIEVE
AND DECLARE, LIKE PETER,
YOU'RE GOING TO WALK ON
WATER.
YOU'RE GOING TO DEFY THE
ODDS.
LIKE NEHEMIAH, YOU'RE GOING
TO ACCOMPLISH DREAMS BIGGER
THAN YOU THOUGHT, AND LIKE
THIS PILOT YOU'RE GOING TO
COME THROUGH EVERY STORM
SAFELY.
I SPEAK STRENGTH OVER YOU,
I SPEAK VICTORY, I SPEAK
HEALING, BREAKTHROUGHS,
FAVOR, ABUNDANCE, THE
FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY,
IN JESUS' NAME.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
THE LORD OF YOU LIFE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST SAY, LORD JESUS,
I REPENT OF MY SINS.
COME INTO MY HEART.
I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
SAVIOR.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT
BORN AGAIN.
WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU SOME
FREE LITERATURE ON YOUR NEW
JOURNEY WITH THE LORD.
JUST TEXT THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN.
GET IN A GOOD BIBLE-BASED
CHURCH.
KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
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