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But thanks so much for tuning in, and 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.000 thank you again for coming out today. And I like 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.320 to start with something funny and I heard about this 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:22.240 old country farmer. He was taking his nephew camping for 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:26.120 the first time. His nephew had five degrees, was one 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.240 of the smartest men alive. They set their tent up 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.040 and quickly fell asleep. In the middle of the night, 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.519 the farmer woke his nephew up and said, look up. 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.239 What do you see? He said, I see millions of stars. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.679 Farmer said, I know that, But what does it tell you? 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:46.400 He said? Astronomically it tells me there are billions of galaxies. Meteorologically, 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.320 it tells me it's going to be a beautiful day. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.760 Theologically it tells me God's a great creator. What does 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.440 it tell you? Old farmer shook his head and said, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:59.480 tells me. Somebody stole our tent. Hold up your Bible, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.600 say it you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:03.480 am what it says. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:03.799 I am. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.600 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.160 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.959 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.120 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:21.240 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:25.320 to talk to you today about a nevertheless person we 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.560 all face situations that seem impossible. We don't see how 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.600 we could ever accomplish a dream or get the break 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.920 we need, meet the right person in the natural. We 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.440 feel stuck. Maybe the medical report says you're not going 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.480 to get better, or you raised a child in church 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.840 and now they're off course not interested in doing what's right. 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.440 Or in our careers, we gave it our best effort, 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:53.680 we worked hard, took the extra training, but now we've 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.640 peaked gone as far as our education allows. What do 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.440 you do when you've done the right thing but it 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:05.000 hasn't worked out. You're standing on God's promises, believing that 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:09.080 he's restoring health, that your lend did not borrow, that'll 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:13.040 give you the desires of your heart. But every circumstance 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:16.279 looks like it's not going to happen. Your logic, your 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:19.640 reasoning tells you forget it. It's not going to work out. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.920 It's not your lot in life. It's easy to get 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.719 discouraged and give up on what we're believing. For this 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.080 is where Peter was in Luke chapter five. He'd been 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:34.040 out fishing all night and caught nothing. He was an 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.479 experienced fisherman. He went to the places where he knew 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:41.239 there will always fish. He tried again and again, hour 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:46.279 after hour, came up empty. They were fishing with large nets, 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.600 not just a few poles. You would have thought they 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.120 would have caught something, at least a few fish, even 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.080 if it wasn't the kind that they were looking for. 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:59.240 But Peter said, we've caught nothing. In other words, it 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:04.000 couldn't get in worse, they came up totally empty early 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.520 the next morning, after a long night of being in 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:11.040 the boat frustration. Nothing worked out. As they were coming 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:15.240 into the shore, they saw Jesus. Jesus asked Peter if 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.479 he could borrow his boat to teach people from the 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:21.480 beach in a few hours. When he was done, Jesus 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:26.200 told Peter to do something that seemed illogical, didn't make 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:30.800 sense to Peter's natural reasoning. Jesus said, Peter, go back 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:34.240 out into the waters, throw out your nets, and you 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:38.080 will catch a great haul of fish. You can imagine 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.800 how Peter must have felt. Are you kidding? Go back 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.880 out there again. We've been out all night, no fish, 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.960 you're biting. We're experts, we know what we're doing. Plus 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.880 it was morning. Now the fish go down deeper to 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.520 stay out of the daylight, every circumstance told Peter, don't 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.880 do it. It's going to be a waste of your time. 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.000 If Peter would have reasoned it out, only looked at 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.720 it logically, he would have talked himself out of it. 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:10.080 He could have told Jesus, I appreciate your suggestions, thank 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.160 you for your advice, but we're not going to do it. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.880 It's not going to do any good. Instead, Peter did 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.120 something that we all must do if we're going to 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:23.320 see promises come to pass. He said, Jesus, we fished 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:28.880 all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word, we'll 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.480 go back and try again. He didn't deny the facts. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.000 He was saying, in effect, the odds are against us. 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:41.480 It looks impossible. Nevertheless, because of what you say, I'm 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.679 going to do it. He went back out into the water, 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.480 threw out his nets and caught so many fish that 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:53.320 they begin to break. Practical people would have missed their miracle. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:59.400 People that only look at things logically, realistically, statistically would 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:03.320 have talked themselves out of it. God is looking for, nevertheless, 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:09.200 people for people who say the medical report doesn't look good. Nevertheless, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.720 God is restoring health back into men. My child is 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:16.840 still off course. Nevertheless, as for me and my house, 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:21.280 we will serve the lord. Business is slow. No Fish, 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.880 your body doesn't look like I could ever get out 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:28.080 of debt. Nevertheless, blessings are chasing me down. I will 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.600 lend and not borrow. Or maybe I've had this addiction 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:36.480 for years, gone through treatment, rehab, nothing has worked. I 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.640 should be discouraged, but I'm a never the less person. 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.000 I know freedom is in my future. I know one 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.680 touch of God's favor can turn it around. It may 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.800 not make sense to your logic in the natural. You 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.840 don't see how you could accomplish a dream, meet the 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.960 right person, see your family restored. You've given it, your 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:02.600 best efforts, exhausted, your resources became up empty. No Fish, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.120 all the circumstances say it's not going to happen. You're 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:10.120 right where Peter was. You can either give up, get discouraged, 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.840 or you can dig your heels in and say it 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.360 looks impossible. The odds are against me. I tried and 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:21.200 it didn't work out. Nevertheless, I still believe. Nevertheless, I'm 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:27.360 gonna try again. Nevertheless, I'm gonna keep hoping, praying, expecting. Friends, 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:31.280 if you don't learn to become a nevertheless person. You 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:35.120 won't reach the fullness of your destiny because there will 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.920 be situations where there's no way out. The obstacle is 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:43.280 too big, the opponents are too strong. Without God's favor, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:48.320 you'll get stuck. God puts us in these situations on purpose, 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.439 to where we come to the end of our ability. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.600 There's nothing more we can do. This is what faith 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.800 is all about. If you can achieve it on your own, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.480 you don't need God's help. But his dream for your 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:05.000 life is to take you further than you can imagine. 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.679 That's why he plants things in your heart that are 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.520 too big for you to accomplish on your own. It's 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.559 easy to think, man, I don't have the talent, the experience, 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.880 the connections, and too often we let this overwhelm us. 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.320 We get discouraged, thinking, man, I'm out of my league. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.080 This is over my head. I'll never live in that 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:30.160 nice neighborhood. I don't have the funds. I'll never get well, Joel, 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.520 I've been sick for years. I'll never start my business, 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.280 write that book, build that orphanage. The odds are all 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.800 against me. Know you are exactly where God wants you. 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.520 He would not have put the dream in your heart 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.360 if he didn't already have a way to bring it 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:51.280 to pass. Your attitude should be it may be big. Nevertheless, 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.800 with God, all things are possible. I may not have 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:59.520 the connections. Nevertheless, I know friends in high places. I 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:03.520 tried and it didn't work out. Nevertheless, what God started 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.520 in my life, he will finish all through the scripture 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:12.040 we see Nevertheless, people, when David went out to face Goliath, 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:15.360 he was a teenager taking care of his father's sheep. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:20.600 He didn't have any military training, any experience, any armor. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:26.040 Goliath was twice his size, a skilled warrior. David could 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.240 have looked at it only in the natural and gotten depressed. 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:33.320 But David was a nevertheless person. He thought, all I 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.320 have is this slingshot and a few stones. This giant 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:42.520 is much bigger, much stronger. Nevertheless, if God be for me, 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:46.880 who dare be against me? David didn't just stop with 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.439 the facts. If he would have, he would have talked 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.080 himself out of it. The key is you have to 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:57.600 add the Nevertheless, you may have the facts. The medical 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.960 report may say you're not going to get well. That's fine. 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.320 I'm not asking you to deny the facts. I'm asking 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:08.360 you to add the Nevertheless, these giants look huge. Nevertheless, 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:13.920 my God is much bigger. Medical report says I'm done. Nevertheless, 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.199 nothing can snatch me out of God's hands. I've been 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.240 single a long time. I don't think I'll ever meet 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:24.560 the right person. Nevertheless, I know a divine connection is 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:29.880 headed my way. Or perhaps the specialists, the experts, say 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:33.960 that my spouse and I can ever have a child. Nevertheless, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.080 I believe there's a baby that already has my name 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:41.559 on them. This is what Abraham did. God gave him 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.400 the promise that he and his wife Sarah would have 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.360 a baby in the natural. They were way too old. 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.240 Sarah had already gone through the change of life. This 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.959 would defy the laws of nature. In fact, when Abraham 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:59.400 told her what God said, the scripture says that Sarah laughed. 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.520 It was so far out in her mind. She thought 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.240 it was funny. She said, Oh, yeah, right, Abraham, you 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.600 and me have a baby. I don't think so. We're 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:12.120 way too old. Has God ever put something in your 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:16.600 heart so big? Seems so unlikely Your first thought was 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.760 to laugh. He whispers in your spirit. One day you're 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.800 gonna live in that nice neighborhood. You're gonna lead your 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.120 company in sales. You're gonna write that best selling book. 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.160 You're gonna see your whole family come to know the Lord. 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:34.800 You're gonna marry somebody fantastic. On the surface, it seems 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.480 so far out, we think, Oh, yeah, right, that could 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:42.439 never happen. When Abraham heard Sarah laughing, he could have 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:46.280 gotten discouraged. Thought, yeah right, what was I thinking. Let 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.760 me come back to reality. Man, I'm way too old. 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:53.640 If he would have looked at it only logically, practically, realistically, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.560 he would have given up. Abraham did what we all 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.560 must do to see that promise come to pass. He 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:05.520 added the nevertheless, Yes, I'm too old. Nevertheless, God can 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:10.080 make a way. Yes, it's impossible. Nevertheless, God can do 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:15.280 the impossible. Yes, it defies the laws of nature. Nevertheless, 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:20.840 God supersedes the laws of nature. Whatever looks impossible in 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:25.520 your life, start adding the nevertheless. Those thoughts make you 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.959 feel man, I'm too small to ever get chosen for 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:32.640 that lead role. Nevertheless, God's favor is shining down on me. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.960 I don't have the strength, the talent, the experience for 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:41.160 that promotion. Nevertheless, God's causing me to stand out, or Joel, 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:45.160 I don't have the funds, the resources to go to college. Nevertheless, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:49.200 God can open doors that no man can shut. I 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.400 know a young man he had a dream to play 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.840 baseball in college. He lived way out in the country 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.800 and he was the star player on his high school team, 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.200 but there wasn't a lot of competition in that division. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.840 Different scouts have come to see him play, but they 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.360 all told him he wasn't big enough to play at 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.880 a major university. He had an offer from a small 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.400 private school. While he was grateful, he knew he had 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.640 something bigger in his heart. He was invited to go 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.200 try out at this large college. There were other players 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:25.600 there from big cities, big programs. They were bigger, stronger, 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:29.240 had more experience. But when he stepped up to bat 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.280 in front of the coaches, all the scouts, the pressure 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.880 was on. He said, Joel, it was like something came 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.600 all over me, and I felt like I was ten 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:43.680 feet tall. He hit the ball harder, further more consistently 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.840 than all those top prospects. Out of several hundred young 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.160 men that tried out to walk on the team that day, 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.120 he was the only one chosen to make the team. 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.680 He was given a full four year scholarship went on 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:00.200 to have a great college career. The odds made be 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.640 against you. You don't think you have the talent, the experience, 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:08.360 the connections. Neither did David. Don't talk yourself out of 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:12.440 what God put in your heart. Start adding the nevertheless. God, 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.800 don't have the size. Nevertheless, you can get me to 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.440 where I'm supposed to be. I don't have the strength 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:22.120 of talent. Nevertheless, I know your favor surrounds me like 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:26.560 a shield. When you add the nevertheless, that's what allows 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:30.440 God to do amazing things. But too many people, instead 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.600 of having this nevertheless mentality, they have a no way mentality. 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.400 No way I can get out of debt, Joel, I'm 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.160 too far down in the hall. No way I'll break 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.640 this addiction. I've had it for so many years. No 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.880 way I'll be successful. I come from the wrong family. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:51.840 You are prophesying your future. If you think it's impossible, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:56.760 it becomes impossible. God is not looking for no way people. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.880 He's looking for nevertheless people, for people who's say, I 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.760 don't see how I could ever get out of this problem. Nevertheless, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:09.320 God always causes me to triumph. This legal situation looks 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.960 like it's going to be the end of me. Nevertheless, 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:16.000 no weapon formed against me were prospering. My dreams are 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.720 taking a lot longer than I thought. Nevertheless, what God 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.600 started in my life, he'll bring to completion. Shake off 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:28.560 the no way mentality, have this nevertheless mentality. In the 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.280 Old Testament, the Israelites were camped right next door to 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.680 the Promised Land. God had brought them out of slavery, 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.360 parted the Red Sea, gave them food and water in 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:43.520 the wilderness. They'd seen these great miracles. Now they finally 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.440 made it to the Promised Land. They were right next door. 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.760 Moses sent twelve men in despy out the land to 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.720 see what it was like. Ten of those men came 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.480 back and said, Moses, we don't have a chance. There 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:01.560 are giants in the land. The people are huge. We 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:05.520 felt like we were grasshoppers compared to them. When they 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:09.720 saw how big their opponents were, how impossible it looked, 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.000 they made the mistake that many of us make today. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.120 They stopped right where they were. They thought, you can't 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:21.840 argue with the facts, you can't deny these people are bigger, stronger, 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:27.719 more experienced. They looked at it only logically realistically and 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:31.720 talked themselves out of it. They had a no way mentality. 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.560 That group of two million people never did make it 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:39.400 into the Promised Land. I wonder what would have happened 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.960 if they would have added the nevertheless. What if the 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.920 spies would have come back and said, Moses, the people 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:50.879 are huge. There are giants in the land. It looks impossible. Nevertheless, 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.760 we are well able. Nevertheless, we've been armed with strength 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:58.840 for this battle. Nevertheless, the forces that are for us 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.640 are greater than the forces that are against us. If 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.479 they would have added the nevertheless, the same God that 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.840 parted the Red Sea, the same god that brought them 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.880 water out of a rock, the same God that cost 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:16.439 Pharaoh to let them go and gave them valuables on 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.880 the way out, that same God would have helped them 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.679 to defeat those giants. Instead of wandering around in the 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.840 desert for those forty years, they would have lived in 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:31.439 the Promised Land for forty years. Friends, don't let a 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:35.880 no way mentality keep you from God's best. It may 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.679 look impossible. I'm not asking you to deny it, just 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:45.239 add the Nevertheless, these enemies look huge. Nevertheless, me and 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:50.680 God or a majority. This sickness looks permanent. Nevertheless, it's 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:54.120 only temporary. The number of my days God will fulfill. 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:56.679 I don't see how I could ever get out of 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:01.400 debt in the natural nevertheless, explosive blos or chasing me down, 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:06.359 or maybe I've been through a loss, a disappointment. Nevertheless, 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.320 I know God has beauty for these ashes. He can 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:13.280 turn mourning into dancing. Don't be a no way person, 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:17.520 be a neverthe less person. This means you choose to 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:21.200 believe even when the odds are against you. You stay 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.760 in faith even when it looks impossible. A few years 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.359 after Victoria and I were married, we moved out of 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:32.720 our townhouse into a very old rundown house that was 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.000 close in to the city. The house wasn't worth anything, 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:39.160 but it was on a half acre lot right across 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.720 the street from a nice neighborhood. Many times in the 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:45.600 evenings we would go out and take walks through the subdivision, 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.800 and one night, as we were walking, we came to 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.400 this big, two story house that was in the final 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:56.280 stages of construction. They were putting the finishing touches on it. 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:58.960 We walked up to it and the door was open, 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:03.320 so we went in. It was so magnificent. It had 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:08.520 high ceilings, big tall windows, It was so new, everything 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:12.200 was pristine. Here we were living in this sixty year 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:15.760 old house that had been run down, nobody had taken 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:19.000 care of. It had foundation problems, leaks in the ceiling. 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:21.320 We fixed it up so we could live in it. 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:26.639 But the contrast between our old, run down house and 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:30.879 this beautiful new house was, like my brother Paul to me, 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:36.239 I mean, there was no comparison. As we were walking now, 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:40.679 you are not listening. As we were walking out of 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:44.200 the house that day, down the front sidewalk, twenty six 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:47.240 years old, in all of what we had just seen, 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:51.600 Victoria stopped, turned to me and said, Joel, one day, 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:53.560 we're going to live in a house just like this. 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:56.560 I looked at her like she had lost her mind. 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.320 I went on to tell her all the reasons we 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.360 were never going to live in a house like that. 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:06.240 I went down the list, Victoria, I worked for a ministry. 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.720 We're never gonna have those funds. We can barely afford 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:13.000 this sixty year old house with crooked floors. It's gonna 0:21:13.040 --> 0:21:15.359 take us thirty years to pay it off. I was 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.320 passionate about my doubt. I wanted her to doubt with me. 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.720 I went on and on, but she no more paid 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:26.320 me attention. It was like I was talking to a tree. 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.040 She said, now, Joel, I can feel it right down 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:30.960 in here. One day we're going to live in a 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:35.719 house just like this one. The difference between her and 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:39.359 me is I saw the facts. I knew what we made. 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:42.879 I knew how impossible it was. I let the facts 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:45.880 taught me out of it. I had a no way mentality. 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:50.560 Victoria saw the same facts. She knew our same situation, 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:55.159 but she didn't stop with the facts. She added the Nevertheless. 0:21:55.720 --> 0:22:00.960 Her attitude was yes, it's impossible right now. Nevertheless, with God, 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:05.160 all things are possible. She was saying, in the natural, 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:09.440 it's not going to happen. But we serve a supernatural God. 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.400 He knows how to open the windows of heaven. That's 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:16.479 exactly what happened. About a year later, a builder knocked 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:19.600 on our door. We didn't go to him. He came 0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:23.160 to us. We sold half of our property for more 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.760 than we paid for the whole thing. He built two 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:28.520 new houses on it, one for us. We ended up 0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:31.160 living in a house just like the one we had seen. 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:34.159 Victoria barely let me come in there. I almost had 0:22:34.160 --> 0:22:37.359 to live in the garage. Are you doing what I did, 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:41.760 letting the circumstances talk you out of God's best, talk 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:48.080 you out of being healthy, being free, being prosperous, being fulfilled. Well, Joel, 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:50.960 I've been single so long. I don't think I'll ever 0:22:51.000 --> 0:22:54.840 meet the right person. Get rid of that no way mentality. 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:58.159 Turn it around. I've been single a long time, but 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:01.760 I know the right person is headed my way. Somebody 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:06.680 fine is in my future. Throw that in too. On paper, 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:10.000 it may look like you could never get out of debt. 0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:13.000 Not asking you to deny it, I'm asking you to 0:23:13.040 --> 0:23:17.600 add the Nevertheless, God, the numbers don't look good. Nevertheless, 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:20.320 I believe I will lend and not borrow. That I'm 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:24.000 coming into overflowing or I've had this addiction for years. 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:28.520 It looks permanent. Nevertheless, I know it's only temporary. I 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:33.560 know freedom, wholeness, victory is in my future. What's interesting 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.240 is Peter went back to the same place where he 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:41.040 had not caught any fish the whole night before. Suddenly 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:44.960 it was filled with fish. Sometimes we think, well, I've 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:48.760 tried once didn't work out, it's never gonna happen. How 0:23:48.760 --> 0:23:51.399 do you know God hasn't put the fish for you 0:23:51.520 --> 0:23:55.720 there now, don't give up and quit believing, go back 0:23:56.000 --> 0:24:00.439 and try again. God controls the whole universe. May not 0:24:00.520 --> 0:24:03.119 have happened yet, that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. 0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:07.320 Just like with Peter, God has an abundance of what 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:11.160 you need waiting for you. You haven't missed it. It's 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:15.520 not too late. If you'll have this nevertheless mentality, God 0:24:15.600 --> 0:24:19.840 will lead you into favor, into healing, into abundance, into 0:24:19.840 --> 0:24:23.359 the fullness of your destiny. This is what happened to 0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:26.919 a young lady named Elizabeth Blackwell. She lived back in 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:30.239 the eighteen hundreds. She had a dream to become a 0:24:30.280 --> 0:24:34.120 medical doctor. That was unheard of back then, there were 0:24:34.119 --> 0:24:38.240 no female physicians. She applied at medical schools and was 0:24:38.320 --> 0:24:42.960 turned down twenty nine times. Most people would have given up, thought, yeah, 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:45.600 I get the message, it's not meant for me. Not 0:24:45.720 --> 0:24:50.960 Elizabeth Blackwell. She was a nevertheless person. She knew God 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:54.200 put the dream in her heart. He had the final say. 0:24:55.040 --> 0:24:58.359 Every circumstance said it wasn't going to happen. Her attitude 0:24:58.560 --> 0:25:03.320 was Nevertheless, I'm gonna keep trying. She applied to medical 0:25:03.359 --> 0:25:07.920 school number thirty. This time the administration was faintly open 0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:10.879 to it, but they had to get approval from the students. 0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:14.840 When they told all the young men that a female 0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:19.240 wanted to attend, they voted unanimously yes. They were thrilled. 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:23.840 She graduated from medical school and became the first female 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:26.720 physician in America. She went on to start the New 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:31.280 York Infirmary and later founded Women's Medical College. What am 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:34.600 I saying? Just because your fish weren't there the last 0:25:34.640 --> 0:25:37.280 time doesn't mean they're not going to be there the 0:25:37.320 --> 0:25:41.119 next time. You got to do like Elizabeth and say God, 0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:46.840 the odds are against me. Everything says I'm done. I 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:51.400 tried and got turned down. Nevertheless, at your word, I'm 0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:54.840 gonna keep believing. I'm gonna keep trying. When you're a 0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:58.400 nevertheless person, God will get you to where you're supposed 0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:02.520 to be. He'll bring the fear to you. David said 0:26:02.520 --> 0:26:06.720 in Psalm three, Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? 0:26:07.600 --> 0:26:10.600 He was saying, God, it looks like my enemies are multiplying. 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:15.000 David not only had other armies coming against him, but 0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:18.879 his own son Absalom turned on him and was trying 0:26:18.920 --> 0:26:22.680 to take the throne. David could have gotten discouraged and thought, 0:26:22.720 --> 0:26:26.000 that's it. I can handle other people trying to stop me, 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:29.800 but now it's my own family. I'm done. This could 0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:32.320 have been the point where David faded off into the 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:36.560 sunset and we don't read about him anymore. But David 0:26:36.640 --> 0:26:40.320 didn't just talk about the problem. He stated the facts. 0:26:40.720 --> 0:26:43.920 Then he took it one step further. Lord, how are 0:26:43.920 --> 0:26:47.840 they increased? That troubled me? But you, o, Lord, are 0:26:47.880 --> 0:26:52.760 a shield under me? Notice David added the Nevertheless, I'm 0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:56.360 having a lot of trouble. Nevertheless, God is my shield. 0:26:57.240 --> 0:27:01.160 What's the message? Don't let the enemy have the last word? 0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:07.080 Always add the Nevertheless, the medical report doesn't look good. Nevertheless, 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:12.200 the Lord is my dealer. My coworkers did me wrong. Nevertheless, 0:27:12.400 --> 0:27:15.840 God is fighting my battles. He's my vindicator. I went 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:19.320 through a bad break. Nevertheless, what's meant for my harm? 0:27:19.640 --> 0:27:22.840 I know God will turn to my advantage for in 0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:27.359 some of the things that have you worried right now, upset, discourage. 0:27:27.480 --> 0:27:31.160 It would all change if you would start adding the nevertheless, 0:27:32.040 --> 0:27:35.240 if you just stop with the facts at how impossible 0:27:35.280 --> 0:27:37.560 it is. It's going to cause you to get discouraged 0:27:38.200 --> 0:27:42.159 every time something negative happens, every bad break, disappoint but 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:47.120 delay answer back with a Nevertheless, you get stuck in traffic, 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.880 I should be upset. Nevertheless, I know God is directed 0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:54.200 my steps. And when you face these situations that look 0:27:54.280 --> 0:27:57.879 impossible we all do. Don't talk yourself out of it, 0:27:58.440 --> 0:28:03.440 get rid of no waymnality, have this nevertheless mentality. If 0:28:03.480 --> 0:28:07.240 you'll do this, I believe and declare. God is about 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:10.199 to turn some things around. He's about to open some 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:13.639 new doors. There are explosive blessings come in your way. 0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:17.480 Because you're a never the less person. Like Abraham, you're 0:28:17.480 --> 0:28:20.920 gonna see the promise come to pass. Like David, you're 0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:24.639 gonna overcome obstacles that were much bigger. And like Peter, 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:28.679 God's gonna bring the fish to you. 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