A Restoration Mentality

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But thanks so much for 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.920 tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. I 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.360 like to start with something funny, and I heard about 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:18.280 this elderly couple. They had been married for over sixty years. 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.640 They were at a church fellowship and someone asked them 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.120 the secret of their success. The man told how he 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.640 always treated his wife with respect. Andy took her on 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.840 trips all over the world, he said, And in fact, for 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.680 our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.680 Everyone politely applauded. Then someone spoke up and said, what'd 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:43.000 you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? He said, I 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:44.320 went back and picked her up. 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.240 Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.320 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.040 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.640 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:01.320 taught the word of God. I boldly canst My mind 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.560 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:09.359 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.160 to talk to you today about having a restoration mentality 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:18.560 in life. We all experience times of loss, situations where 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:22.839 it feels like something was taken from us. Sometimes it's 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.640 because of other people's choices. A friend does us wrong, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.240 a spouse walks out of a relationship. Other Times it's 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.400 because of our own choices. Maybe we get involved with 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:38.120 the wrong crowd, develop bad habits, we end up with 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.960 broken dreams. We hear that voice telling us again and again, 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:43.240 it's your fault. 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.040 You blew it too bad. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.440 This is as good as it's ever going to be. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.960 Many people are living with regrets, thinking about what they. 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:53.360 Should have done. 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.680 If I've just spent more time raising my children, if 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.520 I've just been more disciplined and not hung around those people, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.200 or if I just stayed in. 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:02.960 School, where would I be today. 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.320 They don't realize that defeated mindset is keeping them from 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.880 God's best. Then there are times it's not somebody else's fault, 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:13.640 it's not our own fault. 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:14.880 It's just life. 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.839 You're a good person, you're honoring God, and all of 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.880 a sudden you're facing an illness caught you totally off guard. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:24.080 You lost your health. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.800 Or maybe you're being your best each day, you're going 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.360 to work, giving it your awe. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.600 But business starts to slow down. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.680 You had more than enough at one time. Now you're 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:35.719 struggling to get by. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.240 When we encounter. 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.480 Loss, it's easy to get discouraged, to settle where we 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.960 are and to not expect anything better. 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:45.600 But the good. 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.880 News is our God is a god of restoration. He 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.719 never said we wouldn't have unfair situations. He never promised 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.240 we wouldn't experience lass, but he did promise if we 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:01.679 would stay in faith, he would restore everything that was stolen. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.719 When God restores, he doesn't bring you out the same. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.080 He makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble into 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:13.720 your life. God is so merciful, whether it was your fault, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.520 somebody else's fault, or just life in general. He says 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.040 He's not only going to bring you out, He's going 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.200 to bring you out better off than you were before. 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.360 Get that down in your spirit. You may have made mistakes, 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.760 you brought the trouble on yourself, but God's mercy is 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.520 bigger than any mistake that you've made. Don't settle there, 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:38.080 have a restoration mentality. God's not only going to bring 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.320 you out, He's going to bring you out better. In 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.520 the scripture, if someone stole an ox they had to 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.919 pay that person back with five oxen. If they stole 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.680 a sheep, they had to pay them back with four sheep. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:55.760 Another place they had to repay seven times. In Isaiah, 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.520 God said he would pay us back double for. 0:05:58.520 --> 0:05:59.920 The unfair situations. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.359 Notice the principle God never brings us out the same. 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.919 If we say we're going to restore this old car, 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:10.240 that means we're going to bring it back to the 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.400 original condition. We're going to make it look like it 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.320 did when it was brand new. But that is not 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:22.320 how God defines restoration. His idea of restore is to increase, 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.400 to improve, to promote, to make better. Now, you may 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.680 have gone through a loss. Somebody did you wrong, or 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.080 maybe it was your fault. You made poor choices. The 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.640 enemy would love for you to sit around your whole 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:40.880 life and listen to his lies. It's never going to change. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.960 It's been this way too long. It's your fault. Just 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.680 settle where you are. Shake off that doubt, shake off 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.600 that self pity. You may have suffered a loss, but 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.000 your attitude should be I know my God is a 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.120 god of restoration, and I'm not only coming out, I'm 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.440 coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, coming out to 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:04.599 increase better off than I was before. If you're going 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:09.200 to see God restore, you have to have this restoration mentality. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:13.720 That means you're not sitting around nursing your wounds, thinking 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.160 about what you lost and how many bad breaks you've had. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.400 Now you've got a smile on your face, a spring 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:24.160 in your step. You're expecting things to change in your favor. 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.360 Somebody may have done you wrong, walked out of a relationship, 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:32.360 but you're expecting to meet somebody better. The loan may 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.160 not have gone through, didn't qualify for the new house, 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.080 but you're expecting a new door. 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:38.840 You're expecting a better deal. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.840 The medical report doesn't look good, but you've got another report. 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.480 You're expecting to get well. You're expecting your child to 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.520 straighten up. You're expecting to have a blessed, prosperous year. 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.280 For everything that you've lost, every person that did you wrong, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.400 every unfair situation, every sickness you had to endure. 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.760 God God is saying that is not the end. It 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.040 is not over. I still have. 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.280 Something amazing in your future. If you will have the 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:12.160 right attitude, God will take the loss and use it 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.680 to promote you. God will use the person that did 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.679 you wrong to take you to a new level. God 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.040 can even use the mistake you made. You brought the 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:26.320 trouble on yourself. But God is so merciful He's. 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:27.560 Going to make the enemy pay. 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.600 He can use that mistake to take you higher than 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:31.800 if you had not made it. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.280 Now do your part and get your hopes up. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.760 Quit reliving all your disappointments. Quit telling your friends how 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:40.959 it's never going to work out, and how you should 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.720 just settle where you are. No, shake that off and 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:48.360 have this restoration mentality. I know this couple. They were 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:52.680 living a very blessed life, very successful. Everything was going great. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:57.360 Then the perfect storm hit. The business went down, the 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.119 lady had some health issues. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.360 One of their laws suddenly died. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.760 One bad thing after another, long story short, they ended 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.719 up losing their house. It was foreclosed on, and they 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:10.839 were so discouraged. 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:12.160 They were having to live with. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.680 Some friends and the lady had been in the hospital 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.520 for several weeks. When I saw her, she said, Joel, 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.840 they say there's light at the end of the tunnel, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.520 but we can't even see the tunnel. We don't see 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.439 how this is ever going to work out. I told 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.240 them what I'm telling you. Our God is a god 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:32.439 of restoration. Nothing you're facing is a surprise. He had 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.480 the solution before you had the problem. He wants to 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.040 bring you out better. They would have been happy to 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.920 come out like they were before, to have her health back, 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.440 to have a place to live, to have money to 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.440 pay their bills. I said, that's great, but that's not 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.880 how God works. He doesn't bring you out the same. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.400 He never restores you back to the original condition. 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.680 He brings you out better. And at first they couldn't 0:09:58.679 --> 0:09:59.600 really receive this. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:04.520 The scripture says the people had become too discouraged to believe. 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.000 And if you're not careful, you can let negative thoughts 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.760 play in your mind so long that they become ingrained 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:15.400 in your thinking, and you become too discouraged to believe. 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.040 When I tell you, God wants to bring you out better. 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:24.760 In your spirit down in here, something comes alive, something says, yes, 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:25.680 this is for me. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.240 I have not seen my best days. 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.520 God has greater things in my future. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.200 Your spirit will receive it. That's where God lives. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:38.080 But many times our mind will try to talk us 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:38.559 out of it. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:40.640 This is not for you today. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.079 You never get any good breaks, you'll never be healthy, 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.720 you'll never be successful, nor do yourself a favor. At 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:52.480 least temporarily turn your mind off and receive what God 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.800 is saying. You may have gone through a loss, but 0:10:55.920 --> 0:11:01.880 God is going to bring you out better, promoted in careers, healthier, stronger, 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:03.600 wiser than you were before. 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:05.080 Receive it by faith. 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.560 I finally convinced this couple to get in agreement with 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.560 God and start expecting things to turn around. And it 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:16.920 didn't happen overnight, but about three years later I saw 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.600 them in the lobby. They brought a picture of the 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.880 brand new house they had moved into. The lady was 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:27.000 weeping and weeping so grateful. Her husband had started a 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.120 new business. It was much more successful than the one 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:31.120 they lost. 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:32.600 They have three children. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.560 In their first home, two of the children had to 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:39.160 share a bedroom. In this new home, each child had 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.240 their own bedroom, plus there was. 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.000 A spare guest bedroom. 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.360 She said, Joel, it's in a better location, closer to 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:47.120 our business. 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:48.440 It's on a bigger lot. 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.800 Plus our payments are less on this house than on 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.520 the original house that we lost. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.400 Friends, God knows how to restore. 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.520 Now, don't talk yourself out of what God wants to do. 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.319 You may have gone through a loss. It was painful. 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.920 You could be discouraged nor put on a new attitude. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.960 It's not over until God says it's over. And God 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:16.600 says I'm bringing you out promoted, increased, improved, better than 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:17.280 you were before. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.000 Can you get a vision for it? 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.760 See, it's easy in the tough times to get discourage, bitter, 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.400 settle where we are not expect anything good. But this 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.959 is what faith is all about. You've got to believe 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.360 it even when you can't see it. You've got to 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.960 thank God even when you feel like complaining. You've got 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.600 to say, I know it's on the way, even when 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.320 every voice is telling you it's never going to happen. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.840 I know many people that watch have been affected by 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.640 Hurricane Sandy, and you could be sour. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:50.520 Bitter, no joy. 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.360 But if you'll have the right attitude, God will take 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.920 what was meant for your harm and use it to 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:01.920 your advantage. That storm was meant to defeat you, but 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.839 God will use it to promote you. You're going to 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.800 come out with a better house, with better furniture, with 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.320 new carpet. God is in the restoration business. 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:16.640 Don't talk yourself out of it. Get up every morning. Father, 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:17.199 I want to. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.400 Thank you that you're a God of restoration. I know 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.320 I've been armed with strength for this battle. You said 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.960 you'd make the enemy pay. My declaration is I'm coming 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:30.800 out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, I'm coming out increase, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.880 I'm coming out better off than I was before. That's 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.160 what allows the most powerful force in the universe to 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:42.480 go to work. It may not happen overnight. God doesn't 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.160 say I'll do this in twenty four hours or two 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.760 weeks or seven months. God doesn't put a timetable on it. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:53.400 He simply says, in due season, you will rip if 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.840 you don't give up. When you go through a loss, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:00.840 when you suffer a setback, God immediately stablish is a 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.880 due season, a set time to pay you back. But 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.960 along the way God is watching, what are they saying? 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:11.160 Do they still believe it's going to happen? Are they 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:14.200 still talking about how it's going to turn around? Or 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.079 have they gotten discouraged and settled where they are now 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.840 pass the test all through the day, Father, thank you 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:25.440 that you're restoring back everything that belongs to me. Young 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.160 man about twenty years old told me how when he 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.920 was a child, he was passed from relative to relative. 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:36.360 Nobody really wanted to raise him. He can't ever remember 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.560 laughing and playing. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:38.920 As a child. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.800 He said, Joel, I feel like somebody stole my childhood. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.280 And it's easy to think, well, too bad, just my luck. 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.800 Nothing I can do about that. But God said in 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.800 the Book of Joel, I will restore the. 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.640 Years that have been stolen. Friends. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.760 God knows how to make up for years of your life. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:01.440 Relive your childhood. 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.840 But God can make the rest of your life so rewarding, 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.480 so fulfilling, that you don't even miss the years that 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.680 you lost. You may feel like you wasted years in 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:15.200 a relationship that didn't work out. But God can bring 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:19.920 somebody into your life so great, so fun, so friendly, 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.640 so attractive, that you don't even remember the years that 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.760 you've lost. You may have spent years on a job 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.160 that turned out to be a dead end. You are 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:32.120 working your way to the top. Things didn't turn out 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.160 like you'd hoped, and now it looks like there's a 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.280 big waste of time, and you don't see how you 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.760 could ever get to where you want to be. Now, 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.320 don't believe those lies. God knows how to make up 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:47.200 for lost time. God can accelerate things. God can bring 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:51.520 opportunities back across your path that you missed that will 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.720 thrust you years ahead. It may not have happened the 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.720 first time, but God will always give you another chance. 0:15:58.560 --> 0:15:59.360 I know this man. 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.440 In the first forty years of his life, he was 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:03.480 a cocaine addict. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.400 He came from a good family. 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:09.080 He had a lot of opportunity, but he blew his marriage, 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:10.520 blew his education. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.640 He thought it was all over. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.600 But today he's in his late fifties. He's very successful, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.480 he's happily married. He volunteers for us on the weekends. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.640 He said, Joel, I never dreamed God would give me 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:28.920 another chance. What's happening. God is restoring the years. His 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.240 latter days are going to be greater than his former days. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.720 That's the way our God is. He knows how to 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:40.000 make up for lost time. Here's the amazing thing. Even 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.280 when it's your fault, God is so merciful He'll still 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.760 give you another chance. Why don't you quit worrying about 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.680 what you lost and how you're not where you think 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:54.480 you should be, and say, God, I believe you can 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.480 restore the years that I lost, even when it was 0:16:58.560 --> 0:16:59.120 my fault. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:01.600 That takes a lot of boldness. 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.840 The enemy will bombard your mind, saying, man, you're a hypocrite. 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:07.440 You can't expect anything good. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.800 You should have been out studying, you should have been working, 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.680 you should have been more disciplined. No, this is what 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.440 mercy is all about. You don't deserve it. You could 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.760 live guilty and condemned. When you shake it off and say, God, 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:25.920 I'm coming boldly to your throne, not because I'm perfect, 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.400 but because your son made me worthy. And God, I'm 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:33.000 asking you to turn back time and give me every. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.960 Opportunity that I have missed. See. 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:40.040 God is not moved when we have that weak, unworthy, 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.560 poor old me mentality. I don't deserve anything good. I've 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:48.000 made too many mistakes. No, God wants to restore He's 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:51.080 full of mercy. But you've got to have the right attitude. 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.440 Some of you have given up on your dreams, thinking 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.040 about the years you wasted in the first marriage, and 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.560 how you didn't spend enough time with your chill, how 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:05.560 somebody hurts you. Now, quit blaming yourself, quit blaming others. 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.480 God can still get you to where you're supposed to. 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.000 Be he knows how to restore the years. 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.600 Our daughter, Alexandra was two months old when my father 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.440 went to be with the Lord. And during that time, 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.119 my dad was on dialysis and I was taking him 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.080 up to the clinic and bringing him back home. 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.040 Was a very busy season. 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:29.240 Then two months later, when Daddy died, our whole world changed. 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.679 We were thrust into this new position, and I was 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:34.800 doing my best to just try to keep my head 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:39.200 above water. Now I don't really remember the first few 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:43.120 years of Alexander's life that well. We were in such 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.320 a transition and I was learning how to minister, trying 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.399 to figure everything out. One day, we were looking at 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.639 her baby pictures and I realized that I don't have 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.399 the same memories of her the first few years of 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.960 her life as I do our son Jonathan, And just 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:03.200 under my breath, almost in passing, I said, God, I'm 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:07.080 asking you to restore the years that I lost being 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:11.800 so busy and so preoccupied with other things. That time, 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:15.199 Alexander was about six years old, and it seemed like 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.800 from that time forward all she wanted to do was 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.840 to be with me her father. She'd rather go out 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:25.080 in the backyard and let me watch her turn cartwheels 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:28.240 than to have her friends over to play. In fact, 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:32.159 sometimes I needed a break. I would say, Alexandra, are 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:33.919 you sure you don't want to go to your cousins. 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.000 You can go swimming. You're sure you don't want to 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:38.159 invite your friends over? She said, no, Daddy, I just 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.560 want to stay here with you. Even now she's fourteen 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.160 years old, we're still the best of friends. She'll come 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:48.800 up during the day at the house and put her 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.280 arm around me in we'll laugh, talk, have a good time. 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.040 She's like Victoria, she can't keep her hands off of me. 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:03.480 But you know what that is. That's wishful thinking. What 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:03.879 that is? 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:10.399 Seriously, that's God restoring the years. That's God turning back time. 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:17.439 Why don't you ask God to restore any opportunities that 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:21.520 you've missed. Why don't you ask him to restore relationships 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:23.160 that are not what they should be. 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:25.720 God knows how to restore the years. 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:30.679 Second King's Chapter eighth, there's the story about Elisha, this 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:33.720 lady that was good friends with him, and her son 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:36.240 died and Elisha came prayed for the boy and he 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:39.440 came back to life. Later, there was a great famine 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:42.840 in the land. Elisha told this woman that she needed 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:45.560 to move to another city because the food was going 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:48.919 to be so scarce, So she left there and went 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:52.919 to the land of the Philistines. Seven years later, the 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.760 famine was over and she was so excited about coming 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:59.720 back home. But when she arrived, she found that somebody 0:20:59.840 --> 0:21:04.359 was living in her house, farming her land, making money 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:05.440 off of her property. 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:08.280 She couldn't believe it. She said, what are you doing here? 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.960 This is my house. I built this place. They wouldn't budge. 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:13.200 They weren't about to leave. 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:16.240 She didn't know what to do, so she decided to. 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:17.080 Go see the king. 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:20.840 Now, this king wasn't a godly man. She didn't have 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:23.520 any connection with him. She didn't even know if the king. 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:24.120 Would see her. 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:28.280 But when she arrived, it just so happened that Gehazi, 0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:32.359 that was the assistant to Elisha, he happened to be 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:33.920 there visiting with the king. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:37.520 The king was very intrigued by the prophet Elisha. 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:41.080 He asked Geheze to tell him some stories about the 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:45.120 miracles that Elisha had performed. Just so happened that gehes 0:21:45.200 --> 0:21:48.400 I started off telling this story about this little boy 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:51.200 that died and how Elisha prayed, and he came back 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:55.840 to life. Right as he was telling it, perfectly on cue, 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:59.600 this lady walked in the room. Gehes I was amazed. 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.960 He said, that's the lady I'm talking about right there. 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:06.240 It was her son that came back to life. The 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.840 king said, is this true? She said, exactly true. The 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:13.080 King was so moved not only by the miracle, but 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:15.680 by the fact that this lady had shown up unannounced, 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:19.080 perfectly on que He said to the lady, ma'am, what 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:22.359 can I do for you. She explained her situation, how 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.000 she had gone for seven years and now she's back 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:27.960 home and somebody was living in her house. The King said, 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:31.320 no problem, I'll take care of that. He instructed his 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:34.400 officials to make sure that she not only got her 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:37.520 house back, but he said see to it that she 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:41.960 gets all the money from any crops that were harvested 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:45.320 during the seven years that she was gone. What she 0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:48.840 had lost by being away for seven years was returned 0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:52.680 to her in one day. That was God restoring the years, 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:54.320 paying her back for. 0:22:54.320 --> 0:22:55.280 What should have been heard. 0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:01.480 Now, some of you are due payback. You've lost some things. 0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:04.680 The good news is they still have your name on them, 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:09.640 your health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships. If you'll 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:14.320 have this restoration mentality like this, lady, God will pay 0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:18.359 you back for everything that should have been yours. God 0:23:18.400 --> 0:23:20.960 can make up for seven years of lass. 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:21.959 With one good break. 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:26.520 God can take fifteen years of struggle and lack and 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:29.480 cause one person to show you favor. That will make 0:23:29.560 --> 0:23:32.639 up for those fifteen years. You may have struggled in 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:36.679 your health, in a relationship, in your mind, no peace, 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:38.399 but get this down in your spirit. 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:39.920 It's payback time. 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:43.520 God is going to start restoring everything that should have 0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:48.040 been yours. Some of you are raising a child that's difficult. 0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:49.560 You never complain. 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:53.960 You love your child, but it's taken your joy, your passion. 0:23:54.600 --> 0:23:58.000 God is going to pay you back. He knows exactly 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:01.400 what you're owed. He's going to get give you greater strength, 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:05.439 greater joy. You may have missed out temporarily, but you 0:24:05.520 --> 0:24:08.439 need to get ready. What you're owed is still in 0:24:08.480 --> 0:24:10.679 your account and God knows how to get. 0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:11.960 It to you. 0:24:11.960 --> 0:24:13.679 You may have put up with an illness for a 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:16.520 long time, worked at a job where you're not being 0:24:16.520 --> 0:24:21.320 treated right, struggled with an addiction for many years, be encouraged. 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.280 Today, Payday is on its way. 0:24:24.440 --> 0:24:27.120 God's not only going to turn it around, He's going 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:28.920 to restore everything back to. 0:24:28.920 --> 0:24:30.359 You that should have been yours. 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:33.719 The rest of your life is going to be more rewarding, 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:36.520 more fulfilling than anything. 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:40.119 You've experienced before. That's what it says Psalm sixty six twelve. 0:24:40.400 --> 0:24:44.160 We went through the fire, through the flood, but God 0:24:44.200 --> 0:24:48.440 brought us out to a place of great abundance. That's 0:24:48.480 --> 0:24:50.439 what God is going to do for you. You've been 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:53.359 through the famine, through the tough time, but you passed 0:24:53.400 --> 0:24:56.399 the test. Now God's going to bring you not to 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:59.919 a place of abundance, but a place of great abundance, 0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:06.000 great joy, great friendships, great health, great income. Our attitude 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.160 should be God, I'm ready. I know it's payback time. 0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:09.640 Now. 0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:12.600 I'm not sitting around focused on what I lost and 0:25:12.640 --> 0:25:15.840 who hurt me and where I missed it. I'm focused 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:18.840 on the fact that you're a God of restoration. You're 0:25:18.880 --> 0:25:22.040 full of mercy. You know exactly what I'm old, and 0:25:22.080 --> 0:25:24.879 you promised you would pay me back and bring me 0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:29.159 to a place of great abundance. That's the attitude that 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:33.120 allows God to restore to make up for lost time, 0:25:33.680 --> 0:25:38.399 lost health, lost wages, lost victories. One time in the 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:43.080 Old Testament, an enemy army had surrounded the Israelites and 0:25:43.160 --> 0:25:46.760 cut off their food supply. The Israelites were eating things 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:50.000 that were unthinkable. A few more days and they certainly 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:53.640 would have starved to death. The prophet Elisha showed up 0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:56.879 and said, by this time tomorrow there will be so 0:25:57.080 --> 0:25:59.879 much food you'll be able to buy a loaf of 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:05.080 bread for one penny. The assistant to the king said, Elisha, 0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:08.520 what are you talking about. Have you lost your mind? 0:26:08.640 --> 0:26:11.479 Even if God opened up the windows of heaven, that 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:16.400 would not happen. Notice, God said, restoration is coming. It's 0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:18.879 going to happen sooner than you think. It's going to 0:26:18.920 --> 0:26:21.600 be greater than you imagine. You're coming to a place 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:25.280 of great abundance. But this assistant only looked at it 0:26:25.320 --> 0:26:28.760 in the natural. He checked the stock report, he looked 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:31.840 at his bank statement, he watched the nightly news. Said 0:26:31.840 --> 0:26:35.120 it's impossible, there's no way that could happen. But there 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:38.880 were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. They said, 0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:40.960 we have nothing to lose. We're going to starve to 0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:44.719 death anyway. Let's march down toward the enemy's camp and 0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:49.360 see what's going on. As they started walking, God multiplied 0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:53.120 the sound of their footsteps. They sounded like a huge 0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:54.399 army was approaching. 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:56.000 The enemy army. 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:59.960 Got afraid, took off running, left their food, left their tread, 0:27:00.600 --> 0:27:05.000 left a whole camp filled with supplies. Those four lepers 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.360 went back to their family, the Israelites, and said, come 0:27:08.400 --> 0:27:12.040 with us, there's more than enough. The people were so excited, 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:15.119 so hungry, they took off, running out of the city 0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:19.199 to go get the food. This assistant that said it 0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:22.760 would never happen was in control of the gate. When 0:27:22.760 --> 0:27:26.000 the people came out, running so fast, he got knocked 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:30.600 down and was trampled to death. He said it would 0:27:30.600 --> 0:27:33.880 never happen, and for him, he was exactly right. 0:27:34.160 --> 0:27:35.040 It never happened. 0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:39.120 God is saying today he's going to restore what was stolen. 0:27:39.400 --> 0:27:41.399 He's going to pay you back for what you lost. 0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:42.040 He's going to. 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:44.920 Bring you to a place of great abundance. Now here's 0:27:44.920 --> 0:27:49.000 my challenge. Don't be like this man. I don't see 0:27:49.040 --> 0:27:51.800 how it could happen. I never get any good breaks. 0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:54.440 I've been through too much. Now that's going to keep 0:27:54.480 --> 0:27:58.840 you from God's best. You got to have this restoration mentality. God. 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:01.640 I agree. I know it's payback time. 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:04.320 I want to thank you Lord for restoring the health, 0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:09.159 the peace, the joy, the finances, the ideas, everything that 0:28:09.280 --> 0:28:10.040 belongs to me. 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:12.440 That's what allows God to work. 0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:16.000 But some of you have let your thoughts and discouragement 0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:17.919 what you've been through talk you out of it. 0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:19.640 But today is a new day. 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:24.600 Faith is rising, strongholds are being broken, favor is coming 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:29.280 because you have this restoration mentality. God's not only going 0:28:29.320 --> 0:28:32.760 to restore what's been stolen, but I believe and declare 0:28:33.080 --> 0:28:38.120 You're coming out stronger, promoted, increased, healthier, wiser. 0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:42.520 You're coming out to a place of abundance. 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