Deep Roots

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It helps keep the 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:45.280 ministry going. 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:56.320 Enjoy the message. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:00.760 Oh bless you. 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.360 It's a joy to come into your homes and if 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.200 you're ever in our area, please stop by be a 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:07.559 part of one of our services. 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.200 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.160 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:17.000 about these three men that were traveling together, a Hindu priest, 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:21.400 a Jewish rabbi and a televangelist. They stopped at a 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.880 farmhouse for lodging, and the farmer said, I only have 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.680 room for two of you in the house. Somebody's going 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.519 to have to stay in the barn. The Hindu priest said, 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.960 I'll do it. A few minister was a knock on 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.800 the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.639 a cow, and cows are sacred in our religion. Jewish 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:40.880 rabbi said, I'll do it. 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:42.680 Few ministers. A knock on the door. 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.000 He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:49.160 that wouldn't be kosher. Televangelist finally said, all right, I'll 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:50.920 do it. A few minutes there was a knock. 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:51.240 On the door. 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:55.160 It was the cow and the pig. Some of y'all 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.280 got it anyway. I thought it's funny. Say it like 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.920 you mean it. This is my vibe. I am what 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.400 it says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.480 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.400 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.440 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.280 will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.200 I want to talk to you today about deep roots. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.160 During a storm several years ago, one of the big 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.440 oak trees in our front yard was blown down by 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.480 the winds. It had been raining for several days and 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.120 the ground was very saturated, and when I walked out 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.760 that morning and saw it on the ground, I was 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:42.160 so surprised because it wasn't a hurricane. The winds were strong, 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.480 but wasn't anything unusual for this part of the country. 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.640 A company came out to remove it, and I was 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:49.680 talking to the foreman. 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.360 I said, I can't believe those small. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:56.640 Winds were able to blow over this big, sturdy tree. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.440 He explained that while the oak tree has an intensive 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:05.480 roots system that extends even beyond the canopy, most of 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:09.520 those roots are less than twelve inches deep, and because 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:13.000 the ground was so saturated, when the wind started blowing, 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:18.200 those surface roots didn't have anything to anchor to the roots, 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.240 and the ground came loose and the tree toppled over. 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.880 We have some tall pine trees in our yard as well, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.560 some close to the house, and I said, I hope 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:28.640 it doesn't happen to them. 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:30.120 He said it won't. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:36.200 That type of pine doesn't rely on surface roots for stability. 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.719 Its roots go down deep. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:41.040 It won't be affected by a lot of rain, by 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:45.920 high winds, by loose soil. It has deep roots. It's 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.160 the same principle in life. We all have things that 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:54.159 come against us. Health issue, finances, go down, child gets 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.760 off course. The winds and rain come to every person. 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.320 And what's going to determine whether or not you stand 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.200 strong and outlast that storm is how. 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.520 Deep are your roots. The reason some people are. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:14.120 Always worried, upset, offended is they have shallow roots. They're 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.800 moved by the traffic, the weather, a grouchy boss, by 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:22.480 what somebody said, always being tossed to and fro. But 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.680 when you have deep roots, when you know God is 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.360 in control, when you know he has you in the 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.560 palm of his hand, when you know no weapon. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:32.960 Formed against you will prosper. 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:37.680 When you know he's equipped you, empowered you, and anointed you, 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.320 You're not moved by everything on the surface. You don't 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.240 get upset when you get caught in traffic. You know 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:48.320 God is directing your steps. You don't get offended when 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:49.440 somebody did you wrong. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.000 You know God is your vindicator. You don't live. 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.400 Discouraged because you didn't get the promotion you know God 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:00.320 has something better in store. You don't go around guilt 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.479 because you've made a mistake and give up on your dreams. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.839 You know God's mercy is bigger than that mistake. 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:11.240 When your roots go down deep, you're not moved by 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:12.560 what doesn't go your way. 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.000 You live from a place of peace. 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:19.200 The winds may blow, the storms may come, but you know, 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.359 when it's all said and done, you'll. 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:22.080 Still be standing. 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.520 You'll still be praising, You'll still be smiling, You'll still 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:31.960 be victorious. And the scripture tells us, here be steadfast, immovable, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.400 always abounding in the work of the Lord. This is 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.800 a choice we have to make. I'm not going to 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:41.600 be moved by these circumstances. I'm not going to let 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.479 what they're saying about me still my joy. I have 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.119 a destiny to fulfill. I'm not gonna live worried about 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.599 my finances. I'm gonna do my part and trust God 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.400 to do what I can't do. I'm not going to 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.200 base my value on how this person treats me. If 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.880 they make me feel special, you know who I am. 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:05.880 I'm a masterpiece. I've been fearfully and wonderfully made my self. 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:09.040 Worth doesn't come from people, It comes from My creator. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:14.559 Are you steadfast, immovable? Do your roots go down deep? 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.720 If not, life is going to be like a roller coaster. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:23.400 Your joy and peace will depend on your circumstances, how 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:27.440 people treat you, what goes your way. That's surface living, 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:33.360 that's shallow roots. God is saying, be steadfast, be immovable. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.600 You have to dig down deeper. 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:40.560 As long as you're allowing circumstances to determine whether or 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:45.200 not you're happy, you'll never have real victory. And sometimes 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.960 we're using our faith to try to control our circumstances. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:53.200 I've learned it's better to use my faith to control 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.120 myself in the midst of those circumstances. 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:00.960 When you're in peace, that's a place of power. Here's 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:01.360 the key. 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.800 If you don't have peace on the inside, you're not 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.440 going to have peace on the outside. 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.200 Some people wonder why. 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.440 They can't have good relationships, why they can't be successful, 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:13.720 why they can't get ahead. 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.320 It's because they have shallow roots. 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.520 If you'll stay in peace on the inside, not fight 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.320 everything that doesn't go your way, then you'll see things 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.720 on the outside begin to improve. And every morning, before 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.319 we leave the house, we should make the decision. Nothing 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.280 that happens to me today is going to upset me. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.760 I have the grace to handle anything that comes my way. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.960 You have to decide ahead of time. If the traffic 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:48.040 is bad, you're not going to get upset. If somebody's rude, 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.880 you're not going to be offended. If you don't get 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.960 the contract, if your plans don't work out, you're not 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.640 going to go around sour in self pity. 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:58.600 That's having deep roots. 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.720 Victoria and I were at a lake not long ago. 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.880 The water was like glass. It was as calm and 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:09.200 peaceful as can be. I took this little rock and 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.800 threw it way out to the center. It sent ripples 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.520 across the whole lake. It looked like I'd created a 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:17.680 big disturbance. 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.720 I had affected all the water. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.920 The truth is, a foot down that water didn't move. 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.680 It's just still as calm and peaceful. There wasn't one 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:31.680 fish saying I'm worried. You see that ripple, Not one turtle, 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:32.400 call nine. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.720 One one, something's wrong. Nothing on the. 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:41.080 Surface affects the water down deep stays calm. One way 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.280 you can tell how deep your roots are is how 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.440 easily do you get upset if the pebbles that get 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.120 thrown into your lake are causing you to lose your joy, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:53.120 be frustrated. 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:54.640 You need to go down deeper. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.200 Well, Joel, somebody's talking about me at work, trying to 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:59.000 make me look bad. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.079 That's why I'm sour. That's a pebble. 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.400 The reason that's bothering you is you're on the surface. Well, 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.760 traffic was backed up last week. Took me an extra 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:11.920 hour to get home. Another pebble. When you have deep roots, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.480 you're grateful to be alive, You're grateful to have the job, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:16.840 You're grateful to be healthy. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.280 You're not focused on what's wrong. You're too busy thanking 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:22.240 God for what's right. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.800 Well, I didn't get the promotion, the medical report wasn't good. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.439 A friend betrayed me. That's why I'm discouraged. And I'm 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.800 not making light of those things. But in the big picture, 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:38.160 those are pebbles. When you know God has beauty for 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.360 those ashes, when you know he'll pay you back for 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.719 the unfair things, then even though the surface is disturbed, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.800 deep down where you choose to live, you'll feel a peace, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.200 You'll be at rest. 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.560 You'll know this too shall pass. 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:58.480 Paul tells us in Colossians, let your roots grow down 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:02.640 deep in Him? What are your roots going deep down in? 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.920 If you put your trust in people, sometimes people will 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.959 let you down. If you put your trust in your job, 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:14.160 your career, your money, Unfortunately things can change and you 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.880 don't have what you had. But when you let your 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.640 roots grow down deep in Him, and you say, God, 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:25.320 I know you're my provider, You're my healer, you're my vindicator. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:30.240 I recognize you're the source of everything good. Then when 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:35.480 difficulties come, somebody does you wrong, you have an unexpected challenge, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:41.920 you won't fall apart, live in self pity. You'll be strong, stable, immovable. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:46.280 Why your roots go down deep in him? This is 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.760 what a lady did in the scripture. Some workers brought 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.520 her young boy in from the field. He'd had a 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:56.360 terrible headache and passed out. They placed the boy in 0:11:56.440 --> 0:12:00.760 the mother's arms. She soon realized that he wasn't he 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:04.920 had died. This wasn't a pebble, This was a boulder. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.240 Everything on the surface was disturbed. 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.280 It looked like it was all out of control. But 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:16.360 this lady had deep roots. She knew that unexpected challenge 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:20.440 wasn't a surprise to God. She didn't fall apart, she 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:25.160 didn't get better. She was steadfast, immovable, and she got 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.440 on a horse headed out to see her friend, the 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:32.480 prophet Elisha. When he saw her coming in a hurry 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.840 from a distance, he sent one of his men to 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:39.840 go see if something was wrong. They stopped her and said, ma'am, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:44.880 Elisha is concerned. Is everything okay? She said, yes, all 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.880 is well, kept on writing. He caught back up and 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.280 asked her the same thing. Are you sure everything's okay? 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.480 She said it again, all is well. How could she 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.440 make that statement when she was in the middle of 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.520 a christ She wasn't living on the surface. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:04.959 Responding to how she felt. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.680 She went by what she knew, and she knew God 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.360 was still on the throne. She knew he could make 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:15.800 a way, even though she didn't see away. Elisha ended 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.280 up coming to her house and praying for the little boy, 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.679 and he was healed. He came back to life, a 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:25.080 great miracle. But like this lady, sometimes it's not a 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.600 pebble thrown into your water, so to speak, it's a boulder. 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:33.680 We all face unexpected challenges, things we didn't see coming. 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:38.079 A loss, a layoff, a divorce, a sickness. It's easy 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.240 to get overwhelmed, go around in self pity, wondering why 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:46.400 it happened. But if you'll go down deeper, not talk 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:51.439 about the problem, not complain about how bad life's treating you. Instead, 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.480 like this lady, have a report of victory. 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.720 All is well. God is still on the throne. 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.319 This too shall pass. 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:01.600 You have deep roots. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.760 Then, even when life throws you a boulder, even when 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:10.120 you should panic, you will feel a peace that passes understanding. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:14.079 You will have a strength to endure what should have 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:14.960 taken you out. 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.320 The enemy did his best. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:22.000 He thought for sure you'd be toppled over, depressed, given up. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.920 But he miscalculated. He could only see the outside. What 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.760 he couldn't see was what was underneath the surface. 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:35.960 He didn't realize you have deep roots. You are steadfast, immovable. 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:40.120 Yes, he changed your circumstances, but you weren't rooted in 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:41.320 your circumstances. 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.920 You were rooted in the most highed God. He never changes. 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:46.520 He has all power. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.440 Friend of mine was diagnosed with what looked like a 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:54.720 terminal disease. It was a virus that he'd picked up overseas, 0:14:54.760 --> 0:15:00.360 and he has several children. Beautiful wife successful career, always 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:04.320 been healthy, active, we played sports together. Life was good. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:10.000 Then this unexpected challenge. He could have been depressed, started complaining, 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:14.240 but like this lady, he had deep roots. He didn't 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:18.120 tell anyone about the diagnosis. He just kept doing what 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:24.080 he had always done. When you face unexpected challenges, something big, 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.600 don't let that become the focus of your life. Don't 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.160 let it consume you to where all you think about 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:35.240 is my sickness, my mistake, my breakup, my loss. 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:36.560 Keep living life. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.240 Keep to your same routine the best that you can. 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:45.080 Some people let the problem become their identity. They become 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:47.480 known as the crisis, so to speak. You know, like 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.600 I'm the man that went through a divorce, I'm the 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.760 lady that has cancer. I'm the young person that lost 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:57.320 a loved one. That's what happened to you. That's not 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:58.040 who you are. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:15:59.880 Don't let a. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:06.000 Temporary event become a permanent label. In the scripture, Thomas 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:06.800 doubted that. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.240 Jesus rose from the dead. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.720 Eight days later, Jesus appeared to Thomas and he changed 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:17.200 his mind. Thomas's doubting was a very short period of time, 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.800 a little over a week, but he became known as 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:25.920 doubting Thomas. Sometimes people will try to label you. If 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.920 you don't stay on the offensive and keep moving forward, 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:33.520 you can become what happened to you instead of becoming 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:37.200 who you were created to be. This young man, he 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:41.160 just kept going to work, loving his family, not letting 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:46.320 that sickness dictate his life. He was taking an experimental drug. 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.000 The doctors had told him how he'd probably lose his hair, 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.680 not have the energy he needed, have to cut back 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:53.480 on his schedule. 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:57.000 He kept going to work. Nobody knew anything was wrong. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.960 There were times he'd get tired and have to go 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.520 laid down, but he didn't complain about it. He just 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:07.359 kept doing, to the best of his ability what he 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:08.560 would have been doing. 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.080 If he didn't have that sickness. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.800 When he was first diagnosed, the cell count of the 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:18.320 infected cells was twenty seven million. Just two months later 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.240 that cell count had come down to less. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.280 Than two thousand. The doctors were baffled. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:28.639 They said, we don't understand it, but we consider you cured. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.040 This disease basically is undetectable in your body. 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:33.280 That was years ago. 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.840 Today he's still healthy and hall What am I saying? 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:41.280 When you have deep roots, when You're not moved by circumstances. 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:45.280 You're saying by your actions. God, I trust you. I 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.280 know you're bigger than this sickness, greater than this opposition, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:52.359 stronger than this difficulty. That's when God will make things 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:53.760 happen that you could. 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:54.359 Never make happen. 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.000 The apostle Paul in the scripture, he had a lot 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:02.800 of challenges, unfair situation. He was falsely accused and beaten 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.200 with rods. He was lied about and put in prison. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.760 He was shipwrecked, spent the night on the open sea, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.359 went without food and water. 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.399 He study his life. It was one challenge after another. 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:19.240 But in Acts twenty Paul gives us a secret of 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:23.680 living a victorious life. He said, none of these things 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:27.760 move me. He was saying, yes, I was falsely accused, 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.080 but I didn't let it still my joy. I didn't 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.440 spend my life trying to pay people back. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.200 I let God be my vindicator. 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.679 Yes, I was shipwrecked, my plans didn't work out, but 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.800 I didn't go around complaining. I knew God was still 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.120 on the throne. Yes, I was put in prison. It 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.320 wasn't fair, but I didn't sit around in self pity. 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.400 I started writing letters They had. 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.600 Me chained up and wouldn't let me leave, but they 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:58.280 couldn't keep my words from going out. Paul wrote over 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.080 half of the New Testament, much of it from a 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:01.800 prison cell. 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:03.520 How could he do this? 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:08.680 He had deep roots, he said, none of these things 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:09.280 move me. 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:12.120 We all have these things. 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:18.359 Maybe a grouchy boss, negative medical report, business that slowed down. 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:22.200 There's always something trying to move us, trying to pull 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:25.800 us out of peace, pull us out of rest. Somebody 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:29.880 cuts you off in traffic, that's a these things. Are 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:33.000 you going to let it move you, get upset ruin 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.879 your day? Or are you going to live from a 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:40.320 deeper place and stay in peace? That coworker that's rude, 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:42.560 left you out of a meeting, that's. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:43.800 A these things. 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.280 Or somebody sat in your favorite seat in church. You've 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.919 been sitting there for thirty years. They knew it and 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:54.760 came on purpose to beat you. These things can happen 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:55.560 even in church. 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.679 Lady singing behind you, totally off key, these things. 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:05.000 The Patriots beating the Texas without Tom Brady, these things. 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:07.520 That's a bold or not a pebble? 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:13.760 Are you allowing these things to move you? You can't 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:17.200 pray them away that coworker that gets on your nerves. 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:19.840 If he does leave, three more people. 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:21.160 Are going to show up just like him. 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:27.119 These things are tests that we must pass. Jesus said, 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:32.080 stop allowing yourself to be upset. He didn't say, if 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:35.080 you'll stay in faith, if you'll pray hard enough, I'll 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:39.679 take away all the traffic, the opposition, the criticism, the disappointments. 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:42.720 He said, they will come, but you don't have to 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:43.400 get upset. 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.240 You don't have to be moved by them. 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.760 Look at that negative medical report and say you don't 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:50.199 move me. 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:52.240 I'm not gonna live worried. 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:55.840 God's restoring health back into me. Look at that child 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:57.200 that's off course, and say. 0:20:57.600 --> 0:20:58.439 You don't move me. 0:20:58.960 --> 0:21:01.159 As for me and my house, we will serve the 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:03.680 Lord just a matter of time before you get into 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:07.040 your destiny. Look at that bank statement and say you 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:10.040 don't move me. You may be low right now, but 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:11.600 I know increases on the way. 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:12.880 I know I will lend. 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:16.760 Did not borrow that coworker that's always getting on your nerves, 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:17.920 trying to aggravate you. 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:22.120 When you see them Monday, just say hello, these things. 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:26.640 I know who you are. Joel told me, no, don't 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:28.400 leave my name out of that. I know who you are, 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:32.679 I know the secret, I have deep roots. I'm staying 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:37.080 in peace. Jesus told Peter to take his boat and 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:38.760 launch out into the deep. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:41.520 Peter caught a great haul of fish. 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:45.480 Jesus was saying, in effect, Peter, get out of the 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:46.440 shallow waters. 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:48.520 Quit living on the surface. 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:52.320 As long as you're doing that, letting your circumstances determine 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:55.720 your joy, then it's going to limit you. When Peter 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:59.000 went out to the deep waters, he caught so many 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:02.080 fish that his net begin to break. When you do 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:07.040 it God's way, you're not moved by people, circumstances, disappointments. 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:08.680 Because you're in the deep. 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:13.000 You're going to have an abundance of joy, abundance of peace, and. 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:14.360 Abundance of what you need. 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.960 I wonder how much more we would enjoy life if 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:22.080 we'd quit living on the surface and go down deeper. 0:22:22.880 --> 0:22:26.639 We let too many things upset us. Somebody talking about 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:30.800 you on social media. That's one of these things. Your 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:34.200 job is not to respond to every person, try to 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.359 straighten them out, prove your point. 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:37.880 Your job is. 0:22:37.840 --> 0:22:41.400 To be steadfast, be immovable. That means let it go, 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:45.520 don't pay it any attention. The scripture tells us to 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.920 rule our own spirit. It doesn't say to rule somebody 0:22:49.960 --> 0:22:54.120 else's spirit. You can't control what other people think about you, 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:58.240 what they say about you. If you're trying to rule them, 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:03.280 that's manipulation. You're going to be frustrated. I've learned it's 0:23:03.320 --> 0:23:06.399 a full time job to try to rule my own spirit. 0:23:07.040 --> 0:23:08.320 I don't have the time, the. 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:12.040 Energy, the wisdom, or the responsibility to try to rule 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:13.240 somebody else's spirit. 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:15.160 We spend too much. 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:19.359 Time worried about what they're saying, trying to change their mind. 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:21.639 Quit letting that move you. 0:23:22.400 --> 0:23:25.480 Part of ruling your spirit is to not let that 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:30.320 poison in you. Ships don't sink because there's water all 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:31.040 around them. 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:32.920 They sink when the. 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:37.200 Water gets in them. There may be negative circumstances all 0:23:37.200 --> 0:23:40.480 around you. Somebody's spreading rumors, you're dealing with an illness, 0:23:40.680 --> 0:23:45.280 finances have gone down. You've got good reasons to be upset, offended, worried. 0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:46.359 Here's the key. 0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:50.760 Don't let it get in You rule your spirit. You 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:54.920 can't rule your boss, your neighbor, the internet, the stock market, but. 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.720 You can rule your own spirit. 0:23:57.160 --> 0:23:59.960 It's a powerful when we can say with Paul, none 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:03.000 one of these things move me. I'm not upset by 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:06.560 what they're saying. God's fighting my battles. I'm not worried 0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:09.399 about the medical report. Nothing can snatch me out of 0:24:09.440 --> 0:24:12.720 God's hands. I'm not discouraged by this disappointment. 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:14.080 I know God. 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:16.600 Didn't bring me this far to leave me. He's made 0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:19.280 away in the past. I know he'll make away this time. 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:22.359 That's ruling your own spirit. That's a sign that you 0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:26.560 have deep roots. Well, until this all sounds good, but 0:24:26.640 --> 0:24:27.879 I made a lot of mistakes. 0:24:28.160 --> 0:24:31.480 I got off course. It was my own fault. If 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:32.640 you just stay on the. 0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:37.919 Surface, you'll live guilty, condemned, down on yourself. The accuser 0:24:37.960 --> 0:24:41.000 will constantly whisper you blew it, You're done. 0:24:41.080 --> 0:24:42.520 God's never going to bless you. 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:46.800 But when you have deep roots, you know God's mercy 0:24:46.960 --> 0:24:50.439 is bigger than those mistakes. You know his calling on 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:55.880 your life is irrevocable. The message translation says God's gifts 0:24:55.920 --> 0:25:01.960 and calling are under full warranty, never canceled, and never rescinded. 0:25:02.760 --> 0:25:06.879 That means God doesn't change his mind because we made mistakes. 0:25:07.520 --> 0:25:10.320 He doesn't give up on us because we're not where 0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:14.879 we're supposed to be. When God hand picked you, before 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.960 you were formed in your mother's womb, when he breathed 0:25:18.000 --> 0:25:23.159 life into you, he puts you under a full lifetime warranty. 0:25:23.640 --> 0:25:27.040 Saying their mind, no matter where they go, no matter 0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:30.040 what they do, I have a destiny for them to fulfill. 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:31.359 What am I saying? 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:36.359 Your mistakes did not cancel God's plan for your life. 0:25:37.040 --> 0:25:40.639 Quit believing those lies. You'll washed up, settle for second best, 0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:44.679 get back in the game. God is not finished with you. 0:25:45.440 --> 0:25:48.159 He knew every mistake you would make, and he has 0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:52.479 already lined up a new plan. You may have fallen down. 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:55.760 The right attitude is I'm not staying down. I know 0:25:55.920 --> 0:25:59.240 I am under full warranty. I know God will get 0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:03.200 me still to where I'm supposed to be. It's interesting 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.880 when the winds blow a tree back and forth put 0:26:06.960 --> 0:26:10.240 pressure and strain on the root system. You would think 0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:13.760 that was damaging the tree and making it weaker, but 0:26:13.880 --> 0:26:17.960 researchers have found that it's actually strengthening the root system. 0:26:18.600 --> 0:26:21.479 It seems like the pulling and the stretching would be 0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:25.440 tearing the roots apart, but the movement is making it. 0:26:25.359 --> 0:26:28.680 Easier for the roots to grow. It's the same way 0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:31.720 with us. That difficulty should have toppled. 0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:35.880 You damaged your roots, so to speak, brought you out weaker, 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:40.440 but just the opposite happened. You came through that challenge stronger, 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:42.120 with greater confidence. 0:26:42.400 --> 0:26:44.080 Your character was developed. 0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:47.639 The storm was sent to stop you, but God turned 0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:51.240 it around and used it to strengthen you. That mistake 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:56.280 that divorced that sickness should have left you defeated, lonely, discouraged. 0:26:56.760 --> 0:27:00.320 But when you come out you'll not only still be standing, 0:27:00.600 --> 0:27:03.760 you'll be better than you were before. Your roots are 0:27:03.800 --> 0:27:08.520 getting strengthened. I'm asking you today to quit living on 0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:12.720 the surface, being bothered by everything that doesn't go your way. 0:27:13.200 --> 0:27:17.240 Go down deeper, quit being moved by these things. 0:27:17.600 --> 0:27:18.640 Life is way. 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:22.040 Too short to let circumstances determine your joy. 0:27:22.400 --> 0:27:24.200 Start ruling over your spirit. 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:29.240 The next time you're tempted to get upset, to be worried, offended, discouraged, 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:30.240 try a new approach. 0:27:30.640 --> 0:27:32.880 Be steadfast, be immovable. 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:37.439 If you'll do this, I believe and declare, because you 0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:41.040 have deep roots, God is going to fight your battles. 0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:45.320 He's going to vindicate you, promote you heal you and 0:27:45.440 --> 0:27:49.240 take you to the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:52.080 And if you receive it today, can you say amen, 0:27:53.800 --> 0:27:56.760 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:27:56.880 --> 0:27:57.960 the Lord of your life. 0:27:58.440 --> 0:28:01.080 Would you pray with me, say, Lord. 0:28:00.960 --> 0:28:06.440 Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 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