Dropped But Not Forgotten

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But thanks so 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.040 much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.560 out today. And I like to start with something funny 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.960 and I heard about this cat and mouse that died 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:20.079 on the same day and. 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.400 Went to heaven. After a few weeks. 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:25.160 Saint Peter saw the mouse and ask him how he 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:28.320 liked it. He said, Oh, it's great, but it's so big. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.600 I would love to get some roller skates. Peter said, 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.480 no problem, got him some roller skates. A few weeks later, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.160 Peter saw the cat and ask him how he liked it. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.079 He said, Oh, it's fantastic. And just when I thought 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.359 it couldn't get any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.960 Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.960 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.680 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.320 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:56.360 --> 0:03:00.640 taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess it is alert, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.720 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:08.240 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:12.600 to you today about dropped but not forgotten. We all 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.200 go through situations where life is not fair. I met 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.720 a man last week. He had just been laid off 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:24.840 after twenty five years with the same company. He felt betrayed, alone, forgotten, 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:26.600 like he'd been dropped. 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:28.000 A friend of mine. 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.880 His father was killed in an accident when he was 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.040 two years old. Now, all through school, he used to think, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.400 why does everybody else have a dad. 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:36.960 But I don't. 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.840 There was an emptiness on the inside, dropped as a 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:45.880 little boy. Sometimes other people's poor choices have a negative 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:50.119 effect on us. Maybe you were raised in an unhealthy environment. 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:54.000 Now you're still struggling with the same addictions, same depression, 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:57.960 same anger. It keeps getting passed down. Some people have 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:03.160 been mistreated taking advantage. Now they have to deal with guilt, shame, 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.240 feeling like they don't measure up. It wasn't even their fault. 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:12.240 Somebody else dropped them. I've learned you can't live very 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:16.680 long without being dropped. Dropped by an illness, drop by divorce, 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.880 drop by a friend that turns on you. It's easy 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.159 to get discouraged and think, man, this is my lot 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:22.640 in life. 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:23.880 It's never going to change. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:24.960 Now. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.560 You may have been dropped, but the good news is 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.760 God knows how to pick you back up. David said, 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.359 God lifted me out of the pit and set my 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.480 feet up on a rock. David had been dropped by rejection, 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.080 dropped by people coming against him drop by his own 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:47.479 mistakes and failures. But God said, in effect, David, don't worry. 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.680 That drop is not the end. That bad break, that 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:55.279 person that hurts you, that addiction, that sickness is not 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:55.960 the end. 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.120 Of your story. 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.200 You may have been dropped, but you need to get 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.480 ready God. God is about to lift you. He's about 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.440 to set you on a higher place. He's going to 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.679 take you where you could not go on your own, 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:13.680 to a new level, with new opportunities, new friendships, new joy, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.600 new health, new fulfillment. You're not going to come out 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:20.120 the same way. The scripture talks about how God will 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.960 pay us back double for the unfair things that have 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.799 happened when you go through a disappointment, when you get. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.560 Dropped, don't get bitter, don't get discouraged. 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.600 Get ready for double, Get ready for increase, Get ready 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:35.760 for favor, Get ready for new levels. 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.839 Friends, God has not forgotten about you. 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:43.920 He has seen every tear you've shed, every hurt, every 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.920 lonely night, every person that's done you wrong. 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.600 God is a god of justice. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.400 He told the Israelites when they were in slavery, being mistreated, 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:58.560 taken advantage of I am coming down to deliver you. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.800 He was saying, I'm coming down to pick you back up. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:06.760 I'm coming down to bring justice. Notice what causes God 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:10.039 to get off the throne. What causes the creator of 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.760 the universe to stop what he's doing and take action. 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.800 It's when he sees you being mistreated. 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.920 When God sees that injustice, he doesn't sit back and say, well, 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:24.400 too bad. No, he says, that's my son, that's my daughter, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.359 my most prized possession. 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:27.520 They've been dropped. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.920 Now I got to get up and do something about it. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.600 When God goes to work, all the forces of darkness 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.240 cannot stop him. People can't stop him. Bad breaks can't 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.440 stop him. Sickness can't stop him. God will make your 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:44.520 wrongs right. He'll pay you back for the trouble. He'll 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.400 get you to where you're supposed to be. But the 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.400 truth is we all get dropped in life, and it's 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.560 easy to feel alone, forgotten, like you don't matter. But 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:58.320 don't believe those lies. God said in Isaiah, I will 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:02.440 not forget you. Have carved you into the palm of 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.599 my hand. Every time God opens his hand he sees 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.000 your name. He's reminded of you. You may have had 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:10.680 some bad. 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.520 Breaks some closed doors. 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.200 Some people come against you. But God has not forgotten 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:20.280 about your dreams. He has not forgotten about the promises 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.800 that He's given you. He didn't forget about that baby 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.640 you want to have, that husband or wife you've been 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:30.600 praying about, that wholeness, that healing, that freedom that you need. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:34.360 Stay in faith. Life happens to all of us. 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.400 You may get dropped, but remember it's only temporary. 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.920 God sees it. He's not only going to lift you 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:43.520 back up, but he's going. 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.040 To set you on a higher place. You're going to 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.560 come out better off than you were before. This is 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.160 what happened to a young man in the scripture named 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:56.360 maphibis Chef. He was the grandson of King Saul and 0:07:56.440 --> 0:08:01.080 the son of Jonathan. He was born into royalty, destined 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.400 to one day take the throne. His future was very bright, 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.400 and as a child, he was being raised by loving nurses, 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.040 people that treated him with great kindness, made sure to 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:13.239 meet his every need. 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.960 They knew they were dealing with the future king. 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:20.120 But when he was five years old, his father and 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:24.040 his grandfather, King Saul, were both killed in a battle. 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:26.760 News messengers rushed. 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:30.320 To Maphibischef's house to tell them the terrible news and 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.600 to inform them that the army was on their way 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.040 to try to wipe out all of King Saul's relatives. 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:42.240 A nurse picked up little Mamphibis Chef in a great panic, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.199 took off running out of the house as fast as 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.520 she could. She was trying to save his life. She 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.040 had good intentions trying to help the young boy, but 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.120 on the way down the stairs, she tripped and dropped 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:59.679 Maphibi Chef. Both of his legs were broken. He became 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:04.160 quick and could never walk again. Here Maphibis Chef had 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:08.240 not done anything wrong, wasn't his fault. Yet he's having 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.200 to pay the price for somebody else's mistake. 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:12.959 Doesn't seem fair. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:18.840 Sometimes in life, well meaning people can drop you. They 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.640 didn't mean to hurt you. They made a mistake and 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.920 said some things that they shouldn't have, or they worked 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.200 all the time struggling to make ends meet. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.880 They weren't there when you really needed them. 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.640 Perhaps they had bad habits addictions passed down to them 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.640 now they're passing them on down to you. They weren't 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:40.320 bad people, they had our best interest at heart. But 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:44.480 like this nurse, they dropped us we can become crippled 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:48.800 with low self esteem, crippled with addictions, crippled with depression. 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.679 Even though ma phibis Chef was the grandson of the king, 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.000 even though he had royalty in his blood, he ended 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.600 up living in a place called loada bar that was 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.520 one of the the poorest, most run down cities of 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.520 that day. Year after year went by. I'm sure he 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:11.720 thought nobody remembers me. I used to be somebody important, 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:13.880 somebody that was respected. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:17.120 I used to be excited about my future. I had 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.200 big dreams. But look at me. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:23.720 Now, I'm a crippled I can't even walk. I'm living 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.920 in the slums. Nobody cares about me. I don't have 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:31.160 any friends. And it wasn't even my fault. Somebody else 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:36.320 dropped me. He felt alone, forgotten, like it would never change. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:40.720 But here's the beauty. Nothing goes unnoticed with our God. 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.960 God saw his father killed and taken away at a 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:49.119 young age. God saw the well meaning nurse drop him. 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.720 God saw his once normal legs that could run and 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:57.040 jump and play instantly becoming crippled. God saw the despair, 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.280 the poverty, the lack that he was living in. God 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.880 didn't say, well, the phibis chef, you sure got some 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.120 bad breaks. You need to find you a more surefooted 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.600 nurse next time. She really messed your life up. Now, 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:12.520 God said, my phibis Chef, I have not forgotten about you. 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.880 I've got you carved into the palm of my hand. 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.760 You're always on my mind. And yes you may have 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.720 been dropped, but that bad break is not the end. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.800 I am a god of justice. I am going to 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:29.080 pay you back for what has happened. One day, King 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.720 David was on the throne of Israel, sitting in the palace, 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.640 minding his own business, when all of a sudden, he 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:41.480 felt this desire to be good to some of Saul's relatives. 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.640 Now this is unusual because Saul was the one that 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.679 tried to kill David. He was the one that chased 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:52.520 David through the wilderness and made his life miserable. Yet 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:57.000 David said, in Second Samuel nine, is there anyone left 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.920 from the house of Saul that I might show too? 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.680 Why would David want to be kind of one of 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:08.559 his enemies? That was God whispering in David's ear, giving 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.800 him a desire to be good to someone that had 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:16.080 been dropped. God can make things happen that you could 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.079 never make happen on your own. You may say, Joe, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.480 I'm stuck. I've had these bad breaks. I'll never accomplish 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:27.319 my dreams, never get out of this mess, never be fulfilled. No, 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.560 you need to get ready. Your time is coming. God 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.079 is about to whisper in. Somebody's ear to be good 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:37.320 to you. You didn't deserve it, you couldn't earn it. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.040 But for no reason, somebody gives you a good break. 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:45.079 Somebody offers you the job, Somebody gives you the contract. 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.840 Somebody steps up and solves the problem for you. Don't 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:54.719 get discouraged. Justice is coming, Restoration is coming, New beginnings 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.760 are on their way. When David asked if any of 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:03.680 Saul's relatives were alive, one of his assistants said, we've 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:08.240 searched and searched. There's only one grandson left. It's the 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:13.120 son of Jonathan. His name is Maphibis Chef. But he's crippled. 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.720 He can't even walk. David, no use wasting your time 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.800 with him. He's never going to amount to anything. They 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.520 tried to talk David out of it. David said, no, 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.760 you go find him right now and bring him to 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:30.959 the palace. Well, Maphibis Chef was living in hiding in exile, 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.040 hoping that nobody knew that he was related to King Saul. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:39.920 After all, Sau had not treated David right. Imagine what 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.400 the people thought when they saw these officials from the 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:48.000 palace wearing their royal uniforms, show up in Lodo Bar 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:52.680 and start searching through the slums for this crippled man 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:57.760 named Maphibis Chef. The whole city was stirring, buzzing with excitement. 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.240 Word finally reached maphiba Chef that people were there from 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.199 the palace. He asked, what in the world are they 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.760 doing here in Lodo Bar of all places. They said, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:12.520 Maphibis Chef, they're looking for you. His heart skipped a beat. 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.280 He thought, ah, man, my luck is run out. They 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.120 finally found me. They're gonna get rid of me. 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.680 The officials came bursting in, said, Maphibis Chef, get up 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:25.000 and come with us. You're being summoned by the king. 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:30.760 The problem is, Maphibischeff couldn't walk. They had to carry 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:35.160 him to the palace. They traveled hour after hour, finally 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:39.280 arrived and told King David that he was there. David 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:42.600 went out to meet Maphibais Chef. He was expecting to 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:47.680 see someone that looked like King Saul, his grandfather. Saul 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.240 stood head and shoulders above the rest. Saul looked like 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:55.400 a king. He had a presence that commanded respect. Saul 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:59.800 walked like he was royalty. Here's his grandson. Now, David 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:04.360 is expecting some kind of resemblance. But when David opens 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.720 the door and sees Maphibius Chef on the ground, frail, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:16.000 emaciated legs, shriveled up, hair not combed, closed, dirty, David 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:19.400 said to his assistant, are you sure this is the 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:23.200 grandson of the king. Are you sure this man is royalty? 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.600 They said, yes, Sir, we are certain. David looks at him, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:33.000 says mamphibis Chef. What happened to you? Maphibus Chef wouldn't 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:37.040 look at David. He was too insecure, too afraid, too embarrassed, 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.280 he said, King David. When I was five years old 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:46.280 and my father and grandfather were killed, somebody dropped me 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:50.400 and my life has never been the same. That could 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.400 have been the end of the story. David thought, well, 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.840 too bad for you. You should have seen how your 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.640 grandfather treated me. I don't feel sorry for you. 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.920 One bit. You're getting what you're family deserved. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.760 Maphibas Chef is there on the ground, afraid, trembling, thinking 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.280 that it's the end. David smiles and says, Mapibis Chef, 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:11.560 don't worry. I'm not going to harm you. I'm going 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.720 to be good to you from now on. You're not 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.400 going to live in Lodo Bar. You're going to live 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.600 in the palace with me. Now, I'm going to give 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.440 you all the land that belonged to your grandfather, King Saul. 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.920 You're not going to go out and have to work 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.240 it and farm the land. I'm going to give you 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:33.160 a full staff to farm the land for you and 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.200 give you the profits. They'll do all the work and 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.920 you'll reap all the benefits. Last thing, Maphibis Chef, every 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.960 night you will always sit at my table and have 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.960 dinner with me, not with my staff, not with my 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:47.960 military leaders. 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.800 Now you have a permanent seat at the King's table. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.960 Maybe today, like Malphibis Chef, you feel like you've been dropped, 0:16:56.320 --> 0:17:00.240 had a bad break, a loss, weren't treated right. Be 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:04.320 easy to settle there, be discouraged, not expect anything good, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.080 nor you need to get ready. You're about to be 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.760 summoned to the palace. God is about to pay you back. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:14.280 Not just what should have been yours. God is going 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.960 to give you what belonged to your forefathers. It's going 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.280 to be far and beyond favor. You didn't have to 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:24.600 work for it. It's just the goodness of God paying 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:28.000 you back, bringing justice. You may not see how it 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.560 can happen, but God has the right people he can 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:36.240 speak to about you. He's softening the right hearts. God's 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.720 going to pay you back for an unfair childhood. Pay 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.360 you back for the person that did you wrong. Pay 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:45.520 you back for that baby you couldn't have. Don't sit 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:49.200 around in self pity. There's a seat at the King's 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:54.040 table waiting for you. God has already prepared it. It 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:57.640 has your name on it. It's a seat of favor, 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.960 a seat of healing, a seat of restor, a seat 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:01.639 of increase. 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:06.119 Friends, you have royal blood in your veins. The Most 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:10.400 High God breathed his life into you. He has destined 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.400 you to live in the palace. 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.880 That means a place of blessing, a place of wholeness, 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:19.840 a place of honor, a place of victory. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.280 Now, don't settle for Lodo Bar. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:28.680 Don't get comfortable surviving enduring barely getting by well, Joel, 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.960 I've had a lot of bad breaks. My life hasn't 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.480 turned out the way I thought. That may be true, 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:37.280 but that didn't change who you are. You're still royalty, 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.479 you still have that crown of favor, you still have 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:42.359 the Dna of Almighty God. 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:46.320 Get this down in your spirit. It's payback time. 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.680 People may have tried to push you down, but God's 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:53.320 about to push you back up. Circumstances may have dropped you, 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:54.400 but God is. 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.440 Called the glory and the lifter of our head. 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.040 There's about to be some lifting, some things that you 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.440 could not make happen, the favor of God opening up 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:07.919 new doors, causing people to be good to you, paying 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:13.080 your back for that injustice. What's interesting is Maphibis Chef 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.639 never did get healed. He continued to be a cripple 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.119 the rest of his life. And it could have seemed 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:20.480 like this story doesn't have. 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:21.080 A good ending. 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:26.320 But I've learned that if God doesn't remove the difficulty, 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:30.480 if he doesn't totally turn it around, God will make. 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.000 It up to you. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.440 You may have lost a loved one. You can't bring 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.399 that person back. But God can make the rest of 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.480 your life so rewarding, so fulfilling, that it will help 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:45.520 take away that pain. Or perhaps somebody walked out of 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:49.480 a relationship, broke your heart, did you wrong. God can 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:53.040 bring somebody new into your life that is so loving, 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:57.120 so kind, so good looking, so well off you don't 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.119 even miss that old goat that left you. 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:02.200 I mean that person that God knows how to pay 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:02.640 you back. 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:08.680 Mamphibis Chef never walked again, but sitting at the King's 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:13.000 table every night, having people wait on him, bring his food, 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:17.000 farm his land, give him the prophets. For some reason, 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:21.119 I don't think he ever complained. All he could say was, Lord, 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:24.040 thank you for remembering me, Thank you for your favor, 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:28.000 thank you for your mercy. When God overwhelms you with 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:31.720 his goodness, when he brings you out with double you 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.720 won't complain about who hurts you and what didn't work 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.920 out and how unfair it was. You'll be so amazed 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:40.800 that God remembered you and promoted you. 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:42.240 And had people to carry you. 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:45.080 Would you couldn't go on your own Like Mamphibi Chef, 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:46.280 all you'll. 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:48.760 Be able to do is thank God for his goodness. 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:49.480 In your life. 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:54.200 My sister Lisa, her husband Kevin. They tried for many 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.439 years to have a baby with no success, and Lisa 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:01.119 went through all the fertility treatments, had a couple surgeries 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.360 even but still no baby. Finally, the doctors told her 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:06.879 that she would never be able to have a child. 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:11.439 Other people have had that same negative report, but against 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:14.800 all odds, they've had a baby. Anyway, We've all seen 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:18.080 God make a way where there was no way, but 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:22.240 for Lisa and Kevin it didn't happen. Lisa could have 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:26.760 felt like she had been dropped infertility, but God is 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:30.680 a god of justice, like Maphibaschev. If it doesn't turn 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:33.360 out your way, God will make it up to you. 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:37.399 One day, out of the blue, Lisa received a phone 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:40.840 call from a lady we know in another state that 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.960 runs a ministry that helps teenage girls. This lady said, 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:48.080 Lisa and Kevin, I've got a young lady about. 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:49.800 To give birth to twins. 0:21:49.840 --> 0:21:53.520 Something told me that I should call you to see 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:57.040 if you would be interested in adopting these babies. When 0:21:57.080 --> 0:22:00.600 Lisa and Kevin heard that, something leaped on the inside. 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:04.200 They knew those babies were supposed to be theirs. They 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:07.240 ended up adopting them. A few years later adopted a 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:11.720 baby boy. Today they have three amazing teenage children as 0:22:11.760 --> 0:22:16.720 happy as convenient. Lisa said, here's how good God is. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.440 I have three children and I never had to get 0:22:19.440 --> 0:22:20.440 pregnant one time. 0:22:22.040 --> 0:22:24.000 God will make it up to you. 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:27.639 The phibis chef was summoned to the palace, but he 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:29.960 couldn't get there on his own. He had to be 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:33.480 carried to the palace each night at dinner, he couldn't 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:35.000 get to his seat by himself. 0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:37.080 He had to be carried to his seat. 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:40.880 You may think, Joel, I'm never gonna accomplish my dreams. 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:42.200 I'm crippled. 0:22:42.720 --> 0:22:46.720 I've got this sickness, this addiction, this depression that I'm 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:50.000 dealing with. No, when you can't get there on your own, 0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:54.280 God will always have somebody there to carry you. 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:57.600 You're not alone, you're not forgotten. God has you in 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:00.000 the palm of his hand. 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:02.880 And God is not looking down at you because you're 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:06.960 still crippled, so to speak. You're still struggling with some issues. 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:10.720 God saw the times you've been dropped. You didn't go 0:23:10.880 --> 0:23:13.520 down by yourself, and you're not going to come up 0:23:13.560 --> 0:23:14.320 by yourself. 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:16.560 God has already lined. 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:19.719 Up the right people to carry you, to encourage you, 0:23:20.040 --> 0:23:21.480 to help you do what you. 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:22.560 Could not do on your own. 0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:26.679 When Jesus was carrying the cross on his way to 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:31.439 be crucified, he was so weak, so exhausted, he fell 0:23:31.520 --> 0:23:34.359 down under the weight of the cross. He couldn't carry 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:38.159 it anymore. There was a man named Simon that just 0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:39.400 so happened to be there. 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:40.640 He picked up the. 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:43.520 Cross and carried it the rest of the way for Jesus. 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:47.400 The point is, you don't have to be strong all 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:51.160 of the time. Even Jesus fell down under the weight 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:52.080 of the cross. 0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:55.360 The good news is there will always. 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:58.439 Be a Simon there for you, somebody to help you, 0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:01.320 somebody to encourage it, to get you to where you're 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:07.159 supposed to be. On the cross, even Jesus felt alone, forgotten. 0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:10.919 He was so stressed that he swept great drops of blood. 0:24:11.600 --> 0:24:14.119 At one point he cried out, my God, why have 0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:15.159 you forsaken me? 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:18.080 He was saying, God, I've been dropped. 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:22.000 It looked like the end, but the enemy never has 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:26.040 the final say God does. Three days later, Jesus was 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:31.199 sitting at the king's table, the victor, not the victimy friends, 0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:36.000 God is a god of justice. When you don't have 0:24:36.119 --> 0:24:39.119 the strength to move forward on your own, don't worry. 0:24:39.520 --> 0:24:42.960 God will have angels to carry you. God is not 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:44.920 going to let you stay in lodobar. 0:24:45.440 --> 0:24:46.440 He's going to keep. 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:51.199 Working, moving, restoring, speaking to the right people until he 0:24:51.280 --> 0:24:55.560 gets you to your seat at the King's table. Dinner 0:24:55.880 --> 0:25:00.000 is not complete without you there. You may have been dropped, 0:25:00.680 --> 0:25:05.240 had bad breaks, you feel broken crippled, But today you're 0:25:05.280 --> 0:25:07.000 being summoned to the table. 0:25:07.760 --> 0:25:10.880 We need your presence, We need your gifts. 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:15.800 We need your smile, your joy, your laughter, not pushed down, 0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:16.720 not half hearted. 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:20.440 No, this is a new day, Isaiah said. God will 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:20.880 give you. 0:25:20.880 --> 0:25:25.119 The oil of gladness instead of mourning, a crown of 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:29.199 beauty instead of ashes, a garment of praise instead of 0:25:29.200 --> 0:25:30.320 a spirit of heaviness. 0:25:30.840 --> 0:25:32.959 There's too much heaviness in our world. 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:36.680 People are letting circumstances and the stress of life push 0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:40.480 them down. I believe today as God is breathing new 0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:44.119 hope into your heart, the gladness is coming and the 0:25:44.200 --> 0:25:48.040 sadness is leaving. The heaviness is going, and joy is 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:51.480 on its way. Your life is going to be filled 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:55.840 with a new laughter. The scripture calls it joy unspeakable, 0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:59.800 full of glory. Years ago, there was a young man 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:04.359 in South Korea that was dying from tuberculosis. One lung 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:07.520 had already collapsed. As he lay on his bed at 0:26:07.560 --> 0:26:10.720 home waiting to die, he was in so much pain 0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:14.080 that he started calling out to his different gods. 0:26:14.440 --> 0:26:17.919 One by one. He cried out to this God, please 0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:21.320 come and help me. No answer. He called out to 0:26:21.359 --> 0:26:24.600 another God, please want you help me. Still not an answer, 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:26.240 again and again and again. 0:26:27.000 --> 0:26:32.159 Finally, in desperation, he said, if there's any God up 0:26:32.200 --> 0:26:35.280 there anywhere, I don't ask you to heal me. 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:38.280 I just ask you to show me how to die. 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:43.800 He was alone, felt forgotten, dropped by life threatening illness, 0:26:43.800 --> 0:26:44.920 no fault of his own. 0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:48.000 You wouldn't think that God would have anything to. 0:26:47.960 --> 0:26:48.560 Do with him. 0:26:48.800 --> 0:26:52.119 He wasn't a believer. He doesn't come from our same faith. 0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:56.439 But the scripture says, call on the name of the Lord, 0:26:56.720 --> 0:26:59.840 and he will answer you. It doesn't say call if 0:26:59.880 --> 0:27:02.600 you come to church, Call if you know the scripture, 0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:05.800 Call if you live the right kind of life. No, 0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.800 anyone is welcome to call. There's a seat at the 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:14.560 King's table waiting for you. A few hours later, a 0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:18.800 young college student walking through his neighborhood felt what she 0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:23.840 described as an inexplainable love drawing her to that house. 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:27.440 She went over and knocked on the door. His mother answered. 0:27:27.760 --> 0:27:29.800 The young lady said, I know this is odd, you 0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:32.760 don't know me, but is there anything. 0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:34.000 That I can pray with you about? 0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:37.800 His mother began to weep, told how her son was 0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:41.080 on his death bed in the back bedroom. The young 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:43.520 lady went back and prayed for her son, and that 0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:47.080 day he gave his life to Christ. Long story short, 0:27:47.119 --> 0:27:50.479 God healed him. He went on to become doctor David 0:27:50.560 --> 0:27:53.600 Jungi Cho, the pastor of the largest church in the 0:27:53.680 --> 0:27:59.160 world there in South Korea. Friends, God has not forgotten 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:04.120 about you. You may be dealing with an illness, a loss, 0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:07.280 a bad break. You feel like life has dropped you. 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:08.240 You need to get ready. 0:28:08.480 --> 0:28:11.200 God is about to lift you back up, not bring 0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:13.520 you out the same. He's going to set you on 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:16.159 a higher place, bring you out better off than you 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:20.240 were before. It's payback time. God is about to make 0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:23.480 some things up to you. He's already spoken to the 0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:28.080 right people to confine you with healing, with encouragement, with blessing. 0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:31.880 Like Maphibus Chef, I believe in declare you're coming into 0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:34.640 the palace, the place of healing, the place of blessing, 0:28:34.920 --> 0:28:36.160 the place of abundance. 0:28:36.400 --> 0:28:37.520 You will take your. 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:41.360 Seat at the King's table and become everything God's created 0:28:41.400 --> 0:28:43.240 you to be in Jesus' name. 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.040 If you receive it, can you say it in today? 0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:50.480 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:53.280 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:53.800 --> 0:28:58.120 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:03.120 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:06.880 you my Lord and savior. 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