From Valley To Victory

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I like to start with something funny, 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.040 and I heard about this man that died and went 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.760 to heaven. Saint Peter escorted him down this long hallway 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:45.120 filled with thousands of clocks on the wall. The hands 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.320 on the clocks were moving at all different speeds. Peter 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:52.120 explained that every person has a clock when they send 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:55.800 the clock ticks. One clock was barely moving. That was 0:02:55.840 --> 0:03:00.400 Billy Graham's clock. Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock. 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.800 The man fed curiously, can I see my clock? Peter said, yeah, 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.200 we keep yours in the office and use it as 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.639 a fan. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.200 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.120 I am. I have what it says I have. I 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.880 can do what it says I can do. Today I 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.200 will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.880 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.840 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.600 I want to talk to you today about from valley 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:38.400 to victory. We all go through difficulties in life and 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.320 things we don't understand. We have a set back in 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:45.000 our finances, a challenge in our health, a relationship didn't 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.800 make it. When we're in the valley, it's easy to 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.360 get discouraged and think it's never going to improve. But 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:55.040 the scripture says in Hoseiah, God will transform the valley 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:59.120 of trouble into a gateway of hope. You may be 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.400 in a valley of trouble, a valley of loneliness, a 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.200 valley of debt. You don't see any way out. It 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.840 looks permanent. God is saying, I'm about to transform that 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:12.840 valley into a gateway of hope, a gateway of increase, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.479 a gateway of favor. The valley is leading you to 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:21.400 new levels, to better relationships, to greater influence. The medical 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.479 report may not look good. You're in a valley of sickness. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:28.159 God is about to transform it into a gateway of healing, 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.400 a gateway of wholeness. Don't let the valley fool you. 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.200 God has the final say. Nothing can snatch you out 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:39.120 of his hands. Maybe you're in a valley in your finances. 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:43.280 Business has slowed, you lost to contract. That valley is 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.719 not the end. It's about to be transformed into a 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.520 gateway of blessing, a gateway of favor, a gateway of 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.960 overflowed God is going to open new doors. He's going 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:58.160 to cause opportunities to find you. Perhaps you've struggled with 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.240 an addiction for a long time. You've accepted that you'll 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.480 always be in that valley. Your relatives lived in the valley, 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:08.000 they all struggled. No, this is a new day. God 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.919 is doing a new thing. That valley is about to 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:15.040 be transformed into a gateway of freedom. God has a 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.200 breakthrough coming your way. He's going to make things happen 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:22.400 that you couldn't make happen. The valley is not your destiny. 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.320 The addiction, the loneliness, the anxiety is not going to 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.839 hinder you your whole life. You were created to be free, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:34.880 to be happy, to live an abundant, fulfilled life. Instead 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.240 of complaining about the valley, being discouraged over what you're 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.560 going through all through the day, Father, thank you that 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.799 this valley is only temporary. I believe what you promised 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.120 that you're about to transform it into a gateway of hope, 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:53.600 a gateway of blessing, a gateway of victory. That valley 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.200 is leading you to the awesome future God has in store. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.080 And the truth is you can't reach your destiny without 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:05.120 going through valleys. The valleys are strategic. When you're on 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.919 top of a mountain, the only way to go higher 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.960 is to come down that mountain, go through the valley, 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.680 then you can go up a bigger mountain. God allows 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.120 valleys not to hold us back, but because He's taken 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:22.440 us higher. Without the valleys, we would get stuck. Are 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.080 you discouraged over what God is going to use to 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.680 take you to a new level? Frustrated thinking the valley 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.120 is permanent? Have a new perspective. The valley is not 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.680 there to stop you. It's there to promote you and 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.440 what you're up against may be bigger. You feel out numbered, 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.479 you don't have the resources on your own, you can't 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.719 get out. The good news is you're not on your own. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.919 The most tied God is right there with you. He 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.640 knows how to turn that battlefield into a blessing field, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:57.360 that valley of trouble into a gateway of victory. This 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.000 is what happened with David. When he was a teenage 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:04.279 He faced Goliath in the valley of Elah. It's not 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.400 a coincidence that this battle took place in a valley, 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:12.240 and every morning and every evening for forty days, Goliath 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.720 came out, stood on the side of the mountain and 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:19.400 shouted insults at the Israelites, tauning them, making fun, trying 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:23.400 to stir up trouble. Goliath was huge. He stood over 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.520 nine feet tall. His coat of armor weighed one hundred 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.440 and twenty five pounds. He was the champion of the 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:33.600 Philistine army. And when King Saul and the Israelites hurt him, 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:37.200 they were terrified. They turned and ran out of sight. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:41.360 This went on time and time again. One day David 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:45.480 showed up seventeen years old. When he heard these threats, 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.880 something rose up in him a fire, a passion, a courage. 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:54.280 He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.640 defy the armies of the Living God. He was saying, 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.840 this man is not in covenant with our God. He 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.840 doesn't have the blessing of Jehovah. We may be in 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.200 a valley, but Goliath can't keep us here. He doesn't 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:11.400 control our destiny. David looked at Goliath. He said, you 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.440 come against me with a sword and a shield, but 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.160 I come against you in the name of the Lord 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:20.760 God of Israel. This day I will defeat you and 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.120 feed your head to the birds of the air. All 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.080 the Israelites were in the same valley. They heard the 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:31.240 same threats, but David had a different attitude. He talked 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:35.199 back to the enemy. When you're in the valley, like David, 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:39.559 you will hear the enemy's threats. He'll try to intimidate you. 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.120 You'll never get out of this problem. It's too big. 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.600 You'll never get well. You saw the report. Your child 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.400 will never get back on course. Don't do like the 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:53.120 Israelites and believe those lies live in fear worried. Do 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:57.000 like David and talk back to the enemy. What you're 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.400 saying in the valley is going to have a great 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:03.199 impact on whether or not you come out. The Israelites 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.000 were saying, he's too big, we don't have a chance. 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.880 We'll never defeat him. When you talk defeat, your inviting defeat. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.520 When you talk sickness, You're going to have sickness. When 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.880 you say I'll never get out of this problem, it's 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.440 going to keep you there. Instead of agreeing with the enemy, 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:24.520 start declaring what God says about you. When the enemy 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:28.040 shouts you'll never get well. Do like David. I will 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.840 live and not die. God is restoring health back into me. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.280 You'll never get out of debt. This value of lack, 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:39.280 value of struggle not heaven enough. It's permanent. I will 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.960 lend and not borrow. God is opening the windows of heaven, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.880 pouring out blessings that I cannot contain. Well. That child 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.400 is never going to do right. He's never going to 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.400 break the addiction. As for me and my house, we 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.960 will serve the Lord. My children are mighty in the land. 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.280 What God has purpose for their life. No bad breaks, 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:03.960 no addiction, no person can stop. It's so important what 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.720 you're saying in the valley. If it's going to be 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.480 transformed into a gateway of hope. You have to speak 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:14.839 words of life, words of faith, words of victory. This 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.880 is where the Israelites missed it. They were talking about 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.880 how big Goliath was. David was talking about how big 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:25.840 our God is. They were magnifying the problem. David came 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:30.240 along and started magnifying our God. The enemy has no 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:34.080 new tricks. He's not creative. You can go back and 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.640 look what he's done in the past. That's how he's 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.160 going to try to deceive you in this valley. Thousands 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:44.120 of years ago, he was threatening with loud insults, trying 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:48.520 to intimidate with lies. It's no different today. Goliath may 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.000 not stand on the mountain side and shout down to 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:55.120 your valley, but in your thoughts, loud threats will come, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.079 things that can keep you awake at night, cause you 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:02.720 to live worried, stressed out. Recognize what's happening. Don't be 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.280 one of the Israelites and run and hide for forty days, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.200 and let forty days turn into forty months, then forty years. 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:14.960 Be a David. There's nothing more powerful against these negative 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:18.920 threats than God's word coming out of your mouth. I 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.000 may be in a valley but can I tell you 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.760 I am coming out. I will fulfill my destiny. I 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.680 will accomplish my dreams. I am strong, I am healthy, 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.880 I am well able. David told King Saul that he 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.240 wanted to fight Goliath. Saul told him all the reasons 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.280 why he couldn't do it. You're too young, you don't 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.080 have the training, the experience. He's too big, he's their 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.960 most skilled warrior. Sometimes people will try to keep you 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.079 in the valley. People will tell you what you can't do, 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.960 what you don't have, how you should just learn to 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.120 live with the addiction. Don't try to start that business. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.760 There are giants out there. You can't teach that class 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:04.480 much competition. You better stay where you are. Don't expect 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.640 everyone to cheer you on. All your friends are not 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.400 going to celebrate you, challenge you to stretch to the 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.959 next level. But just because they don't see it in 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.400 you doesn't mean you don't have it. God has put 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:21.480 greatness in you, things that other people have never imagined, 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:25.480 potential that's going to catapult you to a new level. Now, 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.080 don't let someone talk you out of what God put 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.040 in you. Don't let their lack of support cause you 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:34.680 to stay in the valley, David could have thought, I 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.520 guess King Saul is right. I don't have the training. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.760 I don't come from an influential family. He is much 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.560 bigger than I am. Maybe I should just accept this valley. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.880 If David would have let Saul discourage him, we wouldn't 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.400 be talking about him. If he would have believed the 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:54.000 threats of Goliath, he would have never fulfilled his destiny. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.640 And at some point we will all be where David was, 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:01.240 in a valley with the big obstacle. We didn't get 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.880 the scholarship, the relationship didn't work out, We lost a 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:09.640 loved one. The fear, depression, anxiety, it feels permanent. Nobody's 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.400 there to support us. That's when you have to dig 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.120 down deep and say, no, this valley is not my home. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:20.360 This defeat, this lack, this trouble, this addiction is not 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:24.240 how my story ends. You are on the verge of 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:29.280 seeing that valley transformed into a gateway of something amazing. 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:33.360 God is about to do something unusual, out of the ordinary, 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.400 something that will thrust you to a new level. King 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:41.720 Saul wasn't for David, but that didn't stop David. David's 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.000 family didn't believe in him. His brothers made fun of him, 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.600 but that didn't keep him from his destiny. Don't be 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:52.640 discouraged by who's not for you, by who doesn't cheer 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.320 you on. You don't need them. You and God are 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.439 a majority. He is breathing in your direction right now. Now, 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.600 you're about to come out of that valley. It's going 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:08.440 to happen sooner than you think. There's a breakthrough, a promotion, 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.640 a healing, a divine connection that's headed your way. Get 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:16.600 ready for that valley to be transformed. It looks permanent, 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.160 but things are suddenly going to change. Suddenly your health 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:24.040 turns around, Suddenly your business takes off, Suddenly your child 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:28.360 gets back on course. That valley is leading you to victory. 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:33.280 David was in this valley of Elaw. Goliath was coming 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.560 down the mountain to face him. David didn't have any armor, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.560 didn't have a sword a shield. All he had was 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:43.520 a slingshot. He reached down and picked up five smooth 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.320 stones from the stream. God was showing us there is 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.640 provision in the valley. David didn't bring the stones into 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:55.160 the valley. He didn't have someone helping him giving him 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:59.080 the stones. What he needed was within reach. What you 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.840 need to get out out of that valley is within 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.920 your reach. You don't have to wait on some person, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.440 some good break, a company to call you, a neighbor 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:12.040 to help you out, look around you, and look in you. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:17.640 Sometimes all you need is your praise. Praise is a weapon. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:24.000 Praise breaks chains, Praise confuses the enemy. Praise makes you powerful. 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.000 When you have praise coming out of your mouth, you 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:31.960 are unstoppable. The enemy cannot keep a praiser down. Just 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.560 ask Paul in Silas as they sang. Praise is at midnight, 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:40.000 prison doors flung open. Just ask Jonah sitting in the 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:43.640 belly of a fish. As he offered the sacrifice of praise, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:48.080 the fish spit him up on dry ground. All David 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:51.800 had was five small stones that didn't seem like much. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.520 But a stone with God's favor is more powerful than 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:59.400 an automatic weapon. Your praise may not seem like much, 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.040 but when you when you praise, angels go to work. 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:05.400 When you praise, the creator of the universe begins to 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:09.320 change things in your favor. Most of the battles we 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:14.760 fight are not physical, they're spiritual. Praise is a powerful weapon. 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.760 When you praise in the valley, it's even more effective 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:24.280 because the enemy expects you in the valley to be negative, bitter, complaining. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.440 But when you go through the day saying, Father, thank 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.120 you that you are still on the throne, thank you 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.640 that you are bigger than this problem, thank you that 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.600 no weapon formed against me will ever prosper praise will 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:40.920 cause you to defeat giants in your life. When Goliath 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.920 saw David how young he was, how small, he began 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.080 to laugh. He said about Dog, that you'd come at 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.680 me with a stick. He was saying, is this the 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.440 best you can do? Is this all you've got? He 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:57.720 discounted David made fun of him. David didn't pay any attention. 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.160 He took a stone, put it in the slingshot. When 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.440 he slung it, it hit Goliath right between the eyes, 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:09.119 knocked him unconscious. David went over, took Goliath's own sword, 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:13.440 and cut his head off. Overnight, David became a national hero. 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.440 He went from a shepherd boy that nobody had ever 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.919 heard of, to be in the talk of the town 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:23.679 everyone admired and loved. God knows how to transform a 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:28.120 valley of trouble into a gateway of blessing. You may 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:32.480 be in trouble now, in your health, your finances, a relationship. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.840 It's a setup. It was meant to stop you, but 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.359 God has another plan. He allowed it because it's about 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.000 to launch you to a new level. You're going to 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:46.720 come out promoted, stronger, healthier, better than you were before. 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:51.000 It's not a coincidence that David wrote in Psalm twenty three, 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.840 though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.160 he didn't say though I stay in the valley. Though 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.479 I live in the valley, The valley is not your home. 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:05.679 The valley is temporary. You're just passing through the valley. 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.920 It's just a matter of time before it's turned into 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:13.000 a gateway, a gateway of favor, a gateway of healing. Now, 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.800 don't let the valley become permanent in your thinking. Don't 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:21.600 go around talking about my sickness, my depression, my arthritis 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:25.320 is acting up. Don't take ownership of it. It's not yours. 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:31.159 God made you healthy, whole, free, blessed, prosperous. Anything otherwise 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:35.520 is on foreign territory. David said, though I walk through 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.520 the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Then the next 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:42.000 verse he said, God anoints my head with oil and 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.879 my cup runs over. God was showing us you have 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.080 to go through some valleys before you come to the 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.520 anointing where your cup runs over. David could have started 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.880 the chapter talking about my cup runs over, God anoints 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.640 my head, then at the end talked about the valleys. 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:05.440 He did just the opposite. It's because valleys precede overflow. 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.719 You may be dealing with the sickness now, but on 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.800 the other side of that valley is your cup running 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:16.000 over with good health. Things may be slow at the office, 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.719 but when you make it through the valley, there's an 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:23.880 abundance good breaks, promotion. That family member is causing trouble, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.000 but on the other side of the valley is great joy, 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.119 great peace. Your cup is going to run over with 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:33.760 great relationships. Now, none of us like to go through 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:37.320 the valleys, but if you'll keep the right perspective, knowing 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:40.400 that that valley is leading you to overflow, then you'll 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.760 go through it with a good attitude. I wonder how 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.080 often we get stuck in the valley complaining I can't 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:51.040 believe this happened. God is waiting to transform it into 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:54.040 a gateway of blessing, but we have to pass the test. 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:58.159 How we go through the valley makes a difference. I 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.960 know a pastor that wanted to build a new auditorium. 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:04.040 They had needed the space for a long time. He 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:08.040 saw friends building nice sanctuaries. They were doing great things, 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:10.720 but every time he tried to move forward, he had 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.040 some kind of setback. He was tempted to get discouraged, 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:17.320 think it would never work out. When you're in the valley, 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.359 it's a test. God is up to something that you 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:24.280 can't see. It's easy to complain and live negative, but 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.960 you have to trust him in the valley. This pastor 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:31.439 kept being his best month after month, thanking God that 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:34.679 he was working, declaring that a new sanctuary was on 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.840 the way. It looked like he was stuck. The odds 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:41.000 were against him, said it would never happen. But God 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.639 knows how to transform that valley of trouble into a 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:48.159 gateway of blessing. And when it's your time, all the 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:52.200 forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained for you. 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:57.040 One day, unexpectedly, the mayor of this small town called 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.320 and told how there was a group that built a 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:03.000 huge build for a casino, but before they moved in, 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:06.640 they went bankrupt. They had over forty acres of parking, 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.919 a building that could fit four football fields inside. It 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:13.960 was just a few miles from his church. The mayor 0:21:14.040 --> 0:21:17.320 asked if he was interested in purchasing it. The pastor 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.439 thought it'd be over fifty million dollars. It was huge, 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:23.840 first class. The mayor said, no, you can purchase it 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:27.240 for under two million dollars. Instead of having to build 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:31.520 his own facility, God dropped a much bigger, better facility 0:21:31.640 --> 0:21:35.399 into their hands. When you go through the valley in faith, 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.760 thanking God, then you're going to come into that anointing 0:21:39.080 --> 0:21:41.719 where your cup runs over. God is going to do 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.840 things that you've never dreamed. He's going to transform the 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:49.240 valley of trouble into a gateway of abundance. You may 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.040 feel like you're stuck. You're doing the right thing, but 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.040 the wrong thing is happening. The good news is that 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:58.680 valley is not permanent. You are coming through, and if 0:21:58.720 --> 0:22:00.919 you could see what was on the other side, you 0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:04.119 would be amazed. Your cup is going to run over. 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.720 Maybe a relationship didn't work out, that person left you. 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.880 Now you're in the valley. That is not the end 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:15.640 of your story. God has a running over blessing somebody 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:19.600 better than you've ever dreamed. Stay in faith in the valley. 0:22:20.080 --> 0:22:23.320 Don't listen to Goliath. Don't believe the lies that it's 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:26.480 never going to work out. It's too late, the obstacle's 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:30.600 too big. Like this pastor, that valley of trouble is 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:35.159 leading to a gateway of abundance, abundance of joy, abundance 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:39.800 of good hell, abundance of resources. Second King, Chapter three. 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:43.520 The Israelites had been traveling for seven days on their 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:46.720 way to attack the Moabites. They went the long way 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:49.760 around to surprise them, but they ran out of water. 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:52.919 There was nothing for them or their animals to drink. 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:56.000 The King of Israel said, has God brought us out 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:59.160 here to die? Someone spoke up and said, let's ask 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:03.200 the prophet. He said, in verse sixteen, this is what 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:07.159 the Lord says. This dry valley will be filled with water. 0:23:07.680 --> 0:23:10.840 You will see neither wind nor rain, but you will 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:15.240 have an abundance of water plenty for yourselves and your animals, 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:18.760 and the Lord will give you victory over the Moabites. 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:22.159 That didn't make sense. The valley was going to be 0:23:22.240 --> 0:23:25.920 filled with water with no rain. I'm sure they thought 0:23:25.960 --> 0:23:30.000 Elisha you missed it this time. That's impossible. Where's the 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:33.359 water going to come from? The Next morning they woke 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:36.919 up and suddenly water started flowing into the valley with 0:23:37.160 --> 0:23:41.399 no source. They went out and defeated the Moabites. You 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:43.760 don't have to figure out how God is going to 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:47.280 bring you out. It may not seem possible. You've looked 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:50.160 at all the options and don't see away. That's okay. 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:54.360 God has ways we've never thought of. We think natural, 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:57.960 but God is supernatural. He can cause the property to 0:23:58.000 --> 0:24:00.760 find you. He can have the right people knock on 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:04.159 your door. He can heal you without the treatment. The 0:24:04.240 --> 0:24:07.679 valley doesn't stop our God. He's not limited by what 0:24:07.760 --> 0:24:11.200 you don't have. He's not intimidated by what you're up against. 0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:15.600 He spoke worlds into existence, He flung stars into space. 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:19.760 He knows how to turn your situation around. You may 0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:23.479 be in the valley that's dry, it looks permanent. Get ready, 0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:27.159 water is about to flow into your valley. You're not 0:24:27.240 --> 0:24:29.960 going to see wind nor rain. It's not going to 0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:32.760 be ordinary. It's not going to happen a normal way. 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:36.520 It's going to be the hand of God. There's no explanation. 0:24:36.960 --> 0:24:41.080 It doesn't make sense. It's God bringing water without rain, 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:46.399 promotion without the qualification, and auditorium without having to build 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:49.639 it a baby when you were told it wasn't possible. 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.680 Don't get discouraged because the valley is dry. There's no water. 0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:58.080 God controls the faucet. His favor can open a door 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:01.520 that couldn't open. He can make the happened. They can't 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:05.920 be explained. When David was thirty seven years old, he 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:08.000 was about to step into a new level of his 0:25:08.160 --> 0:25:11.679 destiny and become the king of all of Israel. He 0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:16.160 was at the Valley of Reffium Raffian means giants. Twenty 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:20.480 years earlier he defeated Goliath. Now he's spaced not just 0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:24.359 one giant, but a valley full of giants. God helped 0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:27.240 him and his men, and they won the victory. The 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:31.280 scripture says David renamed the valley instead of leaving it 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:35.680 the valley of Reffium. He called it Balparism, which means 0:25:35.720 --> 0:25:39.119 the god of the breakthrough. You may be in a 0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:43.160 valley now things are difficult, But like with David, one 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:46.679 day you're going to rename that valley instead of a 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:50.480 valley of disappointment. When you see what God does. You're 0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:52.960 going to say that was a valley of favor, a 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:56.119 valley of blessing, a valley where God showed out in 0:25:56.200 --> 0:25:59.720 my life. Instead of a valley of sickness, a valley 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:03.040 of sils, that was a valley of healing, a valley 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:06.359 of wholeness where God made away where I didn't see away. 0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:10.440 Or instead of a valley of addiction, a valley of failure, 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:14.080 that was a valley of freedom, a valley of restoration 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:18.520 where I saw God's grace as never before. Don't let 0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:21.480 the name of that valley fool you. God is about 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:26.280 to transform that valley into a gateway of blessing. When 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:28.440 my father went to be with the Lord, I was 0:26:28.480 --> 0:26:31.919 in a valley of loss, a valley of sadness. I 0:26:31.960 --> 0:26:35.120 can say now that was a valley of increase. That 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:38.480 valley launched me to a new level. When my mother 0:26:38.560 --> 0:26:41.960 faced cancer, that was a valley of illness, a valley 0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:45.399 of pain. But now forty years later she can say 0:26:45.600 --> 0:26:48.400 that was a valley of breakthrough, a vallee where God 0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:52.840 helped me defeat a giant. When King Jehasafat and the 0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:56.520 people of Judah were surrounded by three major armies. They 0:26:56.560 --> 0:26:59.679 didn't have a chance, but God caused those armies to 0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:03.439 become confused, and they ended up destroying each other. The 0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:06.639 people of Judah went in and gathered up all the spoils. 0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:12.000 Johasapat named that place the Valley of Blessing. Things may 0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:15.480 be tough right now, stay in courage. One day you're 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:18.680 going to say, like him, that was a valley of blessing. 0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:22.720 God is working behind the scenes in your life. He 0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:25.760 hasn't brought you this far to leave you. He sees 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:30.280 the tears, the injustice. That valley of trouble is about 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:34.080 to be transformed into a gateway of hope, a gateway 0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:38.600 of healing, a gateway of promotion. It may be uncomfortable now, 0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:42.439 but the valley is necessary. God is using it to 0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:45.119 take you to a new level. Now do your part. 0:27:45.280 --> 0:27:47.879 Praise Him in the valley, keep a good attitude in 0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:50.800 the valley. Be good to others in the valley. If 0:27:50.840 --> 0:27:54.800 you'll do this, I believe and declare, Like David, you're 0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:58.560 going to defeat giants that are much bigger. 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