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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.160 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.840 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.559 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:57.880 for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.960 It's a joy to come into your home. If you're 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.400 ever in our area, please stop by and be a 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.200 part of one of our services. I promise you will 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.560 make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.959 for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.720 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.480 about this man that called the church office. He said, 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.240 I want to speak to the head hag at the trough. 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.840 The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.440 you're going to have to call him pastor, but you 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.800 may not call him the head hog at the trough. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.440 He said, well, find but I was thinking about making 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.600 a ten thousand dollars donation to your church. She said, 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:39.160 hang on, Porky just walked in. Hold up your bibles. 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.240 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.000 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.560 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.200 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:54.320 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:58.600 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.360 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.960 about get over it. Too many people go through life 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:11.480 thinking somebody owes them something. They didn't have a perfect childhood. 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.959 Now they're offended at their parents. They got laid off 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.080 after years with the company. They're offended at a boss, 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:22.040 or maybe they came down with an illness. Life threw 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.320 them a curve. They went through a divorce, didn't get 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.880 the promotion. Now they're offended at God. They've got a 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.880 chip on their shoulder, bitterness on the inside. If God 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.240 was so good, how could he let this happen to me? 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:36.120 No. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.480 God never promised that life would be fair, but he 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.640 did promise if you would stay in faith, he will 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.440 take what's meant for your harm and use it to 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.560 your advantage. Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.240 to God. The people that raised you may not have 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.560 given you everything you needed. It may not have been fair, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.720 but that didn't catch God off guard. Use it as 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.080 an excuse to be bitter, thinking that you got cheated. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.160 If you'll get over it, God will still get you 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.800 to where you're supposed to be. The person that did 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:15.400 you wrong in a relationship, the betrayal, the divorce. It 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.159 may have been painful, it wasn't right. But if you'll 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:23.000 get over it, quit reliving all the hurt and pain, 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.880 and start moving forward, then you'll come in to the 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:30.880 new beginning God has in store. My message today is 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:35.520 very simple. Now I say it respectfully. Whatever wrong that 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:41.960 was done, whatever's causing you to feel sour, whatever seems unfair, 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.640 Get over it. Well, Joel, all my friends are married, 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.359 I'm still single. Get over it. Don't let that bitterness 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:53.480 take root. That will keep the right person from showing up. Well, 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:55.880 I wish I was a different nationality. I wish I 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.400 came from a different family. Get over it. God knows 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.760 what he's doing. God wasn't having a bad day when 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.520 he created you. You are not at a disadvantage. You 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:11.159 have been fearfully and wonderfully made for Joel. My friends 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:15.080 seems like they've got more golden for them. He's more talented, 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.920 she's more beautiful. I feel like I got short changed. No, 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.240 get over it. You have exactly what you need to 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.760 fulfill your destiny. Well, they did me wrong, they left 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.479 me out. Get over it and God will make it 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.480 up to you. Get over it and God will fight 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.479 your battles. I've heard it said you can be pitiful 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.080 or you can be powerful, but you cannot be both. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.760 And instead of sitting around thinking about all the reasons 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.640 you have to feel sorry for yourself, the bad breaks, 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.960 the disadvantages, you've got to take the hands you've been 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.400 dealt and make the most of it. Nothing that you've 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.560 been through has to keep you from becoming all God's 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.680 created you to be. My mother had polio as a child. 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.680 She had to wear a brace on her leg. Now 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.960 one of her legs is much smaller than the other leg. 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.159 When she goes to buy shoes, she has to buy 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.160 two pair of the same shoe because her feet are 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:17.400 different sizes. She could have been embarrassed by that shrunk back, 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.000 tried to hide it, let it cause her to feel 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:24.120 less than, but she never did. She knows she's been 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.520 made in the image of Almighty God. Growing up, that 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.719 never kept her from wearing a dress. In fact, she 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.520 still wears dresses today, nearly eighty years old, still showing 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.680 off her legs. That never kept her from working out 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.520 in the yard doesn't stop her from praying for other 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.840 people that need healing. In spite of the quote disadvantage, 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.200 she's gone on to live a full, blessed life. Why 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.240 she got over it. She didn't make excuses. She didn't 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:58.080 fall into the self pity trap. Sometimes we think, well, 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:01.120 if I had their life, if I had his talent, 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.040 if I was born into that family, then I could 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:09.320 do something great. No, don't compare your situation to somebody else's. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.720 You're not running their race. It may seem like they 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.040 have more advantages, they have more going for them, But 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:19.160 God has giving you the grace you need to fulfill 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.720 your destiny. You're not anointed to be them, You're anointed 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.920 to be you. You got to shake off any self pity, 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:31.480 any bitterness. Our attitude should be Nobody owes me anything. 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:37.640 I am not at a disadvantage. I didn't get left out, shortchanged, passed, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:42.760 over cheated. I am equipped, empowered, and anointed. All the 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.920 forces of darkness cannot keep me from my destiny. Fringe. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:52.280 Your time is too valuable. You're assignment too important to 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:56.560 go through life thinking about what you didn't get, who 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.520 hurts you, and how it didn't work out. That is 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:03.920 a trick of the enemy to get you distracted, wasting 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.840 valuable energy on things that don't matter. He would love 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:12.920 to keep you discouraged in self pity, blaming others, blaming yourself, 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.960 even blaming God. I'm asking you today to get over 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:21.400 anything that's holding you back. A bad attitude, an offense, 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.440 what somebody did to you, a mistake you made, don't 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:29.680 be pitiful when you can be powerful. The creator of 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:34.040 the universe breathed his life into you. Every day of 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.320 your life has already been written in God's book. And 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:41.880 the good news is your book ends in victory. And yes, 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.040 we all go through tough times, but we're not supposed 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.600 to stay there. Keep turning the page and you'll come 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:53.199 in to another victory. God knew there'd be unfair situations. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.840 That's why He's already arranged a comeback for every setback, 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:04.120 vindication for every wrong, a new beginning for every disappointment. Now, 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:09.000 don't let one bad break, a divorce, a rough childhood 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.040 cause you to get soured on life. If you didn't 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.360 get the promotion, get over it. God has something better 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:21.120 in store. If those friends don't accept you, they leave 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.400 you out, won't give you their approval. Get over it. 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.400 You don't need their approval. Don't go trying to play 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.760 up to them, trying to win them over. You have 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:36.840 Almighty God's approval. That's all that matters. Maybe your business 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.880 didn't make it, you had to set back. Now you think, oh, 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.720 what did I do wrong? I blew it? This is 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:48.760 the end. No, get over it. Don't condemn yourself. You 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.400 are not a failure. You took a step of faith 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.080 and a door closed. That means you're one step closer 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.319 to an open door. When you get knocked down, don't 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:02.440 stay down, get back up again. Nothing good is going 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.160 to happen as long as you're down on yourself, down 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:10.480 on life, focused on your mistakes, your disadvantages, that's going 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.720 to keep you from the amazing future God has in store. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.320 I know some of you are dealing with the sickness. Now. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.199 Our hearts go out to you. We're standing in faith 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:25.360 with you. But don't you dare sit around nursing your wounds, thinking, 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.319 poor old me, I guess my life is over. I've 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:32.200 got this disadvantage. No, dig your heels in and fight 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:35.080 the good fight of faith. God did not bring you 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.280 this far to leave you. When the going gets tough, 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.720 the tough have to get going. Get over the disappointment, 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:45.440 get over the self pity, get over the doubt. You 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.760 have been armed with strength for this battle. No weapon 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:53.600 formed against you is going to prosper. Nothing can snatch 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.560 you out of God's hand. The enemy doesn't have the 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.439 final say. God has the final say, and he says 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:04.600 the number of your days he will fulfill. You keep 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:09.400 turning that page, praying, believing, being your best, being good 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.440 to other people, and you're going to come into another chapter, 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.560 a chapter of victory. Think about Job. He had a 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:20.400 lot to get over. He lost his health, his family, 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.439 his business. If anybody had a right, at least in 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.160 the natural, to have a chip on their shoulder be 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.800 angry and bitter, it would have been Job. He was 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.720 a good man, he loved God, he was being his best, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:39.440 yet his whole life was turned upside down. The scripture says, 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:44.679 rain falls on the just and the unjust. I'd love 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.240 to tell you that if you have faith and you 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:51.719 love God, you'll never have any difficulties. But that's not reality. 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:56.520 But I can tell you when the storms come, if 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.480 you've got your house built upon the rock, if you've 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.640 got an un shakable confidence in God, if you know 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:06.920 the Lord as your shepherd, the storms will come, but 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.200 you will not be defeated. When it's all said and done. 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.640 You may go through the fire, through the flood, through 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:19.600 the famine, but you'll come out still standing strong. Don't 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:23.000 be discouraged by the storm, don't fall into self pity. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.240 I don't know what I did wrong. No, you may 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.960 not have done anything wrong. May be because you're doing 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.760 something right. You're taking new ground for the kingdom. You're 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.560 setting a new standard for your family. The enemy's not 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:38.080 gonna roll out the red carpet and let us fulfill 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.320 our destiny. But know this, the forces that are for 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.200 you are greater than the forces that are against you. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.079 Job could have given up on life blame God, thought, ah, 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.600 just my luck. I do my best and look what 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:56.280 happens to me. No, Right in the middle of the difficulty, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.120 when he could have been bitter and sour, he looked 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:03.280 up to the heaven and said, though he slay me, yet, 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.360 will I trust him? He was saying, in effect, no 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:10.960 matter what comes my way, I'm not gonna get bitter, angry, offended, 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.120 have a chip on my shoulder. It may not be fair, 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.320 but I know a secret. My God is still on 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:21.120 the throne. He will make my wrongs right. I may 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.760 not like it, but I'm gonna get over it and 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:29.040 keep moving forward. Nine months later, Job came out with 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.280 twice what he had before. When you get over it, 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:38.080 you position yourself for double. When you forgive even though 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:41.600 they did you wrong, get ready for double when you 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.480 have a good attitude even though life has thrown you 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.680 a curve. Get ready for double when you go through 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.400 the day being your best, even though it seems like 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.040 you got a disadvantage. Thoughts tell you you're not as 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.320 talented as she is. Look at him, he comes from 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.800 an influential family. You got cheated. Look at her, She's 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.880 so beautiful. You're so average. No, you know better than 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.600 to believe those lies. Instead of getting depressed, you shake 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.120 it off, knowing that you have been made in the 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.880 image of Almighty God. You have royal blood flowing through 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.840 your veins. You don't let those thoughts defeat you. You 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.680 don't let what people say circumstances pull you down. No 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.600 matter what comes your way, you get over it and 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:30.760 keep moving forward. When you do that, you better get ready. 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.000 God says to you what he says to job. Double 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.600 is coming your way, Double the joy, double the peace, 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:42.680 double the favor. Is there something you need to get 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:47.160 over today? Get over a friend that betrayed you, Get 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.480 over a business deal that didn't work out, Get over 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:55.040 a childhood that wasn't that great. Unless you get over it, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.880 it will keep you from the fullness God has in store. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.200 The key to the double is will you not get bitter? 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.360 Will you not have a chip on your shoulder, go 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:08.320 around thinking that somebody owes you something. It's easy to 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.920 make excuses to live a sour life. Have you noticed 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.920 these days, especially, people blame the past. They blame how 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.040 they were raised. Mama didn't give me what she should 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:22.280 have given me. My father wasn't around growing up. That's 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.560 why I'm bitter. That's why I can't get along with people. 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.520 That's why I can't be successful. Now, what your mother 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:33.320 or father didn't give you is not a surprise to God. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.200 Don't use that as an excuse to be sour and 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:41.520 go through life feeling short changed. I say it again, respectfully, 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:46.040 get over it, start moving forward. This is a new day. 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:49.440 God knew who your parents would be, He knew what 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.600 kind of environment you would be raised in. And I'm 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.240 not making light of it. Because some people came through 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:59.520 a very unfair situation. They didn't get the love, the approval, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:03.000 the support they should have. But I don't believe in 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:07.400 giving anyone the right to feel sorry for themselves because 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.920 as long as they think they got short changed and 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.760 life is not fair. Now I've got this sickness, Joel, 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.960 and I'm not that talented that will keep you from 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.800 the amazing future God has In story, it may not 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.920 have been fair, but if you'll have the right attitude 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.240 instead of being a set back, it'll be a set 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.520 up for God to do something great in your life. 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.960 But I know people fifty years old still talking about 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.760 what mama didn't give them. Have you ever thought about 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:43.840 maybe mama didn't have it to give. Maybe your father 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.880 did the best he could with what he had. Sometimes 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.960 we rely too much on people when we should be 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:56.400 relying on God. Psalm twenty seven to ten says God 0:16:56.440 --> 0:17:00.920 adopts us as his very own children. Mother or father 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:04.000 may not have given you what you needed, but if 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.879 you'll start looking to God, he will make up for 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.240 everything that you did not get. I've heard it said, 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.080 if you want someone to give you one hundred percent, 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.760 don't look around, look up. God is the only one 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.359 that can give you everything that you need. And some people, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.480 it's not that they don't want to. They were never 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:29.240 taught how to show love, to express approval. They never 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:32.880 saw that model growing up. Now they're passing down what 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.760 they've seen. And if you only look to people you'll 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:40.360 be disappointed. People will let you down, and if you're 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:44.240 not careful, you'll get bitter and resentful toward them and 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.040 think you owe me, Why won't you give it to me? 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.600 What's wrong with you now? Maybe God is teaching you 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:54.879 to not rely on people, but to rely on him. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.879 You've got to let people off the hook. Quit trying 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:03.600 to make someone be everything to you. No one person 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.919 has one hundred percent. No person can meet all your needs. 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:11.399 No matter how good they are, how loving, how kind, 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.160 at some point they'll fall short. You got to look 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:17.919 up to your heavenly father and say, God, I know 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:22.680 you will give me everything that I need. My father 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:26.280 told how when he was in his late forties, he 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.680 started thinking about how he had had such a rough childhood. 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.879 His family was very poor and at times they barely 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:37.400 had food to survive. He went around with old, raggedy 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.359 clothes had holes in them, and one day it just 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.920 hit him as being so unfair. He got a little 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:48.119 aggravated at his parents. He thought, why didn't they raise 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:51.240 me better? Why wasn't my father around to give me 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:55.320 the support, the encouragement that I needed. When you open 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:59.159 the door to self pity, to blame. All kinds of 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.320 negative thoughts will flood your mind. The enemy will be 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.440 right there to aag you on, tell you you're right. They 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.240 did you wrong, You got cheated. You should have a 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.840 chip on your shoulder. You need to go straighten them out. 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.800 My father was about to drive from Houston to Dallas 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:19.880 to tell his parents exactly what he thought and how 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:22.040 they didn't do a good job on him and they 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:25.200 put him at a disadvantage and it just wasn't fair. 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.840 Before he left, God spoke to him, not out loud, 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.440 but down in here. He said, son, they did you wrong, 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:37.359 didn't they. Daddy said, yeah, God, they did. They didn't 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:40.080 give you what you needed, did they? No, God, they didn't. 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:44.640 Wasn't fair, was it? No, it wasn't fair, God said, son, 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.720 How do you think you would have done if you 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.720 would have been in their shoes with no money, with 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:57.200 no air conditioning, no dishwasher, no washing machine. Mother working 0:19:57.240 --> 0:20:00.639 twelve hours a day making ten cents an hour. Father 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:04.080 with a fourth grade education, lost everything on the farm 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:08.200 during the Great Depression standing in line for food, Son, 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.119 do you think you may have made a few mistakes? 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:16.399 When my father saw it from that perspective, he realized 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:21.040 his parents had done an amazing job considering the circumstances 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:26.080 that they had. But it's easy to remember what we 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.479 didn't get and where they made a mistake, how they 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:32.480 should have done better, and why did they say that? 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.560 But most of the time, if you put yourself in 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:40.159 their shoes, you'll find they did the best they could 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:43.400 with what they had. Why don't you let people off 0:20:43.440 --> 0:20:47.399 the hook? Quit expecting them to be perfect. Look to 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.439 God to give you what people could not give you. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.520 If you don't, and you go through life thinking somebody 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:57.440 owes you something, you got that chip on your shoulder, 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:01.320 it's going to cause you to get bitter. When you're bitter, 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:05.960 it poisons every area of your life. Hebrews twelve talks 0:21:06.000 --> 0:21:10.080 about that root of bitterness. Now I've learned that a 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:16.080 bitter root will always produce bitter fruit. Bitter people don't 0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:20.320 have good relationships. They're too negative. When we're bitter, it 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:24.760 affects our attitude. We see everything through a critical lens. 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:29.040 Nothing is ever good enough. Bitter people they can smile 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:32.159 on the outside, how you doing, good to see you today, 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.200 But on the inside they're thinking, I don't like you. 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:40.240 Why'd you show up here. Bitterness taints everything about them. 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:44.919 It follows you everywhere you go. It's like this grandfather 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:47.879 I heard about. He took a nap one afternoon in 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:51.359 the family room. His grandkids decided to play a trick 0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:56.000 on him. They got some real strong smelling cheese. It's 0:21:56.119 --> 0:21:59.520 very potent, smelled really bad, and while he was sleeping, 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.679 the knuck over and rubbed some of that cheese on 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:06.240 his mustache. A couple of minutes later, his nose began 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:10.240 to twitch. Finally woke up, thought, boy, it stinks in 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.200 this room. He left the family room to go into 0:22:13.200 --> 0:22:16.400 the kitchen get some relief. He took a sniff here, 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:20.440 a sniff there, same thing stinks in this room. Frustrated, 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:22.640 he went outside to get a breath of fresh air. 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:25.880 He took a deep breath of fresh air, shook his head, 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:30.359 and said, man, the whole world stinks. If the whole 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:35.680 world ever stinks for you, might I suggest you look inside. 0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:39.560 Maybe there's some adjustments you need to make. Bitterness will 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:44.439 follow you everywhere you go. I know a man he 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:47.560 got bent out of shape at how his former employer 0:22:47.600 --> 0:22:50.880 had treated him. Overall, this boss had been very good 0:22:50.960 --> 0:22:53.720 to him, loving and kind, just a few things here 0:22:53.800 --> 0:22:57.480 and there. He could have overlooked it, not paid any attention, 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:00.960 focused on the good, But he made the stake of 0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:05.920 letting the bitterness take root. Today, twenty years later, the 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:08.960 fruit from that bitter root is starting to show up. 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:13.280 He's a negative, always finding fault, critical, got a chip 0:23:13.320 --> 0:23:15.800 on his shoulder. When we hold on to things we 0:23:15.800 --> 0:23:19.240 should be letting go of, when we don't forgive, when 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:22.880 we remember the worst, it's not harming the other person, 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:27.520 it's poisoning our own life. God is saying today, get 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:32.280 over it. Life is flying by. You don't have time 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:37.480 to waste another minute being negative, offended, bitter. So they 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:40.000 did you wrong. Get over it and God will make 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:42.600 it up to you. So you had a bad break, 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:47.000 a disadvantage, Get over it. God is still on the throne. 0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:51.320 My friend Nick voygecheck. We've had him speak for us here. 0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:55.520 He was born with no arms and no legs. All 0:23:55.560 --> 0:23:59.160 he has is his Torso he could be sitting around 0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:02.720 saying God, it's not fair. I have no reason to live. 0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:05.359 I have no future in front of me. No, Nick 0:24:05.720 --> 0:24:08.680 has taken the hand he was dealt and he's making 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:11.680 the most of it. Today he's a minister that goes 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:15.600 all over the world challenging people to not let any 0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:20.240 disadvantage hold them back. Are you making an excuse for 0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:23.440 some reason you can't be happy, an excuse for why 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:27.000 you can't succeed, Joel. They hurt me too badly. That's 0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:30.520 why I can't forgive. No, you're not forgiving for their sake. 0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:34.680 You're forgiving so that you can be free. Joel. I've 0:24:34.680 --> 0:24:38.200 had some rough times, had a bad break in my business. 0:24:38.680 --> 0:24:41.959 Get over it. You wouldn't be alive unless God had 0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:45.640 another victory in front of you. Nothing in life has 0:24:45.680 --> 0:24:51.119 happened to you. It's happened for you. Every disappointment, every wrong, 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:54.520 even every closed door, has helped make you into who 0:24:54.560 --> 0:24:58.119 you are. You are not defined by your past. You 0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:01.840 are prepared by your past. You may have encountered some 0:25:01.920 --> 0:25:05.800 great obstacles, it's because God has a great future in 0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:08.600 front of you. I read about a young man his 0:25:08.720 --> 0:25:12.159 dream was to play professional baseball, and all through junior 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.240 high and high school, he was by far the best 0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:18.600 player in the league. But one day he had a 0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:22.840 farming accident and he lost all of his forefinger in 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:26.199 most of his middle finger. It just so happened. It 0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:28.399 was on the hand that he threw the baseball with. 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:32.840 It looked like his career in baseball was over. But 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:36.680 this young man didn't sit around in self pity nursing 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:40.520 his wounds. He learned how to throw the ball without 0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:44.200 these two fingers. If you know much about baseball, those 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:47.320 are the fingers that you normally used to throw the ball. 0:25:47.960 --> 0:25:51.720 He had always played third base. One day during practice, 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:55.520 the coach was standing behind him and noticed that when 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:58.280 he threw the ball to first base, the ball had 0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:02.080 all kinds of movement on him. The coach thought, how 0:26:02.200 --> 0:26:06.160 could a batter possibly hit that ball? He moved him 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:10.480 from third base to the pictures mound. Mordecai Brown went 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.520 on to become one of the greatest pictures in all 0:26:13.560 --> 0:26:18.520 of professional baseball. If you will get over what you 0:26:18.760 --> 0:26:23.080 think is a disadvantage, God will take what looks like 0:26:23.119 --> 0:26:27.200 a liability and turn it into an asset. It may 0:26:27.200 --> 0:26:30.120 not be something physical, but the way you were raised, 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:34.639 a mistake you made, what somebody did to you. We think, 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:37.920 if only I hadn't had that accident, then I could 0:26:37.960 --> 0:26:41.400 fulfill my dreams. If only I hadn't been through that divorce, 0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:44.720 if only I hadn't gotten laid off. Listen, you got 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:48.560 to get rid of the if only thoughts, If only 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:52.199 can keep you from your destiny. Nick could be saying, 0:26:52.520 --> 0:26:55.040 if only I had arms and legs, then I could 0:26:55.080 --> 0:26:58.160 make something of my life, mord toe Ki Brown. If 0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:01.919 only I had all my fingers my mother. If only 0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:05.560 I hadn't had polio my father. If only I was 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:09.359 raised in a better environment, Zach Kis. If only I 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:14.440 was taller, David, if only Goliath wasn't so big, get in, 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:18.200 If only I came from a better family, Joseph. If 0:27:18.240 --> 0:27:22.240 only my brothers hadn't sold me into slavery. Now what's 0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:26.040 happened may look like a disadvantage in your eyes, but 0:27:26.160 --> 0:27:29.400 it is not a disadvantage in God's eyes. It's not 0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:32.119 going to keep you from your destiny. It's going to 0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:37.280 thrust you into your divine destiny. Now I'm asking you 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:41.760 do your part. Get over anything that's holding you back. 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.160 Get over what they said about you. They don't determine 0:27:45.160 --> 0:27:49.200 your destiny. God does. Get over what didn't work out, 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:52.920 Get over the mistake you made, Get over the disappointment. 0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:55.679 It may have been a setback, but it's not a 0:27:55.760 --> 0:27:59.280 surprise to God. He's already arranged the comeback. Now our 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:03.760 attitude be Nobody owes me anything. I am not going 0:28:03.800 --> 0:28:06.879 through life with a chip on my shoulder. I'm letting 0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:09.879 go of what didn't work out. I'm forgiving the people 0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:12.840 that did me wrong. I'm pulling up the root of bitterness, 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:16.320 and I'm moving forward into the amazing future God has 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:19.639 in store. If you will learn this simple principle to 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:24.120 get over it, then I believe and declare no disappointment, 0:28:24.520 --> 0:28:27.479 no bad break, no injustice is going to keep you 0:28:27.520 --> 0:28:30.399 from your destiny. God's going to take what's meant for 0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:33.760 harm and use it to your advantage. Like job, You're 0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:35.480 not only going to come out, but you're going to 0:28:35.520 --> 0:28:39.479 come out better, stronger, Increase with twice the joy, twice 0:28:39.520 --> 0:28:43.400 the peace, twice the victory in Jesus's name. If you 0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:47.480 receive it, can you say it then? Today? Well, we 0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.320 never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:53.480 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:57.960 you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent 0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:02.240 of my sins. I'm into my heart. 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