Greater Is Coming

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I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.840 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.600 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.160 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.840 Enjoy the message. 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.160 Well, God bless you it's a joy to come into 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.120 your homes, and it's going to be a little bit 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.400 different today. The building is not open to the public 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.080 because of the coronavirus, but we have a few of 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.079 our staff and family members with us. 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.000 But I'm always honored to be able to share with you. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.240 So let's get started today with our declaration of faith. 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:32.440 Come on, say it like you mean it. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.760 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.639 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.320 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.320 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.680 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:53.399 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.080 to talk to you today about. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.160 Greater is coming. 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.680 We all face setbacks in life and things we don't understand. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.640 When we go through loss and disappointments, it's easy to 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.799 get discouraged and think that's the way it's always going 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:11.440 to be. But our God is a god of restoration. 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:16.160 He doesn't stop every difficulty, he doesn't keep us from 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.680 every challenge. But he did promise he would pay us 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.000 back for the wrongs. 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.280 He would restore what was stolen. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.600 David said in Psalm seventy one, you have allowed me 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:32.120 to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:33.600 even greater honor. 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:35.920 The suffering is a set up. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.640 God allowed the difficulty not to make you miserable, but 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.640 to restore you to greater honor. God never brings you 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.000 out the same. He makes the enemy paid for bringing 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.320 the trouble. When you're in tough times, you have to 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:56.480 remind yourself that is not how your story ends. That loneliness, 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.560 the bad break, the anxiety is not your death destiny. 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:05.640 Greater is coming. Greater joy, greater strength, greater. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:10.480 Relationships that set back in your finances, the clients you lost, 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:15.800 the unfair childhood that didn't stop your purpose. Greater opportunities 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:20.640 are coming, greater favor, greater influence. The enemy brought it 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.680 to set you back. He didn't realize it's setting. 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.920 You up for God to show out in your life. 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.599 He meant it for your harm. God's turning it to 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:30.599 your advantage. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:35.279 When you're in difficult times, keep this phrase in your spirit. 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:36.960 Greater is coming. 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.480 God didn't bring you this far to leave you. He 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.080 wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.520 you from your destiny. Just the opposite is going to 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:52.200 launch you into your destiny. Paul said, these light afflictions 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.080 are for a moment, but they are working in us 0:04:55.400 --> 0:05:00.479 and eternal weight of glory. The trouble is temporary, the 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:04.960 glory is permanent. The key is don't stay focused on 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:09.080 the suffering, stay focused on the glory that's coming. It 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.280 may be tough right now. Life has dealt you an 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:17.239 unfair hand. That suffering is not in vain. It's serving 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:21.640 a purpose. It's leading you to greater honor, greater favor, 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:22.880 greater victories. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.080 I love David's attitude. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:29.520 God, You've allowed me to suffer much hardship. He could 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.880 have stopped there and stayed focused on the bad breaks. God, 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.839 I don't understand it. Why did my father leave me 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.680 in the shepherd's fields? Why is King Saul trying to 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:43.240 kill me instead? David said, in effect, God, have had 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.120 a lot of bad breaks. I've gone through much suffering. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:50.240 But I know this, you will restore me to greater honor. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.320 He was thanking God for greater. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.160 In the middle of the difficulty. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.760 When you're in tough times, you can either talk about 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.159 how big the problem is is or you can talk 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.160 about how big your God is. But if you're going 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.960 to see the greater, you have to do like David, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:12.120 in the middle of the difficulty, start declaring, greater is coming. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:14.679 The medical report doesn't look good. 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.279 While you're taking the treatment, Lord, thank you that greater 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.000 health is coming. Thank you that the number of my 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:26.840 days you will fulfill. When you're fighting depression, anxiety, fear, 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.960 don't sit around thinking about how you're never going to 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:33.119 get better. Nor in the middle of the battle, Father, 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.320 thank you that greater joy is coming. Thank you that 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:40.800 you're pushing back forces of darkness. Your attitude in the 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:45.000 suffering will determine whether you come out with greater or 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.279 whether you stay where you are. First, Peter says, after 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:53.400 you have suffered a little while, I'm not saying that 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.880 if you have faith, you'll never have suffering, never have 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.640 things you don't understand. But keep the right for perspective. 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:05.200 The suffering is not permanent. After you have suffered a 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.320 little while, not your whole life, not the next twenty years. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.920 Don't believe those lies that what you're going through is 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.400 never going to change. You'll always struggle with the addiction, 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.800 You'll always have to deal with that illness. Always have 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.800 trouble at work. No, the suffering is not going to last. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.880 It didn't come to stay, it came to pass. Well, 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.040 God started in. 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:31.240 Your life, He is going to finish. But here's the key. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.200 To see the greater, you have to go through the suffering. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.000 I would love to tell you that greater comes by 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.680 just being positive, by just staying in faith. But there 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.360 are certain levels you can only reach by going through 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.600 some things. Now, don't get stuck in the suffering. Don't 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.160 live bitter because somebody walked away. Don't settle in the 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.600 depression thinking that you're a lot in life. 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.640 Keep an attitude of faith and go through it. 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.520 Keep believing when every thought tells you it's never going 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.640 to change. Keep talking like it's going to happen when 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.680 nothing is improving. Keep speaking God's favor when it seems 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.720 like you're wasting your time. The suffering is a test. 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.720 It's an opportunity to show God that. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:19.520 You are not going to get discouraged. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:21.800 You're not going to give up on your dreams, You're 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.200 not going to lose your passion. This scripture goes on 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.840 to say, after you have suffered a little while the 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.360 God of all grace, who has called you to his 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:38.480 eternal glory, will himself restore you, strengthen you, and establish you. 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:43.520 God has already called you to live a victorious life. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:47.000 It's already called you to overcome every obstacle. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.920 The creator of the universe chose you before you could 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:51.920 choose him. 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.960 The forces that are trying to stop you are no 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.880 match for the God who has already called you. Now, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:02.960 do like David, go through the suffering with a good attitude. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:08.680 If you'll keep the right perspective, then God himself will 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:13.080 restore you. That means he won't send the angels, he 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.920 won't ask Gabriel to do it. But the most High 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:19.720 God will suddenly turn things around. He will suddenly heal, 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.240 suddenly promote, suddenly deliver. 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.920 Now many of you have passed this test. You've been 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.200 doing the right thing. 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:33.160 Suffering with a smile, praising through the pain, worshiping instead 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:33.840 of worrying. 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.960 Get ready, Greater is coming. God is about to do 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.040 a new thing. Problems that look permanent are about to 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:46.199 turn around. Dreams that look too far gone are about 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:47.160 to come to pass. 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:51.719 The right people, divine connections are going to find you. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:53.200 Greater is coming. 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.160 The enemy thought he was pulling you back to keep 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:01.199 you there. He didn't realize like a and arrow, the 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.839 more he pulls you back, the further God is going 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:04.440 to shoot you. 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:08.199 He thought he was hindering you. The truth is he 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:09.040 was helping you. 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:13.880 The suffering was a setup. God allowed it so he 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:15.240 can launch you. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.480 To a new level of your destiny. Now, don't be 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:20.480 discouraged by what you're going through. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.520 You couldn't become who you were created to be without 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.559 the struggle, without the disappointment, without. 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:29.840 The bad break. I know it's uncomfortable. 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.040 I know you don't like it, but keep reminding yourself. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.840 Greater is coming. First Samuel, Chapter thirty. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.760 David and his six hundred men had been out protecting 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.240 the borders of Israel. When they were returning home three 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:48.320 days later, they noticed smoke billowing in the sky. It 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.959 looked like it was coming from their city. I can 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.640 imagine they started walking faster. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.160 Wondering what was going on. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.280 When they arrived home, their worst fears came to pass. 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:03.600 The Amalekites had come in and raided their city. They 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.440 burned down all the homes, kidnapped all their wives and children, 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.520 and took all of their possessions. Here, David was out 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.120 doing the right thing, and the wrong thing happened didn't 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:19.280 seem fair. But just because you have trouble doesn't mean 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.200 you're doing something wrong. Sometimes when you're doing right, you 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.800 will face difficulties. There are forces trying to keep you 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:27.920 from your destiny. 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.720 But when you understand this principle that every. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.160 Setback is a setup for God to take you further, 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:39.880 that the suffering is putting you in position for greater honor, 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.640 then you won't fall apart when you have a bad break. 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.720 You won't live bitter because you had an unexpected challenge. 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:51.160 You'll stay in faith, knowing that the enemy wouldn't be 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:54.480 trying to stop you if he didn't know something amazing 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:58.959 was in your future. David and his men were very discouraged. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.840 They wept until they could not weep anymore. If that 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:07.640 wasn't bad enough, David's men were so distraught about losing 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.240 their wives and children they talked about stoning David. 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.559 David could have sat around in self pity depressed. 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:21.560 Instead, the scripture says David begin to encourage himself in 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:25.560 the Lord, his God. Maybe that's where he wrote, I 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.040 will bless the Lord at all times, his praise will 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.880 continually be in my mouth. Maybe sitting in those ashes, 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.640 he wrote, surely goodness and mercy will follow me all 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:37.439 the days. 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:38.079 Of my life. 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.480 Instead of complaining, he was thanking God that he was. 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.040 Still on the throne. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:47.119 Sometimes you won't be able to find anyone else. 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.360 To encourage you. 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:52.200 Your friends are busy, your pastor's on vacation, your church 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:53.840 has closed because of the virus. 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.640 You can't find me on television. That's God letting you know. 0:12:58.080 --> 0:12:59.760 You have to encourage yourself. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.560 You have to dig down deep and say, I am 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:07.880 not going to let this bad break, this disappointment, this 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:12.120 injustice steal my joy and sour my life. God, I 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.560 thank you that you are bigger than this sickness, greater 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.840 than this depression, more powerful than this opposition. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.640 I know you being for me is more than the 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:25.120 world being against me. You have to stir up your praise, 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:26.960 stir up your faith. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:31.040 Start speaking victory over your life. Start thanking God that 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.840 he's fighting your battles, that this too shall pass, that 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.840 greater is coming. David prayed and asked if he should 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.200 go after the enemy. God said in verse eight, yes, 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:46.920 go after them. You will surely recover everything that was 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.640 taken from you. 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:50.480 You may be in a difficult time. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.840 You've lost some things, lost your health, lost your joy, 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.480 lost your dreams. God is saying, if you'll get your 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:03.480 fire back and start moving forward, you will surely recover. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.040 Everything that you've lost. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.400 The enemy may be laughing now, but you're going to 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:09.360 have the last laugh. 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.200 God has the final say. 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.320 He saw the injustice, he saw who did you wrong, 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.360 what you didn't get, what was taken from you. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:22.160 He's saying, get ready, everything is coming back. 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:27.360 Your health, your children, your finances, your joy, your dreams. 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:31.720 Not maybe not, there's a good chance surely you will 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:36.720 recover everything. Surely means without a doubt, you can count 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.080 on that. God used the word surely, not for him. 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:40.960 But for us. 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:46.240 He's saying, be confident, it's all coming back. David and 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.280 his men left the camp and headed out. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.080 They didn't really know where to go. 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:55.280 When it just so happened they came across a servant 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:58.920 of one of the Amalekites. This young man had been 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.240 sick and not able to travel, so they left him behind. 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.640 David gave him food and water. He promised that if 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.200 he would lead them to the Amalekites. He would spare 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.880 his life. This young man took them right to the 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.960 enemy's camp. When you get your passion back and go 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.200 after what belongs to you, God will have the right 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:23.520 people in your path to help you. He'll have divine connections, 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:27.560 people that will use their experience, their expertise to take 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.320 you where you couldn't go on your own. When David 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:35.480 showed up, the Amalekites were having a big party, celebrating 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:41.000 their victory, dancing, eating, drinking. I've learned sometimes the enemy 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:45.440 celebrates too soon. He doesn't realize you were down but 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.600 not out. You had a setback, but it was really 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:49.480 setting you up. 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:54.000 He thought because of that disappointment, you would be sour, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:55.880 give up on your dreams. 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.320 He thought that setback would cause you to keep sitting 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.040 in the ash, defeated, depressed. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:06.600 He never dreamed you would encourage yourselves. He never dreamed 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.000 when you got knocked down, you'd get back up again. 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.000 He never dreamed instead of. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:15.560 Complaining, you would start praising. He may be celebrating now, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.600 but don't worry. Your time is coming right now. God 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:23.200 is arranging things in your favor. He is lining up. 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:27.119 The breaks you need. He is pushing back forces of darkness. 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.000 Things are happening that you cannot see, and if you 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.160 will keep moving forward in faith, you are going to 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:40.200 come in to unuse your favor, breakthroughs, healing victories, things 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.720 that you couldn't make happen on your own. David and 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.960 his men went in and attacked the Amalekites. They wiped 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:51.080 them all out. Nobody was left in the camp. Verse 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:56.240 eighteen says David got everything back that the Amalekites had taken. 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:01.160 They rescued their wives and children. Nothing thing was missing, 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:06.119 small or great, son or daughter. David brought everything back. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.480 You may feel like you've lost some things that loved 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.000 one that didn't make it seems like they took a 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.480 part of you with them. You don't have the joy 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.480 you used to have, or you've struggled with that addiction 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.639 so long you've lost the desire to fight. But God 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.560 is going to do for you what he did for David. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.480 One day you're going to say nothing is missing. I 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.200 got my dreams back, I got my health back, got 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.480 my children back, I got my joy back. 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.160 God is not going to bring you out. 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:40.840 Partially where you get most of what you lost God 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:42.280 doesn't do things halfway. 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:44.359 Nothing is going to be missing. 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.679 It was a great victory that David got everything back, 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.840 but God doesn't bring you out the same when you 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.240 go through suffering, greater is coming. 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.200 Verse twenty says David's men rounded. 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:02.400 Up all the Amalekites, flocks and herds, all their possessions. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.120 These belonged to them as their reward. 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.480 There is a reward for going through difficulties with a 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:12.840 good attitude. We would be grateful if God just brought 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.679 us back to where we were. But when you go 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:19.760 through challenges in an attitude of faith, with your head 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:23.240 held high, knowing that God is fighting your battles, then. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.680 A reward is coming. You're not going to just come out, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.199 You're going to come out better than you were before. 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.840 Back in the nineteen fifties, my father had been pastoring 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:35.240 a church for many years. 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.120 It had grown and become very successful. 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.439 They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary, and he 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:43.600 was on the state board for his denomination. 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:45.879 His future looked very bright. 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:50.280 Then, my sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.800 The doctors told my parents that she'd probably never be 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:57.520 able to walk or to feed herself. My father went 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.840 to a hotel downtown to be alone for a few 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.280 days to study the scriptures in a new way. He 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.760 had been taught that God healed people back in the Bible, 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.560 but that had passed away. Then he read the scripture 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:16.879 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. He realized 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:19.919 there never was a day of miracles, but there's a 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:24.040 God of miracles, and he's still alive. He went back 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:28.440 to his church with this new message of faith and victory, 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.520 healing abundance. He thought everybody would be excited, but it 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.200 was just the opposite. 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.080 It didn't fit into their tradition. 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:40.199 There was so much opposition he ended up having to 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:41.080 lead the church. 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:42.800 He was devastated. 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.160 He had spent years pouring his heart and soul into 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:49.720 those people. My mother was twenty six years old at 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:53.280 the time. She had lifelong friends that never spoke to 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:53.840 her again. 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:56.000 But instead of sitting. 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:59.760 Around bitter frustrated over what didn't work out, my parents 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:03.840 were out and started Lakewood. They found an old feed 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:07.840 store had holes in the floor and cracks in the walls. 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:11.000 They cleaned it up and ninety people showed up the 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:15.119 first Sunday here my father went from the big prestigious 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:19.520 church with the beautiful new auditorium to this little Rundown 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.280 Wood building with a fraction of the people. 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:24.200 Year after year. 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.760 He kept being his best, pouring his heart into them, 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:32.240 not listening to the critics and naysayers. The opposition said 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:36.200 Lakewood would never last, that my father was wasting his time. 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.480 But when you go through much suffering, God gives you 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:45.440 a promise that greater honor is coming, greater favor, greater influence. 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:48.920 Against all odds, my sister Lisa began. 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:50.399 To get better and better. 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:55.440 Today she's perfectly normal, eighty seven years old, doing fine. 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:59.479 The nineteen seventy two Lakewood began to grow. People started 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:03.120 coming from all over the city. It kept growing and growing, 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:06.920 and here we are sixty one years later, still going strong. 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:09.879 But we all have unfair. 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:15.000 Things that happen, people that come against us, rejection, betrayals, sicknesses. 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.680 It's tempting to get discouraged. God, why did this happen? 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.560 Why did these people push me out? Why was my 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:25.520 daughter born with this illness? But some things were never 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.679 going to understand. Don't try to figure out all the 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:32.000 whys of life. All that's going to do is frustrate you. 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:35.200 The good news is God knows how. 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:37.040 To work all things for your good. 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:39.760 It may not be good, but He knows how to 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.760 turn it for good. The key is to go through 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:47.199 the suffering with the right attitude, knowing that greater is coming. 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:52.240 May not happen on your timetable, but God is faithful. 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:55.480 He sees you doing the right thing when the wrong 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:59.680 thing is happening, being the bigger person, overlooking the insults. 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:03.240 He sees you being your best at work when they're 0:22:03.280 --> 0:22:04.439 not giving you the credit. 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:08.159 Like with my father. Your time is coming. 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.280 You're going to see the hand of God take you 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:14.600 where you can't go on your own. The people that 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:17.800 tried to push you down, don't worry. God is preparing 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:20.920 a table for you in the presence of your enemies. 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:24.679 That means they will see you promoted, honored in a 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:28.680 position of influence. That health issue that you've been fighting 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:33.240 through with a good attitude, still giving God praise, still 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:37.480 being good to others that hasn't gone unnoticed. You've been 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:41.240 through the suffering. Now get ready. The greater is coming. 0:22:41.520 --> 0:22:45.760 Greater health, greater victories, greater breakthroughs, greater freedom. 0:22:46.400 --> 0:22:47.840 In Genesis twenty nine. 0:22:48.000 --> 0:22:52.440 There's the story of two sisters, Rachel and Leah. When 0:22:52.480 --> 0:22:56.080 a young man named Jacob saw Rachel, it was love 0:22:56.240 --> 0:22:59.680 at first sight. He fell head over heels for her. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:04.679 You see, Rachel was extremely attractive. The scripture says she 0:23:04.880 --> 0:23:08.720 was beautiful in every way, with a lovely face and 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:11.680 a shapely figure. Let me tell you, when God says 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:13.320 you're fine, you know you're fine. 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:14.840 Rachel had it going on. 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:18.760 Jacob asked her father Laban, if he could marry her. 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:22.080 Laban said he could if he would work for him 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:22.960 for seven years. 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:27.560 Jacob worked faithfully those seven years, but Laban didn't keep 0:23:27.600 --> 0:23:28.080 his word. 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:30.920 He tricked Jacob At the wedding. 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:34.399 In those days, the bride wore a very thick veilve 0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:38.000 you couldn't really tell who was in there. Jacob assumed 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:42.520 it was Rachel. Instead it was Leah. Well, the scripture says, 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:44.399 Leah had weak eyes. 0:23:44.400 --> 0:23:45.560 And was doll looking. 0:23:46.320 --> 0:23:48.960 I don't know what weak eyes mean, but I know 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:50.080 what doll looking is. 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:51.560 I have a brother named Paul. 0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:57.320 Laban made sure at the wedding that Jacob had way too. 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:00.720 Much to drink. The Next morning, when Jake woke up, 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:02.280 he saw weak eyes. 0:24:02.080 --> 0:24:05.920 Staring back at him. He nearly passed out. He ran 0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:08.480 to Laban, what in the world are you doing? You 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:12.640 know our agreement was for Rachel and not Leah. Laban said, yes, 0:24:12.680 --> 0:24:15.280 I know, but our tradition says we have to marry 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:19.320 the oldest daughter first, work for me another seven years, 0:24:19.800 --> 0:24:22.760 then you can have Rachel. And Jacob was so dumb, 0:24:22.840 --> 0:24:25.520 I mean, so in love. He worked another seven years 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:30.320 and finally married Rachel too. But that whole time, Jacob 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:35.240 never really loved Leah. His attention was only focused on Rachel. 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:39.640 Rachel was barren, she couldn't have children, but Leah gave 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:43.280 him son after son, hoping that would win his affection, 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:48.840 but still nothing changed. Eventually, Rachel gave birth to two sons, 0:24:49.080 --> 0:24:50.560 Joseph and Benjamin. 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:53.360 But all this time Leo. 0:24:53.359 --> 0:24:58.760 Was in a loveless marriage, feeling unwanted, second choice, marginalized. 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:01.280 I'm sure she he was tempted to have. 0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:04.399 Low self esteem, to not feel good about who she was, 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:09.920 But God sees when you're being overlooked, pushed down, discounted. 0:25:10.480 --> 0:25:15.119 Leah could have lived bitter angry. Instead, she kept suffering 0:25:15.320 --> 0:25:19.040 in silence, doing the right thing with a good attitude. 0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:23.080 When it came time for God to choose a family 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:27.359 line to bring Jesus through, he didn't choose one of 0:25:27.440 --> 0:25:31.880 Rachel's sons, the favorite wife. He didn't choose Joseph, whom 0:25:31.920 --> 0:25:34.880 we read so much about. He didn't choose Benjamin. He 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:39.200 chose Leah's son, Judah. Jesus came through. 0:25:38.960 --> 0:25:40.400 The tribe of Judah. 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:45.320 All of Leah's sons became founders of six of the 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:47.000 twelve tribes of Israel. 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:48.479 What am I saying? 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:53.040 Even when people dishonor you, don't worry. God knows how 0:25:53.040 --> 0:25:56.159 to honor you. God knows how to cause you to shine. 0:25:57.200 --> 0:26:00.359 People may try to discount you and push you down, 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:03.239 but you are not who people say you are. You 0:26:03.280 --> 0:26:06.879 are who God says you are. God calls you a masterpiece. 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:11.480 He calls you fearfully and wonderfully made. You have royal 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:13.320 blood flowing through your veins. 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:15.480 He's crowned you with his favor. 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.960 Yes, there are times like Leah, you have to suffer 0:26:19.000 --> 0:26:22.159 in silence. Do the right thing when it's not fair, 0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:25.440 work hard when you're not getting the credit, be good 0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:27.200 to someone that's not being good to you. 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:30.359 But know this, God is keeping the records. 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:33.879 When you suffer much, you have a promise that greater 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:37.960 honor is coming. Those that discount you now one day 0:26:37.960 --> 0:26:40.199 they'll look up to you. Those that don't give you 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:42.760 the time of day, one day they'll want your attention. 0:26:43.119 --> 0:26:46.639 God knows how to pay you back. When it's difficult, 0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:48.880 keep this phrase in your spirit. 0:26:49.280 --> 0:26:50.520 Greater is coming. 0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:54.160 That challenge is not there to stop you, It's there. 0:26:53.960 --> 0:26:55.560 To promote you. 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.159 You may have lost some things in the past, you 0:26:58.240 --> 0:27:00.919 think that it could never happen. Now you'll get ready. 0:27:01.000 --> 0:27:04.360 This is a new day. Things are shifting in your favor. 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:07.359 God is saying to you what he said to David. 0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:09.200 You're going to get everything back. 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:12.960 Your health is coming, your dreams are coming, your children, 0:27:13.119 --> 0:27:14.719 your finances, your joy. 0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:18.640 I believe and declare nothing is going to be missing, 0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:21.400 large or small in Jesus' name. 0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:25.520 And if you receive it, can you say and then today, well, 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:28.520 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:27:28.560 --> 0:27:29.200 the lord. 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.040 Of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:37.120 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:27:37.160 --> 0:27:42.399 into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Well, 0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:45.080 if you prayed that simple prayer. 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