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We know 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.280 God rewards people that seek after Him and I believe 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.280 that's you today, or you wouldn't be tuned in. But 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.360 thank you, And if you're ever in our area, I 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.560 hope that you'll stop by and see us. I promise 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.480 you will make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:13.600 again for watching today. 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:14.200 Now. 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.080 I like to get started each week with something kind 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.440 of funny, so listen to this one. A man was 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:21.120 out walking through the woods with his friend when suddenly 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.160 they came upon a huge, grizzly bear. They both frozen 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.280 their tracks as the bear stared intently at them. They 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:30.320 contemplated what they should do. Finally, the men said, I 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:33.120 think we should run. The friend replied, are you crazy? 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.560 We could never outrun a bear. The man answered back, 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.680 I know that. I don't have to outrun the bear. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:42.800 I just have to outrun you. All right, Hold up 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:44.720 your bible, let's say it like you any ready. 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:48.119 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.200 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.800 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.720 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.200 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:01.760 the same. 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:07.400 I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:09.160 seed of the Word of God. 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.440 I'll never be the same, never, never, never, I'll never 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.880 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.519 I want to talk to you today about the importance 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.720 of being fruitful and productive right where you are. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:24.880 A lot of. 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:26.800 Times we think, as soon as I get out of 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.680 this situation, then I'm gonna be happy. As soon as 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.040 I get a better job, then I'll start working hard. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.120 As soon as I get over this sickness, then I'll 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.160 cheer up, then I'll have a good attitude. But really, 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:42.040 God wants us to learn to become fruitful and productive, 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.960 not when we get out of all of our afflictions. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.920 He wants us to be fruitful in the midst of 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.080 our afflictions. He wants us to have a good attitude 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.000 and do the right thing even when the wrong things 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.800 happening to us. He wants us to keep coming to 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.160 church even though our other family members won't come. He 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.640 wants us to be a blessing to others even when 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.440 no one is being a blessing to us. See, we 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.520 have to be faithful in the wilderness if we're ever 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.240 gonna make it into our promised land. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.160 And human nature likes to make excuses. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:14.880 Well, Joel, I'll do it as soon as I get 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.000 out of these problems, or as soon as my back 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.720 quits hurting, as soon as my child straightens up. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:21.440 Now you've got it backwards. 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.160 If you want things to change, you've got to sew 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:25.920 a seed by doing the right thing. 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:26.360 First. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.559 You've got to pass that test. Well, this company doesn't 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.240 pay me enough. I'm not gonna work hard around here. No, 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.119 and you're not working under man, you're working under God. 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:36.880 He's keeping the records. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.520 If you'll do the right thing, even though the wrong 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.200 thing may be happening to you, then you are sowing 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.240 a seed for God to bring you up higher. I 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:48.080 read about this young man in his mid twenties. He 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.520 was born with a terminal lung disorder. He couldn't breathe 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.920 fully on his own, and so he had to carry 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:57.720 around this oxygen tank wherever he went. He was constantly 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:01.719 in and out of the hospitals to any kind of germs, 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:05.640 and so he's always developing these respiratory infections. And in 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.480 the natural it seemed like he had a good reason 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.320 to live life with a chip on his shoulder. Seemed 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.760 like he had a good reason to be sour. But no, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.440 this young man was different. In spite of his affliction, 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.800 he was productive. He never went down and got a 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:22.279 handicapped sticker for his car. 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.760 He didn't want that kind of image in front of him. 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.279 He never sat around feeling sorry for himself, saying why 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:28.760 God me. 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.440 No, he went out and got a good job. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:36.040 He excelled at that position, got promotion after promotion. He 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.640 was very involved in his church, active in the youth ministry. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:43.520 He was a giver, a worker, and everywhere he went 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.960 he left that place better off than they were before. See, 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.520 in the middle of his affliction, he was fruitful in 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.520 spite of that adversity. He just kept on being productive. 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.680 And do you know, one day he got a call 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.440 from the hospital and they said, we've got good news. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.800 We've got some new lung waiting for you. He had 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.720 that transplant. It was successful, and today he doesn't need 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.520 that oxygen tank anymore. He can breathe a deep breath 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.760 of air, just like you and I can. He's living 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:14.120 a normal, healthy life. But he could have so easily 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:17.120 had the attitude. As soon as I get free from 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.680 this disease, then I'm gonna start being good to people. 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.839 As soon as I get my transplant, as soon as 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.760 God heals me, then I'll get to work. Then I'll 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.560 start using my gifts and talents but right now it's 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:32.200 just too difficult. I've just got too many obstacles. No, 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.599 he had that victory mentality and not that victim mentality. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:37.800 And no matter what. 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.440 Comes against you, you need to make up your mind 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.839 that it's not gonna stop you from being your very best. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.640 It's not gonna stop you from coming to church, it's 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.240 not gonna stop you from working hard, it's not gonna 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.560 stop you from enjoying your life. Friends, we have to 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.640 be determined. We need to dig our heels in and 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.280 say it doesn't matter what it looks like. 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:58.840 I'm gonna have a good attitude. 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.080 I'm gonna be fruit I'm will be productive right here 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.440 in the middle of my adversity. That's the seed we're 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.440 sowing for God to change things. See, don't fall into 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.160 that trap of thinking, well, I'm not gonna work hard 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.520 at my office because nobody appreciates me. I don't ever 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.720 get any of the credit. But when I get that 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.360 new job I'm really praying about, then I'm gonna give 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.960 it my best. Then I'm gonna get to work on time. 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.960 Then I'm gonna start developing my skills. Now take this 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.040 in the right sense, But there's a good chance, you'll 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.920 never get that new position. You have to pass the 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:34.320 test right where you are. If we're not faithful in 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.000 the little things, how can God trust us in the 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:37.720 bigger things. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:38.920 If it's your. 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.200 Job to sweep the floors every day, you need to 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.320 sweep those floors with all of your might. Young people, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.360 if you're making minimum wage flipping hamburgers, don't be sloppy, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.800 don't be lazy, don't do it half hearted. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.400 Do it with excellence. 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.000 If we're not faithful in what seems to be the 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.440 insignificant areas, then we'll never rise much higher. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:01.640 I've discovered if you don't. 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:05.160 Have a good attitude making minimum wage, most likely you're 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.160 not gonna have a good attitude as a CEO of 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.960 that company. You've got to be faithful right where you are. 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.040 In your marriage, maybe your spouse is not everything you 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.680 would want them to be. Maybe there's some things that 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.760 are not fair. He doesn't spend much time with you, 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:23.360 or he doesn't communicate very well, and you're tempted to think, well, 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.280 I'm just gonna go do my own thing. I'm gonna 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.480 give him a taste of his own medicine. When he changes, 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.560 then I'll start treating him better. Now, why don't you 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.360 be the bigger person. Why don't you sow a seed 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.319 by being kind to him even though he doesn't deserve it. 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.760 Why don't you sow a seed by doing your best 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.680 to keep the peace in your marriage. If you'll just 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.559 keep being fruitful and productive in spite of that affliction, 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:52.360 then God will begin to turn things around. Well, you say, Joel, 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.959 it's just not fair. You don't know what I've been through. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.960 I've got this sickness, or at work, they're just not 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:02.160 treating me right. Realize it may not be fair, But 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.880 all I'm saying is living life negative and bitter, going 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.760 around with a chip on your shoulder, always trying to 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.199 pay somebody back. All that's gonna do is poison your 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.079 own life. You may have been dealt a tough hand 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:18.520 to deal with, maybe you've been through some big disappointments, 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.160 or even right now, there's things in your life that 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.760 you know are just not right, and it's very tempting 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:25.760 to get discouraged. 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:26.920 It's very easy to. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.480 Get complacent and kind of just sit back and say, 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:32.839 you know, what's the use? This is never going to change. No, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.360 my message to you today is you have got to 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.360 keep being your very best right where you are. You 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:42.400 have to keep being faithful even if nobody else sees it. 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.560 You need to know God sees it. He's the one 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:49.280 that's in control. He's the one that brings promotion. The 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:53.280 scripture says God lifts up one and he brings down another. 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.120 If you can just keep a good attitude in the 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.920 middle of that adversity, if you can keep a smile 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:02.080 on your face and keep being good to people even 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.720 though they're not being good to you, let me tell you, 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.000 in the long run, you will always come out ahead, 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.520 no ifs ends or butts. In the long run, you're 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.440 gonna prosper, You're gonna be happy, You're gonna see your 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:17.040 dreams begin to come to pass. I think about Joseph. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.040 Nobody had more unfair things happened than he did. His 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.920 brothers were so jealous of him they threw him into 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.160 that pit, and eventually they ended up selling him as 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.400 a slave in Egypt, and Joseph spent thirteen years in 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.400 prison for something that he didn't do. But really the 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.000 lesson we can learn from Joseph's life. 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:37.920 Is that he didn't get better. 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.120 He didn't get angry, and he didn't just sit back 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.080 and say, Okay, God, when you get me out of 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.160 all of this, then I'll start using my gifts and talents. 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:46.680 God. 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.839 When I feel a little better, then I'll show these 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.040 people what I've really got. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:50.760 No. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.040 Right there, in the middle of his affliction, he was 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.240 productive and fruitful. He wasn't lazy. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.319 He didn't show up late and have a what can 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.040 I get by with attitude? 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:04.880 He gave it his very best. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.760 In every place they put him, he got promoted, even 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.960 when he was in prison. He was so sharp, so organized, 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.280 so skilled. They put him in charge of that whole prison. 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.480 One day he had some interaction with Pherah. 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:20.320 He interpreted a. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.480 Dream for him, and finally Pharaoh said, what's this guy 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.840 doing in prison. He's smarter than anybody I've got. Bring 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:27.559 him out here to me. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.720 I'm gonna use him as my right hand man. 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.760 That's what happens when you stay fruitful and productive in 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.160 the midst of your adversity, God will promote you. He'll 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.920 take what the enemy means for evil, and he'll turn 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.120 it around and use it to your advantage. After all 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:47.040 this was over, Joseph had two sons. I think it's significant. 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:52.360 He named one son Ephraim, which means to prosper, to be. 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:53.800 Fruitful, to be productive. 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.760 He gave him this name because God helped him to 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.760 be prosperous in the middle of his affliction. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:02.679 He named the other. 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:07.280 Son Manassa, which means to cause, to forget, And he 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:11.360 gave him this name because God helped him to forget. 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.120 The painful memories of his past. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.480 And if you're ever gonna have a Manassa in your life, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.280 you have to have an ephriom. In other words, if 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.439 you want God to remove the pains of the past, 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.520 you've got to be fruitful and. 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.320 Productive right where you are. 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.280 You've got to just keep passing that test, just be 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.440 faithful day in and day out. Then God will remove 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.160 those painful memories. You may be here today and you're 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.520 very upset over a relationship that didn't work out, and 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.199 you're thinking, man, Joel, I could never really be happy again. 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.080 But no, listen, God can bless you in such a 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.600 way that you don't even think about all you've been through. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.920 He can bring somebody new into your life, so great, 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.079 so good looking, so godly, so fun to be around, 0:12:55.320 --> 0:13:00.600 and so rich that you don't even think about that 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.760 old goat that walked out on you. I'm sure Joseph, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.360 after he was put in charge of all the affairs 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:08.880 of Egypt, he didn't. 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:10.240 Dwell on all that he had been through. 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.440 God erased those painful memories. In fact, when his brothers 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.560 came back many years later, the same ones that threw 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.960 him into that pit, he wasn't mad at them. He 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.160 didn't try to get even. He said, no, I'm not 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.040 worried about this in the least bit. That's all over 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:29.040 and done. I'm moving on with my life. That's what 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.440 God wants to do for each one of us. And 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.440 things may not be perfect in your life, but really 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:36.880 my message is you've got to start being your very 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.280 best right where you are. Quit waiting for God to 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.680 change things. You've got to sow that seed. 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.439 Why don't you be good to the people in your 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:46.199 life today? 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.960 Your family, your friends, your coworkers, your neighbors. Don't wait 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.840 for some big break. Don't wait till you win the lottery. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.000 Then you'll go to be good to somebody. No, be 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.160 good to somebody right now, you said, Joel, I need 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:00.199 the money more than they do. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.720 No, you need to get some seed in the ground. 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.560 Even if you don't have money, you can find something 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.360 else to give. Give a smile, give an encouraging word, 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.040 Give somebody a ride, Go visit somebody in the hospital, 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:14.480 Go mow somebody's lawn. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:15.839 Do something to. 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.800 Be fruitful right where you are. See, in your time 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.080 of need, you've got to learn to sew a seed. 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.320 You got to get your mind off of yourself. Quit 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.880 thinking about your problems and how unfair it was, and 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.160 what's wrong in your life, and instead start thinking about 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.200 how you can be a blessing to somebody. There's nothing 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.800 any worse than living a self centered life. Nothing will 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.160 steal our joy anymore than getting up every morning and 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:45.320 only having ourselves on our mind. My problems, my heartache, 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.000 my pain. God, when are you gonna turn this around? 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:49.560 God? What are you gonna start blessing me? 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.200 Now? Quit thinking about how you can be blessed, and 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.400 start thinking about how you can be a blessing. If 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.800 you will make it your business to make somebody else's day, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.240 God will always make your own name. I've learned that 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.960 if I can just focus on meeting other people's needs, 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.240 God will always meet my own needs. And some of 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.640 you are waiting for your ship to come in. But 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.440 the problem is you haven't sent one out. You got 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:18.160 to go out and start being a blessing. Start being productive, 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:23.920 Start being fruitful right where you are, and don't complain 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.160 about what you don't have. Learn to thank God for 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.040 what you do have. You may have all kinds of 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.240 odds against you to die. 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:31.040 You may have been. 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.560 Dealt one of those unfair hands, but you've got to 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.080 take what God has given you and make the very 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.400 most out of it. Life has dealt you a lemon. 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.280 You gotta make lemonade. You may be like that young 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.360 man you got a serious problem, but even then, don't 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.240 allow that to cause you. 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:47.800 To sit back in self pity. 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.600 Do what you can if you can't get out of bed, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.880 Encourage the nurse when she comes in, pick up the phone, 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:55.240 and be a blessing to somebody. 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:56.440 Sow that seed. 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.880 Always remember you are not a victim. You are a victor. 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:04.640 God always causes you to tryumph in your times of adversity. 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:06.560 Don't you dare sit. 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:10.400 Around thinking about your problems. Get your mind off of yourself. 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.760 The more you think about your problems, the bigger they become. 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.640 I heard somebody say, if you owned an apartment complex 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.200 and you rented out eighty percent of those apartments to 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:25.000 drug dealers and thieves and cheaters, and then you rented 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:26.560 the other twenty percent. 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.520 To normal law abiding citizens. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.800 Well, after a few months, the drug dealers and cheaters 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.040 are going to run off all the normal good people. 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.400 And it's the same way in our minds. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.320 If you spend all your time thinking about your problems 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.200 and all the disappointments you've been through and how unfair 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.360 your life is, well after a while, all those negative 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.360 thoughts are going to run off any positive thoughts You'll 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.600 go through life to feed it into pressed think it. 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:53.720 Man, life's a bummer for me. Nothing good ever happens. Now. 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.960 Quit renting out space in your mind to your problems. 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:58.560 Quit dwelling on the negative. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:02.440 Only rent space to thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.919 thoughts of victory. When you're in those tough times and 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.520 you're tempted to get discouraged, you just gotta dwell on 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.359 the fact. No, all things work together for my good 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.679 Because I love the Lord. God is taking this adversity, 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.400 and like Joseph, He's gonna use it to my advantage. 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.080 He's gonna take this stumbling block and use it as 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.359 a stepping stone for greater things. Our attitude should be 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.439 I'm excited about my future. I know good things are 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:29.200 in store. I know no weapon formed against me is 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.200 ever gonna prosper. And then go out each day and 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.560 in spite of your obstacles, be good to somebody. Be 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.800 productive anyway, you say, Joel, I just work in a 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:42.320 real negative environment. These people just don't treat me right well, 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.960 So accede anyway, Get there early, work hard, have a 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:50.800 smile on your face. Be an encouragement to others. Well, Joel, 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:54.800 everybody at my office is always late. Everybody goofs off 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.240 when the boss is gone. Everybody's kind of lazy. No, listen, 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.320 you're not everybody. You're a cut up above. Be the 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.639 person of excellence. God's made you to be. Learn to 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:06.919 do what's right, whether anybody's watching you or not. 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:08.720 Take that high road. 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.280 Treat people with respect even though they really don't deserve it. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.639 Be kind even though they're talking about you. If you 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.680 will stay on the high road and just be fruitful 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.359 even in the midst of that affliction, then God can 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:21.800 bring you. 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:22.840 Out of that affliction. 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.760 We have to pass the test I think it about 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.200 my sister Lisa. One time, she went through a great 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.640 disappointment in her life when she was in her early twenties. 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:33.920 Her marriage didn't work out, and. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:37.840 It was a very unfair situation, very hurtful, and she 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:38.920 was devastated. 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.440 She never dreamed she'd be facing that kind of challenge. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:45.920 And for several months, Lisa would hardly even eat, she'd 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:47.080 barely sleep at night. 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.000 She thought, she is having a nervous breakdown, and. 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.639 Of course, as our family, we did our best to 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.239 encourage her, but it seemed like she was in this 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:57.440 dark hole that we just couldn't get her out of it. 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.800 And she told how one day God spoke to her, 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.080 not out loud, but write down in here, and he said, Lisa, 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.679 you can either sit around in self pity for the 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:09.520 rest of your life and sink deeper and deeper into 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.760 this pit, or you can rise up and do something 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.720 about it. And she made a decision that very day 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.400 that she wasn't going to waste another minute being depressed 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:22.119 and defeated in her time of affliction, in her time 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:22.720 of need. 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:24.880 You know what she did, she sowed deceed. 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.840 She started a class here every Tuesday night called the 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:33.080 healing Center for marriages. She began to encourage other people 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.920 that were struggling in their marriages, other people that were 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:39.199 believing for their mates to return, and every week she 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:43.240 gave it her very best. She encouraged them, she shared 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.080 the scriptures, and over the years they saw so many 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:50.679 marriages restored. But see, Lisa didn't sit around waiting for 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.520 God to change things in her affliction. She got productive, 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.800 she got fruitful, and she used the very thing the 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.200 enemy came against her. 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:00.520 With to help others. 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.440 She so deceed in that same area, and I mean 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:04.560 she was faithful. 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:06.760 There were times where she would not go. 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:09.200 On vacation with us as a family because she did 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:10.800 not want to miss teaching that class. 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.320 See, she had her ephriom. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:17.639 She was productive in spite of the affliction, and sure enough, 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:21.159 God removed the pains of her past. One day she 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:24.199 met a young man many years later named Kevin, and 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.760 they fell in love and got married, and today they 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:29.600 have three beautiful children. They're as happy as they could 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:33.080 possibly be. But I believe a real key in Lisa's 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:37.640 victory was the fact that she got productive and fruitful in. 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:39.360 Spite of that adversity. 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:44.119 She could still be sitting here today, negative, bitter, blaming God. 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:46.000 But no, she's so to seed. 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:49.240 She did the right thing even though the wrong thing 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:51.720 happened to her. She didn't rent out a bunch of 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:53.679 space in her mind to her problems. 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:55.720 She didn't stay focused on the negative. 0:20:56.080 --> 0:20:59.040 She knew as she helped other people in need, God 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.840 would meet her own needs. You may be here today 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:04.080 and you too have been through a big disappointment, or 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:06.280 maybe you're in a situation right now that's it's not 0:21:06.440 --> 0:21:09.720 really fair, But I challenge you to don't sit around 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.280 feeling sorry for yourself. You've got to do like Lisa 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:14.399 and rise up out of that. And one of the 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.120 best things you can do is go help somebody else 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:21.359 in need. The Bible says God turned the captivity of 0:21:21.480 --> 0:21:25.720 job when he prayed for his friends. Isn't it interesting 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:29.560 Job didn't get healed when he prayed for himself. Nothing 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:32.240 wrong with that, that's great, But if you really want 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:34.840 to get God's attention in your time of need, go 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:37.960 be a blessing to somebody else. I remember my mother 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:40.960 when she was fighting that cancer in nineteen eighty one. 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.120 Instead of coming home and just going to bed depressed 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:44.720 and defeated. 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:45.800 You know what she did. 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:48.680 She went down to the church and prayed for other 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:51.600 people that were sick. The truth is, my mother needed 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:53.600 prayer more than any of them. But she was so 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.879 in a seed, and so often we get it backwards. 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.040 We say, God, as soon as you turn this around, 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.880 then I'll start being good to people. Then I'll get 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:04.600 my family back in church, then I'll have a good attitude. 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:07.800 But no, if you want God to intervene in your life, 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.320 if you want him to remove the pains of the past, 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:11.600 You've got to first. 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:13.240 Be fruitful right where you are. 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:15.760 I know some of you today you have a real 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:18.159 good reason to be unhappy. There are a lot of 0:22:18.160 --> 0:22:20.520 things in your life that could drag you down. But 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:23.800 I'm challenging you to just make that decision that you're. 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:25.120 Gonna be happy right where you are. 0:22:25.359 --> 0:22:27.840 You're gonna do like Joseph and be good to people 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:30.560 anyway in that time of need. You got to just 0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:34.320 keep sowing that seed. I think about David. He was 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:37.320 the youngest of seven brothers and he got stuck with 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:40.679 the job of taking care of his father's sheep. Now, 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:43.240 I'm sure it was kind of lonely and kind of 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:46.440 boring out there in the shepherd's fields, all by himself. 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:48.240 I mean here, he's a young man. 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:52.040 He's got big dreams in his heart, and his future 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:54.000 as far as he can see though, is just to. 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:55.680 Keep taking care of these sheep. 0:22:56.240 --> 0:22:59.680 But see, David possess the same quality that Joseph had. 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:03.120 He didn't sit around thinking about his problems and thinking 0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:07.480 about how unfair his life was. He just prospered where 0:23:07.520 --> 0:23:10.840 he was. He just flourished right in that situation. He 0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:11.720 wasn't lazy. 0:23:12.280 --> 0:23:14.600 He didn't do it with a half hearted effort. He 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:17.760 gave it his very best. He had that excellent spirit. 0:23:18.280 --> 0:23:21.120 And I can imagine during the day, as his sheep 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:24.640 were out grazing, he'd get his slingshot and he'd practice 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:27.600 and practice. Maybe he'd set up a target down the way, 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:30.840 and with rock after rock, he'd see how many times. 0:23:30.600 --> 0:23:33.200 He could hit that. He did that day after day. 0:23:33.600 --> 0:23:37.400 He became more and more skilled with that slingshot. When 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:39.960 a wild animal would come along and try to get 0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:42.080 one of his sheep, if he didn't take care of 0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:44.760 it with his bare hands, he'd get that slingshot out 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:47.360 and just nail it time and time again, and. 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:48.000 Think about it. 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:52.120 Nobody was watching him, nobody was making him do what's right. 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.000 He did it because he had an excellent spirit. 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:58.840 He was faithful even out there in the wilderness. And 0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:02.159 the truth is, David had plenty of opportunities to have 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:05.159 a chip on his shoulder, had plenty of opportunities to 0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:08.840 be sour. You remember when the prophet Samuel came to 0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:11.760 David's father's house and he was going to choose one 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:14.400 of the brothers to be the next king of Israel. Well, 0:24:14.440 --> 0:24:16.600 they didn't even bother to come get David out of 0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:19.280 the shepherd's fields. They just left him out there. In 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:22.040 their mind, he wasn't even in the running. They thought, oh, 0:24:22.119 --> 0:24:24.720 that's just David. He's young, he's never going to mount 0:24:24.760 --> 0:24:27.680 to anything. Don't even waste your time going out there. 0:24:28.320 --> 0:24:30.920 You can imagine how you would feel if your own 0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.480 family didn't respect you enough to give you a chance. 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:36.679 But still, David, he just kept passing the test. He 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.760 kept his head held high. He knew God was in control. 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:42.280 He knew if he kept doing the right thing. 0:24:42.280 --> 0:24:45.680 His due season would come. The good news is when 0:24:45.720 --> 0:24:48.639 God is ready to promote you, no man can stop you, 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:53.120 no person can leave you out no circumstance can keep 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:58.080 you down. When God says it's time, then it's time. 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:01.360 And the Bible says the there were several hundred men 0:25:01.440 --> 0:25:05.199 from the Israeli army that could use their slingshot and 0:25:05.280 --> 0:25:08.840 hit a small stick over one hundred meters away. But 0:25:08.960 --> 0:25:11.760 isn't it interesting God didn't choose any of them. 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:13.400 He chose a shepherd boy. 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:17.560 David wasn't trained in the elite academy with the rest 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:18.680 of those sharpshooters. 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:20.280 He was trained out in. 0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:24.400 The lonely shepherd's fields all those times, day after day, 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:29.440 year after year, practicing, training, using that slingshot to nail 0:25:29.480 --> 0:25:32.199 those wild animals. And David never knew he was going 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.760 to face Goliath one day. But see, God knew what 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:37.879 if he had been lazy, What if he had a 0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:40.320 sour attitude and thought, man, why did I get stuck 0:25:40.359 --> 0:25:40.720 out here? 0:25:40.760 --> 0:25:41.560 Life's not fair? 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:45.720 No, he just kept being productive in spite of that adversity. 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:49.520 He kept developing his skills even though he wasn't getting 0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:50.000 his way. 0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:51.479 And you know the story. 0:25:51.520 --> 0:25:54.800 He went out and faced Goliath. People mocked and laughed. 0:25:54.800 --> 0:25:56.600 They said, all this is going to be a big joke. 0:25:56.800 --> 0:25:59.520 But really, David had the last laugh. And you may 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.840 not REALI, but Goliath was wearing a full. 0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:03.960 Suit of body armor. 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:08.160 He only had one unprotected spot, and it was on 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:11.879 his forehead. Right here was the only vulnerable place on 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:15.240 his whole body. Had David not been skilled, he wouldn't 0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:17.800 have had a chance. Had he not learned the art 0:26:17.880 --> 0:26:21.399 of slinging that stone with perfection, we wouldn't be talking 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:23.720 about him today because let me tell you, God didn't 0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:26.600 throw the rock for him. God didn't tell him, you know, 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.240 just cause it to supernaturally hit at the right spot. 0:26:29.440 --> 0:26:30.919 No, David paid the price. 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:35.840 David developed his talents, He was faithful in the wilderness, 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:38.040 and when it came time for him to come into 0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:39.919 the Promised Land, he was ready. 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:41.120 He was prepared. 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:44.119 Let me ask you today, what are you doing with 0:26:44.160 --> 0:26:47.080 what God has given you? Are you making the most 0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:50.840 of it? Are you developing your skills? Are you faithful 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:53.399 at the office? Are you being the best mother you 0:26:53.400 --> 0:26:57.080 can possibly be? Maybe all you have is the equivalent 0:26:57.119 --> 0:27:00.399 of a few small stones. Like David, you just feel 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:02.919 like you're taking care of a few sheep. Let me 0:27:02.960 --> 0:27:05.400 tell you, if you'll be faithful right where you are 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.640 and do it to the best of your ability. Then 0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:11.720 when God is looking for someone to promote, when he's 0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:14.520 looking for someone to slay a giant, you'll be ready, 0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:17.000 and like David, God can thrust you to a whole 0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:21.400 new level of victory in your life. But understand our attitudes, 0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:25.080 how we respond in the tough times, how we treat 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:26.960 people when we're not being treated right. 0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:29.159 These are character builders. 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:31.840 We have to pass these tests if we're ever going 0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:34.520 to come up higher. So let me challenge again today. 0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:38.560 You'll never forget the pains of the past unless you first. 0:27:38.280 --> 0:27:41.399 Get fruitful and productive right where you are. Well, what 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:43.960 are you up against? 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