It's Already Defeated

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It's 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.720 time to take possession of what God promised you. Hi, 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.520 this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.120 podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.600 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:07.480 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.200 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:15.600 your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to be 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.400 with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:22.320 us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.679 social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.280 to start with something funny, and I heard about five 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.679 relationship tips for women. Number one, it's important to find 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.760 a man that loves you and is loyal. Number two, 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.200 it's important to find a man that's fun and makes 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.079 you laugh. Number three, it's important to find a man 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.280 that's a hard worker provides a good living. Number four, 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.440 it's important to find a man that's a great father 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:51.160 and good with children. And number five, it's important that 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:58.120 none of these four men know each other. All right, y'all. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.840 I told that to Victoria yesterday. We were with some friends 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.000 down at the church. When I finished, she started walking away. 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:04.800 I said, where are you going? She said, to find 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.600 my other three men. I said, listen near, baby, you 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.320 got forty one here. So that's what I believe in you. Oy, 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.080 come on, tay it like you mean it. This is 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.040 my Bible. I am what it says, I am, I 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.360 have what it says I have I can do what 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.120 it says I can do. Today, I will be taught 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:30.280 the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.600 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.480 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:42.520 to you today about it's already defeated. We all face 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.920 situations that should hold us back. What we're up against 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:50.600 is bigger and stronger. It's easy to live in fear, intimidated, 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:54.160 thinking that it could never work out. But the scripture 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.440 says in First John, chapter four, because you belong to God, 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:03.080 you have already defe the enemy. What you're up against 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.640 has already been defeated. God is not in the heavens 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:10.120 fighting with the enemy trying to free you. Heal you, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.680 deliver you, favor you. The battle has already been won 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.479 two thousand years ago. When Jesus came up out of 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.080 the grave, he defeated everything that can hold you back. 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.240 He took care of it once and for all. The 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:29.279 scripture says he rendered the enemy powerless. One translation says 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:33.479 he brought him to naught. Naught means zero wasn't even close. 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.240 It was a shutout. Here's the beauty. Because you belong 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:41.320 to God, because you're his child, you have already defeated 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:44.719 the enemy. Anything you face in life, you need to 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:50.200 see it as defeated. Don't pray for victory. Pray from victory. Father, 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.040 thank you that I am free, I am healed, I 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:57.520 am forgiven, I am prosperous, I am victorious. But the 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:01.039 challenge is, even though our enemy is def defeated, he 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.560 makes a lot of noise. The scripture says he goes 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:08.720 about as a roaring lion. He's not a lion. He 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.960 can't overpower you. He can't control your destiny. He's like 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.799 a lion. That means he's loud. He'll roar negative thoughts, 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.920 that sickness will be the end of you. You'll never 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.440 meet the right person. You've made too many mistakes. There's 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:28.120 nothing good in your future. Do yourself a favor. Ignore 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:32.200 the roar. Don't believe his lines. When those thoughts come, 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.880 just give him the zero sign. Remind him you have 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.880 no power over me. You've already been defeated. Because I 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.280 belong to God, I will walk in victory. I will 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.640 live and not die. I will prosper and succeed. I 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.000 will stay in peace in the midst of the storm. 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.279 When you know what comes against you has already been defeated, 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.640 it changes your outlook. You won't live in fear, worried 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:01.480 about your future, letting doubt hold you back. You'll move 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:05.480 forward knowing that God has already taken care of anything 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:09.919 you'll face. The path has already been cleared, says in Daniel. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.760 The people who know their God will be strong and 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.839 do exploits. When you know your God and what he's done, 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.599 that he's already defeated the enemy, that he's taken away 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.680 his power, that he's brought him to zero, then you 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:28.560 will be strong. You won't be moved by opposition. You 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.600 won't fall apart when trouble comes. You won't give up 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.240 because someone did you wrong. You know it can't stop 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:39.280 your purpose. You'll not only have a supernatural strength, but 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.880 you'll do exploits. You'll take your family to a new level. 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.640 You'll break addictions that have held you back. You'll accomplish 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:51.560 dreams bigger than you've imagined. Have the right perspective whatever 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:56.320 enemies you face, enemies of fear, enemies of depression, enemies 0:06:56.320 --> 0:07:00.760 of sicknesses, enemies of insecurity, they have already been defeated. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.400 Now here's the key. If you don't realize this, you 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:08.599 can let a defeated enemy keep you from your destiny. 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:12.160 Years ago, there was a missionary in Africa. He was 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:16.560 traveling by horseback down this narrow, winding trail. It was 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.480 a hot Sunday afternoon. He was on his way to 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.520 one of the little villages. As he approached a sharp 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.720 turn in the trail, the horse stopped and wouldn't go 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.240 any further. It's sensed that something was wrong around the corner. 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.560 He couldn't make the horse go. He finally got off 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.000 and looked around the curve. There was a huge snake 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.200 about ten feet long, very thick, curled up right in 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.880 the middle of the past, basking in the sun. He 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:47.840 had his head hidden under this small flat stone. The 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.320 men's heart was gripped with fear. He'd been warned about 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:55.040 how dangerous and poisonous the snakes were. He didn't know 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.000 what to do, didn't have any kind of weapon, there 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.520 was no way around. The path was thick with trees 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:05.320 and brush on each side. After about fifteen minutes, he 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.480 got his nerve up. He picked up the biggest rock 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.520 he could possibly find. He was going to throw it 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.600 on top of that flat stone where the snake was 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:19.200 hiding his head. He moved very cautiously forward, trembling with 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.080 fear the back of his mind, thinking what if I 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.040 miss What if I don't kill him, just make him mad, 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.680 he may turn around and bite me. Amid all those fears, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.600 with the adrenaline flowing, he hurled that rock on top 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.600 of the snake with all of his might. Much to 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:39.199 his surprise, the snake didn't move. He got a little 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:44.000 closer and suddenly realized the snake was already dead. Someone 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.760 passing that way before him had crushed the snake's head 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.360 and just left him lying in the path. The good 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:55.160 news is someone has already been down our path and 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:59.560 cleared it of everything that could harm us. When Jesus 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.160 came to the earth, he went around doing good, healing people, 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.920 showing mercy, but the religious leaders didn't accept him, even 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.240 though he had done no wrong. They put a crown 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.040 of thorns on his head and forced him to carry 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.720 his own cross to be crucified. Hanging on the cross, 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.840 he could have called angels to come rescue him, but 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:23.000 he didn't do it. He hung there for you and 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.240 for me. The nails didn't hold him on the cross. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.360 Love held him on the cross. He's all a part 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:33.480 of God's plan. The scripture says. For this reason, the 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.880 son of God came to earth to destroy the works 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:41.480 of the enemy. Jesus went before us and crusted Satan's head. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.679 He took away all of his power. Now we can 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:49.320 live a victorious life. But I wonder if you're letting 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.320 a dead snake keep you from moving forward. What's in 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.640 your path may seem harmful, looks like you can't get 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:02.160 around it. You're afraid, can't sleep at night, trouble at work, child, 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:07.320 this off course, mistakes you've made, guilt, condemnation. If you'll 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:11.400 start moving forward, you'll discover the snake is already dead. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.520 God didn't leave you here on this earth with enemies 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:19.720 that can stop your destiny. They're already defeated. But in 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.200 order to see what God has done, you have to 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:27.240 take steps forward. Can't let fear dominate They've worried about 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:31.040 your future. Believe in the roar that the obstacle's too big, 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:37.120 the addiction too strong, sickness too powerful, the mistake too great. Yes, 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.880 it looks intimidating, but it's not what you think. The 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:45.200 head is already crushed. God is already taking care of 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.520 what's trying to stop you. Don't let a dead snake 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.320 keep you from reaching your destiny. The power in you 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.360 is greater than any power that's coming against you. If 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.720 you were on your own, it would be a problem. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.760 But you're not on your own. The most high God 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:06.200 lives in you. Isaiah said, he goes before you and 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:10.160 makes crooked place his strength. He's already gone before you 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:15.000 and defeated those enemies. Jesus said in John fourteen, the 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.400 prince of this world comes, and he has no power 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:21.320 over me. Now, I'm not saying that you won't have 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.880 difficulties things that are not fair. The Prince of this 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:28.160 world will come. That's the enemy. But you can say, 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.640 like Jesus, he has no power over me. I know 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.720 a secret. He's already been defeated. We didn't defeat him, 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.920 Jesus defeated him. But because we belong to Christ, his 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.480 victory is our victory. Because he lives, we can live 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:48.480 because he rendered him powerless. We can walk in freedom now. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.679 To see this victory. You can't have a defeated mindset, Joel, 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.960 I'm under attack. The enemy's working over time on me. 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.320 I don't know what I'm going to do now. The 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.360 right attitude is the enemy. He has no power over me. 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.559 He used to have power. He used to have the 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.160 keys to death in hell. But Jesus took away those keys. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:13.320 He lost his power. His conqueror, our savior, gave us 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.960 the keys. Now we have authority. Now we can live 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:21.560 in victory instead of being underattack. When things come against us, 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.600 you need to be on the attack. Father, Thank you 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.640 that every force that's trying to stop me has already 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:31.800 been defeated. I will not shrink back in fear, letting 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.040 a dead snake fool me. I know you've already crushed 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:38.200 his head. I know you've already won the victory. So 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.720 I will move forward, knowing that you always caused me 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:45.120 to try umph. When my father was in his forties, 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.040 he had a dream one night. He was in this 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.520 room about thirty feet by thirty feet. In one corner 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.439 of the room was this very evil being like Satan himself, 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:59.199 upon a throne. In another corner was this man trying 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.760 to get out of the room. There was only one door, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.120 and my father was standing by that door, watching all 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.920 this take place. The man wanted out so desperately, but 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.440 he couldn't move. He was flailing his arms like he 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.600 was swimming, struggling the inch forward, but Satan just kept 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.880 staring at him. It was like this evil gaze was 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.080 holding the man captain. At one point in the dream, 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:27.040 my father spoke up and said, very forcefully, I will 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.400 walk out of here in the name of Jesus. Satan 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.000 looked at him, tried to hold him with his gaze, 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.080 but it had no effect. My father opened the door 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.640 and walked out. He woke up, didn't know what the 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.400 dream meant, didn't think much more about it. But several 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.640 months later he went through one of the most difficult 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:51.000 times of his life. Been doing great pastoring his church, 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:55.640 happily married, but he suddenly felt overwhelmed by life. He 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:59.760 lost his passion, couldn't sleep at night. He sunk into 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.040 a deep depression. He told how when he woke up 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.440 he couldn't wait till night came. At night, he couldn't 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.480 wait till the morning. He began to feel guilty about 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:14.920 past mistakes, this deep sense of shame and condemnation, so 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.000 much so that he closed his offices, thought he was 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.920 having a nervous breakdown. Came out of the blue. There 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:26.440 was no warning. He was faithfully pastoring, faithfully serving his church. 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.000 Then the bottom fell out. Being a believer doesn't mean 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.320 we won't ever be attacked. The Prince of this world 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.920 will come. But what I want you to see is 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:40.640 he doesn't determine your future. He doesn't have the final say. 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.680 Thoughts told my father that he would never minister again, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.600 that he had a terminal illness, something incurable, and it 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.680 would get worse and worse. Fear gripped his heart. One 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:55.360 day while he was praying, said God, where are you? 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.320 Why want you to do something? And suddenly he remembered 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:03.320 his dream. The scripture says, before you call, God will 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.840 answer you. Before he ever came under the attack, God 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:10.040 gave him this dream. It was as if God said, son, 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.360 tell me what happened in the dream. My father recalled 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.960 how that one man couldn't get out. God said to 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.400 my father, what did you do in the dream? My 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.200 father said, I walked out in the name of Jesus. 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.440 God says, son, you're in that room right now. The 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.240 enemy is fear, the enemy is torment. The enemy is lies, 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.880 and the only way to get out is to walk 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:36.960 out in my name. Remind him of my victory. Sometimes 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:39.080 we're praying, God, what are you going to do something? 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.760 Don't you see that I'm under attack? God says, I've 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:47.040 already done it. I've already defeated every enemy that will 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.400 try to stop you. Now you have to get on 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.160 the attack. You have to rise up and walk out 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:56.280 of it. My father dried his tears, got his passion back. 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.480 In the face of fear, he started speaking faith, I 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.360 will fear no evil. I am strong in the Lord. 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.000 No weapon formed against me will prosper. Little by little 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.000 he got his passion back, got his vision back, got 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:12.960 his power back. After several months of staying in the 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.880 house being overwhelmed, he took a step of faith and 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.720 accepted a speaking engagement was in another city where he 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.520 had to fly. Well, he had flown all over the world, 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.280 it was no big deal, but suddenly he had a 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.400 fear of flying. Thoughts told him, you better not get 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.720 on that plane. If you do, it'll be the last 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.320 time you ever see your family. The only tools the 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:40.000 enemy has is deception and lies. It's no different today 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.880 than back in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.480 If you eat this fruit, you wan't die. He'll become 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.320 like God. Come on, you can eat it. He's called 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:53.480 the father of lies. There's no truth in him. To 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:57.280 reach your potential, you have to become skilled at dismissing 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.680 his lies. He'll try to talk you out of your destiny. 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.040 It's got a big roar. You can't get well. You 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.800 never get past the depression. This problem's to big. Don't 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.840 get on that plane. Ignore the roar. He's all bark 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.840 and no bite. The only power he has is the 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:20.000 power you give him by believing his lies. My father 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.440 finally got his faith up. He was going to take 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.480 that flight, the first time going out and speaking in months. 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:30.240 It was a big moment. Then a friend called and said, John, 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.600 I just have a strange feeling that you're not supposed 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:37.399 to fly. I just since something bad may happen. Now. 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.439 I know people can give us advice and counsel, but 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.640 sometimes the enemy will use people to try to keep 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:47.439 you from moving forward. He'll do everything he can to 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.680 try to keep you stuck in fear, thinking you can't 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.680 get well, you can't get out of debt, you can't 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.880 accomplish that dream. My father was at a critical point. 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:00.720 Was he going to act on fear or was he 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.280 going to act on faith? Was he going to stay 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.840 in that room believing he was held captive, or was 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.840 he going to walk out knowing that the enemy was defeated. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.280 He took a step of faith, got his courage up, 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.720 and he went to the airport. Normally the flight was 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.440 a large jet with several hundred people, but this particular 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.840 day it was a twin engine prop plane that held 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:28.280 about thirty people. When my father saw that, the enemy said, man, 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:30.960 you better go back. This is a sure sign you're 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.080 not supposed to go. He ignored it and got on 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:37.800 the plane. When the pilot took off, my father told 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:40.240 how he lifted up his seat to try to help out. 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.760 When the pilot turned left, Daddy lean left. He made 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.520 it there safely and flew for many years after that. 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.840 But had my father not walked out of that room, 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:54.680 had he let that dead snake paralyze him, he would 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:58.280 have missed his destiny. And Jesus said, the prince of 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:01.439 this world comes. He has no power over me the 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:04.760 next verse, but I will do what the Father requires. 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.560 That last part is the key. We're all going to 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:13.320 face attacks, trouble, opposition. The prince of this world will come. 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.639 He has no power over us, but we have to 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:21.040 do what the Father requires. We can't sit back. Why 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.119 did this happen? This is not fair. What the Father 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:28.160 requires is to move forward in faith. Don't let fear 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:31.640 hold you back. Don't believe the lies that it's permanent. 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:36.399 Don't water down your dreams. The snake is dead. You 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.080 can walk out of that room. Now, get your passion 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.240 back and go after what God put in your heart. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:47.240 This is what Joseph did. His fiancee, Mary became pregnant 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:51.520 without knowing a man. She gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem. 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:55.679 When King Herod heard about Jesus, the scripture says he 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:58.919 was deeply disturbed. He didn't like the thought of someone 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:02.439 having more power, in more influence than him, and an 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.320 angel appeared to Joseph and told him to flee to 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:08.600 Egypt because Herod was going to try to kill Jesus. 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:12.359 Joseph left in the middle of the night. Herod was 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:16.160 so upset he sent soldiers out to kill all the 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:19.960 male babies two years of age and under for two 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:24.360 years Herod reaped havoc, causing so much pain and sorrow. 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:28.760 One night, an angel appeared to Joseph again. He said, 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:31.560 get up and take the child and his mother back 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.560 to Israel. For those who are trying to kill the 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:39.560 child are dead. Joseph's whole world had been turned upside down. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:44.000 Imagine someone trying to take your child's life. How on 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:47.640 id you would be always looking over your shoulder, wondering 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:51.119 what might happen. Then the news came to Joseph, Herod 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:54.160 is dead. What's been trying to stop you is defeated. 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:58.320 I'm sure Joseph was thrilled. Now they could relax and 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:01.960 enjoy their life. But the next verse is the test. 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:06.200 The angel said, go back to Israel, take your son 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:10.320 to his home. Joseph could have thought, God, I'm grateful 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.160 that Hered is dead, but I don't want to take 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.960 any chances. Let me stay here in Egypt. Let me 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.840 stay here where I know it's safe. But to reach 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:23.160 your destiny, you have to do what the Father requires. 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:27.160 Here it is dead. The enemy has been defeated. Now, Joseph, 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:31.280 you have to go and take your child to Israel. Notice, 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:35.200 go and take don't stay in the room. Don't stay 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:37.840 where it's safe. Don't let the set back keep you 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.880 from pursuing your dream. Go and take what belongs to you. 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:46.400 It's interesting that the pandemic has lasted a couple of years. 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:49.359 Many of us have had to put dreams on hold. 0:21:49.880 --> 0:21:53.880 Our plans were interrupted, people have gone through laws. It's 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:56.720 easy to settle where we are. Just be grateful that 0:21:56.760 --> 0:21:59.760 we made it through, Thankful that the virus hopefully is 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:04.080 herod may be dead, so to speak. But God is 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:07.159 saying you have to go and take. If you're going 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:09.760 to reach your potential, you have to stir up your gifts. 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:14.480 Pray some bold prayers, take steps of faith. What's trying 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:18.159 to stop you is defeated. The people who were holding 0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:22.280 you back. They've lost their influence. The sickness, the addiction, 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:26.440 the trouble at work. Those powers have been broken. Now 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:31.000 do what the Father requires. Move forward, Believe for your healing. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:35.040 Speak victory over your children. It's time to take possession 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:38.800 of what God promised you. See, if Joseph would have 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:42.080 played it safe, Jesus would have never made it back 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:45.600 to Nazareth like it was prophesied. If my father would 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.639 have stayed in that room. Not gotten on that plane, 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:51.919 I wouldn't be up here today. The enemy has no 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:56.400 power over you. Now do what the Father requires. Don't 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.399 let a dead snake cause you to settle for less 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:02.600 than what God God put in your heart. As a 0:23:02.600 --> 0:23:06.119 young man, Moses knew that God called him to deliver 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:10.119 the Israelites out of slavery. He was a Hebrew, but 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:14.200 he was raised by Egyptians. Fro's daughter saw him floating 0:23:14.240 --> 0:23:16.600 down the Nile River. She took him in as her 0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:21.320 own son. One day, Moses saw an Egyptian foreman mistreating 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:24.679 a Hebrew slave. Something rose up in him and he 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.200 killed the Egyptian man. He didn't think anyone saw him. 0:23:28.520 --> 0:23:31.000 He hid the man in the sand, but the next 0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:34.679 day two people confronted him about it. Moses had to 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:38.440 flee for his life. Spent forty years on the backside 0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:42.200 of the desert. I'm sure he thought he'd missed his destiny. 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:45.720 He'd made too many mistakes. The middle of the night, 0:23:45.920 --> 0:23:49.359 thoughts would come, Man, you blew it. Who had your chance? 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:53.240 Now you're stuck out here in the desert. Forty years later, 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:56.480 God came to him and said, Moses, I didn't forget 0:23:56.480 --> 0:24:00.119 about you go, tell the Pharaoh to let my people go. Oh. 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:04.320 I can imagine Moses saying, God, those people want to 0:24:04.400 --> 0:24:08.200 kill me. I'm a wanted man. God said in Exodus, 0:24:08.280 --> 0:24:11.920 for don't be afraid to return to Egypt. For all 0:24:12.000 --> 0:24:15.520 those that are trying to kill you are dead. God 0:24:15.600 --> 0:24:19.159 was saying, Moses, I've already taken care of what was 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:22.720 trying to stop you. I've already dealt with your enemies. 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:25.040 I wouldn't ask you to go if you were going 0:24:25.080 --> 0:24:28.800 to be defeated. We can all look back, like Moses, 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:32.480 see mistakes. We made things, we should have done better. 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:35.159 It was our fault. We think we just have to 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:38.760 live with it. But God is saying, I've already taken 0:24:38.800 --> 0:24:42.119 care of your mistakes. I've already dealt with your past. 0:24:42.760 --> 0:24:45.840 I've already defeated what should have stopped you. I've already 0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:49.440 moved the wrong people out of the way. Your mistakes 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:53.159 did not stop your purpose. Don't sit on the sidelines 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:56.840 of life thinking you can't fulfill your destiny. Look what 0:24:56.880 --> 0:25:01.040 I've done, man, I didn't make good choices, child better, 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:05.120 should have finished school, should have been more disciplined. Can 0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:08.639 I encourage you all those that were after you are dead. 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:12.720 This is a new day. God has forgiven your sins. 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:17.680 He has mercy for your mistakes. Nothing you've done has 0:25:17.720 --> 0:25:20.919 to keep you from your purpose. Now you have to 0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:24.960 do what God requires. The enemy is defeated. But your 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:28.320 part is to go and take go after your dreams, 0:25:28.680 --> 0:25:32.880 take possession of what God promised you. Moses went back 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:35.800 to the Pharaoh, their very placed. He thought he would 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.880 never see again. They didn't arrest him, he wasn't harmed. 0:25:40.400 --> 0:25:44.960 Despite his mistakes, he ended up delivering the Israelites. See, 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:48.280 Joseph was afraid of his future. What will Herod do? 0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:53.520 Moses was afraid of his past. I've made mistakes both times. 0:25:53.560 --> 0:25:57.480 God said, there's nothing to fear. I've defeated your enemies. 0:25:57.720 --> 0:26:01.439 I've taken care of what you're afraid of. When my 0:26:01.480 --> 0:26:04.520 father was six years old, there was this old house 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:09.680 in the neighborhood that was abandoned, all run down, boarded up. 0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:13.240 As little kids, it looked very spooky to them. They 0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:16.359 called it the haunted house. They didn't walk by it 0:26:16.480 --> 0:26:19.600 unless they had to. When they did, they went as 0:26:19.760 --> 0:26:22.479 fast as they possibly could. They were all afraid of 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.840 that house. Well, my father had a brother, named Jack. 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:29.200 He was several years older than him, and Jack would 0:26:29.240 --> 0:26:33.000 fight a tiger. He was brave, courageous, he knew no fear. 0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:36.919 One night about dusk, my father and some of the 0:26:37.000 --> 0:26:39.960 friends were standing off in the distance looking at the 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:43.119 haunted house. Jack said, you know what, I'm going to 0:26:43.200 --> 0:26:45.800 go in the house. He might as well have said 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:48.040 I'm going to end my life. They thought he had 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:51.160 lost his mind. Nobody ever got close to that house. 0:26:51.880 --> 0:26:55.119 My father was so concerned, so worried. He tried to 0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:57.560 talk him out of it. Jack, there's no way you 0:26:57.600 --> 0:27:00.760 can go in there. It's too dangerous. Jack wouldn't hear 0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:03.879 of it. His mind was made up. They all stood 0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:06.879 over to the side. Jack opened the front door, and 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:10.919 just like a movie, it creaked so loudly, so eerie, 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:14.240 since chill bumps upping down their spine. He went in. 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:20.080 They waited one minute nothing, two minute nothing, five minutes nothing, 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:24.400 still no sign of Jack. Seemed like five hours. They 0:27:24.400 --> 0:27:27.960 were sure something was wrong, something must have gotten him. 0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:31.600 About that time, they saw the shutters on the upstairs 0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:36.000 window begin to slowly open. Jack stuck out his head said, 0:27:36.040 --> 0:27:39.639 with a big smile, it's okay. Fellas there's nothing in 0:27:39.680 --> 0:27:44.360 here to harm us. On a Friday two thousand years ago, 0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:48.359 Jesus was crucified. They put him in the tomb. Looked 0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:51.600 like it was over All of Hell was celebrating, the 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:58.160 demons rejoicing. But on that third day, on Resurrection Sunday, Jesus, 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:02.400 our elder brother, opened the window and said to all 0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:06.119 of us, there's nothing to fear. I have the keys 0:28:06.200 --> 0:28:10.040 to death in Hell. I've defeated the enemy. I've cleared 0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:13.400 the path. I've gone ahead of you and taken care 0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:16.439 of anything that could harm you. We don't have to 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:20.560 live in fear, fear the past, fear the future, worried 0:28:20.600 --> 0:28:23.440 about what we're up against. Now. The prince of this 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:26.280 world may come, but we know a secret. He has 0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:31.000 no power over us. He's been dethroned, defang brought to zero. 0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:35.040 Now my challenge is, don't let a dead snake keep 0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:38.160 you from becoming who you were created to be. It 0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:42.080 may look intimidating, but God has already defeated it. Go 0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:45.400 and take what belongs to you. If you'll do this, 0:28:45.600 --> 0:28:48.800 I believe and declare you're about to step in to 0:28:48.960 --> 0:28:53.760 new levels of freedom, influence, courage, chains that have held 0:28:53.800 --> 0:28:58.680 you back, are being broken right now? Healing, restoration, the 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:02.440 fullness of your destiny to me in Jesus' name, and 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:06.480 if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 0:29:06.560 --> 0:29:09.320 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.640 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:18.680 Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 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