It's Not Over

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It helps keep the ministry going. 0:01:45.680 --> 0:02:00.240 Enjoy the message. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.120 Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.880 your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.240 stop by and be a part of one of our services. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.079 These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas. 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.560 Right you're at Lake for so come out when you can. 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.560 But thanks for tuning in and thank you again for 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.720 coming out. I like to start with something funny, and 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:22.720 I heard about this senior citizen. 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:24.160 He was driving down. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:28.040 The freeway in his brand new Corvette with the top down, 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.920 going eighty miles an hour when he saw flashing lights 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:35.240 from a state trooper behind him. Without thinking about it, 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.760 he floored it took off to one hundred miles an hour. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.080 The trooper flipped on his sirens. The men came to 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.079 his senses and pulled over. He said, Officer, I am 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.840 so sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. The 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:50.359 state trooper said, listen, sir, it's Friday, four o'clock. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.519 My shift is over in thirty minutes. 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.480 If you'll tell me a reason why you were speeding 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.480 that I've never heard before, then I'll let you go. 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.920 The men thought about it and said, Officer, years ago, 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.680 my wife ran off with a state trooper, and I 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:05.960 thought you were bringing her back. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:10.720 The officer said, have a great weekend. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.840 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.440 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.760 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.400 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:26.360 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.680 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.720 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.320 about it's not over. It's easy to give up on 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.600 our dreams and think I'll never get well, I'll never 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.480 meet the right person, never get out of this problem. 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:45.680 It's been too long. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.400 I've missed too many opportunities. I've made too many mistakes. 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.160 Now God is saying it's not over. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:57.520 Everything he promised you, every dream he's placed on the inside. 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.720 He still has every intention of bringing it to pass. 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.080 Your mind will tell you all the reasons why it's 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.200 not going to happen. Just accept it. It's too late, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.880 it's not going to work out. But God has the 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:13.600 final say, and he's saying, I'm still going to heal 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.520 your body. I'm still going to bring the right person 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.360 into your life. I'm still going to restore that marriage. 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:24.520 What God started, he will finish. Couple I know tried. 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.000 For seven years to have a baby. 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:30.240 They went through all the fertility treatments without success. They 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:34.320 were finally told no chance. That was one report, but 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:39.120 God had another report. He said it's not over. One day, 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:43.120 against all odds, the young lady got pregnant. Two years later, 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.400 they brought their baby daughter right here for us to dedicate. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.960 What was that God finishing what he started. I met 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.240 these parents in the lobby recently. They had their son 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.360 with them. He looked to be in his early thirties. 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.400 The mother told how they had been a strained for 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.880 twelve years and not seen each other. Every day, this 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.160 mother would pray month after month, year after year. 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.280 Didn't look like it was doing any good. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.760 But about two weeks ago, unexpectedly, the sun knocked on 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:14.840 the parents' front door. 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:16.400 They reconciled. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.280 The first thing they wanted to do together was to 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.520 come to church. The mother said, this is the happiest 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.919 day of my life. Is there something that you've given 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.440 up on you think is never going to work out? 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:32.479 Let these words sink deep into your spirit. It's not over. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.840 God has not brought you this far to leave you. 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.680 Just because you don't see a way doesn't mean God 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:40.560 doesn't have a way. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:43.840 Right now, the most powerful force in. 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.760 The universe is at work in your life. 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.920 God is about to do a new thing. What you 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:51.000 thought was dead. 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.920 Dreams you've given up on, promises you've let go of, 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.760 are about to come back to life. God knows how 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.560 to resurrect dead dreams, that baby you were believing for, 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:07.000 or that dream to own your own house, to get married. 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.040 To start that business. 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.800 You may think, well, it's too late, I've missed too 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:11.960 many opportunities. 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:12.520 Now. 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.039 You may have given up, but God didn't give up. 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.320 He's about to breathe new life into your dreams, into 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.640 your health, into your relationships. You're going to feel a stirring, 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:28.800 a new passion, a new excitement. That's God resurrecting what 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.320 he's placed on the inside. And when thoughts tell you 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.880 that it's not going to happen, just answer them back. 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.359 No, I know a secret. It's not over. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.159 When you're still single, Yes, but it's not over. The 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:45.120 right person is coming. You're still not well, yes, but 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:45.919 it's not over. 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:47.440 Healing is headed my way. 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.479 You're still in that small apartment, Yes, but it's not over. 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:52.719 My new house is coming. 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.479 Your child is still off course, Yes, but it's not over. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.880 As for me and my house, we will serve the 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:00.320 Lord for God. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:04.440 To get in agreement with God, start dreaming again, start 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:09.240 believing again, start expecting again. Gentlemen told me how his 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.200 business had really gone down. He owned a manufacturing company. 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.640 There was one main competitor in town. It was a 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:20.080 national company. They were much larger and had a lot 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:24.280 more resources. Several years ago, when the economy went down, 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.880 it made it more and more difficult for him to 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.040 stay open. In the natural it was just a matter 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.000 of time before he would have to close. He was 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.040 tempted to get discouraged, but he knew God put this 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.360 dream in his heart. He kept being his best, believing 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.960 that somehow God would make a way. Just when he 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.720 thought he would have to close, this national company had 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.240 a change in leadership and they decided to pull out 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:54.320 of this market. Instead of him closing down, his main 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:58.600 competitor closed down. Now he's breaking all kinds of records. 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:00.760 He said, Joel, if if you would have told me 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.840 last year that I would be doing three times the business, 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:08.160 I would have said, that's impossible. What happened, God breathed 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.600 in his direction. You may not be able to beat 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:12.480 the competition. 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.080 You don't know. God may remove the competition. He has all. 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:20.720 Kinds of ways to get you to your destiny. And 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:24.560 the scripture talks about the death, the burial, and the resurrection. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.040 If you're going to see a resurrection, you can't get 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:29.880 stuck in the first two phases. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.200 This is where many people miss it. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.480 They have a set back, something doesn't work out, they 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:40.000 get discouraged, quit believing. They end up stuck in the 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.400 death phase, so to speak. I've seen people that go 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.920 through a disappointment instead of letting it go knowing that 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.200 God has something better, they get better. 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.359 Well, my business got slow, didn't. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.959 Get the scholarship, the relationship didn't work out. 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:56.200 That's why I'm discouraged. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:00.000 No, you've been through the death, You've been through the buryer. 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.680 Don't stop there. Go on to phase three. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:04.600 You've got a resurrection coming. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:10.080 Start expecting God favor. God wants to give you beauty 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:14.640 for those ashes. That setback was never meant to defeat you. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.200 It was meant to promote you. And it may be 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.560 Friday in your life. Right now looks kind of dark. 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:27.120 Business is slow, the medical report hasn't improved. My encouragement is, 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:28.960 don't get stuck on Friday. 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:30.560 Sunday is coming. 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.720 Get ready for God to do something new. Your story 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.880 does not end in defeat. It ends in victory, with 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:43.640 you accomplishing your dreams, fulfilling your purpose, healthy hole, being 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.720 a blessing to others, And if you will stay in faith. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.880 What was meant for your harm God will use to 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:51.360 your advantage. 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:53.720 God has the final say. 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.680 People cannot stop God's plan for your life. Bad breaks 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:02.440 can't stop it. Injustice can't stop. Even mistakes you've made 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.000 don't have to stop it. God has already taken that 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.160 into account, and he's saying it's not over. 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.600 I'm going to finish what I started. 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.560 We see this principle way back with the first family 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.520 that ever lived, Adam and Eve. 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:19.640 They were in the garden of Eden. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.800 They were happy and healthy, everything going great until Eve 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:28.080 was deceived by the serpent. She convinced her husband Adam, 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.760 to eat fruit from the forbidden tree. When they did, 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.560 they immediately knew they had done wrong. They ran and hid. 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:40.480 God came looking and said, Adam, where are you. They 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.679 were afraid they had blown it. It was their fault. 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.520 They thought, surely God's done with us. But it's interesting 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.880 God came looking for them. You hear people say I 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:55.800 found God. But the truth is God wasn't lost. He 0:10:55.960 --> 0:11:01.160 came looking for you before you could choose him. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.280 Here's the beauty. 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.520 Even when we make mistakes, even when we blow it, God. 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.880 Says, where are you? I want to be in relationship 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:13.199 with you. Don't run away from God. Run to him. 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.280 Adam said, God, we did wrong, we ate the fruit. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.600 God said, I know it. They had to stay out 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.840 of the garden. The story could have ended there, too bad. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:23.720 You had your chance. 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.880 It's over. But no matter what. 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:29.600 You've done, your life is not supposed to end in defeat, 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.720 in failure, in mediocrity. 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:37.000 It's not over. There is mercy for every mistake. Genesis 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.120 three says the seed. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.280 Of the woman will rise up and bruise the head 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:43.240 of the serpent. 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.160 God was saying, Eve, this. 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.560 Serpent that tricked you, he deceived you and brought all 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.880 this heartache and pain. I'm going to make him pay 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:54.840 for bringing that trouble into your life. 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.520 He's not going to have the last word. He's laughing. 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.840 He's having a party now, but he's not going to 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:01.560 stay laughing. 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:02.319 Eve. 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.840 This is your chance to settle the score. This is 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.680 your chance to get even. I'm going to have your 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:10.520 seed bruce his head. 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.439 This was a prophecy if you will spoken over Eve, 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.839 was a promise God put in her heart. You can 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.560 imagine how excited Eve was when she learned that she 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.800 was pregnant. She thought, this is the child that will 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.880 vindicate me. This child will make things right. She gave 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.480 birth to two sons on the same. 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.360 Day, Cain and Abel. She didn't know which one it 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.120 would be. Cain was a farmer. 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.320 Abel was a shepherd, and she did her best to 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.640 raise her boys ride and teach them to love God. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:47.439 But over time Cain became very jealous of Abel. One day, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.880 Cain was out in his field plowing the ground. Abel 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.839 came to see him, and Cain ended up killing Abel, 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:59.079 the first murder of the Bible. Because of this offense, 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:00.840 Cain had to be sent. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.440 To another country. 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.079 Eve didn't just lose one son, She lost both sons 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:11.600 on the same day. The problem is Eve's circumstances don't 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.880 match up with what God has spoken over her. God 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.160 said the seed of a woman would bruise the serpent's head. 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.160 Didn't look like it was going to happen. One son 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.640 was dead, one was sent away. As devastated as Eve 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.480 was down deep, something said to her. 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.600 This is not the way your story is supposed to end. 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:38.079 There are times in life where your circumstances won't match 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.439 up with what God has put in your heart. Every 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.360 voice will tell you it's not going to happen. Just 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.800 accept it, Just settle there. You'll always be lonely, you'll 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:51.520 always have that addiction, you'll always struggle in your finances. No, 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.920 don't believe those lies. That is not the end of 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:56.240 your story. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:57.320 You may have gone. 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.000 Through a loss, had a bad break, it was unfair, 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:04.280 but know this, it's not over. The enemy may be 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.480 laughing now, but don't worry. 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:07.960 Your time is coming. 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:13.319 Vindication is coming, Restoration is coming, healing is coming. It 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:17.800 may be Friday, but Sunday is on the way. Eve 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.480 is at this turning point. Is she going to believe 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.200 what God has spoken over her? Or is she going 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:28.160 to get discouraged and settle. God said the promise would 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.800 come through her seed. That means she would have to 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.640 get pregnant again. If your children just got into an 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.880 argument and one killed the other, do you know how 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:43.080 difficult it would be to have a baby. Sometimes in 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.640 order to move forward, you have to risk being hurt again, 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:51.160 risk loving again, risk trusting again. This is what Eve did. 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:55.640 She became pregnant. She said in Genesis four twenty five, 0:14:56.280 --> 0:15:01.680 God has appointed me another seed. She was saying, I've 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.520 had the wind knocked out of me. Life hasn't turned 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.160 out my way. But I'm not going to stay down. 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.640 I'm not going to get bitter. I'm not going to 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.240 give up on my dreams. I know God has the 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:16.400 final say, and it's not over. He said, He's appointed 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:21.000 another seed. In your difficult times, when life doesn't turn 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.120 out your way, you have to remind yourself that is 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:28.360 not the end. For everything you've lost, for everything that 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.360 is taken, God has already. 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:32.360 Appointed another seed. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.720 Your story is not going to end in defeat, in. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.160 Failure, in mediocrity. 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.120 It's going to end with you bruising the serpent's head. 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.960 It's going to end with God paying you back for 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.320 that trouble, bringing you out better off than you were before. 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.560 You may be at an empty place right now. You've 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.960 lost something. You're tempted to settle, but you've got to 0:15:55.960 --> 0:16:02.280 get your fire back. God has appointed another seed, another dream, another. 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:03.960 Relationship, another opportunity. 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.920 You are not going to die empty lonely depressed. That 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.600 difficulty is a sure sign that something. 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.040 Amazing is in your future. 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.120 And Eve ended up giving birth to another son. They 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:22.280 named him Seth. It was through Seth's family line that Jesus, Christ, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:23.360 the Messiah, came. 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.240 The promise was fulfilled. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:30.240 This story with Cain and Abel is foreshadowing what Christ 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:30.760 would do. 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.280 It's a picture of what was to come. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:38.640 Abel, an innocent man, went to Cain's field where he 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:43.120 was killed in the same way Jesus, an innocent man, 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:48.000 left Heaven. He left eternity where he had already kicked 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.000 Satan out, and he said, Satan, I'm going to take 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.840 off all my majesty, all my glory, and I'm going 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.240 to come down as the son of man and defeat you. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:16:59.240 On your own turf. 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:05.119 When Cain killed Abel, Abel was a young man. It 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.840 was a premature death, the first in the scripture. All 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:13.160 of Heaven was stunned. At thirty three years of age. Jesus, 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.040 a young man, was crucified on the cross. 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:18.240 All of Hell cheered. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:22.880 They thought Jesus had overstepped his bounds. They were thinking, hey, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.600 he beat us on his turf. But we had the 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:29.760 last laugh. We beat him on our turf. Scripture says 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:34.520 God came to Cain and said, Cain, the voice of 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:38.240 your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground. 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:39.440 See. 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.240 Cain thought that he had finished off his brother. He 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.920 thought that he had the last word. He didn't realize 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:50.480 that the blood of his brother was crying out for justice. 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.639 In other words, he may have killed his body, but 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:58.080 his blood was still speaking. Little over two thousand years ago, 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.879 the soldiers crucified Jesus. Satan thought that it was over, 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.359 that he had finally finished him off. But what he 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:11.480 didn't realize is that Jesus' blood would still be speaking today. 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:16.720 They killed his body, but the blood speaks. The blood 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:20.360 says we're redeemed. The blood says we're forgiven. 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.280 The blood is more powerful than any sickness. The blood 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:25.840 is greater than any opposition. 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.560 Satan and all the demons, we're having this big party, 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:34.280 giving high fives, confetti coming down, champagne flowing. But in 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.840 the midst of the celebration they see this figure coming 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:38.680 from a distance. 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:43.440 They don't know who he is. They take a quick count, 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.960 and they're all accounted for it. This person is different. 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.040 His eyes are like fire, his hair as white as wool, 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.720 his face radiating with such brilliance they have to turn away. 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:57.560 He gets a little closer, and one of them. 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.240 Says, uh, oh, it's him. 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.440 Their heart skips a beat they shrink back in fear. 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:06.679 Just when they thought it couldn't get any worse, the 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:07.639 music kicks in. 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:19.520 This is my version. They thought they had killed Jesus. 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.080 They thought they had finished him off once and for all. 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:26.000 But Jesus said, hey, put the celebration on hold. Stop 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.000 the confetti, blow out the candles. I've got an announcement 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:29.320 to make. 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:30.480 It's not over. 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:37.680 I'm still alive, Jesus. Jesus was the original party crasher. 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:42.520 He went in, defeated the enemy, took away the keys 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:46.120 of death in hell. He drugged Satan through the corridors 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:52.119 so all the forces of darkness could see him. Dethroned, demoralized, powerless, 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:54.480 Jesus rose up and said, I. 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:55.640 Am he that lives. 0:19:56.160 --> 0:20:00.760 I was dead, but I'm alive forevermore So, if he lives, 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.840 we can live. The same power that raised him up 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.520 is on the inside of you and me. You are 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:09.320 not weak, You are not lacking. 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:11.719 You are full of resurrection power. 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:15.320 No obstacles too big for you, no dream too great, 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:17.240 no sickness too powerful. 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:21.080 You have the greatest force in the universe on the inside. 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:22.280 And when it. 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.240 Doesn't look good, thoughts start telling you that it's over. 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:29.320 Just put your shoulders back, get a second wind by faith. 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:30.679 Here that music kicking in. 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.120 That means God is fighting for you. That's his blood 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.840 still speaking. It's saying you've got a right to be free. 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:42.560 You've got a right to live healthy, whole, blessed, victorious. 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:45.760 No matter what comes your way in life, you gotta 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:46.720 have this attitude. 0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:47.720 It's not over. 0:20:48.320 --> 0:20:50.800 The enemy may hit you with his best shot, but 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:52.480 his best will never be enough. 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.320 When it's all said and done, you'll still be sand 0:20:55.400 --> 0:21:01.240 and strong and just as Abel's blood out for justice. 0:21:01.720 --> 0:21:05.000 When somebody does you wrong, you go through a bad break, 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:08.920 you're dealing with the sickness. You have an advantage because 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.639 you're a child of the most High. His blood is 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:16.240 crying out for you. What you're going through does not 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:22.639 go unnoticed. God sees every tear, every lonely night, every injustice. 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.720 He's got you in the palm of his hand. 0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:28.199 He told the Israelites when they were in slavery, I 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:32.040 have seen the affliction of my people. I've seen how 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.479 they're being mistreated, and I am coming down to do 0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:36.320 something about it. 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:38.280 That's the blood still speaking. 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:42.280 And if you will stay in faith, the enemy won't 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:43.320 have the last laugh. 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:44.000 You will. 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.040 God will vindicate you, He'll make your wrongs right. He'll 0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:52.000 pay you back for that injustice. God has already lined 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:55.919 up a comeback for every setback, a new beginning for 0:21:56.000 --> 0:22:00.160 every loss. It may be Friday, but get ready, Sunday 0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:05.280 is coming. I met a young man in Chicago by 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:08.760 the name of Daniel. Growing up, he loved to play 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:12.320 outside with his friends and ride his bike. Life was good, 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:16.719 but at the age of twelve, everything suddenly changed. He 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:20.240 was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with an aggressive 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:25.159 brain tumor. The doctors performed emergency surgery to spare his life, 0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:28.040 but when he woke up, he had lost all of 0:22:28.040 --> 0:22:31.520 his motor skills. Couldn't walk, couldn't talk, couldn't feed himself. 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:35.159 Half of his body was paralyzed. Here one moment, he 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:38.560 was out having fun, playing like other kids. The next moment, 0:22:38.760 --> 0:22:42.960 his whole world had collapsed. It was Friday. Looked dark, 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:46.560 looked like it was over. Daniel spent one hundred days 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:49.440 in the hospital. In the months to come, he would 0:22:49.520 --> 0:22:52.040 have to relearn how to talk, relearn how to walk. 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:54.640 His mother had to quit her job to take care 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:58.080 of him. His father missed three months from work. The 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:03.120 chemotherapy and radiation were constantly making him sick. Life through 0:23:03.200 --> 0:23:06.000 him a curve. Could have gotten depressed, could have gotten 0:23:06.040 --> 0:23:07.080 bitter and given up. 0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:08.040 But not Daniel. 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:12.399 From the time he was five years old, every Sunday morning, 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:16.120 he and his family would watch our television broadcast there 0:23:16.119 --> 0:23:16.800 in Chicago. 0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:20.359 All through the week he would put on DVDs of 0:23:20.400 --> 0:23:21.159 my messages. 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:24.040 He would hear these words of faith going into him. 0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:27.240 You're a victor, not a victim. You can do all 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:30.400 things through Christ. No weapon formed against you will prosper. 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.240 Weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming. 0:23:34.119 --> 0:23:38.000 Daniel never knew one day what kind of battle he 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:41.119 would have to fight. He would send me notes thanking 0:23:41.160 --> 0:23:43.960 me for my messages, and he'd draw pictures and put 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:46.040 my sayings on. And this is the most recent card 0:23:46.080 --> 0:23:48.680 I've received to him. It's a beautiful picture of a church. 0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:49.600 It says thank you. 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:53.320 On the inside, he writes, I have fought the good fight. 0:23:53.680 --> 0:23:56.960 Now I'm happy to report I am one hundred percent cancer. 0:23:57.040 --> 0:24:00.479 Fred Daniel rive here on the front road with him family, 0:24:01.080 --> 0:24:02.200 A mighty man of faith. 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:09.840 God bless you, please be seated. 0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:14.800 Maybe today like Daniel, you're facing a major obstacle. Let 0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:17.520 me tell you nothing is too hard for our God. 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:21.120 He made your body. He can correct what's wrong. Don't 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.000 believe those lies that you'll never get healthy. Just learn 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:27.640 to live with it. That's one report, But there's another report. 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:30.280 It says God is restoring health back in the un 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:33.840 says that you will live and not die. God has 0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:38.720 the final say, and he's saying it's not over. I 0:24:38.800 --> 0:24:42.240 watched the clip of a college football game. The Stanford 0:24:42.280 --> 0:24:46.080 Cardinals were playing the California Bears, and Stanford had just 0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:49.760 scored a field goal. They were ahead with four seconds 0:24:49.760 --> 0:24:51.760 to go in the game. All they had to do 0:24:51.880 --> 0:24:54.320 is kick the ball off to the other team, tackle 0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:56.840 the player, and the game would be over. Well, they 0:24:56.920 --> 0:25:00.440 kicked it off. The California player caught the ball, ran 0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:04.160 about twenty yards, and he was swarmed by Stanford players. 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:05.440 Looked like he was down. 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:10.359 The Stanford marching band rushed onto the field to celebrate 0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:14.760 the victory, so excited. What they didn't realize is just 0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:18.800 before he was down, somehow he lateraled the ball to 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:20.159 a teammate. 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:21.159 And he took off running. 0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:24.880 When he was almost down, he lateraled it to another teammate. 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:26.760 This happened six times. 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:29.879 It looks like a play you'd see in your backyard 0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:33.879 playing football. But after that sixth lateral, the California player 0:25:34.000 --> 0:25:36.800 was headed to the end zone. The only problem is 0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:40.400 the whole Stanford band was on the field. He had 0:25:40.440 --> 0:25:44.640 to zigzag through the band members, through the instruments, finally 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:47.240 made it into the end zone to score a touchdown 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:49.200 and miraculously win the game. 0:25:49.760 --> 0:25:50.720 What's my point? 0:25:50.960 --> 0:25:55.080 Sometimes the enemy will send his band on your field 0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:59.520 before the game is over. He'll start celebrating like he's 0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:03.040 all read that he defeated you. What he doesn't realize 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:06.720 is you're not down yet. You need to tell him 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:09.640 get your marching band off of my field. 0:26:10.080 --> 0:26:11.359 This game is not over. 0:26:12.640 --> 0:26:19.080 You may think I'm down, but I've got resurrection power. Listen, 0:26:19.119 --> 0:26:22.840 there is a force in you that cannot be defeated. 0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:26.840 It raised Christ from the dead, and it will always 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:27.800 cause you to triumph. 0:26:29.080 --> 0:26:31.440 This is what Job had to do. In the scripture. 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:34.119 He went through a period where everything that could go 0:26:34.240 --> 0:26:38.040 wrong did. He lost his health, his business, his family. 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:41.399 It looked like it was over. The marching band was 0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:45.440 definitely on his field, but in the midst of that difficulty, 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:48.439 he looked up to the heavens and said, I know 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:52.920 my redeemer lives. He was saying, I know God's in control. 0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:56.119 As long as he's on the throne, it's not over. 0:26:56.359 --> 0:26:57.639 He has the final saying. 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:01.800 Nine months later, Jobe not only came out, but he 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:03.840 came out with twice what he had before. 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:05.639 That's the way God is. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.919 He'll make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble. The 0:27:08.960 --> 0:27:13.040 scripture says, the latter part of Job's life was more 0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:17.080 blessed than the first part. No matter what you've been through, 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:20.760 God wants the rest of your life to be more blessed, 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:26.000 more rewarding, more enjoyable than anything you've experienced. You have 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:29.640 not laughed your best laugh, you have not dreamed your 0:27:29.640 --> 0:27:32.600 best dream, you have not sung your best song. 0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:34.240 It's still out in front of you. 0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:38.320 Isaiah put it this way, because you've got a double 0:27:38.359 --> 0:27:42.560 dose of trouble, your inheritance in the land will be double, 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:46.440 and your joy will go on forever. You may feel 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:49.320 like Daniel, like Job, you've got a double dose of trouble. 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:54.479 Don't go around complaining that trouble qualified you for double 0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:57.960 shake off. What didn't work out and get ready for 0:27:58.040 --> 0:28:01.760 a double dose of favors of God's blessing, a double 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:02.560 dose of healing. 0:28:02.920 --> 0:28:03.400 Friends. 0:28:04.160 --> 0:28:07.920 It's not over what God promised you He will bring 0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:12.280 to pass. When thoughts tell you otherwise, dismiss them. Tell 0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:15.439 the enemy get his marching band off of your field. 0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:20.040 Remember the blood is still speaking for you. It's saying 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:22.560 you have a right to be free, to be healthy, 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:23.720 to live victoriously. 0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:26.800 If you will have this, it's not over attitude. 0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:30.440 I believe and declare, just like God did for Daniel. 0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:34.359 He will restore what's been stolen. He's going to resurrect 0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:38.840 dead dreams. You will rise higher, overcome obstacles, and become 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:42.960 everything He's created you to be in Jesus' name. If 0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:48.040 you receive it, can you say, men today, we never 0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:51.320 like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 0:28:51.440 --> 0:28:53.320 to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:53.720 --> 0:28:54.680 Would you pray with me? 0:28:55.280 --> 0:28:59.400 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:29:00.720 --> 0:29:03.960 Come into my heart. I make you my lord and 0:29:04.040 --> 0:29:04.400 save you. 0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:08.520 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:08.520 --> 0:29:11.520 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:12.400 God first place. 0:29:12.600 --> 0:29:14.920 He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:17.360 --> 0:29:21.040 Thank you for listening to the Joelustine podcast. 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