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Thanks so much for 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.520 tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.880 And I like to start with something funny and I 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.320 heard about this man. He was the only Protestant in 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:12.080 a large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, while 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.920 his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling a 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.640 steak in the backyard. They couldn't stand the temptation and 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:22.919 decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.839 The priest sprinkled water over him, said, you were born 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.840 a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist. 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:28.959 Now you're a Catholic. 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.560 The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:34.919 smelled the same smell in the air. 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:36.359 They rushed to his house. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.639 He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak. 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.000 Said you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:48.079 but now you're a fish. Hold your Bible up, say 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.040 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:51.880 am what it says. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:52.239 I am. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.000 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.560 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.480 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.800 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:09.760 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.760 to talk to you today about it's under your feet. 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:18.000 How we see our difficulties very often will determine whether 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.520 or not we get out of them. When we face 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:24.239 challenges and things come against us, it's easy to get 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.839 overwhelmed and start thinking this is never going to work out. 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:29.919 I'll just have to learn to live with it. 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:35.040 Many people settle for mediocrity, But First Corinthians fifteen says 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.360 God has put all things under our feet. 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:40.320 If you're going to live in. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:45.440 Victory, you have to see every sickness, every obstacle, every 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.200 temptation as being under your feet. 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:50.680 It's no match for you. It's not going to. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.960 Keep you from your destiny. It's already defeated. It's just 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.200 a matter of time before you walk it out. But 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:01.520 if you see it being too big, this addiction, my 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.080 child will never straighten up. 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:04.920 This sickness is going to be the end of me. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:06.840 That's going to cause. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:13.000 You to feel weak, discouraged, intimidated. It's going to attract fear, worry, doubt. 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.159 That kind of thinking not only pushes you down, but 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:18.640 it stops God from working. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.919 You've got to change your perspective. That addiction is not 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.839 going to dog you your whole life. It's under your feet. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:29.520 That depression that's been in your family for years, it's 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:31.440 not going to get passed to the next generation. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.800 It's under your feet. You're going to put a stop 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:34.120 to it. 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:39.000 That struggle, lack, barely getting by is not going to keep. 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.920 You from being blessed. It's under your feet. It's just a. 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.919 Matter of time before you break through to a new level. 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.480 Now you've got to shake off the lives that are 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.840 telling you it's too big. It's been this way too long. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.640 It's never going to change. No, this is a new day. 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.040 God is saying, every enemy, every sickness. 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.039 Every obstacle, it's not going to defeat you. It's going 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.960 to promote you. It was meant to be a stumbling 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.440 block to keep you down. God's going to use it 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.400 as a stepping stone to take you higher. Keep the 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:14.120 right perspective. It's under your feet. This is what David did. 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.200 He faced all kinds of enemies. 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:17.160 He said in. 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:21.680 Psalm fifty nine, I will look down in triumph on 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.640 all of my enemies. Notice not some of my enemies, 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.440 all of my enemies. What am I going to do? 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.960 Look down? Why? Because they're under my feet. 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.719 Now you may be facing situations that don't feel like 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:40.279 they're under your feet. The sickness looks big, the financial 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:44.919 difficulty seems impossible. Perhaps you've struggled with the addiction for years, 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.480 but you can't go by what you see. You've got 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.760 to go by what you know. We walk by faith 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.360 and not by sight. In the natural, it may look huge. 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:56.719 But when you talk to. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:01.640 Those obstacles like David, by faith to look down. See 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.039 when you talk to God, we should look up. You 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.640 look up to give God praise, you look up to 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:07.680 ask God for help. 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.880 But when you talk to sickness, look down. It's under 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:12.760 your feet. Look down to. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.919 Talk to depression, you look down to talk to fear. 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.760 I've heard it said, if you want to say something 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:22.000 to the enemy, ride it on the bottom of your shoe. 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:23.680 Because he's under your feet. 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.440 Sometimes when there's a big boxing match the day before, 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.479 the two fighters will come out at a press conference 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.919 and they'll stand toe to toe with their faces just 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.640 two or three inches apart, and they'll look each other 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:41.279 in the eye and just stand there and stare and stare, 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:46.880 trying to intimidate each other. They're saying, I'm bigger, stronger, tougher, meaner, 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:47.320 you're not. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:48.000 Going to defeat me. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.880 Well, when you face an enemy, something that's trying to 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.720 keep you from your destiny, a sickness, a bad habit, 0:06:56.120 --> 0:07:00.960 an unfair situation. Unlike those two fighters, you don't stand 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.960 toe to toe to look that enemy in the eye. 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.080 That enemy is not at your level. 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.440 It may have a big bark, it may seem tough 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.280 and big like you can't defeat it. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.360 No, the truth is, it's no match for you. For 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.560 you to look that enemy in the eye. 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.280 You need to look down under your feet. You are 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.720 more than a conquer Greater is he that's in you 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:28.040 than he that comes against you. The enemy has limited power. 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:29.400 God has all power. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.920 If God be for you, who dare be against you? 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:38.360 Quit telling yourself, I'll always struggle in this area, I'll 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.520 never lose this weight, I'll never get out of debt. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:45.280 No change your perspective. You are not weak, defeated inferior. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.680 You are full of can do power. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.480 The same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.960 on the inside of you. Now, some of you need 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.800 to start putting some things under your feet. God said, 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.840 I have given you power to tread on all the 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:05.200 power of the enemy. Think of that word tread. One 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:09.320 translation says to trample. If you will see these obstacles 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:13.040 as being under your feet, as being already defeated, then 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:17.000 a new boldness will rise up your faith will activate 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:18.520 God's power in a new way. 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:20.160 I know this lady. 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.080 She was diagnosed with cancer, and she's in her early 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.960 thirties and has always been as healthy as can be 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.320 in and she got this news with such a shock 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:33.400 to her. Normally she's very outgoing and happy, but her 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.120 whole personality had changed. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:36.720 She got very depressed. 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.920 All she thought about was how bad it was and 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.199 how she might not make it. Instead of looking down 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:44.760 at the cancer, she was. 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.480 Looking up to it. She had made it huge in 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:48.120 her mind. 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.560 The first place we lose the victory is in our 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:52.200 own thinking. 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.040 If you see the obstacle as. 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.520 Being too big, it will keep you defeated. That's why 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.960 when David faced Goliath, even though Goliath was practically twice 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:07.880 his size, much bigger, stronger, had more experience, more equipment, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:11.720 the first thing David said was, Hey, Goliath, I will 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.400 defeat you and feed your head to the birds of 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.720 the air. That's one of those enemies David looked down 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:22.480 on by faith he saw it as being smaller. If 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.840 David would have just looked at it in the natural 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.160 and thought about how much bigger, how much more experience, 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.319 he would have never had the courage to face Goliath. 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.040 David understood this principle. He knew how to see his 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.360 enemies as being under his feet. Now I told this 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:42.360 young lady, you've got to change your perspective. You've got 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:46.400 to start looking down at that cancer in the natural. 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:49.320 It may be huge, but switch over to your eyes 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.480 of faith. You and God are a majority. Was never 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.840 meant to be a stumbling block. It was meant to 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.640 be a stepping stone. You got to shake off the 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.720 self pity and, like David, put on a new attitude. Cancer, 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.160 you will not defeat me. You are under my feet. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.240 I will fulfill my destiny. I will live out my 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.559 days in good health. I am a victor and not 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.920 a victim. She changed her outlook, she got her fire back, 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.200 her passion back, and she started fighting the good fight 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:19.679 of faith. 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.680 Today she is four years cancer free. 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.800 She's so happy. A couple of years ago she got married. 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.920 It wasn't a stumbling block. It ended up being a 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:34.280 stepping stone. But had she not seen the obstacle as 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.960 being under her feet. I don't believe it would have 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:41.040 turned out that way, because if we let life overwhelm us, 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.719 we go around worried, stressed out in self pity. That 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.679 not only affects us mentally, it affects us physically. It 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:53.560 weakens our immune system. It won't fight off sickness and 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.199 disease the way God created it too. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.920 The scripture says, the joy of the Lord is your strength. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.800 Joy is an emotion, and yet it creates something physical. 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:06.240 It creates strength. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.160 When you're in tough times, you've got to shake off 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:14.079 the worry, shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointment, get. 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:18.200 Your joy back. Have the right perspective. That enemy, that sickness, 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:19.640 that obstacle. 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.920 It is under your feet. It's not going to defeat you. 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.320 It's going to promote you. Second Samuel twenty two to 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:29.320 forty says, you have armed me with strength for the battle. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.920 You have put my enemies under my feet. Friends, God 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.480 knows every battle that you will ever face, every temptation, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.640 every obstacle. He has not only put it under your feet, 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.120 but he's armed you with strength for that battle. He's 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:49.080 already equipped you quit telling yourself this is too much, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.720 I can't handle it. No, the greatest force in the 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.000 universe is breathing in your direction. 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:56.880 Tap into that power. 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.040 Start declaring I am well able, I can do all 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:05.000 things through Christ, I am strong in the Lord. When 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:09.200 you do that, something's happening on the inside. You're getting stronger. 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.760 Your immune system will work better, You'll have more energy, 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.000 You'll make better decisions. We've all been to the post 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.040 office before and seen the sign on the wall of 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.800 the ten most wanted under their pictures, it says armed 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.880 and dangerous. Let me tell you, if the enemy had 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.400 a post office, your picture would be up there. 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:32.600 You are not a weakling. You are bad to the bone. 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.440 You are a child of the most tied God. He 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:39.839 has infused can do power into you. You gotta start 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:44.000 seeing yourself as being armed and dangerous. When we get 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:46.520 out of bed in the morning, first thing we should 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.559 do is power up, get our minds going in the 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:54.320 right direction. Remind yourself, I'm ready for this day. I'm equipped, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.960 I'm empowered. I've got my armor on, got my shoes 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:02.280 of peace. Going to get upset, not going to let 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.520 people steal my joy, not going to fight battles that 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.360 aren't between me and my destiny. 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:09.800 Got my helmet of salvation. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:15.880 I know I'm forgiven, I'm redeemed, I'm approved by Almighty God. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:20.120 I've been handpicked by the creator of the universe. Got 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:24.520 my shield of faith. I'm expecting great things. I'm expecting 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.960 to have an amazing twenty twelve. Got my sword of 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.720 the spirit speaking God's word. I know every enemy is 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.840 under my feet. I've been armed with strength for this battle. 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:35.920 What are we doing? 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:41.480 Powering up, getting prepared for a blessed, victorious, faith filled day. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.680 I know some of you are up against things that 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:49.200 could easily steal your joy. Maybe a challenge in a relationship, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:53.400 child not doing right, unfair situation at work. You could 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:58.040 live stressed, uptight, not sleep at night, no, all through 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.280 the day, especially when you're ten to worry. You need 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.960 to remind yourself this is under my feet. God is 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.360 in control. It is not going to keep me from 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.440 my destiny. Come back to that place of peace. Psalm 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:15.560 one ten says God will make your enemies your footstool. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.600 What do you do with the footstool? You put your 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.320 feet up on it. It indicates a position of rest. 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:27.520 When we face difficulties. Too often we take matters into 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:31.040 our own hands. We get all worked up, we think 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.160 they did me wrong. I'm gonna pay them back. I'm 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:36.360 gonna straighten them out. Or the medical report's not good 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.120 and we can't sleep at night. We're so uptight, so 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.760 stressed out. No, if you want God to make your 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.920 enemy your footstool, you have to be still and know 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.360 that he is God. When you're living upset and trying 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.200 to force things to happen, God is going to step 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.000 back and let you do it on your own. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.320 It takes faith to say, God, I. 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.160 Know you're fighting my battles. I know you'll make my 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.560 wrongs right. You promise it would work out for my good. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.520 So I'm going to keep my joy and stay in peace. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.560 When you put your feet up, so to speak, and rest, 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.400 God will take those things that seem like they're over you, 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.840 those things that are holding you back, and he'll bring 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.400 them under your feet. He'll turn them around and make 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:26.040 that enemy your footstool. When something's a footstool, you could 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:30.400 say it serves you, it makes life easier. That's the 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.600 way God is. When you stay in peace, God will 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.120 take what's meant for harm, and he'll use it to 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.840 your advantage. Let's make it practical. Maybe at work this 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.480 week or at the job site. Somebody is not treating 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.720 you right, play in politics, not giving you the. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.960 Credit you deserve. Don't get upset. 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.440 Just keep being your best each day. Stay on that 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.960 high road. Your job is not to straighten people out. 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.640 Your job is to stay in peace. When you're in peace, 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.040 God's fighting your battles when you're at rest. God will 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.240 make your enemies your footstool. This is what happened with Joseph. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.680 He was betrayed by his brothers, falsely accused by Potterphar's wife, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.080 went to prison for something that he didn't do. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.280 Joseph didn't get upset. 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.840 He didn't try to pay people back, didn't hold a grudge. 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.560 He stayed in peace, stayed on the high road, and 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.960 God turned it all around. The people that did Joseph 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:31.120 wrong ended up working for him. His brothers, the same 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:35.040 ones that betrayed him, came back and bowed low before him. 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:39.440 Because he stayed in peace. God made his enemies his footstool. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.680 Here's what I've learned. God can vindicate you better than 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.720 you can vindicate yourself. If you will let God do 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:51.400 it his way, It'll be bigger, sweeter, more rewarding, more honoring. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.080 God can take the very people that are trying to 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.480 push you down, the people that are trying to make 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.160 you look bad, He can use them to promote you. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:04.560 In the scripture, Haman tried to push down Mordecai, tried 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.920 to make Mordecai look bad, disrespected him, didn't give him 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:11.200 the time of day. But one day the king told 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.600 Haman to get a royal robe and put it on 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.359 Mordecai and march him up and down through the streets, 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.439 announcing to everyone what a great man Mordecai was. 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:23.960 Think about it. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.199 Of all the people the king could have chosen to 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:31.879 do that, it just so happened he chose Haman to 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.159 honor Mordecai, the very one that was trying to make 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.400 him look bad. That's what happens when you let God 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:41.560 do it his way. That boss at the office that's 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.199 not giving you credit, don't worry about it. You're not 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.560 working under people, You're working under God. 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.439 God is keeping all the records you don't know. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.320 Instead of you working for that boss, one day that 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.040 boss may be working for you. Stay in peace, God 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.359 can make your enemies your footstock. Now to all of 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:02.600 our staff members. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:07.119 Ignore what you just heard. I have a friend. 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.840 He worked for this company for many, many years, and 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.080 he always gave it his best. But for some reason, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:16.080 the owner of the company didn't like him. Even though 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.600 the young man was bright and talented, he wouldn't take 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.280 his opinion, wouldn't really give him the time of day. 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.359 But this young man liked Joseph. He didn't get bitter, 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.119 he didn't try to prove to everyone who he was. 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.679 He just stayed on the high road, kept being his 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.720 best day after day. Eventually this boss let him go. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.520 He fired him. This young man went out and started 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.719 his own real estate company and became extremely successful. He 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.760 never thought much more about his former boss, didn't have 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:45.359 any ill will toward. 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:46.400 Him at all. 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:50.360 But God is a god of justice. He doesn't forget 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.920 what you're owed. You may let it go, but God 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.600 doesn't let it go. He's gonna make sure you get 0:18:55.760 --> 0:19:00.679 exactly what you deserve. Several years later, his former boss 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.960 was downsizing the company and needed a new building to 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:07.480 move into. It just so happened the building that the 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:11.520 boss really wanted was owned by this young man. When 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.760 he walked in there and saw the young man he fired, 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.040 knew that he was the owner and had to negotiate 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:21.119 with him. He nearly passed out. Now this boss treated 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:24.960 him with the utmost respect. He listened to every word 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:29.120 that he said. Long story short, Today that former boss 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:31.919 is paying rent to the young men he wants fired. 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:34.199 That's God bringing justice. 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.520 That's God making your enemies your footstool. 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:40.040 Stay in peace. 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:43.520 God's got your back. David said it this way, Psalm 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:47.399 twenty three. God will prepare a table before you in 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.919 the presence of your enemies. That means God will not 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.200 only make your wrongs right, but God will bless you 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:56.080 in front of your enemies. 0:19:56.920 --> 0:19:58.040 God could promote you. 0:19:58.080 --> 0:20:02.800 Anywhere, but he'll give you one recognition favor in front 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.720 of the people that tried to pull you down. That 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:08.359 person that's lying about you, tried to keep you from 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:09.159 rising higher. 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.200 Don't worry about it. One day they will see you 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:14.359 receiving the credit that you deserve. 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:19.600 When people are talking about you, maybe somebody's spreading gossip. 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:23.200 Just imagine the angels just went to the grocery store. 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.200 God just turned the oven on. He's getting your dinner 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:29.400 prepared it's not going to be just you. There's going 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:32.960 to be some onlookers. Those people that tried to push 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:36.320 you down, they're watching you get promoted. They said you 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:39.280 don't have what it takes. They're watching you accomplish your dreams. 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:41.640 They wouldn't give you the time of day. Now they're 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.240 trying to rent a facility from you. Stay in peace. 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:48.240 God's got your covered. All these things that come against 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:52.280 us to try to get us upset. People talking, gossip, 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:56.840 spreading rumors, not giving you respect, those are all distractions. 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.680 That's the enemy trying to lure us off course, get 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:04.000 us bent out of shape, waste valuable time and energy 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:07.439 on something that doesn't really matter. Don't give that the 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.840 time of day. That's not a battle you're supposed to fight. 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:13.399 Stay on the high road, and God will bring it 0:21:13.480 --> 0:21:17.560 under your feet. He'll make those enemies your footstool. When 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.480 you're tempted to worry, you're tempted to get upset, just 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:25.760 imagine yourself leaning back in a big comfortable chair, putting 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.440 your feet up and resting them on top of that problem. 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:33.080 You're saying, God, it's under my feet. I know you're 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:37.399 in control. When you're in peace, it's a position of power. 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:41.560 When you're at rest, God's fighting your battles. I know 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:43.679 a man that was trying to get his wife to 0:21:43.720 --> 0:21:47.119 the United States. He's an American citizen, but his wife 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:49.840 is not. She lives in Europe and he's been trying 0:21:49.880 --> 0:21:52.920 to get this visa and the proper paperwork lined up. 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.200 He went to the government office and the man working 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:59.560 behind the counter was very rude to him, wouldn't give 0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:01.880 him any help it all. He made it very confusing, 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:06.400 very complicated. Several weeks later, this man had his paperwork 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.280 filled out and not to rise, and he went back 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:12.919 and the man was just as rude. The other authorities 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:15.360 had told him it'd probably take six months to get 0:22:15.359 --> 0:22:18.560 this visa. This man said, no, no, it's gonna take 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:19.920 at least five years. 0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:22.440 We're all backed up. We're not gonna get to your 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:26.200 paperwork for a long time. This man was very frustrated. 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:28.760 It's even tempted to give him a piece of his mind, 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:33.159 but instead he just kept his cool, reminded himself that 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.000 it was under his feet. By faith, he could see 0:22:36.000 --> 0:22:40.040 God sitting the dinner table. Several weeks later, he got 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:42.879 a call back from this man telling him that his 0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:43.919 visa was ready. 0:22:44.600 --> 0:22:47.159 He was so shocked, he was amazed. It was a miracle. 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:49.359 He went to him and said, I thought you said 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:52.240 it would be five years. The man said it should 0:22:52.280 --> 0:22:54.120 have been. But ever since I. 0:22:54.160 --> 0:22:57.399 Met you, I can't get you off my mind. I 0:22:57.520 --> 0:23:00.479 wake up thinking about you. I eat lunch thinking about you. 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:02.760 I go to bed thinking about you. You're making my 0:23:02.840 --> 0:23:09.919 life miserable. Take this visa and go, friends. God knows 0:23:10.000 --> 0:23:14.520 how to apply pressure. God knows how to make somebody uncomfortable. 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:17.199 You don't have to fight the battle. You still on 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:21.000 the high road and watch God make your enemies your footstool. 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:25.400 Isaiah put it this way, no weapon formed against you 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:29.960 will prosper. Doesn't say that we won't have difficulties, never 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:30.879 have a problem. 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:34.879 That's not reality. It says challenges will come. 0:23:35.560 --> 0:23:39.040 People may talk, you may get a negative medical report, 0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:42.480 a family member may get off course. God said, the 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:46.640 problem may form, but you can stay in peace knowing 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:50.480 that it's not going to prosper against you because you're 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:54.000 his child, because you're in the secret place of the 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:57.960 most High. God has a hedge of protection around you 0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:01.679 that the enemy cannot cross, a hedge of mercy, a 0:24:01.760 --> 0:24:05.879 hedge of favor. No person, no sickness, no trouble, no 0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:08.320 disability can stop God's plan. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:09.000 For your life. 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:12.520 All the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:16.600 When you face these challenges and you attempted to worry, 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:20.520 you need to remind yourself. This problem may have formed, 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:23.840 but I have a promise from Almighty God it is 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:26.840 not going to prosper. In other words, they may be 0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:29.480 talking about me, trying to make me look bad. I'm 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:32.280 not worried about it. I know God's my vindicator. He'll 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:33.639 take care of them. 0:24:34.119 --> 0:24:36.680 My child may be running with the wrong crowd. That's 0:24:36.720 --> 0:24:39.720 all right. I know it's not permanent. It's temporary. As 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:41.760 for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:45.720 This medical report may not look good, but I know 0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:49.199 God made my body. He's got me in the palm 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:52.879 of his hand. Nothing can snatch me away. I was 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:58.040 reading about these researchers that were studying Alzheimer's disease. They 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:01.640 took these older people that had died and they studied 0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:03.440 their brains, both people that had the. 0:25:03.440 --> 0:25:05.439 Disease and people that didn't have it. 0:25:06.080 --> 0:25:10.359 They found that many people had lesions on their brains 0:25:10.840 --> 0:25:15.680 that technically qualified them as having Alzheimer's. What was interesting 0:25:15.920 --> 0:25:19.320 is when they were alive, they never showed any signs 0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:22.640 of it. Their mind was clear, their reasoning was good, 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:27.919 their memory was sharp. In other words, scientifically they had Alzheimer's, 0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:32.199 but the symptoms never showed up. The common denominator is 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.840 they were positive, They were hopeful, and they stayed productive. 0:25:36.280 --> 0:25:37.480 That's what Isaiah said. 0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:41.680 Just because the problem forms doesn't mean it has to prosper. 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:46.320 We may have things come against us because of genetics, 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:49.480 things that have been passed down. The good news is 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:53.240 God has the final say. God can override it. 0:25:53.119 --> 0:25:54.119 So stay in faith. 0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:59.160 That's what happened with our friend Ramiro. He was born 0:25:59.280 --> 0:26:00.000 with no ears. 0:26:00.760 --> 0:26:03.040 The doctors told his parents he's. 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:05.240 Never going to be able to hear, never going to 0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:06.240 be able to speak. 0:26:06.480 --> 0:26:09.480 The problem had formed in the natural. 0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:12.439 It didn't look good, but thank God we serve a 0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:19.879 supernatural god. Ramiro has parents that believe it doesn't have 0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:23.240 to prosper. They didn't sit around in self pity, thinking 0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:27.199 poor old us. No, they knew they were armed with 0:26:27.240 --> 0:26:30.440 strength for that battle. They knew that situation was under 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:34.679 their feet. They prayed, they believed they declared God's favor. 0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:37.840 When he was just a few months old, the doctors 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:41.440 discovered that he had a very tiny start of an 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:47.000 ear drum. These incredibly gifted doctors performed surgery, They created 0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:49.879 new ears and helped to correct the problem. One of 0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:52.840 his main doctors is here today, doctor Aguilar. He's a 0:26:52.840 --> 0:26:54.960 member of Lakewood Church. He's one of the ones they 0:26:55.000 --> 0:27:01.400 performed that surgery. Ramiro got better, had more surgeries, got 0:27:01.440 --> 0:27:06.119 better and better. Today Ramiro cannot only hear, not only speak, 0:27:06.200 --> 0:27:08.639 but he can sing. He helps to lead worship for 0:27:08.760 --> 0:27:11.879 our young adults. You heard him on American Idol singing 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:15.000 an amazing grace. My chains are gone in front of 0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:19.040 millions and millions of people. Friends, whatever you're facing, it 0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:23.000 is under your feet. It is not permanent, it's temporary. 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.320 The power that is for you is greater than any 0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:30.359 power that comes against you. Keep the right perspective. You 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:35.280 and God are a majority. You are armed and dangerous. 0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:38.320 The problem may have formed, but it is not going 0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:41.280 to prosper now. Some of you today need to start 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:45.080 putting things under your feet. You're letting that problem worry 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:47.520 you and keep you up at night. God is saying 0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:50.320 I'll fight your battles, but you've got to give them 0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:50.560 to me. 0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:52.879 Come back to that place of peace. 0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:57.240 Don't let people circumstances get you upset. Somebody may not 0:27:57.400 --> 0:28:00.719 be doing your right. Let God be your vendicant. He 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:04.040 knows how to make your wrongs right. Remember when you 0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:07.239 talk to that sickness, that obstacle, that depression as an 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:07.640 act of. 0:28:07.600 --> 0:28:10.800 Faith, Do like David and look down. It's no match 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:11.200 for you. 0:28:11.920 --> 0:28:14.480 And if you will see these obstacles as being under 0:28:14.520 --> 0:28:18.680 your feet, God promises he'll make your enemies your footstool. 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.920 Instead of being a stumbling block, it'll be a stepping stone. 0:28:22.359 --> 0:28:26.000 I believe and declare like Ramiro, nothing will keep you 0:28:26.040 --> 0:28:30.119 from your destiny. You will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, 0:28:30.400 --> 0:28:32.919 and become everything God's created you to be. 0:28:33.080 --> 0:28:34.040 Do you receive it today? 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:39.200 Well? We never like to close off broadcast without giving 0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:42.240 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:42.480 --> 0:28:46.280 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:46.400 --> 0:28:51.000 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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