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HI, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.960 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:53.640 the ministry. 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.160 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.880 blessing and share it with a friend. We appreciate you 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.320 and pray for God to very best in your life. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.600 God bless you. It's great to be with you. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.800 I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:12.000 through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media will 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.079 keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start with 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.800 something funny, and I heard about these two brothers. They 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.480 were known for being very dishonest, having no integrity. They 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.120 were very wealthy. One of them died. His brother said 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.840 to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. If 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.640 you'll say at the funeral that my brother was a saint, 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:32.480 I'll make. 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.760 A large donation to your church. The pastor agreed, and 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:36.880 the man made the donation. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.600 At the funeral, the pastor said, this man was dishonest, 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.160 he cheated, lied, stole. 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:47.440 But compared to his brother, he was a saint. Say 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.280 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:52.760 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.040 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.160 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.800 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.799 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.360 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:11.200 let it go. 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.480 We all go through disappointments and things that are not fair, 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.040 and it's easy to hold on to the hurts and 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:19.480 think about what they. 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.799 Said and relive the offense. We get up in the morning, 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:24.680 it's the first thing that comes to mind. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.960 We don't realize how much that's affecting us, souring our attitude, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.280 draining our energy, limiting our creativity. If you're going to 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.880 fulfill your destiny, you have to get good at letting 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:43.440 things go. Jesus said offenses will come. He didn't say 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.920 they might come if you're a good person. If you're nice, 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:52.520 nobody will do you wrong. He said, disappointments will come, betrayals, 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:56.080 things that are not fair will come. How you deal 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.960 with these offenses, how you handle the hurts, will determine 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.240 whether you move forward and see the new things God 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.880 has in store, or whether you get stuck bitter over 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.440 what didn't work out. I've heard it said if you 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.160 don't heal from emotional wounds, you will bleed on people 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.520 that had nothing to do with it. How many people 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.800 are living wounded over how they were raised? A friend 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.960 that walked away business partner that cheated them. Instead of 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.279 letting it go, they replay it in their mind, WeLive 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:32.239 all the hurt. They wonder why they don't have good relationships, 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.200 it's because they have inhaled. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.479 They're living out of a wounded place. 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:40.440 God brings a new person, somebody great, but they're so 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:45.520 insecure they don't feel valuable, attractive. This new person has 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.680 to keep them fixed, go overboard, to make sure they 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.160 know how great they are. The problem is that's not 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:56.360 sustainable until you get well, until you let go of 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.040 what didn't work out, not carry the hurt. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.960 That wound is going to hinder you wherever you go. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.560 If you're still wounded over a position you're lost, you'll 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.760 go to that new company defensive on edge, not friendly. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.760 You're treating them based on what you've been through, but 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.520 they had nothing to do with it. It's much more 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:21.240 freeing when you learn to let things go. It wasn't fair, 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.360 that's okay. God will be your vindicator. He'll take care 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.000 of who did you wrong. It's not your job to 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.600 pay people back. They hurt you once, don't let them 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.040 continue to hurt you be holding on to it. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.000 You lost a loved one I know. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.080 That's painful, and it's okay to go through a season 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:42.840 of mourning, but you can't hold on to the hurt. 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:46.359 Living in mourning is going to keep the new doors 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.360 from opening. You have to heal so you can see 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:54.040 the new relationships, the new opportunities. In the scripture, Peter 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.919 asked Jesus how often he should forgive someone that did 0:05:58.000 --> 0:05:58.400 him wrong. 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.760 It's funny because Peter was known to be offensive. 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.680 He's the one that cursed out the young lady. When 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.560 Jesus was arrested, he cut off a soldier's ear. Defending Jesus, 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:13.160 he said, Jesus, should I forgive them seven times? The 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.360 Jewish law said three times. He more than doubled it. 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.280 He thought, Jesus, I'm growing, I'm come a long way. 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.600 Jesus said Peter, seven is good, but I want you 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:28.719 to forgive them seventy time seven. It wasn't really about 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:33.080 the number. Jesus was showing us a principle. He was saying, 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.280 I want you to live in a continual process of forgiveness, 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.400 not something you do every once in a while, but 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.680 on a daily basis. Forgiveness should be a part of 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:47.160 our life. He was setting a system in place so 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:51.760 we wouldn't hold on to the hurts, offenses, disappointments. He 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.560 knew that practically every day we would have these opportunities. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.080 The quicker you let things go, the easier it is. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.479 In the Lord's prayer, Jesus told us to pray, give 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:07.000 us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:11.480 trespasses as we forgive others. He was saying, every day 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.800 we should be ready to forgive. Doesn't have to be 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.600 big things. That man that cuts you off in traffic, 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.400 let it go. Don't let that sour your day. Your 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.120 time is valuable. That's a distraction, trying to get you 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:29.760 off course, offended over something that doesn't matter. That clerk 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.720 that's rude to you at the grocery store, just smile 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:33.640 and move on. 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.640 I've learned life is full of wounded. 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:40.520 People, people that haven't dealt with the negative things in 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.640 their past. At times, they'll be disrespectful, they'll say things 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.440 they shouldn't do, things that are hurtful. You can't stop 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.320 the offense from coming, but you can keep it from 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:55.920 getting down in you. How much time are you offended, bitter, 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.920 holding a grudge? How much more could you accomplish. If 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.080 if you would start letting things go, how much better 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.320 relationships would you have, if you would get emotionally healthy, 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.520 if you would let go of what people said, forgive 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.600 the person that did you wrong, quit reliving the hurts. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:17.920 This is where David in the scripture excelled. He was 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:22.400 an expert at letting things go. As a teenager, his 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:26.000 father didn't really believe in him. He looked down on David, 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.800 didn't affirm him. When the prophet Samuel came to his 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.719 father's house to choose one of the sons as the 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.160 next king of Israel, his father didn't call David in 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.360 from the shepherd's fields. He thought he was too small, 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.440 too young, not that talented. He didn't give him a chance. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.160 It was only after Samuel didn't choose one of the 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:51.319 other sons that David was called in. David could have 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:55.040 lived bitter chip on his shoulder. He felt the sting 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:59.080 of rejection from his own family. His brothers made fun 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.559 of him. When David took them lunch out on the battlefield. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.520 His oldest brother, in front of all the soldiers, tried 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.480 to belittle him, said, David, what are you doing here? 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:10.520 What'd you do? 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.240 With those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of. 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:19.520 He was condescending, sarcastic. David could have been upset, offended, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.199 but the scripture says David turned and walked away. He 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:28.120 knew the importance of letting things go. Had David not 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.520 done this, he would have never seen Golia. Had he 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.120 stayed there and tried to straighten out his brother, we 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.800 wouldn't be talking about him. And the truth is, David's 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.719 father wasn't fair, that wasn't right to leave him out 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:41.360 in the fields. 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:46.520 His brothers were demeaning, belittling. But you can't make people 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.760 do what's right. It's a test. 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.839 Are you holding onto the offense, let the betrayal, what 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:55.760 they said, how they treated you cause you to be 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.400 sour wake up thinking about it, or are you. 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.760 Going to let it go and move forward into your destinies. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.480 There's a goliath waiting for you, a new level, past 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.599 the offense, past the rejection, past. 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:11.080 What they said. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.520 My prayer is that we will do like David and 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.560 live with this perpetual forgiveness, that will develop a habit 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.800 of forgiving daily. When offenses come, they bounce off of 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.240 us like water off of a duck's back. Family member 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.640 doesn't believe in you. That's unfortunate, but that's not going 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:33.319 to keep you from doing great things. Coworker tries to 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.360 make you look bad, embarrass you. Most people would be upset, 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:39.600 start a fight, pay them back. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:40.840 But you're a David. 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:45.320 You recognize that's a distraction. You let it go, knowing 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.600 that God will take care of your enemies. One way 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.520 God vindicates you is he promotes you in the presence 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.640 of your enemies. He doesn't do it in private, but 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:59.920 in public, so that those that left you out discounted, 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.560 trying to make you feel small, they will see you promoted, 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:09.360 honored in a position of greater influence. When David defeated Goliath, 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:13.200 the whole army was in awe, The city was cheering. 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.560 Even the Philistines the opposition couldn't believe what David had done. 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.400 God knows how to lift you up when people try 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:22.120 to push you down. 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.079 Don't let that offense in. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:28.800 Start letting things go quickly. Don't think about it a week, 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.679 and then you'll do it. You won't have to get 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:35.120 over so many emotional wounds if you don't let the 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.839 offense in in the first place. If David would have 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:42.520 woken up each morning thought about his father mistreated him, 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.520 why did he leave me out, how his brothers were 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:49.559 demeaning that bitterness, the anger, the self pity would have 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:53.920 stopped his destiny. When the offense comes up, don't go there. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.400 Keep your mind on the positive. Think on things that. 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.840 Are good, wholesome, uplifting. 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.480 It's not doing anything productive to think about something negative 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.280 that was said about you. Relive how the person walked away. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.960 Rehearse all the pain, go back over all the sorrow 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.280 that's going to keep you from healing. 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:18.720 Let it go. That's in the past. God saw what happened, 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.120 he heard what they said. He knows what you lost. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.920 If you will let it go, he'll make it up 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:28.480 to you. He'll give you beauty for those ashes. A 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.120 friend of mine grew up in a single parent home. 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.959 At five years old, his father walked out of his 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.319 life and wouldn't have anything to do with him. As 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.559 a little boy, he longed to see his dad, but 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.520 he wouldn't return the mother's call. In his teens, he 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:48.040 would send letters to his father, birthday cards, Happy Father's Day. 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.719 He wanted his father's approval so badly, just to know 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.880 that he cared, but he never heard a word. He 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:56.000 felt the rejection. 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.439 Thoughts told him he wasn't good enough, there was something 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:00.000 wrong with him. 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:01.880 But he didn't go there. 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:05.880 He didn't let the bitterness in the self pity. He 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.800 said what the Psalmist said, even if my mother and 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.400 father forsake me, God will adopt me as his very 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.920 own child. When you live in a state of perpetual forgiveness, 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:22.120 it's amazing how despite the injustice, despite how unfair it is. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:23.520 You'll still be happy. 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.960 You'll still enjoy your life, You'll still do great things. 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.480 When he was in his thirties, his father finally agreed 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.280 to see him. He was so excited it was a 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.880 dream come true. He flew to another city, knocked on 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.520 the door. A lady answered and said, I'm sorry, your 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:42.280 father has. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.400 Changed his mind. He's not going to see you. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.520 I thought he would be devastated, he said, job, it 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:52.000 didn't really bother me. I had already prepared if he 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.360 wouldn't see me, I was going to let it go 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:55.400 and move on. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.360 It has not stopped this young man. 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:04.000 He has four beautiful he's happily married, very successful. I 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.239 would have never known he didn't have an amazing childhood. 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.679 When you learn to let things go, disappointments can't stop you. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:16.360 Unfair people, how you were raised, bad breaks, You'll keep 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:20.640 rising higher seeing the goodness of God. I've met other 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:25.480 people that have been through things like my friend. They're bitter, angry, 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:29.560 chip on their shoulder, stuck in life. What's the difference. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:33.800 They hold on to everything. You can't stop it from coming, 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.760 but you can keep the poison from getting on the inside. 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:42.680 When you bury negative emotions, they never die. You can't 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.280 bottle up the anger, the hurt, the betrayal and think 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:47.480 that's not going to affect you. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.000 Joel, I can't forgive them. You don't know what they did. 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.600 I can't let it go. They hurt me too badly. 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.440 You're not doing it for their sake, You're doing it 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:00.960 for your sake. That poison is contaminating your life. When 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.760 you release it, you'll step into new levels of freedom, joy, 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.560 and victory. There was a professional boxer back in the 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.320 nineteen nineties, and he was known for his aggressiveness in 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:16.360 the ring. He fought with such anger and viciousness, almost 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.080 like he was out of control. For years, he was 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:23.600 the middleweight champion of the world, very successful. After one fight, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.160 a reporter asked him why he fought with such aggression, 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:28.960 how he could be that driven. 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:30.480 The reporter was. 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.440 Expecting a standard answer, like I'm just very competitive and 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.960 I loved the box But he told the reason he 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.200 fought with such anger, such hostility was because his father 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:43.119 was abusive. 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.240 He mistreated his mother, fought with her. Their home was 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:48.000 very violent. 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.400 He told this son how he would never amount to anything, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.320 and ten years old, the father abandoned the family never 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:56.280 saw him again. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:58.600 He said, when I step. 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.440 In the ring, I picked shore my father's face on 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.800 my opponent. Now I have so much hatred toward him, 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.800 I just explode. I thought about the difference between my 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:13.680 friend and this foxer. Both had betrayals, both had rejection. 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:18.480 But one is living healthy, great children, being blessed. The 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:23.040 other is angry, violent, bitter. The difference is one learn 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.480 to let things go, the others chose to hold on. 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.240 And yes, this boxer had success on the outside, but 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.600 if you're poisoned on the inside, it's going to spoil 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:35.440 every victory. 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.600 Is there something you need to let go of? Bitterness? 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.400 Anger, how someone treated you, what didn't work out, don't 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.800 do like him and let that poison the rest of 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:50.440 your life. It wasn't right what they did, but you're 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.760 forgiving so you can be free. You're letting it go 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:55.680 so you can see the beauty. 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:56.400 For ashes. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.720 Years ago, there was this toxic waste that needed to 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.640 be discarded, but nobody knew what to do with it. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.080 They had never had to get rid of something that 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:10.919 dangerous and that toxic. After studying it, getting different opinions, 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.840 a company built these big metal containers like you see 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:16.080 on a ship, and they. 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:19.840 Put the toxic waste in it. They went to great links. 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.560 To make sure it was sealed very tightly and wouldn't 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.320 get out. Then they buried these containers deep in the ground. 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.080 They were so relieved they finally got rid of it. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.320 They thought they were done. But forty years later the 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:38.600 containers started leaking. It was contaminating the soil, water, air. 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.679 People had to move away. The problem was the waste 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.600 was too toxic to bury. There are some things you 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:50.320 can't bury. You can't bury anger and think it's not 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.520 going to affect you. You can't bury bitterness and not 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:57.800 have it leak out. You can't bury hatred, rejection, that's 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:02.760 too toxic. That poison at some point will contaminate not 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.560 just your dreams, your attitude, your vision, but it will 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:07.960 affect the people around you. 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.720 Best thing you can do is to get that toxic 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.680 waste out of you. Let it go. You have to 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.600 give it to God. God. I forgive them for what 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.840 they did. I let go of the hurts, what I lost, 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.960 what I didn't get. I trust you to make it 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:24.399 up to me. 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.639 This company never dreamed years later they would be dealing 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.000 with the same problem, but this time it would be worse. 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.480 If they had disposed of it properly the first time, 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:41.320 they wouldn't have this difficulty. When you bury negative feelings, 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.720 they never die. Like toxic waste. They're going to resurface 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.359 through your attitude, through your relationships. 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:51.760 The good news is it's not too late. 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.480 To do something about it. You don't have to live 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:56.840 with that contamination on the inside. 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:57.760 Let it go. 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:02.000 Forgive the person that hurts you, Forgive the parent for 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.280 what they didn't give you. Let go of the disappointment, 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.679 the dream that didn't work out. Let go of the guilt, 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:12.840 the shame, the regret, the remorse. You can't keep that 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:17.040 bottled up and reach your potential. David went to the 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:20.159 palace to work as one of King Saul's armor bearing. 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.359 Saul was proud of David, loved him like a son, 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.440 but over time Saul became jealous of David. He could 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:31.000 see the anointing in favor on David's life. Instead of 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.600 being happy for him, he wanted to get rid of him. 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:37.200 While David was playing the heart for Saul, trying to 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.720 make Saul feel better, saw through a spirit David and 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:41.760 barely missed him. 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:43.879 David had to flee for his life. 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:47.680 He had done nothing but good for Saul, honored him, 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:51.200 served him, but in return, Saul tried to kill him. 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:56.080 David spent months living on the run, hiding in caves 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.760 with Saul and his men chasing after him. At one point, 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.160 David could have killed Saul. He snuck up on Saul 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.720 and his men while they were sleeping, but he wouldn't 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:09.800 harm him. Despite David being good to Saul, Saul never 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:10.760 changed his mind. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:12.920 He wouldn't have him back in the palace. 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:16.760 Several years later, Saul was killed in a battle David 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:20.840 was made the king. When David heard that Saul was gone, 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:25.800 you would think he would be so happy, so relieved. Finally, 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:29.320 this man that made his life miserable cost him heartache, 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.520 where he couldn't pursue his dreams was no longer there. 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:36.399 Surely David would call his men together have a big party. 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:41.160 But the scripture says David wept when he learned Saul 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:41.720 was killed. 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:46.200 He wrote a song honoring him, saying, how beloved and 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:50.640 how gracious was Saul? No wonder David rose so high 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:54.760 he learned to let things go. Can you imagine writing 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.880 a song about your biggest enemy, the one that tried 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:01.480 to keep you down, about how beloved they are. A 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:05.040 key to David's success is he didn't let the toxins 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:08.080 get on the inside. He didn't bury the things that 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:11.480 weren't fair, the anger, the hurt, the injustice. 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:12.920 He turned it over to God. 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.680 Even years later, he was sitting in the palace, the 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:20.240 greatest leader of that day, maybe of any day, having 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:24.200 conquered all kinds of territory, seeing God's favor in great ways, 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:27.919 he said to his staff, is there anyone still alive 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:31.399 from the house of Saul that I can bless? He 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:34.840 still had no bitterness towards Saul. He's still being good 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:38.160 to a man that wasn't good to him. Who knows 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:41.200 where God will take you. If you'll just let things 0:21:41.320 --> 0:21:44.919 go when you have every right to be angry, bitter, 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:47.760 hold on to the hurt they left you. 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:49.720 You lost someone valuable. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.879 I'm not saying it's easy, but it's more difficult to 0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:56.879 deal with the toxins on the inside than it is 0:21:56.960 --> 0:22:00.280 to let things go. It's not always easy to give, 0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:03.880 but it's harder to deal with the poison of unforgiveness. 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.639 It's not easy to move forward after a disappointment, but 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:08.720 it's harder. 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:11.160 To stay stuck in defeat, in mediocrity. 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:15.280 Coach Rudy tom Janovich was the Hall of Fame coach 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:19.520 of the Houston Rockets and also a great professional basketball 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:23.040 player himself. When he was twenty five years old, in 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:26.280 the middle of a game, a fight broke out between 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:27.120 two players. 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:29.399 Rudy ran over to break them up. 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:32.879 One of the players turned and threw a punch without 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:36.960 looking as hard as he could. Just so happened, Rudy 0:22:37.200 --> 0:22:40.760 was running up full speed. The punch hit him square 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:44.200 in the face. It became known as the Punch Heard 0:22:44.240 --> 0:22:48.320 around the world. Fractured his skull, broke his nose. 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:49.000 And cheek bones. 0:22:49.200 --> 0:22:52.480 He had spinal fluid leaking out almost took his life. 0:22:53.440 --> 0:22:56.720 Months later, while he was recovering, he was asked about 0:22:56.760 --> 0:22:58.440 the men that hit him and what he thought. 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:02.680 Everyone was waiting his response. Surely he'd be angry, bitter, 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:05.480 This is not right. Rudy didn't miss a beat. 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:09.280 He told how he had already forgiven him, that he 0:23:09.440 --> 0:23:13.680 wasn't angry or upset. The reporters were puzzled. They said, 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.640 this man almost ended your life. He put you through 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:21.200 all this pain. How could you possibly forgive him? Rudy said, 0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:24.520 I knew the only way I could move forward. 0:23:24.480 --> 0:23:25.119 Was to let it go. 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:28.639 I didn't forgive just for his sake. I did it 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.520 so that I could be free. Maybe you've had bad breaks, 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.760 you weren't treated right, wasn't fair. I'm not asking you 0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:39.760 to do the other person a favor. I'm asking you 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.920 to do yourself a favor. Forgive so you can be free. 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:48.240 Forgive so you can reach your potential. Forgive so you 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:52.240 can see the beauty. For ashes, don't bury the toxins. 0:23:52.720 --> 0:23:53.840 Don't bury what they did. 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:58.359 Those negative feelings are alive. They can't be contained. You 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.440 have to give it to God. Trust him to make 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:02.040 it up to you. 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:06.000 You weren't created to live with poisons weighing you down, 0:24:06.520 --> 0:24:10.359 contamidating your vision. You will arise so much higher if 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:14.680 you'll get free from that. David had another great disappointment. 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:18.840 His newborn baby became very sick. He went home and 0:24:18.960 --> 0:24:22.720 prayed and fasted, asked God to heal his child. For 0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:26.320 seven days, he wouldn't eat, he didn't see anyone. He 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.560 was consumed with this baby, believing that God would give 0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:34.719 him a miracle. Unfortunately, the baby died. His men were 0:24:34.800 --> 0:24:37.439 so concerned that when they told David that he might 0:24:37.560 --> 0:24:41.440 fall apart, they didn't know what to do. David overheard 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:44.080 and asked what was wrong. When he found out the 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:47.960 baby died, he got up off the floor. The scripture 0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:52.200 says he went home, washed his face, dressed in new clothes. 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:54.680 Then he went to the table and ate a meal. 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:58.440 His men were so surprised, they said, David, when the 0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.760 baby was alive, were it's so distraught, But now that 0:25:01.880 --> 0:25:05.800 the baby is gone, you seem like you're fine. David said, 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:09.520 I cannot bring the baby back, but one day I 0:25:09.680 --> 0:25:11.280 can go to be where he is. 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:13.640 David could have been better. 0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:17.159 God, Why didn't you answer my prayer? God, I've served you, 0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:19.960 I did the right thing when Saul was chasing me. 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:23.040 I've tried to honor you, and now this happened. No 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:24.879 David knew to let it go. 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:27.800 I don't understand it. It wasn't fair. 0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:30.240 But God, you're still on the throne. I know you 0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:33.639 still have good things in store for me. There's a 0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:37.000 lot in life we're not going to understand. You can't 0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:40.000 get caught up in the wise. Part of faith is 0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:44.600 trusting when it doesn't make sense. A year later, David's 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:48.919 wife had another baby. They named him Solomon. He became 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:52.560 the king after David, the heir to the throne, and 0:25:52.680 --> 0:25:57.120 the wisest man that ever lived. Had David stayed in despair, 0:25:57.800 --> 0:26:01.160 had he not washed his face, let go with the disappointment, 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:02.159 he would have. 0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:04.439 Never seen the king that was coming. 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:09.560 In difficult times when you don't understand, you could be bitter. 0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:13.280 If you'll just let it go and keep trusting God, 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:17.560 like David, you'll give birth to a king, something greater 0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:20.480 than what you've imagined, something where you don't think. 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:24.320 About what you've lost. I heard a story about an eagle. 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:28.240 It swooped down and picked up a mole off the ground, 0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.359 grabbed it with his talons, and held it close to 0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:32.000 its chest. 0:26:32.520 --> 0:26:35.719 This was unusual because an eagle wouldn't normally pick up 0:26:35.720 --> 0:26:38.920 a mole. They eat fish and other things. As the 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:42.400 eagle was flying holding this mole so close. 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:46.200 It began to get tired, started getting weaker, flew lower 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:50.119 and lower, finally had to land on the ground. The 0:26:50.240 --> 0:26:53.720 eagle lost all of its strength, fell over, and died. 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:58.879 The little mole scurried away unharmed. It's very puzzling. A 0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:03.560 veterinarian disc governed that the mole had very suddenly bit 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:05.000 into the eagle's chest. 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.560 The eagle couldn't feel it, but it punctured. 0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.360 The eagle's heart and caused it to lose blood pressure 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:15.879 and eventually passed. Are you holding on to something that 0:27:16.000 --> 0:27:21.280 you don't realize is killing you? Anger, bitterness, guilt, shame. 0:27:21.680 --> 0:27:25.080 That's draining the life out of you. That's taken your joy, 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:27.200 your peace, your creativity. 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:30.840 How much higher could you fly? How much further could 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.920 you go? If you got rid of these things that 0:27:34.040 --> 0:27:35.560 you're not supposed to be carrying? 0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:39.880 Today can be a turning point, you know, what's more 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:41.960 powerful than negative emotions. 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:43.040 A decision. 0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:46.679 When you let it go, when you wash your face, 0:27:47.080 --> 0:27:50.080 when you say, like Rudy t I forgive, then you're 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.800 moving toward the King that's in your future. You may 0:27:53.840 --> 0:27:56.840 have buried some toxins. You may be carrying some things 0:27:56.880 --> 0:28:00.400 that you shouldn't. That's okay, you can release them right now. 0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:03.760 This is your time to be free. 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