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I know you're 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:56.520 going to leave encouraged and inspire. 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.760 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.560 Follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:06.160 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:10.400 Enjoy the message. God bless you and thanks for letting 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.200 us come into your homes. We are praying for you 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.880 and your family for God's very very best. I like 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.600 to start with something funny, and I heard about these 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.440 two brothers, ages four and six. They were spending the 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.600 night at their grandmother's house. She told them before they 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.480 went to bed to make sure that they said their prayers. 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.200 They went in the bedroom, got down on their knees. 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:36.880 The youngest brother started praying at the top of his lungs. God, 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.800 I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:43.360 new PlayStation. I pray for a new puppy. His brother 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:47.000 stopped him and said, why are you screaming? God isn't deaf? 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.400 He said, I know that, but grandmother is say it 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.760 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.360 what it says. I am. I have what it says 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.080 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.760 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.680 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.640 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.840 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:18.760 ready to rise. We all face things in life that 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.760 try to push us down. It's easy to lose our 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.880 passion and think that's the way it's always going to be. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:29.160 But God didn't create you to be overcome. He created 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.079 you as an overcomer. He puts something in your spirit 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:37.800 called bounce back. Bounce back means when you get knocked down, 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.200 you don't stay down. There's a force breathing in your direction, 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.160 making things happen that you couldn't make happen, giving you 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:50.040 strength that you didn't have. It causes you to rise up. 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:55.280 Because you have bounced back, that difficulty cannot defeat you. 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.400 It may hold you back temporarily, but it's just a 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.000 matter of time before you you rise back up. And 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.200 you may have things coming against you now. Thoughts tell 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:09.640 you you'll never get well. This pandemic has ruined your finances, 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.800 You'll always struggle with this addiction. Don't believe those lies. 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.880 You may be down, but that is not your final destination. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.359 God is saying, get ready to rise, get ready for favor, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.240 Get ready for breakthroughs, get ready for healing. What was 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.840 meant for your harm, God is turning to your advantage. 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:35.279 Micah said, rejoice not over me, my enemies. When I fall, 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.960 for I shall arise. He wasn't complaining about the trouble. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:44.159 He wasn't discouraged over being knocked down. He understood this 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.280 principle that there was bounce back in his spirit. In 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:52.440 the middle of the difficulty. He was speaking victory. If 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.920 you're going to come out of that challenge, you have 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.320 to do like Micah, this problem didn't come to stay, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.680 It came to pass. God being for me is more 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:06.240 than the world being against me. I shall arise. When 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.320 you say that, forces of darkness tremble when you declare 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:14.520 I shall arise. Angels go to work no more. It's 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.600 never going to change my business, will never make it. 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.800 My child's never going to get back on course. Zip 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:24.480 that up. If you talk defeat, you're going to have defeat. 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:29.279 Say with Micah, yes, I've had difficulties. I'm not denying 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.840 the problem, not acting like it doesn't exist. All I'm 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.240 saying is I'm not staying here. I shall arise. I 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:41.159 will see God's goodness. My latter days will be better 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.080 than my former days. God hasn't brought you this far 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.719 to leave you. He won't let you get in a 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:51.159 problem that he can't get you out of. That person 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.159 that walked out on you, they didn't stop your destiny. 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.920 Quldn't giving them that much power, thinking that they ruined 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:02.679 your life. God has somebody better coming, David said, God 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:06.159 lifted me out of the pit and set my feet 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:08.960 on a rock. You may be in a pit, so 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.440 to speak, you don't see how you could get out. 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.400 The good news is you don't have to get out 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.800 by yourself. The Most High God is about to lift 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.120 you out. He's about to free you from that addiction. 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.960 He's about to turn the medical report around. He's about 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:29.600 to open new doors, bring new opportunities, new relationships. That 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:34.920 pit is not your destiny. Get ready to rise. Paul said, 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.080 the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.760 on the inside of you. The forces of darkness did 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.080 their best to stop Jesus, but they couldn't keep him 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:50.280 from rising. That tells me nothing you face can keep 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:54.719 you from your purpose. No pandemic, no sickness, no addiction. 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.120 The enemy may have done his best, but his best 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:02.120 will never be enough. Few years back, we had a 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.599 big hurricane here in Houston. I noticed all the different 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.320 kind of trees that were blown down, huge oak trees 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.600 three or four feet around. I saw pine trees over 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:17.040 one hundred feet tall. Laying in yard after yard. Big trees, 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:21.800 small trees. None of them could withstand the hurricane force winds. 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.480 There was only one type of tree that wasn't blown down. 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.640 It was the palm tree. It's because God designed the 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:34.720 palm to withstand the storm. Unlike the other trees, the 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:38.800 palm is able to bend, so it doesn't break. A 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.680 certain kind of palm can bend all the way over 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.360 to where the top is almost touching the ground during 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.040 a hurricane. It may stay that way for three or 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.920 four hours, all bent over, looks like it's done, But 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.160 when the wind dies down the storm is over, it 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.640 stands right back up to where it was before. All 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.640 these other trees down on what's the difference. God put 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:06.520 bounce back in the palm tree. It may get pushed over, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:11.520 but it's only temporary. Psalm ninety two says the righteous 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:16.040 will flourish like a palm tree. The reason God chose 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:20.080 a palm tree, not oaks or pines is he knew 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.160 we would go through storms. He knew things would try 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.960 to push us down and keep us from our destiny. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.120 So he said, I'm going to make you like a palm. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.760 I'm going to put bounce back in your spirit. You 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:37.079 may go through difficulties, a loss, a disappointment, but at 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.640 some point the winds will stop, the storm will pass, 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.920 and like that palm, you'll come right back up again. 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.240 You may be bent over right now, you're facing challenges, 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.960 thoughts are telling you it's never going to work out, 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.400 nor get ready to rise. You have bounced back in 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.760 your spirit. When that storm is over, you're not going 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:04.160 to be laying down, beat up. You're going to rise up, healthy, blessed, prosperous. 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.800 You're not going to look like what you've been through. 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.680 Nobody is going to be able to tell that you 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:13.640 even had that difficulty. What I love about God is 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.560 he doesn't just bring you through the storm. He makes 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:20.400 the enemy pay for bringing the trouble. When the palm 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:24.400 tree has been over during the hurricane, you would think 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.960 that was damaging the tree and making it weaker, but 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.560 research shows just the opposite. When the tree is being 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:36.160 pushed over and stretched by the strong winds, that's strengthening 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:40.600 the root system, giving it new opportunities for growth. When 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.960 the palm tree straightens back up after the storm, it's 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.920 actually stronger than it was before. When you come out 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.080 of that storm. When you straighten back up, you're not 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.840 going to be the same. You're going to be stronger, healthier, 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:59.560 better off, ready for new growth. When you're in difficult times, 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.400 to remind yourself, I may bend, but I'm not going 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.960 to break. God won't let you face anything that will 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.720 be too much for you to handle. Things may be 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.880 coming against you, but know this down is not your destiny. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.400 Defeat is not how your story ends. Sickness, trouble, not 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:22.960 having enough is not permanent. I believe even now those 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.920 winds are starting to subside. Forces that have hindered you 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.160 are being broken. Powers of darkness are being pushed back. 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:38.160 You're about to see breakthroughs, freedom, joy, victory. Micah. Chapter seven, 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.400 Micah list all these negative things that have happened. He 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:46.600 talked about how he was overwhelmed with sorrow, had gone 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.960 through bad breaks. If he would have stopped there, we 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.040 wouldn't be reading about him. He went on to say 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.839 in verse seven, But as for me, I'm not giving up. 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.640 I'm sticking around to see what God is going to do. 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:04.839 I know he will make things right. He had this 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.600 attitude of faith. I've come too far to stop now. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.160 He was expecting God to turn it around. That's why 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.480 he said in the next verse, don't rejoice when I fall, 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:20.199 I shall arise. But sometimes we've been in the storm 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.760 so long we've forgotten what it's like to be standing 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:27.080 back up. The enemy would love to convince us to 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:31.440 settle for being bent over living in dysfunction, bitter over 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:35.200 who hurt us, thinking we'll never be happy again. We 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.679 need to do like Micah. Yes I've had some bad breaks. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.880 Yes life has thrown me some curves, but I'm not 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.760 giving up on my dreams. I'm not settling for mediocrity. 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.319 I'm sticking around to see what God is going to do. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.400 I know he's going to make things right. Don't get 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.840 talked out of your dreams. Don't let the delays, the 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:01.240 unfair childhood, the unexpected storm can convince you that you've 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:05.160 seen your best days. God is up to something, and 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.960 what looks like a setback is all a part of 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.480 his plan. He may not have sent the difficulty, but 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:13.839 he wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.400 keep you from your destiny. If you'll have this attitude 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.800 of faith, God will make things right in your life. 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.480 He will restore what the enemy tried to steal. He'll 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.240 pay you back for the wrongs. He'll open doors that 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:31.240 you couldn't open. He will get you to your destiny. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:35.720 In Genesis thirty seven, Joseph was a teenager and God 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.080 gave him a dream that he would be in leadership. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:42.040 He would have great influence. He had many older brothers, 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.439 but he was the favorite son of their father, Jacob, 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:50.040 because he was born later in life. Jacob treated him differently. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.800 He even had them make Joseph a special robe of 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.520 many colors. I'm sure Joseph was proud of that robe 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:02.040 made him stand out, gave him stige. But his brothers 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.480 were jealous of Joseph. They didn't like the special treatment. 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.160 They didn't like the fact that he had these dreams 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.760 and that he thought he was going to do something great. 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.360 One day, his father asked him to travel to another 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.600 city to check on his brothers. They were out working 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.840 in a field when they saw Joseph coming from a 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:24.680 distance wearing that colorful robe. They thought, this is our 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.720 big chance to get rid of Joseph. They took the 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.520 robe off of him and threw him into a pit. 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.520 They were going to put blood on his robe and 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.080 tell their father that he had been eaten by a 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:40.600 wild animal. But about that time, a caravan of Ishmaelites 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.520 came passing by. The brothers decided to sell Joseph as 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.880 a slave instead of leaving him to die in the pit. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:52.280 It's interesting how God will always have the right people 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:56.079 show up at the right time. That caravan had been 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.760 traveling for months. They left long before Joseph went to 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.720 check on his brothers. But God has everything figured out. 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.360 He knows what you're going to need, when you're going 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.320 to need it, who's going to need to be there. 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:11.640 You don't have to worry. God has it all lined out. 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.160 He's going to get you to your destiny. People can't 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:20.160 stop you a bad break injustice. God is ordering your steps. 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.360 He's not only in control of your life, He's in 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:28.280 control of the circumstances around you. Now Joseph was no 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:32.240 longer the favorite son wearing the colorful robe. He was 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.640 a slave in a foreign country, working for a man 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.800 named Potiphar. Year after year went by, Joseph kept doing 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.760 the right thing, being good to people that weren't good 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:47.040 to him. I can imagine many nights he thought about home, 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.440 about that robe he used to have and what that meant. 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.680 Tears would fill his eyes, thoughts would whisper, it's not fair. 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:59.000 You'll never accomplish your dreams. You'll never see your father again, 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.560 you'll never have that robe of many colors. But deep 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.480 down I can hear Joseph praying, Father, thank you that 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.520 what you started in my life you will finish. I 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.120 don't see a way, but I know you have a way. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.680 I may be down, but I believe I will rise again, 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:20.200 that what you promised me will come to pass. Thirteen 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.800 years after Joseph was thrown into that pit, the Pharaoh 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.240 had a dream. He didn't know what it meant. Joseph 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:31.120 was in prison. Someone remembered that he could interpret dreams. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.080 They called him in. He told the pharaoh what the 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.080 dream meant, how it had to do with the food supplied, 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.920 how they needed to store up grain and get everything 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.520 prepared for a famine. The pharaoh was so impressed with 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:48.120 Joseph his advisors were discussing who should be appointed for 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:51.640 this new position. Pharaoh told them no one could do 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.280 it better than Joseph. He put Joseph in charge of 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.840 the whole nation. He said in verse forty four, no 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.360 one will move hand or foot in all of Egypt 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:06.640 without your approval. He had his staff bring a royal 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.920 robe and put it on Joseph. He took off his 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:13.440 prison clothes, took off his slave clothes, and he put 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:18.120 on this robe of honor, robe of influence, robe of authority. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.880 Imagine now Joseph thinking back about the robe that his 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.720 brothers took away from him, the robe that represented favor. 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.360 He was disappointed at the time, he wanted it back, 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:35.000 it didn't seem fair. But now he realized, without losing 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.880 the robe of many colors, he would have never had 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.000 the robe of authority, that robe that said I'm in 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.760 charge of a nation. If you knew what God has 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.080 in store for you, you wouldn't be discouraged over the 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.520 robe of many colors that you lost, that job that 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.840 didn't work out, the person that walked away, the loan 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.600 that didn't go through. If you could see the robe 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:01.480 of authority that's coming, the robe of influence, the robe 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:05.600 of abundance, the robe of unprecedented favor, you wouldn't be 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.960 bitter over who hurts you, upset over the time in 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.840 the pit, frustrated by what you lost. What God has 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.520 in your future is so amazing. You will never complain 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:20.920 about your past. You may be down now, but like Joseph, 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:25.480 get ready to rise. Fever is coming like you've never seen. 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:30.600 God is about to do something unusual, something uncommon, something 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:34.520 that catapults you to a new level. Your story doesn't 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.399 end with a robe of many colors that you lost, 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:40.720 doesn't end with a dream that didn't work out, a 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.920 relationship that didn't make it, a business that went down. 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:49.040 The Robe of many Colors was simply foreshadowing what God 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.720 is about to do. It was supposed to be temporary. 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.840 Was it supposed to last? If the door closed, accept 0:17:56.880 --> 0:17:59.960 it and move on. Don't spend your life wishing you 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.840 you had the Robe of many colors back when God 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.040 has something so much better in your future. Don't go 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.639 around bitter because someone threw you into a pit, Someone 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.440 betrayed you, you were cheated in a business deal. God 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:16.800 saw it. He wouldn't have let them take the colorful robe. 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.560 He wouldn't have let that bad break happen if it 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:22.760 was going to keep you from your destiny. But how 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:25.960 many of us are longing for the robe of many colors, 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.080 wishing we could go back where we knew we were 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:34.240 favored before the setback, before the health issue, before the pandemic. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.360 Here's the key. Not having the robe of many colors 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:42.040 doesn't mean that you don't have favor. It means greater 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.840 favor is coming. You had to lose that robe to 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.080 step into the awesome future that God has in store. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:54.960 You haven't seen, heard, or imagine where God is taking you. 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.360 You may feel like you're in a pit. That's okay. 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.400 The pit is leading you to the palace. You had 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:03.359 a set back, that's okay. It's setting you up for 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:08.560 greater influence, greater authority, greater honor. Don't sit around sour 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.800 wishing for the robe of many colors. Get ready for 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:15.639 the greater things that God is about to do. Joseph 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.600 was in charge of the food supply. There was a 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.320 great famine in the land, and the only place that 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.560 had food was Egypt. One day, Joseph's brothers, the same 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.439 ones that threw him into the pit, traveled to the 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:32.160 palace looking for food. Joseph came out, but they didn't 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.960 recognize him. The last time they saw Joseph, he was 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:40.399 in the pit, defeated. No future, but God has the 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.920 final say. They knew him in the pit, but now 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:48.120 he was so successful, he had so much influence prestige, 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:52.920 they didn't recognize him. That's the way God vindicates. When 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:56.879 he raises you up, you'll be so blessed, so favored, 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:02.040 that your enemies don't recognize you. Thirteen years earlier, Joseph 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:05.399 was down and his brothers were up. Joseph was in 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.119 the pit, they were on top. Now Joseph was on 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.800 top and his brothers were down. Joseph was in charge 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.320 and his brothers were in need. When you let God 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:19.840 fight your battles, there will be a day like when Joseph. 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:23.240 When the tables are turned, you will be up, and 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:26.560 those that tried to stop you will be down. God 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.840 knows how to make things right. You may be in 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:33.520 a tough time. Stick in there and see what God 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:38.360 is up to. Keep believing, keep praying, keep dreaming. Your 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:43.040 time is coming. The pit is only temporary. The depression, 0:20:43.440 --> 0:20:47.040 the sickness, the lack is not how your story ends. 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:51.360 God is working behind the scenes. You are closer than 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.640 you think. It's going to happen, sooner than it looks. 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:59.040 God is going to surprise you. Joseph woke up one 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:03.240 morning in prins. Seemed like another ordinary day, but a 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.680 few hours later he was the Prime Minister of Egypt. 0:21:07.040 --> 0:21:10.159 He didn't see it coming. There wasn't any sign of it. 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:15.040 That's how God works. Many times you don't see anything happening, 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:19.800 and suddenly things fall into place, Suddenly your health turns around, 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:24.320 Suddenly you meet the right person. The Psalmist said, let 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:29.560 God arise and his enemies be scattered. Let means you 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:32.679 have to allow it. You can let it or you 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:36.760 cannot let it. We can't stop God from arising. This 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.800 is talking about in our thoughts. When you let God arise, 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:44.919 you make him bigger than your problems, bigger than the sickness, 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:49.200 bigger than the financial trouble. You focus on his greatness, 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:52.560 You think about his power, You talk about how he's 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:55.680 brought you through in the past. You go around bragging 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:59.760 on what He has done, declaring, no weapon formed against 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:02.919 me is going to prosper. What was meant from my harm, 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:07.159 God is turning to my advantage. The bigger you make God, 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:10.879 the smaller your problems will become, and the more faith 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:14.400 will rise in your heart. But the enemy is always 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:17.760 trying to get us to let the problem arise. Maybe 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:20.879 your child is off course. It's easy to talk about 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:24.280 how he's not making good decisions. He's never going to 0:22:24.320 --> 0:22:27.479 reach his destiny. And I don't understand what I did wrong. 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:31.640 You're letting the wrong thing arise. Turn it around, start 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:35.199 letting God arise. Father, Thank you that as for me 0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:38.240 and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank you 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.440 that my children will be mighty in the land. Thank 0:22:41.480 --> 0:22:45.160 you that my seed, the seed of the righteous, is blessed. 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:49.400 That's letting God arise. That's what causes things to change. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:53.200 When you speak defeat, you bring defeat on the Sein. 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:56.840 When you speak victory, you bring God on the Sein. 0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:01.160 He created the universe, he flung stars into space. There's 0:23:01.240 --> 0:23:05.680 nothing that he can't do. Maybe you're struggling in your finances. 0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:09.360 Business is slow, you can't go to work. You can 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:14.280 either let that defeat arise. You'll feel discouraged worried, or 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:17.800 you can let God arise. Father, Thank you that I 0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:21.080 will lend and not borrow. Thank you that the economy 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:23.840 is not my source, but you are my source. You 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:27.719 said you'd prosper me even in a desert. When you 0:23:27.840 --> 0:23:34.359 let God arise. The scripture says your enemies will be scattered. Depression, lack, 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:39.120 trouble cannot stand against our God when you let him arise. 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:42.879 Chains that have held you back are broken. Problems that 0:23:42.920 --> 0:23:47.320 look permanent will turn around when God arises. Favor comes, 0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:51.560 new doors open things that you couldn't make happen. Now, 0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:55.199 the question is are you letting the problem arise or 0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:59.040 you're letting God arise? All through the day. It's so 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:02.160 important to keep a song of praise in your heart 0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:05.920 instead of worrying, thinking about all the things that are wrong, 0:24:06.200 --> 0:24:09.320 what might not work out in your thoughts. Lord, thank 0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:12.879 you that there's nothing you can't do. There's no mountain 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:16.840 that you can't move. You're a waymaker, a miracle worker, 0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:20.480 a promise keeper. Take the same time that you would 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:24.159 normally worry and turn it into worship. That's not just 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:28.560 being positive, that's letting God arise. That's what allows the 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:31.800 most powerful force in the universe to go to work 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:35.359 on your behalf. Well, Joel, this all sounds good, but 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:38.160 I don't think I'm gonna rise back up. I've made 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:41.440 a lot of mistakes. Nobody did me wrong. Like Joseph, 0:24:41.600 --> 0:24:45.440 I brought the trouble on myself. Jesus told a story 0:24:45.520 --> 0:24:48.960 about a young man like this in Luke, chapter fifteen. 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:53.399 He asked his father for his inheritance early. He left 0:24:53.440 --> 0:24:56.040 home and went out and spent all the money partying, 0:24:56.359 --> 0:25:00.600 living wild, making poor decisions. When he ran out of funds, 0:25:00.840 --> 0:25:04.680 he got a job working at a hog pen feeding hogs. 0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:08.000 He was so desperate, so hungry, that he had to 0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:11.320 eat the hog food to survive. One day, he was 0:25:11.359 --> 0:25:16.200 sitting around depressed, mad at himself, feeling condemned. He began 0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:19.480 to think about home. How even the servants at his 0:25:19.600 --> 0:25:22.600 father's house had a hot meal every day. They had 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:26.240 plenty of food. Here he was out there starving. Verse 0:25:26.240 --> 0:25:30.840 seventeen says he said to himself, I will arise and 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:34.600 go to my father's house. He made a decision that 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.600 he wasn't going to stay in that defeat. He wasn't 0:25:37.640 --> 0:25:41.639 going to sit around depressed, guilty, beating himself up. But 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:44.520 he was going to go back home. He didn't know 0:25:44.560 --> 0:25:47.520 how his father would respond. He didn't know if he'd 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:50.080 tell him to stay off the property. But when the 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:53.080 father saw him a long way off, he took off, 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:57.080 running toward his son. He hugged him and kissed him. 0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:01.320 Now the son was wearing these dirty clothes, smelly, he'd 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:04.320 been in the hog pen. The first thing the father 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:07.719 said was go get the best robe and put it 0:26:07.760 --> 0:26:12.000 on my son. Not any robe, not one that's been used, 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:15.800 not a hand me down. Go get the finest robe. 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:20.680 It's interesting, like God gave Joseph a royal robe of influence, 0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:24.480 a robe of authority, God gave this young man a 0:26:24.560 --> 0:26:28.200 robe of honor, a robe of favor. Both of them 0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:31.480 rose out of what was holding them back. The difference 0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.280 between the two is God caused Joseph to rise up. 0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:37.840 He didn't have to do anything to make it happen. 0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:41.520 He just kept honoring God, being his best, and Pharaoh 0:26:41.600 --> 0:26:45.200 called him in. But with the prodigal son, he had 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:48.080 to make a decision that he wasn't going to sit 0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:53.280 around discouraged, defeated, thinking about all the mistakes he had made. 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:56.400 If he had not said I will arise, he would 0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:01.159 have never seen this coat of favor. Wondering, are you 0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:04.280 waiting for God to do something for you when he's 0:27:04.320 --> 0:27:07.919 waiting for you to say I will arise. I'm not 0:27:08.000 --> 0:27:12.359 going to go through life beating myself up, living condemned, yes, 0:27:12.400 --> 0:27:15.439 I've made mistakes, but I know I'm forgiven. I know 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:19.280 I've been redeemed. If you'll a rise, there's a robe 0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:23.160 of favor waiting for you, a robe of honor. Those 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:27.719 mistakes didn't cancel your destiny. Quit listening to the accuser, 0:27:28.080 --> 0:27:32.160 reminding yourself of everything you've done wrong. God has already 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:37.040 forgiven you. Now forgive yourself and move on. It's time 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:41.159 to arise and go to your father's house. Proverb says 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:45.280 a good person falls seven times, but they rise again. 0:27:45.920 --> 0:27:49.720 Get your fire back, get your passion back. Nothing you've 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:52.879 done is too much for the mercy of God. He 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.720 knew every mistake we would ever make. He's already taken 0:27:56.800 --> 0:27:59.879 them into account. He has a plan even for the 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:03.160 times where we've missed it. 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