Remember What God Said

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I know you're going 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:58.640 to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.919 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.680 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.280 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.440 Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.680 you with us today. I know God has amazing things 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.720 in your future. I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:22.160 all through the week. You can download our podcast listen 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:24.960 to the messages anytime, or you can go to our 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:28.600 YouTube channel. But thanks for tuning in today. I like 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.480 to start with something funny and I heard about this pastor. 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.040 He was in the lobby after service greeting people. He 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.040 saw a man that he hadn't seen in a long 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.280 long time. He pulled him aside, said, sir, you need 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.000 to join the Army of the Lord. The man said, 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.280 what are you talking about. I'm in the Army of 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.880 the Lord. The pastor said, well, how come I only 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.360 see you on Easter and Christmas. The man whispered back, 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.920 I'm in the Secret Service. All right, say it like 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.960 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.720 it says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.960 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.480 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.040 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.880 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.880 I want to talk to you today about remember what 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.399 God said. We all have promises that God has put 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.200 in our heart. Things we know he's spoken to us, 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.440 how we're going to accomplish a dream, see a problem, 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:32.480 turn around, beat the addiction, meet the right person. At 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.040 one time we knew it was going to happen. We 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:39.320 were praying, believing, passionate. But when it's taking longer than 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:43.320 we thought, when we've gone through disappointments, people didn't come through, 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.720 the medical report isn't improving, negative thoughts start to play 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.119 louder and louder. It's never going to work out. You're 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:54.280 never going to get well, you'll never see your family restored. 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.280 Too often we let those thoughts drown out what God 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.320 has spoken to us. If you're going to stay in faith, 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:05.200 you have to remember what God said. Go back to 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.640 the promises, go back to that time he whispered to 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.560 you in the night. Start thanking him for what he 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:16.440 told you. Start declaring favor, victory, healing. You have to 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.720 keep your faith stirred up, keep those promises on the 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:23.680 forefront of your mind. God is faithful. He doesn't tell 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.719 you something and then not do it. The scripture says 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.800 all of His promises are yes and amen. It may 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.600 not happen on our timetable or the way we think, 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.440 but what God promised is on the way. It's easy 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.440 to believe when things are going our way, but most 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.560 of the time the promise won't come to pass without 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.360 a test. When you're under pressure, you don't understand why 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.200 it's taking so long and why those people didn't keep 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:54.960 their word, you'll be tempted to live frustrated, live worried, afraid. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:59.159 Recognize that's a test. The enemy would love for you 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.159 to forget what God promised. He'd love for you to 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.680 get so caught up in what's not happening, so focused 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.240 on how your child isn't doing right. Right when you 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.880 thought you were going to get ahead, the pandemic hit. 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.720 Now there's no way you can have a good year. No, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.840 remember what God said, even in famine, you will have 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.880 more than enough. Whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.640 The economy is not your source. God is your source. 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.440 You're connected to a supply line that will never run drive. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.720 But there's always something trying to steal the seed of 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.880 God's word out of your heart. Because when you keep 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.720 that seed watered you keep thanking God for what he promised, 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.000 You keep talking like it's on the way, you're constantly 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:47.280 meditating on what he said. Then you're going to see 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.400 the faithfulness of God. He's going to make things happen 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:54.640 that you couldn't make happen. Jesus said in John eleven, 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.279 did not I tell you if you believe, you will 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.160 see the glory of God? You may be facing a sickness. 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:06.200 You're so worried, stressed out. God is saying, did not 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.920 I tell you I will restore health unto you? Did 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.159 not I tell you by my stripes you are healed? 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.440 Did not I tell you the number of your days 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.120 I will fulfill? Why don't you start thanking God for 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.760 what he told you instead of letting the negative thoughts play. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.279 The reason we're discouraged many times is we've forgotten what 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:32.640 God said. It's not complicated. Go back to his promises, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.520 Go back to what he whispered to you in the night. 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:40.080 Start remembering what he's spoken over you replaying that over 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:44.000 and over as you dwell on those promises. Fear has 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:48.120 to leave, doubt, worry cannot stay. Faith will rise in 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:52.040 your heart. Maybe your child is off course and running 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:55.279 with the wrong crowd, and you're frustrated, thinking they're never 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.599 going to change. God is saying, did not I tell 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.280 you that as for you and your house, you will 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.200 serve the Lord? Did not I tell you that your 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.760 children will be mighty in the land. When you wake 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.240 up in the middle of the night tempted to worry, 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.360 turn it around. Lord, thank you for what you said, 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:18.200 that my children will fulfill their destiny. There's a battle 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.920 taking place in our mind. The enemy comes against us 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:26.920 with thoughts, thoughts of doubt, fear, worry. His goal is 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.560 to keep your mind so filled with all the negative 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.440 that you're so preoccupied with what's not going to work out, 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.440 how you can't break the addiction, how you'll never meet 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:40.000 the right person, that you never think about what God 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.600 promised you. You have to take control of your thought 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:48.080 life when worry comes. Don't go on autopilot. Don't just 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.600 let it play. Stay on the offensive on purpose. Remember 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.640 what God said. Thank him that he's making a way. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.880 Will you don't see away? Thank him that he always 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.640 causes you to tryumph. Thank him that what was meant 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:04.560 for harm he's turning for your advantage. Thank him that 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.720 he's taken you from glory to glory, from victory to victory. 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.520 A young lady I know went through a breakup in 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.520 a relationship and she thought this would be the person 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.560 she would marry in. She was so discouraged, so down 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:22.880 on life, down on herself. We all go through disappointments, loss, 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:26.120 things that are not fair. If we stay focused on 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.800 the hurts, God, why did this happen? I don't understand it. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.880 That's going to keep us way down. We'll miss the 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:36.480 new things God has in store. I know it's not easy, 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.320 but you have to make this shift in your thinking. 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.920 Quit dwelling on the hurts and start dwelling on what 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.640 God promised you. God is saying, did not I tell 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.040 you I will give you beauty for those ashes? Did 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.040 not I tell you weeping endures for a night, but 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.040 joy comes in the morning. Did not I tell you 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.960 that I will pay you back double for the unfair 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.120 things that have happened. God has you in the palm 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.920 of his hand. He has not brought you this far 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:09.520 to leave you that loss. The breakup, Yes, it's painful, 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.320 but it didn't stop your destiny. God has a new beginning. 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:17.920 He's about to open new doors bring new relationships. You 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:21.520 haven't seen your best days. The reason the enemy is 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:25.560 fighting you is he knows there's something amazing in your future. 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:30.280 You're on the verge of seeing blessing, favor, influence like 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.800 you've never seen. Now, don't let those negative thoughts keep 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:38.280 you where you are. Start remembering what God said in 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.040 the scripture. When Job was in the middle of all 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.920 this loss and heartache, it looked like he had seen 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:48.040 his best days. Everything had gone wrong. God said to him, 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.880 I will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.520 lips with shouts of joy. This was in chapter eight. 0:09:56.120 --> 0:10:00.800 Things didn't turn around until chapter forty two. Imagine Job 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.640 sitting in the ashes, discouraged thinking about all that had 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.880 gone wrong. He was tempted to feel sorry for himself 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:12.319 give up on life. But then he remembered what God promised. 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.760 He's going to fill my mouth with laughter. I can 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.840 hear him say Lord, thank you that I'm gonna dream again, 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:22.640 I'm gonna laugh again, I'm going to love again. When 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.480 he could have been complaining right in the middle of 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.040 the difficulty, he looked up and said, I know my 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.960 Redeemer lives. He was saying, I know God is still 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.120 on the throne. I know he's bigger than this adversity. 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:39.200 I know my latter days will be better than my 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:44.000 former days. He kept remembering what God said, not what 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:48.079 the circumstances said, not what his emotion said, not what 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.319 the negative thought said. When you keep your mind on 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.240 what God promised, you're going to see him show out 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.439 in your life. When that test was over, Job came 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.960 out with twice what he had before. You may have 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:05.640 gone through loss, disappointments, that is not how your story ends. 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:10.000 It may be painful now you're hurting. God sees it. 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.240 He's not only going to help you through, but he's 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.720 going to fill your mouth with laughter. There is great 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:21.040 joy in your future. The right people are already headed 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:25.880 your way, new relationships, favor like you've never seen now. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.319 Don't fall into the trap of complaining, living in self pity, 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:34.040 thinking it's all downhill from here. You're remembering the wrong things. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:38.280 Start remembering what God said, that there is beauty for 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:42.960 those ashes. That double is coming, double the joy, double 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.440 the peace, double the resources. You're not going to just 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:51.640 come out, God says, You're going to come out better, stronger, healthier, happier, 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:56.040 more fulfilled, now do like job and keep thanking God 0:11:56.120 --> 0:12:00.319 for what he said. Keep declaring my redeemer lives all 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.440 through the day. In your thoughts, Father, thank you that 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.480 your plans for me are for good. Thank you that 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.839 you will fill my mouth with laughter again. When you're 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.480 under pressure, it's so important what you're allowing to play 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.680 in your mind. Thoughts will tell you all the reasons 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.560 it's not going to work out. Sometimes people will tell 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.720 you how you'll never break the addiction. You can't start 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.400 that business. You have to go back to what God said, 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:33.680 not what people said, no disrespect, not what the expert said, 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.400 not what your mind says, not how you feel, but 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.880 to what God promised. Maybe you're discouraged over how long 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:46.480 your dream is taking, how impossible it looks. God is saying. 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.439 Did not I tell you what I started I will finish. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.640 Did not I tell you if you delight yourself in me, 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:57.360 I will give you the desires of your heart. The 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:01.080 medical report wasn't good. Now you're upset. Did not I 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:05.680 tell you no weapon formed against you will prosper. People 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:08.760 at the office or play in politics trying to push 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:12.880 you down. They have more influence, more seniority. Did not 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.080 I tell you, when the enemy comes in like a flood, 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.160 I will raise up a barrier. Did not I tell 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.200 you I will fight your battles for you? Did not 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.440 I tell you I'm preparing a table before you in 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.880 the presence of your enemies. When you remember what God said, 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.120 you won't be worried. You'll have peace in the midst 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.880 of the storm. You'll have faith to believe for the impossible. 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.680 You'll have the courage to defeat giants, the endurance to 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:45.800 outlast opposition, the favor to accomplish more than you thought possible. 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.880 It was early Sunday morning. Jesus had just been crucified 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.880 and risen from the dead. Three women went to the 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.319 tomb to care for Jesus's body. When they arrived, they 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:01.920 noticed something was wrong. The stone rolled away. They looked 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:05.560 in and Jesus' body was gone, and they were so distraught. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.880 As they sat there weeping, not knowing what to do. 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:13.600 Suddenly two men appeared to them. They were angels. They 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:18.320 were wearing bright robes so brilliant, radiating with such light, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.479 these women could hardly look at them. They were terrified. 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.280 The angel said, why are you looking in a tomb 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:29.160 for someone? That's alive. Jesus is not here. He has 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:33.000 risen from the dead. I can imagine how these ladies 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.960 were sitting there in awe, trying to take it all in. 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.840 The angel went on to say, don't you remember what 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:44.560 he told you in Galilee, that he would be betrayed crucified, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.480 then on the third day he would rise from the dead. 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:52.480 The next verse says they remembered what Jesus said, they 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.600 rushed back to tell the disciples. These women came to 0:14:56.680 --> 0:15:03.720 the tomb discouraged, depressed, defeat. They went back home excited, passionate, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.760 full of faith, full of hope. They couldn't wait to 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:11.040 tell the other disciples. When you remember what God says, 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.640 it will change your perspective. As long as your dwelling 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.440 on the negative what didn't work out, how impossible it is, 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.160 that's going to keep you discouraged. God is saying to 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.640 you what the Angel said to them. Don't you remember 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.080 what I told you. Don't you remember I said you 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.600 will lend and not borrow. Don't you remember I said, 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:36.800 My mercy is bigger than your mistakes. God has you 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:41.000 hearing this for one reason, so you'll remember what He's 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:44.240 promised you You need to go back to what God 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.240 has spoken to you. Go back to that dream he 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.160 gave you in the night, go back to that promise 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:53.400 that He whispered in your spirit. You have to stir 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.040 it up, get your passion back, get your hopes up, 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.760 start talking like it's on the way, Start thanking God 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:07.440 that is coming. The scripture says these ladies were perplexed, overwhelmed, confused. 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.840 Their world had been turned upside down. Under all the pressure, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.680 with all the stress of losing their friend, they forgot 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:20.000 what Jesus had told them. What's interesting is he told 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.960 them what was going to happen, not twenty years earlier. 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:27.480 That makes sense, been a long time they forgot Jesus 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.000 told them just a few days before. But when they 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.960 came under the pressure, when they felt overwhelmed, they forgot 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.000 what he said. That's the time you have to be 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.920 on guard. When life is stressful, you have a set 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:46.040 back in your finances, you're struggling with depression, don't let 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:50.360 those negative thoughts drown out what God promised. Maybe you're 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:55.720 under pressure now. This pandemic has left many people anxious, worried, 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.000 thinking what's going to happen with my finances, What about 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:03.200 my children put on hold? It's easy to forget what 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:08.200 God promised. Like that angel, I'm saying, remember what God 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.880 told you. You may feel alone, but he said, I'll 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:15.680 never leave you. I'll stick closer than a brother. Your 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.159 business slowed down. You don't know how you're going to 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:22.040 make ends meet. He said, I'll make streams in the desert. 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:26.520 I'll supply your needs. According to my riches, that anxiety, 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:31.480 the depression, the addiction seems permanent. He said. The enemies 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.400 you see today you will see no more. He said, 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:36.960 Greater is he that's in you than what's trying to 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:41.200 stop you. He said, whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.719 are you remembering what he said? Or have you let 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:48.560 the circumstances, the trouble, the stress cause you to dwell 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.160 on the negative and think about how it's not going 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.800 to work out When we're under pressure. The mistake we 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.879 make many times is we go by what we see 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.639 instead of by what God says. When Joel, look at 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:05.240 this medical report, look at my finances, Look how big 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.560 these obstacles are. As long as you go by what 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:12.119 you see, you're going to be worried, stressed. You have 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.679 to start going by what God said. Here's the good news. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.960 What he said will override what you see. When my 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.960 father passed and I stepped up to pastor the church, 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:26.280 what I saw when I looked in the mirror was 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:32.000 someone that was inexperienced, intimidated, unqualified. Thoughts told me that 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.280 nobody would listen to me. I was going to get 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.440 up here and fail. I was tempted to live, worried, 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.760 shrink back. But I did what I'm asking you to do. 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.720 I didn't go by what I saw. I went by 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.560 what God said. I felt weak, but I remember that 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:51.120 God said I am strong in the Lord. I didn't 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.080 think I could do it, but I remembered what God said, 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:57.240 I can do all things through Christ. I had some 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:01.840 people that didn't want me to Succeeds that had large followings, 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.080 looked like they would discredit me, hold me down. But 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:09.439 I remembered what God said that promotion doesn't come from people, 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:13.440 it comes from the Lord. People don't determine your destiny. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:17.280 They cannot stop the calling on your life. They may 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:21.200 look bigger, more powerful, more influential. Don't go by what 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:24.840 you see, go by what God says. He says you're 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.880 a giant killer. He says, you're more than a conquer 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:31.000 He says, the trap the enemy set for you, they 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:35.919 will fall in themselves. Matthew, Chapter fourteen. Jesus told the 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.320 disciples to get in a boat and go to the 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.520 other side of the lake, and he was going to 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:44.480 meet them there. The disciples started rowing that way. Everything 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.000 was going fine until the winds picked up the waves 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.080 got rough. Now they were struggling to make it. Hour 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:54.720 after hour. At three in the morning, they looked up 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:58.160 and this figure came walking on the water. They thought 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:01.720 it was a ghost. They were so afraid. The scripture says, 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:05.440 they screamed in terror. They had never seen anything like this. 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:11.040 Jesus told them it was him. Peter was not only astonished, 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.880 he was inspired. He said, Lord, if that's really you, 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:18.240 tell me to come to you by walking on the water. 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:21.960 Jesus said, all right, Peter, you can come. You too, 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.800 can walk on the water. Peter climbed over the side 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:28.960 of the boat, stepped into the water, but his feet 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:32.560 didn't go down. He started walking on top of the water, 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.800 defying the odds. I can imagine how amazed he was, 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:41.200 how in awe he took step after step, looking at Jesus, 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:45.040 marveling at what was happening. But then he began to 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:48.040 look around at the waves. He looked at how strong 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:51.119 the wind was, how the boat was rocking, how he 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:54.119 was out in the middle of the water. Suddenly he 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.600 began to sink. He cried out, Lord, please save me. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:01.320 In Jesus reached down and helped him back into the boat. 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.399 As long as Peter was focused on what Jesus said, 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:09.639 walk on the water, come here with me, he was fine. 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.400 But when he started focusing on what he saw, the winds, 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.960 the waves, he begin to doubt, be afraid that I 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:21.360 can't do this. It's the same principle in life. If 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:24.360 you stay focused on what you see, you can get 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:27.280 talked out of your dreams. If you're focused on how 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:30.800 big the obstacles are, how the medical report is not good, 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.920 how you'll never get out of debt, then you'll be limited. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:37.880 You have to stay focused on what God said. When 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:41.000 you focus on what he promised, you'll walk on water. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.760 You'll go places you couldn't go on your own. You'll 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:49.400 overcome obstacles that are much bigger. The winds, the waves 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:52.919 are a test. Are you going to get distracted and 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:56.639 start focusing on the negative. This problem is too big, 0:21:57.200 --> 0:22:00.480 this addiction seems permanent. I don't have the fire finances 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.200 to go to college. I'll never get out of this neighborhood. 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:06.359 That's going to cause you to sink. You have to 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:10.520 change your focus from what you see to what God said. 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.520 You have to walk by faith and not by sight. 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:18.240 What you're up against may seem impossible, but God created 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:22.040 you to walk on water. He created you to defy 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.960 the odds. He created you to go further than people 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:29.639 say you can go. He created you to defeat giants. 0:22:29.960 --> 0:22:33.239 He created you to beat the cancer. He created you 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:38.439 to acquire compact centers. Yes, it seems unlikely. Yes, you 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:40.680 may not feel like you have the talent. You may 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:44.919 be afraid. That's okay. The key is don't focus on 0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:48.880 what you see. Focus on what God said. That's what's 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:51.600 going to fuel your faith. That's when you're going to 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:56.040 see far and beyond favor, favor that catapults you ahead. 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:01.280 God told Nehemiah he was to rebuild the wa of Jerusalem. 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:05.080 But Neemiah wasn't a builder. He was a cupbearer to 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:08.600 the king, living a thousand miles away. He didn't have 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:13.119 the resources, the staff, the influence. But God never asked 0:23:13.160 --> 0:23:15.679 you to do something and then doesn't give you the 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:19.360 ability to do it. God was saying to Nemiah, you're 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.959 going to walk on water. You're going to do something 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:26.000 over your head, something that you're not qualified for, something 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:30.280 where you don't have the connections the experience. Neemiah could 0:23:30.280 --> 0:23:33.000 have looked at the circumstances thought, God, you have the 0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:38.240 wrong person. I'll never accomplish this dream. But Neemiah understood 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:41.399 this principle. He didn't go by what he saw. He 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:45.119 went by what God said. When you step out in faith, 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.880 God will open doors that no person can shut. He'll 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:51.879 bring the right people. He'll make things happen that you 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:56.080 couldn't make happen. God gave Neemiah favor with the king. 0:23:56.560 --> 0:23:58.800 The king not only let him have the time off, 0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:02.080 which was unprecedented, but the king gave him a letter 0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:06.919 requiring people to give him the materials and resources he needed. 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.520 It should have taken years, but Nehemiah rebuilt the wall 0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:14.159 in just fifty two days. God has some things in 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:17.200 your future where you're going to walk on water. You're 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:21.000 going to accomplish what seems impossible. You're going to overcome 0:24:21.200 --> 0:24:25.359 what looks insurmountable. Now do your part. Don't focus on 0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:29.320 the winds, the waves, the impossibilities. That's going to talk 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:32.720 you out of it. Focus on what God said. Let 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:36.400 his promises play in your mind over and over. That 0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:39.360 dream he put in your heart every day. Thank him 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:42.320 for it, those secret things he whispered to you in 0:24:42.359 --> 0:24:45.960 the night. Dared to believe that they're on the way. 0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:48.639 A friend of mine knew an older gentleman that was 0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:51.800 a fighter pilot in World War II. He not only 0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:54.920 flew missions, but he was a flight trainer. He would 0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:58.280 train these young men, many of them only eighteen years old, 0:24:58.520 --> 0:25:01.520 how to fly planes before he ever took them up 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:04.960 in the air. They spent hours going over the instruments, 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:08.080 learning what they did and what caused the plane to function. 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:12.360 He stressed the importance of always flying the plane by 0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:16.000 the instruments, not by what they saw. They spent months 0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:19.840 and months on the ground in flight simulators, flying planes 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:24.680 strictly by the instruments. After one young pilot completed the program, 0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.200 he took him up in the air. The pilot was 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:31.600 doing great, everything running smoothly, just like his training. A 0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:36.200 few minutes later, a storm suddenly arose. They found themselves 0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:40.440 in bad weather, dark clouds. The plane started bouncing around. 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:44.199 It got to the point they couldn't see anything. This 0:25:44.400 --> 0:25:49.000 young pilot panicked. Instead of going by his instruments following 0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:53.040 his training, he looked around at all the clouds, the rain. 0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:57.840 He felt the plane shaking. He became disoriented and confused. 0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:01.920 He couldn't tell if he was gaining outude or losing altitude. 0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:05.080 He kept straining out the window to try to get 0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:10.120 some kind of visual signs of which direction to go. Finally, 0:26:10.160 --> 0:26:13.639 the flight instructor took a blanket that was used to 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:17.400 cover the windshield when the plane was stored and eclipped 0:26:17.440 --> 0:26:20.880 it in place. Now the young pilot couldn't see anything. 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:24.440 He had no choice except to go by the instruments. 0:26:24.840 --> 0:26:27.080 In a few minutes, they came out of the storm 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:32.360 and eventually landed the plane safely. Sometimes, like this young pilot, 0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:36.040 we know what God promised us. We have the instruments, 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:39.200 we do good on the ground, we quote the scripture, 0:26:39.520 --> 0:26:43.000 we believe. But when the storm hits, we start looking 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:46.720 at the clouds, the winds. It's bumpy. We don't see 0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:51.080 a way. Too often we panic, live worried. But you 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:54.160 have to come back to the instruments. You can't go 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:57.600 by what you see or you'll get discouraged. You may 0:26:57.640 --> 0:27:01.560 not see anything except dark clouds. Everywhere you look. There's 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:04.680 no visibility, no sign of how it's going to work out. 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:09.200 Go back to your instruments. Remember what God promised you. 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:13.280 There's not a storm you're facing that's a surprise to God. 0:27:13.720 --> 0:27:16.400 There's not a problem you're in that he can't get 0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:20.080 you out of. But when we're under pressure, when life 0:27:20.080 --> 0:27:23.560 gets stressful, it's easy to focus on the wrong things. 0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:27.040 Are you looking out the window focused on the storm, 0:27:27.480 --> 0:27:30.840 or you focused on what God promised you. He's spoken 0:27:30.960 --> 0:27:34.080 dreams to your heart, He's whispered things to you in 0:27:34.160 --> 0:27:37.200 the night. The enemy has tried to drown them out 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:41.840 with negative thoughts, negative circumstances, but they are still alive. 0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:45.920 What God started, he's going to finish. Now do your 0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:50.639 part and remember what he said, Keep declaring what he promised, 0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:53.879 keep thanking him for it. If you'll do this, I 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:57.920 believe and declare like Peter, You're going to walk on water. 0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:01.800 You're going to defy the odds. Like Nehemiah, You're gonna 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:05.720 accomplish dreams bigger than you thought. And like this pilot, 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:10.120 you're gonna come through every storm safely. I speak strength 0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:16.280 over you, I speak victory, I speak healing, breakthroughs, favor, abundance, 0:28:16.520 --> 0:28:21.280 the fullness of your destiny. 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