Remind God What He Said

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.120 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.840 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.520 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:56.400 for God's very best in your life. For God bless 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.520 you always a joy to come into your homes. We 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.280 love you and we know God has great things in store. 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.720 If you're ever in our area, stop behind be a 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.360 part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.440 make you feel right at home. Thanks so much for 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.440 tuning in, Thanks again for coming out today. And I 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.800 like to start with something funny. And I heard about 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.640 this elderly man. He had a serious hearing problem for 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.680 many years. He went to the doctor and was fitted 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.920 with this new high tech hearing aid to where he 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.320 could hear once again one hundred percent. Went back a 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.200 month later for a checka. The doctor said, Wow, your 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.840 hearing is perfect. Your family must be so excited that 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.880 you can hear again. He said, now, I haven't told 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.160 my family yet. I just sit around and listen to 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.520 the different conversations, and I've changed my will three times. 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.600 All right, hold of your Bible. Say it like you 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.760 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:52.160 I am. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.040 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.720 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.600 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.840 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.639 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.600 to talk to you today about reminding God what he said. 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.560 One of the most powerful ways to pray is to 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.440 find a promise in the scripture, and remind God what 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:25.640 he said about you. God you said, I'm blessed and 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:29.519 cannot be cursed. God you said, with long life you 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.520 would satisfy me. God you said your favor is not 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:38.280 for a season, but for a lifetime. When you can say, God, 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:42.520 you said, all of heaven comes to attention. God is 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:46.800 faithful to his word. Now. Isaiah sixty two says put 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:52.040 God in remembrance of his promises. It doesn't say put 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:56.840 God in remembrance of your problems. Sometimes we use prayer 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.480 as an excuse to complain God. These people at work 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.640 are not treating me right. God, these gas prices are 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.320 so high. I don't know how I'm gonna make it. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.040 And God, these children are getting on my nerves. I 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.120 can't take it anymore. No, you don't have to tell 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:14.880 God your problems. He already knows what you're going through. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.440 He knows every need, every concern, He knows the number 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.400 of hair on our head. Sure it's okay to be 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.640 open and honest and tell God how you feel, but 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.040 don't turn that into a self pity session. All that's 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.080 going to do is make you more discouraged. If you 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.800 want to see things change. If you want God to 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:38.320 turn it around. Instead of complaining, find a promise you 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:42.719 can stand on. Go to God and say, God, you said, 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.239 when the enemy comes against me, one way, you would 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:50.120 defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways. Yes, 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:53.760 these gas prices are high, but I'm not focused on that. God. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:57.480 You said you would supply all of my needs according 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.919 to your riches. You said you are jehol Bajirah, the 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.479 Lord my provider. Yes, these people at work are not 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:08.039 treating me right, but I'm not here to complain. God. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.320 You said you will be my vindicator. You said you 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.599 will fight my battles. You said what's meant for my harm? 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.159 You will turn and use to my advantage. When you 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:22.280 put God in remembrance of his promises, that's what allows 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.960 God to bring them to pass. You may not feel well. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.480 The medical report doesn't look good. You could easily say, God, 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.719 I don't see how I'm going to make it. I 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.400 don't see how I'm ever going to get well. The 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:37.240 report is so bad. No, instead of putting God in 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:43.159 remembrance of your problems, put God in remembrance of his promises. God, 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:47.000 you said you would restore health unto me and heal 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:50.320 me of my wounds. You said I would live and 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.960 not die. You said, what's impossible with men is possible 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:59.719 with God. When you pray the promises instead of praying 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:03.279 the problems, you'll not only feel better, it will not 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.919 only change your attitude from a victim to a victor. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.719 But God's word coming out of your mouth is alive 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:16.240 and powerful. When God hears his promises, he dispatches angels 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.960 with the answers, he sets the miracle into motion. He'll 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.320 begin to change things in your favor. And it may 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.600 not happen overnight. But if you'll just stay in faith 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.960 and keep reminding God what he promised you day in 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:36.000 and day out. Instead of complaining God, you said, instead 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:41.080 of begging God, you said, instead of describing the circumstances, God, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.960 you said, If you'll get in a habit of saying God, 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.200 you said, then eventually you will see what God said 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.479 come to pass in your life. One day. Instead of 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:56.160 saying God, you said, you'll be saying God. You did. 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:58.919 You turned it around. You bless me, you healed me, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.280 you favored me, you res me, You've vindicated me. You 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:06.360 are true to what you said. Think about as a parent, 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.240 when we promise our children something, we will do everything 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:14.600 we possibly can to bring that promise to pass. Our daughter, 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.200 Alexandra loves to go to Disney World. We took her 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.320 there when she was just three or four years old, 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.800 and she's been hooked ever since. Now she's twelve years 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:27.000 old and we haven't been in some time. About a 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.480 year ago. I was putting her in bed one night. 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.040 She said, Daddy, I really want to go back to 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.840 Disney World. Will you take me sometime. I didn't think 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.560 much about it. I just said in passing, sure, I'll 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.240 take you again. We'll go sometime. She said, you promise. 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.240 I said, yes, I promise. I didn't know what I 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.200 was getting myself into. The next morning, bright and early, Daddy, 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.480 you said, we're going to Disney World. Now, when are 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.000 we going? Thought man alive? I just got out of bed. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.720 Every other day, Daddy, you said, you said, you said. 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.239 I must have heard that times. She was not about 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.080 to let me forget that promise. Do you know where 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:10.960 we're going today? After the service Disney World? If we, 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:16.280 as earthly parents, are that moved when our children remind 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.440 us what we've promised, if we feel such a strong 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:23.960 obligation to respond to the you said, how much more 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:28.800 will our heavenly Father stand behind his word? He cannot lie. 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:32.280 We can break promises. I could have gotten out of 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.040 that and not been true to my word, But God 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.920 cannot go against his word. All of his promises are 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.440 yes and amen. Some of you today you need to 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:46.280 find some you said Father. You said I will lend 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:50.160 and not borrow. Remind God of that again and again. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.360 You may be struggling. Business is slow. You don't see 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.800 how it could work out. Don't go to God with that. 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.680 Take a you said, Father. You said you would open 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.320 the windows of heaven. You said my cup would run over. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.520 You said whatever I touch will succeed. You said you 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:13.080 would prosper me even in a desert. When you're constantly 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.840 reminding God what he said, you are releasing your faith. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.440 You won't have time to complain. If you'll just stay 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.480 focused on the you SAIDs you can't get down and 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.839 discourage as long as you have God's promises coming out 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.960 of your mouth. You may have family members that are 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.600 off course. They're not making good decisions. Don't go around 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:37.880 complaining telling God how bad it is. Talking about the 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:42.360 problem doesn't make anything better. Begging God to help you 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:46.600 doesn't get his attention. Now all through the day, Father, 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.520 you said, as for me and my house, we will 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.120 serve the Lord. You said, the seed of the righteous 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.680 is blessed. You said, my children will be mighty in 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.880 the land. Take a you said, and go to God. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.040 That's what gets his attention. I talked to a lady 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.600 last week. Her marriage of seventeen years is coming to 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.680 an end. She was devastated. The man left for someone else, 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.840 and her whole world looked like it was falling apart. 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.280 It's easy to get depressed and fall into self pity 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.000 and not have any hope for the future. But I 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.680 told her what I'm telling you. You've got to find 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:26.320 some you said. Father, you said you would give me 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.640 beauty for ashes. God you said you would pay me 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.920 back double for the unfair things that have happened. God 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.040 you said my end would be better than my beginning. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.280 You said, all things are going to work together for 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:43.040 my good. When you're tempted to fall into self pity, 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.839 just turn it around and declare a You said you 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.280 tempted to have a sour attitude, tempted to complain. Let 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:54.360 that be a reminder God, you said. All through the day, 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.560 we should be putting God in remembrance of his promises, 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.480 just like Alexandra eating breakfast out of the blue. Daddy 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.080 you said, we're going to Disney World. When are we going? 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.959 I don't know Alexandra yet, but Daddy you said I 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.440 would tell her. Alexandra, I know I said it. You've 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.839 reminded me four hundred and fifty times. Today. We are 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.680 going to Disney World, not because I want to, but 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:22.200 so she will leave me alone. The rest of this 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:27.640 passage says, put God in remembrance of his promises, Keep 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:32.360 not silent, give him no rest till it comes to pass. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.760 That's what Alexandra did. She's an expert. She gave me 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.560 no rest. She kept not silent. Some of you today, 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.400 you're standing on a promise. You've got to you said. 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:47.840 But the problem is you're too passive. You can't remind 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:51.480 God one time and think that's good enough. It says, 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:55.920 keep not silent, give him no rest. That means you 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.960 have to be persistent. You've got to show God you 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:03.960 mean business. Not nagging, not begging God, but in faith, 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.520 go to God and remind him over and over what 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.520 he promised you. When you wake up in the morning 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.840 and those thoughts come saying you're never going to get well, 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.120 never going to accomplish your dreams, never get out of debt, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:21.000 no kicking to gear. Father, you said the moment I prayed, 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.360 the tide of the battle terms taking a shower, God, 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:28.200 you said, I'm more than a conquer Driving to work, God, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.360 you said, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.360 you deliver me out of them all at the office 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.480 under your breath. God, you said you hold victory in 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.240 store for the upright. Driving home, God you said, you 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.600 go before me and make my crooked places straight. SE's 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.120 not enough to do it one time and think you're done, Joel, 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.720 I did this back in January. I did it thirty 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:54.440 seven years ago. No, you got to be persistent. It says, 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.560 keep not silent. Another way you could put this is 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.120 you have to be a pest when it comes to 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:06.120 reminding God what he promised you. Not begging, not demanding, 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:12.560 but relentless. If Alexandra had not been so persistent, we 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.840 wouldn't be going today. I told her we would. But 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.000 if she hadn't reminded me, if it wasn't a big deal. 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.720 I would have never brought it up. I don't really 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.640 want to travel. I travel all the time. I don't 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.240 want to go wait in lines. I'd rather stay at 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.079 home and relax. But the problem is I gave her 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:33.960 my word and she put me in remembrance, not once, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:38.640 but again and again and again. If she would have 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.400 just done it a few times over the year, I 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.920 could have probably talked her out of it. But she 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.679 had a made up mind. She wasn't going to take 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.600 no for an answer. She knew I would not go 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.959 back on my word. Some of you would see your 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.360 life go to a new level if you had stop 0:13:55.440 --> 0:14:00.240 being so passive and start reminding God what he said 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:04.079 about your family, about your career, about your health, about 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:08.480 your finances, about your future, not once but again and 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.600 again and again. Jesus told a parable in the scripture 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:18.319 about an unfair, unjust judge. This man neither feared God 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:22.040 nor respected people. One day, this widow woman came to 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.680 him and said, Judge, I have a problem. This man 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.120 is bothering me. I need you to make him leave 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.200 me alone. I need protection. In other words, she was saying, 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.720 I have a promise from the government. The law is 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.560 on my side. Judge, I'm asking you to enforce the law. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.240 Make him leave me alone. This judge didn't give her 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.160 the time of day, didn't pay any attention to her. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.400 He said, I'm not going to rule on your case. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.800 Don't bother me with that. Just leave my courtroom. She left, 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:56.880 but she didn't get discouraged. She knew the law was 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.720 on her side. She kept going back day after day, 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.760 week after week. Every time the judge walked in his courtroom, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:09.080 that woman was there making her case. Judge enforced this law. 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:13.040 It's my right, it's on my side. Finally, she wore 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.360 the judge down. The judge said, lady, I'm going to 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.720 help you, not because I want to, not because I 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.240 like you. I'm going to do it just so you 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:27.200 will leave me alone. One translation says, because of your 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:32.040 shameless persistence. That's the way we need to be when 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.960 it comes to reminding God what he said. The good 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.440 news is God is not like this judge. God is 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:42.520 for us. God is on our side. But if we're 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.400 going to see his promises come to pass, we have 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:49.920 to have this shameless persistence. Some promises you may have 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:53.000 to stand on it for a year or five years 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.520 or twenty years. Whatever the case. Like this, lady, you've 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.880 got to have a made up mind. You're not going 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.800 to keep silent. You know what belongs to you. Like 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.640 Alexandra reminded me again and again, you've got to keep 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:11.200 reminding God over and over and over until that promise 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.520 comes to pass. I like what my sister Lisa did. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.040 She and her husband had been trying to have a 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:21.000 baby for six years with no success. Lisa wrote a 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:25.400 contract between her and God. She listed on a piece 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.320 of paper all the promises that she was standing on 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.520 concerning having a baby. She made it like a legal contract. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.280 She even signed the bottom of it, and she had 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.840 Kevin sign the bottom of it. Isaiah forty one says, 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:45.080 present your case before God. Make your arguments, bring forth 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:49.000 your proof, Lisa wrote at the top, God, Kevin and 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:53.320 I are presenting our case to you. Our case is 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.680 based on your word. God. You said in Genesis one 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:02.240 twenty eight to be fruitful and multiply. God, how can 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:06.000 we do that unless you help us. God, you said 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.600 in Psalm one twelve, our children would be mighty in 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.800 the land. God, how can that be unless you give 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:17.159 us children? God, you said in Psalm thirteen, that you 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.960 make the bearing woman a happy mother of children. How 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.720 can that be God unless you bless us with children. God, 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:28.560 we've done all we know how to do. Now we're 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.879 presenting our case based on your word, knowing that you 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.119 are faithful and true to what you said. And she 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:39.679 took that contract, that piece of paper filled with scriptures, 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.160 and she placed it on her bathroom mirror to where 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.880 she could see it again and again, week after week, 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.280 month after month. She just kept reminding God what he 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:53.960 had promised. About two years later, God blessed them with twins, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.760 and today they have three beautiful children. God is faithful 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:04.359 to his word. My question is, are you presenting your case? 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:08.160 Do you have any proof? Have you done like Lisa 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.919 and found the promises where you can say, God, you 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.400 said you'd make me a happy mother of children. God, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.760 you said you'd restore what the enemy is stolen. God 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.399 you said you'd give me the desires of my heart 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.639 if you'll present your case before God. The good news 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:30.040 is Jesus is called our advocate. Another word for advocate 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:34.159 is lawyer. In the courtroom of heaven, imagine Jesus is 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.960 our lawyer. God is the judge. As long as you 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:41.560 present your case based on God's word, you cannot lose. 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.639 He will be faithful and true to his word. And 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:47.120 it would do good for all of us to make 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.960 a list, like Lisa, of the promises that we're standing on. 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.200 Put it up in your bathroom mirror, somewhere where you'll 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.320 see it often all through the day, week after week. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.520 Just keep reminding God what he promised you. When those 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.560 thoughts come telling you that you're never going to rise higher, 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.760 you're seen your best days. No present your case. God, 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:12.320 you said, the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.200 God you said, the glory of the latter house will 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:19.560 be greater than the glory of the former house. God, 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:22.800 my case is not based on what I feel. It's 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.359 not based on the economy. It's not based on a 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.679 medical report. It's not based on what somebody said about me. 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.840 My case is based solely on your word. And I 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.520 know you cannot lie what you say you will do. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.359 That's what it means to present your case before God. 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:46.040 But sometimes, especially when it's difficult, instead of presenting our case, 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:50.920 we plead our case. God. Please, you got to help me. God. 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:54.000 I went to church last weekend. God I'm a good person. 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.359 I volunteered at the shelter. God, I'm begging you to 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:59.679 do something. The problem with that is you don't have 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:04.560 any proof. You're not taking any evidence. You're just describing 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:08.640 to God how you feel. You're just describing all the circumstances. 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:11.520 But if you're going to present your case like you 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:14.159 would go into a court of law, you've got to 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:17.600 be prepared. You don't just walk in and say, Judge, 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:21.560 I need some help. No, you take documents, you take evidence, 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:25.080 You've done your research. In the same way when you 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:27.920 go into the court of heaven, so to speak, you've 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:32.280 got to remind God what the contract says. God, you said, 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.600 no weapon formed against me will prosper. Here's my evidence, 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:41.200 Isaiah fifty four seventeen. God you said you're a very 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.440 present help in my time of trouble. Here's my evidence, 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:48.360 Psalm forty six to one. God you said, the strength 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:51.240 of the wicked is being cut off, but the power 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.439 of the godly is being increased. Here's my evidence, Psalm 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:57.520 seventy five to ten. When you go to God with 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:01.200 evidence with what he said, that that's a powerful case. 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:05.440 That's an unbeatable case. Some of you are busy pleading 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:09.120 your case, but if you'd switch over and start presenting 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:12.560 your case, you would see God begin to change things 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:15.879 in your favor. I know a lady that for several 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:19.640 years was at odds with her teenage daughter. She used 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:22.200 to come for prayer all the time, and she was 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:26.320 always upset and discouraged. I would do my best to 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.320 cheer her up and try to convince her to keep believing. 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:32.199 But more than coming for prayer, seemed like she just 0:21:32.320 --> 0:21:35.240 came to want to complain about what God wasn't doing. 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:39.600 I shared with her this principle. Instead of complaining to God, 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:43.960 you need to remind God what he promised you. And 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:47.040 I gave her the scripture in Proverbs thirty one, it 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:51.440 says children will rise up and call their mother blessed. 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:55.960 At that time, this daughter was calling her mother every 0:21:56.040 --> 0:22:00.080 name except blessed. The mother took it to heart. She 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:03.160 would go through the day all the time. Father, you said, 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:06.800 my children will rise up and call me blessed. When 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:11.320 the daughter was disrespectful, instead of complaining like she used to, 0:22:11.960 --> 0:22:14.800 she would say, no, Father, you said, my daughter will 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:19.280 call me blessed. She found other promises. God, you said, 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:23.560 children are a gift from God to be enjoyed. She 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:28.760 presented her case, made her arguments, brought forth her proof. Now, 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:31.639 about three years later, that young lady had a total 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:35.440 change of heart. Today, the mother and daughter are best friends. 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.879 She's as kind and respectful as can be. They do 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:43.040 everything together, including come to church together. The mother told 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:46.960 me just recently, Joel, Now when I say my children 0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.960 will rise up and call me blessed, I don't say 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:53.440 it by faith anymore. It's become a reality. God has 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:56.280 brought that promise to pass. That's what God wants to 0:22:56.280 --> 0:23:00.359 do in all of our lives. In First crit Uncles, 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:06.200 chapter seventeen, God made David a promise that seemed almost impossible. 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:11.240 David didn't come from an influential family. He wasn't the strongest, 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:15.200 the most talented. He was just an ordinary person. Yet 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:19.080 God said to him, one of your descendants will always 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:22.440 be on the throne of Israel. Your dynasty will never 0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:26.760 come to an end. David was overwhelmed. He said, God, 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:29.800 I'm just a shepherd boy. You're talking to me like 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:34.120 I'm somebody great. He could have easily dismissed that promise, 0:23:34.520 --> 0:23:36.480 let it go in one ear and out the other. 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:42.000 But instead of talking himself out of it, David's attitude was, God, 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:45.240 if you're bold enough to promise it, then I'm bold 0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:48.000 enough to believe it. He got in agreement with God. 0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:52.600 I can imagine when times got tough, enemies were coming 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.800 against him, it looked like he would be defeated, he 0:23:55.840 --> 0:24:00.359 would go back and remind God of that promise. God, 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:03.240 I would always be on the throne. You said my 0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:07.240 dynasty would never come to an end. Instead of pleading 0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:11.199 his case, he just kept presenting his case with God. 0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:15.760 You said today that promise is still being fulfilled. When 0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:20.320 we read the scripture, sometimes we see promises like David 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:25.159 that look impossible. It says we will lend and not borrow, 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.200 but in the natural we don't see how that could happen. 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:31.560 Or it says we're going to live healthy and strong. 0:24:32.000 --> 0:24:34.960 Maybe the medical report says just the opposite. We have 0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:38.240 the choice. We can either take hold of those promises 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:41.680 and present them to God, reminding him again and again, 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:44.879 keeping not silent, knowing that He will bring them to pass, 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:48.280 or we can talk ourselves out of it and tell 0:24:48.320 --> 0:24:51.320 God all the reasons why it's not going to happen. Now, 0:24:51.400 --> 0:24:54.720 let's be people like David that say, God, if you're 0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:57.960 bold enough to promise it, we're bold enough to believe it. 0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:01.480 In other words, God, if you say I'm blessed, then 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:04.320 when I come to you, I'm not going to remind 0:25:04.400 --> 0:25:08.520 you of all my problems and how slow business is. No, 0:25:08.640 --> 0:25:11.440 the words I'm going to bring you are your words. 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:14.280 I'm blessed. I'm the head. I'm not to tell I 0:25:14.359 --> 0:25:19.320 am victorious. It may seem impossible, but instead of telling 0:25:19.400 --> 0:25:22.520 God why you can't be successful, why don't you go 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:26.359 to God With Ephesians three twenty, God, you said you 0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:29.760 would do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond in my life. 0:25:30.280 --> 0:25:33.520 Are you pleading your case or are you presenting your 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:37.880 case reminding God what he promised you. There's an amazing 0:25:37.920 --> 0:25:40.520 promise in Genesis twelve to two that God makes to 0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:43.800 all of us as the seed of Abraham. God says, 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:48.679 I will make your name great. One translation says I 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:52.679 will make your name distinguished. That's a great promise to 0:25:52.720 --> 0:25:56.359 remind God. I have a friend that comes from a 0:25:56.400 --> 0:26:01.280 family that has a very bad reputation. Name was anything 0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:05.840 but distinguished. They were known for crime, drugs, illegal activity, 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:09.439 many of his relatives had been in prison. This had 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:12.720 gone back for three or four generations. As a young man, 0:26:12.760 --> 0:26:15.359 he gave his life to Christ and he headed down 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:18.240 a better path, and he was doing his best to 0:26:18.280 --> 0:26:21.679 overcome all this negative baggage. But it seemed like this 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:26.119 dark cloud followed him everywhere he went. When people found 0:26:26.160 --> 0:26:29.760 out his last name, especially in his community, they would 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:32.520 treat him differently, try to not have anything to do 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:36.200 with them. It was like he wore this badge of dishonor. 0:26:36.880 --> 0:26:39.919 I told him that you need to remind God what 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:43.720 he promised you. Every day. You need to say God, 0:26:44.080 --> 0:26:47.800 you said you'd make my name great. You said if 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:51.800 I'd honor you, you would honor me. Instead of pleading 0:26:51.800 --> 0:26:55.240 his case saying God, this is not fair. Why was 0:26:55.240 --> 0:26:57.520 I born into this family? Why do I have to 0:26:57.560 --> 0:27:02.200 deal with this bad reputation, he started presenting his case. God, 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:06.080 you said you would make my name distinguished. He went 0:27:06.119 --> 0:27:09.960 on to become a very successful coach. Several months ago, 0:27:10.480 --> 0:27:13.880 he brought me a picture of himself receiving an award. 0:27:14.440 --> 0:27:17.000 He was chosen as the coach of the year in 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:20.520 his school district. In that school lobby, there's a plaque 0:27:20.560 --> 0:27:22.560 of all the coaches of the year, and each year 0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:25.399 they add a new coach to it. He pointed to 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:28.040 the top it said Coach of the year, and under it, 0:27:28.080 --> 0:27:31.920 in big bold letters, the plaque read distinguished hon Areas 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:35.520 there was his name. He smiled and said, Joel, God 0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:39.720 has made my name distinguished. Friends. God is a faithful God. 0:27:40.760 --> 0:27:44.120 Don't plead your case. Don't tell God why you can't 0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:47.040 be successful, why you can't get well, why you'll never 0:27:47.080 --> 0:27:51.000 get out of debt. No present your case. Remind God 0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:54.000 what he said about you. Make a list of the 0:27:54.040 --> 0:27:56.720 promises that you're standing on. When you go to the 0:27:56.760 --> 0:28:00.320 courtroom of heaven, so to speak, take some evidence, bring 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:03.720 your proof. God, you said I'm blessed and cannot be 0:28:03.800 --> 0:28:06.879 cursed like Lisa. God you said you'd make me the 0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:10.400 happy mother of children. God you said you would restore 0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:14.359 what the enemy has stolen. Don't keep silent. Remind God 0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:17.240 again and again, not nagging, not begging. 0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:17.560 God. 0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.480 Now go to him in faith with a You said, 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:24.480 if you will put God in remembrance of his promises 0:28:24.920 --> 0:28:27.720 and not put him in remembrance of your problems, then 0:28:27.760 --> 0:28:31.080 God will be faithful to his word. What he promised 0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:35.800 he will do. You will rise higher, overcoming obstacles, defeating enemies, 0:28:35.840 --> 0:28:39.680 accomplishing dreams. I believe in declare You're going to become 0:28:39.920 --> 0:28:42.520 everything God's created you to be. You're going to have 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:46.440 everything God intended for you to have in Jesus' name. 0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:50.720 If you receive it, can you say amen? Well, we 0:28:50.800 --> 0:28:53.520 never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:56.800 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 0:28:56.840 --> 0:29:01.240 you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 0:29:01.240 --> 0:29:05.920 of my sins, Come into my heart. I make you 0:29:06.000 --> 0:29:10.000 my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 0:29:10.080 --> 0:29:12.640 we believe you got born again. Get in a good 0:29:12.640 --> 0:29:15.880 Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:17.880 take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:21.920 Thank you for listening to the joel Oustine podcast. 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