Stay in Peace

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I promise 0:01:57.880 --> 0:01:59.960 you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.240 so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.720 coming out. And I like to start with something funny, 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.320 and my brother Paul gave me this joke. I would 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.639 never normally tell it. It's way too corny, but you 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.520 can blame him. But I heard about this blonde lady. 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:17.080 She was outside doing yard work with her weed eater 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.880 when she accidentally cut off her cat's tail. He was 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.000 in the bushes. She didn't see him. She felt so 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.840 badly she grabbed the tail, grabbed the cat, said to 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:31.560 her friend, I'm going to Walmart. Her friend said Walmart. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.920 While Walmart, she said, hello, They're the biggest retailer in 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:41.760 the world. Hold up your bible. Blame him, not me. 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.639 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.320 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:50.760 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.480 I can do. Today I will be talk the word 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:57.560 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:02.000 heart is receptive. I will never be the saying in Jesus' name, 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.840 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:11.120 about staying in peace. We all have opportunities to get 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:17.000 worried and go around upset, frustrated, offended. Somebody's not treating 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.880 us right. We're dealing with the health issue. The project's 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:25.120 taking a lot longer than we thought. Life happens. God 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.399 never promised that we wouldn't have challenges and everything will 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:32.120 always go smoothly. No, the storms of life come to 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.920 every person but God did promise that we can have 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.800 peace in the midst of the storm. And just because 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:43.360 we're in a stressful situation doesn't mean that we have 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:47.520 to get stressed out. Just because the medical report wasn't 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:51.080 good or your plans didn't work out, doesn't mean that 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:55.000 you have to be frustrated. You may be in the storm. 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.560 The key is don't let the storm get in you. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:04.680 Boat can be surrounded by water, sailing through a vast ocean, 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.680 water for miles in every direction, it's not any problem 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.360 unless the boat starts taking on the water. If the 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:17.480 boat starts allowing the ocean on the inside, before long, 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.080 it will sink. And it's the same principle in life. 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.640 You can have trouble all around you at the office, 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.800 people gossiping, playing politics at school, somebody trying to make 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:35.599 you look bad, at home, raising a difficult child, stress, frustration, worry, 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.080 it's all around you. But the good news is, just 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.359 like the boat, you don't have to allow what's on 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:46.640 the outside to get on the inside. Just because you're 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:50.800 surrounded by a situation that should be frustrating, Joel, they're 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.880 talking about me. I should be offended. Traffic's taken twice 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.400 as long as normal. I should be upset. No, don't 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:02.000 let the storm get in you. You don't start taking 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:07.240 on the water if you're controlled by your circumstances. Up 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.560 when things are up, down, when things don't go your way. 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.400 Life is going to be a roller coaster. God wants 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:18.560 you to be stable, consistent, not moved by any of 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.520 these things. And when you face an adversity, when you 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.200 hit a tough time, one of the best things you 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:30.520 can do is simply stay calm, keep your peace. When 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.800 you're in peace, that's a position of power. You're saying 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.920 with your actions, God, I trust you. I know you're 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.800 still on the throne. This may be difficult, but I 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.800 know you're fighting my battles. When you're in peace, you're 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:50.440 showing God by your actions that you're trusting him. The 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:56.120 scripture says, those who have believed enter into rest. Notice 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:59.839 when you're really believing there's a rest, Well, you did 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.440 can get the promotion? Aren't you upset? You are the 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:06.000 most qualified. No, I'm at peace. I know God has 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.800 something better. Promotion doesn't come from people. Promotion comes from 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.000 the Lord. When it's my time to be promoted, I 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.480 will be promoted that's what it means to stay at rest. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.160 Some of you have been on that roller coaster for 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:22.680 a long time, allowing your circumstances to determine whether or 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.279 not you're going to be happy. You need to put 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.640 your foot down and say that's it. From now on, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.560 I'm keeping my peace. I'm not going to allow what's 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.039 on the outside to get on the inside. I'm not 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.720 going to keep letting the same people frustrate me, the 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:43.960 same circumstances upset me. I'm going to enter into that 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:48.520 place of rest that not only allows God to work 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:52.039 in your life, but it's better for your health. We 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:57.479 were never created to live uptight, worried, stressed out. That 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:02.000 weakens our immune system won't fight off diseases like it should. 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.960 The reason some people can't overcome an illness, they're always tired, 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:10.360 run down, They don't have any energy. It's because they 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:14.920 worry all the time. On the inside. They're constantly wrought up. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.760 Even when they go to bed at night, their mind 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.920 is still going ninety to nothing thinking about that problem, 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.440 what if I can't make that payment. All that time 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:28.440 you spend worrying, you are draining your energy. It's making 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:33.280 your weaker taking your creativity. You don't do your best 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.960 work when you're worried. You don't make good decisions when 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:41.239 you're stressed out. The Scripture even says you cannot add 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.280 one inch to your height by worrying. If we could, 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.400 some of us would be twenty feet tall. We've worried 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:52.320 so long. Worry is like a rocking chair. You're always moving, 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.320 but you're never going anywhere. When God created Adam, he 0:07:56.400 --> 0:08:00.440 put him in the garden of Eden, a very quiet, peace, peaceful, 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:05.080 tranquil place. That's where God met him and spoke with him, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.600 at a place of peace. In life, it can be 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.400 very noisy if we allow it. All of us can 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:17.040 live stressed, uptied, in a hurry on edge. But in 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.760 all the busyness, the bills to pay, the deadlines at 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:24.000 the office, the children to raise, the problems we're concerned 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:28.520 about in the midst of the hectic society, we've got 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:32.160 to learn to not let the busyness, the frustration, the 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:36.640 stress to get on the inside. May be very hectic 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:40.640 on the outside, but deep down in your spirit person, 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.920 there needs to be a calmness, a rest to where 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.880 you know God has you in the palm of his hand. 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.560 You know no weapon formed against you will ever prosper. 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:56.160 The scripture says, be still and know that I am God. 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.440 And some of you have been worried for a long time, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:04.080 stressed because a dream hasn't come to pass, upset over 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:07.080 a challenge you're dealing with. You can't sleep at night. 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:11.319 It's taking your joy. But just like God met Adam 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.199 at a place of peace, God is saying, there may 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:20.719 be trouble turmoil all around on the outside, but if 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:24.120 you'll come back to that place of peace on the inside, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.240 I will meet you there. I will give you wisdom, 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.520 I will give you strength. I will turn that situation around. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.760 God meets us when we're in peace. I've been in 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:38.800 a hurricane before. In the center of the hurricane, there's 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:42.440 something called the eye of the storm, where it's very 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:47.959 calm and peaceful. All around there's chaos, Winds blow in 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:52.520 one hundred plus miles an hour, debris flying left and right, 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:57.200 danger everywhere. But as long as you're in the eye, 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:01.360 it's as calm and peaceful as can be. In life. 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.600 There will be times where it seems like everything is 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.640 out of control. My child's acting up, my company's talking 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:13.640 about laying people off. My loved One's about to pass. Challenges, adversities, 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.600 stress will come. But just like with the eye of 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.800 the storm, in the midst of that difficulty, there's a 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.120 place of peace that you can go to. The scripture 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:30.040 calls it the peace that passes all understanding. That means 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:33.800 you'll have peace when you should be upset. You'll have 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.720 peace when really you should be stressed out. Remember when 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.600 my father went to be with the Lord nineteen ninety nine. 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:43.640 That was the most difficult thing that I had ever faced. 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:48.760 Suddenly I lost my best friend. We had all these questions, 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.000 what's going to happen to the church? What if people 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.200 don't keep coming? The critics said, we'd never make it 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:59.400 without my father. The winds, the rains were very strong. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.280 But in the midst of that storm, I felt this 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:08.240 indescribable peace. I should have been worried, but I wasn't. 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.760 I should have been stressed out, depressed, but I wasn't. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.400 Why I was in the eye of the storm, I 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.720 chose to enter that place of rest. I said, God, 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.000 we know you're still on the throne. This may be 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.560 a surprise to us, but God, we know it's not 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:29.600 a surprise to you. When you stay calm in the 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.200 midst of the storm, you will feel a peace that 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:37.120 passes all understanding, a peace that doesn't even make sense. 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.840 One time Jesus was on a boat asleep. This huge 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:47.600 storm arose. The disciples were so afraid, so distraught, they 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.760 ran in frantically said Jesus, wake up, we're all about 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:55.960 to die. Jesus got up and simply spoke to the storm. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:12:01.240 He said, peace be still. Instantly everything calmed down. The 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.680 reason Jesus could bring peace to that situation was because 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.840 he had peace on the inside. He was in the storm, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.040 but he didn't let the storm get in him. And 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.160 if you get upset ben out of shape every time 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.360 things don't go your way, you can't bring peace to 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:24.920 that situation. Peace is not the absence of trouble. Peace 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.080 is not getting rid of all your enemies, overcoming all 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.320 your challenges, paying off all your bills. Now, there can 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:36.040 be trouble, conflict, challenges all around you on the outside, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:41.600 but real peace is not allowing it on the inside. 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:46.000 I read about this contest where whoever painted the picture 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:50.480 that displayed peace in the greatest, most compelling way would 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:54.720 win the prize. There were all these paintings of very beautiful, 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:59.920 peaceful scenery, the sun setting over an ocean, palm trees 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.240 blowing in the wind, so peaceful. It was a pasture scene, 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:09.640 these rolling lush green hills, white picket fence, beautiful lake 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:14.320 in the background. One was a winter scene with fresh snow, 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:18.080 a small log cabin you could see through the window 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:22.720 the fireplace, majestic mountains in the background looked so warm 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:27.439 and cozy. But the painting that won first prize was 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:32.960 a picture of a huge storm, lightning flashing across the sky, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:37.880 rain coming down, wind blowing the trees. It looked just 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.920 the opposite of peace. But over in the corner, in 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:45.480 the cleft of a rock, there was a bird in 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:51.360 her nest. Tucked away underneath her outstretched wings were six 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.560 of her baby birds. In the midst of this huge storm, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.040 they were just sitting there, as calm and as peaceful 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:03.559 as can be. See, peace is not the absence of trouble. 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.360 Peace is knowing God is right there with you in 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.720 the midst of the trouble. It talks about in Psalms, 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.320 how God will cover us under his wings, God will 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:18.960 hide us in the rock. What am I saying, don't 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.680 wait for all your problems to resolve, and then you'll 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.960 decide to quit worrying, Joel. As soon as the traffic 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.800 gets better, soon as my boss retires, soon as my 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.240 husband straightens up. If you have that attitude, there will 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:38.120 always be something to keep you upset, frustrated, offended, discouraged. No, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.040 make up your mind, you're going to have peace right 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.400 in the midst of the storm. You've heard the saying 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:50.160 Still waters run deep in the ocean. On the surface, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:55.360 the water is always changing, depending on the wind, the tide, 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:59.000 what time of year, even what time of day. It 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.000 can be very smooth, ooth and calm. Later in the 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.280 day it can be rough and choppy. When the wind 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.040 is strong and the tide is just right, there can 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.840 be ten foot waves where a few days earlier it 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:16.240 was just small white caps. What's interesting is if you 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:20.320 go down about thirty feet deep, the water never changes. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.960 It's as calm and still as can be right above it. 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:28.560 On the surface it may change a dozen times a day, 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:32.520 but thirty feet down never changes, always calm. That's the 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:36.800 way we need to be in life. On the surface, 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:42.240 things will always be going on, waves, wind, sometimes bigger 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.480 than other. You can't get away from all the traffic 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.960 or a person that irritates you, a challenge in your relationship, 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:54.119 in your health. That's just life that will create waves 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:58.080 up on the surface. But deep down in that spirit person, 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:02.040 you've got to have a calmness, a peace in your spirit. 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:07.640 The scripture says in quietness and calmness will be by strength. 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:12.520 But when you're worried, you're moved by every circumstance, upset 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.920 because you're not getting your way offended what a neighbor said, 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:20.160 then you're living a very shallow life. You're focused on 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.920 the surface. The problem is you don't control the wind. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.640 You can't control the tide. In other words, you don't 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.880 control what other people do. You can't control what your 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:36.000 neighbor says, or even what battles you fight. Really, the 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:40.400 only thing we can control is our own attitude. Life 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:44.200 is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:49.000 how you respond. If you worry all the time, get 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.560 upset every time the traffic is bad, and frustrated because 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:56.120 you have an unexpected bill, my encouragement to you today 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:01.280 is go deeper. The surface is allays going to be changing. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.640 You'll never get away from the test, the challenges, the adversities. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.320 As long as you're alive, there'll be something to deal with. 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.800 But when you learn to go down to the deep waters, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:17.119 you have this calmness, this rest. You know what's on 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.840 the surface is only temporary. A big wave hits you, 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.679 in your marriage, in your finances, in the natural. You 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.880 should be upset. On the surface, it looks big, insurmountable, 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:32.520 but deep down you've got a piece a calmness. You 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.359 know this too shall pass. That's what happened to three 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:41.399 teenagers in the scripture Shadrack Mijak of Bendigo. They wouldn't 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.600 bow down to the king's golden idol. They were about 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.040 to be thrown into a fiery furnace. The king threatened 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:50.720 them one last time. If you don't bow, this is it. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.320 Your life is going to be over. You'd think they'd 0:17:54.320 --> 0:18:00.000 be upset, discouraged, all devastated. No, they were in the store. 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.240 But they didn't let the storm get in them. They 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:05.440 knew God had them in the palm. 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:05.840 Of his hand. 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:10.120 Listen, the enemy cannot stop God's destiny for your life. 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:14.880 He's not in control. God is in control. Satan had 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:19.399 to ask permission to even test Joe. God has a 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:25.560 hedge of protection around you. Nothing can happen without God's permission, 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:29.760 and God will not allow a difficulty unless he has 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.960 a divine purpose for it. If you'll keep your peace, 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.800 you'll pass the test, and God will bring you out 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.360 better than you were before. The Israelites were facing an 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:45.399 impossible situation, God told them, hold your peace, remain at rest, 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.800 and I will fight your battles. Notice there was a 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.919 condition something we have to do. Hold your peace. That 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:58.119 indicates something's trying to take it away. Thoughts of wordy fear, anxiety, 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:01.720 What if it doesn't happen? Going to do? If you 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.560 can just stay in peace, the creator of the universe, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.320 the most High God, will go to work in your behalf. 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:13.520 Nothing can stand against our God. He has all power. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:17.880 He stopped the sun for Joshua, He closed the mouths 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:21.359 of hungry lions for Daniel. He healed my mother of 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:26.200 terminal cancer. He gave us this building when it looked impossible. 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:31.359 Whatever you face in life, if you will just hold 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:36.120 your peace, remain at rest, God promises he will fight 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.080 your battles. He will make a way even when you 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:42.879 don't see away shadrak me Jack abid to go. They 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.600 should have been afraid, should have been distraught, but they 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:49.080 understood this principle. They said, King, we're not going to 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.280 bow down to your idol. Even if you throw us 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.640 into the furnace, We're not worried. We know our God 0:19:55.880 --> 0:20:00.000 will deliver us, and even if he doesn't, we're still 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.320 I'm not going to bow down. They were saying. If 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.640 it happens our way, great, but if it doesn't work 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.600 out the way we wanted, we're still going to stay 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.480 in peace. I like that, Joel. I'm believing to get healed, 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:17.320 but even if I don't, I'm still in peace. I 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.240 know when I die, I'm going to go to heaven 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:22.240 and be with the Lord. That's not too bad that 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:25.720 person at the office that gets on my nerves. If 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:30.640 God removes them, fine. If God chooses to leave them, fine, 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.480 I'm still going to stay in peace. When you have 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.840 a made up mind that no matter what life deals 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:39.919 your way, you're going to stay calm and in peace, 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:44.400 all the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.199 This is what the apostle Paul did. All kinds of 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:51.439 things came against him. He was shipwrecked, went days without 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:56.000 food or water, he was beaten with rods, falsely accused, 0:20:56.000 --> 0:21:00.320 put into prison. Yet he said, none of these things 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:06.080 move me. Paul wasn't living on the surface. He was stable, consistent, 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.800 living in the deep waters. That's the attitude we need 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:13.359 to have. None of these things move me. Business is 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.280 a little slow. I'm not moved by it, not losing 0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:19.840 any sleep. I know Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:23.880 He is supplying all of my needs. Traffic's backed up. 0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:26.720 I'm not moved by it. My steps are ordered by 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:30.119 the Lord. Somebody's talking about me, not move by it. 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:32.960 That's a small wave that's on the surface. I'm in 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:35.840 the deep waters. Well I heard you got a bad 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:39.159 medical report. Yes, that's true, but I'm not moved by it. 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:42.240 I know God made my body the number of my 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:46.080 days he will fulfill. Well I saw your son got 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:48.960 into trouble again. Yes, but I'm not moved by it. 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.719 It's only temporary. As for me and my house, we 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:56.280 will serve the Lord. Some of you today would go 0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:59.280 to a new level if you would quit letting so 0:21:59.440 --> 0:22:03.120 many things move you. Life is too short to live 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:08.399 it offended upset, stressed out, discouraged. Every day is a 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.920 gift from God. Before you leave the house, you need 0:22:11.960 --> 0:22:14.840 to make up your mind. Nothing is going to move 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:18.520 me today. Nothing's going to upset me, the traffic, the weather, 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:23.360 what somebody says, a delay, a disappointment. My plans may 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:26.280 not work out, but I know this. My God is 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:29.280 still on the throne. And if he before me, who 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:33.720 dare be against me? The scripture talks about putting on 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:37.320 the armor of God. One piece of that armor is 0:22:37.359 --> 0:22:40.719 our shoes of peace. When you get up in the morning, 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:43.159 you need to make sure to put your shoes on. 0:22:43.920 --> 0:22:47.000 You've got to prepare ahead of time that nothing is 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:51.200 going to frustrate you. Your child forgets his lunch, You've got 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:53.720 to run back to the school and it stresses you out. 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:57.600 What's the problem your barefoot? You forgot to put your 0:22:57.640 --> 0:23:01.160 shoes on at the grocery store. If somebody's rude to you, 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:03.400 you're about to be rude back to them. No quit 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:07.080 leaving the house barefoot. Make sure you put your shoes 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:11.119 a peace on every morning. Victoria and I and our 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:14.000 children went to Australia not long ago to hold a 0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:17.360 night of hope. It was a sixteen hour flight over there, 0:23:17.400 --> 0:23:20.520 and before we left someone gave us a small bag 0:23:20.640 --> 0:23:23.879 of toiletries as a gift. Had a toothbrush in it 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:27.600 and mouth wash, earplugs, things you might need on a 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:31.440 long flight. About thirty minutes before we landed in Sydney, 0:23:31.680 --> 0:23:35.840 Victoria opened hers up and got out this small aerosol can. 0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:38.720 Looked like that kind of water you spray on your 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:41.840 face to freshen up. She leaned over to me and 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:44.000 gonna use me as the guinea pig. Joy, you want 0:23:44.040 --> 0:23:46.240 some of this? And I said no, Victoria, I don't 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:48.800 want any Oh come on, Joe, it'll make you feel good. 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:51.400 Just try something, I said, Victoria, I don't want any Oh, Joy, 0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:53.960 it'll just freshen you up. Come on, try it, said Victoria. 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:55.720 I do not want any of that in my face. 0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.040 She said, okay. She started spreading it all over her 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:02.840 face and saying real dramatically, Oh, this feels so good. 0:24:03.680 --> 0:24:06.080 She sprayed some more. Oh, Joe, you don't know what 0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:09.280 you're missing, on and on, over dramatic. At that time, 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:13.199 I smell something really strange, I said, Victoria, are you 0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:17.440 sure that's water? It smells like perfume. She touched her face. 0:24:17.480 --> 0:24:19.840 She said, I don't know. It's sticky too, and said, 0:24:19.880 --> 0:24:22.560 give me that bottle. It's all in another language. The 0:24:22.600 --> 0:24:24.600 only thing I could read right at the very bottom, 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:30.320 it said spray deodorant. She said, what am I going 0:24:30.400 --> 0:24:36.000 to do? I said, keep your peace. When you live right, 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:42.600 God will protect you, even from your wife. Two Timothy 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:49.720 Ford says, be calm, cool and steady, unflinchingly endure hardships. 0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:55.400 I like that word. Unflinchingly. Somebody says something derogatory about you, 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:59.159 don't even flinch, don't blin. Don't let it phase you. 0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:01.840 I got my sh use a peace on. Plus, I 0:25:01.920 --> 0:25:04.840 got my earplugs in. You didn't get a good report 0:25:04.880 --> 0:25:08.040 about your health. Don't fall apart all man. I've been praying, 0:25:08.080 --> 0:25:11.080 I've been eating right. I don't understand. Yo, I'm so upset. 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:15.760 Don't flinch. Tap into the deep waters. That's the surface 0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:21.120 waves come and go. Be calm, cool and steady. That's 0:25:21.200 --> 0:25:24.800 not just being tough. That's showing God that you're trusting him. 0:25:25.480 --> 0:25:28.680 You applied for the loan, it didn't go through. Don't flinch. 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:32.080 God knows what he's doing. You had big plans. They 0:25:32.160 --> 0:25:36.360 got canceled. Don't flinch. It's only a test. You thought 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:38.680 that person you were dating was the right one didn't 0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:43.040 work out, don't flinch. God has somebody better in store. See, 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:46.159 it's one thing to go through a difficulty and everybody 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:50.080 knows about it. Your family's praying, friends are cheering your own, 0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:53.200 Your coworkers are standing with you. There's nothing wrong with that. 0:25:53.600 --> 0:25:56.840 We certainly need each other. But when you go through 0:25:56.840 --> 0:26:01.399 a difficulty and nobody knows anything about it, You've still 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:04.280 got a smile on your face. You're still being good 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:07.560 to people, You're still singing in the choir, You're still 0:26:07.560 --> 0:26:10.600 giving it your all at the office. The enemy did 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:14.439 his best, but you didn't flinch. You didn't have a 0:26:14.480 --> 0:26:18.320 nervous breakdown. You didn't get bitter. You didn't give up 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.439 on your marriage. You didn't drop out a church, you 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:25.800 didn't quit dreaming. You kept being your best. God is saying, 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:30.479 because you have endured unflinchingly, I'm about to turn that 0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:35.200 situation around. I'm about to restore what's been stolen. I'm 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:39.880 about to show you healing, favor, promotion, breakthroughs like you've 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:45.080 never seen. When you endure unflinchingly, the creator of the 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:48.439 universe goes to work. Some of you have been in 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:51.159 a difficulty for a long time, and you're wondering if 0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:53.000 it's ever going to change, Is it ever going to 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:56.760 get better? God made a promise in Exodus thirty three. 0:26:57.240 --> 0:27:01.720 He's saying it to you, I will give you Everything 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:05.600 will be fine for you. Let those words sink down 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:10.000 into your spirit. Everything will be fine. Your marriage may 0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:12.440 be a little rocky right now, don't worry about it. 0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:16.879 Everything will turn out fine. Your child may be off course, 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:21.360 keep your peace. God's working behind the scenes. Everything will 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:24.919 be fine. You may be struggling in your finances. You 0:27:24.920 --> 0:27:27.680 don't see how you're going to make it. Listen, God 0:27:27.800 --> 0:27:31.479 feeds the birds of the air. How much more is 0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:34.320 he going to take care of you? Everything will be fine. 0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:38.199 Maybe you went through a loss, a disappointment. The future 0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:41.960 doesn't look very bright. Stay at rest. A new beginning 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:46.440 is coming. Everything will be fine. Friends. We don't really 0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:50.160 know what the future holds, but we do know who 0:27:50.240 --> 0:27:53.679 holds the future. God has you in the palm of 0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:58.399 his hand. Nothing can snatch you away. The storms of 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:02.280 life come to every perse My challenge today, don't let 0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:06.479 the storm get in you hold your peace, remain at rest. 0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:10.720 That's your position of power. When you're in peace, the 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:14.080 creator of the universe goes to work. Before you leave 0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:16.920 the house each day. Make up your mind. Nothing's going 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:19.840 to move me today, nothing is going to upset me. 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:23.280 If you do this, you'll not only live healthier, but 0:28:23.359 --> 0:28:27.160 God promises he will show up, fight your battles, turn 0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.560 situations around. I believe and declare you will live the 0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:34.200 life of victory he has in store in Jesus' name 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:38.720 if you receive it. Can you say amen? 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