The Power of Remembering - Victoria Osteen

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We 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.280 want to remember what is beneficial and what is good. 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.160 Have you ever been mowing the lawn, or maybe washing 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.120 the dishes, driving down the street and all of a sudden, 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:03.640 a memory from the past hits your thoughts. Man, it 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.639 came out of nowhere, or maybe something that had happened 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:10.359 two weeks ago at work just kind of runs right 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.360 into your thought life and it makes you feel sad 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:18.079 or lonely depressed. Maybe those negative thoughts made you even 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.240 feel fear for a moment, fear of what would happen 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.840 in the future. You see, that's what negative thoughts do 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:29.320 to our life. They stop us. They're intended to cause 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.480 us to pause, to not walk in faith in victory. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:35.720 So that's why I want to encourage us so much 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:38.440 to remember what we're remembering. 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.920 Let's remember the good. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:46.680 The apostles wrote many times in the New Testament. They 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.200 wrote things like this, I am writing to remind you. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:57.320 I am writing to remind you again. Paul put put 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.960 it this way. He said, I never get tired of 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:04.760 reminding you. In second Peter said this, He says, I'm 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:10.200 writing you two letters, two letters to remind you. 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.519 You See, they knew the power in remembering the right thing. 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.080 They knew that it could transform your life when you 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:21.240 remembered what God has said and when you remember what 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.920 God has done. See, we need to remember. It's easy 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.080 to put our minds on autopilot, but we have to 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.120 know that there's transforming power and it's worth using our 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:38.080 time and energy to focus on what we're remembering. The 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.600 Old Testament, God commanded his people, the children of Israel. 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.000 He commanded them to take time out from their busy 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:50.800 schedules several times a year to celebrate festivals. He called 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:55.160 them times of remembrance. See, he wanted them to stop 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.400 to celebrate what he had done. 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:58.640 Now, can I. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.400 Tell you this, This was a's a suggestion by God. 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:07.840 It wasn't something that was optional. God required them to 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:13.760 take time to stop and remember the miracles, how he 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.560 parted the Red sea, how he brought water out of 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:20.159 the rock, how Manna came down from heaven. He wanted 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:24.560 them to pause and remember the wonders that he had done, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.279 the marvelous deeds that he had performed. 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.320 You know why he wanted them to do that because 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:31.520 they are a lot like us today. 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:36.279 They get busy doing life, and sometimes when we're so 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.800 busy doing life, we have a tendency to forget. And 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.200 in that busyness, and in those struggles and in those 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:49.239 places of trying to make things happen, we find ourself thinking, 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.159 if I don't make this happen, it's not gonna happen. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.400 I gotta get this done, I gotta do this, I 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.640 gotta do that. And we struggle, and we struggle, and 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.760 we get we forget who's in control, We forget who 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.400 we can depend on, We forget who can do things 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.680 that we can't do we forget the miracles that God 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:16.880 has done in our life. So often we forget what 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:21.719 we should remember, our victories, our success, the good times. 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.280 You see, some people feel guilty if they're having fun. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:30.760 Sometimes we remember what we should forget, the pain, the heartache, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:35.880 the loneliness. You see, we can't allow the things of 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:40.280 the past to control our life. God doesn't remember those 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.599 past mistakes. He doesn't even remember the things that people 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:47.039 spoke into your life. All he knows is he wants 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.880 you to move forward today. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:49.960 He wants you to. 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:55.160 Remember the good, remember what He has done. See when 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.479 we don't use the power of remembrance for our favor 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.160 our life, Let's remember the good so that we can 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:08.279 strengthen our life. We need to choose to rewrite our history. 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.240 Now you say, how do you do that? These things 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:16.400 really happen and victoria. You're saying I should be in denial. No, 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.039 I'm not saying you should be in denial. I'm saying 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:23.520 you should choose your pieces to create your God's story. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:30.640 You create your God's story. You don't have to let 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.479 your past create the story and the history for you. 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.560 God has already done away with your past. The only 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.719 way not to let that past be the past is 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:41.120 to not. 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.359 Live in the past. You say, you can't live in 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:44.960 the past. 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.680 If you want to get away from your past, you 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.440 have to understand today is your future. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:56.040 The past is the past, but today is your future. 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.960 What are you going to remember? What story are you 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.640 creating for your life? 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:08.880 See the Psalmah said, I remember what the Lord has done, 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:13.920 I remember his marvelous works. Why because he had to 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.800 bring something that was from the past, which was a miracle, 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.840 how God had helped him before. He had to bring 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.360 it into the future so that he could get through 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.760 the difficult time he was going through, so he could 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.520 get through any doubt or any unbelief that was trying 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:31.280 to stop him. 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.200 See that's our choice today. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.160 We can either take a piece of the God's story 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:38.880 and bring it into our future, or we can take 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.600 a piece of something that's not going to help us, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.680 that God's already taken care of, and bring it into 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:45.240 our future. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:50.440 See what are you remembering? Is so very important today. 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:54.200 The Bible records how God also told his people to 0:07:54.280 --> 0:08:00.120 put down memorial stones stones a remembrance. He said, put 0:07:59.920 --> 0:08:03.840 these stones down so you can remember the specific victories 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.640 that I have given you, the things. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:07.520 That I helped you with. 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.600 See, these were so that they could remember as they 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.480 passed by, as they lived their life. They put down 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.720 these memorial stones not only for themselves, but God said, 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.440 I want you to put these down for future generations. 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.480 I want them to see how I work in your life. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.320 Do you have any memorial stones? Do you have some 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.960 things in your life? Because I can tell you this today, 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.360 you wouldn't be sitting here if God hadn't done great 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:39.440 things in your life. 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:44.640 You have memorial stones, you have victories. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:45.920 You know. 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.400 Maybe there's a job that you're going to every single 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.960 day and you can certainly say, God, I wouldn't have 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:55.200 this job if it wasn't for you. Maybe you've had 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.600 student loans that you've been paying on for a long 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:00.120 time and it's been difficult and it's been rough, but 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.400 you finally got them paid off. Maybe your car is 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.760 a big old memorial stone and you're saying, God, thank 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.800 you for this car. This is my memorial stone of 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.960 your goodness, of your mercy, and your favorite in my life. 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:16.280 See, when we. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:21.200 Look around, we can see these places and spaces in 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.360 our life that God brought us victory brought us success. 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.559 That's why he wants us to remember the good things. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:33.160 He wants us to move them forward and create our 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:37.320 God's story. The mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, tells us 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.560 a story about how his father died when he was 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:44.600 thirteen years old, and how his mother raised nine children 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:48.280 all by herself. And he tells about how she brought 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:51.200 them to church and raised them in church, and how 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.480 it was very important to her that they got in school, 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.760 and so she made sure they were in school because 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.320 an education was very important to her. 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:03.080 He tells how it was rough, times were tough. 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.640 They couldn't always have what they wanted or even sometimes 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.920 what they needed. He said, But the thing I remember 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:15.280 about my mother is this, She never complained. She never 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:19.640 told me how hard it was. She always said this, Sylvester, 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:25.320 Tomorrow will be a better day than today. 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.240 Tomorrow will be a better day than today. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:30.440 You know. 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:35.360 Sylvester Turner is a Harvard grad. When he became mayor 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.920 of the city, he gave his inaugural address, and this 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.959 is what he said. He said, today is evident what 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.839 my mom always said was very true. Tomorrow will be 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:51.080 better than today. You see Sylvester's mother laid down a 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.520 memorial stone of faith to her children. You see, with 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:59.520 her words and with her actions, she erected God's goodness 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:00.000 in their lives. 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.560 She laid down a memorial stone. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:07.560 Of hope for his future that he always remembered. You see, 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.040 oftentimes we want to tell our children how hard it 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.920 is and why they can't have this, and how they 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.760 shouldn't do that because they may end up like this. 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.520 But can I suggest to us today that we begin 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.360 to bring those God pieces and lay them at the 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:26.520 feet of our children. Let's create a God's story for 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.920 their future. Let's tell them how God got you through 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:34.199 and how He's going to get them through. You see, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:38.439 those stones will create stepping stones for their future. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.400 We need direct, some memorial stones. 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.920 We need to remember what we're remembering. Bring your God's 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:48.480 story forward so. 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.160 That it'll energize and infuse your life. 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.160 You see, when you tell the next generation of the 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.120 deeds of the Lord in his mighty power, it makes 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:00.080 a difference in your family line, It makes the. 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:01.800 Difference for your future. 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:07.600 Remembering God gives us hopeful and it encourages us, and 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:11.840 it shapes our thoughts and prepares us for the faith 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.439 to allow God to bring. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:15.920 Those good things in our life. 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:16.280 Amen. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:18.480 Amen, He's an awesome God. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.800 As a thank you for your support of our ministry 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.360 this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.160 Joel's new exclusive Many book collection, Gifts of God. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:33.760 What gifts do you need today? 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.960 God offers you the gift of joy, the gift of peace, 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.600 the gift of favor. 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