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And I like to start 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.000 with something funny. And I heard about this man. He 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.840 was walking up to a country store and there was 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.360 a little boy sitting on the front porch with a 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.000 huge dog next to him. The man said, son, does 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.840 your dog bite? He said, no, sir, my dog doesn't bite. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.120 He reached down to pet him, and the dog took 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.600 about half of his arm off. He pulled it back 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:38.160 and said, son, I thought you said your dog didn't bite. 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:42.840 The little boy said, that's not my dog. Hold your 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.520 bible up, say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.360 my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.720 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.400 it says I can do. Today I will be talked 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:57.400 the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.720 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:05.519 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.440 to you today about you can handle it. Nothing that 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.079 comes your way in life is too much for you. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.079 God promised he will never let us face more than 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.320 we can bear. And we all go through challenges, disappointments, 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.480 unfair situations, and it's easy to let it overwhelm us 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:27.800 to where we think this is too much. I can't 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.840 deal with this illness. I can't handle this difficult child. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.920 I can't take this traffic. It's driving me crazy. This 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.040 relationship issue, it's going to be the end of me. Now, 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.320 God would not have allowed it if you couldn't handle it. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.640 But as long as you're telling yourself it's too much, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.320 then you'll talk yourself out of it. You've got to 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.840 get in agreement with God. You are not weak. You 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.840 are full of can do power. The same spirit that 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.640 raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:02.880 you through the day. Whether you're stuck in traffic or 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.880 facing a major disappointment, your attitude should be I can 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:11.080 handle it. I can handle this grouchy boss. I can 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.600 handle this difficult child. I can handle these people talking 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:19.039 about me. I can handle the Texans not winning. You 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:22.520 can't have a weak, defeated mentality. You gotta have a 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:27.040 warrior mentality. This is what Joseph did. He was betrayed 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:30.800 by his brothers, thrown into a pit, spent years in 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.800 prison for something that he didn't do. But he didn't 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.800 get depressed, he didn't start complaining. His attitude was, I 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.120 can handle it. God is still on the throne. He 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.719 wouldn't have allowed it unless he had a purpose for it. 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.280 So I'm going to stay in faith and keep being 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.159 my best. In the end, he was made second in 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:54.080 charge over all of Egypt. Listen, no person can keep 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:58.960 you from your destiny. No bad break, no disappointment, no sickness. 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:03.599 My mother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in nineteen 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.880 eighty one. Given a few weeks to live, she could 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.159 have fallen apart and thought, God, it's not fair served 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.400 you all these years. I don't understand it. No, her 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:17.280 attitude was, I can handle it. I'm not a victim. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.720 I'm a victor. Nothing can snatch me out of God's hands. 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.599 This week, you know, we're celebrating her eightieth birthday. Still 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:29.000 strong and healthy, full of joy, full of peace. My father, 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.479 back in the nineteen fifties, he was the pastor of 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:37.000 a large denominational church. His future looked very bright. That 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.599 just built a beautiful new sanctuary, But through a series 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:44.200 of events, my dad had to leave that church. Was 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.400 a major setback, a big disappointment. He'd given years of 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:52.839 his life there, but Daddy didn't sit around nursing his wounds. 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.560 His attitude was, I can handle it. I know when 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.040 one door closes, God always opens up another door. He 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.039 and my mother went out and launched Lakewood Church, and 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.599 here we are today, still going strong. Paul put it 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.600 this way Philippians four thirteen. I have strength for all 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:15.120 things through Christ, who empowers me. Listen to his declaration. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.640 I am ready for anything. I am equal to anything 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:24.000 through Him who infuses strengthen to me. I like that. 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.400 I'm ready for and equal to anything. He was saying. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.520 The enemy may hit me with his best shot, but 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.200 it won't stop me. I'm more than a conqueror. Paul 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.320 knew what he was talking about. He had been shipwrecked, 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.599 spent the night on an open sea, gone days without food, 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:47.039 He was falsely accused, beaten with rods, thrown into prison. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.239 If anyone had a right, at least in the natural 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.440 to be negative, bitter complain, it would have been Paul. 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.760 But he understood this principle. His attitude was, I can 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:01.280 handle it. I am ready for and equal to it. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:06.120 Why because Almighty God, the creator of the universe, has 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:10.800 infused me with strength. He has equipped me, empowered me, 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:15.480 anointed me, crowned me with favor, put royal blood in 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:19.040 my veins. Call me to reign in life as a 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.880 king in difficult times. Like Paul, you've got to talk 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.800 to yourself the right way. If you don't talk to yourself, 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.880 your thoughts will talk to you. They'll tell you us 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.760 too much. It's never gonna change. It's not fair. If 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.840 God loved you, he would have never let this happen. Now. 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:42.400 The scripture says, rain falls on the just and the unjust. 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.400 Just because we're a person of faith, that doesn't exempt 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:50.680 us from difficulties. Jesus told a parable about this where 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.560 one person built their house on a rock. They honored God. 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.480 Another person built their house on the sand. They didn't. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:03.160 What's interesting is the same storm came to both people. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.560 The wind, the rain fell on both houses. The difference 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:11.680 is when you honor God. The storm may come, but 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.600 when it's all said and done, you'll still be standing. 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.960 The other house built on the sand was washed away. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.080 The enemy may hit you with his best shot, but 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.320 because your house is built on the rock, his best 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.440 will never be enough. When the storm is over, you'll 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:32.240 not only come through it, but you'll come out stronger, increase, promoted, 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.920 better than you were before. Now you've got to do 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:39.040 like Paul, shake off a victim mentality and have a 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:44.200 victoria mentality. You're not a weakling, You're not lacking. The 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:48.400 most powerful force in the universe is breathing in your direction. 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.880 And every morning you need to remind yourself. I am 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.840 ready for and equal to anything that comes by way. 0:08:56.120 --> 0:09:00.640 I am full of can do power. Listen, that sickness 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:05.080 is no match for you. That relationship issue is not 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.320 going to keep you from your destiny. The loss of 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.959 that loved one did not stop God's plan for your life. 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:16.320 Don't let it overwhelm you. You can handle it. You've 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:21.199 been armed with strength. And when you have this warrior mentality, 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:25.520 this attitude of faith, knowing that you've been equipped and empowered, 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:30.520 then all the forces of darkness cannot stop you. Isaiah said, 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.960 take hold of his strength when you make this declaration, 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:39.400 I can handle it. That's not just being positive. You're 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.600 taking hold of strength. When you say it, you're getting stronger. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.560 That's why the scripture says, let the weak say I 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.560 am strong. If you're always talking about the problem, I 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.320 can't stand this job, and this professor is so difficult. 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.720 I'll never pass his course. My loved one didn't make it. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.040 I don't know what I'm going to do do. All 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:05.599 that's doing is draining you. When you talk, strength is 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:10.520 leaving energy, is leaving creativity, is leaving quit letting those 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.960 things overwhelm you. You are not a victim. You are 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:18.000 a victor. If it came your way, you can handle it. 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.440 You are ready for it and equal to it. And 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.280 if you'll stay in agreement with God, he will take 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.280 what's meant for your harm and he will use it 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:31.640 to your advantage. That difficulty won't defeat you, it will 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.680 promote you. I read about this businessman. He had worked 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.520 for a large home improvement company for over thirty years. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.240 They had retail stores all over the country, and he 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.280 had helped build it from the ground up. But one 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:50.480 day they had this corporate restructuring. They decided that they 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:53.920 no longer needed him, and of course he was disappointed. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.679 It didn't seem fair. But instead of sitting around nursing 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:01.400 his wounds thinking about what he lost, he had the attitude, 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.840 I can handle it. This is not going to defeat me. 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.360 It's going to promote me in difficult times. You have 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:13.240 to remind yourself that that is not a surprise to God. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.880 God is not up in the heavens, scratching his head, said, Oh, man, 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.160 he got laid off. That messed everything up. Oh she 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.440 got diagnosed with cancer. Joseph got thrown into a pit. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.280 Joel lost his father. Now what am I going to do? Now? 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.120 God knows the end from the beginning. He has already 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.800 written every day of your life in his book. The 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.319 good news is if you'll stay in faith, your book 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:43.280 ends in victory. This executive, instead of looking for another job, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.720 he got a couple of his friends and they started 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.960 their own company. They called it the Home Depot. It's 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.520 become one of the largest most successful home improvement stores 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:57.320 in the world. What am I saying that difficulty is 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.360 not meant to defeat you, It's meant to promote vote you. 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:06.400 A setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback. Well, 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.480 Jolie's so hard and I don't understand it. It doesn't 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:13.960 seem fair. You're talking yourself into defeat. If it came 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:18.000 your way, you can handle it. Start talking to yourself 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.520 a new way. I'm well able I'm equipped, I'm empowered, 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:26.040 I'm ready for anything. The fact is God is not 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:30.160 going to deliver us from every difficulty. He's not going 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.360 to keep us from every challenge. If he did, we 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:37.720 would never grow. The scripture says our faith is tried 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:42.000 in the fire of affliction. When you're in a tough time, 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.400 that's an opportunity to show God what you're made of. 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:50.680 Anybody can get negative, bitter, blame God, lose their passion. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.200 That's easy. But if you want to pass the test, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.359 if you want God to take you to a new level, 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.920 you cannot be a weakling. You've got to be a warrior. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.679 Dig your heels in and say, like Paul, I can 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.240 handle it. I'm ready for it, I'm equal to it. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.439 I know God is still on the throne. He's fighting 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.760 my battles, and on the other side of this difficulty 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.079 is a new level of my destiny. Colossians three twelve 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:24.240 says God has given us the power to endure whatever 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:28.520 comes our way with a good attitude. Maybe at the 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.560 office you're not being treated fairly. It's one thing to 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:37.480 go to work negative discourage, complaining, bad mouthing the boss. 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.400 That doesn't take any faith But if you want to 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.720 pass the test, you've got to go to work with 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.080 a smile on your face, with a good attitude, being 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.120 good to people, doing more than you have to. At 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.240 your house. Maybe your spouse is not treating you the 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.440 way they should. It's easy to think I'm gonna treat 0:13:56.520 --> 0:14:00.119 him the way he's treating me. These kids are disrespec's. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:01.960 I'm not going to give them the time of day. 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.160 But if you want to pass the test, you've got 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.800 to be good to people even when they're not being 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.480 good to you. You've got to do the right thing 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.480 when the wrong thing is happening. See it as an 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.600 opportunity to grow. Every time you do the right thing, 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:22.880 a blessing will follow. When you take the high road, 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.640 there will always be a reward. Too often, the mistake 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.120 we make is we're constantly telling ourselves it's not fair, 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:35.200 it's not right. When they change, we didn't improve, Then 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.360 I'll have a better attitude. Now you've got to make 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.560 the first move. You do your part and God will 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:45.480 do his part. Quit worrying about God changing another person, 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:50.200 and first allow God to change you. Is there something 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:54.440 you're letting overwhelm you. You think it's too much. Why 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:58.520 don't you get up every morning and make this simple declaration. God, 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.840 I want to thank you that I can handle anything 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:05.560 that comes my way today. I can handle a difficult boss. 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.640 I can handle getting stuck in traffic. I can handle 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.760 my plans not working out. Lord, thank you that I'll 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.680 have a good attitude wherever I am. You have to 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:20.000 decide before you leave the house that nothing that comes 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.240 your way is going to upset you. Decide ahead of time. 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.360 A friend of mine was going to have her family 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.920 over for dinner on Christmas Eve, and then they were 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.880 going to her in laws for a Christmas Day lunch, 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:37.080 and she was in charge of bringing desserts for both parties. 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:41.360 And she's a very organized, very detailed person. A couple 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:45.480 of weeks before Christmas, she called her favorite bakery where 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.960 she had ordered desserts many times before, and she ordered 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:53.960 seven pies, two pecan, two pumpkin, and three lemon moraine. 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.000 And she had to work Christmas Eve on the morning, 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.640 but in the afternoon she was going to drive with 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.080 her mother to the bakery and pick up the pies. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:09.240 But that day a snowstorm unexpectedly came in. The roads 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:13.040 were very difficult to travel. The whole city was frozen over, 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.200 and she and her mom braved the bad weather and 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.360 they finally made it to the bakery just before they 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.200 closed on Christmas even. She walked up to the counter, 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.040 gave the young man her receipt and said, I'm here 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.640 to pick up my seven pies. He said, I'm sorry, ma'am, 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.320 we don't have any more pies. She said, that's impossible. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.920 I've ordered these two weeks ago. I've got to have 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:38.720 these pies for my Christmas dinners. He said again, I'm sorry. 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:42.080 The weather was so bad we didn't think anybody else 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.000 would come in, so we've sold all the pies. She 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.800 was very upset. She started telling her mother how wrong 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.840 that was, and how she was going to call the owner, 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:53.960 and how that was ruining her Christmas. 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:54.520 On and on. 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:59.040 Another customer had come in and she overheard everything that 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.880 was going on. This lady walked up to my friend 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.160 with a big smile and said, Hey, it's Christmas. Why 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.560 are you so upset. I'm going to pray that you 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:12.320 find your desserts. My friend rolled her eyes and thought, lady, 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.800 I don't need prayer, I need pies. She thanked her 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.600 for praying and got back in the car and her 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.959 mother said, why don't we call this other bakery It 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.760 was a cross town. Daughter said, oh, Mom, we'll never 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.760 get across town in this bad weather. Plus, they're not 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.080 going to have any pies left laid on Christmas Eve, 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.080 she finally talked her daughter into calling. She called the bakery. 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:36.800 I asked if they had any pies, and the lady said, 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.320 let me check. She came back on the line and said, 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:44.040 all we have left are seven pies, two pecan, too pumpkin, 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:50.000 three lemon moraine. Friends, God is in complete control. You 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.760 don't have to get upset when things don't go your way. 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:57.000 You have the power to remain calm. You can handle 0:17:57.119 --> 0:18:01.879 any situation. Quit letting little things steal your joy. Every 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.439 day is a gift from God. Life is too short 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:10.200 to live it negative, offended, bitter discourage. Start passing the test. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:14.480 Start believing that God is directing your steps. Believe that 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.120 He's in control of your life. Believe that he has 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.600 solutions to problems that you haven't even had. If you 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:25.040 will stay calm and stay in faith, God promised that 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.679 all things will work out for your good. Hey, you say, 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.919 Jolie in that same type situation, but it didn't have 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.520 a good end. They didn't have any pies left. Well, 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:37.720 maybe God's trying to help you lose some weight. You 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:42.560 can handle it. I read something interesting about a spider. 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.520 We've all seen how a spider spins a web in 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:50.280 order to catch another insect. That web is filled with 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:54.359 a sticky substance, so when another insect comes in contact 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.280 with it, it not only gets tangled in the web, 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.080 but it actually gets stuck. Have you ever thought about 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.840 if the web is so sticky, how can the spider 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:09.080 that's spinning the web walk across it and not get stuck. 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.719 Seems like he would get trapped in his own web. 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.400 But the way God made the spider is its body 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.760 releases a special oil that flows down to the legs. 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:25.600 That way it can just slide across the web. You 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:29.439 could say the spider doesn't get stuck because of the 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:34.040 anointing that's on its life. In the same way God 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:37.760 has put an anointing on your life. It's like oil 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.760 that causes things not to stick. When you walk in 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:45.879 your anointing, knowing that you can handle anything that comes 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:49.280 your way, then things that should bring you down won't 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:53.200 be able to you get laid off. It wasn't fair. 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:56.320 You should be discouraged, you should be upset, but you 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:59.040 stay in faith and you end up with a better job. 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:03.520 Relationship comes to an end. You should be bitter, should 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:07.040 be discouraged, but you keep moving forward and God opens 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:11.280 up a new door at the office. People are playing politics, 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.440 talking behind your back. You should try to get even, 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.080 you should try to pay them back. But because of 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:20.920 this anointing, it just slides right off of you. Many 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:23.760 of you can say, like me, how did I make 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:26.560 it through the loss of my father? How did you 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.399 make it through that slow season at work? How did 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:32.840 you make it through that illness, that breakup? It's because 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:36.359 of the anointing God put on your life. He gave 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:38.439 you strength when you didn't think you could go on. 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.720 He gave you joy when you should have been discouraged. 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:45.760 He made a way when it looked impossible. Now we 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.200 can all say, with David, where would we be without 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:54.000 the goodness of God? Bottom line, God has infused strength 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:57.879 into you. He has equipped you and empowered you. You 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:02.920 are ready for and equal to anything that comes your way. Now, 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:07.720 when you face difficulties, remind yourself. I am anointed for this. 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.840 I'm not gonna fall apart. I'm not gonna start complaining. 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.639 I can handle it. I know God is still on 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:18.439 the throne. He's fighting my battles. And if God before me, 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:22.640 who dare be against me? Another friend of mine, he's 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:26.720 had cancer three times. I've never once heard him complain. 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:31.080 I've never seen him depressed. We used to play basketball together. 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:35.639 Nobody even knew anything was wrong. He doesn't have a weak, defeated, 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:39.320 poor old me mentality. He's got a warrior mentality. He 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:42.960 knows he can handle it. He's anointed for it now. 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:45.159 A couple of years ago, the cancer came back for 0:21:45.200 --> 0:21:48.480 the third time. The doctors told him they were going 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:52.280 to harvest his white blood cells before he took chemo, 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:55.400 then they could use them to help restore his immune 0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:59.480 system after the treatment. He asked the doctors how many 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.359 of these say they needed? They gave him a number. 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:05.480 He said, doctors, I'm gonna give you twice what you 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:09.080 need for the next couple of months. All through the day, 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:12.080 he'd go around saying, Father, thank you that my white 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:16.960 blood cells are multiplying, they're getting stronger, increasing they'll do 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:20.040 exactly what you created them to do. What was he 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:24.760 doing talking to himself? Taking hold of that strength, went 0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:26.960 back to the doctors. They said, you're a man of 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:30.199 your word. You've given us four times the amount that 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:34.640 we were hoping for. He took that treatment and today 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:39.040 he's totally cancer free, healthy and strong. But Philippians one 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:45.359 eight says, do not be intimidated by your enemies. Don't 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:49.200 be intimidated by that cancer. It's no match for you. 0:22:49.800 --> 0:22:53.520 Sickness cannot keep you from your destiny. God has you 0:22:53.600 --> 0:22:56.800 in the palm of his hand. Nothing can snatch you away. 0:22:57.320 --> 0:22:59.400 If it's not your time to go, you're not going 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:04.480 to go. Don't be intimidated by that financial problem. Don't 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:07.800 be intimidated by what somebody said about you. There is 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.680 an anointing on your life that seals you, protects you, 0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:15.720 enables you, empowers you. God has infused you with strength. 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:19.679 The scripture calls it can do power. I was at 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:22.440 the beach one time when our children were much smaller. 0:23:22.840 --> 0:23:27.119 Alexandra was maybe three years old and Jonathan about six. 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:29.760 We were having a good time playing in the sand 0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:34.720 making castles, when this little yellow bumblebee came and landed 0:23:34.880 --> 0:23:39.040 right beside Alexandra. She took off running afraid, and I 0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:42.160 simply swatted the bee out of the way. We went 0:23:42.200 --> 0:23:46.439 back to playing. About thirty seconds later, that bumblebee was 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:50.200 right back, flying all around. My kids started screaming, Daddy, 0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:52.320 get him, get him. I got my towel and I 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:55.240 knocked him down to the sand, thought I'll show him 0:23:55.280 --> 0:23:59.119 whose boss. About a minute later, there he was again, 0:23:59.280 --> 0:24:02.960 buzzing all around, flying by our head. This time I 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:05.800 got my towel. I not only knocked him down to 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:08.800 the sand, but I got my tennis hue and I 0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:12.680 squashed him in the sand as hard as I possibly could. 0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.880 I was tired of dealing with him. We went back 0:24:15.920 --> 0:24:19.239 to playing. A couple minutes later, I looked over just 0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:22.800 to make sure he was still dead. I couldn't believe it. 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:26.840 I saw one wing start to move. I saw this 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:29.920 other wing come up out of the sand. I thought, 0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:34.520 this is the bumblebee from hell. He started walking across 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.440 the sand like he was dazed, and I was amazed 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:39.520 not only that he was alive, but that he could 0:24:39.520 --> 0:24:43.280 get back up again. About that time, he started flying 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:46.639 off away from me. Just when I thought he learned 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:49.040 his lesson, don't mess with me. He turned around and 0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:51.880 came right back and buzzed by my head like three 0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:54.399 or four times. I had the dodge to get out 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:56.960 of the way. It's just like he is saying, ha 0:24:56.960 --> 0:25:00.720 ha ha. You couldn't kill me, and you said, Daddy, 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:05.080 kill him for good. This time I said no, Alexandra, 0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:09.919 this bumblebee deserves to live. I'm a thousand times bigger 0:25:09.920 --> 0:25:13.240 than him, and I still couldn't keep him down. That's 0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:16.120 the way you need to see yourself. No matter how 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:22.560 big that enemy looks, no matter how powerful it may seem, 0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:27.280 there is a force in you that is more powerful 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:31.240 than any opposition. Greater is he that's in you than 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:33.919 anything that comes against you. And if you'll just be 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:38.280 like that bumblebee, refuse to give up, refuse to fall 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:42.040 into self pity, refuse to let it overwhelm you. Instead, 0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:45.960 have this attitude. I'm ready for and equal to anything 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:49.720 that comes my way. I've been anointed with can do power. 0:25:50.240 --> 0:25:53.800 I am armed with strength for this battle. When you 0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:57.840 have this war, your mentality, this, I can handle it. Attitude. 0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:02.600 All the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. 0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:05.440 But some of you you've already decided, Joe, I can't 0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:09.280 handle this sickness anymore. I can't handle this problem at work. 0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:13.360 I can't handle taking care of my elderly parents in 0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:17.639 my family too. Now quit telling yourself it's too much. 0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:22.320 Those negative, defeated thoughts are draining your energy. You wouldn't 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:25.240 be there if you couldn't handle it. God wouldn't have 0:26:25.320 --> 0:26:28.359 allowed it if you weren't ready for it and equal 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:32.560 to it. You're anointed for it. When you press past 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:35.800 what's coming against you on the other side of that 0:26:35.920 --> 0:26:39.760 difficulty is a new level of your destiny. I heard 0:26:39.800 --> 0:26:44.080 about this wealthy man. He was known for being very eccentric, 0:26:44.359 --> 0:26:47.159 very far out, and one night he was having a 0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:50.840 big party at his house. In his backyard, his swimming 0:26:50.840 --> 0:26:55.320 pool was filled with sharks and alligators. He announced to 0:26:55.359 --> 0:26:58.879 all the guests, anyone who will swim across my pool, 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:02.679 I'll give you anything that you want. In a few minutes, 0:27:02.760 --> 0:27:05.840 there was a big splash. He looked over and this 0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:10.879 man was swimming ninety to nothing, dodging the alligators, maneuvering 0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:13.960 his way around the sharks as frantic as can be. 0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:16.720 He made it to the other side just in the 0:27:16.840 --> 0:27:21.280 nicotime jumped out, totally panicked. The wealthy man came over 0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:24.280 and said, I can't believe it. You're the bravest person 0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:26.800 I've ever met. Now, what do you want me to 0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:30.160 give you? The man said, what I want more than 0:27:30.240 --> 0:27:33.439 anything else is the name of the person that just 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:40.560 pushed me in. Here's my point. Sometimes in life it 0:27:40.640 --> 0:27:44.520 feels like we got pushed in. We weren't expecting it. 0:27:45.040 --> 0:27:50.040 Bad medical reporter relationship didn't make it. A business goes down. 0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:53.320 It may be a surprise to us, but it is 0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:56.840 not a surprise to God. If you get pushed in, 0:27:57.359 --> 0:28:01.119 don't sit around nursing your wounds. Life this man. Just 0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:04.679 go for it. Just keep being your best, keep honoring God, 0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:08.560 keep doing what you know you're supposed to do. God 0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:12.679 has already given you the strength, the wisdom, the favor, 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:15.879 the determination not only to make it through, but to 0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:19.520 come out better than you were before. Remember that difficulty 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:23.120 is not going to defeat you. It's going to promote you. 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:26.800 You can handle it. Take hold of this strength. Get 0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:30.560 up every morning, remind yourself. I'm ready for and equal 0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:33.760 to anything that comes my way. And if you will 0:28:33.800 --> 0:28:37.480 do this, God promises he will infuse strength into you. 0:28:38.160 --> 0:28:42.440 I believe and declare you will overcome every obstacle, defeat 0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:46.240 every enemy, and become everything God's created you to be 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:49.600 in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say 0:28:49.600 --> 0:28:52.880 it men today? 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