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We enjoy 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.240 spending this time with you. I know you're going to 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:00.800 leave encourage and inspire. 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.120 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.840 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.440 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:15.040 enjoy the message. God bless you. It's a joy to 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.000 come into your homes. We are praying for you and 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.840 your family for God's very best. I like to start 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.920 with something funny, and I heard about this minister. He 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.399 was driving down the road when he got pulled over 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:30.480 by a policeman. The officer came up to the window 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.120 and smelled alcohol. He saw a thermost and said, sir, 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.639 what are you drinking. The minister said, just water. Officer, 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.040 he asked to see the thermosts. He took one sniff 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.600 and said, it smells like wine to me. The minister said, 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.400 what do you know? Jesus did it again? Come on, 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.360 hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.720 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.720 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.480 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:04.320 taught word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.760 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:12.560 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.679 to you today about you have the cure. One of 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.200 the challenges we face with this coronavirus is there are 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:23.040 no antibodies. We've never seen this strain of virus, so 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:27.040 there is no remedy yet. Researchers are working tirelessly to 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.880 develop a vaccine. Most reports say it's going to take 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.360 about a year or more. Without a cure, we're at 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:37.560 the mercy of the virus. A friend of mine is 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:41.600 a physician that specializes in infectious disease. He said there 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.880 are diseases that he treated thirty years ago that he 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:49.960 doesn't see today because we found the antidote. Because vaccines 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:53.720 and antibodies were developed. What used to harm us doesn't 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.280 harm us anymore. Once you have the cure, you don't 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.560 have to be afraid of the disease. Well, what about 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:07.280 these viruses that you can't see with the microscope? Guilt, fear, depression, addictions. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.760 Some viruses you can't treat with a physical vaccine. There 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:15.680 are poisons that can infect our thinking, our self esteem. 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.839 If we only had an antidote to deal with the 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:23.119 guilt from our past mistakes, the times we failed didn't 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.800 make good decisions. Now we go around in regrets, down 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.160 on ourselves. If we only had the cure for the hurts, 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:35.800 the disappointments, the unfair childhood, now we're tempted to live bitter, insecure, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.440 no passion. The good news is two thousand years ago 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.839 the antidote was developed for everything that will come against you. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:49.120 Not by leading scientists, not by team of researchers, but 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:53.039 by the son of the living God. When Jesus went 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.480 to the cross, he took on our guilt, our shame, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.240 our failures. He not only bore our sins, but he 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:04.400 took our sicknesses. Before he was crucified, he was beaten 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.159 with thirty nine stripes on his back. Studies tell us 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.960 there are thirty nine major categories of disease. He took 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.440 one stripe for each one. That's why it says by 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.960 his stripes you were healed. We are not at the 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:23.839 mercy of fear, depression, addictions. We have the cure. The 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.919 most tied God is breathing in our direction. Him being 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.960 for you is more than the world being against you. 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.119 Don't let the fear, the guilt, the depression hold you down. 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:39.440 Take the antidote. Father, Thank you that I am forgiven, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:44.200 I am redeemed, I am free, I am healthy and whole. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.640 When thoughts tell you you're just average, there's nothing special 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.000 about you. If you dwell on that poison, it will 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.440 infect your thinking. You have to take your medicine. I 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:59.920 am fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm wearing a crown of favor. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.359 I have royal blood flowing through my veins. Proverb says 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:08.360 God's word is like a medicine. When you meditate on it, 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:12.880 it brings healing and woldness. When thoughts whisper, you'll always 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.960 struggle in your finances. This slowdown is going to ruin 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:20.080 your business. Don't let that virus take root. Father, thank 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:23.080 you that the economy is not my source, but you 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.360 are my source. You said you would prosper me even 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.960 in the desert. You have the cure. Now make sure 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.720 that you're taking your medicine. One time, the Israelites had 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.680 turned against God and they started worshiping idols. They ended 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:41.280 up exiled from their own land and brought into captivity 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.480 in Babylon. It was their own fault. They had brought 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.800 the trouble on themselves. The prophet Jeremiah was very discouraged. 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:53.000 He asked, is there no bomb in Gilead? Is there 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.120 no physician that can help us? He was saying, God, 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.320 is there no cure? Is there no remedy from this 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:03.240 virus that we've let infect us. He likened it to 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.360 be in bit by poisonous snakes. The truth is we've 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.360 all been bitten by something, bitten by guilt, bitten by fear, 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.880 bitten by rejection. How do we deal with the venom? 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.240 How do we get rid of the poison and not 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.880 let it stop our destiny? I read about how they 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:25.960 develop anti venom for snake bites years ago. After much research, 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.960 scientists took some of the poisonous venom from the snake 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.400 and injected it into horses. The horse would naturally develop 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.800 antibodies that they could then remove and use it as 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:41.280 serum for someone that was bitten by a snake. But 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.600 over time they realized the anti venom from the blood 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:48.640 of horses wasn't working fast enough in people. Many were 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:52.000 losing their lives. They needed an anti venom that was 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:56.800 more powerful, more affected. They tested many animals and finally 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.480 discovered that the blood of a lamb produced the most 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:05.000 effective anti venom, unlike the blood of a horse. When 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:09.119 the sheep was injected with the poisonous venom, the antibodies 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.920 it created weren't much faster in people, and produced a 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.640 much stronger and more powerful anti venom. A few years ago, 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.480 they discovered that sheep in South Australia produced some of 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.880 the most effective antibody than anywhere in the world. It's 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.560 because those sheep are in a pristine environment where they 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.480 are free from disease that typically affect other sheep. And 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.200 the fact that these sheep are so healthy and have 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:40.119 such pure blood. That's why they create the most powerful 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:44.640 anti venom. Think back to the Garden of Eden. That's 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.360 the first time we see a poisonous snake. The enemy 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:52.760 is called a serpent. He bit Adam and Eve, not physically, 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.760 but in their thinking. He deceived them and they became poisoned. 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.400 They ate the forbidden fruit. They did wrong and opened 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.760 the door to trouble. All of a sudden, they were afraid. 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:08.120 They realized they were naked. They ran and hid. Fear 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.800 came in, guilt, shame, heartache. God had to come up 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.720 with a plan to deal with the venom that had 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:20.200 poisoned mankind. He needed to create an anti venom, but 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:24.320 it had to be something incredibly powerful. That meant it 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.200 had to come from the purest blood, the most effective source. 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.800 God didn't choose the blood of a horse. He didn't 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.360 choose the blood of a goat. He didn't choose the 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:38.320 blood of another animal. This time he chose the blood 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:42.280 of his only son. The first time John the Baptist 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:46.440 saw Jesus, he said, behold the lamb of God who 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:50.560 takes away the sin of the world. Jesus wasn't just 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.880 any lamb. He was the sinless, spotless lamb of God. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:59.400 That's why his anti venom is more powerful than any 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.240 poison that comes against you. The enemy will try to 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.040 poison you with doubt. It's never going to work out. 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:09.439 Poison you with fear. What if you catch that virus, 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:13.360 poison you with insecurity. You're not good enough. Nobody wants 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:17.520 to be around you. That poison cannot keep you from 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.199 your destiny. It is no match for the anti venom 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:25.120 created by the most High God. Now quit telling yourself 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:31.160 you've made too many mistakes, living guilty, condemned. Take your antibody. Father. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.640 Thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.320 Thank you that what you started in my life you 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:42.079 will finish. You have to receive God's mercy and move forward. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.800 You can't reach your destiny if you're always looking back. 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:49.600 Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. He knew 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:53.319 every mistake you would make, every failure. You can still 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.960 get to where you're supposed to be, but you have 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.719 to shake off the guilt and move ahead. When you're 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:04.320 dealing with fear, depression, anxiety, don't just accept it. Think 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.360 I'll always struggle in this area. Take your medicine. Father, 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.120 Thank you that I am free. I have the mind 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:16.120 of Christ. I have peace that passes understanding. Lies will 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.880 tell you what you're dealing with is permanent. There's no solution. 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.840 You'll never get well, never break the addiction. Just say 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.920 no thanks. I know the blood of the lamb is 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:31.440 more powerful than the venom of any snake. Yes, there 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.480 are times that we get bid. Things happen we didn't 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.960 see coming. But you have to remind yourself. God is 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.439 not up in heaven looking for a cure, hoping that 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.319 virus doesn't defeat you, trying to figure out what he's 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:48.840 going to do. He's already created the cure two thousand 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.719 years ago. He defeated the enemy once and for all. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:57.720 The scripture says he rendered him powerless. One version says 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:02.480 he brought him to naught. Means zero. The enemy has 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.120 no power over you. He can't keep you from your purpose. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.120 The only way he can stop you is if you 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.760 start believing his lies. God's not going to bless you. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.760 Look at the mistakes you've made. You'll never accomplish your dreams. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.439 You've had too many bad breaks. Don't let that poison 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:24.080 keep you from the awesome future God has in store. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.880 Start taking the anti venom. God hasn't brought you this 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.960 far to leave you. Just because you don't see away 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.560 doesn't mean God doesn't have a way Right now. He's 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.880 working behind the scenes in your life. You wouldn't be 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.360 alive if he didn't have something amazing in front of you. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.800 Why do you think the enemy's trying to stop you. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.240 He doesn't bother people that are not a threat. He 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.040 wouldn't waste his time on you if he didn't know 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.120 you were a world changer, a history maker, that you 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.920 have seeds of greatness. He knows God is about to 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:02.679 open doors bigger than you've dreamed. You're about to step 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.960 into new levels of your destiny. Now, don't be surprised 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.600 if you get a few snake bites, so to speak. 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:13.440 A friend walks away the company doesn't need you anymore, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:18.440 and unexpected illness, that poison can cause you to get infected, 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.559 live worried, give up on your dreams, or you can 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:26.120 take that anti venom. God. I know you're still on 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:29.400 the throne. I know no weapon formed against me is 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.000 going to prosper. I'm not going to just come out. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.760 I'm going to come out better than I was before. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:37.960 There was a young lady that lost her father to 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.040 an illness. They were very close and spent a lot 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.880 of time together. She was so devastated and so heartbroken. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.040 She had been bit, so to speak, by something she 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:52.160 never saw coming. She could have become bitter, sour let 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:55.120 that poison the rest of her life, but she believed 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.320 God was still in control. It wasn't easy, but she 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:02.280 kept moving forward. When you go through loss and things 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.600 that kind of knocked the wind out of you, it's 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.600 tempting to give up on life. Think you've seen your 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.800 best days. That's when you have to dig down deep 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.680 and say, Father, thank you that you have beauty for 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.960 these ashes. You said, weeping endors for a night, but 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.640 joy comes in the morning. Lord, thank you that there 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.280 are good days up ahead. Every day you make this 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.600 choice to stay in faith, to have a good attitude 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.840 when it's not fair to believe when nothing is improving, 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.440 you can't see it. But God is working behind the scenes. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.480 He's making things happen that you couldn't make happen. As 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.960 a part of the healing process. Every day, this young 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.640 lady texted her father's number and told what went on 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.640 that day and what she was feeling. It was her 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.800 way of staying close to her father. She told him 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.440 how she had overcome cancer, how she had finished college 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:58.200 and graduated with honors. Not just the good things. She 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.600 texted about the boyfriend that broke her heart, some of 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:05.120 the other challenges she had faced. All the while, she 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.880 thought she was doing this just to help her heal, 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.840 to help her move forward. But on the fourth anniversary 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.560 of her father's death, the young lady received a response 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.800 from the number she had been texting. She thought it 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:22.600 was no longer working, but the text said, my name 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.240 is Brad. Three years ago I lost my daughter in 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:30.120 a car accident. Your text every day have been what's 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.040 keeping me going. He went on to tell her how 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.560 proud he was of her, how proud her father would be. 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.160 The young lady said that was her sign that everything 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:44.680 was okay, that she could let her father rest in peace. Today, 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:49.240 she's moving forward and doing great things. When life throws 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:53.400 us occurred, it's easy to take the venom, go around poisoned, 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.320 put the chip on her shoulder. If you'll keep moving forward, 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.960 God will give you beauty for those ashes. He didn't 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:05.120 bring you this far to leave you that loss, the disappointment, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.440 the bad break didn't stop his plan. He has you 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.600 in the palm of his hand. There are great days 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.600 up ahead. Don't let that poison stay in you. Take 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.600 the anti venom. Believe that God is in control and 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:23.000 that your latter days will be better than your former days. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:27.040 In numbers twenty one, the Israelites were in the desert, 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.760 headed toward the Promised Land. God had given them victory 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.920 over different armies, parted the Red Sea, freed them from slavery. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.640 But they got tired of traveling through the desert. They 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:42.760 begin to complain and be disgruntled. They said, Moses, there's 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:46.040 nothing good to eat out here. We can't stand this 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.080 manna anymore. Why did you bring us to the desert 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.400 to die. Let's just go back to Egypt and be 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:56.960 slaves again. They started talking bad about Moses, stirring up trouble. 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:01.960 The scripture says, poisonous snake came into their camp, and 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.560 many of them were bitten and died. And after all 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.640 God has done for us, when we're at tempted to complain, 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:13.840 be discontent. That's shaky ground here. God was giving them 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:18.199 manna each morning, supernaturally providing food in the desert, but 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:22.000 they were finding fault. The next verse says they came 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:25.639 running back to Moses and said, Moses, we have sinned. 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:30.399 It's funny how quickly their attitude changed. Trouble has a 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.800 way of helping us have the right perspective. They went 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.920 on to say, Moses, please pray that God will take 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:41.280 away these snakes. One moment they were talking bad about Moses, 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.200 the next moment they were asking him to pray for them. 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.400 If you're going to be a leader, if God's going 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:51.119 to trust you with influence, sometimes you have to pray 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:55.000 for people who were criticizing you the day before. You 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.560 have to be good to someone that doesn't deserve your goodness. 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:02.200 I'm sure was tempted to say, yeah, I would love 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:05.400 to pray for you. God send more snakes, God get 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.040 rid of the rest of them. If you're going to 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:11.679 pass this test, you have to swallow your pride and 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.520 do the right thing, even though they don't deserve it. 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:19.000 It's interesting what God told Moses to do. He said, 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.840 make a bronze snake, put it up on a pole, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.960 and everyone that looks up at that snake will be healed. 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.520 Why would he choose a snake, that's what they were 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.840 trying to get rid of. You would think God would say, 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.840 make a bronze down, or make a bronze ark of 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:38.919 the covenant. But God took the very thing that was 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:43.000 the problem and turned it into the solution. That's what 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:46.440 the scripture says. What the enemy meant for harm, God 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:51.080 turns to your advantage. The snakes didn't stop biting them, 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.120 they weren't free from trouble. But from then on, anyone 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:59.720 who looked up at that bronze snake was healed. Years later, 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:04.120 Jesus was talking to Nicodemus. He said, in John chapter three, 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:07.840 just as Moses lifted up the snake on a pole 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.720 in the wilderness, so I, the son of Man, will 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.119 be lifted up on a pole, and everyone that looks 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:20.200 up and believes in me will have eternal life. Moses 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:24.440 having the bronze snake on a pole was foreshadowing Jesus 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:28.880 dying on the cross. But the snake represents evil. Jesus 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:33.520 represents good. How could that be? Paul said in Second Corinthians, 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:37.800 Jesus became sin for us so that we could become 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:42.720 the righteousness of God. He became what he wasn't so 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:46.320 we could become who we were created to be. On 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.639 that cross, Jesus took all of our failures, all of 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.719 our shame, our guilt. Now whoever looks up to the 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:58.359 sun and believes in him will live. My question is, 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:02.439 what are you looking at your circumstances? How big the 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:06.240 problem is? This virus has me so worried. You need 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:09.880 to look up. There's healing when you look up. There's 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:13.080 freedom when you look up. There's victory when you look up. 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:17.000 There's salvation when you look up. Don't go through life 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:21.000 looking down thinking this problem is too big. It's never 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:24.040 going to work out. I've been through too much. Get 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:27.800 a new perspective. The forces that are for you are 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:31.240 greater than the forces that are against you. You may 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:35.520 have been bitten by mistakes, bitten by divorce, bitten by hurts. 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:39.560 But that is not how your story ends. That poison 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:43.480 doesn't have the final say. God is saying, look up, 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:48.200 you haven't seen your best days. Healing is coming, promotion 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:52.840 is coming, The right people are coming. Well, Joel sounds good, 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:55.399 but I've made a lot of mistakes. Join the crowd 0:20:55.960 --> 0:21:00.840 we all have. Look up, there's forgiveness. Look up, there's mercy. 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:05.000 Look up, there's another chance. Look up, there's a God 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:08.600 that doesn't give up on you. The scripture says, the 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:13.360 calling on your life is irrevocable. Well, I've gone through loss, 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:18.240 I've had bad breaks, my relationship didn't work out. Look up, 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:22.520 there are new beginnings. Look up. There are divine connections. 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:27.320 Look up, there is beauty for those ashes. After Jesus 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:31.159 was crucified, two women went to the tomb early Easter 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:35.080 morning to anoint his body. They noticed the huge stone 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:38.639 to the entrance was rolled away. They were puzzled. They 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:41.080 went in and saw a young man wearing a bright 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:44.480 white robe sitting next to where the body should be. 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:48.520 They didn't realize he was an angel. They stood there 0:21:48.560 --> 0:21:52.600 in awe, knowing something special was happening. The angel said, 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:56.680 don't be amazed. You're looking for Jesus. He's not here. 0:21:57.200 --> 0:22:00.919 He has risen. The angel was saying, in effect, you 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:05.119 have good intentions, but you're looking too low. You're looking 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.400 from a natural point of view. You need to look up. 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.520 What God is going to do in your life is 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:14.160 not going to be ordinary. It's not going to happen 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:17.200 like it happened for your relatives, those that you grew 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:20.280 up with. You're going to stand out. You're going to 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.920 break molds. You're going to set new standards. Where God 0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:28.240 has taking you. No one in your family has gone now. 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:31.480 Don't have a small vision. Don't go around looking low, 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:34.800 thinking you've reached your limits. God is about to do 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:38.360 a new thing, something that you haven't seen. He's going 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.560 to open doors you never dream would open, take your 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:45.280 places that you couldn't go on your own. In Acts, 0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:48.680 chapter twenty eight, the Apostle, Paul was a prisoner en 0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:52.600 route to Rome to stand before Caesar. The boat he 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:56.199 was sailing on encountered a huge storm and broke apart. 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.440 He and the crew grabbed pieces of the boat and 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:02.840 swam to the shore. They were on a small island 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:06.560 named Malta. When Paul went to gather wood to build 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:11.200 a fire. A poisonous snake bit his arm. Here, Paul 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:15.240 had just survived a shipwrecked justified the odds now. The 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.679 first thing that happened was this venomous viper lashed to 0:23:19.800 --> 0:23:24.199 his arm and released the poison. Paul didn't panic, he 0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:27.840 didn't fall apart. He simply shook the snake off and 0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:31.840 went about his business. Well, the local people knew exactly 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:34.679 what was going to happen. They had seen this again 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:38.040 and again. Paul was going to swell up, get sick, 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:41.720 and suddenly die. They thought, too bad, he'll be gone 0:23:41.800 --> 0:23:45.280 in a little while. An hour went by, he was fine, 0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:50.200 two hours nothing wrong, eight hours still healthy. First six says. 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:53.520 When they waited a long time and saw that no 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:57.119 harm came to him, they decided Paul was a god. 0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:00.840 They weren't far off. He was a son of God. 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:04.720 And yes, there will be times we get bit in life, 0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:09.600 bit by sickness, bit by divorce, bit by loss. Things 0:24:09.640 --> 0:24:13.320 happen we didn't see coming. But like with Paul, that 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:17.080 poison is not going to have any effect on you. 0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:21.399 You have the anti venom. What stops others is not 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:25.040 going to stop you. The most high God is pushing 0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:29.480 back forces of darkness. He's ordering your steps, making cooking 0:24:29.600 --> 0:24:33.520 places straight. What He's purpose for your life will come 0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:38.199 to pass. The scripture says God destroyed the works of 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:42.320 the enemy. That were destroyed in the original language means 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:47.120 to not have its intended purpose. When the snake bites 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:50.880 and releases that venom, its purpose is to take you out. 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:55.480 You should swell up, get sick and die like everyone else. 0:24:56.080 --> 0:25:00.040 But because God destroyed the works of the enemy, not 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:04.399 going to have its intended purpose. The sickness came to 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:07.840 my mother in nineteen eighty one. Its purpose was to 0:25:07.960 --> 0:25:11.680 end her life, but it didn't have its intended purpose. 0:25:12.119 --> 0:25:15.760 God has the final say. Nothing can snatch you out 0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:18.879 of his hands. When my father went to be with 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:22.800 the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, the enemy intended for 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:26.600 Lakewood to go down, fade away, have no more impact, 0:25:27.119 --> 0:25:31.040 But that loss didn't have its intended purpose. God had 0:25:31.080 --> 0:25:35.320 another plan that we would expand reach more people, have 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:40.480 greater influence. Don't get discouraged when negative things come. We 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:44.560 can't pray away all the difficulties. But when you realize 0:25:44.720 --> 0:25:47.800 it's not going to have its intended purpose, then you 0:25:47.840 --> 0:25:51.760 can stay in faith. The divorce, that betrayal, that slow 0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:55.640 down in the economy should sour your life. But it's 0:25:55.680 --> 0:25:58.600 not going to be what it looks like. People are 0:25:58.640 --> 0:26:01.960 going to look at you like they did Paul, and think, 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:06.160 how are they thriving when they should be surviving. How 0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:09.560 is she so blessed after going through that rough childhood? 0:26:09.880 --> 0:26:13.760 How is he still so strong, happy, successful after that 0:26:13.880 --> 0:26:17.959 bad break in his business. It's because what the enemy's 0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:20.880 sent to stop you is not going to have its 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:26.040 intended purpose. When that snake bites, don't panic, don't fall apart, 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:30.000 Just shake it off and keep moving forward. Keep thanking 0:26:30.080 --> 0:26:33.439 God that he's fighting your battles, Keep thanking him that 0:26:33.520 --> 0:26:37.560 what was meant for harm, he's turning to your advantage. 0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:40.880 I read something interesting about a honey bee. It's one 0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:44.040 of the few bees that when it stings, it leaves 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:47.800 its stinger. It just has one sting and then it's done. 0:26:48.200 --> 0:26:50.840 The next time it goes to sting, there's nothing there. 0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:54.480 It's like having a gun with one bullet, a boxer 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.400 with one punch. You better make it count because that's 0:26:57.440 --> 0:27:03.240 your only chance. Years ago, the enemy came against Jesus. 0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:07.160 What he didn't realize is like that honey bee. He 0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:11.600 only had one chance. He did his best to defeat Jesus. 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.480 He was crucified on the cross. Jesus breathed his last 0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:19.480 breath and died. It looked like the sting was successful. 0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:24.040 Satan was rejoicing, thinking he had won. But on the 0:27:24.080 --> 0:27:27.400 third day Jesus came out of the grave. He said, 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:31.080 I was dead, but I'm alive forevermore, and I have 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:34.760 the keys to death and hell. The good news is 0:27:35.080 --> 0:27:39.639 the enemy doesn't have his stinger anymore. He tried his best, 0:27:39.880 --> 0:27:43.359 but his best was not enough. That's why Paul said, 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:47.240 O Death, where is your steam? Oh grave, where is 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.760 your victory? We can live from a place of faith 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:54.320 knowing that God has removed the stinger from the enemy. 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:58.119 He has rendered him powerless. What he brings against you 0:27:58.560 --> 0:28:01.479 is not going to have it's in tended purpose. The 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:04.760 blood of the Lamb is greater than any poison that's 0:28:04.800 --> 0:28:07.960 trying to stop you. Now put your shoulders back, hold 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:10.760 your head up high. The most powerful force in the 0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:15.520 universe is breathing in your direction. Friends, you have the cure. 0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:19.159 Now get up every morning, take your medicine, dwell on 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:22.240 what God says about you. If you'll do this, I 0:28:22.359 --> 0:28:25.800 believe and declare chains that have held you back are 0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:30.800 being broken. Favor is coming, healing is coming, promotion is coming, 0:28:31.080 --> 0:28:35.720 the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. Well, I'd 0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:38.719 like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:43.400 lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:47.920 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:51.400 make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:55.440 simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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