Overflowing With Hope

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 NLT

What are you overflowing with?

Abraham

Sometimes God will put things in your spirit that don't make sense to you but God doesn't ask you to figure it out.

He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

Romans 4:21 NLT

Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping—believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, "That's how many descendants you will have!"

Romans 4:18 NLT

Tune out the negativity and tune into God. Don't be moved by negative reports because God has a different report.

Don't consider your circumstances.

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

Romans 4:19 KJV

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While you're waiting it's easy to lose passion but you have to keep your hope stirred up

Surely, Lord , you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalms 5:12 NIV

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalms 23:6 NIV

Start adding some surelys to what you're believing.

David asks God not to hide from him. He continues by reminding God that He has been his help before, and he doesn't want to be forsaken now. David asks God to teach him His way and lead him in a plain path because of his enemies. He turns his enemies over to God instead of trying to deal with them himself.

I  would  have  lost  heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

Psalms 27:13 NKJV

God had promised the Israelite the land but a majority of the scouts considered the circumstances instead of the promises.

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."

Numbers 13:30 NKJV

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:6 ESV

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:19 ESV

Sometimes you can't find someone to agree with you well God is always there with you.

Grew strong in faith by giving praise to God.

Are you looking at how big your obstacles are or are you looking at how big your God is.

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Letting Go of Control

God gives us promises not plans. We can't determine who, what, when, where, or how! You have release control unless you want to live frustrated. When you released control, you can enjoy life.

For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said, "In my anger I took an oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest,'" even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.

Hebrews 4:3 NLT

When you're in rest, you're in faith.

For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God's goal for us, we need to be careful that we're not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. But not if we don't have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work," but in this other text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today , just as he did in David's psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don't turn a deaf ear . . .

Hebrews 4:1‭-‬3 MSG

Lisa struggled with fertility even though God gave her the promise of motherhood. Her concern led her toward an unhealthy focus on forcing this dream to come to pass.  She ended up being contacted about adopting two babies.

But You, O Lord , shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

Psalms 102:12‭-‬13 NKJV

If there's a set time, then there's a wrong time.

Embrace where you are.

Joseph

In the biblical narrative, Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt.

God can use friends or enemies, open doors or closed doors, shortcuts or detours, a set back or a set up, etc!

A man's steps are of the Lord ; How then can a man understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:24 NKJV

If you try to figure everything out, then you'll just get confused.

The kiss of Judas, also known as the Betrayal of Christ, is the act with which Judas identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels

Jesus said, "Let them be. Even in this." Then, touching the servant's ear, he healed him.

Luke 22:51 MSG

On the other side of that crucifixion is a resurrection, we just can't see it.

The opposition is not in control, they are pawns in the hands of almighty God.

You're not supposed to fight every battle.

Acts 27

On the journey to Rome, a major storm occurs which takes the ship that Paul and other prisoners were on off its course. The sailors gave up on trying to direct the ship and they let it go where the winds took it. ... They even threw some gear into the sea to lighten the ship's load.

Give your burdens to the Lord , and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.

Psalms 55:22 NLT

Stop resisting and start resting.

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The Hot Winds of Testing

Pastor Joel at Lakewood Church 

God doesn't stop every challenge and on the other side is a new level.

Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.  But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.  Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.  But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

Luke 8:12‭-‬15 NKJV

You'll be tested no matter who you are. 

Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.  Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

Ephesians 6:13‭-‬15‭, ‬17‭-‬18 NLT

Don't be moved by what's not changing.

Here's what I've learned: I know God is on my side not by the storms he stopped, but by the storms that didn't stop me. You can't judge God's favor by the storms he kept you out of, but by the storms he brought you through.

I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.

Psalms 41:11 NLT

The scripture says you will go through the fire, and not be burned. You will go through the waters, and not drown. You will go through the famine, and not go hungry. Don't get discouraged over what God is bringing you through. He won't allow you to get in a difficulty that he can't bring you out of.

In the scripture three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. He was so upset, he was going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. You talk about the hot winds of testing. What they were up against seemed impossible. They could have panicked, fallen apart, "God, we were being our best, doing the right thing, why did this happen"? It's a test. God allowed the difficulty not to defeat them, but to establish them. They said, "King we're not going to bow down. We know, our God will deliver us". If they would have stopped there we would think that's great, they had faith, they believed. But what they said next shows us their real attitude.

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up."

Daniel 3:17‭-‬18 NLT

Sometimes God will keep you out of the fire, other times he'll make you fire proof and send you into the fire. You may be in the fire now, you feel those hot winds of testing. You need to remind yourself, like these teenagers those flames can't harm you, that trouble can't take you out, those people can't stop what God has ordained - it's a test. 

When your roots go down deep, God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. You'll defeat giants that are much bigger, accomplish dreams that seem impossible.

If it feels like it's too much, that's because you're stronger than you think, it's because your destiny is greater than you think. He's getting you prepared for things much bigger in your future, for favor, influence, opportunity that you've never seen. Don't wilt in the trouble, dig down deep. It's not too much for you, you can handle it, you've been armed with strength for this battle. You are full of can-do power. The forces that are for you are greater than the forces that are against you.

Biosphere 2 Project.

It's in a big dome that cost 150 million dollars. They made it to study how the earth functions, and to learn more about how we can make improvements. It has 3 800 species of plants and animals, including a rain forest, a savannah, and a desert. They discovered that in this biosphere trees grew much faster than trees outside the dome. They were taken aback at how rapidly they grew, but before the trees reached their full height they fell over. They couldn't withstand their own weight. They realized, in this biosphere they hadn't replicated the wind. It was always calm and peaceful, never any strong winds, never any storms.  Because the trees didn't have to withstand any wind, their roots didn't develop properly, and they had a deficiency in what they called stress wood. Stress wood helps the tree grow stronger and more solidly. Without it the trees can grow fast, but they can't survive. The wind is essential for the tree to flourish, and become what it was created to be. In the same way without these hot winds of testing, without storms, without difficulties, our life would be easier, but we wouldn't develop properly. We wouldn't be able to carry the weight of what God has in store.

Don't complain about the wind, it's strengthening you. Those hot winds of testing can be uncomfortable, we don't like it, but your roots are going down deeper. You're developing, courage strength, fortitude. Those winds are not there to break you, they're there to make you. They're helping you become who you were created to be.

Airplanes

It's interesting that airplanes don't take off with the wind, they take off against the wind. The airplane needs the resistance of the wind to get lift. Are you complaining about winds being against you, when in fact God is going to use those winds to give you lift? That challenge may look like it's going to stop you, but really it's going to promote you. Don't get discouraged because you're in the hot winds of testing, that tells me you're about to lift off, you're about to see things you've never seen, go places you've never gone. Past the test, keep standing, keep doing the right thing.

David

After David defeated Goliath king Saul asked him to come to the palace and be one of his armor-bearers. When Saul wasn't feeling well, he'd have David come in and play the harp. David was faithful. He served Saul with excellence, always gave it his best, but Saul was jealous of David. He didn't like the fact that David was getting all this recognition. One day while he was playing the harp, Saul throw a spear at David trying to kill him, barely missed. David had to flee for his life. He spent months in the desert on the run from king Saul.  Here David hadn't done anything wrong. He could have said, "God, this isn't fair, where are you"? But in those hot winds of testing David kept doing the right thing. He had a chance to kill Saul, to get revenge, but he wouldn't do it. He knew Saul was anointed to be king, and David wouldn't touch God's anointed. As David kept passing the test, his roots were going down deeper, his character was being developed, he was showing God what he was made of. That's what prepared him to take the throne and do great things.

Jesus

Even Jesus had to go through these hot winds of testing. You would think he would have it easy, God would surely favor him, keep him from opposition, from bad breaks. But he had to pass these same tests. People he loved walked away. Peter denied him. Thomas doubted him. The religious leaders made fun of him. In the Garden of Gethsemane he was overcome with despair so much so, that he swept great drops of blood. When he was crucified, the scripture says (Matthew 27:45), "Darkness fell across the whole land from the sixth to the ninth hour". As he hung there, the sun refused to shine. It was a dark moment and without that dark moment, we wouldn't have salvation. Even Jesus asked why God had forsaken him.

It's significant that the scripture tells us darkness covered the earth from the sixth to the ninth hour. The writer wasn't just giving us a time frame so we would know chronologically when it all happened, God was showing us just as he sets a time for you to come into the dark moment, he sets a time for you to come out of it. Can I tell you? Your ninth hour is coming. The dark moments are not permanent. The hot winds of testing don't last forever. You are close to seeing things turn around. You are close to a breakthrough, close to your healing, close to meeting the right person, close to victory like you've never seen.

Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

Romans 8:18 NLT

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Keep On Walking

We have the promise in our heart but most of the time God doesn't do things instantly.

10 sufferers of leprosy were asked to do something that didn't make sense after asking Jesus to heal them.

Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan.

Luke 17:14‭-‬16 MSG

Leprosy was very contagious and sufferers were asked to stay away from people so they could have argued or talked themselves out of it.

They ran out of wine and Jesus told them to fill up pots with water.

Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus' mother told him, "They're just about out of wine." Jesus said, "Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn't my time. Don't push me." She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it." Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, "Fill the pots with water." And they filled them to the brim. "Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host," Jesus said, and they did. When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn't know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, "Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you've saved the best till now!" This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

John 2:1‭-‬11 MSG

Is God asking you to do something that doesn't make sense?

Had they not filled up those pots there would have been no wine.

Elijah

One day the wife of a man from the guild of prophets called out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead. You well know what a good man he was, devoted to God . And now the man to whom he was in debt is on his way to collect by taking my two children as slaves." Elisha said, "I wonder how I can be of help. Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Nothing," she said. "Well, I do have a little oil." "Here's what you do," said Elisha. "Go up and down the street and borrow jugs and bowls from all your neighbors. And not just a few—all you can get. Then come home and lock the door behind you, you and your sons. Pour oil into each container; when each is full, set it aside." She did what he said. She locked the door behind her and her sons; as they brought the containers to her, she filled them. When all the jugs and bowls were full, she said to one of her sons, "Another jug, please." He said, "That's it. There are no more jugs." Then the oil stopped. She went and told the story to the man of God. He said, "Go sell the oil and make good on your debts. Live, both you and your sons, on what's left."

2 Kings 4:1‭-‬7 MSG

Make room for it even when you see no signs of it. Plan for it, talk like it, act like it

She could have said, sir you heard me wrong, I only have a little oil... but she was obedient!

God is not moved by what's not moving.

Joshua watched his mentor part the red sea so he mimiced Moses' actions in faith but the waters did not part so he just kept walking! He didn't know God was about to do something that he'd never seen!

Are you going to get your feet wet?

The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.

Psalms 114:3 NLT

God said to Joshua, "This very day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel. They'll see for themselves that I'm with you in the same way that I was with Moses. You will command the priests who are carrying the Chest of the Covenant: 'When you come to the edge of the Jordan's waters, stand there on the river bank.'" Then Joshua addressed the People of Israel: "Attention! Listen to what God , your God, has to say. This is how you'll know that God is alive among you—he will completely dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. Look at what's before you: the Chest of the Covenant. Think of it—the Master of the entire earth is crossing the Jordan as you watch. Now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe. When the soles of the feet of the priests carrying the Chest of God , Master of all the earth, touch the Jordan's water, the flow of water will be stopped—the water coming from upstream will pile up in a heap." And that's what happened. The people left their tents to cross the Jordan, led by the priests carrying the Chest of the Covenant. When the priests got to the Jordan and their feet touched the water at the edge (the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest), the flow of water stopped. It piled up in a heap—a long way off—at Adam, which is near Zarethan. The river went dry all the way down to the Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea). And the people crossed, facing Jericho. And there they stood; those priests carrying the Chest of the Covenant stood firmly planted on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground. Finally the whole nation was across the Jordan, and not one wet foot.

Joshua 3:7‭-‬17 MSG

I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

Psalms 37:25 NKJV

You have armor for moving forward.

What awaits you if you just keep walking 

Don't try to figure it out just keep expecting.

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Victory Begins in the Dark

At 12am nothing looks different. If you didn't have a watch you wouldn't know that it was a new day.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:1‭-‬2‭, ‬8 NKJV

That's what faith is about. If day started at sunrise everything would make sense but midnight makes no sense. That's why you have to walk by faith and not by sight.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV

The very moment I call to you for a father's help the tide of battle turns and my enemies flee. This one thing I know: God is on my side!

Psalms 56:9 TPT

Psalms 56:9 NKJV

One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape.

Acts of the Apostles 16:16‭, ‬22‭-‬23 NLT

Paul and Silas were doing what they were supposed to be doing but were sent to jail.

They could have been down and depressed.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.  And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.  But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.  Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:25‭-‬30 KJV

Don't go by what you feel, go buy what you know. God starts the day in the dark. God's timing is not our timing.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 50:15 KJV

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:32 KJV

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:1 KJV

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Job 10:12 KJV

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:  Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

Job 8:20‭-‬21 KJV

What if the darkness you are going through is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb?!?!

God is using that darkness to birth something!

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

Psalms 30:11 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.30.11.NLT

When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring. So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Job 42:10‭-‬12 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/job.42.10-12.NLT

When you go from pm to am nothing looks different.

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Ready to Rise

We all have things that can push us down but we're never meant stay down.

We were created to  overcome!

We have bounce back!

Don't, enemy, crow over me. I'm down, but I'm not out. I'm sitting in the dark right now, but God is my light. I can take God 's punishing rage. I deserve it—I sinned. But it's not forever. He's on my side and is going to get me out of this. He'll turn on the lights and show me his ways. I'll see the whole picture and how right he is. And my enemy will see it, too, and be discredited—yes, disgraced! This enemy who kept taunting, "So where is this God of yours?" I'm going to see it with these, my own eyes— my enemy disgraced, trash in the gutter.

Micah 7:8‭-‬10 MSG

This problem didn't come to stay it came to pass.

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.

Psalms 40:2 NKJV

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Romans 8:11 NKJV

The enemy's best will never be enough.

Palm Trees bend so they don't break

Trees generally snap, or at least lose a few branches, when faced with hurricane-strength winds. Not palm trees. These staples of the tropics typically bend during gusty weather.

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalms 92:12 NKJV

After the storm you won't look like what you came through. The storms strengthen the Palm Tree's root system with a greater capacity for growth.

Down is not my destiny. 

After listing his shortcomings he said this

Therefore I will look to the Lord ; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.

Micah 7:7 NKJV

A caravan had been traveling long before Joseph's brothers plotted against him in jealousy. That caravan kept him from being left for dead. He kept honoring God and living in good character so after going from the pit to the prison, he was in the palace.

Pharaoh also said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."

Genesis 41:44 NKJV

https://bible.com/bible/114/gen.41.44.NKJV

Joseph had his coat of many colors taken away which probably upset him but God had something better ahead.

How many of us are longing for the robe of many colors when we knew we were favored and loved.

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

I Corinthians 2:9 NKJV

You'll be so blessed and favored that your enemies don't recognize you. 

Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth. Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, "Where do you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food." So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

Genesis 42:6‭-‬8 NKJV

Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.

Psalms 68:1 NKJV

When you let God arise you make him bigger than your problems.

It's important to keep a song of praise in your heart. Take the time that you'd usually spend to worry and turn it to worship.

Even if you brought the troubles on yourself you can still bounce back.

The Prodigal Son, Jacob, leaves his father's farm to seek his fortune in the city. ... With a group of followers gathered about him, Jesus tells the parable of the Prodigal Son, Jacob, the younger son of a successful farmer, begs his father for his inheritance so he can go to the city and become a rich money lender.

"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Luke 15:17 NKJV

"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

Luke 15:22 NKJV

The prodigal son had to make a decision.

For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

Proverbs 24:16 NKJV

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The Shaking is for Shifting

Pastor Joel @ Lakewood Church

The Pandemic is shaking things in reality causing us to be shaken on the inside. It doesn't take a pandemic, this happens with any change: a death, a layover, etc...

It may look like a setback but it's a setup.

Saul approved the stoning of Stephen. Some faithful followers of the Lord buried Stephen and mourned very much for him. At that time the church in Jerusalem suffered terribly. All of the Lord's followers, except the apostles, were scattered everywhere in Judea and Samaria. Saul started making a lot of trouble for the church. He went from house to house, arresting men and women and putting them in jail.

Acts 8:1‭-‬3 CEV

Jerusalem. A holy city for Jews (see also Jews), Christians (see also Christian), and Muslims; the capital of the ancient kingdom of Judah and of the modern state of Israel. The name means "city of peace." Jerusalemis often called Zion; Mount Zion is the hill on which the fortress of the city was built.

You're on the verge of something better than ever.

Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

Acts 8:4‭-‬7 NKJV

If Philip hadnt left Jerusalem then none of that wouldn't have happened.

And there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8:8 NKJV

The best is still out on front of you. 

He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

Job 8:21 NKJV

For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Psalms 18:39 NKJV

God can shift your desires.

Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 37:4 NKJV

Flourishing can come out of a shaky time.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 13:22 NKJV

God doesn't change and he is the giver of all good the thing. Source vs. Resource

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Psalms 37:19 NKJV

God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full.

Psalm 37:18‭-‬19 MSG

God is into multiplication.

God won't let you get into a situation 

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

Acts 16:26 NKJV

New doors, new relationships, etc...

Devon Franklin at Lakewood Church

Marriages and communication is having to be readjusted.

Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you. Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.  Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful. Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.
Colossians 3:13‭-‬17 CEV

• Ask what your spouse is afraid of. Underneath a lot of curt comments is fear and that fear needs to be unearthed.

• Ask for forgiveness and give forgiveness. With all of the unknowns an unstable environment had been created but let love be the connective tissue that holds your relationship together.

• Accept your spouse for where they are not where you want them to be. When we have a "why can't you just" POV that creates more tension. Acceptance can be the key to propelling your spouse to where God wants you to be.

Nick Nilson at Lakewood Church

I will give you treasures hidden in dark and secret places. Then you will know that I, the Lord God of Israel, have called you by name.

Isaiah 45:3 CEV

Dark places can be scary but often that's where valuable things are buried.

When the COVID pandemic started shutting things down the rodeo was one of the first things hit. That hurt a lot of vendors because the HLSR was a resource they used to make income. Someone decided to create an online market for those vendors and now they are seeing more income than before.

Don't confuse a resource with The Source

Tasha Cobbs at Lakewood Church

Don't be moved by what you see, be moved by what you know. 

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You have the cure.

One of the problems with the Corona Virus is that there are no antibodies.

Diseases that were treated years ago aren't around anymore. Once you have the cure you don't have to worry about the disease anymore.

2000 years ago the antidote to spiritual diseases was developed by our Savior.

My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.

Proverbs 4:20‭-‬22 NLT

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.  Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:21‭-‬22 KJV

Sheep's blood provides rattlesnake anti-venom

The blood of sheep in South Australia is being used to develop rattlesnake anti-venom for a UK-based biotechnology company. Protherics is developing the treatment at a property at Mintaro in South Australia's Clare Valley. About 2,000 sheep are injected with rattle snake venom each month and the venom anti-bodies are collected later from their blood. Protherics operations manager Rob Mugford says Australian sheep are being used because they are free of diseases like scrapie and foot and mouth. "You could not guarantee that if you took scrapie free sheep from out of Australia and put them onto a property in the UK that you'd be able to maintain that scrapie freedom," he said. "Our company did look at it, but it was a lot easier to have the sheep in Australia do all the work here and we ship the serum back to the UK for processing. "We start with a much lower dose and slowly ramp it up, so that they increase their amount of antibodies they produce until we get a hyper-immune animal that is producing a significant quantity of rattlesnake anti-venom or anti-bodies," Mr Mugford said. 

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 2:14 NKJV

So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Numbers 21:6‭-‬7 NKJV

But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Acts 28:5‭-‬6 NKJV

A honey bee sting is a suicide mission for the worker. Because of the barbs on the stinger, it becomes embedded in whatever they have stung. When the bee pulls away from the victim, the stinger and venom sac are left behind. This is catastrophic for the bee and will cause its death.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:55‭-‬58 KJV

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Power Thinking

It's easy to go around thinking things will never get better. We draw in what we constantly think about.  Think power thoughts. 

Victory starts in our minds. Success and new levels start with our thinking. 

No weapon formed against me will prosper. Favor is surrounding me like a shield. I've been armed with strength for every battle.

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV

Pay attention to what your dwelling on. Don't think about any thought that enters your mind.

If you can be defeated in your thoughts you can be defeated in life. Pay attention to what's going on in your mind.

God had already promised the Israelites the land but they came back with weak thoughts. 

God spoke to Moses: "Send men to scout out the country of Canaan that I am giving to the People of Israel. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a tried-and-true leader in the tribe." They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."

Numbers 13:1‭-‬2‭, ‬27‭-‬33 MSG

Joshua and Caleb saw the same thing that the other 10 spies saw. 10 men infected the rest of the people.

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

II Corinthians 2:14 NKJV

Don't look at how big the problem is look at how big God is 

Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

Isaiah 59:1‭, ‬19 NKJV

Negative news spreads faster than positive news.

God spoke strongly to me, grabbed me with both hands and warned me not to go along with this people. He said: "Don't be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them. Don't fear what they fear. Don't take on their worries. If you're going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God -of-the-Angel-Armies. The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem. Many of them are going to run into that Rock and get their bones broken, Get tangled up in that barbed wire and not get free of it."

Isaiah 8:11‭-‬15 MSG

Be on the offensive when negative news comes your way.

Pastor Joel rides a bike trail often that usually takes an hour. Most of the trail is flat but there's a hill that he dreads sometimes he says negativethings like this is going to be hard, I don't want to take this hill. Once he was on the phone and went up the hill without realizing it because he was distracted.

How many times are we telling ourselves what we can't do. We're dreading things thinking weak defeating thoughts when we've been equipped with everything we need.

At the start of the day decide what you want to think before you check your phone or read email. 

Think thoughts on purpose.

O Lord , do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you.

Psalms 125:4 NLT

Your thoughts are setting the limits for your life.

Don't believe lies.

Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

Isaiah 61:7 NLT

(Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

2 Samuel 4:4 NLT

Sometimes well meaning people can hurt you. But that didn't erase his lineage. He was still the son of a king.

Lo-debar was also considered a ghetto town in biblical times. He went from the palace to the ghetto.

Lo-debar [N] no pasture, ( 2 Samuel 17:27 ), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok ( 2 Samuel 9:4 2 Samuel 9:5 ). It is probably identical with Debir ( Joshua 13:26 ). p

The king then asked him, "Is anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them." Ziba replied, "Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet." "Where is he?" the king asked. "In Lo-debar," Ziba told him, "at the home of Makir son of Ammiel." So David sent for him and brought him from Makir's home. His name was Mephibosheth ; he was Jonathan's son and Saul's grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, "Greetings, Mephibosheth." Mephibosheth replied, "I am your servant." "Don't be afraid!" David said. "I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king's table!" Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, "Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?"

2 Samuel 9:3‭-‬8 NLT

Get rid of that dead dog thinking. 

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The Guardian of Your Soul

• It's easy to watch what's going on in the world and get worried. But we have to remember we are not alone.

For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

I Peter 2:25 NKJV

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.

Psalms 91:3 NKJV

• I'm not at the mercy of fate. God has promised to rescue me from every trap.

The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.

Psalms 121:7 NKJV

• The Israelites lived next door but none of the plagues touched them

And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of  flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the land.

Exodus 8:22 NKJV

• God has put a distinction

A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.

Psalms 91:7 NKJV

You who sit down in the High God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow, Say this: " God , you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right—he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you— under them you're perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses. Yes, because God 's your refuge, the High God your very own home, Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door. He ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go. If you stumble, they'll catch you; their job is to keep you from falling. You'll walk unharmed among lions and snakes, and kick young lions and serpents from the path.

Psalm 91:1‭-‬13 MSG

• You can't touch this.

• See yourself as untouchable to the enemy. Difficulties may come but they don't have to say.

• Quit calling it "my anxiety" "my cancer" etc...it doesn't belong to you.  You don't have to accept anything in your mind, see it as temporary.

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45 NKJV

• The rain can cause you to blossom.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord , "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."

Psalms 91:1‭-‬2 NKJV

The Lord  is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord  is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will  be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord , That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord , And to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

Psalms 27:1‭-‬5 NKJV

• You can't go around scared and panic.

• David's mentor Saul was trying to kill him.

• God knows how to hide you from the enemy.

And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

I Samuel 23:14 NKJV

• Saul was so determined to catch David he went all out. 

• God has ways to protect you that you've never thought of.

• Don't panic. Leave from a place of peace and not fear.

• When stress, anxiety, worry, overwhelm, depression and isolation are left unchecked they actually reduce the effectiveness of your immune system and make you, and those around you much more susceptible to getting sick.  When your immune system is challenged you are more likely to contract and spread a circulating virus and expose those around you, your communities, and our global population. 

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all  these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

Matthew 24:6‭-‬7 NKJV

• A ship doesn't sink because of the water around it; it sinks because of the water inside of it.

• You can't watch the news all day and stay in peace. Find something uplifting to watch.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are  noble, whatever things are  just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are  lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there  is any virtue and if there  is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:6‭-‬9 NKJV

• The same God who can make blind eyes see can make seeing eyes blind

So when the  Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord , and said, "Strike this people, I pray, with blindness." And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. Now Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." But he led them to Samaria. So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, " Lord , open the eyes of these men, that they may see." And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they  were, inside Samaria!

II Kings 6:18‭-‬20 NKJV

- Pardachirus marmoratus, also known as the finless sole, the speckled sole or the Red Sea Moses sole, is a small fish from the Red Sea that secretes an ichthyotoxic milky substance from the base of its dorsal and cloacal fins.The substance's shark repellent properties are so powerful that a scientist describing it at a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science said it could bring a shark to an abrupt halt just as it was about to close its mouth over the sole.

• God has put something on me that will keep the enemy from defeating you.

• Don't go around vocalizing your fears, that's bait for the enemy.

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In the Middle of a Miracle

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

II Corinthians 2:14 NKJV

• In the middle it can be frightening because all you see are the obstacles but you are being lead to triumph.

• A setback is leading to a set up!

• The economy is not your source God is your source and one touch of 

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Psalms 37:19 NKJV

Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.

Isaiah 43:19‭-‬20 NKJV

• God can take you up when everything seems to be going down. He can refresh me when things seem dry.

• You draw in what you are thinking about. Don't use your energy to worry use your energy to believe.

• When God parted the red sea it was a scary time. Probably loud, new, and scary. At any moment the walls could come crashing down. It felt chaotic.

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Psalms 46:10 NKJV

• God doesn't always bring us out in the most comfortable way.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus 14:21 NKJV

• In one sense, God sent a storm on top of another storm.

• Paul and Silas were arrested for sharing their faith. They were shackled and imprisoned.

But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.  Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

Acts 16:25‭-‬26 NKJV

• God sent an earthquake to free them! Seemed like things were getting worse until the chains fell off.

Chris was faithful and raised in church but was diagnosed with Lupus. He continued to be faithful 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalms 51:10 NKJV

Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."

Genesis 18:14 NKJV

"Say to the righteous that it  shall  be well with  them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 3:10 NKJV

Israelites starving and surrounded by the enemy.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? If we say, 'We will enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die." And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to their surprise no one was there. For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!" Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they fled for their lives. And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went and hid it.

II Kings 7:3‭-‬8 NKJV

• Nothing seemed different but God was orchestrating things behind the scenes causing people to hear what they need to hear.

• When you're in the middle of a miracle it's not peaceful but God has you right where he wants you and you need to live from a place of peace!

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude, don't complain.
Maya Angelou


Vision without action is a daydream.
Action without vision is a nightmare.
(which one is worse?)

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A Change of Plans

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the Lord : 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.' " Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord , saying, "Remember now, O Lord , I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what  was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the Lord , the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord .

II Kings 20:1‭-‬5 NKJV

• Hezekiah got the facts then he prayed because you always have access to God.

• We should respond differently than the world.

Original Plan

• God initiated an intimate fellowship with freedom. Genesis 1

When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze...

Genesis 3:8 MSG

• God's Word is His substance.

• Disconnected, discontented, ...

• If you know who you are, then you wont be waiting for someone to tell you. If you get in God's presence He will validate you because he created you

• We're made in God's image and even Jesus received words of affirmation from His father.

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Matthew 3:16‭-‬17 NKJV

• You can respect a report from "Isaiah" (an expert) and simultaneously recognize the access you have to God yourself. If you have relationship with God then you always have access to Him. You don't need anyone to intercede for you; you can get your own Word from the Lord.

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,

Matthew 27:51 NKJV

• Sometimes you have to do what doesn't make sense so that you can get in position.

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,

Matthew 27:51 NKJV

• Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets.

• What you're fishing for,  Jesus already has prepared.

Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."

John 21:9‭-‬10 NKJV

Take care of your body, it's the only place you have to live.
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Flourish Under Fire

Jonathan Osteen at Lakewood Church 

Are we waiting for perfect circumstances to arise so that we can flourish? There's no magic moment when everything will be just right. 

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 1:6‭-‬7 KJV

Even challenges are part of God's perfect plan.

It's not genuine until it's tested.

That trial didn't come to break you it came to make you. 

FLOURISH

grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.

We are created to flourish in any situation.

Pearls are created under uncomfortable circumstances.

Irritations in our lives are used to develop something greater.

God works everything for our good.

Don't put your peace on hold until the situation turns around.

Nacre lines the inside of the shell. The formation of a natural pearl begins when a foreign substance slips into the oysterbetween the mantle and the shell, which irritates the mantle. It's kind of like the oystergetting a splinter. The oyster's natural reaction is to cover up that irritant to protect itself. The oyster would probably prefer not to have the  the irritation but then there would be no pearl.

In the biblical narrative, Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt.

Learn to flourish no matter the situation.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Proverbs 24:10 KJV

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Romans 8:37 KJV

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Philippians 4:4 KJV

Summer Nilson suffers from severe vertigo but she faces it everyday to minister. A lot of people are better off when you decide to flourish.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is  the  case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."

Daniel 3:16‭-‬18 NKJV

Their faith was not dependent upon a favorable outcome.

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

II Corinthians 12:7‭-‬9 NKJV

https://bible.com/bible/114/2co.12.7-9.NKJV

What will the world be like if I don't flourish?

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Windows of Grace

Window : an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle that is fitted with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out.

Grace : the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

Hebrews 3:15 NKJV

Divine empowerment.

Chronos : 

Kairos : a propitious moment for decision or action.

Israelites

God doesn't give you the opportunity without the grace.

Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we." There we saw the giants ( the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."

Numbers 13:17‭, ‬31‭-‬31‭, ‬33 NKJV

And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?" So they said to one another, "Let us select a leader and return to Egypt."

Numbers 14:2‭-‬4 NKJV

And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!" And Moses said, "Now why do you transgress the command of the Lord ? For this will not succeed. Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord  is not among you. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the Lord , the Lord will not be with you."

Numbers 14:40‭-‬43 NKJV

God talks to your Spirit.

But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the  Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case." So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him. And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, "Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you." Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him more often and conversed with him. But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

Acts 24:22‭-‬27 NKJV

Felix shilly-shallied. He knew far more about the Way than he let on, and could have settled the case then and there. But uncertain of his best move politically, he played for time. "When Captain Lysias comes down, I'll decide your case." He gave orders to the centurion to keep Paul in custody, but to more or less give him the run of the place and not prevent his friends from helping him. A few days later Felix and his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish, sent for Paul and listened to him talk about a life of believing in Jesus Christ. As Paul continued to insist on right relations with God and his people, about a life of moral discipline and the coming Judgment, Felix felt things getting a little too close for comfort and dismissed him. "That's enough for today. I'll call you back when it's convenient." At the same time he was secretly hoping that Paul would offer him a substantial bribe. These conversations were repeated frequently. After two years of this, Felix was replaced by Porcius Festus. Still playing up to the Jews and ignoring justice, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 24:22‭-‬27 MSG

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Inviting God Into Your Difficulties

We get focused on God bringing us out instead of how God will change us in the midst of the difficulties.

You don't have to fight everything and live upset.

Help me to go AND grow through it. God works in the circumstances.

God may be setting you up to show out in your life.

When you pass through the waters, I will  be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

Isaiah 43:2 NKJV

https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.43.2.NKJV

Are you fighting the process?

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalms 23:4 NKJV

You can have hope when you should be distraught.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is  the  case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

Daniel 3:16‭-‬19 NKJV

God knows how to make you fireproof.

Recognize that God allows difficulties to show His glory.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

Daniel 3:24‭-‬25 NKJV

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Psalms 46:1 NKJV

And He said, "My Presence will go with  you, and I will give you rest."

Exodus 33:14 NKJV

And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

Daniel 3:27 NKJV

When you come out everything that was holding you back will be destroyed.

Joseph 

The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:2 NKJV

And his master saw that the Lord  was with him and that the Lord  made all he did to prosper in his hand.

Genesis 39:3 NKJV

Can people see that the Lord is with you?

Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Genesis 39:20‭-‬21 NKJV

When life tries to way you down the Lord will lift you up. 

Don't panic, God is in your boat.

On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."  Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How  is it that you have no faith?"  And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

Mark 4:35‭-‬41 NKJV

Even though Jesus was with them they were nervous.

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Life, Death, and a Loud Speaker

Pastor Austin at Champions Community Church

He saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About three o'clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. He intended to go past them, but when they saw him walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking he was a ghost. They were all terrified when they saw him. But Jesus spoke to them at once. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Take courage! I am here! "

Mark 6:48‭-‬50 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/mrk.6.48-50.NLT

• Don't let your circumstance dictate your praise.

Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!

Acts of the Apostles 16:25‭-‬26 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/act.16.25-26.NLT

On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?" And Jehoshaphat replied, "Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses." Then Jehoshaphat asked, "What route will we take?" "We will attack from the wilderness of Edom," Joram replied. The king of Edom and his troops joined them, and all three armies traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days. But there was no water for the men or their animals. "What should we do?" the king of Israel cried out. "The Lord has brought the three of us here to let the king of Moab defeat us." But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, "Is there no prophet of the Lord with us? If there is, we can ask the Lord what to do through him." One of King Joram's officers replied, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah's personal assistant. " Jehoshaphat said, "Yes, the Lord speaks through him." So the king of Israel, King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Edom went to consult with Elisha. "Why are you coming to me?" Elisha asked the king of Israel. "Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!" But King Joram of Israel said, "No! For it was the Lord who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!" Elisha replied, "As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn't even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah. Now bring me someone who can play the harp." While the harp was being played, the power of the Lord came upon Elisha, and he said, "This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!

2 Kings 3:7‭-‬16 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/2ki.3.7-16.NLT

• Jehoshaphat got linked up with an idiot and ended up becoming a target of the idiot's ememies.

• From the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah), probably derived from יָדָה (yadah) meaning"praise".

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.

Proverbs 18:21 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.18.21.NLT

• There is nothing too dead to be turned around by life!

• Coral bleaching occurs when coral polyps expel algae that live inside their tissues. Normally, coral polyps live in an endosymbiotic relationship with these algae, which are crucial for the health of the coral and the reef.^[1] The algae provides up to 90 percent of the coral's energy. Bleached corals continue to live but begin to starve after bleaching.^[2]Some corals recover.

• The leading cause of coral bleaching is rising water temperatures.

Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of healthy reefs, according to new research. ... "Healthy coral reefs are remarkably noisy places -- the crackle of snapping shrimp and the whoops and grunts of fish combine to form a dazzling biological soundscape."

Israel [favored] Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn't even speak to him. When Joseph reached his brothers, they ripped off the fancy coat he was wearing, grabbed him, and threw him into a cistern. The cistern was dry; there wasn't any water in it. Then they sat down to eat their supper. Looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites on their way from Gilead, their camels loaded with spices, ointments, and perfumes to sell in Egypt. Judah said, "Brothers, what are we going to get out of killing our brother and concealing the evidence? Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not kill him—he is, after all, our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed.

Genesis 37:3‭-‬4‭, ‬23‭-‬27 MSG

https://bible.com/bible/97/gen.37.3-27.MSG

• The enemy can steal your stuff, but he can't steal the favor of God.

• Judah spoke up for Joseph

From the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah), probably derived from יָדָה (yadah) meaning"praise".

The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord , and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there  were very many in the open valley; and indeed they  were very dry. And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord God , You know." Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord !

Ezekiel 37:1‭-‬4 NKJV

Your dream is not dead, it's just asleep.

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