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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny each week. And I heard about this guy. He was late to work for the third day in a row. His boss said sarcastically, okay, what's your excuse this time?
He said, I'm so sorry, but my wife asked to drive me to work. And I told her she didn't need to, but she insisted and said she could be ready in 10 minutes. But then when we left, the drawbridge was up and I had to swim across the river fighting off alligators. Then a helicopter picked me up, put me on top of a building. I ran down 60 flights of stairs and got here as quickly as I could.
His boss shook his head and said, you expect me to believe that? No woman can get dressed in just 10 minutes. All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same.
In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about being a bounce-back person. Life is full of things that try to push us down. We all face disappointments and setbacks. Maybe you got bad news concerning your health, relationship didn't work out, or perhaps the hurricane damaged your house. It was a setback.
It's easy to get discouraged, lose our enthusiasm, and too often we just settle where we are. But if we're going to see God's best, we have to have this bounce back mentality. That means when you get knocked down, you don't stay down, you get back up again. It means when disappointments come, things don't go your way, you don't have a pity party and think life's just not fair.
No, you shake it off knowing what was meant for your harm, God's going to use for your good. When you're a bounce back person, you know that every adversity, every setback is not permanent. It's not going to last forever. It's only temporary. Weeping may endure for a night, but you know joy is coming in the morning.
So you don't sit around complaining, thinking about how bad it was and everything you lost. You know, God is a God of restoration and that he's promised to pay you back double for every unfair situation. Instead of being discouraged by the difficulty, you're encouraged by it, knowing that you're going to get double for your trouble. You're going to come out better off than you were before.
And I believe today I'm looking at bounce back people. You have the seed of almighty God. The same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. In your blood right now is the DNA of a winner. The DNA of an overcomer. There is no challenge too difficult for you. There is no obstacle too high to overcome.
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Chapter 2: What does it mean to have a bounce back mentality?
He thinks he's winning the battle, but when the hurricane runs out of steam, when the winds die down, you know what happens? That palm tree comes right back up to where it was before. It's just like It stretches real good, takes a deep breath and says, oh yeah, this is where I'm supposed to be. Why is that? Because God put a bounce back in the palm tree.
It may get pushed over, but it's temporary. It's only a matter of time before it rises right back up again. During the storm, the palm tree is not worried. He doesn't get depressed and think, oh no, another hurricane. This will be the one. I'm sure it's going to defeat me. No, he just stays in peace. He sees other trees left and right going down, but he knows who he is.
He knows Almighty God has put a bounce back in his DNA. Studies tell us during a hurricane, when the palm tree is being stretched, when it's being bent and pushed over, its root system is actually being strengthened and given new opportunities for growth. When the storm is over, the palm tree smiles and says, I knew I was going to come back up, but what do you know?
I came back up stronger than I was before. That's what God says will happen to each one of us if we just stay in faith. Psalm 92, 12, the righteous will flourish like a palm tree. Isn't it interesting? God could have said we would flourish like an oak tree. That means we'd be big, sturdy, have great branches. He could have said we'd flourish like a pine tree.
That means we'd be tall and impressive, be able to see for miles. But the reason God said we'd flourish like a palm tree is because God knew there would be difficult times. He knew things would come against us to try to steal our joy, steal our victory. So God said, you're going to be like a palm tree because I put a bounce back in your spirit. The storms of life will come. The winds will blow.
At times it looks like we're done. It looks like it's over. We got a bad report about our health. We didn't get a promotion. It looks like one of our dreams has died. But just like that palm tree, when the storm is over, you're not going to stay down. You're going to come right back up again. No weapon formed against you will ever prosper.
A good person may fall seven times, yet the Lord raises him up. The winds may be blowing in your life today. Maybe business is slow. You're facing a health issue. A child won't do what's right. Your attitude should be, it's just a matter of time before this turns around. This sickness may have me down, but I'm not staying down. God is restoring health back to me.
This disappointment may look like the end, but I know when one door closes, God always opens up another door.
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Chapter 3: How can setbacks be viewed as temporary challenges?
Times may be tough. The storm may be raging, but I'm not worried. I'm not upset. I know I am the righteous. I'm doing my best to please God. That means I'm like a palm tree. So when the storm's over, I'm not going to be laying down. I'm not going to be defeated and depressed. I'm going to come out stronger, healthier, increased, and promoted. Friends, you have a bounce back in your spirit.
If you'll stay in agreement with God, no matter how hard the winds blow, they cannot uproot you. They cannot break you. They cannot topple you. When it's all said and done, you'll be able to say, I'm still standing. I came right back up. Went through a divorce. Somebody walked out on me. I didn't think I'd ever be happy, but look at me now, happy as can be.
Matter of fact, I'm kind of glad I got rid of that old goat. Many of you can say today, you've been through a major setback, a major disappointment. I don't know. Somebody cheated you in a business deal. You didn't get a promotion. A relationship didn't work out. You should be down and defeated. You should be all washed up. But look at you today. You're like that energizer bunny.
You keep going and going and going. You may bend, but you're not going to break. You have bounce back power put in you by the creator of the universe. And when the storms come, life gets difficult, you're struggling in a relationship, in your finances, in your health, recognize that is not your normal state. Don't accept that as the way it's always going to be.
You may be a little bent right now because of the strong winds, but that's not permanent. Those winds, that storm, that trouble, that sickness is not going to last forever. It's just a season. When those winds stop blowing, and they will, this too shall pass, you're going to rise right back up again. Why? You've got that bounce back power.
And we have to realize in life, there will always be disappointments and setbacks, but we are not like an oak tree that can be toppled over. We're not like a pine tree that can be blown down. You and I are like the palm tree. We may get bent, but when it's all said and done, we're going to rise right back up stronger than we were before. It's in our DNA.
There's an interesting scripture in Jeremiah 5, 22. It says that God has put a decree in every grain of sand that says that sand will keep the ocean in its boundaries and the ocean will not cross over it. You might say that the sand has the DNA to contain the ocean. In the natural, that doesn't make a lot of sense. The sand is nothing compared to the ocean. The ocean is massive and powerful.
Yet the tiny little sand, because of the DNA God put in it, it can keep the oceans in its boundaries. I can imagine the sand and the ocean having a conversation. The ocean says, little sand, do you really think you can contain me? I am billions and billions of times more massive and more powerful than you. There is no way in the world you can keep me in my boundaries.
The little sand says, listen here, Mr. Ocean, it doesn't matter how big or small I am. Doesn't matter what I have or don't have. All that matters is almighty God has put a decree in me and in my DNA, I have the ability to hold you back. That makes the ocean so mad. He starts churning and churning. This big storm comes and he rushes past the sand way beyond its normal boundaries.
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Chapter 4: What lessons can we learn from the resilience of palm trees?
that he was making a mess and she started to jump down his throat. She said, listen here, young man, you need to learn to keep your hands to yourself and you may not make a mess in this store on and on. And when I heard that something rose up on the inside of me, I don't know if it was God or the devil, but it sure felt good. Listen, I am as nice as can be. I'm kind. I'm friendly.
I'll help anybody with anything. But when somebody starts messing with my children, that is a different story. I don't know. I don't know if you've ever seen The Incredible Hulk. He's this normal looking guy and all of a sudden he goes through a transformation. His shirt starts ripping. His muscles bulge out. His face goes green. That's exactly how I felt. Like I could fight a tiger.
I mean, you can mess with me. You can say, Joel's to this, to that. No big deal. It doesn't bother me. It bounces off of me. But if you mess with my children, you've got the fight of your life on your hands. I may not be big, but dynamite comes in small packages. Listen, that's the way our heavenly father is.
When the enemy comes in like a flood, that means when sickness tries to attack your body, when somebody mistreats you, when you're doing the right thing, but the wrong thing's happening, God doesn't sit back and say, too bad. No, God steps up and says, hey, wait a minute. You're messing with the wrong person. That's my child. That's my son. That's my daughter.
If you're going to mess with them, you got to first mess with me. And who am I? I am the all powerful creator of the universe. God looks at your enemies and says, in effect, you want some of this? Go ahead and make my day. God is saying, I am your protection. I am your deliverer. I am your healer. I am your strength. I am your wisdom. I am your victory.
You got to know in the tough times of life, you're not alone. You got somebody fighting for you. Almighty God has got your back. He's got a hedge of protection around you, a bloodline that the enemy cannot cross. And some of you today, you need to get your fire back. Nothing you have been through can keep you from your God-given destiny.
You have bounced back before and you're going to bounce back again. You are not a victim. You are a victor. You may be a little bent because of the strong winds, but the good news is you're not broke and you will bounce back. I love the way David put it. God lifted me out of the horrible pit and put a new song in my mouth. Just like God lifted him out, God is going to lift you out.
Where you are is not where you're staying. There are brighter days up ahead. Favor, promotion, increase. No good thing is God going to withhold because you walk uprightly. But you've got to do your part. You've got to put a new song in your mouth. That means don't go around talking about your problems and how bad it is and how you're never going to make it. Have a song of victory.
Somebody asks you how you're doing. Don't give them a detailed report of how long you didn't have power and man, it was so hot and I was so miserable. No, your attitude should be, I'm too blessed to be stressed. I'm healthy. My family is well. Life is good. Well, I heard you had a lot of damage during the hurricane. Aren't you discouraged? No, I've got that bounce back in my spirit.
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