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as we go through and see what God has

done in Mephibosheth life I want you to

see yourself in this picture and I got

to move quick today because I got a lot

to unpack for you so that y’all can get

out of here and go to Golden Corral

before it gets crazy but uh but but I

want you to see Mephibosheth so let me

let me help everybody and if you didn’t

hear the last three um sermons please go

to transform church dot us and you can

watch all of them share them but

basically we have a young man named of

Fibby chef he was in line to be the king

of Israel um his granddad and his dad

Saul and Jonathan they get killed and

word comes back to the castle they try

to gather up everybody

his nurse grabs him and she drops him

when she dropped him at five years old

he became crippled for many many many

many many many years

mephibosheth lived in a place called lo

debar lo debar means a place of nothing

a place of not a word a place of no

pastor kind of like where a lot of us

are living in a place that just seems

monotonous nothing is happening in our

life I go to the job I come home I wait

for the weekend I try to do something

fun I go back to the week and I do it

all over again and I try it’s just a

place of nothing a place of no purpose

and he lived there in cycles see that’s

a word for many of us cycles many of us

have one year cycles six-month cycles

two day cycles what are those things

that just it just keeps happening and we

continue to allow it to happen and we

continue to allow it to be in our lives

but it’s producing nothing

mephibosheth was in that place and then

one day King David is in is in power now

and he says man you know what is there

anybody left of the house of Saul that I

can bless because I had a real

relationship with this guy named

Jonathan and he was like and and I want

to bless him as does anybody know is

there anybody a son

son nephew cousin and this one guy named

zipper who used to serve in Saul’s Court

he said yeah there’s this one guy he’s

crippled he’s thinks he lives in loader

bar

his name is Mephibosheth and he was

trying to disqualify him like many

people try to do by what we’ve done he’s

a liar he used to be addicted oh yeah

she gets around they all yet no you

don’t want to use them you you don’t

want to use them they’re on their third

marriage uh-uh-uh you don’t even know

his attitude people try to judge you on

what you used to be and the King is so

beautiful he didn’t even probe for more

information he said if he’s the he’s the

kin to salt go get him they go get him

they bring him to the palace and fibs at

this point is tripping because he thinks

yeah I shortened his name fibs

Mephibosheth that’s very long fibs is

tripping at this moment because he’s

like they’re gonna kill me I’ve

literally been hiding out I am the heir

to the throne but I’m crippled I don’t

even want it he gets in the King’s

presence and what does he do he bows

down and he says God King David I’m not

even worthy to be used I’m not worthy

for anything I’m broken I’m damaged and

then the King gives him a promise just

like our King gives you a promise in

your damage date in your damage plate he

said I’m gonna bless you I want to

restore to you everything that was taken

from you I want to give you a position

in a place and you will always eat at

the Kings table now why is this

significant paestum like I’m just trying

to kept you up it’s because Mephibosheth

was damaged in his legs

the part that was messed up was his legs

but when he got a seat at the Kings

table and he pulled up a chair his

damaged area was covered this is a

picture of grace in your life that many

of us have not received we’re still

pushed out from the table look God look

at me God look how jacked up I am God me

and my marriage we went through eight

years ago God I still didn’t have a

father god this that in the third and

all God said it pump your chair receive

my grace receive what I’ve done cuz it

covers you and this message I want to

teach to you today is called chained

reaction because when God extends his

grace to you there’s a chained reaction

have you ever seen Domino’s like when

they set up a whole bunch of Domino’s

like in different designs I know they

did one with like 10,000 cell phones one

time like you set them up into you you

knocked one down and then all of them

it’s like a chain reaction or I don’t

know if anybody played this game when

they were younger but y’all member to

gain mousetrap

anybody remember mousetrap and it was a

game full of chain reactions I want to

help you understand something as damaged

people that we all raise our hands and

said in some area emotionally physically

in our family were damaged in some area

okay there’s a chain reaction when the

grace of God comes to your life there’s

a chain reaction and I want you to

understand what God does when grace

comes to your life tester Mike what are

you saying grace the unearned unmerited

undeserved favor kindness and goodness

of God on your life the job you work you

don’t even deserve it and you know it

that promotion that opportunity that God

gave when you were supposed to get in

trouble for that thing and they somehow

just but it’s the undeserved – unearned

the unmerited favor and kindness and

goodness of God that’s grace that’s what

we receive at salvation many people

think of salvation we receive a bunch of

rules that’s not what we receive that

salvation we received the grace that

covers us when we mess up in the rules

but but but if you don’t receive the

grace you

and walk in it and today there’s a lot

of damaged people who think that God is

out to get them instead of God is out to

save them and I came to talk to you this

morning because when you receive the

grace of God there are chain reactions

and everything starts happening look

what the word says in Luke 19 verse 10

this is one of my favorites to tell

people who think that God is after them

it says for the Son of man came to seek

that means he’s looking for you and save

those who are perfect those who got it

together don’t he said I came for those

who are damaged broken frustrated

disappointed the breath that’s who God

came to save so if you’re any of those

things in this place and you came in

here and you buttoned up and you look

all good and all that other stuff stop

faking God came to save you from that

lost place in your life you acted like

everything’s okay but if it’s okay cool

but if it’s not God says I’m here to

heal those damaged areas in your life

and so what ends up happening is we get

to see a chain reaction I’m gonna give

you two chain reactions that happen when

grace comes into your life and God

begins to change you the first chain

reaction is God is going to restore

everybody shot at me restore this is one

of the best words in your life God is a

God of restoration let me help you

understand this when Mephibosheth gets

in with the king he thought the king was

going to destroy him and the King wanted

to restore him you’re thinking that God

sometimes has a plan to up his time for

the punishment it’s time for that he

said no no no no no no I want you to

walk with me so I can restore you

Mephibosheth was borrowing a room in

somebody else’s house and one moment in

the kings

presence he went from the borrower to

the lender you missed it when you get in

the presence of God when you allow him

to work on your heart and when he can

get into a place he can take you he can

skip steps that you think you have to

make he can skip them you missed it

mephibosheth get the picture he’s

borrowing a room in another man’s house

one interaction with the King he goes

from being the borrower to the lender

he’s y’all don’t believe me let’s go to

the Bible y’all don’t even understand

what the word restorer means second

samuel chapter nine verse seven I want

you to understand cuz receiving God’s

grace is the greatest thing you can do

look what the word restorer means to

bring back to return someone or

something to a former condition place or

position God wants to restore you second

samuel chapter nine verse seven this is

what the King says like he says to you

don’t be afraid I intend to show you

kindness because of my promise to your

father Jonathan I will give you all the

property that once belonged to your

grandfather saw God can restore the

generational blessings that have been

lost and some of y’all like the

generational blessing I don’t even know

my granddaddy there were things that God

wanted to do for your granddad and your

grandmother and your great-grandmother

that nobody in your family line has

stepped up and said oh it’s me but God

said one moment of getting in the right

position with me I won’t just give you

what you deserve I’ll go back and give

you the favor that was on your grandmama

and your granddaddy the property that

was so fun some of y’all don’t have the

faith to believe it can I give you a

real example my grandparents my

grandmother particularly Leola Jones was

a minister of the gospel but she did it

in her home she never got to to go to

the platforms in the stages and and do

the things that

that was in her to do and and it she

passed that mantle on to my mother and

and she began to do greater exploits

then they even what what what they got

to do but see guess what there’s a

generational thing that stuff my

grandmama was supposed to walk into and

things my mom was supposed to walk into

I started in ministry with a church paid

off no no you missed it see I started I

started I started with the generational

blessing of what was not received what

was not captured what may have been

dropped God said I’m the God who can

take you from the apartment to the fire

bed you got ten kids you need all the

rooms I I don’t know who came in here

with faith this morning but we served

the God who wants to restore you you

thought you lost it God says look at my

record he thought you lost time look at

my record I’m the God that took 400

years of slavery for the children of

Israel parted the sea gave them a

promised land they didn’t want it they

wandered around for 40 years but they

kids 20 and under they walked into a

promised land

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land flowing with milk and honey the

children ended up with what was supposed

to be the parents because they had the

faith to believe God would restore and I

don’t care who you are in this place

God’s plan for your life is restore what

we’ve just been in a household full of

divorce and divorce and divorce and

divorce shut that crap

because if you want God to make you have

a rock-solid marriage and he’s a

restorer but everybody say you got to

have faith you got to have faith because

God wants you to restore you from a

failing marriage to an example marriage

from being mean and angry to loving and

patient God will restore your attitude

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see see God’s not trying to just give

you money house in a car he’s trying to

give you love joy peace and it can’t

come by money if it came by money

there’s no way superstars but millions

of dollars would kill themselves but

peace only originates in one source and

that’s the father God and he wants to

restore you just look at your neighbor

and say restore that like God wants to

restore you I want to speak faith into

somebody because I feel this thing right

now how many people need a healing in

your life in any area physical of Jesus

Jesus Jesus if you need a healing I’m

about to speak a scripture over you and

this is a scripture that God wants you

to be restored in Jeremiah 30 17 come on

if you if you’re ready to receive some

healing right now the Bible says but I

will restore you to health and I’ll heal

your wounds declares the Lord somebody

shout restore what are you saying Pastor

Mike if God is giving you a word right

now you shouldn’t declare another

scripture for the next 10 days except

that one this is what my God said he

said I’m gonna restore your help

while I’m coughing God you said you’re

gonna restore my health

ah why the pain is in my side God you

said you’re gonna restore my health and

you’re gonna heal my wounds I’m trying

to teach you not just to come to church

and eat a fish I’m trying to teach you

how to fish when God gives you a promise

and you receive the grace of God you

have to begin to say I know what the

doctor said

I know what my kids are doing I know

what my wife’s did but you said you

would restore somebody shout at me

restore how many people have lived a

life that there there’s some shame and

disgrace in your past some things you

did that you wish you wouldn’t have done

come on come on let’s be honest come on

raise your hand in this place there’s

freedom coming in this place this

morning Jay Isaiah 61 7 I’m gonna speak

this over you right now instead of your

shame you will receive a double portion

Oh y’all vote instead of the disgrace

you will receive your inheritance and so

you will inherit a double portion in

your land and everlasting joy will be

yours somebody shout rest’ our God

promises whatever shame has been in your

life he’ll give you a double portion of

joy look listen the Word of God is alive

but it only starts moving when you when

you release it it’s like having a box of

bullets and if you were coming to fight

me Vic stand up Vic stand up this is my

personal trainer Vic one day I’m gonna

look like every on if Vic was an enemy

of mine and he was coming at me and I

had a box of bullets and I just picked

them up and I started chunking them at

it there would be no power in that but

at the moment I put that bullet in the

right weapon

he can be coming at me full blast and

with ease Wow

whatever enemy or giant is in my way the

bullet in the right weapon begins to

take down the enemy and many of us are

taking the word and throwing them never

leave me alone let me but God said put

it in my put it in your mouth but

beginning to declare what God has said

over you forgive me instead of my shame

I will receive a double portion thank

you big hey hear me we’re praying when

things go bad but God said I’ve already

given you my grace and there’s a chain

reaction that happens when you get grace

you get restored

so whatever is going on in your life

whatever is broken and jacked up God

wants to restore you just one more time

with faith in you I want you to shout

restore your finances are about to be

restored your your love your family yep

it’s gonna be restored what are you

saying pastor my it has to be something

that you believe God cannot supersede

your belief even though he has the power

to do everything he has the power to do

everything but he has to agree with what

you believe and today I want to charge

somebody that as you sit at the Kings

table that his goal and objective for

you is that you be restored some of you

have had negative effects of wrong

decisions throughout the years of your

life and God wants to redeem you or me

give you one more scripture Joel chapter

2 verse 25 says I will restore the years

yeah because some of us have lost years

in foolishness last few years in our

marriage lost years in bad financial

decisions God said I’m going to restore

the years that the swarming

locust has eaten that the hopper the

destroyer and the cutter all these

things that have come to take from you

he said I’m a restorer all of those

years my great army which I sent among

you he said I’m gonna I’m gonna restore

him and then he said you shall eat and

have plenty and be satisfied I want

somebody to get him that Mephibosheth

when he came from lo debar he didn’t

just get a meal in a Holiday Inn room I

want you to hear the King literally

restored everything all the land that

his grandfather had which was the king

now it messed me up for a second cuz I

was like well what King what what what

does David have now he’s King but he was

stored all of the land that Saul had it

God’s not scared he said My Kingdom is

is expanding he said I’m doing more than

what you even can see so I’ll give you

back what was yours cuz I got more God

says I have plenty I have what I don’t

run out but we believe for some reason

that God is limited to our thinking and

limited to what we see he doesn’t even

work in this realm God wants to restore

back to you you wanted to start that

business five years ago and you said

well I missed it back then I guess the

economy has changed and all of these

other things God will give you special

favor that you’ll be the only business

that ever opened in that season and it

will be the best thing that ever

happened to you what are you talking

about Pastor Mike this church in the

summer statistics saying that church

attendance goes down in the summer but

since we’ve been here every summer the

attendance goes up why you saying that

it’s because when God decided to restore

the church at this location

it wasn’t back to what it was it’s

supposed to go to another level I’m

encouraging you I’m happier than y’all

are about this I listen I want you to

hear me that what the enemy meant for

your evil God is about to turn it around

and he’s going to restore you to a place

of flourishing

flourishing mephibosheth went from

begging to flourishing

he went from asking to giving away he

went from lost with no identity to

purpose and giving other people identity

that’s what God wants to do in your life

he wants to restore you so King David

restored mephibosheth he’s good so this

was a damaged man who submitted to a

mighty king the King restored the

damaged man and the man’s damaged areas

were covered at the Kings table now this

is where the fairytale should end and we

should see another story come up but it

doesn’t go like that um I begin to look

at this story and I got kind of

discouraged cause like oh hold on the

restoration was supposed to be done tada

like and then it’s over

but this is what I came to let you know

in the chain reaction when grace comes

into your life the first chain reaction

is God will restore you but the second

chain reaction is that there will be

opposition and you need to know this or

you’re going to be thrown off see when

God when God restores you there’s haters

watching when God restore you

everybody’s not going to be happy you

got restored you can even have family

members you can even have coworkers and

sons and daughters who when you get

restored they’re like ah gray gray

you’re not the Kings table now it’s

great but deep seeded there’s there’s

there something in there and you got to

know this because this comes with your

journey of elevation that God wants to

take for you let me help you found out

what I found out in the last two years

even when it’s good for you everybody’s

not going to be happy and and either you

know how to navigate this or you allow

this to damage you again what are you

saying Pastor Mike point number one for

today healed areas always have the

opportunity to be damaged again see that

that’s what people don’t tell you

they’re like you’re gonna be victorious

you go right into the sussan you gonna

have it all shot Resta and then they

sout restore and then we go out and they

get damaged again and then they’re

broken and gone I thought you said that

we were hos gonna be restored and I

thought I thought we shouted and we gave

and we did all this but you got to

realize healed areas have the ability to

be damaged again if those areas are not

submitted to the king always let me help

you remember there was i’ma show you can

some of y’all don’t know and if you can

help me with the pictures okay there was

a king Saul okay Saul remember Saul okay

he was samuel l.jackson in my mind

that’s all okay and then Saul had a son

named Jonathan okay and Jonathan is

there okay those two died okay they have

a son named afib acheté okay

mephibosheth is the one that gets

restored okay he’s sitting at the Kings

table now okay is everybody following me

and then there was King David who is now

in rulership over all of Israel okay

that’s King David okay so the first two

are gone but there’s another character

that you don’t focus on cuz you’re

excited about the blessing that’s

happening in Mephibosheth life but

there’s another character that begins to

show himself after all of the

restoration happened and his name is

zipper and this is zip

I don’t know that’s just what he looks

like in my hand

listen Louisell you know i’m Sandlin

go to second Samuel Chapter nine now now

watch words not watch how zipper comes

into play second Samuel Chapter 9 verse

3 the King asked is there anyone still

left of the house of Saul don’t

don’t focus on David don’t focus on

mephibosheth watch zipper is there

anybody I can show kindness to zipper

answered the king there’s still the son

of Jonathan he lame him before his feet

where is where is he the King ass zipper

answer he’s down at the house and make

her son of a meal and lo debar

so we can draw some context clues from

this zipper and mephibosheth were from

the same place because Zimmy served his

grandfather and mephibosheth was his

grandson so they grew up around each

other

zipper new mephibosheth through

association he knew his daddy name he

knew all the people around him he saw

him on Facebook he saw him on Instagram

know about him zipper knew him in his

damaged condition cuz before he even

said his name he said his condition like

some of the people around you oh now

he’s still a liar or no she’s still a

okay zipper knew where and how to he was

currently living and and and this is

some things that you want to see all of

this is what a lot of people know about

us they know where you’re from they know

who you’re associated with they know

what you’re perceived condition is and

they know where you’re at currently but

zipa thought his choice of negative

descriptive language to the king would

uninterested the King to Mephibosheth

but it didn’t the same way listen to me

that people think what disqualifies you

to them disqualifies you to God and it

doesn’t

God sees that he wants to bless you

where you’re going the good future

that’s ahead of you

so I want you to picture this for men

moment the King brings this damaged dude

from lo debar cuz zipper said it he told

him where he was he comes into the

king’s palace and I can just see zipper

standing in the background he not to

restore him uh-uh

no a look at his look at his damage to

areas he’s not about he’s about to give

him what he’s about to do what for him

what what job did they just get what

promotion allowing the seed of jealousy

comparison self-worth there are people

around you watching you you praising God

and worship in and doing awesome and

they watch it and the enemy suggesting

to them like a zipper what

she stared me

but the truth about it is what she’s

feeling is is what what mephibosheth was

feeling he’s in the moment of rejoicing

because everything that was lost is

being restored at the same moment it

reminds me of the same it was the best

of times it was the worst of times

cuz at the moment I’m getting restored

there’s a hater in the bedroom I’m

telling you there’s some chain reactions

to the grace that God has given to your

life look go to 2nd Samuel chapter 9 and

we’ll look at verse 9 I want you to see

it in the word it said then the King

summoned Saul’s servant Zipporah and

said now watch this the kicker he said I

have given your masters grandson

everything that belonged to Saul and his

families that I saw it you and your sons

and your servants are to farm the land

for him to produce food for your

master’s house but mephibosheth ain’t

even gonna be there he’s gonna be eaten

at my table I want you to see this that

he’s back there watching like just mmm

and then he gets called to help him and

this is the thing you have to realize

that God will surround you with people

to help you sometimes that are only

there for a season that are there that

you don’t have to keep close watch watch

and pray but they’re not there to be

your friends they’re there to produce

for you

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he missed it they’re not there to be

your friends they’re there to produce

for you they got in this position and he

said now I could see him there he’s just

sitting there talking to himself and he

says if he’s always yeah yes yeah he

said what I want you and all your sons

your 10 sons and their 15 servants I

want I want all of them to now serve

zipper he said who Mephibosheth y’all

know what I’m on I want you to serve him

a fibber chef he okay um why what what

what’s happening and he’s not saying it

out loud but this is what’s going on in

his head look at this zipper reply yes

my lord they came verse 11 I am your

servant and I will do all that you have

commanded and from that time on

mephibosheth ate regularly at David’s

table like one of the Kings owns his

damaged area was covered he got help in

one day he went from borrowing to having

35 servants see but at the same time he

was restored is the same time he got an

opposition I want you to hear me say

this opposition doesn’t mean God is not

blessing you it honestly is the opposite

when you get opposition it’s a sign that

God is really blessing see some of y’all

been looking at it all wrong well the

job and that no no no no that is a sign

that the King is for you and he’s trying

to restore you and bring you into a

great place y’all so let me help you

point number two restoration always

requires repositioning when God restores

you to a place all your friends can’t

still be your friends

I’m coming to your house what when God

when God restores you all the things you

used to do it it has to be repositioned

it has to move around because I’m

restored now I’m not the same I’m better

than I was before God has a plan for my

I have to move forward so now I got to

move these chess pieces on the board

because you used to block me in this

area but God’s saying I move them around

move them around move that around I got

to move this around I’m telling you when

God restores it always requires

repositioning the problem is most of us

want to be restored and keep everything

regular so you want to be a CEO of

business but you’re still holding on to

that high school Excuse you don’t like

to read you got to reposition yourself I

love to read now God called me to a

position where I had to get equipped for

what he called me to if I was still

holding on to the whole life to read I

don’t like to read reading is boring I

rather watch the cliffnotes already see

that I would be disqualified for the

blessing God had for me but when he

restores me I got a reposition thing no

Mike you love to read no Mike you have

to wake up early I’ve been waking up

early every single day bikal tell you

6:30 6:45 sometime I’m sorry for being

late all the time but most of the time

for 6:45 I’m walking into Jenks a gym

and I’m my body is like go

gonna sleep like but God told me at the

beginning of this year in our 21 days of

Prayer he said I only can bless your

ministry to the degree that your body

can take it he said if you’re gonna jump

on planes and come back home and do

three and four services he said your

body’s not ready for that he said and so

I’m only gonna bless you to the level of

your your conditioning and see we’re

waiting on God to do something he’s

waiting for someone you he know if he

gave you what you asked for to kill you

and so what did I have to do cuz God’s

restored me he had to reposition things

every I went swimming last week y’all I

went in the pool I forgot I forgot how

much swimming takes out of you I did ten

laps and literally just wanted to fall

asleep on the patio of the pool but I

said like this is what is necessary as

God restores you I don’t know what it is

for you but what is that repositioning

as he restores you in your life see see

mephibosheth he he got restored and

Zimmy got repositioned just from one of

one of David’s um servants to now he was

in a management position over all of

these people working from mephibosheth

now check this out it really was a

promotion for him it really was a better

situation he said from now on your

family all of them have job security he

said as long as Mephibosheth and his

sons are there your family’s gonna serve

it now watch zipper should have been

killed

cuz he was a servant of soul he was the

servant of an enemy and usually if you

study anything about monarchies and

stuff like that

when they come in and take over they

kill it was the grace of God he was

still oh but when you get wrong

perspective you

take grace as entitlement like you

deserve this and you deserve to be here

and this is mine and I should have had

this and what happened was he took for

granted the grace he had been given he

didn’t just get to stay alive he got a

prominent position he why are you mad

you’ve been a servant since we met you

he was Saul servant he was David’s

servant and now he’s mephibosheth

servant with a higher position as a

manager

why was he mad because his perspective

was poisoned I want you to hear me say

this very clearly point number three

long perspective will turn promotion

into a problem wrong perspective will

turn promotion into a problem instead of

rejoicing when mephibosheth were

restored he got jealous he was jealous

of the favor that was on his life he

doesn’t understand why the king would

bless this damaged man and you know what

if we’d be honest there sometimes we’re

we’re like zipper that when God blesses

somebody else’s family if we’re honest

we get a little jealous thank you for

one amen when they got the promotion and

it looks like everything and they got

married and the hair is not as good as

yours and it assumes it whatever your

criteria is there’s moments that we feel

kind of like zipper but what I would

encourage you is don’t hate on people

rejoice with people I mean begin to

begin to celebrate oh you got a

promotion yes oh you gotta I mean even

if you gotta fake it until you make it

cuz you keep jealousy out of your heart

because if you get jealousy and envy and

and and and covetousness in your heart

look what the Word of God says in James

chapter three verse 14 it says but if

you have bitter jealousy and selfish

ambition in your hearts do not boast and

be false to the truth this is not the

wisdom that comes down from above but

it’s earthly

and unspiritual and demonic for where

jealousy and selfish ambition exists

there will be will be disorder and every

vile practice that’s the Word of God I

say like this jealousy is a gateway sin

y’all heard like weed is a gateway drug

jealousy’s a gateway sin get jealous

you’ll find yourself in places that you

never thought you would be doing things

you never thought you would do trying to

chase something that was never yours

hear what I’m saying to you Church point

number four God wants to restore you but

he also wants you to rejoice when he

restores others guys I’m trying to give

us practical tools this week I want you

to intentionally rejoice with somebody I

mean intentionally like make it not the

little fake oh good for them uh-huh I’m

do this text them you saw something good

when we opened our new campus I can’t

tell you how many people text me or

called and said man we are so excited

for what God is doing that

transformation Church and then that week

I went to a place where a whole bunch of

pastors were at and then um they was oh

yeah yeah we saw your new care yeah

because because they didn’t say it but

there was some that were genuinely

excited that God expanded the kingdom

and there were others that felt as if

why did that happen

they only two years and why is this here

me there is a blessing and you rejoicing

with others don’t just do it on the

inside tell them be excited about it

some of you need to get on Instagram or

Facebook or text people and when you see

something that you’re genuinely excited

for you need to say it you don’t know

what you will do

you’re beginning to work the muscle of

gratitude that God can trust you with

more and zimba didn’t get it so the seed

of jealousy went into his heart and he

didn’t understand this principle so this

is where we go so zipper disappears some

years go by I’m almost done but I gotta

bring this thing real real tight I’m

gonna give you seven chapters of the

Bible in one minute and this is what I

titled the dysfunctional family of David

so David had two sons one named Amnon

one lame Absalon basically Amnon did

something bad to his sister and so

Absalom killed him Absalom killed him

and David was like boy you can’t kill

your brother get out the house and he

sent him away lives like I miss my boy

and he brought him back and then what

ended up happening is Absalon is like my

daddy here punk heel Buster he sent me

away come and I promise he ain’t gonna

get away with that and so what he did

was then he started to get people and

the Bible says that he drew people to

himself he drew Israel to himself and he

made a plan to overthrow the entire

kingdom he so I’m gonna take my daddy

out put that on the city and so what

ended up happening is that him and his

daddy

um um they got word that they were

coming to invade and so David literally

were all his people they said oh and

they said it’s time to go and they

grabbed all of the people in the kingdom

and they fled out of the country that

they were supposed to be in rulership

over because his own son

wanted to take over the kingdom somebody

say dysfunctional that is seven chapters

of the Bible in one minute okay so the

next time we see zipper is in second

Samuel chapter 16 when David had gone a

short distance beyond the summit they’re

running for their lives right now

there was zipper the Stewart of

mephibosheth waiting to meet him now I

need you to see what what what has

happened because zipper has now tried to

position himself in the eyes of the King

washes he had a string of donkey saddled

and loaded with two hundred loaves of

bread a hundred cakes of raisin a

hundred cakes a fig skin and wine and

the King asked zipper why have you

brought these zipper answered the

donkey’s are for the king’s household to

ride on third the bread and the fruit

are for the men to eat and the wine is

to refresh and turn up those who are

become exhausted in the wilderness the

King asked where is your master

where is Mephibosheth zipper said to him

he’s staying in Jerusalem because he

thinks today the Israelites will restore

to me my grandson’s kingdom my

grandfather’s Kingdom let me give you

the remix mephibosheth is hoping that

you get killed today because he would be

next in line to take over the kingdom he

lied on him now this is the thing you

got to realize is that Mephibosheth sent

zipper to get his donkeys so that he

could go be with the king and

Mephibosheth was left damaged again

because zipper never came back for he

took what wasn’t even his and presented

it to the king like it was his idea here

the donkeys here to whine here’s the

raisin cakes I did this for you where is

your master

he thinks that you gonna die today he’s

not loyal to you he lied on Mephibosheth

trying to discredit and damage his whole

name and I don’t know if this has ever

happened to you but there’s some people

out there will say whatever to whoever

to try to damage your reputation but let

me help you let me help you see if your

zipper

or your mephibosheth in this I want you

to see if we go all the way back to 2nd

Samuel chapter 9 verse 6 right there

mephibosheth begins to be in despair and

hope because remember despair and and

with no hope because you have to

remember that that’s the place he was in

and lo debar alone by himself damaged

and now after he’s been restored he’s

got all these servants and all this land

hasn’t been restored and guess where

he’s at again alone by himself and

damaged but this is the great thing that

you have to realize and I’m going to

talk about it next week that his

response was completely different this

time in a damaged area than it was when

he first was in lo debar because he sat

at the Kings table regularly he had a

different mindset because grace had been

over his life for many years when he got

back down in a damaged place he didn’t

respond the same he didn’t stay in that

place and when I came to let you know

today is that there’s a chain reaction

as god covers you with this grace he’s

going to restore you but at the same

time you’re gonna meet opposition the

question is how are you gonna respond I

want to show you this last point because

there may be a few zippers in the room

and if that’s you it’s okay your hater

no no no I’m just in your

heart like in in your heart you you you

don’t and it’s okay because we know that

God doesn’t bless where you pretend to

be he blesses where you really are but

but I want you to I want you to see this

right now the king said to zipper after

he lied on Mephibosheth all that

belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours

he literally lied to the point where

everything that was restored back to him

now got given to the liar

what do you do when your enemy gets

elevated or we talk about the fruits of

the spirit come on let’s be real what

happens when the person who abused you

gets a position of power well what is

our response as Christians as believers

as ones we’re supposed to turn the other

cheek and let him slap the other one and

I want you to see what zipa did he said

oh really me you’re gonna give me all my

favorite chefs land he said I humbly bow

may I find favor what was given to Muffy

Bichette he’s been jealous this whole

time in all he’s won it was favor from

the king may I find favor in your eyes I

want us to run back all the way to the

first time mephibosheth meets God when

grace is extended to him mephibosheth

does the same thing and he bowels and he

says may I find favor and zib was

sitting back here watching and the seed

of jealousy got planted one day the

King’s gonna give me his favor even if I

have to manipulate my way into that

place and it worked

let me give you my last point

jealousy matures into millet

manipulation over time if you become

jealous you’ll begin to manipulate your

way into whatever you want but this is

the beautiful thing about what you do if

you get something that’s not yours

that you have to sustain it see see when

you get into a place that’s not yours

you have to hold it up when you get into

a place that gods placed you in you can

rest

what I came to help everybody understand

is be content where God’s placed you

where he has you why didn’t get in the

four-year school I thought I was gonna

be content right where you are

I’m not saying give up I’m not saying

that to desire more but this is what I

want to leave you with in this phrase

God gave it to me and I believe it’s so

good you can believe God for more but

you cannot believe God for theirs see

see there’s something when you believe

God for more for yourself God I know

there’s more for me I know you have more

but you cannot look at your neighbor to

your left for your rifle say but I want

what they have

because if you get what they have you’ll

have to sustain it but if you get what

God has for you you can rest