Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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Thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny and heard about this pastor. He was raising funds for a new auditorium.

He said to the congregation, anyone who will give a thousand dollars can pick out the next three hymns.

This little old lady in the back raised her hand and said, Pastor, I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank you so much.

Now which three hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation, said, I'll take him and him and him.

What if you're 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 the king is looking for you.

Life has a way of pushing our dreams down. We can make mistakes and get off course. We're not where we thought we'd be. It's easy to live guilty, condemned, down on ourselves.

Sometimes it wasn't our fault. Another person because of what they've done put us at a disadvantage. It left hurts and scars.

Now it's affecting our self-image, our sense of confidence. Too often we go through life nursing our wounds, blaming other people, sitting on the sidelines, making excuses.

But nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. He saw every injustice, every bad break. He knew every mistake we would ever make.

God is not in the condemning business. He's in the restoration business. He wants to put you back on the right path so you can still become who you were created to be.

You may be on the sidelines thinking, look what I've been through. I've had these bad breaks. I'm stuck in life. Can I tell you the king is looking for you?

The God who created the universe is about to pick you back up, breathe new life into your dreams, and propel you towards your destiny.

This is what happened to a young boy in the scripture named Maphibbah Sheff. He was the grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan, David's best friend.

He was born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne. His future looked so bright. But at the age of five everything changed. Both his father and his grandfather were killed in a battle on the same day.

After that enemy army finished off King Saul and his men, they turned toward the city and were going to wipe out all of Saul's family.

When word reached back at home Maphibbah Sheff's nurse grabbed him as fast as she could, took off running, trying to hide him, spare his life.

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