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Thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. I heard about this 85-year-old man. He was out fishing one day. He heard a voice saying, pick me up.

He looked around, didn't see anything. He thought he was dreaming. He looked down and saw a frog. He said, an amazement, are you talking to me?

The frog said, yes, pick me up and kiss me and I'll turn into a beautiful bride. The man quickly picked him up, put him in his front pocket. The frog said, hey, what are you doing? I said, kiss me and I'll turn into a beautiful bride.

The man said, no thanks. At my age, I'd rather have a talking frog. 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 how you've been framed. When we hear that phrase, most of the time we think of it as a bad thing. We've been set up. Made to look like we did something that we didn't do.

But the scripture talks about a different type of frame. It says the worlds were framed by the Word of God. It's not just talking about the physical world. The Word in the original language is eons, meaning ages or times. It's saying God has a frame around your times.

He has put a fence of boundary around your life. Nothing can penetrate your frame that God doesn't allow. Trouble, sickness, accidents, they can't just randomly happen. The frame is set.

You don't have to worry about your future. There's a frame around your health. A frame around your children. A frame around your finances. It's a boundary set by the creator of the universe.

Not only can nothing get in without God's permission, but even better news, you can't get out. You can't make a mistake big enough to break out of that frame. You can't get too addicted, too discouraged, too angry. It's a destiny frame. God won't let you get so far off course that you can't still fulfill your purpose.

You may come right up to the edge, about to do something to get you in trouble and you'll bump into the frame. God will push you right back.

Had a man tell me how he was so fed up with his boss. He'd worked at this company for many years and his boss was always condescending, making sarcastic remarks. This man had had all he could take. He was about to give his boss a piece of his mind.

He knew he'd get fired, but at this point he didn't care. He had his speech all lined up late in bed the night before steaming. I'm going to tell him I don't like you. I don't need you. You're a lousy boss. On and on, he's going to let it all hang out.

The next morning, first thing, he marched into his boss's office without knocking all fired up. The strangest thing happened. He got flustered. He couldn't remember what he was going to say. His mind totally went blank.

He looked at the boss and said, uh-uh, would you like a cup of coffee? He said, you're, I tried to tell him off. I tried to be mean. I just couldn't do it. What happened? He bumped into the frame.

God knows how to protect you not only from accidents, not only from the wrong people. God will protect you from yourself. Sometimes we're the most dangerous thing we face. At the Family Reunion, you're about to tell that relative off. Somehow you feel a piece come over you.

Or they walk out of the room at just the right time. That's not a coincidence. You better thank God for your frame. Out on the freeway. That person that cuts you off, you're about to give them a signal with your hand. And I'm not talking about one way Jesus.

You pull up next to them so aggravated, throw your hand up. But instead of doing what you thought, you just smile and give them a big friendly wave. What happened? You bumped into your frame. This frame has kept us out of more trouble than we realize.

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