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You lost something. Maybe it was your peace, your family, your money, or your fight. And you have been grieving it so long that you don't have the energy left to go get it back. In this message, Dr. Eric Thomas walks through 1 Samuel 30, where David came home to find everything burned and taken. Six hundred men wept until they had no more power to weep. Two hundred of them were too exhausted to fight. David encouraged himself in the Lord, asked God before he moved, pursued, and recovered all. What the enemy took is not the end of your story. But you will not get it back crying, blaming, or waiting for somebody else to fight for you. IN THIS MESSAGE YOU'LL DISCOVER: → Why you have to ask God first and not move until He answers → How weeping without encouraging yourself drains the energy you need to fight → Why 200 men stayed behind, and how not to be one of them → Why you can't win assignment seven when you skipped assignment one → Why David fought from twilight to the next evening to get it all back → How finding your cause changes everything you do 📖 KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Samuel 30:3–4 1 Samuel 30:6 1 Samuel 30:8 1 Samuel 30:17–19 1 Samuel 17:29 Matthew 6:33 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Answered Prayer and God's Perfect Timing 00:02:32 The Mel Robbins Miracle: When God Disrupts Your Plans 00:06:11 Stop Letting Money Lead: Seek First the Kingdom 00:13:30 The Mailman Is Coming: Faith During the Wait 00:17:43 David's Formula: Ask God First, Then Pursue 00:28:35 Assignment One Before Assignment Seven: Start With the Dishes 00:43:25 The 200 Who Stayed Behind: When Complaining Steals Your Fight 00:55:51 Is There Not a Cause? The Story That Changed ET's Life 01:04:05 Your Family Is the Incredibles: Count the Cost and Take Action 01:13:46 Recover It All: Stop Crying and Go Get It Back 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who lost something this year and needs to go get it back. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → https://pushpay.com/g/apocministry 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT ERIC THOMAS: ET THE HIP HOP PREACHER Dr. Eric Thomas is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, author, and educator. From homeless high school dropout to PhD, ET's story has inspired millions across the globe. Known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher, he has spoken to the NFL, NBA, Fortune 500 companies, and now leads A Place of Change Ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan alongside his wife, Dede Thomas, and Associate Pastor TJ Tyus. With over 2.1M Instagram followers, 1.5M YouTube subscribers, and millions of podcast downloads, ET's message of faith, sacrifice, and accountability continues to transform lives worldwide.

Your village burned down. Your family was taken. Your closest friends turned on you. And now you're holding a hand you didn't ask for. In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas uses 1 Samuel 30, the story of David, and an unexpected revelation from the card game Spades to expose why your life isn't about the hand you're holding. It's about who your partner is when everything falls apart. This message is for anyone who's been looking at their hand and feeling discouraged. You're not losing because of what's in your hand. You're losing because of who you're playing with. IN THIS MESSAGE YOU'LL DISCOVER: → Why all things work together for good, not just the good things → The card game revelation: it's not about your hand, it's about your partner → How David went from shepherd to giant killer to king by mastering every assignment → The difference between people who cause problems, avoid problems, and solve problems → Why God lets your village burn down before He makes you king → How to stop playing with Satan and start partnering with God 📖 KEY SCRIPTURES Romans 8:28 1 Samuel 30:1–6 Psalm 34:1 Psalm 27:1 Nehemiah 1:4 Proverbs 3:5–6 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Partnership with God 00:01:10 The Direct Impact of God's Word on Your Future 00:04:25 A Testimony of God's Protection 00:08:07 Master Your Craft: The Key to Freedom 00:11:51 All Things Work Together for Good: Romans 8:28 00:16:27 The Grass Lesson: Why You Need Both Sun and Rain 00:19:06 The Forex Investment Story: God's Hidden Protection 00:20:45 The Card Game Revelation: Your Hand Doesn't Matter 00:33:45 When Broken Becomes Stronger 00:37:17 From Giraffe to Lion: The Transformation Process 00:40:07 David's Shepherd Training: Killing Bears and Lions 00:46:49 The Bell Tower Ministry Framework: From Campus to Corporations 00:52:31 Three Types of People in Problems 00:53:14 Who Is Your Partner? The Most Important Question 01:03:56 David's Psalms: The Testimony of a Problem Solver 01:17:41 The Altar Call: Making God Your Only Partner 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who's been looking at their hand instead of looking at God's hand. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → https://pushpay.com/g/apocministry 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT ERIC THOMAS: ET THE HIP HOP PREACHER Dr. Eric Thomas is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, author, and educator. From homeless high school dropout to PhD, ET's story has inspired millions across the globe. Known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher, he has spoken to the NFL, NBA, Fortune 500 companies, and now leads A Place of Change Ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan alongside his wife, Dede Thomas, and Associate Pastor TJ Tyus. With over 2.1M Instagram followers, 1.5M YouTube subscribers, and millions of podcast downloads, ET's message of faith, sacrifice, and accountability continues to transform lives worldwide.

You think you have a reason to complain. So did TJ Tyus. He faced criminal charges and the threat of prison. He lost his own dream of playing in the NFL. He gave his life to God and served for years without a paycheck, driving three hours round trip to teach Bible study and helping raise more than a hundred kids and send them to college. He poured that lost dream into his sons. One of them has been working toward the NFL since he was six years old, and he did everything right: the discipline, the degree, the prayer. He finally signed. He started a game and played well. Two days later he was cut. Then signed again, and cut again. Team after team, the same phone call keeps coming. And TJ adopted a little girl out of foster care, fought cancer beside her, and buried her. If anybody had the right to act wild, it was him. He told God the truth: you never failed me, but you disappointed me. Then he made a decision. If I cannot praise, I will not complain. I will praise God or I will be quiet. This message is for you if life just hit you with something you cannot control and you are one bad moment away from losing it. You did not have a bad day. You had a bad moment, and you kept adding "and" to it. Here is how you stop. IN THIS EPISODE • Why you keep asking God to end the challenge that is supposed to change you • Why your half squat does not count • What "David encouraged himself" really means: take courage • How to stop stacking "and... and... and..." and put a "but" in your spirit • The FOCUS reset: Find your feet, Observe your focus, Check the meaning, Select one next step • How to make your valley a valley of praise SCRIPTURES • 1 Samuel 30:6 • Matthew 4:1-3 • Luke 2:49 • 2 Chronicles 20:12 • 2 Chronicles 20:21-22 • Hebrews 11:6 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Being Coached Through Challenges 00:00:52 Without Challenge, There Is No Change 00:03:49 The Squat Lesson: Going All the Way Down 00:06:18 The Aries Story: God's Plan in Foster Care and Adoption 00:09:36 Cancer, Diabetes, and Learning to Encourage Yourself 00:11:29 When in the Wild, Don't Act Wild 00:15:37 Mission Over Mood: The Day After Aries Passed 00:15:55 David Was Distressed, But He Encouraged Himself 00:19:40 If You Can't Praise, Be Quiet 00:24:19 The Sword of the Spirit: Building Strength to Wield the Word 00:31:16 Education and Experience: What Makes You Confident in the Wild 00:33:32 I Must Be About My Father's Business 00:34:37 Jesus in the Wilderness: Led by the Spirit to Be Tested 00:38:43 The FOCUS Reset Formula 00:41:23 The Valley of Praise: 2 Chronicles 20 00:44:47 What Will Your Valley Be Called? 00:46:41 My Mother's Dementia and the Spirit She Prayed Over Me 00:48:15 Altar Call: Make Your Valley a Valley of Praise 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who is in the middle of a hard season and needs to hear this. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → apocministry.org/give 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT ERIC THOMAS — ET THE HIP HOP PREACHER Dr. Eric Thomas is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, author, and educator. From homeless high school dropout to PhD, ET's story has inspired millions across the globe. Known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher, he has spoken to the NFL, NBA, Fortune 500 companies, and now leads A Place of Change Ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan alongside his wife, Dede Thomas, and Associate Pastor TJ Tyus. With over 2.1M Instagram followers, 1.5M YouTube subscribers, and millions of podcast downloads, ET's message of faith, sacrifice, and accountability continues to transform lives worldwide.

You've been working hard. Praying harder. Fasting. Reading your Word. But if you're honest, nothing's really changed. And the question God is asking you today isn't whether you're trying. It's whether you're listening. In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas uses Haggai 1:5–7, the story of Nehemiah, and a revelation from a 12-year-old wrestler to expose why so many believers are stuck in cycles they were never meant to repeat. It's not because you're not working. It's not because you're not praying. It's because you're asking God to bless your decisions instead of asking Him to make the decision. God wants the exact same thing you want. He just doesn't want you to leave Him out. Using Haggai 1, God confronts His people with a hard truth: You have sown much, but bring in little. You eat, but have not enough. You drink, but are not filled. You clothe yourselves, but there is no warmth. And he that earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes. God isn't saying this to condemn you. He's saying it because you're not where you're supposed to be, and something has to change. He's not asking you to consider His ways. He's asking you to consider YOUR ways. Look at what you're doing on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Look at how you're spending your money. Look at who you're attracting yourself to. Look at what you're doing. And ask yourself: is this working? Through a revelation from his 12-year-old god-son Trey, Pastor ET breaks down the difference between basketball coaching and wrestling coaching. In basketball and football, you talk to your coach between plays. But in wrestling, your coach is actively talking to you while you're wrestling. In the middle of a move, your coach is saying, "Don't do that, do this instead." That's how God wants to coach you. Not after you've already made the decision. Not after you've already spent the money. Not after you've already entered the relationship. He wants to speak to you WHILE you're in the middle of it. But most of us don't want coaching from God. We want relief. We want access. We want income. We want results. And we're okay getting all of it without Him. God is saying: I want to give you everything you're asking for. I just don't want to lose when you get blessed. Before Nehemiah rebuilt the wall in 52 days, God spent four months building Nehemiah. Because God builds the heart before He builds the wall. You cannot build something new with an old heart. And you cannot attract what you pray for. You only attract what you are. This message introduces the winning formula God gave through a 12-year-old: Ask Before. Listen During. Review After. Don't ask God to bless your decision. Ask God to make the decision, and it's already blessed. Don't come to God after you've done what you wanted to do. Let Him yoke you up and coach you in real time. And when it's over, review it. Ask yourself: Where did I listen today? And where did I ignore Him? IN THIS MESSAGE YOU'LL DISCOVER: → Why you're working hard but still not progressing → The coaching problem: why we want relief, access, income, and results without God → How a 12-year-old wrestler revealed the secret to breakthrough → The difference between basketball coaching and wrestling coaching → Why God is just as hurt as you are when you're stuck → How to stop asking God to bless your decision and start asking Him to make the decision → The winning formula: Ask Before, Listen During, Review After → Why you only attract what you are, not what you pray for → Why repeating the strongest behaviors brings the best results 📖 KEY SCRIPTURES Haggai 1:5–7 Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah 6:15 Proverbs 3:5–6 Isaiah 30:21 Jeremiah 29:11 Psalm 51:10 Matthew 7:7–8 Malachi 3:10–11 Ephesians 2:10 CHAPTERS: 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who's been working hard but still not getting the breakthrough God has for them. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → apocministry.org/give 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT ERIC THOMAS — ET THE HIP HOP PREACHER Dr. Eric Thomas is a world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, author, and educator. From homeless high school dropout to PhD, ET's story has inspired millions across the globe. Known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher, he has spoken to the NFL, NBA, Fortune 500 companies, and now leads A Place of Change Ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan alongside his wife, Dede Thomas, and Associate Pastor TJ Tyus. With over 2.1M Instagram followers, 1.5M YouTube subscribers, and millions of podcast downloads, ET's message of faith, sacrifice, and accountability continues to transform lives worldwide. He is also the recipient of the President's Lifetime...

Can you see? You've been hearing the Word. You've been receiving the information. You've even believed it. But nothing's changed. And the question God is asking you today isn't whether you heard it. It's whether you can see it. Because meaning determines seeing. Change the meaning, you change what you see. Change what you see, you change what you do. In this powerful message, Pastor TJ Tyus delivers one of the most transparent, convicting sermons of the year using a simple but profound demonstration: broken reflectors can still reflect perfect light. Through raw personal testimony about the death of his nephew, losing his daughter Aries, kidney disease, and the pain of feeling like a loser when God says you're a winner, Pastor TJ exposes the real reason you're still stuck. It's not because you don't have the information. It's because you're giving it the wrong meaning. Winning is greater than or equal to you getting what you want. Most of us believe winning equals getting what we want. But God says winning is greater than or equal to your way. So if you don't get your way, that means God has something greater for you, and you're still winning. It's all about the meaning you give everything. Using the story of Peter, Pastor TJ breaks down how Peter kept making the same mistakes over and over again: rebuking Jesus, drawing a sword, denying Jesus three times. And every time, it came down to one thing: the meaning Peter gave to what was happening. Peter expected Jesus to come as a ruler who would overthrow Rome. But Jesus came as a servant who gave up His life. Peter had the right person, but the wrong picture. Through a live demonstration with broken glass and light, Pastor TJ reveals how broken people can still reflect God's perfect light. Even in your brokenness, if you stay in alignment with God, His glory will shine through you. In fact, broken reflectors create more angles, more shapes, more ways for God to use you. IN THIS MESSAGE YOU'LL DISCOVER: → Why winning is greater than or equal to you getting what you want → The formula: Event, Meaning, Emotion, Behavior → How the meaning you give things creates your emotional state → Why broken people can still reflect God's perfect light → The difference between a choice and a decision → Why Peter kept making the same mistakes and how he finally shifted → What courtyard decisions are and how to make the right one → Why you need the helmet of salvation to protect the meaning you give things → How to stop denying God when He doesn't give you what you want → Why crying is healthy and how to encourage yourself in the Lord 📖 KEY SCRIPTURES 2 Corinthians 3:16–18 Matthew 16:21–23 Matthew 26:47–54 Acts 2:14–24 Ephesians 6:17 Jeremiah 29:11 Proverbs 4:23 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Winning When You Don't Get Your Way 00:00:39 When Life Doesn't Feel Like Winning 00:04:21 The Real Formula for Winning 00:05:26 The Fire That Refines: Burning Off Impurities 00:06:52 Broken Things Still Reflect Perfect Light 00:12:03 Shine Bright Like a Divine: Aries' Story 00:15:50 Peter's Pattern: Rebuking Jesus and Drawing the Sword 00:28:37 The Courtyard Decision: When God Lets You Down 00:36:47 The Shift: From Denial to Declaration 00:40:28 The MEAN Formula: Controlling What You Can Control 00:40:55 The Helmet of Salvation: Protecting Your Mind 00:47:29 Unconditional Love: Do You Agape Me? 🔥 IF THIS HIT YOU Share it with someone who's been hearing the Word but not seeing the change. Subscribe and turn on notifications → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC 📱 Download the App → Search "APOC Ministry" in your app store 🙏 Submit a Prayer Request → Tap "Prayer" in the app 💸 Partner With Us → apocministry.org/give 📅 Join Us LIVE: Saturdays @ 11AM EST 🎤 ABOUT PASTOR TJ TYUS TJ Tyus is Associate Pastor of A Place of Change Ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan. His story, from being accused of murder in 2005 to becoming a coach, counselor, and pastor, is living proof that transformation is possible. With raw transparency and unshakable faith, Pastor TJ brings a message of hope, healing, and accountability that challenges believers to move from information to transformation. 🏛️ ABOUT A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY (APOC) A Place of Change Ministry is a Saturday Sabbath church in Grand Ledge, Michigan, led by Pastor Eric Thomas and Associate Pastor TJ Tyus. APOC exists to help people experience real transformation through the Word of God, not just hear it, but live it. We believe the church is not just a place you attend, it's a community you belong to, built on a culture of Love, Serve, and Grow. 📍 Grand Ledge, MI 🌐 apocministry.org 📧 [email protected]