1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: I hope you and your family are having a great summer. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Victorian are praying for you, believing for God's very best 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: in your life, and it's always my pleasure to be able. 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 2: To share a message with you. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: I hope you're encouraged and inspired today. God bless you. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: It's great to have you with us today. I know 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: God has amazing things in your future. I hope you'll 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: stay connected with us all through the week. We have 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: a daily podcast that you can download or go to 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, follow us on social media. We want 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: to keep it inspired and encouraged. But thanks for tuning in. 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny. One Sunday morning, 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: this pastor was in the pulpit preaching away when he 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: noticed a man on the front row sound asleep. That 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: made him so aggravated he started preaching louder and harder, 16 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: but it seemed like the louder he got, the sounder 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: the man slept. Finally, he stopped in the middle of 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: his message said to the man sitting next to him, 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: would you please wait that man up? 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: And said wake him up yourself. You put him to sleep. 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: Come on, say it like you mean it. 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about the hot winds of testing. 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: We all go through seasons in life that are difficult. 30 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: We're going along fine, then an unexpected challenge comes. We're 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: diagnosed with an illness, our child is in trouble, the 32 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: pandemic hits, our business slows down. It's easy to get 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: discouraged and wonder why it happened. But God doesn't stop 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: every difficulty. He will allow challenges to move us into 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: our purpose. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: If you'll pass the test. 37 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: On the other side of that difficulty is a new 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: level of your destiny. Jesus told a parable in Luke 39 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: chapter eight about a farmer that sowed seed in his land. 40 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: Some fell on good ground, some fell on hard ground. 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: When he explained the meaning, he said in verse thirteen, 42 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: the rocky soil is like young plants. Their roots don't 43 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: go down very deep. They believe for a while then 44 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: they wilt when the hot winds of testing come. You 45 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: can't become who you were created to be without going through. 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 2: Hot winds of testing. 47 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: How you respond in these difficult times will determine whether 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: you come out bitter or you come out better. Times 49 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: when you feel overwhelmed, you're doing the right thing, but 50 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: it's not improving. You're praying, but it seems like God 51 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: went on vacation. You lost that loved one. You don't 52 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: see how you can make it. That's not just a 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: random challenge. It's not just bad luck. You're in the 54 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: hot winds of testing. God is seen what you're made of. 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: How deep do your roots go down? Are you going 56 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: to live sour discouraged or are you going to dig 57 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: down deep and say I may not understand it, but God, 58 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 1: I trust you. I know you're bigger than what I'm facing. 59 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: Your plans for me are for good, So Lord, I 60 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: thank you that you will get me to where I'm 61 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: supposed to be. You have to be determined. You're not 62 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: going to be moved by what's not fair. You're not 63 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: going to get bitter over who did you wrong. You're 64 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: not going to live discouraged because of a bad break 65 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: a delay and unexpected challenge. You may be in the 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: hot winds of testing now you're dealing with an issue 67 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: in your family or at the office. 68 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: That coworker is leaving you out, getting on your nerves. 69 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: Not once, but this has gone on month after month. 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: If your roots don't go down deep, if you live shallow, 71 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: let it frustrate you, try to pay them back, then 72 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: you'll get stuck where you are. Dificulty is not there 73 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: to defeat you, It's there to promote you. If you'll 74 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: pass the test, keep doing the right thing, keep being 75 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: good to people, Keep letting God fight your battles. Because 76 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: your roots go down deep. God will not only turn 77 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: it around, but it'll bring you out better. Don't let 78 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: the hot winds of testing cause you to fall apart. 79 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: It may be taken longer than you thought. You were determined. 80 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: At first you stood strong, but now it's been a 81 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: long time. You're tired. Thoughts are telling you it's never 82 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: going to work out. You'll never get well, never see 83 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: your family restored. 84 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies. That test is not permanent. 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: God has already set an end to the difficulty. 86 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: You have to get your second wind. 87 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: God didn't bring you this far to leave you what 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: he started he's going to finish. 89 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: Dig down deep and keep passing the test. 90 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: Keep thanking him that it's on the way, Keep declared 91 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: what he promised, Keep believing when you don't see any 92 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: sign of it. Stay in this attitude of faith. Well, Joel, 93 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: I don't understand why this happened. I was being my best. 94 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: Why did I have this bad break? Why did I 95 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: come down with this illness? Why did these people turn 96 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: on me? 97 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 2: It's just life. 98 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: Being a person of faith doesn't exempt us from difficulty. 99 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: These tests come to us. All. 100 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: Paul said in Ephesians, put on the whole armor of God, 101 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: so in the evil day you will be able to stand, 102 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: and having done all to stand. He didn't say, in 103 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,799 Speaker 1: case you have an evil day, maybe you'll have some trouble. 104 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: He said, put the armor on. So in the evil day. 105 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: He was saying, there's going to be some hot winds 106 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: of testing. You're going to have things in life that 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: can knock the wind out of you, take your joy, 108 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: cause you to give up. 109 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: On your dreams. If you're going to pass the test, 110 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: your roots have to go down deep. You can't be weak. 111 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: Complain God, why did this happen? You have to have 112 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: a made up mind. I know God is still on 113 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: the throne. I know him being for me is more 114 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: than the world. 115 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 2: Being against me. 116 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm not moved by what's not improving. I'm not moved 117 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: by how unfair it is. I'm not moved by what 118 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: I don't understand. 119 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 2: I know what was meant for harm. God is turning 120 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: to my advantage. 121 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: Paul said, when you've done everything you know to do, 122 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: just stand. You don't have to figure it out. You 123 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: don't have to make things happen. You don't have to worry. 124 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: Just stand in the face of opposition. 125 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Stand when every voice says it's not going to work out. 126 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: Stand when the medical report is not changing. Stand when 127 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: your finances aren't improving, Stand when your child is not 128 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: making good decisions. To stand means you're not moved by 129 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: what's not changing. You're not complaining because it's taking so long. 130 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: You're not bitter because you had to set back. You're 131 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: not frustrated because your plans didn't work out. You are steadfast, immovable, unshakable. 132 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 2: Your roots go down deep. 133 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: You have a report of victory when you could be complaining. 134 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: You talk about health When you're fighting the illness, you 135 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: talk about abundance. 136 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: When your business is down, you talk about overcoming when 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 2: you feel like you're overcome. That's what it means to stand. 138 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: You stand, believing, stand trusting, stand hoping, stand expecting. 139 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: If you'll stand. 140 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: Immovable, unshakable, then you will be unstoppable. Those hot winds 141 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: of testing will not keep you from your destiny. 142 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 2: They will launch you into your destiny. 143 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: God is looking for people, not necessarily that have great faith, 144 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: but people that will simply stand. Stand in the middle 145 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: of a pandemic bitter, not discourage, but stand with an 146 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: attitude of faith. Stand when the problem is not turning around. 147 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: Stand when it's taken longer than you thought. Stand when 148 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: your heart is breaking, stand when the bottom fell out. 149 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 2: God never said we wouldn't have. 150 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: An evil day, a time of trouble, but he did promise, 151 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: if you'll just stand, he'll bring you out. If you'll stand, 152 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: he'll defeat your enemies. If you'll stand, he'll give your 153 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: beauty for ashes. If you'll stand, joy is coming in 154 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: the morning. If you'll stand, the enemies you see today 155 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: you will see no more. Don't let those hot winds 156 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: of testing cause you to wilp think that God is 157 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: not for you. I must have done something wrong. No, 158 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: you probably did something right. That's why the enemy's trying 159 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: to stop you. He thought you would fall apart, get bitter, 160 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: blame God. What he didn't realize is you know how 161 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: to stand. You're not moved by the hot whins. You're 162 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: not worried about the medical report. You're not frustrated over 163 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: how long it's been. You're steadfast. You're immovable. Can I 164 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: tell you the enemy cannot defeat a stander. He can't 165 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: defeat you. When you stand in praise, you thank God. 166 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: Even when it's not working out, you stand in excellence. 167 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: You keep being your best in the middle of the trouble. 168 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: You stand in faith. You could be negative, sour, but 169 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: you still believe God is working. You still expect things 170 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: to change. You still have your hopes of knowing that 171 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: it could turn around today. I'm not asking you to 172 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: have great faith. I'm not asking you to figure out 173 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:46,479 Speaker 1: a solution. I'm simply asking you to stand stand, unmoved 174 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: by what you're up against. Stand with your eyes on 175 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: the God who created the universe, knowing that he has 176 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: the final say, that he's working behind the scenes that 177 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: what he promised you will come to pass. Are you 178 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: in those hot winds of testing, facing difficulties that seemed 179 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: too big? 180 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: You never dreamed you'd. 181 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: Be up against this sickness, never thought your marriage would 182 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: be in trouble, never thought that company wouldn't need you. 183 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: God is saying, stand, I'm still in control. 184 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 2: It's not a surprise to me. He already has the solution. 185 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: He's already lined up the right people, the healing, the promotion, 186 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 1: the breakthroughs. 187 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 2: They are already en route. Here's what I've learned. 188 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: I know God is on my side, not by the 189 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: storms he stopped, but by the storms that didn't stop me. 190 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: You can't judge God's favor by the storms he kept 191 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: you out of, but by the storms he brought you through. 192 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: David said, by this, I know the Lord is on 193 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: my side because my enemies could not triumph over me. 194 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: He was saying, I know God is on my side 195 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: because in those hot winds of testing, I just kept 196 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: standing doing the right thing, and God defeated my enemies 197 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: for me. The scripture says you will go through the 198 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: fire and not be burned. 199 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 2: You will go through the waters and not drown. You 200 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: will go through the famine and not go hungry. 201 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged over what God is bringing you through. 202 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: He won't allow you to get in a difficulty that he. 203 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: Can't bring you out of. 204 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: In the Scripture, three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down to 205 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: the king's golden idol. He was so upset he was 206 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. You 207 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,079 Speaker 1: talk about the hot winds of testing. What they were 208 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: up against seemed impossible, and they could have panicked fallen apart. God, 209 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: we were being our best, doing the right thing. 210 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 2: Why did this happen? 211 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: It's a test out the difficulty, not to defeat them, 212 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: but to establish them. They said, King, we're not going 213 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: to bow down. We know our God will deliver us. 214 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: If they were to stopped there, we would think that's great. 215 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: They had faith, they believed, But what they said next 216 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: shows us their real attitude. They said, we know God 217 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: will deliver us, but even if he doesn't, we're still 218 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: not going to bow down. That's what it means to stand. 219 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: You have a made up mind. You're going to stay 220 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: in faith whether it works out your way or not. 221 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: You're going to trust. 222 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: God, whether the door opens or closes, you're going to 223 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: give him praise. Whether he turns it around in five 224 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: days or five years. 225 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 2: Your roots go down deep. 226 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: You're not moved by people trying to talk you out 227 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: of it. Well, I don't think you'll ever get well. 228 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: My cousin died of that same thing. When you know 229 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: how to stand, you let that go in one ear 230 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: and out the other. You not moved by opposition, by 231 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: bad breaks, by people that are not for you. You 232 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: have an attitude like these teenagers. I know God is 233 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: going to turn it around, but even if he doesn't, 234 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm not going to live sour. I'm not going to 235 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: give up on life. I'm not going to quit believing. 236 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: When you have these deep roots, the hot winds of 237 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: testing don't affect you. Your stable, consistent, unmoved. You know 238 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: no weapon formed against you is going to prosper. You 239 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: know all things are working together for your good. This 240 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: king had the teenagers thrown into the furnace. 241 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 2: It was so hot. 242 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: The guards that threw them in were instantly killed. They 243 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: should have been gone, should have ended their life. But 244 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: God has the final say. No person can take your life, 245 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: no bad break can stop your purpose, no sickness, no addiction, 246 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: no disappointment. 247 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: A little later, the king came to check on them. 248 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: He looked through the furnace wind and saw they were 249 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: all still alive. 250 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: He couldn't believe it, he said, didn't we throw three 251 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 2: men in bound? 252 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: I see four men loosed. One looks like the son 253 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: of God. Those teenagers came out unharmed, without the smell 254 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: of smoke. Sometimes God will keep you out of the fire. 255 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: Other times he'll make you fire proof and send you 256 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: into the fire. You may be in the fire now 257 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: you feel those hot winds of testing. You need to 258 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: remind yourself like these teenagers, those flames can't harm you. 259 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: That trouble can't take you out. Those people can't stop 260 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: what God has ordained. 261 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 2: It's a test. 262 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: Are you going to stand despite the opposition? Are you 263 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: going to stay in faith despite things not working out? 264 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: Are you going to keep believing even though you've had 265 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: setbacks when you can say, like them, even if God 266 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: doesn't do it my way, I'm still not going to 267 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: bow down. I'm still I'm not going to live defeated. 268 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm still not going to give up on my dreams. 269 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: When your roots go down deep God will make things. 270 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: Happen that you couldn't make happen. 271 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: You'll defeat giants that are much bigger, accomplish dreams that 272 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: seem impossible. But there are times in life that we 273 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: all get thrown into the furnace, so to speak. We're 274 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: praying God, please keep us out, keep me from the trouble, 275 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: keep me from the sickness. 276 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 2: But here's the key. 277 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: God controls the thermostaff He won't let the fire get 278 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: too hot for you. He knows how much you can handle. 279 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: If it feels like it's too much, that's because. 280 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: You're stronger than you think. It's because your destiny is 281 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 2: greater than you think. 282 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: He's getting you prepared for things much bigger in your future, 283 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: for favor, influence, opportunity that you've never seen. Don't wilt 284 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: in the trouble, Dig down deep. It's not too much 285 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: for you. You can handle it. You've been armed with 286 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: strength for this battle. You are full of can do power. 287 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: The forces that are for you are greater than the 288 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: forces that are against you. But none of us like 289 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: the hot winds of testing. It would be much easier 290 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: if things fell into place. We never had opposition. People 291 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: were always for us. But without these times of testing, 292 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: when you have to resist the urge to quit, you 293 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: have to stretch your faith and believe that God is 294 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: in control, then we wouldn't become who we were created 295 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: to be. I read about these scientists that created a 296 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: miniature version of our planet. 297 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 2: It's called the Biasphere II project. 298 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: It's in a big dome that cost one hundred and 299 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: fifty million dollars. They made it to study how the 300 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: Earth functions and to learn more about how we can 301 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: make improvements. It has thirty eight hundred species of plants 302 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: and animals, including a rainforest, a savannah, and a desert. 303 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: They discovered that in this biosphere, trees grew much faster 304 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: than trees outside the dome. They were taken aback at 305 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: how rapidly they grew, but before the trees reached their 306 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: full height they fell over. 307 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 2: They couldn't withstand their own weight. 308 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: They realized in this biosphere they hadn't replicated the wind. 309 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: It was always calm and peaceful, never any strong winds, 310 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: never any storms. Because the trees didn't have to withstand 311 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: any wind, their roots didn't develop properly, and they had 312 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: a deficiency in what they called stress wood. Stresswood helps 313 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: the tree grow stronger and more solidly. Without it, the 314 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: trees can grow fast, but they can't survive. The wind 315 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: is essential for the tree to flourish and become what 316 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: it was created to be. In the same way, without 317 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 1: these hot winds of testing, without storms, without difficulties, our 318 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: life would. 319 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 2: Be easier, but we wouldn't properly. 320 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: We wouldn't be able to carry the weight of what 321 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: God has in store. 322 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 2: Don't complain about the wind. It's strengthening you. 323 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: Those hot winds of testing can be uncomfortable. We don't 324 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: like it, but your roots are going down deeper. You're 325 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: developing courage, strength, fortitude. Those winds are not there to 326 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: break you. They're there to make you. They're helping you 327 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: become who you were created to be. When you have 328 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: the right perspective, you don't get discouraged when you face challenges. 329 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: God could have left you in that biasphere with no difficulties, 330 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: no opposition. You could grow fast, but you wouldn't have 331 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: the strength for where you're going. Those hot winds of 332 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: testing are preparing you. 333 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: Every day you stand. 334 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: Your roots are getting stronger every time you praise. When 335 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: you could complain, you're developing stress. Would when you keep 336 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: doing the right thing when the wrong thing is happening, 337 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: your core is getting strengthened to carry the weight of 338 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: the blessing, the weight of the influence, the weight of 339 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: the anointing. It's interesting that airplanes don't take off with 340 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: the wind. They take off against the wind. The airplane 341 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: needs the resistance of the wind to get lyft. Are 342 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: you complaining about winds being against you when in fact 343 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: God is going to. 344 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: Use those winds to give you lyft. 345 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,239 Speaker 1: That challenge may look like it's going to stop you, 346 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 1: but really it's going to promote you. Don't get discouraged 347 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: because you're in the hot winds of testing. That tells 348 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: me you're about to lift off. You're about to see 349 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: things you've never seen, go places you've never gone. Pass 350 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: the test, keep standing, keep doing the right thing. This 351 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: is what David did. After he defeated Goliath. King Saul 352 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: asked him to come to the palace and be one 353 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: of his armor bearers. When Saul wasn't feeling well, he'd 354 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: have David come in and play the harp. 355 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 2: David was faithful, He. 356 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: Serves with excellence, always gave it his best, But Saul 357 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: was jealous of David. He didn't like the fact that 358 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: David was getting all this recognition. One day, while he 359 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: was playing the Heart, Saul threw his spirit at David, 360 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: trying to kill him, barely missed. David had to flee 361 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: for his life. He spent months in the desert on 362 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: the run from King Saul. Here David hadn't done anything wrong. 363 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: He could have said, God, this isn't fair. 364 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 2: Where are you? 365 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: But in those hot winds of testing, David kept doing 366 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the right thing. He had a chance to kill Saul 367 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: to get revenge, but he wouldn't do it. He knew 368 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: Saul was anointed to be king, and David wouldn't touch 369 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: God's anointed. As David kept passing the test, his roots 370 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: were going down deeper. His character was being developed. He 371 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 1: was showing God what he was made of. That's what 372 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: prepared him to take the throne and do great things. 373 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: When you study these of faith, one thing you'll find 374 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: is they all went through these hot winds of testing. 375 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: When the Israelites were in slavery, God told Moses to go, 376 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 1: tell the Pharaoh to let the people go. 377 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 2: Moses went. 378 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: He obeyed, but Pharaoh said, no, what do you do 379 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: when you do what God tells you but it doesn't work. 380 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: You pray, you believe you're good to people. You take 381 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: the high road, but nothing's improving. Moses could have been sour, thought, God, 382 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: I did my part, I got my courage up, but 383 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: it didn't happen. No, he went back and told Pharaoh 384 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: again and again and again he was in the hot 385 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: winds of testing. Was he going to get discouraged and 386 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: give up because it wasn't happening the way he thought? 387 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: Maybe you've been doing the right thing again and again 388 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: and people aren't changing. 389 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 2: The medical report. 390 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: Is not improving, your business is not getting better. This 391 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: is when you have to have deep roots. God, I'm 392 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: not moved by what's not changing. I'm not discouraged by 393 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: what's not happening. I'm not going to wilt, start complaining, 394 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: give up on my dreams. I'm going to keep standing. 395 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to keep doing the right thing. When you 396 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: pass the test like that, instead of those winds stopping you, 397 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,719 Speaker 1: they will lift you. 398 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 2: Instead of defeating you, they will promote you. 399 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: Even Jesus had to go through these hot winds of testing, 400 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: you would think he would have it easy. God would 401 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: surely favor him, keep him from opposition, from bad breaks, 402 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: but he had to pass these same tests. 403 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: People he loved walked away. 404 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: Peter denied him, Thomas doubted him, the religious leaders made 405 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: fun of him. In the garden of Gasimine, he was 406 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: overcome with despair, so much so that. 407 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 2: He swept great drops of blood. 408 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 1: When he was crucified, the scripture says, darkness fell across 409 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: the whole land from the sixth to the ninth hour. 410 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: As he hung there, the sun refused to shine. 411 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: It was a dark moment. 412 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 1: Jesus could have called down angels to rescue him, he 413 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: could have called down fire from heaven, But in the 414 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: dark moment, he didn't take the easy way out. In 415 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: the dark moment, he didn't come down off the cross. Yes, 416 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: he's the son of God, but he still felt the pain. 417 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 2: He was in so much agony. 418 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: He cried out, my God, My God, why have you 419 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: forsaken me? The scripture says he endured the pain of 420 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: the cross looking forward to the joy that was coming. 421 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: He knew on the other side of the dark moment 422 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: was a resurrection. We would never have salvation without a 423 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: dark moment. Jesus would have never sat at the right 424 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: hand of the Father without a dark moment. Joseph would 425 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: have never become the Prince of Egypt without a dark 426 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: moment his family betraying him. Paul would have never written 427 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: half of the New Testament without a dark moment, being 428 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: in prison for sharing his faith. 429 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 2: Sarah would have never given birth to the. 430 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: Promised Child without a dark moment, being barren for eighty years. 431 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: When you're in a dark moment, you have to remind 432 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: yourself that difficulty is not the end. It's leading you 433 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: to a resurrection, to a new beginning, to something that 434 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: you've never seen. Don't give up in the dark moment. 435 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: Don't quit believing in the dark moment. Don't stop doing 436 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: the right thing. 437 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: In the dark moment. 438 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 1: You may feel like that God has forgotten about you. 439 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: Even Jesus asked why he was forsaken. But sometimes in 440 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: the test the teacher is silent. You don't hear anything, 441 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: you don't see anything improving. You have to know in 442 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: the dark moment moments, God still has you in the 443 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: palm of his hand. He knows it's difficult, he knows 444 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: you feel overwhelmed. He knows you don't think you can 445 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: go on. Don't worry. 446 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 2: Help is on the way. Weep. 447 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: It endures for a night, but joy is coming in 448 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 1: the morning. Now, keep standing one day at a time. 449 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: Don't worry about tomorrow. You don't have grace for tomorrow. 450 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: Stand today, and when you get to tomorrow, you'll have 451 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: grace for that day. It's significant that the scripture tells 452 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: us darkness covered the earth from the sixth to the 453 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: ninth hour. The writer wasn't just giving us a timeframe 454 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: so we would know chronologically when it all happened. God 455 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: was showing us just as he sets a time for 456 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: you to come into the dark moment, he sets a 457 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: time for you to come out of it. Can I 458 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: tell you your ninth hour is coming? The dark moments 459 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: are not permanent. The hot winds of testing don't last forever. 460 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: You are close to seeing things turn around. You are 461 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: close to a breakthrough, close to your healing, close to 462 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: meeting the right person, close to victory like you've never seen. 463 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: The scripture says, the suffering. 464 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: Of this present time doesn't compare to the glory that's coming. 465 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: If you could see what God has coming, the promotion, 466 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,959 Speaker 1: the favor, the influence. You wouldn't complain about that dark moment. 467 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: You would do like Jesus and endure a little bit longer. 468 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: Keep standing, keep honoring God, keep being good to people. 469 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: Your ninth hour is on the way. Things are about 470 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,959 Speaker 1: to change in your favor. The light is about to 471 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: come bursting in. It's going to happen suddenly. Just as 472 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: that challenge came unexpectedly, God's favor is going to show 473 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: up unexpectedly. He's already set an end to the difficulty. 474 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: Now I believe and declare you are come into your 475 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: ninth hour. That darkness is about to lift. The hot 476 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: winds of testing are about to subside. 477 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 2: I speak strengthen to you. 478 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: Healing, favor, promotion, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 479 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 480 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 481 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 482 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 483 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 484 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: born again. We'd like to give you some free information 485 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: on your new walk with the Lord. Just text the 486 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: number on the screen or go to the website. I 487 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: hope you'll get into a good Bible based church and 488 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: keep God first place. 489 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: Some of us have been carrying the same weight for years, mistakes, regrets, 490 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 3: what people said. 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