1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: buying be a part of one of our services. I 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 12 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: and I heard about this elderly couple. They had been 13 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: married for over sixty years. They were at a church 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: fellowship and someone asked them the secret of their success. 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: The man told how he always treated his wife with respect. 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: Andy took her on trips all over the world, he said, 17 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: And in fact, for our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: her to Beijing, China. Everyone politely applauded. Then someone spoke 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: up and said, what'd you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: He said, I went back and picked her up. Hold 21 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about having a restoration mentality 29 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: in life. We all experience times of loss, situations where 30 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: it feels like something was taken from us. Sometimes it's 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: because of other people's choices. A friend does us wrong, 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: a spouse walks out of a relationship. Other times it's 33 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: because of our own choices. Maybe we get involved with 34 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: the wrong crowd, develop bad habits, we end up with 35 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: broken dreams. We hear that voice telling us again and again, 36 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: it's your fault. You blew it too bad. This is 37 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: as good as it's ever going to be. Many people 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: are living with regrets, thinking about what they should have done. 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: If I've just spent more time raising my children, if 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I've just been more disciplined and not hung around those people, 41 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: or if i just stayed in school where would I 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: be today? They don't realize that defeated mindset is keeping 43 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: them from God's best. Then there are times it's not 44 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: somebody else's fault, it's not our own fault, it's just life. 45 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: You're a good person, you're honoring God, and all of 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: a sudden you're facing an illness caught you totally off guard. 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: You lost your health, or maybe you're being your best. 48 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: Each day you're going to work, giving it your awe, 49 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: but business starts to slow down. You had more than 50 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: enough at one time. Now you're struggling to get by. 51 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: When we encounter lass, it's easy to get discouraged, to 52 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: settle where we are and to not expect anything better. 53 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: But the good news is our God is a god 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: of restoration. He never said we wouldn't have unfair situations. 55 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: He never promised we wouldn't experience lass. But he did promise, 56 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: if we would stay in faith, he would restore everything 57 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: that was stolen. When God restores, he doesn't bring you 58 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: out the same. He makes the enemy pay for bringing 59 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: the trouble into your life. God is so merciful, whether 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: it was your fault, somebody else's fault, or just life 61 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: in general. He says, he's not only going to bring 62 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: you out, He's going to bring you out better off 63 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: than you were before. Get that down in your spirit. 64 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: You may have made mistakes. You brought the trouble on yourself, 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: but God's mercy is bigger than any mistake that you've made. 66 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: Don't settle there, have a restoration mentality. God's not only 67 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: going to bring you out, He's going to bring you 68 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: out better. If someone stole an ox they had to 69 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: pay that person back with five oxen. If they stole 70 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: a sheep, they had to pay them back with four sheep. 71 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: Another place they had to repay seven times. In Isaiah, 72 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: God said he would pay us back double for the 73 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: unfair situations. Notice the principle God never brings us out 74 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: the same. If we say we're going to restore this 75 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: old car, that means we're going to bring it back 76 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: to the original condition. We're going to make it look 77 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: like it did when it was brand new. But that 78 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: is not how God defines restoration. His idea of restore 79 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: is to increase, to improve, to promote, to make better. Now, 80 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: you may have gone through a loss, somebody did you wrong, 81 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: or maybe it was your fault. You made poor choices. 82 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for you to sit around your 83 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: whole life and listen to his lies. It's never going 84 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: to change. It's been the way too long. It's your fault. 85 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: Just settle where you are. Shake off that doubt, shake 86 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: off that self pity. You may have suffered a loss, 87 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: but your attitude should be I know my God is 88 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: a god of restoration, and I'm not only coming out, 89 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: I'm coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted. I'm coming 90 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: out increase better off than I was before. If you're 91 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: going to see God restore, you have to have this 92 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: restoration mentality. That means you're not sitting around nursing your wounds, 93 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: thinking about what you lost and how many bad breaks 94 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: you've had. Now you've got a smile on your face, 95 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: a spring in your step. You're expecting things to change 96 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: in your favor. Somebody may have done you wrong, walked 97 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 1: out of a relationship, but you're expecting to meet somebody better. 98 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: The loan may not have gone through, didn't qualify for 99 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: the new house, but you're expecting a new door. You're 100 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: expecting a better deal. The medical report doesn't look good, 101 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: but you've got another report. You're expecting to get well. 102 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: You're expecting your child to straighten up. You're expecting to 103 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: have a blessed, prosperous year. For everything that you've lost, 104 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: every person that did you wrong, every unfair situation, every 105 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: sickness you had to endure. God is saying that is 106 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: not the end. It is not over. I still have 107 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: something amazing in your future. If you will have the 108 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: right attitude, God will take the loss and use it 109 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: to promote you. God will use the person that did 110 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: you wrong to take you to a new level. God 111 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: can even use the mistake you made. You brought the 112 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: trouble on yourself. But God is so merciful He's going 113 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: to make the enemy pay. He can use that mistake 114 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: to take you higher than if you had not made it. 115 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: Now do your part and get your hopes up quick 116 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: reliving all your disappointments. Quit telling your friends how it's 117 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: never going to work out, and how you should just 118 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: settle where you are. No, shake that off and have 119 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: this restoration mentality. I know this couple. They were living 120 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: a very blessed life, very successful. Everything was going great. 121 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: Then the perfect storm hit, the business went down, the 122 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: lady had some health issues. One of their in laws 123 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: suddenly died. One bad thing after another, long story short, 124 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: they ended up losing their house. It was foreclosed on, 125 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: and they were so discouraged. They were having to live 126 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: with some friends, and the lady had been in the 127 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: hospital for several weeks. When I saw her, she said, Joel, 128 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: they say there's light at the end of the tunnel, 129 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: but we can't even see the tunnel. We don't see 130 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: how this is ever going to work out. I told 131 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: them what I'm telling you. Our God is a god 132 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: of restoration. Nothing you're facing is a surprise. He had 133 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: the solution before you had the problem. He wants to 134 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: bring you out better. They would have been happy to 135 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: come out like they were before, to have her health back, 136 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: to have a place to live, to have money to 137 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: pay their bills. I said, that's great, but that's not 138 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: how God works. He doesn't bring you out the same. 139 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: He never restores you back to the original condition. He 140 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: brings you out better. And at first they couldn't really 141 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: receive this. The scripture says the people had become too 142 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: discouraged to believe, and if you're not careful, you could 143 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: let negative thoughts play in your mind so long that 144 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: they become ingrained in your thinking, and you become too 145 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: discouraged to believe when I tell you God wants to 146 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: bring you out better. In your spirit. Down in here, 147 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: something comes alive, something says, yes, this is for me. 148 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: I have not seen my best days. God has greater 149 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: things in my future. Your spirit will receive it. That's 150 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: where God lives. But many times our mind will try 151 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: to talk us out of it. This is not for 152 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: you today. You never get any good breaks, You'll never 153 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: be healthy, you'll never be successful. No, do yourself a favor. 154 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: At least temporarily turn your mind off and receive what 155 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: God is saying. You may have gone through a loss, 156 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: but God is going to bring you out better, promoted, increased, healthier, stronger, 157 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: wiser than you were before. Receive it by faith. I 158 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: finally convinced this couple to get in agreement with God 159 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: and start expecting things to turn around. And it didn't 160 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: happen overnight, But about three years later I saw them 161 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: in the lobby. They brought a picture of the brand 162 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: new house they had moved into. The lady was weeping 163 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: and weeping, so grateful her husband had started a new business. 164 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: It was much more successful than the one they lost. 165 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: They have three children. In their first home, two of 166 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: the children had to share a bedroom. In this new home, 167 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: each child had their own bedroom, plus there was a 168 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: spare guest bedroom. She said Joel. It's in a better location, 169 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: closer to our business. It's on a bigger lot. Plus 170 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: our payments are less on this house than on the 171 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: original house that we lost. Friends, God knows how to restore. Now, 172 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: don't talk yourself out of what God wants to do. 173 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: You may have gone through a loss, it was painful. 174 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: You could be discouraged. No, put on a new attitude. 175 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: It's not over until God says it's over. And God 176 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: says I'm bringing you out, promoted, increased, improved better than 177 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: you were before. Can you get a vision for it? See, 178 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: it's easy in the tough times to get discourage, bitter, 179 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: settle where we are not expect anything good. But this 180 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: is what faith is all about. You've got to believe 181 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: it even when you can't see it. You've got to 182 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: thank God even when you feel like complaining. You've got 183 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: to say, I know it's on the way, even when 184 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: every voice is tell and yet it's never going to happen. 185 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: I know many people that watch have been affected by 186 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: Hurricane Sandy, and you could be sour, bitter, no joy. 187 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: But if you'll have the right attitude, God will take 188 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: what was meant for your harm and use it to 189 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: your advantage. That storm was meant to defeat you, but 190 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: God will use it to promote you. You're going to 191 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: come out with a better house, with better furniture, with 192 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: new carpet. God is in the restoration business. Don't talk 193 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: yourself out of it. Get up every morning. Father, I 194 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: want to thank you that you're a God of restoration. 195 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: I know I've been armed with strength for this battle. 196 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: You said you'd make the enemy pay. My declaration is 197 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: I'm coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, I'm coming 198 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: out increase, I'm coming out better off than I was before. 199 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: That's what allows the most powerful force in the universe 200 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: to go to work. It may not happen overnight. God 201 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: doesn't say I'll do this in twenty four hours, or 202 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 1: two weeks or seven months. God doesn't put a timetable 203 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: on it. He simply says, in due season. You will 204 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: rip if you don't give up. When you go through 205 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: a loss, when you suffer a setback. God immediately establishes 206 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: a due season, a set time to pay you back. 207 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: But along the way, God is watching. What do they say. 208 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: Do they still believe it's going to happen? Are they 209 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: still talking about how it's going to turn around? Or 210 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: have they gotten discouraged and settled where they are now? 211 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: Pass the test all through the day, Father, thank you 212 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: that you're restoring back everything that belongs to me. Young 213 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: man about twenty years old told me how when he 214 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: was a child, he was passed from relative to relative. 215 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: Nobody really wanted to raise him. He can't ever remember 216 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: laughing and playing as a child. He said, Joel, I 217 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: feel like somebody stole my childhood, and it's easy to think, well, 218 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: too bad, just my luck. Nothing I can do about that. 219 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: But God said in the Book of Joel, I will 220 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: restore the years that have been stolen. Friends. God knows 221 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: how to make up for years of your life. No, 222 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: you can't relive your childhood, but God can make the 223 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: rest of your life so rewarding, so fulfilling, that you 224 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: don't even miss the years that you lost. You may 225 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: feel like you wasted years in a relationship that didn't 226 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: work out, but God can bring somebody into your life 227 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: so great, so fun, so friendly, so attractive, that you 228 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: don't even remember the years that you've lost. You may 229 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: have spent years on a job that turned out to 230 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: be a dead end. You are working your way to 231 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: the top. Things didn't turn out like you had hoped, 232 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: and now it looks like there's a big waste of time. 233 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: You don't see how you could ever get to where 234 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: you want to be now. Don't believe those lies. God 235 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: knows how to make up for lost time. God can 236 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:08,199 Speaker 1: accelerate things. God can bring opportunities back across your path 237 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: that you missed that will thrust you years ahead. It 238 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: may not have happened the first time, but God will 239 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: always give you another chance. I know this man. For 240 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: the first forty years of his life, he was a 241 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: cocaine addict. He came from a good family. He had 242 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: a lot of opportunity, but he blew his marriage, blew 243 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: his education. He thought it was all over. But today 244 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: he's in his late fifties, he's very successful, he's happily married. 245 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: He volunteers for us on the weekends. He said, Joel, 246 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: I never dreamed God would give me another chance. What's happening. 247 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: God is restoring the years. His latter days are going 248 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: to be greater than his former days. That's the way 249 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: our God is. He knows how to make up for 250 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: lost time. Here's the amazing thing. Even when it's your fault, 251 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: God is so merciful he'll still give you another chance. 252 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: Why don't you quit worrying about what you lost and 253 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: how you're not where you think you should be, and say, God, 254 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: I believe you can restore the years that I lost, 255 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: even when it was my fault. That takes a lot 256 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: of boldness. The enemy will bombard your mind, saying, man, 257 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: you're a hypocrite. You can't expect anything good. You should 258 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: have been out studying, you should have been working, you 259 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: should have been more disciplined. No, this is what mercy 260 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: is all about. You don't deserve it. You could live 261 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: guilty and condemned. When you shake it off and say, God, 262 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: I'm coming boldly to your throne, not because I'm perfect, 263 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: but because your son made me worthy. And God, I'm 264 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: asking you to turn back time and give me every 265 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: opportunity that I have missed. See God is not moved 266 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: when we have that weak, unworthy, poor old me mentality. 267 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,119 Speaker 1: I don't deserve anything good. I've made too many mistakes. 268 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: No God wants to restore. He's full of mercy. But 269 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: you've got to have the right attitude. And some of 270 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: you have given up on your dreams, thinking about the 271 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: years you wasted in the first marriage, and how you 272 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: didn't spend enough time with your children, how somebody hurts you. 273 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: No quit blaming yourself, Quit blaming others. God can still 274 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: get you to where you're supposed to be. He knows 275 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: how to restore the years. Our daughter Alexandra was two 276 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: months old when my father went to be with the Lord. 277 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: And during that time, my dad was on dialysis and 278 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: I was taking him up to the clinic and bringing 279 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: him back home. Was a very busy season. Then two 280 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: months later, when Daddy died, our whole world changed. We 281 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: were thrust into this new position and I was doing 282 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: my best to just try to keep my head above water. 283 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: I don't really remember the first few years of Alexander's 284 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: life that we were in such a transition, and I 285 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: was learning how to minister, trying to figure everything out. 286 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: One day we were looking at her baby pictures and 287 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: I realized that I don't have the same memories of 288 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: her the first few years of her life as I 289 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: do our son Jonathan, and just under my breath, almost 290 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: in passing, I said, God, I'm asking you to restore 291 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: the years that I lost being so busy and so 292 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: preoccupied with other things. That time, Alexander was about six 293 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: years old, and it seemed like from that time forward 294 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: all she wanted to do was to be with me, 295 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: her father. She'd rather go out in the backyard and 296 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: let me watch her turn cartwheels than to have her 297 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: friends over to play. In fact, sometimes I needed a break. 298 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: I would say, Alexandra, are you sure you don't want 299 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: to go to your cousins. You can go swimming. You're 300 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: sure you don't want to invite your friends over? She said, no, Daddy, 301 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: I just want to stay here with you. Even now 302 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: she's fourteen years old, we're still the best of friends. 303 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: She'll come up during the day at the house and 304 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: put her arm around me and we'll laugh, talk, have 305 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: a good time. She's like Victoria, she can't keep her 306 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: hands off of me. But you know what that is, 307 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: that's wishful thinking. What that is, seriously, that's God restoring 308 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: the years. That's God turning back time. Why don't you 309 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: ask God to restore any opportunities that you've missed. Why 310 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: don't you ask him to restore relationships that are not 311 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: what they should be. God knows how to restore the years. 312 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: Second King, Chapter eighth. There's the story about Elisha. This 313 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: lady that was good friends with him, and her son 314 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: died and Elisha came prayed for the boy and he 315 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: came back to life. Later, there was a great famine 316 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: in the land. Elisha told this woman that she needed 317 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: to move to another city because the food was going 318 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: to be so scarce, So she left there and went 319 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: to the land of the Philistines. Seven years later, the 320 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: famine was over and she was so excited about coming 321 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: back home. But when she arrived, she found that somebody 322 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: was living in her house, farming her land, making money 323 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: off of her property. She couldn't believe it. She said, 324 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: what are you doing here? This is my house. I 325 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: built this place. They wouldn't budge. They weren't about to leave. 326 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: She didn't know what to do, so she decided to 327 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: go see the king. Now, this king wasn't a godly man. 328 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: She didn't have any connection with him. She didn't even 329 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: know if the King would see her. But when she arrived, 330 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: it just so happened that Gehese, that was the assistant 331 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: to Elisha, he happened to be there visiting with the king. 332 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: The King was very intrigued by the prophet Elisha. He 333 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: asked Gehesa to tell him some stories about the miracles 334 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: that Elisha had performed. Just so happened that gahes I 335 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: started off telling this story about this little boy that 336 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: died and how Elisha prayed and he came back to life. 337 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: Right as he was telling it, perfectly on cue, this 338 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: lady walked in the room. Gahes I was amazed. He said, King, 339 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: that's the lady I'm talking about right there. It was 340 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: her son that came back to life. The King said, 341 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 1: is this true? She said, exactly true. The King was 342 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: so moved not only by the miracle, but by the 343 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: fact that this lady had shown up unannounced, perfectly on que. 344 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: He said to the lady, ma'am, what can I do 345 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: for you. She explained her situation, how she had gone 346 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: for seven years and now she's back home and somebody 347 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: was living in her house. The King said, no problem, 348 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: I'll take care of that. He instructed his officials to 349 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: make sure that she not only got her house back, 350 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: but he said see to it that she gets all 351 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: the money from any crops that were harvest during the 352 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: seven years that she was gone. What she had lost 353 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: by being away for seven years was returned to her 354 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: in one day. That was God restoring the years, paying 355 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: her back for what should have been heard. Now, some 356 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: of you are due payback. You've lost some things. The 357 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: good news is they still have your name on them. 358 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: Your health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships. If you'll 359 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: have this restoration mentality like this lady, God will pay 360 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: you back for everything that should have been yours. God 361 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: can make up for seven years of loss with one 362 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: good break. God can take fifteen years of struggle and 363 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: lack and cause one person to show you favor. That 364 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: will make up for those fifteen years. You may have 365 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: struggled in your health, in a relationship, in your mind, 366 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: no peace, But get this down in your spirit. It's 367 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: payback time. God is going to start restoring everything that 368 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: should have been yours. Some of you are raising a 369 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: child that's difficult. You never complain. You love your child, 370 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: but it's taken your joy, your passion. God is going 371 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: to pay you back. He knows exactly what you're owed. 372 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: He's going to give you greater strength, greater joy. You 373 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 1: may have missed out temporarily, but you need to get ready. 374 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: What your ode is still in your account, and God 375 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: knows how to get it to you. You may have 376 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: put up with an illness for a long time, worked 377 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: at a job where you're not being treated right, struggled 378 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: with an addiction for many years. Be encouraged today. Payday 379 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: is on its way. God's not only going to turn 380 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: it around. He's going to restore everything back to you 381 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: that should have been yours. The rest of your life 382 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: is going to be more rewarding, more fulfilling than anything 383 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: you've experienced before. That's what it says Psalm sixty six twelve. 384 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: We went through the fire, through the flood, but God 385 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: brought us out to a place of great abundance. That's 386 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: what God is going to do for you. You've been 387 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: through the famine, through the tough time, but you passed 388 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: the test. Now God's going to bring you not to 389 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: a place of abundance, but a place of great abundance, 390 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: great joy, great friendships, great health, great income, our attitude 391 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 1: should be God, I'm ready. I know it's payback time. Now. 392 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: I'm not sitting around focused on what I lost and 393 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: who hurt me and where I missed it. I'm focused 394 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: on the fact that you're a God of restoration. You're 395 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: full of mercy. You know exactly what I'm old, and 396 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: you promised you would pay me back and bring me 397 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: to a place of great abundance. That's the attitude that 398 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: allows God to restore, to make up for lost time, 399 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: lost health, lost wages, lost victories. One time in the 400 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: Old Testament, an enemy army had surrounded the Israelites and 401 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: cut off their food supply. The Israelites were eating things 402 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: that were unthinkable. A few more days and they certainly 403 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: would have starved to death. The prophet Elisha showed up 404 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 1: and said, by this time tomorrow there will be so 405 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: much food you'll be able to buy a loaf of 406 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: bread for one penny. The assistant to the king said, Elisha, 407 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? Have you lost your mind? 408 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: Even if God opened up the windows of heaven, that 409 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: would not happen. Notice, God said, restoration is coming. It's 410 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: going to happen sooner than you think it's going to 411 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: be greater than you imagined. You're coming to a place 412 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: of great abundance. But this assistant only looked at it 413 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: in the natural. He checked the stock report, he looked 414 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: at his bank statement, he watched the nightly news. Said 415 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: it's impossible, there's no way that could happen. But there 416 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. They said, 417 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: we have nothing to lose. We're going to starve to 418 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: death anyway. Let's march down toward the enemy's camp and 419 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: see what's going on. As they started walking, God multiplied 420 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: the sound of their footsteps. They sounded like a huge 421 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: army was approaching. The enemy army got afraid, took off running, 422 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: left their food, left their treasures, left a whole camp 423 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: filled with supplies. Those four lepers went back to their family, 424 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: the Israelites, and said, come with us, there's more than enough. 425 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: The people were so excited, so hungry, they took off, 426 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: running out of the city to go get the food. 427 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: This assistant that said it would never happen was in 428 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 1: control of the gate. When the people came out, running 429 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: so fast, he got knocked down and was trampled to death. 430 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: He said it would never happen, and for him, he 431 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: was exactly right. It never happened. God is saying today 432 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: he's going to restore what was stolen. He's going to 433 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: pay you back for what you lost. He's going to 434 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: bring you to a place of great abundance. Now here's 435 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: my challenge. Don't be like this man. I don't see 436 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 1: how it could happen. I never get any good breaks. 437 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: I've been through too much. You know that's going to 438 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: keep you from God's best. You've got to have this 439 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: restoration mentality. God. I agree, I know it's payback time. 440 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: I want to thank you Lord for restoring the health, 441 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: the peace, the joy, the finances, the ideas, everything that 442 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: belongs to me. That's what allows God to work. Some 443 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: of you have let your thoughts and discouragement what you've 444 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: been through talk you out of it. But today is 445 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: a new day. Faith is rising, strongholders are being broken, 446 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 1: favor is coming because you have this restoration mentality. God's 447 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: not only going to restore what's been stolen, but I 448 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: believe and declare you're coming out stronger, promoted, increased, healthier, wiser. 449 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: You're coming out to a place of abundance in Jesus' 450 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: name if you receive it, can you say him in today? 451 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: And we never like to close our broadcast without giving 452 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 453 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 454 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 455 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 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