1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: It's another great day to be alive, and we are 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: so blessed to be here with you today, Victoria my 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: beautiful wife, and we're just praying for you. Guys, I 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: have a blessed summer. I sure hope you enjoy the podcast. 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: I know I always enjoy these messages. They're so uplifting 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: and encouraging and inspiring, So we hope you enjoy the 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: message today. Well, God bless you. It's always a joy 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: our area, I hope you'll stop vying be a part 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 11 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. I 13 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: this elderly couple. They had been married for over sixteen years. 15 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: They were at a church fellowship and someone asked them 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: the secret of their success. The man told how he 17 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: always treated his wife with respect. Andy took her on 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: trips all over the world, he said. In in fact, for 19 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 20 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: Everyone politely applies. Then someone spoke up and said, what'd 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? He said, I 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: went back and picked her up. Hold up your bible, 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: I am what it says. 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: I am. 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 29 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about having a restoration mentality 32 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: in life. We all experience times of loss, situations where 33 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: it feels like something was taken from us. Sometimes it's 34 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: because of other people's choices. A friend does us wrong, 35 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: a spouse walks out of a relationship. Other times it 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: is because of our own choices. Maybe we get involved 37 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: with the wrong crowd, develop bad habits, we end up 38 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: with broken dreams. We hear that voice telling us again 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,559 Speaker 1: and again, it's your fault. You blew it too bad. 40 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: This is as good as it's ever going to be. 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: Many people are living with regrets, thinking about what they 42 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: should have done. If I've just spent more time raising 43 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: my children. If I've just been more disciplined and not 44 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: hung around those people, or if I just stayed in school, 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: where would I be today? They don't realize that defeated 46 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: mindset is keeping them from God's best. Then there are 47 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: times it's not somebody else's fault, it's not our own fault, 48 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: it's just life. You're a good person, you're honoring God, 49 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden you're facing an illness caught 50 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: you totally off guard. You lost your health. Or maybe 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: you're being your best each day. You're going to work, 52 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: giving it your awe, but business starts to slow down. 53 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: You had more than enough at one time. Now you're 54 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: struggling to get by counter loss. It's easy to get discouraged, 55 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: to settle where we are and to not expect anything better. 56 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: But the good news is our God is a god 57 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: of restoration. He never said we wouldn't have unfair situations. 58 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: He never promised we wouldn't experience lass, But he did 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: promise if we would stay in faith, he would restore 60 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:27,399 Speaker 1: everything that was stolen. When God restores, he doesn't bring 61 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: you out the same. He makes the enemy pay for 62 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: bringing the trouble into your life. God is so merciful, 63 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: whether it was your fault, somebody else's fault, or just 64 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: life in general. He says, He's not only going to 65 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: bring you out, He's going to bring you out better 66 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: off than you were before. Get that down in your spirit. 67 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: You may have made mistakes. You brought the trouble on yourself, 68 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: but God's mercy is bigger than any mistake that you've made. 69 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: Don't settle there, have a restoration Mentality's not only going 70 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: to bring you out, He's going to bring you out better. 71 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: In the Scripture, if someone stole an ox they had 72 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: to pay that person back with five oxen. If they 73 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: stole a sheep, they had to pay them back with 74 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: four sheep. Another place, they had to repay seven times. 75 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: In Isaiah, God said he would pay us back double 76 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: for the unfair situations. Notice the principle God never brings 77 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: us out the same. If we say we're going to 78 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: restore this old car, that means we're going to bring 79 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: it back to the original condition. We're going to make 80 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: it look like it did when it was brand new. 81 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: But that is not how God defines restoration. His idea 82 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: of restore is to increase, to improve, to promote to 83 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: make better now. You may have gone through a loss, 84 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: somebody did you wrong, or maybe it was your fault. 85 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: You made poor choices. The enemy would love for you 86 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: to sit around your whole life and listen to his lies. 87 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: It's never going to change. It's been this way too long. 88 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: It's your fault. Just settle where you are. Shake off 89 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: that doubt, shake off that self pity. You may have 90 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: suffered a loss, but your attitude should be I know 91 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: my God is a god of restoration, and I'm not 92 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: only coming out, I'm coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted. 93 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: I'm coming out increase better off than I was before. 94 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: If you're going to see God restore, you have to 95 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: have this restoration mentality. That means you're not sitting around 96 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: nursing your wounds, thinking about what you lost and how 97 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: many bad breaks you've had. No, you've got a smile 98 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: on your face, a spring in your step. You're expecting 99 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: things to change in your favor. Somebody may have done 100 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: you wrong, walked out of a relationship, but you're expecting 101 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: to meet somebody better. The loan may not have gone through, 102 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: didn't qualify for the new house, but you're expecting a 103 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: new door, expecting a better deal. The medical report doesn't 104 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: look good, but you've got another report. You're expecting to 105 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: get well. You're expecting your child to straighten up. You're 106 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: expecting to have a blessed, prosperous year. For everything that 107 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: you've lost, every person that did you wrong, every unfair situation, 108 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: every sickness you had to endure, God is saying that 109 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: is not the end. It is not over. I still 110 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: have something amazing in your future. If you will have 111 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: the right attitude, God will take the loss and use 112 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: it to promote you. God will use the person that 113 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 1: did you wrong to take you to a new level. 114 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: God can even use the mistake you made. You brought 115 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: the trouble on yourself. But God is so merciful He's 116 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: going to make the enemy pay. He can use that 117 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: mistake to take you higher than if you had not 118 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: have made it. Now do your part and get your 119 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: hopes up quickly. Living all your disappointments. Quit telling your 120 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: friends how it's never going to work out, and how 121 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: you should just settle where you are. No, shake that 122 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: off and have this restoration mentality. I know this couple, 123 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: they were living a very blessed life. Very successful. Everything 124 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: was going great. Then the perfect storm hit. The business 125 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: went down, the lady had some health issues. One of 126 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: their in laws suddenly died. One bad thing after another, 127 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: long story short, they ended up losing their house. It 128 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: was foreclosed on, and they were so discouraged. They were 129 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: having to live with some friends, and the lady had 130 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: been in the hospital for several weeks. When I saw her, 131 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: she said, Joel, they say there's light at the end 132 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: of the tunnel, but we can't even see the tunnel. 133 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: We don't see how this is ever going to work out. 134 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: I told them what I'm telling you. Our God is 135 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: a god of restoration. Nothing you're facing is a surprise. 136 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: He had the solution before you had the problem. He 137 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: wants to bring you out better. They would have been 138 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: happy to come out like they were before, to have 139 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: her health back, to have a place to live, to 140 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: have money to pay their bills. I said, that's great, 141 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: but that's not how God works. He doesn't bring you 142 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: out the same. He never restores you back to the 143 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: original condition. He brings you out better. And at first 144 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: they couldn't really receive this. The scripture says the people 145 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: had become too discouraged to believe, And if you're not careful, 146 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: you could let negative thoughts play in your mind so 147 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: long that they become ingrained in your thinking and you 148 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: become too discouraged to believe. When I tell you God 149 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: wants to bring you out better. In your spirit down 150 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: in here, something comes alive, something says, yes, this is 151 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: for me. I have not seen my best days. God 152 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 1: has greater things in my future. Your spirit will receive it. 153 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: That's where God lives. But many times our mind will 154 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: try to talk us out of it. This is not 155 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: for you today. You never get any good breaks, You'll 156 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: never be healthy, you'll never be successful. No, do yourself 157 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: a favor, at least temporarily turn your mind off and 158 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: receive what God is saying. You may have gone through 159 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: a loss, but God is going to bring you out better, promoted, increased, healthier, stronger, 160 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: wiser than you were before. Receive it by faith. I 161 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: finally convinced this couple to get in agreement with God 162 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: and start expecting things to turn around. And it didn't 163 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: happen overnight, but about three years later I saw them 164 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: in the lobby. They brought a picture of the brand 165 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: new house they had moved into. The lady was weeping 166 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: and weeping, so grateful. Her husband had started a new business. 167 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: It was much more successful than the one they lost. 168 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: They have three children. In their first home, two of 169 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: the children had to share a bedroom. In this home, 170 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: each child had their own bedroom, plus there was a 171 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: spare guest bedroom. She said, Joel, it's in a better location, 172 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: closer to our business. It's on a bigger lot. Plus 173 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: our payments are less on this house than on the 174 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: original house that we lost. Friends, God knows how to restore. Now, 175 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: don't talk yourself out of what God wants to do. 176 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 1: You may have gone through a loss. It was painful. 177 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: You could be discouraged. No, put on a new attitude. 178 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: It's not over until God says it's over. And God 179 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: says I'm bringing you out, promoted, increased, improved, better than 180 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: you were before. Can you get a vision for it? See, 181 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: it's easy in the tough times to get discourage and 182 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: bitter settle where we are not expect anything good. But 183 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: this is what faith is all about. You've got to 184 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: believe it even when you can't see it. You've got 185 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: to thank God even when you feel like complaining. You've 186 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: got to say, I know it's on the way, even 187 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: when every voice is telling you it's never going to happen. 188 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: I know many people that watch have been affected by 189 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: Hurricane Sandy, and you could be sour, bitter, no joy. 190 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: But if you'll have the right attitude, God will take 191 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: what was meant for your harm and use it to 192 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: your advantage. That storm was meant to defeat you, but 193 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: God will use it to promote you. You're going to 194 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: come out with a better house, with better furniture, with 195 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: new carpet. God is in the restoration business. Don't talk 196 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: yourself out of it. Get up every morning, Father, I 197 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: want to thank you that you're a god of restoration. 198 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: I know I've been armed with strength for this battle. 199 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: You said you'd make the enemy pay. My declaration is 200 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: I'm coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, I'm coming 201 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: out increase, I'm coming out better off than I was before. 202 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: That's what allows the most powerful force in the universe 203 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: to go to work. It may not happen overnight. God 204 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: doesn't say I'll do this in twenty four hours, or 205 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: two weeks or seven months. God doesn't put a timetable 206 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: on it. He simply says in due season, you will 207 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: rip if you don't give up. When you go through 208 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: a loss, when you suffer a setback, God immediately establishes 209 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: a due season, a set time to pay you back. 210 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: But along the way, God is watching. What do they say. 211 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: Do they still believe it's going to happen? Are they 212 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: still talking about how it's going to turn around? Or 213 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: have they gotten discouraged and settled where they are now? 214 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: Pass the test all through the day, Father, thank you 215 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: that you're restoring back everything that belongs to me. Young 216 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: man about twenty years old told me how when he 217 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: was a child, he was passed from relative to relative. 218 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: Nobody really wanted to raise him. He can't ever remember 219 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: laughing and playing as a child. He said, Joel, I 220 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: feel like somebody stole my childhood, and it's easy to think, well, 221 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: too bad, just my luck. Nothing I can do about that. 222 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: But God said in the Book of Joel, I will 223 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: restore the years that have been stolen. Friends. God knows 224 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: how to make up for years of your life. No, 225 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: you can't relive your childhood, but God can make the 226 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: rest of your life so rewarding, so fulfilling, that you 227 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: don't even miss the years that you lost. You may 228 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: feel like you wasted years in a relationship that didn't 229 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: work out. But God can bring somebody into your life 230 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: so great, so fun, so friendly, so attractive, that you 231 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: don't even remember the years that you've lost. You may 232 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: have spent years on a job that turned out to 233 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: be a dead end. You are working your way to 234 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: the top. Things didn't turn out like you had hoped, 235 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: and now it looks like there's a big waste of time. 236 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: You don't see how you could ever get to where 237 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: you want to be now. Don't believe those lies. God 238 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: knows how to make up for lost time. God can 239 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: accelerate things. God can bring opportunities back across your path 240 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: that you missed that will thrust you years ahead. It 241 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: may not have happened the first time, but God will 242 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: always give you another chance. I know this man. For 243 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: the first forty years of his life, he was a 244 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: cocaine addict. He came from a good family. He had 245 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: a lot of opportunity, but he blew his marriage, blew 246 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: his education. He thought it was all over. But today 247 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: he's in his late fifties, he's very successful, he's happily married. 248 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: He volunteers for us on the weekends. He said, Joel, 249 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: I never dreamed God would give me another chance. What's happening. 250 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: God is restoring the years. His ladder day are going 251 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: to be greater than his former days. That's the way 252 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: our God is. He knows how to make up for 253 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: lost time. Here's the amazing thing. Even when it's your fault, 254 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: God is so merciful he'll still give you another chance. 255 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: Why don't you quit worrying about what you lost and 256 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: how you're not where you think you should be and say, God, 257 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: I believe you can restore the years that I lost, 258 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: even when it was my fault. That takes a lot 259 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: of boldness. The enemy will bombard your mind, saying, man, 260 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: you're a hypocrite. You can't expect anything good. You should 261 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: have been out studying, you should have been working, you 262 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: should have been more disciplined. No, this is what mercy 263 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: is all about. You don't deserve it. You could live 264 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: guilty and condemned. When you shake it off and say God, 265 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: I'm coming boldly to your throne, not because I'm perfect, 266 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: but because your son made me worthy. And God, I'm 267 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: asked you to turn back time and give me every 268 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: opportunity that I have missed. See, God is not moved 269 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: when we have that weak, unworthy, poor old me mentality. 270 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: I don't deserve anything good. I've made too many mistakes. No, 271 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: God wants to restore. He's full of mercy. But you've 272 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: got to have the right attitude. And some of you 273 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: have given up on your dreams, thinking about the years 274 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: you wasted in the first marriage, and how you didn't 275 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: spend enough time with your children, how somebody hurts you. No, 276 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: quit blaming yourself, quit blaming others. God can still get 277 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: you to where you're supposed to be. He knows how 278 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: to restore the years. Our daughter Alexandra, was two months 279 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: old when my father went to be with the Lord. 280 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: During that time, my dad was on dialysis and I 281 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: was taking him up to the clinic and bringing him 282 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: back home. Was a very busy season. Then two months later, 283 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: when Daddy died, our whole world changed. We were thrust 284 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: into this new position and I was doing my best 285 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: to just try to keep my head above water. I 286 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: don't really remember the first few years of Alexander's life 287 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: that well. We were in such a transition and I 288 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: was learning how to minister trying to figure everything out. 289 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: One day, we were looking at her baby pictures and 290 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,479 Speaker 1: I realized that I don't have the same memories of 291 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 1: her the first few years of her life as I 292 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: do our son Jonathan, and just under my breath, almost 293 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: in passing, I said, God, I'm asking you to restore 294 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 1: the years that I lost being so busy and so 295 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: preoccupied with other things. That time, Alexander was about six 296 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: years old, and it seemed like from that time forward 297 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: all she wanted to do was to be with me, 298 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: her father. She'd rather go out in the backyard and 299 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: let me watch her turn cartwheels than to have her 300 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: friends over to play. In fact, sometimes I needed a brain. 301 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,479 Speaker 1: I would say, Alexandra, are you sure you don't want 302 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: to go to your cousins. You can go swimming. You're 303 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: sure you don't want to invite your friends over? She said, no, Daddy, 304 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: I just want to stay here with you. Even now 305 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: she's fourteen years old, we're still the best of friends. 306 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: She'll come up during the day at the house and 307 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: put her arm around me and we'll laugh, talk, have 308 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: a good time. She's like Victoria, she can't keep her 309 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: hands off of me. But you know, what that is. 310 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: That's where we're thinking what that is? Seriously, that's God 311 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: restoring the years. That's God turning back time. Why don't 312 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: you ask God to restore any opportunities that you've missed. 313 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,479 Speaker 1: Why don't you ask him to restore relationships that are 314 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: not what they should be. God knows how to restore 315 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: the years. Second King's Chapter eight, there's the story about 316 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: a life. This lady that was good friends with him 317 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: and her son died and Elisha came prayed for the 318 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: boy and he came back to life. Later, there was 319 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: a great famine in the land. Elisha told this woman 320 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: that she needed to move to another city because the 321 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: food was going to be so scarce. So she left 322 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: there and went to the land of the Philistines. Seven 323 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: years later, the famine was over. She was so excited 324 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: about coming back home, but when she arrived, she found 325 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: that somebody was living in her house, farming her land, 326 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: making money off of her property. She couldn't believe it. 327 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: She said, what are you doing here? This is my house. 328 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: I built this place. They wouldn't budge. They weren't about 329 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: to leave. She didn't know what to do, so she 330 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: decided to go see the King. Now, this king wasn't 331 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,239 Speaker 1: a godly man. She didn't have any connection with him. 332 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: She didn't even know if the king would see her. 333 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: But when she arrived, it just so happened that Gehzei, 334 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: that was this assistant to Elisha, he happened to be 335 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: there visiting with the king. The King was very intrigued 336 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,959 Speaker 1: by the prophet Elisha. He asked Gehza to tell him 337 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: some stories about the miracles that Elisha had performed. Just 338 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: so happened that gehes I started off telling this story 339 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: about this little boy that died and how Elisha prayed 340 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: and he came back to life. Right as he was 341 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: telling it, perfectly on cue, this lady walked in the room. 342 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: Gaehes I was amazed. He said, King, that's the lady 343 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: I'm talking about right there. It was her son that 344 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: came back to life. The King said, is this true? 345 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: She said, exactly true. The King was so moved not 346 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: only by the miracle, but by the fact that this 347 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: lady had shown up unannounced, perfectly on cue. He said 348 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: to the lady, ma'am, what can I do for you. 349 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: She explained her situation, how she had gone for seven 350 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: years and now she's back home and somebody was living 351 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: in her house. The King said, no problem, I'll take 352 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: care of that. He instructed his officials to make sure 353 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: that she not only got her house back, but he 354 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: said see to it that she gets all the money 355 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: from any crops that were harvested during the seven years 356 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: that she was gone. What she had lost by being 357 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: away for seven years was returned to her in one day. 358 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: That was God restoring the years, paying her back for 359 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 1: what should have been heard. Now, some of you are 360 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: due payback. You've lost some things. The good news is 361 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 1: they still have your name on them. Your health, your dreams, 362 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 1: your finances, your relationships. If you'll have this restoration mentality 363 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: like this lady, God will pay you back for everything 364 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: that should have been yours. God can make up for 365 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: seven years of loss with one good break. God can 366 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: take fifteen years of struggle and lack and cause one 367 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: person to show you favor. That will make up for 368 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: those fifteen years You may have struggled. In your health, 369 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: in a relationship, in your mind, no peace for get 370 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: this down in your spirit. It's payback time. God is 371 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: going to start restoring everything that should have been yours. 372 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: Some of you are raising a child that's difficult. You 373 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: never complain. You love your child, but it's taken your joy, 374 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: your passion. God is going to pay you back. He 375 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: knows exactly what you're owed. He's going to give you 376 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: greater strength, greater joy. You may have missed out temporarily, 377 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: but you need to get ready. What your ode is 378 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: still in your account, and God knows how to get 379 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: it to you. You may have put up with an 380 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: illness for a long time, worked at a job where 381 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: you're not being treated right, struggled with an addiction for 382 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: many years. Be encouraged. Today payday is on its way. 383 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: God's not only going to turn it around. He's going 384 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: to restore everything back to you that should have been yours. 385 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: The rest of your life is going to be more rewarding, 386 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: more fulfilling than anything you've experienced before. That's what it 387 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: says Psalm sixty six twelve. We went through the fire, 388 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: through the flood, but God brought us out to a 389 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: place of great abundance. That's what God is going to 390 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: do for you. You've been through the famine, through the 391 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: tough time, but you passed the test. Now God's going 392 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: to bring you not to a place of abundance, but 393 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: a place of great abundance, great joy, great friendships, great health, 394 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 1: great income. Our attitude should be God, I'm ready. I 395 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: know it's payback time. Now. I'm not sitting around focused 396 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: on what I lost and who hurt me and where 397 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: I missed it. I'm focused on the fact that you're 398 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: a God of restoration. You're full of mercy. You know 399 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: exactly what I'm ow and you promised you would pay 400 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: me back and bring me to a place of great abundance. 401 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: That's the attitude that allows God to restore, to make 402 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: up for lost time, lost health, lost wages, lost victories. 403 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: One time in the Old Testament, an enemy army had 404 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: surrounded the Israelites and cut off their food supply. The 405 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: Israelites were eating things that were unthinkable. A few more 406 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: days and they certainly would have starved to death. The 407 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: prophet Elisha showed up and said, by this time tomorrow 408 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: there will be so much food you'll be able to 409 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: buy a loaf of bread for one penny. The assistant 410 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: to the king said, Elisha, what are you talking about? 411 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: Have you lost your mind? Even if God opened up 412 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: the windows of heaven, that would not happen. Notice, God said, 413 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: restoration is coming. It's going to happen sooner than you think. 414 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: It's going to be greater than you imagined. You're coming 415 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: to a place of great abundance. But this assistant only 416 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: looked at it in the natural. He checked the stock report, 417 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: he looked at his bank statement, he watched the nightly news. 418 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: Said it's impossible, there's no way that could happen. But 419 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: there were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. They said, 420 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: we have nothing to lose. We're going to starve to 421 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: death anyway, Let's march down toward the enemy's camp and 422 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: see what's going on. As they started walking, God multiplied 423 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: the sound of their footsteps. They sounded like a huge 424 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: army was approaching. The enemy army got afraid, took off running, 425 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: left their food, left their treasures, left a whole camp 426 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: filled with supplies. Those four lepers went back to their family, 427 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: the Israelites, and said, come with us, there's more than enough. 428 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: The people were so excited, so hungry, they took off, 429 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: running out of the city to go get the food. 430 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: This assistant that said it would never happen was in 431 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: control of the gain. When the people came out running 432 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: so fast he got knocked down and was trampled to death. 433 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: He said it would never happen, and for him, he 434 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: was exactly right. It never happened. God is saying today 435 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: he's going to restore what was stolen. He's going to 436 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: pay you back for what you lost. He's going to 437 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: bring you to a place of great abundance. Now here's 438 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: my challenge. Don't be like this man. I don't see 439 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: how it could happen. I never get any good breaks. 440 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: I've been through too much. You know that's going to 441 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: keep you from God's best. You've got to have this 442 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: restoration mentality. God. I agree, I know it's payback time. 443 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: I want to thank you Lord for restoring the health, 444 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: the peace, the joy, the finances, the ideas, everything that 445 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: belongs to me. That's what allows God to work. Some 446 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: of you have let your thoughts and discouragement what you've 447 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: been through talk you out of it. But today is 448 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: a new day. Faith is rising, strongholds are being broken, 449 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 1: favor is coming because you have this restoration mentality. God's 450 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: not only going to restore what's been stolen, but I 451 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: believe and declare you're coming out stronger promoted, increased, healthier, wiser. 452 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: You're coming out to a place of abundance in Jesus' name. 453 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say him in today? 454 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcasts without giving you 455 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 456 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I 457 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 458 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 459 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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