1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: I'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: about these two brothers, ages four and six. They were 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: spending the night at their grandmother's house, and she told 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: them before they went to bed to make sure they 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: said their prayers. They went in the bedroom, got down 15 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: on their knees, and the youngest brother started praying at 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: the top of his lungs. God, I pray for a 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: new bicycle. I pray for a new PlayStation. I pray 18 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 1: for a new puppy. His brother stopped him and said, 19 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: why are you screaming? God isn't death? He said, I 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: know that, but grandmother, is. 21 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: You mean it? This is my Bible. 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: I am what it says, I am, I have what 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: it says I have, I can do what it says 24 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 26 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: heart is recepted. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 27 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: about surrounded by the most high. We all have times 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: where we feel like we're surrounded by difficulties, surrounded by sickness, 30 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: surrounded by debt. Everywhere we turn it's facing us, and 31 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: it's easy to get discouraged and think I'll never get 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: out of this. 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: It has me surrounded. 34 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: That's the way a young man felt in Second Kings, 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: chapter six. The King of Aram had just sent a 36 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: great army with horses and chariots to surround Elisia's house. 37 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: They snuck up in the middle of the night and 38 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: had it totally encircled. 39 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,279 Speaker 2: The next morning, when. 40 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: The young men went out saw all the horses and chariots, 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: he nearly passed out. He ran back in totally panicked, said, Elisha, 42 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: wake up, we're surrounded by the enemy. 43 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: What are we going to do? Elisha said, don't be afraid. 44 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: There are more for us than there are against us. 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: I can hear him saying, what do you mean, Elisha, 46 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: just you and me? I saw thousands of them, Elisha prayed. 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: Lord opened his eyes and let him see. All of 48 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: a sudden, the young man looked out and saw hundreds 49 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: of thousands of powerful, warring angels all across the mountain side, 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: standing beside their chariots afire. 51 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: He thought he was surrounded by the enemy. 52 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: The truth is the enemy was surrounded by our God. 53 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: Like him. 54 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: You may be surrounded by trouble, surrounded by sickness, surrounded 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: by an addiction. But what you can't see is the 56 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: most High God is surrounding what's surrounding you. Sickness may 57 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: be surrounding you. You're dealing with an illness. The good 58 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: news is sickness doesn't have the final say. Sickness is surrounded. 59 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: The right attitude is cancer. You think you have me 60 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: surrounded you better look again. My God has you surrounded 61 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: that you think you're surrounding me. I have bad news 62 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: for you. The Lord, my provider, is surrounding you. Trouble 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: at work. You think you're going to keep me from 64 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: my purpose, depression. You think you're going to stop my destiny. 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: You may have me surrounded. I'll give you that much, 66 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: But I know a secret. The most High God. 67 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: Is surrounding you. 68 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: When you understand God is surrounding what's surrounding you, you 69 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: won't go around discourage because of problems, worried about finances, 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: upset because somebody's against you. 71 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: You'll be like Elisha. 72 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: You'll stay in peace, knowing that there are more for 73 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: you than there are against you. Eliza prayed that God 74 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: would open the young man's eyes so he could see 75 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: there's another world that we cannot see. 76 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: With our physical eyes. 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: If God were to pull back the curtain like he 78 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: did for this young man, and you could see into 79 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: the unseen realm, you would see all these powerful, warring 80 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: angels at work on your behalf standing guard protecting you, 81 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: pushing back forces of darkness. You would see God moving 82 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: the wrong people out of the way, lining up things 83 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: in your favor, good breaks, healing, deliverance. Don't get discouraged 84 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: by what you see with your physical eyes. If you 85 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: stay focused on the opposition, the addiction, the sickness, then 86 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: you'll live stressed out. 87 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: You'll give up on dreams. 88 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: Through your eyes of faith, you need to see every 89 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: obstacle holding you back surround by the Most High. That 90 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: addiction may be strong, but it's surrounded by something stronger. 91 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: God controls the universe. He flung stars into space. One 92 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: angel in the Old Testament defeated one hundred and eighty 93 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: thousand of the enemies of God. You may have big 94 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: obstacles in your path. You feel stuck. I believe today. 95 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 2: God is opening our eyes. 96 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: We're getting a new perspective, recognizing He's surrounding what's surrounding us. 97 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: That child, this off course, doesn't look like he'll fulfill 98 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: his destiny. Imagine him surrounded by mercy, surrounded by favor, 99 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: surrounded by the Most High. David said in Psalm three, 100 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies that surround 101 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: me on every side. 102 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: You would think with so many enemies, he'd be a 103 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: little worried, upset, afraid. 104 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: He went on to say, I know victory comes from 105 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: the Lord. He was saying, yes, I'm surrounded by all 106 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: these enemies. 107 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: I could be overwhelmed. 108 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: But the reason I'm not falling apart is I know 109 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: a secret God is surrounding what's surrounding me. He had 110 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: his spiritual eyes open. He didn't just see his enemies. 111 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: Through his eyes of faith, he saw the most high 112 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: fighting his battles, making his crooked places strife. Like David, 113 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: you may feel surrounded by enemies, addictions, sicknesses. Maybe forces 114 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: are kind to keep you from your dreams. 115 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 2: You could easily think, well, it's just not meant to be. 116 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 2: But here's the key. 117 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: What you see with your physical eyes is not the 118 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: only thing surrounding you. If you'll open your eyes of faith, 119 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: you'll recognize the trouble, the addiction, the dysfunction. It is 120 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: surrounded by our God. You're not just surrounded by the negative. 121 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: That's one layer, but God supersedes that. You're surrounded by fever, 122 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: surrounded by healing, surrounded by victory. I saw a movie 123 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: one time based on a true story from back in 124 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: the seventeen hundreds. This army had surrounded a city. They 125 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: were planning to attack it. They were very strategic to 126 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: go completely around it to make sure nobody could get out. 127 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: They cut off the food supply and were going to 128 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: wait several weeks until the people were famished and then 129 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: go in. 130 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 2: And this army was very arrogant, cocky people. 131 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: They would stand outside the city walls and hurl insults, 132 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: make fun, trying to get the people to engage. A 133 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: month later, they decided to attack. They rushed into the 134 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: city so confidently. The only problem was nobody was there. 135 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: When they turned to leave, they suddenly realized they. 136 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: Were the one surrounded. 137 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: The people in the city received words that they were 138 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: going to attack. They snuck out before they got there 139 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: and went and hid in the hills while the enemy 140 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: was surrounding the city. Being so strategic, thinking they were 141 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: gaining the upper hand, the people from the city were 142 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: surrounding them. When they realized they were totally surrounded, they 143 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: put up the white flag, dropped. 144 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: Their weapons, surrendered. 145 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: When you're in difficult times, the enemy will do a 146 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: lot of talking. He'll tell you I have you surrounded. 147 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: This sickness will be the end. You'll never get out, 148 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: you'll never break the addiction, you'll never get out of debt. 149 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: Look how long you've been there. Don't believe those lies. 150 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: He thinks he has you surrounded. What he doesn't realize 151 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: is the most high God has him surrounded. God knows 152 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: everything that's going to happen. He knows every attack, every disappointment, 153 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: every unfair situation. When you feel like you're surrounded. You 154 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: have to come back to that place peace and say, 155 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: I know my God is still on the throne. He's 156 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: bigger than this sickness, greater than this addiction, more powerful 157 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: than these enemies. This is what the three Hebrew teenagers 158 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: did in the scripture. They wouldn't bow down to King 159 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: Nebuchaonezzar's golden idol. He was so upset he said, I'm 160 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: going to give you one last chance. Either bow down 161 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: or you're going to be thrown into a fiery furnace. 162 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: They said, King, no disrespect to you, but we're not 163 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: going to bow down to your idol. We know our 164 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: God will deliver us, but even if he doesn't, we're 165 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: still not going to bow down. They were saying, you 166 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: can't stop God's plan for our life. You can throw 167 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: us in the fire. We may be surrounded by that fire, 168 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: but we know our God is surrounding the fire. 169 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 2: If it's not our time to go, we're not going 170 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: to go. 171 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: The king was so furious he had the furnace heated 172 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: seven times hot than normal. 173 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: The teenagers were. 174 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: Tied up and thrown into the furnace. They weren't bitter, 175 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: complaining God, why did you let this happen? 176 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 2: They stayed in peace. 177 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: A little later, the king went to check on them. 178 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: He looked through the window in the furnace and said. 179 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: Didn't we throw three men in bound? 180 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: I see four men loosed, and one looks like the 181 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: son of God. You may feel like you're in the 182 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: fire today. You've had a disappointment. You don't see how 183 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: it could work out. The good news is you're not 184 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: in there by yourself. The God who controls the fire, 185 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: that fourth man is right there with you. 186 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 2: This is the beauty of our God. 187 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: He doesn't leave us in tough times. He comes into 188 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: the fire with us. The king thought, throwing them into 189 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: the furnace, surrounding them by fire, surely that would be 190 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: the end. What he didn't realize is the God who 191 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: created the fire, the God who controls the universe, He 192 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: has the final say. What's surrounding you may seem big, strong, insurmountable. 193 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 2: But our God is all powerful. 194 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: That sickness may look like it's the end, But when 195 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: God says live, you're going to live. That addiction may 196 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 1: look permanent. Thoughts tell you you'll never break it. God 197 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: is saying you're not going to stay in that fire. 198 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: That addiction is not how your story ends. The fourth 199 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: Man is about to show up. Things are about to 200 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: change in your favor. What you thought was going to 201 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: stop you instead is going to promote you. When Nebuknezar 202 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: saw that the teenagers were still alive, he couldn't believe it. 203 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: He shouted, Shadrak me Jack of Bendigo, servants of the 204 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: Most High God, come out of that fire. A few 205 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: minutes earlier he was telling them to bow to his 206 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: golden idol. Now he's calling them servants of the most 207 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: High God God. Sometimes God will allow the fire just 208 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: so other. 209 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: People will see he is God. 210 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: He'll use you as an example. They may not believe before, 211 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: but when they see God show out in your life, 212 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: when they see you beat the cancer, break the addiction, 213 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: set a new standard, go where you've never dreamed, they 214 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: won't be able to deny the blessing of God on 215 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: your life. When these teenagers came out of the furnace, 216 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: people never looked at them the same way again. They 217 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: had a new influence, a new respect, a new level. 218 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: In fact, Nevakanezar said, praise be to the God of Shadrak. 219 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 2: Knee Jack in a vendigo. 220 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: We may not like the fiery furnaces, but if we'll 221 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: do like them and keep the right attitude, God will 222 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: use that difficulty to establish you, to give you more credibility, 223 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: to take you. 224 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 2: To a new level. 225 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: It's interesting it doesn't say that the teenagers saw the 226 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: fourth Man. It says never saw him, the one that 227 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: threw them into the fire. In other words, the people 228 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: that tried to push you down, the people that tried 229 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: to hold you back, don't worry. 230 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,359 Speaker 2: They're going to see. 231 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: The hand of God on you things that you may 232 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: not be able to see. This is why you don't 233 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: have to prove to people who you are. You don't 234 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: have to convince them that you're right. 235 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 2: God is your vindicator. 236 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: He knows how to get their attention, he knows how 237 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: to change their mind. Well, Joel, if I'm surrounded by 238 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: the most time, why did I have the problem in 239 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: the first place? Why didn't God keep me out of 240 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,359 Speaker 1: the furnace? But God never said we wouldn't have difficulties. 241 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: Being people of faith doesn't exempt us from challenges unfair situations. 242 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: The Psalmist said, many are the afflictions of the righteous, 243 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: but the Lord delivers us out of them all. The 244 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: promise is not that you won't have challenges. The promise 245 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: is God will bring you out, not of some of them, 246 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: not of most. 247 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 2: Of them, but out of all of them. 248 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: When you're in the fire, the right report is I'm 249 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: coming out. This sickness is not the end. This trouble 250 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: is not permanent. This slow down at work is just 251 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: a season. You may not realize it, but God is 252 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: in the process. 253 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: Of bringing you out right now. 254 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: You may not see him, but the fourth man's in 255 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: your fire right now. Without him there, you wouldn't still 256 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: be here. He's the one keeping the fire from harming you. 257 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: He's the one pushing back forces of darkness. Don't complain 258 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: in the fire. Give God praise in the furnace. Be 259 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: your best right where you are. That difficulty cannot keep 260 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: you from your purpose. But we pray God keep the 261 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: out of the fire, keep me out of this problem. 262 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: And sometimes God will do that, But most of the 263 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: time God will make you fire proof and take you 264 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: through the fire. Coming out of the furnace is a 265 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: greater testimony. That's what gave the teenagers a new respect 266 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: with the king. That's what changed the way people saw them. 267 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: If God kept us out of every furnace, we wouldn't 268 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: reach the fullness of our destinies. Here's why, when the 269 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: teenagers were in the fire, the only thing that burned 270 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: were the cords that had them tied up. They're clothes 271 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: didn't burn, their shoes didn't burn, just the cords. 272 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: When you're in the fire, God knows how. 273 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: To protect what you need and at the same time 274 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: burn off anything that's holding you back. You are not 275 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: going to come out of the fire the same. 276 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 2: You're going to come out. 277 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: Free from things that are holding you back with a 278 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: greater influence. 279 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: People are going to look at you in a new light. 280 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 2: People that look down at you are going to look 281 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: up to you. 282 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: People that wouldn't pay you any attention are going to 283 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: want your friendship. Psalm thirty four says the angel of 284 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the Lord encamps around those that fear him. One translation says, 285 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: God's angels set up a circle of protection around us. 286 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: That's what happened with the teenagers. That circle of protection 287 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: didn't keep them out of the fire, but it kept 288 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: the fire from harming them. And if you're not supposed 289 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: to go in the fire, you're not going to go God. 290 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 2: Will keep you out, but if you do go. 291 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean God lets you down. Well, I prayed, 292 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: I was doing my best. Jeel, I got thrown into 293 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: the furnace, came down with this illness. 294 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: My company had to let me go. 295 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: The enemy cannot break the circle of protection God has 296 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: around you. If you go in the fire, that means 297 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: God allowed it. The good news is the same God 298 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: that lets you go in is the God that's going 299 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: to bring you out. 300 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: The enemy is not in control of your life. 301 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: God is God said to Satan, have you seen my 302 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: servant Job. There's nobody like him. He always honors me. 303 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: Satan answers something interesting. He said, why shouldn't he honor you? 304 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: You put a hedge of protection around him. He couldn't 305 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: test Job without first asking God for permission. Job went 306 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: through the test the unfair situations, but he didn't get bitter. 307 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: Job said, though he slaved me, yet, will I trust him? 308 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: He was saying what the teenager said, God, my life 309 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: is in your hands. I'm surrounded by trouble, but I 310 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: know you have the final say. You're surrounding what's surrounding me? 311 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: Like Job, Like these teenagers, God has a hedge of 312 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: protection around you and your family. I heard a story 313 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: about a young girl was talk into her car after 314 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: class late one night, and he was in a dark 315 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: parking lot and didn't look like anybody was around. All 316 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden, these three men stepped out. They were 317 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: hiding behind a car about fifty feet in front of her, 318 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: and her heart. 319 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: Skipped a beat. 320 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: She knew they were there to harm her. She wanted 321 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: to run, but she didn't have a chance. She stood there, 322 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: praying under her breath as the men continued coming closer. 323 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: In her mind she was afraid, but in her heart 324 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: she was at peace. Something told her everything is going 325 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: to be okay. When the men got about fifteen feet away, 326 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: suddenly they froze in their tracks. 327 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 2: Their eyes got real big terror. 328 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: Came across their face. They began to back up slowly, carefully. 329 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: Then they turned and ran. 330 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: As fast as they could. 331 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 1: She knew that God protected her, but she didn't really 332 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: know what happened. A few days later, they rested one 333 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: of the men. He admitted that they were going to 334 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: harm her, but when they got close to her, he said, 335 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: this mighty warrior suddenly appeared. He began to describe and 336 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: He stood over ten feet tall. He talked about his physique, 337 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: how his arms, his legs, his chest were rippled with muscles, 338 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: and how his face was radiating with so much light 339 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: they could hardly look at him. He had his sword drawn. 340 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: He was standing over this young lady. She only came 341 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: up to his waist. 342 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 2: Had a sword in one hand a shield in the other. 343 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: He stared at those three men just like he was saying, 344 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: come on, make my dad. 345 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 2: I dare you to touch her in the unseen realm. 346 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: Just like her, You have these powerful warring angels protecting you. 347 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: You may be surrounded by trouble. The good news is 348 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 1: the most high is surrounding that trouble. Psalm ninety one says, 349 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: when you honor God, he will command his angels to 350 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: watch over you. These three men thought they had the 351 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: young lady surrounded. They thought no big deal, one girl 352 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: against three grown men. What they didn't realize was, like Elisha, 353 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: God had them surrounded. Those warring angels were standing guard. 354 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: Instead of going around worried afraid. Turn it around, Father, 355 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: thank you that your angels are watching over me. Thank 356 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: you that I'm surrounded by protection, surrounded by your goodness. 357 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: When you go through life in faith knowing that God 358 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: is surrounding what's surrounding you. You're showing God that you 359 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: trust him. That's what allows God to show himself strong 360 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: in your life. 361 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 2: But Joel, I had a bad break. God thrown into 362 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: the furnace. Don't see how it's going to work out. 363 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 2: That's going to keep you where you are. 364 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: The right attitude is, yes, this sickness has come against me, 365 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: but I know I'm surrounded by healing. Yes, I had 366 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: a bad break, but this is not my final chapter. 367 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: I'm surrounded by favor, surrounded by restoration. 368 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 2: God didn't bring you this far to leave you. It's 369 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: a test. 370 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: Every person gets thrown into the furnace. It's not to 371 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: defeat you. It's to establish you. It's to let other 372 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: people see God's favor is on your life and to 373 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: let you know that God is still in control. Every 374 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: furnace God brings you out of, you come out with 375 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: a greater trust in God, a greater confidence, a greater faith. 376 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: That's getting you prepared for the next level of your destiny. 377 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: With every experience, something is deposited that you will use 378 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: down the road. 379 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 2: If you didn't need the furnace. 380 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: If it wasn't going to work for your good God 381 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: would have kept you out. You may not understand it, 382 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: it may not seem fair, but God knows what he's doing. 383 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: He's not going to let it defeat you. Thoughts will 384 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: tell you you'll never get out, you'll never get well, 385 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: it'll never turn around. 386 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 2: Don't believe that God. 387 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: Is bringing you out right now like these teenagers. You're 388 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: not only going to come out, You're going to come 389 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: out stronger, promoted. 390 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: To a new level of your destiny. 391 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: In the story Second Kings, chapter six, Elisha prayed for 392 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: the young man that the Lord would open his eyes 393 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: and he saw all those powerful angels. But when the 394 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: enemy army came closer, Elisha prayed just the opposite, Lord, 395 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: make them blind. The commander knocked on Elisha's door, said, 396 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: I'm here to see Elisha. Elisha said, you've come to 397 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 1: the wrong city. He doesn't live here. Let me take 398 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: you to where he is. Sometimes you have to lie 399 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: for the Lord. Elisha led this enemy army to the 400 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: city of Samaria, where they were surrounded by the Israelites. 401 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: Then he prayed Lord opened their eyes. They suddenly realized 402 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: they were captured it was a trap. 403 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 2: They were at the mercy of Elisha. Elisha let them go. 404 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: The scripture says they never bothered the Israelites anymore. God 405 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: knows how to turn your situation around. Like Elisha, there 406 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: are enemies that are not going to bother you anymore. 407 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 2: That sickness you've struggled with for years. God is going 408 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 2: to put an end to it. 409 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: That financial difficulty you can't seem to get ahead. You 410 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: keep honoring God being your best. You're going to see 411 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: those forces that have hindered. 412 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 2: You broken once and for all. 413 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: Now I realize that we will never live trouble free. 414 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: But there are some enemies like with Elisha. God will 415 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: free you from permanently. God told the Israelites the enemies 416 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: you see today, you will see no more. 417 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: Those things that are holding you back. 418 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: A sickness, depression, addictions. 419 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 2: Dare to believe. 420 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,959 Speaker 1: Like what God told the Israelites, the sickness you see today, 421 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: you will see no more. That addiction that's dogged you 422 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: for years, you will see no more. Had trouble at work, 423 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: people trying to push you. 424 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 2: Down, you will see no more. 425 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: A man told me recently how for over twenty years 426 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: he wasn't treated fairly at work because his boss didn't 427 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: like him. 428 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: This man was in cells. 429 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: He sold more than all the other salespeople, but he 430 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: was always overlooked for promotion, never given the bonuses that 431 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: he deserved. 432 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 2: He didn't get bitter. He kept being his best. 433 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: He told me last week, Joe, my boss was just 434 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: suddenly terminated. They didn't tell anybody why, but out of 435 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: over sixty salespeople, he was chosen to take his boss's position. 436 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: God is a god of just just You keep doing 437 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: the right thing, and like him, you will come into 438 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: that day where the enemies you see today you will 439 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: see no more. They think they have you surrounded. The 440 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: good news is the most high God. 441 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 2: Has them surrounded. 442 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: My prayer for us, Lord, open our eyes, help us 443 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: to realize there are more for. 444 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 2: Us than there are against us. 445 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: That trouble that's keeping you awake at night, come back 446 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: to a place of peace. God has the trouble surrounded. 447 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 2: Sure we all. 448 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: Get thrown into the furnace, but the fire is not 449 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: the end. The only thing it's going to do is 450 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: burn off what's holding you back all through the day, 451 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: Especially when you're tempted to worry remind yourself I am 452 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 1: surrounded by the most high. If you'll do this, I 453 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: believe and declare God is going to protect you, deliver you, 454 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: promote you. 455 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 2: Things that have held you back are being broken right now. 456 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: You're coming out of the furnace into freedom, into favor, 457 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: into healing, into the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 458 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,479 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today 459 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 460 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 461 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 462 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I'll make you my Lord in savior. 463 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 464 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 465 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: keep God first place. 466 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 3: God has put a specific dream in your heart. Maybe 467 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 3: it's a dream for a better career, a blessing that 468 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 3: enables you to bless others, to be in a healthy, 469 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 3: loving relationship, to launch your own business or ministry endeavor. 470 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 3: We all have dreams, but sometime setbacks and opposition can 471 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 3: rob us of our dreams. So how do you make 472 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 3: your dreams a reality? 473 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: One way, you know it's a God given dream is 474 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: you can't accomplish it on your own. We never thought 475 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: we'd be having church in a former basketball arena, but 476 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: this is what can happen when you take the limits 477 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: off of God. 478 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 4: When you believe what God put in your heart, that's 479 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: when He steps in and makes ways where you never 480 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 4: saw ways. 481 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: Now, i'd love to send you my newest book, It's 482 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: Time to Dream Again. It'll help you to hold on 483 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: to what God promised and not get discouraged by how 484 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: impossible it looks or how long it's taken. You are 485 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: closer than you think. God's working behind the scenes right now. 486 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: Stay in faith, You're going to see the greatness of 487 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: God bring your dreams to pass. 488 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 489 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 3: of any amount to the ministry this month, Joel and 490 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this dream releasing life 491 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 3: affirming book, It's Time to Dream Again. You might sense 492 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 3: that your dreams have been buried, but with this book, 493 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 3: you'll see that they are actually a hidden treasure just 494 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 3: waiting to be uncovered and come to life. God's plan 495 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 3: for you is significant. His dreams for you are beyond 496 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 3: what you could imagine. Don't wait another day. It's time 497 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 3: to dream again. 498 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 4: This book will help you gain a fresh perspective for 499 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 4: your dreams and to believe for everything God has put 500 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 4: in your heart. 501 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day. 502 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. Your 503 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: generosity is making a difference around the world. Remember you 504 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: can watch the services live online every Sunday, download the 505 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: daily podcast our YouTube channel, listen on serious exam. We 506 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: will keep you encouraged and inspired until we meet again. 507 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Bet the Lord bless you and keep you. 508 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of It's Time to 509 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 3: Dream Again today. Visit joelosdein dot com or call eight 510 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 3: eight eight five six seven Joel