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Thanks 50 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 4: for letting us come into your homes, and if you're 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 4: ever in our area, please stop bob be a part 52 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 4: of one of our services. These are the finest people 53 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 4: in all of Houston, Texas right here at Lakewood. We'd 54 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 4: love to have you. But thanks so much for tuning in. 55 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny and I heard 56 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: about this elderly minister. He was close to death. He 57 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: sent word for two of his members, an ours agent 58 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 4: and a lawyer to come to his house. Upon arrive, 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 4: he motioned for them to sit on each side of 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 4: the bed. The men were very moved that they could 61 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 4: be with the minister in his final moments. One point, 62 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: the lawyer asked, very sincerely, sir, why did you choose 63 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: both of us? The minister mustered up some strength and said, 64 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 4: Jesus died between two sinners. That's the way I want 65 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 4: to go. Say it like you mean it. This is 66 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 67 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 68 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 69 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 70 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 71 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 72 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 4: to you today about miracles out of mistakes. We've all 73 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 4: made wrong choices and done things that we knew were 74 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 4: not the best. It's one thing when other people do 75 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 4: us wrong. We had a bad break. It wasn't our fault. 76 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 4: We can have faith that God will restore. He'll pay 77 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: us back. But when we bring the trouble on ourselves, 78 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 4: when we blow it, it's easy to live in regrets, 79 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 4: thinking that God's not going to help us. We made 80 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 4: the mess. But here's the beauty. God knew you would 81 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 4: mess up before he called you. He knew we would 82 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: get off course at times given to temptation. He didn't 83 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: baste his plan for your life on you making perfect decisions. 84 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 4: God has a plan even for your mistakes. What you 85 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 4: think is a failure, you blew it. Nothing good could 86 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: come out of that. God has a way of making 87 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: miracles out of mistakes. He can take what should have 88 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 4: left you lonely disappointed, what should have limited your career, 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 4: instead of setting you back. God knows how to turn 90 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 4: it around and set you up, to move you towards 91 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: your destiny. But too often when we make mistakes, we 92 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 4: go around down on ourselves, guilty, not expect anything good. 93 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 4: Voices tell us too bad, Just live with the consequences. 94 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 4: It's all downhill from here, But be encouraged. God is 95 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 4: full of mercy. He doesn't turn his back when we 96 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 4: make mistakes. He doesn't say I'm done with you, you'll 97 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 4: never get it right. Just the opposite. He comes running 98 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 4: to us. He'll not only help you clean up the 99 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 4: mess you made, he'll take it one step further and 100 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 4: make miracles out of those mistakes. Paul said it this way, 101 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: All things work together for good when you love the Lord. 102 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 4: All things means, even our mistakes, the times we blew 103 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 4: it God off course, God knows how to work it 104 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 4: for our good. You may be in a complicated situation, 105 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 4: a problem that seems like it'll never work out. There 106 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 4: are other people involved, different personalities, legal circumstances. It seems 107 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 4: too complex. But God hasn't all figured out. He can 108 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 4: see things you can't see. His ways are better than 109 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 4: our ways. You may have brought the trouble on yourself. 110 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 4: God is saying, I'm going to correct those complications. I'm 111 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 4: going to resolve complex issues. I'm going to make things 112 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 4: work out that you could have never made work on 113 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: your own. That's what he did for Abraham. In the scripture, 114 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: God gave him the promise that he and his wife 115 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 4: Sarah were going to have a baby. Year after year 116 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 4: went by and nothing happened. They decided to try to 117 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: help God out. Sarah told Abraham to sleep with her 118 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,119 Speaker 4: maid Hagar. He did, and they had a baby boy 119 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 4: that they named Ishmael. They were so excited, thanking God 120 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 4: for the promise. But Ishmael wasn't the promised child. No 121 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,799 Speaker 4: disrespect to him. Ishmael was a mistake. He was born 122 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 4: out of Abraham and Sarah's impatience. They got in a hurry, 123 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 4: took matters into their own head and had this baby. 124 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 4: Now there was strife and division in their home. Sarah 125 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 4: was upset with Abraham, saying what in the world were 126 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 4: you thinking sleeping with my maid? He said, what do 127 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 4: you mean, you're the one who told me to do it. 128 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: She said, you shouldn't have listened to me. You should 129 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 4: have known better. Every time Sarah saw Hagar, she became 130 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 4: more and more upset. Finally she gave Abraham the ultimatum, 131 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 4: either that lady in her son leaves or I'm leaving. 132 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: I'm not staying in the house with that woman. Abraham 133 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 4: was in a complicated situation. Two women mad at him. 134 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 4: He's trying to please both of them. He needed divine intervention. 135 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 4: He was at a crossroads. He has to send his 136 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 4: son away out into the desert. Looked like that would 137 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 4: be the end of Ishmael. The problem was he loved Ishmael, 138 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 4: that was his son. He was conflicted, thinking, I love 139 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 4: Sarah and I love Ishmael. How did I get myself 140 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 4: into this mess? God could have said, Abraham, you'd have 141 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: listened to me, You wouldn't have this mess, should have waited, 142 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 4: should have been more patient. Was your own fault? Instead, 143 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 4: God said, in effect, yes, Abraham, it's complicated, Yes it's dysfunctional. 144 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 4: Their strife and division, but I wouldn't have let you 145 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 4: get in this mess. If I didn't know how to 146 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: bring you out of this mess, God told Abraham, I'm 147 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 4: going to bring out of your son Ishmael a great nation. 148 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 4: I'm going to multiply his descendants and make him extremely fruitful. 149 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 4: Even though Ishmael was considered a mistake born out of 150 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 4: what the scripture calls works of the flesh, trying to 151 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 4: make it happen on our own, God in his mercy, said, 152 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 4: I'm going to take that mistake and make a miracle. 153 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: I'm going to bring something significant out of him, Abraham, 154 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 4: in spite of your failures, in spite of how you 155 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 4: blew it. Like Abraham, we all have some Ishmaels. Times 156 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 4: we blew it, tried to make it happen on our own. 157 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 4: God involved in things we shouldn't have. Now it's a mess. 158 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 4: The accuser constantly whispers, God's not gonna bless you. You 159 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 4: knew better. Just sit on the sidelines of life. Don't 160 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 4: believe those lies. God has mercy for every mistake. God 161 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 4: loves to make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble. 162 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 4: If you'll stay in faith, God will not only bring 163 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 4: you through it, He'll take the mess you made, clean 164 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 4: it up, and bring you out better. Abraham had a 165 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 4: son named Isaac. Isaac had a son named Jacob. Jacob 166 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 4: had a son named Joseph. Abraham was Joseph's great great grandfather. 167 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 4: You remember as a teenager, Joseph's brothers were jealous of 168 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 4: him and threw him into a pit. They were going 169 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 4: to leave him there to die, but the scripture says, 170 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 4: a caravan of Ishmaelites came passing by. These were the 171 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 4: descendants of Ishmael, part of the great nation that God 172 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 4: promised Abraham. When Joseph's brothers saw the Ishmaelites, they changed 173 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 4: their mind and decided to sell Joseph to them. If 174 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 4: it had not been for the Ishmaelites, Joseph would have 175 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 4: died there in the pit. He would have never made 176 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: it to the palace, never been in charge of the 177 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: food supply during the famine. The Israelites years later wouldn't 178 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 4: have had what they needed to survive. What am I saying, 179 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 4: the mistake of Abraham became the miracle of his great 180 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 4: great grandson Joseph. This is how amazing God is. He 181 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: has a plan even for our mistakes, even when we 182 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 4: blow it. The scripture says, God is going to work, 183 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: all things are good. He can not only correct a 184 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 4: complicated situation, but he can somehow use it years later 185 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 4: to bless your descendants. Some of you are thinking, my 186 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 4: descendants are going to really be blessed all the mistakes 187 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 4: I've made. But sometimes we make mistakes like Abraham, when 188 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 4: we're trying to do the right thing, our heart is 189 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 4: in the right place, but we miss it. We believe 190 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 4: God will help us because He's merciful and we were 191 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 4: doing our best. Other times, we know what the right 192 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: thing is, we know what we should do, but we 193 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 4: do just the opposite. This is when we think I 194 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: don't deserve God's goodness. Joel, I made the mess. I 195 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 4: knew I shouldn't hang around these friends. I did it anyway. 196 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 4: Now I'm in trouble. Now I had this addiction. I 197 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 4: knew I should control my temper. I knew I should 198 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 4: bite my tongue, but I kept giving in. Now I 199 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 4: don't have a job. Now I lost a relationship. When 200 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: we bring trouble on ourselves, thoughts of guilt and condemnation 201 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 4: bombard our mind, saying God's not going to help you. 202 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 4: You knew better. Just sit on the sidelines of life. 203 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 4: This is how Jonah felt. In the scripture, God told 204 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: him to go to the city of Nineveh. He had 205 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 4: clear directions, he knew exactly what he was supposed to do. 206 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 4: But Jonah didn't want to go to Ninevah. He got 207 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 4: on a boat headed in the opposite direction. The scripture says, 208 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 4: the Lord caused a great wind to blow on the sea, 209 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 4: and such a violent storm arose that it threatened to 210 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 4: break the boat apart. It's interesting that the Lord sent 211 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 4: the storm. God knows how to get our attention. And 212 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 4: when you know you're going the wrong way like this boat, 213 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 4: things are going to start to fall apart. You can't 214 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 4: pray away all the winds. You can say peace be 215 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 4: still all day long, but the winds may not calm down. 216 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 4: Is because you're causing the trouble. God loves you too 217 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 4: much to let you miss your destiny. He's not going 218 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 4: to let you go year after year on the wrong 219 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 4: course and never get your attention. And sometimes it's the 220 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 4: enemy fighting us, trying to keep us from our destiny. 221 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 4: That's why we have storms difficulties. Other times we're bringing 222 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 4: the trouble on ourselves. If we just get back on 223 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 4: the right course, do what we know we should do. 224 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 4: Those winds would calm down the people sailing with. Jonah said, 225 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 4: who's responsible for causing all this trouble? Jonah said, it's me. 226 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 4: I'm a Hebrew, I worship God. I know where I'm 227 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 4: supposed to be going, But I'm running from the Lord. 228 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 4: When you're running from the Lord, you're running from your destiny. 229 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 4: It's not only going to cause you trouble, it's going 230 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 4: to bring trouble to the people around you. When they 231 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 4: threw Jonah overboard, the winds died down, the storm stopped. 232 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 4: Our decisions don't just affect us, they affect our family. 233 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: They affect our children. If you don't do the right 234 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 4: thing for yourself, at least do it for your children. 235 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 4: At least do it for your family. Jonah was big 236 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 4: enough to admit I'm the cause. That's the first step 237 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 4: to victory. As long as you're making excuses, thinking it 238 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 4: doesn't matter than the winds, the storms, the difficulty are 239 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 4: going to continue. Jonah was out in the ocean, thrown overboard. 240 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure he thought I'm done, and I have nobody 241 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 4: to blame. It was all my fault. All of a sudden, 242 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 4: a huge fish swallowed Jonah. God in his great mercy, 243 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 4: was saying, Jonah, you can run, but you can't hide. 244 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 4: I'm not finished with you. I have a destiny for 245 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: you to fulfill. The psalm is said, if you go 246 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 4: down to the depths of the ocean or way up 247 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: in the heavens, God will be right there. You can't 248 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 4: get away from him. You haven't made too many mistakes. 249 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 4: You haven't blown it too many times. God's calling on 250 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 4: your life is irrevocable. That means God is not going 251 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 4: to change his mind because you got off course. He's 252 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 4: not going to leave you alone until you get back 253 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 4: on the right path. The sooner you do that, the 254 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: better off you're going to be. Jonah was sitting in 255 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 4: the belly of the well. It was dark, uncomfortable, it stunk. 256 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: Most people would have complained. Not Jonah. He was grateful 257 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 4: to be alive. He knew it was the mercy of 258 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 4: God having that fish. They're waiting for him. God will 259 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 4: allow storms when we get off course. He may allow 260 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: something to get our attention, but he's not going to 261 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 4: let those difficulties take your life. Three days later, that 262 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 4: well spit Jonah up on dry ground, and the scripture says, 263 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 4: the word of the Lord came a second time to Jonah. 264 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 4: God gave him another chance. What did God say this time? 265 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 4: Go to the city of Nineveh, same thing he said 266 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 4: the first time. Friends, God is not going to change 267 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 4: his mind. You might as well do what he's asking 268 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 4: you to do. He'll give you a second chance, a 269 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 4: third chance, a twentieth chance. But it's going to be 270 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 4: storey until you get back on the right course. Yes 271 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 4: he'll have a fish there to save you. Yes he'll 272 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: make a miracle out of that mistake. But at some 273 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 4: point you have to take responsibility and say, I'm the Jonah. 274 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 4: I'm going against what I know is not right. I'm 275 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 4: hanging out with these friends that I know are pulling 276 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 4: me down. I'm living negative, critical, hard to get along with. 277 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 4: I'm not being disciplined in what I'm watching. That's going 278 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 4: to cause it to be rocky, not just for you, 279 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 4: but for the people around you. And God is not 280 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 4: asking you to be perfect. He's not asking you to 281 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 4: never make a mistake, but he is asking us to 282 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 4: deal with the things that are holding us back, to 283 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 4: not let the same areas of compromise keep us down 284 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 4: year after year, He has some many of us, for 285 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 4: you to go to, some people, for you to impact 286 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 4: new levels of your destiny. David said it this way. 287 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 4: The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 288 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 4: Though he fall, he will not be destroyed, for the 289 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 4: Lord will be there to pick him up. This is saying, 290 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 4: even though God is directing our steps, there will be 291 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 4: times that we fall, we make mistakes, we get off course. 292 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 4: God doesn't say that's it, I'm done with you. Just 293 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 4: like with Jonah, God will be right there to help 294 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 4: pick you up. He'll help you get back on the 295 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 4: right course. It's like the navigation system you may have 296 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 4: in your car. Most of us have a GPS system, 297 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 4: even on our cell phone. You type in the address 298 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 4: and the computer calculates the best route. Then it starts 299 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 4: telling you where to go, things like turn right in 300 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 4: three hundred feet, state to the left and enter the freeway. 301 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: The other day, I was driving to a friend of 302 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 4: mine's house. He lives about thirty miles away, and the 303 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 4: lady on the GPS came on and said exit in 304 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 4: a quarter of a mile. Well, Victoria and I were talking. 305 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 4: There was a lot of traffic, and accidentally I passed 306 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 4: up that exit. If you miss a turn or you 307 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 4: don't obey what the lady's telling you to do, she 308 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 4: doesn't come back on and say, you missed your exit, 309 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 4: go back and try again, She says, recalculating route. The 310 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 4: navigation system is designed for people who make mistakes. It 311 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 4: doesn't give you one way, and if you miss it, 312 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 4: that's it. As long as you have gas in your 313 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 4: car or battery in your cell phone, it's gonna tell 314 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 4: you how do you get to your destination. I have 315 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 4: never missed a turn and had the lady come on 316 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 4: and say, I'm sorry, you can't get there from here. 317 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 4: You're just too lost. Never once has she said you've 318 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 4: disobeyed too many of my commands. I'm done with you. 319 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 4: You're finished. One time, I knew the way I wanted 320 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 4: to go. I was in a neighborhood that I was 321 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 4: familiar with, but the GPS system was telling me to 322 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 4: go a different route. It wanted me to turn left 323 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: and then go way down the street. Well, I wanted 324 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 4: to go down the street first and then turn left. 325 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 4: Same difference. But for about two miles, every block it 326 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 4: told me turn left and then said recalculating route. I 327 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 4: heard that every ten seconds recalculating route, recalculating route. What's 328 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 4: interesting is no matter how stubborn I was, no matter 329 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 4: how much I ignored that lady, she never got mad at me. 330 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: She never came on said you're a loser. Don't ever 331 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 4: get on this system. I'm never gonna help you. She 332 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: just kept recalculating the route, trying to get me to 333 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 4: my destination. If the GPS lady can continually recalculate when 334 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: we get off course, how much more with the creator 335 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 4: of the universe recalculate our route when we make mistakes. 336 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 4: If she doesn't give up on us, why do we 337 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 4: think our heavenly father is going to give up on us? Well, Joe, 338 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 4: it's because I got so far off course. I shouldn't 339 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 4: have given into this addiction. I should have raised my 340 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 4: children better. I should have stayed in church, kept God 341 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 4: in first place. The good news is you haven't made 342 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 4: too many wrong terms, you haven't missed too many exits. 343 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: Your heavenly Father is not mad at you. He's saying, 344 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 4: recalculating route, I still have a way to get you 345 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 4: to your destiny. That mistake didn't stop my plan. That 346 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 4: delay didn't cancel your purpose. Why don't you quit beating 347 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 4: yourself up, quit reliving your failures all the time you've 348 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 4: missed it, and get back on the right path. It's 349 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 4: not too late. Godd's mercy is bigger than any mistake 350 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 4: you've made. Unlike the GPS lady, God knows the end 351 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 4: from the beginning. He knew every mistake you would make. 352 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 4: He has already recalculated your route. You can still fulfill 353 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 4: the best plan God has for your life. Abraham and 354 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 4: Sarah did. They made that mistake. Abraham had a baby 355 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: out of wedlock. One point. Abraham lied and told everyone 356 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 4: Sarah his wife, was his sister. God didn't say I'm 357 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 4: done with you. You are one dysfunctional family. You lie, 358 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 4: You're impatient. God kept recalculating the route, kept giving them 359 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 4: another chance. At the age of one hundred, Abraham saw 360 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 4: the promise come to pass. Isaac was born, the promised child. 361 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 4: You may have made decisions that have delayed things. You 362 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 4: got off course, but you're not stuck. God has a 363 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,239 Speaker 4: new route. If you'll get your passion back, shake call 364 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 4: the guilt. God will get you to where you're supposed 365 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 4: to be, not some secondary place, but to the best 366 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 4: plan that he has for your life. When the Israelites 367 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 4: were in the desert, headed toward the Promised Land, they 368 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 4: got tired and started complaining. The scripture says, even though 369 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 4: they were stubborn and refused to obey God's commands, he 370 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 4: was still good to them. That was God recalculating their 371 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 4: rowe they wouldn't obey his commands. God didn't say I'm 372 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 4: done with you. He kept giving them water when they 373 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 4: were thirsty, food when they were hungry. At one point 374 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 4: they made an idol and said, this is the God 375 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 4: who brought us out of slavery. After all God had 376 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 4: done for them, parted the Red Sea, brought them out 377 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 4: of Pharaoh's hand. You would think God would say I 378 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 4: am done with you. You are on your own, But 379 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 4: the scripture says, in his mercy, God did not abandon them. 380 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 4: He is a god of forgiveness, slow to become angry, 381 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 4: full of unfailing love and kindness. When we make mistakes, 382 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 4: God doesn't abandon us when we get off course. We'd 383 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 4: obey his commands. He doesn't write us off. You can 384 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 4: turn your back on God, but God's not going to 385 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 4: turn his back on you. You may be off course. You've 386 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: made poor decisions. But God has already recalculated your wrath. 387 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 4: He already has a new way to get you to 388 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 4: your destination. My father was married at a very early age. Unfortunately, 389 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 4: that marriage didn't work out. Daddy was devastated. He resigned 390 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 4: from his church. Denominational leaders told him that he would 391 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 4: never pastor again. He thought his days of ministry was over. 392 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 4: Didn't think he'd ever have a family. He left the 393 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 4: ministry and started selling insurance. Every thought told him you're 394 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 4: a failure. You blew it. Nothing good is in your future. 395 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,719 Speaker 4: What he couldn't hear was God saying, recalculating Ralph, I 396 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 4: still have a way. I make miracles out of mistakes. 397 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 4: God didn't abandon him when he got off course. He fell, 398 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: but like David said, God was right there to help 399 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 4: pick him back up. And eventually my father shook off 400 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: the guilt. He quit listening to the accusing voices. Two 401 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 4: years later he got back in the ministry. One day, 402 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 4: he was at the hospital visiting some of his members 403 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 4: when he noticed a beautiful young nurse. It was my mother. 404 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,239 Speaker 4: He was so taken by her. He started looking for 405 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 4: any opportunity he could find to go up to that hospital. 406 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 4: He would visit your great uncle, second cousins, next door 407 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 4: neighbor if you ask him to. He was almost hoping 408 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 4: some of his members would get sick so he could 409 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 4: go to the hospital. My mother didn't know what was 410 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 4: going on. She told a friend that pastor has the 411 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 4: sickest congregation I've ever seen. Finally dawned on her. He 412 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 4: was up there to see her. Long story short, They 413 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 4: fell in love, got married, had five children. I'm glad 414 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 4: God recalculated the route, or I wouldn't be here today. 415 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 4: But my father went on to have a ministry, touched 416 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 4: the world, married to my mother for over forty four years. 417 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 4: What am I saying, No mistake you've made is too 418 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 4: much for the mercy of God. He knows how to reraut. 419 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 4: Quit beating yourself up, living guilty, thinking you've seen your 420 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 4: best days. You wouldn't be alive unless God had something 421 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 4: greater in your future. This is what happened with Moses. 422 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 4: He made a mistake as a young man. He knew 423 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 4: God had called him to deliver the Israelites from slavery. 424 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 4: Like Abraham and Sarah. He got in a hurry in 425 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 4: tried to do it in his own strength. He saw 426 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 4: a Hebrew slave being mistreated. He didn't think anyone was watching, 427 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 4: so he killed the man who was mistreat him. The 428 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 4: next day, somebody told the fay Roah Moses had to 429 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 4: run for his life. He spent years on the backside 430 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 4: of the desert in hiding. This is not what he 431 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 4: had planned. It looked like he had missed his destiny. 432 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 4: It was nobody's fault except his own. God didn't write 433 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 4: him off. God didn't say, Moses, you knew better. Why 434 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 4: didn't your way? God simply said, recalculating rap. Forty years later, 435 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 4: Moses was still in the desert, thinking he was forgotten, 436 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 4: giving up on his dreams. Suddenly a bush exploded in 437 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 4: front of him, like spontaneous combustion. It burned and burned. 438 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 4: Strange thing was the bush didn't burn up. Intrigued, Moses 439 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 4: walked over to see what was going on. A voice 440 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 4: boomed out, Moses, Moses, take off your sandals. You are 441 00:26:54,440 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 4: standing on holy gram Moses was confused, thinking I fell, 442 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 4: I've made mistakes. I thought I was done, but I 443 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 4: hear him calling my name, not once, but twice. Moses, 444 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 4: most if God would have said it once he would 445 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 4: have thought, I'm hearing things. This son is getting to me. 446 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 4: God said it twice on purpose, so there would be 447 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 4: no doubt about it. At the age of eighty, after 448 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 4: a forty year detour, God recalculated the route Moses went 449 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 4: on to deliver the Israelites. He fulfilled his purpose. I 450 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 4: believe today God is recalculating some routes. You may have 451 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 4: made mistakes. You think you've blown it too many times. 452 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 4: You need to get ready, Like Moses, a burning bush 453 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 4: is coming your way. You messed up. But if you'll listen, 454 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 4: you'll hear God calling your name. He's saying, get your 455 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 4: passion back, shake off the guilt, get ready to take 456 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 4: new ground. You can still become all God's created you 457 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 4: to be. He's not fit you. If you will do this, 458 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 4: I believe and declare. God is going to make miracles 459 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 4: out of your mistakes. He's going to correct complicated situations, 460 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 4: restore what the enemy is stolen, and take it into 461 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. And if 462 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 4: you receive it today, can you say amen, I'd like 463 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 464 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me. Just say, 465 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 466 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 4: I'll make you my Lord and savior. 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