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If you're 44 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 5: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 45 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. 46 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: I promise you will make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 5: That Thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 48 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 5: again for coming out. 49 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. 50 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 5: And I heard about this husband that died and he 51 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 5: left his wife twenty thousand dollars. After the funeral, his 52 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 5: wife told a friend that she was totally broke. The 53 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 5: friend said, what do you mean you broke? I thought 54 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 5: you had twenty thousand dollars. She said, well, I spent 55 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 5: five thousand dollars on the funeral and fifteen thousand on 56 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 5: the memorial stone. 57 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 4: The friend said, wow, that was some stone. 58 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 5: How big was it? She held up her finger and 59 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 5: said three and a half carrots. All right, say it 60 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 5: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 61 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 5: what it says. 62 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: I am. 63 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about waiting with expectancy in life. 69 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 5: We're always waiting for something, waiting for a dream to 70 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 5: come to pass, waiting to meet the right person waiting. 71 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 4: For a problem to turn around. 72 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: Much of life is spent waiting. There's a right way 73 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 5: to wait and a wrong way to wait. Isaiah said 74 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 5: they that wait upon the Lord will mount up with 75 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 5: wings as eagles. 76 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: We hear that word weiting. 77 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 5: Most of the time we think that means do nothing, 78 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 5: be passive. But the amplified version explains what the word 79 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 5: weight really means. It says those who expect, who hope, 80 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 5: who look for God's goodness, waiting is not supposed to 81 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 5: be passive. True waiting is actively expecting. I prayed, I believed. 82 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 5: Now I'm looking for God's goodness. I'm expecting my health 83 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 5: to improve. I'm expecting new doors to open. I'm expecting 84 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 5: to have a blessed year. That's what it really means 85 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 5: to wait. David understood this principle. He said in Psalm five. 86 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 5: Each morning, I bring my request to you and wait expectantly. 87 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 4: When you're waiting expectantly, you know this. 88 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 5: Could be the day you get the break you need, 89 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 5: This could be the day the problem turns around. 90 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 4: There's an anticipation in your spirit. 91 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 5: You talk like it's gonna happen, You act like it's 92 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 5: gonna happen. 93 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 4: You're on the lookout. 94 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 5: That expectancy is your faith being released. Now all through 95 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 5: the scripture we see this in David's life. He said, 96 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 5: surely goodness and mercy will follow me. He was expecting 97 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 5: God's blessing. In Psalm twenty seven, all kinds of bad 98 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 5: things were happening to David. Violent enemies were chasing him, 99 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 5: people lying about him. 100 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 4: Falsely accusing him. 101 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 5: Yet right in the midst of it, he said, I 102 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 5: am confident I will see God goodness. David not only prayed, 103 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 5: he not only believed. He took it one step further. 104 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 5: He went out looking for God's favor. Like David, you 105 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 5: may be facing difficulties in the natural it doesn't look good, 106 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 5: But when you're waiting with expectancy, you're not moved by 107 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 5: what you see. 108 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 4: You're moved by what you know. 109 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 5: Psalm one twelve says when darkness overtakes the righteous light 110 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 5: will come bursting in. 111 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 4: Notice God used the word bursting. He didn't say. 112 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 5: It's going to trickle in, it's going to barely get there. 113 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 5: It's going to show up little by little. No, God said, 114 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 5: suddenly things will turn around. You may have been dealing 115 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 5: with the situation for many years, but suddenly your health 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 5: will improve, Suddenly, the right person will show up, Suddenly, 117 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 5: the legal situation will resolve. The right way to wait 118 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 5: is not. Oh God, this is never going to change. 119 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 5: This financial difficulty is going to be the end of me. 120 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 5: These kids are going to drive me crazy. Now, get 121 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 5: up every morning and say, God, I'm expecting your light 122 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 5: to come bursting in. I'm expecting a sudden breakthrough, a 123 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 5: flood of your favor, a flood of healing, a flood 124 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 5: of restoration, a flood of promotion. You wait with expectancy 125 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 5: like that, and you'll see God show up and do 126 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 5: amazing things. 127 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: Now. 128 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 5: I know some of you have had tough times. Maybe 129 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 5: you had a bad break. Now you settled where you are, 130 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: thinking you've reached your limits. This is as good as 131 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 5: it's ever going to get. You've got to kick it 132 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 5: into a new gear. Get your expectations up. Proverbs thirteen 133 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 5: says trouble chases sinners, but blessings. 134 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 4: Chase the righteous. You are the righteous. 135 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 5: What should you be expecting trouble, bad breaks, heartache. No, 136 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 5: Get in agreement with God and start expecting his blessings 137 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 5: to chase you down. Start expecting God's favor. When you 138 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 5: go through a disappointment and we all do you have 139 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 5: a bad break, instead of being discouraged, instead of complaining, no, 140 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say this medical report may 141 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 5: not look good, but I'm not worried. I know healing 142 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 5: is chasing me down. Business may be slow, I'm not discouraged. 143 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 5: I know opportunity sells, contracts, ideas, inventions, good breaks. 144 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 4: Are chasing me down. 145 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 5: My child may be on the wrong path, but it's 146 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 5: only temporary. I know a turnaround is chasing him down. 147 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 5: That's not just being positive. That's doing what David did. 148 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 5: Waiting with expectancy. You're saying God, I know you're still 149 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 5: on the throne. You're bigger than this difficulty. What you 150 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 5: promised in. 151 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 4: My life will come to pass. 152 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 5: One reason people don't have the joy they should is 153 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 5: they're not expecting anything good. The scripture says hope deferred 154 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 5: makes the heart sick. If you're not expecting to see 155 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 5: God's favor in a new way, you're not expecting the 156 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 5: problem to turn around. It will not only limit what 157 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 5: God can do, but it'll cause your heart to be sick. 158 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 4: It'll cause you to be discouraged. 159 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 5: Too many people today are not healthy, not physically but 160 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 5: emotionally because they're not waiting with expectancy. At one point 161 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 5: they had a big dream. They knew it was going 162 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 5: to work out, but it didn't happen on their timetable. 163 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 5: Now they've gotten passive and they think that it's never 164 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 5: going to happen. But you've got to shake that off 165 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 5: and get your fire back. God is still on the throne. 166 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 5: It may not have happened on your timetable, but God's 167 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 5: a faithful god. 168 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 4: He can still bring it to pass. 169 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 5: Now do you a part and start expecting the light 170 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 5: to come bursting in, expecting God's blessings to chase you down. 171 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 5: Don't let people talk you out of it. Don't believe 172 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 5: the never lies they come to all of us. You'll 173 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 5: never get well, you'll never get married, you'll never get 174 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 5: out of debt. 175 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 4: Let that go in one ear and out the other. 176 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 5: Our attitude should be I know my answer is already 177 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 5: on the way. I could see it before I go 178 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 5: to bed tonight. I could meet the person of my 179 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 5: dreams before I leave this building. 180 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 4: Be sure to look around before you leave. 181 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 5: I could see my health improved this week, I could 182 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 5: get totally out of debt, pay my house off this year. 183 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 5: It may be impossible in the natural, but I know 184 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 5: I serve a supernatural God. When you wait with expectancy, 185 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 5: the most powerful force in the universe goes to work. 186 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 5: In the Book of James, it tells us to wait 187 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 5: for God's promises like a farmer waits for his harvest. 188 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 5: When a farmer plants his crops, he doesn't wait or worried. 189 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 5: He doesn't go to bed at night stressed out, wondering 190 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 5: if they're going to come up. If somebody says to him, 191 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 5: I don't think you're going to get a harvest this year, 192 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 5: he wouldn't pay any attention. He's planted, he's watered, he 193 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: has no doubt that it's going to happen. So he 194 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:24,359 Speaker 5: waits with a confidence, not just hoping, not just believing. 195 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 5: He takes it one step further. He knows his crops 196 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 5: are going to come up. That's the way we're supposed 197 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 5: to wait on what God promised us. Like the farmer, 198 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 5: You've prayed, you've planted, you've watered your seeds. 199 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 4: You thank God. 200 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 5: Now you've got to come over into this confidence, a 201 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 5: knowing that says, not if it happens, but when it happens. 202 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 4: Somebody asks you. 203 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 5: You still think you're going to get out of debt 204 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 5: with the economy like it is. 205 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 4: Tell them, I don't think so. I know so. My 206 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 4: God is Jehovah, Jirah. He is the Lord, my provider. 207 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 5: He is not affected by the economy. 208 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 4: He controls it all. 209 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 5: You still think your child's going to straighten up. Looks 210 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 5: like they're wilder than ever. To me, I don't think so. 211 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 5: I know so as for me and my house, we 212 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 5: will serve the Lord. You still think you're gonna get married, 213 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 5: You've been single a long time. 214 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 4: I don't think so. I know so. 215 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 5: God said he would give me the desires of my heart, 216 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 5: the right man, the right woman. They are chasing me 217 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 5: down even as we speak. You got to have this 218 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 5: unshakable confidence, just like you know the sun is going to. 219 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 4: Come up in the morning. 220 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 5: You know what God promised you is going to come 221 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 5: to pass. It may happen today, may happen next week 222 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 5: or next year. But like that farmer, you know that 223 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 5: you know your harvest is on its way. This passage 224 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 5: in James uses Job as the example of how to 225 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 5: wait you remember, Job went through a lot of heartache 226 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 5: and pain, lost his health, his family, his business. But 227 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 5: about nine months later he came out with twice what 228 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 5: he had before. Not only saw it all restored, but 229 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 5: he had twice the cattle, twice, the sheep twice, the 230 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 5: joy twice. 231 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 4: The peace. 232 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 5: Now, of all the people in the scripture, God could 233 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 5: have chosen as the example of how to wait, God 234 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: chose Job. 235 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: I believe it's significant. 236 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 5: God is saying, when you go through a loss, a disappointment, 237 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 5: a bad break, don't expect to come out the same, 238 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 5: expect to come. 239 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 4: Out better off than you were before. 240 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 5: Maybe you're dealing with the sickness right now, or a 241 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 5: relationship didn't work out, somebody cheated you in a business deal, 242 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 5: and you could easily be negative. 243 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 4: Discourage, settle where you are. 244 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 5: No God wants to take what was meant for your 245 00:12:54,880 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 5: harm and use it to your advantage to increase you. Believe, 246 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 5: like Job, that you're going to come out with twice 247 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 5: what you had before. Some of you are just hoping 248 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 5: to halfway recover. If you could at least get back 249 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 5: to where you were before you got sick, before you 250 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 5: were laid off, before the disappointment. You would be happy 251 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 5: if you could just get back to even, but that's 252 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 5: not the way our God works. God is going to 253 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 5: make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble into your life. 254 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 5: God is saved. Get ready for double. You have not 255 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 5: seen your best days. Weeping may endure for a night, 256 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 5: but joy is coming in the morning. God is going 257 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 5: to give you beauty for those ashes. He's going to 258 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 5: make the rest of your life better than it would 259 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 5: have been if that would have never happened. But you've 260 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 5: got to do your part and start waiting with expectancy. 261 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 4: If you're sitting. 262 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 5: Around discouraged in self pity, thinking you've seen your best days, 263 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 5: it will limit what God can do. Shake it off 264 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 5: and start waiting like job Father, I want to thank 265 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 5: you that double is coming my way. I may be 266 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 5: sick right now, but I'm expecting to come out twice 267 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 5: as healthy, with twice the energy, twice the strength. 268 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 4: I may have. 269 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 5: Gotten laid off, but Lord, I want to thank you 270 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 5: for a job with twice the benefits, twice the friends, 271 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 5: twice the fulfillment, twice the income. This person may have 272 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 5: walked out on a relationship, done me wrong, but Lord, 273 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 5: I just thank you for bringing me somebody twice as fun, 274 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 5: twice as friendly, twice as good looking, twice as well off. 275 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 4: Well, you say, Joe, that's kind of far out. 276 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, we serve a far out God. He wants to 277 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 5: do more than you can ask or think. He wants 278 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 5: to bring you out like Joe with double. What's interesting 279 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 5: is when a farmer is waiting for his harvest, he 280 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 5: doesn't sit around passively and not do anything for months 281 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 5: and months now. While he's waiting, he sharpens his tool, 282 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 5: he makes sure his tractor and equipment is maintained and 283 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 5: ready to go. He calls his suppliers, his transportation people, 284 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 5: gets everything lined up. The fact is he hasn't seen 285 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 5: one plant come up out of the ground. The whole 286 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 5: field is completely empty. Yet he's making all kinds of 287 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 5: preparations for the harvest that he knows is coming. He 288 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 5: has such a confidence that he's putting actions behind his faith. 289 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 5: That's what it means to wait like a farmer. You're 290 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 5: not just hoping, you're not just praying. You're getting prepared 291 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 5: taking steps of faith. Years ago, I went to this 292 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 5: young couple's apartment. 293 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 4: Friends of mine. 294 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 5: It was a very small place and they were happy. 295 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 5: They were content, but they knew God had put bigger 296 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 5: things in their heart. And they had bought some furniture 297 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 5: for the apartment that was much too big. One couch 298 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 5: was crammed up against another couch hardly walk into the room. 299 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 5: Look like a mistake, and I thought to myself, what 300 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 5: in the world were they thinking. I didn't say anything, 301 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 5: but later the young lady said, Joey, you'll have to 302 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 5: forgive our den. We bought this furniture for our new house. 303 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 5: I didn't know they were moving. I said, that's great. 304 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 5: Where are you going? She said, we don't know yet. 305 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 5: We just know we're not staying here. This is only temporary. 306 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 5: They stayed in that tiny apartment for several years, and 307 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 5: when I would see them just being friendly, I'd say, hey, 308 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 5: when are you moving? Their answer was always soon. That's 309 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 5: a great answer. When are you coming out of debt soon? 310 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 5: When is the problem gonna turn around soon? When are 311 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 5: you gonna get married soon? When is that. 312 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 4: Child gonna come back home? Not any of this on 313 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 4: Joe I don't know more. I pray the worse he gifts. 314 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: Did I tell you what he did last week? Zip 315 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 4: that up. 316 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 5: Your answer should always be soon say it by faith. 317 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 5: This young couple had such a confidence like the farmer, 318 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 5: they knew their harvest was coming. One day, the lady 319 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 5: got an unexpected promotion, a huge increase, and everything fell 320 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 5: into place. And do you know where that furniture is now. 321 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: It's not in their new home. 322 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 5: They gave it to another young couple that's believing for 323 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 5: their dream to come to pass. That's what happens when 324 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 5: you put actions behind your faith, it gets God's attention. 325 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 5: One time in the scripture, a paralyzed man talked four 326 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 5: of his friends into carrying him to another city where 327 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 5: Jesus was teaching. When they arrived, the house was so 328 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 5: crowded they couldn't get in. 329 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 4: I'm sure the men that carried him were tired. 330 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 5: Their shoulders were sore. They wanted to rest, But the 331 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 5: paralyzed man said, no, we've come too far to stop. 332 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 5: Now you've got to take me up on the roof 333 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 5: and let me down through the ceiling. Imagine Jesus up 334 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 5: there teaching and he sees dust start to fall. A 335 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 5: couple ceiling dials drop down. All this commotion as they 336 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 5: lowered the man down. The scripture says when Jesus saw 337 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 5: their faith. My question today is can your faith be seen? 338 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 5: Are you doing anything to show God? You're not just hoping, 339 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 5: You're not just praying like the farmer, You're getting prepared. 340 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 5: When Jesus saw their faith, he touched the man and 341 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 5: he was made home. Now that man could have stayed 342 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 5: at home for twenty years, believing he could have prayed 343 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: for the rest of his life, nothing would have happened. 344 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 4: But when your. 345 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 5: Faith can be seen, the creator of the universe goes 346 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 5: to work. When my father was in his sixties, he 347 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 5: had to have open heart surgery. 348 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: It was a very serious procedure because most. 349 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 5: Of his arteries were blocked and there was no guarantee 350 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 5: that he would come out okay. Our family was in 351 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 5: the room together before he was going to be taken 352 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 5: into the operation. He asked me if I would go 353 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 5: back home and get his tennis shoes and runing suit 354 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 5: and lay it by his bed. My mother had already 355 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 5: brought his pajamas and house shoes and everything that he 356 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 5: would need, but my father wanted those tennis shoes there 357 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 5: as an act of his faith. 358 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 4: While he was recovering. 359 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 5: Every time he looked at them, he was saying I'm 360 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 5: going to be out running again. I'm going to go 361 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 5: all over the world. I've got many good years. 362 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 4: Left in me. 363 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 5: You may be facing a health issue as well. In 364 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 5: the natural it doesn't look good. But don't make plans 365 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 5: to go downhill. Don't tell your friends how bad it 366 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 5: is and how you're never gonna make it. 367 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 4: Expect to get better. Put your tennis shoes in front 368 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 4: of you. 369 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 5: Plan a visit to go see your relatives, renew the 370 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 5: membership to the health club. Do something so your faith 371 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 5: can be seen. When my mother was so sick with cancer, 372 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 5: she told how she would lay in bed at night, 373 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 5: these thoughts would come, telling her, you can be buried 374 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 5: in that new pink dress that you bought. See the 375 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 5: enemy wants you to make plans for your funeral. He 376 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 5: wants you to plan for defeat, for mediocrity. He would 377 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 5: love for us to go through life with the wrong expectations. 378 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 5: You got to shake that off and make plans to live, 379 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 5: make plans for victory. That Christmas in nineteen eighty one, 380 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 5: when my mother was given a few weeks to live, 381 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 5: all of us kids went in together to buy my 382 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 5: mother some china. That's what she wanted before she got sick. 383 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 5: When my sister Lisa went to the store to pick 384 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 5: it up, only eight pieces were in stock. The other 385 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 5: two pieces would have. 386 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 4: To be ordered, and we were told that could. 387 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 5: Take several months to come in. Well, my mother was 388 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 5: only given a few weeks to live, and that was. 389 00:20:58,960 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 4: A month or so before. 390 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 5: When she opened the china and she saw the note 391 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 5: in it saying that the rest would be delivered in 392 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 5: the spring of the next year. Her first thought in 393 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 5: the natural was I might not even be here. But 394 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 5: we ordered that china on purpose to let my mother 395 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 5: know we were expecting her to still be here. 396 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 4: That china came in thirty one years later. 397 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 5: My mother is still here, healthy, alive, strong. The funny 398 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 5: thing is she has not served me one meal on 399 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 5: that china. I'm gonna talk about being grateful next week. 400 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 5: Can your faith be seen? Are you waiting like the 401 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 5: farmer making preparations for your harvest? The apostle Paul did this. 402 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 5: He was in prison for spreading the good news. In 403 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 5: the natural, there was no reason to think that he 404 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 5: would ever get out. It looked like that was his destiny. 405 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 5: But Paul wasn't complaining. He wasn't discouraged. He was making 406 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 5: plans to be free. He said to a friend that 407 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 5: came to visit him, keep a guest room ready for me, 408 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 5: for I am filled with hope that God will answer 409 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 5: my prayers. 410 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 4: Here. 411 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 5: He's in prison, he doesn't need a guest room. My 412 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 5: mom's been given a few weeks to live. We don't 413 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 5: need to order her any china. My father's recovering from 414 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 5: a major surgery. He doesn't need his tennis shoes. Now 415 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 5: that's what it means to wait with expectancy. When God 416 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 5: can see your faith, he can do the impossible. I 417 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 5: read about this small town that had been in a 418 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 5: drought for a long long time, and the local pastors 419 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 5: called for a day of prayer on the town square. 420 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 5: They ask everyone to bring some kind of object of 421 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 5: their faith, just to show that they were believing, and 422 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 5: most people brought their bibles. Some wore a cross or 423 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 5: a T shirt with an inspirational message. He joined hands 424 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 5: and begin to earnestly pray. It's a very moving scene 425 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 5: as they were all gathered in faith, asking God for rain. 426 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 5: After about ten minutes, almost perfectly on queue, it began 427 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 5: to rain. They started shouting and singing, holding up their 428 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 5: bibles their crosses in praise to God. But one little 429 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 5: eight year old girl's object stood out among the rest. 430 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 5: She opened up her big yellow. 431 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 4: Umbrella that she had brought. 432 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 5: The scripture tells us to have the faith of a 433 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 5: little child. If you're praying for rain, it's not complicated. 434 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 5: Bring your umbrella. 435 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 4: Let your faith be seen. 436 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 5: You remember in the Old Testament, the people of Israel 437 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: came to the Jordan River they needed to get across. Earlier, 438 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 5: Moses had held up his rod and the Red sea 439 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 5: parted a great miracle. This time, it didn't happen that way. 440 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 5: The scripture tells how they had to walk toward the 441 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 5: water and at their feet. 442 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 4: And legs got wet. Then the river opened up. 443 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 5: I wonder how many of us are waiting for God 444 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 5: to part the sea like he did. 445 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 4: Last time. 446 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 5: God showed you favor, opened the door, and you walk 447 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 5: through it. But this time God has a Jordan River 448 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 5: in front of you. It's not going to open up 449 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: until your faith can be seen. What can you do 450 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 5: to show God that you're trusting him. I'm not suggesting 451 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 5: that you quit your job, but can you bring a 452 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 5: big yellow umbrella? Can you buy a new outfit to 453 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 5: wear for when you get healthy again. Can you take 454 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 5: that management course even though you were turned down for 455 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 5: the promotion. That's waiting with expectancy, you're saying by your actions, God, 456 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 5: I'm expecting your light to come bursting in. I know 457 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 5: this lady, she's always been very heavy, struggled. 458 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 4: With her waiting. 459 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 5: She heard me talking about this, and she went out 460 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 5: and bought an outfit like ten sizes. 461 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 4: Too small for her. People thought she was crazy, She. 462 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 5: Told the lady helping her, it was for someone else. 463 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 5: She put that outfit up in her closet. Every time 464 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 5: she saw it, she would say, Lord, thank you that 465 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 5: I'm going to lose this weight, thank you that I'm strong, 466 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 5: I'm disciplined, I'm focused, and I'm going to wear this outfit. No, 467 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 5: it didn't happen overnight, but several years later she was 468 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 5: wearing that outfit just as beautiful as could be. A 469 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 5: young couple I know they tried for many years to 470 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 5: have a baby with no success. The medical report said 471 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 5: that they would never. 472 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 4: Be able to have a child. 473 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 5: And while we love and respect doctors, we know God 474 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,959 Speaker 5: can do what medical science cannot do. This couple went 475 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 5: out and bought a baby's outfit, just a little girl's dress, 476 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 5: and they put it in their kitchen. Every time they 477 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 5: saw it, they would say, Lord, you said, children are 478 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 5: a gift from you, so we want to thank you for. 479 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 4: One of your gifts. 480 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 5: About two years later, they came to the altar to 481 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 5: dedicate their beautiful baby girl. 482 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 4: You know what. 483 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 5: She was wearing that outfit they had bought many years before. 484 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 5: When your faith can be seen, God goes to work. 485 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 5: I heard the story of Gavin MacLeod. He's an actor, 486 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 5: probably best known for playing the Captain of the Love Boat, 487 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 5: a popular TV program years ago. He and his wife 488 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 5: Patty were married for seven years. They hit some bumps 489 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: in the road, and long story short, Gavin left. 490 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 4: They went through a divorce. Patty was devastated. She never 491 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 4: wanted the divorce. 492 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 5: Instead of giving up, she not only prayed, but she 493 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 5: put actions behind her faith. Every night, even though she 494 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 5: lived alone, she would set two places at the dinner table, 495 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 5: one for her and one for Gavin, like the farmer 496 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 5: making properations for her harvest. Four years later, an unexpected 497 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 5: knock at the front door. 498 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 4: She opened it. It was Gavin. 499 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 5: Patty smiled and said, come on in your dinner's getting 500 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 5: calm today. 501 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 4: They have been remarried for over twenty six years. 502 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 5: Friends, when with expectancy, amazing things can happen. 503 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 4: Here's my challenge. Let your faith be seen. 504 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 5: Make preparations for the harvest that you know is coming. 505 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 5: Get up every morning, bring your request to God, and then, 506 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 5: like David, go out looking for God's goodness, looking for 507 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 5: good breaks, expecting God's favor. When you face disappointments, something 508 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 5: doesn't go your way, don't get discouraged. God promised the 509 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 5: light is going to come bursting in suddenly. The answer 510 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 5: will come suddenly. You'll get the breaks you need. God 511 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 5: has some suddenlyes in your future. He's not only going 512 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 5: to bring you out, He's going to bring you out 513 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 5: like Joe with double better off than you were before. 514 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 5: Now get your expectations up today. May not have happened 515 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 5: in the past, but God is still on the throne. 516 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 4: It can happen in your future. 517 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 5: If you'll learn to wait with this expectancy, not get discouraged. 518 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 5: If it doesn't happen on your timetable, then like Patty, 519 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 5: you'll see what you are expecting come to pass. God's 520 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 5: blessings will chase you down. 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