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Well, God bless you, and thanks for letting 42 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: us come into your homes today. If you're ever in 43 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 3: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 44 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. Finest people in all 45 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 3: of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. But thanks for 46 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out. 47 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 48 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 3: about this man that died and went to heaven. Saint 49 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 3: Peter escorted him down this long hallway filled with many clocks. 50 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: The hands on the clocks were all ticking at different speeds. 51 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 3: Peter explained that every person has a clock. When they send, 52 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 3: the clock ticks. One clock was barely moving. That was 53 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 3: Billy Graham's clock. Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock. 54 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 3: The men said curiously, can I see my clock? Peter said, yeah, 55 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: we keep yours in the office and use it as 56 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: a fan. Say it like you mean it. This is 57 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 58 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: have what it says I have. I can do what 59 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 3: it says I can do. Today I will be talked 60 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 61 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 3: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 62 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 63 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 3: to you today about the God who crosses his arms. 64 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 3: God has things in store for you that you don't 65 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 3: see coming. It may seem like you've reached your limits. 66 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 3: You've gone as far as you can. But God is 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 3: going to open doors you never thought would open. You 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: didn't have the training, you weren't next in line, but 69 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: somehow you were chosen for the promotion. God has unexpected favor. 70 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 3: He's going to do things that we didn't deserve. And 71 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 3: that's what happened. In Genesis forty eight, Jacob was an 72 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 3: old man and about to die. His son, Joseph, was 73 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: the Prime Minister of Egypt, second in command under the Pharaoh. 74 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 3: Joseph was Jacob's youngest son and his favorite. He'd given 75 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: Joseph his coat of many colors and was so proud 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 3: of him. But for many years Jacob thought Joseph was dead. 77 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 3: His brothers told their father that Joseph had been eaten 78 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 3: by a wild animal. Jacob was heartbroken and lived with 79 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 3: all this pain. Some thirteen years later, Jacob found out 80 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 3: that Joseph was still alive, and in this position of 81 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: great honor, Joseph eventually brought his father and his family 82 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 3: to Egypt, gave them a place to live, and took 83 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: care of them. Now, Jacob was one hundred and forty 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 3: years old and about to pass. Joseph went in to 85 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 3: say his goodbyes and to get the blessing from his father. 86 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 3: He took his two sons with him, Manassa and Ephrium. 87 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: When Jacob saw the boys, he asked who they were. 88 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 3: Joseph said, Dad, these are my sons, your grandsons. Imagine 89 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: how Jacob must have felt. He never thought he would 90 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 3: see Joseph again. He'd already accepted that he was gone. 91 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 3: Now God not only let him see his son, but 92 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 3: he saw his grandsons. His heart was overjoyed. Like Jacob, 93 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 3: you may have given up on a dream. You think 94 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: it's been too long. Now you've accepted that you'll never 95 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 3: get well, you never meet the right person, never start 96 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 3: that business. But what God put in your heart, he's 97 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 3: not only still going to bring it to pass, but 98 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 3: it's going to turn out better than you thought. Not 99 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 3: just your son, but your grandsons, so to speak. It's 100 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: going to exceed what you're thinking. Jacob called Manassa and 101 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 3: Ephrium over and hugged them and kissed them. He said 102 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 3: to Joseph in verse five, I'm adopting as my own sons, 103 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 3: your two boys. They will inherit the same thing as 104 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 3: you and your brothers. What's interesting is these boys were 105 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 3: born from an Egyptian mother. Back then, the Egyptians worshiped idols. 106 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: They didn't believe in Jehovah. She didn't have a heritage 107 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 3: of faith. You would think God would say, not gonna 108 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 3: have anything to do with those boys. I'm not gonna 109 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 3: blessed someone from a family that doesn't worship me. But 110 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 3: God doesn't disqualify you because of how you were raised. 111 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 3: You may come from a family that didn't honor God. 112 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: There was a lot of compromise, dysfunction. The good news 113 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: that doesn't have to stop you. Like Manassa and Ephraim, 114 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: God is adopting you in spite of what they did 115 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 3: or didn't do. You may kind of feel like you've 116 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 3: been under a generational curse because of how you were raised. 117 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 3: God is choosing you to start a generational blessing. You're 118 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 3: the difference maker. You can be the one to affect 119 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 3: your family line for generations to come. It was extremely 120 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 3: significant that these boys were adopted by Jacob. Not only 121 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: did he overlook who their mother was, but they were grandsons, 122 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 3: not sons. They should have had to wait another generation 123 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 3: forty years to receive what Jacob was giving them. Normally, 124 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 3: it would have come from their father, Joseph. He would 125 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: have passed down the blessing the inheritance that was given 126 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 3: to him. These boys were receiving something that they didn't deserve. 127 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 3: This was showing us the character of God. There are 128 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 3: things that we don't deserve. We were, off course, doing 129 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 3: our own thing. But God, who is full of mercy, 130 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: said I'm going to reach down in spite of your past, 131 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 3: in spite of your mistakes, in spite of what your 132 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 3: family didn't do, and I'm going to adopt you anyway. 133 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: Paul said in Ephesians, God has adopted us into his 134 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: own family. Because you've been adopted, you're going to come 135 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 3: in to blessings that you didn't earn, favor that you 136 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 3: didn't deserve, houses that you didn't build. The scripture says 137 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: vineyards that you didn't plant. Your past is not going 138 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: to limit you. How you were raised is not going 139 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 3: to keep God from blessing you like these boys. Mother. 140 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 3: There may have been people that didn't honor God, didn't 141 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: make good choices. God is not holding that against you. 142 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 3: He's saying, I'm adopting you anyway. Not as my grandchild, 143 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: not as my great grandchild. I'm adopting you as my 144 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 3: own son, my own daughter. Joseph's sons shouldn't have been 145 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: heirs for another generation, but because of what Jacob did, 146 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 3: they were thrust forty years down the road. There are 147 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 3: things that should take you years to accomplish, years to 148 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 3: get out of debt, years to break an addiction, years 149 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 3: to set a new standard. But God is going to 150 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 3: do for you what he did for these boys. He's 151 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 3: going to catapult you ahead. You're going to see things 152 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 3: happen faster than you thought. It should have taken you 153 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: a generation. But God's going to do a quick work 154 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 3: because you're honoring him, because you say, as for me 155 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 3: and my house, we will serve the Lord. God is 156 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: feeding things up. What should have taken you your whole 157 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 3: life is going to happen in a fraction of the time. 158 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: But I can imagine Joseph's brothers when they saw the 159 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 3: grandsons getting the same blessing that belonged to the brothers, 160 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 3: they didn't understand it. They said, Dad, that's not fair. 161 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 3: They're sons, not grandsons. You're giving them the same thing 162 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: that you're giving us. Can I tell you favor is 163 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: no not fair. It's just the goodness of God. When 164 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 3: God blesses you, don't be surprised if some people get 165 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 3: jealous when He speeds things up, when you break barriers, 166 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 3: some people won't understand it. They'll start talking about you. 167 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 3: You don't deserve it. You're not talented, you're just lucky. 168 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 3: It's not luck, it's fever. It's God shining down on you, 169 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: making things happen that you could not make happen. Now, 170 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 3: stay on the high road. You don't have to convince 171 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 3: people to like you. Some people can't handle your success. 172 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 3: If they walk away, let them walk. You didn't need them. 173 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 3: If they left you, they're not a part of your destiny. 174 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 3: Don't waste your valuable time with people that won't celebrate 175 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 3: the blessing that God put on your life. Don't apologize 176 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 3: for it. Don't try to downplay it. You didn't choose it. 177 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 3: God chose you. You were a grandson. He's the one 178 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: that said I'm adopting you. I'm giving you what you 179 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 3: don't deserve. I'm taking you to a new level where 180 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: your blessings well, it's the favor of God on your life. 181 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: After Jacob told the boys he was adopting them, he 182 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 3: called them over to give them his blessing. In the 183 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 3: Old Testament, the blessing from the father was very significant 184 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: and very revered. What the father spoke over the sons 185 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 3: in his final days carried great weight and would affect 186 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 3: the children the rest of their lives. The oldest son 187 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 3: would receive a double portion. That was the tradition. The 188 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 3: blessing the father gave with his right hand was this 189 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 3: double portion blessing. So Joseph brought his oldest son, his firstborn, Manassa, 190 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 3: and placed him at his father's right side so Jacob 191 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 3: could easily reach out touch him. Ephrium stood on his left. 192 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: Joseph knelt down put his face toward the ground, But Jacob, 193 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: instead of reaching out with his right hand and touching Manassa, 194 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: he crossed his arms and put his right hand on 195 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 3: Ephrium his left on Manassa. He spoke the blessing over them. 196 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 3: When Joseph eventually looked up and saw it, he was upset. 197 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 3: He got up in a hurry and said, Dad, what 198 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 3: are you doing. You've got it backwards. Manassa is my 199 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 3: oldest He took Jacob's right hand and was going to 200 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 3: place it on Manassa. Jacob pulled it back. He said, 201 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 3: I know what I'm doing. Manassa will be great, but 202 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 3: Ephrium will even be greater. Multitudes of nations will come 203 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 3: out of him. God was showing us that he doesn't 204 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 3: always bless the way we expect. Ephrium wasn't next in line, 205 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 3: he didn't deserve it, he wasn't born in the right position. 206 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 3: But God bypassed all the tradition. He bypassed what people 207 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 3: thought would happen and did something out of the ordinary. 208 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 3: When Joseph tried to stop his father, Jacob said, in effect, 209 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 3: I know Ephrieum was born second. I know this doesn't 210 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: belong to him, but I'm crossing my arms on purpose. 211 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 3: I'm going to show him fevor that he doesn't deserve 212 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 3: And this story is not so much about one family 213 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: member getting ahead of another. It's God showing us how 214 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 3: he can take people from the back, people that don't 215 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 3: have the position, people that feel left out, and bring 216 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 3: them to the front. God loves to choose people that 217 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 3: others say are not qualified, they don't have the talent, 218 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: they don't come from the right family, they've made too 219 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 3: many mistakes. Don't believe those lives. God is about to 220 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 3: cross his arms. He's going to put you in a 221 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 3: position that you didn't earn. You didn't qualify for it, 222 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 3: you weren't next in line. God's going to make things 223 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 3: happen that you didn't see coming. And you may think, 224 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 3: like I did, that where you are now is where 225 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: you're always going to be. You've reached your limits. That 226 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: would all be true except for one thing. God is 227 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 3: going to cross his arms. You keep honoring God being 228 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 3: her best. He will open doors you never dreamed would open. 229 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 3: He's going to promote you even though you weren't next 230 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: in line. You'll think, how did I get here? I 231 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 3: didn't have the training, the experience, the connections. Here's how 232 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 3: God crossed his arms. I think, how did I end 233 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 3: up in front of so many people? Eighteen years ago? 234 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 3: I was running the cameras, I was doing the production. 235 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: I wasn't next in line necessarily, I wasn't the most qualified. 236 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: But God crossed his arms, and here I am. How 237 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 3: did we get the compact Center. We weren't the most 238 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 3: influential group in the bidding process. We didn't have the 239 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 3: biggest portfolio, the most resources. But God crossed his arms. 240 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 3: He took us from the back and put us in 241 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 3: the front. How is my mother still alive thirty seven 242 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 3: years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. God crossed his arms. 243 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 3: He did what medicine could not do. We can all 244 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 3: come up with an excuse to settle where we are. 245 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 3: I don't have the training, Joel, I don't have the connections, 246 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 3: the confidence, the talent, the size, the personality. God says, 247 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 3: I know all that I created you. I know what 248 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 3: order you were born in. You may not be the 249 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: firstborn son, so to speak. You don't feel like you 250 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 3: have what you need to go further. Don't worry. God's 251 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 3: going to cross his own He's going to make things 252 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 3: happen that you couldn't make happen. In the scripture, Gideon 253 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: said God, I can't lead the people of Israel against 254 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 3: the Midianites. I come from the poorest family. I'm the 255 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: least one in my father's house. God said Gideon, I 256 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: know you're not qualified. I know you're not next in line, 257 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 3: but I'm going to cross my arms. I'm going to 258 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 3: take you from the background to the foreground. I'm going 259 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: to give you influence and ability that you've never had. 260 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: Sampson could have said, God, I don't deserve your goodness. 261 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 3: You gave me supernatural strength, and I blew it. I 262 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 3: kept giving into temptation. Now I'm blind bound, grinding at 263 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: the mill, and it's all my own fault. God said Sampson. 264 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 3: I knew every mistake you would ever make, and my 265 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 3: mercy is bigger than anything you've done wrong. Yes, you 266 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 3: should die defeated like a failure. But take heart, I'm 267 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 3: going to cross my arms. God blessed Samson one more time, 268 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 3: and he defeated more enemies in his death than he 269 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 3: did his whole lifetime. You may have a thousand reasons 270 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 3: why you can't accomplish your dream, why you can't get 271 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 3: out of that problem. God is saying to you, I'm 272 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 3: about to cross my arms. I'm going to show you 273 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 3: unexpected favor, unexpected promotion, unexpected healing, unexpected breakthroughs. You didn't 274 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 3: see it coming, you weren't qualified, you weren't the next 275 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 3: in line. It's just the goodness of God. Well, Joel, 276 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: this is encouraging today, but I don't know. I've got 277 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: some big problems. I have a lot coming against me. 278 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 3: The scripture says, is the arm of the Lord too 279 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 3: short to deliver you? Do you think somehow God's arm 280 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 3: can't reach you? You're too far back, made too many mistakes, this, 281 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 3: too many opportunities, have too big a problems. Can I 282 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 3: tell you God's arm is not too short to deliver you, 283 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 3: to heal you, to provide for you, to free you, 284 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 3: to vindicate you. You're going to see God do things 285 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 3: that you didn't see coming. When he crosses his arms. 286 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,959 Speaker 3: Things are going to fall into place. Good breaks are 287 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 3: going to find you. Opportunity is going to chase you down. 288 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 3: Men I know owns a design company. He started with 289 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 3: three small clients. His main competitor had thousands of clients. 290 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 3: He was just a spect compared to them. And some 291 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 3: of the people there were jealous of his work and 292 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: they would make disparaging remarks and try to belittle him. 293 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 3: He didn't pay any attention to it. He kept running 294 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 3: his race being his best. One client led to another, 295 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 3: He kept growing, new doors kept opening. He came to 296 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 3: the place where he passed up that other company. One 297 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 3: day they called and asked if he would like to 298 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 3: purchase them. Today he owns the company that used to 299 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 3: be hundreds of times bigger than his. He told me, Joel, 300 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: I didn't see this coming. I never dreamed I would 301 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: be this successful now. The people that used to make 302 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 3: fun of him, instead of calling him names, you know what, 303 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 3: they call him boss. What happened. God crossed his arms. 304 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 3: You may not have the position yet, the influence, the reputation, 305 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 3: the confidence. You feel like you're further back. That's okay. 306 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 3: Just keep honoring God and you will come into this 307 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 3: unexpected fever promotion that you didn't see coming. The Book 308 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 3: of Luke, the Angel said, Mary, the Lord has decided 309 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 3: to bless you. There are some blessings that come from 310 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: being faithful and doing the right thing when it's hard. 311 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 3: But there are times with Mary, like with Ephrium, that 312 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 3: God has simply decided to bless you. You didn't do 313 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 3: anything to earn it. In fact, there were plenty of 314 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 3: reasons why it shouldn't have happened. Maybe you didn't make 315 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 3: good choices, or you had a family member like Ephrium 316 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 3: that didn't honor God. But God, in his mercy, crossed 317 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 3: his arms. He chose to be good to you. He 318 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 3: chose to turn that problem around that you got yourself into. 319 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 3: He chose to open that door that you could have 320 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 3: never opened. That's God deciding to bless you. This is 321 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 3: what happened with my father. He was raised in a 322 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 3: good family, but they didn't have any kind of faith. 323 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: You would think when God needed a pastor, when he 324 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 3: needed somebody to carry out his will, he would find 325 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 3: somebody from a family of faith. But God doesn't always 326 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: choose who we would choose. Teen years of age, my 327 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 3: father was walking home from a nightclub at two o'clock 328 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: in the morning, like he'd done many times before, but 329 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 3: this time there was something different. He looked up at 330 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: the stars for some reason begin to think about God. 331 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: He wondered what he would do with the rest of 332 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 3: his life. His family was very poor. They were cotton farmers. 333 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 3: He thought he'd have to pick cotton the rest of 334 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 3: his life. It's all he knew how to do. But 335 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 3: as he looked up at those stars, deep down he 336 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 3: knew he was made for more. Didn't understand anything about God, 337 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 3: but that night he felt something special. When he got home, 338 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: he noticed the family Bible on the coffee table. He 339 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 3: was there as a decoration. Something told him to open it. 340 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 3: When he did, it fell open to a picture of 341 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: Jesus standing at a door and knocking. The caption read, 342 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 3: I stand at the door and knock. If you open it, 343 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 3: I will come men. My father didn't understand theology, but 344 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 3: he could understand opening a door. The next day he 345 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 3: went to church with a friend for the first time. 346 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 3: The end of the service, the pastor invited people to 347 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 3: come to the front that wanted to receive Christ. My 348 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 3: father wanted to go, but he was too nervous. He 349 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 3: wouldn't budge. His friend turned and said, John, if you'll go, 350 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 3: I'll go with you. They walked down together. My father 351 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 3: gave his life to Christ, the first one in our family. 352 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 3: But I think, why my father, Why did he feel 353 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: that drawing. Why did he look up at the stars 354 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 3: and begin to think about his destiny? Why did the 355 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 3: Bible fall open to a picture he could understand. Why 356 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 3: did that friend take an interest and walk down the 357 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 3: aisle with him? That was the Lord deciding to bless 358 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 3: my father, the Lord deciding to be good to my family. 359 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 3: My father, he wasn't next in line to become a pastor. 360 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 3: He wasn't qualified, He didn't come from the quote right family. 361 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 3: Can I tell you none of that matters. When God 362 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 3: decides to bless you, he'll show you favor that you 363 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 3: didn't earn, mercy that you didn't deserve. Wasn't anything you did. 364 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 3: It was just God crossing his arms. Where would I 365 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 3: be if God had not decided to be good to 366 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 3: my father? Where would my children be if God had 367 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 3: not crossed his arms. So my father not only went 368 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 3: on to become a great pastor, founded Lakewood and touched 369 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 3: the world, but Daddy broke the curse of poverty that 370 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 3: he was raised in. He set a new standard for 371 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 3: our family. And I believe, like God did for my father, 372 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 3: like he's done for me, God has decided to bless you. 373 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 3: He's decided to bring your family in. He's decided to 374 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 3: take you to new levels. Circumstances may say it's not 375 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 3: going to happen. You're not qualified, you're not next in line. 376 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 3: Don't worry. God has unexpected favor, unexpected promotion, unexpected turnarounds. 377 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 3: You didn't see it coming. And it may seem like 378 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 3: your family will never come in, or you could never 379 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 3: set a new standard. You keep honoring God and you 380 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 3: will come into these moments where God has decided to 381 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 3: bless you. I saw a young man on television playing 382 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 3: professional football. He had just caught the game winning catch. 383 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 3: His teammates were piling on him, that fans were cheering, 384 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 3: everybody shouting and going wild. Two years earlier, he was 385 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 3: working at a grocery store stocking shells. He was turned 386 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 3: down by all the teams. They said he was too small. 387 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 3: He was the star player in college. He was excited 388 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 3: about playing professionally, but he wasn't drafted. No one wanted him. 389 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 3: He felt overlooked and forgotten. He knew he had what 390 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 3: it takes, but nobody would give him a chance. One day, 391 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 3: out of the blue, a coach that he had never 392 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: met called and invited him to try out for the team. 393 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 3: He made the team and went on to become their 394 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 3: leading receiver. The reporter was interviewing him after the game 395 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 3: winning catch. He thanked the Lord. Then he said, wow, 396 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: I never saw this coming. He thought his days of 397 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 3: football were over. He had already accepted that it wasn't 398 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 3: meant to be. Then God crost his arms. Not only 399 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 3: was he celebrating the victory, but everyone was celebrating him. 400 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 3: People may rule you out, They may tell you it's 401 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 3: never going to work out. But God has the final say. 402 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 3: He knows how to take it from the background to 403 00:25:55,359 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 3: the foreground. When he decides to bless you are going 404 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 3: to happen that you didn't see coming. You don't have 405 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 3: to be the most qualified, the most experienced, from the 406 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 3: most influential family. If you are, that's great. God can 407 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 3: still take you higher. But you may feel like you 408 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 3: have disadvantages some you had no control over what family 409 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 3: you were born into, what nationality, what social standing. Like Ephraim, 410 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 3: he couldn't help that he wasn't the firstborn son. He 411 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 3: couldn't help that his mother worshiped idols. He had no 412 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 3: say over that. On the surface, that could hold you back, 413 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 3: cause you to think, too bad, this is my lot 414 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 3: in life. But God doesn't choose the way we choose. 415 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 3: He's about to show you influence, ability, opportunities that you 416 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 3: didn't see coming. David said, who am i, o, Lord, 417 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 3: and what is my family that you would take me 418 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: this far? He was saying, not the biggest, strongest, most qualified. 419 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 3: I didn't come from royalty. I was a shepherd working 420 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 3: in the fields, minding my own business. And Lord, look 421 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 3: where you've taken me. He didn't have to go after it. 422 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 3: It came after him. The prophet Samuel showed up at 423 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 3: his house to annoint him King. God has some far 424 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 3: and beyond opportunities that are about to come looking for you. 425 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 3: The right people are going to track you down. You 426 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 3: couldn't have made it happen. It's the arm of the 427 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 3: Lord reaching down to promote, to elevate, to increase you. 428 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 3: You're gonna look back and say like, David, Wow, God, 429 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 3: I never dreamed you'd take me to this level. Now, 430 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 3: keep your faith out there. Thoughts will tell you it's 431 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 3: never going to happen. Nor get ready. God's about to 432 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 3: cross his arms. I believe in declare. You're coming into 433 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 3: unexpected favor, unexpected healing, unexpected turnarounds. God's going to take 434 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 3: it from the back round to the foreground. You're going 435 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 3: to step into new levels, set a new standard for 436 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: your family, and reach the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. 437 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 3: And if you receive it, can you say amen, I'd 438 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,479 Speaker 3: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 439 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 3: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 440 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 441 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that 442 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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