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I want to enjoin 39 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 6: every one of us today that if you're waiting on 40 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 6: a prayer to be answered, or maybe you're waiting for 41 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 6: some things to change in your life and it hasn't 42 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 6: happened for a long time and you're just waiting for. 43 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,279 Speaker 3: Things to change so you can move on with life, 44 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 3: want to. 45 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 6: Encourage you to not let those things stop you don't 46 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 6: get stuck in those areas of your life. God doesn't 47 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 6: want you to ever get stuck. He wants you to 48 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 6: live with enthusiasm. He wants you to live with joy. 49 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 6: He wants you to live with expectancy of what He 50 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 6: can do in your life. 51 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: You see, sometimes. 52 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 6: We're waiting on things to change. We're looking at everything 53 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 6: around us, and we forget to look at our God. See, 54 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 6: the Bible says we are to wait upon the Lord. 55 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 6: We're not to wait for all of our prayers to 56 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 6: be answered. We're not to wait for things to change 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 6: before we can be happy. We're to wait expectantly on. 58 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 3: The Lord, exciting with anticipation. 59 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 6: God, I may be in a difficult season, but God, 60 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 6: that doesn't stop you from working in my life. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 3: You see, with an excitement and a joy and a 62 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 3: passion for life. That's how God wants us to live. 63 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 6: You know, we sometimes we think that seems impossible. I 64 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 6: can't be that happy all the time, really, Victoria, the 65 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 6: Bible says that there's a joy in you that Jesus 66 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 6: gave you. He says, the joy that is in me 67 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 6: I've given you. You have the ability to tap into 68 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 6: the resources. 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: That God has given you. 70 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 6: You see, the Bible says that the righteous are to 71 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 6: get brighter and brighter until the full day. We're to 72 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 6: thrive like a green leaf. We're not supposed to wither. 73 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 6: Our dreams and hopes are not supposed to wither. But 74 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 6: we're supposed to thrive. We're supposed to shine brighter and brighter. 75 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 6: You're not supposed to be dim some days, bright the others. 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 6: You're supposed to be bright, shining. You're supposed to let 77 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 6: the sun in the so in every single day so 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 6: that you can be bright and shiny. I think that's 79 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 6: a good question to ask ourselves periodically through the day. 80 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: Am I shining? How do I feel dim? 81 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 6: Is there a black cloud over me? Is there something 82 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 6: trying to bring me down? Am I focus too much 83 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 6: on a situation or change that needs to happen in 84 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 6: my life that I'm not shining? Do I need to 85 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 6: get my eyes off of this mountain and get my 86 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 6: eyes on where the help can come from from the 87 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 6: person who created all the mountains, who created the universe, 88 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 6: and who can create whatever I need. 89 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 3: Listen where to be stars, where to let the sun in? 90 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 6: Listen to what it says in Isaiah forty three, eighteen 91 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 6: and nineteen. This is what God spoke through the prophet, 92 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 6: and he said, forget the former things, do not dwell 93 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 6: on them. Behold, I am doing a new thing now. 94 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 6: Now it springs up. Can you perceive it? I am 95 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 6: making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. 96 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 6: You see, there is a question that God is asking 97 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 6: us in his promise to us. And what he is 98 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 6: asking us is this, do you recognize. 99 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: What I'm doing in your life? You see? 100 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 6: It says I am doing a new thing. God didn't 101 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 6: say I'm going to do a new thing when I 102 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 6: get ready, when you get straight in your life. He said, 103 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 6: I am doing a new thing. It springs up now. 104 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 3: See. 105 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 6: God is saying, don't have faith when the situation takes 106 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 6: care of it, because I'm doing some new things right now, 107 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 6: right now. But the thing is is that we have 108 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 6: to precede it, and in doing so sometimes we need 109 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 6: to change our perspective. 110 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 3: We need to widen our lens, widen our focus. You 111 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: see it says behold. 112 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 6: Some translations say look, see watch That sounds like anticipation 113 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 6: to me, doesn't it. 114 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 3: You watch and see what the. 115 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 6: Lord will do see it is a new thing I'll 116 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 6: never forget. Several years ago, I was going through the 117 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 6: most difficult time in my life. There was my life 118 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 6: seemed to hinge on this one major decision. To me, 119 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 6: it felt like life and death to me. It was 120 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 6: the most difficult thing that I can remember ever going through. 121 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 6: I can remember what I wanted to do. I wanted 122 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 6: to stay. I wanted to cry. I wanted to waller listen. 123 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 6: I didn't want to shine. I wanted to dim things down. 124 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 3: One day, God. 125 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 6: Spoke to me and he said, you cannot live like this. 126 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 6: He said you were made and designed to shine. And 127 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 6: he said you need to look out beyond this problem 128 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 6: because I've got opportunities. I'm doing some new things in 129 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 6: the middle of your mess. 130 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 3: I am still working. Do you know? 131 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 6: That challenge in my life went on for three long years? 132 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 6: And can I tell you they seemed like long years. 133 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 6: But during that time I shook it off. Every day 134 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 6: I pushed through. 135 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 3: Was it easy? 136 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 6: No? But I had to change my focus and change 137 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 6: my perspective. God, you don't want me to stay here. 138 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 6: You've got new things for me. Do you know what 139 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 6: was in those three years that I wrote my first book. 140 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 6: I wrote a series of children's books, and at the 141 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 6: end of those three years, God vindicated me and showed 142 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 6: me things that I never knew were even inside of me. 143 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: He gave me victory. But it was a change of perspective. 144 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 6: It was deciding that I wasn't gonna wear a banner 145 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 6: of defeat, but I was gonna wear a banner of 146 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 6: victory over my head. See, I was changing what I 147 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 6: was thinking. See, God had opportunity for me. But as 148 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 6: long as I sat and were waiting for things to 149 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 6: change before I could get going, I would have missed 150 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 6: out on all the new things, the new opportunities, the 151 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 6: new things He wanted to show me and do on 152 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 6: the inside of me. 153 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 3: Can you imagine if I would have given in to defeat. 154 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 6: And discouragement and said so focused on what I needed 155 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 6: to happen, I would. 156 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 3: Have lost three years. 157 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 6: Do you know that I had exponential growth in my 158 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 6: spiritual life those three years. You See, God turned it 159 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 6: around because I was willing to put forth the effort. 160 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 3: I was willing to shake it off. 161 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 6: I was willing to say no, this doesn't have to 162 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 6: change before I can keep living. Absolutely not, I serve 163 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 6: a great, big God, and he's gotten great things over 164 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 6: the horizon. 165 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 3: For me, he is doing a new thing. It is 166 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,719 Speaker 3: in process. 167 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 6: The printing presses have already been turned on. It is 168 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 6: happening now in your life. I was speaking to a 169 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 6: woman the other day, and I'd been praying with her 170 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 6: for a while, and seemed like every time I prayed 171 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 6: with her or talked to her, all I could see 172 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 6: was this just rigid, still just wanting something to happen 173 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 6: in her life. And what she was wanting was this. 174 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 6: Her husband had left and she was wanting reconciliation in 175 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 6: her marriage, and that is what I could see was 176 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 6: the main focus and thrust of her life. And I 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 6: told her this, I said, listen, do not make plans 178 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 6: according to this prayer being answered. Don't make plans around 179 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 6: your life according to this happening. Don't stop living. 180 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 3: You see. I believe that what she was trying to. 181 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 6: Do was work it out in her own mind, figure 182 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 6: out how it was going to happen, and as soon 183 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 6: as he walked back in the door, then she could 184 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 6: begin to live. Then her life could go on. But 185 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 6: that is not what God intends for her to do, 186 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 6: because He's got new things springing up in her mess 187 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 6: right now. I said, you're too valuable. You got too 188 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 6: to offer, You got gifts, you got talents. 189 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 3: You be the best you that you can be. 190 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 6: You let God grow, you learn, progress, take on new 191 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 6: and exciting challenges that God's got out. 192 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 3: There for you. Be the best you can be. I 193 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 3: didn't tell her to quit praying. I didn't tell her 194 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 3: to quit believing. I said, don't get stuck. Don't get stuck. 195 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 6: You keep living, and I believe that God has a 196 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 6: word for somebody in here today. 197 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 3: You need to keep on living. 198 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 6: Don't make all your plans around that unanswered prayer. I 199 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 6: got new things springing up even now. He didn't say 200 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 6: there was not going to be wilderness. He didn't say 201 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 6: there wasn't going to be some wasted things. You look 202 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 6: at and think, why it is happened? 203 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 3: Why me? This is a waste? What happened? 204 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 6: He said, I can make a way in the wilderness, 205 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 6: and I can refresh you in those times. 206 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 3: That feel waste. 207 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 6: I can bring out of you things you never knew 208 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 6: were in you. I can do be impossible. As long 209 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 6: as you widen your lens, change your perspective, don't get 210 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 6: narrow and don't get so focused that the strains and 211 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 6: stresses of life don't allow you to see beyond where 212 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 6: you are. I was reading about eyes strain and icetrain 213 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 6: is becoming more and more of a common problem because 214 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 6: of all of our screens that we look at, computers, iPads, telephones, 215 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 6: and so. Eyestrain is when you know, you can be 216 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 6: focused on your computer and you're reading material for so 217 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 6: long that you'll get dry eye, or or you'll get 218 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 6: a headache, or sometimes you know you feel like it's blurry. 219 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 3: That's eyestrain. 220 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 6: And I was reading the article and it was giving 221 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 6: tips to alleviate this eye strain, and it says, if 222 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 6: you're in front of your computer, you're working on this, 223 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 6: you know, really focused project. Which you should do is 224 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 6: try to get up from your the area that you're 225 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 6: at at least three times a day and for ten 226 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 6: minutes a day, you should look out of a window, 227 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 6: maybe you need to walk outside if you don't have 228 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 6: a wind in your office or the place you're working. 229 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 6: And it said, do this, cast your eyes at a 230 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 6: distance as far as you can see and take on 231 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 6: all the life around you. It says when you do that, 232 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 6: when you cast your eyes and you begin to see light, trees, sky, clouds, 233 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 6: you're watching all this stuff around you. What it does 234 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 6: is it relaxes the lens of your eye. With eyestrains, 235 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 6: your lens flattens out. And what this exercise does is 236 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 6: it causes it to be more flexible. 237 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: It causes it to relax. Now, I'm not giving you. 238 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 6: A tip on eyestrain today, although if you have it, 239 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 6: that might work. What I am saying is that same 240 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 6: thing parallels our life. When we begin to focus so 241 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 6: much on an area of our life that needs to change, 242 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 6: or something we want to happen, or something we want 243 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 6: to pray about, we get so focused in that we 244 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 6: struggle and we bring strain upon ourselves. 245 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 3: And God is saying we've got to get good at 246 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 3: getting up out. 247 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 6: Of that situation and casting our eyes pass the situation 248 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 6: into the distance so that we can widen our lens 249 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 6: and take on the life that is out there that 250 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 6: God gave us to live. 251 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: He has got. 252 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 6: More in store for you wherever you are, whatever you're 253 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 6: going through, He's doing a new thing. 254 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 3: Can you perceive it? 255 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 6: It is springing up, But if you're not looking for it, 256 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 6: you might not find it. Joel quoted the scripture from 257 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 6: another passage in Isaiah, and it says God is longing 258 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 6: to be good to those who are looking for his goodness, 259 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 6: who are beholding the new things, watching to see with 260 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 6: earnest expectations. 261 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: Can I tell you where you are today? Is it 262 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 3: where you're going to stay? 263 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 6: But don't waste your precious life, your precious time when 264 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 6: God is already put it into motion. There are new opportunities, 265 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 6: there are new ways of doing things. There's new growth, 266 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 6: there's new refreshing. 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