1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: very best in your life. Well, God bless you and 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: always a joy to come into your homes. We love you, 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: we know God has great things in store. If you're 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop buying be a part 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you will make 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in. 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: Thanks again for coming out today as well. I like 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 13 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: kindergarten teacher. She was wanting to explain to her students 14 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: about self esteem. She said to her class, anyone who 15 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: feels like you're dumb, please stand up. She knew nobody 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: would stand up. She'd make the case how nobody is dumb. 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: But about that time little Johnny stood up. She thought, 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: oh no, Now what am I going to say? And 19 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: she looked at him and said, now, Johnny, do you 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: really feel like you're dumb? He said, no, ma'am, I 21 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 22 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 24 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confessed. 27 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about how God 30 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: has the right people in your future. God is a 31 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: strategic God, and he has laid out an exact plan 32 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: for our lives down to the smallest details. God knows 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: the people you're going to need to fulfill your destiny. 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: He knows who's going to need to give you a 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: good break, and who's going to need to put in 36 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: a good word for you, when someone is going to 37 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: need to be there to help you out of a 38 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: difficult time. God has it all figured out. He's not 39 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: vague and approximate. God is or corstrating our lives down 40 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: to the very second, causing us to be at the 41 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: right place at the right time so we can meet 42 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: the right people that He's ordained before the foundation of 43 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: the world. I can look back over my life and 44 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: see time and time again where God directed my steps 45 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: down to the exact moment. If I had been ten 46 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: seconds earlier or ten seconds later, I would have missed 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity. One Sunday morning years ago, I was in 48 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: the front lobby of the old church, running up the 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: stairs to the television department. The service was about to 50 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: start and I was in a big hurry. The stairs 51 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: had a railing that overlooked the front lobby, and just 52 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: as I was about to turn and go into this 53 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: closed off area, a man walked through the lobby that 54 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: I had not seen in many years. He hollered up 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: to me, Joel, my cousin has a construction permit for 56 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: a full power television station. He'd like to talk to you. 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: Our paths crossed for maybe ten seconds. But when he 58 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: said that, something leaped on the inside, I knew it 59 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: was for me. Long story short, The Ministry put the 60 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: station on the air. We ended up selling the station 61 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: for a significant profit. That was very instrumental in us 62 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: renovating this facility. But if I had been five seconds earlier, 63 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: I'd already been up the stairs. If he'd have been 64 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: five seconds later, if he had stopped by the water 65 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: fountain to get a drink, our paths would not have crossed. 66 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: What am I saying. God knows where you need to 67 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: be to see your dreams come to pass. God knows 68 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: the people that have information that will propel you to 69 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: your destiny. As long as you stay in faith, God 70 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: will have you at the right place, at the right time, 71 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: and he'll bring the right people across your path. Victoria 72 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: and I were on a certain national talk show quite 73 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: a few times over the years. Recently, that man retired 74 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: from the show and another gentleman took off. I was 75 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: walking downtown in New York and I saw this big 76 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: billboard advertising the new show with this man's picture on it, 77 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: and just in passing, I said to Victoria, I wonder 78 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: if this new man will ever invite us to the 79 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: on his program like the other man did. Didn't think 80 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: much about it. Fifteen second conversation moved on. Four hours later, 81 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: Victoria came running into the hotel room. She was so excited. 82 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: She had been downstairs in the lobby. She said, Joel, 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: you'll never believe who I just met. It was this 84 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: man from the new program, and this is not like Victoria, 85 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: but she ran over to him, shook his hand and said, Hi, 86 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: I'm Victoria Ostein. My husband Joel and I were just 87 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: talking about you earlier today. He said, Wow, that's great 88 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: because I'd love to have you guys on my new 89 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: program Friends. God has it all lined up. There are 90 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: six billion people on the planet. What are the chances 91 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 1: of he and Victoria meeting up like that? That's God 92 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: directing our steps down to the very second. God knows 93 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: how to get you to the people that have opportunity. 94 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: He knows how to connect you with people that will 95 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: show you favor, people that will use their influence to 96 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: open new doors. And in the scripture, there was a 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: lady that had a son that got sick and he died. 98 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: She was a friend of the prophet Elishasen. Elisha came 99 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: to her home, prayed for the little boy, and he 100 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: came back to life. It's one of the great miracles 101 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: in the Bible. Later, there was a famine in the 102 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: land and the lady had to leave her home, leave 103 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: her property, and move to the land of the Philistines. 104 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: Years went by and the famine was over. This lady 105 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,239 Speaker 1: decided to go back to her home there in Israel. 106 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: But when she got there, somebody was living in her house, farming. 107 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: Her property wasn't right. She went to see the king. 108 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: He had the power to correct things. She didn't know 109 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: what the King would think, after all, she'd been gone 110 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: for a long time. He could have said, too bad, 111 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: you lost your rights when you left. Don't bother me. 112 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: It's not my problem, it's yours. He could have been uninterested. 113 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: But it just so happened that there was a man 114 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,679 Speaker 1: there with the King by the name of Gehazi. Gahesi 115 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: was Elisha's main assistant, his right hand man, and the 116 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: King asked Gehazi to tell him some stories about the 117 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: miracles that Elisha had performed. Gahesi started telling this story 118 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: about the woman that had a son that was sick. 119 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: He died and Elishah prayden he came back to life. 120 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: And in Second King's Chapter eight, verse five, it says 121 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: at that very moment, as he was telling the story, 122 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: the mother walked in to talk to the king about 123 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: her property. If she had have walked in a day 124 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: earlier wouldn't have done any good. She'd have walked in 125 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: an hour earlier, still nothing. She walked in right on 126 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: que just like a director was watching the play that 127 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 1: knew the script and was saying, don't go just yet, 128 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: Wait another moment. Let him tell the climax, let him 129 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: tell the miracle. Now go. She walked in at the 130 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: most impactful time. When Gahese saw her coming through the doors, 131 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: he nearly passed out. He said, King, that's the woman 132 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. Right there, It was her sons. The 133 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: king looked at her and said, are you the one? 134 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: She said, yes, i am. She went on to tell 135 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: about her dilemma of her home and her property. The 136 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 1: king looked at his assistant and said, you make sure 137 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: she gets her home back, her property back, plus all 138 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: the funds that were made off that land while she 139 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: was gone. Friends, when God puts in a good word 140 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: for you, it's going to be exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. 141 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: Think about it. Elisha performed a lot of miracles. Gehese 142 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: I could have told about the time Elisha prayed and 143 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: contamidated water was made pure, or the time God blinded 144 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: the enemies they didn't recognize Elisha. There were plenty of 145 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: other choices, but it just so happened. He told about 146 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: this mother that was on her way to see the King. 147 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: That's the hand of God orchestrating it all. When you 148 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: go out this week, you need to have this confidence 149 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: that you are not alone. The creator of the universe 150 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: is directing your steps. When you go into that business meeting, 151 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: when you go into the classroom, when you go for 152 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: the job interview, don't be intimidated. God has already lined 153 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: up the right people to put in a good word 154 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: for you. I had a man tell me a few 155 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: weeks ago how he was really hoping to get this 156 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: big contract. He worked in heavy equipment sales, and he 157 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: went to meet the owner of this very large company. 158 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: He walked into the meeting, very nervous, very uptight. The 159 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: owner smiled and said, my wife said to tell you hello. 160 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: You and her went to high school together. She said 161 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: she always liked you, and she told me before I 162 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: left the house, you make sure you're good to him, 163 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: and he was. He gave him that contract. Now, I 164 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: want you to have this same assurance that God has 165 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: it all lined up for you. You don't have to 166 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: worry about your future. You don't have to try to 167 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: make things happen in your own strength. You can go 168 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: through the day in peace. God knows exactly what you 169 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: need in your future. He's already lined up the right people, 170 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: the right breaks, the good words you're going to need, 171 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: down to the second, down to the exact moment, like 172 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: that woman. God will cause you to come in on queue. 173 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: And if for some reason it doesn't work out you 174 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: didn't get the contract, the door didn't open up, don't 175 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: get all the scurts, don't get depressed. That just means 176 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: God has something better in store. It means he's got 177 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: a bigger opportunity in your future. Listen, If God wants 178 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: you to have the contract, You're gonna have the contract. 179 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: If God wants you to be promoted, all the forces 180 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: of darkness cannot stop you. You will be promoted. Well, 181 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: how as you say, Joey, if I could just get 182 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: this one person to like me, if I could convince 183 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: them to put in a good word for me, then 184 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: maybe I'd get promoted. Oh listen, you don't have to 185 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: make this happen in your own strength, playing up to people, 186 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: letting them control and manipulate you. No, just stay true 187 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: to who you are, be your best each day, and 188 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: God will take care of the rest. God will get 189 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: you to where you're supposed to be. When we were 190 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: trying to acquire this facility, the former Compact Center, there 191 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: was one man that I really wanted to get on 192 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: our team. We had to have the Houston City Council 193 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: members to vote for us. This was a city owned facility. 194 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: This one man knew all the people in the city. 195 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: He was very influential. I thought, if we could just 196 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: get him on board, then surely we would get the 197 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: votes that we needed. I called and called, but for 198 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: some reason, he wouldn't call me back. I knew friends 199 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: that knew him, and they put in a good word 200 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: for me. Still nothing. One point, we got word back 201 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: that this man was not only not for us, but 202 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: he was actively against us. He wasn't in neutral, he 203 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: was on the opposing team. At that point, I realized 204 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: I can't make this happen in my own strength. I 205 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: quit trying to manipulate things and trying to convince everybody, 206 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: and I said, God is in your hands. I know 207 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: you've already got the right people lined up. I know 208 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: you've already got it figured out. So God, I'm just 209 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: going to stay in that place of peace. We needed 210 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: ten votes from the city council members, and two days 211 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: before the main vote, we only had nine, but a 212 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: young Jewish council member that had been against us for 213 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: two years suddenly changed his mind and voted for us, 214 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: and it was his vote that gave us the victory. 215 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: He told me later, Joel, you were very persuasive, but 216 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: you were not the reason that I changed my mind. 217 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: He went on to tell about this elderly Jewish lady 218 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: that called him out of the blue. He hadn't spoken 219 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: to her in over twenty years, but he had great 220 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: respect for her. He grew up with her, and she 221 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: told him in no uncertain terms he was to vote 222 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: for Lakewood having the Compact Center. He said, it was 223 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: her phone call that changed my mind. I couldn't have 224 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: made that happen in my own strength, but God already 225 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: had somebody lined up that could make it happen. The 226 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: amazing thing is I didn't know the woman. Still don't, 227 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: never talked to her, never ask her to call. That's 228 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: the hand of God orchestrating it all. God hasn't all 229 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: figured out. Now. I'm asking you to quit worrying about 230 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: your future, quit worrying about who you're going to meet, 231 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: quit being frustrated because somebody's not on your team. Don't 232 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: do like I did and think you have to have 233 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: one person or you can't accomplish what God's put in 234 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: your heart. No, the scripture tells us it's not by 235 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: our might, not by our power, but it's by the 236 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: spirit of the Living God. Let me tell you, God's 237 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: already lined up the right people to call when you 238 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: need it. He's already lined up the gahese eyes to 239 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: put in a good word for you. He's already got 240 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: your high school classmate married to the right person. God's 241 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: God every page of your life written in his book. 242 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: In other words, God doesn't say, just go down there 243 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: on planet Earth and live for eighty ninety one hundred 244 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: years and then come up to be in heaven with me. No, 245 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: God has already planned out every detail of your life 246 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: down to the very second. Think about our solar system, 247 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: the way that it rotates. Scientists tell us that every 248 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: year it's exactly on time, down to the millisecond, day 249 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: after year after year, hundreds of years from now, If 250 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: the Lord Terry's it will still be precise. That's because 251 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: our God is not an approximate God. He's an exact God, 252 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: a detailed God, a precise God. He has planned out 253 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: your life, not by the year, or the months or 254 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: the days, but down to the very second. In your future. 255 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: He has marked moments where time and eternity are going 256 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: to come together and you'll meet the person of your dreams. 257 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: You'll be at the right place and you'll get the 258 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: break you need. A lady out of the blue will 259 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: make a phone call and a dream will come together. 260 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: You'll meet somebody on the streets like Victoria and a 261 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: new door of opportunity opens. Those are marked moments that 262 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: God has already ordained in your future. I believe some 263 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: of you, even this week, you're going to step into 264 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: one of those marked moments. You're going to see the 265 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: hand of God connecting you with someone that could not 266 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: have happened in your own strength. Maybe it's a breakthrough 267 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: and something that you've been praying about, but somebody, for 268 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: no reason, decided to put in a good word for you. 269 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,479 Speaker 1: When the city council voted for us to have this facility, 270 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: a company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us 271 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: from moving in. They said we violated the deed restrictions. 272 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: They owned most of the property around the facility, and 273 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: we fought that battle for a year and a half. 274 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: But they weren't about to budge. Our attorneys told us 275 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: it could be tied up in the court systems easily 276 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: for ten years. I'd already presented the vision to the church, 277 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: already raised funds for it. Thought, Wow, this doesn't work out, 278 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look like a fool. I'm gonna have to 279 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: give those funds back. One day, the other side called 280 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: and said that their CEO wanted to fly in from 281 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: another city and meet with us. Our attorneys told us, now, 282 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: that's just a ploy, it's a distraction to try to 283 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: get us off course. But I said no, I'd like 284 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: to meet with the man. I walked in the meeting. 285 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: The CEO looked at me and said, Joel, my wife 286 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: and I watch you on television each week. We really 287 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: enjoy you, and we have a son in law that's 288 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: a youth pastor. I didn't say anything, but on the 289 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: inside I was jumping up and down. I knew everything 290 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: was going to be all right. Sure enough, twenty four 291 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: hours later we had an agreement and the building was ours. Friends, 292 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: God has the right people lined up for you. I 293 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: couldn't have made that happen in my own strength. But 294 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: the good news is we're not on our own. We 295 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: have a strategic God, a detailed God. He knows what 296 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: you need and who you need, and where they need 297 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: to show up and when they need to be there, 298 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: down to the very second. It's very freeing when you 299 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: realize God is in control. You don't have to worry, 300 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: you don't have to try to make things happen. If 301 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: you will just honor God with your life, his divine 302 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: plan will unfold. The right people will show up, the 303 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: right breaks will be there. You will walk in to 304 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: your moments of favor. That's what happened to a young 305 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: lady in the scripture by the name of Ruth. Ruth 306 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: had just gone through a great disappointment. Her husband was 307 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: killed in a battle. Future didn't look very bright for her. 308 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: She moved to another city with her mother in law, Naomi. 309 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: But instead of sitting around saying poor ol me in 310 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 1: self pity, Ruth reached out and helped to take care 311 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: of Naomi. Not only that, she got up every morning 312 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: very early and went out into the fields and gathered 313 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: up the leftover wheat that the reapers had missed. One day, 314 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: the owner of that field noticed Ruth. His name was Boas. 315 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: He noticed how beautiful she was and what a hard 316 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: worker she was. What's interesting is Ruth didn't know anybody 317 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: was watching her. She didn't even know who Boas was. 318 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: Many of you today, you don't realize it, but somebody 319 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: has their eyes on you. A supervisor is noticing your excellence. 320 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: A manager is noticing your character. A friend is noticing 321 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: your faithfulness. You single people, you may think there's nobody 322 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: to meet, but you don't know who God's about to 323 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: bring into your life. You don't know who has their 324 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: eyes on you. Long story short, Ruth and Boaz fell 325 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: in love and ended up getting married. Now Ruth didn't 326 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: work in the field anymore. She owned the field. And 327 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: like Ruth, you may have gone through a difficult time. 328 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: But let me tell you, God has another Boaz out there. 329 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: God has already lined up somebody to notice you, somebody 330 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: to befriend you, somebody to promote you, somebody to make 331 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: your life more fulfilled. That disappointment was not the end. 332 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: It's a new beginning. It may have been a setback, 333 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: but God's already lined up the right people to help 334 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: you come back. The mother of Moses understood this principle. 335 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: When Moses was born, the king ordered all the male 336 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: babies to be killed. You can imagine how devastated this 337 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: mother must have been. She could have easily given up, 338 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: but instead she chose to believe that God was still 339 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: in control. She put Moses into a little basket and 340 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: sent him down the Nile River. This so happened that 341 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: Fro's daughter was out taking a bath at the right 342 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: place at the right time. She heard the cries coming 343 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: from the basket. She opened it up and saw baby 344 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: Moses and fell in love with the boy. She was 345 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: so excited she said, I'm going to take him as 346 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: my own. She looked at her maids and said, we 347 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 1: need to find somebody that can nurse the baby. One 348 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: of the maids said, I know just who to get. 349 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: She went and found who Moses's mother. Moses's mother was 350 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: not only able to raise her son, but she got 351 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: paid for doing it. On top of that, only God 352 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: could orchestrate all of that. What am I saying, even 353 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: in laws in heartach in disappointment, God still has the 354 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: right people lined up. God's not only directing your steps, 355 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: but he has strategically placed other people to be there 356 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: for you in your time of need. I think about David. 357 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: One time. He and his men were out protecting the 358 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: borders of Israel. When they came home, they discovered their 359 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: city of Ziglag had been attacked by the Amalekites. The 360 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: homes were burned down, their wives and children were kidnapped. 361 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: David prayed and asked God what to do. God said, 362 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: you go attack and you will recover all. David and 363 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: his men they set out, but they didn't really know 364 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: where the Amalekites were. But at one point they came 365 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: across a foreigner laying in the fields. He had been sick. 366 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: They gave him some food and nursed him back to health, 367 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: and David asked, who are you. He said, I'm a 368 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 1: slave of the Amalekites. They just attacked the city of Ziglag. 369 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: But I was too sick and couldn't travel, so my 370 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: master left me behind. David said that's good, so you 371 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: can lead us to the Amalekites. He said, I will 372 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: if you'll protect me. That young man led David to 373 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: the Amalekites, and he defeated them, got their wives and 374 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: children back, recovered everything that was stolen. But if that 375 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: young man had not been there, they might not have 376 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: ever found the Amalekites. It wasn't a coincidence that he 377 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: got sick and had to be left behind. That was 378 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: the hand of Almighty God. In your times of difficulty, 379 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 1: God will always have the right people there to help 380 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: you make it through. When you don't know what to do, 381 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: God will have somebody there to give you inside information. 382 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: See here's the key. God's not just in control of 383 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: your life. He's even in control of your enemies. He 384 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: can cause them to be at the right place at 385 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: the right time to work for your advantage. The other day, 386 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: I was in another city in the airport in line 387 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: for security, and it was a couple hundred people long, 388 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: and we'd been waiting in the line for fifteen minutes, 389 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: and we were about halfway through when I realized I 390 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: left my cell phone in the car that dropped us off. 391 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: My friend Johnny called the driver and he said he 392 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: would come right back, but we'd already gone through part 393 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: of security. I knew Johnny was willing to go get 394 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: my phone, but he couldn't just leave. He'd have to 395 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: get permission. Plus, if he went out there and had 396 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: to come wait through the line. He would never make 397 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: the flight. So I said, Johnny, just hang on, let's 398 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: see if somebody might help us. There were all these 399 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: security agents around in their blue uniforms, but they were 400 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: very busy. Over the next few minutes, from time to 401 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: time one would walk by. I was looking for the 402 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: right opportunity, but it just seemed like they were preoccupied. 403 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: Several times Johnny started to get out of the line 404 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: and explain our situation, but the security agent would walk away, 405 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: just like it wasn't meant to be. We were getting 406 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: very close to the front of the line where you 407 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: go through the metal detectors, and so if we're going 408 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: to do something, we had to do it quickly. And 409 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: there were three main lines. We were in this inside line. 410 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: At one point, a security agent walked through the door 411 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: and I thought, well, go Johnny, there's a good one 412 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: to talk to. But Johnny got caught behind me, and 413 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, there was a break in those 414 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 1: two lines, just like the Red Sea was opening up. 415 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: And I wasn't even planning on doing this, but I 416 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: found myself walking through that break right up to the 417 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: security agent. His eyes got this big. I thought he 418 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: either likes me or I'm in trouble. He said, I 419 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: can't believe you're standing here. I still didn't know if 420 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: it's good or bad. And he said, my wife and 421 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: I love you. We watch you every week. I said, 422 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:25,479 Speaker 1: I love you too, and I said I need your help. Friends. 423 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: God has the right people lined up for you. He 424 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 1: knows how to move things out of the way. He 425 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 1: has divine connections people. He's already lined up before the 426 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: foundation of the world to be there in your time 427 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: of need. Wasn't a coincidence that those two lines opened up. 428 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: Wasn't a lucky break that the men knew me and 429 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: liked me. That was the hand of God. He told Johnny, 430 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: you come with me. He escorted him all the way 431 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: to the front of the airport, got the phone, brought 432 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: him back. Didn't just put him in line where he was, 433 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: took him to the very front, moved people out of 434 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: the way, took him through like he was a world leader. 435 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: Johnny told me later, I could get used to this. 436 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: And I asked Johnny if he got his name so 437 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: we could send him a thank you note, send him 438 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: a book or something like that. He said, no, it 439 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: is the strangest thing. When I got my bags from 440 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: the security machine, I looked up to thank him, but 441 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: he wasn't anywhere around. It was like he came into 442 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: our life on Q, did his business, then went on 443 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: his way. That's the creator of the universe, orchestrating it all, 444 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: directing our step down to the very second, so you 445 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: can fulfill your destiny. We have a friend named Arthur Blessed. 446 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: He's the man that's walked around the world carrying the 447 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 1: cross on his back for over forty years. And Arthur 448 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: has a great way of sharing his faith in very 449 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: unusual places. In fact, most of his time has been 450 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: spent on the streets. In nineteen seventy two, during the 451 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: conflict in Northern Ireland, Billy Graham asked Arthur to take 452 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: him to the streets so he could visit with the 453 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: people one on one. Mister Graham's security team was concerned 454 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: for his safety and wanted to come along, but Arthur 455 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: said no, that would be a distraction. He talked Billy 456 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: Graham into just putting on some sunglasses, putting on a 457 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: hat so nobody could recognize him. They went to the 458 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: war torn streets of Belfast. At one point Billy Graham 459 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: started sharing his faith with the man down in the bunkers. 460 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: He was one of the fighters. Mister Graham, you know, 461 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: is very passionate and was doing his best to win 462 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: him over. But this man got tired of listening. He says, Sir, 463 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't mean to be rude, but I'm just not interested. 464 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: The only minister that ever gets to me is Billy Graham. 465 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: If I ever talked to him, then I might change 466 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 1: my mind. Billy Graham took his hat off, took his 467 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: sunglasses off, said hello, I'm Billy Graham. Today is your 468 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: day of salvation. Friends. God is in control. He is 469 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: already lined up not only the right people for you, 470 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: but for your loved ones that don't know the Lord. 471 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: God is orchestrating our steps down to the very second. 472 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: Quit worrying about your future. Quit worrying about who you're 473 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: gonna meet and how you're gonna accomplish your dreams. God 474 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: has already laid out the right people, people that will 475 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: come into your life on queue, people to promote you, 476 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: to befriend you, to be there in a time of need. 477 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: God has the boazes, people you don't even know that 478 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: are watching you. You need to get ready. You're gonna 479 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: start seeing more of these divine connections. You're going to 480 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: be at the right place at the right time. Like 481 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: that mother that walked in when Gahesa was telling her story. 482 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: Things are going to fall into place for you. You 483 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: couldn't have made it happen in your own strength. It 484 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: was the hand of Almighty God. Now get ready for 485 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: his favor, get ready for increase. Let me declare it. 486 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: Supernatural opportunities are come in your way. Supernatural breakthroughs are 487 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: in your future, Supernatural connections that will thrust you to 488 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: your destiny, and you will become everything God's created you be. 489 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: I declare it and believe it in Jesus' name. If 490 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? Amen? I know 491 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: you do. We never like to close our broadcast without 492 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 493 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 1: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 494 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 495 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. 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