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Be a part of one of our services. 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.920 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.080 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.400 about this pastor. He was in the lobby after the service, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.240 greeting people. He saw a man that he hadn't seen 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.400 in a long long time. He pulled him aside and said, sir, 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.040 you need to join the Army of the Lord. Men said, 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:06.920 what are you talking about. I'm in the Army of 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.640 the Lord. The pastor said, well, how come I only 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.200 see you on Easter in Christmas? He whispered back, I'm 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.800 in the Secret Service. Say it like you mean it. 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.640 This is my Bible. I am what it says. I 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.359 am I have what it says I have. I can 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.079 do what it says I can do. Today I will 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.600 be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:32.200 mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:37.120 be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.280 want to talk to you today about it's already set out. 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.400 It's easy to go through life worried about how we're 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.919 going to accomplish a dream, how we're going to get 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.080 out of a problem, how we're going to meet the 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.359 right person. We look at all the reasons why it's 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.480 not going to work out. But when God laid out 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.920 the plan for your life, he lined up everything you 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:03.760 need to feel your destiny, every good break, every person, 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.600 every solution. He's not trying to figure out how to 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.639 do it. It's already set up. He's already set up 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:16.160 the promotion, he's already set up the healing. That problem 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.160 you don't think will turn around, He's already set up 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.840 the answer. It's not a surprise to him. He had 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.680 the solution before you had the problem. Those things that 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:30.120 you're dreaming about, the desires God's put in your heart, 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:34.520 seems so unlikely. God wouldn't have given you the dream 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.120 and not made a way to bring it to pass. 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.840 It's already in your future waiting for you. If you 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:45.160 will stay in faith and not let negative voices talk 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.840 you out of it, you'll come in to what God 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:52.120 has already set up. In Luke twenty two, Jesus was 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.560 about to be crucified. He told Peter and John to 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:59.800 go ahead of him to Jerusalem and make arrangements for 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:04.000 the Passover Meal now known as the Last Supper. They 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:07.880 asked them where to go. He told them as soon 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.839 as they entered the city, a man would meet them 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.120 carrying a pitcher of water. He would lead them to 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.960 a certain house. They were to ask the owner where 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.520 the guest room was where they could have the passover meal. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:26.880 Verse twelve says, the owner will take you upstairs to 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:31.719 a large room that is already set up. He didn't say, 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.280 go to the house. Tell them Jesus wants to have dinner. Quick, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.320 get it set up, Get the food, get the table. 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:42.479 He said, it's already set up what God has planned 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.080 for you. He's not thinking about doing. Maybe one day 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.919 it'll happen. One day he'll bring it together. It's already 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.479 in place. The good news is God knows how to 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:58.000 get you there. Notice how detailed Jesus was. He said, 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.440 as soon as you enter the city, you'll meet a man, 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:05.320 not just any man, a man carrying a picture of water. 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.400 He will lead you to a house. You tell the 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.760 owner what I need, he'll take you upstairs. It was 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.839 like a movie. All these details had to come together 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.320 at the exact right time. If the man would have 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:22.400 been late in the city, the disciples would have missed him. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:25.919 If he hadn't been carrying a picture of water, they 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.560 wouldn't have known who to follow. If he led them 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.719 to the wrong house, nothing would have been prepared. It 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:35.360 was the right person, the right house, the right timing. 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:41.120 Everything fell precisely into place. What am I saying? God 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:46.640 is not only strategically directing your steps, but he's orchestrating 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:51.120 everything around you. He has the people you need that 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.880 will be there not just to meet you, but they 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.080 will lead you to your blessing, lead you to a promotion, 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.280 lead you to the next level. They didn't. You have 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.960 to convince the owner to be good to them. Please 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.320 do us a favor. Jesus really wants to come have 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:11.200 dinner here. Tonight. The owner was expecting them. He already 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:15.160 knew they were coming. He had the table already set up. 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.880 God has some of these already set up, blessings waiting 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:24.039 for you. He's already spoken to the right people to 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:28.480 be good to you. He's lined up divine connections, people 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.160 that will go out of their way to show you favor. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.000 You don't have to try to manipulate people force a 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:39.000 door to open. The people God has ordained to help you. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.400 He's already prepared their hearts. They'll have the table already 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.839 set up. A man I know went to a government 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.720 office to get some paperwork so that his business could grow. 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.520 The clerk behind the counter was very unhelpful, very rude, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:07:00.239 like he was annoyed. He took the men's information told 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.880 him that they were so backed up it could take 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.719 five years for the paperwork to go through. The man 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.560 was very disappointed, and he said, nicely, is there anything 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.560 you can do to speed it up. The clerk practically 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.440 yelled back at him, sir, I told you we're backed up. 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.000 It's going to take five years. He left there discouraged. 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:24.480 Two weeks later, the clerk called and said his paperwork 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:28.280 had gone through. The man was excited and went down 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.680 and saw the clerk thanked him. Said I thought you 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.920 said it was going to take five years. The clerk 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.360 said to him, it should have. But ever since I 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.760 met you, I can't get you off my mind. I 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.880 wake up thinking about you. I eat dinner thinking about you. 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.440 I go to bed thinking about you. I'm sick of 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:51.160 thinking about you. Take the paperwork and leave. When God 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.040 has ordained someone to help you, they don't have to 0:07:55.200 --> 0:08:00.160 like you. Quit being frustrated by who's not for you. 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.320 If they're supposed to be for you, they'll be good 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.720 to you, even though they don't like you. They can't 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:11.960 help it. God controls the universe. If he needs them 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.760 to play a part in what he's already set up 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.280 for you, they won't have a choice. The scripture says 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:22.640 God has purposed it. Who can annul it? This is 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.200 saying what God has already set up, who can stop it? 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.400 People can't stop it. Bad breaks can't stop it. Injustice 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.240 can't stop it. It's already set up. You are right 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:38.520 on schedule. You keep honoring God, and what he's already 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.719 set up is going to find you. You're not going 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.640 to have to go after, it is going to come 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:47.079 to you. When we needed land to build a new 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:51.559 sanctuary twice, the property that we really wanted was sold 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.680 out from under us. I was disappointed. I thought, God, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.920 where are you? I didn't realize the Compact Center was 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.520 already set up. When it doesn't work out your way, 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:07.440 it's because God has something better. Don't live frustrated. The 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:12.440 closed doors are God doing us a favor. Six months later, 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.640 a friend of mine called out of the blue, said, Joe, 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.960 let's go to lunch. I have an idea. He told 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.000 me how the rockets were moving out of the Compact 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:25.359 Center and how this would be a great home for Lakewood. 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.640 In one sense, I didn't go after the Compact Center. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.840 The Compact Center came after me. God used that man 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:38.600 to lead me to what He already had prepared. He 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:42.160 was a divine connection, part of the plan that God 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.400 had already set up. That's why you don't have to 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:48.280 live worried how are you going to accomplish the dream, 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.920 worried about how you're going to get the breaks you need. 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:54.959 God has it all figured out. He's already lined up 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.839 the right people to come across your path. And what 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.479 God has in store is bigger than you can imagine. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:07.520 It's more rewarding, more fulfilling. Instead of going around discouraged 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.079 because with what didn't work out, turn it around. Father, 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.520 Thank you for the blessings that you've already set up. 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.920 Thank you for the good breaks, the healing, the promotion, 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:21.840 the right people that you've already ordained to come across 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:27.120 my path. When you live in faith expecting God's goodness, 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.800 there will be moments of favor that you come into. 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:35.200 Suddenly you didn't see it coming, there was no sign 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:39.240 of it. But suddenly the paperwork goes through, Suddenly the 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.720 compact center shows up. Suddenly you meet the right person. 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.960 That was one of those blessings that God had already 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.840 set up. In March chapter eleven, Jesus was on the 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.880 Mount of Olives. He told his disciples to go into 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.800 the nearby village. They would find a cult tied up 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.600 that had never been ridden. He said, untie it and 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.560 bring it to me. If anyone asked what you're doing, 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.559 tell him the Lord needs it and will return it soon. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.680 They went in the village and just like he said, 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.880 they found the colt it started to untie it. Somebody 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.960 stopped them what are you doing. That's not your animal, 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.239 They said, the Lord needs it. They gave them permission 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.960 to take it. Jesus got on the colt and wrote 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:28.680 it into Jerusalem. When people saw him coming, they put 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.160 palm branches down on the ground and laid out their coats. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:37.000 As he passed by, they shouted, Hosanna, blessed is he 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.200 who comes in the name of the Lord. This was 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:46.800 all prophesied many years earlier by Isaiah that Jerusalem would 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.440 receive their king coming on a colt that had never 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.480 been ridden. But when the disciples went to get the 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.880 colt that day, they didn't realize the significance of what 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.920 they were doing. They thought they were just running an 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:06.040 errand Jesus needs a ride, No big deal. They didn't 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:11.400 know the cult they were untying was fulfilling prophecy. It 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:15.440 seemed routine to them, but there was nothing ordinary about 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.920 that moment. They couldn't see it, but it was a 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.360 part of the plan that the creator of the universe 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:27.160 had already set up. Like them, there are times we're 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:31.080 going through the day doing our normal routine, going to 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.520 lunch with an old friend that called no big deal. 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:38.480 We can't see it but those are destiny moments. God 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:43.240 is orchestrating what he ordained for your life to come together. 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.720 Like Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would come riding on a cult, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:54.400 your life has been prophesied. God has written every day 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.600 of your life in his book. You are not at 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:58.760 the mercy of people. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:12:59.600 Luck. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.480 I hope I get some breaks. Before you were formed 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:07.000 in your mother's womb, God knew you and planned out 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:12.480 all of your days. He has these destiny moments where 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.400 he'll make things happen that you couldn't make happen. He's 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:20.160 already set up the cult. He's already set up the table. 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.160 He's already set up the right people, the breaks you need. 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:30.559 Not only are your steps being divinely orchestrated, He's orchestrating 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:35.360 the steps of people and circumstances around you. If he 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.600 knew where that cult was, if that animal was put 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.280 there by the creator, how much more does God know 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.200 where you are? How much more is he lining up 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:50.240 what you need? This cult had never been ridden. It 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:54.679 was to fulfill Isaiah's prophecy. I can imagine when the 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.280 owner tried to write him like he did his other animals, 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.400 he got halfway on, Colt bucked him off. He thought, 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.679 I'll show you had four or five strong men hold 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.240 the colt, But when he tried to get on, it 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.880 was like the cult had supernatural strength bucked him off again. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.320 He finally thought, I'm leaving that Colt alone. Something's wrong 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:19.600 with him. There wasn't anything wrong. That Colt had been 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.800 marked by destiny. But one thing that shows us is 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:27.320 what God has ordained for you will not go to 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:33.360 anyone else. Don't worry about somebody getting your promotion, your contract, 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:37.360 your blessing. If it's yours, that cult will buck them off. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:42.400 What God has prophesied for your life cannot be taken 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:47.320 by other people. Now, quit being frustrated because somebody got 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.480 what you wanted. If it was supposed to be yours, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.280 it wouldn't have happened. Be happy for them, knowing that 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.840 God has something better for you. When we tried to 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:03.120 buy that property that oh bucked us off twice, I 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:06.080 did my best to make it happen. But you can't 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:11.240 override what God has ordained. Just as God opens doors 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:15.880 that no person can shut, God closes doors that no 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:20.200 person can open. If something bucked you off, be smart 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.040 enough to realize God didn't want you to have it. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.600 If it's supposed to be yours, you can rest assured 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:30.840 nobody else will get it. When the prophet Samuel went 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:34.120 to Jesse's house to anoint one of his sons as 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.720 the next king of Israel, seven of the sons were 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.400 in the house. David was still out in the shepherd's fields. 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:46.560 Jesse didn't bother bringing his youngest son David in. He 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:51.480 thought he's not keen material. He's too young, too small, 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:56.120 doesn't have the talent, the experience. People will judge you 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.560 by the outside. They'll try to write you off, but 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.920 they don't know what God put in you. They can't 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:07.040 see your seeds of greatness. They didn't prophesy your life. 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.360 They didn't choose you before you were formed in your 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:14.480 mother's wound. They don't know what God has already set 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:19.400 up for you. God loves to take people that others discount, 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:24.000 others discredit, say it couldn't be them. They're not king material. 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:27.560 They've made too many mistakes. They come from the wrong family. 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:31.600 That's the kind of people God chooses to show out 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:36.200 in their lives. Samuel called each son forward, one by one. 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.160 He tried to pour the oil to anoint them, turned 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.080 the bottle upside down, but the oil wouldn't come out. 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.720 He came to the last son. I can see him 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:50.080 hitting the bottom of the bottle, but the oil defied gravity. 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:54.160 Because it was not ordained to go to those seven sons. 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:58.600 The oil that belongs to you will not go to 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:03.720 anyone else. Nobody got your promotion, nobody got your contract, 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.560 your girlfriend at your house. The oil that's a good one, 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:11.240 the oil that belongs to you cannot go to other people. 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:16.280 Jesse finally brought David in. The youngest son. Samuel went 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.960 to annoint him, and the oil freely flowed. I could 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:23.080 see his father, Jesse standing there with his eyes his 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:27.440 mouth wide open, taking David. I never dreamed it would 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:31.520 be him. What God has already set up for you 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.639 is going to cause people to stand there like Jesse 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.560 in total disbelief. They never dreamed you could be that blessed, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:43.119 that successful, that healthy, that free. They saw you with 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:47.120 all your limitations, what you can't do, what you don't have. 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.959 They didn't realize God had already set up blessings that 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:56.000 would catapult you to the next level. The scripture says 0:17:56.680 --> 0:18:01.080 no person has seen, heard, or imagine and what God 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:05.200 has prepared for those that love him. God has some 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:09.800 things prepared that are going to amaze you. Promotion that 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:14.560 you didn't see coming, favor that you didn't deserve, Increase 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.120 that takes your family to a new level. If you've 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.520 seen it, heard it, or imagined it, that's not what 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:25.160 this is talking about. What God has prepared, what He's 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:29.560 already said of is something that you've never seen. Two 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.600 thousand and seven, we received a phone call from a 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:35.639 young lady that worked for the New York Yankees. We 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:39.560 never met her, but she likes our ministry. The Yankees 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:43.199 were building a new baseball stadium. She wanted us to 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:46.320 come and hold a Night of Hope for the first 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:50.359 event in the new baseball stadium. When the staff told me, 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.280 I thought they were joking. You mean they want a 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.520 minister from Texas to come. They could have had a 0:18:56.520 --> 0:19:00.600 big rock and roll band, a big production, but us. 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:05.280 This young lady was in charge of special events. She 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:08.840 could have liked us, but worked in accounting on the 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.679 grounds crew. Nothing wrong with that, but she wouldn't have 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:15.560 had the authority to invite us. Two thousand and nine, 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.600 we went and held the first non baseball event in 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:22.680 the New Yankee Stadium. What am I saying? God has 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:27.639 the right people in the right positions for you. You 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.040 don't have to have favor with everyone, just favor with 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.560 the right one. A dozen people may not like you, 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:38.920 but they can't stop you. God has already set up 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:43.640 the right people that will open doors to promotion, to opportunity, 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:47.480 to favor. You're going to say, like me, Wow, I 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:51.080 didn't see that coming. I didn't have the connections, the talent, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:55.919 the experience. That's one of those prepared blessings that you 0:19:56.040 --> 0:20:01.080 have not seen, heard or imagined. But sometimes there's a 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:04.520 blessing already set up. But people will try to talk 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:07.000 you out of it. People will tell you all the 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.159 reasons why it's not going to happen. The problem is 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.159 God didn't put the dream in them. He put the 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:17.200 dream in you. They can't see what you see, they 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:20.240 can't feel what you feel. They're looking at it in 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:24.280 the ordinary, the natural. But God puts things in your 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:28.040 spirit that are bigger than you can accomplish on your own, 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:31.600 and you may not see how it can happen. But 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:34.760 God wouldn't have given you the dream He wouldn't have 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.080 put the promise in you if he had not already 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:41.639 set up how to bring it to pass. He's a 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:45.320 supernatural god. He knows how to bring it all together. 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:48.960 He has the cults set up, He has the staff 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:52.040 members in the right position that like you. He has 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:55.800 the table already prepared. When I was growing up, my 0:20:55.920 --> 0:21:00.359 mother always wanted a swimming pool in our backyard. Father 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:03.160 was very generous with my mother. He would give her 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:07.280 anything except a swimming pool. He said, Dody, I don't 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.720 want to pull it's too much money, too much maintenance. 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.760 We have enough to take care of already. He gave 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:17.040 her all these good reasons. My mother no more paid 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:19.920 attention to that. She let that go in one ear 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:23.320 and out the other. Every day she went around talking 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:26.159 about it. I can't wait till we get our swimming pool. 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:29.320 She got all of us five kids excited. We're getting 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:31.720 a swimming pool. We even went out and bought my 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:36.639 brother Paul some floaties. My father said, Dody, you are 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:40.439 wasting your time. I've already made up my mind we 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:43.760 are not getting a swimming pool. One day, my mom 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:46.960 was in the backyard with a tape measure. My dad 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:49.240 went out, Dody, what are you doing? She said, I'm 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.960 measuring where we're going to put our swimming pool. She 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:56.480 tried to wear him down. He wouldn't budge. About a 0:21:56.560 --> 0:22:01.439 year later, during our Thanksgiving conference at the church, a 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:04.920 couple asked to see my parents after the service, they 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:09.159 introduced themselves. The men said, I built swimming pools for 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:12.640 a living. My mother gave him a big hug. He said, 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:15.760 I've been waiting for you. He went on to say 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:18.919 I would like to build you a swimming pool. My 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:21.159 father said that's so nice. You're very kind, but we 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:23.760 really can't afford it right now. He said, what do 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:26.280 you mean. I don't want you to pay. I want 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:28.960 to do it for free. Want you let me give 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:33.520 you a swimming pool? My mother looked at my father like, 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:38.000 if you say no, you're going to heaven today. That 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:42.080 man built us a beautiful swimming pool in our backyard. 0:22:42.640 --> 0:22:46.120 That was one of those blessings God had already set up. 0:22:46.960 --> 0:22:49.800 My father couldn't see it, but God didn't put it 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:53.800 in his heart. Don't let people talk you out of 0:22:53.840 --> 0:22:57.320 what God put in you just because they don't believe. 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:00.679 Does it mean that it's not going to happen. God 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:04.400 has lined up the right people for you. You keep 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:08.640 honoring Him, being your best, and these blessings are going 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:13.280 to find you. Don't seek the blessing, seek God. Keep 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:18.080 him first place, and the blessing will seek you. Jesus said, 0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:23.760 seek first the Kingdom, and all these things will be 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:28.440 added under you. These things are what God has already prepared. 0:23:29.160 --> 0:23:32.080 He wants to not only meet your needs. He wants 0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:35.280 to give you the desires of your heart. He wants 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:38.320 you to enjoy life and be able to bless your 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:42.520 family have fun together. Well, Joel, it's great your mom 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:46.600 God a swimming pool, but I'm fighting cancer. I'm struggling 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.399 with an addiction. I have a child that's off course. 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:53.920 The same God that had a swimming pool already set 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:56.760 up for my mother, the same God that had the 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:00.720 compact center already set up for us, the same God 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:04.160 that had a cult already set up to bring Jesus, 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:08.600 that same God has the healing already set up for you. 0:24:09.200 --> 0:24:14.360 He has the vindication, the freedom, the breakthrough. It's already 0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:19.080 in your future. When Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, 0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:21.800 they threw him into the pit. And we're going to 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:24.560 leave him there to die. But they looked up and 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:28.520 saw a caravan of Ishmaelites come in their way. They 0:24:28.640 --> 0:24:32.040 changed their mind and sold Joseph as a slave. What's 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:37.040 interesting is that caravan had been traveling for months to 0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:41.080 get to Egypt. Before Joseph was thrown into the pit. 0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:45.000 God had the answer already on the way. Before he 0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:49.960 had the problem. The solution was already in raph God 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:53.960 said in Isaiah, before you call, I will answer you. 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:58.120 I saw a report on the news about this mother. 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:01.920