1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's great to have you with us today. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay connected with us all through the week. 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: You can download our daily podcast listen to the messages anytime, 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: or you can go to our YouTube channel, follow us 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: on Instagram, Facebook. 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in. 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny and I heard 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: about this pastor. He found a dead mule on the 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: church grounds. He called the health department. They said they 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: couldn't pick it up without authorization. 16 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: From the mayor. 17 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: Well, the mayor was known to be rude and hard 18 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: to get along with. When the pastor called, the mayor 19 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: didn't disappoint He started ranting and raving. Finally said, why 20 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: did you even call me? Isn't it your job to 21 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: bury the dead? The pastor asked God for the right response, said, yes, Mayor, 22 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: it's my job to bury the dead, but I always 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: like to notify the next of ken. First, say it 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: what it says I am. I have what it says 26 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 27 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 28 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 30 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: keep on walking. We all have things that we're believing 32 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 2: for dreams to come to, past problems to turn around. 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: We have the promise in our heart, but nothing is happening. 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: We prayed, we believed, but we don't see any signs 35 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: of things improving. It's easy to get discouraged and think 36 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: it's never going to work out. But most of the 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: time God doesn't do things instantly. There will be a 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: waiting period. Thoughts will tell you it's too late. If 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. 40 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: But just because you don't see anything doesn't mean that 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: God is not working. As you keep believing, keep praising, 42 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: keep doing the right thing, you're going to see things 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: begin to change. Many times, the miracle is in the process. 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: It happens when you keep being obedient. 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: Don't be frustrated because you're not seeing immediate results. 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: What you're believing for is still on the way. 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 2: In Luke seventeen, there were ten lepers sitting by the 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: side of the road as Jesus came passing through on 49 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: his way to Jerusalem. They begin to shout, Jesus, have 50 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: mercy on us and heal us. Jesus could have gone 51 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: over and healed them right there. He could have spoken 52 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: to them and cause that leprosy to suddenly disappear. But 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: he did something interesting. He said, go show yourselves to 54 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 2: the priest. Well, leprosy was contagious. They were forbidden to 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 2: be around people. They had to live in colonies, isolated 56 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 2: from society. Jesus asked them to do something that didn't 57 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: make sense, something out of the ordinary. They could have thought, 58 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 2: once I'm healed, once I see my skin clear up, 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: then I'll go see the priest. But faith says you 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: have to believe it before you see it. You have 61 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 2: to act like it's on the way when you don't 62 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 2: see any sign of it. These leopers started walking toward 63 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: the priest. It could have been several miles maybe taking them. 64 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: Most of the day. I can hear people saying, why 65 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: are you going to the priest. 66 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: You're not well. You look just the same. 67 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: The first couple of hours they looked at their skin, 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: didn't see anything different. Thoughts said, you might as well 69 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: turn around, go back home. 70 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: You're just wasting your time. 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: But these leopers just kept on walking, no sign of 72 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 2: things improving, no changes in their skin. But hour after 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: hour they kept walking. I can imagine at one point 74 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: went one of them looked at their skin and thought, 75 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: it looks like it's getting better. Another begin to move 76 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: his hand. My fingers are starting to function. Another my 77 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 2: skin is starting to clear up. The scripture says, as 78 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 2: they went they were healed. If they would have stayed 79 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 2: where they were, waited for things to change, they would 80 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: have never seen the miracle. 81 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: The healing was in the obedience, in the going. 82 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: By the time they got to the priest, they were 83 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: all perfectly well. God has put promises in your heart. 84 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: He's told you that he's restoring health back into you, 85 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: that you're going to lend and not borrow. That as 86 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,559 Speaker 2: for you and your house, you will serve the Lord. 87 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 2: But maybe like these lepers, nothing looks any different. The 88 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 2: medical report hasn't changed. Your child's still off. Course, business 89 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: hasn't improved. You could get discouraged. Think it's never going 90 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 2: to happen. No, just keep walking, keep being obedient, keep praising, 91 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: keep thinking. 92 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: That's when the miracle is going to take place. 93 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: You can't go by what you see or by what 94 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 2: you don't see. Go by what God promised you. Joel, 95 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: I still have these symptoms. 96 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: Keep on walking. My business is still slow. Keep on walking. 97 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: These people at work are still not treating me right. 98 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: Keep on walking. 99 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 2: God sees your obedience. He sees you believing when you 100 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: could be discouraged. He hears you praising when you could 101 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: be complaining. He sees you stretching when you could be 102 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: shrinking back. Now, I believe for many of you, you're 103 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 2: about to walk into your healing, Walk into your freedom, 104 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: walk into a great spouse, walk into abundance. As you 105 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: keep walking, you're going to see God show out in 106 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: your life. Many of the miracles Jesus performed required an 107 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 2: act of obedience. His first miracle turning water into wine. 108 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: He told the staff at the wedding to go fill 109 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: up these large pots with water. They had to do 110 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: something that didn't make sense. They could have said, Jesus, 111 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 2: we need wine, not water. 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: What good is this going to do. The obedience is 113 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: what brought the miracle. 114 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: Without them filling the water pots, there would be no wine. 115 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: Is God asking you to do something that doesn't make sense. 116 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: To step out in faith. 117 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: When you don't have the experience, to forgive that person 118 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: that did you wrong, to pray for others that need 119 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: healing when you're still not feeling well. Is He asking 120 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: you to bring him five loaves and two fish when 121 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: you need to feed thousands. It's not so much what 122 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 2: you're doing, it's the obedience. When you prove to God 123 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: that you're going to do the right thing, even when 124 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: it's hard, even when it doesn't make sense, then you're 125 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 2: going to see God do awesome things in your life. 126 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 2: In the Old Testament, there was a widow. Her husband 127 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: had died and left her in great debt. She finally 128 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: ran out of funds. Now the creditors were coming to 129 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 2: take her two sons as payment. The prophet Elishah showed 130 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: up and asked her what she had in her house. 131 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: She said, I don't have anything except a small jar 132 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: of oil. He told her to go out and borrow 133 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: as many empty containers as she could find. That didn't 134 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: make sense. What good was it going to do to 135 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: borrow empty containers. She could have said, Elisha, I need 136 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: full containers. I need provision, I need funds. What God 137 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: asked us to do doesn't always make sense. His ways 138 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 2: are not our ways. Many times it's simply a test. 139 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: If you'll obey, the miracle will follow. Don't talk yourself 140 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: out of what you know God is telling you to do. 141 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: Sometimes it seems ordinary. You're asking God to promote you. 142 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 2: He's saying, get to work on time, produce more than 143 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 2: you have to. You're asking God for healing. He said, 144 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: eat healthier, exercise, get more sleep. You're believing for your 145 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: child to get on course. God is saying, help that 146 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: neighbor's child, Invest into that young man. It doesn't have 147 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: to make sense. That's what faith is all about. This 148 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 2: widow went out and borrowed all these empty containers. I 149 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 2: can see her knocking on door after door. The neighbor's thinking, 150 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: what does she need my container for? She doesn't have 151 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: any food, no reason for it. But faith makes room 152 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: for provision. You can't wait till it happens. You have 153 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 2: to make room for it when you don't see any 154 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: sign of it. You have to talk like it's on 155 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 2: the way. Plan like it's on the way. Think like 156 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: it's on the way. After working all day, she came 157 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: back to her house. Now she had a couple dozen 158 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: empty containers. Elisha told her to pour the little oil 159 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: that she had into one of the empty containers. She 160 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: could have said, Elisha, that doesn't make sense. What good 161 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 2: is that going to do? To just transfer the oil 162 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: from one container to the other, But instead of talking 163 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 2: herself out of it, she poured that little bit of 164 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: oil and kept pouring and pouring and pouring. 165 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: She couldn't believe it. 166 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: She filled up the first empty container, then another, and another. 167 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: The oil never ran out until all the containers were full. 168 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: She sold the oil, not only had enough to pay 169 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 2: the creditors, but she had plenty left over to live 170 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: off of. But none of this would have happened if 171 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: she had not been willing to do something that didn't 172 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: make sense. Are you missing your miracle because you're reasoning 173 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 2: everything out? You're looking at it all in the natural. 174 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: God is supernatural. He'll ask you to do things that 175 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 2: you may not understand. After Moses died, God raised up 176 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: Joshua to. 177 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 1: Lead the Israelites. 178 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 2: The earlier generation never made it into the Promised Land 179 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: because they complained and doubted. They wandered in the desert 180 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: for forty years. Now the children of that generation had 181 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 2: grown up. Joshua was their new leader. They were headed 182 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 2: to the Promised Land, but they had to cross the 183 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: Jordan River, and there were no bridges in that day. 184 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 2: The problem was it was the rainy season and the 185 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 2: Jordan was in floodstage. It was over one hundred and 186 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: fifty feet wide, with violent currents rushing down from the 187 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: melting snow. Joshua was familiar with this type of scene 188 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: as a young man. He was there when Moses held 189 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: up his staff and the Red Sea parted. He had 190 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: seen God make a way. When these two million people 191 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 2: came to the Jordan River and saw how swollen it 192 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 2: was and how strong the currents were, they didn't want 193 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: to have anything to do with it. I can imagine 194 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: Joshua did like his mentor Moses. He held up his 195 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: rod and said, Lord, please let these waters part. Everyone 196 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: was watching with great anticipation, but nothing happened. Joshua thought God, 197 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 2: this is my first test to show these people that 198 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: you're really with me. 199 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: Don't leave me hanging here. 200 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: God promised Joshua as I was with Moses, I will 201 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: be with you. He didn't say, I'm going to do 202 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 2: for you everything I did for Moses. God does things 203 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: different ways. You have a unique anointing. There's a distinct 204 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 2: calling on your life. You don't have to copy someone else. 205 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 2: Try to be what they are. Prove your worth, Prove 206 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: that you measure up. Walk in your own anointing, Walk 207 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 2: in your own calling. The Jordan river didn't part. Joshua 208 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 2: had to make a decision. Are we going to turn 209 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 2: around and go back wonder more in the desert, or 210 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: are we going to keep walking. Joshua's attitude was, we've 211 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 2: come too far to stop now. God, you wouldn't he 212 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 2: promised us this land if you weren't going to give 213 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 2: us the victory. Instead of turning back, Joshua put the 214 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: priest out in front. 215 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: He told all the people, let's keep walking. 216 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 2: I can hear them say, excuse me, Joshua, do you 217 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 2: not see there's a violent, raging river a few hundred 218 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 2: feet in front of us. There's nowhere to go Joshua 219 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 2: acted like he didn't hear them. 220 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: His instructions were keep on walking. There will always. 221 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: Be people that try to convince you to turn back. 222 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 2: Your dream is too big, the opposition too strong. Nothing's 223 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 2: working out. Just accept it. You have to do like 224 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 2: Joshua and have a made up mind. I'm going to 225 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: keep walking. I'm going to become all I was created 226 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 2: to be. The priest got right up to the water. 227 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: It was do or die, now or never, but the 228 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 2: water still didn't part. They looked back at Joshua one 229 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 2: last time, thinking, surely he's going to Richt now, surely. 230 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: He'll come to his senses. 231 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: Joshua answered with three simple words, keep on walking. The 232 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 2: scripture says when the priests got in the water, when 233 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: their feet got wet, suddenly the waters begin to push back. 234 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: All two million people went through on dry ground. Miracles 235 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 2: happen when there's obedience. God doesn't give us all the details. 236 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 2: He doesn't show you how it's going to work out. 237 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 2: May not happen like you've seen happen with your family. 238 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 2: There may not be any sign of things changing, Like Joshua. 239 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 2: Every circumstance may say it's not going to turn around, 240 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: go back. No use believing for your dreams. It's too late. 241 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 2: You'll never get well. It would have happened by now. 242 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies. 243 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: Keep walking. God is not moved by what's not moving. 244 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 2: He's not intimidated by waters that aren't partying, by how 245 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 2: big the obstacle is, is by how impossible it looks. 246 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 2: In fact, many times God will wait on purpose till 247 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 2: the river is in floodstage. He'll wait till the experts 248 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 2: say there's no way, the odds are against you. So 249 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 2: when he turns it around, everyone will know it was 250 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 2: his favor, his power, his goodness. In your life, you 251 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: may have situations you don't see how it can work out, 252 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 2: in your health, your finances, your relationships. 253 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: You're tempted to quit believing. 254 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: If Joshua were here today, he would tell you keep walking. 255 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: You're on the verge of a miracle. Those waters are 256 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: about to open up. 257 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: Now. You may have to get your feet wet. May 258 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: not happen like with. 259 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: Moses, where the waters part First you can see your 260 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: way clearly. You know exactly how it's going to work out. 261 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: Sometimes God waits to see if you're going to trust him. 262 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: When the waters haven't parted. Are you going to believe 263 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 2: when you don't see any sign of things changing, You 264 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 2: don't feel like you have the strength, the courage, the 265 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 2: ability if you'll just keep walking, praying, expecting doors are 266 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: going to open that you couldn't open. Healing that defies 267 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 2: the odds, freedom from things that have held you back. 268 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: Some Jordan rivers are about to part. Things you've been 269 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: standing in faith for for a long time. It's about 270 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: to come to pass. It's not going to be ordinary. 271 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: It's going to be the hand of God. When God 272 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: parted the Red Sea for Moses, the water's open. Before 273 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 2: the people went through, they could see their way clearly. 274 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: It was a great miracle. 275 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 2: But that doesn't take as much faith when you know 276 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 2: where the funds are coming from. The medical report's good. 277 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 2: Your child is excelling. Those people wandered in the desert 278 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: for forty years. But when God parted the Jordan River 279 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: for Joshua, when the people had to get their feet 280 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 2: wet and keep walking when it didn't look like it 281 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 2: was working, that group of people made it into their 282 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: promised land. I believe it's significant when you don't see 283 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 2: how it can work out, but you keep walking, you 284 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: keep believing, you keep being good to people. That means 285 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 2: you're about to enter your promised land. God is setting 286 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: you up to go where you've never been, to see 287 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: favor you've never seen. Now, don't complain because the water 288 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: is not parting. That doesn't mean God is not going 289 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 2: to do it. That's a sign that what He's up 290 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: to is bigger than you've imagined. You may be at 291 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 2: the Jordan River right now, nothing is changing. God is 292 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: waiting to see. Are you going to turn around and 293 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: go back? 294 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: Joel? 295 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: I prayed, I believe, but my dreams. 296 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: Didn't come to pass. 297 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 2: These people at work stopped me. I couldn't break the addiction. 298 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: The waters didn't part. You're right where Joshua was. Didn't 299 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 2: work the first time. The obstacle looks impassable. The river 300 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 2: is swollen. The problem bigger than it's ever been. That's 301 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: a test. You have to get your feet wet. If 302 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: you'll keep walking, you're going to see God open up 303 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 2: things you never dream would open, turn problems around you 304 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 2: never dream would turn around. That Jordan River is setting 305 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 2: you up for your promised land. 306 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: David said, I was young. Now I'm old, and I've. 307 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 2: Never seen the righteous forsaken. He was saying, in effect, 308 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 2: I've never seen a Jordan river God won't part. I've 309 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: never seen a sickness that he won't heal. I've never 310 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: seen a. 311 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: Dream that he won't bring to pass. 312 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 2: When we were trying to acquire the Compact Center, God 313 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 2: gave us favor and the city councils voted for us 314 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 2: to have the building. 315 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: It was a year and a half process. 316 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 2: Council members that were against us suddenly changed their mind 317 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 2: and the facility was ours. Like Moses, we prayed, We 318 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 2: believed God parted the Red Sea. We were grateful. We 319 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 2: knew it was the hand of God. But a few 320 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 2: days later a company filed a lawsuit to try to 321 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 2: keep us from moving in. 322 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 1: They said that we violated the deed restrictions. 323 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 2: Our attorneys told us it could be tied up in 324 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: the courts for ten years. 325 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: It was like a roller coaster. 326 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 2: We went from this great celebration to the reality that 327 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 2: it may not ever work out. It's times like these 328 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 2: where you don't see away. The opposition is bigger and stronger, 329 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 2: that you see what you're made of. It's easy to 330 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 2: believe when God parts red seas. 331 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: But what do you do when. 332 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 2: You come to the Jordan River. You prayed, you believe, 333 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 2: but it didn't part. You held up your rod like 334 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: your mentor, You did what your parents did. 335 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: But nothing happened. Are you going to get your feet wet? 336 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: Are you going to keep walking even though thoughts tell 337 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 2: you it's not going to work out? 338 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: You buy as well turn around? After all, God's been 339 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: good to you. Be grateful for what you have. 340 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: Don't let the enemy talk you out of your promised land. 341 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: God has bigger things in your future. He has new 342 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 2: mountains for you to climb. Keep walking when the waters 343 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 2: aren't parting, Keep walking when you're not being promoted, Keep 344 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: walking when your health isn't improving, when the pandemic seems 345 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 2: like gets stopped your dreams. 346 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: The reason you're facing. 347 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 2: A Jordan River at floodstage, not just a normal river, 348 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 2: but the obstacle is bigger, more stubborn, is because your 349 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 2: promised land is on the other side. You don't come 350 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 2: to Jordan rivers rivers you have to get your feet wet. 351 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 2: If it's just another ordinary victory, something common. The Jordan 352 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 2: means God is about to thrust you to a new level. 353 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 2: I woke up many times in the middle of the 354 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: night when we were in that lawsuit, with thoughts telling 355 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 2: me you better turn around. You've told people that it's 356 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: your building, you're raising funds for it. When you have 357 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: to give it back, you're going to look like a fool. 358 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 2: Nobody's gonna listen to you. All these voices saying retreat, 359 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 2: it didn't part. If God was for you, you wouldn't 360 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 2: have this opposition. If it was going to work out, 361 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 2: you wouldn't have this lawsuit. 362 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: No, God being for you. 363 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,239 Speaker 2: Doesn't mean you won't have opposition. The enemy wouldn't be 364 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: trying to stop you if you weren't a threat to him. 365 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: He doesn't come against people that don't have great destinies. 366 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: The reason you're facing big giants is because you're at 367 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 2: the Jordan River. You're about to come in to your 368 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 2: promised land. I didn't see how this lawsuit could ever resolve. 369 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 2: The other side was stubborn, but I did what I'm 370 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 2: asking us to do. I kept on walking when thoughts 371 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 2: told me it would never work out. This company is bigger, stronger, 372 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 2: more influential. Father, Thank you that you're fighting our battles. 373 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 2: Thank you that you be for us is more than 374 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 2: the world being against us. Our attorneys told us the 375 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 2: other side would probably pay us a large sum of 376 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: money for. 377 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: Us to go away. 378 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 2: They threw out numbers that we could practically build another facility, 379 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: but we didn't want the money. 380 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: We wanted the building. 381 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 2: This building is one of the main landmarks in the 382 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 2: city of Houston. Two million people of year came through it. 383 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: It's on the main freeway, has great access. We could 384 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 2: have thought, let's just be safe. 385 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: We may not win. 386 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: Let's take the funds and go do something else. But 387 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 2: God doesn't want you to water down your dream, to 388 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 2: take less than what you know is in your heart. 389 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 2: And there will always be people trying to convince you 390 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 2: to settle. 391 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 1: Just accept it. 392 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 2: You'll never get well, never break the addiction, never get 393 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: out of this neighborhood. No, don't water down your dream. 394 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 2: You may be at the Jordan. Your feet are wet, 395 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 2: but nothing is parting. It looks like you could drown. 396 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: God has not failed in the past. 397 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: He's not going to start with you. 398 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 2: Keep on walking, believing, praying, doing the right things. Waters 399 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: are about to part, doors are about to open, Problems 400 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: are about to turn around instead of you retreating. The 401 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 2: opposition is going to retreat. The waters are going to 402 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: push back. The sickness, the debt, the trouble is about 403 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 2: to push back. God is going to make a way 404 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: where you don't see away. The scripture tells us to 405 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 2: put on the armor of God, talks about the helmet 406 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 2: of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, 407 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 2: the shoes of peace, the shield of faith. What's interesting 408 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 2: is there's no armor for your backside. There's nothing to 409 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: cover you from the rear. That's because you weren't created 410 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: to retreat. You weren't created to run from opposition. 411 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: You have armor for wonder. 412 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 2: Direction to keep moving forward. When you stand strong and 413 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 2: fight the good fight of faith, opposition will run from you. 414 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 2: Psal one fourteen says the Red Sea saw the Israelites 415 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 2: and hurried out of their way. God is going to 416 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 2: part some waters quickly. Looks like it's going to take 417 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: a long time to get well, long time to accomplish 418 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 2: the dream, a long time to get out of debt. No, 419 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 2: get ready, it's going to happen sooner than you think. 420 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: God is going to cause those waters, that opposition, that depression. 421 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 1: To hurry out of your way. 422 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: One day, out of the blue, the other side called 423 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: and said they wanted to meet. We hadn't spoken to 424 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 2: them in months. Everything was at a stalemate. They showed 425 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 2: up and in that one meeting changed their mind and 426 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 2: said we could have the building. They not only dropped 427 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 2: the lawsuit, but they leased us nine thousand covered parking spaces. 428 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: We didn't have to build our own parking structure. 429 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: What happened. 430 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: We came in to our promised land. I wonder what 431 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 2: awaits you if you'll just keep walking. Well, Joel and 432 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 2: I have some big obstacles. Can I tell you we 433 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 2: serve a big God. He flung stars into space, He 434 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 2: spoke worlds into existence. He can get you to where 435 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: you're supposed to be. The medical report says, I'm not 436 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 2: going to get well. God can do what medicine cannot do. 437 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: There's not a Jordan river. He can't part That child 438 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 2: may be off course, making bad choices. It looks permanent, 439 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 2: but that is not his destiny. What God started he's 440 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 2: going to finish. You can stand in the gap for 441 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 2: your children. Yes, they make their own decisions, but as parents, 442 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 2: you have a God given authority. When you pray, when 443 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: you speak life. When you thank God that forces of 444 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 2: darkness are broken, angels go to work, Jordan rivers are 445 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 2: pushed back. 446 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: God hears your prayers. 447 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 2: He sees your faithfulness, He sees you believing. When you 448 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 2: don't see things changing, thank in him when you could 449 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 2: be complaining. Your time is coming, some waters are about 450 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 2: to part. You wouldn't be hearing this if God didn't 451 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: have breakthroughs come in your way. Just because your feet 452 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 2: are wet, just because you don't see anything improving, doesn't 453 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: mean that it's not going to happen. God is watching you, 454 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 2: and at the right time, things are going to change. 455 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 2: The miracle is a process. It takes time, but when 456 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 2: you come into your moment, suddenly things will turn around. 457 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: My challenge is stay in faith until you see the 458 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 2: suddenly keep on walking. The enemy always talks the loudest 459 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 2: when you're close to the water's parting. Tune out all 460 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: the negative voices and tune in what God promised. 461 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: He has spoken it and he will bring it to pass. 462 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 2: He wouldn't let you faith a Jordan river where your 463 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 2: promised land is on the other side, if that was 464 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: going to keep you from your purpose. The reason you 465 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 2: can't see away is because it's not going to happen naturally. 466 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 2: God is going to do it supernaturally, things that you 467 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 2: couldn't make happen. Don't try to figure it out. Just 468 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 2: keep believing, keep expecting, keep doing. 469 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: The right thing. I believe and declare. 470 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 2: As you keep on walking, like these lepers, you're going 471 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 2: to see healing. 472 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: Favor promotion. 473 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 2: Like Joshua, waters are about to part, new doors are 474 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 2: about to open, Obstacles are about to come down. You're 475 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 2: going to make it into your promised land in Jesus's name. Well, 476 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 477 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 478 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 479 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 480 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 481 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: born and again. We'd love to give you some free 482 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 2: information on your new walk with the Lord. 483 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: Just text the number on the screen. 484 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 2: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church 485 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 2: and keep God first place. 486 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is 487 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 3: it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled 488 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 3: with purpose, happiness, and joy. 489 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 2: Every day we make choices how we see ourselves, how 490 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 2: we respond to challenges, how we approach what's in front 491 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: of us. I've written a devotional called Today, I Choose 492 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 2: Devotions for a Better Line. It's designed to help you 493 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 2: make those choices on purpose, to choose faith over fear, 494 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 2: peace over frustration, and kindness over offends. 495 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: Each day is. 496 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,719 Speaker 2: Filled with scripture and practical encouragement to help you live 497 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 2: with confidence and victory. 498 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: You can't wait to see what kind of day it's 499 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: going to be. 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