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And if you're ever in 43 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by and be a part of 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 45 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 4: feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 46 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 4: and I should mention that this was sent to be 47 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 4: by a woman. 48 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 6: But according to. 49 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 4: The Alaska Department of Fishing Game, while both male and 50 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, male reindeer lose 51 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 4: their antlers at the start of winter in early November. 52 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 4: Female reindeer keep theirs all the way till the spring. 53 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 4: This means all of Santa's reindeer, from Rudolph to Blitzen 54 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: had to be female. 55 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 6: She goes on to say, we should. 56 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: Have known only a woman would be able to drag 57 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 4: around a fat man wearing a red velvet suit all 58 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: around the world in one night and not get lost. 59 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 60 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 61 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 62 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will talk the word of God. 63 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 64 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. 65 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, God bless you. 66 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about the odds 67 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 4: are for you. It's easy to go through life thinking 68 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 4: of all the reasons why we can't be successful, why 69 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 4: we won't get well, why we'll never meet the right person. 70 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 4: We look at our situations in the natural and think 71 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 4: the odds are against us. I talk to a man 72 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 4: that struggles with an addiction. He said, Joel, my dad 73 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 4: had this same addiction. My grandfather struggled with it. The 74 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 4: odds don't look too good for me. But as long 75 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 4: as you think the odds are against you, you'll get 76 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: stuck where you are. You have the most powerful force 77 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: in the universe breathing in your direction. God has crowned 78 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 4: you with favor. He has armed you with strength for 79 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: every battle. He wouldn't have allowed that difficulty if he 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 4: wasn't going to turn it around and use it to 81 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: your advantage. The odds may be against you, but the 82 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 4: most high God is for you. 83 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 6: He is a supernatural god. 84 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 4: He parts red seas, he turns water into wine. He 85 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 4: opens the eyes of the blind. Your circumstances may look impossible, 86 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 4: but the God who can do the impossible is working 87 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 4: behind the scenes, arranging things in your favor, turning negative 88 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: situations around. Since God is for you, that means the 89 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 4: odds are for you. Don't go through life thinking not me, Joel, 90 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 4: I come from the wrong family. 91 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 6: The odds are against me. No turn it around. 92 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 4: I've been born into a new family. My heavenly Father 93 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 4: controls the universe. I have reyal blood flowing through my veins. 94 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 4: When you know the odds are for you, you'll put 95 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 4: your shoulders back, carry yourself with confidence. You'll expect to 96 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 4: do great things all through the day. This should be 97 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 4: playing in our mind. The odds are for me. I'm 98 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 4: destined to accomplish my dreams. I'm destined to overcome this challenge. 99 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 4: I'm a child of the Most High God. But don't 100 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 4: be surprised when you find yourself in situations where it 101 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 4: feels like the odds are against you. You don't see 102 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 4: a way out. There aren't any logical solutions. God puts 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 4: us there on purpose, so that when he turns it around, 104 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 4: nobody will get the credit except him. Everyone will know 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 4: it is the hand of the Lord. And when your 106 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 4: circumstances seem impossible, instead of being discourage. 107 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 6: God, why me, No? Get ready. 108 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 4: You're in perfect position for God to show out in 109 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 4: your life. 110 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 6: He is setting you up to show his. 111 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 4: Favor in amazing ways. That's what happened to a man 112 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: in ripture named Gideon. The Midianites and two other armies 113 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 4: came against him. They were about to attack the Israelites. 114 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 4: Gideon sent word to his men to come and fight. 115 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: Thirty two thousand warriors showed up. Gideon was feeling good. 116 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: That was several times more men than his opposition. 117 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 6: He liked those odds. 118 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 4: But just when he was about to attack, God said, Gideon, 119 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 4: you have too many men. If you defeat the Midianites, 120 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 4: you'll think you did it in your own strength. He 121 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 4: instructed Gideon to let everyone go home that was afraid. 122 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 4: Twenty two thousand men left. Gideon nearly passed out. Two 123 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 4: thirds of his army went home. He didn't like these 124 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 4: odds anymore. When he thought it couldn't get any worse, 125 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 4: God said, Gideon, you still have too many He told 126 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 4: him to do something else to eliminate more men. Nine thousand, 127 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 4: seven hundred men left. Gideon only had three hundred men 128 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 4: to fight this army of thousands and thousands. These odds 129 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 4: seemed impossible. Looked like he would be wiped out. What 130 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 4: Gideon didn't realize was God wasn't setting him back, he 131 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 4: was setting him up. He was about to show out 132 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 4: in his life. Gideon and those three hundred men went 133 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 4: to the enemy's camp in the middle of the night. 134 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 4: They blew their trumpets and let out a loud shout. 135 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: The Midianites got confused and begin to fight among themselves. 136 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 4: The Israelites defeated them. They didn't have to lift one finger. 137 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 4: They didn't even have to go to battle. It looked 138 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 4: like a set back, but the truth was God was 139 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 4: setting Gideon up. He was putting him in position to 140 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 4: show himself strong. When the odds seemed like they're against you, 141 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 4: the obstacles looked bigger, stronger, more power. Don't worry like Gideon, 142 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 4: it is a setup. God is about to make things 143 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 4: happen that you could never make happen. He's going to 144 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 4: turn that situation around without you having to go to battle. 145 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 4: He's going to heal you without the extensive treatment. He's 146 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 4: going to promote you without all of the qualifications. Keep 147 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 4: the right perspective. The odds are for you. You may feel 148 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 4: like the underdog, but you and God are a majority. 149 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 4: You don't need everyone to be for you. You don't 150 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 4: have to have all the support, the encouragement. You have 151 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 4: the one that matters. The most High God is breathing 152 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 4: in your direction. Later, when the Israelites went to different cities, 153 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 4: normally these armies would attack, but the leaders said, in effect, Gideon, 154 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 4: we saw what your God did to the Midianites. They 155 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: weren't afraid of Gideon. They were afraid of the God 156 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: of Gideon. They knew the Lord was on his side. 157 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 4: God wants to give you victory to where people know 158 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 4: the Lord is on your side. Maybe you didn't have 159 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: the support growing up, the encouragement, the stability. You should 160 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 4: have been a statistic. But here you are defining the odds, 161 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: leaving your mark, going further than you ever dreamed. 162 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 6: What happened. 163 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 4: The Lord was on your side. The medical report said 164 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 4: you wouldn't make it, but here you are strong, healthy 165 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 4: and whole. The Lord was on your side. Perhaps the 166 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: odds said you'd be addicted like your father, you would 167 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: struggle like your grandfather, But here you are free and clean. 168 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 4: You broke the curse, You set a new standard. How 169 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 4: could this be? The Lord was on your side. When 170 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 4: we were trying to acquire this facility the former Compact Center, 171 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 4: every expert told us that we wouldn't get it. 172 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 6: That the city wasn't going to let a church. 173 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 4: On the surface, the odds were against us, but we 174 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 4: understood this principle. When you don't see a way, when 175 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 4: you feel outnumbered, when the giants look bigger, they have 176 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 4: more resources, more experience. That means God is up to something, 177 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 4: Like Gideon, He's getting you in position to launch you 178 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 4: to the next level. 179 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 6: God made things. 180 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 4: Happen that we could never make happen. And some of 181 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 4: the same people that were against us, the same ones 182 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 4: that said we would never get it, today they are 183 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 4: our biggest supporters. I saw one of the council members 184 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 4: that voted against us, a very vocal opponent. He said, Joel, 185 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 4: that was the biggest mistake of my political career. I 186 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 4: watch you every Sunday, I bring people to your services. 187 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 4: I don't know what I was thinking back then. I 188 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 4: didn't tell him, but he was a part of the setup. 189 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 6: God was using him to launch us forward. 190 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 4: That's what it says in Exodus, God caused Pharaoh to 191 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 4: harden his heart so that he could bring great glory. 192 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 6: At the expense of Pharaoh. 193 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 4: God had told Moses to go, tell Pharaoh, let my 194 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 4: people go. But God knew that Pharah wasn't going to 195 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 4: let them go. He caused him to harden his heart. 196 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 4: God was setting up the odds to be against the 197 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 4: Israelites so he could show his favor and some of 198 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 4: the people and circumstances that have come against you. You 199 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 4: may not like it. It wasn't fair, but it was 200 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 4: ordained by God not to stop you, not to defeat you, 201 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 4: but so that God can show out in your life. Now, 202 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 4: quit complaining about what didn't work out. Why am I 203 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 4: facing these huge giants, those obstacles that look like they're 204 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 4: stopping you. If you'll stay in faith, it's just a 205 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 4: matter of time before God turns them around and uses 206 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 4: them to push you forward. The odds are against you 207 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 4: for one reason, so that God can bring great glory 208 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 4: out of your life. He wants to make you an 209 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 4: example of his goodness. You remember when the three Hebrew 210 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 4: teenagers wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. This 211 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: king got so furious he was going to have them 212 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 4: thrown into a fiery furnace. He told his men to 213 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 4: heat up the fire seven times hotter than normal. What 214 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: was God doing making the odds even greater? God knew 215 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: the fire wasn't going to burn them. He knew they 216 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 4: weren't going to be harmed, so he had them turn 217 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 4: it up even hotter so that it would become a 218 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 4: greater miracle. 219 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 6: When these three Hebrew teenagers came. 220 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 4: Out of that fire without the smell of smoke, there 221 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: wasn't any doubt that the Lord was on their side. 222 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 4: In fact, this same king said, praise be to the 223 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 4: God of Shaffh Mee jack in a bendigo, those three 224 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: Hebrew teenagers. When it feels like the odds are against you, 225 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 4: the fire has been turned up seven times hotter. 226 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 6: Pharaoh won't let you go. 227 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 4: God took your army from thirty two thousand to three hundred. Men. 228 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: Don't panic, don't fall apart. It's a set up. God 229 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 4: is about to show out. He's about to make you 230 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 4: a testimony. He's going to do something that people cannot deny. 231 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 4: They're going to know the Lord is on your side. 232 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 4: I talked to a man that cut his hand and 233 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 4: developed a severe infection. 234 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 6: He tried for. 235 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 4: Several days to tough it out and hope that it 236 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 4: would go away, but it kept getting worse. He started 237 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: running a high fever. He got to the point where 238 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 4: he couldn't eat. He finally passed out. He was rushed 239 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 4: to the emergency room unconscious. The doctors told his family 240 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 4: that he had some kind of toxic shock and there 241 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 4: was only a fifty percent chance that he would live. 242 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 4: They had to find the right kind of antibiotic to 243 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 4: treat him. Every hour that went by not treated, his 244 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 4: chance of survival went down five percent. 245 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 6: They didn't find something. 246 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 4: In the next few hours, the doctor said that he 247 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 4: probably wouldn't make it, and if somehow he did survive, 248 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 4: he would become a vegetable. Twelve hours went by they 249 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 4: couldn't find the antibotic. One day still nothing. Two hundred 250 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 4: and sixty four hours later, they finally found the right treatment. 251 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: He wasn't supposed to still be alive. He was told 252 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 4: he would never be able to walk, talk, function properly. 253 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 4: But today he's perfectly healthy. You would never know anything 254 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 4: was wrong. But God could have healed him the first day. 255 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 4: The doctors could have found the right treatment the first 256 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 4: few hours. That would have still been a great miracle. 257 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 4: But sometimes God will let the odds grow greater to 258 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: where you you don't see a way out. Then suddenly 259 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 4: God will step in and make things happen that you 260 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 4: could never make happen. Don't let the odds fool you. 261 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 4: Don't let the fact that you don't see away. The 262 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: financial situation looks too far gone. You've tried to break 263 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 4: that addiction for years now you think it wasn't meant 264 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 4: to be. No, get ready, this is a setup. This 265 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: is not the time to give up. This is the 266 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 4: time to stir your faith up all through the day. 267 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 6: Lord, thank you that. 268 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 4: You're bigger than this sickness, greater than this addiction, more 269 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 4: powerful than these opponents. If you'll stay in faith like 270 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: this man, you're going to become a testimony. People are 271 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 4: going to look at you and see that God's favor 272 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 4: is on your life. In the Scripture, Mary and Martha 273 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 4: sent word to their friend Jesus that their brother Lazarus 274 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 4: had died. Jesus was in a different city. They thought 275 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 4: that he would come right away and pray for Lazarus. 276 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: They'd seen Jesus heal people before, they knew that he 277 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 4: could heal their brother. One day passed and Jesus didn't 278 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 4: show up. I'm sure Martha thought, Jesus, where are you? 279 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: What's taking you so long? Now that they went by, 280 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 4: still no sign of Jesus. Finally, Lazarus died. When Jesus 281 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 4: arrived at their house, Lazarus had been in the tomb 282 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 4: for four days. Mary and Martha were so upset. They said, Jesus, 283 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 4: if you would have been here, our brother would still 284 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 4: be alive. The odds weren't that good when he was sick, 285 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 4: but now that he was dead they looked impossible. He 286 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 4: was already wrapped in grave clothes, wrapped up like a mummy. 287 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 4: You know the story. Jesus went to the tomb and 288 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 4: he spoke to Lazarus and told him to come back 289 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 4: to life, and when he. 290 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 6: Did, Lazarus woke up. 291 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 4: Was a great miracle. My point is sometimes God will 292 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: wait on purpose till the odds are way against us. 293 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 4: You're ready to bury the dream, bury the promise, bury 294 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 4: the relationship. You don't see a way, but God's ways 295 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 4: are not our ways. Mary and Martha were praying for 296 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 4: a healing. But God had something better in store. He 297 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 4: had a resurrection. What you're tempted to give up on. 298 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could happen. Maybe God is 299 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 4: not going to do it the way you're thinking. Maybe 300 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 4: he has something better for you. Twice we tried to 301 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,360 Speaker 4: buy property to build a new sanctuary. On both times 302 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 4: that property was sold out from under us. We couldn't 303 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 4: find any more large tracts of land. I was discouraged. 304 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 4: I didn't think we'd ever have a bigger sanctuary. Then 305 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 4: one day, suddenly the compact Center became available. I was 306 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 4: praying for a healing, but God had a resurrection, something 307 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 4: better than I'd ever dreamed. The awe Gods may be 308 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 4: totally against you today, but can I tell you God 309 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 4: is totally for you. 310 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 6: He has not brought you this far. 311 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 4: To leave you. 312 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 6: Your circumstances may look dead. 313 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 4: God didn't show up on time You've been asking and asking. 314 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 4: Dare to trust him. He has you in the palm 315 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 4: of his hand. You may not see anything happening, but 316 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 4: he's working behind the scenes. 317 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 6: When he speaks. 318 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 4: Dead things come back to life. 319 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 6: He's not moved by the odds. 320 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 4: When Jesus found out that Lazarus was dead, he didn't say, 321 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 4: all man, I waited too long. 322 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 6: What am I going to do now? God controls the universe. 323 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 4: The odds do not determine what he can and cannot do. 324 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 4: Back in those days, the Sadducees. These were the people 325 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 4: that were very against Jesus. They believed that the spirit 326 00:18:55,800 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 4: left the body three days after a person died. It 327 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 4: wasn't a coincidence that Jesus waited till the fourth day 328 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 4: to show up. 329 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 6: He did this on purpose, so when. 330 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 4: He raised Lazarus there would be no doubt about it. 331 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 4: Sometimes God will let the odds become greater, not just 332 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 4: so you, but so your critics, so your neighbors, so 333 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 4: your relatives, so your coworkers. 334 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 6: They won't be able. 335 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 4: To deny what God has done. Now, I love the 336 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: fact that from that moment forward, Lazarus became a testimony. 337 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 6: Everywhere he went. 338 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 4: He didn't have to say a word. People pointed at him. 339 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 4: You can hear him whispering. Look there's that guy. 340 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 6: He was dead. 341 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 4: He's not supposed to be here. He defied the odds. 342 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 4: He was a living testimony. That's what God wants to 343 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 4: do for you, show you his favor in such a 344 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 4: way that people notice that you stand out. You're going 345 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 4: to become a living testimony. I know a young lady 346 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 4: that applied for a scholar ship at a prestigious university 347 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 4: twenty six hundred other students applied as well. The challenge 348 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 4: was there were only twelve scholarships available. Those odds were 349 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: less than half of one percent. She could have thought, 350 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 4: what's the use, no use even trying. These are impossible odds. Instead, 351 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 4: she did what I'm asking you to do. She dared 352 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 4: to believe that God would open the doors that she 353 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 4: was supposed to go through. It doesn't always happen the 354 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 4: way we think. God knows what's best. But if you're 355 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 4: letting the odds talk you out of stretching, out of dreaming, 356 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 4: out of believing, then you're going to miss the fullness 357 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 4: of your destiny. If you can accomplish everything in your 358 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 4: own strength, you don't need God's help. But when the 359 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 4: odds are against you, you don't see away. You don't 360 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 4: have the connections, the finances, you're. 361 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 6: Too young, too old. 362 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 4: That's when you have to dig your heels in and say, God, 363 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 4: I know these odds are no problem for you. I 364 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 4: know this is a setup for you to show out. 365 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 4: That's what this young lady did. Several months later, she 366 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 4: received a letter saying, congratulations, out of the twenty six hundred, 367 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 4: you're one of the twelve that we've chosen. Are you 368 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 4: letting the odds talk you out of your dreams. 369 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 6: Talk you out of your health, talk you out. 370 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 4: Of your freedom? Not long ago, the lottery was at 371 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 4: a record amount. I read the where the odds of 372 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 4: winning it were one in three hundred million. They used 373 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 4: this example that if you laid pennies on the ground 374 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 4: side by side from Seattle to Miami, and you marked 375 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 4: one of those pennies with a special X, the chances 376 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 4: of you winning that lottery were the same as you 377 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 4: choosing that one special penny between Seattle and Miami. They 378 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: were basically saying, forget about it a win. In the 379 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 4: Book of Genesis, it talks about how God created the 380 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 4: heavens and the earth. The word it uses for creation 381 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 4: means that he made it out of nothing. Every expert 382 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 4: would have said, that's impossible. You don't have anything to 383 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 4: work with. If you had skies, oceans, grass, air, then 384 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 4: maybe you could make something put it together, But you 385 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: can't do that with nothing. It's one thing to have 386 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 4: odds of twelve and twenty six hundred, that's not so great. 387 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 4: It's another to have odds of one in three hundred million. 388 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 4: That's very unlikely. But what about when the odds are 389 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 4: zero in three hundred million, zero in twenty six hundred, 390 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 4: it's impossible. 391 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 6: There's no chance. 392 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 4: Here's how amazing God is. He started the universe with 393 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 4: odds of zero. He had nothing to work with, no 394 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 4: way in the natural. But God is not moved by 395 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 4: the odds. He didn't check with accounting and say, I'm 396 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 4: about to create stars, galaxies, planets. I have nothing to 397 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 4: work with. What are the odds of this happening. Accounting 398 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 4: would have said zero. You have no materials, no resources. 399 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 4: God would have said, thank you for your information. Now 400 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 4: let there be light. Light came at one hundred and 401 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 4: eighty six thousand miles a second. He spoke worlds into creation. 402 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 4: He didn't google it to see if it was possible. 403 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 4: He didn't try to figure out a way. He is 404 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 4: the way. He didn't try to open a door. He 405 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 4: is the door. He doesn't check with the odds to 406 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 4: see if you can reach your destiny. He speaks and 407 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 4: it becomes your destiny. He's not limited by your background, 408 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 4: by how you were raised, by your education. He is 409 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 4: all powerful. He can take nothing and make something magnificent. 410 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 4: Idagine what he can do with you. You are his prized possession. 411 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 4: He breathed his life into you. You have the DNA 412 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 4: of Almighty God. There may be odds against you in 413 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 4: certain areas, but they cannot stop you. God has destined 414 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 4: you to leave your mark. Don't let the odds discourage you. 415 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 4: Don't let what you think is not going to happen 416 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 4: talk you out of believing. Even if the odds are 417 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 4: zero in a million, all God has to do is speak, 418 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 4: and the odds change in your favor. A friend of 419 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 4: mine grew up in a very dysfunctional environment. His father 420 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 4: wasn't around, his mother had mental issues. When she wasn't 421 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 4: in the psychiatric ward, she was either in jail or 422 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,719 Speaker 4: with different boyfriends. There was all kinds of violence and 423 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 4: abuse in his home. At the age of thirteen, his 424 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 4: mother left him at a bus stop and took off 425 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 4: with another boyfriend. For years, this young man was in 426 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 4: and out of foster homes, detention centers. He slept in 427 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 4: abandoned buildings, in the woods, any place he could find. 428 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 6: He had to steal food in order to survive. 429 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 4: How could he ever make anything out of his life? 430 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: All the odds were against him, and it wasn't his fault. 431 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 4: He didn't have a fair shot in life. But in 432 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 4: the seventh grade, he met a junior high counselor at 433 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 4: a small inner city school named Cindy. Cindy could tell 434 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 4: this young boy was troubled, had no stability. She took 435 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 4: a great interest in him. But this boy was only 436 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 4: in her school for several months before he dropped out. 437 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 4: Every day for two years, Cindy prayed God, please send 438 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 4: him back to our school. In the ninth grade, he 439 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: came walking through the doors. Cindy was right there waiting 440 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 4: for him. Nobody had ever been looking for this young man. 441 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 4: His home life was so dysfunctional. Every morning Cindy would 442 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 4: drive forty five minutes to pick him up and bring 443 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 4: him to school. Her motto was, correction does much, but 444 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 4: encouragement does more. That summer, he was mowing the lawn 445 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 4: of an elderly couple. When they learned his story, they 446 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 4: opened their home and took him in. They discovered this 447 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 4: young boy had a gift of music, writing and singing. 448 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 4: He started performing at talent shows and community events. Every time, 449 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 4: this elderly lady would be on the front row with 450 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 4: her Bible in hand, cheering him on. 451 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 6: In two thousand, and eight. 452 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 4: Jimmy Wayne's song do You Believe Me Now hit number 453 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 4: one on the country charts. He's toured with Brad Paisley 454 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 4: and other stars. Today, he uses his country music platform 455 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 4: to raise awareness about foster care and to help other 456 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 4: children in the same situation. Like Jimmy, the odds may 457 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 4: be against you. You don't see any way your situation 458 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 4: could work out. But God has the right people already 459 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 4: lined up. 460 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 6: The gifts He's put in you. The dreams. 461 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 4: They didn't get canceled because you had bad breaks, because 462 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 4: somebody did you wrong. 463 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 6: They are still alive. 464 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 4: You can still become who God created you to be. 465 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 4: And it may feel like the fire has been turned 466 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 4: up seven times hotter. But don't worry. Your time is coming. 467 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 4: God is saying the odds are for you. Things are 468 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 4: about to change in your favor. That problem that looks permanent, 469 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: it's only temporary now. All through the day, Father, thank 470 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 4: you that the odds are for me. If you'll do this, 471 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 4: I believe and declare, like Jimmy, you're going to go 472 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 4: further than you've ever dreamed. Like these Hebrew teenagers, You're 473 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 4: going to come out of that fire without the smell 474 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 4: of smoke and like Lazarus, God is going to make 475 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 4: you a living testimony in Jesus's name. 476 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 6: If you receive it, can you say it in today? 477 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 478 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 479 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 480 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 4: into my heart. 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