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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 5: your life. God bless you such a joy to come 39 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 5: into your homes. We love you and we know God 40 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 5: has great things in store for each one of you. 41 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, I hope that 42 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 5: you'll come out and see us. We give you a 43 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 5: personal invitation, but we love to have you be a 44 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. Thanks for tuning in 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 5: to day I like to get started each week with 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 5: something funny, and I heard about this man. He was 47 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 5: the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood, and every 48 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 5: Friday during Lent, when all of his neighbors were eating 49 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 5: cold fish, he would be gwilling a steak in the backyard. 50 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 5: And the neighbors just couldn't stand the temptation. They decided 51 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 5: to try to convert him to Catholicism. 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 4: He finally agreed. 53 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 5: The pre sprinkled water over him, said you were born 54 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 5: a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now you're 55 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: a Catholic. The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, 56 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 5: they smelled the same smell of steak in the air. 57 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: They rushed to his house. They saw him in the backyard. 58 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 5: He was sprinkling water over his steak, saying, you were 59 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 5: born a cow, you're raised a cow, but now you're 60 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 5: a fish. All right, Hold up your Bible, say it 61 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 5: like you mean it. 62 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. 64 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 65 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 66 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 67 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 5: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 68 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about how God 69 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 5: can turn back time. Every one of us has had 70 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 5: opportunities that we've missed, chances that we've blown. We can 71 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 5: all look back and think, why didn't I put more 72 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 5: effort into that relationship, Why didn't I take that job? 73 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 5: Or why did I spend all those years running with 74 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 5: the wrong crowd, partying when I should have been getting ahead. 75 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 4: I had a man tell me last week, Joel. 76 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 5: I'd love to believe that I was coming into new 77 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 5: seasons of increase, but I really think I've missed my season. 78 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 5: But God always has another season. God always gives us 79 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 5: another chance. Sometimes it's not our fault. I know people 80 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 5: that didn't have a good childhood. They were raised in 81 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 5: an unhealthy environment, they weren't treated right, and it's tempting 82 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 5: to think too bad for me, I'll never get that back. 83 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 5: But God said here in the Book of Joel two 84 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: twenty five, I will restore the years that have been stolen. 85 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 5: That means God can make up years of your life. 86 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 5: God can turn back time. You may not be able 87 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 5: to relive your childhood, but he can make the rest 88 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 5: of your life so rewarding and so fulfilling it makes 89 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 5: up for it. You may feel like you've wasted years 90 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 5: in a relationship that didn't work out, years on a 91 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 5: job that turned out to be a dead end, but 92 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 5: don't get discouraged. God controls time. You need to believe 93 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 5: that every opportunity you've missed, every chance you've blown, God 94 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 5: will turn back time and bring that across your path 95 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 5: once again. I think about Hezekiah. He was very sick 96 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 5: and close to death. The prophet said he only had 97 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 5: a little while to live. Hezekiah prayed and asked God 98 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 5: for his mercy, and God spoke to the prophet and said, 99 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 5: tell Hezekiah, I'm going to add fifteen years to his life. 100 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 4: And Heekiah was so excited when he got the news. 101 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 4: Was almost too good to be true. 102 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: And he said, God, I really believe you, but will 103 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 5: you give me some kind of sign so that I 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 5: know it's true. Since they were dealing with time, God said, 105 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 5: all right, Hezekiah, go out and watch the sun dial. 106 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 5: They didn't have clocks like we have today. They had 107 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 5: these markings on the ground and where the shadows from 108 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 5: the position of the sun fell. 109 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 4: That's how they knew what time it was. And Heekiah said, God, 110 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 4: if this. 111 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 5: Promise is really going to come to pass, if you're 112 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 5: going to really add years to. 113 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 4: My life, don't just stop time. I know you can 114 00:05:59,240 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: do that. 115 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 5: I want you to do something more difficult, something even 116 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 5: more out of the ordinary. God, I'm asking you to 117 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 5: make the shadow go in the wrong direction. I'm asking 118 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 5: you to turn back time. Think about how bold Hezekiah was. 119 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 5: Took a lot of nerve to say, God, I believe 120 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 5: you love me so much. I believe you're so concerned 121 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 5: about me that you'll do something that's never been done before. 122 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 5: You'll interrupt the whole solar system, just to prove to 123 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 5: me that I heard you right. 124 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 4: Friends, God is moved by our faith. 125 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 5: Sure enough, the next forty minutes, Hezekiah watched the shadow 126 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: go counter clockwise. The scripture says the sun went in 127 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 5: reverse ten degrees. I believe that's what God is saying 128 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 5: to us. I can turn back time in your life. 129 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 5: I can restore the years that you've lost. You may 130 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: think you've blown it and you've wasted so much time, 131 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 5: But God has new opportunities in front of you. He 132 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 5: wants the rest of your life to be. 133 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 4: Better than the first part. 134 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 5: And if you will stay in faith, a shift is 135 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 5: going to happen. What was it, God's turning back time. 136 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 5: He's going to restore the years that you were mistreated. 137 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 5: He's going to present you with opportunities that you missed 138 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 5: because you weren't in. 139 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 4: The right position. 140 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 5: The fact is it was our fault. But God is 141 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 5: so good, he's so full of mercy. He's going to 142 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 5: give us another chance. And it's interesting how light is formed. 143 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 5: All these tiny molecules come together. They're red in color, 144 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 5: and their shape is a perfect circle. Of course, we 145 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 5: can't see them with our natural eye, but what causes 146 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 5: light is they start rubbing together very very fast, and 147 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, light breaks forth. I can imagine 148 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 5: when Hezekiah asked God to turn back time. 149 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: God thought, that's no problem for me, and. 150 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 5: He took those molecules that were supposed to be a 151 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 5: complete circle, and he said, watch this, Hezekiah, I'm going. 152 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 4: To bend them just a little bit. I'm going to 153 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 4: adjust them just ten degrees. 154 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 5: When he made that small adjustment, that small shift, that's 155 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: when the light bent backwards. You may have wasted years 156 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: of your life on drugs, years in a bad relationship, 157 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: years in depression. But God is saying, watch me bend 158 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 5: the clock, watch me turn back time. I can restore 159 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 5: those years that you've wasted. 160 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 4: Why don't you get a vision for it. 161 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 5: Some of you think that it's been too long, and 162 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 5: you've been through too much, and you're never going to 163 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 5: see these new seasons of increase. But the same God 164 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 5: that stepped out of eternity and turned the clock back 165 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 5: for Hezekiah is saying to you, I can make up 166 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 5: for lost time. 167 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: I can restore those years. 168 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: A man told me the other day how the first 169 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 5: forty years of his life he was. 170 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 4: A cocaine addict. 171 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 5: He came from a good family, he was a bright man, 172 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 5: had all kinds of opportunity in front of him. But 173 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 5: he said, Joel, I don't even really remember the first 174 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 5: part of my life. I was so high and so 175 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 5: messed up, and I ruined my marriage, I blew my education. 176 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 4: He thought it was over. 177 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 5: But today he's in his early fifties, he has a 178 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 5: good job, his family is back together. 179 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 4: He volunteers for us every weekend. 180 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 5: He said, I never dreamed God would give me another chance. 181 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 5: I never dreamed I could be this fulfilled. 182 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 4: What happened. God turned back time. 183 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 5: God is restoring those years, and his latter days are 184 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 5: going to be better than his former days. 185 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 4: That's the way our God is. 186 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 5: Why don't you be bold like Hezekiah and say, God, 187 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to give me back every opportunity that 188 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 5: I missed. 189 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 4: It may have been my fault, I may have blown it. 190 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 5: But God, I know you are so full of mercy. 191 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 5: I believe you love me so much you can turn 192 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 5: back time and give me another chance. That gets God's attention. 193 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 5: But some of you have given up on your dreams. 194 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 5: You're dragging around thinking about the years you lost in 195 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 5: that first marriage, and how you weren't treated right on 196 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 5: the job, and how you made poor decisions here and there. 197 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 5: Now you have to get out of that defeated mindset. 198 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 5: God is saying I control the whole universe, and if 199 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 5: I stopped the solar system for one man, I can 200 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 5: turn back time in your life. Well, you say, Joel, 201 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 5: I don't see how it could happen. I've been through 202 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 5: too much. No, you don't have to know how all 203 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 5: we have to do is believe God can give you 204 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 5: one idea that can make up for everything that you've lost. 205 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 5: Colonel Sanders started Kentucky fried Chicken when he was sixty 206 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 5: six years old. He ran a small gas station in 207 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 5: a little town. For years, he would sell chicken to 208 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 5: his customers. 209 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 4: It God's so popular. 210 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 5: He opened a little restaurant across the street and everything 211 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 5: was going great. But just when he thought it was 212 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 5: going to take off, the state put in a major 213 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 5: freeway to bypass his small town. His business went down 214 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 5: to nothing. God so bad he had to close up. 215 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 5: And it looked like he had wasted all those years. 216 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 5: Looked like all that hard work, that blood, sweat and 217 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 5: tears had just gone down the drain, and a lot 218 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 5: of people would have just given up. Thought too bad 219 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 5: for me, depressed and defeated. But not Colonel Sanders. 220 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 4: He knew God is a god of restoration. 221 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 5: He knew God still had a way to bring those 222 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 5: dreams to pass. And after he sold his business he 223 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 5: only had one hundred and five dollars. He didn't sit 224 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 5: around in self pity. He started going from town to 225 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 5: town with his chicken fryar in the back of his truck. 226 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 5: Selling his chicken with eleven herbs and spices to any 227 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 5: restaurant that would buy it. He met one man and said, boy, 228 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 5: this chicken's good. Matter of fact, it's finger licking good. 229 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 5: Colonel Sanders said, I like that. That's going to be 230 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 5: my new slogan. 231 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 4: Today. 232 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 5: There are over eleven thousand KFCs all around the world. 233 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 5: No doubt every one of us has had a piece 234 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 5: of Colonel Sanders chicken. 235 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 4: Some of you look like you've had too many pieces. 236 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 4: But really it seemed unfair. 237 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 5: It seemed like he got the short end of the stick. 238 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 5: But God knows how to turn back time. God knows 239 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 5: how to restore the years. Our daughter, Alexandra, was born 240 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 5: a month and a half before my father went to 241 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 5: be with the Lord. During that time, my dad was 242 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 5: on dialysis and often I would take him up to 243 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 5: the clinic and bring him home. 244 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 4: It's a very busy season in my life. 245 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 5: Then, when Daddy died, I was thrust into this and 246 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 5: I was doing my best just to stay above water. 247 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 5: And really, looking back, I don't remember very well the 248 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 5: first cup years of Alexandra's life. We were in such transition. 249 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 5: I was learning how to minister and trying to figure 250 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 5: everything out. 251 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 4: It had just consumed me. 252 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 5: One day, I realized I don't have the same early 253 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 5: childhood memories of Alexandra as I do Jonathan, and I 254 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 5: was just praying, almost in passing. I said, God, I'm 255 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 5: asking you to make up for that lost time where 256 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 5: I'm so busy and so preoccupied with other things. Do 257 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 5: you know today Alexandra and I are as close as 258 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 5: we can be. She likes to do everything with her dad. 259 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 5: She would rather us go outside in the backyard and 260 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 5: let me watch her do cartwheels, then she would go 261 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 5: over to her friends. Sometimes I need a break, I say, Alexander, 262 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 5: don't you go to your cousin Joe and go swimming 263 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 5: or something. Aren't you have some friends over? No, Daddy, 264 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 5: I just want. 265 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 4: To stay here with you. 266 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 5: And I realize I'm somewhat irresistible, but I really believe 267 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 5: that's God turning the clock back and making up for 268 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 5: those lost years. And you may feel like today, you 269 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 5: may feel like you weren't as. 270 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 4: Good a parent as you should have been. 271 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 5: You were busy doing your own thing, dealing with your 272 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 5: own issues, and now your relationships with your family are 273 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 5: not what they should be. You're attempted to feel guilty 274 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 5: and think, man, if I just spent more time with them, 275 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 5: if I'd have just made them a higher priority. 276 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: But you need to ask God like I did. 277 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 5: God, give me another chance restore this relationship. God, let 278 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 5: me put everything into them that I should have put 279 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 5: in them, anything that I missed God because it was 280 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 5: my fault or because of some other circumstances. 281 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 4: God, I'm asking you to make up for lost time. 282 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 4: If you'll be. 283 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 5: Bold enough to ask, then God can turn back time. 284 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 5: I was at a book signing in another city several 285 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 5: years ago. I met this lady and she later told 286 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 5: how she hadn't been the best mother in the world. 287 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 5: She and her daughter were as strange. They hadn't spoken 288 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 5: in years. She had reached out to her several times, 289 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 5: but the daughter wouldn't have anything to do with her. Now, 290 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 5: this mom was very discouraged, feeling guilty like she had 291 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 5: failed as a parent. 292 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: Finally, she just gave. 293 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 5: It to God and said, God, only you can turn 294 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 5: this situation around. And her prayer was one day at 295 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 5: least she and her daughter could have a cordial relationship. 296 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 5: But God doesn't want to just bring you out. He 297 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 5: wants to bring you out better off than you were before. 298 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 5: He doesn't want to just restore, he wants to make 299 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 5: up for those lost years. There were several hundred people 300 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 5: in the line, and I had been signing books for 301 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 5: an hour or so, and this lady and her daughter 302 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 5: stepped up to the table. They had tears streaming down 303 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 5: their faces. Of course I didn't know what was going on, 304 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: but the mother told how they had not spoken to 305 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 5: each other in thirteen years. And what they didn't both 306 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 5: know was they had been watching us on television, and 307 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 5: that evening they decided on their own and individually to 308 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 5: come out to the book signing. And when they saw 309 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 5: each other standing in the line, it was like God 310 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 5: tore down the walls that had kept them apart. All 311 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 5: the hurt, all the pain, all that resentment. 312 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 4: In a split second, it was melted away. That night 313 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 4: was a turning point. 314 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: The relationship was restored, and today they're making up for 315 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 5: lost time. Maybe you're dealing with family members where the 316 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 5: relationship has been strained, there's been hurts and conflicts. You're 317 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 5: not enjoying that other person, you're not adding value to 318 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 5: their life. But don't make the mistake of just settling 319 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 5: where you are and think we'll never get along. 320 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 4: We're just not compatible. No, keep believing, keep praying. 321 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 5: If you'll stay in faith, God is not only going 322 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 5: to restore, He's going to make up for those lost years. 323 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 5: God wants to turn back time. 324 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: But you have to do you. 325 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: A part and get a vision for it. You can't 326 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 5: get complace and just settled for mediocrity. 327 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 4: I know this man. He went through a legal battle 328 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 4: for three and a half years. It was hell on earth. 329 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 5: Had to do with his business and some competitors stirred 330 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 5: up trouble and he was having to defend himself from 331 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 5: things that weren't true. And at first he was strong, 332 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 5: he was determined, he was doing his best. But as 333 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 5: it drug on, month after month after month, he lost 334 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 5: his joy. 335 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 4: He got run down. 336 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 5: The fact is he got tired of fighting, and he 337 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 5: made a statement that really got my attention. He said, Joel, 338 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 5: I don't really care anymore. This thing has about run me. 339 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 5: It's about run my business. I don't think it's ever 340 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 5: going to change. It's very unhealthy to have an I 341 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 5: don't care attitude. That's when people make major mistakes and 342 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 5: do things that they regret. Later on, and I told 343 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 5: him what I'm telling you. God wants to restore those years. 344 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 5: You may not see how it can happen, but God 345 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 5: is a supernatural god, and if you'll stay in faith, 346 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 5: he'll not only bring you out, he'll turn back time 347 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 5: and he'll make up for the joy. He'll make up 348 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 5: for the peace. He'll make up for the victory that 349 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 5: you've lost. That's exactly what happened. 350 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 4: Several years later, he came through it. God vindicated him. 351 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 5: Today he's stronger, happier, more blessed than he's ever been. 352 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 5: But maybe, like him, you're in a difficult situation. It's 353 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 5: been going on so long you don't know if it'll 354 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 5: ever change. It's stolen your joy, stolen your peace. Let 355 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 5: me encourage you. You've got to dig your heels. 356 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 4: In and just to clear it by faith. This thing 357 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 4: is not going to defeat me. 358 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 5: I may have lost years, but I know God's going 359 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 5: to restore these years. He's not only gonna bring me out, 360 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 5: He's gonna bring me out better off than I was before. 361 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 4: Get a vision for it. 362 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 5: I think about David when he was seventeen years old. 363 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 5: The prophet Samuel anointed him to be the next king 364 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: of Israel. But David didn't take the throne immediately. Thirteen 365 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 5: years went by when he didn't see much happening. At 366 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 5: one point he was living on the run, hiding in 367 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 5: the caves from King Saul, who was trying to kill him. 368 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 5: And year after year went by, and you can imagine 369 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 5: David is tired, he's discouraged, and those voices start whispering 370 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 5: in his ear. It's never gonna happen. You didn't hear 371 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 5: God right, Samuel must have been wrong. It's been thirteen years. 372 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 5: He's fighting discouragement, trying to stay in faith, trying to 373 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 5: shake it off. And during this time, six hundred men 374 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 5: had joined David, and they would spend their days protecting 375 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,479 Speaker 5: the vineyards of Israel. Nobody asked them to do it. 376 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 5: They just took it upon themselves. 377 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 4: Now, all they asked for. 378 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 5: In return from the families they protected was food, and 379 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 5: everyone had agreed. One day, David told his men to 380 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 5: go ask Mabel. 381 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 4: For some food and water. 382 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 5: After all, they had protected him and his family for years. 383 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,239 Speaker 5: But Nabel's very name means fool, and he lived up 384 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 5: to his name. He told David's men, what are you 385 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 5: talking about? You kid, and I'm not gonna give you 386 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 5: any food. I never ask you guys to protect me. 387 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: And who is this man David anyway, He's just a 388 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 5: servant of Saw. When David's men told him how he 389 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 5: had been insulted by Nabel, David was furious. 390 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 4: You got to understand, David was already tired. 391 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 5: He was already kind of aggravated because his dreams weren't 392 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 5: coming to pass, and Nabel was the straw that broke 393 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 5: the camel's back. He said, get up, men, we're gonna 394 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 5: go attack Mabel. We're gonna wipe him out and everything 395 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:49,959 Speaker 5: he holds there. David almost made a major mistake because 396 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 5: he did not have his future on his mind. We 397 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 5: get into trouble and make poor decisions when we don't 398 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 5: keep God's promises on the forefront of thinking. 399 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 4: The truth is deep down, David knew. 400 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 5: God has spoken to him. He knew he was annointed 401 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 5: to be king. He knew new seasons of favor were 402 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 5: on their way. But David let his guard down. He thought, 403 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 5: I'm tired, I'm discouraged. I'm just gonna do what I 404 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 5: feel like doing. In a nutshell, he had that I 405 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 5: don't care attitude. It's easy to think, Joel, I'm never 406 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 5: gonna get married. I've been single for three years, five years, 407 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 5: six years. 408 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 4: I'm never gonna get well. I've had this sickness my 409 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 4: whole life. 410 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 5: I'm never gonna get out of debt. I don't see 411 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 5: how it could happen. No, you have to keep God's 412 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 5: promises on the forefront of your thinking. 413 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 4: Have the attitude. 414 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 5: I may not feel like I'm gonna get well, but 415 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 5: I know God said I will live and not die. 416 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 4: He's restoring health unto me. I may not see how 417 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 4: I could ever get out of debt, but I. 418 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 5: Know God says I am blessed. Whatever I touch prospers. 419 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 4: Learn to meditate on God's word. 420 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 5: Viewer. At that point, like David, where you could easily 421 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 5: give up and heaven, I. 422 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: Don't care, what's the use attitude? 423 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 5: And that's a very critical place where your destiny is 424 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 5: hanging in the balance. You could either give up and 425 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 5: lose all that ground that you've gained, or you could 426 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say no, I'm going to 427 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 5: keep my future on the forefront of my mind. I've 428 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 5: come too far to quit now. I believe too long 429 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 5: the promise is too real. 430 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 4: I've worked too hard. I am not going backwards. 431 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 5: I'm not going to make a foolish decision and lose 432 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 5: this ground that I've already gained. 433 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 4: And you got to know, all heaven is pulling for you. 434 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 5: The saints of old are cheering you on, the heroes 435 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 5: of faith are saying stay strong, stay focused, to keep 436 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 5: believing the promises will come to pass. David's at this 437 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 5: breaking point. He's trying to hold on, but Old Abel 438 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 5: has just kind of ticked Tim off. He's just about 439 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 5: to say forget it. I know I've been chosen to 440 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 5: be king, but I'm mad and I'm gonna finish him off. 441 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 5: In other words, he's about to make a decision that 442 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 5: will hinder his divine destiny. It would delay the promise 443 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 5: from coming to pass. And really it wasn't so much 444 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 5: that Nabel was rude. It was the fact David had 445 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 5: thirteen years of frustration pin up on the inside. Don't 446 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 5: you know, Again and again, he could hear those voices, David, 447 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 5: you're a failure man. 448 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: You're supposed to be a king. You're out here living 449 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 4: like a caveman. 450 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 5: It's never gonna happen. We've all heard those kinds of 451 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 5: lies before. Now He's headed to Nabel's house with a 452 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 5: bunch of his men, and along the way he meets 453 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 5: a young lady by the name of Abigail. 454 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 4: This is Nabel's wife. 455 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 5: She knows what Nabel has said to David. Abigail's name 456 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 5: means quick thinker. She's a smart lady. She says, David, 457 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 5: my Lord, can we talk. She called him my lord, 458 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 5: not to worship him. She knew the promise that had 459 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 5: been spoken over David. She knew he was destined to 460 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 5: be on the throne. Even though David didn't look like 461 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 5: a king, even though he looked like a street person. 462 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 5: Abigail looked past all that, and she saw David the 463 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 5: way God saw him. 464 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 4: She said, my Lord. 465 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 5: She was speaking faith into him. She was reminding him 466 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 5: of the promise. She was saying, in effect, David, I 467 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 5: wasn't there when Samuel anointed you. I didn't see him 468 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 5: choose you. I didn't hear it with my own ears. 469 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 5: But I believe what God has said about you. I 470 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 5: believe the promise is in you. All at once, David 471 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 5: starts thinking about his future. I can imagine him in 472 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 5: his mind replaying that scene over and over when Samuel 473 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 5: anointed him. 474 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 4: Now Abigail has his attention. 475 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 5: She says, David, why are you You're gonna mess with 476 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 5: my husband. You're the next king of Israel. That's like 477 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 5: swatting a little fly. Don't get distracted, don't lose your focus. 478 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 5: You don't want to blow your kingdom by making a 479 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 5: poor decision just because my husband is a foolish man. 480 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 4: She spoke sense into David. She encouraged him to. 481 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 5: Keep thinking about his future and to stay the course 482 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 5: and not give up on his dreams. I believe God 483 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 5: sends us an Abigail anytime we're about to delay our 484 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 5: divine destiny. I'm asking you today keep God's promises on 485 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 5: the forefront of your mind. Every one of you have 486 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 5: dreams and desires. You know, one day you're gonna accomplish 487 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 5: your goals. One day you're gonna be well, one day 488 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 5: you're gonna be out of debt. One day you're gonna 489 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 5: be vindicated from that problem. But maybe right now, like David, 490 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 5: you're in one of those wilderness periods. You don't see 491 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 5: anything happening. It's very tempting to think, what's the use 492 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 5: it's never gonna change. I've been believing for five years, 493 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 5: ten years, fifteen years. People are coming against me. I'm frustrated. 494 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 4: I'm just gonna do what I want to do. 495 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 5: No, let me be the voice of Abigail in your life. 496 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 4: Stay the course, keep believing. 497 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 5: You may be tired, discouraged, frustrated, but don't give up 498 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 5: on your future. It may be taken a long time, 499 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 5: but stay focused, stay on the high road, and keep. 500 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 4: Doing what you know to do. 501 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 5: Like Abigail, I wasn't there when God spoke the promise 502 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 5: to you. I didn't hear it with my own ears. 503 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 5: But I believe what God has said about you. I 504 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 5: believe each one of you can overcome any office to 505 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 5: car I believe you can break any addiction. I believe 506 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 5: you can live an abundant life. I believe new seasons 507 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 5: of favor and increase are come in your way. I 508 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 5: know God can restore the years, He can turn back time. 509 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 5: Keep believing, stay the course, don't sell out on your future. 510 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 5: And I know some of you have been through a 511 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 5: lot of heartache and pain. You've had a lot of 512 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 5: disappointments and unfair things in life. But understand the depth 513 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 5: of your past is an indication of the height of 514 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 5: your future. When a building's gonna go way up tall, 515 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 5: they have to first go way. 516 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 4: Down low to dig a deep foundation. 517 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 5: It may be taking a long time, but if you'll 518 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 5: stay in faith, God's getting you prepared. Don't have the attitude. 519 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 5: I can't take it anymore. 520 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 4: I've had enough. 521 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 5: No stick with that marriage, stick with that child. Don't 522 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 5: let your guard down and compromise. You have too much 523 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaker 5: to lose. Your destiny is hanging in the balance. It 524 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: may not be fair, but God is fair. It may 525 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 5: be taking a long time, but God can make up 526 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:56,959 Speaker 5: for lost time. 527 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 4: The scripture says. 528 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 5: Be strong and of good courage, for the Lord your 529 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 5: God is with you. I'm asking you to dig your 530 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,640 Speaker 5: heels in and fight the good fight of faith. One time, 531 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 5: Neamiyah was rebuilding the walls of the city. He had 532 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 5: all kinds of opposition. He was discouraged and ready to 533 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 5: give up. But God said, Nehemiah, if you will fight, 534 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 5: then I will fight for you. God is saying, if 535 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 5: you will dig your heels in and persevere even though 536 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 5: it's difficult, and believe even though you don't see anything happening, 537 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 5: then I'm gonna step in and do what you can't do. 538 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 5: I'm gonna make up for lost time, and I'm going 539 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 5: to propel you to new levels. I'm going to bring 540 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 5: supernatural opportunities. I'm going to open up new doors. I'm 541 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 5: going to cause the right people to be in your path. 542 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 5: I'm gonna heal sit bodies. I'm going to release you 543 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 5: from debt and lack. The chains of addictions and wrong 544 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 5: thinking are going to be broken off of you. God 545 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 5: is saying the promises I've put in you, I will 546 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 5: bring them to pass. Why don't you get a vision 547 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,719 Speaker 5: for that today? Friends, God can turn back time, every 548 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 5: opportunity that you've missed, every chance that you've blown, all 549 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 5: those years you may have wasted. I declare over you, 550 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 5: restoration is coming your way. God's going to restore those years. 551 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 5: Things are changing in your favor. Your latter days are 552 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 5: going to be better than your former days. I declare 553 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 5: the rest of your life will be better than the 554 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 5: first part of your life. 555 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 4: If you receive it. Can you say amen? We never 556 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 4: like to close all broadcast without giving. 557 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 5: You an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 558 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I 559 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 560 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and 561 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 4: save you. 562 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 563 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 564 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 565 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places that you've never. 566 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 6: Dream Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. 567 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 6: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 568 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 6: those all over the world. Visit Joelostin dot com slash 569 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 6: give Hope to give a gift today. 570 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 571 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 572 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 5: podcast to keep you inspired all through the week. We're 573 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 5: praying for you. 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