1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: I hope you and your family are having a great summer. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Victorian are praying for you, believing for God's very best 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: in your life, and it's always my pleasure to be 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: able to share a message with you. I hope you're 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired today. Well, God bless you. It's great 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: to be with you today, and I hope you'll stay 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: or YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I'd like to start 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about this man that 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: was out walking on the beach and God said, son, 13 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: you've been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: special wish. He was so excited. He said, God, I've 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: So my wish is that you'd build me a bridge 17 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: across the ocean. God said, son, that's impossible. Think of 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: the logistics of that. I take a moment and wish again. 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Men thought about it, said okay, God, I've been married 20 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: four times. All my ex wives say I am so insensitive. 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: So my wish is that I would be able to 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: understand a woman. I want to know why they think 23 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: like they think, why they feel like they feel. There 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: was a long pause. God said, do you want two 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: lanes or four lanes on that bridge? And all the 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: men said, Amen, here we go. God, this is my Bible. 27 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 28 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,279 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 30 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 31 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: about time to try again. We've all had things that 34 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: we wanted to see happen, but they didn't work out. 35 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: We tried to start a business, tried to lose the weight, 36 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: tried to have a baby, tried to forgive. We did 37 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: our best, but we weren't able to do it. When 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: we face these setbacks, it's easy to settle there and think, 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: I don't want to be disappointed again. The relationship didn't 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: work out. I don't want to get hurt again. My 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: boss said I wasn't qualified for the position. I don't 42 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: want to get rejected again. I tried to make peace 43 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: with my loved one, only made it worse. I don't 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: want to rock the boat again. Just because it hasn't 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: happened yet doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. 46 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: The people that reach their destiny are the people that 47 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: try again. The enemy would love for you to live disappointed, 48 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: dwelling on what wasn't fair and who hurts you. How 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: you did your best, but the door closed. The promotion 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: you deserved went to your coworker, and you wanted to 51 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: get your degree, but you weren't that discipline. You didn't 52 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: study your party. Then now it seems like it's too late. 53 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: But God knew every mistake you would make. He knew 54 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 1: every setback, every person that would do you wrong. He's 55 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: already taken that into account. For every setback, He's already 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: planned to come back for every loss, a new beginning 57 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: for every closed door and open door. Failure is not 58 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: final unless you quit trying. The scripture says a good 59 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: man falls seven times, but he gets back up again. 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: We're all gonna fall. The question is are you gonna 61 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: get back up? Are you gonna believe that God's still 62 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: ordering your steps? That what he started he will finish. 63 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: There has to be a fire on the inside, a 64 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: holy determination that you're gonna become all God's created you 65 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: to be. But Joel, I tried to get back in shape. 66 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: I couldn't do it. God is saying, try again. I 67 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: tried to break the addiction. I've been to a rehab 68 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: a few times. Try again. Tried to make my marriage work. 69 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: We're too combative. I tried to start my company. I 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: couldn't get the funding. Try again. Sometimes it wasn't the 71 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: right time where God was working in you, getting everything arranged. 72 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: But you will come in to what the scripture calls 73 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: a window of grace where God empowers you to do 74 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: what you couldn't do before, where there's a favor that 75 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: causes doors to open, the right people to show up, 76 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: an anointing of ease, where what used to be a 77 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: struggle is not a struggle anymore. You have the grace 78 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 1: to forgive, and the grace to get healthy, the grace 79 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: to take new ground. But this power is only activated 80 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: if you try again. First Chronicles thirteen, the Israelites had 81 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: what they called the ark of the Covenant's rectangular box 82 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: that represented the presence of God, had the Ten Commandments 83 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: in it. It was very sacred, very holy, had to 84 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: be treated with the utmost respect. At one point, the 85 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: Philistines captured the Ark, took it from God's people. They 86 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 1: paraded it around like a big trophy. Look what we've done. 87 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: The problem was their people started getting sick and having 88 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: these boils, and they knew it was because they had 89 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: this arc, the God of Israel. They had to get 90 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: rid of it, so they put it on a cart, 91 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: hooked it up to two oxen, and let them wander 92 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: wherever they wanted. Where the oxen came into Israel, God 93 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: ordered their steps. The art came back home, was taken 94 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: to a house up on a hill where they stood 95 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: guard night and day. Was there for twenty years. When 96 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: David became king, he wanted to bring the Ark to Jerusalem, 97 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,679 Speaker 1: the capital city. The Ark represented Jehovah. He wanted everyone 98 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: united in worship to this one God. And he didn't 99 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: like the fact that Ark had been neglected, stored in 100 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: a house, not getting the reverence and honor it deserves. 101 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: So he called all the leaders of Israel together, his 102 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: military advisor's officials. He knew he had to get them 103 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: on board. He said in verse two, if it seems 104 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: good to you, and if it's the will of the Lord, 105 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: let us bring back the ark of our God, for 106 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: we neglected it during the reign of Saws. They all agreed, 107 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: they knew it was a right thing. So David organized 108 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: thirty thousand men from all the different provinces to come 109 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: with them to bring it home. It was a historical 110 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: moment to put the ark on a cart and began 111 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: to lead the oxen down the hill. It was this 112 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: huge celebration, all this singing, dancing, music playing. Everyone excited. 113 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: But as the oxen got to the bottom of the hill, 114 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: they stumbled and the arc started to fall. One of 115 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: the workers reached out to study the arc, and instantly 116 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: he was killed. You couldn't touch the ark. It was 117 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: the presence of God. All of a sudden, the music stopped, 118 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: the band quit playing, dancers put down their tambourines. This 119 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: joyful celebration completely turned. Now they were standing their stunned 120 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: in disbelief. I can see David put his head down, 121 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: tell the people to go back home. It's not going 122 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: to happen. We can't move this safely. They send it 123 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: to a house close by. David was not only disappointed, 124 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: he was angry. He was mad at God. He said 125 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: in verse twelve, God, how do you expect me to 126 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: bring this arc home? David had good intentions. He was 127 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: trying to do the right thing. The art belonged with them, 128 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: but he went about it the wrong way. He copied 129 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: what the Philistines had done, put the arc on a 130 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: cart and had oxen to carry it. But there was 131 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: a specific protocol for transporting the art. There was a 132 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: right way to do it. David was passionate. He was zealous. 133 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring this home. I'm gonna honor Jehovah. But 134 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: pulse it in Romans. Zeal without knowledge is not good. 135 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: If David would have looked back at the Torah, he 136 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: would have seen the art can't be carried by animals. 137 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,679 Speaker 1: The priests have to carry it, not on a cart, 138 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: but on poles. If he would have researched it, he 139 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: would have seen hundreds of years earlier, Joshua had the 140 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: priest carry the arc as they crossed the Jordan River. 141 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: You can do the right thing the wrong way and 142 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: not have success. You can have good intentions. You tried 143 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: your best, like David, you gave it your all, but 144 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: it didn't work out. You disappointed. God, this isn't fair. 145 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: Here's the good news that disappointment is not where your 146 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: story ends. God doesn't hold our failures against us. The 147 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: key is learned from your mistakes. Most of the time, 148 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: there's a lesson. There's something we could do differently. We 149 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: got in a hurry, we didn't take time to study. 150 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: We're doing a good thing, we know God put it 151 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: in our heart. We went about it the wrong way. 152 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: This was embarrassing for David. He was humiliated, this national event, 153 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: all of his leaders, the whole country watching, and it 154 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: turns into a big tragedy. David went back home so 155 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: disappointed he could have said, forget about that art. I'm 156 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: never touching that thing again. God, you better find someone else. 157 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: One thing that made David a champion is he was 158 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: willing to try again. He didn't stay disappointed. Instead of 159 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: sitting around in self fidy, he began to study how 160 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: you move the art? God? What did I do wrong? 161 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: Is there something I need to change? When we're disappointed 162 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: things haven't worked out, it's very powerful to look inside 163 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: and say, God, show me where I missed it? What 164 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: could I do better next time? Prepare more? Could I 165 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: watch my words in this relationship, not be critical in harsh? 166 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: Could I choose better people to be in business with. 167 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: Could I be more sensitive to what I'm feeling down 168 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: in here, not go against that unrest? Could I get 169 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: more knowledge to match this zeal? Study make sure the timing. 170 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: Nothing is ever wasted. If you learn from the experience, 171 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: there's a lesson. If you're open, God will show you 172 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: so you don't keep repeating the same mistakes. For three months, 173 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: the ark was stored in a house of the man 174 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: named Obed. You would think that David would be done 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: thinking about that after he was so disappointed, so embarrassed. 176 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: But during those three months David figured out what he 177 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: did wrong. Says in verse thirteen. It was because the Levites, 178 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: the priests didn't carry the arc that the anger of 179 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: the Lord broke out. We did not inquire of him. 180 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: How did do it the prescribed way? David is saying 181 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: something powerful. I had all this passion, all this zeal, 182 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: but I should have asked God how to do it 183 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: the right way? There was a prescribed way. How many 184 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: disappointments can this keep us from? If we'll ask God 185 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: ahead of time. God showed me how to do this. 186 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: God give me wisdom, show me the best way. David 187 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: made a mistake, learned the lesson. That could have been 188 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: the end. He didn't bring the art back. It stayed 189 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: with Obed. David had this boldness to try again. His 190 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: attitude was when I fall, I shall arise. Verse twenty 191 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: eight says David went down to Obed's house and brought 192 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: the art to Jerusalem with great singing and dancing. Three 193 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: months earlier he was down on himself, thinking he blew it. 194 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: Now he's got the art, dancing, celebrating, thanking God for 195 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: the victory. Like David, we're all going to go through disappointments. 196 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Times we did our best, We had good intentions, didn't 197 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: work out. Doesn't seem fair. That's not the end of 198 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: the story. Thoughts will tell you you'll never bring the arkon, 199 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: never start your business. The last one didn't make it, 200 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: Never have a healthy relationship. You put your heart and 201 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: soul into the last one. It didn't last. No, learn 202 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: the lesson and dare to try again. God will always 203 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: give you another chance. Now, what will keep you stuck 204 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: is if you don't try Joel, I've been too hurt, 205 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: too embarrassed, through too much. You're right where David was. 206 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: He could have settled there, and disappointment missed his destiny. 207 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: You have to get your fire back. You are coming 208 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: into a window of grace to do what you couldn't 209 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: do before. God is breathing new life into your spirit, 210 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: new strength into your body, passion into your heart. That 211 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: setback didn't stop what he had planned. There may have 212 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: been a delay, but it didn't cancel your purpose. Your 213 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: art is still coming home, that dream is still going 214 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: to come to pass. Your child will still get back 215 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: on course, your marriage is still going to flourish. Your 216 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: business is still going to take off. Now you have 217 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: to do your part and try again. Go back to 218 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: Obed's house and get what belongs to you. Yes, the 219 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: disappointment was difficult, but it wasn't wasted. It prepared you. 220 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: You learned the lesson. This time, You're going to do 221 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: it the right way because you inquired of the Lord. 222 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: God is going to give you wisdom, insight, clear direction. 223 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: He's lining up the right people right now. He's arranging 224 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: things in your favor. When you see what God does 225 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: and how he brings to pass what you thought was 226 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: over and gives you another chance when thought said you've 227 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: made too many mistakes. You're going to dance like David dance. 228 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: There will be great shouts of joy and victory in 229 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: your house, in the house of the righteous. I met 230 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: a woman after the service a while back, and she 231 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: was eighty six years old, and she opened up this 232 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: folder and showed me a certificate. It was her college degree. 233 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: She had just graduated that weekend. She told how she 234 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: always promised her mother that she would get her degree 235 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: in her late teen she was in college, but she 236 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: got distracted. She didn't take it seriously. She's so busy 237 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: hanging around friends having fun. She ended up dropping out. 238 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: Over the years, she kept making excuses, Mom, I can't 239 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: do it now. I have children, have to go to work, 240 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: have so much responsibility. She had accepted that she had 241 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: missed her chance. Deep down, she never felt good about it. 242 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: She was always bothered that she did keep her word 243 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: to her mom, she didn't tap into that potential. One day, 244 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: she's flipping through the channels and she came across our 245 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: services and I was talking along these lines about how 246 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: it's never too late to get started and we have 247 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: to try again. Something came alive on the inside. See 248 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: that promise God put in you, that dream. It's like 249 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: a seed. It never dies. It can lie their dormant 250 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: for years, but it's still alive. At eighty two years old, 251 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: she went back to college and got her bachelor's degree, 252 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: fulfilled that promise. To her mother. I said, wow, man, 253 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: your mom must be so proud of you. She must 254 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: be smiling down from heaven right now. She said, no, Joel, 255 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: my mother's right over there, one hundred and four years old, 256 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: so healthy, smiling, waving. Are you going to miss something 257 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: God put in your heart because you never tried again. 258 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: I tried to write my book, but nobody helped me. 259 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: Try again. I tried to get in management. They said 260 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't talent enough. Try again. I tried to break 261 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: this addiction. It's been years. You are on the verge 262 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: of God doing a new thing. He sees the disappointment. 263 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: He knows what didn't work out. Lonely nights, those times 264 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: you did your best, You gave it your all, but 265 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: the art didn't come back home. That's not the end 266 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: of your story. God is the one that put the 267 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: dream in you. He's the one that gave you the 268 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: desire to be free, to be healthy, to get married. 269 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: You have to stir up those gifts. God didn't bring 270 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you. And sure you may 271 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: have missed the opportunity in the past. You didn't take 272 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: it seriously. But another chance is coming. You got turned 273 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: down for that promotion. That's not the end. Another one 274 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: is on the way. The relationship didn't work out, that 275 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: person walked out of your life. Someone better is already 276 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: in rout. My father was married at a young age, 277 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: and he was excited about life and excited about his future. 278 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: He never dreamed that marriage wouldn't make it. Sometimes life 279 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: throws things at us that we didn't see coming, and 280 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: my father was devastated. He was pastoring a church and 281 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: he not only lost his marriage, but he resigned from 282 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: his church, and denominational leaders told him that he would 283 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: never pastor again, that that attained his future. He was 284 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: no longer qualified. But people don't determine your destiny. God does. 285 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: People may write you off and focus on your failures. 286 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: How you don't measure up, you don't deserve it. But 287 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: God is full of mercies. He knows how to take 288 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: what was meant for harm, and turn it to your advantage. 289 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: My father left the ministry and started selling insurance, and 290 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: thoughts told him that he had blown it. Did he'd 291 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: never have a family and never be in ministry again. 292 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: The enemy is called the accuser. He'll remind you of 293 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: every mistake you've made. He wants you to live down 294 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: on yourself, reliving your mistakes, thinking that you're not worthy. 295 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: You need to tune all that out. God's mercy is 296 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: bigger than any mistake that you've made. Learn a lesson 297 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: from it, find anything that's helpful, what you could do better. 298 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: Then leave all the guilt the condemning voices behind. God 299 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: doesn't remember your mistakes. Why are you remembering them? If 300 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: anyone is bringing them up, you know it's not God. 301 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: That's the accuser trying to keep you from trying again. 302 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: It took a couple of months, but my father finally 303 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: shook off that defeated mentality and tuned out all the 304 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: condemning voices and started ministering again. A church hired him 305 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: as their pastor. He was visiting his members in the 306 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: hospital and saw this young nurse, a twenty two year 307 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: old girl named Dody. He liked her so much. He 308 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: would go to that hospital any chance he could. If 309 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: you told him one of your third cousins, best friends, 310 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: next door neighbors was in there, he'd go in a minute. 311 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: He was looking for reasons to show up, I think, 312 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: secretly praying that his members would get ill. Well. Mother 313 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: had never met him, but she told her friends that 314 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: pastor has the sickest congregation I have ever seen. She 315 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: didn't know. He wasn't after the patience he was after 316 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: the nurse. My parents got married and had four average children, 317 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: one exceptional child, and they were married almost fifty years. 318 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: Started Lakewood Day passored here nearly forty years. This all 319 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: happened after a disappointment, after a failure, when he was 320 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: doing his best. He had good intentions, but it didn't 321 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: work out. If my father had not tried again, I 322 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't be here. There wouldn't be a Lakewood. What will 323 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: the world miss if you don't try again? That mistake 324 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: didn't stop your purpose. God knows how to work all 325 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: things for your good. The disappointment didn't cancel your destiny. 326 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: The art didn't come home the first time, didn't turn 327 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: out like you had hoped. There were some mistakes, maybe 328 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: things you could have done better. God's not holding that 329 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: against you. Learn from it, ask him to show you 330 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: how you can do better. Be open for change. Then 331 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: this next part is so important. Try again, Joel. I 332 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: tried to forgive, but they hurt me so badly. I 333 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: know it's hard, but God is going to give you 334 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: the grace to do it. If you'll make a move, 335 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: you'll feel his power in a new way. I tried 336 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: to meet someone new, tried to get free from this addiction. 337 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 1: Didn't happen. Joel, this is a new day. You're stepping 338 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: into a new grace. The spirit of God is coming 339 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: on you in a greater way. This is a destiny moment. 340 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: The scripture says, today, when you hear his voice, do 341 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: not turn away. Don't go another five years on hold complacent, 342 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: thinking you've seen your best days. Go back and get 343 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: the arc. This time is coming home. This time there 344 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: will be great joy, great dancing, great celebration. You're gonna 345 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: look back and say, like David, look what the Lord 346 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: has done. He's gonna exceed your expectations. There was a 347 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,479 Speaker 1: man in the scripture named Zeruba bel God gave him 348 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: a dream to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, and the 349 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: king gave him permission to start the project. And he 350 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: took fifty thousand men and they laid the foundation. Took 351 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: two years. They were so excited. The scripture says the 352 00:21:56,359 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: people let out a great shout praising God because the 353 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: foundation had been laid. They were about to start the 354 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: next phase when opposition arose. The enemies of Judah heard 355 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: about what was happening. They didn't like it. They started 356 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: stirring up trouble and spreading rumors, trying to bring confusion. 357 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: It's interesting how when you start doing great things and 358 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: taking new ground, it stirs up the enemy, jealousy, gossip, 359 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: people trying to stop you. They were fine as long 360 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: as you stayed in your box. Don't make any ways. 361 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: Be ordinary. That's not who you are. You're a history maker. 362 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: God has called you to stand out to set new standards. 363 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: These people continue to cause trouble and lie about Zeruba bell. 364 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: They sent a letter to the king saying that he 365 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: was defiant and was going to lead a rebellion and 366 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: not pay taxes. All lies, but the king believed them. 367 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 1: They were ordered to stop the construction. No work could 368 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 1: be done. Week went by a month a year. I 369 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 1: can see zeruba Bell walking around the empty foundation, thinking, God, 370 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: what happened? I know you put this dream in my heart. 371 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: Why did they lie about me? He couldn't understand it. 372 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: But part of faith is trusting when it doesn't make sense, 373 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: believing that God is still in control when the promise 374 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: seems like it's never going to happen. Sixteen years, the 375 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: foundation sat there untouched. Zerubebel had accepted that it wasn't 376 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: meant to be. But what God starts, he's going to finish. 377 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: God doesn't abort dreams. We may give up, but God 378 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: doesn't give up. One day, the prophet Zachariah showed up. 379 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: He said, zeruba Bel, it's time to start rebuilding the 380 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: temple again. He could have thought, what do he means? 381 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: Been sixteen years? Do you know what we've been through? 382 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: All the disappointments, all the things people did to us us. 383 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: He had plenty of reasons to say, no, thanks, it's 384 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: too late. But like David, zerube Bel said, God, if 385 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: you say try again, then I'm going to try again. 386 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: Zachariah went on to say, this time, Zerubabill, it's not 387 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: going to be by your might by your power, but 388 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: by the spirit of the living God. He was saying 389 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: what God is saying to us. You're coming into a 390 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: window of grace where God is going to breathe on 391 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: your life. Supernatural provision, uncommon favored healing, freedom, things that 392 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. The hand of God is going 393 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: to make happen. This time there was a new king. 394 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: He found in the official archives that there was a 395 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: decree written years earlier that the temple was supposed to 396 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: be rebuilt. The king told the critics not that he 397 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: was going to stop Zeruba Bell, but that they had 398 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: to pay for the construction cost. He ordered the opposition 399 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: to provide all the material, all the supplies, and to 400 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: bring them food and water each day. The first time 401 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: it may not have worked out for you was unfair. 402 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: You got passed over. You've had these seasons of silence 403 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: where it seems like it could never happen. If you 404 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: will try again, you're going to see the hand of 405 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: God in ways you've never seen. It's not going to 406 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: be just by you might intellect, your connections. The most 407 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: tied God is going to open doors, turn your child around, 408 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: heal your body, give you explosive blessings that catapult you ahead. 409 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: Is there some area that you've given up in You 410 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: went through a disappointment, or you made a mistake, You 411 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: could have done it better. Don't go through life down 412 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: on yourself. Learn the lesson and move forward. You wouldn't 413 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: be hearing this if you weren't entering a window of grace, 414 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: the power to do what you couldn't do before. Try 415 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: again to make the marriage work, Try again to start 416 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: your business, Try again to have that baby, Try again 417 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: to get close to God. Your act of faith is 418 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: what causes the creator of the universe to do what 419 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: only he can do. If you'll do this, I believe 420 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: and declare, like David, You're gonna bring your our come. 421 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: God's gonna restore make ways, open doors like Zorubabill. Things 422 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: that looked like they were too late are about to 423 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: come to pass. Dreams. Business is healings, relationships, the fullness 424 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, 425 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 426 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 427 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I repent 428 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: of my sins, come into my heart. I make you 429 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 430 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 431 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 432 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 433 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 434 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place. It's 435 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: amazing what happens when you take a few moments throughout 436 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: the day to connect with God. A moment to thank 437 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: him for his goodness, a moment to declare his promises, 438 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: a moment to remember that he's working. Now love to 439 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: send him a new resource, three Minute Moments with God. 440 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: These short readings will help you refocus your thoughts, gain 441 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: a fresh perspective knowing that God is ordering your steps. 442 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: You don't need hours to connect with God. In just 443 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 1: a few minutes, you can turn your thoughts toward Him 444 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: and be encouraged by his promises. As you make time 445 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 1: for Him, you'll have greater peace and strength, and you'll 446 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: step into the favor that belongs to you. 447 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 2: Three Minute Moments with God is a powerful new devotional 448 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 2: designed to meet you right where you are inside. You'll 449 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:14,719 Speaker 2: find topical readings for whatever you're facing, whether you need peace, wisdom, healing, 450 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 2: or hope. Each one is filled with scripture and encouraging thought, 451 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 2: a heartfelt prayer, and faith building declarations. 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