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Thanks for letting us come into 44 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 4: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 45 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 4: stop buy be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 4: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, 47 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 4: right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you, but 48 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 4: thanks so much for tuning in. I like to start 49 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this elderly minister. 50 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 4: He was close to death. He sent word for two 51 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 4: of his members, an ours agent and a lawyer to 52 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 4: come to his house. Upon arrival, he motioned for them 53 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: to sit on each side of the bed. The men 54 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: were very moved that they could be with the minister 55 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 4: in his final moments. One point, the lawyer asked, very sincerely, sir, 56 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 4: why did you choose both of us. The minister mustered 57 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 4: up some strength and said, Jesus died between two sinners. 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 4: That's the way I want to go. Say it like 59 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 60 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 61 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 62 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 4: I will be the word of God. I boldly confess. 63 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 65 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about miracles out 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 4: of mistakes. We've all made wrong choices and done things 67 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: that we knew were not the best. It's one thing 68 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 4: when other people do us wrong. We had a bad break. 69 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: It wasn't our fault. We can have faith that God 70 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 4: will restore. He'll pay us back. But when we bring 71 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 4: the trouble on ourselves, when we blow it, it's easy 72 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: to live in regrets, thinking that God's not going to 73 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 4: help us. We made the mess. But here's the beauty. 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 4: God knew you would mess up before he called you. 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 4: He knew we would get off course at times given 76 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: to temptation. He didn't baste his plan for your life 77 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: on you making perfect decisions. God has a plan even 78 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: for your mistakes. What you think is a failure, you 79 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 4: blew it. Nothing good could come out of that. God 80 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 4: has a way of making miracles out of mistakes. He 81 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 4: can take what should have left you lonely disappointed, what 82 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 4: should have limited your career, instead of setting you back. 83 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 4: God knows how to turn it around and set you 84 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: up to move you towards your destiny. But too often 85 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 4: when we make mistakes, we go around down on ourselves, guilty, 86 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 4: not expecting anything good. Voices tell us too bad, Just 87 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 4: live with the consequences. Is all downhill from here, but 88 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 4: be encouraged. God is full of mercy. He doesn't turn 89 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 4: his back when we make mistakes. He doesn't say I'm 90 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 4: done with you, you'll never get it right. Just the opposite. 91 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 4: He comes running to us. He'll not only help you 92 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: clean up the mess you made, he'll take it one 93 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 4: step further and make miracles out of those mistakes. Paul 94 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 4: said it this way, All things work together for good 95 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 4: when you love the Lord. All things means even our mistakes, 96 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 4: the times we blew it God, of course, God knows 97 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 4: how to work it for our good. You may be 98 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 4: in a complicated situation, a problem that seems like it'll 99 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 4: never work out. There are other people involved, different personalities, 100 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 4: legal circumstances. It seems too complex. But God hasn't all 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 4: figured out. He can see things you can't see. His 102 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 4: ways are better than our ways. You may have brought 103 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: the trouble on yourself. God is saying, I'm going to 104 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 4: correct those complications. I'm going to resolve complex issues. I'm 105 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 4: going to make things work out that you could have 106 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 4: never made work on your own. That's what he did 107 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 4: for Abraham. In the scripture. God gave him the promise 108 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 4: that he and his wife Sarah were going to have 109 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: a baby. Year after year went by and nothing happened. 110 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 4: They decided to try to help God out out. Sarah 111 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 4: told Abraham to sleep with her maid, Hagar. He did, 112 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 4: and they had a baby boy that they named Ishmael. 113 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 4: They were so excited, thanking God for the promise, but 114 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 4: Ishmael wasn't the promised child, No disrespect to him. Ishmael 115 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 4: was a mistake. He was born out of Abraham and 116 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 4: Sarah's impatience. They got in a hurry, took matters into 117 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 4: their own hands, and had this baby. Now there was 118 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 4: strife and division in their home. Sarah was upset with Abraham, saying, 119 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 4: what in the world were you thinking sleeping with my maid? 120 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 4: He said, what do you mean, You're the one who 121 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 4: told me to do it. She said, you shouldn't have 122 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 4: listened to me. You should have known better. Every time 123 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 4: Sarah saw Hagar she became more and more upset. Finally, 124 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: she gave Abraham the ultimatum, either that lady in her 125 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: son leaves, or I'm leaving staying in the house with 126 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 4: that woman. Abraham was in a complicated situation, two women 127 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: mad at him. He's trying to please both of them. 128 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 4: He needed divine intervention. He was at a crossroads. He 129 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: has to send his son away out into the desert. 130 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 4: Looked like that would be the end of Ishmael. The 131 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: problem was he loved Ishmael, that was his son. He 132 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 4: was conflicted, thinking, I love Sarah and I love Ishmael. 133 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: How did I get myself into this mess? God could 134 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 4: have said, Abraham, you'd have listened to me, you wouldn't 135 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 4: have this mess, should have waited, should have been more patient. 136 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 4: Was your own fault? Instead, God said, in effect, yes, Abraham, 137 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 4: it's complicated. Yes it's dysfunctional, their strife and division. But 138 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have let you get in this mess if 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 4: I didn't know how to bring you out of this mess. 140 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 4: God told Abraham, I'm going to bring out of your 141 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 4: son Ishmael a great nation. I'm going to multiply his 142 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 4: descendants and make him extremely fruitful. Even though Ishmael was 143 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 4: considered a mistake born out of what the scripture calls 144 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 4: works of the flesh, trying to make it happen on 145 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 4: our own, God in his mercy, said, I'm going to 146 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 4: take that mistake and make a miracle. I'm going to 147 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: bring something significant out of him. Abraham in spite of 148 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 4: your failures, in spite of how you blew it. Like Abraham, 149 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 4: we all have some Ishmaels. Times we blew it, tried 150 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 4: to make it happen on our own. God involved in 151 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 4: things we shouldn't have. Now it's a mess. The accuser 152 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 4: constantly whispers, God's not gonna bless you. You knew better. 153 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 4: Just sit on the sidelines of life. Don't believe those lies. 154 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 4: God has mercy for every stay. God loves to make 155 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 4: the enemy pay for bringing that trouble. If you'll stay 156 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 4: in faith, God will not only bring you through it, 157 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 4: he'll take the mess you made, clean it up, and 158 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 4: bring you out better. Abraham had a son named Isaac. 159 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 4: Isaac had a son named Jacob. Jacob had a son 160 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 4: named Joseph. Abraham was Joseph's great great grandfather. You remember 161 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 4: as a teenager, Joseph's brothers were jealous of him and 162 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 4: threw him into a pit. They were going to leave 163 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 4: him there to die, but the scripture says a caravan 164 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 4: of Ishmaelites came passing by. These were the descendants of Ishmael, 165 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 4: part of the great nation that God promised Abraham. When 166 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 4: Joseph's brothers saw the Ishmaelites. They changed their mind and 167 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 4: decided to sell Joseph to them. If it had not 168 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: been for the Ishmaelites, Joseph would have died there in 169 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 4: the pit. He would have never made it to the palace, 170 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 4: never been in charge of the food supply during the famine. 171 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 4: The Israelites years later wouldn't have had what they needed 172 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 4: to survive. What am I saying, the mistake of Abraham 173 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,719 Speaker 4: became the miracle of his great great grandson Joseph. This 174 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 4: is how amazing God is. He has a plan even 175 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 4: for our mistakes, even when we blow it. The scripture 176 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 4: says God is going to work all things for our good. 177 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 4: He cannot only correct a complicated situation, but he can 178 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: somehow use it years later to bless your descendants. Some 179 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 4: of you are thinking, my descendants are going to really 180 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 4: be blessed all the mistakes I've made. But sometimes we 181 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 4: make mistakes like Abraham, when we're trying to do the 182 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 4: right thing. Our heart is in the right place, but 183 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: we miss it. We believe God will help us because 184 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 4: He's merciful and we were doing our best. Other times, 185 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 4: we know what the right thing thing is, We know 186 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 4: what we should do, but we do just the opposite. 187 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 4: This is when we think I don't deserve God's goodness, Joel, 188 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 4: I made the mess. I knew I shouldn't hang around 189 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 4: these friends. I did it anyway. Now I'm in trouble. 190 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 4: Now I had this addiction. I knew I should control 191 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 4: my temper. I knew I should bite my tongue, but 192 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 4: I kept giving in. Now I don't have a job. 193 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 4: Now I lost a relationship. When we bring trouble on ourselves, 194 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 4: thoughts of guilt and condemnation bombard our mind, saying God's 195 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 4: not going to help you. You knew better. Just sit 196 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 4: on the sidelines of life. This is how Jonah felt 197 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 4: in the scripture. God told him to go to the 198 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 4: city of Nineveh. He had clear directions. He knew exactly 199 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 4: what he was supposed to do. But Jonah didn't want 200 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 4: to go to Nineveh. He got on a boat headed 201 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 4: in the opposite direction. The scripture says the Lord caused 202 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: a great wind to blow on the sea, and such 203 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: a violent storm arose that it threatened to break the 204 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 4: boat apart. It's interesting that the Lord sent the storm. 205 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 4: God knows how to get our attention, and when you 206 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 4: know you're going the wrong way like this boat, things 207 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 4: are going to start to fall apart. You can't pray 208 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 4: away all the winds. You can say peace be still 209 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 4: all day long, but the winds may not calm down. 210 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 4: It is because you're causing the trouble. God loves you 211 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: too much to let you miss your destiny. He's not 212 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 4: going to let you go year after year on the 213 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 4: wrong course and never get your attention. And sometimes it's 214 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 4: the enemy fighting us, trying to keep us from our destiny. 215 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 4: That's why we have storms difficulties. Other times we're bringing 216 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 4: the trouble on ourselves. If we just get back on 217 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 4: the right course, do what we know we should do, 218 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 4: those winds would calm down. People sailing with Jonah said, 219 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 4: who's responsible for causing all this trouble? Jonah said, it's me. 220 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 4: I'm a Hebrew, I worship God. I know where I'm 221 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 4: supposed to be going, But I'm running from the Lord. 222 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 4: When you're running from the Lord, you're running from your destiny. 223 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 4: It's not only going to cause you trouble, it's going 224 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 4: to bring trouble to the people around you. When they 225 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 4: threw Jonah overboard, the winds died down. The storms stopped. 226 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: Our decisions don't just affect us, They affect our family. 227 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 4: They affect our children. If you don't do the right 228 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 4: thing for yourself, at least do it for your children. 229 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 4: At least do it for your family. Jonah was big 230 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 4: enough to admit I'm the cause. That's the first step 231 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 4: to victory. As long as you're making excuses, thinking it 232 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 4: doesn't matter than the winds, the storms, the difficulty are 233 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: going to continue. Jonah was out in the ocean, thrown overboard. 234 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure he thought I'm done, and I have nobody 235 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 4: to blame. It was all my fault. All of a sudden, 236 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 4: a huge fish swallowed Jonah. God in his great mercy, 237 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 4: was saying, Jonah, you can run, but you can't hide. 238 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 4: I'm not finished with you. I have a destiny for 239 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 4: you to fulfill. The Psalmist said, if you go down 240 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 4: to the depths of the ocean or way up in 241 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 4: the heavens, God will be right there. You can't get 242 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 4: away from him. You haven't made too many mistakes, you 243 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 4: haven't blown it too many times. God's calling on your 244 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 4: life is irrevocable. That means God is not going to 245 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 4: change his mind because you got off course. He's not 246 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 4: going to leave you alone until you get back on 247 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 4: the right path. The sooner you do that, the better 248 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 4: off you're going to be. Jonah was sitting in the 249 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 4: belly of the well. It was dark, uncomfortable, it stunk. 250 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 4: Most people would have complained. Not Jonah. He was grateful 251 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 4: to be alive. He knew it was the mercy of 252 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 4: God having that fish. They're waiting for him. God will 253 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 4: allow storms when we get off course. He may allow 254 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 4: something to get our attention, but he's not going to 255 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 4: let those difficulties take your life. Three days later, that 256 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 4: well spit Jonah up on dry ground, and the scripture says, 257 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 4: the word of the Lord came a second time to Jonah. 258 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 4: God gave him another chance. What did God say this time? 259 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 4: Go to the city of Nineveh, same thing he said 260 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 4: the first time. Friends, God is not going to change 261 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 4: his mind. You might as well do what he's asking 262 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 4: you to do. He'll give you a second chance, a 263 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 4: third chance, a twentieth chance. But it's going to be 264 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 4: stormy until you get back on the right course. Yes, 265 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 4: he'll have a fish there to save you. Yes, he'll 266 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 4: make a miracle out of that mistake. But at some 267 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: point you have to take responsibility and say, I'm the Jonah. 268 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 4: I'm going against what I know is not right. I'm 269 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 4: hanging out with these friends that I know are pulling 270 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 4: me down. I'm living negative, critical hard to get along with. 271 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 4: I'm not being disciplined in what I'm watching. That's going 272 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 4: to cause it to be rocky, not just for you, 273 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 4: but for the people around you. And God is not 274 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 4: asking you to be perfect. He's not asking you to 275 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 4: never make a mistake. But he is asking us to 276 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 4: deal with the things that are holding us back, to 277 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: not let the same areas of compromise keep us down 278 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 4: year after year. He has some many of us for 279 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 4: you to go to, some people, for you to impact 280 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 4: new levels of your destiny. David said it this way. 281 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 4: The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 282 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 4: Though he fall, he will not be destroyed, for the 283 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 4: Lord will be there to pick him up. This is saying, 284 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 4: even though God is directing our steps, there will be 285 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: times that we fall, we make mistakes, we get off. Course, 286 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 4: God doesn't say that's it, I'm done with you. Just 287 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 4: like with Jonah, God will be right there to help 288 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 4: pick you up. He'll help you get back on the 289 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 4: right course. It's like the navigation system you may have 290 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,719 Speaker 4: in your car. Most of us have a GPS system, 291 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 4: even on our cell phone. You type in the address 292 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 4: and the computer calculates the best route. Then it starts 293 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 4: telling you where to go, things like turn right in 294 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 4: three hundred feet, stay to the left, and enter the freeway. 295 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 4: The other day, I was driving to a friend of 296 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 4: mine's house. He lives about thirty miles away, and the 297 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 4: lady on the GPS came on and said exit in 298 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 4: a quarter of a mile. Well, Victoria and I were talking. 299 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 4: There was a lot of traffic, and accidentally I passed 300 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 4: up that exit. If you miss a turn or you 301 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 4: don't obey what the lady's telling you to do, she 302 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 4: doesn't come back on and say you missed your exit, 303 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 4: Go back and try again, she says, recalculating route. The 304 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 4: navigation system is designed for people who make mistakes. It 305 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,479 Speaker 4: doesn't give you one way, and if you miss it, 306 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 4: that's it. As long as you have gas in your 307 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 4: car or battery in your cell phone, it's gonna tell 308 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 4: you how to get to your destination. I have never 309 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 4: missed a turn and had the lady come on and 310 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 4: say I'm sorry, you can't get there from here. You're 311 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 4: just too lost. Never once has she said, you've disobeyed 312 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 4: too many of my commands. I'm done with you. You're finished. 313 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 4: One time, I knew the way I wanted to go. 314 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 4: I was in a neighborhood that I was familiar with, 315 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 4: but the GPS system was telling me to go a 316 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 4: different route. It wanted me to turn left and then 317 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 4: go way down the street. Well, I wanted to go 318 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 4: down the street first and then turn left. Same difference. 319 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 4: But for about two miles, every block it told me 320 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 4: turn left and then said recalculating route. I heard that 321 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 4: every ten seconds, recalculating route, recalculating route. What's interesting is, 322 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 4: no matter how stubborn I was, no matter how much 323 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 4: I ignored that lady, she never got mad at me. She 324 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 4: never came on said you're a loser. Don't ever get 325 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 4: on this system. I'm never gonna help you. She just 326 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 4: kept recalculating the route, trying to get me to my destination. 327 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 4: If the GPS lady can continually recalculate when we get 328 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 4: off course, how much more with the creator of the 329 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: universe recalculate our route when we make mistakes. If she 330 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 4: doesn't give up on us, why do we think our 331 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 4: heavenly father is going to give up on us? Well, Joey, 332 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 4: it's because I got so far off course. I shouldn't 333 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 4: have given into this addiction. I should have raised my 334 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 4: children better. I should have stayed in church, kept God 335 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 4: in first place. The good news is you haven't made 336 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 4: too many terms. You haven't missed too many exits. Your 337 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 4: heavenly Father is not mad at you. He's saying, recalculating route, 338 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 4: I still have a way to get you to your destiny. 339 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 4: That mistake didn't stop my plan. That delay didn't cancel 340 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 4: your purpose. Why don't you quit beating yourself up, quit 341 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,719 Speaker 4: reliving your failures all the time you've missed it, and 342 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 4: get back on the right path. It's not too late. 343 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 4: God's mercy is bigger than any mistake you've made. Unlike 344 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: the GPS, lady, God knows the end from the beginning. 345 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 4: He knew every mistake you would make. He has already 346 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 4: recalculated your route. You can still fulfill the best plan 347 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 4: God has for your life. Abraham and Sarah did they 348 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 4: made that mistake. Abraham had a baby out of wedlock, 349 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 4: one point, Abraham lied and told everyone Sarah, his wife, 350 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 4: was his sister. God didn't say I'm done with you. 351 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 4: You are one dysfunctional family. You lie, you're impatient. God 352 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 4: kept recalculating the route, kept giving them another chance. At 353 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 4: the age of one hundred, Abraham saw the promise come 354 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 4: to pass. Isaac was born, the promised child. You may 355 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: have made decisions that have delayed things. You got off course, 356 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: but you're not stuck. God has a new route. If 357 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 4: you'll get your passion back, shake off the guilt, God 358 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 4: will get you to where you're supposed to be, not 359 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 4: some secondary place, but to the best plan that He 360 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 4: has for your life. When the Israelites were in the desert, 361 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 4: headed toward the Promised Land, they got tired and started complaining. 362 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 4: The scripture says even though they were stubborn and refused 363 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 4: to obey God's commands, he was still good to them. 364 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 4: That was God recalculating their route. They wouldn't obey his commands. 365 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 4: God did and say I'm done with you. He kept 366 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 4: giving them water when they were thirsty, food when they 367 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 4: were hungry. At one point they made an idol and said, 368 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 4: this is the God who brought us out of slavery. 369 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 4: After all God had done for them, parted the Red Sea, 370 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 4: brought them out of Phah's hand. You would think God 371 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 4: would say I am done with you. You are on 372 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: your own, But the scripture says in his mercy, God 373 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 4: did not abandon them. He is a god of forgiveness, 374 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: slow to become angry, full of unfailing love and kindness. 375 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 4: When we make mistakes, God doesn't abandon us when we 376 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 4: get off course, we'd obey his commands. He doesn't write 377 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 4: us all. You can turn your back on God, but 378 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 4: God's not going to turn his back on you. You 379 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 4: may be off course, you've made poor decisions, but God 380 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 4: has already recalculated your wrath. He already has a new 381 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 4: way to get you to your destination. My father was 382 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 4: married at a very early age. Unfortunately, that marriage didn't 383 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 4: work out. Daddy was devastated. He resigned from his church. 384 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 4: Denominational leaders told him that he would never pastor again. 385 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 4: He thought his days of ministry was over. Didn't think 386 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 4: he'd ever have a family. He left the ministry and 387 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 4: started selling insurance. Every thought told him you're a failure. 388 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 4: You blew it. Nothing goods in your future. What he 389 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 4: couldn't hear was God saying, recalculating rout, I still have 390 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 4: a way. I make miracles out of mistakes. God didn't 391 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 4: abandon him when he got off course. He fell, but 392 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 4: like David said, God was right there to help pick 393 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 4: him back up. And eventually my father shook off the guilt. 394 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 4: He quit listening to the accusing voices. Two years later 395 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 4: he got back in the ministry. One day, he was 396 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 4: at the hospital visiting some of his members when he 397 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 4: noticed a beautiful young nurse. It was my mother. He 398 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 4: was so taken by her he started looking for any 399 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 4: opportunity he could find to go up to that hospital. 400 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 4: He would visit your great uncle, second cousins, next door, neighbor, 401 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: if you ask him to. He was almost hoping some 402 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 4: of his members would get sick so he could go 403 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 4: to the hospital. My mother didn't know what was going on. 404 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 4: She told a friend that pastor has the sickest congregation 405 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 4: I've ever seen. Finally dawned on her he was up 406 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 4: there to see her. Long story short, They fell in love, 407 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 4: got married, had five children. I'm glad God recalculated the route, 408 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: or I wouldn't be here today. But my father went 409 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 4: on to have a ministry, touched the world, married to 410 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 4: my mother for over forty four years. What am I saying, 411 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 4: No mistake you've made is too much for the mercy 412 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 4: of God. He knows how to rewraut. Quit beating yourself up, 413 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 4: living guilty, thinking you've seen your best days. You wouldn't 414 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 4: be alive unless God had something greater in your future. 415 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 4: This is what happened with Moses. He made a mistake 416 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 4: as a young man. He knew God had called him 417 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 4: to deliver the Israelites from slavery, like Abraham and Sarah. 418 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 4: He got in a hurry and tried to do it 419 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 4: in his own strength. He saw a Hebrew slave being mistreated. 420 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: He didn't think anyone was watching, so he killed the 421 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 4: man who was mistreating him. The next day, somebody told 422 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 4: the Faiah Moses had to run for his life. He 423 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 4: spent years on the backside of the desert in hiding. 424 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 4: This is not what he had planned. It looked like 425 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 4: he had missed his destiny. It was nobody's fault except 426 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 4: his own. God didn't write him off. God didn't say, Moses, 427 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 4: you knew better, why didn't you wait? God simply said 428 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 4: recalculating Ralph. Forty years later, Moses was still in the 429 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 4: desert and he was forgotten, giving up on his dreams. Suddenly, 430 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 4: a bush exploded in front of him, like spontaneous combustion. 431 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 4: It burned and burned. Strange thing was the bush didn't 432 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 4: burn up. Intrigued, Moses walked over to see what was 433 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 4: going on. A voice boomed out, Moses, Moses, take off 434 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 4: your sandals. You are standing on Holy gram Moses was confused, 435 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 4: thinking I failed. I've made mistakes. I thought I was done, 436 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 4: but I hear him calling my name, not once, but twice. Moses. 437 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 4: Most if God would have said it once, he would 438 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 4: have thought I'm hearing things. This sun is getting to me. 439 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: God said it twice on purpose, so there would be 440 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: no doubt about it. At the age of eighty, after 441 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 4: a forty year detour, God recalculated the route Moses went 442 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 4: on to deliver the Israelites. He fulfilled his purpose. I 443 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 4: believe today God is recalculating some routes. You may have 444 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 4: made mistakes. You think you've blown it too many times. 445 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,959 Speaker 4: You need to get ready, like Moses, a burning bush 446 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 4: is coming your way. You messed up. But if you'll listen, 447 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 4: You'll hear God calling your name. He's saying, get your 448 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 4: passion back, shake off the guilt, get ready to take 449 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 4: new ground. You can still become all God's created you 450 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 4: to be. He's not finished with you. If you'll do this, 451 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 4: I believe and declare God is going to make miracles 452 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 4: out of your mistakes. He's going to correct complicated situations, 453 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 4: restore what the enemy's stolen, and take it into the 454 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. And if you 455 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 4: receive it today, can you say amen, I'd like to 456 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 4: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 457 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 4: your life. Would you pray with me? 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