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That difficulty 37 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 5: is a setup for him to show out in your life. 38 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 5: He's going to do something unusual, something out of the ordinary, 39 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 5: that will thrust you into your purpose, something that will 40 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 5: suddenly change things in your favor. Hi, this is Joel 41 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 5: and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 5: this time with you. I know you're going to leave 43 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 5: encouraged and inspired. 44 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 6: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 45 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 6: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 46 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 47 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. 48 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 5: God bless you. Thanks so much for letting us come 49 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 5: into your homes. We are praying for you and your 50 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 5: family for God's very best. I like to start with 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 5: something funny. And one day Adam was feeling very lonely. 52 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 5: God said, Adam, I'm going to make you a companion. 53 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 5: It's going to be called a woman. This person will 54 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 5: cook for you and wash your clothes. She will bear 55 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 5: you children, never ask you to get up in the 56 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 5: middle of the night. She will always agree with you, 57 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: and if you do have a disagreement, she'll be the 58 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 5: first to admit that she was wrong. Adam said, wow, God, 59 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 5: what will a woman like this cost? God said an 60 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 5: arm and a leg. Adam said, what can I get 61 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 5: for a rib? 62 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 4: And the rest is history? Say it like you mean it. 63 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 5: This is my Bible and what it says I am. 64 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. 68 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 69 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: bless you. 70 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about victory begins 71 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 5: in the dark. The book of Genesis starts off telling 72 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 5: how God created everything. It says the evening and the 73 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 5: morning were the first day. You would think it would 74 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 5: be the reverse, the morning and the evening were the 75 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 5: first day. But God starts the day in the dark. 76 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 5: At twelve a m. Nothing looks any different. If you 77 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 5: didn't have a watch, you wouldn't know you've entered a 78 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 5: new day. It's still dark outside, looks the same as 79 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 5: it did at nine o'clock, at ten o'clock, at eleven o'clock, 80 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 5: there's no sign that something has changed. But when the 81 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 5: clock strikes midnight, in that one second, when nothing looks 82 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: any different, it goes from PM to am. 83 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 4: It's still dark, but it's a new day. 84 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 5: It would make more sense if God started the day 85 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 5: in the light, when the sun came up at six 86 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 5: or seven in the morning, when the dawn breaks the 87 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 5: light comes, then it's obvious we would know it's a 88 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 5: new day. 89 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 4: We can see it. Things have changed. 90 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: We hear the birds start chirping, the sun comes over 91 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 5: the horizon. 92 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 4: We have all this evidence that. 93 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 5: We've entered a new day. But on purpose, God chose 94 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 5: to start the day in the dark. It's symbolic of 95 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 5: how He does things in our lives. He gives us 96 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 5: a promise. He says, we've come into a new day. 97 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 5: He's restoring health back into us. We're going to lend 98 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 5: and not borrow. Our child is going to get back 99 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 5: on course. We believe, we pray, we stand in faith. 100 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 5: But nothing is changing. Nothing looks any different, nothing feels 101 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 5: any different. 102 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 4: Still dark outside. 103 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 5: Jord is still hurting, My business hasn't grown, my health 104 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 5: hasn't improved. This is what faith is all about. You 105 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 5: can't see it, but you have to know. You passed midnight. 106 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 5: You've gone from PM to am. Yes, it's still dark outside. Yes, 107 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 5: nothing has changed, but the sun is on its way up. 108 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 5: Healing is on the horizon. Promotion freedom the right people. 109 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 5: It's just a matter of time before you see the 110 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 5: light come breaking forth. Now, don't be discouraged by the dark. 111 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 5: The dark doesn't mean nothing has changed. The dark is 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 5: not a sign that God is not working, that he 113 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: didn't hear your prayer. Thoughts will tell you. 114 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 4: Would have seen something. By now you would feel a 115 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 4: little better. 116 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 5: One of those companies would have called you back. That 117 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 5: addiction wouldn't be this strong. You have to walk by 118 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 5: faith and not by sight. If you walk by sight, 119 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 5: you'll talk yourself out of it. Because eleven thirty at 120 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 5: night does it look any different than midnight? Everything you 121 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 5: can see, feel, touch, smell looks just the same. There's 122 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 5: no evidence that it's a new day. But the psawmist said, 123 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 5: the moment you pray, the tide of the battle terms 124 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 5: you can't see it. But when you prayed, you left 125 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 5: the PM and you came into AM. 126 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 4: It's a new day. 127 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 5: You may not be able to see any sign of it. 128 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 5: That's okay. Victory begins in the dark, and we all 129 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 5: go through these times where we don't think it's going 130 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 5: to work out, seasons where nothing is changing. 131 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: We're being our best, but the business is not growing. 132 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 4: We're standing in faith, but our health is not improving. 133 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: It's tempting to think that God has forgotten about us. 134 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 5: We're always going to have this obstacle. The fact is 135 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 5: light is on the way. What God promised you is 136 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 5: en route. You may have struggled in an area a 137 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 5: long time, you've been believing for things to change in 138 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 5: your marriage finances with an addiction, it seems permanent. God 139 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 5: is saying you've already entered a new day. You've already 140 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 5: passed midnight. You can't see it yet, but victory is on. 141 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: The way now. 142 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 5: Instead of complaining about the dark, have a new perspective. 143 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 5: The dark means the sun is on the way up, 144 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 5: The promise is about to come forth. Who can stop 145 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 5: the sun from rising each morning? Who can keep light 146 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 5: from breaking forth over the horizon? All the forces of 147 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 5: darkness cannot stop what God has ordained for you. They 148 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 5: cannot keep what He promised from coming to pass. In 149 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 5: the face of that darkness, when you don't see any light, 150 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 5: get in agreement with God. 151 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: Father, thank you that it's a new day. 152 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 5: It may be still dark out, but I don't go 153 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 5: by what I see. I go by what I know, 154 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 5: and I know that I've passed midnight. 155 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 4: That means my. 156 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 5: Healing is coming, my breakthrough is coming, my abundance is coming. 157 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 4: My victory is coming. 158 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 5: When you realize God starts with darkness to bring about 159 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 5: new things in our life, then you won't get discouraged 160 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 5: by the darkness. You'll thank him in the middle of 161 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 5: the darkness. You'll praise Him despite what's trying to stop you. 162 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 5: This is what Paul and Silas did. They were put 163 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: in prison for sharing their faith. The religious leaders the 164 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: saddest ses. 165 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 4: They didn't like them. They accused them of causing a disturbance. 166 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 5: They were in the deepest part of the dungeon to 167 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 5: make sure they couldn't escape. 168 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 4: But God won't let you. 169 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 5: Get in a problem that he can't bring you out of. 170 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 5: If that difficulty was going to stop your destiny, God 171 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 5: wouldn't have allowed it. 172 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: It may seem too. 173 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 5: Big for you, you could never overcome it, But it's 174 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 5: not too big for our God. He already has the solution. 175 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 5: That trouble can't keep you from your purpose. That set 176 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 5: back in your finances, the anxiety, the depression is not permanent. 177 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 4: It may be dark now, you've. 178 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 5: Had some bad breaks, or you brought trouble on yourself. 179 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 5: You think you're stuck, nor get ready. God is not 180 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 5: through with you. What he ordained for your life will 181 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 5: come to pass. That difficulty is a setup for Him 182 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 5: to show out in your life. He's going to do 183 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 5: something unusual, something out of the ordinary, that will thrust 184 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 5: you into your purpose, something that will suddenly. 185 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 4: Change things in your favor. 186 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 5: Paul and Silas had changed around their feet guard standing 187 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 5: outside the prison gates. It looked like they would be 188 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: put away and we'd never hear from them again. All 189 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 5: the odds were against them, but people don't have the 190 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 5: final say. What you're up against may be bigger, more powerful, 191 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 5: more influential, but you and God are a majority. Him 192 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 5: being for you is more than the world being against you. 193 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 5: There's not an obstacle he can't move. There's not a 194 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 5: sickness he can't heal, not an addiction. He can't free 195 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 5: you from sitting in the dungeon, falsely accused. They could 196 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 5: have been depressed. God, why is this happening. It's not fair. 197 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 5: We were doing what you wanted us to do. But 198 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 5: the scripture says at midnight they were singing praises and 199 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 5: giving thanks to God. It's interesting that we're told when 200 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 5: this happened. Most other miracles we read about we don't 201 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 5: have the time, that detail isn't recorded. But God had 202 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 5: the writer tell us this time because midnight means it 203 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 5: was a new day. As they were singing praises, suddenly 204 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 5: there was a great earthquake. 205 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 4: The prison doors flew open, chains. 206 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 5: Fell off their feet, and they walked out as free men. 207 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,319 Speaker 5: It's not a coincidence that this all happened at midnight. 208 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 5: They may have been singing at ten o'clock in the evening, 209 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 5: nothing happened, Thanking God at eleven o'clock, nothing happened. Praising 210 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 5: at eleven thirty, still nothing. But when they hit midnight, 211 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 5: when that new day started, suddenly things changed. 212 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: God was showing us It. 213 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 5: May be dark all around you, you don't see a 214 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 5: way out, but when you come into that new day, 215 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 5: when you cross from PM to am, things suddenly shift. 216 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 5: And sometimes you see it all at once, like with 217 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 5: Paul and Silas. Other times you see it later. But 218 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 5: the moment you praise, things change in your favor. 219 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 4: There may be a period. 220 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 5: Of darkness where it doesn't look like anything is happening. 221 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 5: But if you'll do like them and just keep thanking 222 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: God that he's fighting your battles, thanking him that he's 223 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 5: making ways where you don't see away, then you're going 224 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 5: to come into these times where God will suddenly show 225 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 5: out in your life. He'll make things happen that you 226 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 5: couldn't make happen. You may have areas where it feels 227 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 5: dark right now, nothing is changing. 228 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 4: That's a test. 229 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 5: Will you praise him in the dark? Will you thank 230 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 5: him that what he promised is on the way? Will 231 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 5: you talk like it's going to turn around. Believe that 232 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 5: healing is coming even though the medical report isn't improving. 233 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 5: Don't go by what you feel. Your feelings don't always 234 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 5: tell you the truth. Your emotions will try to convince 235 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 5: you that it's never going to work out. Your mind 236 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 5: will tell you all the reasons it's not going to happen. 237 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 4: Look how big those obstacles are. 238 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 5: A walk by faith, Father, thank you that I've come 239 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 5: into my midnight, that it's a new day. It may 240 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 5: still be dark out, but I know you start the 241 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 5: day in the dark. I know that means light is 242 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 5: on the way. Keep a song of praise in your heart. Well, Joel, 243 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 5: I've been doing this a long time. I don't understand 244 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 5: why nothing is changing. God's timing is not our timing. 245 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 5: Keep doing the right thing. You're in a new day. 246 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 5: You pass midnight, it may be three in the morning. 247 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 5: You have a few more hours, so to speak, before 248 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 5: the sun comes up. 249 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 4: I've learned. 250 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 5: The longer it's taking, the better it's going to be. 251 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 5: God is getting you prepared for the blessing. He's already 252 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 5: prepared for you. And when it's taking a long time, 253 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 5: that's because the blessing. 254 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 4: Is bigger than you can handle. 255 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 5: Right now, he's getting you stronger, more mature, more confident. 256 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 5: He's getting other people that are involved in place, He's 257 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 5: doing a work in them. Don't be discouraged because it's 258 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 5: been dark a long time. That's a sign God is 259 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 5: about to do something that you've never seen. It's going 260 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 5: to be bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling than you've ever imagined. Now, 261 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 5: keep praising Him in the dark, Keep being good to 262 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 5: other people in the dark, giving serving. When you do that, 263 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 5: like Paul and Silas, suddenly doors are going to open. 264 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 5: Suddenly you're going to come in opportunity, the right people, 265 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 5: healing breakthroughs. 266 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 4: It's going to catapult you ahead. 267 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 5: When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen 268 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 5: eighty one, she had been in the hospital for twenty 269 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 5: one days. One Monday evening, the doctors called my father 270 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: in and said there was nothing more they could do 271 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 5: for her. They gave her a few weeks to live. 272 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 5: My father drove her home that afternoon in the traffic. 273 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 5: It felt like the longest drive. 274 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 4: Of their life. It was a very dark time. 275 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 5: My mother could have been depressed, given up on life, 276 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 5: but she knew that God is a healer and that 277 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 5: he has the final save. She and my father went 278 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 5: to their bedroom, laid down on the floor and prayed. 279 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 5: God said in Psalm fifty, call under me in the 280 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 5: day of trouble, and. 281 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: I will rescue you. 282 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 5: A lot of times in our difficulties, we call people, 283 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 5: call friends, call relatives, call experts, and that's all fine. 284 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 5: But make sure you call out to God ask him 285 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 5: to help you. He created the universe, he flung stars 286 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 5: into place. He has all power. You don't have to 287 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 5: beg him, you don't have to plead with him. He's 288 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 5: longing to be good to you. The scripture says, it 289 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 5: is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 290 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 5: Just ask in faith for what he's already promised. One 291 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: of the most powerful things we can do is take 292 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 5: God's word to him. 293 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 4: Remind him what he said. Father, you said you would 294 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 4: restore health backon to me. 295 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 5: Lord, I'm asking for your healing. I'm asking you to 296 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 5: do what medicine cannot do. Take his word and pray 297 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 5: bold prayers. Father, you said my children will be mighty 298 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: in the land. I'm asking you to free them from 299 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 5: this addiction. Take away these. 300 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 4: Wrong friends, help them to fulfill their destiny. 301 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 5: Well, Father, you said I would prosper and be in 302 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 5: good health, that I would live. Did not borrow that. 303 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 5: You are Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. So Lord, 304 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to supply all of my needs. Make 305 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 5: rivers in the desert, give me overflow so I can 306 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 5: be a bigger blessing. On December eleventh, nineteen eighty one, 307 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 5: when my mother and father prayed and asked God to 308 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 5: heal her from that cancer. My mother believed that day 309 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 5: she received her healing, that she came in to her midnight, 310 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 5: that she went from PM to am. But here's the key. 311 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 5: Nothing looked any different. She was still very frail, her 312 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 5: skin was yellow. She only weighed eighty nine pounds. I 313 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 5: never heard her complain, She never talked defeat. She would 314 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 5: go through the house quoting scriptures, I will live and 315 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 5: not die, and declare the works of the Lord. 316 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: It was still dark. 317 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 5: The medical report hadn't changed month after month, no sign 318 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: of improvement. All of her senses said it's not going 319 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 5: to work out. She did look good, she didn't feel well. 320 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 5: Her emotions, her thoughts said she wasn't going to make it. 321 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 5: But she wasn't moved by what she saw. She kept 322 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 5: thanking God, walking by faith and not by sight. Sight said, 323 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 5: it's dark, nothing has changed, you'll. 324 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 4: Never get well. But faith said, I've entered a new day. 325 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 4: It's dark now, but light is coming. 326 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 5: It's just a matter of time before the healing breaks 327 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 5: forth over the horizon. Didn't happen like Paul and Silas suddenly, 328 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 5: but over time, little by little, she started getting better 329 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 5: and better. Her skin color came back to normal. She 330 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: gained her weight back, got her strength. Today, almost forty 331 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 5: years later, she's perfectly healthy and who no cancer in 332 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 5: her body. 333 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 4: God has the final save. It may be dark in 334 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 4: your life right now, but don't let the dark fool you. 335 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 5: The dark is not a sign that you're never going 336 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 5: to get it well. It's not a sign that your 337 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 5: child is never going to do right. It's not a 338 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 5: sign that your business is not. 339 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 4: Going to make it. 340 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 5: It may have been meant to stop you. The enemy 341 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: sent it to keep you from your destiny. The good 342 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 5: news God has overruled that scheme. 343 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 4: He's thwarting the plans of the enemy. 344 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,479 Speaker 5: That darkness is not going to last. The depression is 345 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 5: not permanent. The addiction, the sickness, that trouble at work 346 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 5: is not how your story ends. You've gone from PM 347 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 5: to am. 348 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 4: It's a new day. The sun is about. 349 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 5: To break forth. Healing is in your future. Abundance is 350 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 5: in your future. Good relationships are in your future. Victory 351 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 5: is in your future. Instead of complaining about the dark, 352 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 5: being discouraged by the dark, have a new perspective. 353 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 4: The dark means light is coming. Now do your part. 354 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 5: Start praising Him in the dark, Start thanking him that 355 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 5: things are changed in your favor. 356 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 4: Don't be moved by what you see. 357 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 5: Eleven thirty at night doesn't look any different than midnight. 358 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 4: But midnight is a new day. 359 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 5: God is saying the clock has ticked in your favor. 360 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 5: You pass midnight, things may not look any different, yet, 361 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 5: don't worry. 362 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 4: Light is on the way. 363 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 5: The sun has never once not come up. God has 364 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 5: never once not made good on his promises. It may 365 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 5: not happen on our timetable or the way we thought. 366 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 4: But I can. 367 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 5: Assure you the sun is going to come up in 368 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 5: your life. You wouldn't be alive if God didn't have 369 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 5: something amazing in your future. 370 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 4: Well, Joel, it. 371 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 5: Sure feels light midnight. Midnight is a good thing. God 372 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 5: always starts in the dark. That's a sign he's about 373 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 5: to burst something new, something big, something unusual. If he 374 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 5: started in the light, it wouldn't take any faith. If 375 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 5: we could see how it was going to happen, we 376 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 5: had all the resources, the connections, the solution. 377 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 4: We wouldn't have to depend on him. 378 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 5: The time to show what you're made of is when 379 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 5: it's dark and you don't see anything changing. 380 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 4: Thoughts will tell. 381 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 5: You you'll never get out of debt, you'll never meet the 382 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 5: right person, you'll never accomplish that dream. Instead of getting depressed, 383 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: the right attitude is, yes, it's still dark. Yes I 384 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 5: don't see anything changing, but I'm not worried. 385 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 4: I know it's after midnight. Light is coming. 386 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 5: God is faithful what he promised you he's going to 387 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 5: bring to pass. In the scripture, job went to a 388 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 5: dark time. Everything was going great, life was good. Then 389 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 5: the bottom fell out. 390 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 4: He lost his health, lost his family, lost his business. 391 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 4: Didn't seem fair. 392 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 5: The scripture says Job was the most righteous man of 393 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 5: his day. 394 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 4: You would think he. 395 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 5: Wouldn't have any dark seasons, he wouldn't have to deal 396 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 5: with disappointments, bad breaks. But life happens to us. All 397 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 5: rain falls on the just and the unjust. The difference 398 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 5: with the just with people like you, people that honor 399 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 5: God is God promises to take what was meant for 400 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 5: harm and turn it for your good. 401 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 4: There may be dark. 402 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 5: Seasons, but if you'll stay in faith and not get bitter, 403 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 5: God won't just bring you out. He'll bring you out 404 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 5: better than you were before. He'll make the enemy pay 405 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 5: for bringing that trouble. God said to Satan, have you 406 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 5: seen my servant Job. There's no one like him in 407 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 5: all the land. He's blameless, He's a man of integrity, 408 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 5: he has a spirit of excellence. 409 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: I love the fact that God was bragging on Job. 410 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 5: If you could hear what God is saying about you, 411 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 5: you would be amazed. We think God is focused on 412 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 5: all of our faults, our shortcomings, But God sees all 413 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 5: the good things in you. 414 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 4: He sees your heart to help U. 415 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 5: He sees your sincerity, your kindness, your courage. I can 416 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 5: hear him telling the angels, have you seen my son Jim. 417 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 5: He's really amazing. Have you seen my daughter Rachel. There's 418 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 5: no one like her. God is proud of you. He 419 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 5: made you in his own image. He calls you a masterpiece. 420 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 5: And just because you're having difficulty doesn't mean you've. 421 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 4: Done something wrong. We all go through test and. 422 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 5: Seasons that we don't understand. What I want us to 423 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 5: see is the darkness is not permanent. At some point, 424 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 5: you're going to go from PM to AM. 425 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 4: God is going to shift things. 426 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 5: You're going to come out promoted, increased, at a new 427 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 5: level of your destiny. When Job lost everything, he was 428 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 5: very discouraged. He sat down among the ashes and put 429 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 5: on sackcloth. He went through phases of being upset, bitter, frustrated. 430 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 4: But God knows. 431 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 5: We're human, we feel things. There may be times where 432 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 5: you feel those emotions. That's okay, just don't stay there. 433 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 5: Job eventually got up out of the ashes. It was 434 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 5: still dark, nothing has changed, but he made the statement, 435 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 5: I know my Redeemer lives. 436 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 4: He was saying, God is still on the throne. 437 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 5: He has the final say I'm not going to drag 438 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 5: around sour over what I've lost. 439 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 4: I'm getting ready for the new things he has in store. 440 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 5: Few chapters later, in the middle of all the difficulty, 441 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 5: still as dark as ever, nothing had changed, but Job said, 442 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 5: I know God has granted me favor. 443 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 4: He was saying, I know I've entered a new day. 444 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 4: I know I've gone. 445 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 5: From PM to AM. I know this darkness is not permanent. 446 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 5: Chapter eight, A man came along to encourage him. He said, Job, 447 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 5: God will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your 448 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 5: lips with shouts of joy. He was saying to Job, 449 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 5: what God is saying to us. Don't let this dark 450 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 5: season fool you. Don't let this pandemic, don't let the sickness, 451 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 5: don't let the breakup cause you to live defeated. You're 452 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 5: going to laugh again. You're going to love again. You're 453 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 5: going to dream again. You're going to build again. You're 454 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 5: going to lead again. You're going to flourish again. I've 455 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 5: heard it said, what if the darkness you're going through 456 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 5: is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness 457 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 5: of the womb, the darkness that proceeds God doing something 458 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 5: amazing in your life. 459 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 4: You're not in the darkness of the tomb. Have a 460 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 4: new perspective. 461 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 5: You're in the darkness of the womb. God is about 462 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 5: to do something that you haven't seen. You're going to 463 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 5: discover talent that you didn't. 464 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: Know you had. 465 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 5: That person that broke your heart walked out on you, 466 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 5: they didn't stop your destiny. You're about to meet someone 467 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 5: better than you've ever imagined. 468 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 4: That dark time is not wasted. 469 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 5: God is using it to burst something that you could 470 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 5: have never experienced without it. When my father went to 471 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 5: be with the Lord, that was a dark time for me. 472 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 5: But I can tell you I wasn't in the darkness 473 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 5: of the tomb. I was in the darkness of the womb. 474 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: God burthed talent in me that I didn't know was there. 475 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 5: He took what I thought would be my darkest hour 476 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 5: and turned it into my brightest hour. The scripture says 477 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 5: God will turn your morning into dancing. He will take 478 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 5: away your sadness and clothe you with joy. I believe 479 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 5: there's sadness that's about to be taken away. 480 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 4: That darkness is about to lift off of you. 481 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 5: You're going to be clothed with joy, happy, fulfilled, vibrant 482 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 5: with fresh vision, fresh passion. Not just come out okay, hey, 483 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 5: I made it through. That morning is about to be 484 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 5: turned to dancing. God is going to make up for 485 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 5: the sadness. He's going to pay you back for the sorrow, 486 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 5: the hurt, the injustice. 487 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 4: Now get your hopes up, like Job, keep. 488 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 5: Thanking him that he's granted you favor. Keep declaring my 489 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 5: redeemer lives. Job went through this dark season, but that's 490 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 5: not where he ended. The scripture says God restored back 491 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 5: to Job twice what he had before. He was more 492 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 5: blessed in the second part of his life. 493 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 4: Than he was the first. 494 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 5: Yes, it was dark, but when the sun rose up, 495 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 5: he came out with double. Don't believe those lies that 496 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 5: the darkness is permanent. 497 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 4: It's never going to change. That darkness is a sign 498 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 4: that Double is coming. The sun is going to rise 499 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: in your life again. 500 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 5: You're going to see the goodness of God in ways 501 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 5: you've never seen. He's breathing in your direction right now, 502 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 5: in the unseen realm, things are changing in your favor. 503 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 5: Forces of darkness are being push back, the right breaks 504 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 5: are headed your way. 505 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 4: He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 506 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 4: You're going to know it was the hand of God. 507 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 5: When we talk about Job, we think that must have 508 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 5: been fifty years of his life. 509 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 4: That was such a terrible time. 510 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 5: But some commentaries believe the difficulty was only a nine 511 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 5: month period. 512 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 4: It wasn't years and years. 513 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 5: What you're dealing with is not going to last as 514 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 5: long as it looks. It's not going to hinder you 515 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 5: the rest of your life. The sun is going to 516 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 5: come up sooner than you think. You're already way past midnight. 517 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 5: Daybreak is about to happen. Light is about to break 518 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 5: forth on the horizon. Get ready for favor, Get ready 519 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 5: for breakthroughs, Get ready for double You're not in the 520 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 5: darkness of the tumbe. You're in the darkness of the womb. 521 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 5: God is about to burst something out of this that 522 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 5: thrusts you to a new level. 523 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 4: My challenge, trust him in the dark. You may not 524 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 4: see anything improving. That's okay. 525 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 5: Walk by faith and not by sight. If you'll do this, 526 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 5: I believe and declare. God is about to turn your 527 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 5: mourning into dancing, your sadness into joy. Like Job, You're 528 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:20,360 Speaker 5: going to come out restored, promoted, healthy, free, better than 529 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 5: you were before. In Jesus' name, I'd like to give 530 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 531 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 532 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 533 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 534 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. 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