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You're going to discover talent, potential, 37 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 6: favor that you've never seen. 38 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 39 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 40 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 6: the ministry. 41 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 42 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 43 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 44 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 6: your life. 45 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today. 46 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 6: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 47 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 6: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. We'll 48 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 6: keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start with 49 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 6: something funny, and I heard about this teenager. He'd just 50 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 6: gotten his driver's license. He asked his father about borrowing 51 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 6: the car. His father said, son, I'll make a. 52 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 4: Deal with you. 53 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 6: If you'll bring your grades up, read your Bible every day, 54 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 6: and cut your hair, I'll let you borrow it. 55 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: He came back a few weeks later ask about it again. 56 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 6: Father said, son, you brought your grades up, you've been 57 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 6: reading your Bible, but you still haven't cut your hair. 58 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 6: The son said, Dad, I've been thinking Moses had long hair, 59 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 6: Samson had long hair, even Jesus had long hair. The 60 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 6: father said, yes, son, And they walked everywhere they went 61 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 6: and say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 62 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 6: I am what it says I am. I have what 63 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 6: it says I have. I can do what it says 64 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 6: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 65 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 6: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 66 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 6: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 67 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 6: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 68 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 6: about freedom in the fire. In the National Park in California, 69 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 6: there are these huge sequoia trees. They stand over three 70 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 6: hundred feet tall. They can live over two thousand years. 71 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 6: They're magnificent trees. On the branches, they develop a cone. 72 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 6: Inside that cone are the seeds to produce new Sequoia trees. 73 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 6: What's significant is those seeds are locked up in the cone. 74 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 6: They don't just naturally come out over time. 75 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 4: The seeds can be in the cone hundreds of years 76 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 4: never produce a tree. 77 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 6: The only way the cone will open is through fire. 78 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 4: Lightning will strike, the heat. 79 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 6: From the fire will cause the cone to open. The 80 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 6: seeds are able to germinate and become what. 81 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 4: They were created to be. But I always saw fire 82 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 4: as a bad thing. 83 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 6: Oh man, there's another fire in the forest, not realizing 84 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 6: the fire was all a part of God's plan. It's 85 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 6: how he designed nature to work. One article talked about 86 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 6: how people tried to put out these natural fires for 87 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 6: years as quickly as possible, not realizing that was doing 88 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 6: more damage to the forest. Now there were no new trees. 89 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 6: The fire was necessary for new growth. In the same 90 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 6: way there are seeds that are locked up in you, 91 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 6: seeds of favor, seeds of greatness, seeds of purpose. 92 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 4: The only way they'll come out is through fire. 93 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 6: We don't like the fire, being uncomfortable, going through things 94 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 6: you don't understand. Business slowed, friend walked away, medical report 95 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 6: wasn't good. 96 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to get. 97 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 6: Discouraged, water down your dreams. But God won't allow a 98 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 6: difficulty unless he has a purpose for it. There is 99 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 6: potential locked up in you that will only come out 100 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 6: through adversity. There are gifts and talents that you want 101 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 6: to discover without going through times when it's uncomfortable. David said, 102 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 6: God enlarged me in my distress. He didn't say God 103 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 6: enlarged me in my good times, enlarged me when everyone 104 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 6: was celebrating me. 105 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 4: He said. 106 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 6: God enlarged me when I faced a giant twice my size. 107 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 6: God enlarged me when King Saul was trying to kill me. 108 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 6: God enlarged me when my own father didn't believe in me. 109 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 6: It was in that fire that David discovered talent that 110 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 6: he didn't know he had. In the fire, he stepped 111 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 6: into courage, favor, greatness that he would have never known 112 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 6: had he not felt the heat, the pressure, the adversity. 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 6: You may be in the fire now thinking God, what's 114 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 6: going on in my life? This trouble, this child, this 115 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 6: off course, this medical city situation. It's setting me back now. 116 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 6: The truth is it's setting you up. What you can't 117 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 6: see is God. 118 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 4: Is enlarging you. 119 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 6: You're about to step into new levels of your destiny. 120 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 6: You're going to see new growth, new opportunity, new talent. 121 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 6: It couldn't happen without the fire. You may not see 122 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 6: it yet, but there's favor in that fire. There's promotion 123 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 6: in that fire. There's freedom in that fire. 124 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 4: The fire is opening up things that you would have 125 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 4: never seen. Don't fight the fire. Stay faithful in the fire. 126 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 4: I've learned. 127 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 6: God will not mismanage your life. He knows how much fire, 128 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 6: how much heat, how much pressure you can handle. 129 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: He controls the thermostat. 130 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 6: If that fire was going to take you out, he 131 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 6: wouldn't have allowed it. 132 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 4: You are well able, you are strong in the Lord. 133 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 4: You are full of can do power. Keep the right perspective. 134 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 6: That fire is not going to burn you up, leasing 135 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 6: you into new levels. The fire is all a part 136 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 6: of God's plan, so you can become. 137 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 4: Everything you were created to be. 138 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 6: That's why Peter said, don't think it strange when you 139 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 6: face fiery trials. 140 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: He could have said when you face. 141 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 6: Difficulties adversities, but he used the word fiery. God was saying, 142 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 6: sometimes I'm going to let you go through the fire, 143 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 6: through things you don't understand, things that are not fair. 144 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 4: You'll be timpty to get bitter upset. But trust him. 145 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: In the fire, he's ordering your steps. He's still in control. 146 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have. 147 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 6: Allowed it if it was going to stop you. That 148 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 6: fire is opening up seeds to your destiny. 149 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 4: Levels you could never reach without the fire. 150 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 6: Sometimes forest rangers will do what's called a controlled burn. 151 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 4: They'll set a fire on purpose to burn off the underbrush. 152 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 6: They carefully study and plan exactly what needs to be burned. 153 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 6: When difficulties come against us, can seem like things are. 154 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 4: Out of control. I lost my main client. 155 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 6: It's diagnosed with this illness, the pandemic, inflation, gas prices. 156 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 4: It feels like a wildfire. But can I encourage you? 157 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: You're in a controlled burn. God has you in the 158 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 4: palm of his hand. He sees what you're going through. 159 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 4: He knows who hurts you what you didn't get, what 160 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 4: wasn't fair. He wouldn't have let you get in. 161 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 6: The fire if he wasn't going to bring you out 162 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 6: of the fire. The good news is you're not going 163 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 6: to come out the same. The enemy minute to stop you, 164 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 6: but God only allowed it. 165 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 4: So he can promote you. 166 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 6: The fire is a sign that you're about to bloom. 167 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 4: You're about to blossom. 168 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 6: You're going to discover talent, potential, favor that you've never seen. 169 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 6: Don't believe the lies that the fire is out of control. 170 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 6: You'll never get well, you'll never meet the right person, 171 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 6: never get out of this trouble. 172 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 4: That fire is coming to an end. 173 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 6: Before the fire ever started, God set the boundaries. He 174 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 6: planned how long, how much, how hot, the strategy. That's 175 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 6: not a random fire, that's a control fire. The enemy 176 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 6: is not in charge of your life. He cannot do 177 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 6: whatever he wants. You are God's property, You belong to 178 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 6: the most High. 179 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 4: He created you, He breathed life into you. He planned 180 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 4: your days for good and yes, we all go through 181 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 4: the fire. But God has a. 182 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 6: Comeback for every setback, healing for every hurt, mercy for 183 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 6: every mistake. 184 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 4: You're not doing life on your own. 185 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 6: In the scripture, Satan wanted to test Job, but God 186 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 6: had a hedge of protection around him. He couldn't just 187 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 6: go and put Job into fire. He had to ask 188 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 6: God for permission. This shows us that every thing is 189 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 6: a controlled burn. The enemy can't touch you without God's permission. 190 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 4: And Job was a good man. He honored God. But 191 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: he went through all. 192 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 6: This trouble, lost his business, lost his health, lost his family. 193 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 6: He got so discouraged he sat down among the ashes. 194 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 6: His wife said, Job just cursed God and die. 195 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 4: She was very encouraging. 196 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 6: At one point, Job got his passion back. 197 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 4: He looked up to the heavens and said, I know 198 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 4: my redeemer lives. 199 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 6: He was saying, God, I trust you. I don't understand it. 200 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 6: It doesn't seem fair, but I know you're still in control. 201 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 4: God not only restored Job. 202 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 6: Gave him his health back, but he brought him out 203 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 6: with double. Job had twice the sheep, twice the cattle, 204 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 6: twice the joy. The scripture says Job went on to 205 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 6: live one hundred and forty years and enjoyed his children 206 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 6: and grandchildren. Maybe, like Joe, you're sitting in the ashes 207 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 6: looking at what you lost. What didn't work out what 208 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 6: you're up against. You could easily live discouraged. 209 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 4: Feels like a wildfire. The truth is it's a controlled burn. 210 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 6: God wouldn't have allowed it if you weren't going to 211 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 6: come out better. There are seeds of increase, seeds of healing, 212 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 6: seeds of destiny that are about to open. 213 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 4: And yes, it was unfair. 214 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 6: But when you come out on the other side, like Jove, stronger, healthier, 215 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 6: more confident. 216 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 4: You're going to say, look what the Lord has done. 217 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 6: There was freedom in the fire. There were new levels 218 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 6: in that fire. David said, we went through the fire, 219 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 6: and you brought us to a place of great abundance. 220 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 6: Notice the abundance is on the other side of the fire, 221 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 6: on the other side of the trouble, the breakup. 222 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 4: The loss is. 223 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 6: An abundance of joy, an abundance of strength, and abundance 224 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 6: of resources is necessary to see the fullness of your destiny. 225 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 6: When my father went to be with the Lord back 226 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 6: in nineteen ninety nine, I was thrown. 227 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 4: In the fire. I didn't like it. 228 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 6: My whole world was turned upside down. My father and 229 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 6: I were best friends. I'd worked with him for seventeen years. 230 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 6: Now he was gone. Everything felt like it was out 231 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 6: of control, but looking back now, I realized it was 232 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 6: a controlled burn. I was uncomfortable, I was disappointed. What 233 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 6: I couldn't see is there were seeds of my destiny 234 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 6: opening up in that fire, Seeds that had been locked 235 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 6: up in that cone gifts talents that would have lied 236 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 6: dormant without the heat. I didn't think I could get 237 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 6: up in front of people I'd never ministered before, but 238 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 6: I discovered ability that I never knew I had. 239 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,719 Speaker 4: When my father passed. 240 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 6: I suddenly had the desire to step up and past 241 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 6: to the church I never wanted to before. For thirty 242 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 6: six years, he tried to get me up here. Then 243 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 6: overnight it changed. Some things can only be released in 244 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 6: the fire. I wish I could tell you that you'll 245 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 6: reach your destiny with just good breaks, good education, doors 246 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 6: opening people being for you. 247 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: But that's not reality. 248 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 6: God uses closed doors, disappointments, betrayals, even loss. 249 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 4: In one sense, we all been in the fire the pandemic. 250 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 6: People have lost, loved ones, couldn't be together, business struggled, loneliness. 251 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 6: But God wouldn't have allowed us to go in the 252 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 6: fire if he didn't have something better coming don't water 253 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 6: down your dreams. Don't quit believing. This fire is a 254 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 6: sign that new. 255 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 4: Growth is coming. 256 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 6: You're about to bloom, to see favor. You haven't seen 257 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 6: doors open that you could never open, to go places 258 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 6: that you've never dreamed. Jolie didn't happen for me. I've 259 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 6: been in the fire a long time. Nothing has worked out. 260 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 6: Don't judge your situation too soon. Your time is coming. 261 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 6: God has not forgotten about you. He sees you doing 262 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 6: the right thing when it's hard. He sees you being 263 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 6: good to people that are not good to you. He 264 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 6: sees you taking the treatment, not complaining, raising those children, 265 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 6: nobody thanking you. There's about to be a shift, a turnaround. 266 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 6: You've been faithful in the fire. Now you're about to 267 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 6: see favor in the fire. You'll come in into great abundance, 268 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 6: great opportunities, great relationships, great fulfillment. I was eight years 269 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 6: old playing baseball with some friends in my backyard, and 270 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 6: the ball accidentally went over the fence into the neighbor's yard. 271 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 6: They owned this German shepherd that was huge. He was 272 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 6: the meanest dog ever created. If you looked at him, 273 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 6: he would start to ground show his teeth like he's 274 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 6: going to tear into you. 275 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 4: We were terrified of him. Fortunately, they kept him in 276 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 4: a fence in the. 277 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 6: Area in their backyard, a twenty foot square chaining fence. 278 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 6: Had my friends give me a boost, and I looked 279 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 6: over the fence. I could see the dog was in 280 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 6: his cage looking the other way. He's about fifty sixty 281 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 6: feet away. And I very quietly climbed over the fence 282 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 6: and I walked to the ball as gently as I could. 283 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 6: Right when I got to it, the dog turned and 284 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 6: saw me. He jumped on his feet, growling ferociously. He 285 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 6: ran toward the gate, bumped up against it, and it opened. 286 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 6: Somebody didn't close it properly. I nearly passed out. 287 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 4: He took off, running to me ninety miles an hour. 288 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 6: I took off toward that fence, the whole time praying 289 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 6: the sinner's prayer, God, forgive me of my sins. 290 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 4: I'm about to come see you. I got to the fence. 291 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 6: I was small, about four feet tall. It was a 292 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 6: six foot wood fence. 293 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 4: I grabbed the top with one hand. All in one. 294 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 6: Motion, I jumped as high as I could. Somehow I 295 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 6: jumped over that six. 296 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 4: Foot fence right before the dog got to me. 297 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 6: It's amazing what you can do when you're put under pressure. 298 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 6: When the fire is turned up, seeds you've never tapped 299 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 6: into begin to open up. They say white men can't jump. 300 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 6: That day I got off the ground, y'all, you'll discover potential, courage, strength, 301 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 6: creativity that only comes out in the fire. 302 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 4: Now, you may not have an angry dog chasing you. 303 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 6: Maybe it's a boss that's hard to get along with, 304 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 6: or you're dealing with the sickness, a set back in 305 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 6: your finances. 306 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 4: What you do in the fire matters. 307 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 6: How you respond in the pressure will determine whether you 308 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 6: come out better or whether you get stuck. 309 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 4: You're not going to understand everything that happens. Life's not 310 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 4: always fair. 311 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 6: Sometimes it feels like a wildfire. Nothing's working out. You 312 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 6: have to remind yourself. 313 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 4: It's a controlled burn. God allowed that fire not to 314 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 4: defeat you, but to promote you. 315 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 6: In the Scripture three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down to 316 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 6: the king's golden idol, and he was furious. He told 317 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 6: them if they didn't bow, he was going to have 318 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 6: them thrown into a fiery furnace. 319 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 4: They still wouldn't bow, They could have been. 320 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 6: Upset God, we're doing the right thing. Now we're about 321 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 6: to be thrown into a fire. 322 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 4: Why is this happening? 323 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 6: Now they understood this principle that it was a controlled burn. 324 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 6: It looked like the king was in charge. 325 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 4: The truth is he was a pawn in the hands 326 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:35,719 Speaker 4: of God. 327 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 6: God is not just in control of your life, He's 328 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 6: in control of your enemies. The guards tied the hands 329 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 6: and feet of the teenagers up and threw them into 330 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 6: the furnace. 331 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: That fire was so hot the guards were killed. That 332 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 4: should have been the end. But God won't let you 333 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: go in a fire that he can't bring you out of. 334 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: If it's not your time to go, you're not going 335 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 4: to go. 336 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 6: Looked in the furnace window and said, didn't we throw 337 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 6: three men in bound? I see four men loosed, and 338 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 6: one looks like the son of God. What's interesting is 339 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 6: the teenagers couldn't see the fourth man. The only ones 340 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 6: that could see it were on the outside. When you're 341 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 6: in the fire, you may not see what God is doing. 342 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 6: You don't think anything's changing, nothing's improving, But you can 343 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 6: be sure the fourth man is in there with you. 344 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 6: The beauty of our God is he never lets you 345 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 6: go in the fire alone. 346 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 4: The king couldn't believe it he had been brought out. 347 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 6: The first thing he said is, from now on, we're 348 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 6: all going to worship. 349 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 4: The god of Shaddrak Nishek in a bendigo. 350 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 6: Sometimes you go through the fire so other people will 351 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 6: see the hand of God on your life. They'll see 352 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 6: the cancer couldn't take you out. The bad break didn't 353 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 6: defeat you. The betrayal didn't stop your destiny. The scripture 354 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 6: says the king promoted Shadra, Nishak and a Bendigo to 355 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 6: much higher positions in Babylon. The enemy sent the fire 356 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 6: to destroy them. But notice how God works. He turned 357 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 6: it around and used it to promote them. Now you 358 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 6: may be in the fire. Now odds are against you. 359 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 6: Seems like the sickness, the trouble, the bad break is 360 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 6: going to limit your life. What you can't see is 361 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 6: there's a fourth man in there with you. When you 362 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 6: come out, people are going to see you in a 363 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 6: new light. Seeds that have been locked up for years 364 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 6: are opening up, seeds of promotion, seeds of influence, seeds 365 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 6: of honor. 366 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 4: We pray God keep us out of the fire. 367 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 6: It's hot It's uncomfortable, but you can't reach your full 368 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 6: potential without the fire. The late nineteen fifties, my father 369 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 6: was pastoring a growing church that just built a beautiful 370 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 6: new sanctuary, held a thousand people. 371 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 4: He was on the state board for his denomination. Life 372 00:19:59,000 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 4: was good. 373 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 6: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral pause 374 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 6: in the doctors told my parents she would probably never 375 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 6: be able to walk or feed herself. 376 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 4: They were devastated. 377 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 6: My father went to a hotel downtown to pray and 378 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 6: read the scripture, and he saw how Jesus went around 379 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 6: healing people, how when you believe, all things are possible. 380 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 6: He came back to his church with this new message 381 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 6: of faith and victory. He thought they'd be so excited, 382 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 6: but it was just the opposite. Didn't fit into their tradition, 383 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 6: their denomination. There was so much opposition contention. He had 384 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 6: to lead the church, and for years he had poured 385 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 6: his heart and soul into those people. My mother had 386 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 6: lifelong friends that never spoke. 387 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 4: To her again. 388 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 6: He never dreamed he would be put out of his 389 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 6: own church. He could have been upset, God, why did 390 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 6: this happen? But I've learned don't put a question mark 391 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 6: where God put a period. Some things were not going 392 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 6: to understand right now. The scripture says God makes all things. 393 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 4: Beautiful in its time, give it some time. 394 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 6: My mother and father went out and started Lakewood with 395 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 6: ninety people on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine. Instead 396 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 6: of the beautiful new sanctuary, they had an old rundown 397 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 6: feed store to someone let them borrow. People said it 398 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 6: would never last, But sixty three years later here we 399 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 6: are still going strong. But my father was very disappointed. 400 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 6: At the time felt like a huge step backwards. But 401 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 6: what looks like a setback is really God setting you up. 402 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 6: When you get in the fire, it's because new seeds 403 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 6: are going to come to life, new talents, new opportunities. 404 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 6: My father couldn't see it at the time. Going through 405 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 6: the rejection was painful, but if he would have stayed 406 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 6: in that limited environment, he would have never blossomed. That 407 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 6: fire was necessary so he could step up to who 408 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 6: he was created to be. 409 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 4: Don't fight the fire. There's favor in the fire. 410 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 6: You may not be able to see it yet, but 411 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 6: the fourth Man is in there with you today. My 412 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 6: sister Lisa is perfectly normal. God healed her she's lived 413 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 6: a healthy life. But think about this, If Lisa had 414 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 6: not been born with that negative diagnosis, my father would 415 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 6: have never read the scripture in a new light, which 416 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 6: is why they ask him to leave. That's how he 417 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 6: stepped into his destiny. 418 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 419 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 6: We're not going to understand everything God does. Sometimes you 420 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 6: get thrown in the fire. 421 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 4: It doesn't make sense. You have to trust that God 422 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. He's strategic. He can see things 423 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: we can't see. 424 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 6: There are seeds in you right now, potential that you 425 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 6: haven't tapped into, gifts, talents, courage that can only come 426 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 6: out with the heat, the. 427 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 4: Pressure, the closed doors, the loss. Comfortable. We don't like it, 428 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 4: but the fire is not working against you, is working 429 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: for you. 430 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 6: Moses was living on the back side of the desert 431 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 6: in hiding. Forty years earlier, he killed an Egyptian foreman 432 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 6: that was mistreating a Hebrew slave. He knew he was 433 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 6: called to deliver the Israelites, but he got out of 434 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 6: God's timing and had to flee for his life. He 435 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 6: was discouraged, felt like he had missed his destiny. But 436 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 6: one day out in the desert, God came. 437 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 4: To him in a burning bush. 438 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 6: He could have come to him in a cloud, very peaceful, 439 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 6: at a lay, very serene, But God came to him 440 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 6: in a fire. Moses went over to this bush that 441 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 6: wouldn't burn up. What did God say, Moses, You blew it. 442 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 6: You made too many mistakes. You missed your destiny. No, 443 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 6: God said, I haven't forgotten what I promised you. 444 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 4: You're still going to deliver the Israelites. You're still going 445 00:23:58,840 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 4: to lead by people. 446 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 6: That fire was saying, Moses, you're about to blossom. You're 447 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 6: about to see new gifts, new opportunities. Like Moses, you 448 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 6: may think you've missed your chance if you'd only made 449 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 6: better decisions, been more disciplined. It's been too long now, 450 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 6: those seeds are. 451 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 4: Still in you. You may have given up, but God 452 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 4: is not given up. Didn't work out the first time God. 453 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 6: Sent me as you're burning bush, It's going to work 454 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 6: out the next time. You haven't seen the best part 455 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 6: of you. There are seeds our creator put in you 456 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 6: that he's been waiting to open, blessings, favor promotion. The 457 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 6: enemy tried to use the fire to stop you failures, mistakes, 458 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 6: but he miscalculated. He thought it was a wildfire that 459 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 6: he was in charge. The truth is it was a 460 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 6: control burn. God is going to take that fire and 461 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 6: use it to propel you into new levels of your destiny. 462 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 6: A friend of mine was he raised in a very 463 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 6: rough environment in South America. Eight years old, he saw 464 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 6: his grandfather get into a fight and stab someone to death. 465 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 6: That spirit of violence and anger came on him. 466 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 4: As a teenager living in. 467 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 6: The Bronx, he was always in trouble. He ended up 468 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 6: in prison facing a life sentence. He had eighteen counts 469 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 6: against him. Everything you can imagine, drug trafficking, violent crimes, death. 470 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 6: It looked like that was his destiny. Sometimes we're thrown 471 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 6: into the fire, and it's not our fault. 472 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 4: We didn't choose the fire. It's what we were born into, 473 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 4: it's how we were raised. He called his mother and 474 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 4: said he needed a book on spirits. He thought someone 475 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 4: had put a curse on him. 476 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 6: His mother called this lady that was involved in the 477 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 6: occult and she sent her son a book. 478 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 4: He opened it, much to his surprise, it was the Bible. 479 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 4: He was furious. He didn't want to have anything to 480 00:25:58,320 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 4: do with God. 481 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 6: Next morning he picked it up and began to read 482 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 6: it couldn't put it down. 483 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 4: He read the whole New Testament in three days. 484 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 6: That night, he got down on his knees said, God, 485 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 6: if you're alive like you say you are in the Bible, 486 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 6: then come into my cell and save me, and I'll 487 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 6: serve you the rest. 488 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 4: Of my life. He went to sleep. 489 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 6: Five point thirty in the morning, he heard a voice 490 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 6: calling his name, Salvador. He woke up, looked around, nobody 491 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 6: was there, thought he was dreaming, went back to bed. 492 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 4: Heard it again so clearly, Salvador. 493 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 6: He said, I'd taken so many drugs in my life, 494 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 6: I knew I was going crazy. 495 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 4: The third time. 496 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 6: He heard the voice, he realized it was God calling 497 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 6: his name. His life was forever changed by. 498 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 4: The grace of God. He only served four and a 499 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 4: half years. 500 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 6: Today he's Pastor Salvador Sabina, a great pastor in the Bronx. 501 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 4: He went through the fire. Now he's on fire. He 502 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 4: goes all. 503 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 6: Over the world telling his story. The scripture says, you'll 504 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 6: go through the fire, but you won't be burned. There 505 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 6: are things that have come against you that should have 506 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 6: stopped your destiny. 507 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 4: But the fourth Man was in the fire with you. 508 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 6: Even when you couldn't see him, even when you weren't 509 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 6: making good choices, even when you were running. He didn't 510 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 6: let the fire take you out the enemy minute for harm. 511 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 6: He thought it would stop your purpose. He didn't realize 512 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 6: you are God's property. You belong to your creator. He's 513 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 6: been watching over you your whole life. Friends, the fire 514 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 6: comes to us all things we didn't ask for. I 515 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 6: can't promise you that you'll never have fire, but I 516 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 6: can promise you that you're in. 517 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 4: A controlled burn. That God knows what he's doing. 518 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 6: That pressure, that heat is causing your seeds of greatness 519 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 6: to open up. Don't fight the fire. There's freedom in 520 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,719 Speaker 6: the fire. There's new growth in the fire. When you're 521 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 6: under pressure, recognize God's up to something. You may be 522 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 6: dealing with things now that you don't understand. God said 523 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 6: he's going to bring you through the fire without the 524 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 6: smell of smoke. You're not going to look like what 525 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 6: you've been through. When the teenagers came out, not a 526 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 6: hair on their head was burned. He may not keep 527 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 6: you from the fire, but he will make you fire proof. 528 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 6: My challenge is stay faithful in the fire. God hasn't 529 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 6: failed you in the past. 530 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 4: He's not going to start now. 531 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 6: I believe and declare, like Job, You're going to come 532 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 6: out of the fire with double like David said, into 533 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 6: great abundance. New doors are about to open. Negative situations 534 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 6: are turning around, healing. 535 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 4: Is coming, breakthroughs, promotion. 536 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 6: The fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 537 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 6: you receive it, can you say amen? 538 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you. 539 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 6: An opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 540 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 541 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 542 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 543 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 544 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 6: born again. 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