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I 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 6: like to start with something funny each week. And I 52 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 6: heard about this lady that surprised a burglar in her 53 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 6: kitchen one night. 54 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 5: She was alone and unarmed, didn't really know. 55 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 6: What to do, so she thought, I'll just quote a 56 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 6: scripture and she shouted out Acts two thirty eight. Suddenly 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 6: the burglar froze in his tracks. The police soon arrived, 58 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 6: and they were amazed at how a woman with no 59 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 6: weapon could do this. They said to the burglar, what 60 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 6: was it about that scripture that had such an effect 61 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 6: on you. 62 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 5: The burglar said, scripture? What scripture? I thought? 63 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 6: She said, she had an axe and two thirty eights. 64 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 6: All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you 65 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 6: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 66 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 6: says I am. I have what it says I have. 67 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 6: I can do what it says I can do. Today 68 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 6: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 69 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 6: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 70 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 6: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 71 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about how you 72 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 6: can trust the faithfulness of God. Every one of us 73 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 6: has dreams and goals in our heart. There are promises 74 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 6: that we're standing on. Maybe you're believing for a child 75 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 6: to turn around, or believing to get healthy again, believing 76 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 6: to start a business, to get out of debt, to 77 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 6: be in ministry. Deep down, you know God has spoken. 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 5: That to your spirit. He's birthed it on the inside. 79 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 6: But so often, because it's taking a long time and 80 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 6: we've been through disappointments, we get negative and start thinking 81 00:03:58,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 6: that it's not going to happen. 82 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 5: The reason many people. 83 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 6: Don't see God's promises come to pass is because they 84 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 6: get discouraged and give up too soon. But just because 85 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 6: you don't see anything happening doesn't mean. 86 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 5: That God is not working. 87 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 6: Just because it's taking a long time doesn't mean God 88 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 6: ran out of options. Just because your mind is saying 89 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 6: it's over, your emotions are say in no way, the 90 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 6: circumstances look impossible. 91 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean that God is not going to do 92 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: what he said. 93 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 6: God is faithful to his word, all of his promises 94 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 6: are yes and amen. That means if you will do 95 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 6: your part and believe even though it looks impossible, and 96 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 6: not let your mind, your emotions, or other people talk 97 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 6: you out of it, then God promises, in due season, 98 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 6: at the right time, he will bring it to pass. 99 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 6: It may not happen the way we expect it or 100 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 6: on our timetable, but God is a faithful god. It 101 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 6: will happen. He will not let you down. That's what 102 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 6: he said in Hebrews thirteen. I will not in any 103 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 6: way fail you or leave you without support. Therefore we 104 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 6: can say with confidence, the Lord is my helper. 105 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 5: I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 106 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 6: You need to let that sink down on the inside. 107 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 6: I will not fail you. God is saying, everything is 108 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 6: going to work out. I'm in complete control. I know 109 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 6: what the medical report says, I know what the financial. 110 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 5: Situation looks like. 111 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 6: I see the people that are coming against you. I 112 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 6: know how big your dreams are. And hear me clearly, 113 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 6: I will not fail you. I will not let you down. 114 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 6: I will not let that problem overtake you. I will 115 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 6: cause you to be the overcomer. God is saying, if 116 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 6: we will keep our trust in him. He will always 117 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 6: make a way, even though it looks like there is 118 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 6: no way. He will give you strength for every battle, 119 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 6: wisdom for every decision, peace that passes understanding. God will 120 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 6: vindicate you for the wrongs that have been done. He 121 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 6: will pay you back for unfair situations. 122 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 5: He promised. He will not only bring your dreams to pass. 123 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 6: But he will give you even the secret desires of 124 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 6: your heart. Dare to trust him. Come back to that 125 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 6: place of peace. Quit living worried, stressed out, wondering if 126 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 6: it's going to happen. 127 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: No. 128 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 6: God has you in the palm of his hand. He 129 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 6: has never once failed before, and the good news is 130 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 6: he's not about to start now. I like the way 131 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 6: the amplified version puts this passage. 132 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 5: I will not, I will not. 133 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,119 Speaker 6: I will not ever fail you or release my hold 134 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 6: on you. That's the only place in the scripture that 135 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 6: I can find where God repeats some thing three times 136 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 6: in a row. The reason God says it three times 137 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 6: is because he knew how easy it would be to 138 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 6: give up on his promises. He knew when it was 139 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 6: taken a long time and nothing was going our way, 140 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 6: that many people would think, well, I don't guess I'm 141 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 6: supposed to be blessed. I know God promised that I 142 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 6: would lend and not borrow, but I can barely pay 143 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 6: my own bills. Or I know God said he would 144 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 6: do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond, but I don't see. 145 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 5: How I could have. 146 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 6: In Ephesians three twenty decade, I never get any good breaks. 147 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 6: God knew we would have every opportunity to talk ourselves 148 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 6: out of it and give up on his promises. 149 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 5: That's why he said it three times. 150 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 6: I will not, I will not. I will not ever 151 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 6: fail you or let you down. Now, if God went 152 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 6: to the trouble of saying it three times, this tells 153 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 6: me we need to make sure we get it. We 154 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 6: need to develop an unshakable confidence that says God, I 155 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 6: know what you say is true, and I'm not going 156 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 6: to be moved by what I see. I'm not going 157 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 6: to be discouraged by what I don't see. I'm not 158 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 6: going to give up because it's taken a long time. God, 159 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 6: I trust you. I know you will never fail, you 160 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 6: will never let me down. So I boldly say, the 161 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 6: Lord is my helper all through the day. We should 162 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 6: make that declaration the Lord is my helper. When you're 163 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 6: tempted to feel overwhelmed like you're not going to make it, No, 164 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 6: the Lord is my helper. 165 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 5: He's making my crooked places straight. 166 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 6: Well, it looks like you'll never get well. No, no, 167 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 6: the Lord is my helper. He's restoring health back. Unto me, Well, 168 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 6: it seems like the economy is going to push your 169 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 6: business under. No, the Lord is my helper. He's Jehovah Jirah, 170 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 6: the Lord my provider. When you learn to magnify the 171 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 6: promises rather than magnifying the problems, then the Lord, your God, 172 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 6: will show up and act as your helper and make 173 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 6: sure that those promises come to pass. And understand, God 174 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 6: is not necessarily obligated to bring to pass what we say, 175 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 6: but he is obligated to bring to pass what he says. 176 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 6: This is why it's so important to find the promises 177 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 6: that apply to your situation. 178 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 5: And remind God what he said. 179 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 6: In other words, God, you said you are my helper 180 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 6: and you will never fail me. 181 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 5: Or let me down. 182 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 6: God is obligated to bring that promise to pass. That's 183 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 6: his word that is forever true. Or God, I'm in 184 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 6: this big problem. People are coming against me. But God, 185 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 6: you said in Psalms, the strength of the wicked is 186 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 6: being cut off and the power of the godly. 187 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 5: Is being increased. 188 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 6: God, you said, the trap the enemy set for me, 189 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 6: they would fall in themselves. 190 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 5: See. 191 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 6: Instead of complaining about the situation, or instead of begging God, 192 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 6: God please help me, God get me out of this trouble. 193 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 6: Know what causes God to act. What God responds to 194 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 6: is his own word. Take those promises and remind God 195 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 6: what he says. God you said, you're close to the 196 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,359 Speaker 6: broken hearted, and I'm hurting. I've been through this disappointment. 197 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 6: But God, you promised. 198 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 5: You would give me beauty for ashes. 199 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 6: You said, weeping endures for a night, but joy is coming. 200 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 6: Those are promises that God is obligated to bring to pass. 201 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 6: And when I say obligated, I'm not saying that we're 202 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 6: bossing God around telling him what to do. No. 203 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 5: The principle is God is faithful to his word. He 204 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 5: cannot lie. 205 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 6: It goes against his very nature. He could never break 206 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 6: a promise. And so when we bring his promises back 207 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 6: to him and remind him what he said, that's what 208 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 6: causes him to respond. I have a good friend named 209 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 6: Jeff Hackelman. We grew up together and were roommates in college. 210 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 6: Jeff pastors a church in Huntsville, Texas right now, and 211 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 6: Jeff has always loved to fish. 212 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 5: One day, when we were in high. 213 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 6: School, he went down to Texas City to go fishing 214 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 6: there in the Gulf. He had done this many times before. 215 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 6: He had a small boat that he had bought used 216 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 6: this day, he and his friend Brent decided to try 217 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 6: somewhere different to fish. 218 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 5: At the dock there. 219 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 6: Texas City, they asked the man in charge how to 220 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 6: get back to that place from the Bolivar gas wells 221 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 6: that's where they decided to fish. The men said, it's 222 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 6: no problem, we're directly north. If you're anywhere around those 223 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 6: gas wells, just head back due north and you'll get 224 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 6: right back to this dock. And so Jeff and Brent 225 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 6: traveled an hour or so in their little boat and 226 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 6: got there, and they started fishing away, and the fish 227 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 6: were biting left and right. In the midst of all 228 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 6: the excitement of catching fish, what they didn't realize was 229 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 6: a thick fog had set in to where you could 230 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 6: barely see twenty feet in front of you. Happened so 231 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 6: quickly that it caught him off guard. The sun had 232 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 6: already set, it was about to get dark, and Jeff 233 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 6: became alarmed, and he said, Brent, pull up the anchor. 234 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 5: We've got to get out of here. Jeff stood up. 235 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 6: In the boat and looked around to try to get 236 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 6: his sense of direction. Of course, all he could see 237 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 6: was fog. He thought about it, he studied it, he 238 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 6: analyzed it, and everything in his logic said you need 239 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 6: to go this way. 240 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 5: He asked Brent. 241 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,359 Speaker 6: Brent's father is a big fisherman. Brent looked around, analyzed 242 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 6: it all, and he said, no, Jeff, it's not this way. 243 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 6: I'm positive it's this way, just the opposite of what 244 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 6: Jeff thought. Now, Jeff was very confused, so he got 245 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 6: his comfass out and due north, like the man at 246 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 6: the doc told him, was not this way, not this way, 247 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 6: but this way. 248 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 5: A totally different direction. 249 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 6: Jeff cranked up the motor and in spite of what 250 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 6: he thought or his friend thought, he started heading due 251 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 6: north that way the man at the doc told him. 252 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 6: Jeff said, everything within me was telling me you'll. 253 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 5: Go in the wrong direction. 254 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 6: My thoughts, my reasoning, my logic, my friend, my emotion. 255 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 6: Everything was saying, you're making a mistake. You better turn around. 256 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 6: But Jeff just kept hearing the man at the dock say, 257 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 6: if you'll go do north, you'll get back to this place. 258 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 6: Because of the fog, they had to travel extremely slow, 259 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 6: only ten miles an hour. 260 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 5: You could not see anything. 261 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 6: They crept along fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, forty five minutes, 262 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 6: an hour, an hour, and fifteen minutes. The voice started 263 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 6: coming to Jeff saying, if you were going right, you 264 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 6: would have already been there by now. How many times 265 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 6: in life, as we're ending on God's promises do we 266 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 6: hear that same voice. If you were going to get well, 267 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 6: you'd already feel better by now. If you were going 268 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 6: to get married, you would have already surely met somebody 269 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 6: by now. If you were going to get promoted, it 270 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 6: would have already happened by now. There will always be 271 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 6: voices trying to convince us that it's too late, it's 272 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 6: been too long, you're too old, you're going the wrong direction. 273 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 6: Jeff began to get worried. His fuel was getting low, 274 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 6: and on top of that, to make matters worse, Brent 275 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 6: began to panic. He started hollering and then screaming at Jeff, 276 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 6: turn around, man, you're taking me out to sea on 277 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 6: six gallons of gas. 278 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 5: This is dangerous. 279 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 6: There was an incredible battle taking place in Jeff's mind. 280 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 6: Do I believe what the man at the doc told 281 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 6: me is true? Or do I go by what I feel, 282 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 6: what I think, what my friend is telling me. In 283 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 6: spite of all those contradict and confusing voices, Jeff just 284 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 6: kept traveling due north fifteen more minutes, thirty minutes, forty 285 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 6: five minutes an hour. Just as he was about to 286 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 6: give up and go a different direction, he began to 287 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 6: faintly see the Texas City dot come into view. 288 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 5: He made it back safely, and. 289 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 6: Sometimes in life the fog sets in. 290 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 5: We don't know which direction to go. 291 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 6: You know, God has put the promise in your heart, 292 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 6: but every voice is saying it's not gonna happen. It's 293 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 6: been too long, it's impossible. The scripture says, let God 294 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 6: be true in every man a liar. That means what 295 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 6: God said to you, the promises in his word will 296 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 6: override what other people say. 297 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 5: It'll override what your own mind is telling you. 298 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 6: It will even override what the circumstances look like. God 299 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: always has the final say in the foggy seasons of life. 300 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,359 Speaker 5: If you will trust God's. 301 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 6: Promises, they will bring you back home safely every time. 302 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 6: May not look like it. Your logic may tell you 303 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 6: no way, why am I even believing that this will happen. 304 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 6: You may not feel like it. Your emotions may tell 305 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 6: you get. 306 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 5: Depressed, get discouraged. 307 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 6: Other voices may say not a chance, impossible. That's when 308 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 6: you have to dig your heels in and say, God, 309 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 6: I'm going to believe what you say, in spite of 310 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 6: how I feel, in spite of what my logic is 311 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 6: telling me, in spite of how long it's been. God, 312 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 6: I'm just going to keep acting like what you said 313 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 6: is true. I'm going to keep believing that you're in control, 314 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 6: knowing that you're a faithful God, and you will never 315 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 6: fail me or let me down. That's what our family 316 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 6: had to do. In nineteen eighty one, the fog set in. 317 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 6: My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Every voice said 318 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 6: it's over, she'll never make it, start planning her funeral. 319 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 6: But we found another voice, a promise from God's word. 320 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 6: It says I will live and not die. 321 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 5: And declare the works of the Lord. 322 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 6: We had to decide, are we going to believe what 323 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 6: God says about her and let his promise give us 324 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 6: direction and hope and faith, or are we going to 325 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 6: go in the direction that we feel discouraged, depressed, despair. 326 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 5: It was extremely foggy. 327 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 6: All these voices were competing telling us that their direction 328 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 6: was the right way. The morning after my mother came 329 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 6: home from the hospital, she'd been there twenty one days, 330 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 6: and the doctors finally released her with nothing else that 331 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 6: they could do. We gathered early that next morning in 332 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 6: the den as a family, and we made a decision 333 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 6: that we were going to stand on God's promises, knowing 334 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 6: that He is our helper and He will never fail 335 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 6: us or let us down. Day after day, we just 336 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 6: kept moving in that direction, acting like God told us 337 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 6: the truth in the natural. It didn't look like it 338 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 6: was working. The first several months. My mother never got 339 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 6: any better. There were times, like Jeff, we thought if 340 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 6: it was going to happen, we would already be there 341 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 6: by now. We had to ignore those voices and keep 342 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 6: pressing forward, and God is faithful. 343 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 5: One day we begin to see the. 344 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 6: Shore come into sight, and she didn't get well overnight, 345 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 6: but little by little, month after month, she got better 346 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 6: and better. 347 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 5: And that was twenty nine years ago. 348 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 6: Today she's perfectly healthy and strong as can be. 349 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 5: But some of you, right now, the fog has set in. 350 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 6: You know, God has promised that you're going to get well, 351 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 6: that you're going to get out of debt, a relationship 352 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 6: is going to be restored, You're going to accomplish a dream. 353 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 5: But every voice is say no. If it was going 354 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 5: to happen, it would have already happened. You're too old, 355 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 5: your situation is too bad. 356 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 6: You don't have the resources, just like Jeff, just like 357 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 6: we did. You have to make the decision. Am I 358 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 6: going to believe those negative voices and go in that direction? 359 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 6: Or am I going to believe what God says and 360 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 6: go in his direction. Let me encourage you to go 361 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 6: with God. 362 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 5: See our attitude should be God, you. 363 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 6: Said I would lend and not borrow. I may not 364 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 6: see how, but that's the direction that I'm headed. 365 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 5: God. 366 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 6: You said my children will be mighty in the land. 367 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 6: That's what I'm believing for. 368 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 4: God. 369 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 6: You said what you started in me you would bring 370 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 6: to completion. So I am headed in the direction, God, 371 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 6: of what you have promised. When you learn to magnify 372 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 6: the promises rather than the problems, than in due season, 373 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 6: you will see you're sure begin to come into sight. 374 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 6: God will get you to where he wants you to be. Well, 375 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 6: you say, Joel, my situation didn't turn out like yours. 376 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 6: We prayed, we believed, but my loved one didn't make it. 377 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 6: Or I worked hard but I didn't get the promotion. 378 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 6: I stepped out in faith, but my business didn't make it. 379 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 6: It looks like God has failed me. Now you have 380 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 6: to have the trust that God knows what's best for you. 381 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 6: He has your best interest at heart, and just because 382 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 6: your plan didn't work out or your loved one went 383 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 6: on to heaven doesn't mean that God is not in control. 384 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 5: You've got to come back to. 385 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 6: That place of peace and say, God, I know you're 386 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 6: still on the throne. And even though I don't understand this, 387 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 6: even though I'm disappointed, I refuse to live my life negative, bitter, discouraged. 388 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 6: I believe that you know what's best for me. You 389 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 6: know every dream, every promise, and here's the key, And 390 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 6: I trust you enough to believe at the right time 391 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 6: in my due season, you will bring every promise that 392 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 6: you've spoken to me to pass to fulfillment. That's what 393 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 6: a young lady did by the name of Vanetta Flowers. 394 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 6: From the time she was a little girl, her dream 395 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 6: was to compete in the Olympic Games. She's always been 396 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 6: an incredibly fast runner. By the age of twenty two, 397 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 6: she was a world class athlete ready to try out 398 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 6: for the Olympics. She competed in the one hundred meters 399 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 6: dash and in the long jump, but her efforts were 400 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 6: not quite good enough. She missed making the team by 401 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 6: a fraction of a second. Instead of giving up, she 402 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 6: decided to put in four more years of grueling training, 403 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 6: getting up early, running, lifting weights, working out, eating properly. 404 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 6: In the year two thousand, her big moment came the 405 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 6: age of twenty six, and in the best shape of 406 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 6: her life, she tried out. 407 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 5: For the long jump. 408 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 6: She knew this would be her last chance to make 409 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 6: the Olympic team, but in spite of her training and 410 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 6: all of her talent, she still didn't make it. 411 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 5: She was so devastated. 412 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 6: It looked like seventeen years of training had gone down. 413 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 6: The drain was definitely foggy. In her life, every voice 414 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 6: said it's over. You must have heard God wrong, because 415 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 6: it's definitely not going to happen now. One day, her 416 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 6: husband saw a sign in the gym that said, continue 417 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 6: your Olympic dream by trying out for the bob sled team. 418 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 5: There were two requirements. You had to be a good 419 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 5: sprinter and a good. 420 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 6: Long jumper, the very two things that she had worked 421 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 6: on for over seventeen years. She didn't even know what 422 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 6: the bob sled was, but her husband talked her into 423 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 6: trying out. Long story short, she not only made the 424 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 6: Olympic team, but in two thousand and two, she became 425 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 6: the first African American woman to ever win a gold 426 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 6: medal in the Winter Olympics. Friends, God is a faithful God. 427 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 6: You can trust him. What he promised will come to pass, 428 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 6: and our attitude should be God, I know you will 429 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 6: never fail me or let me down. And even though 430 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 6: this looks like a disappointment, I believe that all things 431 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 6: work together for my good. It may not be good 432 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 6: right now, but I believe one day I will look 433 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 6: back and see how in the overall plan for my. 434 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 5: Life, you use this to my advantage. 435 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 6: Friend's faith is all about trusting You got to know 436 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 6: down deep that God has your best interest at heart. 437 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 5: And just because you go through a. 438 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 6: Disappointment does not mean it's not going to happen. I 439 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 6: see too many people if their plan doesn't work out, 440 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 6: if they don't qualify for the new home, if they 441 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 6: don't get the promotion, instead of believing that God's in 442 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 6: control and he has something better in store, they get 443 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 6: all down and discouraged and they never see the promise 444 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 6: come to pass. But again, just because it doesn't happen 445 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 6: our way on our timetable, doesn't mean that it's not 446 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 6: going to happen. The other day, when we were at 447 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 6: Dodger Stadium doing our Night of Hope, at the end 448 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 6: of the service, our eleven year old daughter Alexandra comes 449 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 6: up and sings. The sound at the big stadiums where 450 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 6: we were standing at second base can be very confusing. 451 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 6: When you say something, it's so big and there's so 452 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 6: much delay and reverberation, you don't hear what you said 453 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 6: for a second or two. You have to really concentrate 454 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 6: and ignore the sound coming back. And Alexandra was wearing 455 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 6: little electronic monitors in her ears, like you see the 456 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 6: singer's wearing to help take care of this problem. It 457 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 6: would be almost impossible to sing without them. The only 458 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 6: problem was when Alexandra got up to sing, there was 459 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 6: a technical issue and her monitors were not working. She 460 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 6: could not only not hear herself or the music electronically, 461 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 6: but they act just like earplugs, and she couldn't even 462 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 6: hear her herself naturally. Of course, this was all going 463 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 6: out live on television. She got up and started singing, 464 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 6: doing her best. 465 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 5: She didn't know if the mic was on, if people 466 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 5: could hear her, if she was in tune. 467 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 6: All these voices were telling her, you might as well stop. 468 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 6: Nobody's hearing you, You're wasting your time, it's not working. 469 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 6: In the midst of all this confusion, she just happened 470 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 6: to look over to her left and see her mother 471 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 6: sitting in the bleachers. Victoria had a big smile on 472 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 6: her face, nodding her head. 473 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 5: Yes, she was saying, it's working. 474 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 6: Keep going, you're doing good, Alexander saying, for another twenty 475 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 6: or thirty seconds, still not able to hear herself or 476 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 6: the music, and all kinds of sounds are coming and going, 477 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 6: these voices telling her to stop. 478 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 5: She looks back. 479 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 6: Over, and there's Victoria still smiling bigger than me, ear 480 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 6: to ear, nodding her head saying yes, yes, yes. She 481 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 6: ended up singing the whole song without it being able 482 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 6: to hear herself or the music, all because she could 483 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 6: see her mother telling her, You're doing good, It's okay. 484 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 5: Keep going. 485 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 6: Sometimes in life, when we get up, the mic is 486 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 6: not working. In other words, we're doing our best, but 487 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 6: it doesn't look like anything is happening. We've trained, we've sacrificed, 488 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 6: we prayed, we believe, but it just doesn't look like 489 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 6: it's worth it. We wonder is it even worth it 490 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 6: to keep going? Is it worth it to keep treating 491 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 6: this person right even though they're treating me wrong? Is 492 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 6: it worth it to keep pursuing my dreams when I've 493 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 6: had so many closed doors? Is it worth it to 494 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 6: keep trying to overcome this addiction even though I failed 495 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 6: so many times? Now listen, if you will look up 496 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 6: through your eyes of faith, just like Alexandra saw her mother, 497 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 6: you will see your heavenly Father with a big smile, 498 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 6: body his head saying yes, it's worth it. Keep going, 499 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 6: You're doing good. 500 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 5: I'm in control. I'm a faithful God. 501 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 6: When those voices come, and they come to all of 502 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 6: us saying stop, give up, You're wasting your time. 503 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 5: Don't dwell on it. Learn to look back up, use 504 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 5: your imagination. 505 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 6: See your heavenly Father smiling down on you, nodding his 506 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 6: head saying yes. When you realize the creator of the 507 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 6: universe is saying you're doing good. 508 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 5: You can make it. 509 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 6: When you realize the God that spoke the worlds into 510 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 6: existence is saying I'll never fail you. 511 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 5: Keep going. That's what will give you the strength, the confidence. 512 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 6: The determination to ignore every negative voice, to shake off 513 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 6: every disappointment, knowing that if God be for you, if 514 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 6: God is saying yes, it doesn't matter who else is 515 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 6: saying no. 516 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 5: God has the final say. 517 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 6: Friends, we can trust the faithfulness of God. What he 518 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 6: promised he will bring the past. He's saying to you today, 519 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 6: I will not fail you. I will not let you down. 520 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 6: I will not release my hold on you. Now we 521 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 6: can boldly say the Lord is our helper. 522 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 5: I want you to have this confidence that God is 523 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 5: in control. And just because it. 524 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,719 Speaker 6: Hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. 525 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 6: That means the promise is still in your future and 526 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 6: in those foggy seasons of life. Make up your mind 527 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 6: that you're going to trust God's promises. 528 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 5: Don't listen to that other voices. 529 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 6: God's promises will get you home safely every time some 530 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 6: of your living worrying, stress. 531 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 5: Wondering if it's God ever going to happen. 532 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 6: No. 533 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 5: God has you in the palm of his hand. 534 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 6: He has never failed you in the past, and let 535 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 6: me assure you he will not fail you in the 536 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 6: future if you will dare trust the faithfulness of God 537 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 6: is when due season, he promises He's gonna. 538 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 5: Pour out his favor in new ways. 539 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 6: You're gonna overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, accomplish every dream. 540 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 6: And I believe in declare every promise God put in 541 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 6: your heart. You will see that come to fulfillment. Amen, 542 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 6: do you receive it today? We never like to close 543 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 6: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 544 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. 545 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? 546 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 547 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 6: into my heart, wash me clean. 548 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and savior. 549 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 6: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 550 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 6: got born again, Get in a good Bible based church. 551 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 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