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He 39 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 5: still breaks chains in. 40 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 4: The midnight hour. 41 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 5: He's still a waymaker, a promise keeper, a miracle worker. 42 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 4: Hi. This is Joel and Victoria. 43 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 44 00:01:59,640 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 5: the men. 45 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 46 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 47 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 48 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 5: your life. 49 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's a joy to have you with 50 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: us today. 51 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 5: If you're ever in our area, please stop by be 52 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. These are the 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 5: finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. Also, 54 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 5: hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. We 55 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 5: have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 56 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 5: watch the messages anytime. 57 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 4: You can follow us on social media. We'll keep you 58 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 4: encouraged and inspired. 59 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 60 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 5: about these two men, Archie and Jack. They had debated 61 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 5: their whole life as to whether Jesus was white or 62 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 5: whether he was black. Archie was certain he was white. 63 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 5: Jack was just as certain he was black. As fate 64 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: would have it, they died on the same day. Rush 65 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 5: to the pearly Gates, said Saint Peter, please tell us 66 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 5: we've been arguing on our whole life. 67 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 4: Is Jesus white or is he black? 68 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 5: About that time, Jesus stepped up and said, Buenos dias. 69 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 4: Say it like a minute, this is my Bible. 70 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am, I have what 71 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 5: it says I have, I can do what it says 72 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 5: I can do. 73 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. 74 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 75 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 76 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 77 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 5: if you only knew. We all go through disappointments in 78 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 5: life and things we don't understand. Sometimes we make mistakes 79 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 5: and bring trouble on ourselves. It's easy to get discouraged 80 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 5: and lose our passion. But God won't allow anything to 81 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 5: happen that will keep you from your purpose. He's already 82 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 5: taken into account every bad break, every person that walked away, 83 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 5: every mistake. What we can't see is how he's working 84 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 5: behind the scenes, and sometimes he has to close a 85 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 5: door so he can open a bigger door. He'll move 86 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: a person out of your life because they're limiting your growth. 87 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 5: And what looks like a disappointment is really the hand 88 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 5: of God ordering your steps. Doesn't make sense now, but 89 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 5: down the road you'll see how if that door hadn't 90 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 5: have closed, you wouldn't have met that person that introduced 91 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 5: you to a friend, that had an opportunity that took 92 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 5: you to. 93 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 4: A new level. 94 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 5: If you only knew what God was up to, you 95 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 5: wouldn't live upset. If you only knew how He's going 96 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 5: to connect the dots in your life, how all things 97 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: are going to work for. 98 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 4: Your good, you'd get your passion back. 99 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 5: Maybe you went through a loss, you're discouraged thinking you've 100 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 5: seen your best days. I know that's difficult. But if 101 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: you only knew God has beauty for those ashes, If 102 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 5: you only knew the new doors that are going to open, 103 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 5: the new friendships that are coming, if you only knew 104 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 5: that your latter days will be better than your former days. 105 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 5: Looks like the end, but really it's a new beginning. 106 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 5: The best part of your life is still in. 107 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 4: Front of you. Perhaps you've made mistakes and you're. 108 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 5: Not where you thought you'd be in life, and you've 109 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 5: accepted that you can't reach your dreams. 110 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 4: You can't see God's favor. Look what you've done that 111 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: didn't stop your destiny. 112 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 5: God knew every mistake you would make, every failure. He's 113 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 5: already lined up restoration another chance. When God told Jonah 114 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 5: to go to the city of Nineveh, Jonah went the 115 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 5: other way, exactly opposite of what he knew he was 116 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 5: supposed to do. God didn't say I'm done with you, Jonah, 117 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 5: see if I'll ever help you. 118 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 4: A couple days. 119 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 5: Later, Jonah was thrown overboard in the middle of the 120 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 5: sea in a huge storm. You would think God would say, see, Jonah, 121 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 5: I told you what to do. 122 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 4: Now you're in trouble. You're on your own. God had 123 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 4: a big. 124 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 5: Fish already in place, a well waiting to rescue Jonah. 125 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 5: Swallowed him up, carried him to the shore like a 126 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 5: cruise liner. Three days later spit him up on dry ground. 127 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 5: You may be off course, thinking you've missed your destiny if. 128 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 4: You only knew what great links. 129 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 5: God is going to go to to get your back 130 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 5: on course, if you only knew there are wells waiting 131 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 5: for you to rescue you, to protect you, to bring 132 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 5: you back into your purpose. You can't outrun the mercy 133 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 5: of God. He can't get too far away, too far down. 134 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 5: The psalm is said, if I go to the depths 135 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 5: of the ocean, God, you are there. If I go 136 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 5: to the heights of the heaven, You're still there. When 137 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 5: the fish spit Jonah out, God told him to go 138 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 5: to the city at Nineveh. He gave him another chance. 139 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 5: This time Jonah went. He got back on course. He 140 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 5: fulfilled his purpose. You may have gone your own way, 141 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 5: done things that were not the best. You think that 142 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have anything to do with you, But like Jonah, 143 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 5: you can still become. 144 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: Who you were created to be. 145 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 5: Don't sit around condemned, listening to the accuser, reminding yourself 146 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 5: of everything you've done wrong. 147 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: If you only knew what. 148 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 5: God was going to do, how He's not just going 149 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 5: to restore you, not just bring you out and set 150 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 5: you on the sidelines. 151 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 4: He's going to. 152 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 5: Put you back into purpose. His calling is still on 153 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 5: your life. The assignment he has for you didn't get 154 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 5: canceled because you took a detour. He's still going to 155 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 5: honor you. You're still going to see dreams come to pass. 156 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 5: You're still going to have a healthy family. If you 157 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 5: only knew what God was doing behind the scenes, if 158 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: you only knew how he's working out his plan for 159 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 5: your life, if you only knew what he started he's 160 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 5: going to finish. 161 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: If you only knew how he's fighting battles for you, 162 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: then you would trust him. 163 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 5: You would live from a place of peace, a place 164 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 5: of faith. You wouldn't fight all the things you don't like. 165 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 5: The disappointments, the delays, the betrayals. 166 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 4: They had to happen. They're a part of his plan. 167 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 5: You couldn't step into the fullness of your destiny without them. 168 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 5: It was uncomfortable, it didn't make sense. But you wouldn't 169 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 5: see your greatness without those challenges. 170 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 4: John chapter four. 171 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 5: Jesus was traveling with his disciples from Judea to Galilee. 172 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 5: They stopped in Samaria. The disciples went into town to 173 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 5: buy food. Jesus was waiting at a well at noontime. 174 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: This Samaritan woman came to the well to get water. 175 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 5: She had been married five times and now was living 176 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 5: with the six man. She had gone through great rejection 177 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 5: and heartache, been taken advantage of. She felt ashamed, unworthy, unattractive, devalued. 178 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 5: On top of that, people would talk about her, make 179 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: disparaging remarks, so much so that she came to the 180 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 5: well at noon, the hottest part of the day. Everyone 181 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 5: else came in the morning, but she didn't want to 182 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 5: see anyone. She didn't want to feel their judgment, hear 183 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 5: their comments. As a little girl, I'm sure she dreamed 184 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: of getting married, having a happy family, but life didn't 185 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 5: turn out the way she had thought she had made mistakes, 186 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 5: other people had done her wrong. Now she was hurting 187 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 5: and lonely at the weld. Jesus asked her for a 188 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 5: drink of water. The woman was surprised because back then 189 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 5: the Samaritans didn't have anything to do with the Jews. 190 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 5: On top of that, in that culture, a man would 191 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 5: never speak to a woman that he didn't know. 192 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 4: But I loved the fact that Jesus broke rules to 193 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 4: reach people. 194 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 5: He went against protocol, against what was accepted, to lift 195 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 5: the fallen, to restore the broken, to heal the hurting. 196 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 4: She said to Jesus, you're a Jew. I'm a Samaritan. 197 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 4: Why are you asking me for a drink? Jesus said 198 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 4: to her, if. 199 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 5: You only knew the gift God has for you and 200 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 5: who I am, you would ask me and I would 201 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 5: give you living water. 202 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 4: He was saying. 203 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 5: If you only knew what I'm about to do for you, 204 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 5: if you only knew how I'm about to heal the hurts, 205 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 5: restore your sense of value, thrust you into your purpose, 206 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 5: then you would gladly give me a drink of water. 207 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 5: She said, But Sir, you have nothing to draw water with. 208 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 5: You don't have a bucket. 209 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 4: Where are you going to get this living water? 210 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 5: And besides, are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who 211 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 5: gave us this well. Jesus said, if you drink this water, 212 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 5: you will soon get thirsty. But when you drink the 213 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 5: water I give you, you will never thirst again. 214 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 4: She said, please give me this water. 215 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 5: Jesus began to tell her about her life and how 216 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 5: she had had five husbands. She was amazed at how 217 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 5: he knew everything, said it, sir, you must be a prophet. 218 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 5: I know one day the Messiah, the Christ, will come. 219 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 5: Jesus said to her, I am the Messiah. The first 220 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 5: person Jesus ever told he was the Messiah. Wasn't an 221 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 5: influential leader, wasn't a priest in the synagogue, wasn't the 222 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 5: mayor of the city. It was this lady, A lady 223 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 5: that had made mistakes, a lady that had been mistreated, 224 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 5: a lady that had suffered heartache, the least likely one 225 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 5: you may have made mistakes, had people do you wrong, 226 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 5: gone through bad breaks. God is saying to you, if 227 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 5: you only knew what I'm about to do, if you 228 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 5: only knew how I'm going to make. 229 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 4: Miracles out of your mistakes. If you only knew how I'm. 230 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 5: Going to restore you, heal, you still make something great 231 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 5: out of your life. This lady came to the well 232 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 5: beaten down, unworthy, thinking that she would always be looked 233 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 5: down on, defeated. But she left that day with a 234 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 5: new past, a new self image. She saw herself as valuable, 235 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 5: redeemed forgiven. She ran back and told the whole town 236 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 5: to come see this man Jesus. They all flooded out 237 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 5: to see him. She didn't just get changed, but she 238 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 5: changed her city. Now she was no longer looked down on. 239 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 5: She had respect, she was no longer broken, unworthy. 240 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 4: She felt valuable. She knew she was a child of 241 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 4: the Most High God. 242 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 5: What's interesting is Samaria wasn't the shortest route from Judea 243 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 5: to Galilee. There was a quicker way, but Jesus said 244 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 5: I must go through Samaria. I can hear the disciples saying, Jesus, 245 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 5: that's a long way. It's hot, we're already tired. Let's 246 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 5: take the short cut. Jesus said, no, there's a woman there. 247 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 5: I need to see someone that's made mistakes, someone this 248 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 5: off course, someone that's been rejected, that feels forgotten about. 249 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 5: I have to tell her what I'm about to do. 250 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 5: This woman came from. 251 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: A culture that worshiped idols. 252 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 5: Their gods were made out of stone, no life, no response. 253 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 5: Jesus showed up and said, I'm going to give you 254 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: living water. They were used to dead gods. He said, 255 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 5: I'm the Messiah. I'm the living God. You may have 256 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 5: some big obstacles. You don't see how you can overcome 257 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 5: the sickness, how you can break the addiction, how you 258 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: can accomplish your dream. 259 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,119 Speaker 4: But if you only. 260 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 5: Knew who our God is, He's not a weak, lifeless, 261 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 5: limited god that used to live a statue that we 262 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 5: can reverence. 263 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 4: Our God is alive. 264 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 5: He still parts red seas, He still brings dead things 265 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 5: back to life. He still protects in the fiery furnace. 266 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: He still makes rivers out of deserts. 267 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 5: He still brings walls down, he still defeats giants. 268 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 4: He still breaks chains in the midnight hour. 269 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 5: I'm still a waymaker, a promise keeper, a miracle worker. 270 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 4: Like this woman. Life may have thrown you a curb. 271 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 5: You've settled where you are, thinking this is as good 272 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 5: as it gets. Just live with the addiction, Just accept 273 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 5: those bad breaks limited you. That person that walked away 274 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 5: soured your life. God is saying, if you only knew 275 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 5: what I'm about to do, I'm about to promote you 276 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 5: in the pandemic. 277 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 4: I'm about to honor you in front of your enemies. 278 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 5: I'm about to heal you despite what the report says. 279 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 5: I'm about to free you from what looks permanent. I'm 280 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 5: about to bring someone into your life better than you've imagined. 281 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 4: If you only knew. 282 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 5: What God was up to, you'd get your fire back. 283 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 5: Those bad breaks didn't stop your purpose. The mistakes you 284 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 5: made didn't cancel your destiny. You're about to see God 285 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 5: show out in your life. 286 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: My father went through a great disappointment. 287 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 5: He was married at a young age, and unfortunately the 288 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 5: marriage didn't work out. Denominational leaders told him that he 289 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 5: would never pastor again, that that failure had disqualified him. 290 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 5: He eventually left his church and started selling insurance. 291 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 4: He was very down on himself. 292 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 5: Leaving condemned, thinking that he had seen his best days. 293 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 5: But the same God that came to the well for 294 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: that woman that was broken and lonely came to my father. 295 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 5: Daddy thought it was all downhill, that he would never pastor, 296 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 5: never be in ministry, never have a family. But God said, 297 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 5: if you only knew what I'm gonna do, If you 298 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 5: only knew You're gonna meet Dolores Pilgrim, a young nursing 299 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 5: student and fall in love. If you only knew you're 300 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 5: gonna have four average children and one exceptional child. If 301 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 5: you only knew you're gonna Pastor Lakewood and have influence 302 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 5: around the world, you wouldn't live defeated, down on yourself 303 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 5: because of mistakes, no passion, because of those bad breaks. See, 304 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 5: we get stuck in the heartache, the disappointment, the guilt, 305 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 5: the shame. 306 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 4: Should have done better? 307 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 5: What was wrong with me? God knows we're human. Quit 308 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 5: being so hard on yourself. Your mistakes didn't stop what 309 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 5: God has planned for your life. 310 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 4: You're not that powerful. 311 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 5: If you could stop your destiny, none of us would 312 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: make it. Abraham made a mistake, had a baby out 313 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 5: of wedlock. That didn't stop the promised child. He's called 314 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 5: the father of our faith. If he made mistakes and 315 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 5: didn't miss his purpose, then you shouldn't beat yourself. 316 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: Up because you've made mistakes. Now I'm not. 317 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 5: Saying about being loose and doing whatever you want. But 318 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 5: when your heart is to please God, when down deep 319 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 5: you want to do the right thing, but you make mistakes, 320 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: that is not going. 321 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 4: To stop your purpose. 322 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 5: What will stop you is if you start living condemned 323 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 5: down on yourself, no passion. That's why Jesus showed up 324 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 5: and said to this woman, if you only knew what 325 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 5: I'm about to do, if you only knew the gift 326 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 5: I have for you, if you only knew who you 327 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,640 Speaker 5: are talking to, He was saying, I'm not just anyone. 328 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 5: I'm the God who spoke worlds into existence. I'm the 329 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 5: God who flung stars into spaith. I'm the God that 330 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 5: crowned you with favor, that planned out your days for good. 331 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 5: Jesus spoke faith into this lady. He could have condemned her. 332 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 5: You're getting what you deserve, too bad, it's just life. No, 333 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 5: he said, get ready, I'm about to do something awesome. 334 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 4: In your life. You may have had your share of setbacks. 335 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 5: You could come up with good reasons why you can't 336 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 5: be happy, why you can't get married, why. 337 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: Your business can't succeed. In your own strength. That may 338 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 4: be true, but you're not on your own. The God 339 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 4: who breathed life. 340 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 5: Into you, is saying, if you only knew the doors 341 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 5: I'm about to open, if you only knew the favor 342 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 5: I'm about to show you, if you only knew how 343 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 5: I'm going to connect the dots. Those things you don't 344 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 5: understand that were painful, that weren't fair, I saw them, and. 345 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 4: They're going to all work for your good. 346 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 5: They're leading you to an amazing future, to something better 347 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 5: than you've imagined. As a teenager, Joseph's father gave him 348 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 5: a coat of many colors. That coat represented favor. He 349 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 5: was the youngest son at the time and his father's favorite. 350 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 5: Joseph had a big dream to lead a nation. He 351 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: knew God's hand was on him, but his brothers didn't 352 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 5: like the favor on his life. When Joseph showed up 353 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 5: to check on them in another city at their father's request, 354 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: they thought this was their big chance to get rid 355 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 5: of Joseph. It's significant that they took his robe of 356 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 5: many colors off of him and threw him into a pit. 357 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 5: They killed an animal, put blood on it, and took 358 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 5: the robe back to their father and said they found 359 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 5: it along their way. Their father, Jacob was heartbroken. He said, 360 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 5: a wild animal has killed Joseph. What's interesting is they 361 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 5: took the robe away from him, but they couldn't take 362 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 5: the favor. 363 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: They sold him as a slave. Joseph had favor working 364 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 4: for his owner. 365 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 5: He was falsely accused and put in prison, but Joseph 366 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 5: had favor in prison. Thirteen years later, the pharaoh had 367 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 5: a dream he didn't understand, and they called Joseph out 368 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 5: of the prison. He interpreted the dream for the pharaoh. 369 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 5: He was so impressed. He said, who better to lead 370 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 5: our nation than Joseph. The scripture says the pharaoh put 371 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 5: a royal robe on Joseph. He took off his prison clothes, 372 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 5: and he put on a robe of influence, a robe 373 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 5: of authority, a robe of honor. I can imagine during 374 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 5: those thirteen years there were some lonely nights where Joseph 375 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: thought about that colorful robe that his father had given him. 376 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: When his brothers tore. 377 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 5: It off, he was so disappointed, heartbroken, betrayed by his 378 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 5: own family. He lost something that was important to him. 379 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 4: Didn't seem fair. Why did that happen? 380 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 5: But when the pharaoh put this new robe on him, 381 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 5: a robe that said I lead a nation, A robe 382 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 5: of great authority. A light turned on for Joseph. He 383 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 5: realized it had to happen. I had to lose the 384 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: robe of many colors in order to get this royal robe. 385 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 5: The robe of many colors was supposed to be temporary. 386 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 5: God had something bigger, better, more rewarding. Sometimes we're disappointed 387 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 5: over what we've lost. We know it was good, it 388 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 5: represented favor, but it didn't last. The door closed, the 389 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 5: loan didn't go through, the person walked away. We don't 390 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 5: understand why it didn't work out. Why did I lose 391 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 5: this coat of many colors? 392 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 4: It meant so much to me. 393 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 5: But if you only knew what God was about to do, 394 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 5: if you could see the coat of influence, the code 395 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 5: of honor, the coat of authority that's coming, you would 396 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 5: understand that it's all a part of God's plan. 397 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 4: You have to trust him when it doesn't make sense. 398 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 5: He's not going to let you lose your coat of 399 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 5: many colors unless there's a royal robe that's in your future. 400 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 5: If you only knew where those disappointments are leading you, 401 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 5: Like with Joseph, you had to get pushed out. 402 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,719 Speaker 4: They had to be jealous. They had to betray you. 403 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 5: It's not that God has forgotten about you. It's that 404 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 5: He's positioning you for greater influence, greater honor, greater favor. 405 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 5: Can he trust you? When the Robe of Many Colors 406 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 5: is taken? Will you keep a good attitude, not get bitter, 407 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 5: not think you've seen your best days? 408 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 4: Joseph had plenty of opportunities to. 409 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 5: Give up on his dream in the pit, feeling forgotten, 410 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 5: working in a foreign country against his will, in prison for. 411 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 4: Something that he didn't do. How did he stay encouraged? 412 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 5: I believe the same God they came to the well 413 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 5: to meet the woman who was hurting, The same God 414 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 5: that came to my father when he was heartbroken, came 415 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 5: to Joseph and whispered, if you only knew what I'm 416 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 5: about to do, If you only knew how I'm going 417 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 5: to connect the dots, If you only knew how, You'll 418 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 5: never miss this Robe of many colors when I get finished. 419 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 5: That still small voice kept reminding him that God is 420 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 5: in control, that his steps for being ordered, that what 421 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 5: God started he would finish. 422 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 4: Are you discouraged over what didn't work out? Who did 423 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 4: you wrong? Why is it taking so long? If you 424 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 4: only knew what God was up to. 425 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 5: If you only knew the doors he's about to open, 426 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 5: if you only knew how He's going to vindicate you, 427 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 5: heal you, promote you, then you would trust him. 428 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: Why you don't understand. 429 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 5: Stay in faith when it doesn't make sense, Do the 430 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 5: right thing when the wrong thing has happened. 431 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 4: The fact that you lost the robe of many colors, 432 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 4: You've been through. 433 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 5: Disappointments, betrayals, injustice, that's a sign that something awesome is 434 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 5: on the way. 435 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 4: What God is about to do in your life will not. 436 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 5: Just make up for every wrong every injustice, but it 437 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 5: will be so rewarding you. 438 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 4: Won't think about what you lost. I heard about this 439 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 4: young lady. 440 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 5: She was going to meet her fiance's parents for the 441 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 5: first time. They were known to be very picky and 442 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 5: not easily impressed, and she. 443 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 4: Was nervous about it all. 444 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 5: And she made sure her outfit was perfect and she 445 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 5: looked the best that she possibly could. But on the 446 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 5: way out the door, she accidentally knocked a can of 447 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 5: Coca cola over. It hit the floor and splashed up 448 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 5: on her shoes and pant legs. 449 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 4: She couldn't believe it. Of all times, she was trying 450 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 4: to look good, and this happened. 451 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 5: She didn't have time to change, so she just wiped 452 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 5: it off the best she could and went on her way. 453 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 5: At her fiance's house, she met the parents and they 454 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 5: visited for a while. They have a little dog that 455 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 5: they've had for years. The whole time that dog was 456 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 5: at this young lady's feet, it followed her through the house, 457 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 5: would not leave her side. When she's the dog stop 458 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 5: where she sat. The dog sat for two hours. 459 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 4: The dog was the girl's best friend. 460 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 5: When she was about to leave, the mother said, We've 461 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 5: had plenty of people over to our house, but this 462 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 5: dog has never. 463 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 4: Taken to anyone like you. 464 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 5: There must be something very special about you. She didn't 465 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 5: realize the dog like to smell of coke on her pants. 466 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 5: Sometimes what we think is a disappointment is really the 467 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 5: hand of God. 468 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 4: His ways are not our ways. 469 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 5: Instead of being frustrated by what doesn't work out, try 470 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 5: a different approach and. 471 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 4: Say, God, I trust you. 472 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 5: I may not understand it, it may be uncomfortable, but 473 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: I know you wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't 474 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 5: going to work to my advantage. 475 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 4: If you only. 476 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 5: Knew what God is going to do. You'd stay in peace. 477 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 5: If you only knew how he's going to connect the dots, 478 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 5: you wouldn't fight everything that. 479 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 4: Doesn't go your way. 480 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: If you only knew how he's going to take your 481 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 5: mistakes and make mirac out of them, how your poor 482 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 5: choices are not going to stop your destiny, then you'd 483 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 5: get your passion back. You'd stir your faith up and 484 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 5: start dreaming again, start hoping again, start believing again. There's 485 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 5: a lady in the scripture named Rayhab. She was a prostitute. 486 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: She didn't like who she had become. She never thought 487 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 4: she'd end up where she was. 488 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 5: But life has a way of taking turns, and we 489 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 5: find ourselves disappointed, hurting in dysfunction. She felt stuck. How 490 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 5: could she get out? She was living in a city 491 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 5: that worshiped idols. I can imagine some nights she would 492 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 5: look up at the stars and say, God. 493 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: If you're real, help me to change. 494 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 5: God, show me a better path, thought said, are you crazy? 495 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 5: God would never have anything to do with you. Look 496 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 5: at how you're living. But when you take one step 497 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 5: toward God, he'll come running towards you. God doesn't judge 498 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 5: the way people judge people will write you off, discounts you. 499 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 4: You can't do anything great. You made too many mistakes. 500 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 4: You come from the wrong family. You're not talented enough. 501 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 5: If you only knew how God sees you, he calls 502 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 5: you a masterpiece. He put royal blood in your veins. 503 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 5: He's crowned you with favor. You have seeds of greatness. 504 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 5: Nothing you've done has lessened your value. Nothing you've done 505 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 5: has made him love you any less. He's still going 506 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 5: to make something significant out of your life. Joshua was 507 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 5: sent men in to spy out her city, the city 508 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 5: of Jericho. Word got out that they were there, and 509 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 5: Ray Have hid the spies in her house made sure 510 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 5: that they were safe. In return, the spies told her 511 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 5: that whoever it was in her house, when the Israelites 512 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 5: attacked the city, they would be spared, and her relatives 513 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 5: were the only ones that survived. 514 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 4: That was the turning point. 515 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 5: Ray Have married a man from the tribe of judah 516 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 5: unnamed Boas. Boas had a son named Jesse. Jesse had 517 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,719 Speaker 5: a son named David. That means Rahab is in the 518 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 5: family line of Jesus. If you only knew how God 519 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 5: cannot only bring you out of a mess, but still 520 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 5: do something awesome with your life. Rehab is now listed 521 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 5: in Hebrews eleven as one of the heroes of faith. 522 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 5: Imagine someone telling her, while she was still in that 523 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 5: profession that one day you're going to make such an impact. 524 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 5: You're gonna do something so significant that thousands of years 525 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 5: from now people are gonna be talking about you. She 526 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 5: would have thought you have the wrong person. Do you 527 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 5: see what I do for a living, The mistakes I've made, 528 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 5: the culture I come out of. None of that is 529 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 5: going to stop what our God is about to do. 530 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 5: You may have plenty of reasons why you're limited. You've 531 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 5: seen your best stage. You made too many mistakes. God 532 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 5: is saying to you, if you only knew what I'm 533 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 5: about to do, if you only knew the I'm about 534 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 5: to show you, if you only knew the doors I'm 535 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 5: about to open, the healing, the restoration, If you only 536 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 5: knew the gifts God has for you, then you would 537 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 5: ask for living water. 538 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: That means you would ask big, you would believe big. 539 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 4: You'd get rid of the guilt, let. 540 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 5: Go of the discouragement, what didn't work out, mistakes you've made, 541 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 5: and get ready for something that you haven't seen. This 542 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 5: is a new day. God is doing a new thing. 543 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 5: Chains that have held you back are being broken right now. 544 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 5: Strongholds in your mind are coming down. Yes, you lost 545 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 5: that coat of many colors. 546 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 4: Don't worry. 547 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 5: You're about to see a robe of greater influence, greater authority. 548 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 5: God is about to connect the dots, the bad breaks, 549 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 5: the disappointments, the people that tried to stop you. 550 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 4: It's all working for your good. 551 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 5: I believe and declare you'll come in into promotion like 552 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 5: you've never seen, like ray, have favor that you didn't 553 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 5: deserve the well. You're not only going to be restored, healed, 554 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 5: and free, but you're going to impact your family, your city, 555 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 5: your world for the glory of God. 556 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 4: And if you receive it. Can you say amen? I'd 557 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 4: like to give you an. 558 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 5: Opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 559 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 560 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 561 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you a lord and save you. 562 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 563 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 5: born again. 564 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 4: Love to send you some free information on your new 565 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 4: walk with the Lord. 566 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 5: Just text the number on the screen, go to the website. 567 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 5: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church 568 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 5: and keep God first place. He'll take your places that 569 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 5: you've never dreamed. 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