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I hope you'll 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 4: leave Inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 38 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 4: every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 4: ministry going. Enjoy the message lod bless you enjoy to 40 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you. We know God 41 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: has great things in store for each one of you. 42 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 4: He rewards the people that seek after him. If you're 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: ever in our area, I hope you'll stop buying and 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 4: be a part of one of our services. I promise 45 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 4: you these are the finest people of all of Houston, 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 4: right here at Lakewood. We'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 4: But thanks for tuning in, thanks for coming out again. 48 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny each week. And 49 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 4: I heard about this lady that died, and she found 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 4: herself standing at the pearly gates. Saint Peter said, you 51 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 4: can't come in yet. You have to correctly spell a word. 52 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 4: She said what word? He said, any word? So she 53 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 4: spelled the word love l ov Peter said, welcome to Heaven. 54 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 4: Then Peter asked if she would take his place for 55 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 4: a moment. He instructed her to just follow the same 56 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 4: procedure if anyone else should come up. Well. In a 57 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: few minutes, the lady sees her ex husband walking up. 58 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 4: She can't believe it. She says, what are you doing here? 59 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 4: He said, I just had a heart attack. Did I 60 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 4: really make it to heaven? She said, not yet. You 61 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: have to correctly spell a word. He said what word? 62 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 4: There was a long pause, and she said, Czechoslovakia. All right, 63 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 4: hold up your bible. Say it like you mean it. 64 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 65 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 67 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 68 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 70 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about the God of acceleration. 71 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 4: One thing I've learned is God doesn't always follow a 72 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 4: natural timetable. You can be going along being your best, 73 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: living a life that honors Him, and all of a 74 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 4: sudden you come into favor to where your thrust years ahead. 75 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: What should have taken you five years you accomplish in 76 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 4: less than a year. What took your parents a lifetime 77 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 4: to achieve, you achieve in a fraction of the time. 78 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 4: We are living in a day where God is speeding 79 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 4: things up. I want you to get this down in 80 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,279 Speaker 4: your spirit. God is going to take you further quicker 81 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 4: than you've ever imagined in your career. Maybe it should 82 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 4: take you twenty years to work your way up to 83 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 4: the position you really want, or that business should take 84 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 4: twenty years to really build up and make it successful. 85 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 4: Now you need to get ready. The God of acceleration 86 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 4: is about to show up. He's going to give you 87 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 4: breaks that you didn't earn. He's going to move people 88 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 4: so you can be promoted. He's going to help your 89 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 4: gifts and talents come out to the full. It's not 90 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 4: going to be business as usual. It's going to be 91 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 4: business as unusual. You're going to look up and say, 92 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 4: how did I get to where I am so quickly? 93 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 4: Should have taken me twenty years and here I am 94 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 4: five years later. That's the God of accelera, speeding things up, 95 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 4: thrusting you years ahead. Maybe in your health, you've been 96 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 4: told that it's going to take five years to recover 97 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 4: from that illness, five years of therapy and treatment and 98 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: taking medicine. Now the good news is God has another timeline, 99 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 4: and he's saying I made your body. I know how 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 4: to correct what's wrong, and if you'll stay in faith, 101 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 4: I can speed up the process. You're going to get 102 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 4: well quicker than you thought. I talked to a gentleman 103 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 4: last week that it had a stroke a while back, 104 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 4: and he was a young man in his early fifties, 105 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 4: and he had lost almost total control of his left side. 106 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: He couldn't move his left arm and he had to 107 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: drag this left leg, and part of his face was paralyzed. 108 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 4: And I asked him about his prognosis, and he told 109 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 4: through his slurredge speech, how the doctors had said it 110 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 4: would probably take between three and five years of going 111 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 4: to therapy five days a week for him to regain 112 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 4: partial control of the left side. They clearly stated he 113 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 4: would never be able to lift this left arm like 114 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 4: he had before. I told him what I'm telling you. 115 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 4: God can speed things up. He's in control. Keep believing, 116 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 4: keep hoping. I saw him six months later. The first 117 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: thing he did was lift his arm way up in 118 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,559 Speaker 4: the air. He said, Joel, give me a high five. 119 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 4: I said, I thought you said it was gonna take 120 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 4: five years to do that. He said, that's what they 121 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 4: told me, But I did it in less than two months. 122 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 4: His therapist told him, I've been doing this for thirty 123 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 4: years and I've never seen anything like this. What is 124 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 4: that God accelerating things? God is doing it faster than 125 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 4: it's been done before. That's the day we're living in. 126 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 4: And some of you think that it's going to take 127 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 4: years to accomplish your dreams, and years to get out 128 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 4: of debt, and years to overcome that addiction. No, you 129 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 4: don't know what God is up to in your future. 130 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: He has explosive blessings, blessings that will thrust you years ahead. 131 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 4: You may be facing a sickness, but your attitude should 132 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 4: be Father, I want to thank you that you're accelerating 133 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,679 Speaker 4: my recovery. Thank you that I'm going to get well 134 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 4: quicker than I've been told. Maybe in your finances, when 135 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 4: you run all the numbers and the projections and the calculations, 136 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 4: you don't see how you could get out of debt 137 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 4: for one hundred and twenty two years, But don't ever 138 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 4: rule out the God of acceleration. He has ways to 139 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 4: promote you that don't fall into your calculations. Instead of 140 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 4: going around thinking it is never gonna happen. I'm so 141 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 4: far behind, this is impossible. No our report should be 142 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 4: I know I serve the God of acceleration. It may 143 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 4: look like it's gonna take fifty years, but I'm not 144 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: moved by what I see. I'm moved by what I know, 145 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 4: and I know right now God is speeding things up. 146 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 4: He has increased and promotion come in my way, and 147 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 4: I'm expecting his favor to accelerate things in my life. 148 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: That's what happened to us when God gave us this 149 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 4: beautiful facility. The former Compact Center. It thrust our ministry 150 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 4: probably fifty years down the road. The respect and influence 151 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 4: this gave us could have taken us our whole lifetime 152 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,679 Speaker 4: to earn on our own, but one touch of God's 153 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 4: favor and it thrust us many years ahead. My father 154 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 4: went to be with the Lord eleven years ago. This 155 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 4: week I was thinking about how just eleven years ago 156 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 4: I was working behind the scenes. I had never ministered before. 157 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 4: I didn't go to seminary, never trained to do this. 158 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 4: Most ministers start off in their early twenties. By the 159 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 4: time they're thirty five, the age I was when my 160 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 4: father went to be with the Lord and I took over, 161 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 4: they already have fifteen years experience. But friends, God knows 162 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 4: how to make up for lost time. He knows how 163 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 4: to speed things up. 164 00:08:59,280 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 3: Now. 165 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 4: I went from you're never ministering before to ministering to 166 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 4: people all over the world. I say this humbly and respectfully, 167 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 4: but God has thrust me far past the influence and 168 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 4: the reach that my father ever had. My father laid 169 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 4: the foundation. But here's where I've learned. God wants every 170 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 4: generation to increase. He wants you to accomplish what your 171 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,719 Speaker 4: parents did much quicker, and He is going to accelerate 172 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 4: things in your life to where you look up and say, 173 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 4: like me, how in the world did I get to 174 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: where I am? How did I end up being a 175 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 4: minister that's seen all over the world on television when 176 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 4: a few years ago I wouldn't even get up in 177 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 4: front of the church and make the announcements. Friends, God's 178 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 4: dream for your life is much bigger than your own. 179 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 4: There is potential on the inside that you have not 180 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 4: yet tapped into. There are seeds of greatness that are 181 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: not only going to take root, but God is going 182 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: to to accelerate bringing them to pass. He's going to 183 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 4: make up for lost time. You may have been in 184 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 4: the background for years, working hard, or maybe you've been 185 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 4: overlooked for promotion that you deserved. Don't worry about it, 186 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 4: don't get discouraged. God is keeping the records, and when 187 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 4: it's your time, He's gonna thrust you to the foreground. 188 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 4: You're not gonna be sitting on the sidelines wishing you 189 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: could do something great. No, you'll be in the game. 190 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 4: You'll be making a mark that cannot be a race. 191 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 4: God knows how to make up for lost time. I 192 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 4: think about the first miracle Jesus ever performed. He turned 193 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: water into wine. He just attended a wedding. Afterwards, he 194 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 4: was at this big reception, a big celebration, and right 195 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 4: in the middle, they ran out of wine. Jesus' mother, 196 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 4: Mary came up and told him about the problem. Jesus said, Mom, 197 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 4: why are you telling me that I can't do anything 198 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 4: about it? My time has not yet come. I can imagine. 199 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: Mary just smiled, and she said, to the workers, do 200 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: me a favor. Whatever he asked you to do, just 201 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 4: do it. Mary knew what he was capable of. And 202 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 4: there were six stone water pots over to the side. 203 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: They held about thirty gallons each. Jesus said to the workers, 204 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 4: fill those pots up with water. They filled them up, 205 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 4: and then he said, now dip out some of the water, 206 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 4: which was now wine, and take it to the host 207 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 4: of the party. When the host tasted it, he called 208 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 4: the groom over and said, this is amazing. Most people 209 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 4: served the best wine first, and then when people have 210 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 4: had a lot to drink and they don't know any better, 211 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 4: they'll bring out you know what I mean. I don't 212 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 4: I don't drink, but anyway, then they'll bring out the 213 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 4: less expensive wine. But you've done just the opposite. You've 214 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 4: saved the best wine for last. Now. I was reading 215 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 4: about how long it takes to make wine. It's a 216 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 4: very lengthy process. It starts by, of course, planning the 217 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 4: seed in the ground, and the vines have to grow 218 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 4: and produce grapes. The grapes have to develop when they 219 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 4: get mature, and just write, they pick the grapes and 220 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: eventually it's made into wine. But the process from the 221 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 4: time they plant the seed to the time they have 222 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: wine is typically three to five years. And that's just 223 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 4: average quality wine. But the better quality wine takes between 224 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 4: five and seven years to make. Not only that, to 225 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 4: increase the quality and make it more valuable. Sometimes they 226 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 4: will age the wine, put it up on a shelf 227 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 4: and leave it years and years. You've seen wine that's 228 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 4: twenty years old, wine that's thirty years old that would 229 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 4: be considered the best wine. Here's what I want you 230 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 4: to see. The first miracle Jesus ever performed. He took 231 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 4: what should have taken twenty years, and he did it 232 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 4: in a split second. What was normally a twenty year 233 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 4: process he did in a moment of time. You may think, 234 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 4: how can I ever get to where I'm supposed to be? 235 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 4: I am so far behind. No God can take what 236 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 4: should have taken you twenty years and get you there 237 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 4: in a split second. Maybe it should take you years 238 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 4: to get well, But just like Jesus sped up the 239 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 4: process of making wine, he can speed up the process 240 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 4: of you getting well. Maybe in the natural it should 241 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: take you twenty years to pay your house off. You've 242 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 4: run the calculations. That's according to the laws of economics. 243 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 4: But the good news is God is in the accelerating business. 244 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 4: He can give you one good break that'll thrust you 245 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 4: thirty years down the road. What happened He turned your 246 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 4: water into wine. He's sped up a natural process. This 247 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 4: is all a part of the Ephesians three twenty decade. 248 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: God is going to speed up natural laws and take 249 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 4: you further quicker than you've ever imagined. It's one thing 250 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 4: to go far and to accomplish a lot in eighty 251 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 4: or ninety years. That's great, that's commendable. But God wants 252 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 4: to take you further quicker. In other words, he wants 253 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 4: you to accomplish eighty years worth of goals in half 254 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 4: the time, or who knows a quarter of the time. 255 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 4: Maybe in the natural you can see how one day 256 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 4: you'll pay your house off twenty years from now, you've 257 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 4: got it all calculated. Or you can see how one 258 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 4: day you'll get that position that you really want. If 259 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: you keep working hard. Ten years from now, twenty years 260 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 4: from now, your supervisor will retire, you'll have the seniority. 261 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 4: You got it all figured out. This couldn't have goals 262 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 4: and plans and vision. But what I want you to 263 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 4: see is God is accelerating things in the coming days. 264 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 4: He's going to turn your water into wine. That promotion 265 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 4: should have taken you five years, but you need to 266 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 4: get ready. God is fitting things up. That business should 267 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: take ten years to get off the ground, But right 268 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: now God is working behind the scenes. You know what 269 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 4: he's doing. He's filling up your water pots. That problem 270 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 4: you're dealing with drag on for another twenty years, but 271 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 4: God is going to condense the time. It's going to 272 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 4: work out much quicker than you thought. I talked to 273 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 4: a lady several months ago. She was here in town 274 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 4: from another state. At the medical center. She had just 275 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 4: been approved to be on the list for a liver 276 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 4: transplant She was told it would take between three and 277 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: five years. She didn't know she could make it that long. 278 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: I encouraged her that God could heal her without the transplant, 279 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 4: or God could speed things up and cause it to 280 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 4: happen sooner. We prayed and she went on her way. 281 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 4: A few weeks later, I saw her back in the 282 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,479 Speaker 4: lobby again and she had a wristband from the hospital. 283 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 4: I thought maybe something was wrong. She smiled real big 284 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 4: and said, Joel, you are looking at a woman that 285 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 4: has a brand new liver. She got a call two 286 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 4: weeks from the hospital after she had been put on 287 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 4: that transplant list. It just so happened they had this 288 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 4: liver available and didn't work out for anybody else. Say that, 289 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 4: if you can get here tonight, this is your liver. 290 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 4: She jumped on a plane and immediately went into surgery. 291 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 4: The good news is there were no complications. And she said, Joel, 292 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 4: I feel better today than I felt since I was 293 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 4: a teenager. What happened. God turned her water into wine. 294 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 4: God took what should have taken five years and did 295 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 4: it in one month's time. That's the day we're living in. 296 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 4: God is accelerating things. The apostle Paul said, they're in 297 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 4: Ephesians two seven. In the Ages to come, we would 298 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 4: see the surpassing greatness of God's favor. Paul wrote this 299 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 4: ages ago, the day we're living in is the ages 300 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 4: to come that he was talking about. I don't know 301 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 4: about you, but I'm expecting acceleration. I'm expecting to go 302 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 4: further faster than I can in my own natural ability. 303 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 4: I'm expecting God to show himself strong on my behalf. 304 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 4: And if you too will take the limits off of 305 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 4: God God, you will see God do amazing things. You 306 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 4: look up and say, how in the world did I 307 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 4: get to where I am. I'm not the most qualified, 308 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 4: but I'm running the company. I'm not the most talented, 309 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 4: but they all asked me for advice. Or I never 310 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 4: went to seminary, but I've got a pretty big church. 311 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 4: Or it should have taken me till I retired, but 312 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 4: already paid my house off. One touch of God's favor 313 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 4: can put you thirty years down the road. One good break, 314 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 4: one promotion, one inheritance, one divine connection. Well, you say, Joel, 315 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 4: you're just getting everybody's hopes up. I don't believe God's 316 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 4: gonna accelerate things in my life. I don't believe this 317 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 4: is gonna happen for me, then this is not for you. 318 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 4: This is for believers. This is for people, people who 319 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 4: will rise up and say, yes, Lord, I know you're 320 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 4: the god of acceleration. And if you did it for 321 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 4: the wedding party years ago, if you took a twenty 322 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 4: year process and did it in a second, then I 323 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 4: know you can accelerate things in my life. I know 324 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 4: you can thrust me years and years ahead. I have 325 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 4: a friend that's thirty two years old, and right after 326 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 4: he got out of college, he went to work at 327 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 4: this huge corporation. I've known his parents and family for 328 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 4: many years. They're good people, they love the Lord, but 329 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 4: they've never risen any higher than they were thirty years ago. 330 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 4: He just stayed at the same level as their parents 331 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 4: and grandparents. And there's nothing wrong with that. But I 332 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: believe God wants every generation to increase. And this young 333 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 4: man has a big vision for his life. His dream 334 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 4: was to one day be running a major corporation. He 335 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 4: started at the very bottom level at that company, working 336 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 4: in sales. He just kept giving it his best day 337 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 4: in and day out. After three years, he was already 338 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 4: in the top five percent of seals. They promoted him 339 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 4: to a manager. The next year, he got a new account. 340 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: It was the largest account in the company's history. That 341 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 4: one good break immediately made him, by far, the top salesperson. 342 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 4: At twenty eight years old, he was appointed vice president. 343 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 4: He covered all the Southwest. Things continued to fall into place. 344 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 4: His boss left and went to another company. He got 345 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 4: another promotion. The CEO of this huge corporation was only 346 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 4: fifty one years old, looked like he had another twenty 347 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 4: years in him. But one day, unexpectedly, he went to 348 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 4: the board and said, I'm going to resign and I 349 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: would like to nominate this young man as my successor. 350 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: They voted, and today, at thirty two years old, he 351 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 4: is the youngest CEO in that corporation's history. He is 352 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 4: running a major company. They have thousands and thousands of employees. Friends, 353 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 4: that's God accelerating things. In the old days that could 354 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 4: have taken a lifetime. But in the day we're living in, 355 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 4: God is turning water into wine. It could have taken 356 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 4: a lifetime to achieve. But if you will believe, if 357 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: you will put your trust in him, if you'll live 358 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 4: your life that honors God. Then, like this young man, 359 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 4: God will give you good breaks. He'll open the right doors, 360 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 4: He'll move people out of the way. He'll cause you 361 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: to stand out in the crowd. He'll let his face 362 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 4: shine down on you, and you will accomplish goals in 363 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 4: a fraction of the time. This is what happened to 364 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 4: David as a teenager. God put a big dream in 365 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 4: his heart. He knew one day he was going to 366 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 4: do great things. But year after year went by and 367 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 4: he didn't see anything happening. He was stuck out in 368 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 4: the lonely shepherd's fields, taking care of his father's sheep. 369 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 4: Nobody knew him, he didn't have any influence, nobody paid 370 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 4: him much attention. Now, I'm sure he felt like he 371 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 4: was falling behind, like he would never get to where 372 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 4: God wanted him to be. One day, David went out 373 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 4: and faced Goliath. He didn't have any military training, all 374 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 4: the odds were against him, but he knew the most 375 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 4: high God was with him. And when David defeated Goliath 376 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 4: in a split second, he became an instant national hero. 377 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 4: In a split second, he had this influence, incredibility that 378 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 4: could have taken him his whole lifetime to earn on 379 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 4: his own. What happened, God turned his water into wine. 380 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 4: One touch of God's favor thrust him many many years ahead. 381 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 4: What's interesting is God used an obstacle to promote David. 382 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 4: When you face giants in your own life, disappointments, setbacks, 383 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 4: things don't work out, don't get discouraged. That adversity could 384 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 4: be the very thing God's going to use to promote you. 385 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 4: That could be where you see God's speed up the 386 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 4: time and you accomplished something that should have taken you 387 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 4: your whole lifetime. And like David, you may feel like 388 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: that you've fallen behind. You're not where you'd hope to 389 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 4: be in life, and you've got big dreams in your heart, 390 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 4: but you haven't had had any good breaks, doors have closed, 391 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 4: and you haven't seen things work out. It's easy to 392 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 4: get discouraged. But let me challenge you. If you will 393 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 4: just keep being your best day in and day out, 394 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 4: if you will live a life that honors God, God 395 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 4: will not only make up for lost time, but he 396 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 4: will thrust you further. He will do more than you 397 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 4: can even ask or think. Years ago, a friend of 398 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 4: mine wanted to buy some property to build a school on. 399 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 4: He had a few acres, but he needed more, and 400 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 4: right behind him there were ten acres directly connected to 401 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 4: his property. He had paid four thousand dollars an acre 402 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 4: for his land, and when he inquired about the ten 403 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 4: acres behind him, they said they wanted twenty five thousand 404 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 4: dollars an acre, more than five times what he had paid. 405 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 4: He prayed about it, but he just didn't feel good. 406 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 4: He didn't think those ten acres were worth a quarter 407 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,479 Speaker 4: of a million dollars, so he passed. He said no, thanks. 408 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: Down deep, he was very disappointed. He knew he was 409 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 4: supposed to build this school. That was the dream God 410 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 4: put in his heart. A year went by and he 411 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 4: didn't see anything happening. Another year and three years, four years. 412 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 4: He felt like he was falling way behind. The good 413 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 4: news is God has not forgotten how to turn water 414 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 4: into wine. God knows how to take a twenty year 415 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 4: process and cause it to happen in a split second. 416 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 4: One day, out of the blue, this government official came 417 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 4: by his office unannounced, never even invited him, and he said, 418 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 4: we've got one hundred and twenty acres right out in 419 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 4: front of your property. It all has strength frontage. It's 420 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 4: been foreclosed on five times. We've sold it and had 421 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: to take it back again and again. But he said, 422 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 4: I've been authorized to sell you this property. If you're 423 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 4: interested in it, just make us an offer and we'll 424 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 4: see if we can't work something out. It just so 425 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 4: happened that that one hundred and twenty acres had nine 426 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 4: buildings on it that he could easily use for a school. 427 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 4: Right then in there he offered a man two hundred 428 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 4: thousand dollars. The man shook his hand and said, you've 429 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 4: got a deal. He got all one hundred and twenty 430 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 4: acres with nine buildings, much better property, for less money 431 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 4: than they wanted for the ten acres behind him. That 432 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 4: one good break thrust him years ahead. Now he not 433 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: only has a beautiful campus, but he has enough property 434 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 4: for the next generation to expand. What happened God turned 435 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 4: his water into wine. God took what should have taken 436 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 4: him fifty years and gave it to him in a 437 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: split second. Some of you today, you've been through setbacks, 438 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 4: something didn't work out. It's taken longer than you'd hoped. 439 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 4: You need to get ready. God is about to make 440 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 4: up for lost time. Right now, he's filling up your 441 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 4: water pots. You may not see how you could ever 442 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 4: get to where you want to be, but don't ever 443 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 4: rule out the God of acceleration. He can give you 444 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 4: one good break that will put you thirty years down 445 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 4: the road. One touch of God's favor, and you'll go 446 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 4: from thinking that it's never gonna happen to saying, Wow, God, 447 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 4: you've amazed me with your goodness. You've done more than 448 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 4: I could even ask or think. One time in the 449 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 4: Old Testament, David and his men were out protecting the 450 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 4: borders of Israel. While there were away, some bandits came 451 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 4: into their hometown, attacked the city, burned it down, stole 452 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 4: all their possessions, and kidnapped their wives and children. It 453 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 4: was the greatest defeat that David had ever suffered. When 454 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 4: he and his men came back and saw the city 455 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 4: in ruins and realized that their families were gone, they 456 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 4: wept until they could not weep anymore. David thought it 457 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 4: was over. He didn't think he'd ever get to where 458 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 4: God wanted him to be. You've heard that saying, when 459 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 4: you're down to nothing, God is up to something. It 460 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 4: looked like a permanent setback. But the fact is God 461 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 4: was in complete control. God was getting the water pots out. 462 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 4: God was about to make up for lost time. David 463 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 4: and his men shook off that discouragement. They went out 464 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 4: and attacked the enemy, and the scripture says they recovered 465 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 4: everything that had been stolen. They got their wives and 466 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 4: children back, they got their possessions back. Not only that, 467 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 4: on that same day, King Saul was killed in another 468 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 4: battle and David was appointed king. This all happened just 469 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 4: three days after his greatest defeat, just three days from 470 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 4: his darkest hour. David not only saw God help him 471 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 4: overcome an obstacle, but God promoted him and put him 472 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,239 Speaker 4: on the throne of Israel. What am I saying, in 473 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: your darkest moment, you could be just seventy two hours 474 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 4: from your greatest victory. Sometimes we think it's gonna take 475 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 4: me years and years to get out of this problem. 476 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 4: This is a major challenge. I don't see how I 477 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 4: could ever work out. No, God still knows how to 478 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 4: turn water into wine. God can accelerate your victory. You 479 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 4: don't know, like David, it could be just seventy two 480 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 4: hours before your situation turns around. It could be just 481 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 4: seventy two hours before you get the break you need, 482 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 4: could be just another three days before that problem is 483 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 4: totally resolved. Like David, God is not going to just 484 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 4: bring you out. He's gonna bring you out promoted. He's 485 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,239 Speaker 4: gonna use that adversity to thrust you years ahead. Now, 486 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 4: I want you to get these two words down in 487 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 4: your spirit further quicker. God is speeding things up. You're 488 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 4: going to see acceleration in your life. It's not going 489 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 4: to take you your lifetime to accomplish your dreams. God 490 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: is breathing in your direction. It's gonna happen in a 491 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 4: fraction of the time. It's not gonna take you thirty 492 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 4: years to pay off your house. Supernatural increase is coming 493 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 4: your way. It's gonna happen quicker than you think. It's 494 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 4: not gonna take you ten years to get out of 495 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 4: that problem, ten years to overcome that addiction, years to 496 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 4: get out of debt. No, God is going to cause 497 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 4: things to fall into place to where it happens suddenly, 498 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 4: much faster than you thought. You may be facing today 499 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 4: the greatest challenge that you've ever faced, or maybe you 500 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 4: just went through the greatest setback in your whole life 501 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 4: to remember. Just like David, you could be just seventy 502 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,479 Speaker 4: two hours away from your greatest victory. Friends, we are 503 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 4: living in the day that Paul talked about, where we're 504 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 4: going to see the surpassing greatness of God's favor. This 505 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 4: is the day when God is speeding things up. Now, 506 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to make room for acceleration. Get up 507 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 4: every morning, say Father, I want to thank you that 508 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 4: you're accelerating things in my life. Thank you that you're 509 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 4: turning my water into wine. If you do that, you 510 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 4: will see God do amazing things. You will not only 511 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 4: accomplish every dream and overcome every obstacle, but it will 512 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 4: happen quicker than you think, in a fraction of the 513 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 4: time to where you think, how in the world did 514 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 4: I get to where I am so quickly? Here's how 515 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 4: it was the God of acceleration. Amen. Do you believe 516 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 4: it today? Do you receive it? We never like to 517 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 4: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 518 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 4: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 519 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 4: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 520 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 521 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 522 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 523 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 4: God first place. He's going to take your places you've 524 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 4: never dreamed of. 525 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. 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