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Keep walking in faith, 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 6: trusting when you don't understand, and you're going to walk 40 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 6: into blessings, favor, healing, freedom, abundant victory. 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 4: Like you've never seen. Hi. 42 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 6: This is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 43 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 6: We enjoy spending this time. 44 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 4: I'm with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged 45 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 4: and inspired. 46 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 7: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 47 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 7: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 6: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going 49 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 6: enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 50 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 6: you with us today. We are praying for you and 51 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 6: your family, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 52 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 6: during the week through our podcast, YouTube channel, serious XM 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 6: social media. 54 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: We want to keep it inspired and encouraged. But thanks 55 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 4: for tuning in. 56 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 57 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 6: about this pastor. He was raising funds for a new auditorium. 58 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 6: He said to the congregation, anyone that will give one 59 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 6: thousand dollars can pick out. 60 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: The next three hymns. 61 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 6: A little old lady in the back raised her hand said, Pastor, 62 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 6: I'll do it. 63 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 4: He was so excited. 64 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 6: He said, thank you so much. Now, which three hymns 65 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 6: would you like? She looked over the congregation and said, 66 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 6: I'll take him and him and him say it like 67 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 6: you've mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 68 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 6: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 69 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 6: I can do what it says I can do. Today 70 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 6: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 71 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 6: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 72 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 73 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 4: bless you. 74 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about trusting when 75 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 6: you don't understand. We all go through things in life 76 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 6: that don't make sense. A friend walked out of a relationship, 77 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 6: the company's downsizing, they don't need us anymore, or we 78 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 6: were being our best. 79 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 4: Then the pandemic hit. Business went down. 80 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 6: Children can't go to school, Dreams are put on hold. 81 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 6: Sometimes it feels like we're going backwards. It's easy to 82 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 6: live frustrated and thank God, why. 83 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 4: Is this happening? 84 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 6: But we're not going to understand everything that happens. God's 85 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 6: ways are not our ways. He can see things that 86 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 6: we can't see. And just because it's not fair doesn't 87 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 6: mean that God is not in control. Your steps are 88 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 6: being ordered by the Lord. If he allowed it to happen, 89 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 6: he's going to bring good out of it. He promises 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 6: all things worked together for your good. On its own, 91 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 6: it may not be good, it wasn't fair. You're uncomfortable, 92 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 6: but when it all comes together, you're going to see 93 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 6: how it works to your advantage. The difficulty, the delayed, 94 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 6: the betrayal was all instrumental in. 95 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 4: You reaching your destiny. But none of us like. 96 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 6: Bad breaks, loss, delay, But without that difficulty, you couldn't 97 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 6: become who you were created to be. It may look 98 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 6: like a dead end, but really it's setting you up 99 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 6: for promotion. 100 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 4: That door closed so a bigger door could open. 101 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 6: That person that left you, it was hurtful, but it 102 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 6: wasn't just their choice. God moved them out of the 103 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 6: way so he could bring someone better. That struggle was difficult. 104 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 6: You didn't do anything wrong, but you had opposition at work. 105 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 6: Your child wouldn't do what's right. It wasn't fair. But 106 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 6: what you couldn't see is it was growing you up, 107 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 6: developing your character, getting you stronger, more confident, more determined. 108 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 6: Without it, you wouldn't be prepared for the blessing, the increase, 109 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 6: the new levels that are coming your way. And you 110 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 6: may not understand what you're going through. You could live worried, discourage, 111 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 6: try a new approach. 112 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 4: God. 113 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 6: I don't understand it, but I trust you. I know 114 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 6: you're in control. You're working all things for my good. 115 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 6: So I'm not going to live upset. I'm going to 116 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 6: stay in peace, knowing that you will get me to 117 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 6: where I'm supposed to be. In John thirteen, Jesus was 118 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 6: about to be crucified. He and his disciples were eating 119 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 6: dinner together at what we now know as the Last Supper. 120 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 4: These disciples had spent. 121 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 6: The last few years with Jesus, seeing incredible miracles. Healed 122 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 6: the sick, raise Lazarus from the dead, feed thousands with 123 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 6: a little boy's lunch. They were with Jesus when he 124 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 6: made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, with people lining the 125 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 6: streets shouting Hosanna. It was an experience greater than they 126 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 6: ever imagine. But that evening, as they gathered for dinner, 127 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 6: the mood quickly changed. Jesus told them how his hour 128 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 6: had come, how he was going to be betrayed and crucified. 129 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 4: Instead of people celebrating, they would mock him. 130 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 6: After dinner, Jesus took a bowl of water and a 131 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 6: towel and he washed the disciples feet. He said in 132 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 6: verse seven, you don't realize now what I'm doing, but 133 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 6: one day you will understand. Jesus was telling the disciples, 134 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 6: in effect, You're going to walk through some things in 135 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 6: the days to come that you don't understand. 136 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 4: Up to this point, there's. 137 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 6: Been people cheering me on, But now I'm about to 138 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 6: be betrayed. There's going to be opposition, persecution, I said, 139 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 6: I would never leave you, but I'm about to be 140 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 6: taken away. He knew they were going to feel lonely, confused, afraid, 141 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 6: so he told them right up front, You're not going 142 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 6: to understand it now, but one day you will. Like 143 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 6: these disciples, there will be times in life that you 144 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 6: don't understand what God is doing. 145 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 4: Things don't make sense, trouble. 146 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 6: Delays, closed doors, people that betrayed you, prayers that haven't 147 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 6: been answered. It doesn't make sense now, but don't worry. 148 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 6: One day you're going to understand. God is going to 149 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 6: connect all the dots. He doesn't allow things that he 150 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 6: doesn't have a purpose for. 151 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 4: That trouble is not a surprise to God. The sickness 152 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 4: didn't catch him off guard. 153 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 6: The child getting off course is not going to stop 154 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 6: his destiny. God is still on the throne. He's still 155 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 6: ordering your steps. I can't see it right now, but 156 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 6: behind the scenes, God is lining up things in your favor. 157 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 6: When it's the right time, when it all comes together, 158 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 6: it's going to work for your good. 159 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 4: You're going to see the hand of God. 160 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 6: You'll look back and say, if that hadn't have happened, 161 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 6: I wouldn't have this position. If that door hadn't have closed, 162 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 6: I wouldn't have met this person. If I hadn't have 163 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 6: gone through that difficulty, I wouldn't have stepped in to 164 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 6: this new level. Now, don't waste your time trying. 165 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: To figure everything out. 166 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 6: There are some things you're not supposed to understand right now. 167 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 4: We can't see the plan of God. 168 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 6: We can't fathom how he does things we think natural. 169 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 6: He's supernatural, and if you're always trying to figure it out, 170 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 6: it's going to frustrate you. Instead of using that energy 171 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 6: trying to understand what's happening, use it to thank God 172 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 6: that he's working. Thank him that he's fighting your battles. 173 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 6: Think him that he's making your crooked places straight. Thank 174 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 6: him that you're surrounded with his favor. The scripture says 175 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 6: God will work out his plan for your life. You 176 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 6: don't have to work it out. You don't have to 177 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 6: live frustrated over what's not happening, discouraged over disappointments. You're 178 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 6: not doing life by yourself. The creator of the universe 179 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 6: is breathing in your direction. You keep honoring him and 180 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 6: he'll open the right doors. 181 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: He'll bring the right. 182 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 6: People, he'll turn negative situations around. He'll make things happen 183 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 6: that you couldn't make happen. His plan for your life 184 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 6: is much bigger than your own. If you're going to 185 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 6: stay in faith, you have to learn to trust when 186 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 6: you don't understand. After Jesus was crucified, I'm sure the 187 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 6: disciples thought, was he really the son of God? Did 188 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 6: we waste our time with him? I thought he said 189 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 6: he would never leave us. There was a time of 190 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 6: doubt confusion where it looked like Jesus abandoned then, But 191 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 6: as time went on they begin to realize the crucifixion 192 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 6: was a part of God's plan. Judas betrayal was a 193 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 6: part of the plan. The opposition, the mocking, the ridicule. 194 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 6: It all had to happen. It was leading to redemption, 195 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 6: to salvation. Are you frustrated because you don't understand what 196 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 6: God is doing? Upset because that friend betrayed, you discouraged 197 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 6: over the contract you lost? 198 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: How do you know that's not leading you to your destiny? 199 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 6: Without the betrayal, we wouldn't have salvation without that situation. 200 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 6: You don't understand, You couldn't see the fullness of what 201 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 6: God has in store. And sometimes we're trying to pray 202 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 6: away what God is going to use to take us 203 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 6: to the next level. I know it's uncomfortable, but the 204 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,359 Speaker 6: betrayals are necessary. The lonely nights are necessary, the delays, 205 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 6: the struggles, it's all necessary. 206 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 4: If Jesus could reach his destiny. 207 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 6: Without these things that don't make sense, that weren't fair, 208 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 6: people that did him wrong, how can we reach our 209 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 6: destiny without them? But the way to stay in faith 210 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 6: is to recognize that it's all a part of God's plan. 211 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 4: It's not happening by accident. 212 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 6: The enemy didn't somehow get the controls of your life. 213 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 6: Wrestle them away from God. Now God is standing by 214 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 6: hoping things work out. God has you in the palm 215 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 6: of his hand. Nothing can snatch you away. Him being 216 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 6: for you is more than the world being against you. 217 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 6: It's very freeing when you can say God, I don't 218 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 6: understand it, but I trust you. 219 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 4: Doesn't seem fair, but I'm not going to live better. 220 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 6: Had some bad breaks, disappointments, but I'm not going to 221 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 6: go around sour. I know you're still in control and 222 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 6: you will work out your plan for my life. Friend 223 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 6: of mine is in commercial real estate. He specializes in hotels. 224 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 6: He'll buy them, run them for a few years, then 225 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 6: turn around and sell them. At one point, he owned 226 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 6: over two hundred hotels, most of them were small. 227 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 4: In rural areas. His dream was to. 228 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 6: Own a large hotel in a major city. A couple 229 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 6: of years ago, he had a rare opportunity to purchase 230 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 6: this prestigious hotel in New York City. It was in 231 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 6: a premier location overlooking Central Park. He was so excited. 232 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 6: He worked for months and months arranging the funding. He 233 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 6: found a partner that would go in with him financially. 234 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 4: This was a huge undertaking. 235 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 6: He was going to have to stretch and leverage everything 236 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,239 Speaker 6: he had, including his house. 237 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: For it to work. 238 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 6: Occupancy had to be strong, business had to be good. 239 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 6: This was the only way he could make this huge payment. 240 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 6: After over two years of putting it together. This January, 241 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 6: he was supposed to finally close on the property, but 242 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 6: at the last minute, his business partner backed out. He 243 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 6: couldn't believe it. He scrambled to find another loan. Stretched 244 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 6: even further now, he was way over his head. The 245 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 6: day he went to closing, his bank called and said 246 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 6: they had changed their mind and wouldn't lend him the funds. 247 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 4: He was so disappointed. 248 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 6: This was his dream, a prestigious hotel, two years worth 249 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 6: of work, all for not. He couldn't understand why it 250 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 6: didn't work out. What he couldn't see was three months later, 251 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 6: this pandemic would hit in New York City would be 252 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 6: the epicenter. All the hotels had to close, no income, 253 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 6: no business, no customers. He would have this huge payment 254 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 6: and no way to make it. He told me, if 255 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 6: that deal would have gone through, he would be bankrupt. 256 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 6: He would have lost all his other hotels, his personal 257 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 6: finances would be gone. Sometimes what we think is a 258 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 6: bad break is really God protecting us. You may not 259 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 6: understand what God is doing now, but one day you 260 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 6: will understand. 261 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 4: One day you'll say. 262 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 6: I'm glad that door didn't open, I'm glad that prayer 263 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 6: didn't get answered, I'm glad that relationship didn't get started. 264 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to trust when you don't understand. God 265 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 6: can see the big picture for our lives. All we 266 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 6: can see is a little down the road. God knows 267 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 6: where the dead ends are, he knows where the shortcuts are. 268 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 4: He's ordering your steps. 269 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 6: I used to just thank him for the open doors, 270 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 6: but now I thank him just as much for the 271 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 6: closed doors, because if it's not supposed to be mine, 272 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 6: I don't want it. 273 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 4: If God is closing a door, don't fight it. 274 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 6: If you tried your best and it didn't work out, yes, 275 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 6: be persistent, but at some point you have to accept 276 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 6: it as God's plan and move on. That's a sign 277 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 6: that God has something better, something more fulfilling, more re ward. 278 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 4: Does it mean that it's never going to happen. 279 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 6: It may just mean that it's not the right time. 280 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 6: But too often we get discouraged, bitter. 281 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 4: It's not fair. 282 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 6: But if you believe that God is ordering your steps, 283 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 6: then you'll trust him with the open doors and. 284 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 4: Trust him with the closed doors. 285 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 6: You'll trust him with the good breaks and trust him 286 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 6: with the bad breaks. How we respond to these tests 287 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 6: has a great impact on whether new doors are going 288 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 6: to open, whether we see things turn around. If we 289 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 6: go through difficulties discouraged God, Why did this happen? Why 290 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 6: did they do me wrong? Why did my business partner 291 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 6: back out? Why did my health go down? That's going 292 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 6: to keep us where we are. It's significant that Jesus 293 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 6: washed the disciples feet. The scripture tells us to put 294 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 6: on the armor of God. Part of the armor is 295 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 6: our shoes of peace. When he washed their feet, he 296 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 6: was saying, as you go out and walk, walk through 297 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 6: things you don't understand, stay in peace. 298 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 4: He didn't wash their eyes. He knew they wouldn't be 299 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 4: able to see what he was doing. He didn't wash 300 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 4: their ears. 301 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 6: He knew they wouldn't understand what was happening, so he 302 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 6: washed their feet and sent them out into something they 303 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 6: didn't understand. 304 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 4: It's like us today. Who would have ever thought this 305 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 4: year would have turned out like it? 306 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 5: Has? 307 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 6: A pandemic, the economy shutting down, not able to go 308 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 6: to work, People's lives put on hold, so much uncertainty, unrest, tension. 309 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 6: There are a lot of things we don't understand, troubled 310 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 6: that we've never seen. Like Jesus washed the disciple's feet. 311 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 6: You're his disciple. If you would have been there, he 312 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 6: would have washed your feet. I could imagine him doing 313 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 6: that today. He's saying, you're going to walk through things 314 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 6: you don't understand, see difficulties that. 315 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 4: You've never seen. 316 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 6: There's going to be plenty of opportunities to live. I've 317 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 6: upset and afraid, but don't worry. I've washed your feet, 318 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 6: I've prepared you for what you're going to face. I've 319 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 6: armed you with strength for the battle. It may not 320 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 6: make sense, but it's all a part of my plan. 321 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 4: God is getting you ready for. 322 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 6: New levels of influence, new levels of favor, new levels 323 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 6: of leadership, new levels of resources. Now, make sure you 324 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 6: keep your shoes of peace on. Don't panic over the pandemic, 325 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 6: don't fear the unknown, don't lose sleep over what doesn't 326 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 6: make sense. God has equipped you, empowered you, and anointed you. 327 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 6: You've been raised up for such a time as this. 328 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 6: No weapon formed against you will prosper You. Keep walking 329 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 6: in faith, trusting when you don't understand, and you're going 330 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 6: to walk into blessings, favor, healing, freedom, abundance, victory like 331 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 6: you've never seen. 332 00:17:59,080 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 4: I've learned. 333 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 6: When you stay in faith when you don't understand, you're 334 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 6: going to. 335 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 4: Come into blessings that you don't understand. 336 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 6: When you trust God when it doesn't make sense, you're 337 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 6: going to come into favor that doesn't make sense. Could 338 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 6: it be that the disappointment you're so upset about is 339 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 6: really a blessing in disguise. You can't see it, but 340 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 6: It's a part of a divine plan, a critical peace 341 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 6: that God is going to use years down the road 342 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 6: to take you where you've never dreamed. But right now, 343 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 6: that situation by itself doesn't make sense. It seems random, 344 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 6: just a bad break, when in fact it's the hand 345 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 6: of God setting you up for increase. Without that challenge, 346 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 6: you want see the far and beyond favor that belongs 347 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 6: to you. Trust Him when it doesn't make sense. I 348 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 6: know this is not easy. We don't like closed doors, 349 00:18:55,119 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 6: unfair situations, being uncomfortable. But God uses these things to 350 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 6: move us into our purpose. It's not just the good 351 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 6: breaks that will take you into your destiny. The closed 352 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 6: doors are as important as the open doors. The betrayals 353 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,719 Speaker 6: are just as important as the divine connections. God uses 354 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 6: them all. When you understand this, you won't live upset 355 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 6: when your plans don't work out. You won't go around 356 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 6: sour because somebody did you wrong. You'll stay in peace 357 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 6: knowing that God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't 358 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 6: going to use it for your good. It may not 359 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 6: feel good, but this is where you have to show 360 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 6: God what you're made of. Anyone can be happy when 361 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 6: things are going their way. Anyone can thank God when 362 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 6: doors are opening, but if you want to pass this 363 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 6: test and see God's favor in new ways, you have 364 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 6: to thank him when it doesn't work out. You have 365 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 6: to have a smile when you could be complaining. Be 366 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 6: good to others when someone is not being good to you. 367 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 4: This is what faith is all about. Not God. I'll 368 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 4: trust you as long as you keep me happy. 369 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 6: Answer my prayers, change my husband, move my boss, keep 370 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 6: me in the ac it's hot outside. The problem with 371 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 6: that thinking is God uses difficulties to get us to 372 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 6: our destiny. If you're not willing to be uncomfortable and 373 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 6: keep a good attitude when things don't work out, it. 374 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 4: Will keep you from rising higher. 375 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 6: When I was in my late twenties, I received a 376 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 6: certified letter in the mail saying that we hadn't filed 377 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 6: our tax returns properly, and now we owe thousands of dollars. 378 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 6: The men that did our taxes lived in another state. 379 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 6: He wasn't familiar with a certain law in Texas. Now 380 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 6: we had this unexpected bill to make matters worse. About 381 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 6: half of what we owed was in penalties. We were 382 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 6: a young couple saving up for a down payment for 383 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 6: a house, and this was going to take all of 384 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 6: our funds. I thought, God, this is not fair. Professional 385 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 6: he messed up. Now I'm having to pay for his mistake. 386 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 6: Nothing about that situation seemed good. I thought, it's just 387 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 6: a bad break. Let's pay it and move on. We 388 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 6: ended up finding a man that helped us get that 389 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 6: straightened out. He's a tax attorney. He came over to 390 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 6: our house every night for several weeks. We filed the forms, 391 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 6: did the paperwork. We became good friends. We'd go out 392 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 6: to eat and run errands together. Ten years later, when 393 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 6: I was working for my father in the television department 394 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 6: at Lakewood, someone offered us a construction permit for the 395 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 6: last full power television station in Houston. TV's stations in 396 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 6: major cities are very valuable, but I didn't know where 397 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 6: to start. 398 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 4: I was young. 399 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 6: I didn't know anything about buying a permit for a 400 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 6: television station. Then I thought, I'll call my friend, the 401 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 6: one I met during the tax issue. Three months later, 402 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 6: we had a signed contract. We put the station on 403 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 6: the air. My father went to be with the lord 404 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 6: and I became the pastor. A few years later, we 405 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 6: acquired the compact center. It was going to cost one 406 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 6: hundred million dollars to renovate. We decided to sell the station. 407 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 6: We were told by an expert, a man that sells 408 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 6: more stations in the US than anyone else, that. 409 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 4: We would get a certain amount. 410 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 6: We believed it was worth much more, but he was 411 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 6: very vocal about how it would never sell for that amount, 412 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 6: how we were wasting our time trying to get that much. 413 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 6: He gave us all the reasons why it wasn't going 414 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 6: to happen. The market was down too much, supply, too 415 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 6: many stations for sale. He had all the facts as 416 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 6: to why it wasn't as valuable and why it wasn't 417 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 6: going to attract a buyer. We let that go in 418 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 6: one ear and out the other. Don't let people talk 419 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 6: you out of what God put in your heart. Sometimes 420 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 6: people have too many facts, they have too much information. 421 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 6: Don't let their doubt get off on you. God is 422 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 6: not limited by what the experts say. His favor on 423 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 6: your property, your business, your gifts, your talents will cause 424 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 6: things to happen that shouldn't happen. We had a buyer 425 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 6: come to us and offer almost twice what he said 426 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 6: we would never get When he heard the figure, he 427 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 6: nearly passed out. We sold the station and used those 428 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 6: funds to help renovate the Compact Center. What's interesting is 429 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 6: none of this would have happened if I had not 430 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 6: had the tax problem some twenty years earlier. I was 431 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 6: discouraged by it. It was a bad break. It wasn't 432 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 6: my fault. I didn't realize God was ordering my steps. 433 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 6: That was a critical piece for me to fulfill my destiny. 434 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 6: I thought back then it would only be the good breaks, 435 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 6: open doors, things falling into place. 436 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 4: I didn't know God would. 437 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 6: Use disappointments, breaks, things that weren't fair. Like Jesus told 438 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 6: the disciples, You're not going to understand what I'm doing now, 439 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 6: but one day you will understand. Now, looking back, I 440 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 6: can see it so clearly. If I had not had 441 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 6: the tax problem, I would have never met the attorney. 442 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 6: Without my attorney friend, I would have never pursued the station. 443 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 6: Without the station, we wouldn't have the funds to renovate 444 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 6: the Compact Center. I wonder, if you're upset about something 445 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 6: now that later on you're going to realize it had 446 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 6: to happen to get you to your destiny. 447 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: You didn't like it. 448 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 6: It wasn't fair, but God used it to connect the dots. 449 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 4: It was instrumental. 450 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 6: You wouldn't have met the person, you wouldn't have been 451 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 6: at the right place. You wouldn't have sold the property, 452 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 6: you wouldn't have started the business. Maybe, like with me, 453 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 6: what you're discouraged over now is really a blessing. You 454 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 6: can't see what God is up to, But later on 455 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 6: you're going to understand. 456 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 4: God knows what you're going to need twenty years from now. 457 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 6: A disappointment today, a setback, a betrayal. You may not 458 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 6: see how that works out for your good until years 459 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 6: down the road. When our daughter Alexandra was a little girl, 460 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 6: she loved to put puzzles together. Every couple of weeks 461 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 6: we'd get a new puzzle and work on it, and 462 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 6: sometimes it'd take two or three days to complete. 463 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 4: Invariably we'd find a piece that wouldn't fit anywhere. 464 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 6: We would try every option, put it here, there still nothing. 465 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 6: I was convinced that the manufacturer made a mistake. They 466 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 6: did something wrong, left something out. They put this piece 467 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 6: in from another puzzle because it does not fit. 468 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 4: It was so frustrating. 469 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 6: What's interesting is every time we got close to the 470 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 6: end and more of the pieces came together. All of 471 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 6: a sudden, that piece that I was so sure it 472 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 6: was a mistake would fit perfectly into place didn't make 473 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 6: sense on its own. I had to wait for the 474 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 6: pieces to come together. You may have some pieces in 475 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 6: your life that don't make sense. Why did I not 476 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 6: get that promotion I worked so hard for. 477 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 4: Why did I have that tax issue? Was it my fault? 478 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 6: Why did that person walk out of a relationship by itself? 479 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 6: That peace doesn't fit right now, It's not going to 480 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 6: make sense. You have to wait for the other pieces 481 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 6: to come together. The scripture says all things work together 482 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 6: for good. God is in the process of connecting the 483 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 6: dots in your life. 484 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 4: Be patient and let him work out his plan. Trust him. 485 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 4: When the peace doesn't make. 486 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 6: Sense, I can assure you your manufacture didn't make a mistake. 487 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 6: When God designed a plan for your life, when he 488 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 6: made your puzzle, so to speak, he didn't accidentally put 489 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 6: in a wrong piece, something that didn't fit. He didn't 490 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 6: leave something out. You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. 491 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 6: Everything is serving his plan. 492 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 4: But here's a key. 493 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 6: He never said you're going to understand everything. I'm going 494 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 6: to show you what I'm doing. It's all going to 495 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: make sense. 496 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 4: He said. 497 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 6: My ways are not your ways. He said, walk by 498 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 6: faith and not by sight. You have to trust him 499 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 6: when you don't understand, stay in faith when it doesn't 500 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 6: make sense. God is working behind the scenes in your 501 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 6: life right now. You're on the verge of seeing him 502 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 6: connect some dots. This is not the time to be discouraged. 503 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 6: This is the time to stir your faith up. If 504 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 6: you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're about to 505 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 6: step into a new level of favor, breakthroughs, healing, divine connections. 506 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 4: Things you haven't understood in. 507 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 6: The past, you're about to understand. God is about to 508 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 6: bring it together to see what he. 509 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 4: Was up to. 510 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, If you receive it, can you say amen. 511 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 512 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 513 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 514 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 6: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 515 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 516 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 6: born again. 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