1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for letting us come into your homes, 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: and if you're ever in our area, stop buying. Be 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks so much 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out. And 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny. I heard about 12 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: this elderly woman. She came to church one Sunday morning 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: and a friendly usher met her at the back and said, ma'am, 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: where would you like to sit? She said, I'd like 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: to sit on the very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: you don't want to do that. Our pastor is very boring. 17 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: He'll put you to sleep. Let me seet you somewhere else. 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: She looked appalled. She says, sir, do you know who 19 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: I am? He said no, ma'am. She said, I am 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment and 21 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who 22 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: I am? She said no. He said, Thank God, hold 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 29 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about trusting God's timing in life. 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: We're always waiting for something, waiting for a dream to 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: come to pass, waiting to meet the right person, waiting 33 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: for a problem to turn around, and when it's not 34 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: happening as fast as we would like, it's easy to 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: get frustrated. But you have to realize the moment you prayed, 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: God established a set time to bring the promise to pass. 37 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: God has a set time for you to meet the 38 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: right person. There is a set time for the problem 39 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: to turn around, a set time for your healing, your promotion, 40 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: your breakthrough. It may be tomorrow or next week, or 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: five years from now. But when you understand that time 42 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: has already been set. It takes all the pressure off. 43 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: You won't live worried wondering when this is ever going 44 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: to happen. You'll relax and enjoy your life knowing that 45 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: the promise has already been scheduled by the creator of 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: the universe. And some of you have been praying about 47 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: a situation for a long time and you don't see 48 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: anything happening, and you could easily be discouraged. But what 49 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: if God were to pull back the curtain and allow 50 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: you to see into the future, and you knew that 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: on February twelfth, at two thirty three in the afternoon, 52 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: you were going to meet the person of your dreams. 53 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: You wouldn't be discouraged. You'd be excited. You'd start working out, 54 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: You go buy some new clothes. Why you know the 55 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: big day is coming. Here's where it takes faith. God 56 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: promises that there are set times in our future, but 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't tell us when they will be. Your set time. 58 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: Maybe tomorrow morning at nine forty seven you'll get the 59 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: phone call you've been waiting for. You're set time. Maybe 60 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: October twenty fifth, two years from now, you'll get a 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: good break and that will thrust you to a new level. 62 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: My question is, do you trust God enough to believe 63 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: that your set times are coming. Are you willing to 64 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: wait with a good attitude knowing that they're on their way, 65 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: or will you get discouraged and think, I don't know, Joel, 66 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: I've been trying to break this addiction since high school. 67 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: Now you've got to get a new perspective. God has 68 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: a set time for you to break that addiction. It's 69 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: already in your future. Don't let the negative thoughts talk 70 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: you out of it. There is a set time for 71 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: you to be completely well, a set time for God 72 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: to turn the legal situation around. Now, quit worrying about it, 73 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: Quit living stressed out. What if I don't meet the 74 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: right person, what if I don't ever get well? No, 75 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: it says in Hebrews, those who have believed enter in 76 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: to the rest of God. The way you know you're 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: really believing is you have a rest, You're at peace, 78 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: you know the answers on the way, you know the 79 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: right people, the right opportunities have already been set in 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: your future. On January eighth, nineteen eighty six, at four 81 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon, I walked into a jewelry store 82 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: to buy battery for my watch. Outwalked the most beautiful 83 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: girl I'd ever seen. It was Victoria. I didn't tell her, 84 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: but I thought, this is my set time. It took 85 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: me a year to convince her that it was her 86 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: set time. Today, on December third, two thousand and three, 87 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: at one thirty in the afternoon, when Mayor Brown handed 88 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: us the keys to the Compact Center, that was not 89 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: an ordinary time. That was a set timed ordained by 90 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: the most high God. Friends, there are set times in 91 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: your future. You prayed, believe, stood in faith. Let me 92 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 1: assure you you're going to come in to set times 93 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: of favor, a set time where a problem suddenly turns around, 94 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: a set time where you meet the right person, a 95 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: set time where a good break thrust you years ahead. 96 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: That's what Habakuk said. The vision is for an appointed time. 97 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: It may seem slow in coming, but wait patiently for 98 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: it will surely come. No thise, not may be come, 99 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: not a hope. So no God is already set the date. 100 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: The appointed time has already been put on your calendar. 101 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: One translation says, it won't be one second late. Sometimes 102 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: we think, well, everybody's getting ahead of me. My friends 103 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: are all married and I'm still single. My coworkers are 104 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: being promoted, but I'm still stuck here. Now, don't get discouraged. 105 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: Your set time is coming. It is not going to 106 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: be one second late. The good news is God knows 107 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: how to make up for what seems like lost time. 108 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: God doesn't always take us logically from A to B 109 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: to C. Sometimes God will take you from A to 110 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: B to C and then thrust you all the way 111 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: down to stuv What happened. You hit a set time 112 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: that pushed you fifty years ahead. Now, quit worrying about 113 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: who's getting ahead of you and just run your race. 114 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: Be the best that you can be. Keep honoring God 115 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: with your life, keep treating people right, and God God 116 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: will get you to where you're supposed to be. That promotion, 117 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: that healing, that breakthrough, that right person, They won't be 118 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: one second late. Our God is not a random god. 119 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: He's a precise God. He has lined up solutions for 120 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: you down to the very second. I know a young 121 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: lady that was believing to meet the right man, and 122 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: she was in her early thirties and never really had 123 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: a serious relationship with anyone, and she was starting to 124 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: wonder if it was going to happen. One day, she 125 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: was driving home from work and she had a flat 126 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: tire and pulled over on the side of the freeway. 127 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: In a few seconds, another car pulled over outstepped. This 128 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: young man, as handsome as can be, went up to 129 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: her window and said, can I help you. She took 130 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: one look at him and said, I think you can. 131 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: He not only changed her tire, but he invited her 132 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: out to dinner. Long story short, they ended up falling 133 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: in love. A year and a half later, they got married. 134 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: Today they're as happy as can be. I see them 135 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: at Lakewood all the time. That wasn't a coincidence. It 136 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: wasn't a lucky break. That was a set time ordained 137 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: by the creator of the universe. Think about how precise 138 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: God's timing is. The tire had to go flat at 139 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: just the right time an hour later, and it wouldn't 140 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: have happened. There had to be just the right amount 141 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: of traffic. Too many cars he had been late, too 142 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: few cars he'd have been early. He had to leave 143 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: his work at just the right time. One extra fifteen 144 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: minute phone call, and that would have never worked. Out 145 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: the timing was down to the split second for it 146 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: to all fall into place. What am I saying? You 147 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: can trust God's timing. God has it all figured out. 148 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: What you're praying about, what you're believing for, it's not 149 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: going to be one second late. If it hasn't happened yet, 150 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: doesn't mean something. Does it mean God's mad at you? 151 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: Does it mean it's never gonna work out? God has 152 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: already established the time down to the split second. You 153 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: don't have to worry, You don't have to live frustrated, 154 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: stay in peace, enter into this rest. God has you 155 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: in the palm of his hand. Your steps are being 156 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: directed by the creator of the universe, not randomly, not vaguely, No, 157 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: down to the millisecond, down to the most finite, small detail. 158 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: When you understand this, it takes all the pressure off. 159 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: You won't go around wondering when something's gonna happen. God, 160 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: When are you gonna change my husband? God, when are 161 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: you gonna answer my prayer? No, When you know the 162 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: time has been set, you'll have a peace. Whether it's 163 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: twenty minutes or twenty years. You know what God promised 164 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: he will bring to pass. Here's a great prayer. We 165 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: should pray every day, give me the grace to accept 166 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: your timing. So I'd love to tell you that if 167 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: you stay in faith, if you believe, then God will 168 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: always answer your prayer within twenty four hours or at 169 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: least within the first week. But we know that's not reality. 170 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: God promises he will be true to his word, but 171 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: he never puts a time frame on it. Be a 172 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: lot easier if God told us when we were going 173 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: to get well, when we would meet the right person, 174 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: when our child would straighten up. But the truth is 175 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: that wouldn't take any faith. It takes faith to say God, 176 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: I don't know when you're going to do it, but God, 177 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: I trust you enough to believe that you will do it, 178 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: that the answer is already in my future. The scripture 179 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:52,119 Speaker 1: says the vision is for an appointed time. The appointed 180 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: time is the best time. God can see the big 181 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: picture for our lives. He knows what's up ahead, He 182 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: knows what we're gonna need, who we're gonna need when 183 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: they need to show up. If God did everything we 184 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: ask on our timetable, it would limit us because sometimes 185 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: what we're asking for is too small. Sometimes the person 186 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: we think we can't live without. God knows in ten 187 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: years they're not going to be good for us, so 188 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: he's closing the door right now. Sometimes the promotion we 189 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: want so badly, if God gave it to us right now, 190 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: he knows that would keep us from a much bigger 191 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: promotion that he has three years down the road. God 192 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: has the advantage of seeing it all. The longer I live, 193 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: the more I trust him. How many times have I 194 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: looked back and said, God, thank you for not answering 195 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: that prayer. God, thank you for not letting that person 196 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: end of my life. God knows what he's doing, and 197 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: what you're praying about may be good, may be a 198 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: part of your destiny, but it's not the appointed time. 199 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: If there's a right time, that means there's a wrong time, 200 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,839 Speaker 1: if it hasn't happened yet. Instead of being frustrated worried, God, 201 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: when is my business going to grow? God, I'm so lonely. 202 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: When am I going to meet somebody? No, have a 203 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: new approach. God, you know what's best for me. You 204 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: can see the big picture. I'm not going to live 205 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: frustrated God. I trust your timing. See, we're in a 206 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: society that wants everything right now. We're being programmed for immediacy. 207 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: Don't make me wait. But the scripture says it's through 208 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: faith and patience that we inherit the promises. It's easy 209 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 1: to have faith. God. I believe I'm going to accomplish 210 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: my dreams. God, I believe I'm going to overcome this obstacle. 211 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: We've got the faith part down. Let's make sure we 212 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: get the patience part down. God. I not only believe 213 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: for big things, but I trust your timing. God. I'm 214 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: not gonna get discouraged if it doesn't happen immediately. I'm 215 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: not going to give up because it's taken a week, 216 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: a month, or five years. I know the set time 217 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,719 Speaker 1: is already in my future. So I'm gonna wait with 218 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: faith and patience because I know that it's on the way. 219 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: When Victoria was pregnant with our first son, Jonathan, the 220 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: first few months were very exciting, not a problem at all. 221 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: But about six months in, Victoria started getting uncomfortable. Her 222 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: feet started swelling. By the seventh month, her back was hurting, 223 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: she couldn't sleep good at night. By the eighth month, 224 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: she was saying, God, I want to have this baby 225 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: right now. I am tired of waiting. But we know 226 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: God has an appointed time. The child is not ready, 227 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: still growing, developing. If God let her have the baby early, 228 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: the child may not be healthy. Sometimes we pray, God, 229 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: give me this promise right now. God, I'm uncomfortable. These 230 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: people aren't treating me right. God, business is slow. What 231 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: we can't see is that something is not ready. Maybe 232 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: it's another person that's going to be involved. God's still 233 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: working on them. Maybe it's another situation that's going to 234 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: be a part of your destiny it's not in place yet. 235 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: Or maybe God's doing a work in you, developing your character, 236 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: growing you stronger in that process. It's interesting. The scripture 237 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: says God didn't take the children of Israel the shortest 238 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: route to the Promised Land because he knew they were 239 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: not prepared for war. God could see the big picture. 240 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: He knew if he took them the shortest way, their 241 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: enemies would be too powerful and they would be defeated. 242 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: So on purpose, God took them a longer route to 243 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: protect them, to strengthen them so that they could f 244 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: fill their destiny. If something is not happening on your timetable, 245 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: remind yourself. God knows what he's doing. He has my 246 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: best interest at heart. I wouldn't be having this delay 247 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: unless God had a very good reason for it. And 248 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: while you're waiting, don't make the mistake of trying to 249 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: figure everything out. God, I've been praying for my child 250 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: for three years, why won't he change. No, if you're 251 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: constantly trying to figure things out, that's only going to 252 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: frustrate you. Turn it over to God. Say, like David, God, 253 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: my times are in your hands. I'm not gonna worry 254 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: about why something hasn't happened, or worry about why it's 255 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: taken so long. God. I trust you. I know at 256 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: the set times everything you promise me will come to pass. 257 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes when we get in a hurry, we make the 258 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: mistake of taking matters into our own hands and we 259 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: try to force things to happen. Many times we miss 260 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: God's best. This is what happened with Abraham and Sarah. 261 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: God gave them the promise that they were going to 262 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: have a baby, but year after year went by iten 263 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: nothing was happening, so they decided to try to help 264 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: God out. Sarah came up with a plan. She told 265 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: Abraham to sleep with one of her maids, that way 266 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: they could have that baby. Abraham, instead of being patient 267 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: waiting for God's timing, he went along with the plan, 268 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: and sure enough they had a baby boy. They were 269 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: very excited. They named him Ishmael. They said, look, this 270 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: is the child God promised us. But God said, Abraham, Sarah, 271 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: that is not the child I promised you. That's something 272 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: that you did on your own. Do you know? Ishmael 273 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: was a struggle to raise. They were constantly having problems, conflict. 274 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: There was no grace for him. But understand, what God orders, 275 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: God will pay for what God gives birth to. God 276 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: will always give you the grace to take care of it. 277 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: But when we birth things in our own strength, out 278 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: of God's timing, then God's not obligated. Fourteen years later, 279 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: at the set time, Sarah gave birth to Isaac, the 280 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: child that God promised them. Like Sarah, there will be 281 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: times in life where it's not happening as fast as 282 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: you would like. You'll be tempted to try to force 283 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: things to happen. Maybe in a relationship. The person you're 284 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: thinking about dating you know down deep they're not good 285 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: for you. They don't treat you with respect. But you're 286 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: afraid that you might not meet anyone else. Now, if 287 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 1: you'll let go of ishmael, Isaac will show up. The 288 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: one God promise you is in your future. The time 289 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: has already been set. Now be patient and trust God 290 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 1: to do it his way. I learned a long time ago. 291 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: God doesn't need my help. He's got it all figured out. 292 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: He knows the end from the beginning. All we have 293 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: to do is trust him. You don't have to try 294 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: to force doors to open. You don't have to try 295 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: to make people like you, manipulate your way into a friendship, 296 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: into a position. No, you just keep honoring God with 297 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: your life, stay in peace, trust his timing, and God 298 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: will open doors that no man can shut. God will 299 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: bring amazing people across your path. God will defeat your 300 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: enemies and get you to where you're supposed to be. Now, 301 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: don't go around birthing ishmaels. When God wants to give 302 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: you isaacs. That's what it says in Psalms. When you 303 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,959 Speaker 1: delight yourself and the Lord God will give you the 304 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: desires of your heart. There's a big difference between God 305 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: giving you something and you having to work to make 306 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: it happen. When we try to force things. We don't 307 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: wait for God's timing. It's a constant struggle, it's a burden. 308 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: We can't seem to ever get it off the ground. 309 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: But if you'll let God do it his way, in 310 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: his timing, there'll be a supernatural grace. There'll be an ease. Yes, 311 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: you'll have opposition, but you'll feel a strength, a peace, 312 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: God's favor, supernaturally pushing you forward. Remember a couple of 313 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: years after my father died, I really wanted to write 314 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: a book. Had a strong desire, but I didn't know 315 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: any publishers or anything about the book industry. And several 316 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: times I started to call a friend that didn't know 317 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: a publisher. I didn't feel good about it. I just 318 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: knew it wasn't right. Over the next couple of years, 319 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: I was approached by different publishers and even offered a contract. 320 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: On the surface, it looked good. They were fine people. 321 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: But down here I could hear a still small voice 322 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: telling me, Joel, be patient, this is not the right one. 323 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: Trust my time. I mean, something better is coming. I 324 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: put it on hold month after month. I didn't worry 325 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 1: about it. I wasn't frustrated. My attitude was God, my 326 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: times are in your hands. When you want me to 327 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: write a book, I know you will open up the doors. See, 328 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 1: you can do the right thing at the wrong time 329 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,719 Speaker 1: and miss God's best timing is everything. Be patient and 330 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: let God open the doors. Yes, you may have to knock, 331 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: you'll have to put forth the effort. I'm a believer 332 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: in being aggressive and pursuing dreams. But you don't have 333 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: to force doors to open. You don't have to try 334 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: to make people to like you. You don't have to 335 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: talk yourself into it. If you'll be patient and wait 336 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,439 Speaker 1: for God's timing, he will give you the desires of 337 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: your heart. One day, through a series of unusual events, 338 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: I met this publisher. I knew they were the right people. 339 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: I felt good about it. Everything fell into place, and 340 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: that book, Your Best Life Now went on to become 341 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: a huge success, published in over forty languages. That's what 342 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: happens when you wait for God's timing. You won't have 343 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: to settle for Ishmael. God will give you Isaac's. He'll 344 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: give you what he promised. This principle is especially important 345 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: when we're facing challenges. If you get a negative medical report, 346 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: you lost your biggest client at the office or at work, 347 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: somebody's talking behind your back, trying to make you look bad. 348 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: It's easy to get all wrought up and think I 349 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 1: got to get in there and straighten things out. I'm 350 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: gonna fix that person. I got to get a second job. 351 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: I'll never make it without that client. So often we 352 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: think we have to do it only in our own strength. 353 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: This is when many people make quick decisions that end 354 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: up only making matters worse. The scripture says, be still 355 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: and know that I am God. When you feel overwhelmed 356 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 1: and you're tim to take everything into your own hands, 357 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: you have to make yourself be still. The battle is 358 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: not yours. The battle is the Lord's. But as long 359 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 1: as you're fighting it, trying to make it happen your way, 360 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 1: trying to pay somebody back, upset, worried, then God's going 361 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: to step back and let you do it on your own. 362 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,239 Speaker 1: But when you take it out of your hands and 363 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: say God, I trust you, I know you've already set 364 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: the time to bring me out. You've already set the 365 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: time to vindicate me. You've set the time to bring healing. 366 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: So I'm going to be still and know that you 367 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: are God. This is what the Israelites did. They were 368 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: surrounded by a huge army, greatly outnumbered. They were so worried, 369 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: so stressed out. They were getting their equipment on, trying 370 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: to come up with some type of strategy to fight 371 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: off the enemy. Just before they went to battle, they 372 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: decided to pray. God said to them, stand still, and 373 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: you will see the deliverance of the Lord. For the 374 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,479 Speaker 1: Lord will fight for you. If you remain at rest, 375 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: notice the condition. God will turn it around. God will 376 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: restore you. God will vindicate you. If you will be 377 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: still and remain at rest. In other words, if you 378 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: will wait for the set time, if you'll be patient 379 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: and not give birth to ishmaels, then God has Isaac's 380 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: in your future. And some of you today are facing 381 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: a big challenge. You can't sleep well at night, You're upset, 382 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: you're frustrated. God is saying to you what he said 383 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: to them. Be still, I've got it all figured out. 384 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: I control the whole universe. I've already set the time 385 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: to deliver you. I've already set the time to not 386 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: only bring you out, but to bring you out better 387 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: off than you were before. Now do your part and 388 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: rest trust God's timing. God knows what he's doing. We 389 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: may not always understand why something is taken so long, 390 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: but sometimes God will delay an answer on purpose, simply 391 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: so he can show his power in a greater way. 392 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: When Pharaoh wouldn't let the Israelites go, God had Moses 393 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: tell him that if Pharaoh didn't change his mind, God 394 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: was going to send plague after plague on Pharaoh and 395 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: his people. The scripture says that God caused Pharaoh to 396 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: harden his heart, not the enemy. God caused him to 397 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: be stubborn and not give in. Moses said, Pharaoh, if 398 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: you don't let us go, God's going to send locusts 399 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: that are going to need all your crops and destroy 400 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: the food supply. Pharaoh said, I don't care let him 401 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: do it. I'm not changing my mind. One bad plague 402 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: after another, and he wouldn't give in. Why God wanted 403 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: to show his power in a greater way When all 404 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: those plagues were harming Pharaoh and his people, The Israelites 405 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: living in that same area, not one plague affected them. 406 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: Your situation may be taken longer than you thought, maybe 407 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: it's something more difficult than you've ever experienced. That doesn't 408 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: mean that the enemy's getting the best of you. Doesn't 409 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: mean that God went on vacation and is not concerned anymore. No, 410 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: just life with Paiah. God has not turned it around 411 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: yet because he wants to show his favor in your 412 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: life in an amazing way. God is going to show 413 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: his strength, his healing, his goodness, his power like you've 414 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: never seen before. You, guys, will get ready when God 415 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: brings you out. Everybody around you is going to have 416 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: no doubt. The God you serve is an awesome God. 417 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: Now my challenge trust God's timely. Stand still and you'll 418 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: see God deliver you. When you remain at rest, Almighty, 419 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: God will fight your battles. Friends, there are set times 420 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: in your future. Now quit worrying about when it's going 421 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: to happen. God can see the big picture. He knows 422 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: what's best for you. Dare to say, like David, God, 423 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: my times are in your hand. When you do this, 424 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: it takes all the pressure off. You don't have to 425 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: struggle try to force things to happen. You know God 426 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: has it all figured out. So you can relax and 427 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: enjoy your life while you're waiting for the promises to 428 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: come to pass. If you will enter into this rest 429 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: trusting God's timing. You won't give birth to ishmaels, You'll 430 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: give birth to Isaac's because you have faith and patience. 431 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: I believe in declare you're going to come in to 432 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: set times of favor, set times of healing, set times 433 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: of promotion, set times of breakthrough. God is going to 434 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: give you the desires of your heart. Everything He's promised 435 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: you will come to pass in Jesus' name. If you 436 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say am in today? We never 437 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 438 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 439 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 440 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: my sins, Come into my heart, wash me clean. I 441 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 442 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 443 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church, Keep God in first place. 444 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 445 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: It's easy to feel stuck in life, wondering why things 446 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: aren't changing, and worrying if it'll ever happen. But there's 447 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: a better way to wait. I'd love to send you 448 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: my new resource called pray It Forward. This book is 449 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: a collection of prayers and promises from the Scripture to 450 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith and while 451 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: you're waiting, it's important to keep your mind filled with 452 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: hope and expectancy. When you pray in faith, believe in 453 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: what God promised. That's what moves the hands of God, 454 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: and that's when you'll see doors open, healing begins to come, 455 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: breakthroughs in your family. Don't let doubt hold you back. 456 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: Pray it Forward. 457 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 458 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 2: of any amount, we'd love to send you a copy 459 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 2: of Pray It Forward. Guided prayers for faith and breakthrough, 460 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 2: inspired by real life answered prayers. Pray It Forward will 461 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 2: help you speak God's promises over your life and over 462 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 2: the people you love, trusting that when you ask in faith, 463 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 2: God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you. 464 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 2: You can take these prayers and scriptures and pray them forward. 465 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 2: They'll build a momentum of faith that carries you past 466 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 2: obstacles and into the promises God has spoken over your life. 467 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 2: As you meditate on these truths, you won't be tossed 468 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: back and forth by finances health challenges or relationship struggles. Instead, 469 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 2: you'll be able to boldly pray with faith as immovable 470 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 2: and strong, and you'll be filled with peace, assurance, and joy. 471 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 2: Don't let circumstances control your future. Pray the truth of 472 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: God's word forward and faith, and watch the mountains in 473 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 2: your life begin to. 474 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: Move when you pray the promises what God has spoken 475 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: over your life. Those are powerful prayers and that's when 476 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: God shows up and does what only he can do. 477 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being with us, Betoren. I pray 478 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: for you and your family every day and we appreciate 479 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: your prayer and support. Your generosity helps us take this 480 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: message of hope to people around the world. And a 481 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: special thank you to our champion of Hope partners for 482 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: all you do to make the ministry possible. If you're 483 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one. 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