1 00:00:00,440 --> 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 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week to our 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and you can come 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: visit us in person. We'd love to have you be 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. So I'd like 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: to start with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: He was new in town and he was going door 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: to door inviting people to his church. And he knocked 14 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: on this one door and he could tell someone was home, 15 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: but no one would answer. So he took his business 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: card out and wrote on the back the scripture reference 17 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Revelation three twenty and left it on the door. The 18 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: next Sunday after service, and Usher handed him the same 19 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: card under what the pastor had written was the scripture 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: reference Genesis three ten. Here's what they say, Revelation three twenty. 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: The pastor's words, behold, I stand at the door and knock. 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: If anyone opens the door, I will come in. The 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: reply was Genesis three ten. It says I heard your voice, 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: and I was afraid because I was naked. All right, 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: y'all say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 29 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 31 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: about day forty one is coming. We all go through 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: seasons of testing and proving and times of adversity and 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: struggle where we're praying and believing, but things aren't changing. 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 1: In the scripture, these seasons are described as forty days 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: is a symbolic number. It refers to seasons of testing 37 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: and struggle where it doesn't look like things are going 38 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: to change. After Noah built the arc, it rained for 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: forty days. Jesus was tempted in the desert for forty days. 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: Goliath taunted the Israelites forty days. Moses made a mistake 41 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: wandered in the desert. Forty years in life, we'll all 42 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: have a few forty day experiences where we're facing a 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: giant that looks too big, a slow season in the desert, 44 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: so to speak, a storm where it keeps raining, medical 45 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: reports not improving, child not coming home, still haven't met 46 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: the right person. It's tempting to get discouraged and give 47 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: up on our dreams. But when you're in one of 48 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: these forty days thoughts telling you it's never going to change, 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: you have to know day forty one is coming. The 50 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: scripture says, God is set an end to the difficulty. Now, 51 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: I can't promise you won't have some forty days, but 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: I can promise you day forty one will always come. 53 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: But the number forty, it's a lot of attention. You 54 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: have to stay focused on the forty one. Yes, it 55 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: rained for forty days, but on day forty one the 56 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: rain stopped and Noah and his family were saved. Yes, 57 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: the enemy tempted Jesus forty days, but on day forty one, 58 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: angels showed up and strengthened him. Yes, Goliath taunted the 59 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: Israelites forty days, but on day forty one David showed 60 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: up and put an end to him. You may be 61 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: in a forty day period. Now, doesn't look like you'll 62 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: ever get well or get out of debt. See your 63 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: family restored. You could complain and be negative. Try a 64 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: new approach. Father, Thank you that my day forty one 65 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: is coming. Thank you that you've already set an expiration 66 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: date for this trouble. When God told Noah to build 67 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: the RC, it had never rained. He could have come 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: up with good excuses to not do it, but he obeyed. 69 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: He did the right thing when it was hard. He 70 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: didn't have trouble because he was lazy and wouldn't listen. 71 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: He faced his forty days because he was faithful, because 72 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: he honored God and wouldn't take the easy way out. 73 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: When you're in a forty day period, thoughts will whisper 74 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: because you've made those mistakes. You should have done better. 75 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: God's upset with you. We think the storm is always 76 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: God's judgment, But sometimes, like Noah, your forty days is 77 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: a result of being obedient. It's because you're honoring God, 78 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: not that you've done something wrong. But you've done something right. 79 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: God can trust you to pass the test to keep 80 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: an attitude of faith. And now we don't like the trials. 81 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable, but that forty days is positioning you for 82 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: greater things. God knows the end from the beginning. We 83 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: see the forty days, but God sees day forty one. 84 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: He sees what He's about to do. You have to 85 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: go through it to get to it. You have to persevere, 86 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: You have to stand in faith. The scripture says having 87 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: done all to stand, That means you just keep standing. 88 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: Your attitude is I will not give up. I will 89 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: not get bitter. Yes, it's still raining. I don't see 90 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: a sign of things changing. But I know a secret. 91 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: These forty days is not how my story ends. Day 92 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: forty one is coming. God has not brought you this 93 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: far to leave you. Get your passion back. This test 94 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: is only temporary. God being for you is more than 95 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: what's coming against you. Now. I love the faith of 96 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: Noah because everyone would have been making fun of him. 97 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: This crazy goud building a boat out in the desert. 98 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: There's no water to put it in, says it's gonna flood. 99 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: Despite all the negative chatter, he just kept doing what 100 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: God put in his heart. He finished building the boat 101 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: and got him and all of his family on it. 102 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: The scripture says God closed the door. There was a 103 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: time no one else could get in. Started raining one day, 104 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: two days, a week, two weeks, three weeks. The whole 105 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: earth was flooded, wiped out all the people and animals, 106 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: plants and houses. The scripture says it was torrential rains, 107 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: not just a little sprinkle. This was a huge storm. 108 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure it was chaotic, the boat rocking, the wind's blowing, 109 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: But think about how good God is. No one was 110 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: rising above what was destroying others. Even though he was 111 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: in a storm. God was sustaining him, not letting him 112 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: go down. When you're in a forty days season, you 113 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: may not realize it, but God's not letting you go under. 114 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: That sickness couldn't take you had trouble at work. It 115 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: was hard, but you had the strength to endure that 116 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: child that broke your heart. You look back now and think, 117 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: how did you make it through? That was God keeping you, 118 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: strengthening you, favoring you. You can't always see it in 119 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: the storm, but God is working. He's a very present 120 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: help in times of trouble. That means in the forty 121 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: days he's close to you. He's not allowing the difficulty 122 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: to take you out. And I'm sure after a couple 123 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: of weeks of rain and wind, thoughts whispered to Noah, 124 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: it's never going to stop raining. This storm is permanent, 125 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: same thoughts that come to us. You'll always have that 126 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: trouble and always struggling your finances, always have to deal 127 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: with this depression. No one would wake up each morning. 128 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: I can imagine first thing he'd do was check, oh man, 129 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: it's still raining. Nineteen days in a row, twenty five days, 130 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: three days, no sign of the rain stopping. He went 131 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: to bed on day forty seemed like just another ordinary day, 132 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: more wind, more rain, dark clouds. Little did he know 133 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: when he woke up on day forty one, the rain 134 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: had stopped, the wind had ceased, the sky had cleared, 135 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: the sun began to shine. Was the dawning of a 136 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: new season. All those thoughts that had told him it 137 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: was never gonna stop raining and he'd always be in 138 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: that limited environment, he realized they weren't true, that God 139 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: had set an end to the difficulty, that it was 140 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: just the season. Like, Noah, you may be in your 141 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: forty days, You've done the right thing. You've honored God, 142 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: but it's raining, the medical reports not good, or doors 143 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: have closed on your dreams, or you're dealing with that 144 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: anxiety and thoughts were whisper It's never gonna change. God's 145 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: forgotten about you. Can I encourage you? Day forty one 146 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: is coming. The rain will cease, the storm will stop, 147 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: the trouble will end. You are closer than you think. 148 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: You can't see it, but things are about to shift 149 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: in your favor. You're on the verge of a breakthrough 150 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: your health, turn it around, your child coming home, your 151 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: business taking off. It's gonna happen suddenly, unexpectedly. You didn't 152 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: see it coming, Like Noah. You went to bed one 153 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: night thinking everything would be the same. You woke up 154 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: the next morning and the rain had stopped. God stepped 155 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: in and did what only he can do. See some 156 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: storms you can't stop. There are some battles you can't win. 157 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: It's gonna take the most high God breathing on your life. 158 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: And the good news is he's watching over you. He 159 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: sees a little sparrow when they fall to the ground. 160 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: How much more is God concerned about you? He knows 161 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: the struggles, He knows who did you wrong and what 162 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: looks impossible. He wouldn't have let you get in that 163 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: difficulty if he couldn't bring you out. The scripture tells 164 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: us to wait with expectancy, wait believing that it's coming, Wait, 165 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: thanking God that it is on the way, Wait, expecting 166 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: things to change in your favor. Not waiting discouraged. And 167 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll ever get well, and I'll never 168 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: get that scholarship. This addiction's been in my family for years. 169 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: You're the one to break it. God raised you up 170 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: to set a new standard. May have been that way 171 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: a long time, but don't accept it as permanent. That's 172 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: the mistake the Israelites made. They wandered in the desert 173 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: forty years because they never believed. They complained, had a 174 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: limited mindset, But their children had a different mentality. They 175 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: didn't see themselves as former slaves. These enemies are too 176 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: big a victorious mentality. They realized they were children of 177 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: Almighty God, that defeat was not their destiny. And after 178 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: their parents wandered around the same mountain for forty years, 179 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: these children came into forty one. They went into the 180 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: promised Land. They lived in houses they didn't build They 181 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: ate from vineyards they didn't plant in a land flowing 182 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: with milk and honey. Abundance more than enough. That happened 183 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: after forty years of black, forty years of struggle, forty 184 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: years of mediocrity. There may be things that have been 185 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: in your family a long time, can't get ahead, Stuck 186 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: in a limited environment, unhealthy relationships, people that compromise, addictions, loneliness. 187 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: God is saying that forty years has run its course. 188 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: You're coming in to forty one. In forty one, you 189 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: break out of the box and go into your promised land. 190 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: In forty one, you see favor that your family's never seen. 191 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: In forty one, there's opportunity chasing you down, the right 192 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:14,599 Speaker 1: people knocking at your door. In forty one, there's creativity, ideas, 193 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: and talent that you didn't know you had. In forty one, 194 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: you're catapulted into influence, leadership, positions of honor, and authority. 195 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: You may be in some wilderness years now where there's 196 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: struggle abversity. You have to know that is not your destiny. 197 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: Day forty one is coming. Six months after the rain stopped, 198 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: the waters begin to recede, and Noah sent a raven 199 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: out to see if it could find dry ground, hoping 200 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: he could get off the boat. But the raven came 201 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: back there was nowhere to land. It was still flooded. Well, 202 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: Noah didn't get discouraged, thinking it was never going to change. 203 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: He waited a few weeks and sent another bird out. 204 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: This time it came back with an olive leaf in 205 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: its beak. The bird couldn't land, but Noah knew things 206 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: were getting better. A week later, he sent a dove 207 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: out and the dove never returned. There was dry ground. 208 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: They were able to get off the boat. But notice 209 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: how Noah kept looking and believing, knowing that the boat 210 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: was not his destiny. He knew that God was faithful, 211 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: that it may storm for forty days, but day forty 212 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: one is coming. When you're in a storm, you have 213 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: to do like Noah. Keep expecting things to change, don't 214 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: let it become permanent. Keep sending out that bird, so 215 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: to speak, Keep looking for God's goodness, keep believing for 216 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: your business to turn around. Keep thanking God that the 217 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 1: right people will show up. I talked to a lady 218 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: that was in town for treatment at the medical center. 219 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: She'd been diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. 220 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: She'd had it for six years. She'd been through chemotherapy 221 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: several times. The doctors had put her on a special 222 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: trial experience, many with new medicines, but with no success. 223 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: She'd come to church when she is in town, and 224 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: she was always full of faith. I couldn't encourage her. 225 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: She would encourage me. She told me how that cancer 226 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: was temporary, that it would pass, that she was going 227 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: to be a testimony of God's goodness. I just smile 228 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,119 Speaker 1: and agree with her. Well, she came last Sunday so excited. 229 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: She showed me the scans of her kidney. On one 230 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: you could see the dark spot the cancer. But on 231 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: the newest scan, it's perfectly clean. There's no sign of cancer. 232 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: The doctor said, of all the hundreds of patients on 233 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: this special trial, she's the only one that's seen improvement. See, 234 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: it's not just the medicine. It's Jehovah Rafa, the Lord, 235 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: our healer. What happened? She came in to a forty 236 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: first day. You may be dealing with a sickness or 237 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: some difficulty, and you're in your eighteenth day, you twenty 238 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: fifth day, thirty seventh day, you have to do like 239 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: her and keep reminding yourself the day forty one is coming, 240 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: that the storm is not going to last, that the 241 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: trouble is not permanent. The same God that stopped the 242 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: rain for Noah is going to stop the rain in 243 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: your life. The same God that took the children of 244 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: the Israelites into the Promised Land is going to take 245 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: you into your promised land, where there's no more wandering, 246 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: no more sickness, no more can't get ahead. Day forty 247 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: one is on your calendar. God has already scheduled the turnaround, 248 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: the healing. It's already lined up, the breakthrough, the divine connections. 249 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: Just a matter of time before the wind cease, the 250 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: waters recede, and you step in to a new level 251 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: of your destiny. See the scripture says, don't think it's 252 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: strange when you face fiery trials that tests the quality 253 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: of your faith. Sometimes the forty days it's simply a test. 254 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: It's a time to prove to God who you are, 255 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: to show him that you're not going to be discouraged 256 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: by the rain. You're not going to get bitter over 257 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: who did you wrong. You're not going to complain because 258 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: your plans didn't work out, your business hasn't taken off yet, 259 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: you lost a loved one. Your attitude in the storm, 260 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: how we respond to the trials will have a great 261 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: impact on when we see the forty first days. When 262 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: you show God that you trust him, you're not moved 263 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: by the rain. You're still believing, praising, thinking, smiling. You're 264 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: passing the test. That's when he'll release greater things in 265 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: your life. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, 266 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: he came up out of the water and the dove 267 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: landed on his shoulder. A voice booned out of the 268 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: heavens said, this is my beloved son, and whom I'm 269 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: well pleased. Was an incredible moment where Jesus was publicly 270 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: announced for the first time. You would think Jesus would 271 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: go to the city and start healing people and doing 272 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: great miracles. I'm sure he's all fired up and ready 273 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: to go. But the scripture says the spirit led him 274 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Doesn't 275 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: say that the enemy led him there, that the opposition 276 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: was trying to hold him back. It said God led 277 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: him to the desert for a period of testing. You 278 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 1: can be in God's will and be in the desert 279 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: for forty days. The enemy tempted Jesus, you're hungry, turn 280 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: these stones into bread, bow down and worship me. I'll 281 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: give you the kingdoms of the world. Jump off this building. 282 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: Prove that you're the son of God. Forty days it 283 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: was a struggle. Jesus was hungry, he had been fasting. 284 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: He had to endure, resist and outlast. But he passed 285 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: the test and proved that he was faithful, that he 286 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: wouldn't compromise. Forty days. It was difficult. Then day forty 287 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: one came. Angels showed up to strengthen him and empower him. 288 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: Day forty one Jesus came out of the desert. The 289 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: scripture says, in the power of the spirit, he stepped 290 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: into a new authority, a new anointing, a new dimension 291 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: of his destiny. It says in Luke that he went 292 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: to the temple, stood in front of the people, and 293 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: read from the scroll of Isaiah. It said, the spirit 294 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: of the Lord is upon me to preach the good news, 295 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: to heal the sin, to set at liberty those that 296 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: are captive, to declare the acceptable year of God's favor. 297 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: He rolled up the scroll and said, this day this 298 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: scripture is fulfilled. Was seven hundred years earlier, Isaiah had 299 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: written this prophecy. Jesus said, today is coming to pass 300 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: after being tempted for forty days. On day forty one, 301 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: and Jesus stepped in to what was declared about him 302 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: hundreds of years earlier. You may be in a time 303 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: of testing and proving. Now it's difficult, but you're keeping 304 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: the right attitude. The medical report hasn't improved, but you 305 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: keep thanking God for healing. People at work didn't give 306 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: you the credit. You keep being your best each day. 307 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: You could be bitter over the door that closed, the 308 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: person that walked away, but you know God has something 309 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: better coming. You're passing the test like Jesus. You're going 310 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: to come in to the forty first day. Not only 311 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: will you feel a strength and power that you've never felt, 312 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: but you're going to step into things that God prophesied 313 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 1: over you long before you got here. Things He has 314 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: spoken over your destiny before you were born. God said 315 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: to Jeremiah, before you were formed in your mother's womb, 316 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: I'll ordained you to be a profit to the nations. 317 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: On your forty first day, you'll fulfill prophecy, favor, influence 318 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: greater than you've imagined. Now, don't get discouraged in the 319 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: testing in the wilderness seasons. Those are times approving where 320 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: you have to show God what you're made of. You 321 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: may be in Day fifteen noun thoughts whisper this is 322 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: never going to change. Day twenty two, you'll always be overlooked. 323 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: Day thirty four. Just take the easy way out. Everyone's 324 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: doing it. No stand strong, keep doing the right thing. 325 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: The end is already set, the time of struggle, testing, loneliness. 326 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: That expiration date is already scheduled. Day forty one is coming. 327 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: Day forty one is an anointing of ease, where what 328 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: used to be a struggle is not a struggle anymore. 329 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: Day forty one is when the person of your dream 330 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: shows up, someone better than you've a mane. Day forty 331 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: one is when you see restoration, beauty for ashes, God 332 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: working all things for your good, and some of you 333 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: don't realize you're in Day thirty eight. Day thirty nine. 334 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,479 Speaker 1: You're too close to quit. You're on the verge of 335 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: what you've been believing for This is not the time 336 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: to get discouraged, give up. You have to dig down 337 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: deep and say I am in it for the long haul. 338 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: I will not be moved God. I'll believe by day 339 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: forty one is coming, this storm will cease, and I'll 340 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: see your goodness in new ways. When you do that, 341 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: you're going to feel a second wind God breathing fresh strength, 342 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: greater endurance, new visions, so you can make it to 343 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: forty one. My father pastored Lakewood for forty years. He 344 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: and my mother started the church at nineteen fifty nine, 345 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: and he passed in nineteen ninety nine, and I stepped 346 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: up to pastor, and we thought, if we could just 347 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: keep the church going, we'd be doing great. If we 348 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: could just maintain and not let it go down, that 349 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 1: would be a victory. My father was such a strong leader, 350 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: powerful minister, big personality. He was my hero man. If 351 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: I could be half of what he was, I'd be 352 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: doing great. Now. I'd been behind the scenes all those 353 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: years doing the production, and I'm naturally more quiet and reserved. 354 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: I didn't have all the training, the experience, but when 355 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: my father suddenly passed, I didn't realize I stepped into 356 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: your forty one. I stepped into favor, influence, opportunity that 357 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: my father never saw. Forty one is where God catapults 358 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: you ahead. We were hoping to maintain the church, but 359 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: here we are in the form of compact center. You 360 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: know what this is day forty one. There are some 361 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: forty ones in your future. You've been faithful, you passed 362 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: the task. You're gonna see God show out in your life. 363 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: Open doors you never dream would open, turn situations around 364 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: that you thought were permanent. Don't believe those lies that 365 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: you've seen your best days. Day forty one is coming. 366 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: Goliath was the champion the Philistine army. He was over 367 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: nine feet tall, the scripture says, for forty days he 368 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: stood on the side of the mountain morning and evening 369 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: and taunted the Israelites, making threats, insults, pestering them. When 370 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: the Israelite army heard him, they were terrified. They'd run 371 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: and hide forty days, paralyzed in fear. Forty days they 372 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: thought there were no way out facing an angry giant 373 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: twice their size. All of us will have some Goliath 374 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: in life, not just the size, but how about the 375 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: negative chatter, people that tell you can't accomplish your dream, 376 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: you'll never get well. Sometimes the goliath is our own thoughts. 377 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: You're too small, you're not attractive, you don't have what 378 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: it takes. For forty days, God allowed the giant to speak, 379 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: to insult, to threaten. But God has set an end 380 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: to the difficulty. Day forty one, a teenage boy named 381 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: David showed up. He heard Goliath marking the Israelite. He 382 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: saw everyone run and hide, but something rose up in him, 383 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: a fire, a passion, a courage. He looked at Goliath 384 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: and said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 385 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: defy the armies of a living god. He was saying, 386 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: in effect, this may have gone on for forty days, 387 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: but day forty one is here. He picked up a 388 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: smooth stone, slung that rock and knocked Goliath to the ground. 389 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: He took Goliath's sword cut his head off. Well, Joel, 390 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: I can't wait till David shows up and does something 391 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: about my giant. Can I tell you a secret. You're 392 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: the David. You're the one to defeat what's to you. 393 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: God allowed it for a forty day season, a certain 394 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: amount of time, but it's not permanent. You're not supposed 395 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: to run and hide and live intimidated. This sickness is 396 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: too big. These people at work are so much more powerful. 397 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: I'm the underdog. God loves to use the underdog. He 398 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: loves to take those who people think are too small, 399 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: don't have the training. They expect you to hide, live 400 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: with the dysfunction. Deep down, you're gonna feel what David felt, 401 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: a supernatural power, a divine enablement, a favor on your slingshot, 402 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: to where you rise up and say, I'm the giant killer. 403 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: I'm the difference maker. I'm the one to put an 404 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: end to what's hindering My family may have gone on 405 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 1: for forty days or forty years. God is saying day 406 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: forty one is here. The giant is about to come down, 407 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: the sickness about to turn around. That struggle in lack 408 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 1: is coming to an end. Friends, I can't promise you 409 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 1: that you won't have some forty days like Noah, where 410 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: it rains, in storms, like Jesus, where in the desert, 411 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: being tempted like David, facing a big obstacle, thoughts taunting you. 412 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: But I can promise you, Dave, forty one is coming. 413 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: God is faithful. He has you in the palm of 414 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: his hand. He sees you being faithful, doing the right 415 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: thing when it's hard. You are passing the test when 416 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: those lives whisper that it's never going to change. No. Remember, 417 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: God has set an end to your difficulty. He's already 418 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: scheduled the expiration day. Now I believe and declareck with Noah. 419 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: The storm is about to cease, like the children of 420 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: the Israelites. Bondages that have held your family back are 421 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: being broken, like David, that giant that's been taunting you. 422 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: The sickness, the addiction, the trouble at work is come down, 423 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: and you will go into your promised land in Jesus' name, 424 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 425 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 426 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would't you pray with me? 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