1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: No one likes to talk about money. Am I saving enough? 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Can I buy a house? Am I paying too much 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: in taxes? Will I be able to retire? What if 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: you could unlock insights about your finances in less than 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: five minutes, with a clear picture of where you stand 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: today and where your money can work harder. Now you 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: can visit facet dot com to take the free quiz 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: and get your financial wellness score today. That's Facet dot com. 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: This ad is sponsored by Facet. Fast Wealth in Corporated 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 11 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: offer to buy your self securities or is it investment, 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: legal or tax advice. 13 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: You're ready for a comeback, and with Purdue Global you 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: can do more than take classes. You can take charge 15 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 2: a degree you can be proud of, and get an 17 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: go back to school, but to come back and move 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 3: He'll forget about the video game you gave him on 22 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 3: his birthday. 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 4: Wow, thanks Grandpa. 24 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 3: But He'll never forget how you invested in his future 25 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 3: with the uns stapp. Wow. Thanks Grandpa. The units stap 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 3: makes it easy for grandparents and family friends to give 27 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: funds to a child's investment account for a limited time. 28 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: Download the uns stap and use the code I heeart 29 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: fifty at sign up to receive a fifty dollars bonus 30 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 3: when you fund your account. That's code iHeart fifty when 31 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 3: you sign up at unest dot co for a fifty 32 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 4: your life. Will God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 4: come into your home, and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 4: please stop by be a part of one of our services. 41 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 42 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 4: about this lady. She just got out of choir practice 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 4: and she was so fired up. She put a honk 45 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 4: if you love Jesus bumper sticker on her car. At 46 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 4: the intersection, she was digging in her purse and didn't 47 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: notice that the light changed. She said, I was so 48 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 4: excited to find out the God behind me loved Jesus. 49 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 4: He started honking, so I rolled my window down, wave 50 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 4: real big and told him I loved Jesus too. She said, 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 4: I found out a whole lot of people loved Jesus. 52 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: Everyone started honking. One man even screamed Jesus Christ. She said. 53 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: After we shared all that love together, I was the 54 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: only one that made it through the intersection. Here we go. 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 4: This is my vible. I am what it says I am. 56 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 57 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 58 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 59 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 4: my heart is recepted. I will never be the same. 60 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 61 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 4: to you today about be comfortable not knowing. We all 62 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 4: face situations where we don't see how they're going to 63 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 4: work out. We look at the facts, the figures, the reports, 64 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: the odds are against us. We do our best to 65 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 4: come up with a plan to find some kind of solution. 66 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: We think we have to have the answer or it's 67 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 4: not going to happen. But there are some things God 68 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 4: doesn't want us to know. He has the solution. But 69 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 4: if he showed you right now, it wouldn't take any faith. 70 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: If you could see how your child is going to 71 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 4: turn out, the doors God's going to open for you, 72 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 4: the favor, the provision, the healing, it would be easy 73 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: to believe. The test comes when we don't know the answer, 74 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 4: when we don't see how it's going to happen. Thoughts 75 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: tell us, how are you going to make it after 76 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 4: you retire? What if you don't get that scholarship, What 77 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 4: if your health doesn't improve. The problem is sometimes there 78 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 4: is no logical solution. The more we try to reason 79 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 4: it out, the more discourage we get, thinking what am 80 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 4: I going to do? But this is what faith is 81 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 4: all about. You have to be comfortable not knowing. You 82 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: don't have to figure it out, you don't have to 83 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 4: come up with the plan. It's okay not to know. 84 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 4: When Moses led the two million Israelites out of slavery 85 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 4: into the desert, they were headed toward the promised land, 86 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 4: very excited God had just brought them out of years 87 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 4: of captivity. I can imagine someone asking Moses, where are 88 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 4: we going to camp in the desert? Moses said, I 89 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 4: don't know where we go to get food. I don't 90 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 4: know where is the water supply. I don't know, Moses, 91 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 4: what route are we going to take? I don't know. 92 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 4: They could have thought, Moses, what kind of leader are you? 93 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 4: But just because you don't know doesn't mean God doesn't 94 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 4: have a plan. Moses was comfortable not knowing. He had 95 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 4: such a trust in God. He didn't have to understand 96 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: how everything was going to work out. He didn't have 97 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: to have all the details. He took it one step 98 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: at a time. And sometimes we think it's a lack 99 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 4: of faith to say I don't know. We think we 100 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 4: have to have it all figured out. Take the pressure off. 101 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: You don't have to know. God knows He has you 102 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 4: in the palm of his hand. He's directing your steps. 103 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 4: The scripture says God has planned out all of your days. 104 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 4: He has a blueprint for your life. Here's the catch. 105 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 4: God doesn't give a the details. If he showed you 106 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 4: all he has in store, you'd not only be amazed, 107 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 4: it would not only excite you, but when you saw 108 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 4: what it would take to get there, the giants you're 109 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 4: going to face, the closed doors, the times you have 110 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 4: to stretch, you might say, that's okay, God, I'll stay 111 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 4: where I am. One reason God doesn't show us is 112 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 4: he knows we would talk ourselves out of it. When 113 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 4: you can't figure out how something is going to work out, 114 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 4: you start worrying, losing sleep. That's a sign God doesn't 115 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 4: want you to know. You have to be comfortable not knowing. 116 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 4: When you say, God, I don't see how my business 117 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: is going to make it. I don't see how my 118 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: family is going to be restored. I don't know how 119 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 4: I'm going to raise these children. But I'm not going 120 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 4: to live stressed, worried. God. I trust you when I 121 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 4: don't see away. I trust you when I don't have 122 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 4: the answer, I realize I don't have to know because 123 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 4: you know, and you control the universe. That attitude of 124 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: faith is what allows God to do amazing things. See, 125 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 4: the truth is God had the solution before you had 126 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 4: the problem. He could show you the details. He could 127 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 4: show you how it's going to resolve. If he's not, 128 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 4: then it's a test. He doesn't want you to know 129 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: right now. Will you trust him even when you don't 130 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 4: see how it could happen. I'm the type of person 131 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: that wants to know. I like to have a plan. 132 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 4: I'm detailed organized. I'm always trying to figure things out 133 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 4: when I don't see a way. I used to get stressed. 134 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 4: I was tempted to live uptight and on edge. It's 135 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 4: very free when you learn this principle that there are 136 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 4: some things we're not supposed to know. It's okay to say, 137 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 4: like Moses, i don't know how it's going to work out, 138 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 4: but I'm at peace. That's not a lack of faith, 139 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 4: it's just the opposite. You're taking yourself off the throne 140 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 4: and putting God back on the throne. But when we're 141 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 4: trying to figure everything out, come up with our plan. 142 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: If I can make this happen and manipulate this situation, 143 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 4: convince this person to like me. Really, we're being God. 144 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: As long as you're on the throne, God will step back. 145 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 4: But when you say, God, I don't know how this 146 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 4: is going to work out, but I'm not going to worry. 147 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to keep trying to figure it out. 148 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 4: God I trust you. I know your plans for me 149 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 4: are for good. When you're comfortable not knowing, God will 150 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 4: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. When we 151 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 4: acquired this building, the former Compact Center, it was going 152 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 4: to cost one hundred million dollars to renovate. We had 153 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 4: to put in our own power plant air conditioning system. 154 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 4: When I looked at the numbers on paper, there was 155 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 4: no way we could raise those funds in that amount 156 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 4: of time. We ran the projections, analyzed it. Even in 157 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 4: the best case scenarios, we were still millions short. Every 158 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 4: day I was tempted to worry. Every day thought said, 159 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 4: what are you going to do? It's not going to 160 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 4: work out. We had already signed the loan, construction had 161 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 4: already started on a certain date right before we moved in. 162 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 4: We had to make this large lump sum payment. We 163 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: didn't have it. There wasn't any sign we would get it. 164 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 4: The closer we came to that date, the more pressureded 165 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 4: I felt. But when I was tempted to be stressed, 166 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 4: I would always come back to this fact. God, I 167 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 4: know you gave us this building. I saw you changed 168 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 4: council members mind to vote for us that had been 169 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: against us. I know it was your favor that opened 170 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 4: the do door, and I know you didn't bring us 171 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 4: this far to leave us now. I don't know how 172 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: it's going to happen, but I'm okay not knowing how, 173 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 4: because I know you are still on the throne. Two 174 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 4: weeks before the big payment was due, we unexpectedly sold 175 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 4: a piece of property. We were told it would sell 176 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 4: for a certain price. It sold for almost twice that amount. 177 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 4: It was the hand of God stepping in at just 178 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 4: the right time, making a way. Well, we didn't see away. 179 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 4: You may have some things you don't understand, you can't 180 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: figure out. You don't see the answer. That's okay, you 181 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,359 Speaker 4: don't have to see it. Don't get discouraged. Don't start complaining. 182 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 4: God is working behind the scenes. He's about to make 183 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: things happen that you didn't see coming. It's going to 184 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 4: be unusual, out of the ordinary. You're going to know 185 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: it's the goodness of God. Moses didn't have all the answers. 186 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 4: He didn't know how the Israelites would make it through 187 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 4: the desert. But God gave them manna to eat each morning, 188 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 4: something like bread that formed on the ground. God brought 189 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 4: water out of a rock, unusual, uncommon. God brought the 190 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 4: walls of Jericho down, not by them fighting, but by 191 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 4: them simply marching around them. Supernatural provision, supernatural protection. What 192 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: am I saying just because you don't have the answers 193 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 4: doesn't mean God is not going to show up and 194 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 4: do something amazing in your life. Now. My challenge is 195 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: trusting when you don't understand. Be comfortable not knowing. The 196 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 4: Scripture says lean not to your own understanding. Take this 197 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 4: in the right sense, but sometimes you have to turn 198 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 4: your mind off. Don't try to figure everything out. Yes, 199 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 4: use wisdom, use common sense, but when you start getting 200 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 4: frustrated you can't find it solution. You attempted to live worried. 201 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 4: That's a sign God doesn't want you to know. My 202 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 4: father pastored Lakewood for forty years. He never raised up 203 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 4: a successor like most churches do. He didn't have a 204 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 4: committee go out and find the next pastor. Deep down, 205 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: I believe he knew what was going to happen. He 206 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 4: always wanted his family to take over, but there wasn't 207 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 4: anything formally put in place. When he was in his seventies, 208 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 4: people would ask him, who's going to take Lakewood? What's 209 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: going to happen when you're gone? My father would always 210 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 4: tell them, I don't know what's going to happen, but 211 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 4: I know this God is not going to let it 212 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 4: go down. He would tell people, it's not my church, 213 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 4: it's God's church. And I'm all for having structure, having 214 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: a plan, but God's ways are not our ways. He 215 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 4: doesn't do it the same way every time. Sometime he 216 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 4: doesn't want you to know. It's a test of your faith. 217 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 4: Will you trust him? Or will you live worried, upset, 218 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 4: wondering if it's ever going to work out. When my 219 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 4: father died, I had only ministered one time the week 220 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 4: before he passed. But when he went to be with 221 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 4: the Lord, I knew I was supposed to step up 222 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 4: and pastor the church. I never had the desire before, 223 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 4: but suddenly God put that desire in me. Had my 224 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 4: father tried to make me the pastor before he died, 225 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have done it. What may be the normal 226 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 4: way may not be the way God does it for you. 227 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 4: God didn't show my father who the next pastor was. 228 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 4: He could have lived, frustrated, tried to make things happen. 229 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 4: But my father was comfortable not knowing. He knew God 230 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 4: was in control. He trusted his plan. God may not 231 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 4: be showing you the future, but that does mean it's 232 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 4: not going to turn out better than you've imagined. I'm 233 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 4: sure my father is looking down from heaven now with 234 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 4: a big smile, saying, look what the Lord has done. 235 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 4: It's more than he ever dreamed. When you're comfortable not knowing, 236 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 4: it saves you so much stress. When you understand, if 237 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: you can't figure something out, it's because God doesn't want 238 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 4: you to figure it out. Right Now, you can analyze 239 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 4: the situation, reason it out, worry for six months, nothing's 240 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 4: going to change. It's much better to say I don't 241 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 4: have the answer, but I'm okay because God, I know 242 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: you have the answer. Paul said in Romans eight twenty six, 243 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: we know not what to pray. Here's a man that 244 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 4: wrote almost half of the New Testament, one of the 245 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 4: most brilliant minds of his day. Yet he said we 246 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 4: know not. He was comfortable with what he didn't know. 247 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: He didn't se as a lack of faith to admit 248 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 4: I don't have all the answers. I don't know what 249 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 4: to pray. I have uncertainty things. I don't understand things. 250 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 4: I don't know how they're going to work out. The 251 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: reason Paul could say this and not be worried, bitter God, 252 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 4: why isn't it happening? When is it going to work out? 253 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 4: Is found two verses later. He said, in verse twenty six, 254 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 4: we know not, But in verse twenty eight he said, 255 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 4: we know all things work together for good to them 256 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: that love the Lord. The way you can say we 257 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: know not and not be worried is if you know 258 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 4: all things are working for your good. I know not 259 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 4: how this is going to work out, but I do 260 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 4: know who's on the throne. I do know who's directing 261 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 4: our steps. I do know who's planned out our days. 262 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 4: Are you frustrated over what you don't know, by what 263 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 4: you can't figure out? Have a new perspective. Even Paul 264 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 4: said I know not. It's okay to not have the answers. 265 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 4: One time, Paul and his friend Silas were in prison. 266 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 4: They had been out sharing the good news, hadn't done 267 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 4: anything wrong, but people stirred up opposition had them arrested. 268 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 4: They were put in the deepest part of the dungeon 269 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 4: with shackles on their feet. They didn't know if they'd 270 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 4: ever get out, if they'd have a fair trial, or 271 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 4: if they'd be put to death like the disciple James. 272 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 4: They had all these questions that they didn't have answers 273 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 4: to things that were out of their control. I'm sure 274 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 4: thoughts told them, it's not going to turn out good. 275 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: You've seen your best days. They could have lived worried, bitter, frustrated. 276 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 4: But at midnight, instead of complaining, they were singing praises 277 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 4: and giving thanks to God. Their attitude was, we know 278 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 4: not how this is going to work out, but we 279 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 4: know this God is in control. People can't stop our destiny. 280 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 4: Him being for us is more than the world being 281 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 4: against us. While where they were singing praises in the 282 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 4: middle of the night, suddenly there was a great earthquake. 283 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 4: Prison doors flung open, chains fell off their feet. They 284 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 4: walked out as free men. You may not see how 285 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 4: your situation can work out. The odds are against you. 286 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: You've come up with the different options. Nothing looks good 287 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 4: to you. You too could live frustrated, worried. No, be 288 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 4: still and know that he is God. You don't have 289 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 4: to be God. You don't have to figure it out. 290 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 4: He's on the throne. He has the solution. The reason 291 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 4: we can't see it is because we think natural. But 292 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 4: God is supernatural. He's going to make things happen out 293 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 4: of the ordinary that you can't see. It's very powerful 294 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 4: when you can say I know not where the finances 295 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 4: are coming from, I know not how my child is 296 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 4: going to get on course. I know not what the 297 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 4: future holds, but I do know. God is on the throne. 298 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 4: He's fighting my battles. His plans for me are for good. 299 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,959 Speaker 4: What he started in my life he will finish. You 300 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 4: don't have to know how. As long as you know 301 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 4: who is in control, that's when the creator of the 302 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 4: universe will open doors you couldn't open, break chains that 303 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 4: have held you back, bring dreams to pass that seem 304 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 4: impossible when you know not. Do like Paul and Silas. 305 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: Don't sit around depressed. Keep thanking God that he's working, 306 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 4: Keep talking like it's on the way, keep that song 307 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: of praise in your heart, keep being good to people, 308 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 4: keep doing the right thing. Don't let what you don't 309 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 4: know and what you can't see keep your faith from 310 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 4: being released. Well, when we face these difficulties, when we 311 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 4: don't see an answer. Many times there's a voice constantly whispering, 312 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 4: what are you going to do? What are you going 313 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 4: to do? Trying to pressure us, get us to live 314 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 4: up tight, stressed out. But when you understand that you 315 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 4: don't have to have the answer, that it's not your 316 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 4: job to figure it out. When you're comfortable not knowing, 317 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 4: it takes the pressure off. Someone says to you, I 318 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 4: heard about your problem. What are you going to do? 319 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 4: Our answer should be I don't know, but I know 320 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 4: the one who does. It's okay not to know. You 321 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: have to be at peace with what you know, not 322 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 4: if there's something you don't have an answer to in 323 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 4: your health, your finances, your relationships. You'd normally s been 324 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 4: worried trying to figure it out. Take that same time 325 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 4: and start thanking God that he's working, Think him that 326 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 4: he's making your cooking place his strength, Thinking that what's 327 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 4: meant for harm, he's turning to your advantage, Thinking that 328 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 4: all things are working for your good. You weren't created 329 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 4: to live up tight, worried, pressured. Sometimes we're bringing this 330 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 4: on ourselves trying to figure something out that God doesn't 331 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 4: want us to figure out. Right, now I met a 332 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 4: man that had been in a legal battle for over 333 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 4: ten years. It involved several different parties, and things were 334 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 4: moving so slowly. If it didn't turn out in his favor, 335 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 4: he was going to lose his freedom. He went through 336 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 4: every possible scenario for years. If he wasn't at the office, 337 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 4: he was at home working on his case with his 338 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 4: legal team. They didn't see how it could resolve in 339 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 4: his favor. After about five years of living stressed, worried, 340 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 4: not enjoying his family having this hanging over his head, 341 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 4: he did what I'm asking us to do. He said, God, 342 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 4: I don't see it solution. I don't see a logical answer. 343 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 4: So I'm going to quit trying to figure it out. 344 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 4: I'm going to stop worrying. God. I'm turning this over 345 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 4: to you. He took himself off the throne and put 346 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 4: God back on the throne. Instead of worrying, he started 347 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 4: thanking God that he was fighting his battles and thanking 348 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: him that no weapon formed against him would prosper. About 349 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 4: eight months ago, he received word out of the blue 350 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 4: that the other parties dropped the lawsuit. All the complaints 351 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 4: against him were dismissed. He said, Joel. I never even 352 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 4: fathomed this. It wasn't even one of my options. I 353 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 4: was just praying that God would help me win the trial, 354 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 4: that i'd have favor with the authorities. God's ways are 355 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 4: better than your ways. What God has in mind is 356 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 4: much better than what you have in mind. Now, don't 357 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 4: be discouraged by what you don't know, by what you 358 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 4: can't figure out. You don't know what God is up to. 359 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 4: It's going to surprise you. Like this man, problems suddenly 360 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 4: resolve in your favor. The medical report says no way, 361 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 4: but God makes a way. You don't see how you 362 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 4: could get out of debt, an explosive blessing, a contract, 363 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 4: a promotion, something that thrust you ahead. It's going to 364 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 4: happen out of the ordinary. That's why you can't see 365 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 4: it now. That's why you can't find the answer. God's 366 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 4: going to do it a supernatural way. You're going to 367 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 4: see the exceeding greatness of his favor, something that you 368 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 4: weren't expecting. God told Abraham to leave his country and 369 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 4: go to a land that he would show him. It's 370 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: interesting that God didn't tell him where. I can imagine 371 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 4: Abraham told his wife Sarah that they were moving. Sarah said, great, 372 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 4: that's exciting. Where are we going? Abraham said, I don't know, 373 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 4: well what I wear, I don't know what's the weather 374 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 4: going to be like? I don't know. Abraham would have 375 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 4: never become the father of our faith if he had 376 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 4: not been comfortable not knowing. When you study the other 377 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 4: heroes of faith, you'll see how many times they had 378 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 4: to say, we know not. David, I know not how 379 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 4: I'm going to defeat this giant. He's twice my size, 380 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 4: but I know the Lord is on my side. Joseph 381 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 4: sitting in a pit, betrayed by his family. I know 382 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 4: not how I'm going to lead a nation like the 383 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 4: dream God gave me. But God, I trust your plan. 384 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 4: The way they stayed in faith is they knew verse 385 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 4: twenty eight, so to speak, that all things were working 386 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 4: for their good. When they didn't have the answers, they 387 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 4: believed that God was still in control. God gave Abraham 388 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: the promise that he and his wife Sarah were going 389 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 4: to have a baby when they were way too old. 390 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 4: Years passed with no sign of a child. Every circumstance 391 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 4: said it was impossible, but Abraham understood this principle. He said, 392 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: in effect, we know not how it can happen. There's 393 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 4: no way in the natural. But God, we trust you. 394 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 4: We believe what you promised will come to pass. Sarah 395 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 4: gave birth at ninety years of age. God did more 396 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 4: than they dreamed that little baby. They named him Isaac. 397 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 4: He grew to a young man, and God told Abraham 398 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 4: to take him on top of a mountain and sacrifice him. 399 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 4: They traveled three days finally arrived at the location. Isaac said, Dad, 400 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 4: we have the fire, we have the wood, but where 401 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: is the sacrifice. Abraham said, the Lord will provide. It 402 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 4: didn't make sense that God would give Abraham a son, 403 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 4: this child he waited so long for, and then tell 404 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 4: him to take his life. Don't you know. Abraham didn't understand, 405 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,959 Speaker 4: no doubt, he was confused, He had uncertainty. But his 406 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 4: attitude was God, I don't know what you're doing, but 407 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 4: I trust you. This is a key to faith. Trusting 408 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 4: when you don't understand, Trusting when you don't have the answers, 409 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 4: Trusting when it seems like just the opposite of what 410 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 4: you were hoping for. This is when it's easy to 411 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 4: get negative critical God wire isn't it working out? Not 412 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 4: knowing is a test. What you do when you don't 413 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 4: know when it seems impossible. That determines what God does. 414 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 4: Abraham was about to sacrifice his son when an angel 415 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 4: suddenly stopped him. He looked over and saw a ram 416 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 4: caught in the bush. Rams don't normally go that high 417 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 4: in the mountain. Abraham sacrificed the ram instead of his son. 418 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 4: He named that place Jehovah Jihrah. That means the Lord, 419 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 4: our provider, God is showing us when you pass the 420 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 4: test of not knowing, supernatural provision is coming. Now. You 421 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 4: may be where Abraham was. God's promised you something, but 422 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 4: it's been a long time. Seems like it's too late. 423 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 4: You don't see how you could have the baby, or 424 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 4: how you could get well, or see how you could 425 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 4: accomplish the dream. You don't have to see it for 426 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 4: God to do it. You don't have to have all 427 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 4: the answers. What God has spoken over your life is 428 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 4: still on the way, just like that ram was way 429 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 4: up in the mountain. God has provision coming for you, 430 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 4: something that wouldn't normally happen, something out of the ordinary, favor, promotion, 431 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 4: divine connections because you trust when you didn't understand, God's 432 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 4: going to do things for you that you can't explain. 433 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 4: Promotion that you didn't work for it, having a baby 434 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 4: when you were told is too late, getting well when 435 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 4: the medical report says you were done, seeing your business 436 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 4: take off, seeing your family restored. What is that the 437 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 4: ram in the thicket When you obey without the details, 438 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 4: When you stay in faith, when you don't see any 439 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 4: sign of the answer, when you believe, when every thought 440 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 4: tells you there's no way. Like with Abraham, God will 441 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 4: show out in your life. He'll cause you to defy 442 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 4: the odds, to go places you couldn't go on your own. 443 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 4: Now I'm asking you to be comfortable not knowing. Quit 444 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 4: worrying about those things you can't figure out. God has 445 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 4: you in the palm of his hand. There may be 446 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 4: some things you have to say, I know not, but 447 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 4: don't stop. There go two more verses and say with Paul, 448 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 4: I know all things are working for my good. If 449 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 4: you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about to 450 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 4: see this supernatural provision, supernatural protection, favor, healing, divine connections. 451 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 4: God is not going to just bring promises to pass. 452 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 4: But like that man I talked about, it's going to 453 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 4: turn out better than you imagined in Jesus' name. If 454 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 4: you receive it. Can you say amen? Today I'd like 455 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 456 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 457 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 458 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 459 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 460 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. 461 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 462 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 3: us continue to share the message of hope with those 463 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 3: all over the world. Visit Joeloustein dot com slash give 464 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 3: Hope to give a gift today. 465 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 466 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 467 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 468 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 469 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 4: next time.