1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 6 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: your life. 8 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: God bless you. 9 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 10 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 11 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can 12 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: come visit us in person. 13 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: We'd love to have. 14 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: You be a part of one of our services. I'd 15 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: let you start with something funny. And I heard about 16 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: this ninety two year old man that wasn't feeling up 17 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: to park. 18 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: So we went to the doctor. 19 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: And a few days later the doctor saw him walking 20 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: in the park with this beautiful young lady by side, 21 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 2: and he seemed as happy as convened. The doctor said, Wow, 22 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: you are feeling a lot better, aren't you. He said, yes, Doctor, 23 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: I'm just following your orders. You said, get a hot 24 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: mama and stay cheerful. The doctor said, I didn't say that. 25 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: I said you got a heart murmur, be careful. 26 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: He heard what he wanted to hear. But here we 27 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: go y'all. This is my Bible. I am what it 28 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 29 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 30 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 31 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 32 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 33 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about it's not 34 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: what you think. We all have situations that look like 35 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 2: they're not going to work out. We can't accomplish our dreams. 36 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: No doors have opened, or we took the fertility treatments. 37 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: We can't have a baby. 38 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 2: Our child will never get back on course, will never 39 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: meet the right person. 40 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: All the facts say it's not going to happen. 41 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: But what we can't see is what God is doing 42 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: behind the scenes. We don't know what he's already lined up. 43 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: We look at things in the natural, but God is supernatural. 44 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: And it may seem like your dream has died. 45 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: You did your best, but you've had setbacks. People didn't 46 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: support you. 47 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: Now you've accepted that it's not meant to be. But 48 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: it's not what you think. God has some twists coming, 49 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: some surprises where suddenly things come back to life. Doors 50 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: open you never dream would open. Or it may look 51 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: like your health will never improve. The medical report says 52 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 2: you won't get. 53 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: Well, But it's not what you think. 54 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: There's another report that says God is restoring health back 55 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: to you. That sickness is not how your story ends. 56 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: Or perhaps it looks like your child will always be 57 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 2: off course, running with the wrong crowd. 58 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. God has his hand on 59 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: your child. 60 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: He has inframed in like Jonah when he tried to 61 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: go the wrong direction. God had a well waiting for 62 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: him to take him back to his purpose. Your child 63 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: may run, but he can't get away. God's arm is 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: not too short to say save. There's a shift coming 65 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: where God suddenly changes your child's course and brings him 66 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: back into his destiny. Or maybe it looks like you'll 67 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 2: always struggle in your finances, have lack, not enough has 68 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: how it's been in your family for years, seems like 69 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: it's going to continue to the next generation. 70 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: No, it's not what you think. Abundance is coming. Overflow 71 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: is coming. 72 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: God is going to give you the power to get wealth. 73 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: What you touch will prosper and succeed. You're the difference maker. 74 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: You're the one to break the generational limitation and to 75 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: start a generational blessing. Now, don't be discouraged by what's 76 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: not happening, but what looks impossible. 77 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: The dream seems dead. 78 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: Part of faith is believing when there's no evidence, trusting 79 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: when all the circumstances say there's no chance. The scripture 80 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: says the things that are seen are temporary, but of 81 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: things that are unseen are eternal. What you can see, 82 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: the dream that looks dead, the relationship that's too far gone, 83 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: the addiction that's never going to change. Those things are 84 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 2: not permanent. One translation says they are subject to change. 85 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: What God promised you is still on the way, but 86 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: the enemy will work over time. 87 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: Telling you all the reasons it's not going to happen 88 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: is too late. You're too old. 89 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 2: You would have met somebody by now, your health would 90 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 2: have improved a little bit. 91 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence 93 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 2: of things not seen. God is going to do things 94 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: in your life where there's no evidence, no sign of 95 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: it happening. 96 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: All the facts say the dream will never come to pass. 97 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: The evidence says you're not gonna get well, never meet 98 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: the right person. Don't be moved by what you see. 99 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 2: It's not what you think. God is working in ways 100 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: you can't perceive. He's doing things behind the scenes that 101 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: are going to defy the odds. 102 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: His ways are higher. 103 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 2: And better than our ways, and if you can see it, 104 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: it doesn't take faith. 105 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: Faith kicks in when there's no evidence. 106 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: If you'll keep believing, keep trusting, God will do things 107 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: you never saw coming, things that exceed your expectations, that lead. 108 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: You in amazement of His goodness. 109 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: This is what happened with Jacob. His father was Abraham. 110 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 2: Abraham was the one God promised that his descendants would 111 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They'd 112 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 2: always walk in his blessing and favor well. Jacob had 113 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: a son named Joseph. This was his youngest son. He 114 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: was especially proud of Joseph. He had other children, but 115 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: the scripture says Jacob loved Joseph more than any of 116 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: the other sons because he was born to him in 117 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 2: his own age. 118 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: And of course it's not. 119 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: Good to play favorites with our children, but Jacob did. 120 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 2: He gave Joseph a special coat of many colors. It 121 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 2: represented the favor and blessing on his life. Well, this 122 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 2: didn't sat well with his brothers. Every time they saw 123 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 2: Joseph wearing that coat, it made them more jealous, more 124 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: sour toward him. On top of that, God gave Joseph 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 2: a dream of people bowing down before him and him 126 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 2: rising up into great leadership. This made his brothers hate 127 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: him even more. Well, Jacob knew the promise that God 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 2: gave his grandfather. 129 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: Now with this dream, he. 130 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 2: Believed his son Joseph would be instrumental in that promise 131 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: coming to pass. 132 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: He knew God's hand was on him. 133 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: When Joseph's brothers traveled to another city to find pastures 134 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: for their flocks. After a few weeks, Jacob asked Joseph 135 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 2: to go check on them. 136 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: He left home headed that way. 137 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 2: When the brothers saw in the distance, their eyes lit up. 138 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 2: They thought, great, this is our big chance to get 139 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: rid of him. They were fed up with him being 140 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 2: the favorite getting all that attention. 141 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: What's interesting is Joseph didn't make himself the favorite. 142 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: He couldn't choose when he was born. He didn't make 143 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: his father like him more. God made him the favorite. 144 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: When God favors you, sometimes other people can't handle it. 145 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: Family members get jealous, co workers try to discredit you. 146 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 2: Don't take it personally. It's not you that don't like. 147 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: It's the favor God put on you. It's the blessing 148 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: on your life. The good news is they can't stop 149 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 2: your destiny. They can't override what God has purpose for 150 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: you. You don't have to fight with them, try to win 151 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 2: them over. 152 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: Live upset because they're not for you. Just run your race, 153 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: Focus on what God's called you. 154 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: To do, and he will take care of the jealous, 155 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,239 Speaker 2: negative people to try to push you down. When Joseph arrived, 156 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 2: the first thing his brothers did was to take his 157 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: coat of many colors off. They thought they were taking 158 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: his favor. But the favor is not on what you have. 159 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: The favor is on you, and people may take your coat, 160 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: so to speak, but they can't. 161 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: Take your favor. 162 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: They threw Joseph into a pit, and they were going 163 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: to leave him there to dine. They saw a caravan 164 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 2: of Ishmaelites coming. Instead, they sold him as a slave 165 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 2: into Egypt. 166 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,479 Speaker 1: These brothers knew. 167 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 2: How much their father loved Joseph. They didn't know what 168 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 2: they're gonna tell him. They decided to kill a goat. 169 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: They took the blood and smeared it all over Joseph's robe, 170 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 2: so it looked like he had been harmed. They went 171 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: back their father, Dad. We found this robe, isn't it Joseph's. 172 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 2: Jacob took it and said, in disbelief, yes, it is. 173 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: A wild animal must have attacked. 174 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: Him and torn him to pieces. 175 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: Verse thirty four says Jacob tore his clothes and put 176 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: on syclaw. He mourned deeply for his son. His family 177 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 2: tried to comfort him, but it was no use. He said, 178 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: I will die in mourning for my son. So heartbroken, 179 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: so desponded, he didn't think he could go on. Was 180 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: not only losing his son, but it was also losing 181 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 2: the promise that Joseph represented. Jacob believed that Joseph was 182 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 2: destined to bring about what God told Abraham that their 183 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 2: seed would be blessed for generations. Now it looked like 184 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: the dream was dead. The promise was over. Jacob had 185 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: the evidence of bloody robe. I can imagine that robe 186 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: over in the corner of his room. He knows he 187 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: needs to move on, but he can't get rid of it. 188 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: It's too painful, and month after month it goes over, 189 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: mourns and weeps God, why did this happen? We all 190 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 2: have times where it looks like something has died in 191 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: our life. Dream has died, relationship is over, in our health, 192 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 2: our finances, what we were believing for didn't work out. 193 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: Like Jacob, it's easy to get stuck. 194 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: In mourning thinking that God let us down, but you 195 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: don't know what he's doing. 196 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: Behind the scenes. 197 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: It looks like it's over, but God is working in 198 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: ways that you can't comprehend. Right now, things are going 199 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: to happen that you didn't see coming. Trust him when 200 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 2: you don't understand. There will be twist turns, things that 201 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: don't make sense. 202 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: But God knows what he's doing. He's working it all 203 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: out for your good. 204 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 2: See Joseph's brothers were mean, hateful, jealous, but the truth 205 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: is they were all a part of God's plan. They 206 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 2: had to be that way to get Joseph to Egypt. 207 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: We don't like when people do us wrong, friend betrays us. 208 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: We go through bad breaks. 209 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: You have to realize God uses these things to move 210 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: us into our purpose, not just the good breaks, not 211 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 2: just the code of many colors. We love the favor 212 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: the open doors, but God also uses closed doors, disappointments 213 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 2: people that walk away. It's all serving his plan in 214 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 2: those difficult times. 215 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: It's tempting to. 216 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: Get stuck like Jacob in morning, thinking the dream is dead, 217 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 2: the promise is over, and we have the evidence, the 218 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: bloody robe. 219 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: But it's not over until God says it's over. 220 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 2: Joseph was a slave in a foreign land, didn't speak 221 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: the language, held against his will. It's light about put 222 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 2: in prison, overlooked, but he kept being his best year 223 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 2: after year, doing the right thing in a difficult situation. 224 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 2: God will always give you the grace for every place 225 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: that He takes you. You have the power to shine 226 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: in every season that you find yourself in. It may 227 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 2: be winter now, gloomy, gone through loss. God has equipped 228 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: you with the strength, the courage, the determination to not 229 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 2: just drag through it, but to excel in it. You 230 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: have to know your steps are being ordered in the 231 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: good times and in the tough times. That God is 232 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: with you when you're wearing that coat of many colors, 233 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: and he's with you when you find yourself in a pit, betrayed, lonely, 234 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: twenty two years had passed, and by now Jacob had 235 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 2: accepted that his son was gone. The dream had died, 236 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 2: wasn't going to happen. There's a great famine in the land. 237 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 2: Jacob sent his other sons, the ones that threw Joseph 238 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 2: into a pit, to Egypt to try to buy food. 239 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: If not, they couldn't survive. These brothers showed up at 240 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 2: the palace. What they didn't know was their brother Joseph 241 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: was now the Prime Minister of Egypt and in charge 242 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: of all the food supply. They thought they were getting 243 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 2: rid of him, but in fact, God was using them 244 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 2: to move Joseph into his purpose. Those people that tried 245 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 2: to push you down, discredit you, leave you out. 246 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: Don't be bitter toward them. God uses everything, some of them. 247 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: You don't like what happened, but you couldn't become who 248 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 2: you were created. 249 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: To be without them. 250 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 2: They thought they threw you into a pit, but really 251 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 2: they threw you into your destiny. 252 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: God used them. 253 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 2: To position you for the greater things He has in store. 254 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 2: When these brothers finally realized it was Joseph, they nearly 255 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 2: passed out. 256 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: They bowed down low before him. 257 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: Years earlier Joseph was down in the pit and the 258 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 2: brothers were up. Now Joseph was up and the brothers 259 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: were down. Keep doing the right thing, and the tables 260 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: will turn. You will see the plan of God unfold 261 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: in your life. Vindication, promotion, an influence that could have 262 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 2: never happened without all the stops along the way. Joseph 263 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: gave them food and said, in verse nine, hurry home 264 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 2: and tell our father that God has made me the 265 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 2: master of all of Egypt. Have him come here with 266 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: all the family and the flocks and herds, and you 267 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 2: will live by me in the best land, and I 268 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 2: will take. 269 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: Care of you. The brothers headed back home. 270 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 2: You can imagine the excitement and what was going through 271 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 2: their mind. The scripture says, when the jubilant brothers arrived 272 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 2: at Jacob's home, they shouted, Joseph is alive. 273 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: And in fact he's the ruler over all of Egypt. 274 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 2: Jacob had been in mourning for twenty two years, discouraged 275 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: over a dream that died, thinking the promise would never 276 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: come to pass. All that time, God was working behind 277 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: the scenes. Things were happening that he couldn't comprehend. He 278 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 2: had the bloody road he had the evidence that his 279 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: son had been killed, but it's not what he thought. 280 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: His dream was still alive. 281 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: You may have promises that you've given up on dreams 282 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: that look like they've died, and all the facts say 283 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: it's not gonna happen. 284 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: It's too late, the problem too big. You missed your chance. 285 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you? 286 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 2: Your dream is still alive. What God starts, he's going 287 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: to finish. Sometimes we give up, we get discouraged and 288 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: let the evidence talk us out of it. 289 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: But God doesn't give up. 290 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 2: Like with Jacob, your jubilant caravan is on the way. 291 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. 292 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: Weeping indoors for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 293 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: God has some surprises for you, some twists that you 294 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: didn't see coming. 295 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 2: You thought you'd live lonely after that breakup. You've already 296 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 2: accepted that dream is dead. No, Joseph is still alive. 297 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: The right person is going to find you. You thought 298 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: your health would continue going downhill, that sickness would limit 299 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 2: your life. 300 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. Joseph is still alive. 301 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 2: Healing is coming, a supernatural turnaround, or that dream seems 302 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 2: like it's over. You wanted to start your business write 303 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: the book, move into. 304 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: That nicer neighborhood. 305 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 2: You tried, doors closed, you didn't have the funds. What 306 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: you thought was dead is still alive. God is about 307 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,239 Speaker 2: to do a new thing, unexpected, uncommon. 308 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: You didn't see it coming a surprise. 309 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: When God told Abraham and Sarah that they were going 310 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 2: to have a baby, they were both way too old, 311 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: and logically speaking, it was impossible. But the scripture says 312 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: they considered not the weakness of Abraham's body nor the 313 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 2: deadness of Sarah's womb. Sarah's womb had been bearing for 314 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: seventy years. 315 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: She hadn't been able to have a baby. It was dead. 316 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: They didn't deny that, but they didn't let the deadness 317 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 2: of that wound talk them out of what God could do. 318 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: They understood this principle that it's not what we think 319 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: God is up to something we can't see. We all 320 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: have these things that kind of look dead, like it's over. 321 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: A child is too far, of course, that's sickness, too big, 322 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 2: the dream too great, It's not possible. 323 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: Now. 324 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 2: The key is, don't focus on the deadness of what 325 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 2: you have, focus on. 326 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: The greatness of our God. He flung stars into space, 327 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: He spoke worlds into existence. Nothing too difficult for him. 328 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 2: And yes, we have situations that look impossible, but we 329 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: know God can do the impossible. Even though we have 330 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 2: a bloody coat, the evidence that looks the opposite, we 331 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 2: dare to believe that Joseph. 332 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: Is still alive, that what God promise will still come 333 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: to pass. It's interesting that the brother killed the goat 334 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: and put the blood on Joseph's robe. 335 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: They created these circumstances to try to trick their father, 336 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 2: deceive him into believing that Joseph was dead. That's the 337 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 2: same way the enemy is. He'll give you circumstances that 338 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 2: look real. All the facts may say that sickness will. 339 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: End your life. 340 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 2: The experts say you've gone as far as you can. 341 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 2: There's been bad breaks, delays, betrayals. You have good evidence 342 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: that what you've dreamed about is dead. What God promised 343 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: is not possible. 344 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 1: Now you're right where Jacob was. 345 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: When you have that bloody robe, you have to realize 346 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: it's not what you think. That's not a true representation 347 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 2: of what's coming. That's the enemy trying to deceive you 348 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 2: into giving up on what you're believing for. Don't be 349 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: moved by what you see. You can't see Joseph in Egypt. 350 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 2: You don't know that he's not only alive, but he's 351 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 2: being promoted and put in position to save. 352 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: You and your family. That's going to be better than 353 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: you've imagined. I received a letter from. 354 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: A woman that had been married for forty years and 355 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 2: she found out her husband was having an affair, and 356 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 2: he tried to make things right. They went to counseling, 357 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 2: tried therapy, but nothing helped. There was so much hurt 358 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 2: and so much unforgiveness. They got a divorce. She never 359 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 2: imagined that her life would turn out this way. She's 360 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 2: so heartbroken. She had this bloody robe, this evidence her 361 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: marriage was over. 362 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: A friend invited her to Lakewood. She told her. 363 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: Ex husband and he asked if he could come too. 364 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: That Saturday. 365 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 2: The day before, they had a big argument on the phone. 366 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: Nothing had changed. 367 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 2: Picked her up Sunday morning on the way to church, 368 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 2: they had another big argument. 369 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: She almost got out of the car. 370 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 2: They walked in the building and were going to sit 371 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 2: up top, and they told an usher it was their 372 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 2: first time. He said, follow me, and he took them 373 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: down to the second row, right up front, and they're 374 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: very moved by the service. When it was over, they 375 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 2: were walking out this side entrance by the platform, and 376 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 2: I came out of a small room right when she 377 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 2: was coming around the corner, and we literally bumped into 378 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 2: each other. I kind of laughed as I'm so sorry. 379 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: Her husband said, we came to church today because we're hurting. 380 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: We just got divorced after forty seven years. And I 381 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 2: could see tears well enough in his eyes. I told 382 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: them how God is a god of restoration, and how 383 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 2: it's not over until God says it's over. 384 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: I don't know why I'm crying. It wasn't me, but 385 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: all the evidence said that they were done. 386 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 2: Unfaithful can't forgive division. 387 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: But what they didn't know was Joseph was still alive. 388 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 2: They had the bloody row, the circumstances it said it 389 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: was over. But God knows how to breathe life into 390 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 2: your dreams, and freshness into your marriage, and passion into 391 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 2: your spirit. Don't let the road fool you. God is 392 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 2: working behind the scenes. What are the chances that we 393 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 2: would bump into each other? You know, thousands of people 394 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 2: leaving the building, But God was ordering their steps, bringing 395 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 2: into alignment what he had purposed. We prayed together that day. 396 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 2: Chains of unforgiveness were broken in their mind, strongholds came 397 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: off their spirit. God began to restore the love, the passion, 398 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 2: the joy. A few months later they got remarried. They 399 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 2: became some of our great volunteers. That was over fifteen 400 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 2: years ago. Today their marriage is stronger than ever. Is 401 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: there something in your life that looks dead? Something God 402 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 2: promised you but you've given up on. 403 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: It's too late. You've been too hurt, made too many mistakes. 404 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: You have that bloody row all the earth. Circumstances say 405 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. What if you knew that 406 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: robe wasn't the truth, that it. 407 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: Was all trying to deceive you into living discouraged, bitter 408 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,479 Speaker 2: over what didn't work out, thinking that you missed your chance, 409 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 2: when in fact, Joseph is still alive. 410 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: What God promised you is still going to happen. 411 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: When Jacob heard about Joseph, the scripture says, the spirit 412 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 2: of Jacob revived twenty two years. Jacob was in mourning, doubting, defeated, 413 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 2: not knowing his son was alive in Egypt. 414 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: Don't be like him, don't. 415 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: Go years upset over what hasn't happened, and discourage over 416 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 2: who hurts you thinking that your dream is dead. 417 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. 418 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 2: Get your passion back, get your fire back. Faith is 419 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: the evidence of things not seen. Quit focusing on what 420 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 2: you can see. 421 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: Get rid of that bloody robe. It's not telling you 422 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: the truth. The lives that say. 423 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 2: You'll never get well, break the addiction your marriage is done. 424 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: No, God is still working. He has some surprises come 425 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: in your way. 426 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: Some twist where suddenly doors open, suddenly problems turn around, 427 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 2: where Joseph shows up. You say, like Jacob, my son 428 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 2: is still alive. That means I'm gonna get healthy again. 429 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna see my children excelling, my marriage is gonna flourish. 430 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna reach my highest potential. It was a young 431 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: woman named Sarah. She went to the grocery store to 432 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: pick up a few items, and when she got back 433 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 2: in her car and sat in the driver's seat, she 434 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 2: heard a loud noise and felt something hit the back 435 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: of her head. She thought she'd been shot. She reached 436 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 2: up and felt what seemed. 437 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: Like her brain's coming out. She initially passed out. 438 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: When she woke up, she sat there emotionless for over 439 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 2: an hour, holding the back of her head, trying to 440 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 2: keep her brains in. 441 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: Men walk by, I noticed something was wrong. Called the police. 442 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 2: Showed up and asked her to open the door, but 443 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 2: she said she couldn't because she had been shot and 444 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 2: was holding her brains in. They broke the window open 445 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 2: and discovered a can of Pillsbury biscuits had exploded. The 446 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 2: doe had shot out and hit the back of her head. 447 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 1: The enemy always. 448 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 2: Tells you the worst case scenarios. 449 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you? It's not what you think. I 450 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 1: have to wonder if she was blown. But let's not 451 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: go there. That bloody robe says that Joseph is dead. 452 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. 453 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 2: That door that closed looked like your dream died. 454 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. 455 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 2: That person that walked away thoughts tell you you'll always 456 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 2: be lonely. 457 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: It's not what you think. 458 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: That medical report says it's all downhill from here. No 459 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: God is working in your life right now. Nothing can 460 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 2: override his plan. And yes, there will be things we 461 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 2: don't understand, seasons of silence where we don't see things 462 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 2: working out. That's when you have to trust him, not 463 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: be moved by what you don't see, be moved by 464 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 2: what you know that God is faithful, that he has 465 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: not brought you this far to leave you. But jo Man, 466 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 2: I got the bloody rob medical reports not good. I 467 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 2: didn't get the scholarship, my finances. 468 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: Stay in peace. 469 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 2: Your dream is not dead. God didn't run out of options. 470 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 2: He's not in heaven. 471 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: Scratching his head. Thing. Oh man, they threw Joseph into 472 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: a pit. They ruined my plan. 473 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 2: God knew everything that was going to happen. He's already 474 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: lined up what you need. 475 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: Here's the key. It's in the unseen realm. 476 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 2: There's no evidence of it right now. May look just 477 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 2: the opposite. 478 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: Don't worry. 479 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 2: A twist is coming a surprise. Joseph is still alive. 480 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 2: God is still going to bring to past what he promised. 481 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 2: Like Abraham and Sarah, don't focus on the deadness of 482 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 2: what you have. Quit believe in the lies. It's over, 483 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 2: it's too late. All the facts say it's not going 484 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 2: to happen. Well, I believe and declare. What you thought 485 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: was dead is about to show up. Dreams coming back 486 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 2: to life, relationships restored hell, turning around, children back on course. 487 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 2: Like Jacob, your spirit is going to be revived as 488 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 2: you see the greatness of our God in Jesus' name. 489 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 490 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: to give you an. 491 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 2: Opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 492 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 493 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 494 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 495 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 496 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 497 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: on your. 498 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: New walk with the Lord. You can text the number 499 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: on the screen or go to the website. 500 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 2: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 501 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 2: church and keep God first place. 502 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 3: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 503 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 3: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck? 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A new book, The Abundance Mindset, 510 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 2: will help. 511 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: You see yourself the right way. 512 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 2: If you'll change those negative pictures, start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, 513 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 2: rising high, or accomplishing dreams, then things will begin to 514 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 2: shift in your favor. You have to see it on 515 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 2: the inside before it'll come to pass on the outside. 516 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 2: We'll send you the Mindset Journal too. These tools will 517 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 2: help you get your inner vision in the right place 518 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 2: so you can move into the favor and blessing that 519 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 2: God has for you. 520 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 521 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 522 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's book The Abundance Mindset and 523 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 3: this inspiring Mindset Journal. Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging 524 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 3: thoughts about how to move from fairly enough to more 525 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: than enough, how to be someone else's miracle and experience 526 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 3: miracles in your own life. As you make the book 527 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 3: and journal a part of your daily walk, you'll be 528 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 3: built up every day regarding how to tap into God's 529 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 3: favor and blessing, how not to talk yourself out of 530 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 3: the dreams and opportunities He has already prepared for you, 531 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 3: how to experience life to the fullest. Request your copies today, 532 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 3: and begin to see a new mental picture of yourself 533 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 3: that will lead to new measures of blessing, favor, promotion, 534 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 3: and abundance. 535 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 2: Let's go into twenty twenty five with an abundant mindset. 536 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 2: I'll believe you're going to see the goodness of God 537 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 2: in new ways. Victoria and I want you to know 538 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 2: we pray for you and your family every day for 539 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 2: God's very best. We want to thank you for your 540 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 2: prayer and support. You are impacting people all over the world. 541 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: A special thank you to our Champion of Hope partners 542 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 2: for your monthly support. If you're not a partner, I 543 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 2: hope you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the 544 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 2: services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen 545 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 2: on Serious Exam. 546 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: Watch on YouTube. 547 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 2: Also the new Joel Ostein Network streaming on television twenty 548 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 2: four hours a day. 549 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: Until we see you again, May the Lord bless you 550 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: and keep you. 551 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the Abundance Mindset 552 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 3: Book and Mindset Journal today. Visit Joelostin dot com or 553 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an 554 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 3: additional donation. This month, we are also offering His Goodness 555 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 3: Abundance Bowl. You can request this inspiring resource by calling 556 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 3: eight eight eight five six seven Joel. We're logging on 557 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 3: to jolosteam dot com today. 558 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 2: If you've never been to Lakewood, we have a great opportunity. 559 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 2: We called it Homecoming Weekend. We love to meet you 560 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 2: and your family. You can see the building and attend 561 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 2: one of the services. It's a great time to be 562 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 2: a part of the Lakewood family. Looking forward to seeing 563 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 2: you Homecoming Weekend.