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If you 37 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 38 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 5: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 39 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: God's very best in your life. 40 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 41 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 42 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by be a 43 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 44 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 5: make it feel right at home. I like to start 45 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. He 46 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 5: found a small box hidden in his wife's closet. He 47 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 5: opened it up, there were six eggs and a thousand 48 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 5: one dollar bills. 49 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 4: He asked his wife about it. 50 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 5: She explained how every time he preached a bad sermon, 51 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 5: she put an egg in the box. After thirty five 52 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 5: years of ministring, he felt pretty good about himself, only 53 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 5: six bad sermons. 54 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 4: He asked what the thousand dollars was. 55 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 5: She said, every time I got a dozen eggs, I 56 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 5: sold them for a dollar. 57 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 59 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 62 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 63 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about prepared in the process. 65 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 5: When Victoria and I found out we were pregnant with 66 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 5: our first son, Jonathan, we were so excited. We called 67 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 5: our parents and told our friends. Over the next few weeks, 68 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 5: we started getting the baby's room together, moving furniture around. 69 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 5: All we could think about was this baby was on 70 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 5: the way. But six months later, Victoria's feet started swelling, 71 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 5: her back started hurting. She couldn't sleep well at night. 72 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 5: Some morning she was nauseated. Suppose we went back to 73 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 5: the doctor and said, doctor, something's wrong with Victoria. She's 74 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 5: gaining all this weight. Her feet are swelling. She's uncomfortable. 75 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 5: Will you give us something to make it go away? 76 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 5: He'd say no, I'm sorry. It's all a part of 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 5: the process. If you're going to give birth, you have 78 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 5: to go through a season of beat and uncomfortable. You 79 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 5: may not like gaining the weight, but it's necessary. It's 80 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 5: making room for what's coming. Your feet may swell, your 81 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 5: back may hurt. It's uncomfortable, but it's not unusual. Without 82 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 5: the process, you wouldn't be prepared. It's the same principle 83 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 5: in life. We all have dreams God's placed in our heart, 84 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 5: goals we want to accomplish. We know we're pregnant, but 85 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 5: too often we get discouraged by the process. It's taken 86 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 5: longer than we thought. We had some bad breaks, we 87 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 5: went through a loss, somebody did us wrong. 88 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 4: We think this couldn't be right. 89 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 5: I'm uncomfortable, but like a pregnancy, it's a part of 90 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 5: the process. Everything you go through, every struggle, every disappointment, 91 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: every delay. If you'll keep the right attitude, that's depositing 92 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 5: something in you. It's making you stronger, it's developing your character, 93 00:04:59,160 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 5: it's growing you. 94 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 4: Here's the key. You're anointed. 95 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 5: Before you're appointed, there's going to be a preparation period 96 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 5: between the time God puts the dream in your. 97 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 4: Heart and the time that it comes to pass. 98 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 5: Just because you're anointed doesn't mean the appointing is going 99 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 5: to come. It's up to us to pass these tests, 100 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: to be willing to go through the pregnancy, the uncomfortable seasons, 101 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 5: the lonely times when we don't understand it. We're doing 102 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 5: the right thing, but we're not making progress. This is 103 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 5: when many people give up on their dreams. They were pregnant, 104 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 5: they were anointed, but because they wouldn't go through the 105 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 5: preparation process, they never gave birth. They never saw the 106 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 5: appointing come. In the scripture, David was anointed to be 107 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 5: the next king of Israel at the age of seventeen. 108 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 5: The prophet Samuel traveled to his house, chose David out 109 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,119 Speaker 5: of all the other brothers, poured the oil on his head. 110 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 4: David was excited. It was a destiny moment. 111 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 5: But what's interesting is after David was anointed, after he 112 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 5: was given this incredible promise, where did David go to 113 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 5: the palace to get his royal robe to meet his 114 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 5: new staff. He went back to the shepherd fields. He 115 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 5: was anointed, but not appointed. He found out he was pregnant, 116 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 5: so to speak. But he had to go through the 117 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 5: preparation process. He had to pass the test of doing 118 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 5: a menial task, taking care of his father's sheep, feeding 119 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 5: them day in and day out, shoveling their waist. 120 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 4: Smelled badly, it was lonely. 121 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 5: It seemed unfair his brothers who weren't anointed by Samuel. 122 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 5: They were in the military, they had prestigious positions. 123 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 4: Everyone looked up to them. David could have thought, I'm not. 124 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 5: Going back to the shepherd's fields. I'm the next king. 125 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 4: But David understood this principle. He had to show. 126 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 5: God he would be faithful when it wasn't exciting. He 127 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 5: had to pass the test of being good to King Saul, 128 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 5: even though Saul was jealous and trying to kill David. 129 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 5: David could have said, God, this isn't right, look at him. 130 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 5: You got to get rid of Saul. I'm uncomfortable. Instead, 131 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 5: David kept doing the right thing year after year. He 132 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 5: was anointed at seventeen, but he didn't take the throne 133 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 5: until he was thirty. It took thirteen years for his 134 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 5: anointing to catch up to his appointing. But without those 135 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 5: thirteen years of keeping a good attitude, doing the right thing, 136 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 5: overlooking insults, he wouldn't have been prepared for where. 137 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 4: God was taking him. 138 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 5: God knows what's in your future. He knows what it's 139 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 5: going to take to keep you there. You may not 140 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 5: understand why it's taken so long, why it hasn't turned 141 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 5: out the way you thought, why you're in a lonely season, 142 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 5: a discouraged season, a stagnant season. 143 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 4: But everything you've been through was to strengthen you, to 144 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 4: develop you, to prepare you. 145 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't part of 146 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 5: the process. 147 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 4: Without it, you couldn't give birth to what's in you. 148 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 5: And if you do, like David, not try to figure 149 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 5: it all out, not live bitter negative. Instead, keep passing 150 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 5: the test, keep doing the right thing, giving, serving, loving. 151 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: Then your time is coming. Your baby is on the way. 152 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 5: What God promised he will bring to pass. One day, 153 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 5: while David was in those lonely shepherd's fields. His father 154 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 5: asked him to take lunch to his brothers who were 155 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 5: out on the battlefield. David could have said, Dad, you 156 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 5: saw Samuel anoint me, You saw him choose me over 157 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 5: my brothers, and you want me to be an errand 158 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 5: boy a delivery service. 159 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 4: I don't think so. If David would have been. 160 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 5: Too proud, not willing to serve others, do something that 161 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 5: seemed insignificant, he would have never made it to the throne. 162 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 5: These are tests that we must pass. Took humility to 163 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 5: take his brother's lunch. His oldest brother, when he showed up, 164 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 5: made fun of David, caused a big scene, tried to 165 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 5: embarrass him. David overlooked it, kept doing the right thing. 166 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 5: On one of those trips taking his brother's lunch, David 167 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 5: saw Goliath taunting the people of Israel. Something rose up 168 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 5: in David. He said, I'll take care of that giant. 169 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 5: But had David not been faithful where he was, doing 170 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 5: what his father asked him to do, even though it 171 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: was small. 172 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 4: He would have missed his destiny. He would have never 173 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 4: seen Goliath. 174 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 5: And it's easy to think I'm not going to do 175 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 5: this insignificant thing, Joel, when something big comes my way, 176 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 5: something impressive, then I'll step up. 177 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 4: Then I'll give it my best. 178 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 5: How do you know your destiny is not tied to 179 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 5: the small thing. 180 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 4: God's asking you to do. 181 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 5: Once you do that insignificant thing where maybe you have 182 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,839 Speaker 5: to swallow your pride and serve somebody that's under you, 183 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 5: then the door to the big thing God has in 184 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 5: store will open up. It can be uncomfortable to have 185 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 5: to humble ourselves. We think, God, that's not right. I 186 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 5: have more training than them, more education, more skill, past 187 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 5: the test. 188 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 4: It's a part of the process. It's getting you prepared. 189 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 5: When I used to do the television production here at Lakewood, 190 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 5: one sunday, the lady that did my father's makeup for 191 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 5: television put powder on him, helped him with his hair. 192 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 5: She didn't show up, and Victoria was there in the back. 193 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 5: She said to my father, let me do it. Nobody 194 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 5: asked her to. She just stepped up and she thought 195 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 5: she was going to do it just that one Sunday, 196 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 5: But the lady ended up moving to another city. 197 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: My father liked. 198 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 5: It so much he asked Victoria to do it all 199 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 5: the time. Well, Victoria didn't have any training in that area. 200 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 5: Her background was in the jewelry business. Her mother owns 201 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 5: a prestigious jewelry store. Victoria grew up selling diamonds rubies 202 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 5: to influential, wealthy people, a sophisticated business. And she could 203 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 5: have thought, I don't think I'm going to be a 204 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 5: makeup person. She could have seen that as being insignificant. 205 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 5: But when my father asked, she never thought. 206 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 4: Twice. 207 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 5: For years, on Sundays, she'd go to my dad's house, 208 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 5: pick him up, bring him to church, help him with 209 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 5: his hair, with his makeup. She spent years behind the 210 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 5: scenes helping make my father look good, never dreaming one 211 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 5: day she would be up here in front of people 212 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 5: making me look good. When you're faithful in the small, 213 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 5: you're passing the test that's getting you prepared for the 214 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 5: big things God has in store. You may be doing 215 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 5: something that seems insignificant. You know you have much more 216 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 5: in you, but don't despise the day of small beginnings. 217 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 5: Keep being faithful. 218 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 4: Here's the key. Do it with a good attitude. 219 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 5: It's one thing to do it negative complaining I can't 220 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 5: stand this job. I'm smarter than my boss, my supervisor, 221 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 5: he doesn't have half the talent. 222 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 4: That I have. 223 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 5: That may be true, But the reason God has you 224 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 5: there is he's doing a work in you. 225 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 4: If you complain, you'll get stuck. 226 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 5: It was never supposed to be permanent. It's just a 227 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 5: step along the way. But all those years David was 228 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 5: in the lonely shepherd's fields, it didn't look like anything 229 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 5: was happening, didn't seem like he was making progress. But 230 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: when the baby is developing on the inside where nobody 231 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 5: can see, in those tough times where you're uncomfortable, you're 232 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 5: doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is happening. 233 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 5: Something is developing in you that you can't see. It's 234 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 5: getting you prepared. 235 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 4: You're getting closer to the birth. 236 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 5: If you'll keep passing the test at the right time, 237 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 5: your anointing will meet up with your appointing. And this 238 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 5: is the reason many people never give birth to what's 239 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: in them. They don't understand the process. 240 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 4: God will put a. 241 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 5: Dream in your heart, He'll give you the anointing, then 242 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 5: he'll send you back to the shepherd's fields. The appointing 243 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 5: will come later. You know you're going to start that business. 244 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 5: You've been anointed for it. But he'll send you back 245 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 5: to that part time job with a grouchy boss, coworkers 246 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 5: that you don't like. You know you're going to move 247 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 5: into that new house, the promise is, but he'll send 248 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 5: you back to that small apartment with loud neighbors and 249 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 5: no WiFi. 250 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: You know you're gonna meet the right person. 251 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 5: You're anointed to have a blessed family, But he'll send 252 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 5: you back to that lonely place where you don't see 253 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 5: any sign of it. How we respond in the wilderness 254 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 5: will determine whether or not we make it in to 255 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 5: our promised land. And right now there are promises that 256 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 5: God has put in you. You are pregnant with potential, 257 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 5: pregnant with opportunity, with health, with abundance. 258 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 4: You've been anointed. 259 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 5: My question is, will you go through the process so 260 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 5: you see. 261 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 4: Your appointing come. 262 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 5: Will you pass these tests when it's uncomfortable, when it 263 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 5: doesn't look like it's going to work out, when you. 264 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 4: Can't see anything changing. 265 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 5: Just because you don't see anything happening doesn't mean God 266 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 5: is not working. You don't see it on the outside, 267 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 5: but on the inside, where it's more important. You're growing, 268 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 5: you're developing. It's just a matter of time before your 269 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 5: appointing shows up. My father gave his life to Christ 270 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 5: at the age of seventeen. He knew one day he 271 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 5: was going to pastor a church with thousands of people. 272 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 5: That was unheard of back then in the nineteen thirties, 273 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 5: but God put this dream in his heart as a teenager. 274 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 5: He was anointed for it, but it took years for. 275 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 4: The appointing to come. 276 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 5: My parents started Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 277 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 5: They were in an abandoned feed store. Was this old 278 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 5: rundown building. For thirteen years, Lakewood hardly grew at all. 279 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 5: My father was being his best. He knew he had 280 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 5: bigger things in him. But in spite of everything he did, 281 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 5: even after ten years, Lakewood still had less than two 282 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 5: hundred people. He could have thought, God, I must have 283 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 5: heard you wrong. I thought you said I'd have a 284 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 5: church with thousands. Instead, he kept doing his best, being 285 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 5: faithful day in and day out. In nineteen seventy two, 286 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 5: thirteen years later, it was like God opened up a gate. 287 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 5: People started coming from all over the city. They grew 288 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 5: out of that little feed store, built an auditorium for 289 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 5: a thousand, then two thousand, then four thousand, then eight thousand. 290 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 5: What happened His anointing caught up with his appointing. 291 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 4: See, my dad was faithful. 292 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 5: He didn't complain because it was taking a long time. 293 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 5: He didn't get discouraged give up because it was difficult. 294 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 5: Too often we have the anointing, but we get discouraged 295 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 5: by the process. We don't like when we're not making progress, 296 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 5: not getting breaks, not being treated right. But in those 297 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 5: tough times when you're tempted to give up, you have 298 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: to remind yourself, Like a lady having a baby, it's 299 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 5: all a part of the process. It may be uncomfortable, 300 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 5: but it's not unusual. If God took it away, your 301 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 5: baby wouldn't develop, you wouldn't be able to give birth. 302 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 5: Those thirteen years, my father hardly saw any growth. Those 303 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 5: were very important years. Those were years of testing, years 304 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 5: of proving. May it look like he was wasting his time, 305 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 5: but without those years of preparation, even though he was anointed, 306 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 5: he would have never seen the appointing. Don't run away 307 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 5: from the process. The process is not working against you. 308 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 5: It's working for you. It's getting you prepared. Imagine a 309 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 5: lady that's pregnant, saying now I don't want to gain 310 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 5: any weight. I don't want to grow out of these clothes. 311 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 4: Doesn't work that way. 312 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 5: If we're not willing to go through the process, we 313 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 5: won't see the baby. There's something God wants you to 314 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 5: give birth to, something big, something special, something out of 315 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 5: the ordinary. He's anointed you for it. The appointing is 316 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 5: already in your future. I'm asking you to do your 317 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 5: part and be willing to go through the process. Don't 318 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 5: let disappointments talk you out of it. Don't let delays 319 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 5: convince you it's not going to happen. Don't let the 320 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 5: fact that you don't think you're making progress, you're frustrated 321 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 5: keep you from doing the right thing. You've come too 322 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 5: far to stop. Now, you're too close to the birth. 323 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 4: To give up. 324 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 5: It's always the most uncomfortable right before that baby comes. 325 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 5: And the scripture says Jesus endured the pain of the 326 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 5: cross looking forward to the joy that was coming. The 327 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 5: way he endured the pain was he knew it was 328 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 5: a part of the process. He knew that it wasn't permanent. 329 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 5: He wasn't going to stay on the cross. He kept 330 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 5: looking forward to the joy that's coming. 331 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 332 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 5: Keep your joy in tough times. When life throws you 333 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 5: a curve, you don't understand it. It's taken longer than 334 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 5: your thought. Remind yourself it's only temporary. It's all a 335 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 5: part of the process. Jesus kept looking forward to the 336 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 5: joy that was coming. Don't look back, don't fall into 337 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 5: self pity. 338 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 4: Keep looking forward. 339 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 5: The joy is coming, the right person is coming, the 340 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 5: dream is coming, the breakthrough is. 341 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 4: On the way. Here's the key. 342 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 5: Once you're prepared, then God can propel you into your destiny. 343 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 5: He can make things happen faster than you thought. My 344 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 5: father spent those thirteen years in preparation, didn't see much growth. 345 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: But once he passed those tests, once he proved to 346 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 5: God what he was made of, he was propelled. God 347 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 5: thrust him to the next level. Don't get discouraged thinking 348 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 5: that you're falling behind, Joel. I've been doing the right 349 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 5: thing for a long time. I should be much further ahead. 350 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 5: My friends, my colleagues, they've all passed me up. 351 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 4: Don't worry. Your time is coming. 352 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 5: When your anointing catches up with your appointing, supernatural things 353 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 5: will happen. Supernatural increase, supernatural growth, supernatural favor. God knows 354 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 5: how to make up for lost time. He can propel 355 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 5: you where you could not go on your own. For 356 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 5: forty five years, Lakewood was on the northeast side of town. 357 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 5: That's where that little feed store was. For many of 358 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 5: those years, we were in metal buildings. The children's facilities 359 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 5: were in temporary, small wood buildings, and some of the 360 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 5: people I grew up with kind of looked down on us, 361 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 5: thought we were secondary, not quite up to par, And 362 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 5: the city ended up growing more toward the west. The 363 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 5: area where Lakewood was wasn't kept up very well. It's 364 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 5: a little more industrial, had to come run down. But 365 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 5: your anointing will supersede your environment. God will put things 366 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 5: in you that are bigger than you are right now. 367 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 5: God anointed David to be a king. He wasn't in 368 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 5: a palace. He was in the Shepherdsville's. All he could 369 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 5: see were rocks, sand, sheep. Your environment doesn't determine your destiny. 370 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 5: Where you are doesn't limit what God can do when 371 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 5: it's your time, when you've gone through the preparation process, 372 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 5: get ready to be propelled, Get ready for doors to 373 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 5: open that you could not open. And that's what happened 374 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 5: with Lakewood. After years of being in metal buildings, temporary buildings, 375 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 5: being looked down on, suddenly one day God gave us 376 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 5: the Compact center. This place propelled us fifty years down 377 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 5: the road, not just in resources, but in respect, in credibility, 378 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 5: in influence. Don't get discovered urged by the preparation time. 379 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 5: Don't quit being your best because you're not where you 380 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 5: thought you would be. Friends have passed you up, they 381 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 5: got married, you're still single. They're in the new place, 382 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 5: you're still in the old one. Keep doing the right thing. 383 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 5: Your appointing is coming. During that preparation time, you may 384 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 5: not see a lot of progress. Like my father those 385 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 5: thirteen years. He didn't see much growth. It was all minimal. 386 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 5: But at some point you're going to come to the 387 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,719 Speaker 5: place where God says, all right, you're prepared, you passed 388 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 5: the test. You've done your part. Now let me do 389 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 5: my part. Let me propel you into your purpose. That's 390 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 5: when you'll see these explosive blessings. You'll see acceleration. It 391 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 5: should have taken years, but God propelled you and it 392 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 5: happened in a fraction of the time. Now I believe 393 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 5: many of you right now are on the verge of 394 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: being propelled. You pass the test, You've done the right 395 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 5: thing when it was hard. Get ready for new levels, 396 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 5: Get ready for acceleration, Get ready for favor that you 397 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 5: haven't seen. There's a plant called the Chinese bamboo. For 398 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 5: the first four years, it barely grows above ground, you 399 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 5: can hardly see anything happening. But underground, where you can't see, 400 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 5: it's developing a massive roots system. In the fifth year, 401 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 5: once the roots are firmly established, the plant will take 402 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 5: off and shoot up to as high as eighty feet 403 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 5: in the air, from zero to eighty all in one year. 404 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 5: But what makes the fifth year possible is the four 405 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 5: years of preparation. Without the years of underground growth, there 406 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't be any above ground growth like this plant. You 407 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 5: may not see anything happening. You wonder why God isn't 408 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 5: doing something. You're being your best, you're not seeing breaks. 409 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 5: You don't think you're making progress. But what you can't 410 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 5: see is on the inside, your roots are going down 411 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 5: deep at the right time. When God knows you're prepared, 412 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 5: you're going to come in to your fifth year where 413 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 5: you suddenly shoot up. You suddenly come out of death, 414 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 5: Suddenly your health turns around, Suddenly you meet. 415 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 4: The right person. But here's the key. You have to 416 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 4: be willing to go through the process. 417 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 5: We want fifth year results, without the four years of preparation, 418 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 5: but without those years of developing our character, proving to 419 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 5: God will be faithful doing the right thing when we're uncomfortable. 420 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 5: We want see the increase and promotion like we should. 421 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 5: Sometimes we think, well, God, I'm ready, I'm prepared, I've 422 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 5: been doing the right thing. 423 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 4: But only God knows where he's taking you. 424 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 5: You may be ready for what you have in mind, 425 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: but you're not ready for what God has in mind. 426 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 4: What He has planned you is going to be much bigger, 427 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 4: much more exciting. 428 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 5: He not only knows where he's taking you, he knows 429 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 5: what it's going to take. 430 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 4: To keep you there. If He took you. 431 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 5: Before you were ready, you wouldn't be able to handle it. 432 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 5: As much as we would like it to happen sooner, 433 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 5: it wouldn't be a blessing. 434 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 4: It would become a curse. 435 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 5: I know a lady that gave birth to twins very premature. 436 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 5: They both weighed less than a pound. They were in 437 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 5: the hospital for over a year, had to have a 438 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 5: bunch of surgeries, and thank god they turned out okay. 439 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 5: But my point is when we give birth prematurely, even 440 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 5: though it may be easier, it's not God's best. If 441 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 5: it's taken a long time, that simply means what you're 442 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 5: going to give birth to is going to be much 443 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 5: bigger than you've ever imagined. I read where an elephant 444 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 5: is pregnant for two years because the animal is so big, 445 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 5: it takes more time for that baby elephant to grow 446 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 5: and develop. Elephants typically only give birth to one baby 447 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 5: per pregnancy. On the other hand, a dog is pregnant 448 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 5: for just sixty three days. After two months, the dog 449 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 5: can give birth to multiple puppies. There was a story 450 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 5: recently on the news where this Great Dane gave birth 451 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 5: to seventeen puppies, all in one litter. Well, imagine the 452 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 5: dog and the elephant having a conversation. The dog says, 453 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 5: I don't think you're pregnant. I gave birth after two months. 454 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 5: Something is wrong with you. The dog gets pregnant again 455 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 5: and again gives birth every several months to nearly two 456 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 5: years later, comes back and says to the elephant, I'm 457 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 5: positive you're not pregnant. 458 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 4: I'm for sure now. 459 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 5: I've given birth multiple times. 460 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 4: The elephant says no. Here's the difference. 461 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: The reason you've given birth many times and I'm still 462 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 5: pregnant is because what's in me is not a puppy. 463 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 5: It's an elephant. What I'm carrying is not ordinary. You 464 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 5: don't see it often. I'm carrying something big, something special. 465 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 5: That's why it's taken longer. People around you may be 466 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 5: giving birth, they're seeing their dreams come to pass. Be 467 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 5: happy for them. But the reason it's taken longer for 468 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 5: you is because, like that elephant, what you're carrying is 469 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 5: not ordinary. It's not average. What you're going to give 470 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 5: birth to is going to be bigger, more rewarding, more 471 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 5: fulfilling than you've ever dreamed. Don't get discouraged by the process. 472 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 4: May be taking a long time. 473 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 5: That's a sign God's up to something big, something amazing. 474 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 5: Keep passing the test, Keep doing the right thing when 475 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 5: it's hard, don't run when it's uncomfortable. That's getting you prepared. 476 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 5: That's a part of the process. If you'll do this, 477 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 5: I believe and declare your anointing is about to catch 478 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 5: up to your appointing. You're going to go into your 479 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 5: fifth year. Will God supernaturally thrusts you forward because. 480 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 4: You're prepared, He's going to propel. 481 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 5: You into the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. 482 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say it? 483 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 3: Man? 484 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 5: Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 485 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 5: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 486 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 487 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 5: into my heart. 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