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It's a joy to 42 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 3: come into your home. We come with goodness. We know 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: God has good things in store for each one of you. 44 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll 45 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 3: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 3: We'd love to have you, love to let you see 47 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 3: our new facility. But come on out, and I promise 48 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 3: you will make you feel right at home. But thank 49 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 3: you so much for tuning in today. I like to 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 3: get started with something funny each week, and somebody sent 51 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 3: me these funny one liners about blondes. Of course, y'all 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: know I'm married to a beautiful, smart, intelligent blonde. But 53 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 3: I need to tell you that lest I need to 54 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: ride home today. But listen to some of these. She 55 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 3: was so blonde she tripped over a cordless phone. She 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: was so blonde it took her two hours to watch 57 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: sixty minutes. She was so blonde she asked for a 58 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 3: price check at the dollar store. Last one. She was 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: so blonde she thinks Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company. 60 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: All right, hold your violels up. Say it with me today, ready, 61 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 3: This is my I am what it says I am. 62 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 65 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. We've been 67 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: talking about the importance of keeping our hopes up, and 68 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 3: really life in general has a way of pushing us 69 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 3: down when we go through disappointments and setbacks. If we're 70 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: not careful, it's easy to just settle right where we 71 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: are and not expect anything to get better. Maybe you've 72 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: had some unfair things happen to you. Somebody cheated you 73 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 3: in a business deal, or a person walked out of 74 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 3: a relationship, or maybe a sickness that you've been dealing 75 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 3: with for a long time. Sometimes we even bring the 76 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 3: trouble on ourselves because of our poor choices. We end 77 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 3: up with these broken dreams, and we hear that voice 78 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: telling us again and again you blew it, you had 79 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: your chance and never going to get any better than this. 80 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 3: But no, I want to encourage you today that our 81 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 3: God is a god of restoration. He wants to restore 82 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 3: everything that's been stolen from you. Maybe you've gone through 83 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 3: a failed marriage, a failed business, some kind of dream 84 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: has died. But listen, that is not the end. Don't 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 3: go through life in self pity. Don't go around all 86 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: negative and defeated. God wants to give you a new beginning. 87 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: He still has a great plan for your life. I 88 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 3: know some of you, even right now, you've got a 89 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 3: broken heart. Somebody caused you great pain, somebody did you 90 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: a great wrong. But God wants to heal that wound. 91 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: He wants to repair what's been broken and restore what's 92 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 3: been stolen. And the great thing about our God is 93 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 3: when he restores, he doesn't bring you out like you 94 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 3: were before. He brings you out better off than you 95 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 3: were before. His idea of restoration is to increase, to improve, 96 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 3: to make you better. You need to let that sink 97 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,679 Speaker 3: deep down on the inside, no matter what you've been through, 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 3: no matter how long it's been that way. If you 99 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 3: will stay in an attitude of faith, God will cause 100 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 3: that to work out to your advantage. He'll not only 101 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: bring you out, but he'll bring you out improved and increased, stronger, happier, healthier. 102 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: And really, we all face disappointments, we all face unfair things, 103 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: and we can either get bitter or we can get better. 104 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 3: We can either sink down and have that poor old 105 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: me mentality, or we can rise up and say, God, 106 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: I know you're going to cause this to work to 107 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 3: my advantage. I had a young man tell me last 108 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: week how he was raised in such a pitiful environment. 109 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 3: He was passed from family to family, had no stability, 110 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 3: no fund growing up. Really, he didn't have a chance 111 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 3: to be a normal child. But I love what the 112 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: scripture says. In the Book of Joel, it says that 113 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: God will restore the years that the locust has eaten. 114 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 3: And some of you, just like that young man, because 115 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: of circumstances beyond your control, you feel like you've lost 116 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 3: years of your life. But listen, God wants to make 117 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 3: that all up to you. Some of you have spent 118 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: years in an abusive relationship, no affection, no joy. You 119 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 3: need to take heart. God wants to restore those years. 120 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 3: Or maybe you've spent years on a job where you 121 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: were not treated right. You're overlooked, you don't get the 122 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 3: credit you deserve. Friends, God sees all that. He's keeping 123 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 3: the records. You need to keep your head held high 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 3: and keep doing your very best, knowing that in the 125 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: end God is going to pay you back. God's going 126 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 3: to make it all up to you. The truth is, 127 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 3: life is not always fair, but the good news is 128 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: God is fair. He is a God of justice. And 129 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 3: if you won't fall into that self pity trap, not 130 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 3: get bitter, not blame God. God promises he'll not only 131 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: bring you out, but he'll bring you out better off 132 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 3: than you were before. And that's what the scripture is 133 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 3: saying here. In Isaiah sixty one, verse seven, it says 134 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 3: that God will give us a twofold recompense for our 135 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 3: former shame. That simply means that God will take all 136 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 3: the unfair and unjust things that have happened and he'll 137 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 3: add them up and not only pay us back even, 138 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 3: but God promises he'll pay us back double. God wants 139 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 3: to give you twice the joy, twice the peace, twice 140 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: the honor, twice the victory. Why don't you start believing 141 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 3: him for it? Why don't you get your hopes up. 142 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: You may have been through a lot, but it's not 143 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 3: over until God says it's over. May look impossible to you, 144 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: but with God all things are possible. He can turn 145 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: any situation around. But if this is gonna happen, you've 146 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: got to do your part and have this restoration mentality. 147 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 3: That means you're expecting things to change. It means when 148 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 3: times get tough and unfair things happen. You don't get 149 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 3: negative and bitter. You know God is in control and 150 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: in the end, he's going to use that situation to 151 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 3: your advantage. And this is just what Job did. He 152 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 3: had all kinds of unfair things happened to him. And 153 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: Job was a good man. He loved God. He had 154 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: a heart to do what's right. But notice that didn't 155 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: make him immune to difficulty. And in just a few 156 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: weeks time, he lost his business, he lost his health, 157 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: he lost his family. I mean, things couldn't get any worse. 158 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: The whole bottom just fell out, and I'm sure Job 159 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 3: could have gotten all negative and bitter. His own wife said, Job, 160 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: why don't you just curse God and die? It's never 161 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 3: gonna get any better. It's not worth it. But no, 162 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: Job didn't do that. He had this restoration mentality. He 163 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 3: knew God could turn any situation around. And his attitude was, 164 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 3: even if I die, I'm gonna die trust in God. 165 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 3: Even if I die, I'm gonna die believing for the best, 166 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 3: hoping on in faith. And when it was all said 167 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 3: and done, some nine months later, God not only brought 168 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 3: Job out, he brought him out with twice what he 169 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 3: had before. He had twice as many cattle, twice as 170 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,599 Speaker 3: many sheep. God is health back, God restored back to 171 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: him double. God wants to do the same thing for 172 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: every one of you. I love the scripture in Job 173 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: forty two twelve. It says the latter part of Job's 174 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 3: life was more blessed than the first part. That's God's 175 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: dream for every one of you, no matter what you've 176 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 3: been through, no matter how unfair it was, God is 177 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: saying he wants the rest of your life to be happier, 178 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: more blessed, more fulfilled than you can even imagine. One 179 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: scripture says that God wants to bring us to a 180 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 3: flourishing finish. In other words, God is saying the best 181 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 3: is yet to come, and her attitude should be this 182 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: may be difficult, it may be unfair, but I'm not 183 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: gonna lose my joy. I know God is a just God, 184 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 3: and when it's all said and done, just like Job, 185 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 3: He's gonna bring me out stronger, happier, and healthier. In fact, 186 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 3: one way to look at it is when trouble comes 187 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 3: and somebody mistreats us in a way, they've done us favor, 188 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 3: they've just put us in a position to receive double 189 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 3: Somebody cheats you out of that promotion at work, they lie, 190 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 3: they manipulate things. Don't get all upset, don't lose your joy. 191 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 3: Just say Father, thank you. Now, I know I'm gonna 192 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 3: get a position twice as good as that one. See, 193 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: God wants to make the enemy pay for bringing that 194 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 3: trouble into your life. And some of you don't have 195 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 3: a big enough vision. You've been through tough times and 196 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 3: you're just kind of hoping to barely get by. You're 197 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 3: hoping to barely survive that situation. But no, God does 198 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 3: not call us survivors. He doesn't want us to come 199 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 3: through our adversities all beat up and bedraggled, half dead. 200 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 3: Now we are not survivors. We are more than conquers. 201 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 3: You think about this. A conqueror always defeats the enemy. 202 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 3: A conqueror always wins the battle. But when you are 203 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 3: more than a conqueror, you not only defeat the enemy, 204 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: but you gather up the spoils. You come out with 205 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 3: an abundance. Now I know some of you today you've 206 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 3: had more more than your share, just like job of 207 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: unfair things happened to you because of somebody else's poor choices. 208 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 3: They've caused you all this heartache and pain, and you're 209 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 3: kind of thinking, Joel, I don't think I could ever 210 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 3: really be happy. I don't think I could ever find 211 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 3: somebody to love. I don't think I'll ever find somebody 212 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 3: I can trust. No. God is saying, if you'll put 213 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 3: your faith in me and have that restoration mentality, I 214 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: will make up for every unfair, unjust thing that has happened, 215 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 3: and you'll not only get what you deserve, but because 216 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: of that injustice, God will pay you back with much 217 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 3: much more. I was talking to this man a few 218 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 3: years ago, and he was a mechanic at this diesel 219 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 3: shop where they worked on these big eighteen wheelers, and 220 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 3: he told how for years there he wasn't being treated right. 221 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 3: It was a very negative environment, and people were always 222 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 3: kind of making fun of him. They thought he was 223 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 3: kind of stiff because he wouldn't go out partying with 224 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 3: him after work, and so year after year he had 225 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 3: to put up with this injustice and all this ridicule. 226 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 3: And he said that he was one of the best 227 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 3: mechanics there at the shop, one of their top producers, 228 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: but in seven years he had never got a raise, 229 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 3: never got any kind of promotion, any kind of bonus, 230 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 3: and it was all because his supervisor didn't like him. 231 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 3: And he could have easily gone around with the chip 232 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: on his shoulder. He could have gone through life blaming God, 233 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: negative and bitter. But no, he didn't do that. He 234 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: knew he wasn't working under man, he was working under God. 235 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 3: He knew what I'm talking about today, that God is 236 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 3: a god of justice. And so one day he said, 237 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 3: out of the clear blue, the owner of that company 238 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 3: called him up. Now, he had never met this man. 239 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 3: The owner wasn't involved in the day to day operations, 240 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 3: but for some unknown reason, he called this man and 241 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: he told him how he was wanting to retire and 242 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 3: he was looking for somebody to take over the company, 243 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 3: and he offered to sell it to this man. This 244 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 3: man said, well, I'm very flattered, but I don't have 245 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 3: that kind of money. The owner said, no, you don't, understanding, 246 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 3: you don't need any money. I'm going to loan you 247 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,119 Speaker 3: the money. To make a long story short, he accepted 248 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 3: that offer, and today he owns that company free and clear. 249 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: I was talking to him and I asked him, I 250 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: asked him. What caused that man to call you? He said, Joel, 251 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 3: to this day, I don't know why he chose me. 252 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: I don't know how he got my name. All I 253 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 3: know is I went from being the lowest man on 254 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 3: the totem pole to being the person in charge of 255 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 3: the whole company. Friends, that's God bringing justice into his life. 256 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 3: That's God paying him back for all those wrongs. He said, 257 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,719 Speaker 3: you know, Joe, it's funny. Now people don't make fun 258 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 3: of me anymore. 259 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: He said. 260 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 3: If they do, they won't have a job. Now he's 261 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: calling the shots. Now he's in charge. God made his 262 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 3: wrongs right. God will do the same thing for every 263 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 3: one of you. I was thinking about when the children 264 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 3: of Israel were in slavery all those years over in Egypt. 265 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: They were so mistreated. They were working their fingers to 266 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 3: the bone night. They were given quotas that they couldn't 267 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 3: possibly meet. They didn't even have that many supplies. But 268 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 3: what's interesting is that injustice didn't go unnoticed by Almighty God. 269 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: He was keeping a very detailed account. God was paying 270 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: very close attention. And God said in the book of Exodus, 271 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: I have seen the affliction of my people. God was saying, 272 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: I've seen every time you've been mistreated. I've seen every 273 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 3: time you got up early and worked tirelessly with no mercy. 274 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 3: I've seen all the abuse. And God went on to say, 275 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 3: I am coming down to deliver you. In other words, 276 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 3: God was saying, I have had enough. I'm not gonna 277 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 3: let anyone get away with mistreating my children like that. 278 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 3: I'm coming down, and when I show up, things are 279 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 3: gonna change. You need to know when God comes on 280 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 3: the sein in your life, justice will be done. You'll 281 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 3: not only get what you deserve, but you'll get back pay. 282 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: God will make up for the unfair things. And so 283 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 3: God began to send plague after pledge on the Egyptian people, 284 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: and finally Pedroh decided to let them go, and that 285 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 3: in itself was a great miracle. I'm sure they were 286 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: thrilled to just be free. But do you know God 287 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 3: wasn't satisfied to let them walk away empty handed. He 288 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 3: wanted to make the enemy pay and he told Moses, 289 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 3: you tell the people on their way out to ask 290 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 3: the Egyptians for all their gold and all their silver. 291 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 3: And the Bible says God caused the people to have 292 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 3: favor with them, and they freely gave them everything they 293 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 3: asked for. Can you imagine what Pharaoh must have thought. 294 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: Here He's sitting up on the throne watching these two 295 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 3: million people leave his country, and every one of them 296 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 3: is loaded down with gold and silver and precious jewels. 297 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 3: What was happening. God was paying them back for four 298 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty years of working as a slave. God 299 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 3: was restoring all the years of abuse and mistreatment. They 300 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 3: didn't the same way they came in. They arrived in 301 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 3: Egypt with nothing, but when they left, they walked out 302 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: of there with an abundance. That's the way our God 303 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 3: is and our attitude should be today. It's payback time. 304 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 3: I may have suffered in the past, I may have 305 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 3: been through some disappointments, but this is a new day. 306 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 3: I know God is going to restore. My health may 307 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 3: not be good, my finances may not look great, but 308 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: I'm not moved by what I see. I know God 309 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 3: can do what men can't do. Friends, God is in 310 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 3: the restoration business. Why don't you start believing to come 311 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 3: out of your difficulties better off than you were before. 312 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 3: And always remember, just like these people, you are the 313 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 3: apple of God's eye. You are his most prized possession. 314 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 3: He is closely watching you, and he is not going 315 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 3: to let anyone or anything get away with continually mistreating you. 316 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 3: I think about how as a parent I watch after 317 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: my children. A few years ago, I had just bought 318 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 3: Jonathan and Alexandra an ice cream cone. Alexandra must have 319 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 3: been about three or four years old, and we walked 320 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 3: out of that little ice cream shop and we saw 321 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 3: some old friends and we started talking to him. And 322 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 3: there were a bunch of kids there on the sidewalk, 323 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 3: playing and running and just having a good time as 324 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 3: they were eating their ice cream cone. And as I 325 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 3: was in this conversation, I noticed out of the corner 326 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 3: of my eye this one little boy was playing very 327 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 3: rough and I thought to myself, now, that's my little 328 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 3: girl over there. I don't want anybody to be rough 329 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 3: with her. I don't want anybody to mistreat her. And 330 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 3: even though I was in this conversation, most of my 331 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 3: attention was over there, paying attention to my little daughter. Well, 332 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, sure enough, that little boy bumped 333 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 3: into Alexandra. I don't think he meant to, but he 334 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 3: caused her to drop her ice cream cone and it 335 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 3: fell on the ground, and he began to laugh and 336 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 3: laugh and laugh. He thought that was so funny that 337 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 3: now she didn't have any ice cream. And she came 338 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 3: over to me and she was just about to cry. 339 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 3: I said, Alexandra, don't you worry about it. Daddy's gonna 340 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 3: go get you another ice cream cone. And usually we 341 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 3: just get one scoop because she's very small. But I said, Alexander, 342 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 3: this time we're gonna get you three scoops, so you're 343 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 3: gonna have more than anybody else. She walked out of there, 344 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 3: smiling bigger than you can imagine. And she went and 345 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 3: found that little boy and she began to wave that 346 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: ice cream cope. It's just like she was saying, look 347 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 3: what you did. You caused me to get three times 348 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 3: what I had before. See, he meant it for evil, 349 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 3: but I'm inant it for good. And if you're a parent, 350 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 3: you know that's the heart of a father, that's the 351 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: heart of a mother. You're not gonna let anybody mistreat 352 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: your children, and if they do, you're gonna make it 353 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 3: up to them. It's the same way our God is. 354 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 3: Don't go around all this courage. Well, Joel, I can't 355 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 3: believe this is happening to me. It's just not fair. No, 356 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 3: God wants to restore back to you, and you need 357 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 3: to understand. When God restores, he's not gonna give you 358 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 3: a single scoop. He's gonna give you a triple scoop. 359 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 3: Maybe you need a triple scoop of joy today, triple 360 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 3: scoop of health, the triples thank un for God's favor. 361 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 3: Why don't you start believing for God's best? Well, you say, Joe, 362 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 3: you don't know what I've been through. Man, you don't 363 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 3: know my health. You don't know what the doctors have said. 364 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 3: God just don't think it could happen for me. Well, 365 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 3: you know, if you have that kind of attitude, it's 366 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 3: not gonna happen for you if you believe all things 367 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 3: are possible. One time in the Old Testament, God was 368 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: trying to help the people, but they had been through 369 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: so many disappointments and they had struggled for so long. 370 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 3: The scripture says something very sad. It says the people 371 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 3: were too discouraged to believe. And that's the way a 372 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 3: lot of people are today. They hear this message of hope, 373 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 3: they know down and here it's true. It resonates on 374 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 3: the inside, but the enemy works overtime telling them it's 375 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 3: not gonna happen for you. You've been through too much, 376 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 3: You've made too many mistakes, and if you believe those 377 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: lies long enough, you too can become too discouraged to 378 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 3: believe to thank God. If that's you today, you don't 379 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: have to stay that way. God is saying there's hope 380 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 3: for any situation. It may look like your dreams have 381 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 3: just totally died. The good news is our God has 382 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 3: resurrection power. He can resurrect your dead dreams. He can 383 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 3: still bring them to pass. Or maybe in your health 384 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: it looks like you're never gonna get well. You need 385 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 3: to know God made your body. He can restore health 386 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 3: back into you. There's nothing too difficult for him when 387 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: you go through these disappointments and unfair things happen. Don't 388 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 3: just sit back and accept it. Why don't you dig 389 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 3: your heels in and start believing that you're gonna come 390 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 3: out with twice what you had before. If the enemy 391 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 3: comes against one child, don't just believe for that child, 392 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 3: belief of your whole family, or for some reason you 393 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 3: were to lose that job, don't believe to get the 394 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 3: same level job. Believe to get a job that's got 395 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 3: twice the benefits, twice the vacation times, a job where 396 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 3: you'll be twice as fulfilled. God wants to restore double 397 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,239 Speaker 3: back to you. I think about my sister Lisa and 398 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 3: her husband Kevin. For many years, they try to have 399 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 3: a baby, but Lisa just couldn't conceive, and so she 400 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 3: went through all the fertility treatments, and she had several 401 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 3: surgeries and just nothing got better. And finally the doctor 402 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 3: looked at Lisa and said, you know, Lisa, I'm very sorry. 403 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 3: We've done everything we can, but you're just not going 404 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 3: to be able to have a baby. And Lisa could 405 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 3: have easily just given up. She could have easily thought, well, 406 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 3: I guess it's just not meant to be. I guess 407 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: my dreams are not going to come to pass. But no, 408 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 3: she and Kevin were prisoners of hope. They had this 409 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 3: restoration mentality and they just kept praying and believing and 410 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 3: thanking God that he was going to make a way. 411 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 3: And I can tell you it wasn't easy. They had 412 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: to fight off getting discouraged, they had to fight off 413 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 3: getting negative and better. One day out of the clear blue, 414 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 3: she got a call from an old friend of ours. 415 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 3: This lady works with troubled teenagers. She knew nothing about 416 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 3: what they were going through, and she said, Lisa, I 417 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 3: would normally never do this, but we've got this teina 418 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 3: age girl about to give birth to baby tween girls, 419 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 3: and we just wanted to know if you and Kevin 420 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 3: would be interested in adopting them. And they instantly knew 421 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 3: that was the answer to their prayers. And they adopted 422 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 3: those baby between girls. And you notice God didn't give 423 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 3: them one child. He gave them a double blessing. He 424 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 3: paid them back double for all that heartache and paign. 425 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: A few years later they adopted another little baby boy. 426 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 3: They ended up getting a triple scoop of God's blessings. 427 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 3: I like what Lisa says. She says, God is so good. 428 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 3: He's given me my children and I never had to 429 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 3: spend one week being pregnant. God wants to do the 430 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 3: same for every one of you. Don't get discouraged. Don't 431 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 3: go around all sour, all dorst. It's not fair. I 432 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 3: tried to raise my children in church, and now they're 433 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 3: getting off course. I tried to eat rite exercise. Now 434 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 3: my health is gone downhill. No, life may not be fair, 435 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 3: but know this today. God is fair. He is a 436 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 3: God of justice, and the great news is he loves you, 437 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 3: and he not only wants to restore what's been stolen, 438 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 3: he wants to make the enemy pay. But understand, this 439 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 3: doesn't happen automatically. You've got to do like Lisa and 440 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 3: Kevin and have that restoration mentality. You've gotta be prisoners 441 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 3: of hope. Some of you are learning to live with 442 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 3: things that are far less than God's best. You say, Joe, 443 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 3: you don't know this man walked out of my marriage. 444 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 3: I'm sure I'll never be happy again. How have you 445 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 3: ever thought about that? God can bring you somebody else. 446 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 3: He's God, He created the whole universe, and just because 447 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 3: somebody has hurt you in the past doesn't mean you're 448 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 3: supposed to go through life lonely and defeated. God has 449 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 3: somebody else. Get your hopes up, Believe for restoration, Believe 450 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 3: for good things. Have a good friend of mine. And 451 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 3: for many years he was happily married, living a good life, 452 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 3: good family, good job. But one day out of the bloom, 453 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 3: his wife walked in and said, she was leaving him 454 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 3: for this other man, and they were both good Christian people. 455 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 3: She had just been swept off her feet by this man. 456 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 3: There's nothing he could do to change her mind. And 457 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 3: here he had invested over twenty five years into this relationship. 458 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 3: He was so devastated, so heartbroken. He looked like he 459 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 3: had aged twenty years. Once he was the life of 460 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 3: the party. Now he was quiet and reserved. Once he 461 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 3: was full of joy, full of enthusiasm. Now there was 462 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 3: no smile on his face. Every time I saw him, 463 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 3: I did my best to encourage him, and I tell 464 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: him what I'm telling you today, that God is going 465 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 3: to restore somehow, some way. God is going to make 466 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 3: this up to you. And for several years he believed 467 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 3: for his wife to come back home, but unfortunately she 468 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 3: chose to marry that other man. But see, God saw 469 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 3: that injustice. God sees when you're doing the right thing, 470 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 3: but somebody else makes a decision to cause you heartache 471 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 3: and pain. We have to understand God will not make 472 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 3: a person do what right. We all have our own 473 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 3: free will. We can all choose, and you know as 474 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 3: well as I do. Sometimes a person will make a 475 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 3: choice that causes us a lot of pain, and even 476 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 3: though God will not force him to do what's right, 477 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 3: he has promised that he'll not only pay us back, 478 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 3: but he'll pay us back with double. One day, this 479 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 3: friend called me, I'll never forget it. He was on 480 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: cloud nine. God had brought someone new into his life, 481 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 3: and he had recently gotten married. He said, Joel, I 482 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 3: never thought I would feel this way again, but I 483 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 3: can honestly tell you I'm happier today than I've been 484 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 3: in all of my life. See, God took that injustice, 485 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 3: he took that adversity and used it to take him 486 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 3: to a new level of joy, a new level of victory. Friends, 487 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 3: God knows how to restore. You may not see how 488 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 3: it could ever happen in your life, but that's okay. 489 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 3: That's not your part. Your part is to believe. Eighty 490 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 3: four years ago today, my father was born in a 491 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 3: small Texas town that He was a great father for 492 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 3: us children. I loved him dearly. I worked with him 493 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 3: here at the church for some seventeen years. We traveled 494 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 3: all over the world together and spent so much time. 495 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 3: Daddy and I were best friends. He was my hero, 496 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 3: and I used to think, man, I don't know what 497 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 3: I would do if something were to happen to my dad. 498 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 3: After all, my whole world was tied up around him. 499 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 3: And as you know, a little over six years ago, 500 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 3: Daddy breathed his last breath, and he finished his course 501 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 3: here on this earth. And what I thought would be 502 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 3: the end for me was really only the beginning. In 503 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 3: my darkest hour, God brought me out with more joy, 504 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 3: more peace, more victory. See. God said he'd be a 505 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 3: friend that sticks closer than a brother. He said he 506 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 3: would be the father to the fatherless. Now I can 507 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 3: tell you today I am more fulfilled now than I've 508 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 3: ever been in all of my life. God has done 509 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 3: more than I can even ask her thanks. 510 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: You know. 511 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: I say that to say even in your darkest hours, 512 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 3: God can still restore. He can still give you a 513 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 3: new beginning. We all go through disappointments, we all have 514 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 3: unfair things happen. That's just a part of life. But 515 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 3: don't get sour. God is a god of justice. He 516 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 3: can still make it up to you. And when the 517 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 3: enemy does his very best, our attitude should be I'm 518 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 3: not gonna lose my joy. I know He's just put 519 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 3: me in position to receive double Somebody is talking about 520 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 3: you at work, somebody's trying to ruin your reputation, No 521 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 3: big deal. I know God's gonna give me twice the honor. 522 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 3: Somebody walks out of that relationship like they did on 523 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 3: my friend. I know that's difficult at first, but eventually 524 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 3: your attitude should be good riddance. I know God's gonna 525 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 3: bring me somebody twice as good, twice as fun. Friends. 526 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 3: God not only wants to restore, he wants to make 527 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 3: the enemy pay. And some of you need to have 528 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: a bigger vision. You've been through tough times, but now 529 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: you're just sort of accepting me yocrity. No. God is 530 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 3: saying today he wants to restore double joy, double peace, 531 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 3: double wisdom, double honor. Why don't you dig your heels 532 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 3: in and make a decision. From this day forward, you're 533 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 3: gonna be a prisoner of hope. You're gonna start believing 534 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 3: for God to restore your dreams, restore your hell, restore 535 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 3: your family, restore your finances. If you will have this 536 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 3: restoration mentality, God promises he will take every setback and 537 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 3: he'll use it to your advantage, and you won't just 538 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 3: come out Okay, you'll come out improved and increased, better 539 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 3: off than you were before. Amen. How many of you 540 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 3: receive it today, but I know you do. We never 541 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 3: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 542 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 3: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 543 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 3: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 544 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 3: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 545 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 3: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 546 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 3: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 547 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 3: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 548 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 3: take your places you've never dreamed of. Thank you for 549 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 3: listening to the joel Ostein podcast. 550 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 551 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: those all over the world. 552 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 3: Visit Joeloastin dot. 553 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: Com slash give Hope to give a gift today. 554 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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