1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and you can come 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: visit us in person. We'd love to have you be 10 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. But I'd like 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: to start with something funny. I heard about this elderly pastor. 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: He was close to death. He sent word for two 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: of his members, an ours agent and a lawyer to 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: come to his house. Upon arrival, he motioned for them 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: to sit on each side of the bed. The men 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: were very moved that they could be with the minister 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: in his final moments. One point, the lawyer asked her, 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: why did you choose both of us? The minister mustered 19 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: up some strength and said, Jesus died between two sinners. 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: That's the way I want to go. All right, y'all 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: say it like you need it. This is my Bible. 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: about from trouble to double. We all face difficulties and 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: things that are not fair. And someone walks out of 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: a relationship, set back in our finances, we come down 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: with an illness. A man told me how a coworker 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: was dishonest and manipulated things, and he made this man 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: look bad. The coworker got the promotion that he deserved. 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: He was so upset thinking that he had missed his chance. 35 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: But God sees everything you go through. He sees who 36 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: did you wrong, the bad breaks, the times you were 37 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: taken advantage of God doesn't stop all the difficulties. He 38 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: won't keep you from all the trouble. But he said 39 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: in Zachariah nine, if you'll be a prisoner of hope, 40 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: I will restore double back to you when trouble comes. 41 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: Instead of being upset, have a new perspective that just 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: qualified you for Double. That bad break looks like a setback, 43 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: but really it's setting you up to come out with 44 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: twice what you had before, twice the joy, twice the resources, 45 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: twice the influence. God never brings you out the same 46 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: He makes the enemy pay for bringing the difficulty. And 47 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: when you understand this principle, you won't live bitter. When 48 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: people do you wrong or give up on your dreams 49 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: because something unfair happens, you know it's setting you up 50 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: for something greater. That coworker that left you out, they 51 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: thought they were hurting you. They don't realize they did 52 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: you favor. They just qualified you for Double. Without that setback, 53 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: you wouldn't see the blessing and favor that you're going 54 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: to see, or that door that closed, the client you lost, 55 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: the friend that betrayed you. Yes, it's painful, none of 56 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: us like it. But instead of living discourage, try a 57 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: new approach. Lord. I thank you that Double is coming. 58 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: Thank you that all come out better than I was before, Stronger, healthier, promoted, increased. 59 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: God said he'd restore Double back to you, but there 60 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: is a condition. If you'll be a prisoner of hope, 61 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: that's an interesting analogy. A prisoner means you're captive. He 62 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: can't get away from it. I should be discouraged over 63 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: what I'm going through, but I still believe that God 64 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: is on the throne, that he's turning things to my advantage. 65 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: This sickness doesn't look good. The medical experts said, I'm 66 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: not going to get well, but I still believe Jehovah Rath, 67 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: the Lord by healer, is restoring health back into me. 68 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: Or my child's off course, no sign of him improving. 69 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: But I know as for me and my house, we 70 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: will serve the Lord. My children are mighty in the land. 71 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: That's what it means to be a prisoner of hope. 72 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: You're locked in. He can't be talked out of it. 73 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: You're praising when you could be complaining. You're thanking God 74 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: when you don't see any sign of it. You're talking 75 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: like it's going to happen when nothing is improving. And 76 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: in life, you're going to be a prisoner of something, 77 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: prisoner of doubt, prisoner of shame, prisoner of discouragement. Get 78 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: out of those prisons. God is looking for prisoners of hope, 79 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: people that don't fall apart when trouble comes people that 80 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: keep believing, keep praising, keep expecting, knowing that the trouble 81 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: is setting them up for double Well, Joe, I don't 82 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: think this is ever going to happen for me. You 83 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: don't know what I've been through. The enemy would love 84 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: for us to be a prisoner of doubt, thinking that 85 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: we're stuck prisoner of shame. I've made too many mistakes. 86 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: That's why I'm not expecting anything good, a prisoner of bitterness. 87 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: They hurt me, they walked out on me. The problem 88 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: is you're in the wrong prison. God wants to pay 89 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: you back. He wants to give you beauty for those ashes. 90 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: Make the rest of your life so rewarding that you 91 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: don't think about who did you wrong. You don't focus 92 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: on the pains of the past. But you have to 93 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: break out of that prison of defeat, bitterness, self pity 94 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: and become a prisoner of hope. God, I know you 95 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: didn't bring me this far to leave me. I believe 96 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: my latter days will be better than my former days, 97 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: that this trouble is setting me up for new levels 98 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: of my destiny. Maybe you had a rough childhood, your 99 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: parents weren't around, There was a lot of function. You 100 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: could live bitter thinking you're at a disadvantage. Why wasn't 101 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: I raised better? That's going to limit your life. Have 102 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: a new perspective that dysfunction qualified you for double don't 103 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: sit around negative. God has something big in your future. 104 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: He's going to make up for what you didn't get, 105 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: not to just where you should have been if everything 106 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: was normal and healthy. But because of that disadvantage, he's 107 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: going to do twice as much. It was meant to 108 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: set you back, but God is going to use it 109 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: to set you up, to propel you, to favor you, 110 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 1: to take you where you've never imagined. God wants to 111 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: make you a trophy of his grace, not just bring 112 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: you out, but cause you to bloom, to blossom, to 113 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: see favor, great opportunities, great relationships. Now do your part 114 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: and give him something to work with. Don't have a 115 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: disadvantag mentality, have a double mentality. That's what allows God 116 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: to show out in your life. The Israelites had been 117 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: in captivity in Babylon for many years and not allowed 118 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: to return home. They had all these disappointments and hardships. 119 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: Their ancestors had been in slavery, so mistreated. Now that 120 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: same spirit of defeat and disadvantage was on them. The 121 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: prophet Zachariah showed up while they were prisoners of war. 122 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: He said to them, if you'll be a prisoner of hope, 123 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: God will restore double back to you. Imagine the battle 124 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: taking place in their mind. He's saying, be a prisoner 125 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: of hope. But look what we've been through, Look what 126 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: we're up against. There's no way we could live a 127 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: blessed life, be free, have abundance. They had to make 128 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: a decision. Am I going to be a prisoner of defeat, 129 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: focus on all the past hurts, the disappointments, how it's 130 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: never going to work out? Or am I going to 131 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: believe what this prophet is saying that God has double 132 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,119 Speaker 1: for this trouble, that He's about to pay us back 133 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: for the unfair things that have happened. They change their 134 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: mindset from a prisoner of defeat to a prisoner of hope. 135 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: They saw God take them where they never dreamed. Like 136 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: the Israelites. You may have had more than your share 137 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: of trouble, disappointments, and people that did you wrong. God 138 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: is saying to you what he said to them, I'm 139 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: about to restore double. I'm about to pay you back 140 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: with twice what should have been yours. But there is 141 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: a requirement. You have to get rid of that survival 142 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: mentality and have a double mentality. Instead of a prisoner 143 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: of doubt, switch over to a prisoner of hope. Believe 144 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: that God is working, that what's meant for harm, he's 145 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: turning to your advantage, that that trouble sets you up 146 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: to come out with twice what you had before. If 147 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: you're struggling with anxiety, depression, thoughts will say it's permanent, 148 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: it's never going to change. Don't believe those lies. That 149 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: attack is setting you up for double the enemy minute 150 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: to stop your purpose, to push down your gifts, keep 151 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: your personality from shining. The good news is it's going 152 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: to backfire. God's going to use it to take you 153 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: further than if it did not happen, or the door 154 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: that closed in your business, that contract didn't go through. 155 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: It's not setting you back, it's setting you up. God 156 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: didn't allow it because he has something much bigger, much better. 157 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: Double its coming, double the resources, double the influence, double 158 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: the favor. When we were trying to buy property to 159 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: build a new sanctuary. We found this one hundred acre 160 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,719 Speaker 1: tract of land right off the freeway. Seemed perfect. It's 161 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: about two miles from our former location. And I met 162 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: with the owner and he told me the proper He 163 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: had been for sale for twenty years and he had 164 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: never had one offer on it. I knew that God 165 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: had saved that for us. He said, Joel, you don't 166 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: need to sign the contract right now. You can do 167 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: your preliminary drawings while we get the paperwork drawn up. 168 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: Two months later we went to his office to sign 169 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: the contract. We had an eight am meeting. We showed 170 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: up at seven forty five. His secretary walked out and said, 171 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The owner sold the property last night. I 172 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. He gave me his word, then sold 173 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: it right out from under us. And I was so disappointed. 174 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: There were no more large tracts of land we had 175 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: looked everywhere, seemed like we were stuck. I went home 176 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: and told Victoria how bad it was, how that man 177 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: had done us wrong, how there was no way we 178 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: could grow. She said, listen here, Joel. God is still 179 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: in control. He knows what he's doing. We're not going 180 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: to get discouraged. We're going to trust that he has 181 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: something better in store. She started preaching one of my messages. 182 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to be depressed. 183 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: I wanted to get in that prison of self pity. God, 184 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: where are you? This wasn't fair. Victoria was saying, No, 185 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: we're going to be prisoners of hope. Six months later, 186 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: a friend called said the Houston Rockets basketball team was 187 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: moving out of a compact center and we should try 188 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: to buy it. When I heard that, something came alive 189 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: on the inside. This was more than I could imagine. 190 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: By the grace of God, things fell into place, and 191 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: in two thousand and three, the Houston City Council voted 192 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: for us to have this building. What significant is Our 193 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: old sanctuary held eight thousand people. This place holds sixteen thousand, 194 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: exactly double. That man thought he was setting us back. 195 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: The truth is he was setting us up for double. 196 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: He didn't even do it of his own accord. He 197 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: was a pawn in the hand of God. God on 198 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: purpose close that door. I wonder if there are things 199 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: you're disappointed about now, doors that have closed injustice. You're 200 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: wondering why it happened. If you only knew what God 201 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: had in store, you wouldn't be disappointed. And yes, on 202 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: the surface it can be discouraging, painful, hard to deal with. 203 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: You have to remind yourself that trouble is qualifying you 204 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: for double It's setting you up for a level of 205 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: your destiny that you could have never seen if it 206 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: had not happened. God said in Isaiah, because you got 207 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in the land 208 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: will be double, and your joy will go on forever. 209 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes it seems like we get a double dose of trouble. 210 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: It's one thing after another. That's not how your story ends. 211 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: Get ready, a double dose of blessing is coming, a 212 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: double dose of favor, dose of health and vitality, a 213 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: double dose of opportunity and influence. Get this down in 214 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: your spirit. Double for that trouble. Well, Joey, you're just 215 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: trying to get people's hopes up. Yes, I'm trying to 216 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: convince you to become a prisoner of hope to where 217 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: you can't be talked out of it, because when you do, 218 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: God says double is coming. One translation of the verse 219 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: in Zachariah says I will repay two blessings for each 220 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: of your troubles. When you're at the department stores, sometimes 221 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: there's a two for one seal. You buy one and 222 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,599 Speaker 1: get two. God says here, when you have one disappointment, 223 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay you back with two blessings. When you 224 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: face one set back, I'm gonna give you two promotions. 225 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: When one friend walks away, I'm gonna bring you two 226 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: new friends, better friends. When you face the sickness, I'm 227 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: not only gonna restore your health, but I'm gonna give 228 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: you greater peace, a double blessing. The fact that God 229 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: will loud the trouble is a sign that he wants 230 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: to increase you, that He has something greater in store 231 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: if you'll pass the test. On the other side of 232 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: that difficulty is double honor, double favor, double resources. And no, 233 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: we don't like the trouble, none of us like the disappointments, 234 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: the injustice. But without it we wouldn't see the fullness 235 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: of our destiny. Don't let the difficulty cause you to 236 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: give up, get sour, have a new perspective. The trouble 237 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: means double is in your future. This is what happened 238 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: with job. Everything was going great, life was good. Then 239 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: the bottom fell out, lost his health, his family, his business. 240 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: He had boils all over his body. He's very painful, 241 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: and Job was a good man. The scripture says he 242 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: honored God and lived with integrity. Having faith doesn't exempt 243 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: us from difficulties. Just because you're having trouble doesn't mean 244 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: you something wrong. The storms of life come to us. 245 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: All The good news is nothing can happen to you 246 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: without God's permissions. He's in control in the good times 247 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: and in the tough times. No, he doesn't stop every difficulty. 248 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: He doesn't prevent every attack, but he wouldn't have allowed 249 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: it if it was going to keep you from your purpose. 250 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: With Job, it seemed like everything was out of control. 251 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: But the fact is Satan had to ask God if 252 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: he could test Job. God set a limit as to 253 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: what he could do. What I'm saying is God is 254 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: not just in control of your life. He's in control 255 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: of your enemies. He has a hedge of protection around 256 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: you that the enemy cannot cross without God's permissions. And 257 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: if he's allowing a difficulty, you have to remind yourself 258 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: it's not there to defeat you. It's there to promote you. 259 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: On the other side of that trouble is the portion 260 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: greater joy, greater courage, greater influence. But the challenge is 261 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: we all want the double without the trouble, at least 262 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: I do. But most of the time they're connected. You 263 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: have to go through it to get to it. The 264 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: longer I live, the more I've learned to trust God 265 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: in the trouble, not fight what doesn't go my way, 266 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: stay in peace when things happen that I don't understand. 267 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: I recognize that God is up to something. He doesn't 268 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: allow anything that's not ultimately going to work for your good. 269 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: One way to stay in faith in that trouble is 270 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: to keep reminding yourself that that setback is really a 271 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: set up, that double is coming. Things got so bad 272 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: for job. His wife told him to just curse God 273 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: and die. His friend said it was his own fault 274 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: that he was getting what he deserved. Difficulties you have 275 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: to be careful who you listen to. Don't give just 276 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 1: anyone your ear. Some people don't have your best interests 277 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: at heart. They'll judge you, condemn you, try to straighten 278 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: you out, tell you everything you've done wrong. They can't 279 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: even run their own life, but they're telling you how 280 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: to run your life. You need to be around people 281 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: that speak faith into you, people that tell you that 282 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: you're coming out, that healing is on the way, that 283 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: God has beauty for those ashes, and that even if 284 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: it is your fault, even if you made the mess, 285 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: God's mercy is bigger than your mistakes. He never gives 286 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,959 Speaker 1: up on you. He's the God of another chance. His 287 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: arms are still open wide. He can still get you 288 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: to your destiny. But you have to tune out all 289 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: the accusing, condemning voices and get back in the game. 290 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for you to be a prisoner 291 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: of guilt, prisoner of shit, prisoner of regrets. I'm washed up. 292 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: Come out of that prison. You're locked up with the 293 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: wrong thoughts. Try a new approach, a prisoner of hope. 294 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: You're redeemed, You're forgiven, You're restored. Your future is bright. 295 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: The enemy wouldn't be trying to keep you in that 296 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: negative prison if he didn't know that double was coming. Yes, 297 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: you may have made a mess of things in your life, 298 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: but God knows how to not only clean up the mess, 299 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: but to bring you out where nobody knows what you've 300 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: been through. Your mistakes are not going to be your identity. 301 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: Those negative labels people have tried to stick on you 302 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: are coming off today. Your own thoughts that have tried 303 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: to convince you that you've missed your chance. Just sit 304 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. Those strongholds are coming down. This is 305 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: your time to break free from that negative mentality and 306 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: become a prisoner of hope. God said, there's one thing 307 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: I want to hold you captive. Not fear, not guilt, 308 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: not doubt, not discouragement, nor get locked up with hope. 309 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: Believe the trouble will give way to double Believe that 310 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: your past is forgiven. Believe that your future is bright. 311 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: Believe that there are beauty for those ashes. Believe that 312 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: God's favor surrounds you like a shield. After Job listened 313 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: to his wife and looked around and saw all the troubles, 314 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: he sat down among the ashes. He didn't think he'd 315 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: ever be happy again. Set in chapter seven, I will 316 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: never experience pleasure anymore in the difficult times. The enemy 317 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: loves to whisper the never lies. You'll never be happy either. 318 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: You'll never get well, never meet someone, never get out 319 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: of this problem. Don't believe those lies. He wouldn't be 320 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: telling you that if he didn't know there was something 321 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: great in front of you. You few verses later, Job said, 322 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: I hate my life. He was so discouraged, he didn't 323 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: want to live. He thought he was done. What's interesting 324 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: is even though he had given up, God had not 325 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: given up on him. God knows that we're human, that 326 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: sometimes our emotions get the best of us. We feel things, 327 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: and we get discouraged, and we let doubt in. We 328 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: think that we're stuck. Some of the greatest people in 329 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: the Bible doubted. Thomas was close to Jesus, one of 330 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: his disciples. He traveled with Jesus and ate dinner and 331 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: did life together. Yet when Jesus rose from the dead, 332 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: Thomas said, I'm not gonna believe unless I see him 333 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: with my own eyes. Jesus didn't hold that against him. 334 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: Thomas went on to share the good news throughout all 335 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: of India. You may have doubts at times, you feel 336 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: discouragement trying to come on. That happens to us. All 337 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and don't stay there. Don't get locked up 338 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: in that mindset. Let that pass. Come back to that 339 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: prisoner of hope. Our attitude should be I'm not changing 340 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: my mind. I know God is faithful. He's been too 341 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: good to me not to believe. He's opened too many 342 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: doors I never dreamed would open. He's brought too many 343 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: divine connections. He's made too many ways when I didn't 344 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: see away. He's protected me too many times, pushed back 345 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: forces of darkness, poured out blessings that I cannot contain. 346 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: I've been too blessed to not believe. And sure, doubt 347 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: may come times where we could feel this curagin worried, 348 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: how's this gonna work out. I've learned to say no thanks. 349 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a prisoner of hope. I've seen God 350 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: do it before, and I know he'll do it again. 351 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: That's what sets you up to see the double, the abundance, 352 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: the greatness of our God. Sitting in the ashes, Job 353 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: suddenly had a change of heart. He must have turned 354 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: on Lakewood. He looked up to the heavens and said, 355 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: I know my Redeemer lives. He was saying, God, I 356 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: know you're still on the throne. I may not understand 357 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: all this, but I trust you with my life. When 358 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: we hear about Job, most of the time we think 359 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: of all the suffering, the hardship, and yes it was rough, 360 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: but that's not how his story ended. The scripture says 361 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: God restored Job's fortunes and gave him twice what he 362 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: had before. God could have just restored him back to normal, 363 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: brought him back to the way he was. He would 364 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: have been grateful, But look at how God works. Job 365 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: came out with twice the cattle, twice, the sheep twice, 366 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: the joy, twice the influence. He got a double dose 367 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: of trouble that set him up for a double dose 368 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: of blessing. Could it be the trouble you're going through 369 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: is really God getting you in position so he can 370 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: give you double What if Job would have known early 371 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: on that this was all a set up for God 372 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: to do something amazing in his life, he'd have probably 373 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: handled it differently. He would have trusted God into trouble, 374 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: stayed in peace, and kept that attitude of faith, knowing 375 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: that it was going to all work to his advantage. 376 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: It would be easier if God would promise us double 377 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: without the trouble. But usually there are some tests that 378 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: we have to go through, difficulties and things we don't understand. 379 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: That's when we prove to God what we're made of that. 380 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: We're faithful in the fire, that were calm in the chaos, 381 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: that we trust in the trouble, that we praise in 382 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: the problem. That we're unshakable, we're immovable. We are prisoners 383 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: of hope. We know God wouldn't have allowed it if 384 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: it wasn't going to work for our good. So when 385 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: trouble hits, instead of having a defeated mentality, we have 386 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: a double mentality. The enemy minute for harm, but God, 387 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: we believe, were coming out with twice increase, promoted better 388 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: than we were before. I met a young woman at 389 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: the altar one Sunday. She and her husband came down 390 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: for prayer. She told how she had had seven miscarriages. 391 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: Now the experts said that they would never be able 392 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: to have children. All the fertility treatments hadn't worked. And 393 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,479 Speaker 1: I'll never forget the tears running down her beautiful face, 394 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: the sadness in her voice, the pain and heartache they 395 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 1: were feeling. She had always dreamed of being a mother, 396 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: and now it didn't seem possible. Sometimes life can throw 397 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: us a curb. Our dreams get shattered. There's heartache and 398 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: things that can squeeze the life and joy out of us. 399 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: I love how God came to heal the broken hearted, 400 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: to restore what was stolen. I told them what I'm 401 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: telling you, that God sees what you're going through, and 402 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: when you believe, He can do amazing things. This couple 403 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: made the decision to be prisoners of hope despite what 404 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: the medical report said. They believed their baby was on 405 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: the way. Every day they thanked God that he was 406 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: bringing them this child. Two years later, I saw them 407 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: after the service in the lobby. The woman was carrying 408 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: a beautiful baby girl. The husband was carrying a baby boy. 409 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,959 Speaker 1: They had had twins. I saw the same tears running 410 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,959 Speaker 1: down her cheeks, but this time they weren't tears of sadness. 411 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: They were tears of joy. When you have a double 412 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: dose of trouble, get ready a double dose of blessing 413 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: is coming. Now. You may be in a difficult time today, 414 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: keep the right perspective that trouble has qualified you for 415 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: double It's not there to set you back. It's setting 416 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: you up for increase, for favor, for new levels. This 417 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: is not the time to get discouraged. This is the 418 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: time to be a prisoner of hope. God has not 419 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: brought you this far to leave you. He sees you 420 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: doing the right thing when it's hard, like that young couple, 421 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: praising through the pain, keeping a good attitude when it's 422 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: not fair, believing when there's no sign of things changing. 423 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: Because you're locked into hope, you are passing the test. Now. 424 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: I believe and declare what God promised you. That double 425 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: is coming, something you've never seen. Twice, the joy, twice, 426 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: the resources, twice, the influence, the double blessing in Jesus's name, 427 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: and if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 428 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 429 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 430 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: pen of my sins, come into my heart. I make 431 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 432 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 433 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 434 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 435 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,719 Speaker 1: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 436 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place. 437 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 2: Fear can be a powerful force, and we'll try to 438 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 2: make you feel alone, stuck without hope, but fear doesn't 439 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 2: have to get the final say there is a way out. 440 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. What 441 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: we focus on shapes our reality. In my new book, 442 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: No More Fear You Have the Mind of Christ, I'll 443 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: show you how to silence fear and live boldly in 444 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: faith and confidence. Just like David said, though I walk 445 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: through the valley, I will not fear, you too can 446 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,199 Speaker 1: walk through life's challenges without being paralyzed by fear. I 447 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: can't promise you you'll never feel fear, but I can teach 448 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: you how to rise above it. By dwelling on what 449 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: God says, learning to replace the anxious thoughts with faith 450 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,959 Speaker 1: filled ones, you can live from a place of peace, power, 451 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: and purpose. 452 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 453 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 454 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book, No More Fear, You 455 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: Have the Mind of Christ. The Bible proclaims the Lord 456 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 2: is my Light and my salvation. 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