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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: the ministry. 36 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 37 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 5: your life. Oh God bless you. It's always a joy 40 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 5: to come into your home. And if you're ever in 41 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 5: our area, please stop by and be a part of 42 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 5: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 43 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 5: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 44 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: in and thank you again for coming out. I like 45 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 46 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 5: scientist He said to God, we've decided we no longer 47 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 5: need you. We can clone people, transplant hearts, do all 48 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 5: kinds of things once considered miraculous. God said, well, that's fine, 49 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 5: But to prove that you don't need me, let's have 50 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 5: a man making contest. The only requirement is you have 51 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 5: to make man out of dirt. The scientist said, great. 52 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 5: He reached down quickly to get a handful of dirt. 53 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 5: God said, not so quick, Go get your own dirt. 54 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. 55 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. 56 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 60 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God, 61 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 5: even now, Faith. We all face situations that look like 63 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 5: they're never going to work out. We don't see how 64 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 5: we could get well, or how we could get out 65 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 5: of debt, how we could accomplish a dream. It's been 66 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 5: too long. The odds are against us. Too often we 67 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 5: settle where we are and just accept the fact that, hey, 68 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 5: it wasn't meant to be. In the scripture, there's a 69 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 5: lady named Martha that faced one of these impossible situations. 70 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 5: Her brother Lazarus was extremely sick. Martha and her sister 71 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 5: Mary were very close to Jesus, so they sent word 72 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 5: for Jesus to come to their house and pray for Lazarus. Well, 73 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 5: Jesus was in another city, and he kept getting delayed. 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: A day went by. 75 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 5: Martha said to her assistant, did you tell Jesus it 76 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 5: was me asking for him? The assistant said, yes, I. 77 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 4: Told him it was you. Well, did you tell him 78 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 4: it was an emergency? Yes? I told him it was urgent. 79 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 5: Another day went by, and they're waiting and waiting. 80 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 4: Night falls and still no sign of Jesus. 81 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 5: They wake up early the next morning looking out the windows, 82 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 5: knowing that any moment. 83 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 4: Jesus would arrive. 84 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 5: After all, it's been three days since. 85 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 4: They first asked for him. 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 5: Every hour that goes by, they're getting more and more upset. 87 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 4: Where is he? 88 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 5: I can't understand what's taken him so long. Finally, their 89 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 5: worst nightmare comes true. Lazarus died. They're distraught, upset they'd 90 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 5: just lost their brother to. 91 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 4: Make matters worse. 92 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 5: They knew that their good friend Jesus could have healed Lazarus. 93 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 5: They had seen him open blind eyes, cure the lepers, 94 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 5: turn water into wine. It would have been no big 95 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 5: deal for Jesus to heal their brother. Four days after 96 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 5: Lazarus had died, Jesus showed up, knocked on the front door, said, here, 97 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 5: I am, what can I do for you? Has it 98 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 5: ever seemed like God showed up too late? You prayed, 99 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,239 Speaker 5: you believed, but the problem didn't turn around. The medical 100 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 5: report wasn't good, the business didn't make it. 101 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 4: Martha was crying. 102 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 5: She went up to him and said, Jesus, if you 103 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 5: would have been here sooner, my brother wouldn't have died. 104 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 4: She was saying, Jesus, how could you do this to us? 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 4: We're your friends, We hang. 106 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,679 Speaker 5: Out together, we have you over for dinner. The least 107 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 5: you could do is show up when we have an emergency. 108 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 5: Martha could have turned and walked away, bitter, angry, complaining 109 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 5: that would be the end of the story. We wouldn't 110 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 5: be talking about it today. But in that dark season, 111 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,679 Speaker 5: when it looked like it was too late, too far gone, 112 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 5: Martha did something extremely significant. It's a key to seeing 113 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 5: negative situations turn around. She said, if you would have 114 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 5: been here sooner, he wouldn't have died. But I know 115 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 5: even now, whatever you ask, God will do it for you. 116 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 5: Notice those two simple words. Even now it looks impossible, 117 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: but even now you can turn it around. He's been 118 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 5: dead for four days, but even now you can raise 119 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 5: him back up. I don't see away, but even now 120 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 5: you can make a way. There will be times in life, 121 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: like with Martha. You have to have even now faith God. 122 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: The medical report doesn't look good, but I believe even 123 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: now you can heal me. My business is hanging by 124 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 5: a thread, but even now you can prosper me. My 125 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: marriage looks like it's over, but even now you can 126 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 5: restore me. When it looks impossible, the odds are against you. 127 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could work out. 128 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 5: Don't complain, don't get bitter, dig your heels in and 129 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 5: have this even now, faith God, Even now you can 130 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 5: turn my child around. I've had this addiction for years, 131 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 5: but even now you can set me free. 132 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 4: Been believing to have a baby. 133 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 5: The medical report says it's not going to happen, But God, 134 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 5: I'm bold enough to believe like Martha that even now, 135 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 5: in spite of how long it's been, in spite of 136 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 5: what I've been told, in spite of what I feel, 137 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 5: I know you have the final say. You control the universe. 138 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 5: Nothing's too hard for you. I may not see away, 139 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 5: but I know you have a way. 140 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: When you have this. 141 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 5: Even now, faith, God will move heaven and earth to 142 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 5: do what he promised. And whatever you think is too 143 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 5: far gone, the dreams you've given up on, the promises 144 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 5: you've let go of, God is saying I can still 145 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 5: bring them to pass. 146 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 4: I can still restore the relationship. I can still prosper 147 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 4: you and put you into overflow. 148 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 5: I can still It'll give you the desires of your heart. 149 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: I know a young lady named Vanessa. 150 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 5: She's a medical doctor that attends here, and years back, 151 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 5: she started experiencing terrible pain in her joints. It got 152 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 5: so bad she could hardly stand it. She ended up 153 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 5: having surgery on her knees, but unfortunately it didn't help. 154 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: It continued to get worse. 155 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 5: She got to the place where she was so crippled 156 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 5: she had to walk with a cane. 157 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 4: When she would come to church. 158 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 5: It would take her forty five minutes to walk from 159 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 5: the parking lot to her seat in the auditorium. During 160 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 5: the week, she would get up at three o'clock in 161 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 5: the morning to start getting her joints loosened up so 162 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 5: she could be at work at eight. This was a 163 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 5: gene that had been in her family line that kept 164 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 5: getting passed down. Her father had the same illness in 165 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 5: his early twenties. He died from complications of it at 166 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 5: forty three. Her grandmother was a paraplegic, had the same problem. 167 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 5: It looked like this was Vanessa's destiny. She could have thought, Hey, 168 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 5: too bad for me. It's in my DNA. Can't do 169 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 5: anything about this. No, Vanessa was like Martha. She had 170 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 5: this even now. 171 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 4: Faith. 172 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 5: Her attitude was even though it looks impossible, even though 173 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 5: medical science says there's nothing they can do, even though 174 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 5: daddy had it and grandmother had it, this is a 175 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 5: new day. 176 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 4: The buck stops with me. 177 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 5: God, I believe even now, in spite of what's been 178 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 5: passed down, in spite of what the experts had told me. 179 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 5: I know you made my body. You can correct what's wrong. 180 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 5: You said you would restore. 181 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 4: Health and to me and heal me of my wounds. 182 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 5: It didn't happen overnight, but little by little she kept 183 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 5: getting better and better and better. Today she's perfectly healthy 184 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 5: and whole. She can walk without pain and without that cane. 185 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 5: You don't have to learn to live with things that 186 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 5: keep getting passed down. Well, Joe, everybody in my family 187 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 5: is depressed. Maybe so, but you can be the turning point. 188 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 5: Why don't you rise up and say, God, I believe 189 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 5: even now you're freeing me from this depression. When you 190 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 5: do that, the creator of the universe breathes in your direction, 191 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 5: he dispatches angels. You'll feel a strength, a joy, a 192 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 5: freedom that you didn't have before. Addictions may have been 193 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 5: passed down to you. You can't do anything about that part, 194 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 5: but you can put an end to it. God, I believe, 195 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 5: even right now you are freeing me from these addictions. Well, Joel, 196 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 5: my family, we're poor, defeated. We never get any good breaks. 197 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 5: I come from the wrong side of the tracks. No, 198 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 5: there's no such thing as the wrong side of the tracks. 199 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 5: The most High God breeds his life into you. He's 200 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 5: crowned you with his favor. He puts seeds of greatness 201 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: on the inside. Don't accept lack and defeat as your destiny. 202 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 5: It may have been that way in the past, but 203 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 5: God raised you up. 204 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 4: To put an end to it. You're the difference maker. 205 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 5: Your attitude should be God, I want to thank you 206 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 5: that even now you're prospering me. Even now, you're opening 207 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 5: up new doors, bringing opportunity. Divine connections increase across my path. 208 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 4: He's an even now God. But you have to have 209 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 4: this even now faith. 210 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 5: Here's why God meets us at the level of our expectations. 211 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 4: If you don't expect to get well, then you won't 212 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: get well. 213 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 5: If you don't expect to accomplish your dreams, you don't 214 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,599 Speaker 5: expect to overcome the addiction to be free from that depression, 215 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 5: then you'll get stuck where you are. Why don't you 216 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 5: take the limits off of God? Dare to say, like Martha, God, 217 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 5: I don't see how this can happen in the natural. 218 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: My brother's been dead for four days. 219 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 4: He's already in the tomb. 220 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 5: In other words, the medical report says I won't get well. 221 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 5: Business is slow, my marriage is on the rock. But God, 222 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 5: I believe even now, in spite of how bad it looks, 223 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 5: in spite of the setbacks, I've suffered. I know your 224 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 5: power is greater than any power that's trying to stop me. 225 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 5: You said, what's meant for my harm, you would use 226 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 5: to my advantage. So Lord, I want to thank you 227 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 5: that I'm not only coming out, that I'm coming out better. 228 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 5: Even now, Faith says, I still believe, even though the 229 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 5: medical report is not good. I still believe that my 230 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 5: children will be mighty in the land. I still believe 231 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 5: that I'll live debt free, pay off my house, and 232 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 5: be a blessing to others. I still believe that I'll 233 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 5: accomplish my dreams, build that orphanage, start my business, step 234 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 5: into the fullness of my destiny. This is what Moses 235 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 5: did when he and the Israelites came to a dead 236 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 5: end at the Red Sea. They had no way to 237 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 5: go fro and his army was quickly closing in. It 238 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,479 Speaker 5: looked like they would easily be captured and returned as slaves. 239 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 5: But Moses didn't panic. He didn't complain. He understood this principle. 240 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 5: He said, God, it looks impossible, but I know even now. 241 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 4: You can deliver us. 242 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 5: He held up the rod, the Red Sea parted, they 243 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 5: went through on dry ground. How about Abraham God gave 244 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 5: him the promise that he would have a baby. He 245 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 5: and his wife, Sarah were way too old, almost eighty. 246 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 5: This would defy the laws of nature. I can hear 247 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 5: Abraham every morning. God, all the odds are against us. 248 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 5: It's not possible in the natural. 249 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: But God, I. 250 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 5: Believe even now, you can give us this baby, in 251 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 5: spite of how old we are, in spite of what 252 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 5: our natural reasoning is telling us, you can make away. 253 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 5: One day, when they were almost one hundred years old, 254 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 5: they had that baby. 255 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 4: The promise came to pass. 256 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 5: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 257 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 5: The doctors told my parents that she would most likely 258 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 5: never be able to walk or to talk, but she 259 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 5: would need constant, twenty four hour care. And of course 260 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 5: my parents were devastated. They never dreamed they'd be dealing 261 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 5: with an unhealthy baby. But they didn't get bitter, they 262 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 5: didn't start complaining. They did what I'm asking you to do, 263 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 5: They said, God, this doesn't look possible in the natural. 264 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 5: Medical science says that she will be disabled. But God, 265 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 5: we know you can do what medicine cannot do. God, 266 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 5: even now, we believe you can heal our daughter, and again, 267 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 5: like Vanessa, it didn't happen instantly, but Lisa kept getting 268 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 5: better and better, and today she's as healthy as can be, 269 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 5: one of the ministers here on staff, seventy seven years old, 270 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 5: still going strong. So but you know, I think about 271 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 5: how different life would be if my parents would have 272 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 5: just accepted it and thought, Hey, too bad, this is 273 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 5: our lot in life. No, if you want to step 274 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: into the fullness of your destiny, if you're going to 275 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 5: overcome these challenges, see the greatness of God's favor. You've 276 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 5: got to have this even now. Faith when it looks impossible. God, 277 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 5: I know you can do the impossible when you don't 278 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: see away. 279 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: God, I know you still have a way when. 280 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 5: Your natural reasoning is telling you it's never going to 281 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 5: work out. God, I know you're a supernatural God. It's 282 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:36,359 Speaker 5: significant that Jesus waited four days to go pray for Lazarus. 283 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: He knew he was sick. 284 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 5: In fact, Jesus knew he was going to die. He 285 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 5: could have gone on the first day healed Lazarus saved 286 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 5: them all of that trouble, or at least he could 287 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 5: have arrived on the second or third day and they 288 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 5: wouldn't have had to go through so much. But there's 289 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 5: always a reason for a delay. 290 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 4: We may not understand it. 291 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: Sometimes it's just a test of our faith. Are we 292 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 5: going to get discouraged and give up? If Martha would 293 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 5: have gotten bitter, complained, angry, she could have stopped the miracle. 294 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 5: And this is where many people miss God's best. While 295 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 5: you're waiting for the problem to turn around, waiting for 296 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 5: your health to improve, waiting for a child to get 297 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: on the right course. 298 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 4: That's a very critical time. 299 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 5: Can you pass the test of staying in faith when 300 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 5: you don't see anything happening? Can you keep a good 301 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 5: attitude when God is silent? You're calling out to him, 302 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 5: like Martha, you sent word, you're praying, but he's not 303 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 5: coming for some reason, he's delayed, he's not answering. 304 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 4: The situation is not improving. This is when many people get. 305 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 5: Discouraged and think, well, too bad, it wasn't meant to 306 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 5: be Joel. I believe five years ago that I could 307 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 5: get out of debt, but man, not now, I'm way 308 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 5: over my head. Or I used to believe that i'd 309 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 5: get healthy again, that i'd meet the right person, that 310 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 5: i'd accomplish my dream. But it's been too long, had 311 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 5: too many setbacks. Now how you wait will determine whether 312 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 5: or not that situation changes. When Jesus arrived at Mary 313 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 5: and Martha's house, he said to them, take me to 314 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 5: the place where you buried Lazarus. 315 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 4: Take me to the tomb. He was saying, in effect, 316 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 4: take me. 317 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 5: To the place where you quit believing. Take me to 318 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 5: the place where you gave up on your dreams. You 319 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 5: decided that you wouldn't get well, that you wouldn't meet 320 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 5: the right person. If you don't go back to that 321 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 5: place and stir up your faith, get your passion back, 322 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 5: it will tie the hands of Almighty God. You've got 323 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 5: to go back to that place where you quit believing 324 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 5: and ask yourself, is my God bigger than this problem? 325 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 5: Is my God greater than this addiction? Is my God 326 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 5: more power than this sickness? Is he still Jehovah Jarrah, 327 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 5: the Lord my Provider? Is he still Jehovah Rapha, the 328 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 5: Lord my healer? 329 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 4: Is he still? 330 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 5: Elshaday, the God who is more than enough. When you 331 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 5: remind yourself who your God is, the all powerful creator 332 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 5: of the universe, something comes alive on the inside. One 333 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 5: angel in the Old Testament destroyed one hundred and eighty. 334 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 4: Thousand of the enemies of God. 335 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 5: He's all powerful. He can turn any situation around. He's 336 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 5: got you in the palm of his hand. He knows 337 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 5: how to get you to your destiny. When Jesus said 338 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 5: take me to the tomb, roll away the stone, I 339 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 5: can imagine Martha said, no, Jesus, I don't want to 340 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 5: go there. It stinks. He's been dead for four days. 341 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 5: Maybe something has died in your life. You went through 342 00:18:55,440 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 5: a divorce, a bankruptcy, a friend betrayed you with Lazarus. 343 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 4: It stinks. It's a mess. 344 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 5: But unless you're willing to deal with your stinky stuff, 345 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 5: you probably won't get you a miracle. 346 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 4: We make excuses. 347 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 5: Joeve hurt me, he walked out of a relationship. It 348 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 5: wasn't my fault. That's why I'm angry and bitter. Now 349 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 5: you've got to do your part and let go of 350 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 5: the bitterness. You've got to forgive the people that have 351 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 5: done you wrong. Deal with the stinky stuff. Or maybe 352 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 5: my business didn't make it. I went through bankruptcy. I tried, 353 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 5: but man, I'm a failure. No failure is an event. 354 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 5: It's not who you are. Don't put that label on you. 355 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 5: You are a child of the most high God. If 356 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 5: one dream dies, you have to dream another dream. A 357 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 5: young man I met a few years ago had taken 358 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 5: the state bar for his law degree for the second 359 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 5: time and failed. It had been over a year and 360 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 5: he was working as a legal assistant. You could tell 361 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 5: he wasn't fulfilled. I asked him when he was go 362 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 5: to take the state bar again. He kind of laughed. 363 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 5: He said, oh, man, Joel, I'm done with that. I've 364 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 5: already failed it twice. That just wasn't meant to be. 365 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 5: I told him what I'm telling you. If God is 366 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 5: going to resurrect that dream, if you're going to step 367 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: into the fullness of your destiny, you've got to roll 368 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 5: away the stone. Those two failures may stink, it may 369 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 5: not be pretty, but that is not the end of 370 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 5: your story. God didn't put the dream in you to 371 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 5: lie dormant. He didn't give you the promise to just 372 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 5: kind of tease you and take you halfway there. You 373 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 5: may have had some setbacks, may not have happened on 374 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,959 Speaker 5: your timetable. The heavens may have been silent when you prayed, 375 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 5: But don't take that as a sign that God is 376 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 5: not there. 377 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 4: He's closely watching you. This is a test. What are 378 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: you going to do? 379 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 5: Settle where you are, get discouraged, bitter. It wasn't meant 380 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 5: to be. Now you've got to do your part. Roll 381 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 5: away the stone, deal with the stink is stuff, and 382 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 5: get your passion. 383 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 4: Battle God. 384 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 5: I failed this test two times. All the odds are 385 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 5: against me, but I know even now you can help 386 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 5: me to pass. Even now, you're changing things in my favor. Now, 387 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 5: three or four months ago, I saw that young man 388 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 5: out in the lobby, had a big smile on his face. 389 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 5: Put his hand up for a high five, said Joel. 390 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 5: I did it the third time. Was a charm. I 391 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 5: passed that test. God has Lord agreed. Friends, God knows 392 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 5: how to resurrect dead dreams. Don't talk yourself out of it. 393 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 5: We make excuses. Jesus, he's been dead for four days. 394 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 5: They've already wrapped him up like a mummy. Or I've 395 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 5: taken the test twice and failed. No use taking it again, 396 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 5: or like Vanessa is in my DNA, I'll never get well. 397 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 4: No get rid of the excuses. 398 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 5: We serve a supernatural God, it may be taking a 399 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 5: long time, the odds are against you, but keep passing 400 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 5: the test, keep. 401 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 4: Doing the right thing. 402 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 5: If you will do what you can, God will show 403 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 5: up and do what you can. 404 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: What's interesting is. 405 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 5: Back in those days the Sadducees, these were the people 406 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 5: that were against Jesus. 407 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 4: They were always doubting him. 408 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 5: They believed that the spirit left the body after the 409 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 5: third day when a person had died. It's not a 410 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 5: coincidence that Jesus waited till the fourth day to show up. 411 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: He wanted to make. 412 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 5: Sure that when he raised Lazarus from the dead, there 413 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 5: would be no doubt about it. Sometimes God will delay 414 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 5: in your life on purpose, not only so that you 415 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 5: will know that it's his favor, but so that all 416 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 5: of your critics, friends, relatives, coworkers, they won't be able 417 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: to deny the great thing God did in your life. 418 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 5: Mary and Martha were upset at first that Jesus didn't 419 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 5: get there in time to heal their brother. Their prayer 420 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 5: didn't get answered the way they wanted along. God knew 421 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 5: what he was doing. He wasn't planning a healing. He 422 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 5: had something better in mind, a resurrection, And if it 423 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 5: hasn't worked out your way on your timetable. Don't get upset. 424 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean that God has failed you. It's just 425 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 5: the opposite. It means God is planning something even better. 426 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 5: Few years after my father went to be with the Lord, 427 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 5: the church was really growing and we needed a larger auditorium. 428 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 5: My father told how he would never move the church. 429 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 5: I was knew the young pastor. I wasn't about to 430 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 5: rock the boat, and so I found a one hundred 431 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 5: acre tract of land about two miles from the other location, 432 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 5: right on the freeway. I thought, this is perfect, we'll 433 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 5: build a new sanctuary. 434 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 4: The owner of. 435 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 5: The property told how that had been for sale for 436 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 5: over twenty years and they'd never had one offer on 437 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 5: the property. I knew God saved that property for us. 438 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 5: He said, you don't even need to draw up a 439 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 5: contract now. Just go ahead and do your preliminary drawings 440 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 5: and soil studies, and then we'll draw up the contract. 441 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 5: Four months later we went to close on the property. 442 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 5: We had an eight o'clock in the morning meeting. We 443 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 5: showed up at seven forty five, so excited about our 444 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 5: new property. His secretary walked out and said, I'm sorry. 445 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 5: He sold the property last night to someone else. I 446 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 5: was so disappointed. I knew that was the devil stealing 447 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 5: our property. A couple of months later, we found another 448 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 5: large piece of property. 449 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: We thought, this is even. 450 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 5: Better, but do you know the same exact thing happened? 451 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 5: They sold it out from under us. Thought, God, what 452 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 5: is going on? You know we need a larger building. 453 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 5: There weren't any more large pieces of property over in 454 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 5: that area, and I was tempted to get discourage and 455 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 5: quit believing. Think, well, I guess this is good enough. 456 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 5: We tried, it just wasn't in it to be. About 457 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 5: six months later, I could feel something stirring on the inside. 458 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 5: I knew I had to get my passion back. And 459 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 5: it's as if I went to that thinky place where 460 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 5: the dream died been turned down two times. 461 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 4: Said God, it hasn't worked out my way, but I 462 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 4: know you're still on the throne. 463 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 5: I don't see any land available, but I know even 464 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 5: now you have the right place for us. A few 465 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 5: weeks later, I received a phone call that this place, 466 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 5: the former Compact Center, was coming available. When I heard 467 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 5: that something leaped on the inside, I knew it was 468 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 5: supposed to be ours. Three and a half years later, 469 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 5: we moved into it. We didn't have to build a 470 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 5: new sanctuary. God gave us an auditorium already built, the 471 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 5: premier facility in the fourth largest city in America. My 472 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 5: point is I was praying for a healing, but God 473 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 5: had something better in mind, a resurrection. If it's not 474 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 5: happening your way on your timetable, don't get upset. Stay 475 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 5: in faith. God knows what he's doing. He can see 476 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 5: the big picture for your life. He always has your 477 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 5: best en tress at heart. I heard about this lady 478 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 5: that was losing her home. She had been laid off, 479 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 5: and she prayed and prayed that she would somehow be 480 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 5: able to make her payments, but unfortunately she couldn't do it. Eventually, 481 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 5: her house was foreclosed on and the bank. 482 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 4: Took it and put it up for auction. 483 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 5: And she had already accepted the fact that her house 484 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 5: was gone and this chapter in her life was over, 485 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 5: but deep down she was heartbroken. This is where she 486 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 5: had raised her children, a single parent mom. Just to 487 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 5: get some kind of closer, she went to the auction 488 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 5: where they were selling off these foreclosed homes, including her own. 489 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 5: While she was there, she couldn't help but weep. Seeing 490 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 5: her house up on the docket to be auctioned off, 491 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 5: A lady nearby noticed that she was upset, came over 492 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 5: and asked what was wrong, and she explained how she 493 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 5: had lost her job and now her home was about 494 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 5: to be auctioned off. And the lady asked which one 495 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 5: it was, and she pointed to the picture. When it 496 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 5: came out to be auctioned, this lady started bidding on it. 497 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 5: She kept bidding, bidding, bidding, eventually won the bid. Now 498 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 5: she owned her house. She turned to her new friend, 499 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 5: the one that was weeping, that she just met. She said, 500 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 5: I came to buy a house from my son, but 501 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 5: I know now God sent me here to buy your 502 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 5: house and to give it. 503 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 4: Back to you. She handed her the deed. 504 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 5: The lady couldn't believe it. 505 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 4: She had been praying to. 506 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 5: Make the payments for a healing, but God had a resurrection. 507 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 5: Now she owns it, free and clear, no more payments. 508 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 5: Is there something you've given up on? You think it's 509 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 5: been too long. You don't see how it could ever 510 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 5: work out. All it takes is one touch of God's favor. 511 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 5: You've got to go back to that place where you 512 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 5: quit believing. God is saying, even now, I can turn 513 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 5: it around. Even now I can restore your health. Even 514 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 5: now I can help accomplish your dreams. Now past the 515 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 5: test of staying in faith when God is silent, keep 516 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 5: a good attitude even when it's not happening on your timetable. 517 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 5: God knows what he's doing. You may be praying for 518 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 5: a healing, but he has a resurrection come in your way. 519 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 5: If you'll tap into this even now faith, Like Martha, 520 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, God is about to resurrect what 521 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 5: you thought was dead. He's going to breathe new life 522 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 5: into your health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships. You're 523 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 5: going to see problems turn around, dreams fulfilled. 524 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 4: A new level of your destiny. 525 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 5: In Jesus's name, if you receive it, Can you say 526 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,719 Speaker 5: him in today? We never like to close our broadcast 527 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 5: without giving you an opportunity. 528 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 4: To make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 529 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 4: pray with me? 530 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 531 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 532 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 5: if you pray that that simple prayer, we believe you 533 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 5: got born again, get in a good Bible based church. 534 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 535 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 5: that you've never dreamed. 536 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 537 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 538 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 6: all over the world. 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