1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: again for coming out today. I like to start with 12 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: something funny and I heard about this couple. They were 13 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 2: driving down the road and they came upon this sign 14 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 2: that said Nakodochius. 15 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: Forty miles ahead. 16 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: They begin to argue about how to correctly pronounce the 17 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 2: name Nakodochus. 18 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: The husband got. 19 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: So upset he said to his wife, I'm gonna stop 20 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: when we get to town and prove to you that 21 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: I'm right. They drove silently for the next thirty minutes. 22 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: When he arrived in town, he pulled into the first 23 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: fast food restaurant he could find. They both marched up 24 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: to the counter he said to the young lady working 25 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,639 Speaker 2: behind it. My wife and I have been arguing for 26 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: thirty minutes. Can you please tell us, very slowly, very clearly, 27 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 2: how you pronounced the name of this place. 28 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: The young lady's eyes got real big. 29 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: She leaned over the counter and said, burger King, hold 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 2: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 31 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: is my Bible. I am what it says. 32 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: I am. 33 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 34 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 35 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 36 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 37 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 38 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about pushed into your purpose. 39 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: We don't always understand why things happen to us. Maybe 40 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: a friend you thought would be with you for years, 41 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: somebody you counted on had to move away suddenly, and 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: now you have to find new friends. Work. Things were 43 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: going great. You had all this favor, but now there's conflict. 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: Everything's a struggle. You don't enjoy it. A friend of 45 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: mine was the sales manager at a big car dealership 46 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: here in town. 47 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: They were always. 48 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: Breaking records, but a while back they sold to a 49 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 2: national company. His new supervisor didn't care for him, treated 50 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: him unfairly, said Jela. I never dreamed after all these years, 51 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: i'd have to find a new job. But I've found 52 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: sometimes God will let us be uncomfortable now so he 53 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: can bless us. 54 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: Later on. He'll close a door. 55 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: We don't like it, we don't understand it. But later 56 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: on he'll open up a bigger door. He'll take us 57 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: to a new level of our destiny. God is not 58 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: as concerned about our comfort as he is our purpose. 59 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: There are times God will stir things up. A friend 60 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: will do you wrong, you lose a loved one, business 61 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: goes down. 62 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: God uses is loss. 63 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: Betrayal, persecution to force us to change. He's not just 64 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: trying to make your life miserable. He's pushing you into 65 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 2: your purpose. See, every closed door is not a bad thing. 66 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: Every person that walks away is not a mistake. God 67 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: knows we wouldn't go without a push. And when everything 68 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: is good, we're comfortable. We don't want to have to stretch. 69 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: We don't want to have to find new friends, develop 70 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: new skills, step. 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: Out into the unknown. What if it doesn't work out? 72 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: We may not like it, but if God had not 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: closed those doors, we would be satisfied to stay where 74 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: we were. God loves you too much to let you 75 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: miss your destiny. You have too much potential, too much talent, 76 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: too much in you to get stuck where you are. 77 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,559 Speaker 2: And God will put us in these situations. 78 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: That force us to stretch, that help us to grow. 79 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: Every difficulty you've been through, break every person that did 80 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: you wrong, That wasn't meant to stop you. 81 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: It was meant to push you, to mature you, to 82 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: make you stronger. 83 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: It's deposited something on the inside. It's made you into 84 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 2: who you are. You wouldn't be prepared for the new 85 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 2: levels if you. 86 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: Had not gone through those things. 87 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: Don't complain about what didn't work out, the job you lost, 88 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 2: the loved one that went to be with the Lord. 89 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: It was all a part of God's plan. And when 90 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: you face a difficulty, especially things you don't understand, instead 91 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 2: of being critical, complaining negative, have this new perspective. This 92 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: is not meant to stop me, It's meant to promote me. 93 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: I may be uncomfortable, I may not like it, but 94 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: I know God is using it to push me to 95 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: a new level, to push me to greater influence, to 96 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: push me into my purpose. When I look back over 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: my life, I can see the pivotal moments where I 98 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 2: really grew, the times where I really stepped up to 99 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 2: a new level. 100 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: The common denominator was I was pushed. I didn't like it. 101 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: I was uncomfortable. I wanted to stay. 102 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 2: It took God closing the door, forcing me to take 103 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: a step of faith. 104 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: I was pushed into my purpose. 105 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: Nineteen years old, I came back from college to start 106 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: a television outreach here for my father at Lakewood, and 107 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 2: that was always my passion, anything that had to do 108 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: with production, sound lighting, cameras, editing. 109 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: I was young. 110 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: I had a lot of enthusiasm but not a lot 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: of training. So we hired this gentleman in his sixties, 112 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: a seasoned television producer. 113 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: He used to produce The. 114 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: Today Show and went on to produce Major League Baseball. 115 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: He was not only extremely talented, but he was very friendly. 116 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: He and I hit it off. 117 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: And became the best of friends, and for about a 118 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: year I was with him practically night and day. I 119 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: was very excited to be learning so much. During the services, 120 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: I would watch him in the control booth as he 121 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: directed the cameras. He taught me what the right angles 122 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: were and what good lighting was, how to edit. As 123 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 2: I watched him, I would sit there in amazement, thinking, 124 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: how in. 125 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: The world does he know how to do all of this? 126 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: He was so talented. I was so blessed to have him. 127 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: But about a year after he started, he came in 128 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: one morning and said, Joel, I'm moving back to California. 129 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 2: I've done everything here that I need to do. 130 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: You can take it from here. I nearly passed out. 131 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: I said, you gotta be kidding. You can't leave us. 132 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: What are we gonna do. Who's gonna direct the program? 133 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: Who's going to edit it? He said, you are I've trained. 134 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: You for a year. You can do what I've been doing. Said, 135 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: there's no way, I don't. 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: Know how to do that. We offered him more money, 137 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: more time off. 138 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: I said, you can live in California, just come back 139 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: a couple of times a month and help us put 140 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: everything together. Say oh, thanks, Joe, but now I'm done here. 141 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: I was so disappointed. I thought that was the worst 142 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: thing in. 143 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 2: The world that could have happened to me, and I 144 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,679 Speaker 2: prayed God please change his mind. 145 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: God, don't let him leave. God, you know it's all 146 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: going to fall apart. 147 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: Sometimes we're praying against the very thing God has ordained. 148 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: We're praying against what God has set into motion. The 149 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: enemy doesn't close every door. Sometimes God closes the door. 150 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: God moves people out of our life because he knows 151 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: they would become a crutch. 152 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: They would keep us from our destiny. 153 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: So God causes things to drive up to force us 154 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: to change. My friend left, went back home to California. 155 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: I had to get out of my comfort zone, stretching, 156 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: start doing things that I didn't think I could do. 157 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: Now I discovered as I stepped out it wasn't as 158 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: hard as I thought. First month went by and I thought, 159 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: not too bad at this. Six months went by, I 160 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: thought I'm pretty good. At this year went by, I 161 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: thought what did we ever need him for? But the 162 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: truth is him leaving was a turning point in my life. 163 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: That was God pushing me into my destiny. Even though 164 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: I was uncomfortable. It was the best thing that could 165 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: have happened to me. If he would have stayed, that 166 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: would have stunted my growth. I wouldn't be where I 167 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 2: am today if God had. 168 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: Answered my prayer. 169 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: Quit being depressed over somebody that walked away. If they 170 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: left your life, their time was up. Step into the 171 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: new season. If the door closed, you went through a disappointment, 172 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 2: don't complain. You're about to be pushed into your purpose. 173 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 2: You're about to see new growths, new opportunities, new friendships. 174 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: In the Scripture, the prophet Samuel spent years pouring in 175 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 2: to King Saul. He had mentored him as a young man, 176 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: loved him like his own son. But unfortunately Saul wouldn't 177 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: do what was right, and God told Samuel he was 178 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 2: going to take the throne away from Saul. Samuel was 179 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: so heartbroken. He felt like he'd wasted all that time. 180 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 2: God said to Samuel, quit mourning over what I have rejected. 181 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: God is saying, quit being. 182 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: Depressed over who walked away. Quit being sour over what 183 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: didn't work out. If they were supposed to stay, they 184 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: would have stayed. God went on to tell Samuel, I 185 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 2: found a new man. 186 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: His name is David. Go anoint him as the next king. 187 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: Notice the principle, if you'll stop being discouraged over who left, 188 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: God will send the right people. But as long as 189 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 2: you're complaining about the sauws. What didn't work out, and 190 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 2: if they wouldn't have left me, you're going. 191 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: To get stuck. 192 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: When you accept it and move forward, you'll not only 193 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: step into a new level, but the Davids will show up. 194 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 2: The right people will be there for every season of 195 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 2: your life. For seventeen years I did the television production 196 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 2: behind the scenes here at Lakewood. I thought that how 197 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 2: to spend the rest of my life. 198 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: I was content. I enjoyed doing it. 199 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: But in nineteen ninety nine my father went to be 200 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 2: with the Lord. 201 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: Once again. 202 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: I was forced to change, forced to make an adjustment. 203 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 2: God closed that door. Job said, I thought I. 204 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: Would die in my nest. 205 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: He was saying, he got his nest all fixed up, 206 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: got his house like he wanted it, had a successful business, 207 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: Everything was going great. 208 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: He was finally comfortable. What happened. God came along and 209 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: stirred up the nest. 210 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 2: Now God doesn't send the trouble, but he will use 211 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: difficulty to push us into our destiny. Job had a 212 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: lot of things go wrong, lost his business, lost his health, 213 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: lost his family. If the story stopped there, it would 214 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 2: be a sad ending. But Job understood this principle right 215 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 2: in the midst of the difficulties, he looked up and said, 216 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: I know my redeemer. He was saying, I know God 217 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 2: is still on the throne. 218 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: He has the final say. 219 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 2: This trouble is not going to defeat me. It's going 220 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 2: to promote me. In the end, Job came out with 221 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 2: twice what he had before. God used that adversity to 222 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 2: give him double don't be surprised, like with Job, when 223 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 2: you get comfortable, when you get everything figured out, if 224 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 2: God doesn't stir up the nest, it's not to harm you, 225 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: it's to push you. 226 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: You have a bigger destiny. 227 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: God has new levels, more favor, more influence, more resources. 228 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 2: His dream for your life is bigger than you can imagine. 229 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: I knew I was supposed to step up and pasture 230 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: the church, but again, like with the production, I didn't 231 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 2: think I could do this. I didn't have the training, 232 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: the experience. My father had tried to get me up 233 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 2: here for years. But I was comfortable behind the scenes. 234 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 2: I didn't have to stretch anymore. I could do the 235 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 2: production in my sleep. Like Job, I thought I would 236 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: die in my nest. But when my dad went to 237 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: be with the Lord, it was like the whole process 238 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: started all over again. That loss pushed me out of 239 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: my comfort zone. It pushed me to discover new talents 240 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: that I didn't know I had. It pushed me into 241 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 2: greater influence. Every time I've seen major growth, every time 242 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 2: I've stepped up to a new level, it's because I 243 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 2: was pushed. 244 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: There was adversity, challenges, loss. Maybe you're in. 245 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 2: A situation now you could easily be discouraged. You lost 246 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 2: a loved one, went through a breakup, business didn't work out. 247 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: The enemy may have meant that for your harm, but 248 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 2: God is going to use that for your good. God 249 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 2: didn't allow it to stop you. He allowed it to 250 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: push you. Like job, You're going to come out stronger, healthier, wiser, increase, 251 00:12:59,200 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: better off than. 252 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: You were before. 253 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 2: That sickness is going to push you into your purpose. 254 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 2: That bad break is going to push you into greater fulfillment. 255 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: Or perhaps that betrayal it's going to push you into 256 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: better relationships, into new happiness. Here's the key. 257 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 2: The pain is a sign you're about to see a birth. 258 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 2: The greater the difficulty, the closer you are to that birth. 259 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 2: Like me in that law, she think go, oh, this 260 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: is as good as it gets but no, you're going 261 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 2: to see God push you into. 262 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: A new level of your destiny. The disappointment, the betrayal, 263 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: the bad break. Yes it is painful. Yes we don't like. 264 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: It, but if you'll stay in faith, it's going to 265 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 2: promote you. I wouldn't be here if God had not 266 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: pushed me when I was nineteen taken away. My friend 267 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 2: wouldn't be here if God hadn't pushed me in nineteen 268 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 2: ninety nine when my father went to be with the Lord. 269 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 2: It's difficult, but God doesn't waste the pain. The pain 270 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: is a sign of new birth. Steve Jobs was one 271 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: of the most brilliant minds of our generation. Twenty one 272 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 2: years old, he founded Apple Computer. By the time he 273 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: was twenty three, he was incredibly successful, known around the world. 274 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: But seven years later. 275 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: After developing this global brand so many products that we 276 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 2: all like, he classed with his board of directors and 277 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 2: was eventually fired from the company he started. He told 278 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: his friends how betrayed he felt, how wrong that was, 279 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: But instead of sitting around in self pity, he went 280 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: out and started another company and learned new skills. This 281 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 2: company developed something that Apple needed and that was so 282 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: successful that Apple purchased his company and brought him back. 283 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: As the CEO, Jobs said, if I hadn't been fired, 284 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 2: I would have never learned these new skills that have 285 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: made me into who I am. The betrayal wasn't sent 286 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 2: to stop you. It was sent to push you. Don't 287 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: complain about who hurts you, who did you wrong. If 288 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 2: that was going to keep you from your destiny, God 289 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 2: would have never permitted it. 290 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: Shake off the self pity. Get ready for. 291 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: The new doors that are about to open, the new opportunities, 292 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 2: the new skills. 293 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: The new talents. 294 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: Moses said, as an eagle stirs up her nest, so 295 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: God will stir up his children. When things are stirring 296 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 2: in your life, when you're uncomfortable, a door closed, a 297 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 2: friend betrayed, you don't think all great, just my luck. 298 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: I always have these bad breaks. 299 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: No turn it around, God, I know you're stirring things 300 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: because you're about to open up a new door. You're 301 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: about to take me to a higher level. You're about 302 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 2: to push me into my purpose. I was in the 303 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 2: hospital room when Victoria gave birth to both of our children. 304 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: I was sitting by her bed, and she had a 305 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: hold of my arm. 306 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: Right here at the bicep. 307 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 2: When she had a contraction, she would squeeze my arm 308 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 2: so tightly she would scream. Then I would scream. At 309 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 2: one point the doctor told her, the next time you 310 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 2: have a contraction, I want you to push. He didn't 311 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: have her push until the baby was ready to come. 312 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: In the same way, when you're being pushed, it means 313 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: the door is open. Something new is coming, new growth, 314 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 2: new influence. God wouldn't be pushing you if the door 315 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 2: was closed and nothing new was on the way. A 316 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: doctor doesn't tell a woman in labor just push whenever 317 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: you want. 318 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: To push, whenever you feel like it. 319 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: They have to wait until the exact right time. When 320 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 2: you're being pushed, don't be discouraged, be encouraged. 321 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: It is the right time. Get ready. 322 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: Something good is coming your way. That little baby, when 323 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 2: he's in the womb for nine months, everything is great. 324 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 2: He's comfortable, he doesn't have to do anything. 325 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: He gets his food from. 326 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 2: His mother, gets carried around all day. He can sleep 327 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: whenever he wants to. It's peaceful, calm. Life is good 328 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: for a season. That's healthy. He's growing, he's maturing. That's 329 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: where he's supposed to be. But if he stays in 330 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 2: that womb too long, instead of being a blessing, the 331 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 2: womb will become a curse. It's too small, it will 332 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: keep him from his destiny, it will limit his potential. 333 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: He has to get out. When he comes through. 334 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: The birth canal, it's tight, it's uncomfortable, it's traumatic. Up 335 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 2: to this point, all he's known is peace and calm, 336 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 2: lying around doing nothing. Now it's like all hell breaks loose. 337 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: He thinks, what in the world is wrong with mama? 338 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 2: Has she lost her mind? Is she trying to kill me? 339 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 2: He's being pushed, squeezed, sured, he gets pushed again, pushed again, 340 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 2: pushed again, Finally comes out. He's born, breathes new light, 341 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: steps into that new level. It's the same principle. When 342 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: things are tight, when you're being pressured, when you're uncomfortable, 343 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 2: it's easy to think, what. 344 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: In the world is happening? 345 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 2: I like it when it was peaceful. I want to 346 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: go back to how it was. But if you stay 347 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: in that wound too long, in that protected place, it 348 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 2: won't be a blessing. 349 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: It will keep you from becoming all God created you 350 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: to be. God controls the universe. He knows what's best 351 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: for you. If you're being pushed, it's because the door 352 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: is open. 353 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 2: There's something greater in your destiny. It may be uncomfortable, 354 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 2: don't complain. God is stretching you. 355 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: He's enlarging you. 356 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: You're about to see new growth, new talents, new opportunities. 357 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: This is what happened with my father. 358 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 2: For years, he pastored a large denominational church. He's very successful, 359 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 2: the church was growing, that had just built a beautiful 360 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: new sanctuary. 361 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 1: Looked like he would be there forever. 362 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: But my sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 363 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 2: My father went away for a few days to get 364 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: alone at a hotel. He began to search the scriptures 365 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: like he had never searched them before. 366 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: He came back with a new fire. He told his 367 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: congregation that God is a good God. 368 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 2: That he can still heal and perform miracles, and that 369 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: God wanted them to live an abundant life. He thought 370 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: they'd all be excited, so happy for him, but it 371 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: was just the opposite that didn't fit into their tradition 372 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 2: back then, and some of his longtime friends, people that 373 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: had known my parents for thirty years, turned on them. 374 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 2: Started stirring things up, talking about how my father needed 375 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: to leave. My dad was devastated. He thought, God, why 376 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 2: is this happening. I've given my life to these people. 377 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: But the fact is God was the one stirring it up. 378 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 2: God knew my father couldn't reach his highest potential in 379 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 2: that limited environment. It looked like a disappointment, but behind 380 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: the scenes, it was the hand of God orchestrating it all. 381 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 2: My father resigned from that church feeling rejected, feeling betrayed. 382 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 2: But he didn't sit around talking about how bad life 383 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: had treated him. He understood this principle that he was 384 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 2: being pushed into his purpose. He realized the same God 385 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: that opens doors closes doors. He went out and started 386 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 2: Lakewood Church on Mother's Day in nineteen. 387 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: Fifty nine with ninety people. 388 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 2: Here we are today, still going strong. But had those 389 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 2: people not come against him, he would have never reached 390 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 2: his full potential. Don't complain about people that do you wrong, 391 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: betray you lead you out. God uses people to get 392 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 2: you to where you're supposed to be. They may think 393 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 2: they're pushing you down. What they don't realize is they're 394 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: pushing you up. They're pushing you into your destiny. Judas 395 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 2: thought when he betrayed Jesus, he was stopping him. The 396 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 2: truth is he was promoting him. God ordained the betrayal. 397 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 2: The scripture says in Acts that persecution arose in Jerusalem, 398 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: so Philip went down to Samaria. It doesn't say that 399 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 2: Philip prayed and decided to go to Samaria. 400 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: He didn't have a choice. 401 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 2: The persecution forced him out of his hometown. He was 402 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 2: pushed out of his comfort zone. It's interesting God could 403 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 2: have stopped the opposition. 404 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: He's God. He closed the mouths of hungry lions. 405 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 2: For Daniel, it would have been no big deal. But 406 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 2: the persecution was for a purpose. He allowed that opposition 407 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 2: to get them into their destiny. It was in Samaria 408 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: that Philip saw his greatest days of ministry. If he 409 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 2: had stayed in Jerusalem, he wouldn't. 410 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: Have reached his highest potential. 411 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 2: Maybe Jerusalem has closed up for you, so to speak, 412 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 2: a bad break, a disappointment, a betrayal. 413 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: Don't be discouraged. 414 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 2: Jerusalem may have closed, but Samaria is about to open up. 415 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: God wouldn't be pushing you if he didn't. 416 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 2: Already have another open door. A friend of mine was 417 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 2: working at this job, and he wasn't fulfilled. He knew 418 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 2: he had more in him, he wasn't being stretched and 419 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 2: using his gifts, but he was afraid to take a 420 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: step of faith. And this man is one of the 421 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 2: nicest people you'd ever meet. He's kind, he's friendly, easygoing, 422 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 2: he's a model employee, comes early, he stays late, never 423 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 2: causes any trouble. Well, he called me one day and said, Joel, 424 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: you won't believe what just happened to me. 425 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: I said what he said, I just got fired. I said, 426 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: you got fired. You gotta be kidding. 427 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 2: That's like saying, mother Teresa just robbed a bank that 428 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 2: was so out of carecharacter. 429 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 430 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 2: God loves you too much to let you stay in mediocrity. 431 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: He knows how to get you out of your comfort zone. 432 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 2: He opens doors, and he can close doors. If we 433 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 2: don't take the hint, he'll push us. Today, my friend 434 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 2: is the vice president of a major corporation. He continues 435 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 2: to see increase in new growth. Don't be discouraged by 436 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: your closed doors. That's God pushing you. Don't get upset 437 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 2: because of a bad break. If it was going to 438 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 2: keep you from your destiny, God would have never permitted it. 439 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 2: In the scripture, God told Paul that he was going 440 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 2: to stand before Caesar. Paul was on a boat headed 441 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 2: toward Rome, but they encountered a huge storm. The winds 442 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 2: were so strong that it blew the boat aground. 443 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: The whole boat fell apart. 444 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: They all had to swim to this little island called Malta. 445 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 2: Looked like a bad break, a disappointment, But that storm, 446 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 2: it didn't stop God's plan. 447 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: It was a part of God's plan. 448 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 2: On that island. The chief's father was very sick. Paul 449 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 2: prayed for him. God healed him. 450 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: They started bringing other sick people, same thing. 451 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 2: God healed them. Paul ended up sharing his faith with 452 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 2: the whole island. 453 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: What am I saying? The winds that were meant. 454 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 2: To stop you, God will use to push you into 455 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 2: your destiny. You may not like it, you may not 456 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 2: understand it. But if you'll stay in faith, it won't 457 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,199 Speaker 2: defeats you. It will promote you. The storm blew my 458 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: father from a restricted environment to a ministry that touched 459 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 2: the world. It blew my friend from a job where 460 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 2: he wasn't using his talents to the vice president of 461 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 2: a large company. Blew me from behind the scenes into 462 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 2: the position. 463 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: That I'm in. Now. You're being pushed for a reason. 464 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: There's something bigger, something better, something more rewarding in front 465 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 2: of you. Now you've got to be willing to go 466 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 2: through the process. When it's tight, you're uncomfortable, you're being squeezed. 467 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 2: That's a sign you're about to see new birth. Where 468 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 2: you are is too small. That wound was fine for 469 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: a time. 470 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: It served its purpose. But now it's a new day. 471 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 2: There's about to be new growth, new opportunities. Keep the 472 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 2: right perspective. This sickness is not going to stop me. 473 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 2: It's pushing me. I'm coming out better. This trouble at work, 474 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 2: it can't hold me back. 475 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: It's pushing me. I'm getting stronger. 476 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 2: These people that did me wrong, they can't stop my destiny. 477 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: They meant it for harm, but God's using it for 478 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: my good. He's pushing me. Every difficulty you went through, 479 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 2: every storm, every person that did you wrong, it was 480 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 2: pushing you to mature, pushing you to know God in 481 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 2: a greater way, pushing you to become stronger, more resilient. Now, 482 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 2: don't be discouraged by process. Perhaps you feel like you're 483 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: being pushed. 484 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: Right now, it's tight, it's uncomfortable. You need to get ready. 485 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: I believe and declare God is about to push you 486 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 2: into a new level. He's going to push you into 487 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:19,199 Speaker 2: greater strength, greater influence, greater resources. You're coming into a 488 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 2: new season health, favor. 489 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: Victory, breakthroughs. 490 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 2: The winds that were meant to stop you are going 491 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 2: to push you into your purpose. 492 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, if you receive it today, can you 493 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: say amen. 494 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 495 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 496 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 497 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 498 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 499 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 500 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based, keep 501 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: God first place. He's going to take your places that 502 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 2: you've never dreamed. Each week I stand on this stage 503 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 2: and remind you of what God says about you. Because 504 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: it's easy to be defined by who people say we are, 505 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 2: or by our own negative thoughts that were not talented 506 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 2: or problems too big. 507 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: The key is to go back to who God says 508 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: you are. 509 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 2: Now, I love to send you by new book one 510 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 2: hundred and one Great Things that God Says about You. 511 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: I'll help you discover your true identity. 512 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 2: God says, You're blessed, You're chosen, You're forgiven, you have 513 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 2: seeds of greatness. Your future is bright. 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