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After six hours of making spreadsheets 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 5: and designing web pages, a thunderstorm knocked the power out. 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 5: When they rebooted their computers, Satan started screaming, it's all lost. 41 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 5: All my material is gone, while Jesus quietly walked over 42 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 5: and printed his out turned it in. Satan complained, it's 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 5: not fair. He must have cheated. How come he didn't 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 5: lose his material? God smiled and said, Jesus Saves, say 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 46 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 5: am what it says I am. I have what it 47 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 48 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 49 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 50 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 51 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 52 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 5: It's a setup. Everything in your life has been carefully orchestrated. 53 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 5: God is strategic. Before you were born, he laid out 54 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 5: a specific plan for you. Nothing randomly happens, not just 55 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: the good breaks, the promotions, the times you've seen favor, 56 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 5: but even the closed doors, the disappointments, the betrayals. That's 57 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 5: all a part of God's plan. It may not make sense, 58 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 5: it wasn't fair, but God wouldn't have allowed it if 59 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 5: it wasn't going to work for your good. And if 60 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 5: you don't understand that nothing randomly happens, then you'll be 61 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 5: frustrated when things don't go your way, Upset because somebody 62 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 5: did you wrong, Bitter because a person walked away, when 63 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 5: in reality, it was ordained by God to move you 64 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 5: into your destiny. You are not at the mercy of luck, 65 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 5: of fate of other people. The God who causes the 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 5: earth to rotate down to the exact millisecond, has ordered 67 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 5: your steps. Do you think another person can stop what 68 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 5: God has ordered for you? Do you think a bad break, 69 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: a closed door, a jealous coworker can change what God 70 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 5: has spoken over your life. The people coming against you, 71 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 5: the negative circumstances, they are pawns in the hands of God. 72 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 5: The enemy thinks he's using them to hold you back. 73 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 5: The truth is God is using them to push you forward. 74 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 5: In the Scripture of Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit. 75 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 5: They thought they were stopping his destiny, but God used 76 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 5: them to push Joseph into his destiny. God ordained them 77 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 5: to betray Joseph. It was a part of the plan 78 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 5: that God laid out for his life. Without that betrayal, 79 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 5: without Potiphar's wife falsely accusing Joseph, without him saf spending 80 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 5: time unfairly in prison, Joseph would have never fulfilled his destiny. 81 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 5: It wasn't random, it wasn't bad luck. It was strategic? 82 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 5: Are you fighting what God has ordained? Frustrated because a 83 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 5: door closed, or bitter because somebody walked away. Without that, 84 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: you couldn't fulfill your purpose. The enemy didn't come in 85 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 5: and somehow take the steering wheel, and now he's in control. 86 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 5: He superseded God's plan. He overpowered the creator. He doesn't 87 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 5: have that kind of authority. The God who breathed life 88 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 5: into you, the God who has numbered your days, the 89 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 5: God who is for you and not against you, is 90 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: in complete control. You may not understand what happened. It 91 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 5: may not have been fair, But if you'll stay in 92 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 5: faith one day, you'll see, Like Joseph, it wasn't random. 93 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 5: It was intentional. It was a setup. God used it 94 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 5: to push you forward. But when we isolate a negative 95 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 5: experience and look at it on its own, it may 96 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 5: not make sense. If you have a large puzzle, sometimes 97 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 5: you'll find a piece that doesn't look like it fits. 98 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 5: You're sure the manufacturer has made a mistake. It's an 99 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 5: odd shape, a strange color, But when the other pieces 100 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 5: come together, there will be a perfect fit. The colors 101 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 5: will match, the edges will line up. Without that piece, 102 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 5: the puzzle wouldn't be complete. You may have a piece 103 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 5: to your puzzle today that doesn't make sense. You could 104 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 5: think God didn't ordain this. I lost my main client, 105 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 5: a relationship didn't work out, my child got off course. 106 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 5: This doesn't fit. You may not see it now, but 107 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 5: God is not through working. You don't know what he's 108 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 5: up to. You're looking at one piece like Joseph. You're 109 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 5: looking at the betrayal. What you can't see is the 110 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 5: throne is coming. Instead of fighting it being bitter, turn 111 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 5: it around. God. My life is in your hands. I 112 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 5: know your plans for me are for good. I may 113 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 5: not understand everything, but God, I trust you. I believe 114 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 5: you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. The 115 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: scripture says God has ordered your steps, doesn't say he 116 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 5: has suggested them. Maybe this will happen, maybe that will happen. 117 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 5: Your steps have been ordered. But here's what I've learned. 118 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 5: When God ordered my steps, he didn't check with me. 119 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 5: He didn't ask for my opinion. If he would have, 120 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 5: I would have told him. I don't want to go 121 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 5: through that disappointment. I don't want those people to talk 122 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 5: about me. I don't want that company to follow lawsuit 123 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 5: to try to keep us from moving into the compact center. 124 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 5: I would have said no to all the difficulties because 125 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 5: I couldn't see where they were taking me. You can't 126 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 5: reach your destiny without opposition, without betrayal, without criticism, without 127 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 5: things you don't understand. When my father went to be 128 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 5: with the Lord, I didn't see anything good about that. 129 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 5: I lost one of my best friends, somebody I admired 130 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 5: and looked up to. I wanted him to live another 131 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 5: twenty years. But it was that loss that pushed me 132 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 5: into what I'm doing today. On the other side of 133 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 5: the difficulty is a new level of your destiny. If 134 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 5: you'll keep the right attitude, all things will work for 135 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 5: your good, not some things, not just the good breaks, 136 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 5: the promotion, but even the loss, the disappointment, the person 137 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 5: that walked away. It wasn't random. It was ordained by God. 138 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 5: John chapter eleven. Lazarus was very sick. His two sisters, 139 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 5: Mary and Martha sent word to their friend Jesus to 140 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 5: come to their house and pray for him. Jesus was 141 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 5: in another city. He waited four days, and Lazarus died. 142 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 5: There were all these people gathered at the house to 143 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 5: pay their respects and comfort the family. Then Jesus showed up. 144 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 5: He raised Lazarus from the dead. Most of the people 145 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 5: there were excited, and they believed in Jesus, but some 146 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 5: of them were cynical. They couldn't deny his power, but 147 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: they weren't for him. They rushed back to tell the Pharisees, 148 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 5: the religious leaders what happened. The main priest called the 149 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 5: council together, said if we let Jesus continue, the whole 150 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 5: nation will believe in him. Verse fifty three says from 151 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 5: that time on, the religious leaders began to plot Jesus' death. 152 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 5: Lazarus being raised was a strategic part in the plan 153 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,119 Speaker 5: of God, It said into motion all these other events 154 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 5: that eventually led to Jesus being crucified. That's why Jesus 155 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 5: waited on purpose for Lazarus to die. He could have 156 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 5: gone there sooner and healed him, or he could have 157 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 5: spoken healing from another city like he had done and 158 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 5: healed other people. But he waited for Lazarus to die 159 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 5: so all these people would be gathered. It would create 160 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 5: such a commotion a man being raised from the dead, 161 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 5: that the critics would go back and get the counsel 162 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 5: all stirred up. What am I saying what may look 163 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 5: like a crisis to us can still be the plan 164 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 5: of God. Mary and Martha were upset, weeping. They couldn't 165 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 5: see it at the time. That crisis was ordained by God. 166 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 5: Jesus being delayed was in an accident. Him not coming 167 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: when they asked was divinely orchestrated. Nothing randomly happens, even 168 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 5: the crisis, the bad breaks, the things that don't make sense. 169 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 5: We can't see it. But God is still on the throne. 170 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 5: Thoughts will tell you it's never gonna work out. There's 171 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 5: no purpose to this. You just have bad luck. Don't 172 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 5: believe those lies. God is up to something. God is strategic. 173 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 5: Things are in motion right now that you can't see. 174 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 5: Behind the scenes. God's moving the wrong people out of 175 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 5: the way, lining up the right people, arranging things in 176 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 5: your favor. It's in the process of coming together. We 177 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 5: may not understand it all, but I can assure you 178 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 5: nothing is random. The delay was on purpose. The betrayal 179 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 5: was ordained by God. The person that turned on you 180 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 5: wasn't supposed to be for you. It may seem like 181 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 5: it's out of control, but God is still in complete 182 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 5: control the plan. He's laid out for your life is 183 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 5: right on track. Now, keep doing the right thing when 184 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 5: you don't understand, Stay in faith when people betray you, 185 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 5: when the wrong thing is happening. Your time is coming. 186 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 5: What God ordained will come to pass. No person can 187 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: stop him. No bad break, no crisis, no people, all 188 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 5: the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has purposed 189 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 5: for your life. Now, you have to be so convinced 190 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 5: that God is for you that you don't fall apart 191 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 5: when life is against you. You don't get bitter because 192 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 5: things didn't work out your way. You don't give up 193 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 5: on a dream because you had a setback. You know, 194 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 5: it's a setup that God has the final saying that 195 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 5: He didn't bring you this far to leave you. That 196 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 5: Him being for you is more than the world being 197 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 5: against you. The High Priest wanted to get rid of Jesus. 198 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 5: He started coming up with all these plans and all 199 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 5: these schemes. He needed somebody that would betray him, needed 200 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 5: people that would falsely accuse him. What's interesting is God 201 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 5: didn't stop their plans, but he used their plans to 202 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 5: fulfill the purpose of Christ. God is all knowing he 203 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 5: has an advantage. He knew everything the enemy would try 204 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 5: to do in your life. He's already taken that into 205 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 5: consideration when he laid out your plan. Now, he may 206 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 5: not stop every plot of the enemy against you. He 207 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 5: won't stop every bad break, every betrayal, but he will 208 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: use that to move you into your destiny. He didn't 209 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 5: stop Joseph's brothers from throwing him into the pit. He 210 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 5: didn't stop them from selling him as a slave. But 211 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 5: God took that into account when he laid out Joseph's purpose. 212 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 5: I can imagine God thinking, Okay, they want to sell him, 213 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 5: they want to make him a slave. That's fine. I'll 214 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 5: turn it to his advantage. I'll design Joseph's plan so 215 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 5: that Potter for his boss will like him. I'll give 216 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 5: Joseph the ability to interpret dreams, and then I'll give 217 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 5: the Pharaoh a dream that only Joseph can interpret. God 218 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 5: has designed your plan, knowing every plot against you. He 219 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,359 Speaker 5: knows every bad break that will happen, every closed door, 220 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 5: every disappointment. And the good news is God's strategic plan 221 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 5: will override every plan that was meant to stop you. 222 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 5: That's why Isaiah said no weapon formed against you will 223 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 5: prosper doesn't say they want form. Judas will show up, 224 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 5: people will betray you. Injustice will come, but they want 225 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 5: prosper Why. God has taken into account their jealousy, their malice, 226 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 5: their hatred, what they meant for harm. God has already 227 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 5: designed a plan to use it for your good. You 228 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 5: don't have to live discouraged when negative things come against you, 229 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 5: you trying to pay people back, frustrated because of a disappointment, 230 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: Stay in peace. God hasn't all figured out. He wouldn't 231 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 5: have allowed it if it was going to stop you. 232 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 5: If Joseph's brothers throwing him into a pit was going 233 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 5: to stop Joseph's destiny, God wouldn't have let the brothers 234 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: do it. God held back the Red Sea. He could 235 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 5: have held the brothers back. God allowed it because it 236 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 5: was a part of Joseph's destiny. Quit fighting what God 237 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 5: has allowed. Without that happening, you couldn't fulfill your purpose. 238 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 5: It's a setup. You may not like it, it may 239 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 5: be uncomfortable, but if you'll stay in faith, one day, 240 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 5: you're going to see what God was up to. Judas 241 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 5: went in and told the religious leaders that he would 242 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 5: betray Jesus. They were so excited. This was the big 243 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 5: break they were looking for. They didn't realize Judas was 244 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 5: a palm in the hand of God. Wasn't his idea. 245 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 5: God was using him to move Jesus into his purpose. 246 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 5: We give our enemies too much credit. They can only 247 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 5: do what God allows them to do. Judas couldn't stop Jesus, 248 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 5: his betrayal, his disloyalty, couldn't keep the plan of God 249 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 5: from unfolding. When people come against you, don't get bent 250 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 5: out of shape. They can't stop you. They think they're 251 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 5: hindering you. But like Judas, God is going to use 252 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 5: them to move you further into your destiny. But sometimes 253 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 5: we make mistakes. We bring the trouble on ourselves. We 254 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 5: get off course and do things we know that we 255 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 5: shouldn't do. But the beauty of our God is he 256 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 5: not only designed your plan knowing what the enemy would 257 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 5: try to do against you, but he designed your plan 258 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 5: knowing the mistakes you would make. God has taken into 259 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 5: account the times we would found, times we'd compromise given 260 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 5: to temptations. He's so merciful. He's already designed the plan 261 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 5: to restore us and get us back on course. God 262 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 5: told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and 263 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 5: tell the people to repent. Jonah didn't want to go there. 264 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 5: He got on a boat going the other way. He 265 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 5: went exactly opposite of what God told him to do. 266 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 5: You would think he's done too bad. He stepped out 267 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 5: of God's plan. But on the boat a huge storm arose. 268 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 5: They were all about to die. Jonah admitted to the 269 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 5: crew that he was the problem, that he was running 270 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 5: from God. That's why they were having trouble. The crew 271 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 5: was so loving. They said, Jonah, thank you for being 272 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 5: so honest. Then they threw him overboard. This should have 273 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 5: been the end of Jonah's story. Out in the middle 274 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 5: of the ocean in a huge storm, but it just 275 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 5: so happened. Big fish was swimming by at the right 276 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 5: place at the right time, feeling hungry, and it swallowed 277 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 5: Yonah up. He spent three days in the belly of 278 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 5: the fish. On the third day, the fish came up 279 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 5: from the bottom of the ocean and spit Jonah out 280 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 5: on dry ground. Hundreds of years later, Jesus would say, 281 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,199 Speaker 5: as Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 282 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 5: three days, so shall the son of Man be in 283 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 5: the heart of the earth for three days? Jonah was 284 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 5: a picture of Jesus. God knew that he would get 285 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 5: off course. He had already planned how that would foreshadow 286 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 5: what Christ would do. What am I saying? Nothing randomly happens. 287 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 5: Your mistakes have been taken into account in God's plan 288 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 5: for your life. And I don't say that so you 289 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 5: can live loose good. I'm gonna do whatever I want 290 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 5: to do, Joah said, God's got me covered. No mistakes. 291 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 5: They cause heart, They cost pain three days in the 292 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 5: belly of the fish. That sounds exciting now, but that 293 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 5: was not a cruise liner. It was dark, dirty, smelly 294 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 5: seaweed all over his head. When the fish spit Jonah out, 295 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 5: the first thing God told him was go to Nineveh 296 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 5: and do what I ask you to do. God didn't 297 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 5: change his mind, but he gave him another chance. When 298 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 5: we make mistakes. When we fell, the accuser keeps whispering, 299 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 5: You're done. God is finished with you. You had your chance. 300 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 5: You'll never accomplish your dreams. No, get back up, Jonah. 301 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 5: Your mistake is not a surprise to God. He's already 302 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 5: designed you'll come back. He's already laid out your new beginning. 303 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 5: Why don't you get back in the game. Get your fireback, 304 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 5: get your passion back, start dreaming again, start believing again. 305 00:19:55,640 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 5: That mistake didn't cancel your destiny. God still has a 306 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 5: purpose for you to fulfill. When God told Abraham that 307 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 5: he and his wife Sarah were going to have a 308 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 5: baby in their old age, years went by and nothing happened. 309 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 5: So Abraham decided to help God out, and he slept 310 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 5: with Sarah's maid. They had a son, a boy they 311 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 5: named Ishmael. They were so excited they finally had their baby. 312 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 5: God said, that is not the promised child. That's the 313 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 5: arm of the flesh. That's something you made happen. Ishmael, 314 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 5: in one sense, was considered a mistake. He was the 315 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 5: child that Abraham had out of wedlock. Now Abraham is 316 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 5: the father of our faith. You would think he would 317 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 5: know better. Surely this wouldn't be in the plan of God. 318 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 5: Four generations later, when Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit, 319 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 5: they were going to leave him there to die, but 320 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 5: they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming. 321 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 5: They decided instead to sell Joseph to them. The Ishmaelites 322 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 5: were descendants of Ishmael. What once was considered a mistake 323 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 5: was actually a part of God's plan to save Joseph's life. 324 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 5: Only God, in his amazing wisdom, can take what was 325 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 5: a mistake in one generation and use it to be 326 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 5: a blessing in another generation. Nothing randomly happens. Even your 327 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 5: mistakes are a setup. Why don't you quit beating yourself 328 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 5: up for past failures. Quit living in regrets. Nothing you've 329 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 5: done is too much for the mercy of God. Let 330 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 5: that go. Start moving forward into the new things God 331 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 5: has in store. Few years ago, Victoria lost her ring. 332 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 5: It was a diamond band that her mother had given her, 333 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 5: been in their family for several generations. Sometimes when we'd 334 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 5: go on a trip, Victoria would hide it in these 335 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 5: So for months we searched everywhere, every drawer, every cabinet, 336 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 5: every pocket. That ring was nowhere to be found. About 337 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 5: three years later, we were driving home late one night 338 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 5: from out of town. It was after midnight and I 339 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 5: was tired and ready to get home. Victoria said, Joe, 340 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 5: you better slow down. You're going to get a ticket. 341 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 5: I was going about seventy five and the speed limit 342 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 5: was sixty five maybe fifty five. But there was nobody 343 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 5: on the highway wide open well in the country. All 344 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 5: of a sudden, in my rearview mirror, I saw those 345 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 5: flashing red lights. The officer came up to my window 346 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 5: and I handed him my driver's license. He said, I'll 347 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 5: need your insurance card as well. Victoria opened the glove 348 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 5: compartment and started looking. She found every document except our insurance. 349 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 5: She ended up pulling everything out of the glob compartment, 350 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 5: digging around in the back, maneuvering our hand here and there, 351 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 5: and it's dark you couldn't see anything. Plus having the 352 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 5: officer standing right there was nerve wracking. At one point, Victoria, 353 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 5: digging way back there, found something hard down in the crack. 354 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 5: She kept digging and digging, pulled it out. It was 355 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 5: the ring she had been looking for for three and 356 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 5: a half years. She was so excited, so happy. She 357 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,959 Speaker 5: is over there rejoicing. Here I was about to go 358 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 5: to jail. She ended up finding the insurance card right 359 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 5: on the top. It was like God caused her to 360 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 5: overlook it. I handed it to the officer. He said, 361 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 5: are you that minister, I said I am. He said, 362 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 5: if I come to your church, will you save me 363 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 5: a seat. I said, I'll save you a whole section. 364 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 5: He handed it back said have a great night. Sometimes 365 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 5: what we think is a setback is really God setting 366 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 5: us up to do something amazing. Even mistakes we may, 367 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 5: God knows how to turn them and use them for 368 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 5: our good. A few days before Jesus was crucified, he 369 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 5: was in the garden of Gasimine late one night praying. 370 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 5: He was so overwhelmed with the weight of what he 371 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 5: was about to do, and under so much pressure that 372 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 5: he swept great drops of blood. He said, Father, if 373 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 5: you're willing take this cup from me but not my will, 374 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 5: let your will be done. We celebrate what Christ did 375 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 5: on the cross, that's the foundation of our faith. But 376 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 5: the real battle took place in the garden. This is 377 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 5: where he made the decision. Even though it's not fair, 378 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 5: even though Judas is about to betray me, even though 379 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 5: these people have mocked and ridiculed me, Father, I trust you. 380 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 5: I know It's all a part of your praying. We 381 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 5: all have these times when life isn't fair, somebody's come 382 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 5: against you, you're fighting in illness, business has slowed down. 383 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 5: This is where you have to do like him and 384 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 5: say God, I don't understand it, but I trust you. 385 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 5: I know you're in control. You wouldn't have allowed it 386 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 5: if it wasn't going to work for my good. Don't 387 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 5: get discouraged when life doesn't make sense. God is up 388 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 5: to something. They crucified Jesus, put him in the grave. 389 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 5: They thought he was done, but you know the story. 390 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 5: On the third day, Jesus came out said, I am 391 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 5: alive forevermore. God has the final say. What looks like 392 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 5: a setback is really setting you up for the next 393 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 5: level of your destiny. Jesus told his disciples, take up 394 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 5: your cross and follow me. Sometimes we hear that and 395 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 5: think that's going to be a heavy burden. People told 396 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 5: me growing up, Joel, that's a hard thing to carry 397 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 5: your cross. One day, my father had a dream. He 398 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 5: was going through a difficult time in life. In this dream, 399 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 5: he looked over and saw a large cross on the ground. 400 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 5: It was made out of railroad ties, about fifteen feet long. 401 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 5: It looked like it weighed hundreds of pounds. He knew 402 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 5: that was his cross to carry, but he didn't know 403 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 5: how he could do it. It seemed overwhelming. He walked 404 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 5: over to pick it up, but it wasn't what he thought. 405 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 5: When he lifted it It was like styrofoam, hardly weighed anything. 406 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 5: He was so amazed he could easily put it on 407 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 5: his shoulder and start walking. A few steps later, the 408 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 5: cross started lifting him up. Instead of him carrying the cross, 409 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 5: the cross was carrying him. When you take up your cross, 410 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 5: it doesn't mean you're not going to have difficulties. People 411 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 5: won't betray you, you'll never make mistakes. Life will happen. 412 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 5: But the beauty is when you should be overwhelmed, the 413 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 5: cross will start carrying you. God will give you joy 414 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 5: and peace and strength that will lift you, help you 415 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 5: make it through things that should have stopped you. We 416 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 5: can all look back and see times where if it 417 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 5: wasn't for the goodness of God, we wouldn't have made it. 418 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 5: What is that the cross carrying you? It looked like 419 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 5: it is going to be heavy, but it was a 420 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 5: set up. His yoke is easy, His burden is life. 421 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 5: Why don't you come back to that place of peace. 422 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 5: Nothing in your life has randomly happened. God has ordered 423 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 5: your steps. You may not understand it, but your life 424 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 5: is divinely orchestrated. What God has purposed for you will 425 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 5: come to pass. Now. I believe and declare every force 426 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 5: that's trying to stop you is being broken. God is 427 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 5: about to turn things in your favor. It looks like 428 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 5: a setback, but it's setting you up for new levels 429 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 5: for promotion, for healing, for breakthroughs, for the fullness of 430 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 5: your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 431 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 5: can you say amen? Today? I'd like to give you 432 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 433 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 434 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 5: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll make 435 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 436 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 437 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 5: Bible based church, keep God first place, Victor, and I'll 438 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 5: be right back to speak a blessing over you. 439 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 440 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria, I would like to send 441 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 4: you a copy of Joel's new series, You Are Healed. 442 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 4: This audio and video resource will challenge you to experience 443 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 4: wholeness in your emotional, relational, spiritual, and physical health. Also 444 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 4: included is the testimony of Joel's mother, Dody, read about 445 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 4: her devastating cancer diagnosis in nineteen eighty one to her 446 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 4: miraculous healing in Dodie O. Stein's book Healed of Cancer. 447 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 5: I was forty eight years old when I was diagnosed 448 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 5: with terminal cancer and given a few weeks to live. 449 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 5: Today I'm eighty four years old and healthy and strong. 450 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 6: I didn't see a way, but God had away. 451 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 5: God did it for my mother. I know he can 452 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 5: do it for you. 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