1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Victoria and I believe, and you're going to have a 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: blessed summer. Praying for you guys every day, and thanks 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: for being with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: a new book out. It's called Grace to Go, and 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I know it's going to bless you. I'm excited because 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: in this book you will see how you are strengthened, 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: that you are prepared and you are ready for anything 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: that's in front of you. 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 2: You are grace to Go. Enjoy today's message. 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you such a joy to come into 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 12 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: again for coming out today. 16 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: And I like to start with something funny. And I 17 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: heard about this pastor. 18 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: He was asked to inform a member of his congregation 19 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: who had a heart condition that he had just inherited 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: ten million dollars. They were concerned because of the shock 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: that he might have a heart attack. The pastor said, sir, 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: what would. 23 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: You do if you inherited ten million dollars? 24 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Man said pastor. The first thing I do is give 25 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: half of it to the church. At that point, the 26 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: pastor fell over dead and hold up your bible. Say 27 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 28 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: am what it says. 29 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 2: I am. 30 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 31 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 32 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,279 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 33 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 34 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 35 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about an expected end. I 36 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: was with a well known actor a few years ago, 37 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: and he not only stars in major movies, he writes. 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: Then we walked into this room that had a large 39 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: glass wall overlooking his property, and there were all these 40 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: five y seven index cards stuck up on the wall, 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: probably one hundred and. 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: Fifty of them. 43 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: He explained how he would writing a movie, and those 44 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: were all the different scenes. He studies them, moves things around, 45 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: adds a scene here, takes away a scene there. He told, 46 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: to have a good movie, you need ups and downs, 47 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: conflicts and victories, good characters, and bad twists and turns. 48 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: While it was very fascinating, it was very confusing. It 49 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: looks so complicated. I said to him, how do you 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: even know where to start? He said, ah, that's the 51 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: easy part. You always start with. 52 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: Your final scene. 53 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: You have to decide how you want the movie to end. 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: Once you establish the ending, then you work backwards and 55 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: fill in all the details. 56 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: He said. In fact, in a lot. 57 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: Of movies, you don't shoot insequential orders. Sometimes you shoot 58 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: the final scene first and then you shoot the rest 59 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: of the movie. This is what God has done for 60 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: each one of us. The scripture said, God declares the 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: end from the beginning. When God planned out your life, 62 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: he started with your final scene. 63 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: He started with where he wants you to end up. 64 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: Then he worked backwards. Jeremiah said, God's plans for you 65 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: are for good and not harm, to give you an 66 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: expected end. Your end has already been established. Your final 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: scene has already been shot. The good news you don't 68 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: end in defeat, end in failure, end in disappointment. 69 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: You end in victory. 70 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: You end is more than a conquer You end fulfilling 71 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: your purpose. When you understand your end has been established, 72 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: you won't go through life discourage because of a disappointment, 73 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: bitter because of a loss, frustrated because a dream hasn't 74 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: come to pass. 75 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: You'll stay in. 76 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: Peace, knowing that in the end it's all going to 77 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: work out to your advantage. 78 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: But here's the key. 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: Like any good movie, there will be twist in turns. 80 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: You think, I know I'm supposed to be going this way. 81 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: Why am I going the opposite direction? 82 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: My goal is over here? 83 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: Why am I headed the wrong way? There will be 84 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: scenes that on their own don't make sense if you 85 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: stop right there. The divorce, the sickness, the loss would 86 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: look like didn't work for your good looks like it 87 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: got the best of you. What you don't realize is 88 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: that is not your final scene. 89 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,559 Speaker 2: As long as you're breathing, your movie is still going. 90 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: You may be in a difficult scene right now, something 91 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: you don't understand, negative medical report, set back in your finances. 92 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: You have to remind yourself that is not how your 93 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: story ends. You have an expected end. The creator of 94 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: the Uni, the most High God, has planned your days. 95 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: For good, not harm. 96 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: And if you'll keep moving forward, at some point you'll 97 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: come into another twist, but this time a good break, 98 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: a promotion, a healing God knows how to weave it 99 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: all together. Your end has already been established. We see 100 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: this principle in the life of Joseph. God destined him 101 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: to become a great leader, to rule a nation, to 102 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: help the Israelites during a time of famine. 103 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: That was his end. 104 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: It had already been established. And Joseph started off. Well, 105 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: it's a young man. He was his father's favorite child, 106 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: went around wearing that coat of many colors, the coat 107 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: that represented favor. But at seventeen years of age, Joseph's 108 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: life had an unusual twist. His brothers were jealous. They 109 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: sold him into slavery. He could have become discovers. Hers 110 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: thought must not. 111 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: Have heard God right. He showed me a dream that 112 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 2: I'd rule a nation, but it sure didn't happen. 113 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: No, Joseph understood this principle. He knew that was just 114 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: one scene. He knew his end had already been established, 115 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: so he kept being his best. 116 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 2: He was lied about, falsely accused. 117 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: They put him in prison, another unusual twist. It looked 118 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: like he was moving away from his destiny. This is 119 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: the real test of life. Will you stay in faith 120 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: when you're doing the right thing but the wrong thing 121 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: is happening? Will you continue being your best even when 122 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: you're not getting the credit. 123 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: Will you stay passionate even though the door closed you 124 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: didn't get the promotion, you think you're moving the wrong way. 125 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: This is where Joseph excelled in prison. He didn't fall apart. 126 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: He kept doing the right thing. Thirteen years after he 127 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: was sold into slavery, he interpreted a dream for the Pharah. 128 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: Pharaoh was so impressed that he brought him out of prison. 129 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 2: And put him in charge of the whole nation. 130 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: He saw his dream come to pass, he saw the 131 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: expected end. If Joseph were standing here today, he would 132 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: tell you, don't get discouraged by the detours, by the 133 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: twist of life, by the things you don't understand. They 134 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: are all necessary scenes in your movie. By themselves, they 135 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: may not make sense. But when God brings it all together, 136 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: you two will come out fulfilling your purpose seeing what. 137 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: God has promised. 138 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,119 Speaker 1: But this is where many people get frustrated lose their passion. Joel, 139 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: if God was good, why did I have the bad break? 140 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: Why did I go through the loss? Why didn't my 141 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: relationship make it? We may never understand why, but I 142 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: can tell you this, God wouldn't have allowed it. 143 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: If it wasn't going to somehow work for your good. 144 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: Nothing that's happened to you can keep you from your destiny. 145 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: The only thing that can stop you is you. If 146 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: you get negative, bitter, lose your passion, that can keep 147 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: you from God's best. And you may have had unfair 148 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: things happen, but I've learned the depth of your pain 149 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: is an indication of the height of your future. When 150 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: construction workers are going to build a tall building, they 151 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: have to dig down many stories first for the foundation. 152 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: Taller the building, the deeper the foundation. When you go 153 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: through things that you don't understand, difficult situations, you may 154 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: not like it, it may be uncomfortable, but God is 155 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: getting you prepared to take you higher than you ever imagine. 156 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: You may think it's there to defeat you, but God's 157 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: going to use it to promote you. 158 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: No bad break can stop you. 159 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: All the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. God 160 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: has an expected end for you. He's already established it. 161 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: But again along the way, everything is not going to 162 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: make sense. 163 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 2: This is what faith is all about. 164 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: You have to trust that even in the twist of life, 165 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: in the things you don't understand, that God still knows 166 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: what he's doing. That even when, like Joseph, you know 167 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: God promised you one thing, but you're. 168 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: Seeing just the opposite, defeat, betrayal. 169 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: That's when you have to dig your heels in and say, God, 170 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: I don't understand it, but I trust you. I believe 171 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: your plans for me are for good, that you've already 172 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: shot my final sin, You've already established my end. So Lord, 173 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: I want to thank you that I will fulfill my purpose, 174 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: that I will become. 175 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: Everything you've created me to be. 176 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: I've heard it said God always ends in all is well, 177 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: So if all is not well, that simply means it's 178 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: not the end. Well, Joel is not well in my finances. 179 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: I lost a big client last week. 180 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: I'm discouraged. No, stay in peace. It's not the end. 181 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: That's just one scene. Favor is coming, promotion, good breaks 182 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: are hitting your way. If it's not well in your health, 183 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: don't settle there, think well, this is the way it's always. 184 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 2: Going to be. No, another scene is coming. 185 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: God promises the number of your days he will fulfill. 186 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: If it's not your time to go, you're not going 187 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: to go. Maybe it's not well in a relationship you 188 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: went through a breakup. 189 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 2: You're lonely. You don't think you'll ever meet the right person. 190 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: That's not the end, that one disappointment, that one person 191 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: that left. They can't change your ending. They can't rewrite 192 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: your movie. God has already established it. They don't have 193 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: that much power. God is already lined up the person 194 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: of your dreams, somebody better than you can imagine. They're 195 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: just a couple of scenes away, just a matter of. 196 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 2: Time before they show up. 197 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: Isaiah said, what God has purposed? 198 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: Who can annall? 199 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: This means God has a purpose for your life. He's 200 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: planned out your days, lined up your scenes, and established 201 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: your ending. 202 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 2: Then it asked, who can stop it? 203 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: God is saying, I flung stars into space, I spoke 204 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: worlds into existence. I'm the all powerful creator of the universe. Now, 205 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: who can stop my plan for your life? Who can 206 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: change your ending? People can't? Unfair situations can't. Tragedy can't. 207 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: God has the final say. 208 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: When you're on one of those detours, something that doesn't 209 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: make sense, you don't understand it, don't get upset. 210 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 2: It's just one scene when it all. 211 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: Comes together, Like Joseph, it's going to work for your good. 212 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: See if Joseph hadn't have been betrayed by his brothers, 213 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: he hadn't been sold into slavery, if he hadn't have 214 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: been put into prison, he would have never made. 215 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 2: It to his throne. 216 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: Those were all necessary scenes on the way to his 217 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: established end. What am I saying, what you may think 218 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: is a setback, is really a set up for God 219 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: to get you to the fullness of your destiny. Now, 220 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: we could either go through life fighting everything we don't like, upset, bitter, offended, 221 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: or we can stay in peace, knowing that God is 222 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: directing our steps, and even the twist the things we 223 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: don't understand, in the end, they will work to our advantage. 224 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes when I'm traveling and not able to watch a 225 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: ballgame at home, I'll record it. A few weeks back, 226 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: there was an important basketball game on that I missed, 227 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 1: and I sat down the next week to watch it, 228 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: and I already knew the outcome. I'd seen all the highlights, 229 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: read the news reports. 230 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: The team I was pulling for had won. But during 231 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 2: the first. 232 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: Quarter we played really badly, could hardly make a shot, 233 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: fell behind. 234 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 2: I didn't get the least bit worried. I sat there, 235 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 2: calmly enjoying the game. 236 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: The next quarter, the star player got in foul trouble, 237 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: had to sit the bench. We fell further behind. I 238 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: didn't get up tight, came out. The second half started 239 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: off just as badly, couldn't do anything right. Normally I 240 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: would have been on edge, uptight, anxious, wondering what's gonna happen. 241 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: But since I knew the outcome, it totally changed my perspective. 242 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: In fact, the further behind we fell, the more I thought, Wow, 243 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,839 Speaker 1: this is gonna be some kind of comeback. I can't 244 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: wait to see what's gonna happen. All the worry, the 245 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: anxiety was taken away because of the expected end. 246 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: I knew we had won. 247 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: There are times in life when it looks like our opponents, 248 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: the depression, the sickness, the legal situation is getting the 249 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: best of us. 250 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 2: We're falling behind. It's easy to get discouraged. 251 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: All I can't accomplish my dreams. The odds are against me. 252 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: I'll never get well. The medical reports too bad. Just 253 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: like this ballgame that was recorded, you have to remind 254 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: yourself that the end has already been set, and when 255 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: you feel like you're falling behind. 256 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 2: You're outclassed, outsized. 257 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: Outnumbered, instead of being discouraged, had this new perspective that 258 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: means you're about to see a major comeback. Any moment, 259 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: things are gonna shift in your favor. A good break, 260 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: a promotion, a healing. God says he always causes you 261 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: to triumph. Not part of the time, not most of 262 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: the time. God's already lined up your victory parade. He's 263 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: already established your ending. Back in the nineteen seventies, a 264 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: teenage girl in Iowa became pregnant with the son. She 265 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: was white, the father was black. Her parents told her, 266 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: you can't have this baby. 267 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: It's a mistake. It's never going to amount to anything. 268 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: You're not only going to ruin your life, you're going 269 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: to ruin the child's life. They gave her an ultimatum 270 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: either abort the baby or move out of the house. 271 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: She wanted to have her child, so she left home alone, 272 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: headed for California, no money, no future to speak of. 273 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: She ended up on drugs, struggling to survive. One day, 274 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: at seventeen years old, standing on a street corner, a 275 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: lady came up and handed her a bible, talked to 276 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: her about having peace with God. Right there, she gave 277 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: her life to Christ. She opened her Bible. The first 278 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: word she saw was Israel. She said, that's what I'm 279 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: going to name my baby, Israel. This little boy was 280 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: born with all the odds against him. 281 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 2: He couldn't do any great he didn't have any kind 282 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 2: of future. 283 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: But when God breathed his life into you, he established 284 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: your end. First, he gave you a purpose. He set 285 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: your assignment. Then he put in you everything you need 286 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: to fulfill your destiny. He's given you the gifts, the talents, 287 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: the confidence. How you start is not important. Don't let 288 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: what you think is a limitation a disadvantage. If I 289 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: was a different nationality, Joel, I come from the wrong 290 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: side of the neighborhood. 291 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: There's dysfunction in my family. 292 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: That's how you started, That's not how you're going to finish. 293 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: The beginning does not determine your destiny. That's just one scene. 294 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: What matters is the expected end. The creator of the 295 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: universe has already destined you. 296 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 2: To leave your mark on this generation. 297 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: He's already put seeds of greatness in you. God loves 298 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: to take people who start off with all the odds 299 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: against them and shine down his favor, promote them, give 300 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: them good breaks to where they rise up and do 301 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: extraordinary things. 302 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 2: This is what happened with my father. 303 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: He was raised in a very poor family. They had 304 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: no money, He had no education, no future. That's where 305 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: he started, but that's not where he finished his expected end. 306 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: His final scene was pastoring a great church, having a 307 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: ministry that touched the world. Don't let how you were raised, 308 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: what you didn't get, what you think is a disadvantage 309 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: cause you to settle where you are. The established end 310 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: is not dependent on the beginning. This young boy Israel 311 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: could have grown up with a defeated mindset, inferior chip 312 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: on his shoulder, thinking why was I born into this family? 313 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: Why don't I have a dad? Why my half white 314 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: half black? What can I become today? You can become 315 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: the president of the United States. 316 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: It's not how you start, it's how you finish. 317 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: If you will keep honoring God being your best, you 318 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: are moving toward the destiny he has designed for you. 319 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: It's bigger than you can imagine. It's more rewarding than. 320 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 2: You've ever dreamed. 321 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: As a child, this boy Israel discovered that he had 322 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: a gift and ability to play instruments to write songs, 323 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: to write. 324 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: Music to sing. 325 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: Now, this child that some people didn't want born, this 326 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: little boy that some people thought would be a mistake, 327 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: has become one of the great worship leaders of our. 328 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 2: Time, our own Israel hotin right here. 329 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: He's one mini Grammys, all kinds of awards, goes all 330 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: over the world, sharing his gifts with others. 331 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 2: Israel, you better be thankful. 332 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: Your mother's first word she saw wasn't never kannezzar and said, Israel, how. 333 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: About never kanizzar? In New Breed. Here's what I'm saying. 334 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: Get rid of the excuses. 335 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: You may have had a rough start, but you're not 336 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna have a rough finish. Somebody may have put you 337 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage, but they did. 338 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 2: Not change your expected end. 339 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: Paul said in Philippians, God will bring us to a 340 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: flourishing finish, not a defeated finish, a mediocre finish, a 341 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: lonely finish, a bankrupt finish. You'll come into a victorious 342 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: finish and a flourishing finish when thoughts tell you otherwise, 343 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: you'll hear things like you have too many disadvantages, you're 344 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: too far behind, or you've made too many mistakes. Let 345 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: those lies go in one ear and out the other. 346 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: God is saying, I'm gonna take you further than you 347 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: can imagine. I have explosive blessings that can catapult you ahead. 348 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: I have favor that can he thrust you into your destiny. 349 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring out those seeds of greatness that I 350 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: put on the inside. God has established your end. You 351 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: can be certain he knows how to get you there. 352 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: Now our part all through the day, Lord, thank you 353 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: that your plans for me are for good. You're not 354 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: limited by where I am right now. You've already shot 355 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: my final seine. I may not understand everything along the way, 356 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: but God, I trust you. I believe I'm coming to 357 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: a flourishing finish. This is what Job had to do. 358 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: He had some unusual twist and turns in life. Some 359 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: scenes didn't make sense. Everything started off great, life was good, 360 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,479 Speaker 1: but then the bottom fell out. Job lost his health, 361 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: lost his business, lost his family. He could have gotten 362 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: discouraged and given up. His wife told him Job, just 363 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: curse God and die. You're done. 364 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 2: Nothing like having an encouraging spouse. But in the middle 365 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: of that. 366 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: Discouragement, when everything had come against him, when a lot 367 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: of people would have been bitter, angry, complaining, Job looked 368 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: up to the heavens and said, I know my redeemer lives. 369 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 1: He was saying, in effect, I know God's still on 370 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: the throne. I know He's already shot my final scene. 371 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: And if this is my time to go, I'm not 372 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 2: gonna go bitter. 373 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go upset though he slay me yet, 374 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: will I trust him? When you can keep a good 375 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: attitude when the bottom falls out, when you can give 376 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: God praise in the twist of life, in the things 377 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: that don't make sense, that's when God will take you 378 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: to a new level of your destiny. We hear a 379 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: lot about Job's loss, Job's trials, Job's suffering, and yes 380 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: he went through a difficult season, but here's the key. 381 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: He didn't stay there. That was one scene. In the end, 382 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: he came out with twice what he had before. God 383 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: paid him back with double He had twice the cattle, 384 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: twice the sheep. 385 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 2: God is health back, his joy back, his peace back. 386 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: The scripture puts it this way. 387 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and 388 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: saw his grandsons down to four generations. Notice after the loss, 389 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: after the disappointment, after the bottom fell out, He didn't 390 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: end on a soured, defeated note. 391 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: His life was not over. 392 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: Job went on to live a full, happy, blessed one 393 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: hundred and forty more years, enjoying his grandchildren, accomplishing his dreams, 394 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: fulfilling his purpose. 395 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 2: What am I saying? 396 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: Just because you have some twist turns things you don't understand, 397 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean your life is over. God has an 398 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: after this coming when thoughts whisper, you've seen your best days. 399 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: You've been through too much. This is as good as 400 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: it gets. God is saying to you what he said 401 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: to Job after the cancer, after the divorce, after the betrayal. 402 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: There's still a full life ahead of you. 403 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: You haven't dreamed your best dream, you haven't danced your 404 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: best dance, you haven't laughed. 405 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 2: Your best laugh. 406 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: Shake off the disappointment, get your passion back. God hasn't 407 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: after this come in your way. He's not only gonna 408 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: bring you out, but he's gonna pay you back for 409 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: that trouble. You're gonna come out stronger, increase, promoted. 410 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 2: Better than you were before. 411 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: When it was all over, Job said, I'm convinced nothing 412 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: and no one can upset God's plans. He was saying, 413 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: nothing can change the expected end. God already established it. Friends, 414 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: the enemy cannot keep you from your destiny. Satan had 415 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: to ask God permission to even test job. That tells 416 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: me God is not only in control of your life, 417 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: He's in control of your enemies. 418 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 2: You have nothing to worry about it. There is a 419 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: heade of protection around you that cannot be penetrated. 420 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: When Jesus was about to be crucified, he told people, 421 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: if you destroy this temple in three days, God will 422 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: raise it up. They thought he was talking about the building. 423 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: He was talking about himself. Jesus, of course, understood this 424 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: principle that his end had already been established. He knew 425 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: his final scene had already been shot. It wasn't him 426 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: hanging on the cross in great pain. It wasn't him 427 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: in a tomb buried in grave clothes. He knew his 428 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: final scene was him seated at the right hand of 429 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: the Father with all power, with the keys of death 430 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: and hell. That's why it says he endured the pain 431 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: of the cross looking forward to the joy that was. 432 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 2: Set before him. 433 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: The way you stay encouraged in the tough times. Is 434 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: you keep looking ahead, knowing that your end has been set, 435 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: knowing that you're coming to a flourishing finish, knowing that 436 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,959 Speaker 1: God always causes you to tryumph. The scripture talks about 437 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 1: how Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb. He had 438 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: no place to be buried of his own. A disciple 439 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: came and got his body and buried him in a 440 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: tomb that they own. I can imagine Jesus before he 441 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: was crucified, asking that disciple, can I borrow your tomb? 442 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: He was saying, I don't need to buy it. This 443 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: is not how my story ends. This is only temporary. 444 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: I'll just be here a few days. I have an 445 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: established end set by my father, and no enemy can 446 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 1: change it. They can put me in the grave, but 447 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: they can't keep me in the grave. Our attitude, like 448 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: Jesus in difficult times, This is temporary. 449 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 2: This addiction is not how my story ends. 450 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: This defeat, this sickness, this betrayal is just one scene. 451 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: I know another scene is coming, a scene of victory, 452 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: a scene of favor, a scene of new beginnings. Friends, 453 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: your final scene has already been shot. Now, don't let 454 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: the twist the turns, the things you don't understand cause 455 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: you to get discouraged. 456 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 2: Keep moving forward. 457 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: In the end, it's all going to work to your advantage. 458 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 1: Like the ballgame I recorded, we know the final outcome. 459 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: We don't have to live worried and upset. God has 460 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 1: established your end if you'll stay in faith. 461 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 2: And keep honoring God. 462 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: I believe and declare, like Job, God's going to pay 463 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: you back for the trouble, Like Joseph, God's gonna get 464 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: you to your throne like Israel. No matter how you start, 465 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna come out with a flourishing finish. Accomplish in 466 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: your dreams, becoming all God created you to be in Jesus' name. 467 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 2: If you receive it, can you say it? Men? Today? 468 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: You never like to close our broadcast without giving you 469 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 470 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 471 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. 472 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends, 473 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 474 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 475 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take you places that 476 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed. Sometimes in life, people don't choose us. 477 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: We've all felt overlooked, like we're not good enough. It's 478 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up. 479 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 2: People may have left you out. The good news is 480 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 2: God has chosen you. He's the one that matters. 481 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: And in my new book Chosen, your life is marked 482 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: for distinction. You'll discover before you were born, God not 483 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: only knew you, but he handpicked you and placed a 484 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: calling on your life. You are equipped and empowered to 485 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: fulfill your destiny. When you understand that you're chosen, fear 486 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: and doubt can't stay. You live with a baldness to 487 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 1: step into the greatness God put in you. I love 488 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: to send you by new book Chosen, plus the Chosen 489 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: T shirt from our friends at Copperfeit. 490 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 491 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 492 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's book Chosen. Your life is 493 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 3: marked for distinction. In the scriptures, Jesus encouraged us by 494 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 3: saying you didn't choose me, I chose you. 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