1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 6 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: your life. 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you. 9 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: Today, and I hope you stay connected with us during 10 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: the week through our daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, 11 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 12 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: to have you be a part of one. 13 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: Of our services. 14 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: But I like to start with something funny, and I 15 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: heard about this single man. He was sitting on an 16 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: airplane next to a very beautiful single woman. 17 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: They struck up a. 18 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: Conversation and he asked what kind of men she liked. 19 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 2: She said, well, I like Native American men with their 20 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: high cheek bones and golden tan skin. Plus I like 21 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: Jewish men they're so brilliant and successful. And I like 22 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: good old boys from the South with their long Southern drawl. 23 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: What's your name, he said, My name is Geronimo Burn, 24 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: but my friends call me Bubba. 25 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: All Right, y'all say it like you mean it. This 26 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: is my Bible I am what it says I am. 27 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 28 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 29 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 30 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 31 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name. 32 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: God bless you. 33 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about the miracle 34 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: of endurance. When we think of miracles, we think of 35 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 2: when God suddenly turns things around. Jesus touched the blind 36 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 2: man and instantly his eyes were opening. Prayed over five 37 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: loaves of bread and two fish. They multiplied and fed 38 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: five thousand people. Moses held his staff up in the air, 39 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: and the Red sea parted. 40 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: Suddenly things changed. But not all miracles are instantaneous. 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: Sometimes we're praying and believing, but the problem's not turning around. 42 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 2: Our health isn't improving, our dream isn't coming to pass, 43 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: and we thank God, Where are you? 44 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Why aren't you doing something? We don't realize God is 45 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: doing something. 46 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: He's sustaining us. He's not letting the opposition take us out. 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: He's pushing back forces of darkness. He's keeping you from 48 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: getting discouraged, bitter and giving up you're in the middle 49 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: of a miracle, but you can't always see it. 50 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: It's the miracle of endurance. 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 2: One day you'll look back and think, how did I 52 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: make it through that season? How did I raise this 53 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: difficult child? How did I not get bitter over that breakup? 54 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: How did I keep going when. 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: I lost that loved one. 56 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: God didn't deliver you from it, but he gave you 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: the grace to go through it. Without his hand of protection, 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: favor and blessing, you wouldn't be where you are. And yes, 59 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: we all love the instantaneous miracles, the suddenlyies. I believe 60 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: in that, but it's no less of a miracle when God, 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: God takes you through what should have taken you out. 62 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 2: And instead of complaining, God, why won't you answer my prayers? 63 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: Nothing good's happening in my life. Have a new perspective, Lord, 64 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: Thank you for sustaining me. Thank you for giving me 65 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: the grace, the strength, the favor to keep moving forward. 66 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: The Israelites had been in the desert for forty years. 67 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: There were no grocery stores, no malls, no door dash, 68 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 2: no in and out burghers. Yet the scripture says their 69 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 2: clothes never wore out, their shoes never got old. 70 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: How could they go forty years and not wear out? 71 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: That wasn't natural, That was supernatural. Every morning in the 72 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 2: desert they had food to eat. Manna, something like bread 73 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: appeared on the ground. 74 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: They never missed a meal. 75 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: They weren't trained to live in the desert. They didn't 76 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: have any survival skills. They had been slaves. They faced 77 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: armies and bandits that had more weapons, more expertise, but 78 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: against all odds, the Israelites defeated them. They weren't in 79 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: the Promised Land. They were waiting for that miracle. That 80 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,559 Speaker 2: day they finally made it to the land of the Abundance, 81 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: but it was taken longer than they thought. They were uncomfortable, 82 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: and they started to complain, Moses, why'd you bring us 83 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: out here in the desert? 84 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: Nothing good is happening. They didn't realize they were in 85 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: the middle of a miracle. 86 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: God was sustaining them, protecting them, not letting enemies defeat them. 87 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 2: Every miracle is not instantaneous. Are you in the middle 88 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: of a miracle but you. 89 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: Don't realize it. You're not in the Promised Land yet. 90 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: Your child hasn't turned around, business hadn't taken off. You're 91 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 2: still taking the treatment. God didn't deliver you from it, 92 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: but he's taken you through it. He's sustaining you. 93 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: Right now. 94 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: There's a miracle taking place. You can't always see it. 95 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: It's uncomfortable. They're still opposition kind of. It feels like 96 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: God has forgotten about you. But behind the scenes, God 97 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 2: is the one who's holding back. 98 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: What should defeat you. 99 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: He's protecting you from what should take you out. Like 100 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 2: with job, he has a hedge around you that the 101 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: enemy cannot cross. 102 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: You're not at the mercy of other people. 103 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 2: Sickness, lost, bad breaks, that doesn't determine your destiny. God 104 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: does what he is purpose for your life will come 105 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 2: to pass. 106 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: Now. 107 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: You have to trust his timing and trust his ways. 108 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: He may take you through some desert seasons. You thought 109 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: you'd be in the promised Land by now, But have 110 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: you noticed your shoes haven't worn out. 111 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: There's been provision. 112 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: Those enemies, that sickness, the addiction seems stronger and bigger, 113 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: but they couldn't defeat you. There's protection. There's angels watching 114 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: over you. That closed door. The delay, the disappointment should 115 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,039 Speaker 2: have caused you to get bitter. 116 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: Discouraged, but look at you. 117 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 2: You're still believing, you're still praising, You're still expecting things 118 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: to change, You're still being. 119 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: Good to others. That's not natural. 120 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: You didn't just decide to have a good attitude, decide 121 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: to be hopeful. That's the most highed God breathing on 122 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: your life, empowering you to stand strong so you can 123 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 2: reach your destiny. 124 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,799 Speaker 1: In the Book of Daniel, king. 125 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: Nebkaezzar made a statue that stood ninety feet tall. He 126 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 2: put out a decree that everyone had to bow down 127 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,119 Speaker 2: and worship this idol. If anyone didn't, they'd be thrown 128 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: into a fiery furnace. Well, there were three Hebrew teenagers, 129 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 2: shad Rak, Bijak, and a Bendigo, that only worshiped Jehovah. 130 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: They refused to bow down. When the king heard about it, 131 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 2: he was furious. He gave them one more chance. They said, 132 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: in effect, King, no matter how much you pressure us, 133 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: we're not going to bow down. 134 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: We know our God will deliver us, but even if he. 135 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: Doesn't, we're still not going to bow This made the 136 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 2: king so angry he had the guards heat up the 137 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: fire seven times hotter than normal. They tied the teenager's 138 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: hands and feet and threw them into the furnace. Sometimes 139 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: God will deliver you from the fire. Other times he'll 140 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: make you fire proof and take you through the fire. 141 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: A little while this king came to check on them. 142 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 2: He looked through the furnace window, said, didn't we throw 143 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: three men in bound? I see four men loose, and 144 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 2: one looks like the son of God. The only thing 145 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: the fire burned were the cords that were holding them back. 146 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: They came out with us the smell of smoke. King 147 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: Nebuka Nezzar said, from now on, we're all gonna worship 148 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 2: the God of Sheddrak Nishak can have been to go. 149 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: But here's my point. God is all powerful. 150 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: He could have just as easily kept them from going 151 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: into the fire. He could have changed the king's mind. 152 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: He could have in a lightning bolt and took him out. 153 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: He could have made those teenagers invisible. There were a 154 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: thousand ways he could have kept them out of the fire. 155 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: But sometimes the fire is the pathway to our destiny. 156 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: And there are two kinds of faith, Delivering faith and 157 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 2: sustaining faith. Delivering faith is when God instantly turns it around. 158 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: He keeps you out of the fire. Parts the red 159 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 2: Sea changes the pharaoh's mind. But most of the time 160 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: we're going to need sustaining faith. That's when God takes 161 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 2: you through the fire. That's when you're in the desert 162 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 2: on the weight of the promised land, when you don't. 163 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: See anything improving. 164 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: When it's taken longer, the opposition bigger, you'll be tempted 165 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 2: to think, God, where are you? I got thrown into 166 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 2: the fire. I didn't see the breakthrough. The good news 167 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 2: is God is in the fire with you. He is 168 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: the one sustaining you. That's why you're not burning up. 169 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 2: That's why you're not overcome. 170 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: That's why the sickness can't take you out. That's why 171 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: that trouble hasn't defeated you. That's why you haven't paniced 172 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: in falling apart. There's a force at work in your life. 173 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: Protecting, providing, favoring, not letting you be defeated. Greater is 174 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 2: he that's in you than he that's coming against you. 175 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: David said it like this, By this, I know the 176 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 2: Lord is on my side, for my enemies could. 177 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: Not defeat me. 178 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 2: He didn't say the way I know God's on my 179 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: side is by how many fires he keeps me out of, 180 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: how many storms I avoid, how many deserts I don't 181 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: have to go through. No, he said, the way I 182 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 2: know God is on my side is the fire couldn't 183 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: take me out. My shoes didn't wear out in the desert. 184 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 2: The sickness couldn't in my life. The opposition couldn't stop 185 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: my purpose. There's a fourth man in that fire, sustaining us, 186 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: pushing back the darkness, causing us to stand strong. 187 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: To outlast, to persevere. 188 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 2: You don't know God's on your side by how many 189 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: dreams you accomplished, how many goals you achieved, how much 190 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 2: his success you have. That's all great, But the way 191 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: you really know is you look back and see how 192 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 2: He sustained you when you should have gone under, How 193 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: he lifted you when you should have stayed down. How 194 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: he gave you the grace to keep going when you 195 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 2: should have been stuck. When my father went to be 196 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: with the Lord, I got thrown into the fire, so 197 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 2: to speak. I was praying God, deliver me from the fire. 198 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 2: Heal my father, you heal my mother. I know you 199 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 2: can heal him too, But this time God did it 200 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: another way. Twenty five years ago. Last Tuesday, Daddy went 201 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 2: to be with the Lord. We were best of friends. 202 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: I'd worked with him for seventeen years, travel the world together. 203 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: Now he was gone. 204 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 2: I knew I was supposed to step up and pasture 205 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 2: the church, but I'd never ministered before, and I was 206 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: trying to learn how to put a message together and 207 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: keep the church going. 208 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: We had a three month old baby. 209 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 2: I'd never faced a storm that big. Now I should 210 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: have been overwhelmed, but I felt this peace. On the outside, 211 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 2: everything was chaotic, but on the inside I had this 212 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 2: quiet confidence. 213 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: I knew everything was going to be okay. 214 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 2: And I missed my father. I mourned his loss, but 215 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 2: it wasn't what I thought. I didn't fall apart, I 216 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 2: didn't get depressed. I knew God was in control. I 217 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: knew he was still ordering our steps. And I didn't 218 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: feel qualified to minister. I didn't have the training. 219 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: I liked being behind the scenes. 220 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: But all of a sudden, I had the desire to pastor. 221 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: Deep down, I knew that I could do it. 222 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 2: I felt a faith and a boldness that I never 223 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 2: felt before. And yes it was difficult. I was uncomfortable. 224 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 2: I would prefer to not be thrown into the fire. 225 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 2: But I can see now that fire was leading me 226 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: to my destiny. If God would have kept me from 227 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 2: the fire, I wouldn't have stepped into the fullness of 228 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 2: what He had in store. 229 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: Now. 230 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: I can't promise you that God will deliver you from 231 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 2: every fire, but I can promise you God will be 232 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: with you in that fire, to sustain you, to protect you, 233 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: to empower you, to enlard you. 234 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: To move you towards your destiny. 235 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: When I look back now, I think, how did I 236 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 2: make it through that time learning to minister, losing my father, 237 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: everything turned upside down? 238 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: That was God sustaining me. You can look back over your. 239 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,239 Speaker 2: Life and see times where you should have been overwhelmed. 240 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 2: You should have become bitter over that loss. You should 241 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: have gotten stuck after that bad break. You should have 242 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: given up on your dream after that door closed. 243 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: But somehow you kept going. You believed anyway. 244 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 2: You hoped on in faith, and you saw new doors open. 245 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 2: You had the grace to forgive you outlasted the trouble. 246 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: You couldn't see then, but you were in the middle 247 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: of a miracle. 248 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 2: God was sustaining you without his strength, without his mercy, 249 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: without his favor, you wouldn't have made it to where 250 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 2: you are. God may not have delivered you from that fire, 251 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: but you can see now he made you fireproof. Maybe 252 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 2: you haven't seen the miracle you were praying for yet, 253 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 2: but you're seeing the miracle of endurance. You're still here, 254 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 2: You're still favored, you still have a destiny to fulfill. 255 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 2: When we look at the life of David, he had 256 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 2: these big moments that we celebrate. Prophet Samuel showed up 257 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: at his house unannounced chose him out of his seven 258 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 2: brothers to be the next king of Israel, a destiny moment. 259 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: He defeated Goliath, a giant twice his size, overnight became 260 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 2: a national hero. King Saul sent for David to come 261 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 2: to the palace to work for him. These were mountaintop 262 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 2: moments where God suddenly promoted blessed, and that's delivering faith, 263 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: where God quickly changes things. And God has some of 264 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: these moments of favor for you too. But most of 265 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 2: David's life was not the exciting moments where everything was 266 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 2: going his way. 267 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: He could see God's hand at work. 268 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: There were times didn't look like God was doing anything, 269 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 2: times that were lonely. 270 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: Unfair, uncomfortable. 271 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: After he was anointed to be king, he went back 272 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 2: to the shepherd's fields and spent years taking care of sheep, 273 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: feeding them, shoveling waste, chasing away wild animals. I'm sure 274 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 2: he thought, God have so much more in me, Why 275 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 2: am I stuck out here? If it wasn't for the 276 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: grace of God, David would have gotten discouraged and given 277 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 2: up on his dream. He eventually went to the palace 278 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 2: to work for King Saul, but Saul was jealous of 279 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 2: David tried to kill him. 280 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: David had to flee for his life. 281 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 2: He spent years on the run in Kynes, trying to 282 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: out maneuver saw here. He had done nothing wrong to Saul. 283 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: Was unfair, didn't make sense. But somehow David didn't get bitter. 284 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: How could he keep a good attitude and not be revengeful? 285 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: That was God working behind the scenes. 286 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 2: Sustaining David, giving him the grace to handle what was unfair. 287 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 2: David defeated Goliath in a few minutes, but this conflict 288 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: with King Saul would go on for years. 289 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: And it's great when you defeat your Goliath. 290 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 2: Those instantaneous miracles, but most challenges in life will be 291 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: the saws, the things that don't go away easily. This 292 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: is when God steps in and gives you the miracle 293 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 2: of endurance. And at one point King Saul and his 294 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: men finally found David. He was on the other side 295 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 2: of a mountain. Was too late for David to get away, 296 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: he was caught. After years of chasing David, tracking him 297 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 2: down with no success, this was the big moment they 298 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: had been waiting for. 299 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: But just when. 300 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 2: Saul was about to give the order to send in 301 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 2: all the troops, this messenger came riding towards Saul on horseback, going. 302 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: Full speed ahead in a great hurry. 303 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 2: The men got off said to Saul, the Philistines are 304 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 2: attacking our city. 305 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: It's urgent that you come back home right now. 306 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: Saul and all the men had to immediately turn around 307 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 2: and go back home. 308 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: How many times in. 309 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: Our life did it look like it was over. The 310 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 2: opposition was closing in. We didn't see a way out, 311 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 2: the sickness too strong, the addiction too great. Then God 312 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: steps in and turns it around, protects you, provides for you, 313 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: push his back. Opposition made ways where we didn't see away. 314 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: This wasn't the big miracle David was believing, for he 315 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 2: wasn't seeing the promise of taking the throne. This was 316 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: the miracle of end urance. God's sustaining him on the 317 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 2: way to what he promised. But sometimes we're so focused 318 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 2: on the main thing God put in our heart, we're 319 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 2: not recognizing the miracles along the way. How many times 320 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 2: God is pushing back opposition, protecting you from harm, moving 321 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 2: wrong people out of the way, breathing faith and hope 322 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: into your spirit to keep you moving forward. 323 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: David was in that. 324 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 2: Fire, so to speak, for years, with King Saul chasing him. 325 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 2: But God won't let you get in a fire without 326 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: making your fire proof. Saul couldn't take David out, even 327 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 2: though he had more men, more power. 328 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: More weapons. 329 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 2: There is a hedge of protection around you the enemy 330 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 2: cannot cross. But yes, it's easy to get discouraged when 331 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 2: things aren't changing as fast as we would like. 332 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: We know God's put these promises in our heart. 333 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 2: Then Saul shows up, we face opposition improving, But what 334 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 2: about the fact that you're still standing that it couldn't 335 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 2: take you out. 336 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: You should be. 337 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: Defeated, discouraged, frustrated, But God stepped in and sustained you. 338 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 2: This psalmist said, my enemies tried their best, but they 339 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 2: could not finish me off. You came down with the sickness. 340 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 2: Stay in courage. It cannot finish you all. There's a 341 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: God who's breathing health into you, a God who's numbered 342 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 2: your days. That set back in your business should stop you. 343 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 2: You lost a main client, the pandemic hit. It cannot 344 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: finish you all. We served Jehovah, Jairah, the Lord, our provider. 345 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 2: He made streams in the desert. He said, even in famine, 346 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 2: the righteous will have more than enough. Or the trouble 347 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: with your child looks like he'll never get back on course, 348 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: you prayed. You believe it cannot finish him off. What 349 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 2: God started in your child he's going to complete. As 350 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 2: for you and your house, you will serve the Lord. 351 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: I talked to a woman that was a widow. She 352 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 2: lost her husband in her forties, and she was numb. 353 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: She didn't think she could go on. 354 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 2: They had two small boys and she was a stay 355 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 2: at home mom. He provided all the income. The scripture says, 356 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 2: when the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit 357 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: of God. 358 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: Raises up a barrier. 359 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 2: And sometimes it's like there's a flood of heartbreak, a 360 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 2: flood of anxiety, a flood of trouble. 361 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: God knows there are things we can't handle on our own. 362 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: It's too much to carry. We don't have the strength, 363 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: the courage, the passion. 364 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 2: That's when he steps in and raises up a barrier. 365 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 2: He'll push back the opposition to lighten the load, to 366 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 2: carry that burden. When this lady was at her lowest point, 367 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 2: she told how she's about to give up, but she 368 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 2: felt this supernatural strength. She had this fresh vision, this 369 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: new attitude. 370 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: She said, Joel, I don't know how to explain it. 371 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: It was just like that pressure lifted off of me 372 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 2: and I knew that I could move forward. 373 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: That was fifteen years ago. 374 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 2: She never missed a house payment, her son got a 375 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: scholarship to college, she was promoted at her work. 376 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: She serves here at Lakewood each week. 377 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 2: She said, if you would have told me back then 378 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 2: that I would be where I am today, I would 379 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: have never believed it. That's the miracle of endurance. You 380 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,719 Speaker 2: may have things coming against you, you don't see how 381 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: it's going to work out. 382 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you? You're in the middle of a miracle. 383 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: Right now God is sustaining you. There are things happening 384 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 2: that you cannot see. He's not letting that loss keep 385 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: you from your destiny. He's not letting the sickness take 386 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 2: you out. That disappointment didn't stop your purpose. He's strengthening you, 387 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 2: empowering you, pushing. 388 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 1: Back forces of darkness. 389 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 2: See, sometimes the way we overcome is to outlast. 390 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: David never defeated King Saul. 391 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 2: He wouldn't touch Saul because he knew God had anointed him. 392 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: It didn't seem fair. Saul was trying to kill David. 393 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: Don't take matters into your own hands. Let God be 394 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 2: your vindicator. Thirteen years after David was anointed by Samuel, 395 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: Saul was killed in a battle. And after all this 396 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: time of being on the run, hiding, doing the right thing. 397 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: When it was hard, David was made king. 398 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 2: What took him to the throne wasn't defeating Eliath, wasn't 399 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: the promise that came to pass quickly. It was the 400 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 2: miracle of endurance. It was God's sustaining him. 401 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: But when we're in. 402 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 2: The middle of it can be hard to say, God, 403 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 2: Saul still chasing me. He's still making my life miserable. 404 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: God I still have this sickness. My child's still off course. God, 405 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: I was doing the right thing and this king threw 406 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 2: me into the fire. Where are you new perspective? Lord, 407 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: Thank you for sustaining me. Thank you for the grace 408 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 2: for this season. Lord, I recognize you're holding back the opposition. 409 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 2: You're giving me the power to endure. You're not letting 410 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: this adversity finish me off. 411 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: I was at the beach when our children were much younger. 412 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 2: Alexandra was three and Jonathan was six, and we were 413 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: having a good time making this castle in the sand 414 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 2: when this little yellow bumblebee came and landed. 415 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: Right by us. 416 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 2: Alexandra took off, run and afraid, and I swatted him away. 417 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: We went back to play. It no big deal. 418 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: About thirty seconds later, he was right back, flying all 419 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: around us. Kids were screaming, Daddy, get him out of here. 420 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 2: I got a towel and I swatted him down to 421 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 2: the ground. Thought I'm gonna show him whose boss. I'm 422 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 2: tired of dealing with him. About a minute later, there 423 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: he was again, flying all around, buzzy in and out. 424 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 2: I got that towel, knocked him down, but this time 425 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: I put my tennis shoe on and I went over 426 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 2: and I squashed him into the sand with all one 427 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty pounds of this pure steel went right 428 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 2: into that little bumble bee. 429 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: I was done with him. 430 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 2: A couple of minutes later, I walked over to make 431 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 2: sure that he was still dead. 432 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe what I was seeing. 433 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 2: One wing barely started to move. I thought, you know, 434 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 2: it's just his nerves. He's got to be dead. Then 435 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: this other wing started to slowly come out from under 436 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 2: the sand. I thought, this bumblebee has resurrection power. Even 437 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 2: though a thousand times bigger and stronger, I could not 438 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,239 Speaker 2: finish him off. He walked around in the sand like 439 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 2: he was dazed. I still thought he was dead. Then 440 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 2: he flapped his wings and took off into the air. 441 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 2: I stood there, amazed, watching him fly into the distance. 442 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: About that time, he turned around and came. 443 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 2: Right toward me, buzzed by my head two or three times, 444 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 2: where I. 445 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: Had to duck like that bumblebee. 446 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: God has put something in you where you cannot be 447 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 2: finished off, A power and anointing, a favor that will 448 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: cause you to defy the odds, where you get up 449 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 2: when you've been knocked down, where you keep going. 450 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: When you should be stuck. Where you overpower what should 451 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: have overpowered you. It's the miracle of endurance. 452 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 2: God didn't create us to be weak, defeated, overcome. The 453 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 2: same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. 454 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: The scripture says. 455 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 2: A good person may get knocked down seven times, but 456 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: the Lord will raise. 457 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: Him back up. 458 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 2: God didn't just give you delivering faith. He's given you 459 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 2: sustaining faith. Yes, you're going to defeat some golias, you're 460 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 2: going to see some quick victories, but you're also going. 461 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: To outlast the psalms. You have the power to endure. 462 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: Right now, God. 463 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: Is sustaining you, protecting you, favoring you, strengthening you, pushing 464 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 2: back darkness. God sit in Isaiah forty six, even till 465 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: your old age. 466 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: I am the God who sustains you. 467 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 2: You're not doing life on your own. I know sometimes 468 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 2: it gets difficult. 469 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: Things aren't fair. We get thrown into the fire. We 470 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,719 Speaker 1: don't feel like we have the strength. How can we 471 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: overcome by ourselves? We can't. That's when our God steps 472 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: in to sustain you. He may not keep you. 473 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 2: From every fire, but I can assure you He's made 474 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 2: you fireproof. The enemy is not in control of your life. 475 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: God is. 476 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have let you get in that fire unless 477 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 2: it was leading you to a new level of your destiny. 478 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: It cannot finish you off. You're going to come out 479 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: without the smell of smoke. 480 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 2: Now, when you're tempted to get discouraged, look back over 481 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 2: your life. 482 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: You have a history with God. 483 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 2: Think about all the times he made a way. He 484 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 2: gave you strength when you didn't think you could go on. 485 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: He provided in the pandemic. He protected you against forces 486 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 2: that were way too much. He hasn't brought you this 487 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 2: far to leave you where you are, even till your 488 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: old age, till your last breath. He's going to keep 489 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: sustaining you, stay in peace. You can trust him. You're 490 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 2: in the middle of a miracle. 491 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: I believe and declare. 492 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 2: Right now, God is lifting burdens, lightning loads. You're about 493 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 2: to feel a supernatural strength, a power to outlast, a 494 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 2: courage to overcome, a. 495 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: Favor that propels you into your purpose. The miracle of 496 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: endurance in. 497 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 2: Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you say amen? 498 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 499 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 500 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent. 501 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: Of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 502 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. 503 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 504 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some information on 505 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 2: your new walk with the Lord. You can text the 506 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 2: number on the screen or go to the website. But 507 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 2: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based. 508 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: Church and keep God first place. 509 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 4: What if every plan you set, every habit you formed, 510 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 4: and every decision you made became a pathway to see 511 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 4: God move in your life. 512 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 2: We all have hopes and dreams, things we're believing for. 513 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: When you start the year in faith, expecting God's goodness, 514 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 2: you are setting the tone for a blessed new year. 515 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 1: And we'd love to send you our twenty twenty six 516 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: Faith for the Day planner. 517 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 2: You can write down your dreams and goals and plus 518 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 2: use it for your everyday activities and reminders. 519 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 3: It's important to feed your faith on a daily basis. 520 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 3: This planner it's not just a calendar, It's filled with 521 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: scriptures and inspiration to help you stay encouraged and keep 522 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 3: believing for what God is putting in your heart. 523 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty six is your year to see the goodness 524 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 2: of God in greater ways, let go of what didn't 525 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 2: work out, and get ready for the new things God 526 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 2: has in store. 527 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 4: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 528 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 4: of any amount this month, we would like to send 529 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 4: you a copy of the twenty twenty six Faith for 530 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 4: Today Planner. Each month features a fresh theme of encouragement, 531 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 4: a guiding scripture to stand on, room to write your goals, prayers, 532 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 4: and vision space for faith steps. Because faith isn't passive, 533 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 4: it's active, a monthly QR code linking to a message 534 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 4: or video to keep your spirit lifted. With a twenty 535 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 4: twenty six Faith for Today Planner, you'll be reminded that 536 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 4: living by faith makes room for God to do what 537 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 4: only He can do. Break through in your business, God's 538 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 4: healing touch. Loved ones returning to faith, request your copy 539 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: of the planner and step into the new year with 540 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 4: bold faith, fresh hope, and daily encouragement To strengthen your 541 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 4: spirit and face every challenge with confidence. 542 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 2: No matter what's happening around you, Faith can rise up 543 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 2: in you keep believing and expecting a blessed twenty twenty 544 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 2: six Victoria and I pray for you and your family 545 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 2: every day. Thank you so much for your prayer and support. 546 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 2: Your generosity is helping people around the world. As we 547 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 2: finish this year, I hope you'll consider making a special 548 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 2: year in gift to help keep the ministry strong. We 549 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 2: so appreciate all the Champion of Hope partners for your 550 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 2: monthly support. We wish you and your family a very 551 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 2: merry Christmas. Till we see you next time. May the 552 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you. 553 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 554 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 4: six Faith for Today Planner. Visit Joelostein dot com or 555 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 4: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for a 556 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 4: special year end gift. This month, we are also offering 557 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 4: the Faith to Share Bundle, Keep One, Give One, Give 558 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 4: the gift of faith, focus and fresh hope for someone 559 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 4: special in your life. You can also request the God's 560 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 4: Word Work Study Collection. This empowering collection includes the NIV, 561 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 4: the Message, Parallel Bible, a beautifully crafted leather bookmark and pen, 562 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 4: and how to read your Bible and enjoy it, along 563 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 4: with two planners. 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