1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being with us today. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 2: I know God sees you taking this time to learn 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 2: more about Him, to grow, and to really become all 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 2: that you've created to be. 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: So know today that God is smiling down on you. 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: We love you as well well. 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buying. 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: Be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and one day 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: Adam was feeling very lonely. God said, Adam, I'm going 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: to make you a companion. It's going to be called 14 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: a woman. This person will cook for you and wash 15 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: your clothes. She will bear you children and never ask 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: you to get up in the middle of the night. 17 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: She will always agree with you, and if you have 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: a disagreement, she'll be. 19 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: The first to admit she was wrong. 20 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: Adam said, wow, God, what will a woman like this cost? 21 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: God said an arm and a leg. Adam said, what 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: can I get. 23 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: For a rib? And the rest is history? Say it 24 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 25 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: what it says, I am, I have what it says. 26 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: I have. 27 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today, 28 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 30 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 31 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about sleep on. 32 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: It's easy to live frustrated because somebody's not doing what 33 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: we want, or discouraged because of a disappointment, upset because 34 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: a dream. 35 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: Hasn't come to pass. 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: But I've learned God doesn't remove every frustration. 37 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 1: He doesn't change. 38 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: Every person we don't like and take away everything that's 39 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: bothering us. 40 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: The scripture says be still and know that he is God. 41 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: This implies if we're not still, if we're upset, we're worried, frustrated, 42 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: we're not going to know that he is God. Most 43 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: of the times I'm frustrated, I'm trying to change things 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: that only God can change. I'm trying to be God 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: and fix things that I can't control. You can't make 46 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: people do what's right. You can't make yourself do well. 47 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 2: If you're trying to control everything, you're going to be frustrated. 48 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: You have to turn it over to God. 49 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: Do what you can then let him take care of 50 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 2: the rest. Life is too short to live frustrated because 51 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: we're not getting our ways, frustrated because something unfair has happened. 52 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 53 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: keep you from your purpose. 54 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: It's a test. 55 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: Are you going to let it steal your joy, live 56 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: stressed out? Or are you going to be still and 57 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: know that he is God? If God is not changing it, 58 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: you have to be mature. You're enough to say God, 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: I don't like it, but I know you've allowed it, 60 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: and until you change it, I'm going to stay in 61 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: peace and. 62 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: Enjoy my life. 63 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: The real victory is not when God does everything you 64 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,399 Speaker 2: want removes all your frustrations. The real victory is when 65 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: those things happen. 66 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: But it doesn't bother you anymore. You're at peace. You 67 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: know God is still in control. Matthew twenty six. Jesus 68 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: was about to be betrayed and go to the cross. 69 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: He went with his disciples to a place called Gasimone. 70 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: He was so troubled and so overwhelmed. He asked his 71 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: disciples to stay there and pray for him. He went 72 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: away by himself, fell on the ground, said Father, if 73 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 2: it's possible. Take this cup from me and a little while. 74 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: He went back to checking his disciples, hoping to gain 75 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: some strength, some encouragement from them. But when he showed 76 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: up he found that they were all sound. 77 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: He couldn't believe it. 78 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: He woke them up and said, guys, couldn't you stay 79 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: up and pray for me? This is the biggest challenge 80 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: I've ever faced. He was kind of frustrated. He asked 81 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 2: them again, even more emphatically, please stay awake. The spirit 82 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: is willing, but the flesh is weak. 83 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: Pray. 84 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: Jesus went away again by himself to pray. He thought 85 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: for sure this time they got the message. He came 86 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: back a little later, same thing, still sleeping. You can 87 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 2: imagine how disappointed he was. He turned around, went back 88 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: to pray some more. Then he thought, I'll go check 89 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: on them one last time. This third time, I know 90 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: they'll be praying. After all I've done for them, I 91 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 2: know they'll be standing in faith with me. He went 92 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 2: back the third time, but they were still sleeping. This time, 93 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 2: he didn't try to wake them up. He didn't try 94 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: to get them to before him. He looked at them 95 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 2: and said sleep. He came to the point where he 96 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 2: didn't let it bother him anymore. 97 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: He could have kept. 98 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: Waking them up, trying to make it happen, being frustrated. Instead, 99 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: he accepted he wasn't going to have their support. He 100 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: accepted it wasn't going to work out his way. He 101 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 2: didn't fight it. He didn't let it frustrate him anymore. 102 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 2: He said sleep on and moved forward. There are times 103 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 2: in life when things don't work out the way we 104 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: want it. The people we were counting on weren't there 105 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 2: for us. The medical report wasn't good, the dream isn't 106 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: happening on our timetable. 107 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: We could be frustrated. 108 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: We did the right thing, we stayed in faith, but 109 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: it's not working out. 110 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: You have to do what Jesus did. 111 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: Tell the disappointment, tell the delay, tell the frustration. 112 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: Sleep on. 113 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 2: You're not going to bother me anymore. I know God 114 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 2: is still on the throne. I know he's fighting my 115 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 2: battles and he will get me to where I'm supposed 116 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: to be. Are there some things you need to tell? 117 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 2: Sleep on that person you've been trying to change. 118 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: No matter how hard you try, they won't do what 119 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: you want. It's time to say sleep on. 120 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 2: You can't control people, you can't make them do what's right. 121 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 2: Pray for them, be respectful, but don't go the next 122 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: thirty years letting them frustrate you. 123 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: Two simple words can change your life. Sleep on. 124 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: Jesus wanted his disciples support. He deserved it, he had 125 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 2: been good to them. But sometimes God will pull back 126 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: people's support. He knows if they're there all the time, 127 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: then you would become dependent on them. You would think 128 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 2: they were your source, they were your savior. 129 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: You don't need everyone you think you need. 130 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: God has already lined up the right people to come into. 131 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: Your life to help you reach your destiny. The right people. 132 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: You don't have to play up to. 133 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 2: You don't have to try to manipulate. Convince them to 134 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: be for you, Convince them to stay awake. They'll be 135 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 2: for you through thick and thin. They'll show up when 136 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: you didn't ask. They'll encourage you when nobody else is around. 137 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 2: But sometimes we're being frustrated by people that are never 138 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: going to be for us. We're spending all this energy 139 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: trying to wind them over, no matter how good we 140 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: are to them. Every time we need them, they're asleep, 141 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: they're busy. They're not interested. I've heard it said quit 142 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: swimming across an ocean to be good to someone that 143 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: won't walk across a puddle. 144 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: To be good to you. 145 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 2: And I'm all for overcoming evil with good, blessing our enemies, 146 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,679 Speaker 2: But the scripture says, don't cast your pearl among swine. 147 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: Your pearl is your personality, your annoying, it's who God 148 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 2: made you to be. Some people won't value your pearl. 149 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: They won't respect your gift. They won't recognize what you 150 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: have to offer, the calling, the favor on your life. 151 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: Your time is too valuable to waste it with people 152 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: that discount your pearl. Don't hang around people that try 153 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 2: to lessen you, or you feel like you have to 154 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: prove to them who you are. Prove to them why 155 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: they should be your friend. You don't need their approval. 156 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: You have Almighty God's approval. He breeds his life into you, 157 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: He crowned you with favor. 158 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 159 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 2: Hang around people that celebrate your pearl, people that polish 160 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: your pearl, people that respect your pearl. Too often we're 161 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 2: trying to drag someone along, convince them to like us. 162 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 2: Convince them to stay away. Do yourself a favor, tell 163 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 2: them sleep on. If you'll let go of the wrong people, 164 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: God will bring the right people. He'll send you divine connections, 165 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 2: people that will love you for who you are and 166 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: not for what you can do for them. People that 167 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 2: will inspire you to go further. People that will bring 168 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: out the best in you. People that will cause your. 169 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: Pearl to shine. 170 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: But Jesus was wise enough to recognize the disciples couldn't 171 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 2: stop the plan of God for his life. 172 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: Their lack of support. 173 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 2: Couldn't keep him from doing what his father called him 174 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 2: to do. They were good people, they loved him, But 175 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 2: sometimes good people won't. 176 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: Be there for you. It's a test. 177 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 2: Are you going to get frustrated and keep trying to 178 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 2: wake them up, or are you going to recognize it's a. 179 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: New season and say sleep on. Here's the key. 180 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 2: If they didn't wake up, you don't need them for 181 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: this season. If they're not giving you what they used 182 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: to give you, that means God has taking you to 183 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: a higher level. 184 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: He's winning you off the support, the encouragement. It's like 185 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: a little baby. 186 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 2: They love to have their bottle, makes them comfortable, makes 187 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: them feel secure and that's fine as long. 188 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: As they're a year or too old. But if they're forty. 189 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 2: Seven walking around with that bottle, that's a problem. But 190 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 2: as parents, when we take the bottle away from our children, 191 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: they don't like it, they're uncomfortable, but we do it 192 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 2: so it won't limit their growth. Sometimes God will make 193 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 2: you uncomfortable. He'll take something away that you were used to. 194 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 2: A friend that always called and encouraged you, a coworker 195 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 2: that always helped you with the report, a neighbor you 196 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 2: could always count on to go somewhere together. It's because 197 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 2: God is winning you off that bottle, so to speak. 198 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: As long as you're dependent on people, it will limit 199 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: how high you can go when God removes the support. 200 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: When he takes away someone that you were used to, 201 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: don't get mad at them, don't keep trying to wake 202 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 2: them up. 203 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: God put them to sleep. 204 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 2: You can't open a door that God is closed, that 205 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 2: friend that's not there anymore. 206 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: The disappointment. 207 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 2: You may not like it, it may be painful, but 208 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 2: it's ordained by God. You have to recognize that's a 209 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: sign you'll come in a higher That discomfort means you'll 210 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: go into a new level. And everyone that's with you 211 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 2: now may not be able to go where you're going. 212 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: Some people are like scaffolding. They come into your life 213 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 2: for a season to help you reach a certain level, 214 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 2: but at some point God is going to remove the 215 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 2: scaffolding so you can shine. It's not that they're not 216 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: good people, but their part in your story is over. 217 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: God's taken you to a higher level. Quit being frustrated 218 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: by somebody that's not supporting you. 219 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: Like they used to. Why don't they call me anymore? Joel? 220 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: Why don't they compliment me? The right attitude is I 221 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 2: love you, I respect you, but I don't have to 222 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 2: have your support, your compliment, your encouragement. 223 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: Sleep on. 224 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 2: We spend too much time trying to get people's approval, 225 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 2: trying to get them to validate us. Then we'll feel 226 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 2: good about ourselves. The problem with getting your validation from 227 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: people is people can change their mind. One moment, people 228 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: were cheering for Jesus, shouting Hosanna, waving palm branches. A 229 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 2: few days later, those same people were shouting crucifying. 230 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: People can have. 231 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 2: A short memory, people can go to sleep. And if 232 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 2: you're getting your value based on what people give you, 233 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: how much they compliment, you. Then if for some reason 234 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 2: they stop doing that, you'll forget who you are. Your 235 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 2: self worth is coming from them. Quit relying on people 236 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: and go to God. You don't need their approval. You 237 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: have God's approval. But in life we all go through gasmone. 238 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: We all have disappointments and things we don't understand. But 239 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 2: I've learned God gives us grace for every gasemone, grace 240 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: for every unfair situation. It's very freeing when you can 241 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 2: look at the people that have left, You can look 242 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 2: at the disappointment and. 243 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: Say, sleep on. 244 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: Amazing things are up ahead. If you don't give up 245 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 2: in gasemone. Yes, there will be crosses to bear, betrayals, setbacks, 246 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 2: but can I encourage you If you keep moving forward, 247 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 2: there will be resurrections, There will be new beginnings, times 248 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 2: where God pays you back for what was unfair. Times 249 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 2: were God catapults you years ahead. Don't get stuck in gasemone. 250 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: Don't let the sickness cause you to become bitter. You 251 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 2: don't understand it. It's not fair. You could say God, 252 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: why this doesn't make sense? Or you can look at 253 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 2: the frustration, the discouragement, the fear and say sleep on. 254 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna drag through this day defeated. I may 255 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 2: be in Gosemite, but I know a resurrection is coming. 256 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 2: Gasemine doesn't have to stop you. God wouldn't have allowed 257 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: it if it wasn't going to somehow move you towards 258 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: your purpose. 259 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: The next time that. 260 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: Coworker is rude to you, instead of being upset, just 261 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 2: smile and say sleep on. When that car cuts you 262 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: off in traffic, instead of saying what you normally. 263 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: Say, try a new approach. Sleep on. 264 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 2: You're not approving their behavior, You're not enabling them. You're 265 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: simply saying your actions are not going to control my life. 266 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 2: This traffic is not going to ruin my morning. This 267 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 2: setback is not going to sour the rest of my future. 268 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you need to tell your past sleep on. 269 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: You had a tough childhood, you went through a rough divorce, 270 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: you lost a loved one. Tell the hurts, tell the questions, 271 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: tell the failures. 272 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: Sleep on. 273 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 2: I've learned you're either feeding your history or you're feeding 274 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: your destiny. 275 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: But you can't feed both. 276 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 2: You're either looking back, living in regrets, thinking of everything 277 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: that went wrong, or you're looking ahead saying God I 278 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: know what was meant for harm, you're turning to my advantage. 279 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: I know you have beauty for these ashes. 280 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: I know weeping indoors for a night, but joy's coming 281 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: in the morning. If you're always feeding your history, you're 282 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 2: going to be frustrated, guilty, angry in self pity. 283 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor. Tell your history. Sleep on. You 284 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: can't go forward if you're always looking backwards. 285 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: You can't see the new things on the horizon. If 286 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 2: you're focused on what's behind. Start feeding your destiny. Father, 287 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: Thank you that your plans for me are for good. 288 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 2: Thank you that the path of the righteous gets brighter 289 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: and brighter. Thank you that you hold victory in store 290 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 2: for the upright. If you'll get your mind going in 291 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: the right direction, your life will go in the right direction. 292 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: I talked to a gentleman last week. He'd gone through 293 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 2: a lot of disappointments. His marriage of many years had ended, 294 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: and a very successful career went downhill. Everything fell apart. 295 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: He was so discouraged he was going to end his life. 296 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 2: He got in his car and was driving to a 297 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: remote place. He turned the radio on and just so 298 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: happened to tune into our serious exim station. Now I 299 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: was talking about not looking back, not reliving the hurts 300 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: and failures, and how God has good things up ahead. 301 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: He said, when. 302 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 2: He heard that, it was like somebody breathed new life 303 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: into his spirit. Strongholds in his mind were broken. He 304 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 2: turned around, went back home. Today he's back on track, 305 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 2: living a life of victory. 306 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: What happened. 307 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 2: He quit feeding his history and he started feeding his destiny. 308 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: If you feed your history long enough, it will pull 309 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 2: you into depression. 310 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: The enemy would love to. 311 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 2: Keep you so focused on your hurts and what didn't 312 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 2: work out that you're too discouraged to move forward. Don't 313 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 2: fall into that trap. You wouldn't be alive unless God 314 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: had something. 315 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: Amazing in front of you. 316 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 2: You made the Indyseimine a place of discouragement frustration. But 317 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 2: if you'll say sleep on and start thinking some new thoughts, 318 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: then you're headed for a resurrection. You're headed for a 319 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 2: new beginning, a place of restoration. A few years ago, 320 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 2: I was flying to an event with some of our staff, 321 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 2: and we were on a smaller plane that held a 322 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 2: couple dozen people. After it took off, I wanted to 323 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 2: open up my tray table so I could write some notes. 324 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: The table was in the. 325 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 2: Side of the plane, right underneath the window. I pulled 326 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 2: and pulled, but I couldn't get it open. My friend 327 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 2: was sitting across the aisle. His looked exactly the same, 328 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 2: and he pulled his straight out. No problem. I went 329 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 2: back to mine and I pulled. I yanked, I struggled. 330 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 2: I thought, I'm going to get this table open if 331 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: it's the. 332 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: Last thing I do. It was stuck. My friend came over. 333 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: He started pulling and pulling another staff member. 334 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: They pulled and pulled. It wouldn't budge. 335 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 2: I sat across the aisle kind of frustrated. About that time. 336 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 2: I looked up and over the window where we had 337 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 2: been pulling. There was a sign with big bold letters. 338 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: It read not a tray table, emergency exit only. Sometimes 339 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 2: what we're frustrated about is God keeping us from real frustration. 340 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 1: In my case, God keeping me alive. 341 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 2: If God answered all of our prayers, opened every door 342 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 2: we asked him to open, brought every person we begged 343 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: him to bring, we wouldn't reach our destiny. The longer 344 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 2: I live, the easier it is for me to say 345 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 2: sleep on. I may not understand it, it may not 346 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 2: make sense. But I've learned God is smarter than I am. 347 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: He can see things I cannot see. 348 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: He knows what he's doing. 349 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 2: I wonder if what's frustrating you has an emergency exit 350 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 2: only sign on it and you can't see it. 351 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: You don't understand. 352 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: Why God won't answer the prayer, why the dream is 353 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 2: taking so long, and why that guy at work you 354 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 2: like so much hasn't even noticed you. You've worn your 355 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: best clothes, your best perfume, given him your best move. 356 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: He acts like he's dead. 357 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: Maybe it's because God can see. 358 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: Something you can't see. 359 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: Maybe under his shirt is an emergency exit only sign 360 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 2: that's hidden from you. God has your best interests at heart. 361 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: If he's not giving you what you want, that means 362 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 2: he has something better. He loves you too much to 363 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 2: let you miss your destiny. A couple of years after 364 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: I took over from my father, the church started to 365 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 2: grow and we needed a larger auditorium. We found one 366 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 2: hundred acre tract of land right by the other location, 367 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 2: a few miles away on the freeway. 368 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: It seemed perfect. 369 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: The owner told us the property had been on the 370 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 2: market for twenty years. We knew God had saved that 371 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 2: property for us. He said we didn't need to sign 372 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 2: the contract right then, we could do some preliminary drawings 373 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 2: and do some soil samples while the paperwork was getting 374 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 2: taken care of. Several months later, we went to close 375 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 2: on the property. We had an eight o'clock in the 376 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 2: morning appointment. 377 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: We showed up at seven forty five. 378 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: The secretary walked out said I'm sorry, the owner sold 379 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 2: the property last night. 380 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it. He didn't keep his word. I 381 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: went home so disappointed. 382 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 2: I told Victoria what happened and how there was no 383 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: more property, and how now we were stuck. She looked 384 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 2: at me and said, Joel, this means God has something better. 385 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 2: He closed this door for a reason. She started preaching 386 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,479 Speaker 2: to me one of my own sermons. I didn't want 387 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 2: to hear that. She was saying, sleep on. I was say, no, no, 388 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: wake up, this is bad. I had to do what 389 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to do. I said, God, I don't 390 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 2: understand it. It doesn't seem fair, But God, I trust you. 391 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: I believe you know what's best. Several months later, we 392 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: found another piece of property. 393 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: It seemed better than the first one. We went to 394 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: close on it. The same thing happened. They sold it 395 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: out from under us. 396 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: If you don't pass the test the first time, you 397 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: get to take it again this time. I said, God, 398 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 2: I'm glad they sold the property. I didn't want it 399 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 2: in the first place. God knew I was lying, but 400 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 2: it felt good. But six months later, a friend called said, Joel, 401 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 2: the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 402 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: Compact Center. That would be a perfect place for Lakewood. 403 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 2: When he said that, something. 404 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: Came alive on the inside. 405 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 2: I knew that's why God had closed those doors. He 406 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 2: had something bigger, better. I never dreamed we could have 407 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 2: the Compact Center. Things fell into place. Here we are today. 408 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: What am I saying the things you're tempted to be 409 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 2: frustrated about today? If you will stay in faith, one 410 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: day you'll look back and say, like me, while God, 411 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 2: you outdid yourself. I never dreamed i'd meet somebody this great. 412 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: I never dreamed i'd feel this healthy. I never dreamed 413 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 2: you'd take me this far. God's plan for your life 414 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: is so much bigger than your own. 415 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: The real question is what will you do in gaseemone 416 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: when it's not working out your way? 417 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 2: When your friends aren't there for you, when the contract 418 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 2: doesn't go through, when the medical report is not good. 419 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: Too many people don't see their resurrection because they get. 420 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: Bitter in gasmone, God, why did they fall asleep? Why 421 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: did they sell it out from under us? 422 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 2: Gasemone is the real test. We like when everything's going great, 423 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 2: but that's not when we grow the most. Gasimony is 424 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 2: where you can be promoted. God is seeing what you're 425 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 2: made of. He's seeing if you're ready, if you'll stay 426 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 2: in peace, if you'll be still and know that He 427 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: is God, then he'll take you into your resurrection. The 428 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 2: way you know you're ready to be promoted is not 429 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 2: that God has removed all your difficulties, but you don't 430 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: let them frustrate you anymore. You've learned this principle. Two 431 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 2: simple words, sleep on. Maybe these two words could help 432 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 2: you get your jay back. Two words could help you 433 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 2: sleep through the night. Two words could bring you peace. 434 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: Sleep on. 435 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: I read about a lady that was complaining about everything 436 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: that went wrong that day. She said, God, why did 437 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: you let so many bad things happen? My alarm didn't 438 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: go off and I was late to work at lunch. 439 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 2: They made the wrong sandwich, and I had to send 440 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 2: it back. Driving home, my cell phone dropped the call 441 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 2: in the middle of the conversation. To top it off, 442 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 2: when I got home, I wanted to put my feet 443 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: in the foot massager, but it wouldn't turn on. God said, 444 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 2: all right, let me go down the list. Your alarm 445 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 2: didn't go off because there was a drunk driver on 446 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 2: the road. I delayed you on purpose so you wouldn't 447 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: be harmed. You had to send your sandwich back because 448 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 2: the first person that made it wasn't feeling well. I 449 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 2: didn't want you to catch what they had, so I 450 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: had somebody else make you a new one. The cell 451 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: phone dropped the call because that person was about to 452 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 2: fill you with gossip and I didn't want you to 453 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 2: be contaminated. And the foot massage it had a short 454 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 2: in it. If you would have turned it on, it 455 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 2: would have knocked out the power. And I didn't think 456 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 2: you wanted to sit around in the. 457 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: Dark all night. 458 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 2: Could it be what's frustrating you is really the hand 459 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: of God. Could it be He's behind the scenes doing 460 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: things you can't see, but it's for your good, protecting you, 461 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: guiding you, positioning you. Nothing happens without God's permission. We're 462 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 2: not always going to understand it. This is when we 463 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 2: have to trust him. You may be in Gysseimine today. 464 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 2: You have a good reason to be upset, frustrated. I'm 465 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 2: asking you to do what Jesus did. Tell the frustration, 466 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 2: tell the past, tell the disappointment, sleep on. It may 467 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 2: not be fair, but God sees what's happening. He has 468 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 2: you in the palm of his hand. He's breathing in 469 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 2: your direction right now. Don't give up in Gasemone. You 470 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: are close to your breakthrough. You are close to a 471 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: new level. If you will pass this test, I believe 472 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 2: and declare, you're going to come out of Gosimone into 473 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 2: your resurrection. 474 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: You're going to see. 475 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: Promotion, healing, restoration, vindication. God's going to turn the frustration 476 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: into favor. You're going to rise higher, accomplish dreams, and 477 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 2: become everything He's created you to be in Jesus' name. 478 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 1: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 479 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 480 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 2: the lord of your life. 481 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 482 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, come 483 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 2: into my heart. 484 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. 485 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 486 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 487 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: keep God first place. 488 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: When God created the world, he did it specifically with 489 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 3: you in mind. He used his words. He spoke everything 490 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 3: into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plants, sun and stars, animals, 491 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 3: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 492 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 2: If you want to know what you're going to be 493 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 2: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 494 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 2: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 495 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 2: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll 496 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 2: never get healthy, I'm not attractive, This dreams impossible. Instead 497 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 2: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future. 498 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 2: If you'll change your words, you can change your world. 499 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. You 500 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 2: want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words. 501 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 2: There are declarations in it that you can make over 502 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: your family, your health, finances, and your future. When you 503 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 2: get your words aligned with what God says, you'll see 504 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 2: his favor in greater ways. 505 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 3: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 506 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: to the ministry. This month, we want to send you 507 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you 508 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 3: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy 509 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity 510 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 3: as you discover the authority and power of speaking God's word. Yes, 511 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 3: Speak the Blessing will unlock life changing possibilities that are unlimited. 512 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: When you declare what God says about you, I'm strong, 513 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 2: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I 514 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 2: hope you'll request your copy to day. Remember you can 515 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 2: watch the services live online every Sunday, download our daily podcast, 516 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 2: watch on YouTube, listen on serious exam. We'll keep you 517 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 2: encouraged and inspired. 518 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Speak the Blessing 519 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 3: today Joelosine dot com or call eighty eight five six 520 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 3: seven Joel