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And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 6: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 48 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 6: about this old country farmer. He was taking his nephew 49 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 6: camping for the first time. His nephew had five degrees, 50 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 6: was one of the smartest men alive. They set up 51 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 6: their tent and quickly fell asleep. The middle of the night, 52 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,839 Speaker 6: the farmer woke up his nephew and said, look up. 53 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 4: What do you see. 54 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 6: The nephew said, I see millions of stars. Farmer said, 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 6: I know that, But what does it tell you? 56 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 4: He said? 57 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 6: Astronomically, it tells me there are billions of galaxies. Meteorologically 58 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 6: tells me it's going to be a beautiful day. Theologically, 59 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 6: it tells me God is a great creator. 60 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: What does it tell you? 61 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 6: The old farmer shook his head, said, it tells me 62 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 6: somebody stole our tent. 63 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 64 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today, Hey, I will 66 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 6: be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My 67 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 6: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 68 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 6: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 69 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 6: want to talk to you today about coming out better. 70 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 6: We all go through disappointments and things we don't understand, 71 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 6: and sometimes life is not fair. It's one thing to 72 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 6: come through a difficulty, beat up, bedraggled, where you look 73 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 6: worn and tired. 74 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 4: We're grateful that we made it. 75 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 6: But when God restores, you're not going to look like 76 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 6: what you've been through. 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 4: Nobody is going. 78 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 6: To be able to tell that you went through the sickness, 79 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 6: through the divorce, through the unfair childhood. He's going to 80 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 6: restore you back to your original condition, who you were 81 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 6: created to be, before the heartache, before the bad break. 82 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 6: Some people made it out, but they aged ten years. 83 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 6: The challenge took so much out of them. They look 84 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 6: run down, tired. 85 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 4: That's not you. 86 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 6: God is not going to just bring you through. He's 87 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 6: going to bring you out better, refreshed, renewed, re energized. 88 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 4: Where nobody will know what you went through. 89 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 6: I met a young lady recently and she was visiting 90 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 6: with her husband and children, and she's a sharp girl 91 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 6: in her mid twenties. She handed me a copy of 92 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 6: her book. It's called Beauty for Ashes. I asked what 93 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 6: it was about, and she said it was her life story. 94 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 6: She told how as a little girl, her parents abandoned her. 95 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 4: They were on drugs and left her on the streets. 96 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 6: She was passed from foster home to foster home and 97 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 6: went through abuse, neglect, and all kinds of unfair things. 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 6: When I saw her, what she was saying didn't match 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 6: up to who I was seeing. I should have seen 100 00:04:53,560 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 6: someone battlescarred, run down, insecure, but I saw someone beautiful, strong, confident, 101 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 6: well spoken. 102 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 4: I never dreamed she had gone through that. 103 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 6: I thought she'd come from a loving family, healthy environment. 104 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 4: Just the opposite. 105 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 6: All the odds were against her, but she had her 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 6: college degree to beautiful children, successful career. 107 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 4: That's how God restores. 108 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 6: He brings you through with no sign of the difficulty, 109 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 6: no sign of the betrayal, no sign of the loss. 110 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 4: You may be in a challenging time. 111 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 6: It feels like it's taken something out of you that 112 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 6: can't be replaced. You've lost that spring in your step. 113 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 4: Get ready. 114 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 6: God is about to breathe new life into your spirit. 115 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 6: He is going to renew your strength and renew your 116 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 6: youth like the eagles. What that challenge took out of you, 117 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 6: God is about to put back in health vitality, freshness, vision, passion. 118 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 6: He's going to bring new opera tunities the right people favor. 119 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: That catapults you ahead. 120 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 6: He is not going to just bring you through. He's 121 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 6: going to make up for what was unfair. The scripture says, 122 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 6: because you've got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance 123 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 6: will be double, and your joy will go on forever. 124 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 4: When you come into double nobody's going to know that 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 4: business partner cheated you. 126 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 6: Nobody will know you went through an unfair childhood. Nobody 127 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 6: will know you fought that battle with that sickness. You're 128 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 6: going to be so blessed, so strong, so favored. People 129 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 6: won't be able to tell what you've been through. In 130 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 6: the Book of Daniel, three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down 131 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 6: to the king's golden idol. He was so furious he 132 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 6: had them thrown into a fiery furnace. They should have 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 6: instantly been killed, But the scripture says, not a hair 134 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 6: on their head was sins. Their clothing was not skorts. 135 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 6: They did even smell like smoke. They came out with 136 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 6: no sign they had been in the fire. We would 137 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 6: rejoice if they had just made it out alive. Beat up, bedraggled, 138 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 6: hair burn. It would be a great miracle. They just 139 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 6: came out. But notice how God works. When he restores, 140 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 6: there's no sign of the trouble, no sign of the injustice, 141 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 6: no sign of the bad break. He went as far 142 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 6: as to not even have them smell like smoke. It's 143 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 6: one thing to not see any sign to look like 144 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 6: what you've been through. But God is so amazing when 145 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 6: he restores, you're not even going. 146 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 4: To smell like what you've been through. Isaiah said, when 147 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 4: you go through the fire, you will not be burned. 148 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 6: The flames will not harm you. It doesn't say if 149 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 6: you go through the fire. It says when we all 150 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 6: have these difficulties in the fire, you have to remind 151 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 6: yourself these flames are not going to harm me. This 152 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 6: challenge is not going to keep me from my dreams. 153 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 4: This sickness is not going to stop my purpose. 154 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 6: When people met these three teenagers years later, some of 155 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 6: them never knew they were thrown into the fire. They 156 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 6: never knew they faced this huge ordeal. There were no scars, 157 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 6: no bruises, no permanent damage. 158 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 4: They just saw three men healthy and hall. 159 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 6: You may be in the fire now, but like with them. 160 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 6: It is not going to set you back permanently. 161 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 4: When you come out, you're not going to be scarred 162 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 4: for life. 163 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 6: There's not going to be any sign of the fire, 164 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 6: any sign of the addiction, any sign of the sickness. 165 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 6: You're going to come out without the smell of smoke. 166 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 6: My mother went through terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one. 167 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 4: She was very sick. She weighed eighty nine pounds. When 168 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: I flew home from college to see her, I was shocked. 169 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 4: Her skin was as yellow as can be. 170 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 6: She looked like she was close to death, and there 171 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 6: was no treatment that the doctors could give her. For 172 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 6: several years, she fought the good fight of faith, and 173 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 6: there were struggles. Wasn't easy, plenty of lonely nights. Thoughts 174 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 6: told her that she wasn't going to make it. How 175 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 6: she should be buried in a certain dress. She was 176 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 6: in the fire, flames all around her. But like with 177 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 6: these teenagers, God didn't let the. 178 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: Fire burn her. 179 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 6: When you see my mom now, healthy, strong, beautiful, she 180 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 6: doesn't look like what she's been through. She doesn't look 181 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 6: like she spent years fighting the good fight of faith. 182 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 4: She didn't look like she had to raise my brother, Paul, and. 183 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 6: You may be in the fire now dealing with the sickness, 184 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 6: financial difficulty, a child that's off course. You need to 185 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 6: get this down in your spirit. That fire is not 186 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 6: going to burn you. What's come against you is not permanent. 187 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 6: Don't believe those thoughts that it's all downhill from here. 188 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 6: This will always taint your future, always hinder your dreams 189 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 6: of what was meant for your harm. 190 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: God is turning to your advantage. 191 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 6: When people see you, they are not going to see 192 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 6: what you've been through, not going to see the mistakes 193 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 6: you've made, not going. 194 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: To see the disappointments. 195 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 6: Like my mother, You're going to be so strong, so healthy, 196 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 6: so blessed. They're going to see who you are and 197 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 6: not what you've been through. The Israelites were in slavery 198 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 6: for four hundred and thirty years, mistreated and taken advantage of. 199 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 6: It looked like that was their destiny. But God supernaturally 200 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 6: brought them out. As they were leaving, the people that 201 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 6: held them captive all those years gave them their gold, 202 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 6: their silver, their clothing. I can imagine the Israelites walking 203 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 6: out with new clothes on and new shoes, wearing jewelry 204 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 6: They didn't leave there looking like slaves. They were loaded 205 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 6: down with gifts. They traveled the desert for many years. 206 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 6: The scripture says there was not one sick or feeble 207 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 6: one among them two million people. Their clothes and shoes 208 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 6: didn't wear out for forty years. There were no grocery 209 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 6: stores out there, no malls, no hospitals. 210 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 4: It was hot and dry. They lived on the move. 211 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 6: Yet when people saw them, nobody knew they were former slaves. 212 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 6: Nobody knew they had been mistreated. Why when God restores, 213 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 6: there's no sign of what you've been through. Now, you 214 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 6: may have been a slave to some things, a slave 215 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 6: to an addiction, slave to depression, a slave to poverty. 216 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 6: It's been in your family line for generations. You think 217 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 6: you're going to look like those that have gone before. 218 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 4: You know your days of captive, that he have come 219 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 4: to an end. Freedom is here. 220 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 6: God is not only going to deliver you. He's not 221 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 6: only going to break bondages. He's going to restore back 222 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 6: to you to where no one will ever know you 223 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 6: were a slave. They will never know you were addicted, 224 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 6: never know you were depressed, or never know you came 225 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 6: out of a dysfunctional environment. I love the story of 226 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 6: our friend Tyler Perry. 227 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: Tyler grew up. 228 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 6: Very poor and mistreated by his father. 229 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: It's a little boy. 230 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 6: He had to hide under the front porch of his 231 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 6: house to escape the drama and dysfunction in his home. 232 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 6: He was in the fire. It looked like that fire 233 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 6: would stop his destiny. A little boy, he had no control. 234 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 6: But the scripture says God is a father to the fatherless. 235 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 6: When you're in the fire, you can be assured you're 236 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 6: not there by yourself. 237 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 4: God shows up in fiery places. 238 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 6: He comes when it's unfair, when you're outnumbered, when it's 239 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 6: beyond your control. Tyler would go under the house as 240 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 6: a little boy and make up stories, had a very 241 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 6: vivid imagination. Those stories would take him to another place 242 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 6: where he could get a break from the pain and 243 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 6: turmoil that he was dealing with. It was those stories 244 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 6: and that imagination that opened the door. 245 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 4: To the films and the plays. 246 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 6: Tyler Perry has become one of the most successful entertainers 247 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 6: and filmmakers of our day. 248 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 4: And when you see. 249 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 6: Tyler now blessed, successful, loving God, making people laugh, always smiling, 250 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 6: he doesn't look like what he's been through. You'd never 251 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 6: dream he didn't have a great childhood. What happened, God 252 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 6: brought him out without the smell of smoke. Nothing that's 253 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 6: coming against you is going to stop your destiny. Nothing 254 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 6: that you've been through is going to keep you from 255 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 6: your purpose. Now, don't believe those lies. That you've been 256 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 6: through too much. The sickness is too big, the past 257 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 6: is too painful. All that is setting you up for God. 258 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 4: To show out in your life. 259 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 6: Psalm seventy one says God will restore you to greater honor. 260 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 6: The greater the difficulty, the greater the honor. You are 261 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 6: not going to look like what you've been through. 262 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 4: You're going to look like. 263 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 6: Who you are, blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, victorious. As a teenager, 264 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 6: God gave Joseph a dream that one day he would 265 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 6: be in leadership. He started off great. He was his 266 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 6: father's favorite child. Then the bottom fell out. His brothers 267 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 6: were jealous and threw him into a pit, eventually sold 268 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 6: him as a slave. He worked for an army captain, 269 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 6: cleaning his house and doing repairs. Someone lied about him 270 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 6: and he was put in prison. He spent years in 271 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 6: that lonely cell, feeling forgotten, looked like it was permanent. 272 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: But God will not let the actions of other people 273 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 6: keep you from your purpose. If that was the case, 274 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 6: they would control your destiny and not God. When unfair 275 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 6: things happen, you may not like it, but it's a 276 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 6: part of God's plan to get you to where you're 277 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 6: supposed to be. God wouldn't have allowed it if he 278 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 6: didn't have a purpose. One day, Joseph interpreted the Pharaoh's dream. 279 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 6: Pharaoh was so impressed he made Joseph the prime Minister 280 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 6: of Egypt. 281 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 4: Joseph became one of the. 282 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 6: Most powerful people of that day. He was in charge 283 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 6: of the whole country. What's interesting is Joseph wasn't even 284 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 6: from Egypt. He didn't have any formal training. He wasn't 285 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 6: related to the Pharaoh. But God knows how to restore 286 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 6: you to greater honor. 287 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 4: He knows how to make up for what you've been through. 288 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 6: I can imagine when people came to the palace and 289 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 6: saw Joejoseph, they thought he was born into royalty. 290 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 4: They thought he was raised. 291 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 6: In the palace, related to the Pharaoh, educated in the 292 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 6: finest schools. 293 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 4: They didn't know a. 294 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 6: Few years earlier he was in a pit betrayed. They 295 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 6: didn't know he was a former slave cleaning houses. They 296 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 6: didn't know he had spent years in prison. There was 297 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 6: no sign of the injustice, no sign of the bad breaks, 298 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 6: no sign of the lonely knights. 299 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 4: All they saw is this man has influence. 300 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 6: Favor, prestige. He's running our country. That's the way God restores. 301 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 6: People are not going to be able to see what 302 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 6: you've been through. You may be in a situation like Joseph, 303 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 6: where it's unfair. 304 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 4: You're doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is happening. 305 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 4: Don't worry. Your time is coming. God is a god 306 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 4: of justice. 307 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 6: He sees the wrongs, he sees what's unfair, Who betrayed you, 308 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 6: who left you out. You're going to be restored to 309 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 6: greater honor because of what tried to stop you. God 310 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 6: is going to take you further than if that had 311 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 6: not happened. When you get a double dose of trouble, 312 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 6: you're going to get a double dose of fever. Now 313 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 6: quit telling yourself that you're stuck. You'll never get past 314 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 6: the divorce, the financial difficulty, the sickness. That is not 315 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 6: how your story ends. God has the final saying he 316 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 6: is saying I'm going to restore the years that were stolen. 317 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to pay you back for what was unfair. 318 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 6: You are not going to come out beat up, bedraggled, 319 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 6: hair burned. You're going to come out without the smell 320 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 6: of smoke. Nobody is going to know what you've been through. 321 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 6: Like Joseph, all they're going to see is you promoted, honored, 322 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 6: doing great things. 323 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 4: I know this couple. 324 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 6: They were living a very blessed life than the perfect 325 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 6: storm hit. Their business went down, the lady had health issues. 326 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 4: One of their in laws suddenly died. 327 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 6: Because of the unexpected bills, they ended up losing their house. 328 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 4: They were so discouraged. I told them what I'm telling you. 329 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 6: We all get thrown into the fire, but those flames 330 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 6: are not going to harm you. God is in control. 331 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 6: When you stay in faith, he'll bring you out better. 332 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 6: But when we hear this, sometimes our mind says, there's 333 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 6: no way, Joel, how could I move past this difficulty? 334 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 6: How could I get well? Or Joseph, how could I 335 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 6: get out of prison. I'm a slave, a foreigner, I 336 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 6: have no rights. 337 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 4: You don't have to figure it out. 338 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 6: All you have to do is believe God works where 339 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 6: there's an attitude of faith when you're in the fire, 340 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 6: instead of complaining talking about how it's not going to 341 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 6: work out, turn it around. Father, Thank you that you're 342 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 6: making a way where I don't see a thank you 343 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 6: that you're gonna bring me out without. 344 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 4: The smell of smoke. That's not just being positive, that's 345 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 4: releasing your faith. I saw this couple several years later. 346 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,959 Speaker 6: The lady showed me a picture of a new house 347 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 6: they just moved into. She told how in their old 348 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 6: house the children had to share a bedroom, but in 349 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 6: this new house, each child had their own bedroom, how 350 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 6: it was much closer to their work, and how their 351 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 6: business had taken off. She had big tears running down 352 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 6: her cheeks, thanking God for his goodness. As I looked 353 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,239 Speaker 6: at the picture of that new house and looked at 354 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 6: this lady, healthy in home, and looked at her husband 355 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 6: beaming with joy, I thought to myself, you don't look 356 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 6: like what you've been through. God brought you out without 357 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 6: the smell of smoke. That's what God wants to do 358 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 6: for you. Restore you to greater honor. Now get a 359 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 6: vision for it. Don't go through life with a chip 360 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 6: on your shoulder. Bitter over who did you wrong, discourage 361 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 6: over what didn't work out, Give God something to work with. Father, 362 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 6: Thank you that what was meant from my harm you 363 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 6: are turning to my advantage. Thank you that I'm not 364 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 6: going to look like what I've been through, but I'm 365 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 6: going to look like who you created me to be. Blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, 366 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 6: and hold March chapter five. There was a man living 367 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 6: among the tombs that was possessed with evil spirits. 368 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: He was deranged. 369 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 6: He wouldn't wear clothes, He couldn't be restrained. They tried 370 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 6: to put his arms in chains, his feet in shackles. 371 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 4: Every time he would break the chains. 372 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 6: No one had the power to control him. All through 373 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 6: the day and the night, he would wander through the tombs, 374 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 6: screaming and cutting himself. 375 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 4: This had gone on for years. 376 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 6: Everyone knew to stay away from this crazy man. One day, 377 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 6: Jesus got in a boat and crossed the lake and 378 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 6: went to where the man lived. 379 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 4: The men fell at Jesus' feet. 380 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 6: Jesus prayed for him, cast those spirits out. Instantly, the 381 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 6: man was healed, his mind went back to normal. Some 382 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 6: people saw went to the town and told everyone they 383 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 6: came running out to see the man. He cleaned himself up, 384 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 6: cut his hair, put on clothes. The scripture says they saw. 385 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 4: Him sitting there, clothed. 386 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 6: In his right mind, perfectly, saying they were amazed. They thought, 387 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 6: wait a minute, we've seen this guy for years. We 388 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,479 Speaker 6: know he's deranged. How could this happen? 389 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 4: Was so far out they could hardly believe it. 390 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:46,719 Speaker 6: What's interesting is Jesus made a special trip to cross 391 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 6: the lake just to get to that man. Once he 392 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 6: healed him, Jesus got in the boat and went back across. 393 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 6: And sometimes forces of darkness come against us, like. 394 00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 4: With this man. 395 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 6: You can't get free by yourself. The good news is 396 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 6: our God. 397 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 4: Still crosses lakes. When you can't get to him, he'll 398 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 4: come to you. 399 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 6: You may be in a situation that looks too far gone. 400 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 6: An addiction seems too strong, sickness, too big, family member, 401 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 6: too far off course, nothing is too much for our God. 402 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 6: His power is greater than any power that's trying to 403 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 6: stop you. 404 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 4: He's crossing the lake right now. 405 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 6: You are not going to live addicted, depressed, sick, fearful, 406 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 6: chains or being loose, strongholds are being broken. What you 407 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 6: couldn't make happen. The most High God is about to 408 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 6: make happen. My father had a sister named Marian. In 409 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 6: her late forties, Mary became very ill. She couldn't get 410 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 6: out of bed, couldn't walk, talk, feed herself. She got 411 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 6: to the point where she didn't recognize people. She was 412 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 6: going in and out of conscious dismiths, basically at home 413 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 6: giving up to die. When my father found out how 414 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 6: sick she was, he decided to drive to Dallas and 415 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 6: pray for her. She walked in the room and Mary 416 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 6: didn't recognize him. Daddy took her by the hand and said, Mary, 417 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 6: in the name of Jesus, rise and walk. Instantly, Mary 418 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 6: woke up. She got out of the bed. 419 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 4: She was able to walk and talk that day, for the. 420 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 6: First time in months, she fed herself. It was a 421 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 6: turning point. 422 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 4: She was instantly healed. 423 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 6: Later that night, my father asked her, Mary, why did 424 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 6: you get up so quickly? 425 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 4: She said, I heard God say. 426 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 6: Mary, rise and walk. My father kind of laughed and said, no, Mary, 427 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 6: I said that. She said, no, John, I heard God 428 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 6: say rise and walk. My dad said, Mary, I was 429 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 6: standing right there. I'm telling you, I'm the one that 430 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 6: said it. She got up in his face and said, 431 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 6: listen to here, John. I heard the creator of the 432 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 6: universe sigh, God tell me to rise and walk. 433 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 4: And when he said. 434 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 6: That, I felt something go through my body that I 435 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 6: have never felt before. 436 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 4: What was that? 437 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 6: God crossing the lake, God breaking forces of darkness. Mary 438 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 6: went on to live many years healthy in hall. I 439 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 6: can imagine when people saw the man that had been deranged, 440 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 6: they'd come up to him say, are you really that 441 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 6: same man that used to live out in the tombs? 442 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 4: Are you really that. 443 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 6: Guy we were all afraid of screaming crazy. What they 444 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 6: were saying was, you don't look like what you've been through. 445 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 4: We've seen you for years. One way. 446 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 6: Now you're blessed, healthy, free. As this man was playing 447 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 6: with his grandchildren down through the years, enjoying life, I'm 448 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 6: sure many times he paused and said, God, thank you 449 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 6: for crossing the lake. 450 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 4: Thank you for coming to me when I couldn't get 451 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 4: to you. 452 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 6: How many times have God crossed the lake for us, 453 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 6: freed us when we couldn't free ourselves, brought us out 454 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 6: of trouble that we got ourselves into, turned a family 455 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 6: member around that didn't deserve it, healed us when the 456 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 6: medical report said we were done. That's the mercy of God. 457 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 6: It's from everlasting to everlasting. That means God will never 458 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 6: stop crossing the lake for you. 459 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 4: In the story Jesus. 460 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 6: Told of the prodigal Son, the young man took his inheritance, 461 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 6: left home, and wasted all of his money. Eventually he 462 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 6: ran out of funds. The only job he could find 463 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 6: was working. 464 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 4: At a hog pen. 465 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 6: He got so low, so desperate, he had to eat 466 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 6: hog food to survive. Finally he decided to go back home. 467 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 6: He thought, my father has staff members that lived better 468 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 6: than me. 469 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 4: Maybe he'll give me a job. 470 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 6: When he went home, his father was out looking for him. 471 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 6: He saw the son a great distanced all took off, 472 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 6: running toward him, hugged his son and kissed him. The 473 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 6: son went into his speech, Dad, I've blown it, Dad, 474 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 6: I know I was wrong. 475 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 4: His father didn't even let him finish. 476 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,959 Speaker 6: He said to his assistant, quick, go get the best 477 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 6: robe in the house and put it on him. Go 478 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 6: get new shoes for his feet, put a ring on 479 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 6: his finger. 480 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 4: Kill the fatted calf. We're going to have a party. 481 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 4: Imagine the sun was cleaned up. 482 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 6: Now, wearing his new robe, his new shoes, his ring 483 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 6: of honor. He didn't look like the guy from the 484 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 6: hog pen. He didn't look like the sun that blew 485 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 6: his inheritance. This shows us the heart of God, even 486 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 6: when it's our fault, even when we bring trouble on ourselves. 487 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 6: God doesn't want us to look like what we've been through. 488 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 6: He doesn't want you to be in constant memory of 489 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 6: your failures, the hurts, the injustices, whether you made the 490 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 6: mistakes or like the deranged man, forces of darkness are 491 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 6: trying to stop you. 492 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 4: God still crosses legs, He still says, go get the 493 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,479 Speaker 4: best robe. He still restores back to honor. 494 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 6: You would think this father would say, all right, you 495 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 6: can come back home, but you need to be guilty. 496 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 6: You need to know how wrong you were. The Father 497 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 6: didn't even bring up his past. You may have blown it, 498 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 6: done things that you're not proud of. You think you'll 499 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 6: always be hindered by the past. Quit listening to the 500 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 6: accusing voices. You are forgiven, You are redeemed. Now do 501 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 6: your part. Put on your robe of honor, start receiving 502 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 6: the mercy that your heavenly father is offering you. If 503 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 6: you will shake off the guilt and keep moving forward. 504 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 6: Nobody will be able to tell what you've been through. 505 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 4: You mean, you struggled for years with an addiction. You 506 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,239 Speaker 4: don't look like it. 507 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 6: You're free, clean, helping others. You don't look like you've 508 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 6: had cancer. You're healthy and home. You don't look like 509 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 6: you've been through a divorce. You're happy, remarried, have a 510 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 6: great spouse. That's God's dream to bring you out better. 511 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 6: You may have had unfair things happen. Seems like you're 512 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 6: at a disadvantage. Or get ready, God is about to 513 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 6: do a new thing. He is crossing that lake right now, 514 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 6: coming after you. 515 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 4: I believe and declare. God is going to. 516 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 6: Restore you to greater honor. You are coming out without 517 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 6: the smell of smoke. Things are changing in your favor. Freedom, healing, vindication, promotion, 518 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 6: the fullness of your destinies in Jesus's name, And if 519 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 6: you receive it, can you say men today? Well, I'd 520 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 6: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 521 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 6: lord of your life. 522 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll 523 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. 524 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 6: Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and Savior. 525 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 526 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 527 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 6: God first place. 528 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the joel Osteine podcast. Help 529 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 7: us continue to share the message of hope with those 530 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 7: all over the world. 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