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I'll promise you we'll make 45 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 4: you feel right at home. And I like to start 46 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: with something funny. And I heard about this man. He 47 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 4: was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful single lady. 48 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 4: They struck up a conversation and he asked her what 49 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 4: kind of men she liked. She said, well, I like 50 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 4: Native American men with their high cheek bones and golden 51 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 4: tan skin. Plus I like Jewish men, they're so brilliant 52 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 4: and successful. And I like good old boys from the 53 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 4: South with their long Southern drawl. What's your name, he said, 54 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 4: My name is Geronimo Bernstein, but my friends call me Bubba. 55 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 60 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 62 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 4: about faith for the middle. It's easy to have faith 63 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 4: at the start. When that new baby is born, you 64 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,279 Speaker 4: marry that beautiful girl, you start that business that's exciting. 65 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 4: There's adrenaline flowing It's easy to have faith at the 66 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 4: end when you can see the finish line. The dream 67 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 4: is in sight. You fought the good fight. Having faith 68 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 4: at the start and faith at the end is no problem. 69 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 4: The real challenge is having faith in the middle, when 70 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 4: it's taking longer than you thought, when you don't have 71 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 4: the funds, when the medical report wasn't good. That little 72 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 4: baby you were so excited about. He was so cute, 73 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 4: he couldn't do any wrong. Now he's a teenager. You're 74 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 4: convinced he's not your child. You're having his DNA tested 75 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 4: next week. The mistake we make is we get discouraged 76 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 4: in the middle. We think, God, I know you gave 77 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 4: me this child, but he's making my life miserable. God, 78 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: you've brought this spouse into my life, but there's conflict. God, 79 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 4: you blessed me with this business, but I don't have 80 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: the funds I need to run it. In the middle 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 4: is where most people lose the battle. But God never 82 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 4: promised that we would reach our destiny without opposition, without disappointments, 83 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 4: without things we don't understand. The scripture says, don't think 84 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 4: it's strange when you face fiery trials. That means don't 85 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 4: be upset because that person did you wrong. Don't start 86 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 4: worrying because business went down. God is still on the throne. 87 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 4: Nothing that's happened to you has stopped his plan for 88 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 4: your life. He's not into heaven scratching his head thinking, 89 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 4: Oh man, that one threw me off. I didn't see 90 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 4: that bad break coming. What God promised you, He still 91 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 4: has every intention of bringing it to pass. 92 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 5: Now. 93 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 4: I know you can have faith at the start. Oh, 94 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 4: you can have faith at the end. My question is 95 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: will you have faith for the middle when it's not 96 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 4: happening the way you thought, When it seems like you're 97 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 4: going backwards. Every voice tells you to give up. You 98 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 4: must have heard God wrong. You wouldn't have this opposition 99 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 4: if you were on the right course. Don't believe those lies. 100 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: It's all a part of the process. Here's the key. 101 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 4: When God puts a dream in your heart, he'll show 102 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 4: you the end. He gives you the promise, but he 103 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 4: won't show you the middle. If he told us all 104 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 4: it was going to take to see it come to pass, 105 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 4: many times we would talk ourselves out of it. In 106 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 4: the scripture, an angel appeared to a young teenage girl 107 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 4: named Mary. He said, Mary, you are highly favored of God. 108 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 4: You're going to have a baby without knowing a man. 109 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: He will be the Messiah, the savior of the world. 110 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 4: God showed her the end. She was going to be 111 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 4: the mother of Christ, have honor, be respected and admired 112 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 4: for generations to come. I'm sure Mary was excited. She 113 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 4: couldn't believe it was happening. But years later I can 114 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: hear Mary saying, God, you didn't tell me having this 115 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 4: baby would cause my fiancee to want to call off 116 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 4: the engagement. You didn't tell me I would have this 117 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 4: baby in a manger with smelly animals. You didn't tell 118 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 4: me I would have to live on the run two 119 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 4: years trying to hide my baby from King Herod. You 120 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 4: didn't tell me my son would be mistreated, mocked, ridiculed. 121 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 4: I'd have to watch him be crucified, die a painful death. 122 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: What am I saying? God doesn't give us all the details. 123 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 4: What you're facing may be difficult. You don't understand it. 124 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 4: It doesn't make sense. This is where your faith has 125 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 4: to kick in. Are you going to get discouraged and 126 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 4: talk to yourself out of it, or are you going 127 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,559 Speaker 4: to do like Mary and say, God, you didn't tell 128 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 4: me that these people would do me wrong. You didn't 129 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,559 Speaker 4: tell me i'd be dealing with this illness. You didn't 130 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 4: tell me business would slow. But God, I know you're 131 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 4: still on the throne. This is not a surprise to you. 132 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 4: It's a part of the process. So I'm not going 133 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 4: to live discouraged. I'm not going to give up on 134 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 4: my dreams. I'm going to do like Mary and have 135 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 4: faith for the middle. This is what Joseph did. God 136 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 4: gave him a dream that he would rule a nation, 137 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 4: that his brothers would bow down before him. God showed 138 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,559 Speaker 4: him the end. The promise was planted in his heart. 139 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 4: But what God didn't show him was the middle. Years later, 140 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 4: when Joseph was ruling the nation of Egypt, one of 141 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 4: the most influential people of his day, the dream had 142 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 4: come to pass. I can imagine Joseph saying, God, you 143 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 4: told me that I would take the throne, but you 144 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 4: didn't tell me my brothers would be jealous and throw 145 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 4: me into a pin. You showed me the kingdom, but 146 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: you didn't show me along the way I would be 147 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: sold into slavery. You didn't tell me i'd be falsely 148 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 4: accused and put in prison for something that I didn't do. 149 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: If Joseph were here today, he would tell you, don't 150 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 4: get discouraged in the middle. Don't give up when life 151 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 4: doesn't make sense. You know the promise is in your heart. 152 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 4: You know God has told you that you'll be healthy again, 153 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 4: that you'll see your family restored, that you'll meet the 154 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 4: person of your dreams. But every circumstance may say just 155 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: the opposite, looks like you're going the other direction. Do 156 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 4: like Joseph, keep believing, keep being your best. God has 157 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 4: not brought you this far to leave you. He hasn't 158 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 4: failed you in the past. He's not going to fail 159 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,239 Speaker 4: you in the future. Don't get discouraged by the process. 160 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 4: See the start is fun, the end is exciting, but 161 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 4: the middle can be messy in some way. We're all 162 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 4: in the middle. We're all on a journey. There are 163 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 4: things that you're believing for. You know God has planted 164 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 4: that seed. But over time it's easy to get discouraged 165 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 4: and thank God, Joe, it's never gonna happen. There are 166 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 4: too many obstacles. God has you hearing this to breathe 167 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 4: new life into your dreams. What He's promised you is 168 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 4: already en route. The process has already been started, the healing, 169 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 4: the right people, the new business, the breakthrough is already 170 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 4: on the way. Now do your part and have faith 171 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 4: for the middle. David could have said, God, you promised 172 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 4: me I would be the king, but you didn't tell 173 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: me I would have to face a giant twice my size. 174 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 4: You left that detail out. You didn't tell me King 175 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 4: Saul would chase me through the desert and try to 176 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 4: kill me. You didn't tell me my own son would 177 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 4: turn on me and try to take the throne. When 178 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 4: you study the great heroes of faith, one common denominator 179 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 4: you'll find is they had faith for the middle. When 180 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: it looked impossible, when the promise seemed a long way off, 181 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 4: they kept moving forward, knowing that it was a part 182 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 4: of the process. I can still remember where I was 183 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 4: sitting years ago in a restaurant when a friend of 184 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 4: mine told me that the Houston Rockets basketball team was 185 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 4: going to move out of the Compact Center and this 186 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: facility was going to come available. When I heard that, 187 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 4: something came alive on the inside, I knew it was 188 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: supposed to be ours. God showed me the end. I 189 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 4: could already see us in here, having services touching the world. 190 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 4: But looking back now, I realize what God didn't show 191 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 4: me that it was going to take two years to 192 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 4: try to convince ten city council members to vote for us. 193 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 4: He didn't show me one of the largest companies in 194 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 4: Texas would follow lawsuit to try to keep us from 195 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 4: moving in. He didn't tell me it was going to 196 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 4: cost one hundred million dollars to renovate. Sometimes God leaves 197 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 4: out certain details on purpose. If he would have told 198 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 4: me I would be responsible for those funds, I would 199 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 4: have said, God, we're fine with our old location. I 200 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: would have settled for less than his best. There's a 201 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 4: reason we don't know all the details. We wouldn't move 202 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 4: into the fullness of our destiny because none of us 203 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 4: like adversity. We like to be comfortable, But you won't 204 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 4: become all you were created to be without opposition, without disappointments, 205 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 4: without struggles that caused you to stretch your faith, to grow, 206 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 4: to develop your spiritual muscles. When God brought the Israelites 207 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 4: out of slavery, they were headed toward the Promised Land. 208 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 4: God showed them the destination the land flowing with milk 209 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 4: and honey. He got them started. But in the middle, 210 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: God didn't abandon them. He didn't say, I gave you 211 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 4: the promise, Now you're on your own. Good luck in 212 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: the middle. All along the way, God supernaturally provided for them. 213 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 4: He gave them manna, something like bread to eat each morning. 214 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 4: Out in the desert. When they wanted meat, God shifted 215 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 4: the direction of the winds and hundreds of thousands of 216 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 4: quell came into the camp. When they were thirsty and 217 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: couldn't find a stream, God brought water out of a rock. 218 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 4: He protected them from enemies that were much bigger and 219 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 4: more powerful. When Pharoh changed his mind and came chasing 220 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 4: after the Israelites, they were at a dead end at 221 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 4: the Red Sea, and they had nowhere to go. It 222 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 4: looked like they were done. God supernaturally parted the waters 223 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 4: took them through on dry ground again and again. God 224 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: showed them favor, made things happen that they could never 225 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 4: make happen. God was showing us I'm not just the 226 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 4: God of the start. I'm not just the God of 227 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 4: the finish. I'm the God of the middle. I'm the 228 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 4: God who will bring you through the storm, through the trial, 229 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 4: through the difficulty. When you're in the middle, God's given 230 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 4: you the promise. Like the Israelites, you know your destination, 231 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 4: but you're en route raising that baby, believing for your healing. 232 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: You're running your business along the way. You'll face situations 233 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 4: like them where it looks impossible. The odds are against you. 234 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 4: The opposition is much stronger. Be encouraged. The God of 235 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 4: the Middle is right there with you. There may be 236 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 4: some red seas in your path. Seems like you're stuck. 237 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 4: The good news is God knows how to part the waters. 238 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 4: He knows how to make a way. You may not 239 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 4: have the funds you need to go to college to 240 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 4: run your business, but God knows how to shift the 241 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: direction of the wind and bring quall into your camp. 242 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 4: So to speak. God can still bring water out of 243 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 4: a rock. Don't give up in the middle. The scripture 244 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 4: says you'll go through the flood, but you will not drown. 245 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 4: Why is that. The God of the Middle is with you. 246 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 4: Goes on to say, you'll go through the fire, but 247 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 4: you won't be burned. You'll go through the famine, but 248 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 4: you won't go hungry. You may be in the fire 249 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 4: in the flood in the famine. God is saying you're 250 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 4: not staying there. You're going through it. And when you're 251 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 4: in the middle, you have to remind yourself this too 252 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 4: shall pass. It's temporary. Now. Quit giving so much energy 253 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 4: to something that's not going to last. Quit wasting time 254 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 4: worried about the situation at work, discouraged over the medical report, 255 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 4: upset over what they said. That's not your destination. You're 256 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 4: only passing through. The trouble is not permanent. The sickness, 257 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 4: the legal situation, the loneliness. It's just a step along 258 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 4: the way. But if you make the mistake of letting 259 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 4: it overwhelm you and get discouraged, then you'll settle there 260 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 4: and let what should have been temporary become permanent. This 261 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: is where many people miss it. They give up in 262 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 4: the middle. I'm asking you to keep moving forward. David 263 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 4: said it this way. Though I walk through the valley 264 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 4: of the Shadow of Death. He didn't say I stay 265 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 4: in the valley. I set up camp in the valley. 266 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 4: I build my house in the valley, he said. The 267 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 4: valley is not my home. I don't settle in the middle. 268 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 4: I don't get discouraged by opposition. I don't give up 269 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 4: when life doesn't make sense. He had faith for the middle. 270 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 4: When things come against you, you're tempted to settle, you 271 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: have to dig your heels in and say, like David, 272 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 4: I know he's not just the God of the finish, 273 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 4: He's the God of the middle. So I'm not gonna 274 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 4: settle in the valley. I'm not going to get stuck 275 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 4: in the middle. I'm going to keep moving forward, knowing 276 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 4: that God will get me to where I'm supposed to be. 277 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 4: This is what it says in Psalm one thirty eight. 278 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 4: The Lord will work out his plan for your life. 279 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 4: Doesn't say we have to work out our own plan. 280 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 4: Make it happen in our own strength, be frustrated when 281 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 4: it's not happening the way we thought. Now we can 282 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: stay in peace knowing that the Lord, the God who 283 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 4: created the universe, the God who spoke worlds into existence, 284 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 4: He's promised he will work out his plan for your life. 285 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 4: And sometimes it does feel like we're going backwards. We 286 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 4: know we should be going that way, we're going just 287 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: the opposite. But God knows what he's doing. His ways 288 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 4: are better than our ways. Right now, he's behind the 289 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 4: scenes in your life working out his plans. That means 290 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 4: he's arranging things in your favor. He's moving the wrong 291 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: people out of the way the breaks you need. You 292 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 4: may not see anything, yet you have to walk by 293 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 4: faith and not by sight. See. In the Middle, Joseph 294 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 4: could have said, it's never gonna work out. I'm a 295 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 4: slave in prison in a foreign land. You're telling me 296 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 4: I'm a ruler nation. What Joseph couldn't see was behind 297 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 4: the scenes, God was working out the plan for his life. 298 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 4: In the Middle, David could have said, I'll never take 299 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 4: the throne. I'm a shepherd boy from a low income family. 300 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 4: I don't have the talent, the connections, the experience. But 301 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 4: God is not dependent on what you don't have. When 302 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: he brethed his life into you, he equipped you with 303 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 4: everything that you need. What you think you don't have 304 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 4: enough of the favor of God will make up for it. 305 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 4: His anointing on your life will cause you to go 306 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 4: further than people that have more talent than you do. 307 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 4: In the Middle, Abracaim could have said, we'll never have 308 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 4: a baby. That's impossible, we're too old. But what he 309 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 4: couldn't see was behind the scenes, God had already ordained 310 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 4: a little baby named Isaac that had Abraham and Sarah's 311 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: name on it. You may not see how your dream 312 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 4: could come to pass. Medically speaking, you won't get well. 313 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 4: Does it look like you'll ever break that addiction on 314 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 4: your own? You're out of luck. The good news is 315 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 4: you're not on your own. You're not doing life by yourself. 316 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 4: Your heavenly Father, the most High God, is working out 317 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 4: his plans for your life. There may be some obstacles 318 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 4: that look insurmountable, but God has the final say. When 319 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 4: you have faith for the middle, God will make things 320 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 4: happen that you could never make happen. He'll turn situations 321 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 4: around that look impossible. He'll take you further than you've imagined. 322 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 4: Paul said in Ephesians, put on the armor of God, 323 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 4: so in the day of trouble you can stand in life. 324 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 4: We will all have days of trouble, days of disappointments, 325 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 4: days of opposition. But the same God that said there 326 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 4: will be a day of trouble also said there will 327 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 4: be a day when that trouble comes to an end. 328 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 4: You may be in a difficulty right now, be encouraged. 329 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 4: It's temporary. That trouble has an expiration date. God has 330 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 4: already set an end to it. You're in the middle, 331 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 4: but at the appointed time, the end will come. That 332 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 4: legal situation, it's just one of those days of trouble 333 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 4: that God talked about. Instead of being discouraged, keep your 334 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 4: minding yourself. This trouble is not permanent. It has an 335 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 4: expiration date. Just like there's a day of trouble, God 336 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 4: has a day of deliverance, a day of healing, a 337 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 4: day of abundance, a day of breakthrough. This couple I 338 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: know have a son that was addicted to drugs for 339 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 4: over twenty years. These parents are good people. They love God. 340 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: They're always giving and serving, But somehow their son got 341 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 4: on the wrong course. Year after year went by, it 342 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 4: looked like nothing was changing. But I never heard these 343 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 4: parents talk about the problem. I never once heard them 344 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 4: complain God, why did this happen to our son? We 345 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 4: don't understand it. They were in the valley, but they 346 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,719 Speaker 4: didn't make the valley their home. They knew just as 347 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 4: there was a day of trouble when their son was addicted, 348 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 4: there was a day of deliverance set by the creator 349 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 4: of the universe where their son would be free from 350 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 4: that addiction, and they had done everything they could. They prayed, 351 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 4: they believed, they send him to rehab, but none of 352 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 4: that worked. Few months ago, some people that worked with 353 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 4: this young man took a special interest in him. They're 354 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: not even believers, but they befriended him and paid his 355 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 4: way to go through treatment. This time it was successful. Now, 356 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 4: for the first time in over twenty years, he's completely clean. 357 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: He has no desire for any of those drugs. What happened. 358 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 4: He came in to his day of deliverance. What his 359 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 4: parents couldn't do, God had somebody to do for him. 360 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 4: When you have faith for the middle, God will make 361 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 4: things happen that you could never make happen. You may 362 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 4: be in one of those days of trouble right now, 363 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 4: trouble in your health, trouble in a relationship, trouble in 364 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: your mind. It's easy to think it's never going to change. 365 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 4: I'll always be depressed, I'll always struggle in my finance, 366 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 4: and always struggle with this addiction. You need to get 367 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 4: ready like this young man. God is saying, your day 368 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 4: of deliverance is coming, Your day of freedom, your day 369 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 4: of joy, your day of victory is on the way. 370 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 4: March Chapter four, Jesus had been teaching thousands of people. 371 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 4: It was late in the day, and he said to 372 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 4: the disciples, let's go to the other side of the lake. 373 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 4: They got in a boat and began to travel there, 374 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 4: but along the way they encountered a huge storm. The 375 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 4: scripture describes it as a furious squall of hurricane proportions. 376 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 4: The winds were so strong they thought the boat was 377 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 4: going to capsize. The waves were coming up over the top, 378 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: and the disciples were so panicked that Peter ran down 379 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 4: to the stern of the boat where Jesus was sleeping, 380 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 4: and said, Jesus, wake up. We're in the middle of 381 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 4: the storm. We're about to die. Jesus woke up, and 382 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 4: he spoke to the storm and everything calmed down. What's 383 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 4: interesting is Jesus knew there was going to be a 384 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 4: storm before they left that night. He's God, he knows everything. 385 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: Why did he tell them let's go to the other 386 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 4: side if he knew there was going to be a hurricane, 387 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 4: a major storm. Because he also knew that storm could 388 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 4: not keep them from their destiny. He knew there would 389 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 4: be difficulties in the middle. But when he declares we're 390 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 4: going to the other side. All the forces of darkness 391 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 4: cannot stop him. He's going to make it to the 392 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 4: other side. In the same way, when God puts a 393 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 4: promise in your heart, when he speaks into your destiny, 394 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 4: you don't have to be moved by the winds, worried 395 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 4: by the storms, upset and panic because there's a few 396 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 4: hurricanes along the journey. God is in control of the universe. 397 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 4: What he's spoken over your life will come to pass. 398 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 4: And the reason Jesus didn't wake up on his own 399 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 4: in the middle of that storm is because he knew 400 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 4: the disciples could handle it. If they were all going 401 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 4: to die, he would have gotten up without them having 402 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 4: to wake him up. When we're in a storm, a 403 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 4: lot of times we do like Peter, and we get 404 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 4: all upset. Panic. God, you got to help me. God, 405 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 4: You've got to fix this right now. The reason it 406 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 4: may seem like God is not waking up is not 407 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 4: because he's ignoring you, not because he's uninterested. It's because 408 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 4: he knows you can handle it. He wouldn't have allowed 409 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 4: that storm if it was going to sink you. Now, 410 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 4: quit being upset over something you can handle. Quit worrying 411 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 4: about that situation at work. God is not ignoring you. 412 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 4: He knew there'd be a storm before he sent you out. 413 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 4: He's not waking up because he's growing you up. He's 414 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: teaching you to have faith for the middle. If he 415 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 4: came running every time we had a difficulty, our spiritual 416 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 4: muscles would never develop. We would never really trust him. 417 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 4: But when you're calm despite what comes against you, that's 418 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 4: a sign of maturity. That's a sign you have faith 419 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 4: for the middle. If God is not turning it around yet, 420 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 4: the winds are still blowing, the waves are still rock 421 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 4: take it as a compliment. That means you can handle it. 422 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 4: It's not too much for you. You have the most powerful 423 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 4: force in the universe breathing in your direction. Years ago, 424 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 4: we were doing a Night of Hope in Los Angeles 425 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 4: at Dodger Stadium. Alexandra, our daughter, was a little girl. 426 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 4: She would come up at the end of the program 427 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 4: and sing. There were thousands of people there was live 428 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 4: on television. Alexandra started her song, but the mic wasn't 429 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 4: working properly. It would come on for a second, go 430 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 4: off for three seconds, cutting in and out. It's hard 431 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 4: enough to sing in the big stadiums because there's so 432 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 4: much echo. But now she couldn't hear herself, and she 433 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 4: was a little girl and didn't really know what to do. 434 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 4: As she was singing with these thoughts of confusion filling 435 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 4: her mind, saying you should stop. Nobody can hear you. 436 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 4: You're wasting your time. She looked over to the left 437 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 4: and could see Victoria, her mother, sitting on the side 438 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 4: of the platform. The whole time, Victoria had a big 439 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 4: smile on her face and was nodding her head yes, 440 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: just like she was saying, keep going, you're doing good. 441 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 4: Alexander would sing for another fifteen seconds, mike cutting in 442 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 4: and out. She would look back over and there was Victoria, 443 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 4: still smiling from ear to ear, nodding her head yes. 444 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 4: Alexandra made it through the whole song simply because she 445 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 4: could see her mother reassuring her that everything was going 446 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 4: to be all right. Sometimes in life, the mic is 447 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 4: not working. You're in the middle of your song. You 448 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 4: thought it would be the best part of your life, 449 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 4: but you came down with an illness. Somebody walked away 450 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 4: and broke your heart. The business didn't make it. You 451 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 4: hit one of those days of trouble. Every voice will 452 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 4: tell you to stop singing. It's not making a difference. 453 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 4: Nobody's listening. But if you'll look up through your eyes 454 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 4: of faith, you'll see your heavenly Father nodding his head yes, 455 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 4: saying keep going, you're doing good. I'm in control. When 456 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 4: you're in the middle and the might quits working, the 457 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 4: key is just keep seeing your song, keep doing the 458 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 4: right thing. You can't control everything that happens to you. 459 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 4: Just be your best and trust God to take care 460 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: of the rest. He's not just the god of the start, 461 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 4: not just the god of the finish. He's the God 462 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 4: of the middle. He has you in the palm of 463 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 4: his hand. He's behind the scenes right now working out 464 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 4: his plan for your life. Don't be discouraged by the process. 465 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 4: You may be in the fire, but you're not staying there. 466 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 4: You're passing through. You're coming out now. I believe and declare. 467 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 4: If you'll have faith for the middle, the God of 468 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 4: the middle is going to show up and show out 469 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 4: in your life like the Israelites, providing for you, protecting you, 470 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 4: and you won't get stuck in the middle. You will 471 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 4: make it in to your promised land in Jesus' name. 472 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 4: If you receive it can just say amen. Today, I'd 473 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 474 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 475 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 476 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 477 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 478 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church, and keep God first place. 479 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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