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We love you. 45 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 5: If you're ever in our area, please stop by and 46 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. I'll promise 47 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 48 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 5: so much for tuning in today, and thank you again 49 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 5: for coming out. And I like to start with something funny. 50 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 5: And I heard about these three men that were out 51 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 5: in the wilderness and they came upon this violent, raging river. 52 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 5: They needed to get to the other side. The first 53 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 5: man prayed, God, please give me the strength to make 54 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 5: it across, and poof God gave him big arms and 55 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 5: strong legs, and he was able to swim across in 56 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 5: two hours. Seeing this, the next man prayed, God, please 57 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 5: give me the strength and the tools to make it across, 58 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 5: and poof God gave him a boat. He was able 59 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: to row across in thirty minutes. The next man said, God, 60 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 5: please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence 61 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 5: to make it across, and poof God turned him into 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 5: a woman. She looked at the map, hiked five minutes upstream, 63 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 5: and walked across the bridge. Hold up your bibles, and yes, 64 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 5: that was said to me by a woman. 65 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 66 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have, I can do 67 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 68 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 69 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 70 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 71 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about staying open for change. 72 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 5: Mark Twain said, the only person that likes change is 73 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 5: a wet baby. One reason change is one of the 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 5: most difficult things that we all face, but change is inevitable. 75 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 5: And one reason we don't like change is we get 76 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 5: comfortable where we are. We get used to our friends, 77 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: our job, the place we live, and even if it's 78 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 5: not perfect, we accept it because it's familiar. And what 79 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 5: happens because we're not willing to change. We get stuck 80 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 5: in what God used to do instead of moving forward 81 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 5: into what God is about to do. And just because 82 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 5: God's blessed you where you are doesn't mean you can 83 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 5: just sit back and settle there. I read about these 84 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 5: people that went to a leading company that rents out 85 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 5: movies and videos. They said, we've got an idea and 86 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 5: we'd like to partner with you on it. We've developed 87 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 5: the technology to send movies through the internet. 88 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: That way, people wouldn't have to come. 89 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 5: Up to the store and rent the movie and drive 90 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 5: back and drop it off. It would eliminate all the travel. 91 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 5: The company wasn't interested. They said, no thanks, we're the 92 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 5: leaders in our field. 93 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 4: We know what we're doing. 94 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 5: The people said fine, went out and started their own company. 95 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 5: They called it Netflix. Today it's taken off and practically. 96 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 4: Put the other people out of business. 97 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 5: My point is you have to stay open to what 98 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: God is doing now. What worked five years ago may 99 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 5: not work today. If you're going to be successful, you 100 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 5: have to be willing to change. Every blessing is not 101 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: supposed to be permanent. Every provision is not supposed to 102 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 5: last forever. When the people of Israel were in the 103 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 5: desert on the way to the Promised Land, God gave 104 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 5: them manna to eat. 105 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 4: That was good. 106 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: It sustained them for a while, but it wasn't permanent provision. 107 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 5: The mana stopped coming. They had to move forward. God 108 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: gave them quall. They were excited. That fed them for 109 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 5: a while, but it too was temporary. God was taking 110 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 5: them to the Promised Land, where they would have permanent provision, 111 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 5: blessings in favor like. 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: They'd never seen before. 113 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 5: When the manna stopped coming, when the quail didn't show up, 114 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 5: they were smart enough to recognize that was only temporary 115 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 5: provision that God had something much greater in their future, 116 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 5: so they kept moving forward. The fact is God could 117 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 5: have kept the quail and the manna coming. He's God, 118 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,679 Speaker 5: but God likes freshness. He works in seasons. You can't 119 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 5: get stuck in a rut and think that one way 120 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 5: is going to last forever. If you'll stay open and 121 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 5: be willing to change, make adjustments, make corrections, try something new, 122 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 5: then your provision will lead you into your promised land. 123 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 5: If the man it stops coming like it used to, 124 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 5: don't get upset, don't get stuck there. Try to make 125 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 5: something happen that God is finished with. Just keep moving 126 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 5: forward and you'll come into your quail. If the quail 127 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 5: stops showing up, look for new opportunities. Tweak what you're doing. 128 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 5: That's a temporary provision. God wants to get you to 129 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 5: your next place of blessing, one step closer to your 130 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 5: promised land. But too often we get stuck in the old. 131 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 4: It worked at one time, so we think it's going 132 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 4: to work all the time. 133 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 5: When they needed water back then, God told Moses to 134 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 5: strike the rock. He struck the rock and water float 135 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 5: out freely. Another time they needed. God told Moses speak 136 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 5: to the rock. You know what Moses did. He went 137 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 5: over and struck the rock. He thought, hey, it worked 138 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 5: last time, it'll work this time, the same rock. 139 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 4: But God had a different plan. 140 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 5: You have to stay open for something new. You can 141 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 5: do the same thing the same way you did last 142 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 5: time and had great success, but this time there's no success. 143 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: It's because God's doing a new thing. It may not 144 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 5: be something major where you're missing it, but like Moses, 145 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 5: just something small. 146 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: He was striking the rock. 147 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: When God had moved forward, and he should have been 148 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 5: speaking to the rock. A small tweak, a small adjustment 149 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 5: to stay in sync with the plan of God. I 150 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 5: read about this restaurant in Washington, d C. They had 151 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 5: great success for a while, but then business started going down. 152 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 5: They couldn't figure out why they were serving the same food, 153 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 5: same chef, same amount of advertisement, but business was about 154 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 5: half what it used to be. One day, a customer 155 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 5: said to the owner, a lot of people that come 156 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 5: in here work for the CIA, and your tables are 157 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 5: too close together. 158 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: There's no privacy. 159 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 5: The owner made a small tweak, removed about a dozen 160 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 5: tables on the floor, spread the others out, and business 161 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 5: went back to booming like it was before. Sometimes a 162 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 5: minor adjustment can make a major improvement. Let me make 163 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 5: it more practical. One friend, you're hanging around that was 164 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 5: good for a season, but now it's a new day 165 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 5: and they're holding you back. If you'd make a small tweak, 166 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 5: it'd make a major difference in your life. Stay open 167 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 5: for change, be willing to make adjustments in your attitude, 168 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 5: in relationships, in your career. Don't be like the first 169 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 5: company I talked about and be a know it all 170 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 5: and think that. 171 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: There's no room for improvement. 172 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 5: We should always stay open to advice, open to suggestions 173 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 5: from friends. Family members love us and believe in us. 174 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 5: Sometimes we can get so close to a situation we 175 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 5: can't see the obvious. That's why you need to pay 176 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 5: attention to who God's put in your life. You may 177 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 5: not take every bit of advice, but there will be 178 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 5: certain things they say that bear witness to your spirit. 179 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 5: You know it's right for you, and it will be 180 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 5: instrumental in you moving forward. Just a small word of advice. 181 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 5: Talked to a young man after the service a while back, 182 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 5: and he was raised in a really rough environment. He said, 183 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 5: Joel the only thing I know how to do is 184 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 5: sell drugs. I've never been to college, don't have any 185 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 5: special skills. That's the only way I know how to 186 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 5: make a living. I told him what I'm telling you, 187 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 5: A minor adjustment. 188 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 4: Could make a major improvement. He said, what do you mean. 189 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 5: I said, you're selling yourself short. If you can sell drugs, 190 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 5: that means you have to know how to market a product. 191 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 5: That's marketing. You have to know how to get the 192 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 5: word out. That's advertisement. You have to know how to 193 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: take care of your clients. That's customer service. You have 194 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 5: to know when to sell and when not to sell. 195 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: That's a management decision. If you can sell drugs, you 196 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: can sell stocks and bonds. You can sell insurance, you 197 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 5: can sell medical supplies. Be willing to change, be willing 198 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 5: to make adjustments. When I first started ministering, I used 199 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 5: to write my sermons by hand. I know how to type, 200 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 5: but I was very slow, and it's just easier to 201 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 5: do it long hand. And I would have pages and 202 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 5: pages of notes. It'd be like, amazed, this paragraph goes 203 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 5: over here, this one here. To have all these lines drawn, 204 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 5: it would take as much time and energy to try 205 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 5: to remember where everything went as it did. To prepare 206 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 5: the message, I'd sit down with my assistant afterward. 207 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 4: And she would type it off for me. 208 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 5: But one day Victoria said, Joel, you've got to get 209 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 5: on the computer and start typing this yourself. You can 210 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 5: cut and paste, move things around, make it so much easier, 211 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 5: save you so much time. One day I took her advice, 212 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 5: and I'm that adjustment. It saved me hours and hours 213 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 5: every week. A minor adjustment made a major improvement. My 214 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 5: mother's seventy eight years old, and just recently she learned 215 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 5: how to text. 216 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 4: Now, Yeah, she's dangerous. Now. 217 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: I get text from her all the time. About half 218 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 5: of them I understand. The other half is like she's 219 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 5: speaking in tongues. But I am so impressed that she 220 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 5: stays open. She's willing to try something new. Already decided 221 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 5: I'm gonna get her a color TV for Christmas. She 222 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 5: told me after the service, make sure it's HD. Are 223 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 5: you stuck in what God used to do and is 224 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 5: keeping you from what God is about to do? Are 225 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 5: you still striking the rock trying to make what happened 226 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 5: yesterday happen today? Too often we get comfortable with temporary provision. 227 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 5: The good news is God loves us too much to 228 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 5: leave us there. Like the people of Israe. There will 229 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 5: be times when the provision dries up and it forces 230 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 5: us to change. An opportunity shuts down. You lose a client, 231 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 5: a friend moves to another city. What happened the manna 232 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 5: stopped coming. God's not trying to make your life miserable. 233 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 4: He's trying to get you in position to receive a 234 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: new level of his favor. 235 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 5: If you're going to see this increase, you have to 236 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 5: recognize when the whims are shifting and not try to 237 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 5: hold on to something that God has done with. I 238 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 5: know people that are trying to hold on to a relationship, 239 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 5: a friendship, not a marriage, but a friendship that's been 240 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 5: done for five years. It's dragging, not bringing them any joy, 241 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 5: but they want it to be just like it was 242 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 5: ten years ago, before they had children, before they were married, 243 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: before they had responsibility. 244 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 4: No, it's a new day. 245 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 5: That relationship was right for the time God brought them 246 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 5: into your life, but the season has changed. It's not 247 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 5: going to be like it used to be. But that's okay. 248 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 5: God has something. 249 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 4: New in your future. 250 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 5: The key is to Enjoy the season you're in, Enjoy 251 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 5: the favor God's given you, but don't get stuck trying 252 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 5: to make temporary provision permanent. In other words, don't try 253 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 5: to make something last forever that was never meant to 254 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 5: last forever. Just as God opens doors, God will supernaturally 255 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 5: close doors to push us into. 256 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: A new season. 257 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: The same God that brings people into your life divine connections, 258 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 5: he will supernaturally move people out of your life, not 259 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 5: because they're bad, but because the season is over. They've 260 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 5: served their purpose on the way to your promised land. 261 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 5: Don't be surprised if God removes certain people that you 262 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 5: were counting on, that you thought you couldn't live without. No, 263 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 5: the truth is they were holding you back. They were 264 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 5: a crutch keeping you from blossoming, and if God didn't 265 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 5: remove them, you would be stuck living off a temporary provision. 266 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 4: And sometimes when. 267 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 5: People leave our life, we think, how am I going 268 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: to make it without them? They trained me, she encouraged 269 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 5: me when I was down. 270 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 4: They ran errands for me. 271 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 5: No, God wouldn't have removed them if you weren't about 272 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 5: to go to a new level. Be grateful for what 273 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 5: they did, but recognize this is your time to shine, 274 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 5: This is your time to step up. You don't need 275 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 5: someone constantly encouraging you. If God moved them away, they 276 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 5: were temporary provision. God is saying you can encourage yourself. 277 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 5: You can run that department yourself. You can raise those 278 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 5: children yourself. You are equipped and empowered by the most 279 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 5: High God. If they left, you accept it as a 280 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 5: part of God's plan. It was not an accident. Let 281 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 5: it go and God will open up new doors. If 282 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 5: it was their time to go. Nothing you can do 283 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 5: can stop it. Don't beg them, don't to them, don't 284 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 5: let them manipulate you. Move forward and God will bring 285 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 5: the right people. God will give you what you need 286 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 5: to make it into your promised land. But I know 287 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 5: people that are holding on to someone that's holding them back. 288 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 5: Just because it was good five years ago doesn't mean. 289 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 4: It's still good today. 290 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 5: We should constantly evaluate our friendships. Who's speaking into your life, 291 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 5: Who are you depending on Make sure they're not dragging 292 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 5: you down, limiting you from blossoming. I've learned if you 293 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 5: don't get rid of the wrong friends, you will never 294 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: meet the right friends. If they're not adding to your life, 295 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 5: if they're not making you better, inspiring you. It doesn't 296 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 5: mean that they're bad people. Maybe they did at a time, 297 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 5: but you've grown, you've come up higher. Now it's time 298 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 5: to make a change. 299 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 4: See. 300 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 5: One of the hardest things for us to accept is 301 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 5: everybody is not supposed to be in our life forever. 302 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 5: Some people are obviously our spouse, our children, our parents, 303 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 5: But there are people that come into our life like scaffolding. 304 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 5: God designed them to be there for a season to 305 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 5: help us get to the next level. When your children 306 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 5: were young, they were there to assist you. When you 307 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 5: started at the office, they were there to train you 308 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 5: when your spouse was working long hours. They were the 309 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 5: friend that kept your company. But if they were to 310 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 5: stay in that same capacity, instead of helping you, they 311 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 5: would hinder you. 312 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 4: They would limit your growth. 313 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 5: Like scaffolding, it wasn't designed to be permanent. 314 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 4: Once the building is built, it's taken away. 315 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 6: Now. 316 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 5: Don't try to keep the scaffolding up in your life. 317 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 5: Appreciate the people that have helped you, Always honor them, 318 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 5: but recognize when their part in your story is over. 319 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 5: God didn't design it to be permanent. If you hold 320 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 5: on to it and try to keep it, the way 321 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 5: it was, you're going to miss out on the amazing 322 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 5: things that God has in you future. In the scripture, 323 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 5: God told the prophet Elijah to go to the brook 324 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 5: Cherith and the ravens would feed him there. He got there, 325 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 5: and he had provisioned. Week after week, he didn't have 326 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 5: to go get the food. The ravens came to him. 327 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 5: Life was good. I'm sure he thought, doesn't get any 328 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 5: better than this. Just as he was about to get 329 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 5: comfortable and settled in, God said, all right, Elijah, now 330 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 5: I want you to go to the city of Zarapath. 331 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 5: There's a widow there that's going to take care of you. 332 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 5: In other words, Elijah, I know you like this job. 333 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 5: I've blessed you here, but I've got a new opportunity. 334 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 5: I've got a promotion. I want you to take a 335 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 5: step of faith. Or Elijah, I know you like these friends. 336 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 5: They're good people, but it's a new season. I'm gonna 337 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 5: close that door and bring some new friends into your life. 338 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 5: Elijah could have thought that couldn't be God. He blessed 339 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 5: me here. I've seen his favor. I like this brook, 340 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 5: I like these ravens. I'm gonna stay where I am 341 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 5: I'm gonna hold. 342 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: Onto the old. 343 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 5: The problem is the ravens quit coming, the brook dried up. 344 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 5: Why it was temporary provision. That means God has something better. 345 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 5: But you have to let go of the old before 346 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 5: you'll receive the new. And if you don't understand that 347 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 5: God has something greater in your future, God has something 348 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 5: amazing in front of you, then you'll try to hold 349 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 5: onto the old. 350 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 4: And keep it the way it used to be. 351 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 5: I know people, they're trying to live off a temporary provision, 352 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 5: keeping the same friends. They know God was finished with 353 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 5: years ago, stuck at the same job that was supposed 354 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 5: to be a stepping stone, but they were afraid to 355 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 5: move forward. Now they're trying to get water from a 356 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 5: brook that's all dried up. 357 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 4: Don't let that be. You be willing to make changes. 358 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 5: God has new ways to bless you, new ideas, new opportunities, 359 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 5: new friendships. If you're going to be successful, we have 360 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 5: to continue be willing to make adjustments, study what's working 361 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 5: and what's not working. Sometimes what once was flourishing, what 362 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 5: once had God's favor, will start to drag you down. 363 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 5: You have to be sensitive enough to realize when a 364 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 5: season is over. Don't keep putting time and energy into 365 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 5: something that's not going anywhere. 366 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 4: This is what my father had to do. Years ago. 367 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 5: Daddy started a Bible school here at Lakewood. 368 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 4: It was very. 369 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 5: Successful, a lot of students, many people were trained and 370 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 5: blessed and inspired. But at one point it started becoming 371 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 5: more of a burden than a blessing. It's a drain 372 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 5: on the finances, on the staff, on the volunteers. 373 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 4: One Sunday, my father got. 374 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 5: Up in front of the congregation and announced that we 375 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 5: were shutting down the Bible School. Daddy had a saying 376 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 5: nothing is forever. He was smart enough to recognize when 377 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 5: a season was over. Followed his pride, and he shut 378 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 5: it down and moved on to the new thing God 379 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 5: wanted to do. Just because something doesn't last doesn't mean 380 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 5: you missed. It doesn't mean you're a failure. Accept it 381 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 5: as a part of God's plan. God never said it 382 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 5: was going to go on forever. Be determined. But don't 383 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 5: be too proud to know when to say, God, I 384 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 5: realize your favor has lifted from this Bible school, this project, 385 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 5: this business, this relationship. It was great at the time. 386 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 5: I enjoyed it. I gave it my best. But now 387 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 5: I can see you're doing a new thing, and I'm 388 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 5: not going to get stuck in the old and try 389 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 5: to make. 390 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 4: Temporary provision permanent. 391 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 5: My father could have thought, if I shut this Bible 392 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 5: school down, I. 393 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 4: May look bad. I may look like a failure. 394 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 5: People may get upset and leave the church. 395 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 4: It was just the opposite. People were as loyal as 396 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 4: can be. 397 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 5: If something is more of a burden than a blessing, 398 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 5: you can sense that God's favor has lifted. Off of 399 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 5: that the winds are shifting. That simply means that God 400 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 5: has something greater in your future. I'm not saying to 401 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 5: give up on your dreams. You stand strong and follow 402 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 5: your own heart. All I'm saying is don't be too 403 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 5: proud or too stubborn to recognize when a season is over. 404 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 5: It doesn't mean it was a failure. It means it 405 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 5: was only temporary provision. Like the manner that stopped coming, 406 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 5: It's just another step on the way to your promised land. 407 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 5: When a baby is born, the mother nurses the baby 408 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 5: for the first part of his life, and the baby gets. 409 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 4: Used to it. 410 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 5: It's comfortable, makes him feel secure, soothing, but at some 411 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 5: point that temporary provision is taken away and the mother 412 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 5: introduces a bottle. 413 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 4: The baby doesn't like the bottle. He pushes it. 414 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 5: Away, He'll kick, he'll scream, it's not what he's used to. 415 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 5: But over time he'll accept the bottle discovered that he 416 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 5: likes it. Then one day the mother will take the 417 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 5: bottle away and she'll take a spoon of baby food 418 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 5: and put it in his mouth. Most of the time 419 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 5: the baby will spit it out and cough and grimace. 420 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 5: It wants its bottle back, But again, at some point 421 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 5: he realizes he likes the food. 422 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 4: Continues to grow and develop. But had the mother not. 423 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 5: Taken away the temporary provision at every stage at just 424 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 5: the right time, the baby's growth would have been stunned, 425 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 5: never would have grown and fully developed. In the same way, 426 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 5: there are times that God will take things away, not 427 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 5: to harm us, but to get us in a position 428 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 5: to receive all that He has in store. God knows 429 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 5: we'll never fully develop if we're not having to take 430 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 5: steps of faith, not having to stretch, not being pruned. 431 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 5: Don't fight change, don't try to hold on to something 432 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 5: that you know God has done with. 433 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 4: If he's removing it. 434 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 5: Let it go like that baby. It's temporary provision. It 435 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 5: was there to get you to a certain level. But 436 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 5: now you pass the test and you're going to. 437 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 4: Come up to a higher level. 438 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 5: You're going to see a new season of growth and increase. 439 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 5: Stay willing to change. This is what Jesus talked about 440 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,479 Speaker 5: in John fifteen. How God will prune us so that 441 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 5: we can bear much fruit. Prune means something is cut away, 442 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 5: something is removed. A good friend that you counted on 443 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 5: moved to another city, a business shut down, or you. 444 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 4: Lost a loved one. 445 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 5: Anytime you go through loss, anytime you go through pruning, 446 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 5: don't get bitter. Don't get down and think it's the end. 447 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 5: Don't start thinking that. 448 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 4: You're a failure. Have the attitude God. 449 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 5: I let this go knowing that it was only temporary provision, 450 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 5: and what you have in my future will be greater 451 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 5: than what I'm letting go of. If you will accept 452 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 5: the change and stay in faith, God will open new doors. 453 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 5: He will bring new opportunities, new friendships. I was reading 454 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 5: about Steve Jobs, one of the most brilliant minds. 455 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 4: Of our day. 456 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 5: He was fired from Apple, the very company that he 457 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 5: founded and made so great. He gave it his heart, 458 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 5: his time, He worked so hard, and yet he got 459 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 5: fired from the very thing that. 460 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 4: He loved the most. He didn't get bitter, he didn't 461 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 4: blame other people. 462 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 5: He went out and started another company. 463 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 4: He learned a new set of skills. 464 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 5: That company grew and became so successful that Apple bought 465 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 5: his company and put him back in charge. Steve Jobs said, 466 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 5: if I had not been fired, I would have never 467 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: developed the skills that had made me into who I 468 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 5: am today. 469 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 4: Friends, God knows what he's doing. 470 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 5: It may look like a set back, but what was 471 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 5: meant for your harm. 472 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 4: God's going to use to your advantage. 473 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 5: The steps of good people are ordered by the Lord. 474 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 5: God knows exactly when to remove something. He knows exactly 475 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 5: when to prune something away. It's not to harm you, it's. 476 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 4: To promote you. 477 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 5: God doesn't want you living off temporary provision. 478 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 4: He has an abundance in store. 479 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 5: So yes, the manner will stop coming, the quail will 480 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 5: quit showing up. 481 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 4: The brook may dry up. 482 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 5: Not because God's forgotten about you, but because God has. 483 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 4: Something greater in your future. 484 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 5: If somebody left your life, it wasn't an accident. Their 485 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 5: part in your story was over. God pruned it. If 486 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 5: a project didn't last, it wasn't supposed to last. 487 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 4: God shut the door. Now, don't sit around discouraged depressed. 488 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 4: You know the only. 489 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 5: Reason you were pruned is so that you can bear 490 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 5: more fruit. Get ready for increase, get ready for abundance, 491 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 5: get ready for a. 492 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 4: New level of God's favor. That's what happened with me. 493 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 5: For seventeen years I worked behind the scene here at 494 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 5: Lakewood doing the television production. When my father went to 495 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 5: be with the Lord, I was pushed out of my 496 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 5: comfort zone. I knew I was supposed to step up 497 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 5: and pasture the church, but I was afraid. 498 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 4: I didn't know this was in me. 499 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 5: I finally took that step of faith, and God's taken 500 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 5: me places that I've never dreamed of. But those seventeen 501 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 5: years behind the scenes, that was temporary provision. The brook 502 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,360 Speaker 5: dried up like Elijah. When my dad died, I had 503 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 5: to decide, am I going to move forward into the 504 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 5: new thing God wants to do? 505 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 4: Or am I going to hold onto. 506 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 5: The old and try to keep it the way it 507 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,719 Speaker 5: used to be. It looked like a setback in the natural. 508 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 5: I thought it's never going to be as good as 509 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 5: it used to be. But I realized now I was 510 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 5: being pruned so I could bear much fruit. 511 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 4: I love and honor my dad. 512 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 5: But when God took him away, when God removed him 513 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 5: from my life. 514 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 4: That was never meant to take me backwards. It was 515 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 4: meant to thrust me forward. 516 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 5: But I had to do my part and be willing 517 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 5: to change. I had to let go of the old 518 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 5: and accept the new. I've learned change is going to 519 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 5: happen whether we like it or not. The real question 520 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 5: is how are we going to deal with it? Are 521 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 5: we going to fall apart and think that our world 522 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 5: is ended because a loved one died, a business didn't 523 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 5: make it, a good friend moved to another city. Are 524 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 5: we going to get stuck in what God used to 525 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 5: do and miss out on what God is about to do? 526 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 5: Or are we going to say, God, I'm letting go 527 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 5: of what you're removing. I know it's only temporary provision. 528 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 5: I'm not going to fight the new thing you want 529 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 5: to do, because God, I know what's in my. 530 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 4: Future will be greater than what's in my past. 531 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 5: I'm asking us to stay open for change, just because 532 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 5: it worked last year. 533 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean it's going to work this year. 534 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 5: Evaluate your friendships, Evaluate how you spending your time. Don't 535 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 5: keep putting effort and energy into something that's not going 536 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 5: any place. Recognize when a season is over. Remember a 537 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 5: small adjustment can make a major improvement. If you'll make 538 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 5: this decision with me that you're gonna stay open for 539 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 5: change and not get bitter and discouraged, but just keep 540 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 5: moving forward, then just like the people of Israel, God's 541 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 5: gonna take you into your promised land where you see 542 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 5: permanent provision, abundance, increase blessings like you've never seen before. 543 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 5: And I believe and declare You're gonna become everything God's 544 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 5: created you to be. You're gonna have everything He intended. 545 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 4: For you to have. Amen. Do you receive it today? 546 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 4: I know you do well. 547 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 548 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 549 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 550 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 551 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my lord. 552 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 553 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 554 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 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