1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's word with you 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with the friend 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: But know that we love you. Could be a blessed 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: day for you. Well, God bless you, and thanks for 8 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: letting us come into your homes. And if you're ever 9 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: in our area, please stop by and be a part 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. I'd like to start with 12 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: something funny, and I should mention that this was sent 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: to be by a woman. 14 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 2: But according to. 15 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male 16 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, male reindeer 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: lose their antlers at the start of winter in early November. 18 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: Female reindeer keep theirs all the way till the spring. 19 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: This means all of Santa's reindeer, from Rudolph to Blitzen 20 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: had to be female. She goes on to say, I 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: should have known only a woman would be able to 22 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: drag around a fat man wearing a red velvet suit 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: all around the world in one night and not get lost. 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 29 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,559 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 31 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: about the odds are for you. It's easy to go 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: through life thinking of all the reasons why we can't 33 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: be successful, why we won't get well, why we'll never 34 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: meet the right person. We look at our situations in 35 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: the natural and think the odds are against us. I 36 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: talk to a man that struggles with an addiction. He said, Joel, 37 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: my dad had this same addiction. My grandfather's struck with it. 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: The odds don't look too good for me. But as 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: long as you think the odds are against you, you'll 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: get stuck. 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 2: Where you are. 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: You have the most powerful force. 43 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: In the universe breathing in your direction. 44 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: God has crowned you with favor. He has armed you 45 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: with strength for every battle He wouldn't have allowed that 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: difficulty if he wasn't going to turn it around and 47 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: use it to your advantage. The odds may be against you, 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: but the Most High God is for you. He is 49 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: a supernatural god. He parts red seas, he turns water 50 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: into wine. He opens the eyes of the blind. Your 51 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: circumstances may look impossible, but the God who can do 52 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: the impossible is working behind the scenes, arranging things in 53 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: your favor. 54 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: Turning negative situations around. 55 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: Since God is for you, that means the odds are 56 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 1: for you. Don't go through life thinking not me, Joel, 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: I come from the wrong family. The odds are against me. 58 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 2: No turn it around. 59 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: I've been born into a new family. My heavenly Father 60 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: controls the universe. I have reyal blood flowing through my veins. 61 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: When you know the odds are for you, you'll put 62 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: your shoulders back. You'll carry yourself with confidence. You'll expect 63 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: to do great things all through the day. This should 64 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: be playing in our mind. The odds are for me. 65 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm destined to accomplish my dreams. I'm destined to overcome 66 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: this challenge. I'm a child of the Most High God. 67 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: But don't be surprised. When you find yourself in situations 68 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: where it feels like the odds are against you, you 69 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: don't see a way out. There aren't any logical solutions. 70 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: God puts us there on purpose, so that when he 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: turns it around, nobody will get the credit except him. 72 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: Everyone will know it is the hand of the Lord. 73 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: And when your circumstances seem impossible, instead of being discouraged, God, 74 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: why me, No, Get ready. You're in perfect position for 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: God to show out in your life. He is setting 76 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: you up to show his. 77 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: Favor in amazing ways. 78 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: That's what happened to a man in the scripture named Gideon. 79 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: The Midianites and two other armies came against him. They 80 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: were about to attack the Israelites. Gideon sent word to 81 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: his men to come and fight. Thirty two thousand warriors 82 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: showed up. 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: Gideon was feeling good. 84 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: That was several times more men than his opposition. He 85 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: liked those odds. But just when he was about to attack, 86 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: God said, Gideon, you have too many men. If you 87 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: defeat the Midianites, you'll think you. 88 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: Did it in your own strength. 89 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: He instructed Gideon to let everyone go home that was afraid. 90 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: Twenty two thousand men left. Gideon nearly passed out. Two 91 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: thirds of his army went home. He didn't like these 92 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: odds anymore. When he thought it couldn't get any worse, 93 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: God said, Gideon. 94 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: You still have too many. 95 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 1: He told him to do something else to eliminate more men. 96 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: Nine thousand, seven hundred men left. Gideon only had three 97 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: hundred men to fight this army of thousands and thousands. 98 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: These odds seemed impossible. 99 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: Looked like he would be wiped out. 100 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: What Gideon didn't realize was God wasn't setting him back, 101 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: he was setting him up. He was about to show 102 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: out in his life. Gideon and those three hundred men 103 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: went to the enemy's camp in the. 104 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 2: Middle of the night. 105 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: They blew their trumpets and let out a loud shout. 106 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: The Midian Nites got confused and begin to fight among themselves. 107 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: The Israelites feeded them. They didn't have to lift one finger, 108 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: they didn't even have to go to battle. It looked 109 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: like a set back, but the truth was God was 110 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: setting Gideon up. He was putting him in position to 111 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: show himself strong. When the odds seem like they're against you, 112 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: the obstacles look bigger stronger, more powerful. Don't worry like Gideon, 113 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: it is a setup. God is about to make things 114 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: happen that you could never make happen. He's going to 115 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: turn that situation around without you having to go to battle. 116 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: He's going to heal you without the extensive treatment. He's 117 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: going to promote you without all of the qualifications. Keep 118 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: the right perspective. The odds are for you. You may 119 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: feel like the underdog, but you and God are a majority. 120 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: You don't need everyone to be for you. You don't 121 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: have to have all the support, the encouragement, have the 122 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: one that matters the most high. God is breathing in 123 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: your direction. Later, when the Israelites went to different cities, 124 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: normally these armies would attack, but the leaders said, in effect, Gideon, 125 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: we saw what your God did to the Midianites. They 126 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: weren't afraid of Gideon. They were afraid of the God 127 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: of Gideon. They knew the Lord was on his side. 128 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: God wants to give you victory to where people know 129 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: the Lord is on your side. Maybe you didn't have 130 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: the support growing up, the encouragement, the stability. You should 131 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: have been a statistic, But here you are defining the odds. 132 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: Leaving your mark, going further than you ever dreamed. What happened. 133 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: The Lord was on your side. 134 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: The medical report said you wouldn't make it, but here 135 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: you are strong, healthy and whole. 136 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: The Lord was on your side. 137 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: Perhaps the odds said you'd be addicted like your father, 138 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: you would struggle like your grandfather. But here you are 139 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: free and clean. You broke the curse, you set a 140 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: new standard. How could this be? 141 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: The Lord was on your side. 142 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: When we were trying to acquire this facility, the former 143 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: Compact Center, every expert told us that we wouldn't get it, 144 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: that the city wasn't going to let a church have it. 145 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: On the surface, the odds were against us, but we 146 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: understood this principle. When you don't see a way, when 147 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: you feel outnumbered, when the giants look bigger, they have 148 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: more resources, more experience, that means God is up to something. 149 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: Like Gideon, He's getting you in position to launch you 150 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: to the next level. God made things. 151 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: Happen that we could never make happen. 152 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 1: And some of the same people that were against us, 153 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: the same ones that said we would never get it, 154 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: today they are our biggest supporters. I saw one of 155 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: the council members that voted against us, A very vocal opponent. 156 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: He said, Joel, that was the biggest mistake of my 157 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: political career. I watch you every Sunday, I bring people 158 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: to your services. 159 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 2: I don't know what I was thinking back then. 160 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: I didn't tell him, but he was a part of 161 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: the setup. God was using him to launch us forward. 162 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: That's what it says in Exodus, God caused Phearah to 163 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: harden his heart so that he could bring great glory 164 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: at the expense of Pharaoh. God had told Moses to go, 165 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: tell Pharaoh, let my people go. But God knew that 166 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: Pharah wasn't going to let them go. He caused him 167 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: to harden his heart. God was setting up the odds 168 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: to be against the Israelites so he could show his 169 00:09:49,800 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: favor some of the people ccumstances that have come against you. 170 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 2: You may not like it. 171 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't fair, but it was ordained by God not 172 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: to stop you, not to defeat you, but so that 173 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: God can show out in your life. Now, quit complaining 174 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: about what didn't work out. Why am I facing these 175 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: huge giants, those obstacles that look like they're stopping you. 176 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: If you'll stay in faith, it's just a matter of 177 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: time before God turns them around. 178 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 2: And uses them to push you forward. 179 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: The odds are against you for one reason, so that 180 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: God can bring great glory out of your life. He 181 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: wants to make you an example of his goodness. You 182 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: remember when the three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down to 183 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: the king's golden idol. This king got so furious he 184 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: was going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. 185 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: He told his men to heat up the fire seven 186 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: times hotter than normal. What was God doing making the 187 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: odds even greater. God knew the fire wasn't going. 188 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 2: To burn them. 189 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: He knew they weren't going to be harmed, so he 190 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: had them turn it up even hotter so that it 191 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: would become a greater miracle. When these three Hebrew teenagers 192 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: came out of that fire without the smell of smoke, 193 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: there wasn't any doubt that the Lord was on their side. 194 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: In fact, this same king said, praise be to the 195 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: God of Shadrak. Me jack in a bendigo, those three 196 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: Hebrew teenagers. When it feels like the odds are against you, 197 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: the fire has been turned up seven times hotter. 198 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: Pharaoh won't let you go. 199 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: God took your army from thirty two thousand to three hundred. Men, 200 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: don't panic, don't fall apart. It's a set of God 201 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: is about to show out. He's about to make you 202 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: a testimony. He's going to do something that people cannot deny. 203 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: They're going to know the Lord is on your side. 204 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: I talked to a man that cut his hand and 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: developed a severe infection. He tried for several days to 206 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: tough it out and hope that it would go away, 207 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: but it kept getting worse. He started running a high fever. 208 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: He got to the point where he couldn't eat. He 209 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: finally passed out. He was rushed to the emergency room unconscious. 210 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: The doctors told his family that he had some kind 211 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: of toxic shock and there was only a fifty percent 212 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: chance that he would live. They had to find the 213 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: right kind of antibotic to treat him. Every hour that 214 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: went by not treated, his chance of survival went down 215 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: five percent. They didn't find something. In the next few hours, 216 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: the doctor said that he probably wouldn't make it, and 217 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: if somehow he did survive, he would become a vegetable. 218 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: Twelve hours went by, they couldn't find the antibotic. 219 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: One day, still nothing. 220 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: Two hundred and sixty four hours later, they find found 221 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: the right treatment. He wasn't supposed to still be alive. 222 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: He was told he would never be able to walk, talk, 223 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: function properly. But today he's perfectly healthy. You would never 224 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: know anything was wrong. But God could have healed him 225 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: the first day. The doctors could have found the right 226 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: treatment the first few hours. That would have still been 227 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: a great miracle. But sometimes God will let the odds 228 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: grow greater to where you don't see a way out. 229 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: Then suddenly God will step in and make things happen 230 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: that you could never make happen. Don't let the odds 231 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: fool you. Don't let the fact that you don't see away. 232 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: The financial situation looks too far gone. You've tried to 233 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 1: break that addiction for years now, you think it wasn't 234 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: meant to be. No, get ready, this is a setup. 235 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: This is not the time to give up. This is 236 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: the time to stir your faith up all through the day. Lord, 237 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: thank you that you're bigger than this sickness, greater than 238 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: this addiction, more powerful than these opponents. If you'll stay 239 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: in faith like this man, you're going to become a testimony. 240 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: People are going to look at you and see that 241 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: God's favor is on your life. In the scripture, Mary 242 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: and Martha sent word to their friend Jesus that their 243 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: brother Lazarus had died. Jesus was in a different city, 244 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: and they thought that he would come right away and 245 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: pray for Lazarus. They'd seen Jesus heal people before, they 246 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: knew that he could. 247 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: Heal their brother. 248 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: One day passed and Jesus didn't show up. I'm sure 249 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: Martha thought, Jesus, where are you? What's taken you so long? Now? 250 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: That day went by, still no sign of Jesus. Finally, 251 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: Lazarus died. When Jesus arrived at their house, Lazarus had 252 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: been in the tomb for four days. Mary and Martha 253 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: were so upset, they said, Jesus, if you would have 254 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: been here, our brother would still be alive. The odds 255 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: weren't that good when he was sick, but now that 256 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: he was dead they looked impossible. He was already wrapped 257 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: in grave clothes, wrapped up like a mummy. 258 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: You know the story. 259 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: Jesus went to the tomb, and he spoke to Lazarus 260 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: and told him to come back to life, and when 261 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: he did, Lazarus woke up. Was a great miracle. My 262 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: point is sometimes God will wait on purpose till the 263 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: odds are weigh against us. You're ready to bury the dream, 264 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: bury the promise, bury the relationship. You don't see a way, 265 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: but God's ways are not our ways. Mary and Martha 266 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: were praying for a healing, but God had something better 267 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: in store. 268 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: He had a resurrection. 269 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: What you're tempted to give up on. You don't see 270 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: how it could happen. Maybe God is not going to 271 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: do it the way you're thinking. Maybe He has something 272 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: better for you. Twice we tried to buy property to 273 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: build a new sanctuary. On both times that property was 274 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: sold out from under us. We couldn't find any more 275 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: large tracts of land. 276 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 2: I was discouraged. 277 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: I didn't think we'd ever have a bigger sanctuary. Then 278 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: one day, suddenly the compact Center became available. I was 279 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: praying for a healing, but God had a resurrection, something 280 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: better than I'd ever dreamed. The odds may be totally 281 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: against you today, but can I tell you God is 282 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: totally for you. He has not brought you this far 283 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: to leave you your circumstances may look dead. God didn't 284 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: show up on time. You've been asking and asking. 285 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 2: Dare to trust him. 286 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: He has you in the palm of his hand. You 287 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: may not see anything happening, but he's working behind the scenes. 288 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: When he speaks dead things come back to life. He's 289 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: not moved by the odds. When Jesus found out that 290 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: Lazarus was dead, he didn't say, oh, man, I waited 291 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: too long. What am I going to do now? God 292 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: controls the universe. The odds do not determine what he 293 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: can and cannot do. Back in those days, the Sadducees, 294 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: these were the people that were very against Jesus. They 295 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: believed that the spirit left the body three days after 296 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: a person died. It wasn't a coincidence that Jesus waited 297 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: till the fourth day to show up. He did this 298 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: on purpose, so when he raised Lazarus there would be 299 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Sometimes God will let the odds 300 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: become greater, not just so you, but so your critics, 301 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: so your neighbors, so your relatives, so your co workers. 302 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: They won't be able to deny what God has done. 303 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: Now I love the fact that from that moment forward. 304 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: Lazarus became a testimony. Everywhere he went. He didn't have 305 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: to say a word. People pointed at him. You can 306 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: hear him whispering, Look, there's that guy. He was dead. 307 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: He's not supposed to be here. He defied the odds. 308 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: He was a living testimony. That's what God wants to 309 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: do for you, show you his favor in such a 310 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: way that people notice that you stand out. You're going 311 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: to become a living testimony. I know a young lady 312 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: that applied for a scholarship at a prestigious university. Twenty 313 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: six hundred other students applied as well. The challenge was 314 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: there were only twelve scholarships available. Those odds were less 315 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: than half. 316 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: Of one percent. 317 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: She could have thought, what's the use, no use even trying. 318 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: These are impossible odds. Instead, she did what I'm asking 319 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: you to do. She dared to believe that God would 320 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: open the doors that she was supposed to go through. 321 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't always happened the way we think. God knows 322 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: what's best. But if you're letting the odds talk you 323 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: out of stretching, out of dreaming, out of believing, then 324 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: you're going to miss the fullness of your destiny. If 325 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: you can accomplish everything in your own strength, you don't 326 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: need God's help. But when the odds are against you, 327 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: you don't see away. You don't have the connections, the finances, 328 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: you're too young, too old. That's when you have to 329 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: dig your heels in and say, God, I know these 330 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: odds are no problem for you. I know this is 331 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: a setup for you to show out. That's what this 332 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: young lady did. Several months later, she received a letter saying, congratulations, 333 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: out of the twenty six hundred, you're one of the 334 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: twelve that we've chosen. Are you letting the odds talk 335 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: you out of your dreams, talk you out of your health, 336 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: talk you out of your freedom? Not long ago, the 337 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: lottery was at a record amount. 338 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 2: I read the word. 339 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: The odds of winning it were one in three hundred million. 340 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: They used this example that if you laid pennies on 341 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: the ground side by side from Seattle to Miami, and 342 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: you marked one of those pennies with a special X, 343 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: the chances of you winning that lottery were the same 344 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: as you choosing that one special penny between Seattle and Miami. 345 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: They were basically saying, forget about it. You're not gonna win. 346 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: In the Book of Genesis, it talks about how God 347 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: created the heavens and the earth. 348 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 2: The word it. 349 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: Uses for creation means that he made it out of nothing. 350 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 1: Every expert would have said, that's impossible. 351 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 2: You don't have anything to work with. 352 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: If you had skies, oceans, grass, air, then maybe you 353 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: could make something, put it together. 354 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: But you can't do that with nothing. 355 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: It's one thing to have odds of twelve and twenty 356 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: six hundred. That's not so great. It's another to have 357 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: odds of one in three hundred million. That's very unlikely. 358 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: But what about when the odds are zero in three 359 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: hundred million, zero in twenty six hundred. It's impossible. There's 360 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: no chance. Here's how amazing God is. He started the 361 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: universe with odds of zero. He had nothing to work with, 362 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: no way in the natural. But God is not moved 363 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: by the odds. He didn't check with accounting and say, 364 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: I'm about to create stars, galaxies, planets. I have nothing 365 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: to work with. What are the odds of this happening? 366 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: Accounting would have said zero. You have no materials, no resources. 367 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: God would have said, thank you for your information. Now 368 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: let there be light. Light came at one hundred and 369 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: eighty six thousand miles a second. He spoke worlds into creation. 370 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: He didn't go to see if it was possible. He 371 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: didn't try to figure out a way. 372 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 2: He is the way. 373 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 1: He didn't try to open a door. 374 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 2: He is the door. 375 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 1: He doesn't check with the odds to see if you 376 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: can reach your destiny. He speaks and it becomes your destiny. 377 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: He's not limited by your background, by how you were raised, 378 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: by your education. He is all powerful. He can take 379 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: nothing and make something magnificent. 380 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,479 Speaker 2: Imagine what he can do with you. You are his 381 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 2: prized possession. 382 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: He breathed his life into you. You have the DNA 383 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: of Almighty God. There may be odds against you in 384 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: certain areas, but they cannot stop you. God has destined 385 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: you to leave your mark. Don't let the odds discourage you. 386 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: Don't let what you think is not going to happen 387 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: talk you out of believing. Even if the odds are 388 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: zero in a million, all God has to do to 389 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: do is speak, and the odds change in your favor. 390 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: A friend of mine grew up in a very dysfunctional environment. 391 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: His father wasn't around, his mother had mental issues. When 392 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: she wasn't in the psychiatric ward, she was either in 393 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: jail or with different boyfriends. There was all kinds of 394 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: violence and abuse in his home. At the age of thirteen, 395 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: his mother left him at a bus stop and took 396 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: off with another boyfriend. For years, this young man was 397 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: in and out of foster homes, detention centers. He slept 398 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: in abandoned buildings in the woods, any place he could find. 399 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: He had to steal food in order to survive. How 400 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: could he ever make anything out of his life. All 401 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: the odds were against him, and it wasn't his fault. 402 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: He didn't have a fair shot in life. But in 403 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: the seventh grade, he met a junior high councilor at 404 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: a small inner city school named Cindy. Cindy could tell 405 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: this young boy was troubled, had no stability. 406 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 2: She took a great interest in him. 407 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: But this boy was only in her school for several 408 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: months before he dropped out. Every day for two years, 409 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: Cindy prayed God, please send him back to our school. 410 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: In the ninth grade, he came walking through the doors. 411 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: Cindy was right there waiting for him. Nobody had ever 412 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: been looking for this young man his home life was 413 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: so dysfunctional. Every morning, Cindy would drive forty five minutes 414 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: to pick him up and bring him to school. Her 415 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: motto was, correction does much, but encouragement does more. That summer, 416 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: he was mowing the lawn of an elderly couple. When 417 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: they learned his story, they opened their home and took 418 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: him in. They discovered this young boy had a gift 419 00:24:56,119 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: of music, writing and singing. He started at talent shows 420 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: and community events. Every time, this elderly lady would be 421 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: on the front row with her Bible in hand, cheering 422 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: him on. In two thousand and eight, Jimmy Wayne's song 423 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: do You Believe Me Now hit number one on the 424 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: country charts. He's toured with Brad Paisley and other stars. Today, 425 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 1: he uses his country music platform to raise awareness about 426 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: foster care and to help other children in the same situation. 427 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: Like Jimmy, the odds may be against you. You don't 428 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: see any way your situation could work out. But God 429 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: has the right people already lined up. 430 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 2: The gifts He's put in you. 431 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: The dreams. They didn't get canceled because you had bad breaks, 432 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: because somebody did you wrong. 433 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: They are still alive. 434 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: You can still become who God created you to be. 435 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: It may feel like the fire's been turned up seven 436 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: times hotter, but don't worry. Your time is coming. God 437 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: is saying the odds are for you. Things are about 438 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: to change in your favor. That problem that looks permanent, 439 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: it's only temporary now. All through the day, Father, thank 440 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: you that the odds are for me. If you'll do this, 441 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: I believe and declare, like Jimmy, you're going to go 442 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: further than you've ever dreamed, Like these Hebrew teenagers, You're 443 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: going to come out of that fire without the smell 444 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: of smoke, and like Lazarus. God is going to make 445 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: you a living testimony in Jesus' name if you receive it. 446 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 1: Can you say it? Men? Today, I'd like to give 447 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 448 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 449 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 450 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 451 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 452 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: Bible based church, and keep God first place. It's amazing 453 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: what happens when you take a few moments throughout the 454 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: day to connect with God. A moment to thank him 455 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: for his goodness, a moment to declare his promises, a 456 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: moment to remember that. 457 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 2: He's working now. 458 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: I love to send you a new resource, three Minute 459 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: Moments with God. 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