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Love having you with us as well. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.400 I always start with something funny, and I heard about 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.120 this man. He called the church office and said, I 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.680 want to speak to the head hog at the trough. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.760 The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:27.960 you're going to have to call him pastor, but you 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.080 may not call him the head hog at the trough. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.360 He said, we'll find. But I was thinking about making 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.440 a five thousand dollars donation to your church. She said, 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:40.480 hang on, Porky just walked in. Would you say it 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.680 with me? This is my Bible. I am what it 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.440 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.000 I can do what it says I can do. Tonight 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.040 I will be talked to word of God. I boldly 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:57.560 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:03.000 will never be the same in Jesus, Amen, God bless you. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.320 I want to talk to you today about the second touch. 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.960 In the scripture, some people brought a blind man to Jesus. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.919 You'd never been able to see, and Jesus made mud 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.920 in his hands and put it on the man's eyes. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:24.760 Instantly his eyes were open. You can imagine how thrilled 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:29.600 he was. For the first time he could see light, color, trees, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:34.359 the sky. He was overcome with excitement. His life had 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:38.920 just totally changed. Then Jesus asked him an interesting question. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.760 He said to the man, what do you see. It's 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:47.040 as if Jesus already knew something wasn't quite perfect. The 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.520 man answered back, I can see, but I see men 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.840 walking as trees. He was saying, I'm grateful that I 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:59.640 can see, but it's blurry, not complaining, thankful that I 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.960 have any sight, but everything is out of focus. Jesus 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.760 could have walked away, said well, I made it much better. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.800 Be on your way, have a great life. That could 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.760 have been the end of the story. But God didn't 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.400 come to just make you better, to make you okay, 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.960 to make you get by. He came to make you 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:27.240 totally whole, to live an abundant, healthy, happy, free, victorious life. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.520 The scripture says Jesus touched the blind man again. On 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.920 this second touch, his eyes were completely healed. Everything came 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:41.360 into focus. Now he had perfect vision. Many of us 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.479 are like this blind man. We've seen God's goodness. He's 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.640 helped us to get to where we are. We're grateful 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.279 even though we haven't broken the addiction, even though we 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.919 haven't accomplished a dream, even though a child is still 0:04:55.920 --> 0:05:00.359 off course, we're thankful for what God has done. Like 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.680 the blind man, He's made it a whole lot better. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.200 While we shouldn't be content where we are, we shouldn't 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:12.520 be satisfied with mediocrity. Too often we settle for less 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.760 than God's best, thinking, I'll never break this addiction, but 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.599 at least I've learned to live with it. I'll never 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.039 get married, but at least I have a few friends. 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.320 I'll never get out of debt, Joel, but at least 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:28.159 I can pay my bills. You're right where the blind 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:32.560 man was saying. Everything is blurry, but at least I 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:37.359 can see something. I'm not complaining. I'm satisfied to be better. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:42.200 Here's the key. You may be satisfied, but God is 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:46.600 not satisfied. He has a second touch come in your way. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.880 The second touch is when you come totally out of debt, 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.640 when you're free from the addiction, when the medical report 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.000 says no more sickness, when your whole family comes to 0:05:57.040 --> 0:06:00.240 know the Lord. The second touch is when God, God 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.440 opens doors you never dreamed would open. When he amazes 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.680 you with his goodness. Be grateful for what God has done, 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.960 but don't be satisfied with better. God didn't create us 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:17.480 to reach half of our destiny. Three fourths or ninety 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.800 percent of what God started in your life He's going 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.800 to bring to completion. Now I'm not just trying to 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.920 encourage you, trying to make you feel better. I'm prophesying 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.920 a second touch is come in your way. And when 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.479 this second touch kicks in, you're going to see favor 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.520 that you've never seen. The right people are going to 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:40.359 show up, freedom from strongholds, a new level of your destiny. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.080 Now you have to let this seed take root. You 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.839 have to get in agreement with God. He can't go 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.520 around thinking that you've reached your limits. You'll never get well, 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:55.120 never be promoted, joelong, never see clearly. It's been blurry 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.680 for so long in my life. Thinking like that will 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:03.520 stop God's best. Quit declaring defeat over your life. Quit 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:07.960 prophesying mediocrity. It may be blurry, but it's not a 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.760 surprise to God. He's not scratching his head thinking why 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.560 didn't they get clear vision. God controls the whole universe. 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.640 He has all power. What he's destined for your life 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.520 will come to pass now. It may not happen all 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:27.880 at once while we're waiting. That's a test of our faith. 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:33.200 Don't get discouraged when things happen you don't understand. Don't 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:37.080 give up. You always face your greatest opposition when you're 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.720 closest to your victory. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.640 so hard if he didn't know. God had something amazing 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:47.880 in front of you. You have to dig your heels in. Say. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.080 It may be blurry, may be taking a long time. 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.080 I don't understand it, but I know a secret. The 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.440 Second Touch is coming. God is still on the throne. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.480 His plans will to be are for good, and any 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:04.160 moment things could change in my favor. When you live 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.360 with this expectancy, that's what allows God to do great things. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.840 You don't know. The Second Touch could happen today. You 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:17.040 could meet the person of your dreams tomorrow. That health 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.480 issue could turn around. The loan could go through this week. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:25.240 There are second touches already ordained to come across your path. 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:30.280 God doesn't do things half hearted. He's the author and 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.240 the finisher. It may look impossible, but God can do 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.320 the impossible. People may try to talk you out of it, 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.640 but people don't have the final say. God does get 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.760 up every morning and think him for your second touch. Lord, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.600 I'm grateful that I have a job. I'm grateful that 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.600 I can pay my bills, but I'm still in debt. God, 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.160 I'm asking for your second touch. The second touch is 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.559 when you come into overflow, when you come into more 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.920 than enough. For Lord, I'm feeling better, I make it 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.200 in progress, but I'm still struggling with this illness. Lord, 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:07.200 I'm asking for the completion of your healing. Or God, 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.280 I went through a bad break. I lost a loved one. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.760 It's kind of blurry in my life right now. God, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.040 I'm asking, just like you did for that blind man, 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:21.000 touch me again. Restore my joy, my passion, my vision. God, 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.839 give me a new beginning. I spoke along these lines 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:28.800 a while back about how God can suddenly shift things. 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.000 I received a letter from a young man that plays 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.320 high school football. He told how when he heard me 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:39.200 say this phrase that a shift is coming, something came 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.520 alive on the inside. He didn't just hear it think 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.200 oh yeah right, it's not gonna happen for me. He 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.680 let the seed take root. He started telling people a 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:52.319 shift was coming. He was the running back on his team, 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.319 and people told him he was too small, that he 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.280 would never be successful playing football, that he should try 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:02.080 another sport. The team was playing very badly, losing game 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.600 after game. He was so fired up he got his 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:09.319 whole team saying this before the game, that a shift 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.960 is coming. Things are changing in our favor. He started 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.400 playing better and better. They made the playoffs. In the 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:20.480 state final, he scored four touchdowns in one game, the 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:24.120 most of his career, plus the winning touchdown with two 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.320 seconds left in the game. He was named the ABC 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.600 High School Player of the Week. In their yearbook, they 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:35.120 could put one quote under their picture. His quote was, 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:39.520 A shift is coming. I wonder what would happen if 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.360 we would go out with this same expectancy, believing that 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:47.439 the second touch is coming, not just hearing a message, 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:51.400 but letting a seed take root, expecting a dream to 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.479 come to pass, expecting to get healthy in home, expecting 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.360 God to finish what he started. Well, Joel, this sounds good, 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.120 but I've had some setbacks. I've been taking this treatment 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.520 for cancer on and off for the last ten years. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.480 That's why I'm discouraged. I don't think I'll ever get well. 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.559 Just because you gave up doesn't mean God gave up. 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.200 God is not satisfied with better. He's gonna take you 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:21.280 to the fullness of your destiny. David said, God lifted 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.160 me out of a pit and set my feet upon 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:28.480 a rock. Sometimes even though we're content to stay in 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.800 the pit, God is not content. He's not gonna give 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.280 you a choice. He's gonna lift you out of that pit. 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.680 He's gonna set your feet towards your destiny. You didn't 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.320 think it's gonna happen. You thought you were stuck where 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.000 you are. But then one touch of God's favor. Suddenly 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.439 your health improved, Suddenly you met the right person. Suddenly 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.480 a new door of opportunity was in anything you did. 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.120 It was simply the goodness of God his second touch. 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:59.079 One Kings, chapter nineteen. The prophet Elijah had just seen 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.480 one of the greatest victories of his life. Four hundred 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.760 false prophets that worshiped the God bail had come against him. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.160 Elijah said to them, since you think your God is real, 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:14.559 let's have a contest. They both put wood on an altar. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.560 The God that lit the wood on fire would be 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.880 the true God. Elijah let them go first. They prayed, 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:27.000 saying dance chanted. Hour after hour, still no fire. When 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.760 it was Elijah's time, he prayed, and God sent lightning 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.600 and started the wood on fire. Later, all four hundred 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:39.160 of those prophets were killed. It's a great victory for Elijah. Well, 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.359 there was a lady there by the name of Jezebel. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.960 When she heard what happened to those prophets, she was furious. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.679 She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:54.120 you by this time tomorrow, I'm gonna kill myself. Elijah 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.560 took off running for his life. It's funny. He wasn't 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.800 afraid of four hundred men, but you were scared the 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:05.280 death of one angry woman. When you have an angry woman, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:10.600 you need God's help. Elijah ran far away from that place. 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:15.360 He was sitting under a tree, so depressed that he 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:19.079 didn't want to live. He said, God, I'm done, it's over, 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:22.320 Just take my life here. He had just seen this 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:27.400 great miracle, and the problem now is he's tired. He's 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.480 tired of believing, he's tired of standing strong, he's tired 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.640 of staying in faith. Maybe like Elijah, you've been doing 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:39.760 the right thing for a long time, believing, praying, standing 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.840 in faith. You've seen God's goodness in the past. Now 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:48.680 you're tired. You've lost your drive, your passion. You don't 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:51.280 think you'll ever really get well. You've had the sickness 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:55.080 so long you're not believing to start that business anymore. 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:59.439 You've had too many setbacks. The good news is God 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.720 doesn't get up on us when we get tired, when 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.400 we get discouraged. When Jesus was on his way to 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.960 the cross, about to be crucified, he got so tired, 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:14.120 so weak, that he fell down. He couldn't carry it anymore. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.240 God didn't say, Jesus, what are you doing. Get up? 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.160 You're making me look bad. He sent a man by 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.720 the name of Simon to carry the cross for him. 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.840 God knew there would be times that we would get tired, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.680 fall down, be discouraged, give up on a dream. He 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.360 doesn't say, too bad, you should have had more faith. No, 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:37.680 he'll send somebody to help lift you back up, somebody 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:41.520 to breathe new life into your dreams. Maybe I'm that 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:46.080 somebody for you today. You're not here by accident. God 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.880 is saying the best part of your life is still 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:53.480 out in front of you. He has new friendships, new opportunities, 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.920 new victories, new mountains for you to climb. But sometimes 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.200 we think, because we're people of faith, we're supposed to 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:05.520 be superman, superwoman. Never have an ounce of doubt, a 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:10.200 moment of discouragement. Take the pressure off yourself. You don't 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:14.040 have to be strong all the time. Even Jesus fell 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:17.080 down under the weight of the cross. You may be 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:21.920 down right now, not pursuing your dreams, not passionate about life, tired. 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.400 God has you here to lift you, to help you 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.640 get back up, to remind you that he's not finished 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.400 with you. He's going to bring you out of that pit. 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.520 He's gonna set your feet on a rock. He's going 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:38.400 to move you towards your destiny. This season will pass. 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:42.640 The second touch is coming. Elijah was so depressed he 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:45.520 didn't want to live. He's sitting under that tree. You 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.720 would think God would say, come on, Elijah, I just 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:52.200 rained down fire from heaven, just showed you by favor 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.320 my protection. And you mean you're gonna let this one woman, 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.680 one bad break, one disappointment cause you to get discouraged 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.120 and give up what's wrong with you? 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:02.240 Now? 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:06.360 God doesn't disqualify us when we don't stand strong enough. 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:10.680 The scripture says, the Angel of the Lord came a 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:15.520 second time to Elijah and touched him, saying, arise and eat. 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.360 When he woke up, he saw bread cooking over some 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.120 coals and a jar of water. God not only gave 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.480 him the bread and water. God took it one step further. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.320 He cooked the food for him. God could have given 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.920 him the strength to go out and hunt and find food, 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.800 find water, come back in the firewood, cook it himself. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.800 That would have been nice. Here's how good God is. 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.280 On this second touch. God's going to bring things to you. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:47.200 He's going to cause blessings to chase you down. He's 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.560 going to make things happen that you could have never 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:53.880 made happen. You may have been through some disappointments, people, 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.160 circumstances have come against you, and now you settle where 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:01.440 you are not expecting anything good. Every voice tells you 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:05.080 it's never going to happen. Don't believe those lives. Just 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:08.600 like Elijah, the Angel of the Lord is coming a 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.720 second time. This second touch is not only going to 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.320 give you a new fire, new passion. But it's going 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.520 to push you into your destiny. The second touch is 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:22.960 when you'll see clearly, you'll have wisdom, the right door's open, 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:27.680 things fall into place, You'll step into your purpose. Why 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:31.160 don't you shake off the disappointments, shake off what didn't 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.280 work out? Say God, I know you're still in control 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:38.000 of my life. I've had these bad breaks, things come 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.880 against me. But God, I'm not going to settle here. 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.000 I'm not going to give up with a dream. I 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.360 know your second touch is coming. If you'll do that, 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.879 God will not only bring you the provision. He'll not 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.160 only give you the food and water, so to speak, 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.560 but he'll cook the food for you. He'll do more 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:59.119 than you can ask or think. But too often we 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.600 stay focused on the negative. What didn't work out, how 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.919 long it's taken, who heard us, how unfair it was 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.800 that causes us to get stuck. You can talk yourself 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:14.240 out of your destiny. This is what Abraham's father did. 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:18.840 His name was Tera. He had three sons. One of 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.959 his sons, a young man named Haran, died at an 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:25.960 early age. Tara went through this great disappointment the loss 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:30.520 of a son. Years later, God told Tara to leave 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.800 the place they were living and go to Canaan, the 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:37.720 Promised Land. Tara packed up his family and they hided 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.640 that way toward the Promised Land. But when they came 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:45.080 to the city of Haran, the same name of the 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:49.080 son he had lost. Instead of passing through it, continuing 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:53.480 on toward the Promised Land, the scripture says Tera settled 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:58.600 in the city of Haraan started off good, but when 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.800 he came to the place that rom minded him of 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:04.480 the son, he had lost, the place of his greatest disappointment. 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:08.639 He got discouraged, gave up on his dream, told everybody, 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.320 I'm sure I should go forward. Promised Land is probably 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.880 in front of us, but look, I've been through too much. 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:17.880 I've been hurt too many times. Let's just settle here. 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:23.199 Tera could have become the father of many nations instead 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:27.040 of Abraham. He's the original one God told to go 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.200 to the Promised Land. We could talk about the God 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:34.880 of Terah, Abraham and Isaac instead of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:39.200 It could have started one generation sooner. But Tara chose 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.440 to settle. He didn't realize God had a second touch, 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:47.160 that God can give beauty for ashes, that God can 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.760 turn mourning into dancing, that God can take what's meant 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.840 for harm and use it to our advantage. Instead, he 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:58.280 chose to stay focused on the pain. I don't know. 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:01.159 Maybe he had a good excuse lost loved one. But 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.159 if he could have just dug his heels in and said, no, 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.480 i am not going to settle in Haram. I'm not 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.359 going to stay in the place of my greatest pain. 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:13.800 I'm going to keep moving forward, knowing that a second 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:16.680 touch is coming, knowing that God will pay me back 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:19.920 for this trouble. He would have done that, he would 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.880 have been listed as one of the heroes of faith. Friends, 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:28.320 don't let one loss, one disappointment, one bad break cause 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:32.159 you to settle. We all face things we don't understand. 0:20:32.600 --> 0:20:36.159 Life is not always fair. The key is you have 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:40.240 to pass through the place of your greatest pain, pass 0:20:40.320 --> 0:20:43.400 through the hurt, the rejection, the failure, the mistake. If 0:20:43.440 --> 0:20:47.000 you'll keep moving forward, you'll come in to your promised land. 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.800 God will give you beauty for ashes. The scripture says 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:55.080 He'll pay you back double for the unfair situations. You 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:59.160 remember Job, he went through a great disappointment, He lost 0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:03.360 his health, his business, his family, but in the end 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:08.240 God restored twice back to him. Job had ten children 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:12.040 that were killed in a terrible storm, a great tragedy. 0:21:12.480 --> 0:21:16.520 He was devastated, but later on God gave Job ten 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:20.119 more children. He had ten in heaven, ten on earth. Double. 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:24.080 And what's interesting is the scripture never says that Job 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:28.200 married a younger wife. The same wife that had given 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:32.040 him ten children before, gave him ten more children. God 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:35.879 opened that womb once again in the natural. She was 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:39.199 too old, she was done, couldn't have any more children, 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:43.119 looked like her womb was dead. But when God saw 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:46.840 the trouble the enemy had cost her, God said to her, 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:50.280 in effect, don't worry. I'm going to bring back to 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:53.560 life your dead wound, that wound that's been closed, I'm 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.280 gonna open it once again. You're gonna have ten more children. 0:21:57.200 --> 0:21:59.360 I don't know if she is happy or depressed about that, 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:03.360 but God did that for Victoria. He'd have to bring 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:08.080 me back to life. Bottom line, she gave birth to 0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:11.560 ten more children. What am I saying? The enemy cannot 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:14.679 stop God's plan for your life. He may try, but 0:22:14.800 --> 0:22:17.639 he can't do it. God has the final say. Now 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:22.560 you may have something that looks dead. You tried, it 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:24.760 didn't work. As it's been a long time, you need 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:28.520 to get ready for the second touch. On the second touch, 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:32.159 God's going to reopen what was closed. He's going to 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:35.040 bring back to life what was dead. He's going to 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.199 pay you back for that trouble. Don't settle in the 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:41.119 place of your greatest pain. The second touch is coming. 0:22:42.200 --> 0:22:45.320 I was in Washington, d c. Earlier this year and 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:49.199 this mom told about her son. He's a soldier serving 0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:52.879 in our military overseas, and she received a phone call 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:55.160 in the middle of the night say that her son 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:59.040 had been gravely wounded in action. They were flying him 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:01.520 to Germany. Didn't think that he would make it through 0:23:01.560 --> 0:23:04.120 the night. She and her husband jumped on the next 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:08.000 flight out. When they arrived, her son was still alive, 0:23:08.200 --> 0:23:11.680 hanging by a thread in a coma. The doctor said 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:14.040 it would just be a matter of hours before he 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:17.040 would pass. A lot of people would have given up, 0:23:17.320 --> 0:23:20.919 but this soldier had a praying mother. She knew that 0:23:21.000 --> 0:23:24.000 God has the final say that God can bring back 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:27.919 to life, resurrect what looked dead. She was doing her 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:30.720 best to stay in faith, but she asked God to 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:33.879 give her a sign. When the doctors and all the 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.720 specialists finally left the hospital room after giving her the 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:42.520 grim prognosis about her son, the nurse walked in, looked 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:44.880 at the mother in the eyes, and she said, don't 0:23:44.920 --> 0:23:48.240 worry about your son. He's going to be fine. When 0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:51.639 he arrived last night, he opened his eyes and looked 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:54.760 at me. And when he did, I could see God 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:58.480 in his eyes. Against all odds, he made it through 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.760 that night, and the next and the next Today, several 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:05.080