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Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 40 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 41 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 4: the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you 42 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 4: you and pray for God's very best in your line. Well, 44 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's great to come into your homes 45 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 4: and I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. 46 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: We have a daily podcast that you can download, or 47 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 4: you can go to our YouTube channel watch the messages anytime, 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 4: or of course, you can follow us on social media. 49 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 4: But thanks for tuning in today. We're going to do 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 4: our best to keep it inspired and encouraged. I like 51 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about these 52 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 4: three pastors that were in a boat on a lake 53 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: fishing together. One of them said, we never get to 54 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: let our hair down. Let's each tell the area that 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 4: we struggle in the most, our greatest sin, so we 56 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: can pray for each other. The first pastor said, I 57 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: hate to admit this, but I have a problem with gambling. 58 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 4: Sometimes I sneak out at night and gamble. The second 59 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 4: pastor said, I'm ashamed to admit this, but I have 60 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 4: a problem with cheating. I hardly ever pay my taxes. 61 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: The third pastor sat there signed. They waited and waited. 62 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 4: He wouldn't budge. They said, we are not leaving until 63 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 4: you tell us your greatest sin. He said, all right, 64 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 4: My greatest sin is gossiping, and I can't wait to 65 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 4: get off this boat. Say it like you mean it. 66 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 67 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 68 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 69 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 70 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 71 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 72 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about the best is next. 73 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to get satisfied where we are when we've 74 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: seen blessing and favor. God's protected us, promoted us open doors. 75 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: We can start thinking that we've seen our best days. 76 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 4: But God never does his greatest feats in your yesterdays. 77 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 4: They're always in your future. The scripture says, the path 78 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 4: of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. What God has 79 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 4: in front of you is more fulfilling, more rewarding than 80 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 4: anything you've seen in the past. But sometimes before it 81 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 4: gets brighter, it gets darker. Before we see more than enough, 82 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 4: we go through a season of not enough. There are 83 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 4: times the good has to come to an end to 84 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: make room for the best. Doesn't make sense to us. 85 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 4: Why did my business slow down? Why did this person 86 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 4: walk away? Why did this door close? It's all a 87 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 4: part of God's plan. He's shaking things up to move 88 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 4: you out of the good into the best. If he 89 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 4: didn't close those doors, you wouldn't see the fullness of 90 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 4: your destiny. We may not like the process. It's uncomfortable. 91 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 4: We're doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is happening. 92 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 4: We're working hard, but not see an increase. Thoughts will 93 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 4: tell you it's never going to get better. Don't believe 94 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 4: those lies. That disappointment, the breakup, the slow season didn't 95 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 4: stop what God has for you. It's getting you in 96 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 4: position for favor that you've never seen. Your relationship didn't 97 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 4: work out. God knew it was going to happen. That 98 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 4: didn't catch him off guard. He's already lined up someone 99 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 4: better than you can imagine. Your business has slowed down, 100 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 4: the contract didn't work out. That setback is not stopping you. 101 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 4: It's setting you up for new levels. You're going to 102 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 4: come out not like you were before, but healthier, stronger, promoted, increased. 103 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 4: John Chapter two, Jesus was at a wedding in Galilee. 104 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 4: There was a big celebration with hundreds of people. Everything 105 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 4: was going great until they ran out of wine. His 106 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 4: mother came and told him about the problem, and Jesus 107 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: had not performed any miracles in public up to this point. 108 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 4: But she knew something about Jesus that others didn't know. 109 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: She told the staff to do whatever he asked them 110 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 4: to do. There were six large water pots over to 111 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 4: the side. They held thirty gallons each. Jesus told the 112 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 4: men to go fill them with water. Now I can 113 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 4: imagine them thinking what good is that going to do, 114 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 4: But instead of talking themselves out of it, they filled 115 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 4: the containers and brought them back to Jesus. He said, 116 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 4: now dip some out and take it to the host 117 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 4: of the wedding, to the man that's in charge. Verse 118 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 4: nine says when the host tasted the water that was 119 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 4: now wine, he called the groom over and said, usually 120 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 4: a host serves the best wine first. Then when everyone 121 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 4: is full doesn't know any better, he brings out the 122 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 4: less expensive wines. But you have saved the best until now. 123 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 4: Notice how God works. If the wine had not run out, 124 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 4: if they had not come to the end of what 125 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: they were used to, they would have never seen the 126 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 4: best wine. God saves the best for next. You may 127 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 4: feel like you're coming to an end, you're running out 128 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 4: of opportunity. Doors are closing, running out of favor, what 129 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: used to work is not working, running out of resources, 130 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 4: having a hard time making ends meet. Maybe you're running 131 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 4: out of strength, You're weary, you can't take it anymore. 132 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 4: This may sound odd, but you're in a good place. 133 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: When you come to the end, that's when God steps 134 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: in and not just helps you get through it, but 135 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: he says, I've saved the best for next, the best physician, 136 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: the best relationships, the best in your finances. You have 137 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 4: more than you've ever had, the best in your health. 138 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: You feel better than you've ever failed, the best in 139 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 4: your family. You're happier than you've ever been. The fact 140 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 4: that things are running out doesn't mean God has forgotten 141 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: about you. You must have run out of favor, you 142 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 4: must have done something wrong. It's a sign that God 143 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 4: is about to do something that you've never seen. One 144 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 4: translation says she said to Jesus, we have no more wine. 145 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,679 Speaker 4: Sometimes we feel like we have no more no more strength, 146 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 4: no more vision, no more health. That's okay. There are 147 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 4: seasons when you come to an end, you run out 148 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 4: of a good thing. The first wine the people had 149 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 4: was fine. Nobody complained. They were blessed having a great celebration. 150 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 4: But the wine was supposed to run out. It was 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 4: a part of God's plan. If it didn't run out, 152 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 4: they would have never seen the best wine. And what 153 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 4: runs out in your life is not a surprise to God. 154 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 4: The relationship that didn't make it, the company that lets 155 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 4: you go, the loved one you lost, the health that 156 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 4: went down. That doesn't mean you've seen your best days. 157 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 4: Just sit back and endure it. It means new levels 158 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 4: of favor are coming, new levels of your destiny, better health, 159 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 4: better opportunities, better relationships. God doesn't bring you out the same. 160 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 4: You're going to look back and say, like that host, 161 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 4: you've saved the best for now, that person that walked 162 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 4: away don't get better. They had to go so the 163 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: best could show up. When you see what God does 164 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 4: who he brings, you'll say, I'm glad that old wine 165 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 4: ran out. I'm glad that old goat left. I mean 166 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: that old boyfriend left. Look what the Lord has done. 167 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 4: Those coworkers that played politics, kept you from the promotion, 168 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 4: made you look bad. You thought you ran out of favor, 169 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 4: that God had forgotten about you. That had to happen. 170 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 4: When you see the new door God opens. How he 171 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 4: promotes you in the presence of your enemies, how he 172 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 4: gives you influence and favor that you've never seen. You'll say, Lord, 173 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 4: thank you, You save the best for now. You took 174 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 4: me where I couldn't go on my own. Don't be discouraged. 175 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: When something doesn't work out, something runs out, you feel 176 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 4: like you're at the end. You've studied your situation, You've 177 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: tried to come up with a solution, but you've run 178 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 4: out of options. You don't see how your business can 179 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 4: make it, how your marriage will last, how your health 180 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 4: will turn around. When you come to the end, it's 181 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 4: a good place. When you can't figure out a solution, 182 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 4: that's when God steps in. You had to run out 183 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 4: of wine before you could see the best wine. You 184 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 4: had to come to an end so God can take 185 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 4: it to a new level. So he can open doors 186 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 4: bigger than you've imagined. So he can give you hell, strength, peace, 187 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 4: joy like you've never seen. The best is not behind you. 188 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 4: The best is next Now. It may look just the 189 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 4: opposite when you're running low. When you come to the end, 190 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 4: thoughts will tell you it's all downhill from here. You're 191 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 4: running out of time. You can't accomplish your dream. You're 192 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 4: running out of favor. Business is slow, you're running out 193 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 4: of strength. This pandemic is going to sink you. The 194 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: only reason you're running out is because God say the 195 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: best for next. Keep the right perspective. Father, This looks 196 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 4: like the end, but I know it's a sign that 197 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 4: you're about to show out in my life. Weddings during 198 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 4: that time would go on for several days. When Jesus 199 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 4: showed up, they could have been there enjoying the first 200 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 4: wine for days. They were happy. The first wine was good. 201 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 4: No one was complaining. But if the good wine had 202 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 4: not run out, they wouldn't have seen the best wine. 203 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 4: And when life is good for us, we're happy, our 204 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 4: children are blessed, we're seeing favor, we have no complaints. 205 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 4: But sometimes things change. We're facing an illness, a child 206 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 4: gets off course, a friend we're counting on walks away. 207 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,239 Speaker 4: It's easy to live discouraged, feel like we're going backwards, 208 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 4: running out of favor, running out of health. But there's 209 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 4: only one reason you're running out. The good is about 210 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 4: to give way to the best. God loves you too 211 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: much to leave you with just the good wine. That's 212 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 4: fine for a season, but at some point you'll come 213 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 4: to the end so He can show out in your 214 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 4: life in a much greater way. It's significant that God 215 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 4: could have given them the same wine. That would have 216 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: been a great miracle. We would be telling that story 217 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: that God can restore when you run out, he can 218 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 4: give you more. That's good. But God is so loving, 219 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 4: so merciful, he doesn't bring you out the same He 220 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: gives you the best wine. The best is simply something 221 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 4: that you've never seen. Favor that you've never seen, health 222 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: that you've never seen, opportunity, finances, influence, The best is 223 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 4: in front of you. After you see that best, then 224 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 4: God will give you something better, a new best. That's 225 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 4: what it means. He's taken you from glory to glory. 226 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 4: Now in between those glories there will be these seasons 227 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 4: where you feel like you have no more, nothing more 228 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: to give, no more creativity, no more reasons, sources, no 229 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 4: more options. There's nothing wrong with saying God, I have 230 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 4: no more. I'm running out of wine, so to speak. 231 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 4: Jesus said in Matthew five, you are blessed when you're 232 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: at the end of your rope, with less of you. 233 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: There is more of God in his favor. That seems odd. 234 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 4: We're blessed when we're at the end. Why would Jesus 235 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 4: say we're blessed when the contract doesn't go through. We're 236 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: blessed when that person walks away. It's because when you're 237 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 4: at the end, when you've run out of options, when 238 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 4: you don't have any more wine, that's when God shows 239 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 4: up and gives you the best wine. That's when he 240 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 4: does more than you can imagine. A friend of mine 241 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 4: played professional football for many years, and he was a 242 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 4: great player, very popular, well liked. When he retired, he 243 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 4: was hired by his team to help develop the players 244 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: and keep them motivated. For years, he was very successful. 245 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 4: The team, the coaches, the players, they all loved him. 246 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: You couldn't find a more talented, kind, loyal person. Life 247 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 4: was good for him. He was seeing favor increased, blessing. 248 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 4: But one day this team hired a new manager. He 249 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 4: didn't like my friend. He saw how popular he was, 250 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: and he started poisoning the staff, spreading things that weren't true, 251 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 4: and eventually he fired my friend. It's very unfair, very hurtful. 252 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 4: I called him to encourage him. He was disappointed, but 253 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 4: he wasn't discouraged. He understood this principle that when the 254 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 4: old wine runs out, that means the best wine is coming, 255 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 4: something that you've never seen. That's why you shouldn't fight 256 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 4: every closed door. People that do you wrong, seasons that 257 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 4: slow down. You're not seeing the favor that you once did. 258 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 4: These things have to happen for you to see the 259 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 4: best wine, for you to see greater favor, greater influence. 260 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 4: As much as we don't like it, the people that 261 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 4: do us wrong, the bad breaks, the betrayals, the disappointments, 262 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: they are all a part of God's plan. God is 263 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 4: not only ordering your steps, he's ordering the steps of 264 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 4: those you need to fulfill your destiny. We know God 265 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 4: ordered Jesus' steps, but he also ordered Judas's steps. Without 266 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 4: Judas betraying Jesus, we wouldn't have salvation without Goliath coming 267 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 4: against David. David would have never taken the throne without 268 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 4: my father going to be with the Lord, something that 269 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 4: I didn't like. I would have never stepped up to 270 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 4: pasture the church. When things run out in your life, 271 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 4: instead of complaining being bitter, keep the right perspective. It 272 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 4: had to run out so you can see the best wine, 273 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 4: so you can step up to who you were created 274 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 4: to be. My friend stayed on the high road the 275 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 4: whole time. His supervisor was trying to make him look bad, 276 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 4: engage him in conflict. He wouldn't take the bait. He 277 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 4: moved someone into his office without asking him. My friend 278 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: didn't say a word. He left resumes on my friend's 279 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 4: desk for his same position, trying to intimidate him. My 280 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 4: friend ignored it. When he was fired. He wouldn't talk 281 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 4: to the press. He didn't make the man look bad. 282 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 4: He let God fight his battles. He knew God was 283 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 4: his vindicator. He sent me a list of declarations that 284 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 4: he made every day. No weapon formed against me will prosper. 285 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 4: I will look in triumph at those that have hated me. 286 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 4: What was meant for my harm? God is turning to 287 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 4: my advantage. What you're doing in the running out seasons 288 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 4: is very important. If you go around bitter discourage trying 289 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 4: to get even, that's going to keep you where you 290 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 4: are in. About six months after he was fired, he 291 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: received a phone call from the NFL offering him a 292 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 4: position doing the same thing, not for one team, but 293 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 4: for multiple teams over a whole region. Now, the NFL, 294 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 4: the big sports league in the world, is behind him. 295 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 4: He has incredible influence in favor. This would have never 296 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 4: happened if the old wine had not run out. When 297 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 4: doors close, when things slow down, when people turn on you, 298 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 4: stay in peace. God knows what he's doing. You're coming 299 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 4: to an end, not because it's over, but because the 300 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 4: best is next. Favor that you haven't seen, opportunity that 301 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 4: you didn't expect, increase, strength, creativity, good health, more than 302 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 4: you've imagined. When the wine ran out at the wedding, 303 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 4: Jesus asked them to fill the pots with water. That 304 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 4: seemed odd. They needed wine, not water. Sometimes God will 305 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 4: ask you to do things you don't understand. He has 306 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 4: the best wine ready, he has something that you haven't seen, 307 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 4: but it's dependent on your obedience. Will you do when 308 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 4: he's asking you to do. It may be to forgive 309 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 4: some one that did you wrong. That doesn't make sense. 310 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: They hurt you. You have a right to be bitter. 311 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 4: That will keep you from the best wine. It may 312 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 4: be to step out in faith when you don't feel 313 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 4: qualified to teach the class, to start the business, to 314 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 4: mentor that young person, or maybe like my friends. It's 315 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 4: to keep a good attitude when you're not being treated right, 316 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 4: to stay on the high road, to let God fight 317 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: your battles. It's easy to try to pay people back, 318 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 4: make them look bad, do to them what they're doing 319 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 4: to you. Trust God to be your vindicator. He can 320 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 4: vindicate you better than you can vindicate yourself. This man 321 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: that was so against my friend, so dishonest, not long ago, 322 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 4: he was fired by the team in a very public way. 323 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 4: Everything he had been doing, the schemes, the backbiting, the jealousy, 324 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 4: that all came to light. Now he's out, and my 325 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 4: friend is in, not in the same position, but in 326 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 4: something much better. People can't stop your destiny. Closed doors 327 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 4: can't stop your purpose. Bad breaks can't keep you from 328 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 4: what God has ordained. When that wine runs out, keep 329 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 4: doing what God asked you to do, Keep being good 330 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 4: to people, keep giving, serving expecting. The wine wanting out 331 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: is a sign that the best wine is coming. There 332 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 4: was a widow in the Old Testament. Her husband had died, 333 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 4: and now she was living alone with her son. They 334 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 4: did fine for a while, going along no problems. Then 335 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 4: a drought came. Their crops dried up, their income went down. 336 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 4: She used the funds her husband had left. Now those 337 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 4: funds had run out. It was a perfect storm. She 338 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 4: had no income, no savings, no food, no groceries. Everything 339 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 4: came to an end. She was preparing her last meal. 340 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 4: She and her son were going to eat it. They 341 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 4: had already accepted the fact that this would be it. 342 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 4: The prophet Elijah saw her out picking up sticks to 343 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 4: make a fire. He said, do me a favor. I'm hungry. 344 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 4: Will you make me something to eat? I'm sure? She 345 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 4: thought you gotta be kidding. She said, Elijah, I promise you. 346 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 4: All I have is a little flour, a little oil. 347 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 4: We've exhausted all of our resources. We just have enough 348 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 4: for my son and myself. Once I cook this meal, 349 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 4: we're done. Elijah asked her to do something that seems selfish. 350 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 4: He said, go ahead and make that last meal, but 351 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 4: make me a little loaf of bread first. She could 352 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: have thought, we're about to starve to death, and you 353 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 4: want me to feed you before I feed myself and 354 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 4: my son. I'm not gonna do that. Instead, she took 355 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: a step of faith and cooked him a meal first. 356 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 4: Elijah ate that meal and said the Lord God of 357 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 4: Israel says, there will always be plenty of flour and 358 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: plenty of oil in your cabinets until the tie. The 359 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 4: Lord sends rain and the crops begin to produce again. 360 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 4: From that day forward, week after week, month after month, 361 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 4: for three and a half years, the oil never ran out. 362 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 4: The flower container was never empty. She had supernatural provision. 363 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 4: She went from running out to running over. The running 364 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: out is a sign that running over is coming. You 365 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 4: may feel like you're running out of strength today. You're 366 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 4: weary from everything that's going on. Get ready running over 367 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 4: strength is coming, strength that you've never felt, energy like 368 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 4: you've never seen. You're running out of resources. Business has 369 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 4: slowed down. Get ready running over resources are headed your way. 370 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 4: You're running out of favor, not getting any good breaks, 371 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 4: stuck in your career because you honor God. Running over 372 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 4: favor is coming, running over blessings, running over opportunities. That 373 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 4: means you have so many opportunities you can't take them all. 374 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 4: You have to choose which ones you want. Elijah said, 375 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 4: make me a meal first. God is saying, keep me 376 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 4: first place in your life. When you wake up in 377 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 4: the morning, don't meet with anyone until you first meet 378 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 4: with God. Take time to thank him for the day, 379 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 4: thank him for who he is, Thank him that he's 380 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 4: the giver of all good things, your protector, your provider, 381 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 4: your healer, your waymaker. And all through the day, under 382 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 4: your breath you can talk to God. Lord, thank you 383 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 4: for watching over my children. Lord, help me to do 384 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 4: good at work today. Lord, thank you for giving me wisdom. 385 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 4: The scripture says, if you'll acknowledge God in all your ways, 386 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 4: he'll crown your efforts with success. And every time God 387 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 4: asks you to do a hard thing, that means there's 388 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 4: a big blessing coming. It was a sacrifice for this 389 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 4: lady to make Elijah a meal first. That took tu 390 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 4: us courage faith. Wasn't easy for the workers to go 391 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 4: fill the water pots with water. Thoughts were telling them 392 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 4: you're wasting your time. They had to fight off doubt, 393 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 4: fight off negative thoughts. But when you choose to obey, 394 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 4: when you do the right thing when it's hard, you're 395 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 4: setting yourself up for God to show out in your life, 396 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 4: to see supernatural favor, supernatural healing, supernatural provision. A few 397 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 4: years after I started pastoring, the church began to grow 398 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 4: and we needed a larger auditorium. My father said that 399 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 4: he would never move Lakewood. I was new. I wasn't 400 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 4: about to rock the boat, so I started looking for 401 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 4: land around our other location. We found one hundred acres 402 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 4: that was right off the freeway, about two miles from 403 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 4: the old location. It seemed perfect. A few months later, 404 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,719 Speaker 4: we went to close on the property and sign all 405 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 4: the papers. The secretary walked out and said, I'm sorry, 406 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 4: the owner sold this property last night. I couldn't believe it. 407 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 4: He didn't keep his word. I was so discouraged. I 408 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 4: went home and told Victorian. She started preaching to me. 409 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 4: One of my messages Joel, this closed door means God 410 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 4: has something better. We're gonna stay in faith. I didn't 411 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 4: want to hear that. I wanted the property. A couple 412 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 4: of months later, we found another one hundred acres. It 413 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 4: seemed like a better location, had better access from the freeway. 414 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 4: I knew that's why God shut the other door. We 415 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 4: went to close on the property and the same thing happened. 416 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 4: They sold it to someone else. We were running out 417 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 4: of options. There weren't any more large tracts of land 418 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 4: off the freeway in that area. Sometimes God won't step 419 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 4: in until you run out of options. That old wine 420 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 4: has to run out. I was tempted to live, stressed 421 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: and worried, and I could hear that still small voice 422 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 4: and Joel, trust me, I'm still in control. I didn't 423 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 4: see how it could happen. But God has ways we've 424 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 4: never thought of. His plan for your life is better 425 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 4: than your own. What we think is the best, many 426 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 4: times is far less than what God has in mind. 427 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 4: I was hoping to find land to build an auditorium. 428 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 4: I never dreamed God would give us one already built 429 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 4: on the busiest freeway, the most visible, the most attended, 430 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 4: one of the most prestigious facilities in our city, the 431 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 4: former Compact Center. I was complaining about running out of 432 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 4: options all the while God had something better than I 433 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 4: ever dreamed. Can I tell you you haven't seen your 434 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 4: best days. You may feel stuck, doors have closed, the 435 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 4: wine has run out. That all happened for a reason. 436 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: It had to run out so you could see the 437 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 4: best wine. The best part of your life is not 438 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 4: behind you. The best part of your life is the 439 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 4: next part of your life. You haven't seen, heard, or 440 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 4: imagine what God has in store. You wouldn't be discouraged 441 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 4: over that door that closed. If you knew what God 442 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,239 Speaker 4: was about to open, you wouldn't be stressed over that 443 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 4: deal that fell through. If you knew your compact center 444 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 4: was up ahead, you would put God first place with 445 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 4: no problem. You would make that profit of Neil. You 446 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 4: would obey if you knew supernatural provision is coming. Sometimes 447 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 4: we think that we're running out of time. It's too 448 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 4: late to accomplish my dream. I missed my chance, Joel, 449 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 4: I made too many mistakes. I'm too old. That's the 450 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 4: way Caleb probably felt. He was one of the spies 451 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 4: that came back from the Promised Land and told Moses 452 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 4: that they were well able to take the land, that 453 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 4: they should go in at once, But the negative report 454 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 4: from the other ten spies caused everyone to get discouraged. 455 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 4: They turned around and went back into the desert. Caleb 456 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 4: was forty years old at the time. For forty years 457 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 4: he wandered in the desert. The interesting thing is it 458 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 4: wasn't his fault. He had faith, he was courageous, he 459 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 4: was obedient. It looked like other people stopped his dream. 460 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 4: Their negative report kept him from his destiny. The good 461 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 4: news is what God started, He's going to finish what 462 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 4: he promised he's going to bring to pass. At eighty 463 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 4: five years old, God said Caleb, I haven't forgotten about you. 464 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 4: I said you'd go into the Promised Land. You're still 465 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 4: going to go in. There were three giants living on 466 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 4: that land. Caleb could have said, God, give me another place. 467 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 4: Those people are too big. I'm too old now. No, 468 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 4: don't settle for a watered down version of your dream. 469 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 4: At eighty five, Caleb said, God, I still want that mountain. 470 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 4: He went out and defeated those giants and made it 471 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 4: into the Promised Land. It's not too late for you 472 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 4: to become all you were created to be. God has 473 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 4: not forgotten about the dreams he put in your heart. 474 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 4: You're not running out of time. You're running into time. 475 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 4: God is ordering your steps opportunities that didn't happen years earlier. 476 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 4: You didn't miss it. It wasn't the right time. The 477 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 4: door had to close, the people had to be against you, 478 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 4: the business had to not make it. It was all 479 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 4: setting you up for the best wine. God saves the 480 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:30,439 Speaker 4: best for next. I believe and declare you're about to 481 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 4: come in to some best, best opportunity, best relationship, best health, 482 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 4: best resources like that widow woman. Because you keep God 483 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 4: first place, You're going to go from running out to 484 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 4: running over, from not enough to more than enough. Your 485 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,479 Speaker 4: latter days will be better than your former days. Get ready, 486 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,479 Speaker 4: the best is next. In Jesus' name, Have you receive it? 487 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 4: Can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 488 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 489 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 490 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you 491 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 492 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. 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