1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is joln Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,559 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 2: bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: We're at beautiful Yankee Stadium for America's Not of Hope 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: with the finest people in. 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: All of New York right here, Yankee Stadium. 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: about this man. He called the church office and said, 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: I want to speak to. 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: The head hog at the Trough. The secretary was offended. 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: She said, if you mean the pastor, you're going to 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: have to call him pastor, but you may not call 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: him the head hog at the Trough. 17 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: He said, well, fine, I. 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: Was thinking about making a ten thousand dollars donation to 19 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: your church. 20 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: She said, hang on, Porky just walked in. Hold up 21 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: your bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: my Bible. 23 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am, I have what 24 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: it says I have, I can do what it says 25 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: I can do. 26 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: Today I will be taught the word of God. 27 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 28 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: I will never be the same, never, never, never, I'll 29 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 30 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you tonight about nothing is wasted. 31 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: Victoria and I have some flower beds at home, and 32 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: several times a year we put mulch in those beds. 33 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: Mulch is a fertilizer that helps the plants to grow. 34 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: One of the main ingredients of mulch is manure. 35 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: It's waste. It smells really bad. 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: For a couple of days, you can hardly walk outside. 37 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: Our kids say, Dad, what happened out here? 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: It stinks. 39 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: The smell is so strong. But if you come back 40 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: in a month or two, the smell is gone and 41 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: the plants are blooming. They're blossoming, They're seeing new growth. 42 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: The fertilizer, as bad as it smells, it's giving the 43 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: plants valuable nutrients and minerals that they could not get otherwise. 44 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: In the same way, we all go through some things 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: in life that stink. 46 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 2: We don't like. It wasn't fair. Why did my relationship 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: not make it? 48 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: Why did I come down with this sickness. Why did 49 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: I lose my main client? That stinks? 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 2: Now you need to have a new perspective. That's fertilizer. 51 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: It may smell bad right now, may seem like a 52 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: bunch of manure got dumped on you, but if you 53 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: will stay in faith, that's not going to hinder you. 54 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: It's going to strengthen you. The stinky stuff. 55 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: The loss, the disappointments, the betrayals, it's preparing you for 56 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: new growth to bloom, to blossom, to become all you 57 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: were created to be. The truth is you cannot reach 58 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: your highest potential without fertilizer. The stinky stuff is not 59 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: working against you, it's working for you. It may smell 60 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: bad right now, but if you'll keep doing the right thing, 61 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: you will come into a new season of growth. Now, 62 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: I would love to tell you, if you have faith, 63 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: you trust God, you'll be your best. You'll sell through 64 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: life with no difficulty. But that's not reality. You're going 65 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: to have some manure. There's going to be some stinky stuff. 66 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: What I want us to see is God wouldn't have 67 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: allowed it unless he was ultimately going to use it 68 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: for your good. Instead of complaining, thinking, oh man, this stinks. 69 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: I can't believe this happened. Now, have the attitude. It's 70 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: just more fertilizer. God's getting me prepared for something greater. 71 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: If you'll go through the stink with the right attitude, 72 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: God will take what was meant for your harm and 73 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: he'll use it to your advantage. You may feel like 74 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: you've had more than your share of stinky stuff, bad breaks, disappointments, 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: broken dreams. 76 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,839 Speaker 2: Be encouraged. 77 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: That just means you have a lot of fertilizer. God's 78 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: getting you ready to go where you've never been. And 79 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: this is not the time to be discouraged. Have a 80 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: chip on your shoulder. This is the time to get ready. 81 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: God allowed that fertilizer to get you prepared for where 82 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,679 Speaker 1: you could not go on your own. 83 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: You may not have liked it, but. 84 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: It deposited something in you that you could only gain 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: by going through it. You couldn't learn it by reading 86 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: a book, by listening to a message, by taking a class. 87 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 2: You could only learn it through experience, through. 88 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: The trial of your faith. That's where we're really developed. 89 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: David said, God enlarged me in my time of distress. 90 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: He didn't get enlarged in the good times. He got 91 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: enlarged in the tough times. That difficulty is strengthening you. 92 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 2: It's getting you prepared. 93 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: Now you're in position to go to a new level. 94 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: Quit complaining about the fertilizer. Quit talking about who hurts you, 95 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: what didn't work out, all the manure that got dumped 96 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: on you. Without the stinky stuff, you couldn't reach the 97 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: fullness of your destiny. It's not hindering you, it's helping you. 98 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: If it was too much, God would have never allowed it. 99 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: You got to dig your heels in and say, I 100 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: am in it to win it. I am not going 101 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: to let this stinky stuff, this stuff I don't understand, caused. 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: Me to give up on my dreams. I know it's fertilizer. 103 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: It's strengthening me, it's enlarging me. It's getting me prepared 104 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: for new levels. That's what a friend of mine did 105 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: that grew up in a very difficult situation. Her father 106 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: died when she was six years old. Her mother had 107 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: to go on dialysis. Shortly after that. When other children 108 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: were out cheerleading and having fun, she was having to take. 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: Care of her mother. 110 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: Twelve years old, she'd have to go to the grocery 111 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: store and cook for the family. She had to get 112 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: her little brother dressed and ready for school each day. 113 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: It looked like she was at advantage, like that hardship 114 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: would keep her from her destiny. But just because something 115 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: unfair has happened doesn't mean God doesn't have an amazing 116 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: future still in front of you. 117 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: It may stink right now. 118 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: But remember manure has a lot. 119 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: Of helpful ingredients. 120 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: It's fertilizer. Used the right way, it gives you an advantage. 121 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: It causes growth. And this young lady, she didn't have 122 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: a victim mentality. She had a victor mentality. She didn't 123 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: go around complaining. She kept being her best, taking the 124 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: high road, not letting negative. 125 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: Thoughts talk her out of her dreams. 126 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: In spite of all the odds being against her, she 127 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: excelled in high school. She got a full scholarship to 128 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: a major university. She went on to get her master's degree. 129 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: Today she has her doctorate degree. She's extremely successful in 130 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: the corporate world, happily married three beautiful children. 131 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 2: Here's my question, why does some. 132 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: People in that same type situation struggle through life, defeated, discourage, 133 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: always overcome by problems, and yet others like her overcome 134 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: the odds and see God's blessing and favor in great ways. 135 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: It's in our approach to life. We all have stinky stuff, 136 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: unfair things that we don't like. We can get bitter, sour, discouraged, 137 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: or we can see it as fertilizer and say, this 138 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: difficulty is not going to defeat me, it's going to 139 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: promote me. God wouldn't have allowed it unless he had 140 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: a purpose. Don't just go through it, grow through it. 141 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: Recognize it's making you stronger. You're developing trust, confidence, determination. 142 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: You are well able. 143 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: If God be for you, who dare be against you? 144 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: You got to put your shoulders back, hold your head 145 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: up high. You were never created to live defeated, overcome 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: by problems, always having bad breaks. You were created to 147 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: be the overcomer, not the victim, but the victor. You 148 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: have the most powerful force in the universe on the inside. 149 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: Winning is in your DNA and life may not have 150 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: treated you fair, but God is fair. In those stinky situations, 151 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: you have to remember its fertilizer. 152 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 2: That's an opportunity to grow. 153 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: Doesn't have to keep you from your destiny, just the opposite. 154 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: It can propel you into your destiny and what stinks 155 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 1: in your life right now. What you don't like can 156 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: be the very thing that promotes you and. 157 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 2: Causes you to blossom. 158 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: Don't complain about the stink. There's promotion in that stink. 159 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: Don't be discouraged by the sour stuff, the stinky situations. 160 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: There's a new level in that sinky situation. 161 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: Don't be put out by the fertilizer by the manure. 162 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: It may not smell good, but it's hell to grow. 163 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: It's developing something on the inside. When I look back 164 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: in my life, I realized I didn't grow much in 165 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: the good times. 166 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 2: I grew in the difficult times. 167 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: That's what's getting us prepared for the amazing future God 168 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: has in store. You may feel like you've had more 169 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: than your share of fertilizer of stinky stuff. Here's why, 170 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: Because God has a big destiny in front of you. 171 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: He's about to take you someplace that you've never dreamed. 172 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: He's getting you prepared. Your roots are going down deeper. 173 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: The manure doesn't smell good, but it's giving you valuable 174 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: nutrients that you could. 175 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: Not get otherwise. 176 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: That person at the office that gets on your nerves 177 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: doesn't treat you respectfully. Next time you see them, just 178 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 1: smile and say to yourself, you're just fertilizer. 179 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: You're you stink, but you're helping me to grow. 180 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: You think you're pushing me down, but really you're pushing 181 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: me up. 182 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 2: Don't say it to their face. I'm telling you that 183 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 2: when you go through a bad break, a. 184 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: Disappointment, the medical report wasn't good, it's okay to be honest. 185 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 2: This stinks. 186 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: I don't like it, but I know a secret. It's fertilizer. 187 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: It's going to cause me to grow, to bloom, to blossom, 188 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,359 Speaker 1: to flourish. This is what Joseph did in the scripture. 189 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: His brothers were jealous of him, and they threw him 190 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: into a pit. He could have gotten discouraged. God, I'm 191 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: a good person. Why did this happen to me? No, 192 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: he realized, it's just fertilizer. They're trying to stop me, 193 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: but God's going to use it to increase me. One 194 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: bad thing after another happened to him. They sold him 195 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: into slavery. Potterford's wife, his boss's wife, lied about him, 196 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: and he got put in prison, falsely accused. He spent 197 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: thirteen years in prison for something that he didn't do. 198 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: They were trying to hold him back. 199 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: They didn't realize they were putting fertilizer on him. Joseph 200 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: was getting stronger, he was growing, His roots were going 201 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: down deeper. They thought they were stopping him. The truth 202 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: is they were strengthening him. That injustice, that stinky situation 203 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: looked like it wasted years of his life. But just 204 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: like fertilizer gives plants valuable nutrients, that difficulty was doing 205 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: a work in Joseph, getting him prepared for the next 206 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,599 Speaker 1: level of his destiny. He interpreted a dream for the Pharaoh. 207 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: Pharah was so impressed with Joseph he got him out 208 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: of prison and put him in charge of the whole nation. 209 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: If you will stay in faith in. 210 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: The stinky times, the times you don't understand it. You're 211 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: doing the right thing, but the wrong thing keeps happening, 212 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: then when it's your time to be promoted, to be vindicated, 213 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: to bloom, to blossom, all the forces of darkness cannot 214 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: stop you. People don't have the final say. God has 215 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: the final says. He will get you to where he 216 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: wants you to be. Joseph went from the pit to 217 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: the prison all the way to the palace. 218 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: You may kind of feel like you're in a pit. 219 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: Tonight had some bad breaks dealing with the sickness, lost 220 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: a loved one, a dream. 221 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 2: Died like Joseph. That pit is not the. 222 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: End of your story. The prison is not your final chapter. 223 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: Your story ends in the palace. You are destined to 224 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: live a victorious life. David said, God lifted me out 225 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: of the pit and put a new song in my heart. 226 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: You may be in the pit, so you need to 227 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: get ready. You're about to come out. That sickness is 228 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 1: not the end. That depression is not the end. That 229 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: person that left you, the one that broke your heart, 230 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 1: is not the. 231 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: End of your story. If they left you, you didn't 232 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 2: need them. 233 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: If they walked away, they were not a part of 234 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: your destinies. God has somebody better now. Don't get comfortable 235 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: in the pit. Don't let self pity and discouragement steal 236 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: your passion. 237 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 2: You got to get your fire back. 238 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: Everything God promised you. He still has every intention of 239 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: bringing it to pass. The palace is in your future. 240 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 1: Dreams coming to pass are in your future. Victory, restoration, health, 241 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: and wholeness. That's what's up in front of you. That's 242 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: how your story ends. I talk to a gentleman. He's 243 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: very upset because his boss was against him and always 244 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: trying to make him look bad. 245 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 2: This boss was jealous of him. 246 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: Would never give him any credit or recognition. I told 247 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: him what I'm telling you. It's just fertilizer. 248 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: It may stink right now, but don't worry. 249 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: Fertilizer stinks, that just means you're about to see new growth. 250 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: He got his passion back, started going to the office 251 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: being his best, being productive, working under God and not 252 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: under man. Several occasions he should have been promoted, but 253 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: because of his unfair boss, he got passed over. One day, 254 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: the CEO of the whole company was in town from 255 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: out of state. This man had to make a presentation. 256 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: The CEO was very impressed with his work. About a 257 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: year later, a position became available that should have gone 258 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: to this unfair boss, but the CEO bypassed that boss 259 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: and went directly to this man and offered him the position. 260 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 2: Now, instead of having to. 261 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: Work for the unfair boss, the tables have turned. The 262 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,479 Speaker 1: boss is working for him. 263 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 2: You stay in faith, one. 264 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: Touch of God's favor you'll go from the back to 265 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: the front, from the employee to the employer earth, from 266 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: the pit to the palace. We all have stinky situations, 267 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: things that are unfair. 268 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: People are not treating us right. 269 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: You have to see it like Joseph as fertilizer. They're 270 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: not going to stop you. That's going to promote you. 271 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: That person that lied about you, tried to make you 272 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: look bad. 273 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: Don't get upset. 274 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: Just put fertilizer on you. They think they're pushing you down. 275 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: Really they're pushing you up. You're one step closer to 276 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: your palace. Or that mistake you made you feel like 277 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: you blew it. You're all washed up, Joel, I had 278 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: my chance. No, God uses the stinky stuff. You can't 279 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: blossom into all you were create it to be without 280 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: some fertilizer. Sometimes we bring trouble on ourselves. We make 281 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: poor choices. The accuser constantly whispers in our ear. 282 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 2: God's not gonna bless you. 283 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: You had your chance, you blew it. No, God doesn't 284 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: waste anything that you go through. It may not have 285 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: been good, but God knows how to bring good out 286 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: of it. John chapter four, Jesus met this woman at 287 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: a well. He told her that he would give her 288 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: living water. She said, please give it to me. He said, 289 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: go call your husband. She said, I don't have a husband. 290 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 2: Jesus said, you're right. 291 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: You've had five and the men you're living with now 292 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: is not your husband. She was amazed at how this 293 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: man that you just met knew everything about her. She 294 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: got kind of spiritual and said, I know one day 295 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: the Messiah will come. Jesus looked at her and said, 296 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: I am the Messiah. The first person Jesus ever told 297 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: he was the Messiah was this woman. 298 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: A woman that had had a. 299 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: Rough past, made mistakes, that had some stinky stuff. She 300 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: went back and told the whole town come see this man. 301 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: He must be the Messiah. 302 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: God used her as. 303 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: The first evangelist to get the word out. 304 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 2: And here's my point. 305 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: This woman was comfortable around men, married five times. If 306 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: she would have been intimidated, insecure, quiet, reserved, she wouldn't 307 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: have told many people. But God took what the enemy 308 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: had used against her her boldness, her straightforwardness not only 309 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: turned it around, but God said, in effect, this is 310 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: I've gotten you into trouble in the past. I'm gonna 311 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: make the enemy pay. I'm gonna use this to advance 312 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: my kingdom. It had worked against her, now it was 313 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: working for her. 314 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: Prensy. 315 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: God knows how to use what you've been through. He 316 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: doesn't waste any experiences. You may have made poor choices, 317 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: but God can take your mess and turn it into 318 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: your message. 319 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: I have a. 320 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: Friend that grew up for many years in an outlawed 321 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: motorcycle game. He was always on drugs, breaking the law 322 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: in and out of prison, living a very violent life. 323 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: Didn't look like he'd ever get on the right course. 324 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: But this young man had a praying mother at home. 325 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: Every day she would say, Lord, you said, as for 326 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank 327 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: you for turning my son around. One Sunday morning, this 328 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: young man was so depressed and so high on drugs 329 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: he decided to end his life. Just before he took 330 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: this whole bottle of pills. For some reason, he turned 331 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: on the television and saw my father ministry. He got 332 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: on his motorcycle, still high as a kite. 333 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 2: And drove to Lakewood. 334 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: He walked into service as mean as can be, rough 335 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: tattooed the beard. The ushers took him all the way 336 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: down to the front and sat him on the second road. 337 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: That day, he felt a love that he had never felt. 338 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: He left the service, went out to the parking lot. 339 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: Nobody asked him to do it. He got down on 340 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: his knees beside his motorcycle and said, God, if you're real, 341 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: help me to change. I'm giving my life to you today. 342 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: This man is a pastor of a church. He has 343 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: a major motorcycle ministry. He goes back to the Outlaw 344 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: gang members and shares his story of how God changed 345 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: his life. God doesn't waste any experiences. He can use 346 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: what you've been through to help others that are going 347 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 1: through the same situation. Last year, there was a story 348 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: on the news about a nineteen year old student. He 349 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: walked into a high school with an assault rifle and 350 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: started shooting. He didn't hit any people, only windows. After 351 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: everyone scattered, he barricaded himself in this small room. 352 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 2: There was a woman hiding behind the counter. 353 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: The high school accountant, a middle aged woman named Miss Tough. 354 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: At one point she stood up, their eyes met, he 355 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: drew the rifle. She began to talk to him. She's 356 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 1: very kind and calm as can be. You could tell 357 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: she won him over. He was comfortable and began to 358 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: open up. He told how he was off of his medicine. 359 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: He felt hopeless, like he had no purpose in life. Ms. 360 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 2: Tuff said, I know how you feel. 361 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: My husband of thirty three years left me and last 362 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: year I tried to commit suicide, but by the grace 363 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: of God, it didn't happen. She went on to tell 364 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: how God had given her a new beginning. Now she 365 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: was restored and started a new business. Excite about her life. 366 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: She looked him in the eyes and said, if God 367 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: did it for me, he could do it for you. 368 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: Standing there with the assault rifle, helicopters overhead swat team 369 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: surrounding the building, the young man put the rifle down, 370 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: walked out peacefully. 371 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 2: Nobody was harmed. 372 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: Miss Tuff said afterwards, I know God put me there 373 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: because I've been through what he's going through. Nothing is wasted, 374 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: the good, the bad, the painful. God knows how to 375 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: use it. If you will stay in faith, it will 376 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: not only act like fertilizer and make you stronger, but 377 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: somewhere down the road you will be instrumental in helping 378 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: somebody else. One time in the scripture, David was on 379 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: the run. King Saul was jealous of him and trying 380 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: to kill him. He left in such a hurry he 381 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: forgot to get his sword. He got to the next 382 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: town and told the leaders that he was on assignment 383 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 1: from the king and it was so urgent that he 384 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: didn't have time to get his weapon. He asked if 385 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: they had a sword or a spirit they could borrow. 386 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: They said, all we have is the sword of Goliath, 387 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: whom you defeated in the valley. 388 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: David's face lit up. He thought, there's no sword like 389 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 2: that sword. Let me have it. I'll take that. 390 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: He left that day with the sword that was meant 391 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: to defeat him. Now he's using the same sword to 392 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,199 Speaker 1: defeat others. The enemies that have tried to defeat you. 393 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: The sickness, the depression, the bad break, the injustice, You're 394 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: not only going to defeat them, but you're going to 395 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: use those same experiences to defeat others. You have some 396 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: swords in your future battles. You've won enemies, you defeated challenges, 397 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: you've outlasted. 398 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 2: Those victories are going to be there. 399 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: But when you need them, they were meant to defeat you, 400 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: to harm you, to keep you from your destiny. God 401 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: knows how to not only turn it around, not only 402 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: give you the victory, but he'll put that same sword 403 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: in your future that will help you overcome other obstacles. 404 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: I saw a report on the news about a small 405 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: city in South America that was built on a garbage dump. 406 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: Everywhere you looked, there was trash, trash in the streets, 407 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: in the rivers, in the yards. 408 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: All you could see was waste. 409 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: Very poor people lived there, barely any electricity or running water. 410 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: They make their living by searching through the trash, trying 411 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: to find something that they can sell. Hours and hours 412 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: a day they rummaged through it, hoping to make a 413 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: few cents. Didn't look like anything good could come out 414 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: of a garbage dump, but a gentleman showed up by 415 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: the name of Fabio Chavez saw the children playing in 416 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: the garbage, and it broke his heart. 417 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: He wanted to help. 418 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: He decided to start a music school right there. 419 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 2: In the trash heap. 420 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: He didn't have money for new instruments, so he found 421 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: a carpenter friend that lived in the same city. They 422 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: started going through the trash looking for materials they could 423 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: use to make instruments. Old piece of pipe would become 424 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: part of a saxophone, discarded wooden boxes, parts of guitars, 425 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: different sized buckets and barrels would become drums. In a 426 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: few months, he had violins, cellos, guitars, drums, all. 427 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 2: Made from trash. He taught the children how to play. 428 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: They were so excited. 429 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: Now they have a full orchestra made up of dozens 430 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: and dozens of children playing these instruments made from the 431 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: garbage dump. They put a clip on YouTube and it 432 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: went viral. They started getting invitations from around the world. Today, 433 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: they play in concert halls everywhere they go. Before tens 434 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: of thousands people were not only so moved by their 435 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: story that they started donating new instruments, but they started 436 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: sending in funds to help the. 437 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: Children improve their lives. 438 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: They talked to a noted musician at the end of 439 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: the story and she made a statement that stuck with me. 440 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: She said, I couldn't believe you could make music out 441 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: of trash. 442 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: That's the way our God is. 443 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: He can take the broken dreams, the mistakes, the injustice. 444 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: Doesn't look like any good can come out of it, 445 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: looks like this is waste. No God knows how to 446 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: make music out of your mess. He's got you in 447 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: the palm of his hand. Nothing that's happened to you 448 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: has been wasted. It's all been a part of making 449 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: you into who you were created to be. It may 450 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: not have been good, but God knows how to use 451 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: it for your good. He can take the very thing 452 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: that was meant to defeat you and instead cause it 453 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: to propel you. No obstacle is too big, no enemy 454 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: is too powerful. The forces that are for you are 455 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,719 Speaker 1: greater than the forces that are against you. Like David, 456 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: you may be in a tough time, but you're about 457 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: to see one of your sores. People can't stop it. 458 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: Bad breaks can't stop it. Trash can't stop it. Injustice 459 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: can't stop it. Like Joseph, You're about to rise to 460 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: the top. You may be in the pit, but get ready. 461 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: You're going to come into that palace. Shake off the disappointments, 462 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: shake off the self pity. 463 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 2: This is a new day. 464 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 1: Your best days are not your yesterdays. They are still 465 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: out in front of you. The enemy would not be 466 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: fighting you so hard unless he knew there was something 467 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: amazing in your future. 468 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 2: It may be. 469 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: Difficult, it may smell bad right now, but remember it's fertilizer. 470 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: It's working to your advantage. You're getting stronger, You'll grow it. 471 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 1: I believe and declare you're going to flourish. You're going 472 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: to bloom. You're going to blossom. I speak victory over you. 473 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: I speak abundance over you. I speak restoration, vindication, health, wholeness, 474 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: in increase the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 475 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: if you receive it, Can you say amen? 476 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 2: Tonight? 477 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: We want to give you the same opportunity that I 478 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: gave all of those here in the stadium. Have you 479 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: ever made Jesus the lord of your life? Why don't 480 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 1: you pray this prayer with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 481 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 482 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 483 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 484 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God in first place. 485 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 486 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 487 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have, I can do. 488 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: This is the first Bible that my parents gave me. 489 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: I was six years old. They taught me the importance 490 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: of believing what God says about you and letting that 491 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: determine your self image to how through the Scripture you 492 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: can learn to hindle challenges and pursue your dreams. 493 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 2: Some people tell me. 494 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: That the Bible's not practical for them. 495 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 2: How they don't understand it. 496 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: We've created a new resource called how to Read Your 497 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: Bible and Enjoy It. It provides twelve distinct lenses that 498 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: will help you see the Bible with fresh eyes, so 499 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: you can discover the hidden treasures that increase your faith, 500 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: practical truths that will help. 501 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 2: You in your everyday life. 502 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: When you tap into the power of God's Word, there's 503 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: no limit to where He'll take you. 504 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 505 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 3: of any size to the ministry, this month, Joel would 506 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 3: like to send you this inspiring new resource. Sometimes reading 507 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 3: the Bible can feel confusing, out of touch, or even 508 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 3: produce more fear than faith. But now with this new resource, 509 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 3: How to Read your Bible and Enjoy It, it will 510 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 3: make the Word of God come alive in new ways. 511 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 3: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible. 512 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 3: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the 513 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 3: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the 514 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 3: right way to approach God's word, it will ignite renewed 515 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 3: passion in your life. 516 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings 517 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: life and victory. This has a great Bible reading plan 518 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book. It'll help you enjoy reading 519 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of 520 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your 521 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: family every day and we appreciate your prayers and support. 522 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 523 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,679 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have 524 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: a new Joel Ostein television network twenty four hours a day, 525 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,239 Speaker 1: and of course SYRIXXM as well. Until we see you 526 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: next time. May the Lord bless you and keep you. 527 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of How to Read 528 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 3: your Bible and Enjoy It today. 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