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Don't believe those lies. 40 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 4: That disappointment, the breakup, the slow season didn't stop what 41 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 4: God has for you. It's getting you in position for 42 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 4: favor that you've never seen. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 43 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 4: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 4: the ministry. 45 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 46 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 47 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 48 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to come 49 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: into your homes, and I hope you'll stay connected with 50 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 4: us throughout the week. We have a daily podcast that 51 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 4: you can download, or you can go to our YouTube 52 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 4: channel watch the messages anytime, or of course you can 53 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 4: follow us on social media. But thanks for tuning in today. 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 4: We're going to do our best to keep it inspired 55 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 4: and encouraged. I like to start with something funny, and 56 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 4: I heard about these three pastors that were in a 57 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 4: boat on a lake fishing together. One of them said, 58 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 4: we never get to let our hair down. Let's each 59 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 4: tell the area that we struggle in the most, our 60 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: greatest sin, so we can pray for each other. The 61 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 4: first pastor said, I hate to admit this, but I 62 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: have a problem with gambling. Sometimes I sneak out at 63 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: night and gamble. The second pastor said, I'm ashamed to 64 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 4: admit this, but I have a problem with cheating. I 65 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: hardly ever pay my taxes. The third pastor sat there silently. 66 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 4: They waited and waited. He wouldn't budge. They said, we 67 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 4: are not leaving until you tell us your greatest sin. 68 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: He said, all right, my greatest sin is gossiping, and 69 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 4: I can't wait to get off this boat. Say it 70 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 71 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 72 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 73 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 74 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 75 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 76 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 77 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: the best is next. It's easy to get satisfied where 78 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 4: we are when we've seen blessing and favor. God's protected us, 79 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 4: promoted us open doors. We can start thinking that we've 80 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: seen our best days. But God never does his greatest 81 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 4: feats in your yesterdays. They're always in your future. The 82 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 4: scripture says, the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. 83 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 4: What God has in front of you is more fulfilling, 84 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: more rewarding than anything you've seen in the past. But 85 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 4: sometimes before it gets brighter, it gets darker. Before we 86 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 4: see more than enough, we go through a season of 87 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 4: not enough. There are times the good has to come 88 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 4: to an end to make room for the best. Doesn't 89 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 4: make sense to us. Why did my business slow down? 90 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 4: Why did this person walk away? Why did this door close? 91 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,799 Speaker 4: It's all a part of God's plan. He's shaking things 92 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 4: up to move you out of the good into the best. 93 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 4: If he didn't close those doors, you wouldn't see the 94 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny. We may not like the process. 95 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,799 Speaker 4: It's uncomfortable. We're doing the right thing, but the wrong 96 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 4: thing is happening. We're working hard but not see an increase. 97 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: The thoughts will tell you it's never going to get better. 98 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: Don't believe those lies. That disappointment, the breakup, the slow 99 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 4: season didn't stop what God has for you. It's getting 100 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 4: you in position for favor that you've never seen. Your 101 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 4: relationship didn't work out. God knew it was going to happen. 102 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 4: That didn't catch him off guard. He's already lined up 103 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 4: someone better than you can imagine. Your business has slowed down, 104 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 4: the contract didn't work out. That setback is not stopping you. 105 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 4: It's setting you up for new levels. You're going to 106 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 4: come out, not like you were before, but healthier, stronger, promoted, increased. 107 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 4: John Chapter two, Jesus was at a wedding in Galilee. 108 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 4: There was a big celebration with hundreds of people. Everything 109 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 4: was going great until they ran out of wine. His 110 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 4: mother came and told him about the problem. And Jesus 111 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 4: had not performed any miracles in public up to this point, 112 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: but she knew something about Jesus that others didn't know. 113 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 4: She told the staff to do whatever he asked them 114 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 4: to do. There were six large water pots over to 115 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 4: the side. They held thirty gallons each. Jesus told the 116 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: men to go fill them with water. Now I can 117 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 4: imagine them thinking what good is that going to do, 118 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 4: But instead of talking themselves out of it, they filled 119 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 4: the containers and brought them back to Jesus. He said, 120 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 4: now dip some out and take it to the host 121 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 4: of the wedding, to the man that's in charge. Verse 122 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 4: nine says when the host tasted the water that was 123 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 4: now wine, he called the groom over and said, usually 124 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 4: a host serves the best wine first, then when everyone 125 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 4: is full, doesn't know any better, he brings out the 126 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 4: less expensive wines. But you have saved the best until now. 127 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 4: Notice how God works. If the wine had not run out, 128 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 4: if they had not come to the end of what 129 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 4: they were used to, they would have never seen the 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: best wine. God saves the best for next. You may 131 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: feel like you're coming to an end. You're running out 132 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: of opportunity, doors are closing, running out of favor. What 133 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: used to work is not working, running out of resources, 134 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: having a hard time making ends meet. Maybe you're running 135 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 4: out of strength. You're weary, you can't take it anymore. 136 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 4: This may sound odd, but you're in a good place. 137 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 4: When you come to the end, that's when God steps 138 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: in and not just helps you get through it, but 139 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 4: he says, I've saved the best for next, the best physician, 140 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 4: the best relationships, the best in your finances. You have 141 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: more than you've ever had, the best in your health. 142 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: You feel better than you've ever failed, the best in 143 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 4: your family. You're happier than you've ever been. The fact 144 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 4: that things are running out doesn't mean God has forgotten 145 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 4: about you. You must have run out of favor, you 146 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 4: must have done something wrong. There's a sign that God 147 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 4: is about to do something that you've never seen. One 148 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: translation says she said to Jesus, we have no more wine. 149 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 4: Sometimes we feel like we have no more no more strength, 150 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 4: no more vision, no more health. That's okay. There are 151 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 4: seasons when you come to an end, you run out 152 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 4: of a good thing. The first wine the people had 153 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 4: was fine. Nobody complained, they were blessed, having a great celebration. 154 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: But the wine was supposed to run out. It was 155 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 4: a part of God's plan. If it didn't run out, 156 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 4: they would have never seen the best wine. And what 157 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 4: runs out in your life is not a surprise to God. 158 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 4: The relationship that didn't make it, the company that lets 159 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 4: you go, the loved one you lost, the health that 160 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 4: went down. That doesn't mean you've seen your best days. 161 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 4: Just sit back and endure it. It means new levels 162 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 4: of favor are coming, new levels of your destiny, better health, 163 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: better opportunities, better relationships. God doesn't bring you out the same. 164 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 4: You're going to look back and say, like that host, 165 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 4: you've saved the best for now. That person that walked 166 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 4: away don't get better. They had to go so the 167 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 4: best could show up. When you see what God does, 168 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 4: who he brings, you'll say, I'm glad that old wine 169 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 4: ran out. I'm glad that old goat left. I mean 170 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 4: that old boyfriend left. Look what the Lord has done. 171 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 4: Those co workers that played politics kept you from the promotion, 172 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 4: made you look bad. You thought you ran out of favor, 173 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 4: that God had forgotten about you. That had to happen. 174 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 4: When you see the new door God opens. How he 175 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 4: promotes you in the presence of your enemies, How he 176 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 4: gives you influence and favor that you've never seen, you'll say, Lord, 177 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 4: thank you, you save the best for now. You took 178 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 4: me where I couldn't go on my own. Don't be discouraged. 179 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: When something doesn't work, something runs out, you feel like 180 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 4: you're at the end. You've studied your situation. You've tried 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 4: to come up with a solution, but you've run out 182 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 4: of options. You don't see how your business can make it, 183 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 4: how your marriage will last, how your health will turn around. 184 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 4: When you come to the end, it's a good place. 185 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 4: When you can't figure out a solution, that's when God 186 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 4: steps in. You had to run out of wine before 187 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 4: you could see the best wine. You had to come 188 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 4: to an end. So God can take it to a 189 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 4: new level. So he can open doors bigger than you've imagined. 190 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 4: So he can give you hell, strength, peace, joy like 191 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 4: you've never seen. The best is not behind you. The 192 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 4: best is next. Now it may look just the opposite 193 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 4: when you're running low. When you come to the end, 194 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 4: thoughts will tell you it's all downhill from here. You're 195 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 4: running out of time. You can't accomplish your dream, You're 196 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 4: running out of favor. Business is slow, you're running out 197 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 4: of strength. This pandemic is going to sink you. The 198 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 4: only reason you're running out is because God saved the 199 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 4: best for next. Keep the right perspective, Father, This looks 200 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 4: like the end, but I know it's a sign that 201 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 4: you're about to show out in my life. Weddings during 202 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 4: that time would go on for several days. When Jesus 203 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 4: showed up, they could have been there enjoying the first 204 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 4: wine for days. They were happy. The first wine was good. 205 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 4: No one was complaining. But if the good wine had 206 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 4: not run out, they wouldn't have seen the best wine. 207 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 4: And when life is good for us, we're happy, our 208 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 4: children are blessed, we're seeing favor. We have no complaints. 209 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 4: But sometimes things change. We're facing an illness, a child 210 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 4: gets off course, a friend we're counting on walks away, 211 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 4: it's easy to live discouraged, feel like we're going backwards, 212 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 4: running out of favor, running out of health. But there's 213 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 4: only one reason you're running out. The good is about 214 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 4: to give way to the best. God loves you too 215 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: much to leave you with just the good wine. That's 216 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: fine for a season, but at some point you'll come 217 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 4: to the end so He can show out in your 218 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 4: life in a much greater way. It's significant that God 219 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 4: could have given them the same wine. That would have 220 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 4: been a great miracle. We would be telling that story 221 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 4: that God can restore when you run out, he can 222 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 4: give you more. That's good. But God is so loving, 223 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 4: so merciful, he doesn't bring you out the same He 224 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 4: gives you the best wine. The best is simply something 225 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 4: that you've never seen. Favor that you've never seen, health 226 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 4: that you've never seen, opportunity, finances, influence, The best is 227 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 4: in front of you. After you see that best, then 228 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 4: God will give you something better, a new best. That's 229 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 4: what it means. He's taken you from glory to glory. Now, 230 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: in between those glories, there will be these seasons where 231 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 4: you feel like you have no more, nothing more to give, 232 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 4: no more creativity, no more resources, no more options. There's 233 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 4: nothing wrong with saying, God, I have no more I'm 234 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 4: running out of wine, so to speak. Jesus said in 235 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: Matthew five, you are blessed when you're at the end 236 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 4: of your rope, with less of you. There is more 237 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 4: of God in his favor. That seems odd. We're blessed 238 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 4: when we're at the end. Why would Jesus say we're 239 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 4: blessed when the contract doesn't go through. We're blessed when 240 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 4: that person walks away. It's because when you're at the end, 241 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 4: when you've run out of options, when you don't have 242 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 4: any more wine, that's when God shows up and gives 243 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 4: you the best wine. That's when he does more than 244 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 4: you can imagine. A friend of mine played professional football 245 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 4: for many years, and he was a great player, very popular, 246 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 4: well liked. When he retired, he was hired by his 247 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 4: team to help develop the players and keep them motive. 248 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 4: For years, he was very successful. The team, the coaches, 249 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 4: the players, they all loved him. You couldn't find a 250 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 4: more talented, kind, loyal person, and life was good for him. 251 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 4: He was seeing favor increased, blessing. But one day this 252 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: team hired a new manager he didn't like my friend. 253 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 4: He saw how popular he was, and he started poisoning 254 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 4: the staff, spreading things that weren't true, and eventually he 255 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 4: fired my friend. It's very unfair, very hurtful. I called 256 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 4: him to encourage him. He was disappointed, but he wasn't discouraged. 257 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 4: He understood this principle that when the old wine runs out, 258 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: that means the best wine is coming, something that you've 259 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 4: never seen. That's why you shouldn't fight every closed door. 260 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 4: People that do you wrong, seasons that slow down. You're 261 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 4: not seeing the favor that you once did. These things 262 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 4: have to happen for you to see the best wine, 263 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 4: for you to se greater favor, greater influence. As much 264 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 4: as we don't like it, the people that do us wrong, 265 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 4: the bad breaks, the betrayals, the disappointments, they are all 266 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 4: a part of God's plan. God is not only ordering 267 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 4: your steps, he's ordering the steps of those you need 268 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 4: to fulfill your destiny. We know God ordered Jesus' steps, 269 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 4: but he also ordered Judas's steps. Without Judas betraying Jesus, 270 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 4: we wouldn't have salvation. Without Goliath coming against David. David 271 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 4: would have never taken the throne without my father going 272 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord something that I didn't like. 273 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 4: I would have never stepped up to pastor the church. 274 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 4: When things run out in your life, instead of complaining 275 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 4: being bitter, keep the right perspective. It had to run 276 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 4: out so you can see the best wine, so you 277 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 4: can step up to who you were created to be. 278 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 4: My friend stayed on the high road the whole time. 279 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 4: His supervisor trying to make him look bad, engage him 280 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 4: in conflict. He wouldn't take the bait. He moved someone 281 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 4: into his office without asking him. My friend didn't say 282 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 4: a word. He left resumes on my friend's desk for 283 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 4: his same position, trying to intimidate him. My friend ignored it. 284 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 4: When he was fired. He wouldn't talk to the press. 285 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 4: He didn't make the man look bad. He let God 286 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 4: fight his battles. He knew God was his vindicator. He 287 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 4: sent me a list of declarations that he made every day. 288 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 4: No weapon formed against me will prosper. I will look 289 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 4: in triumph at those that have hated me. What was 290 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 4: meant for my harm, God is turning to my advantage. 291 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: What you're doing in the running out seasons is very important. 292 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 4: If you go around, bitter, discouraged, trying to get even. 293 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 4: That's going to keep you where you are in. About 294 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 4: six months after he was fired, he received a phone 295 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 4: call from the NFL offering him a position doing the 296 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: same thing, not for one team, but for multiple teams 297 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 4: over a whole region. Now the NFL, the biggest sports 298 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 4: league in the world, is behind him. He has incredible 299 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 4: influence in favor. This would have never happened if the 300 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 4: old wine had not run out. When doors closed, when 301 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 4: things slow down, when people turn on you, stay in peace. 302 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 4: God knows what he's doing. You're coming to an end, 303 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 4: not because it's over, but because the best is next. 304 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 4: Favor that you haven't seen, opportunity that you didn't expect, 305 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 4: increase strength, creativity, good health, more than you've imagined. When 306 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: the wine ran out at the wedding, Jesus asked them 307 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 4: to fill the pots with water. That seemed odd. They 308 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 4: needed wine, not water. Sometimes God will ask you to 309 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 4: do things you don't understand. He has the best wine ready, 310 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 4: he has something that you haven't seen, but it's dependent 311 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 4: on your obedience. Will you do what he's asking you 312 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 4: to do. It may be to forgive someone that did 313 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 4: you wrong, that doesn't make sense. They hurt you. You 314 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 4: have a right to be bitter. That will keep you 315 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 4: from the best wine. It may be to step out 316 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 4: in faith when you don't feel qualified to teach the class, 317 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 4: to start the business, to mentor that young person, or 318 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 4: maybe like my friends. It's to keep a good attitude 319 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 4: when you're not being treated right to say on the 320 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 4: high road, to let God fight your battles. It's easy 321 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 4: to try to pay people back, make them look bad, 322 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 4: do to them what they're doing to you. Trust God 323 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 4: to be your vindicator. He can vindicate you better than 324 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 4: you can vindicate yourself. This man that was so against 325 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 4: my friend, so dishonest, not long ago, he was fired 326 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 4: by the team in a very public way. Everything he 327 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 4: had been doing, the schemes, the backbiting, the jealousy, that 328 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 4: all came to light. Now he's out, and my friend 329 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 4: is in, not in the same position, but in something 330 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 4: much better. People can't stop your destiny. Closed doors can't 331 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 4: stop your purpose. Bad breaks can't keep you from what 332 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 4: God has ordained. When that wine runs out, keep doing 333 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 4: what God asked you to do, Keep being good to people, 334 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: keep giving, serving, expecting the wine. Wunning out is a 335 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 4: sign that the best wine is coming. There was a 336 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 4: widow in the Old Testament. Her husband had died, and 337 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 4: now she was living alone with her son. They did 338 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 4: fine for a while, going along no problems. Then a 339 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 4: drought came. Their crops dried up, their income went down. 340 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 4: She used the funds her husband had left. Now those 341 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 4: funds had run out. It was a perfect storm. She 342 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 4: had no income, no savings, no food, no groceries. Everything 343 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 4: came to an end. She was preparing her last meal. 344 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 4: She and her son were going to eat it. They 345 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: had already accepted the fact that this would be it. 346 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 4: The prophet Elijah saw her out picking up sticks to 347 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 4: make a fire. He said, do me a favor. I'm hungry. 348 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 4: Will you make me something to eat? I'm sure? She 349 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 4: thought you gotta be kidding. She said, Elijah, I promise you. 350 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 4: All I have is a little flour, a little oil. 351 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 4: We've exhausted all of our resources. We just have enough 352 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 4: for my son and myself. Once I cooked this meal, 353 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 4: we're done. Elijah asked her to do something that seemed selfish. 354 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 4: He said, go ahead and make that last meal, but 355 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 4: make me a little loaf of bread first. She could 356 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 4: have thought we're about to starve to death, and you 357 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 4: want me to feed you before I feed myself and 358 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 4: my son. I'm not going to do that. Instead, she 359 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 4: took a step of faith and cooked him a meal. First. 360 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 4: Elijah ate that meal and said, the Lord, God of 361 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: Israel says, there will always be plenty of flower and 362 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 4: plenty of oil in your cabinets until the time the 363 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 4: Lord sends rain and the crops begin to produce again. 364 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: From that day forward, week after week, month after month, 365 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 4: for three and a half years, the oil never ran out. 366 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 4: The flower container was never empty. She had supernatural provision. 367 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 4: She went from running out to running over. The running 368 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 4: out is a sign that running over is coming. You 369 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 4: may feel like you're running out of strength today, you're 370 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 4: weary from everything that's going on. Get ready. Running over 371 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 4: strength is coming. Strength that you've never felt, energy like 372 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: you've never seen. You're running out of resources. Business has 373 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 4: slowed down. Get ready, running over resources are headed your way. 374 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 4: You're running out of favor, not getting any good breaks, 375 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 4: stuck in your career because you honor God. Running over 376 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 4: favor is coming, running over blessings, running over opportunities. That 377 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 4: means you have so many opportunities. You can't take them all. 378 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 4: You have to choose which ones you want. Elijah said, 379 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 4: make me a meal first. God is saying, keep me 380 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 4: first place in your life. When you wake up in 381 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: the morning, don't meet with anyone until you first meet 382 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 4: with God. Take time to thank him for the day, 383 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 4: Thank him for who he is, Thank him that he's 384 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 4: the giver of all good things, your protector, your provider, 385 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 4: your healer, your waymaker. And all through the day, under 386 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 4: your breath you can talk to God. Lord, thank you 387 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 4: for watching over my children. Lord, help me to do 388 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 4: good at work today. Lord, thank you for giving me wisdom. 389 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 4: The scripture says, if you'll acknowledge God in all your ways, 390 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 4: he'll crown your efforts with success. And every time God 391 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 4: asks you to do a hard thing, that means there's 392 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 4: a big blessing. It was a sacrifice for this lady 393 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 4: to make Elijah anial first. That took trust, courage, faith. 394 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 4: Wasn't easy for the workers to go fill the water 395 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 4: pots with water. Thoughts were telling them you're wasting your time. 396 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 4: They had to fight off doubt, fight off negative thoughts. 397 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 4: But when you choose to obey, when you do the 398 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 4: right thing, when it's hard. You're setting yourself up for 399 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 4: God to show out in your life, to see supernatural favor, 400 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 4: supernatural healing, supernatural provision. A few years after I started pastoring, 401 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 4: the church began to grow. We needed a larger auditorium. 402 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 4: My father said that he would never move Lakewood. 403 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: I was new. 404 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: I wasn't about to rock the boat, so I started 405 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 4: looking for land around our other location. We found one 406 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 4: hundred acres that was right off the freeway, about two 407 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 4: miles from the old location. It seemed perfect. A few 408 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 4: months later, we went to close on the property and 409 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 4: sign all the papers. The secretary walked out and said, 410 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, the owner sold this property last night. I 411 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 4: couldn't believe it. He didn't keep his word. I was 412 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 4: so discouraged. I went home and told Victorian. She started 413 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 4: preaching to me. One of my messages, Joel, this closed 414 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 4: door means God has something better. We're gonna stay in faith. 415 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 4: I didn't want to hear that. I wanted the property. 416 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 4: A couple of months later, we found another one hundred acres. 417 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 4: It seemed like a better location, had better access from 418 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 4: the freeway. I knew that's why God shut the other door. 419 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 4: We went to close on the property and the same 420 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 4: thing happened. They sold it to someone else. We were 421 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 4: running out of options. There weren't any more large tracts 422 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 4: of land off the freeway in that area. But sometimes 423 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 4: God won't step in until you run out of options. 424 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 4: That old wine has to run out. I was tempted 425 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 4: to live, stressed and worried, and I could hear that 426 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 4: still small voice angel, Trust me, I'm still in control. 427 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 4: I didn't see how it could happen. But God has 428 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 4: ways we've never thought of. His plan for your life 429 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 4: is better than your own. What we think is the best, 430 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 4: many times is far less than what God has in mind. 431 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 4: I was hoping to find land to build an auditorium. 432 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 4: I never dreamed God would give us one already built 433 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 4: on the busiest freeway, the most visible, the most attended, 434 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 4: one of the most prestigious facilities in our city, the 435 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 4: former Compact Center. I was complaining about running out of 436 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 4: options all the while God had something better than I 437 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 4: ever dreamed. Can I tell you you haven't seen your 438 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: best days? You may feel stuck. Doors have closed, the 439 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 4: wine has run out. That all happened for a reason. 440 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 4: It had to run out, so you could see the 441 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 4: best wine. The best part of your life is not 442 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 4: behind you. The best part of your life is the 443 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 4: next part of your life. You haven't seen, heard, or 444 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 4: imagine what God has in store. You wouldn't be discouraged 445 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 4: over that door that closed if you knew what God 446 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 4: was about to open. You wouldn't be stressed over that 447 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 4: deal that fell through. If you knew your compact center 448 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 4: was up ahead, you would put God first place with 449 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 4: no problem. You would make that profit of Neil. You 450 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 4: would obey if you knew supernatural provision is coming. Sometimes 451 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 4: we think that we're running out of time. It's too 452 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 4: late to accomplish my dream. I missed my chance, Joel, 453 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 4: I made too many mistakes. I'm too old. That's the 454 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 4: way Caleb probably felt. He was one of the spies 455 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 4: that came back from the Promised Land and told Moses 456 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 4: that they were well able to take the land, that 457 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 4: they should go in at once, But the negative report 458 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 4: from the other ten spies caused everyone to get discouraged. 459 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 4: They turned around and went back into the desert. Caleb 460 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 4: was forty years old at the time. For forty years 461 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 4: he wandered in the desert. The interesting thing is. It 462 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 4: wasn't his fault. He had faith, he was courageous, he 463 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 4: was obedient. It looked like other people stopped his dream. 464 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 4: Their negative report kept him from his destiny. The good 465 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 4: news is what God started. He's going to finish what 466 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: he promised. He's going to bring to pass. At eighty 467 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 4: five years old, God said Caleb, I haven't forgotten about you. 468 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 4: I said you'd go into the Promised Land. You're still 469 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 4: going to go in. There were three giants living on 470 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,439 Speaker 4: that land. Caleb could have said, God, give me another place. 471 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 4: Those people are too big. I'm too old now. No, 472 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 4: don't settle for a watered down version of your dream. 473 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 4: At eighty five, Caleb said, God, I still want that mountain. 474 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 4: He went out and defeated those jobs and made it 475 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 4: into the Promised Land. It's not too late for you 476 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 4: to become all you were created to be. God has 477 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 4: not forgotten about the dreams he put in your heart. 478 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 4: You're not running out of time, You're running into time. 479 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 4: God is ordering your steps opportunities that didn't happen years earlier. 480 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 4: You didn't miss it. It wasn't the right time. The 481 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 4: door had to close. The people had to be against you. 482 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 4: The business had to not make it. It was all 483 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 4: setting you up for the best wine. God saves the 484 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 4: best for next. I believe and declare you're about to 485 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: come in to some best, best opportunity, best relationship, best health, 486 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 4: best resources like that widow woman. Because you keep God 487 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 4: first place, You're going to go from running out to 488 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 4: running over, from not enough to more than enough. Your 489 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 4: latter days will be better than your former days. Get ready. 490 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 4: The best is next in Jesus, if you receive it, 491 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 4: Can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 492 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 493 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 494 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 4: of my sins. 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