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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 33 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: the ministry. 36 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 37 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 5: your life. 40 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 4: Oh God bless you. It's always a joy. 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 5: To come into your homes in our area. Please stop 42 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 5: by and be a part of one of our services. 43 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 44 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 45 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 5: again for coming out today. I like to start with 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 5: something funny and I heard about this couple. They were 47 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 5: driving down the road, and they came upon this sign 48 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 5: that said Nacodochius forty miles ahead. They began to argue 49 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 5: about how to correctly pronounce the name Nakodochus. The husband 50 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 5: got so upset he said to his wife, I'm gonna 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 5: stop when we get to town and prove to you 52 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 5: that I'm right. They drove silently for the next thirty minutes. 53 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 5: When he arrived in town, he pulled into the first 54 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 5: fast food restaurant he could find. 55 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 4: They both marched up to the counter. 56 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 5: He said to the young lady working behind it, my 57 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: wife and I have been arguing for thirty minutes. Can 58 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 5: you please tell us, very slowly, very clearly, how you 59 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 5: pronounced the name of this place. 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 4: The young lady's eyes got real big. 61 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 5: She leaned over the counter and said, burger King, hold 62 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 5: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 63 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 5: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 68 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about pushed into your purpose. 70 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 5: We don't always understand why things happen to us. Maybe 71 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 5: a friend you thought would be with you for years, 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 5: somebody you counted on had to move away suddenly, and 73 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 5: now you have to find new friends. Or at work 74 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: things were going great. You had all this favor, but 75 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 5: now there's conflict. Everything's a struggle. You don't enjoy it. 76 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 5: A friend of mine was the sales manager at a 77 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 5: big car dealership here in town. They were always breaking records, 78 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 5: but a while back they sold to a nowational company. 79 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 5: His new supervisor didn't care for him, treated him unfairly, 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 5: said Joela. I never dreamed after all these years, i'd 81 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 5: have to find a new job. But I've found sometimes 82 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 5: God will let us be uncomfortable now so he can 83 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 5: bless us. Later on, he'll close a door. We don't 84 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 5: like it, we don't understand it. But later on he'll 85 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 5: open up a bigger door. He'll take us to a 86 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 5: new level of our destiny. God is not as concerned 87 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 5: about our comfort as he is our purpose. 88 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 4: There are times God will stir things up. 89 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 5: A friend will do you wrong, you lose a loved 90 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 5: one business goes down. God uses loss, betrayal, persecution to 91 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 5: force us to change. 92 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 4: He's not just trying to make your life miserable. He's 93 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 4: pushing you into your purpose. See, every closed door is 94 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: not a bad thing. 95 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 5: Every person that walks away is not a Misas God knows, 96 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 5: we wouldn't go without a push. And when everything is good, 97 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 5: we're comfortable. We don't want to have to stretch. We 98 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 5: don't want to have to find new friends, develop new skills, step. 99 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 4: Out into the unknown. What if it doesn't work out? 100 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 5: We may not like it, but if God had not 101 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 5: closed those doors, we would be satisfied to stay where 102 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 5: we were. 103 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 4: God loves you too much to let you miss your destiny. 104 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 5: You have too much potential, too much talent, too much 105 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 5: in you to get stuck where you are. 106 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: And God will put us in these situations that force 107 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,559 Speaker 4: us to stretch, that help us to grow. 108 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 5: Every difficulty you've been through, every bad break, every person 109 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 5: that did you wrong, that wasn't meant to stop you. 110 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: It was meant to push you, to mature you, to. 111 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 4: Make you stronger. 112 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 5: It's deposited something on the inside. It's made you into 113 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 5: who you are. You wouldn't be prepared for the new 114 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 5: life levels if you had. 115 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 4: Not gone through those things. Don't complain about what didn't 116 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 4: work out, the job you lost, the loved one that 117 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 4: went to be with the Lord. It was all a 118 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 4: part of God's plan. 119 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 5: And when you face a difficulty, especially things you don't understand, 120 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 5: instead of being critical, complaining negative. 121 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 4: Have this new perspective. 122 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 5: This is not meant to stop me, It's meant to 123 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 5: promote me. I may be uncomfortable, I may not like it, 124 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: but I know God is using it to push me 125 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 5: to a new level, to push me to greater influence, 126 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 5: to push me into my purpose. When I look back 127 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 5: over my life, I can see the pivotal moments where 128 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 5: I really grew, the times where I really stepped up 129 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:43,239 Speaker 5: to a new level. 130 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: The common denominator was I was pushed. I didn't like it. 131 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 4: I was uncomfortable. I wanted to stay. It took God 132 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 4: closing the door, forcing me to take a step of faith. 133 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 4: I was pushed into my purpose. 134 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 5: Years old, I came back from college to start a 135 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 5: television outreach here for my father at Lakewood, and that 136 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 5: was always my passion. Anything that had to do with production, sound, lighting, cameras, editing. 137 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 4: I was young. 138 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 5: I had a lot of enthusiasm but not a lot 139 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 5: of training. So we hired this gentleman in his sixties, 140 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 5: a seasoned television producer. He used to produce The Today 141 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 5: Show and went on to produce Major League Baseball. He 142 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 5: was not only extremely talented, but he was very friendly. 143 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 4: He and I hit it off. 144 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 5: And became the best of friends, and for about a 145 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 5: year I was with him practically night and day. I 146 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 5: was very excited to be learning so much. During the services, 147 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 5: I would watch him in the control booth as he 148 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 5: directed the cameras. He taught me what the right angles 149 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 5: were and what good lighting was, how to edit. As 150 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 5: I watched him, I would sit there in amazement, thinking, 151 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: how in the world does he know how to do 152 00:07:59,160 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 5: all of this? 153 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 4: He was so talented. I was so blessed to have him. 154 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: But about a year after he started, he came in 155 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 5: one morning and said, Joel, I'm moving back to California. 156 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 4: I've done everything here that I need to do. 157 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 5: You can take it from here. I nearly passed out. 158 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 5: I said, you gotta be kidding. 159 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 4: You can't leave us. 160 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 5: What are we gonna do? Who's going to direct the program? 161 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 5: Who's going to edit it? He said, you are. I've 162 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 5: trained you for a year. You can do what I've 163 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 5: been doing. 164 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 4: Said, there's no way, I don't know how to do that. 165 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 5: We offered him more money, more time all I said, 166 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 5: you can live in California, just come back a couple 167 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 5: of times a month and help us put everything together. 168 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 5: Say oh, thanks, Joel, but now I'm done here. I 169 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 5: was so disappointed. I thought that was the worst thing 170 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 5: in the world that could have happened to me. 171 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 4: And I prayed, God, please change his mind. God, don't 172 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: let him leave. God, you know it's all going to 173 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 4: fall apart. 174 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 5: Sometimes we're praying against the very thing God has ordained. 175 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 5: We're praying and against what God has set into motion. 176 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 5: The enemy doesn't close every door. Sometimes God closes the door. 177 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 5: God moves people out of our life because he knows 178 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 5: they would become a crutch. They would keep us from 179 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 5: our destiny. So God causes things to drive up to 180 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 5: force us to change. My friend left, went back home 181 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 5: to California. I had to get out of my comfort zone, stretching, 182 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 5: start doing things that I didn't think I could do. Now. 183 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 5: I discovered it as I stepped out. It wasn't as 184 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 5: hard as I thought. First month went by and I thought, 185 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 5: not too bad. At this six months went by, I 186 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 5: thought I'm pretty good. At this year went by, I 187 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 5: thought what did. 188 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 4: We ever need him for? 189 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 5: But the truth is him leaving was a turning point 190 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 5: in my life. That was God pushing me into my destiny. 191 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 5: Even though I was uncomfortable, it was the best thing 192 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 5: that could have happened to me. 193 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 4: If he would have. 194 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 5: Stayed, that would have stunted my growth. I wouldn't be 195 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 5: where I am today if God had answered my prayer. 196 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 5: Quit being depressed over somebody that walked away. If they 197 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 5: left your life, their time was up step into the 198 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 5: new season. If the door closed, you went through a disappointment, 199 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 5: don't complain. You're about to be pushed into your purpose. 200 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 5: You're about to see new growth, new opportunities, new friendships. 201 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 5: In the Scripture, the prophet Samuel spent years pouring into 202 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 5: King Saul. He had mentored him as a young man, 203 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 5: loved him like his own son. But unfortunately Saul wouldn't 204 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 5: do what was right, and God told Samuel he was 205 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 5: going to take the throne away from Saul, and Samuel 206 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 5: was so heartbroken he felt like he had wasted all 207 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 5: that time. God said to Samuel, quit mourning over what 208 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: I have rejected. God is saying, quit being depressed over 209 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 5: who walked away. Quit being sour over what didn't work out. 210 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 5: If they were supposed to stay, they would have stayed. 211 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 4: God went on to tell Samuel, I found a new man. 212 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 4: His name is David. Go anoint him as the next king. 213 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 5: Notice the principle, if you'll stop being discouraged over who left, 214 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 5: God will send the right people. But as long as 215 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 5: you're complaining about the Sauws, what didn't work out, and 216 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 5: if they wouldn't have left me, you're going. 217 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 4: To get stuck. 218 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 5: When you accept it and move forward, you'll not only 219 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 5: step into a new level, but the Davids. 220 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 4: Will show up. 221 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 5: The right people will be there for every season of 222 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 5: your life. For seventeen years I did the television production 223 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 5: behind the scenes here at Lakewood. I thought that's how 224 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 5: to spend the rest of my life. 225 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 4: I was content. I enjoyed doing it. 226 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 5: But in nineteen ninety nine my father went to be 227 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 5: with the Lord once again. I was forced to change, 228 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 5: forced to make an adjustment. God closed that door. JOB said, 229 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 5: I thought I would die in my nest. 230 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 4: He was saying. 231 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 5: He got his nest all fixed up, God, his house 232 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 5: like he wanted it, had a successful business. 233 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 4: Everything was going great. He was finally comfortable. What happened. 234 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: God came along and stirred up the nest. 235 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 5: Now God doesn't send the trouble, but he will use 236 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 5: difficulty to push us into our destiny. Job had a 237 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 5: lot of things go wrong, lost his business, lost his health, 238 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: lost his family. If the story stopped there, it would 239 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 5: be a sad ending. But Job understood this principle right 240 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 5: in the midst of the difficulties. He looked up and said, 241 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 5: I know my redeemer lives. He was saying, I know God. 242 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 4: Is still on the throne. He has the final say. 243 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 5: This trouble is not going to defeat me. It's going 244 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 5: to promote me. In the end, Job came out with 245 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 5: twice what he had before. God used that adversity to 246 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 5: give him double Don't be surprised, like with Job, when 247 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 5: you get comfortable, when you get everything figured out, if 248 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 5: God doesn't stir up the nest, it's not to harm you. 249 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 4: It's to push you. You have a bigger destiny. 250 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 5: God has new levels, more favor, more influence more resources. 251 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 5: His dream for your life is bigger than you can imagine. 252 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 5: I knew I was supposed to step up and pasture 253 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 5: the church, but again, like with the production, I didn't 254 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 5: think I could do this. I didn't have the training, 255 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 5: the experience. My father had tried to get me up 256 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 5: here for years, but I was comfortable behind the scenes. 257 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 5: I didn't have to stretch anymore. I could do the 258 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 5: production in my sleep like job. I thought I would 259 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 5: die in my nest, But when my dad went to 260 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 5: be with the Lord, it was like the whole process 261 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 5: started all over again. That loss pushed me out of 262 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 5: my comfort zone, pushed me to discover new talents that 263 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 5: I didn't know I had. It pushed me into greater influence. 264 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 5: Every time I've seen major growth, every time I've stepped 265 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 5: up to a new level, it's because I was pushed. 266 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 5: There was adversity, challenges, loss. Maybe you're in a situation 267 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: now you could easily be discouraged. You lost a loved one, 268 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 5: went through a breakup, business didn't work out. The enemy 269 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 5: may have meant that for your harm, but God is 270 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 5: going to use that for your good. God didn't allow 271 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 5: it to stop you. He allowed it to push you. 272 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 5: Like Job, You're going to come out stronger, healthier, wiser, increase. 273 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: Better off than you were before. 274 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 5: That sickness is going to push you into your purpose. 275 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 4: That bad break is going to push you into greater fulfillment. 276 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 5: Or perhaps that betrayal it's going to push you into 277 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 5: better relationships, into new happiness. 278 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 279 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 5: The pain is a sign you're about to see a birth. 280 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 5: The greater the difficulty, the closer you are to that birth. 281 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: Like me in that law, she think. 282 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 4: Oh, oh, this is as good as it gets. But no, 283 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: you're going to see God push you into a new 284 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. The disappointment, the betrayal, the bad break. 285 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 4: Yes is painful. 286 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 5: Yes we don't like it, but if you'll stay in faith, 287 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 5: it's going to promote you. I wouldn't be here if 288 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 5: God had not pushed me when I was nineteen taken away. 289 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 4: My friend wouldn't be here if. 290 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 5: God hadn't pushed me in nineteen ninety nine when my father. 291 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 4: Went to be with the Lord. 292 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 5: It's difficult, but God doesn't waste the pain. 293 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 4: The pain is a sign of new birth. 294 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 5: Steve Jobs was one of the most brilliant minds of 295 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 5: our generation. Twenty one years old, he founded Apple Computer. 296 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,479 Speaker 5: By the time he was twenty three, he was incredibly successful, 297 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 5: known around the world. But seven years later, after developing 298 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 5: this global brand so many products that we all like, 299 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 5: he classed with his board of directors and was eventually 300 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 5: fired from the company he started. He told his friends 301 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 5: how betrayed he felt, how wrong that was. But instead 302 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 5: of sitting around in self pity, he went out and 303 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 5: started another company and learned new skills. This company developed 304 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 5: something that Apple needed, and that was so successful that 305 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 5: Apple purchased his company and brought him back. As the CEO, 306 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 5: Jobs said, if I hadn't been fired, I would have 307 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 5: never learned these new skills that have made me into 308 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 5: who I am. The betrayal wasn't sent to stop you. 309 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 4: It was sent to push you. Don't complain about who 310 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 4: hurts you, who did you wrong. If that was going 311 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 4: to keep you. 312 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 5: From your destiny, God would have never permitted it. 313 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 4: Shake off the self pity. 314 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 5: Get ready for the new doors that are about to open, 315 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 5: the new opportunities, the new skills, the new talents, Moses said, 316 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 5: as an eagle stirs up her nest. 317 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 4: So God will stir up his children. 318 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 5: When things are stirring in your life, when you're uncomfortable, 319 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 5: a door closed, a friend betrayed, you don't think all great. 320 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 4: Just my luck. I always have these bad breaks. 321 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,959 Speaker 5: No turn it around, God, I know you're stirring things 322 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 5: because you're about to open up a new door. You're 323 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 5: about to take me to a higher level. You're about 324 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 5: to push me into my purpose. I was in the 325 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 5: hospital room when Victoria gave birth to both of our children. 326 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 5: I was sitting by her bed, and she had a 327 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 5: hold of my arm right here at the bicep. When 328 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 5: she had a contraction, she would squeeze my arms so tightly. 329 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 4: She would scream, then I would scream. 330 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 5: At one point, the doctor told her, the next time 331 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 5: you have a contraction, I want you to push. He 332 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 5: didn't have her push until the baby was ready to come. 333 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 5: In the same way, when you're being pushed, it means 334 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 5: the door is open. Something new is coming, new growth, 335 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 5: new influence. God wouldn't be pushing you if the door 336 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 5: was closed and nothing new is on the way. A 337 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 5: doctor doesn't tell a woman in labor just push whenever 338 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 5: you want. 339 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 4: To push, whenever you feel like it. 340 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 5: They have to wait until the exact right time. When 341 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 5: you're being pushed, don't be discouraged. Be encouraged. It is 342 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 5: the right time. Get ready. Something good is coming your way. 343 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 5: That little baby, when he's in the womb for nine months, 344 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 5: everything is great. He's comfortable, he doesn't have to do anything. 345 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 4: He gets his food from his. 346 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 5: Mother, gets carried around all day. He can sleep whenever 347 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 5: he wants to. It's peaceful, calm. Life is good for 348 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 5: a season. That's healthy. He's growing, he's maturing. That's where 349 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 5: he's supposed to be. But if he stays in that 350 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 5: wound too long, instead of being a blessing, the womb 351 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 5: will become a curse. It's too small, it will keep 352 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 5: him from his destiny. It will limit his potential. He 353 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 5: has to get out. When he comes through the birth canal, 354 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 5: it's tight, it's uncomfortable, it's traumatic. Up to this point, 355 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,479 Speaker 5: all he's known is peace and calm, lying around doing nothing. 356 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: Now it's like. 357 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 5: All hell breaks loose. He thinks, what in the world 358 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 5: is wrong with mama? Has she lost her mind? Is 359 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 5: she trying to kill me? He's being pushed, squeezed, pressured. 360 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 5: He gets pushed again, pushed again, pushed again. Finally he 361 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 5: comes out, he's born, breathes new light, steps into that 362 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 5: new level. It's the same principle when things are tight, 363 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 5: when you're being pressured, when you're uncomfortable, it's easy to think, 364 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 5: what in the world is happening when it was peaceful? 365 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 5: I want to go back to how it was. But 366 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 5: if you stay in that wound too long, in that 367 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 5: protected place, it won't be a blessing. It will keep 368 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 5: you from becoming all God created you to be. 369 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: God controls the universe. He knows what's best for you. 370 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 5: If you're being pushed, it's because the door is open. 371 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 5: There's something greater in your destiny. It may be uncomfortable, 372 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 5: don't complain. God is stretching you. He's enlarging you. You're 373 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 5: about to see new growth, new talents, new opportunities. 374 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: This is what happened with my father. 375 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 5: For years, he pastored a large denominational church. 376 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,719 Speaker 4: It's very successful. The church was growing. 377 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 5: That just built a beautiful new sanctuary. Looked like he 378 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: would be there forever. But my sister Lisa was born 379 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 5: with something like cerebral palsy. My father went away for 380 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 5: a few days to get a loan at a hotel. 381 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 5: He began to search the scriptures like he had never 382 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 5: searched them before. 383 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 4: He came back with a new fire. 384 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 5: He told his congregation that God is a good God, 385 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 5: that he can still heal and perform miracles, and that 386 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 5: God wanted them to live an abundant life. He thought 387 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 5: they'd all be excited, so happy for him, but it 388 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 5: was just the opposite that didn't fit into their tradition 389 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 5: back then, and some of his longtime friends, people that 390 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 5: had known my parents for thirty years, turned on them, 391 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 5: started stirring things up, talking about how my father needed 392 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 5: to leave. My dad was devastated. He thought, God, why 393 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 5: is this happening. I've given my life to these people. 394 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 5: But the fact is God was the one stirring it up. 395 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 5: God knew my father couldn't reach his highest potential in 396 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 5: that limited environment. It looked like a disappointment, but behind 397 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 5: the scenes, it was the hand of God orchestrating it all. 398 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 5: My father resigned from that church, feeling rejected, feeling betrayed, 399 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 5: But he didn't sit around talking about how bad life 400 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 5: had treated him. He understood this principle that he was 401 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 5: being pushed into his purpose. He realized the same God 402 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 5: that opens doors closed his doors. He went out and 403 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 5: started Lakewood Church on Mother's Day in nineteen fifty nine 404 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 5: with ninety people. 405 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 4: Here we are today, still going strong. 406 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 5: But had those people not come against him, he would 407 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 5: have never reached. 408 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 4: His full potential. 409 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 5: Don't complain about people that do you wrong, betray you, 410 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 5: lead you out. God uses people to get you to 411 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 5: where you're supposed to be. They may think they're pushing 412 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 5: you down. What they don't realize is they're pushing you up. 413 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 5: They're pushing you into your destiny. Judas thought when he 414 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 5: betrayed Jesus, he was stopping him. 415 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 4: The truth is he was promoting him. God ordained the. 416 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 5: Betrai, and the scripture says in Acts that persecution arose 417 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 5: in Jerusalem, so Philip went down to Samaria. It doesn't 418 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 5: say that Philip prayed and decided to go to Samaria. 419 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 5: He didn't have a choice. The persecution forced him out 420 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 5: of his hometown. He was pushed out of his comfort zone. 421 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 5: It's interesting God could have stopped the opposition. 422 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 4: He's God. He closed the mouths of hungry lions for Daniel, 423 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 4: it would have been no big deal. But the persecution 424 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 4: was for a purpose. He allowed that opposition to get 425 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 4: them into their destiny. 426 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 5: It was in Samaria that Philip saw his greatest days 427 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 5: of ministry. If it had stayed in Jerusalem, he. 428 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 4: Wouldn't have reached his highest potential. 429 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 5: Maybe Jerusalem has closed up for you, so to speak, 430 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 5: a bad break, a disappointment of betrayal. 431 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 4: Don't be discouraged. 432 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 5: Jerusalem may have closed, but Samaria is about to open up. 433 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 5: God wouldn't be pushing you if he didn't already have 434 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 5: another open door. A friend of mine was working at 435 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 5: this job and he wasn't fulfilled. 436 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 4: He knew he had more in him. 437 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,479 Speaker 5: He wasn't being stretched and using his gifts, but he 438 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 5: was afraid to take a step of faith. And this 439 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 5: man is one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. 440 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 5: He's kind, he's friendly, easygoing, he's a model employee, comes early, 441 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 5: he stays late, never causes any trouble. 442 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 4: Well, he called me one day and said, Joel, you 443 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 4: won't believe what just happened to me. I said what 444 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 4: he said, I just got fired. I said you got fired. 445 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 4: You got to be kiding. 446 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 5: That's like saying, mother, Teresa just robbed a bank that 447 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 5: was so out of character. 448 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 4: Here's my point. 449 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 5: God loves you too much to let you stay in mediocrity. 450 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: He knows how. 451 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 5: To get you out of your comfort zone. 452 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 4: He opens doors, and he can close doors. If we 453 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 4: don't take the hint, he'll push us. Today, my friend 454 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 4: is the vice president of a major corporation. He continues 455 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 4: to see increase in new growth. Don't be discouraged by 456 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 4: your closed doors. That's God pushing you. Don't get upset 457 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 4: because of a bad break. 458 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 5: If it was going to keep you from your destiny, 459 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 5: God would have never permitted it. In the scripture, God 460 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 5: told Paul that he was going to stand before Caesar. 461 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 5: And Paul was on a boat headed toward Rome. But 462 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 5: they encountered a huge storm. The winds were so strong 463 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 5: that it blew the boat aground. 464 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 4: The whole boat fell apart. 465 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 5: They all had to swim to this little island called Malta. 466 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 5: Looked like a bad break, a disappointment, but that storm 467 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 5: didn't stop God's plan. 468 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 4: It was a part of God's plan. On that island, 469 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: the chief's father was very sick. Paul prayed for him. 470 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 4: God healed him. 471 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 5: They started bringing other sick people, same thing. 472 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 4: God healed them. Paul ended up sharing his faith with 473 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 4: the whole island. What am I saying? The winds that 474 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: were meant to stop you, God will use to. 475 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 5: Push you into your destiny. You may not like it, 476 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 5: you may not understand it, but if you'll stay. 477 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 4: In faith, it won't defeats you. It will promote you. 478 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 5: The storm blew my father from a restricted environment to 479 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 5: a ministry that touched the world. 480 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 4: It blew my friend from a job. 481 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 5: Where he wasn't using his talents to the vice president 482 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 5: of a large company. Blew me from behind the scenes 483 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 5: into the position that I'm in. 484 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 4: Now. You're being pushed for a reason. 485 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 5: There's something bigger, something better, something more rewarding in front 486 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 5: of you. Now you've got to be willing to go 487 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 5: through the process. When it's tight, you're uncomfortable, you're being squeezed. 488 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 5: That's a sign you're about to see new birth. Where 489 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 5: you are is too small. That womb was fined for 490 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 5: a time. It served its purpose. 491 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 4: But now it's a new day. 492 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 5: There's about to be new growth, new opportunities. Keep the 493 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 5: right perspective. This sickness is not going to stop me. 494 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 4: It's pushing me. I'm coming out better. 495 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 5: This trouble at work. It can't hold me back. It's 496 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 5: pushing me. I'm getting stronger. These people that did me wrong, 497 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 5: they can't stop my destiny. They meant it for harm, 498 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 5: but God's using it for my good. He's pushing me. 499 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 5: Every difficulty you went through, every storm, every person that 500 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 5: did you wrong, it was pushing you to mature, pushing 501 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 5: you to know God in a greater way, pushing you 502 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: to become stronger, more resilient. Now, don't be discouraged by 503 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 5: the process. Perhaps you feel like you're being pushed right now. 504 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 5: It's tight, it's uncomfortable. You need to get ready. I 505 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 5: believe and declare. God is about to push you into 506 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: a new level. He's going to push you into greater strength, 507 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 5: greater influence, greater resource. 508 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 4: Horses. 509 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 5: You're coming into a new season health, favor, victory, breakthroughs. 510 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 5: The winds that were meant to stop you are going 511 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 5: to push you into your purpose. In Jesus's name, If 512 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 5: you receive it today, can you say amen. We never 513 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 5: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 514 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 515 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 516 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 5: Just say Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 517 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I nake you, my Lord and Savior. 518 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 519 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 520 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take you places 521 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 5: that you've never dreamed. 522 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the jeelos Deine podcast. 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