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The 30 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 5: difficulty feels like a setback, but really it's a setup 31 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 5: for God to do something new in your life. 32 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 33 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 34 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 5: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 35 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share. 36 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: It with a friend. 37 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. 39 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 5: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 40 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 41 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 5: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. We'll keep you 42 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,639 Speaker 5: encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start with something funny 43 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 5: and I heard about this little girl. She asked her 44 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 5: mother how the human race got started. Her mother explained 45 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 5: how God created Adam and Eve, they had children, on 46 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 5: and on here we are today. A few days later, 47 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 5: she asked her father the same question. He explained how 48 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 5: many years ago there were monkeys. Little by little they 49 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 5: became more like people, and here we are confused. 50 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: She went back to her mother, said, Mom, you said 51 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. How 52 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: can that be? 53 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 5: The mother said, all, honey, that's easy. I told you 54 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 5: about my side of the family. Dad told you about his. 55 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 2: I am what it says. I am. I have what 57 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: of God. 60 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 61 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 62 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 2: bless you. 63 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about promotion in 64 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 5: the problem. None of us like problems, things that come 65 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 5: against us, people that are not fair, trouble at work. 66 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 5: It's easy to get discouraged and lose our passion. 67 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: Why is this happening? 68 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 5: But God won't allow a difficulty unless he has a 69 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 5: purpose for it. He may not have sent the trouble, 70 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: but he knows how to use it to your advantage. 71 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 5: On the other side of every problem is promotion. The 72 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 5: difficulty feels like a setback, but really it's a setup 73 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 5: for God to do something new in your life. When 74 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 5: God wanted to promote David, bring him out of the 75 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 5: shepherd's fields, what did he do? Send him a good break, 76 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 5: a friend to help him out, open a new door. No, God, 77 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 5: send him a problem. Goliath was standing before David, a 78 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: giant twice his size. 79 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: David could have thought, God, you said I was going 80 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: to do great things. 81 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 5: You said you'd show me favor. Why am I facing 82 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 5: this giant? David understood with that problem came promotion. On 83 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 5: the other side of that difficulty was a new level 84 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 5: of his destiny. You have to go through it to 85 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 5: get to it. Some promotion only comes through adversity, through 86 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 5: closed doors, through things. 87 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: That are not fair. 88 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 5: David went out and defeated Goliath, and instantly his life changed. 89 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: New doors opened. He had respect, influence, favor that he'd 90 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: never seen. What took David to. 91 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 5: The throne a problem. Don't complain about the problem. You 92 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 5: can't reach your potential without problems. When you understand that 93 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 5: the problem doesn't come by itself, that there is promotion 94 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 5: in every problem. 95 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: Then you'll keep a good attitude. God I don't like 96 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 2: this problem. I'm uncomfortable, but I know you're in control. 97 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 2: You're ordering my steps. Now. 98 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 5: I'm not just going to come out, I'm going to 99 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 5: come out stronger, promoted, better than I was before. Sometimes 100 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 5: the promotion is you developed a greater trust in God. 101 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 5: You learn that you can make it through things that 102 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 5: you thought would take you under. You saw the faithfulness 103 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 5: of God. You felt him sustaining you, strengthening you, making ways. 104 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: Where you didn't see away. 105 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 5: Your faith grew, Your spiritual muscles got stronger, your character 106 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: was developed. 107 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: Every time you come through a. 108 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 5: Challenge, that's fuel for your faith. God is preparing you 109 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 5: for greater things. The next time you face a problem 110 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 5: like that, you'll think this is no big deal. I've 111 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 5: seen God take me through this in the past, and 112 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 5: I know he'll take me through at this time. 113 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 2: See, I've learned. 114 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 5: The bigger the problem, the bigger your destiny. The bigger 115 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 5: the challenge, the bigger the promotion. God doesn't send big 116 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 5: problems to people with small futures. God didn't give David 117 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 5: a normal sized problem. He didn't face someone his height 118 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 5: with his training his experience. Goliath stood nine feet tall. 119 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 5: He was the champion of the Philistine army. The tip 120 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 5: of his fear weighed fifteen pounds. The scripture says he 121 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 5: wore gold leggings. 122 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: He was ahead of his time. That's where my brother 123 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: Paul got that idea. 124 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 5: But Joel, I've got big problems. This sickness looks permanent. 125 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: My child is way off course. These people at work 126 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 2: are holding me down. 127 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 5: The size of your problem is an indication of the 128 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 5: size of your future. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you 129 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 5: so hard if he didn't know something amazing was in 130 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 5: front of you. Don't be discouraged because you have big challenges. 131 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: Have a new perspective. That means God has something. 132 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 5: Big in your future, big breakthroughs, big opportunities, big victories. 133 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 5: If you could see the promotion on the other side 134 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 5: of those problems, if you could see the healing, the favor, 135 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 5: the fulfillment, you wouldn't be discouraged. You would go through 136 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 5: that difficulty in faith praising when you could be complaining, 137 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 5: thanking God that he's fighting your back, knowing that it's 138 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 5: all a set up for new levels of your destiny. 139 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 5: Are you stressed over a problem, losing sleep over a difficulty, 140 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 5: when in fact, God allowed it so he can show 141 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 5: his favor in a greater way. Without Goliath, David would 142 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 5: have never taken the throne. The problem served a purpose. 143 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 5: God knows what he's doing. He hasn't allowed anything in 144 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 5: your life that he's not going to use for your good. 145 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: It may not be good, may not be fair. I'm 146 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 2: not saying we're going to like it. 147 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 5: I'm saying to trust him that there is a blessing 148 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 5: disguised in that difficulty, that there is promotion attached to 149 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 5: that problem. 150 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 2: I know at the time we can't see it all. 151 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 5: We know it's a bad break, it's a disappointment. 152 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: They treated me wrong. The door closed, the medical report 153 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: wasn't good. God is not through working. You don't know 154 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: what he's up to right now. 155 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 5: You keep doing the right thing, having an attitude of faith, 156 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: and your. 157 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 2: Time is coming. 158 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 5: You're going to see the faithfulness of God. You're going 159 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 5: to look back and say, Wow, God. If I had 160 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: not had that problem, I wouldn't be where I am. 161 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 5: If that door had not closed, if those people had 162 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 5: not done me wrong, I wouldn't have seen the blessing 163 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 5: and the favor that you've shown me. A few years 164 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 5: after I started ministering. The church began to grow and 165 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 5: we needed a larger auditorium. My father said he would 166 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 5: never move the church. We looked for property around the 167 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 5: original location. We found one hundred acre tract of. 168 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: Land right off the freeway about two miles away. Seemed perfect. 169 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: It's a big sign that said for sale. 170 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: We talked to the owner and told him we wanted 171 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 5: to purchase it. He said that it had been on 172 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 5: the market for twenty years and he had had never 173 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 5: had one offer. I thought, wow, God, you saved this 174 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 5: property just for us. 175 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: We were so excited. 176 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 5: He told us we could do our soil samples and 177 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 5: preliminary drawings while we got the contract drawn up. A 178 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 5: couple of months later, we went to sign the contract. 179 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 5: We had an eight o'clock appointment. We arrived at seven 180 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 5: forty five. His secretary came out and said, sorry, the 181 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 5: owner sold the property last night. 182 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it didn't keep his word. I was 183 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: so discouraged. 184 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 5: I went home and told Victoria. She said, listen here, Joel. 185 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 5: That means God has something better. We're going to trust him. 186 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 5: He hadn't brought us this far to leave us. She 187 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,239 Speaker 5: started preaching one of my messages. 188 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: I didn't want to hear that. I wanted her to 189 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 2: be depressed with me. 190 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 5: Misery loves company, and it's good to have friends that 191 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 5: pull you up and not join the in defeat. A 192 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 5: few months later, we found another large tract of land. 193 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 5: This seemed even better, had more access to it. When 194 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 5: the owners found out, they told the people that owned 195 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,239 Speaker 5: the property on one side, they called and said they wanted. 196 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 2: To donate ten acres to us. Now I knew it 197 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: was God. 198 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 5: People were giving us property. We went to close on 199 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 5: thee hundred acres and the same thing happened. They sold 200 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: it the day before. I thought, God, this is a 201 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 5: big problem. 202 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 2: There are no more large tracts of land. We're stuck. 203 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: We have no room to grow. I didn't see any options. 204 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 5: But just because we run out of options doesn't mean 205 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 5: God has run out of options. He won't let you 206 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 5: get in a problem that he can't bring you out of. 207 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 5: The reason it's not working out your way is because 208 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 5: God has something better. Six months later, a friend called 209 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 5: hadn't spoken to him in a long time. He said, Joel, 210 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,599 Speaker 5: the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 211 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 5: Compact Center. 212 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 2: You should try to get that for your church. When 213 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 2: I heard that something came alive on the inside, I 214 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: called the mayor. He was a friend of my parents, 215 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 2: and I was so nervous. I told him what I wanted. 216 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: Didn't know how he would respond. 217 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,479 Speaker 5: He said, Joel, I think Lakewood having the Compact Center. 218 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: Would be great for our city. I nearly passed out. 219 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 2: Things fell into place. Three years later we had the building. 220 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 2: Never dream we could be here. This was far beyond 221 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: what I had in mind. 222 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes God closes doors because you're thinking too small. He 223 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 5: doesn't let your plans work out because he has much 224 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 5: bigger plans. You were hoping to get that new position, 225 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 5: move up one notch. God is about to catapult you ahead. 226 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 5: If you're believing to feel a little bit better, God's 227 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 5: going to heal you completely. 228 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: You're hoping your child will just stay out of trouble. 229 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 2: God's going to use him to do great things, to 230 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: leave his mark. And don't be discouraged because you're still 231 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: in the problem. 232 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 5: Things aren't improving, doors are closing, people aren't changing. 233 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: Those lines will start whispering to get better. You'll never 234 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: get well. 235 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 5: Never break this addiction, never accomplish that dream. No That 236 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 5: problem didn't show up alone. That problem came with a purpose, 237 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 5: with a promotion, with a blessing. You keep honoring God, 238 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 5: and you're going to come out of the problem into 239 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 5: the promotion, out of the sickness into health, out of 240 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 5: trouble into peace, out of struggle into freedom, out of 241 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 5: lack into abundance. The enemy send it to harm you, 242 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 5: but God has already turned it to your advantage. 243 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 2: Now, don't get tired of doing the right thing. 244 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 5: Don't let doubt what's not happening, what's not fair, talk 245 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 5: you out of the promotion. Keep believing, keep praying, keep expecting. 246 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 5: You're on the verge of seeing God show out in 247 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 5: your life. That problem is not permanent. The problem is 248 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 5: a sign that promotion is coming. You're about to see breakthrough, restoration, 249 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 5: dreams coming to pass, divine connections. God said in Psalm fifty, 250 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 5: trust me in times of trouble, and I will rescue 251 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: you and you will give me glory. He didn't say 252 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 5: trust me and I'll keep you from trouble. Trust me 253 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,599 Speaker 5: and you won't have any difficulties. He said, trust me 254 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 5: when you're in trouble. Trust me when things don't make sense. 255 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 5: Trust me when the medical report is not good, trust 256 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 5: me when a loved one. 257 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 2: Doesn't make it. If you'll trust him, God says, I 258 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: will rescue you, and you will give me glory. 259 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 5: God is not going to leave you in trouble, leave 260 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 5: you in heartache, leave you in dysfunction. That is not 261 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 5: how your story ends. Don't believe the lies that say 262 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 5: it's permanent. God sees what you're going through, and he's 263 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 5: about to rescue you. He's about to turn things around. 264 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 5: Chains that have held you. 265 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 2: Back are being broken. Difficulties it look like they'll never improve. 266 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 5: You're about to see a suddenly, a breakthrough, a healing. 267 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 2: A promotion. 268 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 5: It's going to be unusual, uncommon. You couldn't make it happen. 269 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 5: You will know it's the end of God. When my 270 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, 271 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 5: she was in a time of great trouble. She had 272 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 5: a big problem. But in that trouble, she chose to 273 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 5: trust God. She believed that he could restore health back 274 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: into her, and instead of being depressed worrying all day, 275 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 5: she would go through the house quoting scriptures. 276 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 2: Father, thank you that the number of my days you 277 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 2: will fulfill that I will live and not die and declare. 278 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 5: The works of the Lord against all odds. With no 279 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 5: medical treatment available, God rescued her from that trouble. He 280 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 5: made a way where we didn't see away. For the 281 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 5: last forty years, she's been giving God glory. That big 282 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 5: problem came with a big promotion. Her story of healing 283 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 5: has helped people around the world. She's eighty eight years 284 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 5: old now, still. 285 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: Praying for people every week. 286 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 5: The enemy would have been smarter to leave her alone. 287 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 5: But God will make the enemy pay what was meant 288 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 5: for your harm. 289 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: He'll turn it to your. 290 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 5: Advantage, says, He will rescue you, and you will give 291 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 5: him great glory. The reason you'll give him glory is 292 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 5: because when he brings you out, it. 293 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: Will be better than you've ever imagined. 294 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 5: I wanted to buy property to build a new auditorium. 295 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: God gave us an auditorium that was. 296 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 5: Already built on the busiest freeway in our city. You 297 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 5: may be facing a problem today. My encouragement is that 298 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 5: problem didn't come alone. There is promotion attached to it. 299 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 5: God has the final say. 300 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: Trust him not to. 301 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 5: Just make it through, not just sir, but have a 302 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 5: new perspective. Father, I know this problem means I'm about 303 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 5: to see a new level of my destiny. 304 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: Lord, I believe, I trust you in this time of trouble. 305 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 5: See, I would have never seen the Compact Center without 306 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 5: those doors closing. You could say the Compact Center was 307 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 5: attached to a problem. My mother would have never impacted 308 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 5: so many people without that challenge in her health. David 309 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 5: would have never become king without Goliath. Who knows where 310 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: that problem is leading you. You've had some closed doors, 311 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 5: things haven't worked out. 312 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 2: Who knows what doors God is about to open. 313 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 5: You have some giants facing a sickness, set back in 314 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 5: your business, a person walked out of your life. Who 315 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 5: knows what kind of favor, blessings, fulfillment is headed your way. 316 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 5: The setback is a setup for God to show out 317 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 5: in your life. Now trust him in the trouble. How 318 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 5: when you get out The test is when you're in it, 319 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 5: nothing looks like it's going to change. That's when you 320 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 5: have to dig down deep, say God, I don't like it, 321 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 5: but I know this problem is not hereby itself, that 322 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 5: there is promotion on the other side. So Lord, help 323 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 5: me to believe, help me to stay in faith. See 324 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 5: we all face things that we don't understand, things that 325 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 5: don't seem fair. But I've learned God will not mismanage 326 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 5: your life. 327 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 2: He will not allow hardships and bad breaks that don't 328 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 2: have any purpose. 329 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 5: He's not just sitting back thinking, Oh, man, can't believe 330 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 5: that happened to you, too bad. 331 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 2: He's ordering your steps. Nothing happens without his permission. 332 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 5: He's promised that all things will work together for your good. 333 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 5: Sure there are things we don't understand, things that don't 334 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 5: make sense. 335 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 2: I can't explain it, but I can. 336 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 5: Tell you if you'll stay in faith, not get bitter, 337 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 5: just keep doing the right thing. Over time, you'll see 338 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 5: it all come together. 339 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 2: The scripture puts it this way. 340 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 5: Since the Lord is directing our steps, why do we 341 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 5: try to figure out everything that happens along the way. 342 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 5: There will be plenty of things that happen that don't 343 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 5: make sense. If you try to figure it out, you'll 344 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 5: get confused, discouraged. 345 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 2: Put it in God's hands. 346 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 5: God, this problem doesn't make sense to me, but I 347 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 5: believe that you have a purpose for it, that when 348 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 5: it all comes together, I will give. 349 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 2: You great glory. This is what three Hebrew teenagers did 350 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 2: in the scripture, they. 351 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 5: Wouldn't bow down to King nebukon Nezar's golden idoling. 352 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 2: He made a decree that no one could worship any 353 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: god except his God. He didn't believe in Jehovah. 354 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 5: He was so upset he threatened to have them thrown 355 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 5: into a fiery furnace. They were doing the right thing, 356 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 5: honoring God, not compromising, and look what happens. 357 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 2: They have a big problem. 358 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 5: Sometimes you have trouble not because you're doing something wrong, 359 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 5: but because you're doing something right. When you honor God, 360 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 5: it stirs up the enemy. It will stir up jealousy, resentment, anger, 361 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 5: critical spirits in people that don't honor God. It's not 362 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 5: so much they don't like you. They don't like the 363 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 5: blessing and favor that's on your life. The good news 364 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 5: is they cannot stop what God has ordained. God being 365 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 5: for you is more powerful than any force that is 366 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 5: against you. He has you in the palm of his hand. 367 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 5: Nothing can snatch you away. You may get thrown into 368 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 5: a furnace, but God can make you fireproof. He controls 369 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 5: the universe. These teenagers weren't worried, they weren't panicking. They 370 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 5: said to the king. We know our God will deliver us, 371 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 5: but even if he doesn't, we're still not going to 372 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 5: bow down. When you have a made up mind like that, God, 373 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 5: I'm leaving that you're gonna keep me from this trouble, 374 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 5: that this door will open, that these people will treat 375 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 5: me right. But even if it doesn't go my way, 376 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 5: I'm still not gonna get discouraged. 377 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 2: I'm still not gonna complain. I'm still going to give 378 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 2: you praise. 379 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 5: That kind of attitude cannot be defeated. The king was 380 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 5: so furious he had the guards heat up the furnace 381 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 5: seven times hotter than normal. They already had a big problem, 382 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 5: already didn't look good. Now the fire was hotter than ever. 383 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 5: Sometimes God will let the odds be against you in 384 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 5: a greater way on purpose, so when he turns things around, 385 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 5: it's a bigger miracle, so everyone will see his favor 386 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 5: on your life. The guards tied up the teenagers, bound 387 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 5: their hands and feet, and threw them into the furnace. 388 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 5: They fell to the ground. It was so hot that 389 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 5: the guards were instantly killed. King Nebuknezzar was watching from 390 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 5: a distance. He noticed the three Hebrew. 391 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: Teenagers stood up. He couldn't believe it. 392 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 5: He said to his staff, didn't we throw three men 393 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 5: in bound? I see four men loosed, and one looks like. 394 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: The son of God. 395 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 5: He ran over to the furnace window and shouted, shed 396 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 5: rak mishak a bendigo, servants of the Most Tai God. 397 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 5: A few minutes earlier, he didn't believe in the Most 398 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 5: Tai God. Sometimes your problems is so God can change 399 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 5: other people's minds. God can see the big picture, and 400 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 5: he'll use you to demonstrate his power, his favor, his 401 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 5: blessing so others will believe. They walked out of the 402 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 5: fire and everyone gathered around. Verse twenty one says they 403 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 5: noticed not a hair on their head was singed, none 404 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 5: of their clothing was burned. 405 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 2: They didn't even smell like smoke. 406 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 5: God knows how to bring you out of difficulties to 407 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 5: where you don't look like what you've been through. I 408 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 5: would ever know you've been through the trouble, through the sickness, 409 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 5: through the breakup, through the pandemic. You're so blessed, happy, healthy, fulfilled, generous. 410 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 5: Nobody can tell you were ever in the fire. You 411 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 5: don't even have the smell of smoke. Nibukanezer said in 412 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 5: verse twenty eight, Praise be to the God of Shadraq, 413 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: Nieshak and a Bindigo. Now he's worshiping the god he 414 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 5: didn't believe in a few hours before. This could be 415 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 5: the end of the story. God protected these teenagers. God 416 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: changed the mind of the king. 417 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: That's all a great miracle. 418 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 5: But verse thirty says, then the king promoted Shadraq, Meejaq 419 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 5: and Abddi go to much higher positions in Babylon. 420 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 2: Hidden in that problem was promotion. 421 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 5: They couldn't see it at the time. God, this king's 422 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 5: coming against us. God, these people at work are not 423 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 5: fair dealing with this sickness. I had a set back 424 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 5: in my fine answers. We would be grateful if God 425 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 5: just brought us out. But what I want us to 426 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 5: see is there is promotion attached to the problem. God 427 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 5: is not going to just bring you out, but that 428 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 5: difficulty is setting you up. 429 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 2: For new levels. Even with this pandemic. In a sense, 430 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 2: we're all in a problem. 431 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 5: There's uncertainty, work is disrupted, people fighting illnesses, things have 432 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 5: slowed down. 433 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: God is not going to just bring you out, but 434 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 2: there is promotion in the pandemic. 435 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 5: God wouldn't let the whole world be impacted just to 436 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 5: get us back where we were. Greater things are coming. 437 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,479 Speaker 5: New doors are going to open. Family members that are 438 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 5: off course are going to turn around. Areas you've struggled 439 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 5: in year after year. There's going to be supernatural breakthrough 440 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 5: chains are being loosed like these teenagers. The big problem 441 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 5: means God has big favor come in, big blessings, big influence. 442 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 2: I keep doing the right thing. 443 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 5: Don't bow down to compromise, don't give into doubt, fear 444 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 5: it's never going to happen. No, God's going to do 445 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 5: something that not only amazes you, but other people are 446 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 5: going to see the goodness of God on your life. 447 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 5: Like Nevakanizzar. They're going to acknowledge that you serve the 448 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 5: most high God. How did it happen through a problem? 449 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 5: Don't complain about the problem. The problem has a purpose, 450 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 5: and the problem has promotion. Psalm sixty six says we 451 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 5: went through the fire and through the flood. 452 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 2: But you brought us to a place of great abundance. 453 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 5: See, you have to go through the fire, through the 454 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 5: flood to get to the abundance on the other side 455 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 5: of the fire. 456 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 2: You'll see promotion. 457 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 5: On the other side of that closed door. You'll see 458 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 5: your compact center. On the other side of that sickness, you'll. 459 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 2: See greater favor, greater anointing, greater ministry. Like my mom, 460 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 2: don't get stuck the fire. Why did this happen? I 461 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 2: don't understand it, Joel. I was doing the right thing. 462 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 5: No, the right attitude is I may be in this fire, 463 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: but I know it's only temporary. It looks like a setback, 464 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 5: but I know it's a setup. Abundance is coming, healing 465 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 5: is coming, Favor is coming. 466 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: This is what happened with the Israelites. 467 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 5: They were at a dead end at the Red Sea, 468 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 5: and Pharaoh and his army was chasing them. 469 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: They had nowhere to go. 470 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 5: They were praying, God, deliver us, do something, don't let 471 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 5: us be recaptured. The scripture says, a strong east wind 472 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 5: begin to blow. That was a nice way of saying 473 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 5: a storm was coming. 474 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 2: They were already in a problem, about to be recaptured. 475 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 2: What did God do? Send them another problem? 476 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 5: Dark clouds started rolling in, thunder started roaring, debris was 477 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 5: hurling through the air. 478 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 2: I'm sure they thought, Man, just our luck We're already 479 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 2: in this problem. Now bad weather. Now this storm is 480 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 2: going to kill us. 481 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 5: What they didn't realize is that east wind, that storm 482 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 5: they thought would stop them, was sent by God to 483 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 5: blow back the rib sea, to force those waters to 484 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 5: open up so they could go through on dry ground. 485 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 2: The storm was a part of the miracle. 486 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 5: The storm was what not only going to bring them out, 487 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 5: but the storm was going to defeat their enemies. 488 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 2: God has a purpose for their problem. They couldn't see 489 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: it at the time. Maybe the east wind is blowing 490 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 2: in your life. 491 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 5: You're asking God to help you. Seems like the problem 492 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 5: is getting worse. You don't see how it can work out. 493 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 5: You attempted to live, discouraged, overwhelmed. You don't know what 494 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 5: God is up to. 495 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: His ways are not our ways. What you think is 496 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 2: another storm. 497 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 5: Another problem can be what God uses to make a way, 498 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 5: to open a path, to do something that you've never seen. 499 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 2: We don't like the storms. 500 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 5: The thunder is loud, things are blowing around. But God 501 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 5: is in control of the winds. He's in control of 502 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 5: your circumstances. God sent these strong east winds not to 503 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 5: harm them. 504 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: But to blow back the waters. 505 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 5: What looks like it's going to defeat you. God is 506 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 5: going to use to move you forward like these people. 507 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 5: You're going to look back and say, Wow, that east 508 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 5: wind wasn't what I thought. That storm looked like it 509 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 5: is going to stop me, but God used it to 510 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 5: promote me. 511 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 2: God is going to do something that you're not expecting. 512 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 2: You didn't see it coming. 513 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 5: Suddenly your health turns around, Suddenly that door opens, Suddenly 514 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 5: the right. 515 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 2: Person shows up. 516 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 5: You've been through the fire, through the flood. Now get 517 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 5: ready for abundance. 518 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 2: Enemies that have been chasing you are being defeated. 519 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 5: Depression, addictions, trouble at work, health issues. That storm is 520 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 5: coming to an end. You're going to see the hand 521 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 5: of God doing unusual, uncommon things because you trust him 522 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 5: in the trouble. I believe and declare He's about to 523 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 5: rescue you. You're going to have favor in the fire, 524 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 5: promotion in the pandemic, strength in the storm. 525 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 2: When you see what God does, you will give him 526 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: great glory in Jesus' name. And if you receive it, 527 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 2: can you say, men, today. 528 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 529 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 530 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me. 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