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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 5: your life. 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 40 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 41 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 42 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. I promise you 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 5: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 44 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 45 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 5: He was walking down the street when he came upon 46 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 5: this group of young boys that were surrounding a small dog. 47 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 5: He asked what they were doing. They explain that they 48 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 5: were having a contest. Whoever could tell the biggest lie 49 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 5: would get to keep the dog. The pastor launched into 50 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 5: a ten minute sermon, starting. 51 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 4: With don't you know lying is a sin? And ending 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 4: with when I was. 53 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 5: Your age, I never told a lie. There was complete silence, 54 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 5: and just when he thought he'd gotten through to them, 55 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 5: the youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, give 56 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 5: him the dog. Say it like you mean it. This 57 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 5: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 58 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 60 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 5: taught to word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 62 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 63 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about outlast the opposition. We 64 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 5: all have things that come against us in life, people 65 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 5: that aren't fair. We're dealing with an illness, our business 66 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 5: has gone down. We're praying, believing, doing the right thing. 67 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 4: But nothing is changing. 68 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 5: It's easy to get discouraged and think it's never going 69 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 5: to improve. But The way you win some battles is 70 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 5: not by defeating the opposition, but by outlasting the opposition. 71 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 4: You have to have staying power. 72 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 5: You can't be weak and give up because it's not 73 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 5: happening on your timetable. 74 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: Some enemies are stubborn. 75 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 5: You have to outlast the trouble at work, outlast the 76 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,839 Speaker 5: difficulty in your marriage, outlast the slow. 77 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 4: Season in your finances. 78 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 5: We want God to deliver us from the attack, but 79 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 5: if he's not changing it, it's real simple. You have 80 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 5: to outlast him. But sometimes we feel like God has 81 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 5: forgotten about us. We've seen him turn situations around in 82 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 5: the past, but this problem won't seem to go away. 83 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 5: God is still going to turn it around, but this 84 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 5: time he's going to do it a different way. You 85 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 5: have to have a holy determination, a made up mind 86 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 5: where you dig your heels in and say I am 87 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 5: in it for the long haul. Quitting is not an option. 88 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 5: I am going to outlast this sickness. I'm going to 89 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 5: outlast the addiction. I'm going to outlast this injustice. 90 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 4: This is what David did. 91 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 5: He defeated Goliath in five minutes, no big deal. God 92 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 5: favored him and he quickly took down this huge giant 93 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 5: overnight came a national hero. But there was another man 94 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 5: named King Saul that was against David. Saul was on 95 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 5: the throne of Israel when God promised. 96 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 4: David the throne. 97 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 5: God could have had David defeat Saul like he defeated 98 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 5: Goliath quickly, no problem, But this time was very different. 99 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 5: David had been anointed to be the next king of Israel. 100 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: After he defeated Goliath. 101 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 5: He left the Shepherd's fields and went to the palace 102 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 5: to serve King Saul. But Saul was jealous of David. 103 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 5: He could see the favor on his life. One time, 104 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 5: David was playing the heart for Saul, trying to make 105 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 5: him feel better. Saul threw a spirit at David and 106 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: barely missed him. 107 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 4: David had to run for his life. 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 5: He spent months in the desert in hiding, living in caves, 109 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 5: with Saul and his men constantly on his trail. 110 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 4: Trying to kill David. Wasn't fair. David hadn't done anything wrong. 111 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 4: He was being good to Saul. 112 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 5: You would think that God would stop Saul, vindicate David 113 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 5: and put him on the throne like he promised, But 114 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 5: God doesn't always do things the same way. 115 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: For some victories. 116 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 5: We have to prove to God that will do the 117 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 5: right thing when the wrong thing is happening. We have 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 5: to be good to people when they're not being good 119 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 5: to us. We have to stay in faith when it's unfair, 120 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 5: when it's taking longer than it should, when we don't 121 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 5: see how it could work out. How bad do you 122 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 5: want what God promised you? 123 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 4: If you give up easily, you didn't want it bad enough. 124 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 5: If you let people discourage you bad breaks talk you 125 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 5: out of it, delays, cause you to quit believing, then 126 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 5: you're going to. 127 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 4: Miss what God has for you. There are two. 128 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 5: Kinds of faith, delivering faith and sustaining faith. Delivering faith 129 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: is when God instantly turns it around. That's when we 130 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 5: defeat our goliath. 131 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 4: We don't have to wait, we don't have to endure. 132 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 5: God suddenly shows out in our life. But most of 133 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 5: the time we're going to need sustaining faith. That's when 134 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 5: God takes us through the difficulty, through the challenge. He 135 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 5: could turn it around right now, He could change it instantly. 136 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 5: But if he did that every time, our faith would 137 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: never develop. 138 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: It wouldn't grow like it should. 139 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 5: Something happens in the struggle when our mind tells us 140 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 5: it's never going to work out, but in our heart 141 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 5: we know what God promised is on the way. Our 142 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 5: mind says you're wasting your time, there's no use even 143 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 5: believing anymore. But you just keep on keeping on trusting God, 144 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: thanking him that it's on the way. 145 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 4: That's sustaining faith. 146 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 5: Now, don't think that everything is going to be easy. 147 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 5: Don't expect every person to be for you. Just because 148 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 5: it hasn't happened yet doesn't. 149 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: Mean it's not going to happen. 150 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 5: The victory is on the other side of the opposition. 151 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 5: It takes staying power, a made up mind, someone that's 152 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 5: not moved by the circumstances. At one point, David saw 153 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 5: Saul and his men sleeping. He snuck up on them, 154 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 5: and he could have easily taken Saul's life. This was 155 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 5: his big chance to get revenge, to pay him back, 156 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 5: but David wouldn't do it. Saul had been anointed to 157 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 5: be the king, David knew. 158 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 4: To touch, not God's anointed. 159 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 5: Had David taken matters into his own hands, that would 160 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 5: have kept. 161 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 4: Him from the throne. 162 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 5: You have to pass the test of honoring those who 163 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 5: are in authority, not because they're doing what's right, but 164 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 5: because of their position. It's easy to be disrespectful to 165 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 5: people when they're being disrespectful to us. It's easy to 166 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 5: want to vindicate ourselves. Here's my big chance to pay 167 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 5: them back, to make them look bad after all they 168 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 5: did it to me. 169 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 4: No, stay on the high road. Let God be your vindicator. 170 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 4: Let him pay your enemies back. 171 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 5: God sees what's happening, He sees every wrong, every injustice. 172 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 5: If you'll leave it up to God, he'll vindicate you. 173 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 4: Better than you can vindicate yourself. 174 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 5: Month after month, David kept doing the right thing. He 175 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 5: could have been sour God. It was easy to defeat Goliath. 176 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 5: Why is this taking so long? David understood some opposition. 177 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 4: You have to outlast. 178 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 5: If you get discouraged, worn down, it's never going to happen. 179 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 4: You'll miss what God God has in store. 180 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 5: Thirteen years after David was chosen to be king, after 181 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 5: all the hiding being mistreated. 182 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: Saul was killed in a battle. 183 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 5: He was suddenly taken away and David became the king. 184 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: What's interesting is David never defeated Saul. He simply outlasted him. 185 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 5: When you let God fight your battles. He'll get you 186 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 5: to where you're supposed to be. Now, some of the 187 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 5: challenges that you're facing. You're being your best, but things 188 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 5: aren't improving. Like David, you have to outlast that opposition. 189 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 5: Don't worry about defeating it. If you'll just outlast it, 190 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 5: you'll see the victory. 191 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 4: God will take care of your sauls. 192 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 5: You keep honoring God and you won't even have to fight. 193 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 5: God will move the wrong people out of the way. 194 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 5: He'll open doors that you couldn't open. He'll turn the 195 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 5: situation in your health around. Now, outlast the sickness, outlast 196 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 5: the loneliness, outlast the trouble at work. You have to 197 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 5: tap into your staying power. Friend of mine works for 198 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 5: this big company. For years, his supervisor was against him. 199 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 5: It was always putting him down, making him look bad. 200 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 5: This supervisor even went to the main boss and tried 201 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 5: to get this man fired, but the boss wouldn't do it. 202 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 5: The boss took all of his other recommendations. 203 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 4: Why wouldn't he take this one? 204 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 5: Because God is in control of your life, not people, 205 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: not the sickness, not the addiction. 206 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 4: God has the final say. 207 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 5: This supervisor was always spreading rumors about this man trying 208 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 5: to poison him in front of all the other employees. 209 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 5: But this man just kept doing the right thing, overlooking offenses, 210 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 5: being good to people. One morning, this supervisor was called 211 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 5: into the main office. 212 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 4: He'd been with the company over twenty years. 213 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 5: Looked like he would retire there, but that day he 214 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,359 Speaker 5: was unexpectedly terminated. 215 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 4: They let him go. A few minutes later, they called 216 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 4: my friend in. 217 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 5: Out of all the people there, they gave him the 218 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 5: supervisor's job. He said, Joel, I wasn't qualified for the position. 219 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 5: There were others in front of me, but for some reason, 220 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 5: they chose me to head up this department. 221 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: The scripture says. 222 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 5: The trap the enemy set for you, they will fall 223 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 5: in themselves. You may have people against you trying to 224 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 5: just treadit. You make you look bad. You don't have 225 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 5: to fight those battles. Just outlast the opposition. Keep doing 226 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 5: the right thing, keep being faithful each day, and God 227 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 5: will take care of who's trying to stop you. Are 228 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 5: you upset over what's not changing? You're praying, believing, but. 229 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: It's not proved. 230 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 5: It's because that's not a goliath, that's a saul. 231 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 4: You can't pray it away. You can't make it work out. 232 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 4: You have to outlast it. Now trust God's timing. 233 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 5: God knows what he promised you, he knows what he 234 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 5: put on the inside, and at the right time. 235 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 4: It will come to pass. 236 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 5: God told Moses in the Book of Exodus to go 237 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 5: tell the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. 238 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 4: They had been in slavery for many years. 239 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 5: Moses told God that he didn't want to go, that 240 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 5: Pharaoh wouldn't listen to him. He finally went, but it 241 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 5: was just like Moses thought. The Pharaoh basically laughed at him, 242 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 5: said Moses, who. 243 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 4: Are you to tell me what to do? 244 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 5: You have no authority here. I don't have to listen 245 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 5: to you. Moses went back and said, God, I told 246 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 5: you he wouldn't listen. I told you it wouldn't work out. 247 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: What's interesting is the scripture says. 248 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 4: That God God caused Pharaoh. 249 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 5: To be stubborn so he could show his power in 250 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 5: a greater way. God had Moses go back again and again, 251 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 5: but he already knew Pharaoh would say no. He caused 252 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 5: him to harden his heart. Moses could have said, God, 253 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 5: I give up. I'm doing what you asked me to do. 254 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 5: But it's not making a difference. No, he just kept 255 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 5: doing the right thing even though nothing was changing. Everything 256 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 5: in him said, you're wasting your time. 257 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 4: It would have happened by now. This man's never going 258 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 4: to change his mind. He had to outlast Pharaoh's stubbornness. 259 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 5: I wonder if you're frustrated by an enemy that God. 260 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 4: Is causing to be stubborn. 261 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: He's not letting it work out yet because He's going 262 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 5: to use that situation to catapult you to a new level. 263 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 4: All you can see is nothing is improving. 264 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 5: What you can't see is what God is about to do. 265 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 4: The doors he's about. 266 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,239 Speaker 5: To open, the healing, the favor, the vindication, the breakthrough. 267 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: Now you may have some stubborn enemies, the good news 268 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 5: they are not too stubborn for our God. 269 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 4: He would not have allowed it if he wasn't going 270 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 4: to bring you out better. 271 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 5: Now you have to get your fire back, dig your 272 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 5: heels in a little bit deeper, and show the enemy 273 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 5: you're more determined than he is. God didn't bring you 274 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 5: this far to leave you. He didn't let Pharaoh say no. 275 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 5: Because he's more powerful. God is setting you up to 276 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 5: show out. 277 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 4: In your life. 278 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 5: He allowed the opposition not to stop you, but to 279 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 5: promote you. Now, you need to be more stubborn in 280 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 5: your faith than the stubborn things that come against you. 281 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 5: That sickness may be stubborn. You can't seem to get well. 282 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 5: That's okay. I'm more stubborn than the sickness. I will 283 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 5: live and not die. 284 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 4: Father. 285 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 5: Think you that you're restoring health back into me. Thank 286 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 5: you the number of my days you will fulfilled. That 287 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 5: financial difficulty is stubborn. It's been in my family line 288 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 5: for generations. But can I tell you I'm more stubborn. 289 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 5: I will lend and not borrow. Father, think you that 290 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 5: abundance is coming my way. Thank you that what I've 291 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 5: touched prospers and succeeds. Moses went back and told the 292 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 5: Pharaoh again and again to let them go. But Pharaoh 293 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 5: was stubborn. Yet Moses was more stubborn. Every time the 294 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: enemy tells you no, you need to go back and 295 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 5: tell him yes one more time. Don't let the enemy 296 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 5: have the last word. Keep speaking faith over your life, 297 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: keep declaring favor, keep calling yourself blessed, healthy, strong, victorious. 298 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 5: Pharaoh decided to let the Israelites go, and these two 299 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 5: million people headed toward the Promised Land. 300 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 4: Wasn't long before. 301 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 5: Pharaoh changed his mind and came chasing after them. It 302 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 5: looked like a setback, but really God was setting them up. 303 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 5: They were at a dead end at the Red Sea. 304 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 5: They had nowhere to go. But just because you've run 305 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 5: out of options doesn't mean God has run out of options. 306 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 5: God told the Israelites, the enemies you see today you 307 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 5: will see no more. The Red Sea parted, the Israelites 308 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 5: went through on dry ground. 309 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: When Pharaoh and the army. 310 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 5: Came chasing, the waters closed up. They were all drowned. 311 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 5: They saw those enemies no more. You may have situations 312 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 5: that look like they'll never work out. God is saying 313 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 5: to you what he said to them. That depression, you're 314 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 5: about to see it no more. That is not your destiny. 315 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 5: Uggle in your finances you can't get ahead. You're about 316 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 5: to see the enemy of lack no more. God's about 317 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 5: to release you into abundance. 318 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 4: The sickness that's been hindering you. 319 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 5: The addiction, the loneliness, the anxiety. You might as well 320 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 5: have a going away party. You're going to see them 321 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 5: no more. This is a new day. God is doing 322 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 5: a new thing. Now, keep this tenacity down in your spirit. 323 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 5: This is not the time to be tired and weak 324 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 5: and run down. You've been armed with strength for every battle. 325 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 4: You are not weak. You are well able to outlast 326 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 4: what's trying to stop you. 327 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 5: Over these last twenty years that I've been pastoring, I've 328 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 5: had to learn to outlast some things. When I first 329 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 5: stepped up to minister, every thought told me that I 330 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 5: couldn't do it, that I wasn't qualified, that I didn't. 331 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 4: Have the talent. 332 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 5: I tried to push those thoughts down, but they came 333 00:18:59,160 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 5: right back up. 334 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 4: They were stubborn. 335 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 5: I couldn't pray them away. I couldn't believe them away. 336 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 5: I had to outlast the insecurity, outlast the fear, outlast 337 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 5: the intimidation. 338 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 4: I wish I could tell. 339 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 5: You, if you had enough faith, you would never have 340 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 5: to fight fear or anxiety or people being against you. 341 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 4: That's not the case. Some things you just have to outlast. 342 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 5: You have to be more determined than what's trying to 343 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 5: hold you back. Twenty years later, I don't fight those 344 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 5: same thoughts. The enemies I saw back then, I don't 345 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 5: see today. 346 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 4: What am I saying don't get stuck in the middle. 347 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 5: Don't believe the lies that where you are is permanent. 348 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 5: You'll always be that way. Outlast the opposition, keep believing, 349 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 5: keep reprogramming your mind, keep thanking God that He's bigger than. 350 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 4: What you're facing. 351 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 5: A few years after I started pastoring, the church begin 352 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 5: to really grow and more people started watching them. That's great, 353 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 5: but with all the exposure comes more critics, people that 354 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 5: don't understanding, people that don't want you to succeed. At first, 355 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 5: I didn't know how it was going to work out. 356 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 5: Seemed like every week someone was coming against us, trying 357 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: to discredit us. But I never debated with people. I 358 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 5: never tried to change their minds. I just kept running 359 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 5: my race, honoring God, being the best. 360 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 4: That I could be. 361 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 5: It was about ten years in that I felt. 362 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 4: Something lift off of me. 363 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 5: It was like God said, all right, Joel, you've outlasted 364 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 5: your critics. 365 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 4: You passed this test. 366 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 5: Now the enemies you see today you won't see anymore. 367 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 5: And yes, sure I still have a few critics, maybe 368 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 5: a couple, but people. 369 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 4: Can't stop your destiny. 370 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 5: God being for you is more than the world being 371 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 5: against you. My encouragement don't fight with your critics, just 372 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 5: outlast them. Let your action speak for you. Let your 373 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 5: success do the talking. Paul said in Ephesians having done 374 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 5: all to stand. He was saying, when you've done everything 375 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 5: you can, You've done your best to get well, You've 376 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 5: been good to people that weren't good to you. You've 377 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 5: worked hard and haven't seen increase. 378 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 4: What do you do? Get upset? Discourage, give up? No, 379 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: just stand. 380 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 5: Standing is trusting God, knowing that He is in control. 381 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 5: When you're standing, you're not frustrated by what's not happening. 382 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 5: You're not complaining because it's taking so long. 383 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 4: You're at peace, you're at rest. 384 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 5: You know what God started in your life, He's going 385 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 5: to finish. He amplified says, stand, firm, immovable. That means 386 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 5: you're not moved by the man report. You're not moved 387 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 5: by how your child is acting. You're not moved by 388 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 5: the contract that didn't go through. 389 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 4: You're steadfast. 390 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 5: You keep believing, you keep thanking God, you keep being 391 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 5: your best. Quitting is not an option. Giving up is 392 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 5: not in your mindset. You know what God promised is 393 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 5: on the way. If it's not happening, no big deal. 394 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 5: You just keep standing. Somebody asked, are you still believing 395 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 5: to get well? You've had that sickness a long time. 396 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 5: I saw the medical report. What are you going to do. 397 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 5: I'm going to stand. I'm going to trust God. I'm 398 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 5: going to thank him that healing is coming. I'm going 399 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 5: to keep declaring that I'm healthy, whole and strong. Well, 400 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 5: how long are you going to stand? I'm going to 401 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 5: stand until I see what God promised me come to pass. 402 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 4: God is looking for people who. 403 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 5: Have stubborn faith. Anybody can get discovered. Anybody can give 404 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 5: up and say. Pharaoh said, no, if you're going to 405 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 5: reach your destiny, you have to make up your mind. 406 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 5: You're going to stand, no matter what comes against you, 407 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 5: and no matter how long it takes. The apostle Paul 408 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 5: outlasted betrayals, shipwrecks, beatings, being lied about. 409 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 4: He had plenty of opportunities to get stuck. 410 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 5: He could have said, God, it's not fair all these 411 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 5: things have come against me. 412 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 4: Instead, he had stubborn faith. 413 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 5: He said in Acts twenty, none of these things move me. 414 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 5: He was saying, I'm not moved by the opposition. He 415 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 5: wasn't moved by how unfair it was, by how long. 416 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 4: It was taking. He just kept standing. 417 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 5: He went on to write over half of the books 418 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 5: in the New Testament. We need to get to the 419 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 5: place where we can say, like Paul, none of these 420 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: things move me. Not moved by the economy, not moved 421 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 5: by what's not working out. 422 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 4: I have a made up mind. 423 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 5: I'm going to keep standing, keep believing, keep trusting. I'm 424 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 5: going to outlast what's trying to stop me. And this 425 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 5: is one time where it's good to be stubborn. You 426 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 5: are not going to be talked out of what God 427 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 5: put in your heart. I was at the beach one 428 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 5: time when our children were small. Alexandra was three and 429 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 5: Jonathan was six. We were having a fun time making 430 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 5: castles in the sand when this little yellow bumblebee came 431 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 5: and landed right beside us. 432 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 4: Well. 433 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 5: Alexandra screamed and took off running, and I just swatted 434 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 5: him out of the way and we went back to playing. 435 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 5: Thirty seconds later, he was right back, flying all around us. 436 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 5: The kids started screaming. I got my towel and I 437 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 5: swatted him down to the ground. I thought, I showed 438 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 5: him whose boss. A minute later, there he was again, 439 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 5: man just buzzing all around annoying us. This time, I 440 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 5: not only swatted him to the ground, but I got 441 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 5: my tennis shoe and I squashed him into the sand. 442 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 4: As hard as I could. 443 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 5: I thought, I'm tired of dealing with him. A couple 444 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 5: of minutes later, I looked over just to make sure 445 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 5: he was still dead. I couldn't believe it. I saw 446 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 5: one wing barely start to move. Then another wing came 447 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 5: up out of the sand. He walked around for a 448 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 5: few seconds like he was in a daze. I was amazed, 449 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 5: not only that he was still alive, but that he 450 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 5: could get back up again. About that time, he took off, 451 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 5: flying in the air away from me, and just when 452 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 5: I thought I was done with him, he turned around 453 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 5: and headed right back toward us. I thought, you've gotta 454 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 5: be kidding. This bee is like the terminator. 455 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 4: I'll be back. He came and. 456 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 5: Buzzed by my head like four or five times. I 457 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 5: had to dodge to get out of the way. Alexander said, Daddy, 458 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 5: get the towel. I said, no, Alexandra, this bee deserves 459 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 5: to live. I'm a thousand times bigger than him, and 460 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 5: I still can't kill him. When life tries to push 461 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 5: you down, step on your dreams, squash your health. You've 462 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 5: got to do like that little bumblebee and get back 463 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 5: up again, out last what's trying to defeat you. The 464 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 5: power in you is greater than any power that's trying 465 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 5: to stop you. The scripture says a good person falls 466 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 5: seven times but gets back up again. You have come 467 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 5: back power. God wouldn't have allowed the adversity if it 468 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 5: was going to finish you off. It's just another step 469 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 5: on the way to your destiny. We see this with Joseph. 470 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 5: He was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit, 471 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: sold into slavery, put in prison, falsely accused. It was 472 00:26:55,359 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 5: one bad break after another, thirteen years of injustice disappointments. 473 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 4: Surely he would be bitter, discouraged. No, Joseph understood. He 474 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 4: just kept standing, kept doing the right thing. 475 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 5: One day, while he was in prison for something that 476 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 5: he didn't do, the guards came and said the Pharaoh 477 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 5: wanted to. 478 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 4: See him, the leader of the country. 479 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 5: Joseph didn't have an appointment with him, he had never 480 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 5: met the man. But when it's your time to be promoted, 481 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 5: all the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. When 482 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 5: you pass the test of outlasting the opposition, the promotion 483 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 5: will come looking for you, the healing will come to you. 484 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 5: The right people will find you. Joseph went and interpreted 485 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 5: the dream for the Pharaoh. He was so impressed he 486 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 5: made Joseph the Prime Minister of Egypt. When we study 487 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 5: Joseph's life, we realized God wasn't asking him to defeat 488 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 5: his brothers. 489 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 4: He wasn't asking him. 490 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 5: To break out of the pit to escape captivity. 491 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 4: God was simply asking him to outlast the opposition. 492 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 5: That all had to happen for him to become the 493 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 5: prime minister. And some of the challenges that you're facing, 494 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 5: the things that are bothering you, that are not changing, 495 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 5: God is not asking you to overcome them. He's just 496 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 5: asking you to outlast them. It's all a part of 497 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 5: his plan. It's necessary to get you to your destiny. 498 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 5: And yes, the Pharaohs can be stubborn. Things may not 499 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 5: be improving. Yet to stay encouraged. God is still in control. 500 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 5: He has you in the palm of his hand. What 501 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 5: he promised you is on the way. Now do your 502 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 5: part and keep standing. Don't be moved by what's not changing. 503 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 5: Have this stubborn faith if you'll do this, I believe 504 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 5: and declare, like with Joseph, things are going to suddenly 505 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,959 Speaker 5: change in your favor. 506 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 4: You didn't see it coming. 507 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 5: Breakthroughs, healing, vindication, promotion, the fullness of your destiny in 508 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say amen? 509 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 4: Today? 510 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 5: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 511 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 5: Jesus the lord of your life. 512 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 513 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, come into my heart. 514 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. 515 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 516 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 5: got born again. 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