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Now you can handle what you couldn't 38 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 6: handle in the past. What used to bother you doesn't 39 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 6: bother you anymore. 40 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. 41 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 42 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 6: the ministry. 43 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 7: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 44 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 7: blessing and share. 45 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 4: It with a friend. 46 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 6: Reappreciate you and worry for God's very best in your life. Well, 47 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 6: God bless you always a joy to come into your homes. 48 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 6: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 49 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 6: be a part of one of our services. 50 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 4: I'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 51 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 52 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 6: about these two men, Archie and Jack. They had debated 53 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 6: their whole life as to whether Jesus was white or black. 54 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 4: Archie was certain he was white. Jack was just as 55 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 4: sure he was black. 56 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 6: As fate would have it, they both died on the 57 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 6: same day. Rushed to the pearly gates, they said, Saint Peter, please, 58 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 6: we've been arguing our whole life. Tell Us, is Jesus 59 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 6: white or is he black? About that time, Jesus stepped 60 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 6: up and said, Buenos dias, say it like you mean it. 61 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 6: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 62 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will. 64 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 4: Be taught the word of God. 65 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 6: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 67 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 4: bless you. 68 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about how everything 69 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 6: serves his plan. We all have things happen to us 70 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 6: in life that we don't understand, things that are taking 71 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 6: longer than they. 72 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 4: Should, doors that have closed, We. 73 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 6: Worked hard, but we didn't get the promotion, or people 74 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 6: that have turned on us. A coworker said, untrue things, 75 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 6: and now it's set us back. It's easy to live 76 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 6: frustrated and fight against everything. We don't like God, Why 77 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 6: is this happening? When are you going to turn it around? 78 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 6: We think that it's holding us back. But Psalm one 79 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 6: nineteen says everything serves his plan, not just the good things, 80 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 6: not just the times you're promoted, the times things are 81 00:03:59,040 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 6: changing in your face. 82 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 4: We know that's serving God's plan. We're moving forward. 83 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 6: What we don't always realize is the delays are serving 84 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 6: his plan. The betrayals are serving his plan. The person 85 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 6: that walked away is serving his plan. That door that closed, 86 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 6: that contract that didn't go through. 87 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 4: If that wouldn't have happened, you couldn't reach your destiny. 88 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 4: You wanted it so badly. 89 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 6: What you couldn't see was God had something better. He 90 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 6: loves you too much to let you miss your purpose. 91 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 4: You may not like it. 92 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 6: It doesn't seem fair, but it's serving his plan. That 93 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 6: silent season where you're doing the right thing and nothing 94 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 6: is improving, you're being overlooked, people with less experience, less 95 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 6: talent passing you by. 96 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 4: That's an important time. 97 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 6: You're being developed, you're getting stronger. Without that season, you 98 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 6: wouldn't be prepared for what coming. And when you understand 99 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 6: that everything serves his plan, then you won't live frustrated 100 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 6: when something unfair happens. You won't get upset because you didn't. 101 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 4: Get your way. 102 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 6: You realized the closed door wasn't a bad break, It 103 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 6: was God shutting the door. The person that walked away 104 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 6: wasn't a coincidence. 105 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 4: It was God moving them away. 106 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 6: They were serving his plan. When someone serves you dinner, 107 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 6: they're doing. 108 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 4: You a favor. They bring you the food, they make 109 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 4: sure you have. 110 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 6: Water, they clean up the dishes. They're working for you, 111 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 6: helping you. We need to see difficulties in a new light. 112 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 6: That person at the office that's against you, always trying 113 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 6: to make you look bad next time they do something unfair, 114 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 6: Instead of being upset, under your breath, just whisper thank you. 115 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 4: You just served me. 116 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 6: You can't reach your destiny without opposition, without closed doors, 117 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 6: without betrayals. Why are you upset over something that's designed. 118 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 4: To move you forward. 119 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 6: It may be uncomfortable, you may not like it, but 120 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 6: it's serving you. God wouldn't have allowed it if he 121 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 6: didn't have a purpose. Nothing can happen to you without 122 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 6: his permission. Before Jesus could be crucified and rise from 123 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,559 Speaker 6: the dead, he had to be betrayed. Somebody had to 124 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 6: make things up, say bad things about him. 125 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 4: He had done no wrong. 126 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 6: If everyone would have loved Jesus, if everyone would have 127 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 6: been for him, we wouldn't have salvation. 128 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 4: Part of the plan for his life. 129 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 6: Was to have opposition, people that didn't understand him. It's 130 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 6: not a coincidence that Judas, one of his twelve disciples, 131 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 6: a person Jesus had handpicked, decided to betray him. Judas 132 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 6: didn't come up with that on his own. He was 133 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 6: a paw in the hand of God. He was serving Jesus' destiny. 134 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 6: What if Jesus would have said, Father, this isn't fair. 135 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 4: I'm doing the right thing. 136 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 6: But my own disciple betrayed me. Jesus understood without the betrayal, 137 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 6: he couldn't fulfill his purpose. And when the soldiers came 138 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 6: to arrest Jesus, they didn't know what he looked like. 139 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 6: Judas said, I'll identify him by giving him a kiss. 140 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 6: Judas walked over like nothing was wrong and greeted Jesus 141 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 6: with a kiss. That kiss not only pointed Jesus out, 142 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 6: but it was a significant moment that helped unlock his destiny. 143 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 6: You could say that Judas did more for Jesus than 144 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 6: any of the other disciples. Without the betrayal, we wouldn't 145 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 6: have salvation. None of us like opposition, people coming against us, 146 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 6: trying to make. 147 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 4: Us look bad. How do you know that judas kiss 148 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 4: is not about to unlock your destiny? 149 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 6: How do you know that closed door, that bad break, 150 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 6: that disappointment is not setting. 151 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: You up for something that you've never seen. You may 152 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: not like it, but it's serving his plan. 153 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 6: That coworker that always gets on your nerves. You've been 154 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 6: praying for six years for God to move them away. 155 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 4: You know why they haven't moved. They're serving you. God 156 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 4: is using them like sandpaper to rub the rough edges 157 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 4: off of you. 158 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 6: You're growing, You're learning to be kind, to be patient, 159 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 6: to overlook an offense. The scripture says our steps are 160 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 6: being ordered by the Lord. It doesn't say they're being suggested. 161 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 6: If you weren't supposed to be there. 162 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 4: You wouldn't be there. 163 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 6: God allowed it because it's necessary. 164 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 4: To move you into your purpose. Don't be upset over 165 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 4: that person that's trying to make you look bad. 166 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 6: You need them to reach your destiny. Don't be discouraged 167 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 6: over the door that closed. It wasn't a coincidence. It's 168 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 6: positioning you for something bigger. God doesn't take us in 169 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 6: a straight line from A to B to C. Sometimes 170 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 6: he'll take it from A to B, then up to M, 171 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 6: then back to D, then up to R. It may 172 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 6: not make sense. Sometimes it's going. 173 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 4: To feel like you're going backwards. 174 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 6: You have to trust him when you don't understand, you 175 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 6: have to know everything is serving his plan. 176 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 4: That's why Paul said all. 177 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 6: Things work together for good to those that love the Lord. 178 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 4: All things may not be good. The sickness isn't good, 179 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 4: the loss isn't good. 180 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 6: But the promise is it's going to work out for 181 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 6: your good. 182 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 4: Now. 183 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 6: The test is, while God is working it out, while 184 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 6: it's not good, will you stay in faith when you 185 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 6: don't see any sign of it improving, when it's unfair, 186 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 6: when it's uncomfortable, will you believe that God is still 187 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 6: on the throne, that he's working behind the scenes, that 188 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 6: what he started in your life he's going to finish. 189 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 6: This is what Joseph did as a teenager. His brothers 190 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 6: were jealous of him and threw him into a pit. 191 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 4: They were going to leave him there. 192 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 6: To die, but they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites traveling. 193 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 4: By, and they decided to sell him. 194 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 6: Joseph never dreamed he would become a slave working in 195 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 6: a foreign country. 196 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 4: Look like God had forgotten about him. 197 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 6: At one point, the wife of the man he worked 198 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 6: for falsely accused him. 199 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 4: Lied about him. 200 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 6: He was put in prison for something that he didn't do. 201 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 6: Joseph had plenty of reasons to live bitter, but you 202 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 6: never read where he complained. 203 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 4: You never read where he had a bad attitude. 204 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 6: He understood this principle that everything was Sir His plan. 205 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 6: Thirteen years later, after all the detours, delays, betrayals, just 206 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 6: like God promised, he became the Prime Minister of Egypt. 207 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 6: What's interesting is if any of those bad breaks had 208 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 6: not happened. If his brothers had not been jealous, if 209 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 6: he had not been thrown into a pit, if he 210 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 6: had not been sold as a slave, if the wife 211 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 6: had not lied about him, if he had not been 212 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 6: put in prison, he would have. 213 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 4: Never made it to the throne. Every step was necessary. 214 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 4: They were all instrumental. 215 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 6: The things you don't like, the things that are not fair, 216 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 6: the things that are taken longer than they should. 217 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 4: Life with Joseph, they are serving his plan. They are 218 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 4: leading you to your destiny. 219 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 6: Many years later, the brothers came to the palace looking 220 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 6: for food during a great famine. Joseph was in charge 221 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 6: of the food, so that's why he said to his brothers, 222 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 6: don't worry, I'm not going to harm you. You meant 223 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 6: this for evil, but God intended it for good. 224 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 4: God will use. 225 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 6: People being against you to move you into your purpose. 226 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,599 Speaker 4: That's why you shouldn't take it personally. 227 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 6: You need a judas kiss to reach your destiny. You 228 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 6: need people that try to throw you into the pit, 229 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 6: discredit you, push you down so you can take your throne. 230 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 6: If Joseph's brothers betraying him would have kept him from 231 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 6: becoming the Prime Minister, God would have never allowed it. 232 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 6: People can't override what God has ordained for you. Bad breaks, detours, 233 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 6: delays injustice. They're not stopping your destiny, just the opposite, 234 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 6: They're moving you into your destiny. Few years after Victorian 235 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 6: and I were married, we received an unexpected tax bill 236 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 6: in the mail. The person that did our tax returns 237 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 6: lived in another state. He was unfamiliar with a certain 238 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:07,479 Speaker 6: law in Texas. 239 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 4: Now we owed thousands of dollars. 240 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 6: We were a young couple saving up for a down 241 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 6: payment on a house. 242 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 4: This was going to take all of our funds. Not 243 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 4: only that, about half of what we owed was because 244 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 4: of penalties. I thought, God, this is not fair. I 245 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 4: hired a professional. He messed up. Now I'm having to 246 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 4: pay for his mistakes. 247 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 6: We ended up finding a man to help us get 248 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 6: it straightened out. 249 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: He's a tax attorney. 250 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 6: For several weeks he was at our house every night 251 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 6: for hours. We were going over documents, filling out new forms. 252 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: We became good friends. Well. 253 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 6: Ten years later, I was working at the church for 254 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 6: my father in the television department. Someone offered us a 255 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 6: construction permit for the last full power television station in Houston, 256 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 6: a station in a big. 257 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 4: Market, of course is very valuable. 258 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 6: But I didn't know anything about buying a construction permit. 259 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 6: Then I thought, I'll call my attorney friend, the one 260 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 6: I met during the tax issue. Six months later, we 261 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 6: had a signed contract, we owned the station. 262 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 4: We put it on the air. Everything was great. 263 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 6: Eventually my father went to be with the Lord and 264 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 6: I became the pastor was three years after that we 265 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 6: acquired the Compact Center. It was going to cost one 266 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 6: hundred million dollars to renovate. We decided to sell the station. 267 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 6: We sold it for a significant profit. Those funds were 268 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 6: instrumental in us renovating this facility. But it all started 269 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 6: with the tax issue. 270 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: I couldn't see it at the time. I thought it 271 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 4: was a bad break. 272 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 6: I realize now it was all serving his plan. If 273 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 6: I hadn't had the tax problem, I would have never 274 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 6: met my attorney friend. Without the attorney, I would have 275 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 6: never pursued the station. Without the station, we may not 276 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 6: have had the funds to renovate this place. I wonder, 277 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 6: if you're upset over something that's serving his plan. A 278 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 6: door that closed, a person that walked away, a delay 279 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 6: that's taken longer than you thought, doesn't make sense. 280 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: Stay in peace. It's all a part of the plan. 281 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 6: It looks like it's hindering you, really it's helping you. 282 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 6: It feels like it's setting you back, but really it's 283 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 6: setting you up for something. 284 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 4: You've never seen. 285 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 6: God knows what you're going to need in the future. 286 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 6: I never dreamed I would be a pastor never dream 287 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 6: one day we would own the Compact Center. 288 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 4: But God knew that tax problem. 289 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 6: That was somebody else's fault. That looked like a bad break. 290 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: The truth is that was God ordering my steps into 291 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 6: something that was unfair. 292 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 4: And if you don't understand that everything. 293 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 6: Serves his plan, you'll get discouraged, bitter, give up on dreams. 294 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 6: This is what keeps many people from seeing what God 295 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 6: was up to behind the scenes. The reason Joseph saw 296 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 6: it all come together is he kept doing the right 297 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 6: thing when the wrong thing was happening. He kept being 298 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 6: good to people that weren't being good to him. 299 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 4: He passed the task. 300 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 6: Many of the challenges that you're facing now, the things 301 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 6: that don't make sense, they don't have anything. 302 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 4: To do with now. 303 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 6: It's positioning you for something in your future. If you 304 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 6: will stay in faith, you will see. 305 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 4: How God will begin to connect the dots. How it 306 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 4: was all strategically orchestrated a part of his plan. 307 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 6: There was a man out in his boat and big 308 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 6: storm came up and his boat capsized. He was able 309 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 6: to swim to the shore, but he ended up stranded 310 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 6: on a deserted island all by himself. Week after week 311 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 6: went by, and he was so miserable. He kept praying 312 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 6: and praying for God to send somebody, but it seemed like. 313 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 4: The heavens were silent. Just when he didn't think it 314 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 4: could get any worse. 315 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 6: One day, while he was out gathering food, when he 316 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 6: came back, the small thatched roof hut that he had 317 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 6: built somehow caught on fire. 318 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 4: He stood there and watched it go up in flames. 319 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 6: It was like pouring salt on the wound. He said, God, 320 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 6: I give up, ask you to help me, and one 321 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 6: bad thing after another happens. About an hour later, he 322 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 6: saw a boat way off. 323 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 4: In the distance. He perked up. 324 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 6: It kept getting closer and closer. Sure enough, it was 325 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 6: the Coastguard coming to rescue him. 326 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:51,719 Speaker 4: Couldn't believe it. 327 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 6: Ran out there and gave him a big hug. 328 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 4: Said how in the world. Did you find me? The 329 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 4: captain said, we saw the smoke coming to the fire 330 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 4: that you build. 331 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 6: Sometimes what we think is a disappointment is really God 332 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 6: positioning us. 333 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 4: For a new level. 334 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 6: I didn't like the tax issue, but. 335 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 4: I do like being in the compact center. 336 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 6: If your hut's on fire today, instead of being bitter complaining, 337 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 6: have a new perspective. It's serving His plan may not 338 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 6: make sense now. Being in the pit is uncomfortable. Being 339 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 6: falsely accused is not fair. The Judas kiss, the betrayal, 340 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 6: the closed doors can be discouraging. You have to keep 341 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 6: reminding yourself it's not working against. 342 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 4: You, it's working for you. 343 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 6: Sooner than later, you're going to see what God was 344 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 6: up to. A friend of mine had a dream to 345 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 6: play professional football. He's extremely talented, very fast, and athletic. 346 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 6: In high school, he was the star player, a running 347 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 6: back that broke me of. 348 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 4: The school records. His future looked very bright. 349 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 6: He started training harder than ever, getting ready for college. 350 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 6: Coaches from major universities would attend his games. His junior year, 351 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 6: he was offered a full scholarship to one of the 352 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 6: most prestigious football schools. 353 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 4: He was excited. 354 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 6: His dream was coming to pass, but during the fourth 355 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 6: game in his senior year, he was hit below the 356 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 6: knee and felt something pop. He tore his acl He 357 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 6: laid on the field in shock, knowing that his season 358 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 6: was over. 359 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 4: He'd never had an injury, never missed a game. He 360 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 4: was so disappointed. 361 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 6: And he was raised in a good family, but they 362 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 6: didn't know much about God. 363 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 4: They didn't have any kind of faith. That wasn't a. 364 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 6: Part of their life. A friend invited him to a 365 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 6: youth camp. When he heard the minister speak, he felt 366 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 6: something so strong on the inside. 367 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,719 Speaker 4: That night, he gave his life to Christ. 368 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 6: It was a complete turnaround in his life. After the surgery, 369 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 6: he was doing the rehab, trying to get back in shape, 370 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 6: but sitting on the sidelines watching his team play, he 371 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 6: began to feel new desires on the inside. He no 372 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 6: longer wanted to play football. He wanted to become a pastor. 373 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 6: Didn't make sense to his family his friends after years 374 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 6: of training so hard, but he knew he was supposed 375 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 6: to go into ministry. So he passed on the big 376 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,959 Speaker 6: football scholarship and he enrolled in a leadership college. Today, 377 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 6: our friend Nick Nilson is one of our pastors here 378 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 6: at Lakewood a great minister. 379 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: Nick told me, if he. 380 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 6: Had not had that injury, if God had not put 381 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 6: his football career on hold, he would have never pursued ministry. 382 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 6: God had to pause what Nick thought he wanted to 383 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 6: do and redirect him to what he was created to do. 384 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 6: But at first, you know he was disappointed. It didn't 385 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 6: make sense. 386 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 4: But you don't know what God is up to. 387 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 6: God will never close a door without opening a bigger 388 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 6: and a better door. What you're tempted to be upset 389 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 6: about today, If you'll keep the right attitude, one day 390 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 6: you'll look back and say, like Nick, Lord, thank you 391 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 6: for closing that door. 392 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 4: Now I can. 393 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 6: See what you were doing, taking me somewhere that I 394 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 6: never dreamed. 395 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 4: Thank you for moving that person out of my life. 396 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 4: I would have never met my amazing spouse. Thank you 397 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 4: for not letting that company hire me. I would have 398 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 4: never started my own business. 399 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 6: Nick says, I still love football, but I wouldn't change 400 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 6: a thing. 401 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 4: This is what I was born to do. Well, Joel, 402 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 4: why is this challenge taking so long? 403 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 6: Why is anything happening? When is it going to turn around? 404 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 6: Sometimes God is not removing the obstacle because he using 405 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 6: the obstacle. 406 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 4: To get us prepared. 407 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 6: He's training us to get us ready for where he's 408 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 6: taking us. We don't grow in the good times when 409 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 6: everything's going our way. Everyone is for us, things are 410 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 6: falling into place. We prefer that much better, but we 411 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 6: wouldn't reach our potential. 412 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 4: We grow when it's. 413 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 6: Difficult, when there's resistance. We're uncomfortable when we have to stretch. 414 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 6: That's why you can't pray away every challenge. 415 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 4: You can't pray away everything you don't like. 416 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 6: If the situation is not changing, then God is using the. 417 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 4: Situation to change you. 418 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 6: After Joshua died, the Israelites were in the Promised Land. 419 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 4: They were living their dream, but the scripture. 420 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 6: Says God left certain enemy armies in the land. He 421 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 6: did this to teach warfare to the next generation of Israelites, 422 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 6: who had no experience in battle. God could have had 423 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 6: Joshua and the previous generations clear the path, wipe out 424 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 6: all the opposition. The problem is this new generation, when 425 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 6: they faced. 426 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 4: An enemy army, they would have been defeated. 427 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 6: They wouldn't have had the strength, the experience, the training. 428 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 6: So God on purpose left obstacles in their path. If 429 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 6: God made everything easy for us, if we never had 430 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 6: a judas kiss, a betrayal, a closed door, we wouldn't 431 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 6: be ready for where we're going. God has amazing things 432 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 6: in your future, things you've never imagined. But to get there, 433 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 6: you're going to have to defeat some big giants, overcome 434 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 6: some big obstacles, outlast some strong opposition. 435 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 4: It's not going to happen if you're weak, if you 436 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 4: get overwhelmed. Why is this happening. 437 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 6: You have to stand strong and show the opposition that 438 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 6: you're more determined than they are. God didn't bring you 439 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 6: this far to leave you. That problem is not there 440 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 6: to stop you. It's there to prepare you. That challenge 441 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 6: is not going to defeat you. 442 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 4: It's going to promote you. Every day you stay in faith, 443 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 4: you thank. 444 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 6: God when nothing's happening, you do the right thing. When 445 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 6: it's not improving, your spiritual muscles are growing. You're getting stronger, 446 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 6: more determined, developing a greater trust in God. Instead of 447 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 6: complaining about what's not turning around, see that as an 448 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 6: opportunity to develop your faith. Don't just go through it, 449 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 6: grow through it. 450 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 4: It's serving His plan. 451 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 6: It's there to get you prepared now you have to 452 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 6: do your part. Keep the right attitude, keep doing the 453 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 6: right thing when the wrong thing is happening, Keep thanking 454 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 6: God when you don't see any sign of it. 455 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 4: Don't be discouraged. 456 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 6: Because nothing's happening on the outside. Something's happening on the inside. 457 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 4: You're getting stronger. 458 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 6: In the Scripture three Times, the apostle Paul prayed and 459 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 6: asked God to remove the thorn from his side, something 460 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,719 Speaker 6: that was bothering him. God could have easily removed it. 461 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 6: He parted red seas, he opened blind eyes. But God 462 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 6: said to Paul, my grace is sufficient for you. His 463 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 6: grace doesn't mean he's going to remove every challenge. Doesn't 464 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 6: mean that every opposition is going to let up. It 465 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 6: means he's going to increase your strength, so it doesn't 466 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 6: feel as difficult. As you get stronger, what you're up 467 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 6: against becomes easier. God didn't lessen what came against you. 468 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 6: He simply added to your strength. Now you can handle 469 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 6: what you couldn't handle in the past. What used to 470 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 6: bother you doesn't bother you anymore. 471 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 4: That coworker that. 472 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 6: Used to all always get on your nerves, sour your day. 473 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 6: He hasn't changed. He's still the same old jerk. I mean, 474 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 6: the same person. He didn't change. 475 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 4: But look at you, you've changed. 476 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 6: You. Don't let it steal your joy. You don't pay 477 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 6: any attention to it. What's happening, You're growing. The obstacle 478 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 6: is not changing. 479 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 4: But it's changing you. That's God's plan working. 480 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 6: You may have been dealing with situations for a long 481 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 6: time that are not improving. You're tempted to get tired 482 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 6: and worn down. I believe right now grace is coming 483 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 6: on you in a new way. God is breathing strength 484 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 6: into you, fresh vision, fresh passion, a second wind, so 485 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 6: you can outlast what's trying to stop you. Now you 486 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 6: have to tap into disgrace. 487 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 4: Don't go around. 488 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 6: Why did the door close? Why did these people betray me? 489 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 6: When is it going to change? Or turn it around? 490 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 4: Father? 491 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 6: Thank you that you're the race is sufficient for everything 492 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 6: that I'm facing. I may not understand it, but I 493 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 6: know it's serving your plan. Now. 494 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 4: I'm not going to just go through it. I'm going 495 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 4: to grow through it now. 496 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 6: I believe when it's all said and done, I'm not 497 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 6: only going. 498 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 4: To come out, I'm going to come out better. 499 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 6: The Psalmist said, all my troubles turned out for good. 500 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 6: God is saying to you today, everything that's come against 501 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 6: you is going to turn out for your good. The 502 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 6: Judas kiss didn't feel good, the betrayal, but it's going 503 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 6: to turn out good. It's leading you to a resurrection, 504 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 6: to something you've never seen. 505 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 4: The betrayal wasn't fair. 506 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 6: Being in the pit was uncomfortable, but it's taking you 507 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 6: to your palace, to new levels of influence. The football 508 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 6: injury was discouraging, The closed door was disappointing, But God's 509 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 6: about to open a door better than you've imagined. Perhaps 510 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 6: your hut is on fire today the medical reports not 511 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 6: child is off course. What you can't see is the 512 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 6: most tied God is on the way. Something that look 513 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 6: permanent is about to suddenly turn around. I'm asking you 514 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,719 Speaker 6: to trust him when you don't understand. 515 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,719 Speaker 4: Don't fight against everything you don't like, stay in peace. 516 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 4: Everything serves his plan. 517 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 6: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're about 518 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 6: to see God connect the dots. 519 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 4: Things that don't make sense are about to come together. 520 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 4: New levels of. 521 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 6: Favor, influence, opportunity, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny 522 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 6: in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you 523 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 6: say him in today? What I'd like to give you 524 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 525 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I 526 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 527 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 528 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 6: If you've prayed that super prayer, we believe you got 529 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 6: born again. 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