1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: be a blessing and. 5 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Share it with a friends. 6 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: your life. 8 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 10 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week to our 11 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,159 Speaker 2: daily podcast or YouTube channel and social media, and you 12 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 2: can come visit us in person. 13 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 14 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: of our services. 15 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: I'd like to talk with something funny and I heard 16 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: about this pastor that decided to skip church one Sunday 17 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 2: morning and. 18 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Go play golf. 19 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 2: He told his assistant that he wasn't feeling well and 20 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: drove to a golf course in another city where nobody 21 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: would know him. He teed off on the first hall, 22 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: a huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it 23 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: an extra hundred yards, and dropped it right in the 24 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: hole for a four hundred and fifty yard hole in one. 25 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: And Angel looked at God and said, what did you 26 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: do that for? Smiled and said, who's he going to tell? 27 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: All right? 28 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: Y'all saying like you mean it. This is my Bible. 29 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what 30 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 31 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 32 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 33 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 34 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to speak to 35 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: you today on your being talked about. God has already 36 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: lined up the right people to open doors for you 37 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: and to show you favor, to help you out of 38 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: a difficulty. Some dreams we can't accomplish on our own. 39 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: Some challenges we can't get through by ourselves. We tried 40 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: our best, but we couldn't start the business, or we 41 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: weren't able to break the addiction, or still haven't met 42 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: the right person. Seems like we're stuck. We don't see 43 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: any other options. 44 00:01:58,360 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: But what you can't see. 45 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: God is talking about you to other people. He's speaking 46 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: to them to be good to you. You may not 47 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: even know them. They're not in your contacts, but God 48 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: will cause them to see you. 49 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: He'll put you on their mind and give them the 50 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: desire to help you. 51 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: They may not know why, but suddenly they want to 52 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 2: put in a good word for you. They go out 53 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: of their way to help your child, lend their influence 54 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: to move you forward. These are not things that you 55 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: could make happen. This is the hand of God ordering 56 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 2: your steps and ordering the steps of. 57 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: The people you need. This is why you don't. 58 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: Have to live worried wondering how it's going to work out. 59 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: Discovery is over a situation that's not changing on your own. 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: You may be stuck, but you're not on your own. 61 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: God is working behind the scenes. He's speaking to people 62 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: right now to show you favor, to give you that 63 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: contract to be good to that loved one, to help 64 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: turn that problem around. 65 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: You don't have to try to manipulate people, strive. 66 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 2: And strain maybe they'll be good to me. That's going 67 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: to wear you out. That's not your job. That's God's job. 68 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: He will speak to people that you've never thought of. 69 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: Unlikely you didn't have a connection with that person. There 70 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 2: was no reason for them to even think about you. 71 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: But God put you on their mind. He gave them 72 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 2: the desire to be good to you. 73 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: And here's the key. Sometimes you don't even know they 74 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: did it. 75 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: You just see the good break, the promotion, the turnaround. 76 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: You don't realize behind the scenes, God used that person. 77 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: To orchestrate it all. 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: They put in a good word, they told the contract 79 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: to come to you. 80 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: They had mercy and the problem worked out. 81 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 2: God's been talking about you your whole life, to people, 82 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: whispering to them to be good to you, causing them 83 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: to notice you want to help, giving them that feeling 84 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: to go out of their way and make you shine. 85 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: When you understand this takes the pressure off striving and 86 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: straining thinking we're stuck or you can live from a 87 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 2: place of peace, a place of hope. 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 1: God, my life is in your hands. Lord. 89 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: I think that you've ordered my steps and the steps 90 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: of the people that I need. That you're speaking to 91 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 2: those who are instrumental to my destiny, making things happen 92 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: that I could never make happen. See, in life, we 93 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 2: all have times when people are talking about us. Normally 94 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: that's a negative connotation, but I want you to know 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: today that God is talking about you. 96 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 1: He has these destiny moments where. 97 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: He'll speak to people that will do things that thrust 98 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: you into your purpose. 99 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: We see this in the scripture with Ruth. 100 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 2: Her husband died at a young age and she became 101 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 2: a widow. 102 00:04:58,279 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: And she was so heartbroke. 103 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: Never dream life would turn out this way. And her 104 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: mother in law, Naomi, was a widow as well. Since 105 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: both of her sons had passed, she decided to move 106 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: back home to Bethlehem. She told Ruth and her other 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: daughter in law Orpah, to move back to their hometowns 108 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: and going with their life work. We headed out, but 109 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 2: Ruth said, no, Naomi, I'm not going to leave. I'm 110 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: going to go with you and take care of you. 111 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 2: They moved to Bethlehem. The problem was they didn't have 112 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 2: any resources, didn't have any way to buy food, and 113 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: looked like they weren't going to make it. So Ruth 114 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: got up early in the morning and went out into 115 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: the fields to pick up the leftover grain that the 116 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: workers had missed. She didn't know anyone, she didn't ask 117 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: for permission, She just took a chance, hoping that they 118 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: wouldn't make her leave. 119 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Out of all the fields. 120 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: She chose the one owned by a man named Boaz. 121 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 2: He was very influential, very wealthy. He lived in a 122 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 2: different city. He wouldn't be there, but the day Ruth 123 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: went out into the fields. 124 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: Verse four says, just then Boaz arrived. 125 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: Of all the times he could have come, he came 126 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 2: the very day that Ruth went out there. God knows 127 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 2: not only who you're going to need, but when you're 128 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 2: going to need them. He's ordering the steps of the 129 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: people that are necessary for your destiny. Quit worrying about 130 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: how it's going to work out. God's in control of 131 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: your life. He's working behind the scenes, arranging. 132 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: Exactly what you need. Here. 133 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: All these workers are out in the fields, acres and acres. 134 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: Hundreds of people. 135 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 2: Boaz looks out, and the first person he sees is Ruth. 136 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 2: She could have been hidden behind bushes, or blocked by 137 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: piles of weed, or on the other side of the hill. 138 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: God had her at the right place at the right time. 139 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 2: He caused Boaz to notice her. She could have blended 140 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 2: in look like all the other workers. But God knows 141 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 2: how to make you stand out. 142 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: He knows how to. 143 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 2: Draw people to you. You don't have to try to 144 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 2: get attention. Make yourself be seen. Be sure people know 145 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: you're there. Know what you can do. No, be still 146 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: and trust God to do it. Be your best where 147 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: you are, and he will. 148 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: Make you shine. 149 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: Ruth wasn't trying to manipulate things convince people to like her. 150 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 2: She was just gathering food to take care of her 151 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: mother in law, working hard, being a blessing, doing the 152 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: right thing when the wrong thing had happened. 153 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: She could have been bitter, angry. God, my husband died. 154 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: This is not fair, But in her time of need, 155 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: she was being a blessing to someone else. When life 156 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 2: throws you a curb, don't get bitter. Keep doing the 157 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: right thing. God sees the hurt, the loneliness. 158 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: What wasn't fair. That's not how your story ends. That's 159 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: just one chapter. Don't get stuck there. 160 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 2: Turn the page, keep going to work with the good attitude, 161 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: Keep being good to people when you don't feel like it, 162 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: Keep praising when you could be complaining. 163 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. 164 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: There's another chapter, a chapter of victory, a chapter of joy, 165 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: a chapter of beauty. 166 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: For those ashes. Verse five says Boas asked his workers, 167 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: who is that girl? 168 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: There were hundreds of people out in the field, no doubt, 169 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: many that he didn't know, but for some reason, his 170 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: attention was drawn to Ruth. They told him that she 171 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 2: was a widow that had moved there with her mother 172 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 2: in law, Naomi Boaz called his foreman over said in 173 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: verse fifteen, I want you to drop handfuls of wheat 174 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: on purpose for Ruth. Leave them in her path to 175 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 2: make it easy for her, make sure that no one 176 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 2: bothers her. 177 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 1: Before Ruth was having to. 178 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: Work hard and strain getting a little left over here 179 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 2: and there. Can imagine people were giving her a hard time. Lady, 180 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 2: what are you doing out here? 181 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: You got to leave. She wasn't wanted on edge, fearful. 182 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 2: Then all of a sudden, everyone was nice to her, accommodating. 183 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 2: Not only that there was more wheat than she could gather. 184 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 2: Wasn't a struggle trying to find a little leftover piece 185 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: here and there. 186 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: She had abundance. Overflow filled up one bag, then another 187 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: and another. Here's my point. 188 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 2: She's being blessed over a conversation that she knew nothing about. 189 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 2: She see an increase in favor because someone was talking 190 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: about her behind the scenes. 191 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: Someone put in a. 192 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: Good word that she had never met. She didn't know 193 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: why it was happening. She couldn't figure out what had changed. 194 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: All she knew is she had stepped into abundance that 195 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 2: she had never seen. You don't know who God has 196 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: talking about you. You don't know who he's going to cause 197 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: to notice you. Now, Joey, I think I'm stuck where 198 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 2: I am. I don't have any connections and my boss 199 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: doesn't even pay attention to me. 200 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: Your boss doesn't control the universe. People are not ordering 201 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: your steps. God is. 202 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 2: He's speaking to people about you that you know nothing about. 203 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: There are conversations happening where, like Ruth, you're going to 204 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: walk into favor, open doors, divine connections that you can't explain. 205 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: All of a sudden opportunity. The problem turns around abundance. 206 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: You think, why did this happen? 207 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: It's because God's talking about you. 208 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: He's orchestrating what you need to move you into your purpose. 209 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 2: When we were trying to acquire this place, the former 210 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 2: Compact Center, it was owned by the city. We needed 211 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 2: ten votes from the city council members. We had worked 212 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 2: for over a year, and we finally had all ten. 213 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: We were so happy. 214 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: Out of fifteen members we had convinced just enough. But 215 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: three days before the final vote, one of the council 216 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 2: members got so much pressure from the other side he 217 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 2: decided to be. 218 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: Out of town for the vote. Him not being there 219 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: meant we wouldn't get the facility. 220 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: It's the last council meeting of the year, the final 221 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 2: one for Mayor Brown, who had been so good to us, 222 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 2: and we were tempted to get discouragement. All this hard 223 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: work and now it looked like it wasn't going to happen. 224 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: The day before the vote, I went to see a 225 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 2: council member that had been against us the whole time. 226 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: I had given him my best speeches, told him how 227 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: we were going to be good for the city. 228 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: I'd put on all my charm, smiled my biggest smile. 229 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: None of that it worked. I thought, you know what, 230 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: I have nothing to lose. I'm gonna go see him 231 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: one more time. 232 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: I walked into the office, prepared for my big speech. 233 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, you don't have to say anything. I'm 234 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: going to vote for you. I thought I was hearing things. 235 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 2: I nearly passed out. He went on to tell how 236 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: the night before he received a call from an older 237 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: Jewish woman that had been a close friend of the 238 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 2: family when he was growing up, someone they greatly admired 239 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 2: and respected. 240 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: He had not spoken with her in over twenty years, 241 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: but she told him in no uncertain terms he was to. 242 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 2: Vote for Lakewood having the Compact Center. What's amazing is 243 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 2: I don't know the lady. I've never met her. I 244 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: didn't ask her to call. That was God speaking to 245 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 2: her about us. God working behind the scenes, giving her 246 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: that desire to pick up the phone and speak passionately 247 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: on our behalf. 248 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: I walked into the meeting that day. 249 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: Expecting contention, pushed back, having to debate, but I had 250 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 2: the victory and didn't even have to fight. 251 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: There were conversations. 252 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 2: Happening on my behalf that I knew nothing about, people 253 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: I had never spoken to, stepping in and using their 254 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: influence to open a door. You may have dreams that 255 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 2: look impossible, doors shut tightly. You don't have the experience, 256 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: the funds, But you don't know who God is speaking. 257 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: To about you. 258 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 2: You don't know who he's causing to notice you. 259 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: You are not doing life on your own. 260 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 2: The most high God is behind the scenes speaking to 261 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 2: people that you've never met and you may never meet, 262 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 2: to convince that company to do business with you, to 263 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: show mercy to your child, to introduce you to that 264 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 2: person where you fall in love. 265 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: God is working, not just. 266 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: Speaking to you, giving your wisdom direction, but he's speaking 267 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: to other people about you, and often at the time 268 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: you don't realize it. You just out in the fields 269 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: like Ruth being your best seems like it's always going 270 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 2: to be a struggle. 271 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: No sign of things changing. 272 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 2: But people are having conversations about you. God is whispering 273 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: your name in their ear, giving them the desire, that 274 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: impression to be good to you. That lady that called 275 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 2: for us, I don't think she really knew why she 276 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: did it. Maybe she saw on television, Hey, I like 277 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 2: their services. 278 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: She could have never known the impact of that one call. 279 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 2: Without her, we may not be in this building, We 280 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: may not have seen all the lives that were changed. 281 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 2: But God is not going to let you miss your destiny. 282 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 2: And there will be times that your over your head. 283 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 2: You're at your limits. You've done all you can. You prayed, 284 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: you believed, you worked hard. It's not improving. Don't worry. 285 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 2: God is speaking to the people, well you need that 286 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 2: can do what you can't do. 287 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: Your bo hazes, leave them handfuls on purpose. Your people 288 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: that need to call vote for them. Having the building. 289 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 2: Conversations are happening that you know nothing about. God is 290 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: speaking to people to open doors for you, to bring 291 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: contracts to help turn problems around. A couple of years 292 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 2: after I started ministering, Victoria and I went on vacation 293 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: to California with our two small children. 294 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: We'd been there a few. 295 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 2: Days, and that Sunday I woke up and watched a 296 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: local minister on television. 297 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: He was really good. I said, Victoria, let's go to 298 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: his church today. 299 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: Normally, when we're on vacation, we're not looking to go 300 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: to church. I know you think I'm holier than that, 301 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 2: but we're in church all the time. And it had 302 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: been so busy with my dad passing and all the 303 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 2: changes raising little children. But for some reason I wanted 304 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 2: to go to church. I went to the bellman to 305 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: get the car and I showed him the address and 306 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: the church I wanted to go to, and I asked 307 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 2: him how to get there. He said, this will take 308 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: an hour and a half. It's a long way away. 309 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 2: We wouldn't make it in time. He said, but I 310 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: know another good church. It's just fifteen minutes down the road. 311 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: I think you'll really like it. We were already dressed 312 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 2: and ready, so we went. We sat in the back 313 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: and it was a great service, great worship. The pastor 314 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 2: came out and I thought, I know who he is. 315 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 2: I've seen him too on television. It was Phil Munsey. 316 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: He looked back at one point and said, is that you, Joel, 317 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 2: come up and pray over the people. We had never met, 318 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 2: but that day was a divine connection. After the service, 319 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: we exchanged numbers. At that time, I didn't know many pastors. 320 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 2: I'd worked behind the scenes for seventeen years. But Phil 321 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 2: is a fourth generation pastor. He knows everyone. He's out going, 322 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: he encouraging ministers. A couple of years later, we were 323 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 2: back out in California. Phil said, Joel, come with me 324 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 2: to this book convention this afternoon. He said, you'll meet 325 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: a lot of publishers and I know you'll enjoy it. Well, 326 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 2: the last thing I wanted to do was go to 327 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 2: a book convention. 328 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: I wanted to go to the beach. 329 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 2: I said, Phil, no, thanks, I'll go there after I 330 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 2: get my root canal, but I'm not going there today. 331 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: Somehow he talked me into it. 332 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 2: Well, that's where I met a man named Roff who 333 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: worked for Time Warner Publishing. He offered me a contract 334 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 2: to write my first book. Phil is now on staff 335 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,239 Speaker 2: with us, part of our speaking team, heads up our 336 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: Pastors Network. 337 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 338 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: The whole reason I got connected with Phil was that Bellman. 339 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 2: The interesting thing is Phil doesn't know him. He didn't 340 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 2: ask Hey put in a good word for me, send 341 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: people my way. I wasn't trying to go to Phil's church. 342 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 2: I had a better church, I mean, another church. But 343 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: God is speaking to people about you. He's putting you 344 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 2: on the mind of the people you need. You can't 345 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: make this happen. This is the sovereignty of God working 346 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 2: out his plan for your life. Only God could have 347 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 2: orchestrated all those things falling into place, us choosing that 348 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: city to go on vacation, and me seeing that other 349 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 2: minister on television, the Bellman. 350 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: No one feels church. 351 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 2: Little did I realize that was all leading to a 352 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 2: connection to write my book, Your Best Life. Now it's 353 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: on the Best Settlers list for two years. I couldn't 354 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 2: have planned all that. It was the hand of God 355 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: speaking to the right people about my destiny. You don't 356 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: know who God is speaking to you about right now. 357 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 2: You can't hear the conversations that are taking place the 358 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: desires God's putting in people to be good to you, 359 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 2: to mention your name, to show your favor. You may 360 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 2: never meet these people, but they released the blessing. They 361 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 2: left handfuls on purpose. They connected to you, to someone 362 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 2: that was instrumental to your destiny. 363 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: Think about David. 364 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 2: He was in the shepherd's fields seventeen years old, taking 365 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 2: care of his father's sheep. His brothers were in the army. 366 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 2: They had a prestigious position. People looked up to them. 367 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 2: But David was doing something that felt insignificant, had big 368 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 2: dreams in his heart. He could feel those seeds of 369 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: greatness telling him he's going to leave his mark. All 370 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 2: the circumstances said he was stuck, was lonely, out there boring. 371 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 2: I'm sure there were times he felt forgotten. God is 372 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: this all there is? But God is not. 373 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: Going to let you miss your purpose. 374 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 2: You are not at the mercy of just who you know, 375 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 2: your family, your friends, your colleagues. David didn't have any 376 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:06,479 Speaker 2: substantial connections. He came from a low income family. But 377 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 2: God is not limited by who's in your contacts. 378 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: He will speak to people. 379 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 2: That you don't have relationship with, You've never interacted with them. 380 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 2: But God will drop your name in their spirit. He'll 381 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: give them a desire to be good to you. The 382 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 2: prophet Samuel was in another city minding his own business. 383 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 2: God told him to go to Jesse's house, David's father, 384 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: and anoint one of his sons as the next king 385 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 2: of Israel. David was out in the fields when Samuel 386 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 2: came knocking on the door. Before long, they were calling 387 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 2: David in and Samuel anointed him as the next king. 388 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: David didn't campaign for that position, try to convince Samuel 389 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: to pick him. 390 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: God picked him. 391 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 2: God put David's name in Samuel's heart. David thought he 392 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 2: was stuck, but there were conversations about him that he 393 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: knew nothing about. Samuel was already on the way with 394 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: the oil in his hand, a destiny moment that would 395 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 2: forever change David's life. And what's interesting is David had 396 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 2: never met Samuel. This was all happening behind the scenes, 397 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 2: the sovereignty of God bringing people that are instrumental to 398 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 2: your destiny. You couldn't make it happen, You couldn't plan it, 399 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 2: manipulate it. This is God doing what only he can do. 400 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 2: And if you knew who God was speaking to on 401 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 2: your behalf. 402 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: You wouldn't live worried thinking your stock. 403 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 2: Oh man, Joel, the problem's too big. My child's never 404 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 2: gonna get back on course. I don't have enough votes 405 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: for my compact center for my dream. 406 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: Neither did we. 407 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 2: But I can assure you God is talking about you 408 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 2: to the people you need, people that will. 409 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,360 Speaker 1: Thrust you into your purpose. 410 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: You're concerned about who you're gonna meet, who you're gonna marry. 411 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: Do I have the connections? Stay in peace. God has 412 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: it all figured out. 413 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: You just keep honoring him and he'll bring the ones 414 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 2: that are instrumental for your destiny. He'll talk to the 415 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: bellman to put in a good word for you, even 416 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: though you. 417 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: Don't know him. 418 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 2: He'll cause bo ass to notice you and tell the 419 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 2: workers to be kind. He'll send that Jewish lady to 420 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 2: convince the council member that you couldn't convince. You're not 421 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 2: doing this on your own. God is working behind the scenes. 422 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: Lady named Beverly called our. 423 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: Serious sex program this week and she'd been. 424 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 2: Perfectly healthy, but she started having really bad headaches. They 425 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: lasted all day and go to bed at night hoping 426 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: to get some relief. The next morning, they were as 427 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 2: strong as ever, she said, worse than a migraine. 428 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: This went on for over a month. 429 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 2: Got to the point where they'd be these spikes of 430 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 2: pain so excluded she eateing. All she could do was 431 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: hold her head and tears coming down her face. One day, 432 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 2: she was driving home from work and her head was 433 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 2: hurting so badly when she pulled in the driveway, she 434 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 2: couldn't get. 435 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: Out of the car. 436 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: She just sat there with her head down, not knowing 437 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 2: how she could go on. A few minutes later, she 438 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: heard a ping on her phone, letting her know she 439 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 2: had a message. She looked down and saw an instant 440 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 2: message with the name of a girl she had gone 441 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 2: to high school with thirty five years earlier. They're in 442 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 2: their fifties now. It read Beverly, please call me. I 443 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: have to talk to you left a number. Beverly wasn't 444 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 2: friends with this girl. They didn't hang around each other. 445 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 2: She thought it was probably a mistake and ignored it. 446 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 2: A few minutes later, it deemed again. She dialed the number. 447 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 2: The voice on the other line was so surprised, said, Beverly, 448 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 2: I can't believe it's you. 449 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: Are you okay. Beverly was so taken she said, yes, 450 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: I'm fine. Why are you calling? 451 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 2: The lady said, I laid down to go to bed, 452 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 2: but I heard your name so clearly that I couldn't sleep. 453 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: I had to get up and call. 454 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 2: Beverly's heart was beating so fast she knew it was 455 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: the hand of God. 456 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: The lady asked if she could pray for and she 457 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: began to pray. Beverly said, it was like someone flipped 458 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: a switch. 459 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: Instantly the headache left, all the pain, the discomfort, and 460 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 2: it never did come back. 461 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: That day was a turning point. 462 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 2: Why did that friend decide to call out of the blue? 463 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: Why couldn't she sleep that night? Because God is speaking 464 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,239 Speaker 2: to people about you behind the scenes. He's putting you 465 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 2: on their minds, causing you to be noticed, giving them 466 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,959 Speaker 2: the desire to be good to you, show you favor, 467 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 2: help you through the problem. Quit worrying about how it's 468 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 2: going to work out. Do you have the connections? What 469 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: if you don't get that break. God is in control 470 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 2: of your life, and he's in control. 471 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: Of the people you need. You are not at the 472 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: mercy of what you can do on your own. 473 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 2: God has already lined up people that will move you 474 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 2: into your destiny. The Boaz is to tell the workers 475 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: to lead the grain on purpose, people that will use 476 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 2: their influence to bring you into blessings you can't explain. 477 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 2: When you run out of options, you don't have the 478 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 2: ability to change it. God has the Jewish woman like 479 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: it did for us, that change the council member's mind. 480 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: When you're in a challenge and you don't see a 481 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: way out, like with Beverly, God will put you on 482 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 2: the right people's mind that will be there to do 483 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 2: what you couldn't do. You don't have to go after 484 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 2: them like David. Samuel will come looking for you. When 485 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 2: you understand that God is talking about you, you'll go 486 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 2: through the day filled with hope, with the next expectancy 487 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 2: down in your spirit, knowing that at any moment, things 488 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 2: can shift in your favor. The right person show up, 489 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 2: the problem resolved, that new door open. 490 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: You know that God hasn't brought you this far to 491 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: leave you. 492 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 2: Sure, there are times that we feel stuck and that 493 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 2: obstacle looks too big, but you have to remind yourself 494 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: conversations are happening about you that you know nothing about. 495 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: God is speaking to the people you need to become 496 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 2: who you were created to be. Now, stay in faith, 497 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 2: keep doing the right thing. I believe in declare like Ruth, 498 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 2: You're about to come into your handfuls on purpose, Blessings 499 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: you didn't see coming, favor that cataput you ahead, problems 500 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 2: suddenly turning around, promotion, spouses, healing the fullness of your 501 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 2: destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it. Can 502 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: you say then we'd like to give you an opportun 503 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 2: tunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 504 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 505 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I make 506 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 507 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 508 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free information. 509 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: On your new walk with the Lord. 510 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 2: You can text the number on the screen or go 511 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 2: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 512 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 2: good Bible based church and keep God first place. 513 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 3: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 514 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 3: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck? 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Remember you can watch the services 554 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 2: online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, listen on 555 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 2: Serious Exam. 556 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: Watch on YouTube. 557 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 2: Also the new Joelost Network streaming on television twenty four 558 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 2: hour a day. 559 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: Until we see you again, May the Lord bless you 560 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: and keep you. 561 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the Abundance Mindset 562 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 3: Book and Mindset Journal today. Visit Joelostein dot com or 563 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an 564 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 3: additional donation. This month, we are also offering His Goodness 565 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 3: Abundance Bowl. You can request this inspiring resource by calling 566 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 3: eight eight eight five six seven Joel. We're logging on 567 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 3: to Joelostein dot com today. 568 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 2: If you've never been to Lakewood, we have a great opportunity. 569 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: We called it Homecoming Weekend. We love to meet you 570 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: and your family. 571 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 2: You can see the building and attend one of the services. 572 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 2: It's a great time to be a part of the 573 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 2: Lakewood family. 574 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing you Homecoming Weekend.