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Thanks for listening to 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 25 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 4: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 26 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,279 Speaker 4: blessing and share it with a friend. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 28 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 29 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 3: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 30 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 3: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 3: I'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 3: about this airplane. 34 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 5: That was about to crash. 35 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: There were four passengers but only three parachutes. First passenger said, 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 3: I'm a leading heart surgeon. My patients need me. Took 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: the first parachute and jumped. Second passenger said, I'm a 38 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: rocket scientist, one of the smartest men alive. 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 5: My country needs me. 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 3: Took the second parachute and jumped the third passenger. Pope 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 3: John Paul said to the fourth passenger, a ten year 42 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: old boy scout son, I'm old and frail. I don't 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: have much time left. You can have the last parachute. 44 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: The boy scout says, sir, don't worry, there are still 45 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: two parachutes left. The smartest man alive. He just jumped 46 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 3: out with my backpack. Say it like you mean it. 47 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 51 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 52 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 53 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about pulled strings. 54 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 5: It's easy to. 55 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 3: Go through life wondering how things are going to work out, 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 3: hoping we make right decisions, stressed over our finances, concerned 57 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: about a child. But you don't have to worry about 58 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 3: your future. Your life has been divinely orchestrated. God has 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 3: determined the end from the beginning. He's already laid out 60 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: your plan, drawn up your blueprint. He knows everything that's 61 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 3: going to happen. The scripture says God works all things 62 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 3: according to his will. It's not according to who likes you, 63 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 3: according to what family you come from, according to even 64 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: how many mistakes you've made it's according to his will. 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: He is working behind the scenes, not only directing your steps, 66 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 3: but he's directing the steps of the. 67 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 5: People you need. 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: He's not just in control of you. He's in control 69 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: of your circumstances. Nothing randomly happens. You're not at the 70 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: mercy of bad breaks. You don't have to get upset 71 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: because a door closed. Give up on a dream because 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: you went through a loss. God knew about it will 73 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: and have allowed it if it wasn't on your blueprint. 74 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 3: We may not like it, we don't understand it, but God. 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 5: Knows what he's doing. 76 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: It's not keeping you from your purpose. It's leading you 77 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 3: to your purpose. And sometimes the reason God closes a 78 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 3: door is because he's about to open a bigger door. 79 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: Where we were was too small. We couldn't see it. 80 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 3: We were happy. But God loves you too much to 81 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: let you miss your destiny. His dream for your life 82 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: is bigger than your own. That friend that left you, 83 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: they didn't walk away on their own accord. God directed 84 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 3: their steps. He moved them away because they were limiting 85 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: your growth. They would have kept you from becoming who 86 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 3: you were. 87 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 5: Created to be. 88 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: When you know your life is divinely orchestrated that nothing 89 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: happens without God's permission. Then you don't get discouraged when 90 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: things don't go your way. You know, God is it work, controlling, manipulating, 91 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 3: arranging things according to his will. Now this takes faith 92 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 3: because we can't see the blueprint. We don't know what 93 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 3: God is up to. His ways are not our ways. 94 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 3: All we know is the door closed. It wasn't fair. 95 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 3: It set us back. What we can't see is really 96 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 3: it's setting us up for something better. Or we were 97 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 3: going along being our best, honoring God. Out of nowhere 98 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 3: a promotion, a good break, a contract that catapults us ahead. 99 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 3: We didn't see it coming, but God did. 100 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 5: It was on the blueprint. 101 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: You have no idea what God has in your future, 102 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: the doors he's going to open, the people he's going 103 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 3: to bring, the places he's going to take you. It 104 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 3: may seem like you've reached your limits. You could never 105 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 3: accomplish a dream, never get out of debt, never meet 106 00:05:58,880 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 3: the right person. 107 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 5: You don't know what God is up to. 108 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 3: If he showed you the blueprint, if you could see 109 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 3: into your future, it would amaze you. 110 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 5: The good news is God. 111 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 3: Is working it out You don't have to do this 112 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: just in your own strength. Try to manipulate people, manipulate circumstances. 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: You have someone manipulating things for you. It just so happens. 114 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: He controls the universe. 115 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 5: Why are you worrying? Why are you live in stress? 116 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: The most tighed God is directing your steps, moving the 117 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 3: wrong people out of the way, lining up the breaks 118 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: you need, turning negative situations around. You don't have to worry. 119 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 3: It's on the blueprint, Jeremiah said. God's plans for you 120 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: are for good, to bring you to an expected end. 121 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 3: You are not going to come to a random end. 122 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: God is not up in the heaven thinking I wonder 123 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 3: what's going to happen in their life. God has already 124 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 3: established your end. Your steps are being ordered, You are 125 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 3: at the right place at the right time. 126 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 5: Everything is on schedule. 127 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: All the details are coming together, and things may have 128 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: happened that you don't understand. 129 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 5: Stay in faith. 130 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: It's on the plans. It may not make sense now, 131 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 3: but when it comes together, it will make sense. His 132 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 3: plan is in process. You don't have to be frustrated 133 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: because it's not happening fast enough. Get upset because somebody 134 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 3: did you wrong. The God who breathed life into you 135 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: has not only established your end, but he is working 136 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 3: all things according to his will. When I was a 137 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 3: little boy, my father would travel overseas for a couple 138 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: of weeks at a time to minister. When he returned home, 139 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 3: my siblings and I were always so excited to see him, 140 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: not just because we missed him, but because he always 141 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 3: brought us a gift, something from that country. One trip, 142 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 3: he opened his suitcase and he handed me a puppet. 143 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: It was a cowboy made out of wood, had two 144 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: gloves where you could put your fingers. All these strings 145 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 3: were attached to different parts of the puppet. I could 146 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: move my little finger, make the puppet wave. Move another 147 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 3: finger and cause him to shake his head, move them 148 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 3: all together, make him run, make him dance, make him 149 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 3: lie down. 150 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 5: I love this puppet. 151 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 3: I would put on puppet shows for my little sister. 152 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 3: I was behind the curtain, hidden. All she could see 153 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 3: was the puppet. She would laugh when the puppet danced, 154 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 3: wave when the puppet waved. She was so engrossed in 155 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: the show she would forget I was pulling the strings. 156 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 3: I was the one orchestrating his every move in the 157 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 3: same way. You're not doing life on your own. God 158 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: is behind the scenes, pulling the strings orchestrating your steps. 159 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 3: Sometimes we think we got to where we are by ourselves, 160 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: our talent, our strength, our determination. We don't realize God 161 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 3: has been pulling strings our whole life, bringing talent out, 162 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 3: giving us ability, causing us to shine. When we were tired, 163 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 3: he pulled a string and lifted us. When we felt 164 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 3: like quitting, he pulled a string and caused us to 165 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 3: try again. When we didn't have the training, he pulled 166 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 3: a string and gave us the position. When we're tempted 167 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: to take the credit, think we did it on our own. 168 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: It's good to look up and say, Father, thank you 169 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: for pulling strings. I realize you're giving me strength, You're 170 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 3: making me dance, You're causing me to shine. The great 171 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 3: thing about God is he doesn't just have a string 172 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: on you. He has a string on all of your 173 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: so circumstances. Like in a puppet show, there's a string 174 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 3: on the curtain, a string on the door, a string 175 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 3: on the table. The person running the show can control 176 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 3: everything on the stage. That's the way it is with God. 177 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 3: He has a string on all your props. A string 178 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 3: on everything you need. When it's your time to shine, 179 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 3: God has a string on the curtain. He'll open that 180 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 3: door and there you are. When he's ready for you 181 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 3: to be promoted, he has a string on that promotion. 182 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: He'll bring it to you. You're not feeling well, don't worry. 183 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 3: God has a string on your healing. You've heard that 184 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 3: phrase no strings attached with God. 185 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 5: It is just the opposite. 186 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 3: He has a string on everything on your stage. How 187 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 3: did you get to where you are? It's very simple. 188 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 3: God pulled the strings. How did my father rise out 189 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: of poverty, no future to speak of, very little education, 190 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 3: Yet he was able to leave that limited environment, go 191 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 3: on to pastor great churches and live an abundant life. 192 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 3: God pulled the strings. There was no way in the natural. 193 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 3: All the odds were against him. But the one who 194 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 3: controls your strings is not limited by the natural. 195 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 5: He's supernatural. 196 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: You can't see him. He's behind the scenes, but he's 197 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 3: working all things according to his will. When God is 198 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 3: ready to promote you, he doesn't check with your boss, 199 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 3: he doesn't get approval from your family, he doesn't take 200 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: a vote from your critics. He simply pulls the strings. 201 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: He controls what doors open, He controls what breaks come 202 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 3: your way. Don't be discouraged by your boss. God has 203 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 3: a string on your boss. Don't lose sleep over those 204 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 3: people who are against you. God has a string on 205 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 3: who's trying to stop you. When it's time, he'll pull 206 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: that string move them out of the way. 207 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 5: You don't have to live. 208 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 3: Stressed out because you have opposition and things haven't worked out. 209 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 3: You're still connected. God has a string on you and 210 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 3: everything that's affecting you. The psalmist said, God's hand is 211 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 3: outstretched toward you when you're tempted to get discouraged. 212 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 5: I think it's never going to work out. 213 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 3: Just imagine God's hand outstretched above you, pulling strings, directing 214 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 3: your steps, orchestrating your life. He not only has a 215 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 3: string on you, he has a string on your finances. 216 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 3: He has a string on your opportunities, on your house, 217 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 3: on your health, on your family, on your promotion. Get ready, 218 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 3: God is about to pull some strings. He's about to 219 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 3: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. You didn't 220 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 3: see it coming. The opposition was bigger. But God pulled 221 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: a string and you came out with the victory. The 222 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 3: medical report didn't look good. God pulled a stream. Now 223 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 3: you're healthy. In Hall, the school said they had no 224 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 3: more funds. God pulled a string and you received a scholarship. 225 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 3: You'd been lonely a long time. God pulled a string, 226 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 3: brought a divine connection. The stream puller is about to show. 227 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 5: Out in your life. 228 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 3: You're going to look back and say, like me, how 229 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: did I get up here? I didn't have the training, 230 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 3: the experience. I wasn't next in line. God pulled my strings. 231 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 3: He brought ability out of me that I didn't know 232 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 3: I had. You see me up here speaking, moving my hands. 233 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 3: I know it's the stream puller, God working out his purpose. 234 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 5: How did I meet Victoria? 235 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 3: God pulled some strings When I needed a battery for 236 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 3: my watch. I could have chosen any jewelry store, there 237 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 3: are hundreds in Houston. 238 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 5: But I just so happened to walk into. 239 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 3: Her mother's jewelry store and there was Victoria waiting for me. 240 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 5: With open arms. 241 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 3: God pulled my stream that I had to help God 242 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: pull her stream? What am I saying? Nothing randomly happens. 243 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: Your steps are being ordered. 244 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 5: I talked to a lady. 245 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 3: Her son was in a special program in high school 246 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 3: that was a part of a very prestigious university. If 247 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: he did well, there was a chance he would receive 248 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: a scholarship. But his father came down with an illness. 249 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: He was so distracted that his grades dropped. He was 250 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: normally an excellent student, at the top of his class, 251 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 3: but now he was in danger of failing and having 252 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: to leave the program. 253 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 5: His mother knew it was because. 254 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 3: Of the situation with his father, so she went to 255 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 3: the school to explain what was going on. She was 256 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: very concerned about how they would respond. They could have said, 257 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 3: we have rules if he doesn't make the grades too bad, 258 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 3: but the man in charge was his as can be. 259 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 3: He said, we'll give your son free tutoring to help 260 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: him get back on course. Should have cost thousands of dollars, 261 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 3: but God pulled a stream caused that man to be 262 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: good to them. The young man's grades came back up. 263 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 3: He applied for college and was accepted into six universities. 264 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 3: These were partial scholarships. He had not heard back from 265 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: the school he really wanted to attend, been so long 266 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: they thought that door had closed. But while he was 267 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 3: making plans to attend another university, the main One emailed 268 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 3: back and said that they were not only accepting him 269 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 3: into their engineering school that was his dream, but they 270 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 3: were giving him. 271 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 5: A full scholarship. 272 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 3: God knows how to pull the strings. You may not 273 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 3: see how it can happen. Don't get discouraged. The string 274 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 3: puller is at work. He has a string on all 275 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: the doors you need to be opened, a string on 276 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: all the people that need to be good to you. 277 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: He's working out his purpose. Live from a place of peace, 278 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 3: a place of rest. You don't have to manipulate things. 279 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 3: God is manipulating them for you. Our job is to 280 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: trust him. God, you're in control of my life. I 281 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 3: know you're pulling the strings. You're opening doors no man 282 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: can shut. You're bringing the right people, taking me to 283 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 3: where I'm supposed to be. Well, Joel, I've had a 284 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 3: lot of bad breaks, a lot of unfair situations. Haven't 285 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: seen God pulling any strings for me. This is what 286 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: happened with job. He was doing the right thing, honoring God. 287 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 3: When the bottom fell out. He lost his health, lost 288 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 3: his business, lost his family. 289 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 5: Everything that could go wrong did. 290 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 3: But life is not always fair, and on the way 291 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: to our destiny there will be twist and turns things 292 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: we don't understand. God doesn't send the trouble, but he 293 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: allows things. You may get thrown into the fiery furnace, 294 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 3: but God controls the thermostaff He won't let it take 295 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 3: your life before your time. He has a string on 296 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 3: the trouble, a string on the opposition. The scripture says 297 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 3: Satan had to ask God for permission to test Joe. 298 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 3: God told him yes, but he could only take it 299 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 3: so far. This tells me God is not just in 300 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 3: control of your life. He's in control of your enemies. 301 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 3: Everything on your stage is on a stream. Not just 302 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: the good things, the promotion, the blessings, the favor, but 303 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 3: even the sickness, the betrayal, the bad breaks. They don't 304 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: have total access in your life. They can't do whatever 305 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 3: they want. They couldn't even be on your stage without permission. 306 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 3: In difficult times, you have to remind yourself God is 307 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 3: still working all things according to his will. The enemy 308 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 3: didn't come in and somehow get a hold of your strings. 309 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: He didn't wrestle away control. And now God is on 310 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 3: the sidelines watching what's happening. Know your steps are still 311 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 3: being ordered, and in the middle of this difficulty, Job said, 312 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 3: I know my redeemer lives. He could have been complaining. Instead, 313 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 3: he was saying, God, I know you're still on the throne. 314 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 5: I know your. 315 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 3: Hand is still outstretched toward me. I don't understand this, 316 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: but I know you're still working all things according to 317 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 3: your will. It's easy to give God thanks for pulling 318 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 3: strings when things are going our way. 319 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 5: It's easy to have a good attitude. 320 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 3: But the real test comes in these tough times, when 321 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 3: it feels like God has forgotten about you. That's when 322 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 3: you have to dig your heels in and do like Job, 323 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 3: I know my Redeemer lives. I know this didn't come 324 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 3: to stay. It came to pass. When you stay in faith, 325 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 3: God will not only pull your strings, but he'll pull 326 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 3: the strings of that sickness, the strings. 327 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 5: Of the opposition. 328 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 3: He'll pull back what's hindering you. Nine months later, Job 329 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 3: came out of that difficulty, not beat up and bedraggled. 330 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 3: He didn't even come out the same. He came out 331 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 3: with twice what he had before. When it was all over, 332 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: Job said, I am convinced that nothing and no one 333 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 3: can stop God's plan. You may be in a difficult time, 334 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 3: but If Job were here now, he would tell you 335 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 3: stay in peace. Nothing can stop God's plan. 336 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 5: He has a string. 337 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 3: On you, a string on the sickness, a string on 338 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: the opposition life with Job. You're about to see God 339 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: pull some strings. That sickness is about to turn around, 340 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 3: That trouble at work is about to. 341 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 5: Resolve in your favor. 342 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: Those forces that are trying to stop you, I can 343 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 3: see by faith God pulling them back and pulling healing 344 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 3: to you, promotion to. 345 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 5: You, favor to you. 346 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 3: Get ready for some pulled strings, things that you couldn't 347 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 3: make happen. It's the outstretched hand of God working all things, 348 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 3: not according to your circumstances, but according to his will. 349 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 3: His will is that you be healthy. His will is 350 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 3: that you break the addiction. His will as you be 351 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 3: free from the depression, His will as you rise higher, 352 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 3: come out of debt, accomplish your dreams. 353 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 5: What can stop our God? 354 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 3: Do you think the trouble at work is bigger, the 355 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 3: sickness is stronger, Those people are more powerful. They are 356 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 3: palms in the hands of God. He has a string 357 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 3: on them. That car that almost hits you, they swerved 358 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 3: at the last moment. You don't know how they missed you. 359 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: God pulled a string. He controls the universe. Moses asked 360 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: God his name. He said, my name is I Am. 361 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 3: He was saying, I am anything you need. I am protection, 362 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: I am provision, I am healing, I am strength, I am. 363 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 5: Favor, I am deliverance. 364 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 3: Nothing can stand against our God, the most powerful force 365 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 3: in the universe has a string on you. You are connected 366 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 3: to the Creator. 367 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 5: He's working out his purpose for your life. 368 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 3: Quit worrying, think it is not going to happen, talking 369 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 3: about how big the problem is. Start talking about how 370 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 3: big your God is. When the thoughts say it's never 371 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 3: going to work out, turn it around. 372 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 5: Father. I want to thank you. 373 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 3: That you're about to pull some strings in my life. 374 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 3: Thank you that you're taking me where I could not 375 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 3: go on my own. Joe, I don't think it's going 376 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: to happen for me. I've made too many mistakes. I've 377 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 3: gotten way off course. You think your mistakes can override 378 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 3: God's will, that what you've done can cancel your blueprint, 379 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 3: that somehow you can disconnect from this string. I say 380 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 3: this respectfully. You're not that powerful. Just ask Jonah. God 381 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 3: told him to go to the City of Nineveh and minister. 382 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 5: He didn't want to go there. He got on a 383 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: boat go in the other direction. A huge storm arose. 384 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 5: He told the crew it was his fault. 385 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: They threw him overboard. Should have been the end. But 386 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: God had a string. 387 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 5: On a big fish. Just so happened. The fish was 388 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 5: waiting swallowed Jonah. He spent three days in the belly 389 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 5: of the fish, the bottom of the ocean. 390 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 3: Third day, the fish came up spit Jonah on dry ground. 391 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 5: First thing, God said, Jonah go to Nineveh. Gave him 392 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 5: another chance. 393 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: But I love that God not only had a string 394 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 3: on Jonah, not only wouldn't let him go too far, 395 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 3: but he had a string on the fish. 396 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 5: God has a string on everything you need to fulfill 397 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 5: your purpose. 398 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 3: You may run, but you'll never get away from the string. 399 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 5: It'll always pull you aback. 400 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 3: God will have somebody or someone to keep you from 401 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 3: missing your destiny. Years later, Jesus said, as Jonah was 402 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 3: in the belly of the fish for three days, so 403 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 3: I will be in the heart of the earth for 404 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 3: three days. Jonah was a foreshadow of Christ. He didn't 405 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: stay in the fish two days or four days, but 406 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 3: on the third day he went down right on schedule, 407 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 3: He came up right on schedule. What am I saying? 408 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 3: Even when we make mistakes, God is still working all 409 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 3: things according to his will. Maybe you have loved ones 410 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 3: that are off course, children that aren't making good decisions. 411 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: Don't worry. 412 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 3: God has a string on them. He's not going to 413 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 3: let them go too far. The scripture says God can 414 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 3: turn the part of a king. That means God knows 415 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 3: how to change people's minds. He knows how to get 416 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 3: their attention. I talked to a man. He and his 417 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 3: wife weren't getting along. They had separated. He was living 418 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 3: in an apartment by himself. Months had gone by and 419 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 3: he'd hit rock bottom. Didn't think he could go on. 420 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 3: He just dropped his children off at school. He had 421 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 3: a long drive to work. Normally, he would listen to 422 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 3: country music on Sirius XM satellite radio, but that reminded 423 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 3: him so much of what he and his wife did 424 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 3: together just made him more depressed. So this day he 425 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 3: tuned off the country station and was turning up to 426 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 3: the channels in the one seventies to listen to a ballgame, 427 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 3: just take his mind off of it. But when his 428 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 3: radio came across Channel one twenty eight, our channel that 429 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 3: plays our messages all day long. 430 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 5: The radio got stuck. 431 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 3: He pushed button after button after button. Nothing would let 432 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 3: it change, turned the radio off back on, tried everything. 433 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 3: No matter what he did, he couldn't get it off 434 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: of one twenty eight. He was so frustrated. He thought, 435 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 3: who is this God? I don't want to hear some minister. 436 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 3: He started listening. I was talking about how God can 437 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 3: restore things, how he has us in the palm of 438 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 3: his hand, how our best days are still in front 439 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 3: of us. He couldn't turn it off for the next hour. 440 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: Those words of faith breathed new. 441 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 5: Life back into his spirit. 442 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 3: At the end, he gave his life to Christ. 443 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 5: Was a new beginning. He went back home. 444 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 3: God began to restore his marriage. 445 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 5: Today he and his wife are back together. 446 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 3: But that wasn't a coincidence, wasn't a lucky break. It 447 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 3: was God pulling strings. God had a string on his radio, 448 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: wouldn't let it change the channel, a string on him 449 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 3: pulling him back. He said, Joel, I guess God was 450 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 3: telling me, since you won't go to me, I'm going 451 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 3: to come to you. Maybe you're hearing this because God 452 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 3: has a string on you. 453 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 5: He's pulling you back. It's not a coincidence. 454 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 3: He's saying, I have a plan for your life. I'm 455 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 3: bigger than what you're facing. You've tried it on your own. 456 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 5: Come to me. I'll help you. I'll work it out. 457 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 3: All you have to do is say God, my life 458 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 3: is in your hands. 459 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 5: I'm turning it over to you. 460 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 3: When you trust God with your future, he'll take you 461 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 3: where you couldn't go on your own. Like this man, 462 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 3: God is about to pull some strings. Things you've been 463 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: trying to make happen, a loved on and off course, 464 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 3: they won't listen to you. 465 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 5: Don't worry. 466 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 3: God has a string on them. He's about to pull 467 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 3: them back. As for you and your house, you will 468 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 3: serve the Lord. Doors you couldn't open. You tried, you 469 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 3: did your best. 470 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 5: Don't worry. 471 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 3: God has a string on those doors, a string on 472 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 3: your finances. He's about to bring promotion, opportunity, increase you 473 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 3: didn't see coming. 474 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 5: You're going to know. 475 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 3: It's the outstretched hand of God pulling streams. Quit worrying, 476 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 3: quit living stress. God has a stream on everything on 477 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 3: your stage right now. 478 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 5: He is working out his purpose for your life. 479 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 3: Live from a place of rest, knowing that your life 480 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 3: has been divinely orchestrated. If you'll do this, I believe 481 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 3: and declare like job, nothing or no one is going 482 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 3: to stop your purpose in Jesus' name and if you 483 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 3: receive it. 484 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 5: Can you say men today. 485 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 3: That I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 486 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 3: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 487 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 488 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 3: into my heart. 489 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and savior. 490 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 3: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe born again, 491 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 3: Get in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 492 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 3: He's going to take you where you've never dreamed. 493 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. Help 494 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 4: us continue to share the message of hope with those 495 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 4: all over the world. 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