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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Loustine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give Hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you and thanks for letting us come 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 5: into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 35 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 5: at home. I'd like to start with something funny, and 37 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 5: I should mention that this was sent to me by 38 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 5: a woman. But according to the Alaska Department of Fish 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 5: and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers 40 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 5: and in the summer, male reindeer lose their antlers at 41 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 5: the start of winter in early November, female reindeer keep 42 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 5: theirs all the way till the spring. This means all 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 5: of Santa's reindeer, from Rudolph to Blitzen had to be female. 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 5: She goes on to say, we should have known only 45 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 5: a woman would be able to drag around a fat 46 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 5: man wearing a red velvet suit all around the world 47 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 5: in one night and not get lost. Say it like 48 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 49 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 51 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 52 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 53 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about the odds 55 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 5: are for you. It's easy to go through life thinking 56 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 5: of all the reasons why we can't be successful, why 57 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 5: we won't get well, why we'll never meet the right person. 58 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 5: We look at our situations in the natural and think 59 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 5: the odds are against us. I talk to a man 60 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 5: that struggles with an addiction. He said, Joel, my dad 61 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 5: had this same addiction. My grandfather struggled with it. The 62 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 5: odds don't look too good for me. But as long 63 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 5: as you think the odds are against you, you'll get 64 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 5: stuck where you are. You have the most powerful force 65 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 5: in the universe breathing in your direction. God has crowned 66 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 5: you with favor. He has armed you with strength for 67 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 5: every battle. He wouldn't have allowed that difficulty if he 68 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 5: wasn't going to turn it around and use it to 69 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 5: your advantage. The odds may be against you, but the 70 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 5: most high God is for you. He is a supernatural god. 71 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 5: He parts red seas, he turns water into wine. He 72 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 5: opens the eyes of the blind. Your circumstances may look impossible, 73 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 5: but the God who can do the impossible is working 74 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 5: behind the scenes, arranging things in your favor, turning negative 75 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 5: situations around. Since God is for you, that means the 76 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 5: odds are for you. Don't go through life thinking not me, Joel, 77 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: I come from the wrong family. The odds are against me. 78 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 5: No turn it around. I've been born into a new family. 79 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 5: My heavenly Father controls the universe. I have ruleyal blood 80 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: flowing through my veins. When you know the odds are 81 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 5: for you, you'll put your shoulders back. You'll carry yourself 82 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 5: with confidence. You'll expect to do great things all through 83 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 5: the day. This should be playing in our mind, the 84 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 5: odds are for me. I'm destined to accomplish my dreams. 85 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 5: I'm destined to overcome this challenge. I'm a child of 86 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 5: the Most High God. But don't be surprised when you 87 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 5: find yourself in situations where it feels like the odds 88 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 5: are against you. You don't see a way out. There 89 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 5: aren't any logical solutions. God puts us there on purpose, 90 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 5: so that when he turns it around, nobody will get 91 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 5: the credit except him. Everyone will know it is the 92 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 5: hand of the Lord. And when your circumstances seem impossible, 93 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 5: instead of being discourage God, why me, No, Get ready, 94 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 5: You're in perfect position for God to show out in 95 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 5: your life. He is setting you up to show his 96 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 5: favor in amazing ways. That's what happened to a man 97 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 5: in the scripture named Gideon. The Midianites and two other 98 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 5: armies came against him. They were about to attack the Israelites. 99 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 5: Gideon sent word to his men to come and fight. 100 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 5: Thirty two thousand warriors showed up. Gideon was feeling good. 101 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 5: That was several times more men than his opposition. He 102 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 5: liked those odds. But just when he was about to attack, 103 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 5: God said Gideon, you have too many men. If you 104 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 5: defeat the Midianites, you'll think you did it in your 105 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 5: own strength. He instructed Gideon to let everyone go home 106 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 5: that was afraid. Twenty two thousand men left. Gideon nearly 107 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 5: passed out. Two thirds of his army went home. He 108 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 5: didn't like these odds anymore. When he thought it couldn't 109 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 5: get any worse, God said, Gideon, you still have too many. 110 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 5: He told him to do something else to eliminate more men. 111 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 5: Nine thousand, seven hundred men left. Gideon only had three 112 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 5: hundred men to fight this army of thousands and thousands. 113 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 5: These odds seemed impossible. Looked like he would be wiped out. 114 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 5: What Gideon didn't realize was God wasn't setting him back, 115 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 5: He was setting him up. He was about to show 116 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 5: go out in his life. Gideon and those three hundred 117 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 5: men went to the enemy's camp in the middle of 118 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 5: the night. They blew their trumpets and let out a 119 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 5: loud shout. The Midianites got confused and begin to fight 120 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 5: among themselves. The Israelites defeated them. They didn't have to 121 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: lift one finger. They didn't even have to go to battle. 122 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 5: It looked like a set back. But the truth was 123 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 5: God was setting Gideon up. He was putting him in 124 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 5: position to show himself strong. When the odds seem like 125 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 5: they're against you, the obstacles look bigger, stronger, more powerful. 126 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 5: Don't worry like Gideon, it is a setup. God is 127 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 5: about to make things happen that you could never make happen. 128 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 5: He's going to turn that situation around without you having 129 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 5: to go to battle. He's going to heal you without 130 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 5: the extensive treatment. He's going to promote you without all 131 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 5: of the qualifications. Keep the right perspective. The odds are 132 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 5: for you. You may feel like the underdog, but you 133 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: and God are a majority. You don't need everyone to 134 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 5: be for you. You don't have to have all the support, 135 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 5: the encouragement. You have the one that matters the most 136 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 5: High God is breathing in your direction. Later, when the 137 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 5: Israelites went to different cities, normally these armies would attack, 138 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 5: but the leaders said, in effect, Gideon, we saw what 139 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 5: your God did to the Midianites. They weren't afraid of Gideon. 140 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 5: They were afraid of the God of Gideon. They knew 141 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 5: the Lord was on his side. God wants to give 142 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 5: you victory. To where people know the Lord is on 143 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 5: your side. Maybe you didn't have the support growing up, 144 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 5: the encouragement, the stability. You should have been a statistic. 145 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 5: But here you are defied the odds, leaving your mark, 146 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 5: going further than you ever dreamed. What happened. The Lord 147 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 5: was on your side. The medical report said you wouldn't 148 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 5: make it, but here you are strong, healthy and whole. 149 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 5: The Lord was on your side. Perhaps the odds said 150 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 5: you'd be addicted like your father, you would struggle like 151 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 5: your grandfather, But here you are free and clean. You 152 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 5: broke the curse, you set a new standard. How could 153 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 5: this be? The Lord was on your side. When we 154 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 5: were trying to acquire this facility, the former Compact Center, 155 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 5: every expert told us that we wouldn't get it, that 156 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 5: the city wasn't going to let a church have it. 157 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 5: On the surface, the odds were against us, but we 158 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 5: understood this principle. When you don't see a way, when 159 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 5: you feel outnumbered, when the giants look bigger, they have 160 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 5: more resources, more experience. That means God is up to something. 161 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 5: Like Gideon, He's getting you in poss position to launch 162 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 5: you to the next level. God made things happen that 163 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 5: we could never make happen. And some of the same 164 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 5: people that were against us, the same ones that said 165 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 5: we would never get it, today they are our biggest supporters. 166 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: I saw one of the council members that voted against us, 167 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: a very vocal opponent. He said, Joel, that was the 168 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 5: biggest mistake of my political career. I watch you every Sunday, 169 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 5: I bring people to your services. I don't know what 170 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 5: I was thinking back then. I didn't tell him, but 171 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 5: he was a part of the setup. God was using 172 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 5: him to launch us forward. That's what it says. In Exodus, 173 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 5: God caused Faarah to harden his heart so that he 174 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 5: could bring great glory at the expense of Pharaoh. God 175 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 5: had told Moses to go, tell Pharah, let my people go. 176 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 5: But God knew that Pharah wasn't going to let them go. 177 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 5: He caused him to harden his heart. God was setting 178 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 5: up the odds to be against the Israelites so he 179 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 5: could show his favor and some of the people and 180 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 5: circumstances that have come against you. You may not like it. 181 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 5: It wasn't fair, but it was ordained by God not 182 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 5: to stop you, not to defeat you, but so that 183 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 5: God can show out in your life. Now, quit complaining 184 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 5: about what didn't work out. Why am I facing these 185 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 5: huge giants, those obstacles that look like they're stopping you. 186 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 5: If you'll stay in faith, it's just a matter of 187 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 5: time before God turns them around and uses them to 188 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: push you forward. The odds are against you for one reason, 189 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,359 Speaker 5: so that God can bring great glory out of your life. 190 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 5: He wants to make you an example of his goodness. 191 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 5: You remember when the three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down 192 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 5: to the king's golden idol. This king got so furious 193 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 5: he was going to have them thrown into a fiery furnace. 194 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 5: He told his men to heat up the fire seven 195 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 5: times hotter than normal. What was God doing making the 196 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 5: odds even greater. God knew the fire wasn't going to 197 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 5: burn them. He knew they weren't going to be harmed, 198 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 5: so he had them turn it up even hotter so 199 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 5: that it would become a greater miracle. When these three 200 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 5: Hebrew teenagers came out of that fire without the smell 201 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 5: of smoke, there wasn't any doubt that the Lord was 202 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 5: on their side. In fact, this same king said, Praise 203 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 5: be to the God of Shadrak Mee jack in a bendigo, 204 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 5: those three Hebrew teenagers. When it feels like the odds 205 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 5: are against you, the fire's been turned up seven times hotter. 206 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 5: Pharaoh won't let you go. God took your army from 207 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 5: thirty two thousand to three hundred. Men. Don't panic, don't 208 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 5: fall apart. It's a set up. God is about to 209 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 5: show out. He's about to make you a testimony. He's 210 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: going to do something that people cannot deny. They're going 211 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 5: to know the Lord is on your side. I talked 212 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 5: to a man that cut his hand and developed a 213 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 5: severe infection. He tried for several days to tough it 214 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 5: out and hope that it would go away, but it 215 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 5: kept getting worse. He started running a high fever. He 216 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 5: got to the point where he couldn't eat. He finally 217 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 5: passed out. He was rushed to the emergency room unconscious. 218 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 5: The doctors told his family that he had some kind 219 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 5: of toxic shock and there was only a fifty percent 220 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 5: chance that he would live. They had to find the 221 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 5: right kind of antibiotic to treat him. Every hour that 222 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 5: went by not treated, his chance of survival went down 223 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 5: five percent. They didn't find something in the next few hours. 224 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 5: The doctor said that he probably wouldn't make it, and 225 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 5: if somehow he did survive, he would be a vegetable. 226 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 5: Twelve hours went by, they couldn't find the antibiotic. One 227 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 5: day still nothing. Two hundred and sixty four hours later, 228 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 5: they finally found the right treatment. He wasn't supposed to 229 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 5: still be alive. He was told he would never be 230 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 5: able to walk, talk, function properly. But today he's perfectly healthy. 231 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 5: You would never know anything was wrong. But God could 232 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 5: have healed him the first day. The doctors could have 233 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 5: found the right treatment the first few hours. That would 234 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 5: have still been a great miracle. But sometimes God will 235 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 5: let the odds grow greater to where you don't see 236 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 5: a way out. Then suddenly God will step in and 237 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: make things happen that you could never make happen. Don't 238 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 5: let the odds fool you. Don't let the fact that 239 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 5: you don't see away. The financial situation looks too far gone. 240 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 5: You've tried to break that addiction for years now you 241 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 5: think it wasn't meant to be. No, get ready, this 242 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 5: is a setup. This is not the time to give up. 243 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 5: This is the time to stir your faith up all 244 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 5: through the day. Lord, thank you that you're bigger than 245 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 5: this sickness, greater than this addiction, more powerful than these opponents. 246 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 5: If you'll stay in faith like this man, you're going 247 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 5: to become a testimony. People are going to look at 248 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 5: you and see that God's favor is on your life. 249 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 5: In the Scripture, Mary and Martha sent word to their 250 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: friend Jesus that their brother Lazarus had died. Jesus was 251 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 5: in a different city, and they thought that he would 252 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 5: come right away and pray for Lazarus. They'd seen Jesus 253 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 5: heal people before, they knew that he could heal their brother. 254 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 5: One day passed and Jesus didn't show up. I'm sure, 255 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 5: Martha thought, Jesus, where are you? What's taking you so long? Now? 256 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 5: The day went by, still no sign of Jesus. Finally, 257 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 5: Lazarus died. When Jesus arrived at their house, Lazarus had 258 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 5: been in the tomb for four days. Mary and Martha 259 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 5: were so upset, they said, Jesus, if you would have 260 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 5: been here, our brother would still be alive. The odds 261 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 5: weren't that good when he was sick, but now that 262 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 5: he was dead, they looked impossible. He was already wrapped 263 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 5: in grave clothes, wrapped up like a mummy. You know 264 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 5: the story. Jesus went to the tomb and he spoke 265 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 5: to Lazarus and told him to come back to life, 266 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 5: and when he did, Lazarus woke up. Was a great miracle. 267 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 5: My point is, sometimes God will wait on purpose till 268 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 5: the odds are weigh against us. You're ready to bury 269 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: the dream, bury the promise, bury the relationship. You don't 270 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 5: see a way, but God's ways are not our ways. 271 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 5: Mary and Martha were praying for a healing, but God 272 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 5: had something better in store. He had a resurrection. What 273 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 5: you're tempted to give up on you don't see how 274 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 5: it could happen. Maybe God is not going to do 275 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 5: it the way you're thinking. Maybe He has something better 276 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 5: for you. Twice we tried to buy property to build 277 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 5: a new sanctuary. On both times that property was sold 278 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 5: out from under us. We couldn't find any more large 279 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 5: tracts of land. I was discouraged. I didn't think we'd 280 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 5: ever have a bigger sanctuary. Then one day suddenly the 281 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 5: compact center became available. I was praying for a healing, 282 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 5: but God had a resurrection, something better than I've ever dreamed. 283 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 5: The odds may be totally against you today, but can 284 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 5: I tell you God is totally for you. He has 285 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 5: not brought you this far to leave you. Your circumstances 286 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 5: may look dead. God didn't show up on time. You've 287 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 5: been asking and asking. Dare to trust him. He has 288 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 5: you in the palm of his hand. You may not 289 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 5: see anything happening, but he's working behind the scenes. When 290 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 5: he speaks, dead things come back to life. He's not 291 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 5: moved by the odds. When Jesus found out that Lazarus 292 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 5: was dead, he didn't say, oh, man, I waited too long. 293 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 5: What am I going to do now? God controls the universe. 294 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 5: The odds do not determine what he can and cannot do. 295 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 5: Back in those days, the Sadducees, these were the people 296 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 5: that were very against Jesus. They believed that the spirit 297 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,959 Speaker 5: left the body three days after a person died. It 298 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 5: wasn't a coincidence that Jesus waited till the fourth day 299 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 5: to show up. He did this on purpose, so when 300 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 5: he raised Lazarus there would be no doubt about it. 301 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 5: Sometimes God will let the odds become greater, not just 302 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 5: so you, but so your critics, so your neighbor, so 303 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 5: your relatives, so your co workers. They won't be able 304 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 5: to deny what God has done. Now, I love the 305 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 5: fact that from that moment forward, Lazarus became a testimony. 306 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 5: Everywhere he went. He didn't have to say a word. 307 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 5: People pointed at him. You can hear him whispering. Look 308 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 5: there's that guy. He was dead. He's not supposed to 309 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 5: be here. He defied the odds. He was a living testimony. 310 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 5: That's what God wants to do for you, show you 311 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 5: his favor in such a way that people notice that 312 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 5: you stand out. You're going to become a living testimony. 313 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 5: I know a young lady that applied for a scholarship 314 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 5: at a prestigious university. Twenty six hundred other students applied 315 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 5: as well. The challenge was there were only twelve scholarships available. 316 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 5: Those odds were less than half of one percent. She 317 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 5: could have thought, what's the use, no use even trying, 318 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 5: These are imp possible odds. Instead, she did what I'm 319 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 5: asking you to do. She dared to believe that God 320 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 5: would open the doors that she was supposed to go through. 321 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 5: It doesn't always happen the way we think God knows 322 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 5: what's best. But if you're letting the odds talk you 323 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 5: out of stretching, out of dreaming, out of believing, then 324 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 5: you're going to miss the fullness of your destiny. If 325 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 5: you can accomplish everything in your own strength, you don't 326 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 5: need God's help. But when the odds are against you, 327 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 5: you don't see away. You don't have the connections, the finances, 328 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 5: you're too young, too old. That's when you have to 329 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say, God, I know these 330 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 5: odds are no problem for you. I know this is 331 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 5: a setup for you to show out. That's what this 332 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 5: young lady did. Several months later, she received a letter saying, congratulations, 333 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 5: out of the twenty six hundred, you're one of the 334 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 5: twelve that we've chosen. Are you letting the odds talk 335 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 5: you out of your dreams, talk you out of your health, 336 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: talk you out of your freedom? Not long ago, the 337 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 5: lottery was at a record amount. I read where the 338 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: odds of winning it were one in three hundred million. 339 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 5: They used this example that if you laid pennies on 340 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 5: the ground side by side from Seattle to Miami and 341 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 5: you marked one of those pennies with a special X. 342 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 5: The chances of you winning that lottery were the same 343 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 5: as you choosing that one special penny. Between Seattle and Miami, 344 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 5: they were basically saying, forget about it, you're not gonna win. 345 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 5: In the Book of Genesis, it talks about how God 346 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 5: created the heavens and the earth. The word it uses 347 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 5: for creation means that he made it out of nothing. 348 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 5: Every expert would have said, that's impossible. You don't have 349 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 5: anything to work with. If you had skies, oceans, grass, air, 350 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 5: then maybe you could make something put it together. But 351 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 5: you can't do that with nothing. It's one thing to 352 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 5: have odds of twelve and twenty six hundred. That's not 353 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 5: so great. It's another to have odds of one in 354 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 5: three hundred million. That's very unlikely. But what about when 355 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 5: the odds are zero in three hundred million, zero in 356 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 5: twenty six hundred. It's impossible. There's no chance. Here's how 357 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 5: amazing God is. He started the universe with odds of zero. 358 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: He had nothing to work with, no way in the natural. 359 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 5: But God is not moved by the odds. He didn't 360 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 5: check with accounting and say I'm about to create stars, galaxies, planets. 361 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 5: I have nothing to work with. What are the odds 362 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 5: of this happening? Accounting would have said zero. You have 363 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 5: no materials, no resources. God would have said, thank you 364 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 5: for your infrat. Now let there be light. Light came 365 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 5: at one hundred and eighty six thousand miles a second. 366 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 5: He spoke worlds into creation. He didn't google it to 367 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 5: see if it was possible. He didn't try to figure 368 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 5: out a way. He is the way. He didn't try 369 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 5: to open a door. He is the door. He doesn't 370 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 5: check with the odds to see if you can reach 371 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 5: your destiny. He speaks and it becomes your destiny. He's 372 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 5: not limited by your background, by how you were raised, 373 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: by your education. He is all powerful. He can take 374 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 5: nothing and make something magnificent. Imagine what he can do 375 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 5: with you. You are his prized possession. He breathed his 376 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 5: life into you. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 377 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 5: There may be odds against you in certain areas, but 378 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 5: they cannot stop you. God has destined you to leave 379 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 5: your mark. Let the odds discourage you. Don't let what 380 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 5: you think is not going to happen talk you out 381 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 5: of believing. Even if the odds are zero in a million. 382 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 5: All God has to do is speak and the odds 383 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 5: change in your favor. A friend of mine grew up 384 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 5: in a very dysfunctional environment. His father wasn't around, his 385 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: mother had mental issues. When she wasn't in the psychiatric ward, 386 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 5: she was either in jail or with different boyfriends. There 387 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 5: was all kinds of violence and abuse in his home. 388 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 5: At the age of thirteen, his mother left him at 389 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 5: a bus stop and took off with another boyfriend. For years, 390 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 5: this young man was in and out of foster homes, 391 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 5: detention centers. He slept in abandoned buildings in the woods, 392 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 5: any place he could find. He had to steal food 393 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 5: in order to survive. How could he ever make anything 394 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 5: out of his life? All the odds were against him, 395 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 5: and it wasn't his fault. He didn't have a fair 396 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 5: shot in life. But in the seventh grade, he met 397 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 5: a junior high counselor at a small inner city school 398 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 5: named Cindy. Cindy could tell this young boy was troubled, 399 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 5: had no stability. She took a great interest in him. 400 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 5: But this boy was only in her school for several 401 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 5: months before he dropped out. Every day for two years 402 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 5: Cindy prayed, God, please send him back to our school 403 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 5: in the ninth grade. He came walking through the doors. 404 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 5: Cindy was right there waiting for him. Nobody had ever 405 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 5: been looking for this young man. His home life was 406 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 5: so dysfunctional. Every morning, Cindy would drive forty five minutes 407 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 5: to pick him up and bring him to school. Her 408 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 5: motto was, correction does much, but encouragement does more. That summer, 409 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 5: he was mowing the lawn of an elderly couple. When 410 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 5: they learned his story, they opened their home and took 411 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 5: him in. They discovered this young boy had a gift 412 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 5: of music, writing and singing. He started performing at talent 413 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 5: shows and community events. Every time, this elderly lady would 414 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 5: be on the front row with her Bible in hand, 415 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 5: cheering him on. In two thousand and eight, Jimmy Wayne's 416 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 5: song do You Believe Me Now hit number one on 417 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 5: the country charts. He's toured with Brad Paisley and other stars. Today, 418 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 5: he uses his country music platform to raise awareness about 419 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 5: foster care and to help other children in the same situation. 420 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 5: Like Jimmy, the odds may be against you. You don't 421 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 5: see any way your situation could work out. But God 422 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 5: has the right people already lined up. The gifts He's 423 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 5: put in you, the dreams. They didn't get canceled because 424 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 5: you had bad breaks, because somebody did you wrong. They 425 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 5: are still alive. You can still become who God created 426 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 5: you to be. And it may feel like the fire 427 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 5: has been turned up seven times hotter, But don't worry. 428 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 5: Your time is coming. God is saying the odds are 429 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 5: for you. Things are about to change in your favor. 430 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 5: That problem that looks permanent, it's only temporary now. All 431 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 5: through the day, Father, thank you that the odds are 432 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 5: for me. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 433 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 5: like Jimmy, you're going to go further than you've ever dreamed, 434 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 5: Like these Hebrew teenagers, You're going to come out of 435 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 5: that fire without the smell of smoke, and like Lazarus. 436 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: God is going to make you a living testimony in 437 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 5: Jesus's name. If you receive it, can you say it 438 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 5: in today? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 439 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 5: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 440 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 5: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 441 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 5: Come into my I'll make you, my Lord and Savior. 442 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 443 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 444 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 5: keep God in first place. Victorian, I will be right 445 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 5: back to speak a blessing over you. 446 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 447 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 448 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's news series Five Ways to Live Amazed. 449 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 4: You will discover that there is no limit to God's favor, 450 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 4: God's goodness, and God's blessings in your life. 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