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It's a joy to 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: come into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 45 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and heard about 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: this man that called the church office. He said, I 47 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: want to speak to the head hog at the trough. 48 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, 49 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 3: you're going to have to call him pastor, but you 50 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: may not call him the head hog at the trough. 51 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 3: He said, well, that's fine, but I was thinking about 52 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 3: making a five thousand dollars donation to your church. She said, 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 3: hang on, poor Ky just walked in. Say it like 54 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 55 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 56 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 57 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 58 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 59 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 60 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about unconditional trust. 61 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: It's easy to trust God when things are going our way. 62 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 3: We're getting good breaks, our business is blessed, our children 63 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 3: are healthy. That doesn't take much faith. Life is good. 64 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: But what about when things aren't going our way? Our 65 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: prayers aren't being answered. The problem isn't turning around. We're 66 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 3: not seeing favor. Too often we get discouraged. Think, God, 67 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 3: why aren't you doing something? You can see I'm being mistreated. 68 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 3: My health isn't good. I worked hard, but I didn't 69 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 3: get the promotion. We think when it changes, we'll be 70 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 3: happy when I meet the right person, when my health improves, 71 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 3: when we have this baby, then we'll have a good attitude. 72 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: That's conditional trust. God. If you meet my demands, if 73 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: you answer my prayers the way I want on my timetable, 74 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 3: then I'll be my best. The problem with conditional trust 75 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: is there will always be things we don't under stand, 76 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: something that's not happening fast enough. It didn't work out 77 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 3: the way we wanted. We prayed just as hard for 78 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: my father when his health went downhill as we did 79 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: for my mother. We quoted the same scriptures. We asked 80 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: God to restore his health, to let him live. But 81 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 3: my father went to be with the Lord. It didn't 82 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: happen the way I wanted. If I would have had 83 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: conditional trust, I would have gotten upset bitter. Why didn't 84 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 3: you answer my prayers? The truth is God did answer 85 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 3: my prayer, it just wasn't the way I wanted. Are 86 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 3: you mature enough to accept God's answers, even though they're 87 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: not what you were hoping for. God is a sovereign God. 88 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 3: We're not going to understand everything that happens. Faith is 89 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 3: trusting God. When life doesn't make sense, there will always 90 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: be unanswered questions. Why didn't my loved one make it? 91 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 3: Why am I not getting better? Why did this person leave? 92 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 3: Some things are not going to make sense, but God 93 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 3: wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to bring 94 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 3: good out of it. You may not see it at 95 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 3: the time, but God knows what he's doing. He has 96 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: your best interest at heart. It's not random. It's a 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: part of his plan. Dare to trust him. I didn't 98 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: want to lose my father, of course. He was one 99 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 3: of my best friends. I'd worked with him here at 100 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 3: Lakewood for seventeen years. We had traveled the world together. 101 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 3: I didn't know what I would do when my dad 102 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: was gone. But I found God had another plan. He 103 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 3: had something else for me to do. I couldn't see 104 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 3: it at the time. I wanted God to do it 105 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,559 Speaker 3: my way, but God had a better way. I thought 106 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: I would spend my life behind the scenes, doing production, 107 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 3: running the cameras. I didn't think I could get up 108 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 3: here in front of people. I didn't know this ability 109 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 3: was in me. But God can see things in you 110 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: that you can't see in yourself. For your life is 111 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: bigger than your plan, but it may not happen the 112 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 3: way you thought. God doesn't take us in a straight line. 113 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 3: They'll be twist turns. The disappointments, the loss, the bad breaks. 114 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: They're all a part of his plan. But if you 115 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 3: have conditional trust, you'll get discouraged and think, why is 116 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: this happening. I'm going the wrong way. But God is 117 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 3: still directing your steps. Trust him when you don't understand. 118 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: Trust him even when it feels like you're going the 119 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: wrong direction. What I thought would be my darkest hour 120 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: the loss of my father. I say this respectfully. In 121 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 3: one sense, it turned out to be my brightest hour. 122 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 3: It launched me into what I'm doing today, into a 123 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 3: new level of my destiny. But sometimes we want things 124 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 3: so bad we're not going to be happy unless it 125 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 3: happens our way. I can't be happy unless I get 126 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 3: the house, unless I meet the right person, unless we 127 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 3: have the baby. That's out of balance. Anything you have 128 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 3: to have in order to be happy. The enemy can 129 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 3: use against you, and it's good to be honest with God. 130 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 3: Tell them your dreams, tell him what you're believing. For God, 131 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 3: this is what I want. I'm asking you to heal 132 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: my loved one. Turn this problem around. God, open these 133 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 3: new doors. It's fine to ask, but then be mature 134 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 3: enough to say, but God, if it never happens, if 135 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: I don't get the promotion, if my loved one doesn't 136 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: make it, if my health doesn't improve, I'm still going 137 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 3: to trust you. See, we can get so consumed with 138 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: what we want that it can become like an idol. 139 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: That's all we think about, all we pray about. It's 140 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 3: always on the forefront of our minds. Turn it over 141 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: to God, pray, believe, then leave it in God's hands. 142 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: Don't get so focused on what you want that you 143 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: miss the beauty of this day. Everything may not be perfect, 144 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 3: there are things that need to change, but God has 145 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 3: given you the grace to be happy today. It's very 146 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 3: freeing when you can say, God, it's in your hands. 147 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 3: I trust you, not conditionally. If it works out my way, 148 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 3: I trust you unconditionally, even when I don't understand it. 149 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 3: In the scripture, of the Apostle. Paul had what he 150 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 3: described as a thorn in his flesh. It was something 151 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 3: either physically or spiritually that he didn't like. It was 152 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 3: bothering him. Three times he asked God to take it away, 153 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 3: but God didn't remove it. Paul was honoring God, he 154 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: was being his best. He wrote half of the books 155 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 3: in the New Testament. You would think God would fix 156 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 3: what was bothering him, But God said to him, Paul, 157 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 3: my grace is sufficient for you, he would saying, in effect, 158 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: I may not remove it just yet, but I will 159 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 3: give you the grace to handle it. If God is 160 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 3: not removing what you want removed, if he's not changing 161 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 3: what you want changed, don't use that as an excuse 162 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 3: to live sour, bitter. God has given you the grace 163 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 3: to be where you are with a good attitude. You 164 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 3: can enjoy your life in spite of what's not working out. 165 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: And sometimes the reason our prayers aren't answered the way 166 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 3: we want is because it's not the right time, or 167 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: God has something better that we can't see, or perhaps 168 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 3: he's using the difficulty to do a work in us 169 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 3: to help us grow to get stronger. Unconditional trust, says God, 170 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 3: I don't like it. I'm uncomfortable, but I'm smart enough 171 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: to recognize you're God and I'm not. You're on the throne, 172 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 3: You're in control of my life. You said your plans 173 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 3: for me are for good. You said you would lead 174 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 3: me down the best path from my life. And even 175 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: though I don't understand it right now, God, I trust you. 176 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: Are you living frustrated, unhappy because something is not going 177 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 3: your way? That's conditional trust. You'll live a lot freer, 178 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 3: a lot happier if you'll quit fighting what God is 179 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 3: not changing, quit being upset over what he's not removing. 180 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 3: Paul said, I have learned how to be content. Didn't 181 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: happen automatically. He made this decision. I'm not going to 182 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 3: live sour because God hasn't removed this thorn. When he 183 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 3: wants to remove it, he'll remove it. But until then, 184 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 3: I'm going to be happy where I am foreign in Awe. 185 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 3: The truth is we all have some thorns things that 186 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 3: God is not changing. He could if he wanted to, 187 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 3: he's God. All he'd have to do is speak and 188 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 3: that problem would turn around. That person would treat you 189 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 3: wouldn't be any big deal. But since he's not doing 190 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 3: it yet, Will you do like Paul and be happy 191 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 3: where you are? Throign and all trouble and all loneliness 192 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 3: and all It takes a mature person to say, even 193 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 3: though God is not removing this, I'm still going to 194 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: have a smile. I'm still going to be good to people. 195 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 3: I'm still going to give God praise. This is what 196 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: happened with the three Hebrew teenagers in the scripture. They 197 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 3: wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. The king 198 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: was furious. He was going to have them thrown into 199 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 3: a fiery furnace. They said, King, we're not going to 200 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 3: bow down. We know our God will deliver us, but 201 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 3: even if he doesn't, we're still not going to bow down. 202 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 3: That's unconditional trust. I believe God's going to turn this 203 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 3: situation around, but even if he doesn't, I'm still going 204 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: to be happy. I believe I'm going to get the promotion, 205 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 3: believe my health is in proving I believe the right 206 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: person that is coming. But if it doesn't happen, I'm 207 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 3: not going to get bitter sour. I know God is 208 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 3: still on the throne. If he's not changing it, he 209 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: has a reason. My life is in his hands. Dare 210 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: to trust him, not just when things are going your way, 211 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 3: but even when you don't understand it. The Psalmist said, 212 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: God will work out his plan for your life. You 213 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 3: don't have to work it all out. You don't have 214 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 3: to make it happen in your own strength, try to 215 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 3: manipulate people, fight all your battles. Why don't you relax, 216 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 3: take the pressure off yourself and let God work out 217 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: his plan for your life. He can do it better 218 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 3: than you can. He knows the best path. And that's 219 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 3: what these teenagers were saying. We know God will deliver 220 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 3: us from this fire, but even if he doesn't, we're 221 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 3: not going to get upset and start panicking. We know 222 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 3: we're not doing life on our own. The most High God, 223 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 3: the creator of the universe, is working out his plan 224 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 3: for our lives. All the forces of darkness cannot stop 225 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 3: what God has ordained. That sickness can't stop him, trouble 226 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 3: at work can't stop him, the disappointments, the setbacks. You 227 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 3: may have a lot coming against you. You feel like 228 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 3: you're about to be thrown into a fire. The good 229 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 3: news is you're not going to go in there alone. 230 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 3: You couldn't be put in that fire unless God allowed it. 231 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 3: The enemy is not in control of your life. God 232 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 3: is in control. He is working out his plan. Sometimes 233 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 3: his plan includes fiery furnaces. Sometimes it includes giants, red seas, pharaohs, 234 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 3: people that don't like you, obstacles that seem insurmountable. You 235 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: don't see a way, but since you know the Lord 236 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: is directing your steps, you don't try to figure it 237 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 3: all out. It may look like the end, but like 238 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 3: these teenagers, you have unconditional trust. I know God will 239 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 3: deliver me. But even if he doesn't, I'm still going 240 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 3: to have a song of praise. I'm still going to 241 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: have an attitude of faith. I'm still going to live 242 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 3: my life happy. The king had these teenagers thrown into 243 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 3: the furnace. The fire was so hot. When the guards 244 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 3: opened the door, they were killed in a few minutes. 245 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 3: The king came to check on them. He looked through 246 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 3: the window and couldn't believe his eyes. He said, didn't 247 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: we throw in three men bound? I see four men loosed, 248 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 3: and one looks like the son of God? What was that? 249 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 3: God working out his plan for their lives? But I 250 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: wonder what the outcome would have been if they would 251 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: have had conditional trust. God, if you deliver us from 252 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 3: this fire, then we'll stay in faith. God. If you 253 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 3: do it our way, we'll keep a good attitude. But 254 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 3: when the king didn't change his mind, when God didn't 255 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: remove the obstacle, if they would have gotten negative, complained God, 256 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 3: we don't understand it. We prayed, we believe, we stood 257 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 3: in faith. Why didn't you turn it around? Maybe the 258 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 3: furnace would have been the end. Maybe we wouldn't be 259 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 3: talking about them today. If you want to get God's attention, 260 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: if you want him to take you where you've never 261 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 3: dreamed and turn impossible situations around, do like these teenagers. 262 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 3: I know God will deliver me from this fire. Have 263 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: a statement of faith, but then follow it up with 264 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 3: but even if he doesn't, God, I'm still going to 265 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: honor you. I'm still going to be my best. When 266 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 3: you live like that, you take away all the enemy's power. 267 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 3: He's expecting you to get upset, to be worried if 268 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 3: it doesn't work out, to fall apart, live in self pity. 269 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 3: When you have unconditional trust, you can't be defeated. You 270 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 3: may have challenges that look bigger, stronger, in the natural, 271 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: you don't have a chance. Don't be intimidated. The forces 272 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: that are for you are greater than the forces that 273 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 3: are against you. The scripture says in job you will 274 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: not be harvested before your time. You may get thrown 275 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: into a fire, But if it's not your time to go, 276 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 3: you're not going to go. God has the final say. 277 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 3: Right now, he is working out his plan for your life. 278 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 3: There may be some fiery furnaces. Are you only going 279 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 3: to trust him if he delivers you from the fire, 280 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 3: if he takes away all the thorns, if he does 281 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 3: it your way? Or are you going to have unconditional trust? 282 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 3: Trust him like these teenagers, even if he takes you 283 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: through the fire. Looking back over my life, things haven't 284 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 3: turned out the way I thought. I had a plan. 285 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 3: I had it all figured out. I told God what 286 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 3: to do, when to do it, what I needed, who 287 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 3: to use, how to get me there. I gave him 288 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 3: good information, my very best. The funny thing is God 289 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,239 Speaker 3: didn't take my advice. He had his own plan. What 290 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 3: I found is God's plan has always been better than 291 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 3: my plan. His ways have always been more rewarding, more fulfilling, 292 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 3: bigger than my ways. If God would have done everything 293 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 3: I asked, answered my prayers the way I wanted on 294 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 3: my timetable, it would have limited my destiny. I wouldn't 295 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 3: be where I am. I couldn't see it at the time, 296 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 3: didn't make sense, seemed like a good thing. But one 297 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 3: day I learned what Isaiah said that God's ways are 298 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 3: higher than our ways. His plans are better than our plans. 299 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 3: Quit being discouraged over something that didn't work out the 300 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 3: way you on it. Don't live frustrated because maybe somebody 301 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: left that you wanted to stay a door closed that 302 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 3: you want it open. God knows what he's doing. You 303 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 3: may not see it now, but one day, when you 304 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: see what God was up to, you'll be glad he 305 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 3: closed the doors. You'll thank him for not answering those prayers. 306 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 3: The longer I live, the more I pray God, not 307 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 3: my will, but let your will be done. I don't 308 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 3: fight the closed doors anymore. I don't get frustrated when 309 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 3: things aren't changing as fast as I would like. I 310 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 3: know that God is in control. As long as you're 311 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 3: honoring Him, being your best at the right time, God 312 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 3: will get you to where you're supposed to be. It 313 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 3: may not be where you thought. God is going to 314 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 3: take you further than you ever imagine. And I believe 315 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 3: in praying for our dreams and praying bold prayers, believing 316 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 3: for big things. But I've learned to let God do 317 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 3: it his way. Hold tightly to what God put in 318 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 3: your heart, but hold loosely to how it's going to happen. 319 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: Don't get set in your ways. Don't be discouraged because 320 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 3: it hasn't happened the way you thought. God is working 321 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 3: out his plan for your life. A couple of years 322 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 3: after Victoria and I were married, we sold our townhouse. 323 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 3: We were going to buy our first home. We were 324 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 3: so excited. We looked for months and months and we 325 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 3: found this house that we really loved, so in a 326 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 3: beautiful lot, big trees, so picturesque. It was like our 327 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 3: dream house. We made an offer, not much less than 328 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 3: they were asking. We didn't hear back for a couple 329 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 3: of weeks, and the house was empty. So we would 330 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 3: go out at night and pray over it and thank 331 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 3: God that it was ours dream about living there. Here's 332 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 3: where we'll put our furniture, Here's where we'll put a 333 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 3: swing set. One day we were sure it was going 334 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 3: to happen, but they called back and said they weren't 335 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 3: going to accept our offer. We knew that was the 336 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 3: devil trying to take our house, because that's supposed to 337 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 3: be ours. Have you noticed the devil gets blamed for 338 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 3: a lot of things he had nothing to do with. 339 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 3: We went back to that house and we started marching 340 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 3: around it, praying, binding loose, and doing everything we could. 341 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 3: A few days later, they sold it to somebody else. 342 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 3: Have you ever felt like God lets you down? He 343 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 3: could have changed it so easily. We were right there, 344 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 3: but the door closed. We said, God, where were you? 345 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 3: This was our dream house. But if you're only going 346 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: to be happy if God does it your way, that's 347 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 3: not trusting, that's giving God orders. You'll be frustrated. Why 348 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 3: don't you put your life in his hands. He knows 349 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 3: what's best for you. He can see things that we 350 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 3: can't see. A couple of months later, we found another 351 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: house in close to the city. We purchased that. Two 352 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 3: years after that, we sold half of that property for 353 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 3: more than we paid for the whole property. We ended 354 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,239 Speaker 3: up building a new house there. God blessed us in 355 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: ways greater than we ever imagined. But Now sometimes I'll 356 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 3: drive back by that other house I wanted so bad 357 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 3: and say, Lord, thank you for closing this door. Thank 358 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 3: you that it didn't work out. Some of the things 359 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 3: that are not working out in your life. Now, one 360 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 3: day you'll be doing like I did. Lord, thank you 361 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 3: that it didn't work out my way. You could save 362 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 3: yourself a lot of frustration if you'd learned to have 363 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 3: unconditional trust. The closed doors, the disappointments, the delays, it's 364 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 3: all working for you. And yes, it's good to be determined, 365 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: be persistent, but let God do it his way. If 366 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: he's not changing it, not removing it, not opening it, 367 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: don't fight it. Learn to embrace where you are. He's 368 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 3: given you the grace not to just be there, but 369 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: to be there with a good attitude. If you're going 370 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: to pass the test, keep a smile on your face, 371 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 3: keep a song in your heart, keep passion in your spirit. 372 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 3: Don't drag through the day disappointed. This is the day 373 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: the Lord has made. He's still on the throne. He's 374 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 3: working out his plan for your life. He's going to 375 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 3: get you to where you're supposed to be. But living worried, frustrated, 376 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 3: disappointed that takes our passion, it steals our joy, and 377 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 3: it can keep us from seeing God's favor. Sometimes, the 378 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 3: closed doors, the disappointments, they are simply a test God 379 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 3: wants to see if we'll trust him when we don't 380 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 3: understand it, when life doesn't make sense. This is what 381 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 3: happened with Abraham. He waited twenty years to have his 382 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: son Isaac. He and his wife Sarah were way up 383 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: there in their eighties. They prayed, believed, stood in faith. 384 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 3: They finally all the promise come to pass. They were 385 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 3: so excited. You can imagine how Abraham must have felt 386 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 3: years later when God told him to take Isaac on 387 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: top of a mountain and sacrifice him. That didn't make sense. 388 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 3: Isaac was what Abraham loved the most. This was the 389 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 3: fulfillment of the promise. Now God was asking him to 390 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 3: put his dream on the altar. Abraham didn't understand it. 391 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: It didn't seem fair, but he was obedient. He passed 392 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 3: the trust test. Just as he was about to follow through, 393 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 3: God stopped him and said, Abraham, don't do it. 394 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 4: Now. 395 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 3: I can see you trust me more than anything. Like Abraham, 396 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 3: There will be times God asked us to put our 397 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 3: dream on the altar. We have to show him that 398 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 3: we don't have to have the house to be happy. 399 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 3: If we don't have the baby, we're not going to 400 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 3: live bitter and sour. You believe for your health to improve, 401 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 3: but when you can say, if it doesn't get better, God, 402 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 3: I'm still going to honor you. I'm still going to 403 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 3: be my best. You are doing what Abraham did. You 404 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 3: are putting your dream on the altar. When God sees 405 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 3: that you don't have to have it many times like him, 406 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 3: God will give you back what you were willing to 407 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: give up. During World War II, there was a young 408 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 3: soldier in a library in Florida. While he was reading 409 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 3: a book. He noticed all the handwritten notes in the margin. 410 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 3: They were very thoughtful and heartwarming. He turned to the 411 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 3: front of the book. It just so happened it had 412 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 3: the previous owner's name and address. It was a lady 413 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 3: named Holly that lived in New York City. He wrote 414 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 3: her a letter introducing himself and telling how he was 415 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 3: about to be shipped off overseas to Europe. The next day, 416 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 3: he invited her to respond and they could talk about 417 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 3: the book. Much to his surprise, he received a letter 418 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 3: in return. For the next thirteen months, they wrote back 419 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: and forth, again and again, getting closer and closer. They 420 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 3: were actually falling in love. Yet they had never seen 421 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 3: each other. He had requested a picture, but she refused. 422 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 3: A year and a half later, he was coming back 423 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 3: home through New York City. This was their big opportunity. 424 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 3: They were going to meet for the first time and 425 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 3: go out to dinner. She said, I'll be waiting for 426 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 3: you when you get off the ship. You'll know it's 427 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 3: me by the pink rose I'll be wearing. Sailing back 428 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 3: across the ocean. He was so excited and so nervous 429 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 3: at the same time. He stepped off the ship. The 430 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 3: big moment finally arrived. This beautiful young lady came walking 431 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 3: toward him. She took his breath away. She was stunning, tall, 432 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 3: gorgeous features, in great shape. She looked like a movie star. 433 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 3: He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was so 434 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 3: taken aback by it. He didn't realize she wasn't wearing 435 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 3: a pink rose. As she passed on by. He finally 436 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 3: came back down to earth. About that time, this lady 437 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 3: in her forties walked up to him. She wasn't necessarily attractive, 438 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 3: had gray hair, and just so happened she was wearing 439 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 3: the pink rose. Disappointed, but not showing it, he walked 440 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 3: up to her with a smile. He saluted and said, hello, ma'am. 441 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 3: You must be Holly. I'm so glad to meet you. 442 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 3: Can I take you to dinner? The lady said, son, 443 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 3: I'm not sure what's going on, but the young lady 444 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 3: that just passed you asked me to wear this pink rose. 445 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 3: She said, if you invited me to dinner, to tell you, 446 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 3: she'll be waiting for you in the restaurant across the way. 447 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 3: It was simply a test. When you do the right 448 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 3: thing when it's hard, will you trust God when it's 449 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 3: not what you thought? When you don't understand it? God 450 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: said to Abraham, because you did not withhold your only son, 451 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 3: I will surely bless you and make your descendants as 452 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 3: numerous as the sand on the seashore. When you do 453 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 3: like Abraham, you do like this young soldier, and you 454 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 3: pass the trust test, God will not only give you 455 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 3: the desires of your heart, He'll do more than you 456 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 3: can ask or think. Are you living frustrated because your 457 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 3: prayers aren't being answered the way you want. Your plans 458 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 3: aren't working out. Take the pressure off. God is in control. 459 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 3: He knows what's best for you. You're not always going 460 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 3: to understand it. If you did, it wouldn't take any faith. 461 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 3: I'm asking you to trust him unconditionally. If you'll do this, 462 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 3: I believe and declare God is going to work out 463 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 3: his plan for your Life's going to open the right doors, 464 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 3: bring the right people, turn negative situations around, and take 465 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 3: you to the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, 466 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 3: if you receive it, can you say him in today? 467 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 468 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 469 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 3: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 470 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 3: into my heart. 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