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Oh God, bless you always our joy to 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love than you and we 43 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 4: know God has great things in store. If you're in 44 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 4: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 45 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you it 46 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: will make you feel right at home. But thanks so 47 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 4: much for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out today. 48 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. And I heard 49 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 4: about this husband and wife. They'd been arguing and now 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 4: they were giving each other the silent treatment. The man 51 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 4: had to catch a flight early the next day, and 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 4: he needed his wife to wake him up at five 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 4: in the morning. Not wanting to break the silence, he 54 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 4: wrote a note and put it on her side of 55 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 4: the bed that said, please wake me up at five. 56 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 4: The next morning, he got up at eight. He missed 57 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 4: his flight. He was so upset. He went in to 58 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 4: ask why she didn't wake him up, and he noticed 59 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 4: a piece of paper on his side of the bed. 60 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 4: He opened it up. It said, get up, it's five, 61 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 4: all right, Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 62 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 63 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 64 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 65 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 66 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 67 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 68 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about how God 69 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 4: works all things for our good. And every person goes 70 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 4: through disappointments and things that don't seem to make sense. 71 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: It's easy to get discouraged and think, why did this 72 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 4: happen to me? Why did my loved one not make it? 73 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 4: Why did this person treat me wrong? Why did I 74 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 4: get laid off? Had a man recently tell me how 75 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 4: he lost his job after so many years, and he 76 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: just didn't understand it. He said, Joel, I gave that 77 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 4: company my best, was always there on time. I was loyal. 78 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: It's just not right. We have to understand even though 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 4: life is not always fair, God is fair, and he 80 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: promises in Romans eight twenty eight that all things work 81 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 4: together for our good. I believe the keyword is together. 82 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 4: In other words, you cannot isolate one part of your 83 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 4: life and say, well, this is not good. It's not 84 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: good that I got laid off. It's not good that 85 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 4: my child got sick. It's not good that my relationship 86 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 4: didn't work out. Yes, that's true, but that's just one 87 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 4: part of your life. God can see the big picture 88 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 4: that disappointment is not the end your life doesn't stop 89 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 4: because of one setback. That's simply one piece of your puzzle. 90 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 4: There's another piece coming that's going to connect it all. 91 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 4: It's going to work together for your good. My children 92 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 4: and I used to love to make chocolate chip cookies, 93 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 4: and we'd been doing it so long, since they were 94 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 4: two or three years old. We didn't even have to 95 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 4: look at the directions anymore. We knew exactly what they took. 96 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: So Jonathan would go get the brown sugar and the eggs, 97 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: and Alexander would grab the flour, the bacon, soda, the vanilla. 98 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 4: I'd get the bowls and the mixer. We were very 99 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 4: precise to put in the exact right amount and the 100 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: exact order it was called for. You had to have 101 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,799 Speaker 4: separate bowls, and at one point you mix the contents 102 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 4: of the smaller bowl into the larger bawl. You beat 103 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: one egg in at a time, and if you really 104 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: want it to taste good, it's very important how much 105 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 4: goes in and when it goes in. I remember one 106 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 4: time we forgot to put the bacon soda in. I thought, 107 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 4: no big deal, just a little teaspoonful, How could that 108 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 4: matter in such a large bowl. But when we got 109 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 4: those cookies out. They were as flat as could be. 110 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 4: They didn't rise one bent. They were tasteless. Nobody would 111 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: eat them. It was like something Victoria had cooked. I know, 112 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 4: I got to go out to eat today. Victoria is 113 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 4: a great cook. She is a master of the microwave. 114 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 4: What was the problem with our cookies? An ingredient was 115 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 4: left out. A small amount made a huge difference. And 116 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 4: some people are bitter on life because they haven't waited 117 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: for all their pieces to come together. God has promised 118 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 4: a great plan for you. He has predestined you to 119 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 4: live in victory. And when things happen that you don't understand, 120 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 4: things that don't make sense, don't get stuck there. God 121 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 4: has some more ingredients come in your way. You may 122 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 4: feel like your life is kind of flat today. Flatten 123 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 4: your finances, flatten your career, flatten your marriage. But all 124 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 4: God has to do is add some of his bacon soda. 125 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 4: That'll cause you to rise to a new level. You've 126 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 4: probably seen that chef on television, Chef Emerald, When he 127 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 4: adds an ingredient, he always says, bam. Just imagine God 128 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 4: puts a little bit of favor bam. A healing BAM, 129 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 4: a good break BAM. Some of you are lonely. All 130 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 4: God has to do is BAM, a divine connection. Have 131 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 4: you're at odds with the child BAM, super natural restoration 132 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 4: at I don't know about you, but I'm expecting some 133 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 4: bams in my life. I'm expecting God to add the 134 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 4: right ingredients. That means the right people, the right opportunities, 135 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 4: the right breaks at just the right time. And you 136 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 4: may have had some disappointments. Life may not have treated 137 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 4: you fair, but you wouldn't be alive if God didn't 138 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 4: have another victory in your future. That setback was not 139 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 4: the end. That breakup you went through years ago. It 140 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 4: may not have made sense, but there's another piece coming 141 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: that's gonna pull it all together. Don't be impatient. It's 142 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 4: not over until God says it's over. The fact is 143 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 4: we all have things that if we isolate them, we 144 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 4: don't understand. But if you will just keep pressing forward, 145 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 4: one day you will look back and see how it 146 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 4: all played into a master plan that God had designed 147 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 4: for your life. But the problem is when we isolate 148 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 4: these negative experiences and we wonder why something has happened 149 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: to us, it causes us to get better. I know 150 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 4: people right now that are mad at God. They're soured 151 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: on life, no joy, no enthusiasm. It's because they went 152 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 4: through a disappointment, went through something unfair, and instead of 153 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 4: believing that God was still in control, believing that it 154 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: was going to lead to a new beginning, they isolate 155 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 4: that incident and they think, well, why did God let 156 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 4: this happen to me? But everything is not going to 157 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 4: make sense on his own. We have to have a 158 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: deep inner trust, a confidence down in here that says, 159 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 4: I know God has a great plan for my life. 160 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: I know He is directing my steps, and even though 161 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 4: I may not understand this, I know it's not a 162 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 4: surprise to God, and somehow, some way, He's going to 163 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 4: work it out to my advantage. Imagine one day we 164 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 4: decided we don't have time to make the chocolate chip cookies. 165 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 4: Let's just get the ingredients out and eat them separately. Jonathan, 166 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: go ahead, start. Here's a cup of brown sugar. Here's 167 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 4: a teaspoon of vanilla to wash it down with. Here's 168 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: a raw egg. Here's your two cups of flour. Now, Jonathan, 169 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: you officially have chocolate chip cookies on the inside. Somehow 170 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 4: it's just not the same. The key is it all 171 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 4: works together. It's got to be just the right mix, 172 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 4: put in just at the right time if it's really 173 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 4: gonna taste good. In the same way, you can't isolate 174 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: one part of your life and think, oh, this doesn't 175 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 4: taste good. My life is sour, Joel. I went through 176 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 4: a divorce, or I lost a loved one that was 177 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 4: so close to me. I started a business that didn't 178 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 4: make it. I've been through so much. No, that's just 179 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 4: one ingredient. It's not supposed to taste good by itself. 180 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 4: It's got to be mixed together. When you go through disappointments, 181 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 4: when your in slow seasons, don't get discouraged. All your 182 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 4: ingredients are not in yet. Remember, a little bit of 183 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 4: bacon soda can make a huge difference. That means just 184 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 4: a little break, Just meeting one new person, just getting 185 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: one new idea, just one touch of God's favor can 186 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 4: turn the sour into sweet, the sorrow into joy, the 187 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 4: morning into dancing. I read about a young man he 188 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 4: wasn't wanted by his parents. He was giving up for 189 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 4: adoption at six weeks of age, and when he turned 190 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 4: two he developed a mysterious illness that kept him from 191 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 4: growing properly. First they thought it was something like cystic fibrosis. 192 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 4: They ruled that out. For six years, he was in 193 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 4: and out of the hospitals trying to find what was wrong. 194 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 4: Eventually he got a little better and started growing, but 195 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: he was still very small. His dream in school was 196 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: to play sports baseball, basketball, football, but he was way 197 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 4: too small to make matters where some of the kids 198 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 4: bullied him, made fun of him, called him names. Didn't 199 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 4: look like God had a plan, didn't seem to make sense. 200 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 4: But remember it's not over until God says all he 201 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 4: needed was a few more ingredients. Being left by his 202 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 4: parents being rejected, that isolated on its own is very distasteful, 203 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 4: spending years in and out of the hospital, that alone 204 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 4: can be very discouraging, But that's not the end of 205 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: the process. When God begins to add some of his ingredients, 206 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 4: when he mixes in a spoonful of his favor and 207 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 4: a cup of his goodness, and he sprinkles a few 208 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 4: of his supernatural breaks, then all of a sudden, what 209 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 4: was very distasteful by itself, mixed together with the right ingredients, 210 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 4: becomes very tasteful, and even though he couldn't play those 211 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 4: kind of sports, he knew that wasn't the end of 212 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 4: his story. He knew God didn't make any mistakes. He 213 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 4: started going to ice skating lessons with his sister. It 214 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 4: wasn't long before the coach noticed he was an extremely 215 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 4: gifted skater. Long story short, he started training for the Olympics. 216 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 4: All the experts told him he was too small. You 217 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 4: don't have a chance. You're just wasting your time. But listen, 218 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 4: you are not who people say you are. You are 219 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: who God says you are. Scott Hamilton went on to 220 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: win every national and international skating championship for four straight years, 221 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 4: including the nineteen eighty four Olympic gold medal. And in 222 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 4: the natural, you may not see how you could accomplish 223 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 4: your goals. You don't see how you could fulfill what 224 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 4: God's put in your heart. But not today. All of 225 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 4: your ingredients are not in. When we're making those cookies, 226 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 4: our favorite thing is to put the chocolate chips in. 227 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 4: That's what gives them the flavor and makes them look 228 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 4: so tasty. Some of you today, you haven't had your 229 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: chocolate chips put in yet. Why are you soured on life. 230 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 4: You don't know what God has in your future. Get 231 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 4: your joy back, your vision back. Quit dwelling on all 232 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 4: your disappointments and why you went what you went through, 233 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 4: and shake that off and have the attitude. I've had 234 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 4: my flower put in. I've been through the mixing process. 235 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 4: Now I know I'm close to those chocolate chips. I 236 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 4: know just a few more ingredients and God's gonna bring 237 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 4: it all together and cause it to work out for 238 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: my good. One time, when Moses was leading the people 239 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 4: of Israel, they'd been traveling through the wilderness day after 240 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 4: day without any water. They were so thirsty they didn't 241 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 4: know if they could make it. They finally came to 242 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 4: this river. They were so excited their dream had come true. 243 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 4: They rushed over there to drink it. But when they 244 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: tasted the water, it was bitter. They couldn't drink it. 245 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 4: It was too sour. Have you ever come to a 246 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 4: place in life where you thought it would be your 247 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 4: dream come true? You thought you would have finally accomplished 248 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 4: a gold but all of a sudden something didn't work out. 249 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 4: You spent years building a business, maybe even working there. 250 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 4: You're ready to retire, only to find that it's not 251 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 4: going to happen, is not going to last. I talked 252 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 4: to a young lady. She was so excited about having 253 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 4: a baby. It was her first child, and she and 254 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 4: her husband were getting the nursery already, everything prepared. But 255 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 4: unfortunately she wasn't able to carry the child full term. 256 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 4: She had a miscarriage. Those waters were bitter. In nineteen 257 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 4: eighty one, our family was looking forward to having a 258 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 4: big Christmas together. It was going to be a fun 259 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,479 Speaker 4: time of family and friends. But on December the eleventh, 260 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 4: we got the news that my mother had terminal cancer 261 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 4: and given just a few weeks to live. What we 262 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 4: thought would be a season of celebration ended up being 263 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 4: a very bitter season. That's what happened to these people. 264 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 4: There was no water to drink. They were so thirsty, 265 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 4: and they began to complain to Moses. They got so 266 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: discouraged they thought it was all over. But no, God 267 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 4: still had a plan, and God told Moses to put 268 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 4: a certain kind of tree in the water, and when 269 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 4: he did, those bitter waters were turned into sweet. Now 270 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 4: the people could freely drink as much as they wanted. 271 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 4: What is God saying when life turns out bitter when 272 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: things seem unfair. I'm not at a loss. I still 273 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 4: have an ingredient that I can put in that can 274 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 4: turn your bitter waters into sweep. You may not understand 275 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: why you went through what you went through, but don't 276 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: try to figure it all out. Faith is all about 277 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 4: trusting God when you don't understand things. Some people get 278 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 4: so caught up on why God didn't answer their prayers, 279 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 4: things like God, you could have healed my loved one. God, 280 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 4: you could have restored my marriage. God, you could have 281 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 4: kept me from getting laid off. Listen, here's what I've learned. 282 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 4: Don't ever put a question mark where God has put 283 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: a period. When something is over and done, let it 284 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: go and move on to the next chapter in your life. 285 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 4: It may be bitter, but God has another ingredient. There's 286 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 4: something in your future that's going to turn the sour 287 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 4: into sweet. I know a gentleman that worked for many 288 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 4: years for a major newspaper. He was getting close to retiring, 289 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 4: but at the last minute they had to let him go. 290 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 4: Those waters were better. He understood this principle. He didn't 291 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 4: get soured on life and go around complaining. He stayed 292 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 4: in faith, believing that God would open up another door. 293 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 4: His dream was always to write books, and he had 294 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 4: done a few here and there on the side while 295 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 4: he was working as a reporter, but he never had 296 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 4: the courage to really step out and do it full time. 297 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 4: But not long after he was laid off, he got 298 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 4: a call from a publishing agent asking if he was 299 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 4: available to work on a major book with the well 300 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: known author. He took that opportunity, and today he's living 301 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: his dream. He's doing what he always wanted to do. 302 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 4: He told how if he had not been laid off, 303 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 4: he wouldn't have been available. That agent would have never 304 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 4: called him. What am I saying? God has another ingreedy. 305 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 4: When one door closes, God's going to open up another door. 306 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 4: If you will stay in faith, it'll be a bigger 307 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 4: and a better door. 308 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: Now. 309 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 4: I found sometimes like this, gentleman, if we don't have 310 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 4: the courage to take a step of faith, God will 311 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 4: give us a push to get us out of our 312 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 4: comfort zone. Those bitter waters may be a blessing in disguise. No, 313 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 4: it's not good that you lost your job, but it 314 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 4: could be good if it causes you to stretch to 315 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 4: the next level or if it causes you to go 316 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 4: back to school, go back to college. It's not good 317 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 4: that you get a bad report about your health, but 318 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 4: it can be good if it causes you to get 319 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 4: back in shape. It wasn't good when my father went 320 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord. We prayed, we believed the 321 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 4: waters were bitter, but really it was those bitter waters 322 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 4: that forced me out of my comfort zone. That's when 323 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 4: I really stepped into my divine destiny. The symbol for 324 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 4: the word the symbol for the word crisis in Chinese 325 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 4: is made up of two words, danger and opportunity. In 326 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 4: every crisis and every loss and every disappointment, there's both 327 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 4: danger to get bitter, to stay sour, to settle where 328 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 4: we are, and there's opportunity. We can grow, we can 329 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 4: step out in faith, we can stretch to the new 330 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 4: things that God has in store. I've talked to a 331 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 4: lot of people that went through Hurricane Katrina. They lost everything. 332 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 4: I told them, you can accept the hand that you've 333 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 4: been dealt, seeing this as an opportunity to meet new friends, 334 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 4: to live in a new city, to have a new job. 335 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 4: Or you can fight it. You can resist it, get bitter, 336 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 4: live with a chip on your shoulder. The choice is 337 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: up to you. There's both danger and opportunity in every crisis. 338 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 4: There's a couple that's here every weekend, find people, faithful people. 339 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 4: They lost their teenage daughter to cancer. We prayed and 340 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 4: believed with them for many, many years, and she made 341 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 4: it a lot longer than she was supposed to. But 342 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 4: one day she went home to be with the Lord. 343 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 4: As you can imagine, that was some bitter waters. They 344 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 4: didn't understand it. Even though it was difficult, they committed 345 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 4: it into God's hands. Today that couple is a shining 346 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 4: example of how God can turn the sour into sweet. 347 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 4: Every time I see them, they radiate God's goodness. Whenever 348 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 4: I meet someone that's lost a young person, they're the 349 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 4: first people I think of. I always ask them to call. 350 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 4: They went through a major crisis. I can't think of 351 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 4: anything bigger. They face danger. They could easily be negative, bitter, 352 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 4: angry people blaming God why did this happen? But know 353 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 4: in that crisis, they saw the opportunity. They saw a 354 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 4: chance to receive God's grace, and today they're helping others 355 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,719 Speaker 4: to make it through. God wants to show his grace 356 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 4: through you. When you go through a crisis, and instead 357 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 4: of getting bitter, if you believe that God is still 358 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 4: in control, you stay hopeful and believe that He's going 359 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 4: to open up a new door, then you too will 360 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 4: become a face of grace. You will not only see 361 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 4: God's goodness in a greater way, but you will inspire 362 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 4: others to keep moving forward into the good things God 363 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 4: has in store. I love the way Job put it. 364 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 4: Though he slay me, yet will I trust him? The 365 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 4: reason Job had this unwavering trust was because he knew 366 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 4: God was still on the throne. When we go through 367 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 4: things that don't make sense, things that we don't really understand, 368 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 4: we've got to be able to say with Job, I'm 369 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 4: not worried about it. I know God is still in 370 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 4: complete control of my life. I know He's got me 371 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 4: in the palm of his hand. This may look like 372 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 4: the end, but I know God has a new beginning. 373 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 4: These waters may be bitter right now, but I know 374 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 4: God has another ingredient that's going to turn them into sweet. 375 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 4: Weeping may endure for a night, but I know a 376 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 4: secret joy is coming in the morning. The scripture talks 377 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 4: about how all of our days have been written in 378 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 4: God's book. He's already recorded every part of your life, 379 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 4: from the beginning to the end. God knows every disappointment, 380 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 4: every loss, every challenge. The good news is your story 381 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 4: ends in victory. Your final chapter concludes with you fulfilling 382 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 4: your God given destiny. Here's the key. When you go 383 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 4: through a disappointment, when you go through a loss, don't 384 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 4: stop on that page. You've got to keep moving forward. 385 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 4: There's another chapter in front of you, but you've got 386 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 4: to be willing to walk into it. Sometimes we get 387 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 4: so focused on what didn't work out, why I went 388 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 4: through that divorce, and why didn't get that promotion that 389 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 4: I worked so hard for. Listen, you've been on that 390 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 4: page long enough. You've reread that chapter four hundred and 391 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: fifty times. Let it go and move into the new 392 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: after God has in store. You may not understand everything 393 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 4: you went through, but if you just keep pressing forward, 394 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 4: not letting the bitterness take root, you will come to 395 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 4: a chapter in your future that'll pull it all together, 396 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 4: a chapter that'll cause it to make sense. Was talking 397 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 4: to this couple not long ago. They have a son, 398 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 4: and they've always had a good relationship with him. In fact, 399 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 4: they used to work together. But somehow they got crossways, 400 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 4: and now this son won't speak to them. He moved 401 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 4: to another city. They don't even have a phone number, 402 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 4: they don't know how to get in touch with him. 403 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 4: So you can imagine they're just very concerned, very discouraged. 404 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 4: I told them what I'm telling you. That is not 405 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 4: your final chapter. There's another chapter coming somewhere in your future. 406 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 4: Is a restoration chapter. It may be a month, or 407 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 4: a year, or ten years. But don't get stuck on 408 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 4: that page. Keep praying, keep believing that chapter will come 409 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 4: to an end. The bitter waters will be turned into sweet, 410 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 4: and you'll see that relationship restored. You gotta get a 411 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 4: vision for it. You gotta let the seed take root. 412 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 4: Some of you are ready to go to a new chapter, 413 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 4: but you've got to be willing to let go of 414 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 4: the old. What's behind you is not near as important 415 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 4: as what's in front of you. Everything you've been through 416 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 4: was to get you prepared for where you are right now. 417 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 4: Those disappointments, those challenges were never meant to destroy you. 418 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 4: They were meant to strengthen you, to build your character, 419 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 4: to give you the fortitude you need to accomplish your 420 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 4: god given destiny. You may have had unfair things happen, 421 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 4: things that you don't understand, but let me tell you 422 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 4: have come too far to stop. Now. You need to 423 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 4: dig your heels in and say, I may not understand it, 424 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 4: it may not have been fair, but I am not 425 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 4: getting stuck on this page. I know God has another 426 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 4: chapter with my name on it, and that chapter is 427 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 4: full of blessing, full of favor, full of victory. Our 428 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,479 Speaker 4: little daughter Alexandra used to love to put puzzles together, 429 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 4: and when she was about five years old, every couple 430 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 4: weeks we'd go buy a puzzle and sit down and 431 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 4: work on it. And sometimes it would take us two 432 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 4: or three days, and invariably we would find a piece 433 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 4: of that puzzle that didn't look like it was going 434 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 4: to fit anywhere. We would try every option that we 435 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 4: could see here and there, but still nothing. Finally, I 436 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 4: would always think the manufacturer must have messed up and 437 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 4: left a piece out, or somebody came by at night 438 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 4: and took it off the table, or the dog got 439 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 4: a hold of it. But this piece is a mistake. 440 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 4: It does not fit anywhere. But what's interesting every time 441 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 4: when we got the puzzle closer to being finished, and 442 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 4: more of the pieces came together all the sudden that 443 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 4: piece would fit perfectly into place. What was the problem earlier? 444 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 4: All the other pieces weren't together yet. Some of you 445 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 4: today you have issues that you don't understand, and you're wondering, Joel, 446 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 4: if God is so good, why did my life turn 447 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 4: out like this? Or why did I go through that divorce? 448 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 4: Why didn't I get that promotion? Just doesn't seem to 449 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 4: make sense. Yes, that's true on its own, but it's 450 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 4: because you have pieces to your puzzle that have not 451 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 4: yet come together. If you will stay in faith, before 452 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 4: long you will see how every set back, every disappointment, 453 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 4: even a loss that was simply another piece of your puzzle, 454 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 4: if it had not happened, it would not have connected 455 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 4: you to the great things that God had in your future. 456 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 4: Heard about this young lady. Her dad had had a 457 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 4: heart transplant and he seemed to be doing well. Everything 458 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 4: was going good, But several months later she got an 459 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 4: unexpected call saying that her father suddenly had died. He 460 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 4: didn't make it. She was in another city working on 461 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 4: her master's degree. She immediately went to the airport, so upset, 462 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: so heartbroken. Now, she was sitting there at the gate 463 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 4: area with her head down, just sobbing and sobbing. She 464 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 4: felt these loving arms put around her, and a young 465 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 4: man said, ma'am, what's wrong. She immediately recognized the voice. 466 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 4: She looked up and it was Kevin Costner, the movie actor. 467 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 4: She told what was wrong and how her father had 468 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 4: passed away, and he stayed there the whole time, comforting her, 469 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 4: letting her know that everything was going to be all right. 470 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 4: In fact, several times some of his people came and 471 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 4: tried to get him to go catch his own flight, 472 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 4: but he wouldn't go. He stayed with her until she 473 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 4: was ready to board. Just as they were leaving, he 474 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,239 Speaker 4: mentioned that he was going to be back in that 475 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 4: city a couple of months later filming a movie. He 476 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 4: asked her to stop by and let him know how 477 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 4: she was doing. Several months later, she was driving across 478 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 4: town running an errand she had some papers to deliver 479 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 4: for her company. Traffic was all backed up. When she 480 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 4: got up, she noticed they were filming a movie over 481 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 4: on the park area. Over there. She wondered if it 482 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 4: was the one with Kevin Costner. She didn't have time 483 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 4: to stop she was in a hurry and didn't want 484 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 4: to bother him. When she was coming back from that 485 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 4: errand shed got in some more traffic, looked over. It 486 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 4: was another part of a movie. This time she stopped. Indeed, 487 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 4: it was the movie with Kevin Costner. She told the 488 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 4: security guard to tell Kevin that the lady that was 489 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 4: sobbing in the airport was here. Sure enough, they brought 490 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 4: her right over to Kevin, and he was just as 491 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 4: kind and warm as he was before, and offered her 492 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 4: a place to sit and watch the scene take place. 493 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 4: In a few minutes, an executive in charge of the 494 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 4: production came and sat by the young lady, just being 495 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 4: friendly and explaining what the scene was all about and 496 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 4: how it all worked. Those two just hit it off 497 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 4: like they were old friends. That night, the lady called 498 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 4: her mother and said, Mom, today I met the man 499 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 4: of my dreams. I met the men I'm going to marry. 500 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 4: Sure enough, they started dating, fell in love. One year 501 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 4: later they got married. Who would have ever thought sitting 502 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 4: in an airport grieving the loss of her father would 503 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 4: be a significant piece of her puzzle that God would 504 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 4: use to connect her with somebody. She'd spend the rest 505 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 4: of her life with what am I saying. God has 506 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 4: the right pieces to make your puzzle fit together. That 507 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 4: puzzle may not make sense right now, but don't get discouraged. 508 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 4: There's another peace coming that's going to pull it all together. 509 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 4: Don't get stuck on that page. God has some more 510 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 4: ingredients for your life. Ingredients that will turn the sour 511 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 4: into sweep, ingredients that will turn mourning into dancing even, 512 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 4: ingredients that will lift you out of mediocrity into a 513 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 4: life of abundance. And sometimes by faith, you just need 514 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 4: to hear it. Hear God's saying it. Bam. Another divine 515 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: connection bam. Another breakthrough bam. Another supernatural opportunity bam. Another 516 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 4: wall coming down. Get ready for some bams in your life. 517 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 4: You have not seen your best days. They are still 518 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 4: in your future. If you will learn to shake off 519 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 4: the bitterness and not dwell on unanswered questions, but really 520 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 4: believe that God is in complete control O, then God 521 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 4: is going to show up and show out in unusual ways. 522 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 4: He'll take your scars and turn them into stars. He'll 523 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 4: take the mess and make it into you a message. 524 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 4: When you come to the end, you'll be able to 525 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 4: say I finish my course, I fulfilled my destiny. God 526 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 4: worked all things together for my good. If you receive it, 527 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 4: can you say amen. We never like to close our 528 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 4: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 529 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just 530 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 4: say it, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 531 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 532 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 533 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 534 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 4: God first place. 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