1
00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160
Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

2
00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,920
Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

3
00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440
Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

4
00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,000
Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend.

5
00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,040
Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in

6
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,960
Speaker 1: your life. Well, God bless you. It's great to be

7
00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,880
Speaker 1: with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with

8
00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,560
Speaker 1: us during the week through our daily podcast, YouTube channel,

9
00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,799
Speaker 1: social media, and you can come visit us in person.

10
00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,760
Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one

11
00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,720
Speaker 1: of our services. I like to start with something funny,

12
00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,120
Speaker 1: and I heard about this pastor. He found a small

13
00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,639
Speaker 1: box hidden in his wife's closet and he opened it up.

14
00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,839
Speaker 1: There were six eggs and one thousand, one dollar bills,

15
00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,480
Speaker 1: and he asked his wife about it. She explained how

16
00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,879
Speaker 1: every time he preached a bad sermon, she put an

17
00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,480
Speaker 1: egg in the box. After thirty five years of ministring,

18
00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,680
Speaker 1: he felt pretty good about himself, only six bad sermons.

19
00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,120
Speaker 1: He then asked what the thousand dollars was. She said,

20
00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,600
Speaker 1: every time I got a dozen eggs, I sold them

21
00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,280
Speaker 1: for a dollar. Say it like you mean it. This

22
00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,080
Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

23
00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,840
Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do

24
00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,600
Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

25
00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,600
Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

26
00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,880
Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

27
00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,840
Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

28
00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,000
Speaker 1: to talk to you today about when God moves fast.

29
00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,120
Speaker 1: We all have things we're believing, foreign dreams to come

30
00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,880
Speaker 1: to pass, problems to turn around. We're be in our best,

31
00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,759
Speaker 1: doing the right thing, but we don't see anything improving.

32
00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,040
Speaker 1: And the scripture says it's through faith and patience that

33
00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,440
Speaker 1: we receive the promise. Sometimes God takes us little by little.

34
00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,480
Speaker 1: The promise is going to happen over time, a process

35
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,200
Speaker 1: where our character is developed and we're learning to trust him.

36
00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,840
Speaker 1: But that's not the only way God works. He has

37
00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,520
Speaker 1: these moments of favor where he's going to do things fast,

38
00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,640
Speaker 1: a sudden turnaround, a speedy recovery, a quick word. You

39
00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,520
Speaker 1: didn't see any sign of it, you just going along

40
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,880
Speaker 1: being faithful. God stepped in and hit fast forward. He

41
00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,760
Speaker 1: accelerated what you were believing for You thought it would

42
00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,000
Speaker 1: take years to pay your house off, but one contract,

43
00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,040
Speaker 1: one phone call and it happened in a fraction of

44
00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,040
Speaker 1: the time. Or it looked like a long road to

45
00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,840
Speaker 1: recovery in your health, long road to overcome that addiction,

46
00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,720
Speaker 1: but suddenly things changed in your favor. You defied the odds.

47
00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,400
Speaker 1: That wasn't luck. That was the God who moves fast,

48
00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,720
Speaker 1: speeding up what should have taken years. See the same

49
00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,079
Speaker 1: God that will take you little by little at times,

50
00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,720
Speaker 1: will accelerate things you can't explain. It doesn't make sense,

51
00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,720
Speaker 1: but suddenly he thrust you ahead. All the circumstances may

52
00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,960
Speaker 1: say it's gonna take a long time to get out

53
00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,840
Speaker 1: of that legal problem, for your child, to get back

54
00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,120
Speaker 1: on course, to meet the right person. What you can't

55
00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,000
Speaker 1: see is God has already lined up these moments where

56
00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,239
Speaker 1: He's gonna do a quick work where suddenly you meet

57
00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,480
Speaker 1: the right person, Suddenly the problem resolves, Suddenly your child

58
00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,040
Speaker 1: comes back home. When you're in a waiting season, you

59
00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,080
Speaker 1: don't see anything improving. It's easy to get discouraged, feel

60
00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,600
Speaker 1: like God has forgotten about you. No, stay in faith.

61
00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,840
Speaker 1: Your time is coming. God sees you doing the right

62
00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,360
Speaker 1: thing when it's hard. He sees you being your best

63
00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,200
Speaker 1: even though you've been overlooked. He hears you thinking him.

64
00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,160
Speaker 1: Even though you feel stuck, you are showing God that

65
00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,360
Speaker 1: you trust him. We all go through these waiting seasons.

66
00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,120
Speaker 1: But here's the good news. Those seasons are not permanent.

67
00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,280
Speaker 1: There is a harvest season coming, a time where God

68
00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,960
Speaker 1: will make things happen fast, a sudden shift. You couldn't

69
00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,720
Speaker 1: make it happen. It's the hand of God speeding things up,

70
00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,960
Speaker 1: moving you into your purpose. And the right attitude is God,

71
00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna trust you in the waiting seasons when you're

72
00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,560
Speaker 1: taking me little by little, But Lord, I believe you

73
00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,800
Speaker 1: have these acceleration moments, these times where you'll do a

74
00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:28,560
Speaker 1: quick work, a sudden breakthrough that thrust me into my destiny.

75
00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,760
Speaker 1: This is what happened with Elijah. The Israelites got off

76
00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,640
Speaker 1: course and started worshiping other gods. The king of Israel, Ahab,

77
00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,919
Speaker 1: married a woman from Phoenician. They worshiped the god Bail.

78
00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,719
Speaker 1: They believe Bail control the weather, rain, clouds, and sun.

79
00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,400
Speaker 1: God sent Elisha to King Ahab Chapter seventeen. He said,

80
00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,159
Speaker 1: as the Lord God of Israel lives, there will be

81
00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,599
Speaker 1: no rain and no do on the ground for years.

82
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,359
Speaker 1: Since they had forsaken Jehovah. There was going to be

83
00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,000
Speaker 1: a drought. Of course, water was a necessity in that

84
00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,200
Speaker 1: area for their crops, for their animals. That's how they survived.

85
00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,320
Speaker 1: God told Elijah to not go back home, but to

86
00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,640
Speaker 1: go to the brook Cherith and live there. It's significant

87
00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,120
Speaker 1: that Elijah was in a drought caused by other people's

88
00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,839
Speaker 1: poor choices. He had to leave his home and hide

89
00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:30,840
Speaker 1: by the brook because someone else did wrong. Sometimes other

90
00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,120
Speaker 1: people's actions have caused us trouble. We're in a drought

91
00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,800
Speaker 1: because they wouldn't do right. Look at how good God is.

92
00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,000
Speaker 1: God told Elijah to go to the brook, and he

93
00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,200
Speaker 1: would command the ravens to feed him there, even though

94
00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:51,080
Speaker 1: there was no food, no provision. Every morning, these ravens

95
00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,440
Speaker 1: brought food in their beaks and dropped it off to him.

96
00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,240
Speaker 1: This was delivery before door dash. This was God taking

97
00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,000
Speaker 1: care of his people. I always thought the ravens were

98
00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,480
Speaker 1: the food that the birds came, like quell in the

99
00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,119
Speaker 1: desert where the Israelites ate the quail. Well, Elija would

100
00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,920
Speaker 1: eat the ravens, but this was different. The ravens weren't

101
00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,080
Speaker 1: the meal. They brought food to him. When you honor God,

102
00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,400
Speaker 1: he will take care of you. Other people may have

103
00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,120
Speaker 1: put you at a disadvantage. They made choices that caused

104
00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,960
Speaker 1: you trouble and heartache. Now you're in a drought, don't worry.

105
00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,960
Speaker 1: God will have the ravens finds you. He'll provide in

106
00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,400
Speaker 1: a supernatural way. You keep doing the right thing, keep

107
00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,960
Speaker 1: honoring Him. When others are compromising, taking the easy way out,

108
00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,760
Speaker 1: worshiping other gods. They're not going to stop your destiny.

109
00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,280
Speaker 1: People are not your source. God is your source. He

110
00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,680
Speaker 1: controls the universe. If he has to have birds bring

111
00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:59,000
Speaker 1: you food, so to speak, unusual provision, uncommon opportunity, he

112
00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,200
Speaker 1: knows how to take care of you. When Elijah declared

113
00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,240
Speaker 1: this drought, he didn't have time to prepare for it.

114
00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,440
Speaker 1: He could run down to Costco stalk up his shelves.

115
00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:15,040
Speaker 1: This was a surprise to him, an unexpected storm. When

116
00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,640
Speaker 1: you face things that you didn't see coming, stay in peace.

117
00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,640
Speaker 1: God has your cover. He's going to send ravens your way.

118
00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,840
Speaker 1: He's going to have the provision come to you. David said,

119
00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,440
Speaker 1: I was young and now I'm old, and I've never

120
00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,440
Speaker 1: once seen the righteous forsaken. When you honor God, you

121
00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,840
Speaker 1: are connected to a supply line that will never run dry.

122
00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,200
Speaker 1: The economy is not your source, your company, your boss. Sure,

123
00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,840
Speaker 1: we're grateful for employment, but they're not your source, your

124
00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,320
Speaker 1: four O one K, your stalks. No, God is your source.

125
00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,920
Speaker 1: He makes streams in the desert. He brought a coin

126
00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,960
Speaker 1: out of a fish for Peter. He brought water out

127
00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,080
Speaker 1: of a rock manna in the desert. He knows how

128
00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,119
Speaker 1: to take care of you in this route went on

129
00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,400
Speaker 1: not for a month, not for a year, but for

130
00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,120
Speaker 1: three and a half years. You never read where Elijah

131
00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,800
Speaker 1: complained God, why did this happen? He wanted to be

132
00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,080
Speaker 1: out ministering, performing miracles, but he's hiding by the brook.

133
00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,720
Speaker 1: Eventually he moved to a widow's house, where she took

134
00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,120
Speaker 1: care of him. He's in a waiting season, a holding pattern.

135
00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,800
Speaker 1: He's not seeing the promise. He's just being sustained. What

136
00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,400
Speaker 1: you do in the waiting seasons will determine whether you

137
00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,640
Speaker 1: get stuck there or you see God step in and

138
00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:42,080
Speaker 1: accelerate things. Sitting in that drought, no sign of things changing,

139
00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,959
Speaker 1: Elijah said in verse forty one, I hear the sound

140
00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,160
Speaker 1: of an abundance of rain. He heard something in his

141
00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,839
Speaker 1: spirit that contradicted what he saw with his eyes. All

142
00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,320
Speaker 1: the circumstances says, there's no rain here in a drought,

143
00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,960
Speaker 1: everything is dead. But faith is believing what you're hearing

144
00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,840
Speaker 1: and not what you're seeing. God will speak things to

145
00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,040
Speaker 1: your heart, but there's no sign of it. All the

146
00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,000
Speaker 1: circumstances say you're not gonna get well, But inside you

147
00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,240
Speaker 1: here I am restoring health back to you. Your business

148
00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,120
Speaker 1: may be slow, you don't see how you can get ahead,

149
00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,760
Speaker 1: but inside you here you will lend and not borrow.

150
00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,480
Speaker 1: It looks like your child's never gonna get back on course.

151
00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,600
Speaker 1: But that still small voice says, as for me and

152
00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,360
Speaker 1: my house, we will serve the Lord. Now. The key

153
00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,960
Speaker 1: is don't let what you see talk you out of

154
00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,720
Speaker 1: what you've heard. You have to believe what God promised

155
00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,320
Speaker 1: you and not what the circumstances are telling you. Elijah

156
00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,439
Speaker 1: went on top of Mount Carmel and begin to thank

157
00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,480
Speaker 1: God for rain that was coming, thanking him for something

158
00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,920
Speaker 1: that he couldn't see. He asked this assistant to go

159
00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,200
Speaker 1: to the other side of the mountain to look can

160
00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,160
Speaker 1: see if there were any signs of rain. He came

161
00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,720
Speaker 1: back and no. Elijah got a cloud in the sky.

162
00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,439
Speaker 1: It's perfectly clear. Elijah didn't say, man, I must have

163
00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,840
Speaker 1: heard God wrong. I don't think this route will ever end.

164
00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,600
Speaker 1: And we kept believing. He kept praying. He told the

165
00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,400
Speaker 1: assistant to go check again. He went out and came

166
00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,400
Speaker 1: back with the same negative report. Six times. Nothing has changed.

167
00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,160
Speaker 1: Elijah could have let the facts talk him out of it.

168
00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,720
Speaker 1: No sign of rain been this way a long time.

169
00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,480
Speaker 1: But he had the assistant go check again. On the

170
00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,760
Speaker 1: seventh time. He said, this time, Elijah, I saw a

171
00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,920
Speaker 1: little cloud in the sky, just about the size of

172
00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,959
Speaker 1: a man's hand. That's all Elijah needed, a little sign,

173
00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,240
Speaker 1: a little breakthrough. He told King Ahab, you better get

174
00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,800
Speaker 1: in your chariot and get down this mountain as fast

175
00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,600
Speaker 1: as you can. Here's about to be an abundance of rain.

176
00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,079
Speaker 1: Verse forty five. The message translation said, as things happened fast,

177
00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:07,280
Speaker 1: the sky grew black with clouds. There was a mighty rainstorm.

178
00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,560
Speaker 1: Was it like? These clouds rolled in over a few days.

179
00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,640
Speaker 1: The weather got a little overcast, more cloudy over time,

180
00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:20,079
Speaker 1: this big storm. No things happened fast. These clouds didn't

181
00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,640
Speaker 1: drift in, they formed overhead. One moment it was sunny

182
00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,959
Speaker 1: and blue the next moment there was an abundance of rain.

183
00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,760
Speaker 1: You may have situations where, like Elijah, all the circumstances says,

184
00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,800
Speaker 1: you're not gonna get well. You're just like you were

185
00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,600
Speaker 1: a year ago. You're not gonna get out of dead

186
00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:44,640
Speaker 1: or break the addiction. Nothing has changed. You're still single,

187
00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,960
Speaker 1: still have that child, break in your heart, still no

188
00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,760
Speaker 1: closer to your drink. Can I encourage you? Things are

189
00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,679
Speaker 1: going to happen fast. You can't see it coming, no

190
00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,080
Speaker 1: sign of it happening. That doesn't mean God is not

191
00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,600
Speaker 1: going to do it. He's going to accelerate the process.

192
00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,559
Speaker 1: He doesn't have to have clouds blow in the sky

193
00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,720
Speaker 1: get dark a traditional way. It's going to be supernatural.

194
00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:16,040
Speaker 1: Something you can't explain, a sudden breakthrough a quick work.

195
00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,960
Speaker 1: Two thousand and three, the Houston City Council voted for

196
00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,400
Speaker 1: Lakewood to have this facility, the former Compact Center. It

197
00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,480
Speaker 1: was more than we could imagine, a dream come true.

198
00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,520
Speaker 1: But while we were still celebrating, the company that owns

199
00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,439
Speaker 1: all the property around this building filed a federal lawsuit

200
00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,360
Speaker 1: to try to keep us from moving in. They said

201
00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,960
Speaker 1: we violated the deed restrictions. Our attorneys told us that

202
00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,280
Speaker 1: it could be tied up in the courts for up

203
00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,800
Speaker 1: to ten years, and that there was no guarantee that

204
00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,960
Speaker 1: we would win. The longer they waited, the worse it

205
00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,040
Speaker 1: was for us. There was no reason for them to

206
00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,240
Speaker 1: try to work it out. We had a building that

207
00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,440
Speaker 1: we couldn't do anything with, and I'd already told the

208
00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,000
Speaker 1: congregation that it was ours and people had given funds,

209
00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,760
Speaker 1: and I'd wake up in the night thought saying, Joy,

210
00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,200
Speaker 1: You're gonna look like a fool. What if you don't

211
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,600
Speaker 1: win the lawsuit? What if that building sits there? For years?

212
00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,360
Speaker 1: We tried to reach out to the other side, but

213
00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,840
Speaker 1: they didn't want to talk. And a month went by,

214
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:24,360
Speaker 1: two months, three months, no word. We had this promise

215
00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,320
Speaker 1: in our spirit. We heard abundance of rain, but we

216
00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,960
Speaker 1: didn't see any clouds, no sign of things improving. These

217
00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,280
Speaker 1: are tests. Are you going to give up because the

218
00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,880
Speaker 1: clouds happened for him? Let the negative reports talk you

219
00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,400
Speaker 1: out of it. There will always be people that try

220
00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,640
Speaker 1: to discourage you and tell you how it's not going

221
00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,720
Speaker 1: to work out, and it's too big, it's too late,

222
00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,400
Speaker 1: the report too bad, you're not qualified. Tune all that out,

223
00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,320
Speaker 1: don't let them talk you out of what God put

224
00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,880
Speaker 1: in your heart. They didn't hear what you heard, don't

225
00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,200
Speaker 1: expect them to under You have to walk by faith

226
00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,240
Speaker 1: and not by what you see. Let what you heard

227
00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,960
Speaker 1: in your spirit overrule what you see with your eyes.

228
00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,320
Speaker 1: Just because there are no clouds in the sky doesn't

229
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,200
Speaker 1: mean God is not working. Just because your assistant came in,

230
00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,160
Speaker 1: your cousin, your friend, the expert, and said it's not

231
00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,720
Speaker 1: going to happen, it's still sunny in blue, You'll never

232
00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,120
Speaker 1: get the building, never get well, never meet the right person.

233
00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,800
Speaker 1: They're telling you what they see. What they can't see

234
00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,280
Speaker 1: is what God is about to do. What God has

235
00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:41,400
Speaker 1: coming is not going to be natural. It's not going

236
00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,400
Speaker 1: to make sense. It's not something you can put on

237
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:49,960
Speaker 1: paper calculate plan. God is supernatural. He can bring rain

238
00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:56,360
Speaker 1: without clouds, healing without medicine, abundance without the training. One

239
00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,640
Speaker 1: day I received a call from our attorneys saying that

240
00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,880
Speaker 1: the other side wanted to meet. Our attorney said it

241
00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,400
Speaker 1: was probably a distraction, just to bring confusion and we

242
00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,600
Speaker 1: shouldn't talk with them, But something down in my spirit

243
00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,360
Speaker 1: said to do it. I knew we were supposed to

244
00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,000
Speaker 1: meet the CEO of the company walked in and he

245
00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,120
Speaker 1: came right up to me. He said, Joel, I watch

246
00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,360
Speaker 1: you on television every week, and my son in law

247
00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,600
Speaker 1: is a youth pastor. I wasn't expecting that. I thought

248
00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,760
Speaker 1: he was gonna say, we don't want you here. We're

249
00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,560
Speaker 1: gonna fight you every step of the way. But God

250
00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,840
Speaker 1: is working behind the scenes, lining up the people you need,

251
00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,360
Speaker 1: the breaks you need, the favor you need, what He

252
00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,320
Speaker 1: has purpose for your life. No person can start, no company,

253
00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,520
Speaker 1: no lawsuit, no sickness, no addiction. God has the final say.

254
00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,320
Speaker 1: We sat down and met that day, and about four

255
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,360
Speaker 1: hours later he told his attorneys dropped the lawsuit and

256
00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,800
Speaker 1: let them have the building. Not only that, they leased

257
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,760
Speaker 1: us nine thousand covered parking spaces. Look like it was

258
00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,840
Speaker 1: gonna be tied up for years, but things happen fast.

259
00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,600
Speaker 1: God accelerated the process. You don't know what God is

260
00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,040
Speaker 1: up to in your life. Problems that look like they'll

261
00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,280
Speaker 1: take years to resolve, and dreams that seem like it'll

262
00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,760
Speaker 1: take a lifetime, and it'll get ready. Acceleration is coming.

263
00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,240
Speaker 1: God is gonna speed things up. A sudden shift, a breakthrough,

264
00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,640
Speaker 1: a healing, a turnaround that you couldn't plan, you couldn't

265
00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,680
Speaker 1: explain it. It's the God who moves fast. And yes,

266
00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,840
Speaker 1: I realize there are waiting seasons and these times where

267
00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,120
Speaker 1: God takes us little by little and we don't see

268
00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:50,920
Speaker 1: anything improving. But that's not how your story ends. God

269
00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,440
Speaker 1: has already lined up these acceleration moments where he'll do

270
00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,240
Speaker 1: in a fraction of the time what should have taken

271
00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:04,000
Speaker 1: years in one of those waiting seasons. My challenge is

272
00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,760
Speaker 1: waiting faith, wait, knowing that God controls time, that he

273
00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,000
Speaker 1: can do things fast. You're not falling behind. One touch

274
00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,120
Speaker 1: of God's favor will put you fifty years down the road.

275
00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,520
Speaker 1: When you know this, there's an expectancy. You're thanking him

276
00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,800
Speaker 1: for what's coming, and you're believing that something good is

277
00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,280
Speaker 1: going to happen. That's what causes God to go to work.

278
00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,520
Speaker 1: But the enemy would love for us to miss these

279
00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,520
Speaker 1: acceleration moments because we talk ourselves out of it. We

280
00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,719
Speaker 1: let other people discourage us. If Elijah would have listened

281
00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,280
Speaker 1: to his assistant and let that negative take root, he

282
00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,080
Speaker 1: wouldn't have seen the abundance. If he would have let

283
00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,760
Speaker 1: his own thoughts discourage him and reason it out man,

284
00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,119
Speaker 1: there's no clouds. This drought's never going to end. We

285
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,679
Speaker 1: wouldn't be talking about him. God works where there's faith.

286
00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,040
Speaker 1: Like Elijah, many of you have been faith in the drought,

287
00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,160
Speaker 1: doing the right thing when nothing's improving, thanking God when

288
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,760
Speaker 1: you don't see any sign of it. You are on

289
00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:12,240
Speaker 1: the verge of acceleration. God is about to speed up

290
00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,640
Speaker 1: what should have taken years. Promotion you weren't qualified for.

291
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,440
Speaker 1: Your business is thrust to a new level. Your health

292
00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:25,680
Speaker 1: suddenly turns around. You can't explain it. It's divine acceleration.

293
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,200
Speaker 1: It's the God who moves fast. This is what Isaiah

294
00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:34,439
Speaker 1: said in chapter sixty. The least of you will become

295
00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,560
Speaker 1: one thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. This is talking

296
00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:44,919
Speaker 1: about increase, abundance, God exceeding our expectations. But it doesn't

297
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:50,720
Speaker 1: say this will happen over a lifetime normal growth, ordinary promotions.

298
00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,480
Speaker 1: Goes on to say, when it's your time, I will

299
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,600
Speaker 1: do this quickly. God is saying, I have these moments

300
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,920
Speaker 1: that I've ordained for you, you where I'm going to quickly

301
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,000
Speaker 1: make things happen. You can't reach the fullness of your

302
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:12,080
Speaker 1: destiny with just ordinary breaks gradual promotion, usual increase. So

303
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,920
Speaker 1: God says, at the right time, if you just keep

304
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,400
Speaker 1: being faithful, you're going to come into these seasons of acceleration,

305
00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,920
Speaker 1: moments where like Elijah, you look up and say, wow,

306
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,680
Speaker 1: that happened fast. There were just no clouds in the sky.

307
00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,080
Speaker 1: My assistant told me six times now of nowhere, abundance

308
00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,600
Speaker 1: of rain from drought to a downpour in a moment's time.

309
00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,119
Speaker 1: Look like this building would be tied up for ten years,

310
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,920
Speaker 1: but in four hours it was resolved. What you're facing

311
00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,280
Speaker 1: your health, your family, your finances may look like it'll

312
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,480
Speaker 1: always limit you. But you don't know what God is

313
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,640
Speaker 1: up to. You can't see what he's planning behind the scenes.

314
00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,359
Speaker 1: Stay in faith in the drought seasons, those times of

315
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,040
Speaker 1: waiting when he's taken your little bitty little Isaiah said,

316
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,399
Speaker 1: when your time comes, God will do it quickly. The

317
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 1: least of you will become a thousand. That's acceleration, that's

318
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,640
Speaker 1: God speeding up things to thrust you into your purpose.

319
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,040
Speaker 1: I received an email from a lady and she and

320
00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,679
Speaker 1: her husband had three children. When she gave birth to

321
00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,919
Speaker 1: her fourth child, a beautiful baby girl, they noticed early

322
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000
Speaker 1: on that she wasn't developing like the other children. She

323
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,359
Speaker 1: barely talked. Other than an occasional mommy, She never said

324
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,440
Speaker 1: a word. Friends and family were concerned. They told these parents,

325
00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,280
Speaker 1: she might be special needs. You need to have her tested.

326
00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 1: But this mother didn't want to hear that. Her other

327
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,920
Speaker 1: children were higher achievers, excelling in school. She kept putting

328
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,479
Speaker 1: it off. Finally, it came time to start preschool, and

329
00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,879
Speaker 1: four and a half years old, she was tested and

330
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 1: had the speaking of bill of a twelvemonth old babying.

331
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 1: Parents were devastated, and the mother told how she was

332
00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,840
Speaker 1: paralyzed with fear. They were in a drought month after month,

333
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 1: year after year, and now it was confirmed by the

334
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,320
Speaker 1: experts not just slower than normal, but a serious problem.

335
00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:24,400
Speaker 1: These parents could have fallen apart. God, why did it happen? Instead,

336
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 1: all through the day, they kept thanking God that he

337
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,520
Speaker 1: was working, and they kept thanking him that their little

338
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,560
Speaker 1: girl would be able to speak. They kept praise music

339
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,400
Speaker 1: going on throughout their house. They never missed our services

340
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,920
Speaker 1: on television. When you're in a drought, it's important what

341
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 1: you're feeding yourself. You don't need to hear all the

342
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,240
Speaker 1: negativity and the naysayers, Hou, it's not going to work out.

343
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: You need to feed your faith, feed yourself hope, meditate

344
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,240
Speaker 1: on what God says about your situations. When you believe,

345
00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: all things are possible. Girl was enrolled in special education

346
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,880
Speaker 1: for speech that new school year, and August went by.

347
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 1: Nothing happened, couldn't say a word. September, no better, October, November.

348
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,199
Speaker 1: Like Elijah, they were praying, believing, but there wasn't a

349
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,800
Speaker 1: cloud in the sky, no sign of things improving. They

350
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 1: just kept thanking God he was working. In April of

351
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,400
Speaker 1: that next year, she suddenly began to talk. Wasn't gradual,

352
00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 1: wasn't little by little All at once she started speaking

353
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: like she had been doing it for years. The teachers

354
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: were baffled. They told the parents that she didn't need

355
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,879
Speaker 1: speech intervention any longer. My friend Hunkalani is here on

356
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 1: the front row. She just finished her sophomore year. She's

357
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 1: excelling in school. Beautiful Unkalane, that's so awesome. Let me

358
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,440
Speaker 1: tell your friends. God knows how to do things fast.

359
00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: He has these acceleration moments. What he should have taken

360
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 1: years will happen in a fraction of the time. When

361
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: you're not seeing anything happening, no clouds in the sky.

362
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,880
Speaker 1: That's when you have to dig down deep, say God,

363
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: I am not moved by what I see. I believe

364
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: what I've heard in my spirit, the abundance of rain,

365
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:21,120
Speaker 1: healing from my child, freedom from this addiction, this baby

366
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,719
Speaker 1: I'm dreaming about. When you keep believing and thanking God

367
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: despite how long it's taking, that's when God can step

368
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,080
Speaker 1: in with these acceleration moments where you go from a

369
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,560
Speaker 1: drought to a downpour. Like Elijah, things will happen fast.

370
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: This is what Joseph did. He was betrayed by his

371
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: brothers and sold into slavery, and even though he had

372
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,399
Speaker 1: done nothing wrong, he found himself in a foreign land,

373
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,640
Speaker 1: held against his will. He's falsely accused and put in prison.

374
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: It's one bad break after another. He was in a drought,

375
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: a long waiting season. He could have been bitter, but

376
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: he just kept trusting God, believing that he was still

377
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: in control. One night, the Pharaoh, the leader of the nation,

378
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,120
Speaker 1: had a dream that he didn't understand. Hey said, there's

379
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: a prisoner named Joseph that can interpret dreams. The scripture

380
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,120
Speaker 1: says that Joseph was brought quickly to the palace. One

381
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,920
Speaker 1: moment he's in prison, another ordinary day going about his business.

382
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: The next moment he's standing before the Pharaoh. He interpreted

383
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: the dream, and the Pharaoh was so impressed he made

384
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 1: Joseph the prime minister, second in command only to him.

385
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: If you would have told Joseph, sitting in the prison,

386
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: after all the unfair things people betraying him being lied about,

387
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: that tomorrow you're gonna be the prime minister. You're not

388
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: only going to be out of this prison dressed in

389
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: a royal robe, but you're gonna have the Pharaoh's ring

390
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: representing the authority to do whatever you please. Joseph would

391
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,400
Speaker 1: have probably said, you lost your mind. That's not possible.

392
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,679
Speaker 1: But God can make things happen fast. Joseph didn't have

393
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: to go through a trial, be vindicated by a jury.

394
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: He didn't have to run for office have people elect him.

395
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: God knows how to accelerate your dreams, how to speed

396
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 1: things up what should have taken years, He can do

397
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: in a fraction of time. You don't know what God

398
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 1: is about to do for you. Like Joseph, you've been faithful,

399
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 1: you kept a good attitude in the waiting seasons. When

400
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 1: God was taken you little by little. You didn't see

401
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 1: much progress. You didn't complain, you didn't give up on

402
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 1: your dream. You passed the tesk. Now, God has some

403
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: of these acceleration moments for you. Don't believe those lives

404
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,199
Speaker 1: that you're stuck where you are. It's gonna take your

405
00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: whole lifetime to get out of dead, get well, meet

406
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: the right person. No, God is going to do things fast.

407
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: You can't explain it. It wasn't your skill, your intellect,

408
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: your hard work. It was the goodness of God, like

409
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,199
Speaker 1: Isaiah said, taking you from one to one thousand, the

410
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: smallest to a mighty nation. How's this going to happen?

411
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: God said, when it's your time, I'm gonna do it quickly.

412
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: From a drought to a downpour. And there weren't any clouds.

413
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: Don't worry if you don't see any sign, just keep

414
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 1: believing what you heard in your spirit healing, Freedom, abundance,

415
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 1: children serving God. I believe and declare it's gonna happen fast.

416
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: God is about to surprise you sudden breakthrough, speedy recovery,

417
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: acceleration that catapults you into your destiny in Jesus' name.

418
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 1: Then if you receive it. Can you say him in today?

419
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus

420
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,439
Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

421
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

422
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.

423
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

424
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: born again. We'd love to send you some free information

425
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: on your new walk with the Lord. You can go

426
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: to the website or text the number on the screen,

427
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: but I hope you get into a good Bible based

428
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: church and keep God first place.

429
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: It's easy to let the day get away from us

430
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 3: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of

431
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 3: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life

432
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 3: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to

433
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 3: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems.

434
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: But here's the truth. How you start the day can

435
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,360
Speaker 1: determine what kind of day it's going to be. I'd

436
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: love to send you my devotional three minute mornings start

437
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 1: your day the blessed way.

438
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 2: Three minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time, but

439
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 2: when you put God first place and get your mind

440
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 2: and in the right direction, is setting the town for

441
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,360
Speaker 2: a blessed, productive day.

442
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: Is filled with inspiration and encouragement to help you begin

443
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.

444
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 1: It's amazing what happens when you take three minutes and

445
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: speak blessings over your life and declaring God's favor. Three

446
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: Minute Mornings is our gift to.

447
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 3: You as our way of saying thank you for your

448
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 3: gift of any amount. This month, we would like to

449
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 3: send you a copy of Joel's new devotional Three Minute Mornings.

450
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 3: Start your day in faith. This powerful book will open

451
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 3: the pathways to experience God's presence and peace in your life,

452
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 3: and there you will find renewed energy, assurance, and wisdom

453
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 3: to face your day. The Bible promises that God is

454
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 3: a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, So as

455
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 3: you pause for only three minutes and take in his

456
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 3: wonderful promises in this book, you will be positioning yourself

457
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 3: to receive all the amazing things that God has in

458
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,479
Speaker 3: store for you. Please re quest your copy today and

459
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 3: watch anxiety turn to divine answers, weakness to strength, problems

460
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 3: to renewed possibilities, Frustrations to God's favor. Yes, only three

461
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 3: minutes will transform your entire day.

462
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: From the time I was a little boy, my parents

463
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: taught me the value of starting the day off in faith.

464
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: Three Minute Mornings will help you do just that. Victoria

465
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: and I pray for you every day for God's very best.

466
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: We want to thank you for your prayer and support.

467
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: You're impacting people all over the world. A special thank

468
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: you to our Champion of Hope partners for your monthly support.

469
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: If you're not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one.

470
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning,

471
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious Exam, watch our

472
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: YouTube channel and the Joel Osteing Network streaming on television

473
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 1: twenty four hours a day. And until we see you again.

474
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: May the Lord bless you and keep you.

475
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of three Minute Mornings

476
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 3: Start your day in Faith. Visit Jolostein dot com or

477
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven Joel for an

478
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 3: additional donation. This month, we are also offering the Faith

479
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 3: and Freedom Bundle. You'll receive an additional devotional filled with

480
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 3: daily wisdom to guide you in living with favor, focus

481
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 3: and freedom. Also available. Our morning Power and Peace collection

482
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 3: includes Power, provision and Peace beautifully bound and timeless elegance.

483
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 3: This dynamic New Testament, the Passion Translation, helps you walk

484
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 3: in God's best. You can request these inspiring resources by

485
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 3: calling eight eight eight five six seven Joel or logging

486
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 3: on to jolostein dot com today. Call or click anytime,

487
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 3: twenty four hours a day, be inspired every morning. Request

488
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 3: your copies today