1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: God bless you. 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 8 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 9 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can come. 10 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: Visit us in person. 11 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: We'd love to have you be a part of one 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: of our services. But I'd like to start with something funny. 13 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: And I heard about this man. He was quietly reading 14 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: the newspaper when his wife snuck up behind him and 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: hit him on the head with a frying pan. 16 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: He said, what was that for? 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: She said, that was for the piece of paper I 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: found in your pocket with the name Mary Lou on it. 19 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: He said, all, honey, that's just one of the horses 20 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: that I bet on at the racetrack last week. She apologized, 21 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: went about her business. Two days later, she hit him 22 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: on the head with a bigger frying pan. After he 23 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: woke up, and he said, what in the world was 24 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: that for? She said, your horse just called. That is 25 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: not good at all. 26 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Here we go, y'all say it like you mean it. 27 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. 28 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what 29 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 30 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 31 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 32 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 33 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: God bless you. 34 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about surrender the outcome. 35 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: We all have goals and dreams and promises we're standing on, 36 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: and we have our idea of how it should work. 37 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Out and when it should happen. 38 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: This door will open, and this person will show up, 39 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: this will start to improve. But God's ways are not 40 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: our ways. His plans are higher and better than our plans. 41 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: Much of our frustration comes from trying to control the outcome. 42 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: If you're only going to be happy, if God does 43 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: it your way, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. God 44 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: doesn't always take you the shortest route. He can see 45 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: dead ends that you can't see. He knows the motives 46 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: of people and what they're really up to. We think 47 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: they'd be good for us and we need their favor. 48 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: But God can see how they would hinder our destiny, 49 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: so he's keeping them away. We can be frustrated, thanking God, 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: where are you? But God is not ignoring you. He's 51 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: protecting you. He's keeping you from heartache and pain. If 52 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 2: you're going to stay in peace, you have to learn 53 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: to surrender the outcome. You have to trust that God 54 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: knows what's best, that his plans for you are for good. 55 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: If it's not happening the way that you thought, that 56 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 2: means he has something better. And there's nothing wrong with 57 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: telling God what you want, what you're believing for. But 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: the key is to leave the timing and the way 59 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: it happened in his hands. 60 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: Hold tightly to your dreams, but hold. 61 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: Loosely to how it's going to happen. And someone tell 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 2: me recently. 63 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: Joel, God let me down. I prayed, I worked hard. 64 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: He didn't come through for me. 65 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 2: They had their minds set on one way, the way 66 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: they wanted, but we can't see all that God can see. 67 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's a divine delay. God's not doing it now 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: because everything is not ready, or a divine detour. 69 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: He caused you to. 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: Take that turn you weren't expecting because it's leading to 71 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: something greater. Just because it hasn't happened your way doesn't. 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: Mean that God has forgotten about you. He lets you down. 73 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: I don't understand the problem is you're trying to be God. 74 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: You're trying to control. 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: Things you can't control. You have to turn the outcome 76 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: over to him. Our part is to believe, to obey, 77 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: to trust. His part is to get a us to 78 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: our destinies. See the scripture says God didn't lead the 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: Israelites the shortest route to the Promised Land because they 80 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: weren't preparing for war. They would have been defeated by 81 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: their enemies. What they thought was a delay was really 82 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: God protecting them. They were frustrated, Moses, why did you 83 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: bring us out here to die? But the whole time 84 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: they were in the plan of God, they couldn't see 85 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: it because they had their. 86 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: Idea of how it would work out. 87 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: If you're going to stay in peace, you have to 88 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 2: learn to surrender the outcome. God is going to do 89 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 2: things in your life that you don't have plan, that 90 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 2: you didn't see coming. Quit trying to control things you 91 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: were never meant to control, trying to force the door 92 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: to open and manipulate that person to like you, and 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: frustrated because you're not seeing the results. The right approach 94 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 2: is God, this is what I want, this is what 95 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: I'm believing for. But God to you is not dependent 96 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 2: on the results. 97 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: Whether you answer this prayer the way I want or not. 98 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: I'm still gonna honor you, whether my business takes off 99 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: or not, whether my health turns around, whether I get 100 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 2: that scholarship or not. God, I'm still going to praise you. 101 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 2: I'm still gonna have a smile. I'm still gonna be 102 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: my best. 103 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: That's real faith. 104 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 2: That's showing God that you trust him, not conditional faith. 105 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 2: If God does everything I want, then I'll be happy. 106 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: If he comes through on my timetable, then i'll serve him. 107 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: That's gonna keep you from your destiny. God is working 108 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: in ways that we don't understand. Well, Joel, I was 109 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 2: being my best at work, but the company didn't promote me. 110 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 2: I was next in line, but I got passed over. 111 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 2: That feels like rejection. But the truth is God is 112 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: your doorkeeper. Because you're honoring him, He's controlling the doors 113 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: in your life, what opens and what closes. That's not 114 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 2: red it's direction. God is keeping you in his plan. 115 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 2: He opens doors that no man can shut. What He 116 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: has in store when it's the right time. No person 117 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: can stop, no bad break, no company, no government. 118 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: He has all power. If you want to save. 119 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 2: Yourself a lot of frustration, surrender the outcome. Quit trying 120 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: to control how it's going to work out, when is 121 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: going to happen, and who needs to show up. You're 122 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 2: putting God in a box, telling him what to do, 123 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: how to do it, no offense. 124 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: He doesn't need your help. He's God. 125 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: When you surrender the outcome, you're saying, God, I trust you. 126 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: You know what's best for my life. You'll get me 127 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: to where I'm supposed to be. This takes the pressure off. 128 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 2: But too often we're trying to control the outcome and 129 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 2: force the door to open, straining, manipulating. The scripture says 130 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: God is already written every day of your life. 131 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: He is thing plan that you can't see. 132 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: But if your faith is based on what you thought 133 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: would happen, God didn't answer my prayers, that situation didn't 134 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: work out. 135 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: That's gonna limit you. 136 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: You're disappointed, But God is working behind the scenes, keeping 137 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: you in his best plan. 138 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: He may be leading you a longer route on. 139 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: Purpose, or you're concerned about the opposition, but God is 140 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 2: using it to do a work in you, getting you prepared, 141 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: or that problem you hope would be resolved by now. 142 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: God hasn't delivered you from it. He's gonna take you 143 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: through it. It's going to be a greater testimony. You 144 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 2: don't understand it now, but when it's all said and done, 145 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: you're gonna come out with greater influence, greater honor, greater 146 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: resources as an example. 147 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: Of God's goodness. 148 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: That wouldn't have happened if God would have done it 149 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 2: your way. Why don't you surrender the outcome all those 150 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: things you could be worried about, Why is this happening? 151 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: Turn it over to him, do your best, and then 152 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 2: rest God. 153 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: I don't have to have my way to be happy. 154 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: I trust you. I know your way is better. This 155 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: is what the three Hebrew teenagers did. They lived in 156 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: Babylon and King Nebuka Nezar had created this idol and 157 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: ordered them all to bow down and worship. Well, these 158 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: teenagers only worship Jehovah. They wouldn't bow. Some of the 159 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: people were upset and they ran told the king. We 160 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: got these troublemakers, these teenagers that won't bow. 161 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: Well. The King flew into a rage. He was so angry. 162 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 2: He called them together said I'm gonna give you one 163 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: more chance. If you don't bow down, I'm gonna have 164 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: you thrown into a fiery furnace. They said, in verse seventeen, King, 165 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: we're not going to bow if you throw us into 166 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: the furnace. We know our God is able to deliver us. 167 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 2: He will rescue us from your power. 168 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: I love their faith. 169 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: I love how they declare that we know God is 170 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: able to deliver us. We know he's all powerful. We're 171 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 2: not afraid of you. They were bold and confident. But 172 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 2: the next verse is the key. But even if he 173 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: doesn't deliver us, we're still knucking to bow down. Their 174 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 2: commitment wasn't based on getting the results they were hoping 175 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 2: for it. 176 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: They didn't say, God will serve you. 177 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 2: As long as we don't get thrown into that furnace, 178 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 2: we won't bow. As long as you change the King's mind. 179 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 2: That's conditional faith. As long as you answer my prayers, 180 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 2: change my spoles, open this door, turn my health around, 181 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: then I'll give you praise. But true faith is when 182 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 2: you surrender the outcome. 183 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: God. 184 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: I know you can deliver me, but even if you don't, 185 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: I'm still not gonna bow. I know you can heal me, 186 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: That's what I'm believing for. But even if you don't, 187 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: I'm still going to honor you. I know you can 188 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: bring my child back home, can increase my business, but 189 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 2: even if it doesn't happen, I'm not gonna live bitter. 190 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: God. I trust you. 191 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 2: I know your plans for me are for good. Whether 192 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 2: you take me through it or deliver me from it, 193 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna stay in peace with a good attitude, knowing 194 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 2: that it's all working together for my good. 195 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: What am I saying? Don't be a fair weathered believer. 196 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: If God does what you want, you get the results 197 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: you were counting on, then you'll be happy. Then you'll 198 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 2: pursue your dreams. Then you'll put God first. God is 199 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 2: looking for people like these teenagers that will surrender the outcome, 200 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 2: that are committed to Him, whether he delivers you from 201 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: the fire or you get thrown into the fire. People 202 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: that aren't swayed by what they thought, what they had planned, 203 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: what they hope for. You don't get bitter. You don't 204 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: give up on your dreams. Think about job. In the 205 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: middle of all of his troubles, his whole world fell apart. 206 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 2: Yet he looked up to the heavens and said, though 207 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 2: he slaved me. 208 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: Yet will I trust him? 209 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: I would rather die in faith, trusting, believing, thanking God 210 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: for his goodness, than to die bitter complaining about the results. God, 211 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 2: why didn't you keep me out of the fire. Why 212 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 2: didn't my prayer get answered? Why is it taking so long. 213 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: If you don't learn to surrender the outcome, life's going 214 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: to be frustrating. You'll end up discouraged because God's ways 215 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 2: are not our ways. There are doors you may want open, 216 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 2: but God is keeping them closed because what. 217 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: You want is too small. 218 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 2: It will limit your destiny. There are situations you. 219 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: Want change Right now, you're uncomfortable. 220 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 2: You're having to stretch and deal with difficult people. You 221 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: can't see it, but God is using that to do 222 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: a work in you. He's getting you stronger, more confident 223 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 2: because He's about to do something you haven't seen. Now, 224 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: trust him with the outcome. Quit being disappointed because things 225 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: haven't gone your way. The King didn't change his mind. 226 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: You didn't get delivered from the difficulty. Let's be like 227 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 2: these teenagers. This bad break, this delay, this sickness, didn't 228 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 2: weaken my faith. 229 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: I know God is still on the throne. I know 230 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: my life is still in his hands. 231 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 232 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 2: stop your purpose. 233 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: Leave the results in God's hands. 234 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: Leave the way he's going to do it, and when 235 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 2: he's going to do it up to him. 236 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure these teenagers prayed, God, please keep us out 237 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: of the fire. God, please change the king's mind. 238 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 2: They had feelings, they had emotions, they didn't want to 239 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 2: go into the fire, but they understood this principle. 240 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: We can't control the outcome. 241 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 2: We can't make things go away and make this situation 242 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 2: work out. One thing we can control is our attitude. 243 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna live worried, upset, striving. God, you know 244 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: what's best for me. I believe you're working behind the scenes. 245 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 2: What you have purpose for my life. 246 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: Will come to pass. That takes the pressure off. 247 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 2: That's how you stay in faith, not basing your commitment 248 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: on whether God comes through for you on your timetable 249 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 2: the way you had planned. Our plans are limited, but 250 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: God is unlimited. Our ways are natural, but God is supernatural. 251 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 2: He has things planned for you that you haven't seen, heard, 252 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 2: or imagined. So that door closed that you wanted so 253 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: badly to open. What if you knew God was about 254 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: to open something better than you've ever dreamed. That's why 255 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: it did not work out, or you got thrown into 256 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 2: the fire, so to speak. God could have delivered you. 257 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: He's done it before. 258 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: This time didn't happen. 259 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 2: You don't know what God is up to. You may 260 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: be in the fire. 261 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: The good news is God controls the thermostaff. He won't 262 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: let you face too much heat. He knows what you 263 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: can handle. 264 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 2: The king was so upset he had them heat the 265 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: fire seven times hotter than normally. They threw the teenagers 266 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 2: in hands and feet were bound. 267 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: A few minutes. 268 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 2: The king came over to check on him. Look through 269 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: the furnace door. 270 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: He was puzzled. He said, didn't we throw three men 271 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: in bound? 272 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 2: I see four men loosed, and one looks like the 273 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: son of God. Those teenagers came out without the smell 274 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 2: of smoke. The king said, from now on, we're all 275 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: gonna worship the God of shadrak nishek I've been to 276 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: go Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire. Other 277 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 2: times he will make you fire proof and take you 278 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 2: through the fire. 279 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: You have to leave how he does it in his hands. 280 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 2: If God would have kept them from the fire, just 281 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: change the king's mind, they wouldn't have had the influence, 282 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: the favor. 283 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: We probably wouldn't be talking about them. 284 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 2: None of us like to go through difficulties, things we 285 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 2: don't understand that are not fair. It's tempting to thank God, 286 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: where are you? We know you can deliver us, We 287 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 2: know you can. 288 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: Heal, free, promote. 289 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: This is what separates the people that get stuck and 290 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 2: the people that see God show out in their life. 291 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 2: One group is trying to control the outcome. The other 292 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: has learned to surrender the outcome. One is only going 293 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: to be happy if God does it their way. God, 294 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 2: if you keep me out of the fire, if you 295 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: meet my demands. 296 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: The other says God, I trust you. 297 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: You're my doorkeeper, you're my defender, You're my waymaker. 298 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm not moved by. 299 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: The delays, the detours, the disappointments. 300 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: I know it's all serving your plan. 301 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 2: A few years after I began pastoring, the church was 302 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 2: growing and we needed a larger auditorium. We couldn't build 303 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 2: where we were because the streets weren't big enough. 304 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: They couldn't handle that many people. 305 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 2: So we found this one hundred acre tract of land 306 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 2: right off the freeway, just a few miles from the 307 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: other location. I talked to the owner and he said 308 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 2: the property had been on the market for over twenty 309 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: years and he had never had one offer. I knew 310 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: God had saved that for us. He told us we 311 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 2: didn't need to draw up the contract right then. We 312 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 2: could do the preliminary drawings and soil samples while we 313 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 2: were waiting for the legal work to be done. I 314 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: was so excited we had this perfect piece of property. 315 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 2: A couple of months later, we went to close on it. 316 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: His secretary walked out and said, I'm sorry, the owner 317 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 2: sold the property last night. I couldn't believe it. The 318 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 2: men gave us his word changed his mind. I went 319 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: home so discouraged. Told Victoria how unfair that was, how 320 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 2: there was no more property. We had looked everywhere. Now 321 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: we were stuck. She said, Joel, listen to me. God 322 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: is still in control. The reason he closed that door 323 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 2: is because he has something better. 324 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: We're not gonna complain, be sour. 325 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 2: We're gonna stay in faith, knowing that He's up to 326 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: something that we can't see right now. She started preaching 327 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 2: one of my sermons back to me. 328 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to be depressed. 329 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 2: But when we try to control the outcome, we're gonna 330 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: be frustrated because God's ways are not our ways. 331 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: My way was to find property and build. That's what 332 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: I'd seen my father do time after time, build. 333 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 2: Sanctuary after sanctuary. But God is going to do something 334 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 2: new in your life, things that your family has never seen. 335 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 2: Now do your part and stay open. Don't put God 336 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 2: in a box. God closed that door because my thinking 337 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 2: was too small. What God had planned was much bigger, 338 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: something I couldn't fathom. And I grew up watching the 339 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: Rockets play basketball here I had seizing tickets right over there. 340 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: This was the premier facility in our city. I had 341 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 2: to let go of what I had in mind and 342 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: trust that God's ways are better. About a year later, 343 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 2: the Compact Center became available. By the grace of God, 344 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 2: things fell into place, and here we are today, something 345 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: more than I ever imagine that I've learned now to 346 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: surrender the outcome. When the door closes, when there are delays, detours, 347 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 2: things I don't understand. 348 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: I know now that God is. 349 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 2: Up to something that I can't see. And yes, I 350 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 2: was aggravated at that man. He sold that out from 351 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 2: under us. He didn't keep his word, he betrayed us. 352 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: The fact is it wasn't his fault. He was a 353 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: pawn in the hands of God. God caused him to 354 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: shut the door. If he's so told us the property, 355 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 2: we'd been too far down the road to get the 356 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: compact center. Some of the things that you're disappointed over him, 357 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 2: wondering why they didn't work out? Why is there such 358 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: a delay? Why won't my business grow? If you'll stay 359 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 2: in faith, one day you will see what God was 360 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 2: up to. It will be better than what you had 361 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 2: in mind. There's a man in the scripture named Saul. 362 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 2: He was highly educated in Jewish law and greatly respected. 363 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: Had a brilliant mind, fluid in several languages. 364 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 2: He was passionate about keeping the Jewish tradition, so much 365 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 2: so that he led the charge to persecute followers of Christ. 366 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 2: He was the biggest enemy of the church. He was 367 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 2: standing by giving his approval when Stephen was stoned to 368 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: death for his faith. But on the road to Damascus, 369 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 2: he had this dramatic conversion. 370 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: The light shine down, the voice spoke to him. He 371 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: became a belief. His name was changed to Paul. 372 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 2: Well, he had this same passion, this same fire to 373 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 2: share the message of Jesus. 374 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: The problem was. 375 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: The disciples wouldn't accept him. They knew how he was 376 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 2: so against the church. They weren't convinced that he had changed. 377 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 2: They were still skeptical. I'm sure, Paul thought, God, you 378 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 2: know my heart, You're the one that changed me. My 379 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: intentions are to help believers, to be an asset, but. 380 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: They won't let me in. Didn't seem fair. 381 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 2: Why would God have him go through this supernatural conversion 382 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 2: and then be rejected by the people he's trying to help. Well, 383 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 2: since the Jewish believers wouldn't accept him, Paul started going 384 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 2: to the Gentiles to spread the message of Christ. Without 385 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 2: the Disciples rejecting Paul, Christianity wouldn't have come to the Gentiles. 386 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 2: Paul saw it as rejection, but really it was direction. 387 00:20:58,119 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: It was God closing. 388 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 2: The door to push him into the purpose that he 389 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: had planned. Jesus said in Acts nine, Saul is a 390 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: chosen vessel to bear my name before the Gentiles. 391 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: Saul had all. 392 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 2: This Jewish education influence. But God's ways are not our ways. 393 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: God said, I'm gonna use you to reach the Gentiles. 394 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 2: If the Jewish believers would have accepted Paul, that would 395 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: have been easier for him, more comfortable. But Paul wouldn't 396 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: have had the impact. We wouldn't have half the books 397 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 2: in the New Testament if Paul would have gotten discouraged God, 398 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 2: these people won't accept me. I don't understand it. No, 399 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 2: Paul knew how to surrender the outcome. Maybe like him, 400 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 2: you could be upset because the door closed, the problem 401 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: hasn't turned around. People misunderstand you or stay in peace. 402 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 2: The outcome is not your job. 403 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: That's God's job. Our job is to trust him to. 404 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 2: Obey, to do the right thing when we're not seeing 405 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: the results we want. God's ways are not our ways. 406 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: Sometimes he uses rejection, delays, storms to move us into 407 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 2: our purpose. Quit fighting everything that doesn't go your way. 408 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: When you surrender the outcome. 409 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 2: This takes the pressure off because God has not forgotten 410 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: about you. He has seen everything you've been through, what's 411 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 2: taken longer than you thought, what didn't work out? Like Paul, 412 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: You're going to come into opportunity, favor, influence that will 413 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: only happen because God took you that way. It was 414 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 2: all necessary, Everything is serving his plan. Years later, Paul 415 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 2: was on a boat headed toward Rome. 416 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: He was a prisoner on his way to see Caesar. 417 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: On this three month. 418 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 2: Journey, they encountered a huge storm for fourteen days. They 419 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 2: didn't see the sun nor the stars. God so bad, 420 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: the waves so high. They started throwing things overboard, trying 421 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: to stay afloat. 422 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: The scripture says that all. 423 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 2: Hope was gone that they would be saved. They got 424 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: to where they couldn't steer the ship anymore. 425 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: The wind's too strong. 426 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: Verse fifteen says they took down the cells and let 427 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 2: the wind blow the ship wherever the storm wanted it 428 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: to go. Instead of fighting it, trying to force it somewhere, 429 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 2: they surrendered. 430 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: The outcome well. 431 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 2: An angel had told Paul that he would stand before Caesar. 432 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: Paul could have thought, God, what's going on. 433 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 2: I'm supposed to be going to Rome, but I'm on 434 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 2: this boat with no sels being blown by the wind. 435 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: Seemed like he was out of control, but God was 436 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 2: ordering his steps. He caused the winds to blow that 437 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 2: boat to a small island, ran aground and broke apart. 438 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 2: They all jumped overboard and swam to land. There was 439 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: a small group of natives that lived there. The main 440 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 2: leader was very sick. Paul prayed for him and he 441 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: was healed. Everyone gathered around Paul shared the message of Christ. 442 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 2: Many on the island became believers. The storm looked like 443 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 2: a bad break, but really it was a divine detour. 444 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 2: It was God taking Paul to those people in need. 445 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: Paul was it bitter. 446 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 2: He wasn't complaining God, Why am I in this storm? 447 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: Why am I shipwreck? It's not what he had planned. 448 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 2: But he learned this principle to surrender the outcome. His 449 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 2: faith wasn't dependent on getting the results he was hoping for. 450 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: He realized God's ways are better. 451 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: There are times in life the winds are blowing, the 452 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 2: waves are high. We're trying to steer our ship, force 453 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 2: this to have happen, make this workout, manipulate these people. 454 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: But at some point you need to do like the captain. 455 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 2: Take down yourselves, let that storm take you wherever the 456 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 2: winds blow. God will never take you somewhere and not 457 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 2: sustain you. Quit fighting everything, upset over who left, discouraged 458 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 2: over the delay, Frustrated because of the setback, Come back 459 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 2: to a place of peace. The outcome is not up 460 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 2: to you. Our job is to stay in faith, to believe, to. 461 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: Do the right thing. 462 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 2: God is the one who controls the winds. He wouldn't 463 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 2: have allowed that storm if it wasn't going to move 464 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 2: you into your purpose. Let's have an attitude like these teenagers. God, 465 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: I know you can deliver me, but even if you don't, 466 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 2: I'm still gonna trust you. 467 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: I'm still gonna be happy. 468 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 2: I'm still gonna pursue my dreams. This takes the pressure off. 469 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: This can save you a lot of frustration. Trying to 470 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 2: control things you can't control will wear you out. Do 471 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 2: yourself a favor, surrender the. 472 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: Outcome, Let go and let God. If you'll do this, 473 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: I believe and declare. Like these teenagers, you'll go. 474 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 2: To see the fourth man in the fire. Supernatural breakthroughs, healing, 475 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 2: provision like Paul, the rejection leading to direction, the storms 476 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: blowing you into purpose, promotion, favor the fullness of your 477 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 2: destiny in. 478 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you say amen? 479 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 480 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. 481 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 482 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 483 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 484 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 2: If you pray that simple prayer, we believe you got 485 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free and 486 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 2: fromation on your new walk with the Lord. You can 487 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 2: text the number on the screen or go to the website. 488 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: But I hope you'll. 489 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 2: Get into a good Bible based church and keep God 490 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 2: first place. 491 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 3: It's a new year. Time to see the impossible become possible. 492 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 3: It's a new year. Life setbacks are about to become 493 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 3: God's setups for new opportunity. It's a new year cherished 494 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 3: dreams will become unexpected reality. 495 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 2: The start of the new year is the perfect time 496 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 2: to reset your focus, release disappointments of the past, and 497 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 2: get ready for the new things God has in store. 498 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 2: Every January we create a new three hundred and sixty 499 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 2: five day devotional calendar. 500 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: I'd love to send it to you. 501 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 2: Each day is filled with inspiration, scripture and uplifting declarations 502 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 2: to fuel your faith. When you begin the day thanking 503 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 2: God for what He's done, speaking victory over your future, 504 00:27:55,520 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 2: you're positioning yourself for a blessed, favor filled year. Things 505 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: happen when you keep God first place. 506 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 507 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 3: of any amount this first month of the year, we 508 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 3: would like to send you a copy of our brand 509 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 3: new three hundred and sixty five Day twenty twenty six 510 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 3: devotional calendar. Do you want to overcome your most pressing 511 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 3: challenges in twenty twenty six? Do you want to see 512 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 3: your life take off in new directions of influence, favor, 513 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 3: and provision in the year ahead. With this daily encouragement, 514 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 3: you'll not only smile at your day, you'll be reminded 515 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 3: that God is smiling on your entire life. Each day 516 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: will be a fresh new day. Turn discouragement to encouragement, 517 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 3: frustration to fulfillment, anxiety to overcoming. Start each morning knowing 518 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 3: that it's God's desire to turn what seems like an 519 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 3: ordinary life into extraordinary favor, strength, and opportunities. Using this 520 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 3: devotional calendar is as easy as one to three one 521 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 3: wake up with an expectancy in your heart. Two reflect 522 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 3: on the daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. Three 523 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 3: Capture the Lord's promises to you on journaling lines for 524 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 3: rating and reflection. 525 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty six is going to be one of your 526 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 2: best years ever. We're going to help you stay in 527 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 2: faith so you can see the goodness of God in 528 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 2: new ways. Victoria and I pray for you and your 529 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 2: family every day, and you want to thank you for. 530 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: Your prayer and support. 531 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 2: Your generosity is impacting lives around the world. 532 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: A special thank. 533 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 2: You to our Champion of Hope partners for your monthly gifts. 534 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 2: If you're not a partner, I hope you'll consider becoming one. 535 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 2: Remember you can watch the services online live every Sunday morning, 536 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 2: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube or the new 537 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: joel ost Network twenty four hours a day. 538 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: Of course, listen live on Serious XM as well. But 539 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: until we meet again, may the Lord bless you and 540 00:29:58,960 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: keep you. 541 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of the twenty twenty 542 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 3: sixth devotional calendar available this month by simply visiting us 543 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 3: at Joelostein dot com or calling eight eight eight five 544 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 3: six seven Joel. Also no matter what season you're in, joy, sorrow, waiting, growth. 545 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 3: God wants to speak into each and every moment. God's 546 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 3: Word for Every Season is a guided journal series designed 547 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 3: to help you slow down, write out scripture, and reflect 548 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 3: on its truths, one verse at a time. As you 549 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 3: engage with His Word, you'll discover fresh strength, deeper peace, 550 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 3: and timely encouragement for every step of your journey. You 551 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 3: can request these inspiring resources by calling eight eight eight 552 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 3: five six seven Joel or logging on to Joelostein dot 553 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 3: com today call or click anytime twenty four hours a day. 554 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: Request these resources today