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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 4: Well God bless you. 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 31 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 34 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 5: about this eighty five year old man. 35 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 4: He was out fishing one morning. He heard a. 36 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 5: Voice saying, pick me up. He looked around, didn't see anybody. 37 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 5: He thought he was dreaming. He heard it again, picked 38 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 5: me up. He looked down and saw a frog. He 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 5: said in amazement, are you talking to me? The frog 40 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 5: said yes, pick me up and kiss me, and I'll 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 5: turn into a beautiful bride. The man quickly picked him 42 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 5: up put him in his front pocket. Frog said wait 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 5: a minute, I said, kiss me and I'll turn into 44 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 5: a bride. 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 4: The man said no, thanks. At my age. 46 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 5: I'd rather have a talking frog say it like you 47 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 5: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 5: says I am. I have what it says I have. 49 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 50 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 53 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about the good Father. 54 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 5: Many of us were raised by fathers that were loving 55 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 5: and kind. They guided us and did their best. 56 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 4: To make sure that we had everything that we needed. 57 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 5: But no matter how good our father was, people are 58 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 5: not perfect. 59 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 4: They make mistakes. 60 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 5: There are times they can let us down, maybe not 61 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: give us what we needed. Some fathers they meant well, 62 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 5: but they weren't affectionate. They never told you that they 63 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 5: loved you. They were proud of you, they corrected you, 64 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 5: they made sure you stayed on the right path, but 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 5: they didn't express their love. The problem was their father 66 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 5: most likely did the same thing to them. 67 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 4: They never heard I loved you, They never saw it. Modeled. 68 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 4: You can't give away what you don't have. 69 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 5: Friend of mine in high school, his father struggled with alcohol. 70 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 5: He was a good man, fun to be around until 71 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 5: he started drinking. 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 4: Then he would become abusive and violent. 73 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 5: More than once, my friend had to protect his mother 74 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,839 Speaker 5: from his father's violent rage. He said to me, why 75 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: can't my dad just be normal? Why do I have 76 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 5: to deal with this? He was starting to become angry 77 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 5: and bitter. Most fathers never planned on messing up their children. 78 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 5: They didn't set out to make it more difficult pass 79 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 5: down dysfunction. But like throwing a pebble on a calm lake, 80 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 5: their decisions affect those around them. You can't help it. 81 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 5: You've been impacted by the people. 82 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 4: That raised you. The good news is the Good. 83 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 5: Father, your heavenly Father, has taken all this into account. 84 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 5: He knew who your parents would be, He knew what 85 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 5: you wouldn't get, he knew what wouldn't be fair. He's 86 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 5: already designed a plan with this in mind to get 87 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 5: you to your destiny. You may have been raised around dysfunction, addictions, abuse, poverty, 88 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 5: but that does not have to stop you. That's where 89 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 5: you come from, That's not who you are. You are 90 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 5: a child of the most High God. Your earthly fough 91 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 5: may have fallen short, disappointed you didn't give you what 92 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 5: you needed. But your heavenly father, the good Father, will never. 93 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: Let you down. 94 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: He's the friend that sticks closer than a brother. Maybe 95 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 5: your earthly father never gave you his approval, but the 96 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 5: good Father is. 97 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 4: Saying, I'm proud of you. I love you. You're my son, 98 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 4: you're my daughter. 99 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 5: People may have tried to push you down, made you 100 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 5: feel less than, but the good Father is saying. 101 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 4: You're a masterpiece. You're a prized possession. 102 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 5: You've been fearfully and wonderfully made. 103 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 4: Now, don't stay focused on what your earthly father did 104 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: or didn't give you. Don't live bitter. 105 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 5: Because people put you at a disadvantage. 106 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: They weren't there for you. Start going to the good Father. 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 5: I know a young man his father left his mother 108 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 5: when he was a baby. 109 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 4: He never heard from him. 110 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 5: When he was in his twenties, he tracked his father 111 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 5: down and found out he lived in another state. He 112 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 5: called so excited, said Dad, can I come see you? 113 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: His father reluctantly agreed. 114 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 4: He had this. 115 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 5: Longing to be in relationship with his father and show 116 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 5: him who he had become. He traveled a great distance, 117 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 5: but when he knocked on the door. The father wouldn't answer, 118 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 5: he had changed his mind and wouldn't see him. This 119 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 5: young man was so devastated it was alike a part 120 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 5: of him died on the inside. Yes, it's painful to 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 5: be rejected by anyone, but especially by your own father. 122 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 5: When you've been raised in a dysfunctional environment, it's easy 123 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 5: to become negative and think, God, why was I born 124 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 5: into this family? 125 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 4: Why wasn't my father around? Or why was there so much. 126 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 5: Arguing, addictions, abuse? Why didn't these people give me what 127 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 5: I needed? It may not have been fair, but the 128 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 5: Good Father has taken that all into account. What you 129 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 5: wouldn't get, who would hurt you, what wouldn't work out. 130 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 4: It may seem like it's put. 131 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 5: You at a disadvantage, but that has not stopped God's plan. 132 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 5: When he laid out the path for your life, he 133 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 5: took into consideration the pain, the bad breaks. 134 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 4: The rejection. 135 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 5: No matter how wrong it was, no matter who wasn't 136 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 5: there for you, don't use it as an excuse to 137 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 5: live bitter, to give up on dreams, to settle for mediocrity. Well, Joel, 138 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 5: my dad wasn't around like yours was, or my dad 139 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 5: was harsh and abusive. 140 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 4: He didn't treat me right. 141 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 5: If you'll start going to the Good Father, if you'll 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 5: get your approval, your affirmation, your love from him, then 143 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 5: despite what your earthly father did or didn't do, the 144 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 5: Good Father will make it up to you. The Good 145 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 5: Father will pay you back for the injustice. Go to 146 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 5: Father will help you not only overcome, but he'll show 147 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 5: you favor that will thrust. 148 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 4: You years ahead. 149 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 5: Jesus said, it is the Father's good pleasure to give 150 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: you the kingdom. The Good Father takes good pleasure in 151 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 5: making your wrongs right. He takes good pleasure in giving 152 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 5: you what. 153 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 4: People could not give you. 154 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 5: Like this, young man, people may have put you at 155 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 5: a disadvantage. God is saying, get ready, I'm about to 156 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 5: make it up to you. 157 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 4: I'm going to give. 158 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 5: You more opportunity, more influence, more resources. 159 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 4: More fulfillment than if it had never happened. A friend of. 160 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 5: Mine was raised in an unhealthy environment. Her father wasn't 161 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 5: in her life, and her mother wasn't stable. She was 162 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 5: bipolar and struggled with depression. She'd been married multiple times. 163 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 5: This young lady, as a child, saw things that she 164 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 5: should have never seen. 165 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 4: Friends in and out fights verbal abuse. She felt alone 166 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 4: and afraid. 167 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 5: Fifteen years old, she left the house and went out 168 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 5: on her own. 169 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 4: All the odds were against her. 170 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 5: She could have become a statistic passed down the same dysfunction. 171 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 5: Psalm sixty eight says God will be a father to 172 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 5: the fatherless. God sees when you don't have someone watching 173 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 5: after you, someone protecting you. He sees when you've been 174 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 5: put in unfair situations where you didn't have a choice, 175 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 5: you were born into it. This young lady had given 176 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 5: her life to the Lord. 177 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 4: At the age of twelve. 178 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 5: She made a decision that she wasn't going to pass 179 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 5: down the same dysfunction to her children. 180 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 4: She was going to break the generational curse in the natural. 181 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 5: She didn't have a chance, but the good Father, the 182 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 5: father to the fatherless, began to cause people. 183 00:09:58,920 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: To be good to her. 184 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: This man went out of his way, gave her a 185 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 5: job at a fast food restaurant. He started watching after 186 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 5: her like she was his own daughter. This young lady 187 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 5: paid her way through nursing school. She was hired at 188 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 5: the local hospital. She met a doctor there. They fell 189 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 5: in love and got married. Today she's not only extremely blessed, 190 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: but she's raising her children in a loving, healthy, faith 191 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 5: filled environment. The Good Father helped her break the generational 192 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 5: curse and start a generational blessing. You may have a 193 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 5: thousand reasons to live negative, bitter God, Why did this happen? 194 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 5: It wasn't fair. God has taken into account everything you 195 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 5: didn't get, every bad break, every person that did you wrong. 196 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: If you'll do like her and keep moving forward, the 197 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 5: good Father will open doors no man can shut. The 198 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 5: good Father will bring the right people their good Father. 199 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 4: Will cause you to go where you could not go 200 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 4: on your own. 201 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: Joshua, Chapter five, The Israelites had just crossed the Jordan River. 202 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 5: They were camped outside the city of Jericho. This was 203 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 5: the last obstacle between them and their promised land. Their 204 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 5: parents had wandered in the desert for forty years. 205 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 4: They never did make it in. 206 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 5: But God was about to fulfill his promise and take 207 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 5: their children in. 208 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: But there was one last thing the men had to do. 209 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 5: God told Joshua take a knife and circumcise this new 210 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 5: generation of Israelites. These men, this new generation, were in 211 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 5: their twenties and thirties. They were supposed to be circumcised 212 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 5: when they were eight days old by their fathers, but 213 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 5: because their fathers didn't do what they were supposed to 214 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 5: when they were supposed to. Now, these grown men were 215 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 5: having to be circumcised, not by their fathers. Their fathers 216 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 5: had passed. God told Joshua. 217 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 4: To do it. 218 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 5: When you don't get what you should have as a child, 219 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 5: it can be much more painful to get as an adult. 220 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 4: At eight days old, you don't remember it. You cry 221 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: for a little while, and then you're done. 222 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 5: But these grown men were having to endure pain that 223 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 5: could have been avoided if their fathers would have carried 224 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 5: out their responsibilities. You may be dealing with things today 225 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 5: that your father could have taken care of. 226 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 4: If your father would have told you that he's proud. 227 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 5: Of you, you wouldn't be working three jobs trying to 228 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 5: prove to him that you're talented, trying to. 229 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 4: Earn his life. Or if your father. 230 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 5: Would have paid attention to you, made you feel special, 231 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 5: made you feel like a princess, you wouldn't go from 232 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 5: man to man trying to get the approval that your 233 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 5: father should have given you. These men were all circumcised. 234 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 5: They had to go through pain because of what their 235 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 5: fathers didn't do. But when they came to Jericho, the 236 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 5: last obstacle, God didn't tell them to go break through 237 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 5: the walls, go jump over the walls, go attack the city. 238 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 5: God knew they were hurting. He knew they were dealing 239 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 5: with things they shouldn't have had to deal with things 240 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 5: that weren't their fault. He didn't say, too bad, your 241 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 5: parents should have obeyed me. Don't get mad at me, 242 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 5: blame them. No, God took their pain into consideration. He 243 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 5: told them, all I want you to do is march 244 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 5: around the walls one time and then rest. Do it 245 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 5: one time the next day, and then rest. This is 246 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 5: the only place in the scripture where God had them 247 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 5: take a city by simply walking around the walls. On 248 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 5: the seventh day, when they marched around, let out that shout. 249 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 5: The walls came tumbling down. They took the city, made 250 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 5: it to the promised land. God knows what you didn't get. 251 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 5: He knows who wasn't there when you needed them. He 252 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 5: knows who should have been more responsible. The good news 253 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 5: is God is going to make it easier on you 254 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 5: because of the people that did you wrong. 255 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: There are battles you won't have to fight walls. 256 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 5: You won't have to break down because the Good Father 257 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 5: is watching after you. He's designed a plan for a 258 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 5: wounded man, a wounded. 259 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 4: Woman to still take the city, for someone. 260 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: That's been through hurts, abuse, dysfunction, to still accomplished streams, 261 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 5: to still have great relationships, to still live a blessed, 262 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 5: fulfilled life. 263 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 4: If we're honest, we've all been wounded in some way. 264 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 4: People do us wrong. 265 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 5: Sometimes even good people may not give us what we needed. 266 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 5: Don't get discouraged. God has a plan. He had Joshua 267 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 5: do what their fathers should have done. The people that 268 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 5: should have done it for you may not be here, 269 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 5: but God has a Joshua for you. He's going to 270 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 5: send the right people to make up for what you 271 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 5: didn't get. 272 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 4: I talked to a man after the service. 273 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 5: His father was killed in an accident when he was 274 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: two years old. He said, Joel, the reason I listen 275 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 5: to you every week is when I hear you speak, 276 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 5: I feel like my father is giving me a hug. 277 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 5: I can hear him telling me I'm proud of you. 278 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 4: I loved you. 279 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 5: Keep going strong as God using me as a Joshua. 280 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: The Good Father knows what you didn't get. 281 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: He's going to send the right people to bless you, 282 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 5: to encourage you to open up a door. 283 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 4: It may not have been fair, they didn't do what 284 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 4: they should have. Don't get bitter. 285 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 5: Joshua is coming. Help is coming, Ease is coming. The 286 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 5: Good Father is watching after you. There was a young 287 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: man in a dysfunctional environment. His parents met in rehab. 288 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 5: They both struggled with addictions. They weren't in any position 289 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 5: to have a baby, but this young man came along. 290 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 4: They saw him as a mistake, an accident. 291 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 5: But God knew what he was doing before you were 292 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 5: formed in your mother's wound. 293 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: God not only. 294 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 5: Knew you, but he knew who your parents would be. 295 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 5: He knew what family you would be born into. He's 296 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 5: already come up with a plan for you to overcome 297 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 5: every obstacle. He's already designed the strategy for you to 298 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 5: break out of. 299 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 4: The mold and set a new standard. 300 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 5: He's already lined up your joshuas the right people to 301 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 5: help give. 302 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: You what you didn't get. This young man. 303 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 5: Never hurt his father, say that he loved him or 304 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 5: that he was proud of him. In his teens, his 305 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 5: father walked out of his life when he needed him 306 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 5: the most. He was dealing with abandonment, rejection at eighteen. 307 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 5: He was so confused, so distraught. He went into his 308 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 5: basement and got his shotgun out. He was an avid hunter, 309 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 5: very experienced with guns. He pointed the barrel toward his head, 310 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 5: pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't go off. 311 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 4: He was puzzled, couldn't figure it out. 312 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 5: He reset everything, double checked it, pulled the trigger again, still. 313 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 4: Wouldn't go off. 314 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 5: At that moment, he felt a presence filled the room 315 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 5: with love like he had never felt before. He said, 316 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 5: it was like I could hear God saying to me, 317 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: You're valuable. 318 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 4: I need you, I love you. 319 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 5: What his earthly father didn't give him, he could hear 320 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 5: his heavenly Father giving him that day. Strongholds were broken 321 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 5: in his mind like him. Maybe you faced abandonment, disappointments, 322 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 5: bad breaks, abuse. It doesn't have to stop you. You 323 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 5: may be wounded. The people that should have been empowering 324 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 5: you speaking life. 325 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 4: To you did just the opposite. 326 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 5: But God has a plan for the wounded to still 327 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: do great things. People may have rejected you, but God 328 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 5: has accepted you. 329 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 4: They may call you a mistake. God calls you a masterpiece. 330 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 5: They may have left you out, God has not forgotten 331 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 5: about you. He has you in the palm of his hand. 332 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 5: He's going to make up for what you didn't get today. 333 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 5: That young man, he's the pastor of a church in 334 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 5: another state doing great things. People can't stop your destiny. 335 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 5: How you were raised, what family you come from, Who 336 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 5: did you wrong? God has taken that all into account. 337 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: Don't live with a victim mentality. People may not have 338 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 5: given you what they should have. But the Good Father, 339 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 5: the God who knew you before you were born, He's 340 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 5: not only going to make it up to you, but 341 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 5: he's going to make the enemy pay and bring. 342 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,239 Speaker 4: You out better than if it had never happened. In 343 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 4: the scripture, there's a young man named Ishmael. 344 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 5: He's the child that Abraham had out of wedlock with 345 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 5: his maid Hagar. God promised Abraham and Sarah a baby, 346 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 5: but they got in a hurry, tried to help God out, 347 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 5: and Ishmael was born, but he wasn't the promised child. 348 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: This caused all. 349 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 5: Kinds of strife and division. Sarah was mad at Abraham. 350 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 5: She started treating Hagar badly. Abraham was trying to keep 351 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 5: both women happy, you know that's impossible. Year after year 352 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 5: went by with all this dysfunction, Sarah finally had her baby, Isaac, 353 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 5: the promised child was born. 354 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 4: When she had this child, she realized. 355 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 5: She didn't need Hagar anymore, and she didn't want Ishmael around. 356 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 5: Every time she saw Ishmael, he reminded her. 357 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 4: Of Abraham's mistake. 358 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 5: Ishmael had to pay the price for something he had 359 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 5: nothing to do with. Sometimes it's not that people don't 360 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 5: like you. They don't like who you remind them of. 361 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 5: They're disrespectful, they're short with you because of who your 362 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 5: father is, because of a relative. They had a fallen out, 363 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 5: a break up. Now you're caught between the two. And 364 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 5: Sarah was so upset she told Abraham to send Hagar 365 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 5: and Ishmael away. He wasn't going to do it until 366 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 5: the Lord came to him and said, listen. 367 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 4: To your wife and do it. I can imagine. 368 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 5: Ishmael was outside playing with his brother Isaac. 369 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: Then Abraham came over said, Ishmael, come with me. 370 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 5: You and your mother are going on a trip. Ismael 371 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 5: was confused, thinking that's strange. Abraham sent them out into 372 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 5: the desert with a loaf of bread and a bottle 373 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 5: of water. 374 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 4: Now Abraham was a wealthy man. 375 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 5: He could have sent them out with animals, with a 376 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 5: large food supply, with help, so they could make it 377 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 5: at least to the next city. But he sent them 378 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 5: out basically with a sandwich and. 379 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 4: A bottle of water. 380 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 5: Put yourself in Ishmael's shoes. He didn't do anything wrong. 381 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 5: He didn't choose to be born into this dysfunctional family. 382 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 5: He couldn't help it that he wasn't the promised child. 383 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 5: He couldn't change the fact that he reminded Sarah of 384 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 5: Abraham's mistake, all these things that he had no control over. 385 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 4: It looked like he had been dealt an unfair hand. 386 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 5: Like Ishmael, you may have come into situations that put 387 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 5: you at a disadvantage, where there was dysfunction. 388 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 4: Abuse, poverty. You couldn't help it. You were born into it. 389 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 5: Now you're having to deal with consequences from other people's 390 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 5: poor choices. Stay encouraged. The good Father sees what's happening. 391 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 5: God is a god of justice. 392 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 4: It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish. 393 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 5: The odds may be against you, but the most High 394 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 5: God is for you. Ishmael went out into the desert, abandoned, confused, rejected. 395 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 5: The man he had known it his father, the man 396 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 5: that had taken care of him, provided for him, suddenly 397 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 5: turned on him, said I don't want you in my 398 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 5: life anymore. In a few days, he and his mom 399 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 5: ran out of food, ran out of water. 400 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 4: They were about to die. 401 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 5: Hagar sent Ishmael over by himself. She didn't want to 402 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 5: see him starved to death. If this was the end 403 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 5: of the story, we could try to justify it by saying, well, 404 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 5: he was Abraham's mistake. He wasn't the promised child. That 405 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 5: would make sense if God wasn't the good Father. Out 406 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 5: in the desert alone, forsaken, Ishmael begin to cry. The 407 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 5: scripture says God heard the cries of Ishmael, not the 408 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 5: cries of his mom, not the cries of Abraham. God 409 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 5: heard the cries of this young man born into dysfunction, 410 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 5: with all kinds of things that he had no control over. 411 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 4: What did God say, too bad, Ishmael, You. 412 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 5: Got the wrong family, You came one child too soon. 413 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 4: Just accept it. 414 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 5: God had a plan for this young man, He said, Ishmael, 415 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 5: I'm going to bring out of you a great nation, 416 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 5: even though he wasn't the promised child, even though his 417 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 5: parents made a mess of his life. God said, in effect, Ishmael, 418 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 5: I've seen all the injustice. I know you've had bad breaks. 419 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: I know people put you at a disadvantage. 420 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 4: But don't worry. 421 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 5: I'm going to make it up to you. I'm going 422 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 5: to do something great with your life. I'm going to 423 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 5: bring a nation out of you. God was showing us 424 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 5: that even if you have parents that blew it, even 425 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 5: if you had people that put you at a disadvantage addictions, abuse, poverty, 426 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 5: you had no. 427 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 4: Control, don't get discouraged. 428 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 5: God knows how to bring greatness out of a great mess. 429 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 5: If you'll do like Ishmael and not complain, not give 430 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 5: up on a dream. 431 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 4: Now this is not fair. Instead, go to God. If 432 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: you'll do this the good. 433 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 5: Father, he'll not only hear your call, but he'll make 434 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 5: more out of your life. 435 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 4: Than you've ever imagined. 436 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 5: If Ishmael were standing here today, he would tell you 437 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 5: may have had bad breaks. Life may have dealt you 438 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 5: in unfair hand, but it doesn't have to stop. You 439 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 5: don't live with a victim mentality. Can all find some 440 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 5: reason to let what's happened in. 441 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 4: The past limit our future. 442 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 5: Abraham was the father of faith, but he didn't treat 443 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 5: his son right. A good person may have done you wrong. 444 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 5: People are human, They make mistakes. Why don't you let 445 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 5: them off the hook. Quit trying to make people pay 446 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 5: you back and go to God and he'll pay you back. 447 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 5: God knows how to bring greatness out of dysfunction. That 448 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 5: means great relationships, great talent, great opportunities, great success. Nineteen 449 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 5: seventy three, a baby boy was born in Cincinnati to 450 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 5: a young African American mother and her husband. The relationship 451 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 5: was very rocky and the father didn't live at home. 452 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 5: These parents divorced when the little boy was four years old. 453 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 4: This father wasn't involved with his son. He never attended 454 00:25:59,119 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 4: his events. 455 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 5: In fact, the young man only saw his father four 456 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 5: times in his life. He wasn't popular in school. He 457 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 5: was made fun of because of his looks. He had 458 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 5: a disease that caused him to lose his hair. He 459 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 5: felt alone and forsaken, but the Good Father was watching 460 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 5: after him. Even though his earthly father wasn't involved, He 461 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 5: had an amazing mother. She would take him to church 462 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 5: every week, pray over him speak life into his destiny. 463 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 4: At thirteen years of age, sitting in church, he felt 464 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 4: the call to preach. 465 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 5: At twenty one, he took a step of faith and 466 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 5: preached his first sermon. Today, twenty years later, our own 467 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 5: John Gray is speaking to the world, touching millions of people. 468 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 5: You may have had a rough start, the odds are 469 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 5: against you. The Good Father sees what's happening. He knows 470 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 5: what you didn't get. He knows who wasn't there for you. 471 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 5: He's taken into consideration the hurt, the loneliness, the bad breaks. 472 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 5: He has a plan not to just bring you out, 473 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 5: but to bring you out better. Now, don't live with 474 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 5: a victim mentality. Don't give up on your dreams. There 475 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 5: may be some dysfunction in your past, we all have some. 476 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 5: But the Good Father has amazing things in your future. 477 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 5: Now I believe and declare, like Ishmael, God is going 478 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 5: to bring greatness out of a great mess, Like the Israelites, 479 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 5: He's going to bring down walls easier than you thought, 480 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 5: And like John, He's going to be a father to 481 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 5: the fatherless and take you to the fullness of your destiny. 482 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, If you receive it. 483 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 5: Can you say amen, I'd like to give you an 484 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 5: opportunity to make. 485 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 4: Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 486 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 5: Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 487 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 5: into my heart. 488 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord. 489 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 2: In say you. 490 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 5: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 491 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based chart, keep 492 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 5: God first place, Victor, and I'll be right. 493 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 4: Back to speak a blessing over you. 494 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 495 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 6: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 496 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 6: a copy of Joel's new three message series, Anchored to Hope. 497 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 7: When you're anchored to Hope, you're not moved by your circumstances, 498 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 7: are worried because things are changing as fast as you'd like. 499 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 7: You have your trust, your confidence, your hope in the Lord. 500 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 7: You know he'll get you to where you need to be. 501 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 5: Your best days are not behind you, They're still out 502 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 5: in front of you. Request this resource. It will help 503 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 5: you stay anchored to hope. 504 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 6: Request your copy of Anchored to Hope today at Jieloustein 505 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 6: dot com or call eight eight eight five six seven. 506 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 8: Joel eleven years ago, we were trying to add another 507 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 8: child to our family. We soon found out that my 508 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 8: wife had some medical issues. What we've learned through this 509 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 8: ministry is that God is the god of the impossible. 510 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 8: Not only is my wife healed and we were able 511 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,719 Speaker 8: to add a little baby girl to our family, but 512 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 8: just recently we've added a baby boy. 513 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 5: Your support is changing lives. Thanks for partnering with us. 514 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 5: We appreciate your prayers, your generosity. It's making a difference 515 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 5: around the world. Know that Victoria and I are praying 516 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 5: for you and your family. 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