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Your mind 26 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: will tell you all the reasons it's not going to happen. 27 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 3: Look how big those obstacles are, and walk by faith. Father, 28 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 3: Thank you that I've come into my midnight, that it's 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 3: a new day. It may still be dark out, but 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: I know you start the day in the dark. 31 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 4: I know that means light is on the way. Keep 32 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 4: a song of praise in your heart. Hi, this is 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 4: Joel and Victoria. 34 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 3: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 36 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 3: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 37 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 3: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 3: God bless you. Thanks so much for letting us come 39 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: into your homes. We are praying for you and your 40 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 3: family for God's very best. 41 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and one day 42 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 4: Adam was feeling very lonely. 43 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 3: God said, Adam, I'm going to make you a companion 44 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: it's going to be called a woman. This person will 45 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: cook for you and wash your clothes. She will bear 46 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 3: you children, never ask you to get up in the 47 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: middle of the night. She will always agree with you, 48 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: and if you do have a disagreement, she'll be the 49 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 3: first to admit that she was wrong. Adam said, Wow, God, 50 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: what will a woman like this cost? God said an 51 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 3: arm and a leg. Adam said, what can I get 52 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 3: for a rib? 53 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 4: And the rest is history? 54 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 55 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: I am what it says. 56 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 4: I am. 57 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 58 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 59 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: talkt the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 60 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. 61 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 62 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: bless you. 63 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about victory begins 64 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: in the dark. The book of Genesis starts off telling 65 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: how God created everything. It says the evening and the 66 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: morning were the first day. It would be the reverse, 67 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: the morning and the evening were the first day. But 68 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 3: God starts the day in the dark at twelve am. 69 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: Nothing looks any different. If you didn't have a watch, 70 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: you wouldn't know you've entered a new day. It's still 71 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: dark outside, looks the same as it did at nine o'clock, 72 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: at ten o'clock, at eleven o'clock, there's no sign that 73 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 3: something has changed. But when the clock strikes midnight, in 74 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 3: that one second, when nothing looks any different, it goes 75 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 3: from PM to am. 76 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,119 Speaker 4: It's still dark, but it's a new day. 77 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 3: It would make more sense if God started the day 78 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 3: in the light, when the sun came up at six 79 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 3: or seven in the morning, when the dawn breaks the 80 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 3: light comes, then it's obvious we would know it's a 81 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: new day. 82 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 4: We can see it. Things have changed. 83 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 3: We hear the birds start chirping, the sun comes over 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: the horizon. 85 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 4: We have all this evidence that we've entered a new day. 86 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: But on purpose, God, God chose to start the day 87 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 3: in the dark. It's symbolic of how He does things 88 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: in our lives. He gives us a promise. He says, 89 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 3: we've come into a new day. He's restoring health back 90 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 3: into us. We're going to lend and not borrow. Our 91 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: child is going to get back on course. We believe, 92 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 3: we pray, we stand in. 93 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 4: Faith, but nothing is changing. 94 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: Nothing looks any different, nothing feels any different. 95 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: Still dark outside, Joe. 96 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 3: My back is still hurting, my business hasn't grown, my 97 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 3: health hasn't improved. This is what faith is all about. 98 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 3: You can't see it, but you have to know. You 99 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 3: passed midnight. You've gone from PM to am. Yes it's 100 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,119 Speaker 3: still dark outside. Yes nothing has changed, but the sun 101 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 3: is on its way up. Healing is on the horizon. 102 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: Promotion freedom the right people. It's just a matter of 103 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 3: time before you see the light come breaking forth. Now, 104 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: don't be discouraged by the dark. The dark doesn't mean 105 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: nothing has changed. The dark is not a sign that 106 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: God is not working, that he didn't hear your prayer. 107 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: Thoughts will tell you would have seen something by now, 108 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 3: you would feel a little better. One of those companies 109 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 3: would have called you back. That addiction wouldn't be this strong. 110 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 3: You have to walk by faith and not by sight. 111 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 3: If you walk by sight, you'll talk yourself out of it. 112 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: Because eleven thirty at night doesn't look any different than midnight. 113 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 3: Everything you can see, feel, touch, smell looks just the same. 114 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 3: There's no evidence that it's a new day. But the 115 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 3: psawmist said the moment you pray the tide of the 116 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: battle terms. You can't see it, but when you prayed, 117 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: you left the PM and you came into AM. 118 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 4: It's a new day. 119 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 3: You may not be able to see any sign of it. 120 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 3: That's okay. Victory begins in the dark, and we all 121 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 3: go through these times where we don't think it's going 122 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 3: to work out, seasons where nothing is changing. We're being 123 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 3: our best, but the business is not growing. We're standing 124 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 3: in faith, but our health is not improving. 125 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 4: It's tempting to think. 126 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 3: That God has forgotten about us. We're always going to 127 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: have this obstacle. The fact is light is on the way. 128 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 3: What God promised you is en route. You may have 129 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 3: struggled in an area a long time. You've been believing 130 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 3: for things to change in your marriage, your finances. With 131 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: an addiction, it seems permanent. God is saying you've already 132 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 3: entered a new day. You've already passed midnight. You can't 133 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 3: see it yet, but victory is on the way. Now, 134 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: instead of complaining about the dark, have a new perspective. 135 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 3: The dark means the sun is on the way up. 136 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: The promise is about to come forth. Who can stop 137 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: the sun from rising? Each morning, who can keep light 138 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 3: from breaking forth over the horizon. All the force of 139 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: darkness cannot stop what God has. 140 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 4: Ordained for you. 141 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 3: They cannot keep what He promised from coming to pass. 142 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: In the face of that darkness. When you don't see 143 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 3: any light, get in agreement with God. Father, Thank you 144 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 3: that it's a new day. It may be still dark out, 145 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: but I don't go by what I see. I go 146 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: by what I know, and I know that I've passed midnight. 147 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 3: That means my healing is coming, my breakthrough is coming, 148 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: my abundance is coming, my victory is coming. When you 149 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 3: realize God starts with darkness to bring about new things 150 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 3: in our life, then you won't get discouraged by the darkness. 151 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: You'll thank Him in the middle of the darkness. You'll 152 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: praise Him despite what's trying to stop you. This is 153 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 3: what Paul and Silas did. They were put in prison 154 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,239 Speaker 3: for sharing their faith. The religious leaders, the saddest sees. 155 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: They didn't like them. 156 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 3: They accused them of causing a disturbance. They were in 157 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,679 Speaker 3: the deepest part the dungeon to make sure they couldn't escape. 158 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: But God won't let you get in a problem that 159 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: he can't bring you out of If that difficulty was 160 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: going to stop your destiny, God wouldn't have allowed it. 161 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 3: It may seem too big for you, you could never 162 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 3: overcome it, but it's not too big for our God. 163 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: He already has the solution. That trouble can't keep you 164 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 3: from your purpose. That's set back in your finances, The anxiety, 165 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 3: the depression. 166 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 4: Is not permanent. 167 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 3: It may be dark now, you've had some bad breaks, 168 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 3: or you brought trouble on yourself. You think you're stuck, 169 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 3: nor get ready. God is not through with you. What 170 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: he ordained for your life will come to pass. That 171 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 3: difficulty is a setup for Him to show out in 172 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 3: your life. 173 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 4: He's going to do. 174 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: Something unusual, something out of the ordinary, that will thrust 175 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: you into your purpose, something that will suddenly. 176 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 4: Change things in your favor. 177 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 3: Paul and Silas had changed around their feet guard standing 178 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 3: outside the prison gates. It looked like they would be 179 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 3: put away and we'd never hear from them again. All 180 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 3: the odds were against them, but people don't have the 181 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 3: final say. What you're up against may be bigger, more powerful, 182 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: more influential, but you and God are a majority. Him 183 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 3: being for you is more than the world being against you. 184 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: There's not an obstacle he can't move. There's not a 185 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 3: sickness he can't heal, not an addiction. He can't free 186 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: you from sitting in the dungeon, falsely accused. 187 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 4: They could have been depressed. God, why is this happening. 188 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 4: It's not fair. We were doing what you wanted us 189 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 4: to do. 190 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: But the scripture says at midnight they were singing praises 191 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 3: and giving thanks to God. It's interesting that we're told 192 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 3: when this happened. Most other miracles we read about we 193 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 3: don't have the time. 194 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 4: That detail isn't recorded. 195 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 3: But God had the writer tell us this time, because 196 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 3: midnight means it was a new day. As they were 197 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 3: singing praises, suddenly there was a great earthquake. The prison 198 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: doors flew open, chains fell off their feet, and they 199 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 3: walked out as free men. It's not a coincidence that 200 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: this all happened at midnight. They may have been singing 201 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 3: at ten o'clock in the evening, nothing happened, thanking God. 202 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 3: At eleven o'clock, nothing happened. Praising at eleven thirty, still nothing. 203 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 3: But when they hit midnight, when that new day started, 204 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 3: suddenly things changed. 205 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 4: God was showing us. 206 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 3: It may be dark all around you, you don't see 207 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: a way out, But when you come into that new day, 208 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 3: when you cross from PM to AM, things suddenly shift. 209 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 3: And sometimes you see it all at once, like with 210 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 3: Paul and Silas. Other times you see it later. But 211 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 3: the moment when you praise things change in your favor. 212 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 4: There may be a. 213 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 3: Period of darkness where it doesn't look like anything is happening. 214 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 3: But if you'll do like them and just keep thanking 215 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 3: God that he's fighting your battles, thanking him that he's 216 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 3: making ways where you don't see a way, then you're 217 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: going to come into these times where God will suddenly 218 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 3: show out in your life. He'll make things happen that 219 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 3: you couldn't make happen. You may have areas where it 220 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: feels dark right now, nothing is changing. 221 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 4: That's a test. 222 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 3: Will you praise Him in the dark? Will you thank 223 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: him that what he promised is on the way. Will 224 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 3: you talk like it's going to turn around? Believe that 225 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 3: healing is coming even though the medical report isn't improving. 226 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 4: Don't go by what you feel. 227 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 3: Your feelings don't always tell you the truth. Your emotions 228 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 3: will try to convince you that it's never going to 229 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 3: work out. Your mind will tell you all the reasons 230 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 3: it's not going to happen. 231 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 4: Look how big those obstacles are. A walk by fame. 232 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 3: Father, thank you that I've come into my midnight, that 233 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 3: it's a new day. It may still be dark out, 234 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: but I know you start the day in the dark. 235 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: I know that means light is on the way. Keep 236 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 3: a song of praise in your heart. Well, Joel, I've 237 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 3: been doing this a long time. I don't understand why 238 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: nothing is changing. God's timing is not our timing. Keep 239 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 3: doing the right thing. You're in a new day. You 240 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 3: pass midnight, it may be three in the morning, you 241 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: have a few more hours, so to speak, before the 242 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 3: sun comes up. I've learned the longer it's taking, the 243 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 3: better it's going to be. God is getting you prepared 244 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: for the blessing. He's already prepared for you. And when 245 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: it's taking a long time, that's because the blessing. 246 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: Is bigger than you can handle. 247 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 3: Right now, He's getting you stronger, more mature, more confident. 248 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 3: He's getting other people that are involved in place doing 249 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 3: a work in them. Don't be discouraged because it's been 250 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 3: dark a long time. That's a sign God is about 251 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: to do something that you've never seen. It's going to 252 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 3: be bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling than you've ever imagined. Now, 253 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 3: keep praising Him in the dark, Keep being good to 254 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 3: other people in the dark, giving serving. When you do that, 255 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 3: like Paul and Silas, suddenly doors are going to open. 256 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 3: Suddenly you're going to come into opportunity, the right people, 257 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: healing breakthroughs. It's going to catapult you ahead. When my 258 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 3: mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, 259 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 3: she had been in the hospital for twenty one days. 260 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 3: One Monday evening, the doctors called my father in and 261 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: said there was nothing more they could do for her. 262 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 3: They gave her a few weeks to live. My father 263 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 3: drove her home that afternoon in the traffic. It felt 264 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 3: like the longest drive. 265 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 4: Of their life. It was a very dark time. 266 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 3: My mother could have been depressed, given up on life, 267 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 3: but she knew that God is a healer and that 268 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 3: he has the final save. She and my father went 269 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 3: to their bedroom, laid down on the floor and prayed. 270 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 3: God said in Psalm fifty, call unto me in the 271 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 3: day of trouble, and I will rescue you. A lot 272 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: of times in our difficulties, we call people, call friends, 273 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: call relatives, call experts, and that's all fine, But make 274 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 3: sure you call out to God ask him to help you. 275 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: He created the universe, he flung stars into place. 276 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: He has all power. 277 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 3: You don't have to beg him, you don't have to 278 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: plead with him. 279 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 4: He's longing to be good to you. 280 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 3: The scripture says, it is the Father's good pleasure to 281 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 3: give you the kingdom. Just ask in faith for what 282 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 3: he's already promised. One of the most powerful things we 283 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: can do is take God's word to him. Remind him 284 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: what he said. Father, you said you would restore health. 285 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 3: Beckoned to me, Lord, I'm asking for your healing. I'm 286 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: asking you to do what medicine cannot do. 287 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 4: Take his word and. 288 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 3: Pray bold prayers. Father, you said my children will be 289 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 3: mighty in the land. I'm asking you to free them 290 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: from this addiction. Take away these wrong friends, help them 291 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 3: to fulfill their destiny. Well, Father, you said I would 292 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 3: prosper and be in good health, that I would lend 293 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 3: and not borrow. That you are Jehovah Jirah, the Lord 294 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: my provider. So Lord, I'm asking you to supply. 295 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 4: All of my needs. 296 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 3: Make rivers in the desert, give me overflow so I 297 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 3: can be a bigger blessing. On December eleventh, nineteen eighty one, 298 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 3: when my mother and father prayed and asked God to 299 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 3: heal her from that cancer, my mother believed that day 300 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: she received her healing, that she came in to her midnight, 301 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 3: that she went from PM to am. But here's the key. 302 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 3: Nothing looked any different. She was still very frail, her 303 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 3: skin was yellow. She only weighed eighty nine pounds. I 304 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 3: never heard her complain. She never talked defeat. She would 305 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 3: go through the house quoting scriptures, I will live and 306 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 3: not die, and declare the works of the Lord. It 307 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 3: was still dark. The medical report hadn't changed month after month, 308 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 3: no sign of improvement. All of her senses said, it's 309 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: not going to work out. She didn't look good, she 310 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 3: didn't feel well. Her emotions, her thoughts said she wasn't 311 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: going to make it. But she wasn't moved by what 312 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 3: she saw. She kept thanking God, walking by faith and 313 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 3: not by sight. Sight said, it's dark, nothing has changed, 314 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: You'll never get well. But faith said I've entered a 315 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 3: new day. It's dark now, but light is coming. It's 316 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 3: just a matter of time before the healing breaks forth 317 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 3: over the horizon. Didn't happen like Paul and Silas suddenly, 318 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 3: but over time, little by little, she started getting better 319 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 3: and better. Her skin color came back to normal, She 320 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 3: gained her weight back, God her strength. Today, almost forty 321 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 3: years later, she's perfectly healthy. 322 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 4: And hauled no cancer in her body. God has the 323 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 4: final say. 324 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 3: It may be dark in your life right now, but 325 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 3: don't let the dark fool you. 326 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 4: The dark is not a sign. 327 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: That you're never going to get well. It's not a 328 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: sign that your child is never going to do right. 329 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 3: It's not a sign that your business is not going 330 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: to make it. It may have been meant to stop you. 331 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: The enemy sent it to keep you from your destiny. 332 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 3: The good news God has overruled that scheme. He's thwarting 333 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 3: the plans of the enemy. That darkness is not going 334 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 3: to last. The depression is not permanent. The addiction, the sickness, 335 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 3: that trouble at work is not how your story ends. 336 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 3: You've gone from PM to It's a new day. The 337 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 3: sun is about to break forth. Healing is in your future. 338 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 3: Abundance is in your future. Good relationships are in your future. 339 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 3: Victory is in your future. Instead of complaining about the dark, 340 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 3: being discouraged by the dark, have a new perspective. The 341 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 3: dark means light is coming. Now do your part. Start 342 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 3: praising Him in the dark. Start thanking him that things 343 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 3: are changing in your favor. 344 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 4: Don't be moved by what you see. 345 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 3: Eleven thirty at night doesn't look any different than midnight, 346 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 3: But midnight is a new day. God is saying the 347 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 3: clock has ticked in your favor. You pass midnight, things 348 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 3: may not look any different, yet, don't worry. Light is 349 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: on the way. The sun has never once not come up. 350 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 3: God has never wants not made good on his promises. 351 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 3: It may not happen on our timetable or the way 352 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 3: we thought, but I can assure you the sun is 353 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 3: going to come up in your life. You wouldn't be 354 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 3: alive if God didn't have something. 355 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 4: Amazing in your future. 356 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,719 Speaker 3: Well, Joel, it sure feels like midnight. Midnight is a 357 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 3: good thing. God always starts in the dark. That's a 358 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 3: sign he's about to burst something new, something big, something unusual. 359 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 3: If he started in the light, it wouldn't take any faith. 360 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 4: If we could see. 361 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 3: How it was going to happen, we had all the resources, 362 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 3: the connections, the solution. 363 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 4: We wouldn't have to depend on him. 364 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 3: The time to show what you're made of is when 365 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 3: it's dark and you don't see anything changing. Thoughts will 366 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 3: tell you you'll never get out of debt, you'll never 367 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 3: meet the right person, you'll never accomplish that dream. Instead 368 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 3: of getting depressed, the right attitude is, yes, it's still dark. 369 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 3: Yes I don't see anything changing, but I'm not worried. 370 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 3: I know it's after midnight. 371 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 4: Light is coming. God is faithful. 372 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 3: What he promised you he's going to bring to pass. 373 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 3: In the scripture, Job went through a dark time. Everything 374 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 3: was going great, life was good. Then the bottom fell out. 375 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 3: He lost his health, lost his family, lost his business. 376 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 4: Didn't seem fair. 377 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 3: The scripture says Job was the most righteous man of 378 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 3: his day. You would think he wouldn't have any dark seasons, 379 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 3: he wouldn't have to deal with disappointments, bad breaks. But 380 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 3: life happens to us. All rain falls on the just 381 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: and the unjust. The difference with the just, with people 382 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 3: like you, people that honor God is God promises to 383 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 3: take what was meant for harm and turn it for 384 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 3: your good. There may be dark seasons, but if you'll 385 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: stay in faith and not get bitter, God won't just 386 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 3: bring you out. He'll bring you out better than you 387 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: were before. He'll make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble. 388 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 3: God said to Satan, have you seen my servant Job. 389 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 3: There's no one like him in all the land. He's blameless, 390 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 3: He's a man of integrity. He has a spirit of excellence. 391 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 3: I love the fact that God was bragging on Job. 392 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 3: If you could hear what God is saying about you, 393 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 3: you would be amazed. We think God is focused on 394 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,959 Speaker 3: all of our faults, our shortcomings. But God sees all 395 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 3: the good things in you. He sees your heart to 396 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 3: help others. He sees your sincerity, your kindness, your courage. 397 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 3: I can hear him telling the angels, have you seen 398 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 3: my son Jim. He's really amazing. Have you seen my 399 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 3: daughter Rachel? There's no one like her. God is proud 400 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 3: of you. He made you in his own image. 401 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 4: He calls you a masterpiece. 402 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 3: And just because you're having difficulty doesn't mean you've done 403 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 3: something wrong. We all go through test and seasons that 404 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 3: we don't understand. What I want us to see is 405 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 3: the darkness is not permanent. At some point, you're going 406 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 3: to go from PM to AM. God is going to 407 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: shift things. You're going to come out promoted, increased, at. 408 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 4: A new level of your destiny. 409 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: When Job lost everything, he was very discouraged. He sat 410 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 3: down among the ashes and put on sackcloth. 411 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 4: He went through phases of. 412 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 3: Being upset, bitter, frustrated. But God knows we're. 413 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 4: Human, we feel things. 414 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 3: There may be times where you feel those emotions. That's okay, 415 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 3: just don't stay there. Job eventually got up out of 416 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 3: the ashes. It was still dark, nothing has changed, but 417 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 3: he made the statement, I know my redeemer lives. 418 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: He was saying, God is still on the throne. 419 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 3: He has the final say, I'm not going to drag 420 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 3: around sour over what I've lost. I'm getting ready for 421 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 3: the new things he has in store. Few chapters later, 422 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 3: in the middle of all the difficulty, still as dark 423 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 3: as ever, nothing had changed, but Job said, I know 424 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 3: God has granted me favor. He was saying, I know 425 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 3: I've entered a new day. I know I've gone from 426 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 3: PM to AM. I know this darkness is not Permanent 427 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 3: Chapter eight. A man came along to encourage him. He said, Job, 428 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 3: God will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your 429 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 3: lips with shouts of joy. He was saying to Job 430 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 3: what God is saying to us. Don't let this dark 431 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 3: season fool you. Don't let this pandemic, don't let the sickness, 432 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 3: don't let the breakup cause you to live defeated. You're 433 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 3: going to laugh again. You're going to love again. You're 434 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 3: going to dream again. You're going to build again, you're 435 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 3: going to lead again. You're going to flourish again. I've 436 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 3: heard it said, what if the darkness you're going through 437 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 3: is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness 438 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 3: of the womb, the darkness that proceeds God doing something 439 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 3: amazing in your life. You're not in the darkness of 440 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 3: the tomb. 441 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 4: Have a new perspective. You're in the darkness of the womb. 442 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 3: God is about to do something that you haven't seen. 443 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 3: You're going to discover talent that you didn't know you had. 444 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 3: That person that broke your heart walked out on you, 445 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 3: they didn't stop your destiny. You're about to meet someone 446 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 3: better than you've ever imagined. 447 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 4: That dark time is not wasted. 448 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: God is using it to burst something that you could 449 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 3: have never experienced without it. When my father went to 450 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 3: be with the Lord, that was a dark time for me. 451 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 3: But I can tell you I wasn't in the darkness 452 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 3: of the tomb. I was in the darkness of the womb. 453 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 3: God burthed talent in me that I didn't know was there. 454 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: He took what I thought would be my darkest hour 455 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 3: and turned it into my brightest hour. The scripture says, 456 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 3: God will turn your morning into dancing. He will take 457 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 3: away your sadness and clothe you with joy. I believe 458 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 3: there's sadness that's about to be taken away. That darkness 459 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 3: is about to lift off of you. You're going to 460 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 3: be clothed with joy, happy, fulfilled, vibrant, with fresh vision, 461 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 3: fresh passion. Not just come out okay, hey, I made 462 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 3: it through. That morning is about to be turned to dancing. 463 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 3: God is going to make up for the sadness. He's 464 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 3: going to pay you back for. 465 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 4: The sorrow to hurt the injustice. 466 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 3: Now get your hopes up, like Job, Keep thanking him 467 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 3: that he's granted you favor. 468 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 4: Keep declaring my redeemer lives. 469 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 3: Job went through this dark season, but that's not where 470 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 3: he ended. The scripture says God restored back to Job 471 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 3: twice what he had before. He was more blessed in 472 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 3: the second part of his life. 473 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 4: Than he was the first. Yes, it was. 474 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 3: Dark, but when the sun rose up, he came out 475 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 3: with Double. Don't believe those lies that the darkness is permanent. 476 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 4: It's never going to change. 477 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 3: That darkness is a sign that Double is coming. The 478 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 3: sun is going to rise in your life again. You're 479 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: going to see the goodness of God in ways you've 480 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 3: never seen. He's breathing in your direction. Right now in 481 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 3: the unseen realm. Things are changing in your favor. Forces 482 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 3: of darkness are being pushed back, the right breaks are 483 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 3: headed your way. He's going to make things happen that 484 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 3: you couldn't make happen. 485 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 4: You're going to know it was the hand of God. 486 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 3: When we talk about Job, we think that must have 487 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 3: been fifty years of his life. 488 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 4: That was such a terrible time. 489 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 3: But some commentaries believe the difficulty was only a nine 490 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 3: month period. 491 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 4: It wasn't years and years. 492 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 3: What you're dealing with is not going to last as 493 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 3: long as it looks. 494 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 4: It's not going to hinder you the rest of your life. 495 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: The sun is going to come up sooner than you 496 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 3: think you're already. 497 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 4: Wave past midnight. 498 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 3: Daybreak is about to happen. Light is about to break 499 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 3: forth on the horizon. Get ready for favor, Get ready 500 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 3: for breakthroughs, Get ready for double You're not in the 501 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 3: darkness of the tomb. You're in the darkness of the womb. 502 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 3: God is about to burst something out of this that 503 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 3: thrusts you to a new level. My challenge. Trust him 504 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 3: in the dark. You may not see anything improving. That's okay. 505 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 3: Walk by faith and not by sight. If you'll do this, 506 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 3: I believe and declare. God is about to turn your 507 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 3: mourning into dancing, your sadness into joy. 508 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 4: Like job. 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